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[1. SPECIAL MEETINGS Call to order a meeting of the DeSoto Industrial Development Authority, Incorporation a. Discussion b. Appointment of new board members c. Appointment of officers d. Approval of previous meeting minutes e. Approval of authorized bank representatives f. Adjournment]
OKAY.IT IS, UH, TUESDAY, JULY 18TH.
IT IS NOW 6:00 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO CALL TO ORDER OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS, UH, FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE'LL CALL TO ORDER IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CORPORATION.
I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO, UM, GIVE US A ROLL CALL AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER HERE.
THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM UM, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, TRACY CORMIER, WILL PROVIDE A STAFF REPORT AND OVERVIEW OF THE CORPORATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
UM, THIS CORPORATION WAS ORGANIZED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING MEDICAL RESEARCH ENTERPRISES TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC WELFARE.
UM, THE LAST BOARD MEETING OF THIS CORPORATION WAS HELD FEBRUARY 20TH, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020, WHERE NEW MEMBERS AND OFFICERS WERE APPOINTED.
UM, THIS MEETING TODAY WAS SERVED TO APPOINT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DESO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ELECT PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, ALTERNATIVE SECRETARY TREASURER, AND REMOVE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SERVED AS BOARD MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION.
UM, IN THE PAST, THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PROAM HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION.
ALSO THE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR SERVED AS TREASURER AND ALTER SECRETARY, TREASURER AND ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER.
ONCE THE BOARD IS SET, THE NEW BOARD WOULD APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020, AND UPDATE THE CURRENT SIGNERS FROM THE INWOOD BANK ACCOUNT, THE PREVIOUS SIGNERS AND UPDATE, UM, WITH THE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE AGENDA? THANK YOU MR. CORMIER.
UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS BEFORE WE, UH, CALL FOR A MOTION? HEARING NONE? YES, MA'AM.
JUST RELATED TO THESE, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, AT WHAT POINT WILL, I GUESS NAMES BE UPDATED? SO WE'RE GOING TO GENERAL TITLES VERSUS INDIVIDUAL NAMES.
UH, ONCE THE UH, MINUTES ARE APPROVED FOR THIS MEETING, ONCE WE SIGN THE MINUTES FOR THIS MEETING, THEN WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE BANK AND THEY WILL UPDATE THE, UH, BANK SIGNERS AND THEN FOR ANNUAL PROTOCOL.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO UPDATE THE BOARD MEMBERS AGAIN UNTIL THE COUNCIL CHANGES.
AT THIS TIME IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT NEW MEMBERS? RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR LETITIA HUGHES, MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND REMOVE MEMBERS INE MCOWEN MAYOR KENZIE MOORE, THE THIRD MAYOR, PRO TEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER K BROWN PATRICK, COUNCIL MEMBER DICK NORTH.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER CANDACE QUARLES.
KAY HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BURS, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
UM, COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR? DO WE NEED TO TAKE A, UM, HAND VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON, UH, FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
AND THEN WE NEED TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MINUTES MOTION.
WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL IS THERE NOW A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZED BANK REPRESENTATIVES.
MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED THE AUTHORIZED BANK REPRESENTATIVE.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZED BANK REPRESENTATIVES AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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MAYOR, I'M SORRY, I, I MISSED THE MOTION TO APPOINT CORPORATION OFFICERS, THE VICE PRESIDENT, MAYOR PRO.YOU JUST DIDN'T READ THE NAMES.
WE YOU DIDN'T DO THE OFFICERS.
IS THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED, MADAM CITY SECRETARY.
UH, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CORPORATION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CORPORATION.
UH, COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:05 PM THANK YOU COUNSEL.
[3. Call to order a meeting of the DeSoto Health Facilities Development Corporation a. Discussion b. Appointment of new board members c. Appointment of officers d. Approval of previous meeting minutes e. Approval of authorized bank representatives f. Adjournment]
WILL HAVE, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT WE'LL CALL TO ORDER A MEETING OF THE DESOTO HEALTH FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AT 6:05 PM OKAY.
UH, WE ARE CALLING TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO HEALTH FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AT 6:05 PM AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION FROM OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MR. TRACY CORMIER.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, OH, I'M SORRY.
MS. THOMAS, CAN YOU GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR PORT TIM LETITIA HUGHES.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM.
COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
ONCE AGAIN, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE DESOTO HEALTH FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION WAS TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, PROVIDE, IMPROVE FINANCE, REFINANCE ANY REAL PERSONAL OR MIXED PROPERTY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, INCLUDING THE FINANCE OR REFINANCING, ACQUIRING, PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION AND LARGER AND REMODELING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING AND FURNISHING OR EQUIPPING OF WHAT IS FOUND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO BE REQUIRED, NECESSARY, OR CONVENIENT FOR THE HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TO ASSIST IN MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE LAST CORPORATION MEETING WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020, WHERE NEW MEMBERS AND OFFICERS WERE APPOINTED.
UM, THIS MEETING WILL APPOINT, UM, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALONG WITH THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER.
UM, IN THE PAST, ONCE AGAIN, THE MAYOR AND, AND MAYOR PRO TEM SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SERVED AS SECRETARY, TREASURER AND ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER.
UM, ONCE THE BOARD IS SET, THE NEW BOARD WILL APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020, AND UPDATE THE CURRENT SIGNERS WITH INWOOD BANK ACCOUNT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE AGENDA? THANK YOU MR. CORMIER.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? HEARING NONE, UH, COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT NEW MEMBERS? RACHEL PROCTOR.
MAYOR LETICIA HUGHES, MAYOR PRO TEM PLACE SEVEN PERT PARKER.
AND REMOVE MEMBERS INE MCCALLUM, MAYOR KENZIE MOORE, THE THIRD MAYOR, PRO TEM.
BROWN PATRICK, COUNCIL MEMBER DICK NORTH.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER CANDACE QUALES COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN, UH, MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS TO APPOINT ME TO DO APPOINTMENT OF NEW, UH, OFFICERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT CORPORATION OFFICERS PRESIDENT RACHEL PROCTOR, VICE PRESIDENT, MAYOR PROTE, LETITIA HUGHES, SECRETARY TREASURER TRACY L CORMIER, MANAGING DIRECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER NIKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND SECOND TO APPOINT CORPORATION OFFICERS AS STATED, I'M ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE UH, PLEASE REVIEW THE FEBRUARY 7TH 2 20 20 MEETING MINUTES AND WE WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
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FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020 MEETING.COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADD VICE PRESIDENT MAYOR PRO TEM LETITIA HUGHES, SECRETARY TREASURER TRACY EL CORMIER AND AL ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER.
TREASURER LAKITA SUTTON TO ACCOUNTS AT INWOOD BANK AND TEXT POOL INVESTMENTS AND APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF KENZIE MOORE II AND TAN, UH, T BEATTY AS AUTHORIZED SIGNERS ON THE INWOOD BANK AND TECH POOL INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PARKER TO, UH, APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN, UH, THE DESOTO HEALTH FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING AT 6:11 PM IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 6:11 PM COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
UM, I DO BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND THE CORRECTION THAT WAS TRYING TO BE MADE, UM, INITIALLY WITH, UM, THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
SO I'M GOING TO REOPEN THAT MEETING, UM, SO THAT WE CAN APPOINT THE CORPORATION OFFICERS.
UM, WE DID APPOINT THE NEW MEMBERS, UM, AS I, AS I RECALL, BUT WE NEED TO APPOINT THE CORPORATION OFFICER.
SO COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO REOPEN THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AT 6:12 PM SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BURS, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO REOPEN THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT CORPORATION OFFICERS PRESIDENT RACHEL PROCTOR, VICE PRESIDENT, MAYOR PROTE, LETITIA HUGHES, SECRETARY TREASURER.
TRACY EL CORMIER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER I SECOND BY MAYOR PROTE HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NOW COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN, UH, THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MOVED? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 6:13 PM UH, AT THIS TIME, MADAM
[5. Call to order a meeting of the DeSoto Housing Finance Corporation a. Discussion b. Appointment of new board members c. Appointment of officers d. Approval of previous meeting minutes e. Approval of authorized bank representatives f. Adjournment]
CITY SECRETARY, WE WILL HAVE THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS AGENDA.NEXT WE HAVE A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DESOTO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DESOTO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AT THIS TIME AT 6:13 PM SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYD TO OPEN OUR MEETING AT 6:13 PM COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, OUR MEETING IS NOW OPEN.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM TRACY CARRA FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, A GENERAL OVERVIEW.
THE DESOTO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION WAS INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES.
IN ADDITION, THE CORPORATION ALSO EXISTS TO PROVIDE, DEVELOP, AND FACILITATE SAFE AND DECENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
UM, THE LAST BOARD MEETING WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020, WHERE NEW MEMBERS AND OFFICERS WERE APPOINTED.
UM, THIS MEETING, ONCE AGAIN WAS SERVED TO APPOINT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECT PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, ALTERNATE SECRETARY, AND REMOVE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE SERVED ON THIS BOARD.
UM, IN THE PAST, MAYOR AND MAYOR, PRO TEM SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND THE CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR SERVED AS SECRETARY, TREASURER AND ALTERNATE TREASURER.
UM, ONCE THIS MEETING IS SET, THE NEW BOARD WOULD APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING AND UPDATE THE CURRENT SIGNERS AT INWOOD BANK ACCOUNTS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE AGENDA?
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AND I WILL STATE THAT THE MINUTES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM WERE INCORRECT.AND THE NEW MINUTES WERE PASSED OUT.
COUNCIL, COUNCIL THAT YOU COUNSEL.
COUNSEL, DID YOU ALL RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE NEW MINUTES? OKAY.
I THINK THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS HERE BECAUSE I WAS SOMEWHAT CONFUSED BECAUSE OF THE TWO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, SIR.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CORMIER REGARDING THE OVERVIEW OF THE, UM, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? KAY.
COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT NEW MEMBERS? RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR LETICIA HUGHES, MAYOR PRO TEM PLACE SEVEN ETTE PARKER, PLACE TWO.
AND REMOVE MEMBERS INE MCOWEN MAYOR KENZIE MOORE, THE THIRD MAYOR, PRO TEM.
BROWN PATRICK, COUNCIL MEMBER DICK NORTH.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER CANDACE QUARLES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE? SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED.
UM, COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF CORPORATION OFFICERS.
UM, SO COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPOINT CORPORATION OFFICERS PRESIDENT RACHEL PROCTOR, VICE PRESIDENT, MAYOR PROTE, LETITIA HUGHES, SECRETARY TREASURER TRACY O CORMIER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BY, UH, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, WE, UH, PLEASE REVIEW THE FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020 MEETINGS AS WAS UPDATED.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE THOSE AT YOUR STATION.
AND IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? MADAM MAYOR MOVED.
THAT WE APPROVE THE MI THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
THE SECOND PERSON THAT WAS PRESENT AT THIS MEETING.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BURS.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020 MEETING.
COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES YOU UNANIM MS. LEE.
AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADD VICE PRESIDENT MAYOR PROM, LETITIA HUGHES, SECRETARY TREASURER TRACY ELIER AND ALTERNATE SECRETARY TREASURER NIKITA SUTTON TO ACCOUNTS AT INWOOD BANK AND TEXT POOL INVESTMENTS AND APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF KINZIE MOORE II AND ELA BEATTY AS AUTHORIZED SIGNERS ON THE INWOOD BANK AND TEXT POOL INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AT THIS TIME.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS FOR OUR, UH, HOUSING AND FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO, MOVE.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS SECOND BY COUNCIL BY TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE NOW ADJOURNED AT 6:18 PM SO AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ADJOURN FROM OUR SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT WE CAN GO INTO OUR WORK SESSION.
MADAM MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR SPECIAL MEETING TO PROCEED TO OUR RECORD MEETING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BY TO ADJOURN OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 6:19 PM AND WE WILL GO INTO
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OUR, UH, WORK SESSION AT 6:19 PM UH, SO AT THIS TIME, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER HERE.
WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA,
[8. Review of Master Calendar of Events and Special Meetings]
PLEASE.FIRST WE HAVE REVIEW OF MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS BY CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT.
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YOU FOR, UH, YOUR, UH, WORK OVER THE LAST, UH, 20 MINUTES OR SO AS WE'VE BEEN UPDATING THOSE, UH, THOSE RECORDS THERE, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT STAFF, UM, AS SIGNERS ON THE BANK ACCOUNTS.AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, DOING THAT.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT, OUT OF THE NORM FOR OUR, UH, WORK SESSION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT UPCOMING MEETINGS, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THEM, UH, ON YOUR RADAR.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE DO HAVE OUR COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOPS, UH, THIS WEEK.
IT STARTS ON THURSDAY EVENING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UH, THEN WE WILL RESUME ON FRIDAY MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK.
SO WE'LL START AT SIX O'CLOCK.
WE'LL GO TILL ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK OR SO ON THURSDAY NIGHTS.
UM, START AGAIN AT 9:00 AM ON FRIDAY.
AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE GOING UNTIL AROUND NOON, UM, FOR THAT.
BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION AND MATERIALS, UH, FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THEN, UM, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, OTHERWISE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS AT THE MEETING ITSELF AS WELL.
UH, ON, UH, TUESDAY, JULY 25TH, UH, THERE IS A DISTRICT SIX COMMUNITY CONVERSATION MEETING THAT'S GOING ON, UH, THAT'S IN COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CHISHOLM'S DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH, UH, IN THE MORNING AT 8:30 AM HERE IN OUR BLUE BONNET ROOMS. WE ARE INVITING OUR FAITH LEADERS FOR OUR FAITH LEADERS QUARTERLY BREAKFAST.
UH, AND THEN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 1ST, UH, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, HOSTED BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR DIFFERENT HOAS AROUND THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA INVITE, OBVIOUSLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SCHOOL, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL BE MAKING VISITS THAT EVENING AND, AND VISITING HOAS.
IF YOU ARE AN HOA AND YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SCHEDULE A TIME FOR THEM TO COME BY AND TO, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE A BRIEF PRESENTATION DURING YOUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO INTERACT WITH THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NIGHT.
UM, ON AUGUST, UH, SECOND, SO IT'LL BE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2ND THROUGH THE FOURTH.
UH, WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL SUMMER RETREATS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE CONDUCTING THOSE OVER AT THE HELIPORT, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND A MORE, A DETAILED VERSION OF THE AGENDA WILL BE GOING OUT FOR YOU, UM, LATER ON.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA START WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2ND IN THE EVENING, AND WE'LL GO, UH, THURSDAY.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UH, MEETINGS ON FRIDAY AS WELL FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE IT FOR, UH, ITEMS, UH, AT THIS TIME.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON CALENDAR ITEMS, I CAN GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THOSE.
CITY MANAGER WRIGHT COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REVIEW OF THE MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS? YES, DR. MARKS.
MR. WRIGHT, WOULD YOU GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT? IT IS JULY 18TH, AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EVENT TAKES PLACE ON AUGUST 1ST.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY CORRESPONDENCE TO GO OUT TO OUR HOAS THUS FAR? SURE.
AND I'LL HAVE OUR, UH, POLICE CHIEF JOE COSTA, GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THOSE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DR. MARKS? UH, YES.
IN FACT, WE'VE SENT OUT, UH, AT LEAST THREE MESSAGES TO HOAS IN THE HOA PRESENCE OF THE LIST THAT WE HAVE.
UM, UH, JESSICA RYAN SENT OUT ANOTHER BLAST OUT TODAY TO ALL THE HOAS TO REMIND HIM THAT AUGUST 1ST IS A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND WE'VE GOT SEVEN THAT HAVE REPLIED TO US THAT THEY ARE HAVING EVENTS.
I SENT THE LIST OUT TO OUR CITY MANAGER TODAY, SO HE HAS A LIST.
I CAN SEND THAT OUT TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE.
I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE, UH, BECAUSE I LIKE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN MY, MY PARTICULAR AREA.
UH, AND CERTAINLY IF I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE, CERTAINLY I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND TO GET THAT LIST TO ME, SIR, I'LL GO BACK.
I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO, UH, EACH ONE OF YOU.
THE CITY SECRETARY, ALICIA THOMAS WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT TO EVERYONE SO THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP AND, AND WENT OUT ALREADY.
AND USUALLY MY HOA IS VERY GOOD ABOUT SENDING STUFF OUT, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM MINE.
SO, UM, HOWEVER, I DID RECEIVE SEVERAL FROM COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SO I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
WELL, WE ARE SENDING OUT ANOTHER BLAST TODAY, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MORE THAT, UH, GOING.
UM, WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REVIEW? UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[9. Review of Regular Agenda items]
NEXT WE HAVE REVIEW OF THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT.UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND REVIEW ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, STARTING WITH THE ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, ITEM, UH, TWO C THAT WE HAVE.
SO F TWO C IS WHERE I'LL KIND OF START.
UH, THERE WE DO HAVE, UH, THIS EVENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED THE AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER.
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THESE ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY VOTERS BACK IN MAY.UH, SO WE NOW HAVE THE FINALIZED NUMBER THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, AMENDMENTS.
AND SO WE FINALIZED THAT LANGUAGE.
UH, IT IS NOW BEING PRESENTED TO YOU IN ORDINANCE FORM FOR, UH, CODIFICATION INTO THE, UH, THE ACTUAL CHARTER ITSELF.
UM, THEN WE HAVE ITEM D, WHICH IS THE, UH, APPROVING THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS FOR THE DESOTO TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION.
UH, THIS IS RELATED AGAIN, TO OUR NANCE FARM PROJECT.
UM, BUT IT IS, UH, KIND OF TAKING THE ARTS, UH, ARTS COMMISSION AND THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION AND KIND OF COMBINING THOSE EFFORTS INTO ONE.
IT'S THE NEW TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
THEY MET THE FIRST TIME, UH, UM, VOTED ON THEIR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS, WHICH ARE NOW BEING PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR, FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE REMOVAL OF THE ARTS COMMISSION, WHICH IS, AGAIN RELATED TO THAT ITEM AS THE NEXT ITEM ON ITEM E.
HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ONE, PLEASE? YES.
JUST WANTED CLARITY AS FAR AS, SO WE'RE ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION.
UM, THE, THE BOARD ITSELF, THEY WILL BE MORE STILL OF AN ADVISORY ROLE.
UM, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF THE FUND FOUNDATION WANTS TO SEPARATE ITSELF FROM THE CITY AT SOME POINT? SO IF IT GROWS TO THE PLACE OF REALLY, UH, BEING SOMETHING REALLY ROBUST, OR IS THIS MAYBE THE LOOK YOU JUST GAVE ME CITY, UH, I MEAN, UH, CITY ATTORNEY
AND SO JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS WAS A QUESTION I BELIEVE THAT WAS ASKED BY THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT PART MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDRAISING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING, THE CITY IS DOING THE MANAGEMENT PIECE OF IT.
BUT IF IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE THE FOUNDATION WANTS TO OR NEEDS TO, UH, BREAK AWAY, OR IF IT'S BETTER FOR US TO, TO HAVE A SEPARATION, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND, AND CHRISTOPHE I'LL LET YOU JUMP IN HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO OVERSPEAK, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S GONNA BE, BASICALLY IT'S SET UP AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT THE FOUNDATION DOES WANT TO GO, SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL USE EXAMPLE LIKE KEEP THE SOTO BEAUTIFUL.
UM, IF THEY WANNA GO FURTHER AND BECOME A, A NON-PROFIT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS COUNCIL WOULD WOULD'VE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO SEE.
IF WE WANTED TO MOVE TO THAT STEP, THEY WOULD'VE TO ADOPT OR REVISED BYLAWS AND PERHAPS EVEN THEIR ARTICLES OF A CORPORATION AND REFILE 'EM TO BECOME FULLY INDEPENDENT.
AND WITH IT BEING AN ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THE, OVER THAT BOARD.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDRAISING, UM, WHAT DOES THAT PART LOOK LIKE? SO IS IT THE CITY THAT, THAT'S SO THROUGH THE BOARD? 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING THE FOUNDATION.
THEY THERE LIKE WOULD, IT WOULD BE, UH, INCORPORATED AS A 5 0 1 C3 THAT CURRENTLY COULD ACCEPT DONATIONS.
ALL THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY.
IS THAT THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS? NO, THEY CAN, YEAH, WE WILL, AFTER THEY'RE ADOPTED, WE WILL FILE THIS AND FORM THE DOCUMENT, THE CORPORATION.
SAY A LITTLE BIT LOUDER FOR ME.
AFTER YOU ADOPT THEM, THEN YES, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH FILING THAT WITH THE STATE INFORMING THE FOUNDATION.
SO FORMING THE FOUNDATION AND THEN THE 5 0 1 C3 IS ESTABLISHED AT THAT POINT OR AFTER THAT POINT? AT THIS POINT.
AND OKAY, I JUST WANTED THAT CLARITY 'CAUSE I KNOW YEAH.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A C FIVE ONE C3, IT'S STILL ONE THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF THE COUNCIL, THAT WOULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL STEP OR REVISING THE BYLAWS AND THE, UH, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AT A LATER TIME.
AND I GUESS MY POINT WITH THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE COMPLETELY IN CONTROL OF.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE FOUNDATION CAN JUST GO IN AND DO ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT HAVING, UH, COUNSEL OVERSIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT PART WAS CLEAR.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS FOUNDATION, UM, IDEALLY WOULD GROW IN SIZE AND STATURE IN OUR COMMUNITY OR IN OUR REGION RATHER.
AND SO IT MAY BE ONE WHERE IT'S NOT A PART OF THE CITY AT SOME POINT.
SO I JUST WANTED THAT CLARITY.
THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM.
UH, WE HAVE ITEMS, UH, F THROUGH, UH, THROUGH I ARE ALL BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
UH, JUST KIND OF QUICKLY COVERING THEM.
UH, THE FIRST ONE, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR LAST YEAR, UH, ORDERED LAST YEAR.
BUTFOR DON'T ARRIVE AT, DIDN'T ARRIVE UNTIL THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT'S JUST BRINGING THOSE FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FORWARD, UM, TO MAKE THAT PURCHASE AN EMERGENCY WATER LINE REPAIR.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE AN EMERGENCY BREAK.
WE GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE THAT WORK TO BEGIN.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BRING FORWARD THE AMENDMENT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, UH, THAT RECTIFIED.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS FOR THE ONE THAT WAS ON WESTMORELAND.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE, UH, P 25 RADIO, UH, COMPLIANT RADIO SYSTEM.
THIS IS MOVING THE MONEY TO THE APPROPRIATE AREA FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE PAYMENT, UH, FOR THE P 25, UH, RADIO SYSTEM.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, FITNESS CLASSES WHERE THE, UH, SOME OF THE FITNESS CLASSES HAVE BEEN GOING VERY WELL.
YOU HAVE MORE REVENUE, YOU ALSO HAVE MORE COSTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE CLASSES THAT ARE BEING RUN, UM, FOR THAT.
SO IT'S MAKING THE AMENDMENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL CLASSES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UH, SO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
IT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED FOR A FEW YEARS, UM, BASED ON NEW, UH,
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THE NEW, UH, SALARY AMOUNTS FOR OUR OFFICERS AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT THAT AGREEMENT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED.SO, UM, MR. WRIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A FOUR SRO? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THERE, THERE ARE NOW, THERE ARE WILL NOW BE FOUR SROS AT THE SCHOOLS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, THERE WAS, THERE'S ALSO ITEM K, WHICH IS AT THE DALLAS COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN AMENDMENT.
UH, THIS IS TO, UH, ADD THE RESIDENTIAL SAFE ROOM REBATE PROGRAM.
ESSENTIALLY, OUR RESIDENCE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A, UH, A REBATE, UH, OF A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I THINK IT'S $3,000 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
UM, FOR, UH, IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A RESIDENTIAL SAFE ROOM IN THEIR HOME.
AND THEN THE COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM TO HELP, UH, REBATE THAT FOR THEM.
UH, WHEN WE ADD IT TO OUR ACTION PLAN, IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN THEN APPLY FOR.
UH, THEN ITEM L UH, THIS ONE IS FOR THE, UH, THE DESIGN SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR THE, UH, WOLF CREEK ESTATES DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THIS IS TO, UH, HELP, UH, RE REMOVE THAT THREAT OF FLOODING THAT WE HAVE ON THE, UH, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY AND THE WOLF CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE BEGINNING THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, ITEM, UH, M IS TO PURCHASE, THIS ONE'S KIND OF EXCITING IF YOU LOVE, UH, ROAD REPAIRS AS SOME OF US, I KNOW ALL OF US HERE DO.
UH, BUT WE ARE PURCHASING A POTHOLE PATCHER, AN ASPHALT POTHOLE PATCHER.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO, UM, BETTER REPAIR ROADS THAT NEED, UH, THAT HAVE POTHOLES WITH HOT ASPHALT AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF COLD MIX, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS THAT WE U UTILIZE RIGHT NOW.
SO BY HAVING THIS EQUIPMENT ON HAND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MORE EFFICIENTLY HANDLE AND MORE EFFECTIVELY HANDLE REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND NOT HAVE TO GO BACK SO MANY TIMES TO REPLACE COLD MIX THAT ENDS UP COMING OUT DURING RAIN.
UM, WE HAVE THE ANNUAL, UH, VERSION OF THE ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY SYSTEM, UM, APPLICATION DENIAL SO THAT THEY HAVE A RATE THAT THEY PUT IN EVERY YEAR FOR, UH, ENCORE, UH, UPCHARGES, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UH, WE'RE PART OF A COALITION OF CITIES THAT BIND, UH, THAT, THAT ARE BOUND TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO NEGOTIATE, TO REVIEW AND NEGOTIATE THAT RATE INCREASE.
UH, SO THIS STARTS THAT PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS, UH, THROUGH THE LAWYERS THAT ARE HIRED FOR THIS PURPOSE BY US DENYING THAT RATE INCREASE.
UH, THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A SANITARY SEWER, UH, REPAIR.
UM, THIS IS FOR A REPAIR THAT HAPPENED ON POLK STREET.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER X EXECUTE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE WERE DONE AS PART OF THAT EMERGENCY REPAIR.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, CHANGE ORDER OF THE HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION PROJECT.
AND THIS IS FOR, WE NEEDED TO RELOCATE A 24 INCH, UH, UH, DISCHARGE WATER LINE, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE, UH, WHERE SOME OF THE, THE PAYMENT NEEDS TO GO, UM, FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO IT'S RELOCATING THAT, UM, TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST $350,000, UH, THEN IN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING.
UH, OF NOTE, JUST MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THIS ONE.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, IT'S ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE ARE NOT CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IT'S, IT WAS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN WE NOTICED IT ORIGINALLY, IT SAID IT WOULD BE ON THIS AGENDA.
WE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO, UH, THINK IT WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA AND THEN, OR THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE, AND THEN NOT SEE IT, AND THEN NOT, NOT BE AWARE OF WHAT THE STATUS WAS.
AND THIS IS RELATED TO NANCE FARM.
SO, UM, AS IT WENT THROUGH P AND Z, UM, AND WE HAD A, A GROUP WITH A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THERE.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO SLOW THAT PROJECT DOWN BY JUST A LITTLE BIT BY GOING OUT WORK MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS THE, UH, HISTORICAL FOUND, THE, THE SOTO HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, WHICH IS THAT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THEIR BYLAWS, WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THEM ESTABLISHING OPERATING GUIDELINES FOR NANCE FARM.
AND THAT WILL HELP, HOPEFULLY HELP TO BRING SOME, UH, ASSURITY TO THE NEIGHBORS THERE ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT WE PLAN TO UTILIZE THAT FACILITY.
SO WHAT'S THE GUIDELINES FOR THINGS LIKE WHAT HOURS OF OPERATION WILL WE HAVE? WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS CAN WE HAVE THERE? HOW LOUD CAN THEY BE? THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN PARK THERE.
RIGHT? WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
SO, SO MR. WRIGHT, AS WE GO THROUGH THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC, JUST WHAT YOU SAID TO US MM-HMM.
IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT TO THEM YEP.
THE SAME WAY YOU JUST EXPLAINED.
SO WE, WE JUST DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO, UH, THINK IT WAS GONNA BE ON TONIGHT, NOT SEE IT, AND THEN WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
SO IT'S ON THE AGENDA, JUST KIND OF A NOTICE FOR PEOPLE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CONSIDERING ANY ORDINANCES.
WE'RE GONNA BE FIRST GOING OUT DEVELOPING OPERATING GUIDELINES, UH, FOR THE FACILITY ITSELF WITH, IN, YOU KNOW, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION THAT WAS JUST ESTABLISHED.
UM, ITEM TWO IS RELATED TO THE CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLANS.
WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE BASED ON THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT HAS COME FROM THAT, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, MOVING FORWARD FOR THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, ITEM THREE THERE ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IS FOR A SPECIAL, UH, I'M SORRY, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, FOR, UH, THE, WHAT'S COMING IS A CHICK-FIL-A, UH, TO THE CITY OVER ON BELTLINE, JUST EAST OF WESTMORELAND.
SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.
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TO SEE THIS ITEM, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING.UH, WE ALSO HAVE A DEVELOP, UH, A, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE, UH, FOR, RELATED TO THE, UH, THE WILDWOOD DEVELOPMENT UP IN PD ONE 60.
THAT'S UP OFF OF WESTMORELAND AND DANIELDALE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY TWO COMPONENTS TO IT.
ONE OF 'EM IS RELATED TO A SINGLE HOUSE, UM, REDUCING THAT, THAT SIZE OF THAT, UH, OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT HOME.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS RELATED TO REDUCING THIS, THE, UH, THE LOT SIZE FOR, UH, FOR THE PARTS OF PHASE THREE IN THAT PROJECT HOMESTEAD PHASE THREE.
UH, THEN WE HAVE, UH, TWO FACILITY NAMING APPLICATIONS.
UH, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE'S, UH, IS AWARE, THERE'S, THE CITY HAS A FACILITY NAMING, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS.
UH, IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN READING MORE ABOUT IT THAN HOW IT IS THAT YOU WOULD GO ABOUT SUBMITTING A NAME PER OR PROPOSAL FOR HOW THINGS ARE, UH, SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR NAMING A FACILITY OR A STREETS OR A PARK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, UH, TWICE A YEAR, THERE'S AN APPLICATION PERIOD.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE JUNE APPLICATION PERIOD AND WE'RE NOW CONSIDERING THEM HERE IN JULY, UH, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE, ONE OF 'EM FOR THE DESOTO FIRE TRAINING CENTER, UM, IN HONOR OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER JOHN BRO, UH, JOHN BRO, TO JOE BROWN.
RETIRED FIREFIGHTER JOE BROWN.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS A, UH, IS THE DESOTO POLICE STATION IN HONOR OF CARL O. SHERMAN.
UH, ON OUR LAST ITEM THAT WE'LL HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR A RESOLUTION FOR REVISING THE COMPOSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UH, THIS ITEM IS A FOLLOW UP ON A PREVIOUS, UH, WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD WHERE WE LOOKED AT, UH, SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUDIT FINANCE COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, WHEN WE RECEIVE, UM, UH, COMPLAINTS, UH, VIA STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY IN REVIEWING THOSE.
UH, SO WE HAVE THAT ITEM ON MAKE CONSIDERATION FOR THE EVENING AS WELL.
AND THAT IS IT FOR THE AGENDA.
UM, IF I, THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN GO AHEAD AND ANSWER AT THIS TIME, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
AS FAR AS THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEW, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WAS IT, WAS IT ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW THE AUDIT AND FINANCE, OR WAS IT ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW THE, THE FRAUD HOTLINE? WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE, DO YOU REMEMBER THE CHARGE? YEAH, WHAT WAS THE CHARGE? THE, I I, I'M REMEMBERING THE CHARGE BEING MOSTLY AROUND THE AREA OF THE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE CONCERN AT THE TIME WAS THE FRAUD HOTLINE AND HOW THE FRAUD HOTLINE IS UTILIZED.
I'LL ALSO REFER TO OUR DEPUTY MANAGER CHRISTOFF BAUER, JUST FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT IN CASE I'M, I DON'T HAVE THAT CORRECT.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHARGE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WAS TO REVIEW THE FUNCTION OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE FRAUD HOTLINE.
THEY WERE INEXTRICABLY TIED, GIVEN THE PREVIOUS, UH, DEFINITION OF WHAT THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED TO DO, WHICH IN PART WAS TO OPERATE THE FRAUD HOTLINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BUR COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FOR OUR CITY MANAGER REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 6:38 PM AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL BACK HERE AT 7:00 PM TO GET OUR REGULAR MEETING STARTED.
[B. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]
I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL.AT THIS TIME, WE WILL, UH, HAVE A ROLL CALL FROM OUR CITY SECRETARY MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER PARKER.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE A INVOCATION BY VANESSA LOZANO WITH TRINITY BISHOP ARTS ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD.
IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND, COUNCIL MEMBER BY WOULD YOU MIND? THANK YOU.
YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM, MS. N
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LORD, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.GOD, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING.
GOD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE, THE CITY COUNCILMEN.
GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS NIGHT.
AND WE SAY, LORD, JUST HAVE YOUR WAY IN THIS PLACE.
WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM.
WE SAY THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING, JUST SUPERNATURAL WISDOM.
AND WE HONOR, WE HONOR YOU, AND WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY.
THANK YOU MS. LOZANO FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER TO, UH, START OUR MEETING OFF THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER BER FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[C. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
OUR 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.
UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES, DR. MARKS.
FIFTH ANNUAL EVENT TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM MATURE ADULT PROM NIGHT.
GENERAL ADMISSION IS ONLY $20 PER PERSON, AND OF COURSE, IT WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER.
LOCATED AT TWO 11 EAST PLEASANT RON ROAD ON JULY.
IT SAYS JULY IS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH.
CELEBRATE WITH US ON JULY 21ST AND 28TH.
FRIDAYS, UH, THERE WILL BE SNOW CONES, FUNNEL CAKES, HOT DOGS AND BURGERS.
TAKES PLACE AT 12:00 PM UNTIL 2:00 PM OVER AT MOSLEY POOL.
LOCATED AT 1300 HONOR DRIVE HERE IN THE ALL AMERICA CITY OF DESOTO.
AND THEN WE HAVE SENIOR POOL DAY THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JULY 22ND FROM NINE UNTIL 11:00 AM SENIORS COME OUT AND ENJOY FOOD GAMES, PRIZES, AND SWIMMING.
AGAIN, THAT WILL BE HELD OVER AT MOSLEY POOL AS WELL.
LOCATED AT 1300 HONORS DRIVE HERE IN THE ALL AMERICA CITY OF DESOTO.
AND THEN WE HAVE HALF PRICE OFF MEMBERSHIP RATES, 50% HERE AT THE DESOTO RECREATION CENTER FOR NEW AND CURRENT FITNESS PASSES, WEIGHT TRAINING, STRENGTHENING, AEROBICS, AND CARDIO.
GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR 50% OFF TODAY.
AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE DO HAVE DEPART, UH, DESOTO PARKS AND RECREATION.
KINDLY PRESENTS DESOTO SUMMER PRAISE DANCE PRODUCTION.
IT TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY, THE 21ST OF JULY, FEATURING ALL FOR GOD OUTREACH MINISTRY, CHOREOGRAPHED BY JAELLE THOMAS TAYLOR FROM TWO 30 ONTO 3 45 HERE AT THE CORNER THEATER, AGAIN LOCATED AT TWO 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD MATTER.
MAYOR, THAT SEEMS TO BE ALL I HAVE.
WE WANT TO, UH, SEND OUT CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. NICHOLAS MITCHELL AND HIS LOVELY WIFE ON BEING THE NEW OWNERS OF PADIS BARBECUE.
THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF THE GREAT CITY OF DESOTO AND, UH, UH, EXPANDED THEIR FRANCHISE, UH, AT THE, UH, NEAR PARKLAND HOSPITAL.
UH, THEY ARE LOOKING TO BRING, UH, DICKIES BACK TO DESOTO AS WELL, BUT WE WERE INVITED OVER TO BREAK BREAD WITH THEM.
AND SO WE WANT TO TELL A LOT NICHOLAS AND HIS BRIDE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EXPANSION.
WHILE WE WERE HAVING LUNCH, WE ALSO MET MR. CRI, CHRIS HODGES, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OPERATIONS.
AND WE WANT TO THANK MR. HODGES FOR TELLING US ABOUT A, A PROGRAM THAT DICKIES OFFERS WHERE THEY WILL OFFER AND PROVIDE, UH, MATERIALS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR FREE.
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A GRANT WRITING, UH, DEAL.HE SAID IF DESOTO WERE TO APPLY, HE WOULD PERSONALLY HAND WALK IT TO THE PERSON THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, UP TO 10 TO $20,000 WORTH OF GRANTS, UH, FREE TO OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU MR. MITCHELL, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BY MAYOR PROAM HUGHES.
UH, FOR THOSE WHO THAT ARE 60 AND OVER, THE COMMUNITY, MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IS HOSTING AN INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE UTILITY BILLS THAT WILL BE HELD TOMORROW BETWEEN NINE AND 11 AT THE COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, ONE 15 WEST BELT LINE.
AND THEN ALSO THEY ARE HOSTING A SECOND CHANCE JOB FAIR ON JULY 29TH BETWEEN NINE AND ONE.
AND THEY HAVE EMPLOYERS, THEY'LL HAVE SEVERAL EMPLOYERS WHO WILL BE GIVING, UH, UH, ANYONE THAT COMES IN PRETTY MUCH A JOB.
THERE'S ALWAYS PLENTY OF EMPLOYERS.
SO THAT, THAT IS FOR SECOND CHANCE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S ON SATURDAY, JULY, JULY 29TH, BETWEEN NINE AND 1:00 PM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
ON THIS SATURDAY SET, JULY 22ND FROM ONE TO THREE.
WANNA MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE, UM, THAT AT THE DESOTO PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE DESOTO ARTIST LAB WILL PRESENT ITS TEEN SHOWCASE.
UM, THE DESOTO ARTIST LAB ARTIST IS MICHELLE PRYOR AND LOCAL TEAMS, THEY WILL HIGHLIGHT, SHOWCASE SOME OF THE WORKS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING LAST YEAR.
THERE WILL BE A ARTIST RECEPTION, SILENT AUCTION.
THIS EVENT IS FREE, SO COME ON DOWN TO THE LIBRARY BETWEEN ONE O'CLOCK AND THREE O'CLOCK.
THEN ALSO KNOW THAT BETWEEN TWO 30 AND FOUR 30, UM, THERE'S A NEW TEAM BROADCASTING CLUB.
AND SO THEY WOULD ALSO DO SOME SHOWCASING ON, ON THAT DAY.
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH SESSIONS SUCH AS FILMMAKING PROCESS, UH, PRODUCTION AND EQUIPMENT, HOW TO INTERVIEW PODCASTING AND MORE.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, UM, WITH OUR YOUNG ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, UM, UM, MR. WRIGHT AS WELL AS, UH, HIS DEPUTY MANAGERS AND, UM, BECKY LEWIS.
UM, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT FORGETTING ANYBODY.
THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, MS. ELIZABETH, UM, MR. BREWER FOR, I, I ACTUALLY HAD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS LAST WEEK WITH TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE SUBDIVISIONS.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR NOT JUST, UM, ORGANIZING, NOT JUST, UM, CREATING, ORGANIZING, BUT ALSO HAVING STAFF OUT AFTER HOURS TO, UH, EXPLAIN TO CUSTOMERS, UM, EXCUSE ME, NOT CUSTOMERS, TO EXPLAIN TO RESIDENTS THE ISSUES THAT WERE PERTAINING TO THEM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO, UH, BRING UP THAT I DO HAVE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
UM, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS WEEK WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THOSE MEETING, PART OF THE MEETING HAPPENS DURING, NORMALLY DURING THE DAY.
AND SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY, AN INTIMATE ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE FISCAL 24 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS JUST THE BUDGET PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT, UM, I WILL HAVE THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
THE HIGHEST ONE AT THE TOP ARE ION, UM, CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT, PRESENT AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, UM, AS WELL AS GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, THAT MEETING IS TAKING PLACE TUESDAY, JULY 25TH AT 6:00 PM AND BECAUSE I'M SO KIND, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE AS MUCH AS OF THE ZOOM, SO IT WILL BE ON ZOOM AS WELL.
UM, YOU CAN GET A FLYER, ACTUALLY, IT SHOULD BE AT THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE FOR YOU.
UH, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE TO REGISTER, AND THAT WAY IT LOGS ON YOUR CALENDAR AND YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT IT.
SO, I'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST BEFORE WE CONCLUDE THIS PORTION? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, UH, I DO HAVE A FEW, UM, I DO HAVE A FEW, UH, ITEMS ON MY LIST.
UM, IN TERMS OF ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
UM, I WANT TO BEGIN BY GIVING, UH, OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES AS WE HAVE ALREADY.
BUT I WANTED TO PUBLICLY, UM, GIVE OUR CONDOLENCES TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, IN THE LOSS OF HER, HER MOTHER, UM, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE PRAYING WITH YOU AND WE ARE WITH YOU, UH, DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
AND SO PLEASE KNOW THAT, UM, AS YOU CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS VERY DIFFICULT JOURNEY.
UM, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, UM, I WANTED TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE MAYOR PRO TEM LETITIA HUGHES, UH, FOR HER APPOINTMENT TO THE METRO TEXAS ASSOCIATION
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OF REALTORS, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.WE CAN GIVE HER A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP.
UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL.
I ALWAYS SAY WHEN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER SHINE, UM, DESOTO SHINE.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE RE AND, AND YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE HIGHLY RESPECTED IN YOUR INDUSTRY, AND SO IT SHOWS, UM, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL LEAD WELL IN THAT CAPACITY.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF DE SOTO'S OWN ALEX HOLLY, WHO MADE HIS PRO DEBUT FIGHT, UH, THIS WEEKEND IN LAS VEGAS.
AND NOT ONLY DID HE MAKE HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT, HE WON HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT.
SO WE ARE EXCITED, UH, FOR, AGAIN, ONE OF DE SOTO'S OWN, UH, MAKING, MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES IN, UH, THE PROBE BOXING, UH, INDUSTRY.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO ANNOUNCE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL MOVIE AND POOL NIGHT.
UM, THAT WILL BE AUGUST 5TH, AND THE POOL WILL OPEN AT SEVEN 30.
MOSLEY POOL WILL OPEN AT 7:30 PM AND THE MOVIE WILL BEGIN AT 8:30 PM SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD TIME AS WE BEGIN TO, UH, ACTUALLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GO HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL.
IT FEELS LIKE WE JUST GOT OUTTA SCHOOL, BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY BACK.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT WILL BE, UH, ON AUGUST THE FIFTH, UM, AT MOSELEY POOL.
AND THE, THE POOL WILL OPEN AT SEVEN 30 AND THE MOVIE WILL START AT EIGHT 30.
AND THIS IS A FREE EVENT TO ALL.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO, UH, WRAP UP MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, WE KNOW THAT, UH, THIS IS THE MONTH OF JULY AND SOMETIMES IN THE MONTH OF JULY, THERE ARE BIRTHDAYS.
HI,
AND SO WE WILL NOT BE BACK HERE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE WANTED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL AND SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UH, TO YOU ALL.
WE HOPE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR DAY.
I SAW YOU A LITTLE BIT ON FACEBOOK.
I KNOW YOU WERE, YOU WERE GETTING IT IN.
UH, AND THEN DR. MARKS, WE KNOW THAT YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE.
SO WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL, UH, HAVE A GOOD TIME.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, WE CAN'T LET YOU GO WITHOUT A SONG.
SO Y'ALL GOTTA DO, Y'ALL GOTTA AGREE ON WHICH VERSION.
THEY AGREE, THEY HAVE CONSENSUS ON STEVIE WONDER.
SO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS CHOIR IS GOING TO, UH, SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THE STEVIE WONDER, UH, VERSION TO DR. MARKS AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, ON THE COUNT OF THREE.
Y'ALL CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAYS.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[D. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES PORTION.THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
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 MEETING.
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.
AT THIS TIME, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CARDS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR FOR OUR CITIZENS PORTION OF, UM, OUR MEETING, AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE ARE GOING TO LIMIT SPEAKERS TONIGHT TO TWO MINUTES VERSUS THREE MINUTES.
SO PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
UM, AS YOU COME TO SPEAK, IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN OUR MEETINGS, AGAIN, WE WILL LIMIT, UM, FOR THE SAKE OF THE AMOUNT OF CARDS WE HAVE TO, AGAIN, TO MAINTAIN EFFICIENT FLOW OF OUR MEETING AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IS HEARD AND WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A DECENT HOUR IN TERMS OF THE FLOW OF OUR MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA LIMIT THAT TO TWO MINUTES AT THIS TIME.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND JUST YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES BEFORE I CAME.
SO NOW YOU, I GOTTA CHANGE THIS.
UM, CITY OF RESIDENCE IS DESOTO, TEXAS AND DON'T GIVE THE ADDRESS.
AS A RESIDENCE OF 10 MILE CREEK STATE, PHASE THREE, I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE MAYOR OF THE SOTO TO AMEN AND DISSOLVE
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THE CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 14 17 0 1 FOR THE, UH, 10 MILE CREEK ESTATE, PHASE THREE, THUS REMOVING THE HOA CONDITION BY HARLAND PROPERTIES, LLC, UH, NOW KNOWN AS SAMIR HOMES FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.UH, WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN 2006, 17 YEARS AGO.
WE WERE NEVER DISCLOSED OF MOVING INTO AN HOA AREA.
WE WERE NEVER GIVEN THE COVENANT CONDITIONS AND GUIDELINES ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY CODE TITLE TWO, RESTRICTED COVENANTS 2 0 7 0.3.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THAT CLOSING TO US.
AGAIN, IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
AND NOW WE ARE DISCLOSED IN THE FORM OF A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION BILL FROM NEW ROCK SERVICES PROPERTY MANAGER COMPANY OF SAMIR HOMES.
UH, THERE ARE AT LEAST 120 HOMES, RESIDENTS OF MORE THAN 250 INDIVIDUALS ON AVERAGE WITH THE SAME SIMILAR EXPERIENCE, LONGER OR SHORTER TIME PERIODS, UH, YET WITH THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE FOUND THIS OUT AT A MEETING WE HAD ON FRIDAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER COUNCIL REPRESENTED AND PROPERTY MANAGER COMPANY.
ANY REASONABLE PERSON WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO BELIEVE THAT THE TITLE COMPANY HAD THE SAME ISSUE OF NOT DISCLOSING 10 MILE CREEK ESTATES OF PHASE THREE AS AN HOA ARE.
THE BUYING AGENTS ARE MORE THAN 200 INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS THAT MISSED THIS.
UM, THE PROPERTY MANAGING COMPANY IS TRYING TO FALL BACK ON THE DEED OF TRUST AS THEIR GUIDELINES.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE SKIPPING THE PROPERTY CODE TITLE TWO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
ANY REASONABLE PERSON KNOWS THAT YOU CANNOT TAKE PART OF A WHOLE AND PROVE THAT PART AS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT IS REQUIRED A CONNECTED TO THAT WHOLE PART TO COMPLETE THE AGREEMENT.
THE 129 HOMES RESIDENCE, MR. BRADFORD, THAT DOES CONCLUDE YOUR TIME.
AND IF YOU HAVE THAT IN WRITING OR IF YOU WANNA FORWARD THE REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENTS TO US VIA EMAIL, YOU CAN DO SO AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
I AM A DESOTO RESIDENCE FOR 20 YEARS.
AND RIGHT NOW MY HOME HAS BEEN TERRORIZED, UH, MEANING PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND STEALING.
I SPOKE TO YOUR CHIEF POLICE AND HE'S BEEN TRYING TO COLLABORATE WITH MYSELF TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UH, THE PEOPLE THAT'S COMING INTO MY HOME ARE EX EMPLOYERS AND I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE EX EMPLOYERS.
THEY WANT TO DETER ME FROM, UH, MAKING A LAWSUIT.
SO I AM ALSO BEING UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
UH, CAMERAS ARE ALREADY INSTALLED IN MY HOME.
UH, ME AND MY DAUGHTER, UH, ARE UNDER CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE WITH CAMERAS.
WE CAN'T TAKE A BATH IN PRIVACY.
AND I'VE TALKED TO THE DALLAS DA OFFICE, AND THEY SAID THAT DESOTO IS THE GO-TO PERSON TO TRY TO GET SOME RESOLUTION.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE RESOLUTION.
I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN NOW, SO I DO NOT NEED PEOPLE COMING INTO MY HOME TAMPERING WITH FOOD AND STEALING ITEMS. IT'S GONNA STOP.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MS. BRECKENRIDGE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND JUST YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MARTHA BRECKENRIDGE, CITY OF RESIDENCE, DESOTO, TEXAS.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M A VICTIM.
UH, I'M A VICTIM OF, UH, THEFT OF A MINIVAN THAT I, UH, PURCHASED TO GO TO CANCER TREATMENTS AT MD ANDERSON.
UM, THEY TOOK ALL THE INFORMATION, UM, THEY DID PUT IT ON THE POLICE REPORT.
OF COURSE, I CONTINUED TO BOARD IT WITH THE PERSON THAT, THAT I KNEW TO POLICE BRING IT BACK, AND THEY WOULD NOT DO THAT.
AND UNLESS THEY TOOK IT OFF, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN FEAR THAT THE POLICE WOULD SHOOT THEM ON BRINGING IT, TRYING TO BE DRIVING A CAR THAT WAS ON THE RECORD.
SO I HAD IT TAKEN OFF AND, UM, THEY AGREED TO BRING IT BACK IN, WHICH THEY DID NOT.
I CONTACTED THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF AND A CAPTAIN, AND THEY TOLD ME COULDN'T BE TAKEN, PUT BACK ON BECAUSE, UH, IT WAS A CIVIL MATTER.
THERE'S NO STATUTE STATING THAT THEY DIDN'T LOOK UP THE PERSON WHO WAS, UM, I GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION ON.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE FOR ME.
SO I'M HERE AS A VICTIM TO SAY THAT I NEED SOME HELP FROM THIS, FROM THIS CITY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
IT, BECAUSE IT TRULY DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO DO THIS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT MS. BRECKENRIDGE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND JUST YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'M STACEY SNEAD IN DESO, TEXAS.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE AGE RESTRICTION OF THE
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YOUTH USING THE GYM AT THE RECREATION CENTER, AGES 10 THROUGH 17 TO PRACTICE BASKETBALL.NOT TO ENROLL IN SP IN A SPECIFIC PROGRAM, BUT JUST TO SHOOT AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THIS GROUP OF YOUTH ARE NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN DURING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TO USE THE BASKETBALL COURT.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DESOTA FOR OVER 20 PLUS YEARS.
IT IS UNFAIR FOR MY CHILD AND OTHERS TO HAVE TO GO TO NEIGHBORING SURROUNDING CITIES SUCH AS CEDAR HILL AND PAY $5 A DAY TO USE THE RECREATION CENTER OR LA FITNESS TO PAY $20 A DAY JUST TO TWO, JUST FOR $20 A DAY TO PRACTICE TWO TO THREE HOURS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER IMPLEMENTATIONS TO ALLOW THIS GYM AND THIS AGE GROUP TO PARTICIPATE WHERE WE RESIDE AND PAY TAXES SOLUTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, NO BACKPACK POLICIES ARE PROVIDING LOCKERS FOR THE STUDENTS TO USE THE GYM.
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY THE RULES SHOULD BE DENIED ACCESS.
HOWEVER, FOR THOSE THAT DO ABIDE, SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE GYM AND THE YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PENALIZED FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND JUST YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS FRANK DANIELS AND I'M A CITIZEN OF DESOTO, TEXAS.
MORTGAGE COMPANIES MUST BE MADE AWARE OF HOA FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORTGAGE LOANS IN ORDER TO PROPERLY UNDERWRITE THE LOANS AND APPROVE IT.
HOA FEES ARE CONSIDERED MONTHLY DEBTS AND MUST BE CALCULATED UNTIL YOUR DEBT TO INCOME RATIO WHEN QUALIFYING FOR A HOME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF WE CAN AFFORD AN EXTRA FEE OF ANY KIND, BUT ESPECIALLY ONE THAT OUR LENDERS DIDN'T CONSIDER WHEN MAKING US THE LOAN? ALSO, WHEN AGREEING TO A MORTGAGE AND HOME PURCHASE AND A POSSIBLE HOA ASSESSMENT, IT MUST BE DISCLOSED.
THE INSTALLATION OF AN HOA AFTER MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED IS ILLEGAL.
IF THERE IS NO ADDENDUM IN OUR DOCUMENTS, THEN THE ENFORCEMENT OF AN HOA WOULD REQUIRE US THE HOMEOWNERS TO AGREE ON THE BYLAWS AND RENDER A VOTE BEFORE IT IS CONSIDERED.
LASTLY, WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING? BEING SPENT COLLECTING FEES FROM HOMEOWNERS WHO REAP NO BENEFITS FROM THE HOA IS UNACCEPTABLE.
PHASE THREE AB IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS 126 HOMES.
PHASE THREE C, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, HAS 88 CLUSTER BOXES, MEANING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE 88 HOMES TOTAL IN 214 HOMES.
WITH THAT, THE DUDES ARE SET FOR 50 BUCKS, THAT'S $10,000, 10,700 A YEAR.
WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING? WE HAVE MAYBE A HALF OF A, MAYBE 25 YARDS ON ONE SIDE AND MAYBE A HUNDRED YARDS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THE COMMON AREAS ARE SMALL AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE MONEY FROM US AND WE'RE TRYING TO NULLIFY THIS.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
DANIEL CRUZ, RESIDENT OF DESOTO.
I 2:00 AM A RESIDENT AT 10 MILE CREEK WITH MY NEIGHBORS.
FRANK AND BYRON, WE HAVE SPOKEN ALREADY.
WE HAVE MANY MORE, UH, RESIDENTS THAT, NEIGHBORS THAT WILL BE SPEAKING.
DESOTO, HONORABLE MAYOR PROCTOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN DESOTO.
I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
MY OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR LONGER THAN THAT, UP TO 20 YEARS.
AND WE'RE JUST NOW BEING TOLD THAT WE HAVE AN HOA NEVER.
WAS THIS DISCLOSED IN OUR DOCUMENTS WHEN WE CLOSED? HERE'S MY DOCUMENTS FROM TITLE COMPANY.
NOWHERE IN HERE DOES IT SAY THAT WE HAVE A MANDATORY HOAA FEW WEEKS AGO WE GET A BILL IN THE MAIL, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF, TO OUR SURPRISE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY $50.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US AND, AND, UH, CITY COUNCILWOMAN CRYSTAL CHISHOLM.
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NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT MEETING DIDN'T GO SO WELL.WE ARE HERE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF A HUGE PROBLEM.
SO WE'RE HERE TO STATE THE CONCERN.
WE'RE HOPING THAT MAYBE WITH YOUR EXPERTISE, WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WE CAN EITHER DISSOLVE, AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS THAT WAS SAID BY BYRON, OR HELP US FIGURE THIS OUT.
WORST CASE SCENARIO, THIS HOA CONTROLS TAKES CONTROL, TAKES OUR HOME.
THIS CANNOT HAPPEN FOR OVER 120 FAMILIES THAT CURRENTLY LIVE PAY TAXES, PAY OUR MORTGAGE AND TRYING TO MAKE, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I'D RATHER BE AT HOME WITH MY KIDS RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVE TO WORRY NOW FOR THIS, FOR THIS MANDATORY HOA.
I, IF THAT'S ME, I'M LEFT UP, BUT I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.
IT IS ALFRED GRAY HERE AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT CARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF UH, RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS OMAR BROWN
I'M HERE ABOUT A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED IN JULY, 2019 BETWEEN INVOLVING ME SOME POLICE OFFICERS THAT WRONGLY EVICTED ME OUTTA MY HOUSE AND GAVE ME JUST A COUPLE MINUTES JUST TO PACK UP MY LIFE AND JUST GET OUT.
AND THEY ALSO THREATENED ME THAT THEY WOULD ARREST ME WITH A WARRANT IF I DON'T PACK UP IN A TIMELY MATTER.
AFTER I PACKED UP, I MEAN, BEFORE I PACKED UP AND GOT OUT, THE POLICE JUST WRONGLY EVICTED ME, LIKE I SAID, SHOWED UP WITH GUNS AND ALL THAT POINTING AT ME TO MY HOUSEHOLD, AND THEY JUST KICKED ME OUT AND THREW ME IN THE BACK OF A HOT POLICE CAR.
NOT CARING IF I DIED OF A HEATSTROKE OR ANYTHING.
I'M A I'M A PERSON WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HAVE JUST AFFECTED ME A LOT.
AND THAT DIDN'T EVEN GIMME TIME TO GET MY MEDICINE.
EVER SINCE THAT SITUATION, THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN WRONGFULLY HARASSING ME, MY FAMILY.
AND I JUST WANT THEM TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY DID.
AND I'VE ALSO SENT OUT A FORMAL COMPLAINT IN OUR EMAIL.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT ELSE DO I, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET JUSTICE? TELL ME, COUNSEL, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET JUSTICE SO I CAN HAVE PEACE TO MOVE ON FROM THIS SITUATION? THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MR. BROWN.
MR. ZICK WILLIAMS. MR. WILLIAMS, PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, LEWIS WILLIAMS, UH, LIVE IN DESOTO.
UH, FRANKLY, UH, UH, I'M FRANKLY, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2005.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY HERE.
I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH CITY CITY'S.
I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE CITY MANAGER ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE THIS IS A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
SIMPLE PROFESSIONAL COURTESY WOULD'VE DICTATED THAT IN, UH, IN, UH, FEBRUARY OR OR APRIL, WE GOT A NOTICE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS OUR, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH NEW ROCK.
THIS IS OUR PROPOSAL FOR A MANDATORY HOA.
WE WANNA SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH, TALK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND, AND GIVE YOU OUR PROPOSAL AND WE'LL WORK FROM THERE.
UH, AND FRANKLY, I'M GONNA READ THIS TO YOU.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NOT RUSSIA.
WHAT IS DUE PROCESS IN SIMPLE TERMS, AT A MINIMUM DUE PROCESS MEANS THAT A CITIZEN WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY A GOVERNMENT DECISION MUST BE GIVEN ADVANCE NOTICE OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO DO AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION MAY DEPRIVE THEM OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY.
AND ANYBODY, I WORKED IN CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 30 YEARS AND WE ALL KNOW THAT MR. CITY MANAGER, THIS IS YOUR AREA, YOU AT NEW ROCK.
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UH, SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTED THIS, THE CITIZENS OF 10 MILE ESTATES.THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MR. WILLIAMS QUA SHANNON.
MS. SHANNON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
NAME IS SHANIQUA SHANNON, CITY OF RESIDENCE IS DESOTO, TEXAS.
UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH A COUPLE OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PROCTOR, UH, BRANDON, AND OF COURSE, UH, CRYSTAL.
SO I'M COMING IN REFERENCE TO THE WOLF CREEK DRAINAGE, UH, IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROJECT.
AND I'M ASKING THAT MAYOR PROCTOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE CURRENT PROPOSAL THAT, UM, IS UP ON THE TABLE FOR REVIEW.
UM, AND I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, MAYOR PROCTOR, BRANDON, AND CRYSTAL, YOU PERSONALLY ROCK MY PROPERTY.
UM, AFTER THE FLOOD ON AUGUST 22ND, 2022, I HAD OVER $135,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
MY PROPERTY SITS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DE THE CURRENT DETENTION POND, WHICH IS NOT UP TO DE SOTO'S, UH, CURRENT STANDARDS.
THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS TO, UH, CREATE A NEW DETENTION POND, WHICH WOULD TAKE OVER THE INFLUX OF WATER THAT IS COMING FROM THE UNDEVELOPED LAND.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT TO SOMEONE WHO IS UNAWARE OF THE CURRENT ISSUE.
HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND THAT ISSUE IS THERE'S OVER THREE WATERSHEDS THAT, UH, FLOW DIRECTLY INTO WOLF WOLF CREEK, UH, SPECIFICALLY KESWICK DRIVE AND KESWICK COURT.
MY HOUSE IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE WONDERFUL DETENTION POND.
AND SO WHEN THERE'S AN OVERFLOW OF WATER UNDERNEATH THE GROUND, IT COMES OVER AND IT COMES DIRECTLY THROUGH MY HOUSE.
UM, CONSIDERING I AM A NEW HOMEOWNER AND A NEW MOM, AND MY BABY WAS TWO MONTHS OLD AND THE WATER CAME RUSHING IN, AND IT IS AN ADEQUATE, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEM, I AM ASKING THAT YOU ALL RECONSIDER THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, UM, THAT IS BEING, I THINK, VOTED ON TO PROCEED WITH, UM, THE CURRENT CONTRACT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE CONSIDERED TO FIX THE ISSUE IN WHOOP CREEK.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MS. SHANNON.
ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES, UM, OUR CARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING OUR CITIZENS APPEARANCES PORTION OF THE AGENDA, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS.
[1. Presentation of the DeSoto Community Champions Award for Rosa Rodriguez, LaRyn Johnson, Christina Henderson]
FIRST WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AWARD FOR ROSA RODRIGUEZ.LAUREN JOHNSON AND CHRISTINA HENDERSON.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR.
I'M GONNA GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO TRANSITION OUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING THE MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYBODY.
UM, I WANT TO, UH, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARDS.
AND SO THIS PARTICULAR AWARD IS DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP, AN INDIVIDUAL, A HOUSE OF WORSHIP, INTERFAITH WORSHIP SPACES, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF DESOTO.
AND SO DESOTO IS SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS.
AND SO THIS PARTICULAR AWARD AND RECOGNITION AIMS TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GIVEN OF THEMSELVES UNSELFISHLY IN SERVICE TO OTHERS.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE CHAMPIONS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
UM, AND I'M GONNA ASK THEM AS I CALL THEIR NAME AND READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, THAT THEY WILL COME AND STAND HERE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR MAYOR PRO TEAM TO GIVE THEM THEIR COMMUNITY CHAMPION COIN AS WELL AS THEIR COMMENDATION.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A PHOTO TOGETHER AS A GROUP.
UM, THE FIRST COMMUNITY CHAMPION WE HAVE IS ROSA RODRIGUEZ, AND SHE'S A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.
LET'S GIVE HER A GREAT BIG HAND AS SHE COMES.
MS. RODRIGUEZ IS AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY MEMBER.
SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY MEMBER AND EDUCATOR.
HER CONNECTION TO DESOTO IS THAT SHE'S A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT GOLDEN
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RULE CHARTER IN DESOTO.AND SHE HAS INTRODUCED MANY PROGRAMS AT THE CAMPUS AND HAS GOTTEN THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL OUT, ALLOWING STUDENTS TO CONNECT WITH THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND IN HER EFFORTS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIRS POST COVID, SHE COMPILED THANK YOU LETTERS FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF DESOTO CHARLTON METHODIST HOSPITAL.
AND FROM THERE, STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE.
UM, ONE OF THE MOST HARDWORKING, RESILIENT, AND RESOURCEFUL AND KINDNESS PERSONS I HAVE EVER MET.
THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF HER NOMINATOR, UH, WHO ACTUALLY SUBMITTED HER NAME TO US.
SO AGAIN, WE GIVE MS. RODRIGUEZ A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP FOR BEING ONE OF DE SOTO'S COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT IS LAUREN JOHNSON.
LAUREN JOHNSON STARTED BAILEY'S BLESSING BAGS.
SO DURING THE YEAR, SHE SAVES HER ALLOWANCE AND GETS DONATIONS FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
THESE DONATIONS, PURCHASE HATS, GLOVES, SOCKS, TOILETRIES, SMALL TOYS AND FOOD ITEMS FOR THE HOMELESS.
SHE BAGS THESE ITEMS UP AND ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THEY GO DOWNTOWN AND SHE PASSES THEM OUT TO THE HOMELESS.
IT STARTED WITH 25 ADULTS AND 10 KIDS IN 20, 20 TO 75 ADULTS IN 30 KIDS IN 2022.
SHE IS A JUNIOR AT DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE'S ALSO CAPTAIN OF THE COLOR GUARD.
DURING THANKSGIVING, SHE WENT TO THE DALLAS LIFE FOUNDATION AND FED THE HOMELESS.
SHE'S ALSO WORKED WITH CENTER TO WEST AND HIS ANNUAL COAT DRIVE.
SHE'S WORKED ALSO IN THE YOUTH MINISTRY AT BETHESDA COMMUNITY CHURCH FOR THEIR EASTER INITIATIVE AS WELL.
AND SHE'S A GIRL SCOUT IN TROOP 94 16.
SHE LOVES TO GIVE UP HERSELF TO HELP HER COMMUNITY BE BETTER.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR MS. LAUREN JOHNSON, ONE OF OUR STUDENT COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.
LASTLY, WE HAVE CHRISTINA HENDERSON, FOUNDER OF COLORING LIFE MY WAY.
CHRISTINA HENDERSON IS THE FOUNDER OF COLORING LIFE MY WAY AND COLORING LIFE MY WAY IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES AUTISM SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
MS. HENDERSON STARTED HER EDUCATION CAREER WORKING AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL FOR THE DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHILE WORKING AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL, SHE OBTAINED HER TEACHER CERTIFICATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
THIS CERTIFICATION AFFORDED HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AS A CONTENT MASTERY TEACHER, RESOURCE TEACHER, AND AN INCLUSION TEACHER.
SHE MOVED TO SAUDI ARABIA AND WAS HIRED TO BE A CLASSROOM TEACHER, BUT BECAUSE OF HER EXPERIENCE, SHE BECAME THE HEAD OF ELEMENTARY TEACHERS.
UPON HER RETURN HOME, CHRISTINA WAS LED TO BIRTH COLORING LIFE MY WAY, A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND THE MISSION OF COLORING LIFE.
MY WAY IS DESIGNED TO HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS COUNTY TO RECEIVE SERVICES THEY DESPERATELY NEED IN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS.
THEY PROVIDE PARENT TRAINING, ADVOCACY SERVICES, COMMUNITY AWARENESS EVENTS, AND AWARD GRANTS.
LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR MS. HENDERSON AND ALL OF OUR DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY, WE TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR THIS AWARD YEAR ROUND.
UM, HOW WILL WE AWARD THEM EACH QUARTER? UM, AND TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST BE A DESOTO RESIDENT, A BUSINESS, A HOUSE OF WORSHIP, OR INTERFAITH WORSHIP SPACES, AN ORGANIZATION LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, YOU MUST BE SOMEBODY THAT'S MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ADDRESS OR FULFILL A COMMUNITY NEED OR CONCERN.
UM, SO YOU CAN GET INFORMATION.
THERE'S INFORMATION OUT THERE.
I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE SOME ON THE TABLE AS WELL, BUT THERE IS SOME AT THE ACTION CENTER.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT NOMINATION.
AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[2. Presentation of Best Southwest Partnership Scholarship Recipient]
NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF BEST, BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR.
MRS. PATRICIA COLEMAN, BEST SOUTHWEST PRESIDENT AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE WILDWOOD GROUP RECEIVING IS STUDENT REED SMITH, UH, ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BEST SOUTHWEST, UM, AS WELL AS WITH WILDWOOD AND OUR CHAIR, MS. PATRICIA COLEMAN.
MS. EVERYTHING DESOTO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO
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HONOR OUR RECIPIENT, MS. REED SMITH.HOW YOU DOING SWEETIE? GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SO I WANNA GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO TONIGHT ARE OUR WILDWOOD FOLKS.
MR. ADAMS AND STEVE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, YOU ALL CAN, SOME OF Y'ALL CAN COME AND BALANCE US OUT OVER HERE.
MAYORAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2023 IS SPONSORED BY THE BEST SOUTHWEST BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR, WHICH IS CHAD ADAMS. AND STEVEN RE RE I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER TRIED TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME AS MUCH LONG AS I'VE KNOWN YOU.
RE WITH WILDWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
THIS YEAR'S WINNER IS REED SMITH.
LET'S GIVE HER ONE MORE HAND CLAP.
REED SMITH IS A 2023 GRADUATE OF JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GPA OF 3.7 AND WILL BE ATTENDING SPELMAN COLLEGE THIS FALL.
REED HAS EXCELLED ACADEMICALLY WHILE BALANCING A FULL LOAD OF AP COURSES.
COMPETED ON HER HIGH SCHOOL'S NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MOCK TRIAL TEAM MENTORED FOUR UNDERCLASSMEN AND SERVED AS AN INTERN IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS OF A NON LOCAL NONPROFIT.
HER ABILITY TO BALANCE AND SUCCEED IN ALL OF THESE PURSUITS DEMONSTRATES HER READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND BEYOND.
REID EMBODIES AN ETHIC ROOTED IN THE MINDSET.
MS. SMITH PLANS TO BECOME A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELOR TO BETTER SERVE IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS MS. REE SMITH ON YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN BOTH YOUR PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BEST WISHES ON A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.
I'M GONNA HAVE OUR CHAIR, MS. PATRICIA COLEMAN TO COME AND HAVE WORK READ IF YOU'LL COME IN.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
IT'S SO NICE TO BE HERE IN YOUR CITY.
I'M ALWAYS IN OTHER CITIES, BUT THIS IS ALWAYS A JUST A GREAT PLEASURE.
AND I'D LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WROTE THE CHECK FOR THEM TO TURN THIS CHECK AROUND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST WRITING IT, WE'RE BEING ABOUT IT, HELPING OUR STUDENTS TO DO GREATER THINGS.
AND AS I TOLD THE STUDENTS IN EVERY CITY, WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE CITY, COME BACK AND DO GREAT THINGS RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU LIVING.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP, YOU ARE SO SWEET.
BOY, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ALREADY READY FOR SOME THINGS.
WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH $1,000 AND WE'D ALSO, Y'ALL COULD DO, GIVE HER A CLAP.
AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TAKE THIS.
IT'S A LITTLE PLAQUE THAT WE PERSONALIZE.
I PERSONALLY PERSONALIZE FOR YOU.
WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR ROOMS AND SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU MAY NOT CAN MAKE IT, YOU PULL THIS OUT AND SAY, THEY GAVE ME 1000 AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ME.
RIGHT? SO MONEY IS OUT THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO KEEP ASKING, KEEP BELIEVING.
AND AS I TELL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, THE BEST IS YET TO COME ON KNOW.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[3. Presentation of the June 2023 Financial Report ]
HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE JUNE, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
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THANK YOU.SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH OUR JUNE, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORTS WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING SUMMARIES FOR OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS WITHIN THE CITY.
I DON'T THINK THE CLICKER'S WORKING.
UM, THIS, UH, FIRST PAGE HERE IS GONNA SHOW US, UM, ACTUALLY WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BUDGET AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW FOR REVENUES IS AT 56 MILLION 114,398.
IN THE GRAY AREA, YOU WILL SEE WHERE WE STAND YEAR TO DATE, 49,234,747.
THAT PUTS US AT 87.7% ON OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE WANNA BE.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
A LOT OF OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES ARE DOING REALLY, UH, REALLY WELL WITH REVENUE.
OUR, UM, WE'RE OVER OUR TARGET ON OUR PROPERTY TAX AND SEVERAL OTHER AREAS THERE.
UM, IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR OUR EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE AT 66.1%.
UM, TRACKING JUST A TAD BIT BEHIND THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
MR. SIR, POINT OF ORDER, COULD YOU, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ENLARGE THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR THE PUBLIC ON THE SCREEN? YES, MA'AM.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
SO, UM, YEAH, UM, ON OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WE ARE A YEAR TO DATE AT 37,921,824, WHICH PUTS US AT 66.1%.
AND HERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET AS WELL AS ANY REVISED BUDGET.
THAT'S DUE TO ANY OF COURSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE, UM, BEEN PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO COUNCIL.
BUT, UM, WE'RE PLEASED WITH, WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK, UM, TO MEET OUR, UM, FUND BALANCE GOALS.
NEXT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND.
OUR REVENUES ARE IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, ARE AT 71.4%.
UH, WE'RE TRACKING JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THIS TIME.
UM, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN WITHIN THESE PAST TWO BILLING CYCLES.
SO, UM, SOME IS GONNA BE DUE TO THAT.
UM, NOT PARTICULARLY CONCERNED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE METERED WATER CELLS AND THE SEWER SERVICE REVENUE, UM, IT, IT'S TRACKING ABOUT ON TIME.
SO WE'RE AT 77, 71 0.4% THERE WITH OUR EXPENDITURES IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND.
WE HAVE, UM, THE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS, PUBLIC UTILITY ADMINISTRATION, UM, WHICH IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND OF COURSE, UM, MAJORITY OF SALARIES ARE GONNA COME OUT OF, OUT OF THAT SECTION.
UM, OUR UTILITY BILLING, CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS, UTILITY FIELD OPERATIONS, ALL OF THOSE ARE TRACKING, UM, RIGHT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM AT.
SO WE'RE AT 67.6% OVERALL FOR OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND EXPENDITURES.
NEXT, MOVING INTO THE SANITATION FUND, OUR REVENUES ARE CURRENTLY AT 76%, AND THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DIFFERENT, UM, REVENUE SOURCES ARE TRACKING REALLY, REALLY WELL THERE.
OF COURSE, WE SEE THE INTEREST REVENUE THAT'S WAY UP THERE.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT TREND WITHIN THE ALL, WITHIN ALL OF THE FUNDS DUE TO, UM, THE, THE MARKET RATES BEING WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
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UM, BUT 70, 76 0.0% IN REVENUE AND SANITATION IN SANITATION EXPENDITURES.WE'RE LOOKING AT 58.5% AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT, UM, SOURCES FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK WITH THAT AS WELL.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR, UM, CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS.
SO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE 75% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR AS OF THE END OF JUNE.
AND, UH, UM, WITHIN THIS SECTION, YOU'RE GONNA SEE OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUNDS, UM, ANY REVISIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, AS WELL AS THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS.
UM, THIS SECTION IS GONNA GIVE YOU YOUR REVENUE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET REVISED ANY REVISIONS.
AND THEN OUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS FOR OUR, FOR OUR EXPENDITURES.
AND OF COURSE, WITHIN THESE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES ARE, ARE JUST BASICALLY GONNA BE DUE TO THE NATURE OF, UH, THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS AND THE TIMING OF HOW THOSE PROJECTS ARE, UH, PROGRESSING.
AFTER THAT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS.
THIS FIRST SECTION OF OUR OTHER FUNDS IS GONNA LIST ALL OF OUR, UM, BASICALLY OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, AS WELL AS ANY INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.
YOU'RE GONNA FIND, UM, THE CURRENT BUDGET AS IT STANDS NOW IN THAT FIRST GRAY COLUMN.
AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE YEAR TO DAY ACTUALS.
THIS PAGE EXCLUSIVELY IS LOOKING AT THE REVENUE FOR THESE TYPE OF FUNDS.
AND THE NEXT PAGE ARE THOSE EXACT SAME FUNDS, BUT THESE ARE THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES IN THOSE FUNDS RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE BUDGET AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IN THAT MIDDLE GRAY COLUMN.
AND THEN TO THE FAR RIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR YEAR TO DAY ACTUAL AS OF THE END OF JUNE.
OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS FOR, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, UM, SHOW A CURRENT YEAR COLLECTION PERCENTAGE AT 97.98%.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS SPENDING REPORT, UM, THROUGH JUNE OF 2023.
AND IN JUNE, WE DID HAVE A REALLY GREAT MONTH, UM, FOR OUR, UM, HUB VENDORS.
UM, WE, WE THINK THAT'S DUE TO, UH, GREATER ENROLLMENT AND CERTIFICATIONS FOR OUR VENDORS DUE TO, UM, OUR RECENT EFFORTS.
AND SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.
IT DOES BUMP UP OUR YEAR TO DATE PERCENTAGE THERE TO, UH, 5.6%.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. SUTTON.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, DR. MARKS, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MS. SUTTON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND YOU KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THOSE ON THE UTILIZED.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, THE EFFORTS THAT YOU PUT FORTH THAT YIELD SUCH AN INCREASE? WE'VE, UM, ACTUALLY JUST BEEN REACHING OUT.
UM, WE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REACHING OUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN, UH, WE HAVE NEW VENDORS OR WE ARE CHECKING TO SEE IF THEIR HUBS ARE NOT, I WOULD SAY A A LOT OF IT IS GONNA BE DUE TO UPDATING, UM, IN OUR NEW SYSTEM AND HAVING THOSE VENDORS THAT ARE CERTIFIED, MARKED AS CERTIFIED AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE.
AND, UM, ALSO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE EXPENDITURE, UM, AND JUST KIND OF HAVING A VENDOR THAT IS CERTIFIED WHEN IT'S TIME TO PAY THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR.
SO, SO AGAIN, THE GOAL IS WHAT? 20%? 20%.
AND WE ARE AT, OVERALL WE'RE AT 5.6%.
WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO, BUT JUNE DID HELP US, HELP US OUT A LOT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER? UH, YES.
AND SO FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UM, AREA, ARE WE SAYING 20% FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR IS THE GOAL, NOT BY MONTH, RIGHT? UM, 20% OVERALL IS THE GOAL, YES.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M SAYING, UM, WE'RE AT 5% MM-HMM.
OR IS THAT CALENDAR YEAR? UM, THAT IS YEAR TO DATE.
SO BEGINNING FROM OCTOBER OF 2022 UNTIL NOW, TILL JUNE OF 2023.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT? YES.
UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND MY COLLEAGUE THAT, UM, WHEN THE, WHEN MS. SUTTON,
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BROUGHT THIS TO US LAST, UH, OCTOBER LAST YEAR, AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REALIZATION THAT THE PERCENTAGE WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.THERE WERE, THERE WERE THINGS THAT STAFF COMMITTED TO DO, AND EVEN EARLIER AS THIS YEAR, LETTING US KNOW THE STEPS THAT THEY WERE TAKING AND PROCUREMENT TO HELP INCREASE THIS RATE.
NOT ONLY THAT, THE NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH DFW, UH, MINORITY SUPPLIERS AND TRYING TO CREATE EXTRA OUTREACH.
SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE YEAR TO DATE IS WHAT IT IS, IT SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO ANY OF US BECAUSE GIVEN CONSIDER, WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE WALKING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WITH THE REFIGURING OUT THE NUMBERS I DO WANNA PER, 'CAUSE I KNOW I CAME DOWN HARD LAST YEAR, AND I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK YOU MS. SU AND YOUR PROCUREMENT MANAGER, BECAUSE THAT IS AMAZING TO SEE FOR JUST ONE MONTH.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CRITICIZE, WE ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PUBLICLY CELEBRATE AS WELL.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT RIGHT THERE IS PRETTY NICE.
UM, AND SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT, THAT ASSISTED WITH THAT REACHING THAT GOAL.
I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, ON THE ECONOMIC, IF YOU, YOU SCROLL UP, I SAW THAT LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND INCENTIVE AND THEN THE PARK IMPROVEMENT FUND, THEY BOTH HAD ZERO FOR THEIR BUDGET.
IS THAT, I, BUT I, I'M QUESTIONING IS THAT ACCURATE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS DONE INCENTIVES THIS YEAR AND THEN PARK DEVELOPMENT, I COULD HAVE SWORE ELLERSON PARK WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST DONE OR IMPROVED THIS YEAR.
SO I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS AND THINKING, AM I LOOKING AT THAT? RIGHT.
I'M STILL TRYING TO LEARN THIS NEW MAP.
SO FOR FUND, UM, ONE 18, I AM SHOWING THAT WE DIDN'T BUDGE ANYTHING, UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND SO, UM, BUT I'M ALSO SHOWING THAT WE DID COLLECT 6,900 IN REVENUE SO FAR.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BACKSTORY ON IT, UNFORTUNATELY.
WE MAY HAVE TO GET CHRIS TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT PART, BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT IS TRUE.
SO NOTHING WAS BUDGETED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR THAT PARTICULAR FUND.
NOW, OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT OUR REGULAR PARK FUND.
OUR REGULAR PARKS FUND IS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF PARKS.
COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE IN ALL OF OUR REVENUE BUCKETS, THE INTEREST FUND IS ALSO LIKE OVER 500,000 OR 500% OVER BUDGET, I BELIEVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BUR HIT ON THIS LAST MONTH, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M TRACKING THIS.
THIS IS DUE TO OUR BONDS CORRECT.
IS THAT WHY WE'RE DOING SO GOOD FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE? UH, WELL, NO, UM, THE INTEREST IS GONNA HAVE MORE TO DO WITH OUR ACTUAL INVESTMENTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE INVESTING OUR, UM, MONEY AS FAR AS OUR MONEY MARKET AND OUR CDS.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, AVERAGING SUCH A HIGHER RATE NOW THAN THEY, THAN THEY WERE, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
SO A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT 1% OR LESS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING, UM, AN AVERAGE OF A 4% RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS.
SO THOSE ARE STRICTLY INVESTMENTS, NOT BONDS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE BY YOU BACK.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM COUNCIL.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL PROCEED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[F. 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. ]
NEXT WE 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 APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 6TH, 2022, AS WELL AS APRIL 18TH, 2023 OTHER ITEMS, CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF DARLENE GREEN TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
CLERGY RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS FROM THE MAY 6TH, 2023 SPECIAL ELECTION.
CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS OF THE DESOTO TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9.101 OF THE CITY COUNCIL CODE.
TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE ARTS COMMISSION, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.
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APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO COVER THE COST OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT BUDGETED AND ORDERED IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, BUT DELIVERED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.
2023, ADOPTED BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR AN EMERGENCY WATERLINE REPAIR.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET TO PURCHASE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH CONSOLES AND RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR THE P 25 COMPLIANT RADIO SYSTEM.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FITNESS CLASSES SUPPORTED BY RECREATION PROGRAM REVENUES.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AND ENTER LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCES RESOURCE OFFICERS PROGRAM.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO AMEND THE DALLAS COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN 2020 ADDITION TO INCLUDE THE RESIDENTIAL SAFE ROOM REBATE PROGRAM ACTION ITEM.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HALF ASSOCIATES INC.
AND A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $369,700 FOR THE DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WOLF CREEK ESTATES DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS OF ARLINGTON, UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 0 1 DASH 19 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A 2025 INTERNATIONAL MEDIUM DUTY 6 0 7 CAB AND CHASE'S TRUCK WITH ASPHALT POTHOLE PATCHER MODEL TCM 4 2 5 DASH EIGHT ZERO DHER FROM HD INDUSTRIES INC.
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $218,514 AND 44 CENTS.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DENYING ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLCS APPLICATION TO AMEND ITS DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTOR AND UPDATES.
UPDATE ITS MOBILE GENERATING RIDERS TO INCREASE DISTRIBUTION RATES WITHIN EACH OF THE CITIES IN ITS SERVICE AREA.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ENCORE AUTHORIZING THE HIRING OF LEGAL CO COUNSEL AND FINDING THAT THE CITY'S REASONABLE RATE CASE EXPENSES SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY ENCORE.
CONSIDER RATIFYING THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT OF SANITARY SEWER REPAIR SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,297 12 CENTS FROM BLACK FOX SERVICES FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF A 15 INCH SANITARY SEWER LINE ON POLK STREET, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
AND FINALLY, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $349,308 AND 36 CENTS TO THE HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH GRAY CON CONSTRUCTION INC.
FOR THE RELOCATION OF A 24 INCH DISCHARGE WATERLINE.
THANK YOU, UH, COUNSEL, I'M GONNA PASS TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS A CORRECTION, UH, TO ONE OF THE ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UH, COUNSEL IF I CAN TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO, UM, UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM ITEM NUMBER ONE A, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 6TH, 2022.
YOU WERE JUST PASSED AN UPDATED COPY OF THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES THAT APPEARED IN YOUR PACKET DID NOT SHOW THE ACTION FOR ITEM H ONE, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A, UH, SENIORITY PAY PLAN FOR DESOTO FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED UNDER TEXAS CIVIL SERVICE PROVISIONS.
THOUGH, UH, WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS A CORRECTION IN THOSE MINUTES NOW DO REFLECT, UH, WHAT THE VOTES WERE.
SO YOU WILL BE APPROVING THE CORRECTED MINUTES AS PART OF YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY GRITA.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? WHAT INFORMATION? COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, I LIKE TO PULL ITEM L UM, TWO L FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
LET'S SEE, IT WAS THE MINUTES ON L UM, HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT F TWO AND RELATED TO THE POTHOLES, UH, PATCHER.
AND WELL, I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE SRO OFFICERS.
I WANTED TO KNOW THE CURRENT GENDER BREAKDOWN OR OUR OF OUR S-O-R-S-R-O SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER OFFICERS AND, UM, THE FUTURE GENDER BREAKDOWN.
SO THE CURRENT GENDER BREAKDOWN FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
I WANT COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, PLEASE REPEAT THE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING TO BE PULLED.
UHHUH, ITEM ONE EIGHT, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MINUTES ITEM, UH, F TWO L RELATED TO WOLF CREEK.
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REAL TWO L OH F TWO L.THEY HAVE ASSOCIATES CONTRACT L OKAY.
WAS THERE ADDITIONAL ONES? M AND THEN IT WAS THE MINUTES THAT YES.
FM TWO N? NO, NOT NMMM, M AS IN MARY, M AS IN MARY.
WOULD, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE HER SEPARATE HER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, CAN WE ADDRESS HER QUESTIONS FIRST? SHE HAD QUESTIONS, I GUESS REGARDING SRO MAYOR COUNSEL.
QUESTION IS, YES, I WANTED TO KNOW THE CURRENT GENDER BREAKDOWN OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, WE JUST ASSIGNED THE FOURTH ONE AND, UH, WE HAVE THREE MALES AND ONE FEMALE.
WILL THIS BE OUR FIRST FEMALE OFFICER AS ARA? NO.
UM, WELL, NOT FOR, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A FEMALE OFFICER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO GLEN HEIGHTS.
SO FOR DESOTO? YES, IT WILL BE THE FIRST FEMALE OFFICER THAT'S GONNA BE ASSIGNED TO THE SCHOOLS.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE.
WAS THAT YOUR ONLY QUESTION? THAT WAS MY ONLY, OTHER THAN THE ITEMS QUESTION.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM L.
SO IF I, DO YOU, UM, YOU WANT ME TO ASK RIGHT NOW? YES.
UH, AND THAT WAS AN ITEM, THE ITEM THAT SHE REQUESTED TO BE PULLED, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
YEAH, YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION AT THAT TIME.
MM-HMM,
I WANTED TO ASK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, BASED ON THE CITIZEN COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED THIS EVENING AND JUST THE CONCERNS THAT HAPPENED AT POST THE MEETING APPROVING THIS ITEM, WOULD THAT TAKEAWAY THEIR, UM, TAKEAWAY THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE DESIGN? OR IS THIS JUST TO SECURE THE CONTRACTOR? UH, YES.
SO THE DESIGN ITSELF, THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTRACT IS FOR DESIGN, UM, ON THAT.
AND WE, WE ANTICIPATE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE WOLF CREEK, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE PROCEED THROUGH THAT DESIGN PROCESS, UH, FOR THAT.
SO IT DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT STOPPED FURTHER DISCUSSION AND COLLABORATION AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THAT PROJECT.
SO, UH, THE PURPOSE IS TO GET TO DESIGN, RIGHT? WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A KIND OF JUST A GENERAL LAYOUT, UM, FOR THAT.
BUT THEY WILL BE REFINING ALL OF THAT INTO A, AN ACTUAL DESIGN, UM, FOR US.
SO THERE WILL BE FURTHER, UH, DISCUSSION OF DETAILS AS WE MOVE TO THAT DESIGN PROCESS.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR ITEMS TO BE PULLED BEFORE WE PROCEED? OKAY.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY GODA, WHAT SHOULD WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH MINUS THE ITEMS THAT WERE REQUEST TO BE PULLED? COURT READ THE ORDINANCES.
FIRST, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS.
AND AN ELECTION HELD ON MAY 6TH, 2023 AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS.
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER NINE, TITLE PERSONNEL BY AMENDING ARTICLE 9.100 TITLED, ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 9.101 TITLED LIBRARY BOARD, PARK AND RECREATION BOARD ARTS COMMISSION BY CHANGING THE TITLE TO LIBRARY BOARD, PARK AND RECREATION BOARD BY DELETING SUBSECTION B TITLED DESOTO ARTS COMMISSION IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND RENUMBERING SUBSECTION C, TITLED PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO SUBSECTION B, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 22, 20 23, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22 23, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2223, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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MS. THOMAS.COUNSELOR, IS THERE A VOTE, A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? THE ITEMS? YES.
SO THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PULLED, UM, FOR SEPARATE VOTE ARE F1 A ITEMS F TWO L AS IN LOBSTER, AND THEN ITEM F TWO M AS IN MARY.
ADAM, MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? PULLING F1 A, F TWO L AND F TWO M FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR.
MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR PROM HUGHES TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS THE ITEMS, UH, MENTIONED TO BE PULLED.
COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. City Council Regular Meeting December 06, 2022]
TIME WE WILL LOOK AT FOR SEPARATE VOTE ITEM F1 A.MADAM MAYOR, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ONE, SO SURE.
SO IF WE APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED, BUT WE HAVE THE UPDATED, AND THIS IS REALLY TO, FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WILL THE UPDATED BE INCLUDED IN THIS, UH, UPLOADED TO THE AGENDA OR NOT TO THE AGENDA PACKET? SO YOU GAVE US AN UPDATED, UH, UH, SOME UPDATED MINUTES? NO, NO, IT, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET THAT'S ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW NOW.
BUT THE MINUTES WILL BE, THESE, THESE UPDATED MINUTES WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE MINUTES SECTION FOR THE DECEMBER 6TH, 2022 MEETING, THESE MINUTES WILL BE THERE.
JUST NOT A PART OF THIS MEETING.
I MEAN, THIS AGENDA PACKET, CORRECT.
BUT, SO IF IT, SO IF WE, THE PACKET HAS ALREADY BEEN IN PUBLISHED.
IF WE, IF WE NOT APPROVE THIS, THE NEXT TIME IS THERE, IT'LL BE A PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET.
IT WOULD BE PART OF THE PUBLISHED PACKET? CORRECT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? IS THERE A MOTION MATTER MAYOR I MOVE TO, UM, DENY THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED SO THAT THEY WILL, SO YEAH, I MOVE TO DENY THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
AND SECOND TO, UH, DENY THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[l. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. in a not-to-exceed amount of $369,700 for the design and administration services for the construction of the Wolf Creek Estates Drainage Infrastructure Improvements Project]
F TWO L.COUNCILMAN RAPHAEL, DID YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? YES.
CONSIDERING THAT WE HAD SOMEONE COME AND SPEAK DURING, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS ON IT, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
SO THE SCOPE OF THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT IS TO DESIGN AND THEN ASSIST THE CITY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PART OF THE PROJECT.
UH, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO MITIGATE ANY FLOODING CONCERN FOR THE WESTERN PART OF PORT CREEK SUBDIVISION.
AND SO WILL THIS ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY OR PARTICULARLY MEMBERS IN THAT AREA? YES.
UH, WE MET WITH THE RESIDENTS MULTIPLE TIMES, EVEN MOST RECENTLY, UH, LAST WEEK I THINK.
AND WE TOOK, UH, THEIR CONCERN AND FEEDBACK SUGGESTIONS INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, DR. MARKS, IS THAT YOUR LIKE FOR A QUESTION? NO, NO, THAT'S ATTORNEY GUITA GR COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION MATTER MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BY TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, I WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, ONE OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO WAS, UH, APPOINTED TONIGHT TO OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
UM, MS. DARLENE GREEN, COULD YOU PLEASE STAY IN? THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR CITY IN THIS,
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IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT CAPACITY.AND WE, UH, WE WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR JOURNEY AS A BOARD MEMBER.
[m. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Southwest International Trucks of Arlington utilizing BuyBoard Contract #601-19 for the purchase of a 2025 International Medium Duty 607 Cab and Chassis truck with Asphalt Pothole Patcher (Model TCM 425-80 DHER) from H.D Industries, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $218,514.44]
HAVE THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS F TWO M, UH, TO BE DISCUSSED.COUNCIL MEMBER, RAPHAEL, DID YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING YES, MA'AM.
MAYOR, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY DO? JUST, JUST, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, BUT THE DIRECT QUESTION IS JUST KIND OF, UM, JUST SPEAKING TO THE EXPECTED LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF GOING THIS ROUTE VERSUS THE ROUTE WE'VE BEEN GOING IN THE PAST AND THE COST SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PURCHASE.
MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, OPERATION, HOW WE DO IT IS WHAT WE DID WHEN I FIRST BECAME A DIRECTOR 37 YEARS AGO.
YOU GET A CREW TO TAKE A DUMP TRUCK TO THE ASPHALT PLANT, THEY GET ASPHALT, THEY COME BACK, THEY DUMP IT ON THE YARD, THEN THEY WILL TAKE THE FRONT END LOADER, LOAD IT UP, AND OTHER TRUCKS AND THEY'LL GO OUT TO THE SITE WITH SHOVELS AND HAVE TO SIMPLY SHOVEL OFF LOAD AFTER LOAD INTO A POTHOLE.
THIS COMBINED CAB AND WITH A POTHOLE MACHINE ON THE BACK WILL ALLOW US TO GO GET HOT MIXED ASPHALT, KEEP IT WARM.
IT'LL ALSO HAVE A TAX SPRAYER, WHICH IS ADHESIVE THAT HELPS HOLD ON THE ASPHALT BETWEEN THE SURFACE.
AND IT ALSO WILL ALLOW US, IT HAS A SPREADER ON THAT WE CAN GET A LARGER RADIUS SPREAD OF THE ASPHALT ITSELF.
IT ALSO SAVES EMPLOYEES BACKS.
'CAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THAT MANUAL LABOR THAT, UM, APPARENTLY THE CITY HAS DONE FOR, UH, ETERNITY.
UM, SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HAD WITH THE POTHOLES OF RECENT AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN FILLED, AND SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY WAS JUST HOW THEY'VE BEEN FILLED.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE PACKED DOWN, THEY'RE KIND OF LUMPY AND YOU SEE HOW BUMPS AND THINGS.
SO WILL THIS ELIMINATE THAT? WILL THIS BE MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ENSURING WE HAVE A SMOOTHER SURFACE VERSUS KIND OF HOW IT'S DONE NOW? YES, MA'AM.
AND ALSO I, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MY NEW STREET TRAFFIC, UH, MANAGER WHO HAS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
MR. WADE WILLIAMS, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND, PLEASE, MR. WILLIAMS? IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION TO LET ME KNOW THIS WAS OUT THERE? UH, NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP, UH, MAKE THIS PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT OKAY.
AND HELP SAVE THE EMPLOYEES FROM SAFETY ISSUES ALSO.
UH, AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. BREWER AND WELCOME MR. WILLIAMS. UM, COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MAD MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR
[1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance amending Planned Development No. 145 (PD-145) in order to align with the City of DeSoto's adopted 2023 Nance Farm Master Plan. The applicant and property owner is the City of DeSoto (Case No. Z-1497-23). This Public Hearing has been postponed to a future date that has not yet been determined at the request of the applicant (the City of DeSoto). When the applicant is ready to proceed with this Planned Development amendment request, staff will re-advertise the date of this public hearing in the City's paper of general circulation (Focus Daily News) and also send public hearing notices to all property owners who own property within both 200 and 400 feet of this property. No Public Hearing or action will occur during the meeting for this item. ]
AGENDA.NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
PLEASE NOTE ITEM G ONE HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETER DETERMINED AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND THAT PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS PD NUMBER 1 4 5.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE MENTIONED THIS, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING DURING OUR CITIZENS APPEARANCES PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
BUT I WANNA REITERATE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM, UM, COMING UP IN OUR, IN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA, THAT THE TIME, UH, TO MAINTAIN EFFICIENCY AND FLOW OF THE MEETINGS.
UM, THE TIME HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM THREE MINUTES, WHICH WE TYPICALLY HAVE TO TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AS WELL AS, AS OUR COUNCIL WILL, UH, WE WILL INVOKE OUR COUNCIL ROUNDS OF TWO MINUTES PER COUNCIL PERSON AS WELL TO MAINTAIN A GOOD FLOW OF EFFICIENCY WITH TIME.
[2. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider a Resolution approving and adopting the 2023-2024 CDBG Annual Action Plan]
TO ITEM G TWO, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE 20 23 20 24 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.MAKING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESENTER IS ESTHER WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MS. WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ARE CONDUCTING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TO REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING ADOPTING THE 2023 TO 2024 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
TONIGHT WE HAVE MS. PATRICIA SANTA CRUZ FROM NDC TO PRESENT THE CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE 23 TO 24, UM, GRANT FUNDING YEAR.
MY NAME IS PATRICIA SANTA CRUZ.
I AM A FIELD DIRECTOR WITH NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
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PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY.AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT ON THE FY 2023 ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
SO DESOTO IS AN ENTITLED CONNECT COMMUNITY SINCE 2015, RECEIVING FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM HUD FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
UM, THESE FUNDS PROVIDE, UM, A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE CONDUCTED IN THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
FUNDS MUST BE PRIMARILY BENEFIT, UH, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THE SLIDE BEFORE.
YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO, UH, DO A CONSOLIDATED PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THE LAST TIME YOU ALL CONDUCTED YOUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN WAS IN 2020.
THAT IDENTIFIES THE COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR THE USE OF THESE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLOT GRANT FUNDS.
AND EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THIS CONSOLIDATED PLANNING PROCESS, THE CITY MUST SUBMIT TO HUD BY AUGUST 16TH, AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH TELLS THE COMMUNITY AND HUD WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR CDPG FUNDS FOR THAT UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO FOR 2023, UM, WHICH FOR THE PROGRAM PERIOD, OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, DESOTO IS GOING TO RECEIVE $294,364, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU RECEIVING CURRENTLY FOR FY 2022.
UM, UM, HUD IMPOSES, UM, SPENDING CAPS ON SOME OF THE CDBG ACTIVITIES.
SO 15% IS A MAXIMUM, UM, ALLOCATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES, UH, LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, 20% MAXIMUM FOR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES AND, UM, REMAINING FUNDS OR, OR FOR ELIGIBLE CDBT ACTIVITIES.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, MOST OF THE FUNDS, UM, AT LEAST 70% NEED TO BE SPENT FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THESE ARE THE NEWEST, UM, HUD INCOME LIMITS FOR THE CITY.
HUD UPDATED THESE INCOME LIMITS, UM, ON JUNE 15TH.
UH, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A-C-D-P-G PROGRAM.
UM, HOUSEHOLD INCOME MUST BE AT OR BELOW 80% A MI AND NEXT SLIDE.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN DO FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
YOU CAN DO A VARIETY OF, OF SOCIAL SERVICE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN FUNDING THE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND OTHER CDPG ACTIVITIES INCLUDE HOUSING REHAB, WHICH ARE FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO THE ACTION PLAN TIMELINE, UM, HUD REQUIRES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, DEVELOPING THE ACTION PLAN TO UNDERGO A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.
THE CITY, UM, KICKED OFF THIS PROCESS ON MAY 16TH WITH THE INITIATION OF A PUBLIC HEARING AND LAUNCHING AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS ALSO AVAILABLE, UM, AT CITY HALL AND IN THE LIBRARY ON JUNE 16TH.
UM, WE PUBLISHED THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN SUMMARY AND BUDGET WITH THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED WITH FY 23.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE HOSTING THIS FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND CITY COUNCIL WILL, UM, CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THIS BUDGET, UM, AFTER THIS PRESENTATION.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, UM, UM, PROCESS AGAIN, UH, STARTED ON MAY 16TH.
WE HAD A SUMMARY, UM, ON, EXCUSE ME, AN ONLINE SURVEY AVAILABLE WITH SOME HARD COPIES.
WE ALSO HOSTED TWO OTHER MEETINGS ON JULY 6TH IN PERSON AND ALSO A FACEBOOK LIVE ON THAT DAY JUST TO REMIND THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE INVITING THEM TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT.
UM, SO THE SURVEY OF THE SURVEYS WE RECEIVED AS OF TODAY, WHICH WAS THE FINAL DAY, WE RECEIVED 26 SURVEY RESPONSES.
AND THE TOP THREE PRIORITY NEEDS WERE, UM, OWNER UNOCCUPIED HOUSING NEEDS WAS NUMBER ONE, WHICH INCLUDED MINOR REPAIR, UM, AND SUBSTANTIAL HOME REPAIR, UM, UP TO $25,000 AND WEATHERIZATION, UM, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
THAT WAS ALSO, UM, PART OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING NEEDS.
UM, THE SECOND HIGHEST NEED WAS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR STREETS AND THEN SIDEWALKS, AND THEN COMMUNITY SERVICE NEEDS WAS THE THIRD.
UM, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND FAMILY VIOLENCE, UM, PREVENTION WERE SOME OF THOSE THAT WERE, UM, I THINK THOSE WERE THE TOP THREE COMMUNITY SERVICE NEEDS.
SO THIS IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, FROM THE RESIDENTS THROUGH THE SURVEYS.
THERE'S A PART OF THE SURVEY WHERE YOU'RE ASKING THEM JUST TO LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS NEEDS THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED AS PART OF THAT.
UM, SOME OF THAT WAS, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, RECREATION SPACE, UPDATED STREET LIGHTING.
UM, SOME RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS,
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UM, WHAT THEY NEEDED IN FROST FARMS. UM, THERE WAS COMMENTS REGARDING, UM, PROGRAMS NEEDS FOR, UM, YOUTH AGE FOUR TO 18, FINANCIAL LITERACY, UM, AND THE DESOTO FOOD PANTRY.UH, THEY DID PART, THEY DID, UM, SUBMIT A SURVEY AND ALSO SUBMITTED A WRITTEN COMMENT, UM, EMAIL TO ESTHER, WHICH WAS ANOTHER METHOD THAT COULD BE USED TO PROVIDE INPUT, UM, REQUESTING, UM, FUNDING FOR THE FOOD PANTRY.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN BUDGET FOR FY 23, UM, 58,000 GOING TO ADMINISTRATION, WHICH WOULD IS THAT 20% CAP HOME REPAIR PROGRAM OF 141,000, UH, WHICH MAKES UP 48% OF THE BUDGET.
UM, THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY, THE 15% LIMIT IS THE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND, UH, A, A, A FINAL ALLOCATION TO THE DESOTO SENIOR CENTER FACILITY.
IMPROVEMENTS AT $50,000, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO, UM, GET STARTED ON THAT PROCESS AND, AND HAVE A PRETTY GOOD, HEALTHY BUDGET OF A TOTAL OF 230,000 WHEN ADDING THIS 50,000.
AND THAT CONCLUDES FOR PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MS. SANTA CRUZ FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR HER? WELL, EXCUSE ME.
I, I APOLOGIZE COUNSEL AT THIS TIME, UH, BECAUSE SHE HAS GIVEN HER REPORT.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF ORDER THAT WAS HUGHES, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN IT WAS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BIRD TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UM, MS. THOMAS, ARE THERE ANY COMMENT CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS? UM, THERE ARE NO COMMENT CARDS, UH, FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? AND MAYOR, BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION, I HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN I DO A QUESTION? WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION.
ACCORDING TO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, UH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BY TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED COUNSEL AS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION OF QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND, VERY QUICKLY, AND I'M SURE IT'S VERY EASY FOR YOU, YOU SAID THAT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST, AGAIN, IT WAS 20% CAP, SO THAT MEANS IT COULD BE LOWER.
SO HOW DO WE COME TO 20% AS THE, IS THAT KIND OF, CAN SOMEBODY ANSWER THAT FOR ME? YEAH.
THE, THE, THE 20% CAP IS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH NDC TO ADMINISTER ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR US.
SO IT, IT IS PART OF OUR, OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE NDC GRANT THAT WE HAVE, OR NDC CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR THESE SERVICES.
SO THEY ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM ON OUR BEHALF.
AND TY? HISTORICALLY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE MAX 20%, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF THE CONTRACTS.
OH, COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? YES.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY TOUCH POINTS DID WE HAVE? HOW MANY PEOPLE DID WE ACTUALLY ENGAGE ONLINE OR IN PERSON? WELL, UM, ONLINE AND IN PERSON.
I THINK 28, SO IT WAS A 26 SURVEYS AND WE ALSO HAD TWO OTHER COMMENTS COME IN.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN PERSON? IN PERSON? WE ACTUALLY ENGAGED MORE FOLKS.
WE WERE PROBABLY HAD A GOOD 30 FOLKS AT THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, PRESENTATION ON JULY 6TH.
AND DID WE DO ANY OUTREACH TO THE APARTMENTS OR ANY, ANY OF OUR, YOU KNOW, POPULATED PLACES HERE IN THE CITY THAT WILL HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE IN THIS CATEGORY? WE, WE DID ADVERTISE, UM, ONLINE.
OF COURSE WE DID A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PAPER AS REQUIRED AND, AND PROMOTED THAT WE ALSO WENT ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
UM, UH, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE, THOSE WERE, YEAH.
DID WE DO ANY DIRECT, DIRECT CONTACTS TO APARTMENT COMPLEX? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, FUTURE CASTING, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY REACH OUT TO THEM.
THEN MY NEXT QUESTION WAS JUST RELATED TO, UM, JUST THE, THE SUCCESS OF THE, THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
CAN, CAN WE SPEAK TO THAT OR, OR HOW IT HAS BEEN SO FAR UTILIZED? WOW.
UM, I THINK IT'S GOING REALLY WELL TO DATE.
I THINK WE ARE JUST TOTALED, UH, I THINK WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $200,000 WHERE WE, FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, TRYING TO GET THAT HOME REPAIR PROGRAM KICKED OFF.
I THINK WE'VE SERVED AT LEAST 35,
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UM, RESIDENTS AND WE HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY PIPELINE OF, OF APPLICANTS STILL APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAM.UM, I THINK WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW, UM, AND STILL SOLICITING FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO HELP US, UM, INCREASE THAT POOL.
AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS LIKE IF PEOPLE NEED ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND FILLING OUT ANYTHING, DO YOU ALL HELP WITH THAT OR WE HELP WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH, WE HAVE SUBCONTRACTORS, I THINK YOU MET THEM LAST TIME AT THE, UM, MAY 16TH PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, YEAH, MELISSA DOES
SHE SINGLE HANDEDLY, UH, ALONG WITH US FOR HELPING ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE CALLING, ASKING QUESTIONS, HELPING THEM FILL OUT THEIR APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ASSISTED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AT THIS TIME, UM, IS OUR VOTING MACHINE WORKING? MR. GARDA? AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, UH, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, YOU CAN, UM, GIVE A VERBAL VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, CAN SHE HEAR US? LET'S SEE, LET'S GET HER, LET'S SEE.
SHE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THE SCREEN THAT WE'RE ON.
CAN YOU CLEAR THE SCREEN SO WE CAN SEE COUNCIL CHISHOLM'S FACE TO GET A VOTE? HELLO? YES.
I THINK IT CUTS OUT ONCE WE DO THAT.
COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, WHAT IS YOUR VOTE? YES, THAT MO THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[3. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) request to allow a Restaurant with a Drive Thru on a property zoned General Retail (GR) and legally described as being Lot 4, Block A, The Mark At DeSoto Addition (616 W. Belt Line Road). The applicant is Wier & Associates, and the owner is SECBW Partners, LLC. (Case No. Z-1498-23)]
A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT AND A DRIVE THROUGH ON A PROPERTY ZONE, GENERAL RETAIL AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LOCKED.BLOCK A THE MARK AT DESOTO EDITION.
THE APPLICANT IS WHERE AND ASSOCIATES AND THE OWNER IS S-E-C-B-W PARTNERS, LLC, CASE NUMBER Z 14 Z DASH 1498 DASH 23.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS BEST, SIR.
EVENING, MS. MAZI, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
AND, UM, THE CITY MANAGER, ZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER, CASE C NUMBER 14 98 23 IS A REQUEST FOR AN SUP TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST BELTLINE ROAD AND IT'S ABOUT 565 FEET EAST OF SOUTH WESTMORE AND MOST WESTMORELAND ROAD.
IT IS ADDRESSED AS 6 1 6 WEST BELINE ROAD AND IT IS 1.47 ACRES IN SIZE.
THIS IS THE LO AREA AND THE LOCATION MAP FOR THE SITE.
THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND THEY ARE VACANT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
THEY ARE ALSO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTH.
THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES TO THE EAST AND VACANT PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
THE FUTURE AND USE MAP IDENTIFIES THIS.
THIS SITE IS SUITABLE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE PROPERTY SAVED, YES, ACCESS FROM WEST BELTLINE ROAD AND WEST BELTLINE ROAD IS A SIX LANE ARTERIAL ROAD ROAD ROADWAY ON THE 2015 MASTER THERAPY PLAN, SUP REQUEST ANALYSIS SECTION 36 POINT 10 REQUIRES AN SUP OR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR RESTAURANTS WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT IS RESTAURANT USES HARMONIOUS AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXEC, WITH THE EXISTING AND SURROUNDING MULTIFAMILY WITH THE EXISTING AND SURROUNDING SURROUNDING MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY USES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSED USES ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH THE RETAIL USES THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED ON THE WEST VACANT PROPERTIES.
A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH IS REASONABLE AND NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.
RESTAURANTS ARE, ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE GENERAL RETAILS ZONING
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DISTRICT.THE APPLICANT WILL BE CONSTRUCTING AN AN EIGHT FOOT SCREENING WALL ALONG PROPERTY LINES THAT ARE AS THE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTH AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO THE EAST, THEREBY MITIGATING NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THOSE SURROUNDING AREAS.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT WILL, WITH A DRIVE THROUGH DOES, DOES UPHOLD THE INTENT OF THE DISTRICT'S PURPOSES.
THE RE THE REQUESTS FOR A RES FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH MISS SECTION 35.2 REQUIREMENTS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER WHEN APPROVING AN SUP REQUEST ON JUNE, 2020.
JUNE, 2020, 22, 20 23, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPROVED THE APPLICANT'S VARIANCE REQUEST TO ALLOW A CANOPY TO ENCROACH THE REQUIRED 25 FEET REAR YARD SETBACK.
AND THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ALSO APPROVED THE APPLICANT'S VARIANCE REQUEST TO ALLOW A FIVE FIVE FEET LANDSCAPE SETBACK ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE IN PLACE OF THE REQUIRED 10 FEET LANDSCAPE SETBACK.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.
THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
AND ON JUNE 11TH, 2023, A PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN FOCUS, DAILY USE AND STAFF MAILED 24 NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 AND 400 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
NO LETTERS WERE RECEIVED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS SUP REQUEST.
AND ON JUNE 27TH, 2023, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED PROOF OF THE SUP REQUEST TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ONE.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR A SUP REQUEST TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH AND THE ASSOCIATED PLANS.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO, TO RESPOND TO.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM.
UM, COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
MS. THOMAS, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE ONE.
I JUST PUT THE COMMENT CARD AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'LL ANSWER WHAT YOU CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT CARD, SO I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BY TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, COUNSEL, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MATTER? MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.
OH, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM? I'M SO SURE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. FEER, IF YOU COULD PUT OUR TIMER UP JUST IN CASE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, WE'RE GONNA GET OUR TIMER UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPER.
UM, I, I I JUST, AND THIS IS MORE SO NOT JUST, THIS IS TO OUR THE COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING AMAZING THAT WE'RE DOING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF HEARTBURN AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED, UH, TWO OTHER BUSINESSES.
BUT I WANNA REMIND YOU, IF YOU LOOK UP THE TOP FIVE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN THE COUNTRY, WE WILL HAVE TWO OF THE MAJOR FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AT THE CORNER OF BELTLINE AND WESTMORELAND.
AND WHILE WE'RE BUILDING OUT HAMPTON ROAD, THIS IS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON BELTLINE, EVEN AS YOU LOOK NEXT DOOR ACROSS THE STREET.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT THE DEVELOPER KEPT HIS WORD.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM.
COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE? WE
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DO HAVE A ORDINANCE TO BE READ.HEARING NOW, MS. THOMAS WILL HEAR THE ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 3 0 7 TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH FOR LAND ZONE GENERAL RETAIL CONSISTING OF 1.47, ONE ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN LOT FOUR BLOCK A OF THE MARK AT DESOTO.
ADDITION IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS SIX 16 WEST BELTLINE ROAD, DESOTO, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERE.
PROVIDING FOR APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN AHEAD, 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 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.
AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM WILL RECEIVE YOUR VOTE SO THAT, UM, I THINK YOU'RE CUTTING OUT WHENEVER WE PUT OUR VOTING MACHINE UP.
SO IF YOU GIVE US YOUR VOTE VERBALLY.
COUNSEL, IF YOU, THE REST OF YOU COULD USE YOUR VOTING PAD, PLEASE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[4. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance for request by applicant Chad Adams of Wildwood Development Company (representing property owners Wildwood Development Co. Ltd. and Homestead at Daniel Farms Ltd.) to amend Planned Development-160 (PD-160) in order to: 1) reduce the minimum dwelling unit area from 2,500 sq. ft. to 2,260 sq. ft. for Lot 31, Blk. A in Homestead at Daniel Farms Phase 2 (2009 Flora Lane); and 2) change the lot area requirements for lots within the western section of Tract 9.6 in the Nel A. Survey, Abstract 11 (Preliminary Plat approved as "Homestead at Daniel Farms Phase 3" - 2051 N. Westmoreland Road). (Case No. Z-1500-23)]
THANKS.WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR REQUEST BY APPLICANT CHAD ADAMS OF WILDWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY REPRESENTING PROPERTY OWNERS WILDWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD AND HOMESTEAD AT DANIEL FARMS TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT ONE 60 IN ORDER TO ONE, REDUCE THE MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT AREA FROM 2,500 SQUARE FEET TO 2,260 SQUARE FEET FOR LOT 31 BLOCK A AND HOMESTEAD AT DANIEL FARMS PHASE TWO, 2009, FLOOR LANE AND TWO, CHANGED THE LOT AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR LOTS WITHIN THE WESTERN SECTION OF TRACK 9.6 IN THE NAIL.
A SURVEY ABSTRACT 11 PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVED AS HOMESTEAD AT DANIEL FARMS PHASE 3, 20 51 NORTHWEST MORELAND ROAD.
CASE NUMBER Z 15 Z DASH 1500 DASH 23.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH, 2016, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 2066 DASH 16, CREATING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ONE 60 WITH A BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY 10 ON APPROXIMATELY 102 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST DANIELDALE ROAD AND EAST OF NORTH WEST MOLAND ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH A MINIMUM LOT SIZE BEING 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD CONSIST OF TWO PHASES.
PHASE ONE WOULD CONTAIN 103 LOTS, AND PHASE TWO WOULD CONTAIN 173 LOTS.
THE APPROVED ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED, UH, SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS.
I WILL TALK ABOUT ONLY THREE OF THEM.
NUMBER ONE, THE PROPERTY SHALL BE USED AND DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S SINGLE FAMILY.
THE MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT AREA SHALL BE 2,500 SQUARE FEET INSTEAD OF 2000 SQUARE FEET AS REQUIRED IN THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE FOR SF 10 DWELLINGS.
AND NUMBER FOUR, NO ALLEY SHALL BE REQUIRED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ON AUGUST THE 4 20 20.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 2201 DASH 20 AMENDING AND RESTATING PD ONE 60 BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 52.421 ACRES TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE WITH APPROXIMATELY 16.25 ACRES OF THE 52 FOR ACRE TRACK OF LAND TO BE CONSIDERED HOMESTEAD WEST AND THE REMAINING 36 POINT 17 ACRES TO BE CONSIDERED HOMESTEAD EAST.
SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOMESTEAD WEST ARE THE BASE ZONING WOULD BE THE SAME AS IN PHASES ONE AND TWO SF 10, MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT SIZE THE SAME 2,500 AND THE GARAGES WOULD FACE 80%, UH, BE FRONT FACING.
SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE, WAS ESTABLISHED BY THAT ORDINANCE FOR HOMESTEAD EAST, UH, ARE DIFFERENT.
AND THIS INCLUDED THAT IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED TO THE SF EIGHT, WHICH IS 8,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.
BUT DEVIATIONS WERE APPROVED ALLOW THE LOT, LOT SIZE TO BE 6,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE WIDTH 60 FRONT SETBACK, 20 INTERIOR SIDE FIVE, REAR 10 AND GARAGES FRONT FACING GARAGE WOULD BE ALLOWED ON A HUNDRED PERCENT.
I'VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE AND ON THE SCREEN THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN, UH, THAT WAS, UH, PRESENTED
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WITH THAT ORDINANCE.AND JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, UH, THE SHAPE HERE THAT I'M SHOWING HERE WITH THE HIGHLIGHTER ARE PHASES ONE AND TWO.
THESE LOWER TWO SIDES HERE ARE CONSIDERED PHASE THREE.
THESE TWO SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH BORDER, UH, WEST MOLAND ARE CONSIDERED EAST.
AND TONIGHT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO BE REQUESTING TO HAVE SOME CHANGES IN THIS WEST AND MOST SIZE OF PHASE THREE PLUS ONE OF THE LOTS IN THE PHASE TWO.
I'VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED.
UH, THE APPLICANT DID CHANGE HIS ARRANGEMENT IN THE WESTERNMOST UH, SECTION, BUT AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IT WAS GONNA HAVE ONE ROAD IN WITH THREE CUL-DE-SACS.
SO GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN, IT DID HAVE ONE ROAD IN AND THREE CUL-DE-SACS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ARRANGEMENTS WAS CHANGED WHEN THEY CAME TIME TO DO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
BUT THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED IN 22 AND OFFICIALLY WISE, HE HAS TWO YEARS TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS THE FULL SITE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT GIVES YOU A BETTER VISUAL UNDERSTANDING.
THIS ORANGE AREA HERE AT THE TOP ARE PHASES ONE AND TWO.
THIS ORANGE SECTION AT THE BOTTOM, IT IS DIVIDED BY A COMMON OPEN SPACE, ALSO A DRAINAGE AREA.
BUT THIS HELPS GIVE YOU THE VISUAL OF WHAT PHASE THREE IS ABOUT.
AND AGAIN, TONIGHT ONE OF IT REQUESTS IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS WESTERN MOST, UH, FEATURE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ARRANGEMENTS HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, THAN WHAT YOU SAW ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, BUT I CAN DISCUSS THAT LATER.
THE TWO SECTIONS ON THE EAST MOST SIDE ARE CONSIDERED HOMESTEAD EAST, THAT BORDER OF WEST MOLAND.
THIS IS A ADDITION, UH, GIVEN BY THE DEVELOPER TO STAFF IN FEBRUARY 2ND, 2022.
AGAIN, THIS GIVES THE INDICATION OF ONE ROAD IN THREE CUL-DE-SACS.
AND THIS WAS ESTABLISHING LOTS OF SIZE 10,000 SQUARE FEET TO CORRESPOND WITH THE LOSS THAT WE APPROVED IN PHASES ONE AND TWO.
THE APPLICANT'S FIRST REQUEST WAS PRESENTED TO STAFF ON MAY 22ND, 2023.
UH, APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE CHAD ADAMS OF WILDWOOD DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A ZONING CHANGE TO MEN PD REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE WESTERN SECTION OF HOMESTEAD.
DANIEL DALE'S PHASE THREE FROM 80 FOOT TO 60 FOOT LOT WIDTH IN ORDER TO REPLICATE THE LOTS APPROVED IN HOMESTEAD EAST PHASE ONE AND TWO.
WILDWOOD IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT THE PD ONE 60 BE AMENDED TO SHOW THE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE WESTERN SECTION OF PHASE THREE AS BEING SF EIGHT INSTEAD OF SF 10, WHICH AGAIN IS MIRRORING WHAT THIS, UH, CITY HAS APPROVED FOR HIS DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND THESE REGULATIONS ARE SHOWN HERE, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE EARLIER, UH, IN THE EAST SIDE.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, YOU SEE MY NOTE, UH, THIS REQUEST CHANGE WILL RESULT IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF HOMESTEAD DANIELDALE PHASE THREE ONLY INCREASING FROM 27 TO 35 BUILDABLE LOTS.
NOW THIS NUMBER WILL INCREASE BY ONE FOLLOWING A SECOND REQUEST THAT THE APPLICANT HAD.
BUT AT THIS POINT, ON MAY THE 22ND, IT WAS TO INCREASE THE DENSITY FROM 27 TO UM, 35.
AND THE LOT SIZES AT THAT TIME WERE EACH GOING TO BE 60 BY 1 25.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT ACTUALLY WILL SHOW, UH, IN THIS HATCHED AREA HERE.
THOSE, UH, 20, UH, PROPOSED 35 LOTS, UH, WITH THE LOTS DIMENSIONS BEING 60 BY 1 25.
APPLICANT'S REQUEST NUMBER TWO WAS RECEIVED BY STAFF ON JUNE 22ND, 2023 BY THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE GANAN ADAMS. HE SUBMITTED A SECOND LETTER TO THE CITY REQUESTING TO AMEND THE PD IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE RESIDENTIAL D DWELLING THAT WAS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY BLOOMFIELD HOMES IN THAT PHASE TWO, UH, LEGAL ADDRESS LOCK 31 BLOCK, A STREET ADDRESS, 2009 FLORAL LANE THAT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM BUILDING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN THAT APPROVED PD ONE 60.
WILDWOOD IS REQUESTING THE PD ONE 60 ALSO BE AMENDED TO ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT AREA FOR THIS SINGLE LOT AS BEING 2,260 SQUARE FEET INSTEAD OF THE 2,500.
AND AS YOU SEE, I'VE ADDED THE NOTE THAT WITH THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THAT THE MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT FOR STRUCTURES BUILT IN THE SINGLE FAMILY
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10 ZONING DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY 2000 SQUARE FEET.SO WITH THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY REQUESTING A, A DEVIATION OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT IT STILL EXCEEDS WHAT THE CITY HAS IN ITS ZONING ORDINANCE BY OVER 260 SQUARE FEET.
STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS AND SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT'S AMENDMENT REQUEST NUMBER ONE WAS AMENDED AND ON JUNE THE 27TH, 2023 STAFF WAS INFORMED BY WILDWOOD REPRESENTATIVE STEVEN EARLEY THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR CONCEPT PLAN, CONCEPT PLAN FOR THIS WESTERN SECTION TO INCREASE IT BY ONE ADDITIONAL BUILDABLE LOT TO FROM 35 TO 36 BASE.
LOT SIZE WOULD CHANGE FROM 60 BY 1 25, THERE'D BE 60 BY ONE 10, AND THE END OF THE ROADWAY WITHIN THIS WESTERN SECTION WOULD NOT BE A DEAD END CUL-DE-SAC, BUT ACTUALLY WOULD BE A STUB OUT FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE TO THE WEST.
ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THIS NEW, UH, REVISED SITE PLAN STILL HAS A ONE WAY IN, BUT BEFORE I MENTIONED IT HAD THREE CUL-DE-SACS DEAD ENDING.
BUT HE'S PROPOSING NOW TO HAVE A STUB OUT GOING TO THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.
AND AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF LOTS HAS INCREASED FROM, UH, 27 AS ORIGINALLY, UH, PROPOSED TO 36.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE OF NINE LOTS I'VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE PHOTOS SHOWING THE HOME IS BEING BUILT BY, UM, BLOOMFIELD UP IN, UM, PHASE TWO TO LET YOU SEE THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SMALL HOME, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE REQUESTING TO GO FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED OF 2,500 TO 2260.
UH, ON THE SCREEN YOU SEE A FRONT VIEW LOOKING AT THE HOUSE.
UH, THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT IS LOOKING IN THE REAR YARD.
THE SLIDE ON THE RIGHT IS LOOKING FROM THE REAR YARD TO THE FRONT YARD.
SO YOU SEE THE NICE ADEQUATE SPACING BETWEEN HOMES.
UH, THE VIEW, UH, I'M LOOKING FROM THE FRONT STREET, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THIS HOME AND THE HOUSE OF THE SOUTH AND ALSO THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH.
DURING THE JUNE 27TH, 2023 PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CASE Z 1500 DASH 23.
DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, NO RESIDENTS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION OF THE APPLICANT'S AMENDMENT REQUEST.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF THE APPLICANT'S A, UH, AMENDMENT REQUEST BY THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING, A MOTION PREVAILED BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ONE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO YOUR BOARD ON CASE NUMBER Z 15 0 0 DASH 23.
AS PRESENTED, I'VE INCLUDED SOME DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISER DISTRICT SITE MAPS TO HELP GET YOU EVEN A BETTER VISUAL.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN IN BLUE IS THE SINGLE LOT AT 2009 FLORAL, UH, THAT'S BEING REQUESTED TO HAVE A DECREASED DWELLING SIZE.
THE, UH, DCA MAP ON THE RIGHT.
THIS IS HOW THE UN PLATTED LOT TRULY LOOKS.
BUT AS I ALWAYS HAVE REFERENCED, THE WESTERNMOST SECTION IS WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED FOR DEVIATION HERE, NOT THIS LIP.
HERE AGAIN, SOME MAPS TO HELP YOU SEE THE GENERAL PROXIMITY OF THIS PROPERTY.
ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE A ZONING MAP.
AFTER WE WENT TO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, STAFF DID RECEIVE ONE WRITTEN NOTICE OF OPPOSITION.
AND IT WAS FROM A PROPERTY OWNER THAT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE BLUE AREA.
THE BLUE AREA IS THE 200 FOOT RADI, THE PURPLE AREA IS THE 400 FOOT RADII.
AND THAT SINGLE, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOME IS A RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THE, UH, THORN TREE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH.
UH, THE DCA MAP GIVES YOU MORE REPRESENTATION OF WHERE THAT PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
I'VE INCLUDED, UH, THE ZONING MAP, UH, AS YOU SEE THIS, UH, COLOR HERE IS THE ENTIRE, UH, PD ONE 60.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN, EXCUSE ME, I APOLOGIZE.
PLACE FOUR COUNCILMAN ANDRE BIRD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO AMEND PD ONE 60 AS PRESENTED.
WHEN WE SUBMITTED YOUR, YOUR PACK, YOUR, THE ORDINANCE TO YOU.
UH, LAST FRIDAY, THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN CHANGED AND WE HAVE PUT THE CORRECTED ORDINANCE AT YOUR DIOCESE TONIGHT.
UM, AT THE TIME WE SENT PREPARED THE ORDINANCE, WE DID NOT HAVE ALL THE MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDED, WHICH IS OUR EXHIBITS.
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UH, A SO THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IS THE CORRECTED ORDINANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE.I'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS, UH, CASE.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BURS, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? KAY BROWN.
PATRICK, GOOD EVENING, MS. BROWN.
PATRICK, GIVE US ONE MOMENT TO GET OUR TIMER SET UP.
AND YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
UM, FIRST LET ME STATE, UM, THIS IS NOT AN OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK TO COUNSEL IN REGARDS TO BEING CAUTIOUS OF CONTINUANCE OF, UH, DEVIATIONS OF DEVELOPERS.
UM, IT KIND OF TAKES AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE AND VISION.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH WILDWOOD, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THEM, UM, AND BASED ON WHAT THEY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BEING COMPARABLE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, ET CETERA, UM, I BELIEVE JUST A MONTH OR A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, THEY CAME FOR COUNCIL FOR SEVEN DEVIATIONS AND NOW THEY'RE BACK AGAIN WITH THE AMENDMENT.
I JUST DON'T WANT DEVELOPERS TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF COMING TO DESOTO AND CHIPPING AWAY FROM THE STANDARD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE.
THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE THOSE STANDARDS.
I THINK THE YOUNG LADY FROM WOLF CREEK SPOKE ABOUT HER DETENTION POND BEING BELOW STANDARD, AND THAT GOES BACK TO WHEN WOLF CREEK CAME.
THEY WERE IN DEVIATION MODE AS WELL BELOW STANDARDS.
SO JUST THE DEVELOPERS CHIPPING AWAY FROM THE STANDARDS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND IN DEVELOPMENT THAT THINGS HAPPENING IN REGARDS TO MATERIAL AND TIMING, ET CETERA, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY, UM, INCREASING BUILDABLE LOTS.
SO NOT DOING THE DEVIATION IS NO DETRIMENTAL TO THE RESIDENTS OR THE CITY OF DESOTO, UM, THE DEVIATION JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COME TO COUNCIL AND SPEAK TO THAT AND BEING CAUTIOUS AND CONTINUING TO CHIP AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AND STANDARDS THAT WE HAD SET FOR THIS PARTICULAR PD.
THANK YOU MS. BROWN PAGE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR APPLICANT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COME AND GIVE A FEW MOMENTS TO SPEAK TO THAT OR ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED? YES.
UH, COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR HAVING ME.
UH, FIRST I'LL, UH, ADDRESS THE, THE SINGLE LOT, UM, THAT BLOOMFIELD CONSTRUCTED INCORRECTLY, IF YOU WILL.
SO THE ARCHITECT FOR, FOR BLOOMFIELD HAS A PRIMROSE EXTENDED.
AND SO THE ITEM THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE HOMEOWNER WAS THE PRIMROSE EXTENDED, WHICH GIVES YOU THAT 2,500 PLUS HOME.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ARCHITECT SUBMITTED THE PRIMROSE STANDARD, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY THAT 2,260 SQUARE FOOT HOME.
NOW, THAT DID GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING, UH, PRESENTED TO, UH, THE CITY.
UH, BUILDING PERMIT WAS PRESENTED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS BUILT, WENT THROUGH A FRAMING INSPECTION, AND NOT UNTIL THEY WERE DOING NEARLY A FINAL WALKTHROUGH, THEY REALIZED THAT IT WAS UNFORTUNATELY 2002 60 SQUARE FEET.
SO, UH, THE BLOOMFIELD GROUP CAME TO US AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO HANDLE THIS IN THE CORRECT WAY.
SO WE FIGURED THE ONLY REAL WAY IS TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY UNINTENTIONAL.
BLOOMFIELD HAS WORKED IT OUT WITH THE FUTURE HOMEOWNER.
AND SO, UH, THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AS FAR AS, UH, THE ISSUES WITH THE HOMEOWNER.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS, IT WAS AN HONEST ERROR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY AN ERROR NEVERTHELESS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHY WE NEED THAT ADJUSTMENT, IT'S UH, SIMPLY TO ACCOMMODATE A HOME THAT'S THERE AT 2,260 SQUARE FEET.
NOW, AS FAR AS PART, UM, REALLY, UH, ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE HERE, IT'S PART ONE OF OUR REQUEST IS TO, UH, ADJUST THE, UH, LOT SIZE, UM, AND THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING HOMESTEAD.
DANIEL, PHASE TWO, THE BUILDER CAME TO US AND COMMENTED THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR SMALLER LOTS.
WE HAVE MANY TRANSPLANTS, MANY OF THEM FROM CALIFORNIA, RETIRED, RETIRED MIL MILITARY.
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THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER SPACE, UH, BUT STILL AN UPSCALE HOME.AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT, UH, BLOOMFIELD PRESENTS.
THEY HAVE AMAZING HOMES, LOTS OF ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, AND SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER.
SO WE HAVE THAT DRAW WITH BLOOM APPEAL, BUT WE DON'T WANNA SEE THESE, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY QUALIFIED HOMEOWNERS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO NEIGHBORING CITIES, WHETHER IT'S LANCASTER OR CEDAR HILL OR RED OAK, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE HERE AT DESOTO.
SO THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON TO ADJUST THOSE LOT SIZE IS TO, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATE, UH, WHAT THE MARKET IS CALLING FOR AND TO BRING THOSE, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF HOMEOWNERS TO DESOTO.
NOW, ANOTHER UPSIDE TO ADJUSTING THE LOT SIZE WAS CREATING ANOTHER ENTRANCE AND OR EXIT INTO THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT STUFF OUT, AS MR. BREWER MENTIONED, UH, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE FEEL THAT AS A WHOLE, IT'S A BETTER DESIGN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESIDENTS AS FAR AS SAFETY AND, UH, CONNECTIVITY IS CONCERNED.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY, UH, ANYTHING I MAY SPEAK ON OR ANSWER? THANK YOU.
UM, COUNSEL, I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE SAVE OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF OUR, OF OUR MEETING AT THIS TIME.
UM, MR. ADAMS, DID YOU WANNA INTERJECT? MAYOR, CAN I, UH, ADD ONE, ONE MOMENT.
ONE, ONE MATTER HERE, UH, JUST TO KIND OF ADDRESS THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE, MY NAME'S CHAD ADAMS. I LIVE IN MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
WE WORK HERE IN, WE IN DESOTO WITH WILDWOOD.
AND THIS IS A LARGE DEVELOPMENT OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS.
AND THERE ARE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE AND THAT WE TRY AND ACCOMMODATE ON A MICRO LEVEL WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD.
MOST RECENTLY ON THE KENDALE FARMS ISSUE, WE ACTUALLY HAD A CHANGE OF STAFF INTERNALLY HERE THAT CAUSED US TO HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU FOR A ZONING CHANGE.
SO THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, UM, BE PLIABLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN A PARTICULAR AREA.
IN FACT, I BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2007.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MR. BERT HAS EITHER HAD AN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY, UH, SINCE THAT TIME.
AND SO THERE'S MULTIPLE TIMES, DEPENDING ON THE MARKET, ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY, UH, THAT, THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND VISIT WITH YOU AGAIN IN THE PUBLIC FORUM ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE MARKET.
MR. ADAMS. AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK IT'S MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BIRD TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WE THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL.
UM, PLEASE, UH, MR. FEER, IF YOU CAN BRING OUR TIMER UP COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE WILL DO OUR ROUNDS OF TWO MINUTES EACH.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, PLEASE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH SAID THE CLIENTELE THAT YOU'RE SEEING OR THE DEMAND, IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE DECREASE IN THE LOT SIZE THE CLIENTELE THAT ARE COMING IN? YES.
WE, UH, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE ARE SEEING AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF RETIRED MILITARY FROM CALIFORNIA, AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHY I HAVEN'T DUG INTO THAT, BUT THESE ARE NOT FIRST HOME, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS.
THESE ARE RETIRED INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT LESS LAWN TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT WANT A GOOD QUALITY HOME.
WE KNOW BLOOMFIELD AND THEY DO A QUALITY PRODUCT.
I I WANNA THANK THE RESIDENT THAT CAME DOWN AND SPOKE.
UM, HOWEVER, I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS NINE HOMES AND THE, AND AS MR. BUREAU BREWER STATED, UM, THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY ANYTHING THAT, THAT THE REDUCTION IN SIZE STILL STAYS WITHIN DESOTO STANDARDS FOR SF 10.
RIGHT? SO TECHNICALLY THERE, THERE, THERE IS NOT A, UM, A DECREASE IN THE DESOTO QUALITY HAPPENING
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FROM THAT STANDPOINT, UM, CONSIDERING THAT, AND, UH, I'VE MADE UP IN MY MIND THAT WE'RE GONNA TURN DESOTO INTO A MILITARY COMMUNITY.UH, THANKS TO THESE, UH, HOME BUYERS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM CALI.
WE'RE GOING, WE ARE, WE'RE WHO ARE VETERANS? WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ALL BE NEIGHBORLY HERE IN DESOTO.
SO, UM, I, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT.
AND, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WITH THE INDUSTRY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE, WE HAVE TO STOP THINKING OF SMALL LOTS AS CORE QUALITY.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT AREA IN PLACE FOR, IT IS NOT A AREA, I THINK ABOUT LARGE LOTS.
IT'S AN AREA I THINK ABOUT QUALITY HOMES, BUT NOT LARGE LOTS.
SO I THINK THAT IT, IT STILL STAYS WITHIN THE SCHEME OF THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK THAT'S, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK, WE TAKE ALL, UM, OPPOSITION OR OUR CITIZENS WITH CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE WANT, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK, UH, WILDWOOD FOR ERECTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SANCTITY OF THORN TREES STAY INTACT WITH THE MASONRY WALLS THAT WILL SEPARATE YOUR TWO NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING VERSUS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ALREADY THERE.
THERE'S ALSO, FOR MY THORNTREE RESIDENCE, UH, PLACE FOUR HAPPENS TO BE MY AREA, NOT ONLY IS THERE A MASONRY WALL, BUT THERE IS A, A, A NATURAL LAND BUFFER BETWEEN THE TWO, WHICH MAKES, UH, UH, ANY CHANGES THAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT SIDE.
UH, VERY, VERY ATTRACTIVE AND VERY, UH, PALATABLE.
I THINK, UH, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS ALREADY BEEN SAID.
I WAS GOING TO JUST KIND OF MIRROR BACK TO WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD HIM SAY.
AND BASICALLY, UH, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A STRUCTURE THAT HIT THE GROUND THAT WAS ON A LOT, BUT THE STRUCTURE IS SMALLER THAN THE LOT REQUIRED.
IT EXCEEDS THE CITY'S MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR AN SF 10, BUT IT'S SHORT OF THE PD REQUIREMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? OF WHAT I HEAR? HOWEVER, YOU CONTACTED THE CUSTOMER, THE CUSTOMER IS FINE WITH IT, AND OF COURSE, IT'S WITHIN OUR GUIDELINES AND THE CITY HAS NO PROBLEMS WITH IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT SOUNDS CORRECT.
I, I, I HAVEN'T CONTACTED THE POTENTIAL BUYER THAT WAS THE BUILDER.
THAT'S REALLY NOT OUR CONCERN, BUT I'M, I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.
I JUST KIND OF WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO AS FAR AS THE SF 10 WITH GUIDELINES OF AN F-F-F-S-F 10, OKAY? YES, MA'AM.
240 SQUARE FEET, IS THAT KIND OF WHAT I DID? SF 10, THE MINIMUM IS 2000 SQUARE FEET, BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH A TWO, WITH TWO 40 IN EXCESS.
THANK YOU DR. MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO, JUST TO, TO MAKE CERTAIN I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE TWO MATTERS ON THIS ONE VOTE AND ONE WAS AN ERROR.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST SIMPLY A MISTAKE.
AND THE OTHER IS A VERY INTENTIONAL REQUEST.
AND SO HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO, I THINK IS AS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, AS WHAT WE DO.
AND, UM, PUTTING THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, TOGETHER TO ME CONVOLUTED THEM, WHETHER IT'S FOR EXPEDIENCY EFFICIENCY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M, I'M OFFENDED WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE INTENTION OF ONE THING, WHICH IS VERY VALID IN GOING INTO SMALLER LOTS BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SEE AS THE MARKET, BUT HOWEVER, THE OTHER AS A MISTAKE.
AND SO PUTTING THOSE THINGS, TWO THINGS TOGETHER EMOTIONALLY, I THINK IS A LITTLE MANIPULATIVE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THEREFORE, WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE AROUND THE ACTUAL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTATION, THE ORDINANCE WOULD ACTUALLY SUPERSEDE THE ACTUAL HOMEOWNER'S DOCUMENTATION, BUT DOES IT STAY IN LINE WITH, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMEOWNER KNOWS THAT IT FOLLOWS THE HOUSE? THE HOA WILL BE COVERING? THE HOMEOWNER'S DOCUMENTS WILL SHOW THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE OTHER HOUSES, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS WHAT IT SAYS IN THE DOCUMENTATION? NO, THAT WOULD, IF WE CAN GET HER, IF WE CAN GET HER TIME UPDATED AND THEN I'M OH, I'M SORRY, MR. GARITA.
NO, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT ON YOU.
NO, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT WOULD BE COVERED IN, IN THE HOMEOWNER DOCUMENTATION.
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COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTIONS? YES.UM, COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, AND WE DO HAVE A 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, TEXAS BY AMENDING AND RESTATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER ONE 60, CURRENTLY CONSISTING OF ONE FIVE, A HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR 0.247 ACRES OF LAND WITH BASE ZONINGS OF SINGLE FAMILY, EIGHT RESIDENTIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY, 10 RESIDENTIAL AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A BY AMENDING DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS FOR THE WESTERN MOST SIDE OF PHASE THREE OF HOMESTEAD WEST BY PROVIDING A DEVELOPMENT CONDITION FOR HOMESTEAD PHASE TWO, BLOCK A LOT 31, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2009 FLORA LANE, PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING 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.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, UH, WHAT IS YOUR VOTE? YES.
UM, ALL THE REST OF US CAN USE OUR VOTING PAD.
MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[5. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider approval of a Facility Naming Application to rename the DeSoto Fire Training Center in honor of retired Firefighter Joe Brown]
WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A FACILITY NAMING APPLICATION TO RENAME THE DESOTO FIRE TRAINING CENTER IN HONOR OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, JOE BROWN.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS IM CAMERON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF, SO, AS, UH, CITY SECRETARY MENTIONED, WE HAVE A NAME AND REQUEST TO RENAME THE DESOTO FIRE TRAINING CENTER AFTER, I MEAN, IN HONOR OF A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, JOE BROWN.
UH, AS WE KNOW, THE, UH, FIRE TRAINING CENTER IS LOCATED AT 5 0 1, UH, EAST WINTERGREEN ROAD HERE IN DESOTO, AND IT PROVIDES STATE OF THE ART TRAINING FOR, UH, FIREFIGHTER AND EMT, UH, UH, CAREER.
AND, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN CAREERS IN THOSE IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
UH, AND IT IS A STATE CERTIFIED PROGRAM SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE TRAIN, UH, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THAT TRAINING HERE IN DESOTO, THEY'RE NOT ONLY QUALIFIED TO WORK HERE IN DESOTO, BUT ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.
SO THAT, THAT IS PRETTY, UH, PRETTY SPECTACULAR.
UH, SO PER THE CITY'S FACILITY NAME AND REQUEST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU AS IT MAY HAVE, IT MAY SUBMIT NAME AND REQUESTS AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR.
THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT NAME AND REQUEST MUST ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY ONE ADDITIONAL, AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILMAN CHISHOLM, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF, UH, COUNCILMAN ANDRE BYRD.
UH, STAFF DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST, UH, AND IT, WE, WE DO FEEL THAT THIS REQUEST DOES MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH BY THE NAMING AND POLICY IN THAT IT, UH, RECOGNIZES, UH, INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS MADE A LASTING AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF SOTO AND HAS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF A SPECIFIC FACILITY OR AREA.
IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, UH, THAT FACILITY WOULD BE THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER.
UH, MR. BROWN, UH, ACTUALLY WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL.
HE WAS A LONG-TERM, UH, FIREFIGHTER HERE WITH THE SOTO, I THINK HIS CAREER SPAN ABOUT 33 YEARS OR SO.
AND A GOOD PART OF THAT WAS SPENT HERE IN DESOTO.
UH, HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE FIRE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE USE HERE TODAY.
UH, AND HE ALSO WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THAT STATE CERTIFICATION.
SO, UH, A LOT OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.
UH, THERE, THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UH, BECAUSE THIS, THIS ITEM WAS SUBMITTED BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, SHE HAS SOME THINGS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
SO I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THOSE TO HER.
UH, SO ONE, ONE PART ABOUT FACILITY NAMING POLICY DOES REQUIRE THAT, UH, IF, IF APPLICABLE THAT, UH, THE REQUEST BE REVIEWED BY THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OR COMMISSION, THAT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FACILITY OR DEPARTMENT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THERE IS NO BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRE TRAINING, UH, CENTER.
SO THAT WAS NOT APPLICABLE HERE.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT, THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE TO DO IS REPLACE, UH, FACILITY EXISTING SIGNAGE, IF THIS IS, IF THIS IS APPROVED, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE FIVE TO $10,000 RANGE.
AND SO, COUNCIL, AGAIN, WE DO, UH, BELIEVE THAT THIS REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE CITY'S FACILITY NAME AND POLICY.
UH, WITH THAT, I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND, UH, THE STEPS WE TAKE TO REVIEW THE, THE
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APPLICATION.AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM MAY HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO ADD WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE HEARING.
YOU WANT ME TO GO NOW? ARE YOU, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PART OF THE PRESENTATION? THAT'S THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, UH, AS THE NOMINATOR.
YOU MAY, UH, HAVE SOME TIME HERE.
I WON'T TAKE LONG 'CAUSE I, I, UH, I'VE HEARD THAT I GOT SOME FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, THAT WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.
SO, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I JUST KNEW WHO JOE BROWN WAS AND I DIDN'T.
UH, HE WORKED FOR DESOTO BEFORE I WAS LITERALLY BORN.
UM, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE, UM, ONE OF THE, THE AMAZING ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY, WHICH IS THE DESOTO FIRE ASSOCIATION.
I'M A HUGE ALLY AND SUPPORTER OF, AND, UM, AND SO I GOT UP ONE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND ASKED JOE BROWN TO BREAKFAST.
AND WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT WHAT HE DID FOR DESOTO WAS GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS.
UM, WHEN YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S FRUSTRATED AT WORK, THEY OFTEN LEAVE.
UH, HE GAVE NOT ONLY 33 YEARS OF SERVICE TO DESOTO, HE DID SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE DID BEFORE HIM CAME, HE SAT INSIDE HIS BARRACKS, I LIKE TO SAY BARRACKS, AND HE THOUGHT ABOUT A WAY OF HOW HE COULD KEEP THAT OLD SCHOOL MENTALITY OF FIREFIGHTER, UM, IN, IN, IN E IN EVERY TRAINEE THAT WILL COME AFTER HIM.
UH, NOT ONLY THAT, HE, WE, HE WORKED WITH THE, UH, CEDAR VALLEY, THE STATE TO GET IT.
THE PROGRAM ACCREDITED, IT EARNED NATIONAL RECOGNITION.
THERE WERE, UH, AGENCIES EARLY ON IN THE NINETIES THAT WERE REACHING OUT JUST TO USE SOME OF THE, UH, ASSETS IN THE TRAINING, UM, CENTER AND COMMERCIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'VE HAD SO MANY CLASSES SINCE THAT TIME.
UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, NOW TO TODAY, THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY EXISTS, IT THRIVES.
IT BRINGS IN FIREFIGHTERS AND OF, AND TRAINEES FROM ALL ACROSS THIS REGION.
AND THEY'RE COMING TO DESOTO TO LEARN HOW TO BE THE BEST FIREFIGHTER FROM A PROGRAM THAT MR. BROWN CREATED.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ONE MORNING, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I WAS MISSING THE MILITARY, AND I SAID, I'M GONNA GET UP AND I'M GONNA GO DO THE, THE FIREFIGHTER TRAINEE, UM, BOOTCAMP ONE MORNING.
AND, UH, TO MY SURPRISE, I'VE AGED, UH, BUT I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THAT IT IS INTENSE AND I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OUT THERE PROTECTING OUR HOMES EVERY DAY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE INTENTIONALITY AND HOW TO, UH, CULTIVATE A FIREFIGHTER FOR THIS DAY AND TIME.
ANY OTHER, ANY ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.
I THINK THAT MR. BROWN IS BEYOND DESERVING OF HAVING THE TRAINING CENTER NAMED AFTER HIM.
UM, CONSIDERING ALL THAT HE INVESTED TIME-WISE, UM, AND JUST YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT DESOTO HAD A PROGRAM, CREDIBLE PROGRAM BY THE STATE, THAT WOULD BE, UM, TRANSFORMATIVE TO EVERY TRAINEE THAT COMES THROUGH THOSE DOORS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM FOR YOUR SPIRITED COMMENTS,
WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, FOR, UH, FOR, FOR THAT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AT THIS TIME, UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENT CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM.
GOOD EVENING, CAPTAIN KIRK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M CRAIG KIRK, CAPTAIN HERE WITH DESOTA FIRE RESCUE.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, LOOKING LOVELY AS ALWAYS.
UH, I'M LITERALLY UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT JOE BUILT BECAUSE JOE DID BUILD THE HOUSE.
UH, I MET JOE IN 1991 AS A ROOKIE.
UM, WE GO, WENT TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL AND BACK THEN WE DIDN'T LET CIVILIANS IN, SO THERE WAS ONLY THREE OF US TO TRAIN.
SO WE WENT TO IRVING, WE GOT TO WORK OUT WITH JOE FOR A MONTH, AND
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THEN HE WOULD COME TO IRVING TO MAKE SURE WE WASN'T SHAME IN DESOTO IN THAT MONTH.I THOUGHT OF WAYS TO DO VERY BAD THINGS TO THAT MAN TODAY.
HE'S THE REASON THAT I'M UP HERE, SPEAKING FROM YOU.
HE TAUGHT ME CHIEF SU, EVERYBODY BACK THERE HAS JOE'S FINGERPRINT ON.
SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM.
HE STARTED IN THE BEDROOM OF CENTRAL STATION IN 1981 WITH CLASS ONE.
WHEN WE RENOVATED CENTRAL STATION, WE PUT ONE CLASSROOM IN AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TEACHING THE PUBLIC CERTIFYING FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY COULD GO GET A JOB.
FROM THAT, HE WENT TO THE CITY.
HE GOT A LOAN TO BUILD THE TRAINING CENTER.
WE STILL MAKE PAYMENTS ON THAT LOAN TODAY.
AND I COULD COUNT ON ONE HAND THE THINGS THAT I'VE CHANGED IN THE PROGRAM.
IT'S KINDA LIKE WHEN DAD GIVES YOU THE KEYS TO THE CAR, DON'T SCRATCH IT.
I'M UP HERE RIGHT NOW STILL TRYING NOT TO SCRATCH THE CAR, BUT, AND TODAY WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF OVER $200,000, NOT ONLY MAKING OUR PAYMENTS, BUT IT LITERALLY IS THE HOUSE THAT JOE BUILT.
AND COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO US, SO THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, HOWEVER, COULD WE HAVE YOUR VOTE PLEASE? THE DISCUSSION? OH, YES, YES.
DON'T, DON'T GIVE A, WE HOLD THAT THOUGHT.
UH, THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS IF WE CAN HAVE THE TIMER BACK UP SO WE CAN DO OUR TWO MINUTE ROUNDS, PLEASE.
DEFINITELY BELIEVE IN GIVING HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
AND AFTER READING ABOUT MR. BROWN, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS AN AMAZING MAN.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH OUR, OUR POLICY, JUST IN HOW RAPIDLY WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SHIFTING AND CHANGING AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT I THINK, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST IN AMAZEMENT WITH.
BUT, UM, I DO THINK WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER.
AND THIS IS NOT WHAT, THIS IS ABOUT.
ANOTHER LAYER OF, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, OTHER THAN JUST THE, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THIS AND THE OTHER, AND EVEN THE ONES WE'VE, UH, RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE PAST, THE PAST YEAR.
AND SO I, NOT, MY, MY, MY DIRECTION IS NOT A SLIGHT AGAINST, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH THE FIND MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AT ALL.
I JUST THINK THAT WE ARE A PLACE BASED AND IS A PLACE-BASED COMMUNITY, UM, FOCUSING ON WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY, AS THE PLACE WITH ALL THE MANY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THIS BEAUTIFUL FABRIC THAT WE CALL DESOTO AND ALL THE WORKERS WHO KEEP US SAFE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR YOUR KIND WORDS THAT YOU GAVE.
RAPHAEL, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? OKAY.
HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, I THINK WE HAVE YOU DOWN FOR A YES.
COUNCIL, THE REST OF US CAN USE OUR VOTING PADS.
AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO EXTEND AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND HAVE ANY REMARKS, UH, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING ME IN SUCH A MANNER.
UM, IT'S REALLY NICE WHEN SOMEONE RECOGNIZES YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND MY NARRATIVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THESE GUYS
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BACK HERE IN THE BLUE.I, UH, WAS A WORK OF JUST LOVE FOR ME TO DO WHAT I, TO MAKE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT I'VE MADE.
I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND, UH, ANYTHING ELSE I WOULD DO WITH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO LET ANYBODY ELSE DOWN.
I SEE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
I'M IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NIGHT.
[6. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider approval of a Facility Naming Application to rename the DeSoto Police Station in honor of Carl O. Sherman]
A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A FACILITY NAMING APPLICATION TO RENAME THE DESOTO POLICE STATION IN HONOR OF CARL O. SHERMAN.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS IAM CAMERON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR.
UH, SO AGAIN, THE, UH, SOLO POLICE STATION, AS WE KNOW, IS LOCATED AT SEVEN 14 EAST BELTLINE ROAD.
UH, AND IT HOUSES SEVERAL DIVISIONS.
UH, THOSE ARE, UH, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, PATROL, UH, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE RECORDS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ANIMAL CONTROL, AS WELL AS, UH, OUR REGIONAL JAIL.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A NAME AND REQUEST TO, UH, RENAME THE, THE, UH, SOLO POLICE STATION TO THE CARL O. SHERMAN PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A PARTICULAR, THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, NAMELY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BY WITH THE SECOND OF, UH, COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M SORRY, UH, LETITIA HUGHES.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THIS, THIS REQUEST DOES MEET DUE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE POLICY, AND THAT IT RECOGNIZES A CURRENT OR PAST ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL WHO, UH, IS A DEDICATED SUPPORTER OF THE COMMUNITY, HAS MADE A LASTING AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF DESOTO RESIDENTS, AND HAS DEMONSTRATED A SERVICE RECORD OF VOLUNTEERISM IN THE SOTO FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, SO AS WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE KERMAN, CARL SHERMAN WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMER AMERICAN MAYOR TO, UH, THE CITY OF DESOTO IN, UH, 2010.
AND HE WAS REELECT, REELECTED AGAIN IN 2013.
AS YOU KNOW, HE ALSO CURRENTLY SERVES IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WHERE HE WAS ELECTED IN 2019 AND REELECTED IN 2021, AND AGAIN, IN 2023.
THERE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCOMPANY, UH, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN IN HIS BIO.
AGAIN, THOSE THINGS ARE LISTED IN THE, UH, A PACKET THAT'S INCLUDING IN YOUR APPLICATION, INCLUDING IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
UH, SO, UH, THE BOARD THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE P THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE CI, CITIZENS POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR CPA.
THIS REQUEST WAS GIVEN TO THEM TO REVIEW.
UH, THEY DID SO AT THEIR JUNE 26TH MEETING, UH, AND, AND THE CPAC BOARD VOTED, ACTUALLY VOTED NO ON THE APPLICATION TO RENAME THE SO POLICE STATION TO THE CARL O. SHERMAN PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
UH, AND SO, UH, STILL THIS, THIS IS, THAT IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'RE STILL BRINGING IT FORTH BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION ON IT.
UH, SO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST WOULD AGAIN, BE, YOU KNOW, CHANGING, UH, REPLACING EXISTING SIGNAGE AT THE FACILITY.
AND WE, AGAIN, ESTIMATE THAT TO BE IN THAT SAME RANGE OF, UH, ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO $10,000.
UH, SO BASED ON ALL OF THAT, WE DO, STAFF DOES FEEL THAT THIS NAMING REQUEST DOES MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE APPLICATION.
UH, AND SO THAT IS WHY WE BROUGHT IT FORTH TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
SO, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, AS WE DID PREVIOUSLY, UH, THIS REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILMAN BIRD, SO I KNOW THAT HE HAS SOME THINGS THAT HE MAY WANNA SAY REGARDING HIS, HIS RECOMMENDATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BUR, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ISAM AND, UH, THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE, IN THE NAMING OF THE BUILDING.
WE ARE NOT NAMING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE SIMPLY GIVING THE BUILDING A NAME, CARL O. SHERMAN, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
AND THIS IS BECAUSE REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN HAS HIS RECORD WARRANTS THE HONOR, AND I BELIEVE THAT HIS SERVICE TO DESOTO HAS ALSO SAVED LIVES.
REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN AND I, I, I WANT TO TALK, I I, I WILL READ THIS LATER, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY HE SAID IT SAVES LIFE.
I WAS NEW TO COUNCIL AND THERE WAS A ZONING CASE, UH, OFF OF EASEL.
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AND RIGHT OFF OF HAMPTON ROAD, AND IT'S A DEAD END ROAD.I WAS LEAVING COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL AT 10 30 AT NIGHT.
I TURNED ON EASEL, WHICH IS A POORLY LIT ROAD TO LOOK AT THIS ZONING CASE.
AND I GOT OUT AND I LOOKED AT THE PA PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND FORGIVE ME IF I GET A BIT A BIT EMOTIONAL.
I LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY BECAUSE BEING NEW TO COUNCIL, I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT STREET.
AFTER SURVEYING THE PROPERTY, I GO DOWN, FOUND OUT IT IS A DEAD END STREET, MAKE A U-TURN.
AND BEFORE I COULD FINISH TURNING, A POLICE HAD BLOCKED MY PATH, HAD ITS LIGHTS ON ME, AND I INSTINCTIVELY WENT TO 10 AND TWO, I'M DRESSED IN A SUIT.
AND I WAS ASKED, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'M GOING, CAN I ASK WHY DID I, WHY DID YOU STOP ME? I WAS TOLD THAT I STOPPED YOU BECAUSE THERE'S, THIS IS A HIGH DRUG AREA.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, NOBODY'S ON THE STREET, BUT ME AND I, WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG? I WAS TERRIFIED.
AT 50 YEARS OLD, I WAS TERRIFIED WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT I NOTICED THAT THIS OFFICER WAS WEARING A BODY CAMERA, BECAUSE WHO WOULD'VE TOLD MY STORY HAD I BEEN HURT WITHOUT THIS BODY CAMERA? TO MY SURPRISE, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN IS NOT ONLY A TRAILBLAZER, BOTH LOCAL POLITICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
HE WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR OF THIS GREAT CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS IN 2010, AND WAS REELECTED IN 2013.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, DESOTO BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN TEXAS TO OUTFIT HIS POLICE OFFICERS WITH THAT LIFESAVING DEVICE CALLED BODY CAMERAS.
IN 2019, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATURE, AND REELECTED AGAIN IN 2021.
AND IN 2023, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BY FILING SEVERAL ADDITIONAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT NOT ONLY PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO PROTECTS THE POLICE OFFICERS.
IN THE 87 LEGISLATION, HE PROUDLY AUTHORIZED THE BOLTON JANE ACT HOUSE BILL 9 29, WHICH PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY BY PAR WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT DURING THE CURRENT LEGISLATION, THE 88TH SECTION, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN AUTHORIZED HOUSE BILL 1354, GOOD PAY FOR GOOD POLICE, ESTABLISHING A MEMBER A MINIMUM WAGE, AND ACCOMPANYING STATE SUPPLEMENTS OF OFFICERS AND MUNICIPALITIES WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 5,000.
THROUGH HIS LONG, THROUGH HIS STRONG BIPARTISANSHIP RELATIONSHIP, SEVERAL MEMBERS SIGNED ON AS JOINT AUTHORS AND CO-AUTHORS IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN LIVES IN DESOTO RAISED HIS FAMILY IN DESOTO, MICHELLE, THEIR THREE SONS, AND THEIR TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS.
DESOTO CAN HONOR A MAN OF INTEGRITY.
DESOTO CAN EMBRACE A MAN THAT ALSO EMBRACES LAW ENFORCEMENT.
DESOTO CAN ONCE AGAIN SHOW THAT SHE'S A, SHE'S A LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT OF TRUST, HONOR, AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND JUST ONE GESTURE BY WHAT WE NAME OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
I PLEAD WITH YOU, LET'S BE ABOUT HONORING THOSE WHO NOT ONLY HAVE DONE THE WORK, WHO CONTINUES TO DO THE WORK, WHO REPRESENTS US, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT IN THE STATE, TIRELESSLY.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE CORAL O SHERMAN PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
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AT THIS TIME, UM, WE WILL HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING.IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE COMMENT CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING, MS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR CITY OF ADDRESS ONLY.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WANT TO SAY THAT I VOTED FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN, BUT I OPPOSED HAVING THIS BUILDING NAMED AFTER HIM WHEN IT WAS DENIED AT YOUR FIRST MEETING IN JUNE.
THAT DENIAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN HONORED, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS.
AND MY REASON FOR OPPOSING IT IS THAT I NOTIFIED HIM IN REFERENCE TO THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN DESOTO SEXUALLY AND WITH DRUGS.
SO I WENT TO YVONNE DAVIS WHERE THERE WAS CONCERN.
AND SO I'M STANDING HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE IF OUR CHILDREN AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM IS NOT A PRIORITY, I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL THAT YOU DESERVE TO HAVE A BUILDING NAMED AFTER YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MS. MURSON.
MS. WILLIAMS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATE.
UM, DID WE CITIZENS EVER CONSIDER A FALLEN OFFICER? UH, MAYBE A CHIEF WHO SERVED 35 YEARS? CHIEF NIK.
CHIEF BROAD NECK AND MAYOR HERTZ WERE WORKING HARD TO GET A BOND PASS, BUT DE DESOTA CITIZENS THOUGHT TAXES WOULD BE, UH, TOO HIGH.
AND, UH, THERE WAS LOW CRIME RATE IN A ROOSEVELT WILLIAMS STOLEN GOLF BA UH, BAG.
I WENT TO THE POLICE STATION, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW WAS A CHICKEN COOP, AND I TOLD THEM, HOW DARE US NAME THIS BUILDING AFTER MAYOR SHERMAN, FORMER OF MAYOR SHERMAN, THE POLICE HAVE THE MOST THANKLESS JOB IN AMERICA.
WHEN YOU NEED THEM, YOU LOVE 'EM, BUT WHEN YOU DON'T NEED THEM, YOU HATE THEM.
HB 1354 GOOD PAYS OR GOOD ESTABLISHING FOR GOOD, ESTABLISHING POLICE.
HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW WHAT A GOOD POLICEMAN IS? BUT WE ARE GONNA SPEND $10,000 WHEN WE NEED TO GIVE POLICEMEN A AK 13 OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM.
WE DON'T, UH, MR. SHERMAN SAID HE WAS GONNA DO THAT.
UM, WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON CITIZENS, NOT $10,000.
MR. CLARENCE P JONES SAID WHAT MARTIN SAID.
HE SAID, IF ANYBODY NEEDS THE POLICE, IT'S THE DUR UH, CITIZEN, THE MINORITY COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT COLOR.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HAVING GOOD MAYORS.
WE TALK ABOUT 2006 DIVERSITY SUPERIOR SCHOOL BOARD, AFFORDABLE HOMES, PLEASE, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR NOTHING, MICHAEL WALTER, GOOD EVENING.
MR. WALTER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL WALTER DESOTO.
FIRST OFF, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE AND A GREAT TRIBUTE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REPRESENTATIVE CARLOS SHERMAN AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR OF DESOTO,
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TEXAS.HOWEVER, I MUST DISAGREE WITH CHANGING THE NAME OF THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HONORING RECOGNITION OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS MAYOR OF DESOTO.
LEMME GIVE YOU A, A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT SOMETHING.
WHENEVER YOU MAKE A CHANGE TO PUT A BUILDING IN SOMEBODY'S NAME, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THAT PERSON DID AND WHERE THEY ARE.
LOU STERIC SERVED FROM, FROM 1948 TO 19 79, 31 YEARS AS A COUNTY JUDGE.
HE WAS OVER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONS.
SO GUESS WHAT? THEY NAMED LOU JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AFTER HIM.
EARL CAMPBELL SERVED AS A TEXAS POLITIC POLITICIAN AND A MAYOR OF DALLAS FROM 1961 TO 1964.
AND THEN HE WENT INTO US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHT YEARS.
HIS HONOR WAS BEING NAMED EARL CAMPBELL FEDERAL BUILDING.
BOTH OF THOSE RECOGNITIONS WERE IN HONOR OF THE PLACES WHERE THESE PEOPLE WORKED.
NOW, CARLOS SHERMAN WAS NEVER A POLICE OFFICER.
SO WHY CHANGE THE NAME OF THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT? SEE, I GOT THIS PROBLEM RIGHT HERE.
WHAT I THINK YOU SHOULD DO, YOU DID THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE, AND YOU MAY NAME IT, THE JIM BARR BUILDING.
WHY? BECAUSE JIM BARR STAYED HERE FOR 14 YEARS.
WHERE YOU SITTING AT RIGHT NOW? THIS WHAT AM MAYOR WAS HE WORKED IN HERE, CHANGE THIS BUILDING TO CALL OLD SHERMAN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN RECOGNIZE HIM AT.
YOU WALK THROUGH ONE SIDE AND YOU WALK IN AND SEE THE MALE.
YOU WALK IN HERE, YOU SEE CARL.
SHE, THIS IS WHERE HE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, WHERE HE WORKED AT.
THANK YOU MR. WALL FOR COMING OUT.
MS. FLEMING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING THAT THE ACTION TO RENAME THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT BE TABLED UNTIL JANUARY OF 2024.
THIS ALLOWS TIME FOR, UM, SUFFICIENT QUESTIONS TO BE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONS AND TO BE ANSWERED, UM, UH, ANSWERED BY THE BOARD.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH, CPAC MEETINGS AGENDA WAS AMENDED TO ADD THIS PROPOSAL, UM, TO OUR AGENDA.
ON THE 26TH OF JUNE, WE MET AS A BOARD TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL.
WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT ANSWERED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE TO VOTE ON THE FACE OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US, WHICH RENDERED EITHER A YES OR A NO.
WE DID THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD.
THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION WAS A NO FOR NO TO ABSTAIN.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S OWN POLICY AND RESOLUTION OR GUIDELINES, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL WILL CONSIDER FACILITY REQUESTS TWICE PER YEAR, AND REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN JANUARY AND IN JULY.
IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST WAS ACCEPTED IN JUNE.
IT'S ALS IT, IT'S, IT'S EVEN, UM, EVEN THOUGH THE GUIDELINES STATE THAT THE PROPO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY AND JULY, THIS WAS, UM, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND WE REVIEWED IT.
FURTHERMORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S OWN GUIDELINES, THE CITY MANAGER WOULD DIRECT THE CITY STAFF TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE PROPOSAL AND CONSIDER FIVE ELEMENTS.
THE BOARD WAS NOT PRIVY TO ANY OF THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAD BEEN PRIVY TO THE ELEMENTS OR THE CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD'VE HELPED US IN OUR RECOMMENDATION.
WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, UM, ON THE INPUT FROM THE, THE, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONS, I'M SORRY, THE INPUT FROM THE CITY STAFF THAT WOULD'VE ANSWERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD DURING THE PRESENTATION.
ALTHOUGH THE BOARD WAS NOT PRIVY TO THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE CITY STAFF, NOR WERE WE MADE AWARE OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT AS A RESULT.
MS. FLEMING, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I LIVE IN DESO, AND I CHAIR THE CITIZEN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JUNE THE 24TH, 2023.
AT 12:08 PM THE CITIZEN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM
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CHIEF JOSEPH COSTA, STATING THAT CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT, HAD ADDED ITEM NUMBER FIVE TO AN ALREADY FULL AGENDA.ITEM NUMBER FIVE WAS TO RENAME THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, BUILDING TO, UH, CALL O SHERMAN.
BRANDON WRIGHT DID A GREAT JOB IN SHARING WITH US THE PROCESS FOR DOING THAT AND THE TIMEFRAME THAT IT WOULD BE VOTED ON, WHICH WAS JANUARY AND JULY.
AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, UH, THE CITIZEN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTED FIVE TO TWO, FIVE TO TWO TO NOT PROCEED WITH NAMING THE FACILITY.
THE TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO DID NOT VOTE, THEY ABSTAINED BECAUSE THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WHEN YOU GO INTO THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE IS A LINE OF POLICE OFFICERS CHIEF OF POLICES ON THE WALL.
SOME OF THEM WOULD HAVE TO BE EQUALLY OBER, UH, UH, OBSERVANT, I MEAN EQUALLY, UH, QUALIFIED TO MEET THAT POSITION JUST AS CARDINAL SHERMAN.
I APPLAUD, UH, CHRISTOL COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM FOR NOMINATING MR. BROWN, WHO WORKED FOR AND RETIRED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WHY NOT HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WILL PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO PROTECT AND SERVE NAME TO GO ON THAT FACILITY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MS. BERRY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS JOSEPHINE KELLY BERRY, AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DESOTA FOR SINCE 1977.
AND I'M HERE BECAUSE THE CAC, I'M NOT A MEMBER OF CA, THAT COMMITTEE, HOWEVER, I SUPPORT CPA.
AND ON JUNE 26TH, THEY VOTED NO TO NAME IN THE BUILDING FOR CARLOS SHERMAN.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT POLICE CHIEF.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD ONE THAT WAS HERE FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE NAME WHO HONORS THAT.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER THAT WE'VE HEARD SOME GREAT PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY WE SHOULDN'T NAME IT.
FOR CARLOS SHERMAN, FOR ONE THING, HE NEVER SERVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TO SAY NO.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT, MR. BERRY.
MS. VALENTINE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
DENISE VALENTINE, DESOTO, TEXAS.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF NAMING THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AS THE CARL SHERMAN SENIOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
I SERVED WITH, UH, CARL SHERMAN ON CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, WHEN HE WAS SERVING AS MAYOR, UH, I THINK, AND, AND HE WAS THE FIRST, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR OF DESOTO.
I SERVED WITH HIM IN THE TRENCHES.
SO THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST OF EVERYTHING HAS A REALLY DIFFICULT, UH, ROAD TO HOE.
UH, I SAW HIM GO THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT CAMPAIGN, A DIFFICULT TENURE, AND HE HAD TO BALANCE A LOT OF NEGATIVITY AND BACKLASH.
HE INHERITED A CITY BUDGET, UH, THAT WAS IN NEGATIVE MODE, BUT YET WE WERE ABLE THROUGH HIS DIRECTION, TO NOT HAVE TO LAY OFF ANYONE IN OUR CITY WHERE OTHER CITIES WERE LAYING PEOPLE OFF, INCLUDING POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN.
UH, WE WERE ALSO ABLE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, UH, TO, AS WAS STATED EARLIER, UH, GET, UH, THE CA CAMERAS AVAILABLE FOR POLICEMEN, WHICH BEING THE FIRST, AGAIN, OF ANYTHING IS VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT HE LED THE EFFORT TO GET THAT DONE.
HE WAS DEDICATED IN HIS JOB AS THE MAYOR, AND HE WAS NOT PAID FOR IT.
HE WAS HERE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE WAS HERE.
AND WHEN HE LEFT, HE WAS OUT SERVING THE CITY OF DESOTO.
I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER PERSON TO BE HONORED.
AND IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING, MY FEELING ABOUT WHICH BUILDING IT IS THAT A MAYOR SHOULD BE HONORED WITH, THEY'RE
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RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, EVERY PUBLIC BUILDING IN THIS CITY.SO I AM SPEAKING FOR NAMING THAT BUILDING AFTER CARL SHERMAN.
GOOD EVENING, MS. LOCKHART JONES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
I AM DEANDRA LOCKHART JONES, RESIDENT OF DESOTO, TEXAS.
I, UH, AM AND HAVE SERVED WITH ON THE CITY COUNCIL AT ONE TIME, THREE DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE YOUNGEST AT THE TIME IN THE CITY, CITY, 65 YEAR HISTORY.
I'M READING TO YOU BECAUSE I HAVE SAT WHERE YOU ALL HAVE SAT.
DEAR HONORABLE COUNCIL AND MAYOR, AND I AM SHARING WITH YOU ON TONIGHT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN THIS CITY.
I HAVE ACTUALLY SERVED AS BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER.
SO THIS IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART.
THERE ARE MANY MORE WAYS THAT YOU CAN SERVE AND HONOR AN INDIVIDUAL OUTSIDE OF NAMING A BIZ OF A BUILDING BY THEIR NAME.
MANY MORE WAYS THAN MANY OTHER PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN HERE THAT HAVE BEEN UNSUNG, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO BUILDING NAMED AFTER THEM.
I ASK YOU VISIONARIES BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO TONIGHT IMPACTS ANOTHER 25, 50 PLUS YEARS IN THIS CITY.
I ASK YOU VISIONARIES TO DENY THE FACILITY NAME CHANGE AS STATED ON THE AGENDA.
WHERE IS THE FISCAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE THERE TO HELP WITH THE SIGNAGE AND MOUNTING? WE CAN REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS CITIES USED AND HONOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS JUST LIKE DALLAS DID FOR JACK EVANS.
AND FINALLY, WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU SENDING TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE CITIZENS AND OUR OWN PRACTICES THAT ARE IN PLACE? FIX IT.
NOT JUST WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL WRITING THEIR LEGACY.
SO YOU WANNA CONSIDER THAT THERE'S NOT A 20 YEAR HISTORY GOING TO CONSIDER THAT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. STUBBLEFIELD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
WHAT, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT SIGN UP THERE, IT SAYS DESOTA, BUT REALLY, I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM RENAMING THE BUILDING, BUT THE BUILDING SHOULD BE THE SODA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CENTER.
I HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE TODAY, TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF INJUSTICE.
ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE.
WHAT WE ALL NEED IN THE CENTER OF OUR HEART IS JUSTICE.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, AND I KNOW CARL SOME YEARS, AND HE CAN TELL YOU THAT I THOUGHT SOME TIME AGO HIS NAME IN HIS HONOR, A PARK.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT? HOW DID THAT SOUND? CARL SHERMAN'S PARK.
EVERYBODY CAN GO INSIDE THERE.
JOY AT THE PARK, CAR, SHERMAN PARK.
BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT SHOULD BE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CENTERS, PEOPLE SEEKING JUSTICE.
WE TALK ABOUT JUSTICE, BUT DO WE GET IT? EVEN WHEN WE SEE THE SCALE OF JUSTICE WITH THE BLIND, BLIND BLINDFOLD OVER THE WOMAN'S EYE, THOSE SCALES ARE TILTED.
WHY DON'T WE EVEN IT UP? WHY DON'T WE BRING THAT TO THE JUSTICE? WHY DON'T WE BRING THAT TO THE CENTER? WHY DON'T WE SIT BACK AND BELIEVE AND CONCEIVE AND THEN GO OUT AND ACHIEVE WHAT WE GONNA TRY TO DO.
AND THAT'S TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP YOUR CITY.
IT DON'T NEED TO HAVE TO HAVE ANY OFFICER'S NAME, PREVIOUS POLICE CHIEF'S NAME.
YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANY OF THAT, BUT IT DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE JUSTICE.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE ACTION AND ON LOOKING AT IT THAT DAY, MR. STUBBLEFIELD, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME.
SORRY, THIS AIN'T MAKING TOO LONG.
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I WAS RAISED IN NEW MEXICO.THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MR. STUBBLEFIELD, BRIT HUGHES, OR HUEY.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I LIVE IN, UH, PEACH LANE, DESOTO.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN, NO, NEARLY EIGHT YEARS.
I'M A JOURNAL, RETIRED JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU I'M HORRIFIED.
AND THE REASON I'M HORRIFIED IS OUR POLICE.
OUR POLICE SHOULD BE HELD IN HIGHER ESTEEM.
THEY RISK THEIR LIVES EACH AND EVERY DAY TO SAVE US, TO SAVE US.
WE LIVE IN A HORRIBLE WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND THEY SAY GOODBYE TO THE FAMILIES EVERY DAY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE COMING BACK.
WE WANT TO NAME A PERSON THAT'S NOT EVEN WORE THE UNIFORM.
AND AN I'M JUST HORRIFIED AS A JOURNALIST, I'M HORRIFIED THAT IT WOULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED THAT IT WAS EVEN BEYOND THE AGENDA.
HOW DO YOU THINK OUR OFFICES FEEL? WHY ARE WE CHANGING THE NAME? ALL THAT MONEY COULD GO TO THE SENIORS.
WE HAVE SENIORS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE BILLS, THE LIGHTING BILLS.
WE'VE GOT CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THEIR MEALS.
WE COULD DO BETTER THINGS WITH THE MONEY.
IT'S UNNECESSARY, UNNECESSARY SPENDING.
WE LIVE IN HARD TIMES, BUT WE HAVE TO REPRESENT THE, THE POLICE FORCE AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR.
WE HAVE A GREAT LEADER IN CHIEF COSTA.
WE FEEL SAFE IN THIS, IN THIS, THIS STATE.
AND TO ME, WITH THAT IN MIND, I ABSOLUTELY 100% SAY NO.
AND I WOULD BE INTERESTING TO THE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING HIM FORWARD, THAT WHAT'S YOUR AGENDA? YOU KNOW, THE LADIES DUE FOR REELECTION.
MISS, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR AGENDA IS, YOUR TIME AND YOUR SIR.
CHAD ADAMS. HELLO, UH, FROM MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
I KIND OF WALKED INTO THIS NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT THAT THIS WAS EVEN TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
AND, UM, I'M JUST LISTENING TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE GOING.
AND I'VE SERVED WITH, UH, CARL SHERMAN IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND, UH, I JUST COULDN'T STAND, UH, OR SET BY AND JUST WATCH KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND I WANNA HONOR, UH, MR. SHERMAN FOR HIS SERVICE.
LOTS AND LOTS OF VOLUNTEER TIME.
I KNOW THE ISSUE THAT BEFORE YOU IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED, AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I, YOU KNOW, WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH GREAT WISDOM.
BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE AND SAY THAT A LOT OF TIMES POLITICALLY, UM, I'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE ON DIVISIVE ISSUES AS CARL SHERMAN BECOMES THE GO-TO PERSON TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND I SEE THAT A LOT WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON THE, UH, ON ONE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, HOW DO WE BRIDGE THE GAP? YOU CALL CARL SHERMAN.
AND CARL SHERMAN HELPS BRIDGE THAT GAP THAT HAPPENS A LOT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF LEND, MY HONOR, MY SUPPORT TO MR. SHERMAN.
I DON'T NECESSARILY FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE ISSUES OF NAMING THE BUILDINGS AND SUCH, BUT I, I DID WANT TO STAND BY, UH, UH, MAYOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARL SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MR. ADAMS. KAY BROWN.
PATRICK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I AM, I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS IN, IN TWO MINUTES.
UM, WHEN, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SPOKEN, UM, FOR ABOUT CARL SHERMAN, I HEARD HIM MENTION OF WORDS ABOUT JUSTICE.
UM, MR. SHERMAN EPITOMIZES JUSTICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY FOLLOW HIS WORK IN, IN, IN THE, UH, IN THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT.
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HIS LANE IS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE.ALL OF HIS THINGS HE SERVES WITH PEOPLE IN THE CENTER.
I AM FIND IT HARD AND IMPOSSIBLY TO BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY REACHED OUT TO HIM WITH A CONCERN AROUND CHILDREN, AND HE IGNORED IT.
AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
I AM ALSO FLABBERGASTED AT HERE.
WE HAVE THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN A MINORITY COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS THE HARDEST RENAMING THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE NAMING, UM, FOR THEY CLEAN TRAILS AND SETTING BENCHES AND READ BOOKS AND LIBRARIES, SIMPLE THINGS AS THAT.
AND WE HAVE THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WE'RE HORRIFIED.
HORRIFIED BECAUSE HE'S THE FIRST BACK MAYOR IS GETTING HIS NAME ON A BUILDING WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BRINGING, BEING THE FIRST CITY TO BRING, UM, BODY CAMS TO THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO LEADS WITH THE SER SERVANT'S HEART WHO HAS DONE THINGS.
AND TO THINK THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT PRESENTED THIS HAD AN AGENDA.
THERE WAS NO SPEAKING OF AN AGENDA.
THEN COUNCILMAN HUGHES IS UP FOR REELECTION, BUT SHE ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS FOR ANYTHING REELECTION SHE HAS DONE PUT UP MR. BROWN.
NOBODY SAID THAT THAT WAS AN AGENDA.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND A LANE IN, IN WHERE WE ARE.
SO AGAINST, UM, MEMORIALIZING THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER RENAMING WE'VE HAD IN THIS CITY.
THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN THE CITY WHEN THE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS WEREN'T EVEN WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
HE WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR AND JOHN EVANS, JACK EVANS BUILDING IN DALLAS.
THE POLICE STATION IS NAMED AFTER A MAYOR.
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE NAMED AFTER IT.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT, MS. BROWN.
PATRICK, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF CHANGING THE BUILDING TO THE CARL O. SHERMAN SAFETY BUILDING.
IS THERE A SECOND? YOU MADE THE MOTION TO POSSIBLE HAVE THIS TABLE.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS IF THERE, IF THE MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND, THEN WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD, A SECOND COUN COMING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO, UH, TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? YES.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS JUST SOME OF THE MISNOMERS.
UH, THE HEAD OF EVERY CITY IS THE MAYOR JACK EVANS HEADQUARTERS THAT HOUSES DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JACK EVANS NEVER WORE THE UNIFORM.
MIKE DONOGAN PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IN MCCLENDON, CHISHOLM.
AND ROCKWALL NEVER WORE THE UNIFORM.
HE WAS THE MAYOR OTZ CRIB PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER IN ARLINGTON.
HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER, AD MARSHALL PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IN COURT.
HE WAS AN OFFICER IN FORT WORTH, BUT FORT WORTH ALSO HAVE THE BOB BOLAND PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX NAMED AFTER THE MAYOR, UH, ARGO DON MOSER LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITY NAMED AFTER THE MAYOR, JOHNNY L DREE IN MISSISSIPPI, NAMED AFTER THE MAYOR, WILLIAM L. MAY JUNIOR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES IN KENTUCKY NAMED AFTER THE MAYOR.
NAMING SOMETHING AFTER THE MAYOR IS NOT A MISNOMER, NOR IS IT A MISTAKE, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE MAYOR HAS DONE HIS WORK IN THE VEIN OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH WE HAVE PROVEN.
SO, UM, AS THE NEWEST PERSON ON THIS BENCH
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OR THIS DIET, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I, I VACILLATED ON THE FIRST NAMING, UH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE I ACTUALLY POLLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I ASKED HIM QUESTIONS AND GOT INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THAT WAS EVEN NECESSARY.AND I DO THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW JOE BROWN.
AND I DO THINK THAT BASED ON WHAT I NOT ONLY LEARNED OF HIM, BUT ALSO READ OF HIM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A, UM, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO I VACILLATED BECAUSE I, AS THE NEWEST MEMBER, WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE USING OUR FUNDS FISCALLY.
AND THAT WAS WHERE MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS REALLY GOING.
I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TO DENY BOTH.
BUT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN JUNCTURE, I WOULD SAY THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE WHO, THE WHAT.
I BELIEVE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I HONESTLY DO NOT BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE THE POLICE BUILDING, ONLY BECAUSE I JUST CANNOT SEEM TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS.
AND I'M FORGETTING, I'M, I'M NOT, I'M, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T HEAR WHERE THE DOTS WERE REALLY CONNECTED FOR ME.
SO FROM THAT VIEWPOINT, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT A PERSONAL ISSUE.
IT IS MORE SO I DIDN'T GET ANYONE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE ME REALLY ANY REAL CONCRETE INFORMATION THAT SAID YES.
AND YET WITH THE JOE BROWN ONE, I HAD OVERWHELMING, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY POLLED THEM MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS NEW AND I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I GOT THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
SO FORGIVE ME IF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT POPULAR, BUT THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I HAVE TO VOTE BASED ON THE WAY THAT I FEEL ABOUT US HONORING PEOPLE.
THERE ARE WAYS TO HONOR PEOPLE, AND IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA TODAY, IT WILL BE ONE LATER.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL? YES.
AND I'LL, I'LL SAY THE SAME THING.
UH, TO WHOM HONOR? UM, WE DO NEED TO GIVE HONOR TO THOSE WHO DESERVE HONOR, AND I DEFINITELY WANNA HONOR, UH, OUR FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL SITS ON THOSE SHOULDERS, THE, THE ACCEPTABILITY, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE ORDER AND HOW THINGS WERE DONE.
UM, BUT I'M LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT MY, MY PICTURE ON, YOU CAN'T SEE MY SCREEN.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE THOSE SCREENS.
IT SAYS DESOTO SO MUCH TO LOVE.
AND I THINK MAYOR SHERMAN IS ONE OF THOSE, SO MUCH TO LOVE.
WHAT I JUST LEARNED ABOUT, UM, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE FIRE TRAINER, UM, JOE BROWN, MR. BROWN, UM, SO MUCH TO LOVE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF THE, WHEN I SEE DESOTO, I SEE DESOTO AS A FABRIC AND HAVING NAMES ON THINGS ARE GREAT THINGS.
UM, BUT I DO STRUGGLE WITH AND HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH NOW, UM, ACTING ON, UM, NAMING THINGS AFTER PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE NOW WITH CONTINUED LEGACIES TO GO, AND THEN US BEING TIED TO WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT THAT MEANS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, FOR EVERY COUNCIL, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SPOKE TODAY, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HEARING YOUR EACH, EACH OF YOUR POINTS OF VIEWS BECAUSE WE LIVE ON YOUR SHOULDERS.
YOU KNOW, BY THE END, YOU DID IT WELL.
YOU DID IT AS WELL AS YOU COULD DO IT AT THE TIME.
AND, UM, MAYOR SHERMAN OR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, FORMER MAYOR SHERMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN NOW IS DOING A GREAT JOB WHEN IT COMES TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WHEN IT COMES TO ENSURING THAT HE'S BRIDGING THOSE DIVIDES AND MOVING IN SPACES THAT OTHERS ARE NOT MOVING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT DESOTO, I THINK ABOUT THE FABRIC.
I THINK ABOUT THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE, WHO HAS MADE DESOTO, WHO IS MAKING DESOTO.
AND DESOTO IS SO MUCH TO LOVE.
AND I THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY WAYS THAT WE CAN SHOW WHAT THOSE HONORS LOOK LIKE.
THE NAME OF THIS BUILDING IS JIM BA FOR THE, FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, KNEW JIM BA, YOU KNOW, JIM BA I DON'T KNOW JIM BA I FEEL THE EFFECTS OF JAMBA, BUT I DON'T KNOW JIM BA THIS IS A DESOTO CHAMBER.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST GIVE MY THOUGHTS AS IT RELATES TO US BRANDING OUR CITY AND BRINGING THOSE VALUES FORWARD THAT EACH OF THESE PEOPLE BRING TO THE TABLE THAT MADE DESOTO.
THANK YOU CAST MEMBER RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMENTS FOLLOW QUESTION? YES.
UH, DR. MARKS AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UM, WE KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UM, TO, TO VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, UH, WE WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE FIRST SO THAT, AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE WILL USE THEIR VOTING PADS.
WOULD YOU LIKE US ON MUTE? COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
UH, COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME WE'LL USE OUR VOTING PADS.
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COUNCILMAN PARKER.COUNSEL, IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAD MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS AND FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM? MADAM MAYOR, IS THAT IN ORDER? WE, IT'S, IT FAILED.
IS THERE? I MEAN, CAN YOU COME? IT, IT FAILED ONCE THE MOTION FAILED.
SO WE HAVE TO BE RE WE CAN GO BACK TO BE RELOADED ON OH.
TO SEE IF YOU GOT A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
YEAH, LET'S BRING INTO NO CATEGORY.
THE, THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO REINTRODUCE THIS ITEM, UM, WOULD BE IF ONE OF THE NOS WANT TO, UH, CALL FOR A A RE REVOTE OR FOR A RECONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM.
SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE ONE OF THE NOS TO RECONSIDER, TO RECONSIDER ITEM, CORRECT? EXACTLY, YES.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO BRING IT UP TO BE RECONSIDERED, HEARING THAT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM? WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S SPEAKING.
'CAUSE CAN YOU CUT THE I CAN'T, OH, SORRY, TOM, IN YOUR ASK, THE, UM, THE ASK IS IF, UM, SOMEONE FOR THAT VOTED NO CAN BRING IT UP TO BE RECONSIDERED, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMEONE WHO VOTED NO.
IN TERMS OF IT TO BE RECONSIDERED, I THINK THE, UM, THE SENTIMENTS IS, UM, ABOUT POSSIBLY RE ABOUT POSSIBLY TABLING IT TO A FURTHER TO ANOTHER MEETING.
BUT SOMEONE THAT VOTED NO WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO BE RECONSIDERED.
IT'S STILL GONNA BE THREE THREE THEN.
SO NO, MAYOR, MAY I MAKE THE MOTION TO, I'M SORRY.
I, I SAW THE CITY ATTORNEY TALKING.
MAYOR, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT, UM, WE RE TAKE, TAKE THIS ITEM AND RECONSIDER IT, UH, AT A LATER TIME.
IT'S BEEN, I I THINK IT NEEDS HOLD.
WE NEED TO BE ANOTHER SECOND BY SOMEONE ELSE WHO VOTED BY SOMEONE WHO VOTED NO.
IS THERE A, IS THERE A SECOND? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE IN ORDER FOR IT TO COME BACK, A PERSON THAT SAID NO WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK JUST AS IT WAS, IT CANNOT BE AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE THE MOTION HAS FAILED.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GO BY ROBERT'S RULES.
CERTAINLY IT HAS TO COME BACK.
AND IF THAT PERSON, IF ONE OF THE NOS, IF ONE OF THE NOS CHANGES THEIR MIND, THEN IT WOULD PASS.
BUT IT HAS TO COME BACK THE WAY IT COME BACK BECAUSE IT FAILED.
NOW IF WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK AT A LATER DATE AND TALK ABOUT RENAMING ANOTHER, BUILDING, ANOTHER ROOM OR SOMETHING, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT MOTION.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR MOTION TONIGHT FAILED.
AND THERE IS A LACK OF A PROPER SECOND TO YOUR, UH, TO YOUR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
SO, UM, CITY ATTORNEY GODA, AGAIN, AS, AS DR. MARKS ALLUDED TO, UM, IF THERE IS WISH, A WISH FOR RECONSIDERATION, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AT ANOTHER TIME.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, AND THANK YOU, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BY FOR, FOR YOUR NOMINATION.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT HAS BEEN, UM, IT BEAR STATING AGAIN, COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR SHERMAN, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN, WE DEFINITELY HONOR YOU AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU, UM, DID.
I'M GONNA ASK FOR A POINT OF PRIVILEGE IF WE CAN ENTERTAIN, UH, COMMENTS FROM REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN AT THIS TIME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PROCTOR AND COUNCIL TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF DESOTA.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRAYERS REGARDING OUR GRANDDAUGHTER.
UM, IT'S HEART TOUCHING THAT YOU ALL, UH, REACHED OUT TO US.
WHEN MICHELLE AND I MOVED HERE OVER 30 YEARS AGO, I WAS 27 AND I WENT INTO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LOOKED AROUND
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AND SAW ALL THE PICTURES OF PAST CHAIRS.AND I WANTED TO KNOW HOW WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE US.
THE CITY WAS MAJORITY WHITE AT THE TIME.
AND IF YOU RECALL, FOR AN AFRICAN AMERICAN TO DRIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, MY WIFE ASKED ME, HONEY, HOW YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? I SAID, BABE, THIS IS A LOT EASIER THAN WHEN I WAS MAYOR.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU DO.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHY THE DIETS THAT YOU HAVE, IT'S BULLETPROOF.
THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SERVED AS MAYOR AND I HAVE ACTUALLY PUSHED AGAINST CITIZENS WHO DID NOT WANT TO NAME THINGS AFTER INDIVIDUALS.
AND I CAN'T REPEAT THE WORDS THAT CITIZENS SAID TO ME, BUT I KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THERE ARE BRIDGES NAMED AFTER AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE CITY.
WHEN I BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CITY MANAGER IN ELLIS COUNTY, WHEN THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO WAY THEY'RE GONNA NAME THAT STREET AFTER IT, YOU VOTE ON DRIVE-THROUGHS BECAUSE OF AN ORDINANCE THAT I CREATED.
BECAUSE CITIZENS SAID TO ME THEY WERE SICK AND TIRED OF CHICKEN SHACKS AND FAST FOOD.
SO IT NOW EMPOWERS YOU BECAUSE WE CAN'T DENY THEM.
BUT IN STUDYING THE BUSINESS MODEL OF FAST FOOD, TWO THIRDS OF THEIR BUSINESS IS MADE IN A DRIVE-THROUGH.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE THE POWER TO NOW DENY THE DRIVE-THROUGH, AND THEREFORE THE BUSINESS IS NOT COMING.
AND SINCE COVID, THAT IS INCREASED BODY CAMS. WE WERE THE FIRST, NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT IN THE NATION.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I DIDN'T MAKE POLITICAL.
WE HIRED A NEW CITY MANAGER AND THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF, WHEN I SHARED WITH HIM HOW ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS PULLED A GUN ON ME, AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO A SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING WITH MY FAMILY.
AND COMMISSIONER PRICE, WHEN WE SELECTED A NEW POLICE CHIEF, I CALLED HIM AND ASKED HIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CHIEF COSTA? HE SAID, HE'S FAIR AND HE'S SMART.
FOR YEARS, THIS COUNSEL AND THE PRE PRECEDING COUNCIL WANTED TO NAME THE CITY HALL AFTER ME, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS RIGHT BECAUSE I WAS MAYOR AND I PUSHED TO HAVE THE CITY NAMED AFTER JIM BALL, THE JIM BA GOVERNMENT CENTER.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE TERM LIMITS, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS ME.
TOM JOHNSON CAME TO ME AS MAYOR AND SAID, SIR, IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
BECAUSE AT THE TIME I WAS VERY POPULAR.
WE WERE, WE WERE MAJORITY WHITE AS A CITY.
2006 WHEN I WAS ELECTED AT 37 YEARS OLD, GOD HAS BLESSED US.
MICHELLE AND I HAVE FIVE KIDS.
WE'VE RAISED THEM ALL IN DE SOTO.
AND EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE I'VE BEEN PUSHING, I'VE HAD A FIRE STATION NAMED AFTER SOMEONE.
I HAD A STREET NAMED AFTER SOMEONE, A BRIDGE NAMED AFTER SOMEONE A STREET.
AND I'VE GOTTEN THAT OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE WORK TOO HARD.
AND AS YOUR MAYOR, I WAS PROUD TO SERVE.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BRING THIS BACK BECAUSE I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING ANYTHING NAMED AFTER ME.
I JUST WANT MY NAME TO BE IN HEAVEN.
AND THIS, THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE STUFF THAT I PUT UP WITH AS YOUR MAYOR.
NOT JUST FROM OTHER PEOPLE, BUT FROM OUR OWN PEOPLE.
PEOPLE STAKING OUTSIDE MY HOUSE, THREATENING MY FAMILY, TELLING ME, COMING TO THE CHURCH, TELLING ME IF I KNEW WHAT WAS BEST, I WOULDN'T SERVE, I WOULDN'T RUN FOR MAYOR.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVES, THOSE THAT WERE SUPPORTING THIS AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT, I DID NOT WANT.
YOU KNOW, YOU, UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE SAID TO ME, YOU WANTED TO NAME CITY
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HALL AFTER ME AFTER I STOPPED SERVING.BUT LOOK, JIM BALL WAS A GOOD MAN.
AND YES, HIS FIRST MEETING TO ME, SOME OF YOU KNOW, HIS FIRST MEETING, DENISE VALENTI KNOWS PATRICIA, LET BETTER KNOWS MANY OF YOU KNOW, FIRST MEETING, HE SAID TO ME, MR. MAYOR, WE'VE LOST A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS IN ASSESSED TAX VALUE.
HERE ARE THE NAMES OF EMPLOYEES, SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES, I SEE THEM STILL HERE.
AND HE SAID, WHO DO YOU WANNA LAY OFF? AND I SAID, WE WOULD NOT LAY OFF ANYONE.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE WAY WE DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE WAY WE DO OUR OPERATIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME OTHER CHANGES AS FAR AS OPERATIONALLY.
WE HAD $300,000 IN HOSPITALITY TAX REVENUE.
AND I FOCUSED ON GOING AFTER HOTELIERS.
AND BY THE TIME WE LEFT, I LEFT AS MAYOR, WE HAD GROWN TO $900,000.
JOE GODA IS THE ONLY ONE HERE THAT WAS THERE THEN.
AND THEN MAYOR PROCTOR CAME ALONG AS WELL.
I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO BE BOTHERED BY THIS.
YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST.
I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT HAVING MY NAME ON SOMETHING.
AND WHEN YOU SAID TO ME THAT Y'ALL WERE GONNA VOTE ON HAVING MY NAME ON THIS BUILDING, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FAIR TO TAKE DOWN JIM BALL'S NAME.
HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG TO HAVE HIS NAME TAKEN DOWN.
IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S A NEO-NAZI OR SOMETHING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE WORK I DID WAS BECAUSE I LOVE OUR CITY.
WHEN DANIEL DALE ROAD WAS IN SUCH HEART, JUST A WRECK.
AND THE MAYORS BEFORE SAID, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT ROAD FIXED.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THE ROAD IS NOT IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, THE EAST PART OF DANIEL DELL, BUT THEY WANTED TO PASS A BOND FOR OUR CITIZENS TO PAY FOR THAT.
MAYOR HURT WANTED A BOND REFERENDUM, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU.
AND HE ASKED ME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAIRMAN AND THE YOUNGEST OF THE ROTARY CLUB TO CHAIR A $32 MILLION BOND REFERENDUM, WHICH HE SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT PROPOSITION FOUR WOULD PASS.
WE WORKED THAT AND WE GOT IT ALL PASSED SO THAT OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE COULD HAVE THE THINGS THEY NEED SO THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THERE AND THE HELIPORT THE COUNCIL WAS AGAINST.
BUT I KEPT PUSHING AND PUSHING.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY, IT WAS BUILT IN 20, IT, THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 2013.
GOING INTO MY SECOND TERM, I DON'T NEED, THIS IS VERY, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CAME HERE AND THEY THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE I'M BEING RECOGNIZED IN OTHER PLACES, THEY THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE RECOGNIZED HERE.
I'M GRATEFUL TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED A MAN BORN IN THIS PACKAGE, TO BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE HIS NAME ON A POLICE STATION.
YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER MAYORS, BUT THEY WEREN'T BORN IN THIS PACKAGE.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT I'M DOING TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT I, THAT GRATEFUL FOR YOU EVEN THINKING ABOUT ME.
AND PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT, DO NOT NAME ANYTHING AFTER ME.
MY WIFE I KNOW, WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE ALL THE HOURS THAT I WAS HERE, I WAS THE FIRST MAYOR TO HAVE A KEY TO THE CITY.
I WOULD COME IN AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND STAY UNTIL EVERYBODY'S GONE AND STILL WORKING BECAUSE WE WERE IN TROUBLE.
BUT I NEVER TALKED ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
SO PLEASE DON'T, DON'T, I'M BEGGING YOU.
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THIS IS MY WIFE TRYING TO GET ME.UM, THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, THANK YOU, DAVID.
I KNOW THAT MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ME BEING MAYOR WHEN I WAS ELECTED.
AND SOME SAID, WE WANT TO NAME THIS AFTER YOU, WE WANT TO NAME THAT AFTER YOU.
AND I SAID, NO, MR. STUBBLEFIELD WAS ONE OF THOSE.
AND I SAID, NO, I KNOW THERE ARE MEN WHO WANT THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT? MY DAUGHTER RYAN, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, SHE AND I WENT TO A NAMING WHERE I WAS MAYOR, WE'RE GONNA NAME ERNIE ROBERTS PARK.
AFTER ERNIE ROBERTS, A FORMER MAYOR, HE HAD MOVED OUTTA THE CITY.
SO WE BROUGHT HIM BACK, NAMED THE PARK AFTER HIM.
HE CAME OVER TO ME AND MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND.
AND HE SAYS TO HER, IF YOU KNOW ERNIE ROBERTS, AND I KNOW JOE BROWN, BY THE WAY WE WORKED TOGETHER, HE SAYS TO MY DAUGHTER, ONE DAY THEY'RE GONNA NAME SOMETHING AFTER YOUR FATHER HERE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE.
THEN ROY, OR COMES OVER AND ROY OR INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO, UH, MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND BECAUSE RYAN ALREADY KNEW HIM.
AND MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND BIANCA, WHEN SHE INTRODUCED HIM, SAYS TO HIM, WOW, DID YOUR PARENTS NAME THE TRAIL NAME YOU AFTER THE TRAIL? NOW THAT'S FUNNY, BUT IN OUR CULTURE, THAT'S THE ONLY, WE NAME OURSELVES AFTER MERCEDES AND DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IN THEIR CULTURE.
AND WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR PERMISSION.
SO AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL, LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE HAD TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE.
I'VE SEEN 'EM COME AND GO AS YOUR FORMER MAYOR, I WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAITHFUL TO MY CITY.
I HOPE AND PRAY THAT OTHERS WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH OR SUFFER THE THINGS THEIR FAMILIES WON'T HAVE TO GIVE AS MUCH.
AND IF SOMEBODY BRINGS A GUN OUT, YOU CAN DUCK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR GIVING ME THE PRIVILEGE, UH, TO SPEAK, UH, TO YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN.
AND, UH, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE TO OUR, TO OUR FINE CITY.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[1. Consider a Resolution revising the composition and responsibilities of the Audit and Finance Committee]
WE HAVE CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION, REVISING THE COMPOSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHRISTOPHE BAUER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO SOME MONTHS AGO, THE COUNCIL CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE CONSIDERING IF COUNCIL MEMBER LEDBETTER, COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER TIM, UH, LETITIA HUGHES AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, TO TAKE A LOOK AT AN ISSUE THAT WAS CREATED WHEN WE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO OUR FRAUD HOTLINE THAT REALLY DIDN'T KIND OF FIT, UH, THAT PURPOSE OF THAT HOTLINE AND OF THE, UH, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS PUT IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY CREATE THAT.
IN FACT, THAT WHERE LEDBETTER WAS ON THE COUNCIL, WHEN THAT ORGANIZATION WAS INITIALLY DEFINED AND, AND THE FRONT HOTLINE WAS SET UP.
SO WE PUT DOWN THE COMMITTEE AND WE WENT AND WALKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE IT.
REALLY TRYING TO AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL'S CONCERNS REGARDING HOW COMPLAINTS FROM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS ADDRESSED.
SO WE DID A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THAT COMMITTEE.
ONE WAS WE WENT TO OUR FRAUD HOTLINE WEBSITE AND CLARIFIED ITS PURPOSE, UM, MAKING IT MORE CLEAR THAT THAT'S REALLY ABOUT FINANCIAL FRAUD.
IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND WE MADE THAT CLEAR ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PROCESS AND SORT OF HOW WE CAN SEPARATE THINGS LIKE THAT OUT.
AND, UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME TO YOU TONIGHT IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO ADD TWO CITIZENS, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'D BE THREE COUNTS, MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, AND THEN TWO CITIZENS THAT WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL
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WOULD BE THE COMPOSITION OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.ANOTHER IS TO REFOCUS THAT COMMITTEE.
SO IT REALLY IS MORE FOCUSED ON THE EXTERNAL FINANCIAL AUDIT, UH, RATHER THAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUSLY, WHICH INCLUDED, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE OUR INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION.
WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION, SO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLEARED THAT UP AND MADE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
SO THAT'S THE, THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, WHICH CLARIFIES HOW STAFF WILL RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE FINANCIAL FRAUD, THOSE THAT ARE NOT FINANCIAL FRAUD.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THOSE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ANONYMOUSLY.
THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A COUNCIL MEMBER, THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY BE WILLING TO SIGN A SWORN STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE HANDLED, UH, THROUGH A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THE COUNCIL, UH, NOT THE FRAUD HOTLINE.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF SUMMARY, TRYING TO GO THROUGH QUICK.
I CUT A LOT OF THIS OUT TRYING GIVEN THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT THE ACTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE RESOLUTION WHICH REVISES THE COMPOSITION AND PURPOSE OF THE FRAUD ON AN AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY CARDS TO ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS, UM, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME, LET ME, UH, STEP BACK JUST A BIT AND THANK THE, UH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME AND DILIGENCE IN GETTING THIS RECOMMENDATION TO US AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL, UM, CONSIDERING THE NEEDS, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS REGARDING THESE PARTICULAR MATTERS AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM.
SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR, UH, THEIR WORK ON THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.
SO AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, UM, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER? CHISHOLM? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
SECOND BY DR. MARKS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL, UM,
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, DR. MARKS HAS ME GET READY TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, CAN WE GET YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.
COUNCIL, THE REST OF US PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD AND COUNCIL MEMBER BIRD IS NOT PRESENT FOR VOTING.
UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BY IS NOT PRESENT FOR THE VOTE.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES, THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
SO AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS, I WILL ENTERTAIN
[J. ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR SESSION]
A MOTION TO ADJOURN.IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PROM HUGHES, TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING COUNCIL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IT IS 10:35 PM AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.