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ALL[Mayor’s Quarterly 360° Meeting on August 31, 2023.]
RIGHT, HERE WE GO.UH, I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR MAYOR'S QUARTERLY 360 MEETING, UH, HERE AT TOWN CENTER.
UM, I WANT TO DO JUST A FEW WELCOMES.
I'M MAYOR PROCTOR AND WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS.
I'M GONNA PASS IT TO CITY MANAGER WRIGHT FOR INTRODUCTIONS OF HIS STAFF.
IN FACT, IF, IF JUST AROUND THE ROOM, 'CAUSE I SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE, IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND STAND UP REAL QUICK IF YOU'RE A STAFF MEMBER.
AND RATHER THAN DO A NUMBER OF NAMES, WHAT I'LL DO, 'CAUSE 'CAUSE IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, I'LL JUST HAVE THEM RAISE THEIR HANDS BY DEPARTMENT.
SO, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR HAND.
IS IT JUST ONE? IT IS JUST ONE.
UH, WE, I SEE LIBRARY RIGHT THERE.
WE'VE GOT PUBLIC UTILITIES, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO I'LL RAISE MY HAND AS WELL.
UH, POLICE AND FIRE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED US AS WELL.
UM, DR. MARKS, WHO REPRESENTS PLACE FIVE, IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, WHO REPRESENTS PLACE SIX, IS ALSO HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
AND MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES, WHO REPRESENTS PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
I'M GONNA CALL UP, UH, ONE OF OUR, OUR A FRIEND TO DESOTO.
HE'S GOING TO, UH, LEAD US IN OUR PRAYER.
MR. BILLY SANDERS, HE'S GONNA LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION.
FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU ON TONIGHT, GOD, FOR THIS MEETING.
GOD AND GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT ARE PART OF HERE ON TONIGHT.
GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOUR PEOPLE.
GOD IN THE SODA, GOD IN JESUS NAME.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL MR. UH, CHARLES BREWER, I BELIEVE IS GOING TO DO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROGRESS UPDATE.
CHARLES BREWER, DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I PLACED UP ON THE SCREEN, UH, JUST A LITTLE FLYER THAT WE ARE, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE PREPARED FOR US TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHEN THE, UH, NEXT, WHICH WILL BE, I THINK IT'S THE FOURTH, UH, PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE.
UM, AND THIS SLIDE ALSO SHOWS WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROGRESS.
WE'RE NEAR COMPLETION AS THE SLIDE SHOW.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE DRAFT STAGES OF ADDRESSING ALL THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WE ARE INVITING EVERYONE TO COME TO, TO CITY HALL ON OCTOBER THE 26TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AND THAT'S WHEN THE CONSULTANTS WILL REVIEW WITH YOU THAT DRAFT PLAN.
OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH STAFF.
AND, UM, NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE TAKING SOME OF THE CHAPTERS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ACTUALLY TO OUR COUNCIL.
BUT THIS WILL BE THE PUBLIC INTRODUCTION, UH, THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN.
I WILL AGAIN, UH, JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UH, THE CITY OF DESOTA DOES HAVE A WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS WHAT HAS HAPPENED UP TO DATE THAT HAS ALL THE SURVEYS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THE PROCESS.
IT'LL LET YOU SEE VIDEOS AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESS.
SO, UH, AS YOU SEE THE WEBSITE IS THE LINK IS CI.DESOTO.TX.US/COMP PLAN.
AND WHEN YOU GO ON THERE, IT'LL GIVE YOU A, A COMPLETE, UM, A COMPLETE LISTING AND SEVERAL, UH, TABS THAT YOU CAN, UH, CLICK ON TO GET SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
SO, UM, THEY JUST HAD THE LAST, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING, I THINK IT WAS ON JUNE THE 29TH.
AND THE NEXT ONE THAT'S GONNA COME UP, AS YOU SAID, IS GOING TO BE IN, UH, OCTOBER 26TH.
THANK YOU, MR. BREW FOR THAT UPDATE.
PLEASE, UH, MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THAT OPEN HOUSE.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MAKING ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, UM, IN THE OPEN DISCUSSION FROM PARTICIPANTS, YOU MUST FILL OUT A CARD.
UM, THERE ARE CARDS AT THE TABLE.
UM, IF WE CAN RAISE THOSE UP FOR US.
THERE ARE CARDS AT THE TABLE, UH, FOR YOU TO FILL OUT, AND WE WILL TURN THOSE INTO OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY, MS. TASHA WILLIAMS. UM, AND SHE WILL, WE'LL CALL ON YOU AT THAT TIME.
WE DO HAVE A, UM, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF CARDS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE, UH, TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES, UH, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE WE'RE CALLING MR. BREWER BACK FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE.
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HELLO AGAIN, CHARLES BREWER AGAIN.WE HAVE ANOTHER POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
UH, WE SET UP THIS STYLE AT, AT, UH, THE MAYOR'S LAST QUARTERLY MEETING.
SO YOU MAY SEE SOME SLIDES ON HERE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE, BUT, UH, WE'VE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
AND THIS WILL BE ON, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITES FOR EVERYBODY'S VIEWING.
AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS THE, UH, CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
THERE'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, VALUED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND FOR LIFESPAN OF FIVE YEARS OR MORE, THE PURPOSE OF THE CIP HAS BUDGET IMPACTS, FUNDING COMMITMENTS, BOND ELECTIONS, AND SALE.
UH, I WON'T GO INTO THIS INTO DETAIL, BUT THIS JUST GIVE YOU SOME OVERVIEW OF KIND OF THE CITY'S FORECAST PLANNING FOR THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT HAVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FROM NOT ONLY WATER AND SEWING STREETS, BUT PARKS AND FACILITIES.
SO SOME OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY GOING ON IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, THIS IS JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF, UH, ANTICIPATING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ROAD.
WIDENING FROM 16 MILLION TO 18 MILLION RESIDENTIAL ASPHALT RECONSTRUCTION, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ABOUT 3.1 MILLION PER YEAR.
TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UM, AND SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA.
THIS MAP HAS BEEN UPDATED AND WE'VE PLACED A COPY AT THE FRONT TABLE WHERE YOU SIGNED IN.
AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH AN OVERVIEW.
YOU SEE IN THE TOP CORNER, WE ARE IDENTIFYING BLUE TO BE IN DESIGNING IN FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.
RED HAS BEEN AWARDED AND GREEN.
THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM THE LAST QUARTERLY MEETING.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE IS OFF OF SILVER CREEK DRIVE.
THIS WAS THE 2020 STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
UH, IT NOT ONLY CONSISTED OF THESE FOUR STREETS HERE, BUT IT ALSO CONSISTED OF OLD HICKORY UP NORTH.
AND AS YOU SEE, THAT'S BEEN COLORED GREEN.
THAT PROJECT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETED ON THE 2021 STREET RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH, UH, INCLUDED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SECTION OF THE PARKVILLE ROAD AND ELL ROAD DOWN BY THE PARK.
THOSE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETED.
RIGHT NOW, OUR CONTRACT IS WORKING ON THE STREET CALLED THE MEADOWS PARKWAY FROM NORTH, UM, FROM NORTH POLK UP TO PLEASANT RUN.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WE GIVE A WEEKLY UPDATE WITH PHOTOS.
LET YOU SEE WHERE THAT'S PROGRESSING.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, IT IS DESIGNED TO BE IN THREE PHASES.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT ON THE, UH, ROAD.
SO IT'S NOT A TOTAL SHUTDOWN PROJECT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S NORTHBOUND ONLY.
UH, THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING PHASE ONE B.
PHASE ONE A WAS DOING THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, UH, FROM THE 10 MILE CREEK BRIDGE SOUTH TO POLK STREET.
UH, THEY'VE DONE ALL THE SUB-GRADE PREPARATION, WHICH IS PUTTING IN GRAVEL MATERIAL.
AND THEY'VE COME OVER WITH A THICK ROCK BASE ASPHALT.
THEY HAVE NOT PUT IN THE TOP LAYER.
THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE MAYBE ABOUT A COUPLE OF INCHES, UH, LEFT TO DO.
THEY HAVE MOVED OVER TO THE NORTHBOUND LANE.
THEY HAD FINISHED THE SUBGRADE PREPARATION THERE, WHICH IS ADDING THE GRAVEL COMPACTED.
AND EVEN TODAY, THEY WERE STARTING TO PUT IN THE, UH, BASE ASPHALT MATERIAL.
I'M PROJECTING THEY'RE GONNA BE THROUGH WITH THAT THIS WEEK.
IT'LL BE LEVEL WITH WHAT WAS DONE ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANE.
AND I CAN FORECAST WITHIN THE WEEK OR SO, THEY WILL BE COMING IN AND PUTTING THAT TOP COAT, UH, HOT MIXED ASPHALT CONCRETE ON THAT MATERIAL IN BOTH LANES.
THEN THEY WILL MOVE NORTH OF THAT BRIDGE AND DO BOTH LANES STILL DIRECTION.
ONE WAY WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO IT NORTHBOUND, JUST TO HELP PEOPLE TO NOT GET CONFUSED OR WHEN IS IT NORTHBOUND AND WHEN IS IT SOUTHBOUND, BUT NORTHBOUND ONLY.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN TWO PHASES ALSO.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, WE KNOW IS REALLY GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE, UH, UP HERE, UH, WEST, WEST WINTERGREEN FROM WEST MO AND EAST TO RIGHT TILL YOU GET TO THE BRIDGE, RIGHT TO THE CURVE.
NOW AGAIN, THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
IT IS NOT A WIDENING PROJECT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ON PARKVILLE AND ALSO WITH U ROAD.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, RETREATING THE SUBGRADE AND COMING WITH A THICK ASPHALT SERVICE.
WE WILL BE HAVING, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE PUT ONLINE.
WE'LL HAVE A A, UM, A, A VIRTUAL MEETING THAT, UH, PARTICULARLY RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED THERE WILL BE ABLE TO ASK US QUESTIONS WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM OUR CONSULTANTS, THE TRAFFIC, UM, TRAFFIC
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CONTROL PLAN.SO WE'RE TRYING TO REVIEW THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WORKABLE.
WE REALIZE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, BOTH DUNCANVILLE AND CEDAR HILL 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA HAVE IMPACT TO THEM.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT PHASE ON, ON THAT.
THIS CHART ALSO SHOWED WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN COMPLETING A LOT OF THE ALLEY PROJECTS THAT WE COMMITTED TO THE, WE SHOW THE, UM, THE, THE 2020 ALLEYS, WHICH ARE THESE GREEN OVER HERE, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH POLK.
UM, WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED IN THIS SECTION UP HERE IN THE MEADOWBROOKS AREA.
THIS WAS ONE OF OUR R AND R PROGRAMS. UH, WHEN I SAY R AND R, IT'S A REPAIR AND AND REPLACEMENT.
WHEN WE SAY R AND R, WE'RE DOING BOTH UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION, WORK UNDERGROUND, AND ALSO THE STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS.
THE R AND R PROJECTS ARE DRIVEN BY WHAT OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVE INDICATED TO US AS TROUBLED UTILITY AREAS.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO, UH, REPLACE THE UNDERGROUND WATER OR SEWER, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, WE'RE ALSO DOING THE STREETS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ALL THE GREEN ONES JUST GOT COMPLETED IN THE MEADOW BROOK AREA.
UH, YOU WILL ALSO SEE, UM, TYPICALLY THAT'S THE UPDATE THAT'S GOING ON.
UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE ENGINEERS PREPARED RIGHT NOW, THE 2023 ALLEY PROJECT.
AND THAT CONSISTS OF, EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND.
THOSE ALLEYS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL OR OAK MEADOWS FROM BRE WOOD LANE WEST TO THE MEADOWS PARKWAY, WOODBROOK DRIVE, EDGEBROOK DRIVE, WEST THUNDER BROOK DRIVE, GLEN AVENUE, HONOR DRIVE WEST OF SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH TO THE ALLEY T AT 1224 GLEN AVENUE.
PINE TREE AVENUE, SHADY WOOD LANE, PEACHTREE, NORTH TO THE NORTH, NEAR 1 0 2 5 SHADY WOODS.
THE ALLEY BETWEEN HILLSIDE LANE AND SOUTH CRESTWOOD DRIVE THE ALLEY BETWEEN CLOUD CREST DRIVE AND BLUE SKY DRIVE, AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN STARDUST LANE AND BLUE SKY DRIVE.
WE DID ADD ONE ADDITIONAL ALLEY, AND I DON'T SEE IT ON HERE, BUT WE'LL SEE IT WHEN WE GET TO THE, UH, FURTHER IN THE REPORT.
BUT AGAIN, PLEASE TAKE A COPY OF THE, UH, MAP AND THAT'LL HELP YOU BE UPDATED.
AND I'LL GET INTO MORE PROJECTS LATER.
THE NEXT SLIDES ARE GONNA SHOW THOSE BIG MAJOR CAPITAL CIP PROJECTS THAT WE SHARE WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
UH, THE FIRST ONE YOU SEE IS WESTMORELAND.
IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN THERE, YOU SEE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WIDE OPEN.
AS FAR AS THE RIGHT OF WAY, PUBLIC UTILITY, PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY STARTED RELOCATING THEIR UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD UTILITIES.
UH, WE STILL ARE WAITING FOR DALLAS WATER UTILITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A 30 INCH WATER LINE THAT IS COMING FROM DANIELDALE, GOING ALL THE WAY TO GLEN HEIGHTS.
THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE RELOCATED IN A COUPLE LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE TO DO INTERLOCAL WITH THEM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF OUR HANGUPS.
NOW WE HAVE OBTAINED ALL OF OUR RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO THE PROJECT IS IN, ITS IN ITS 90% PHASES OF BEING COMPLETED AS FAR AS THE DRAWINGS.
UM, BUT STILL, WE'LL HAVE TO GET INTO OUR INTER LOCUS WITH DALLAS COUNTY AND THEN TAKE IT TO OUR COUNCIL FOR FUNDING APPROVAL.
UH, THIS IS AT THE DEAD END OF WESTMORELAND GOING, UM, WEST TO THE DUNCANVILLE CITY LIMITS.
UM, THIS IS PROPOSING A FOUR LANE DIVIDED CONCRETE OPINION, UH, OF CAUSE 16 MILLIONS.
UM, THE ENGINEERING PHASES, I THINK A LOT MORE THAN 60%.
UM, WE ARE WAITING FOR HOPEFULLY A FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP WITH FINANCING THIS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED A RAISED GRANT, BUT WE DID NOT, UM, GET IT.
DALLAS COUNTY WAS THE LEADER OF THAT APPLICATION.
I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR.
THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET THAT GRANT TO HELP WITH THE FUNDING.
AND NOW THAT WE KNOW WE DIDN'T GET THE FUNDING, WE ARE TRYING TO NOW DESIGN THE PROJECT TO BE STREET STANDARDS WAS NOT AS HIGH AS STANDARDS OF FEDERAL STANDARDS IN ORDER TO MOVE THE PROJECT ALONG.
BUT WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
AND THIS TOO WILL HAVE TO BE, UH, AN INTERLOCAL WITH THE, UH, DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY AS FAR AS THE FUNDING.
BUT THIS IS A, A SHARED PARTICIPATION.
THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE 50 50 AS FAR AS THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ITS OWN RELOCATION CAUSED DEALING WITH ANY UNDERGROUND WATER AND SEWER, UH, LANDSCAPING, UH, ARCHITECTURAL SIGNS AND ET CETERA.
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NEXT PROJECT, UH, THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY 100% COMPLETED AS FAR AS THE DESIGN DRAWINGS.UH, IT GOT HELD UP FOR A WHILE, WAITING FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
WE ARE STILL AT THE DOOR WITH ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT'S IN AN ESTATES.
AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, BEING UNDER ESTATES, I THINK HAS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE HEIRS THAT'S INVOLVED WITH IT.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT TRYING TO GO TO CONDEMNATION.
OUR, UH, LAND APPRAISAL HAS CONTACTED THEM AND RIGHT NOW SHE'S OUT OF TOWN, SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COMING BACK IN A, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL KIND OF BE STARTING.
BUT ALL BUT ONE RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTY IS OBTAINED.
UH, THIS IS OPINION CAUSED OF 16 MILLIONS.
AGAIN, THE JOINT PROJECT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ON THIS ONE, DALLAS COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THE, THE GREATER PARTICIPATION, AS WE SAID WITH THE OTHER ONE.
BUT THEY'VE COMMITTED A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, AND THIS IS THE PROJECT THERE.
NEXT PROJECT IS I OWN HAMPTON ROAD, AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A, A, A WALKABLE COMMUNITY AREA, BUSINESS AREA FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO FROM PLEASANT RUN SOUTH TO BELTLINE.
IT IS IN THE, THE DESIGN PHASE THAT IT HAS, HAS HIRED THE ENGINEERING FIRMS. WE HAVE BEEN, UM, WORKING WITH THEM ON LOOKING ON, UM, TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY.
UH, THIS IS A ANTICIPATED TO BE $39 MILLION PROJECT.
UH, BUT AS YOU SEE THERE, THE EMPHASIS ON THIS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A DESTINATION LOCATION ON HAMPTON ROAD THROUGH STREET STREET SCRAPING AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND UNDERGROUNDING, THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL UTILITIES.
SO WE'RE NOW IN THE ENGINEERING STAGE OF THAT PROJECT, AND THIS IS KIND OF MIRRORING FROM SOME OTHER CITIES, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE VISION THE CITY'S LOOKING AT CREATING DOWN THERE WITH THE CITY ITSELF, NOT HAVING A REAL DOWNTOWN AREA.
BUT THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND ENGINEERING IS GOING FORWARD WITH IT.
THIS IS THE, THE, THE, THE WRITTEN JARGON OF WHAT THAT MAP WAS SHOWING ON THE 2020.
ALL OF THOSE STREET OFFICE, UH, SILVER CREEK HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETED.
UH, ON THE 2021 I'VE MENTIONED PARKVILLE ELL AND THE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE METALS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING DOING WINTER GREEN.
AS SOON AS THE METALS PARKWAY GET COMPLETED, 2025 STREETS, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO MEET WITH OUR COUNCIL.
UM, THE CITY DID COMPLETE DURING THIS, UM, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, A CPI PAVING CONDITION INDEX STUDY, WHICH EVALUATED EVERY SINGLE STREET IN THE CITY OF DESOTO IN ORDER TO NOW GIVE A GRADING LEVEL FOR THESE STREETS.
SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE TABLE WITH OUR COUNCIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, ON A MORE FAIRLY BASIS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON GRADE LEVELS OF STREETS RATHER THAN JUST SELECTING STREETS FOR OTHER REASON.
SO THOSE STILL HAVE TO BE DETERMINED.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A LIST FOR 2025 STREETS, BUT WE HAVE A MECHANISM BEING THIS PCI IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
UH, MENTIONED EARLY ALLEY PROJECTS.
THE 2021 IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.
UH, BLAIR CLARE AVENUE, BLAIR BROOK AVENUE, WESTLAKE AVENUE, OAK MEADOW AVENUE, I MEAN ALLEY AND LIVE OAK ALLEY, THE 2023.
OUR COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED US, UH, ON A SELECTION LIST OF STREET.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO READ WHILE AGO, BUT AS YOU SEE, THE VERY LAST ONE WAS ONE THAT WAS ADDED, UH, WESTLAKE STREET, UM, AND PINE THE ALLEY BETWEEN THERE.
SO THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT OCCURRING BEING ENGINEERED, AND WE HOPE TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION, UH, DURING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
I MENTIONED EARLIER WHAT IS AN R AND R RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT.
I THINK I USED THE WRONG WORDS, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU.
BUT IT'S RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT.
UH, THIS IS WHERE, UH, THE CITY'S GONNA BE DOING BOTH A COMBINATION OF UNDERGROUND, UH, REPLACEMENT.
WE DID DO A METHOD CALLED P UH, PIPE BURSTING UP IN THE MEADOWBROOKS AREA SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAVING TO OPEN CUT STREETS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS.
BUT THAT PROJECT IS A HUNDRED COMPLETE, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.
AND YOU SEE THE 2023, WE'VE GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM OUR COUNCIL, BUT THOSE SELECTED STREET, UH, BUT WE STILL WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND MEET INTERNALLY TO ENSURE WE HAVE DETERMINE WHEN THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT IN DESIGN AND THAT PROJECT IS 60%.
AS FAR AS BEING DESIGNED, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR EROSION PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, CONTINUING COVE MEADOWS, WOLF CREEK ESTATES, LAKE GROVE SHORELINE, AND, UH, SOME OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS.
WASTEWATER PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED WITH THROUGH OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, METHODIST CARE CENTER, HEATH CREEK, HEAT CREEK B BRANCH REPLACEMENT WESTLAKE DRIVE, TRUNK
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LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT FACILITIES, UH, BLUE BONDED ROOM, UH, KITCHEN PECAN ROOM RENOVATION PERCENT COMPLETED.RECREATIONAL RESTROOMS COMPLETED FIRE STATIONS 90%.
AND THE NASH FARMS, UH, MASTER PLAN WAS, UH, ADOPTED AND AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY IN FEBRUARY OF 2023.
OUR COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED US, UH, DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR TO MAKE ABOUT $750,000 REPAIR AND OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
UM, AND WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THAT SAME SUPPORT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVEN LOCATIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE CITY'S CONSULTANTS WITH MY STAFF OUT THERE MAKING THESE STREETS.
THE LED STREETLIGHT PROGRAM, WE'VE GOT AUTHORIZATION FOR OUR COUNCIL TO PERCEIVE STAFF HAS, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE ONES WE'RE GOING TO IMMEDIATELY TRY TO ADDRESS WILL BE THOSE, UM, UH, ARTERIAL MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WEST.
THE CITY HAS PASSED A POLICY FOR STREET LIGHTING.
IF, IF, UH, SUBDIVISIONS WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED ON GETTING THEIR STREETLIGHTS, UH, UPGRADED FROM THE SODIUM TO THE LED IN ADVANCE OF THE CITY FINALLY GETTING THERE.
AS I SAID, THE CITY'S TASK IS GOING TO BE INITIALLY GETTING THESE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES ADDRESSED, BUT WE HAVE A POLICY IF YOUR HOA, UH, IS INTERESTED, UM, TO WHERE THE HOA, UH, WILL ASSUME THE COST.
AND WE WILL ROUTE IT THROUGH ENCORE AND MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.
WE'VE HAD ONE OR TWO NEIGHBORHOODS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE TO ALREADY GET THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS UPGRADED WITH MORE ILLUMINATING LIGHTS, WHICH WAS THE LED PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THE, UH, RECREATION AQUATICS CENTER.
MR. RE? YES, MR. RE, THE, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING, CAN YOU WRAP IT UP IN LIKE TWO MINUTES? ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, THAT DETAILED PRESENTATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY BUSY, UM, GETTING ALL OF THOSE THINGS DONE.
UM, SO WE THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING IN THAT, IN THAT ARENA AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
UM, SO MS. WILLIAMS, IF YOU COULD, UH, READ OUR FIRST CARD.
WE HAVE RANDY MOTES, UM, COMING WITH ANIMAL CONTROL.
UM, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANTED TO SEE DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON GETTING, UM, MORE STAFFED UP ON ANIMAL CONTROL? UH, THAT'S ONE MY ONE QUESTION.
I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE ON MY CARD.
UH, THE SECOND ONE WAS THE BEEFER ROOT RESTAURANT.
DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY OPEN? 'CAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO OPEN TODAY ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR, UH, SOUTHERN CITIZENS ON PATROL.
I DO HAVE SOME FLOWERS WITH ME AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UH, JOINING US.
WE JUST HAD A COUPLE MORE MEMBERS, UH, TO THE TEAM.
WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M IN MY UNIFORM TONIGHT AND I'LL SIT DOWN WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE, A COUPLE UPDATES ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, ON ANIMAL CONTROL, WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE UH, ACTUALLY HIRED TWO INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT WILL BEGIN WORK WITH US ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, I BELIEVE IS THE DATE, RIGHT? I'M GETTING A NOD IN THE BACK.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED, UH, TO BRING THOSE TWO ON BOARD.
SO WE WILL BE, UH, WORKING WITH THEM, THEM AND GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, ON THE B FARU, UH, B FARU IS WAITING FOR SOME EQUIPMENT TO BE DELIVERED.
UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE DELAY HAS BEEN, UH, THERE AT THAT SITE.
ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEY ACTUALLY STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FINAL SEAL APPROVAL PROCESS, UM, TO DO THAT.
SO I WOULD SAY THEY'RE PROBABLY STILL A LITTLE WAYS AWAY FROM OPENING.
UM, HOWEVER, WE, I, I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON THE EQUIPMENT DELIVERY PART, UH, FOR THEM, BUT I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE HOLD UP.
THANK YOU MS. WILLIAMS. WE, WE HAVE MS. ELMA GOODWIN COMING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND THE REST OF ODIANS.
I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO THINGS AT THE DESOTO SENIOR CENTER.
I AM ASKING THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROVIDER OF THAT MEAL.
THE MEALS ARE THERE, BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 50% OF THEM, UH, ARE NOT EATEN.
UH, PEOPLE ARE JUST KIND OF MISSING OVER THEM OR THROWING THEM AWAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I DO MY, THAN WHEN I DO MY THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS DINNER, I'LL LOOK TO SEE HOW MUCH IS BEING THROWN AWAY.
AND THAT'S THE LETTING ME KNOW WHAT I NEED TO IMPROVE ON.
IF IT'S A LOT GOING IN THE TRASH, I KNOW I NEED
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TO NOT EITHER SERVE THAT NEXT CHRISTMAS OR I NEED TO DO BETTER.SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, WE ARE GROWING UP THERE AND I, AND WE, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THERE BEING A NEW FACILITY, BUT WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS WHO FROM THE SENIOR CENTER IS IN THAT DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW, I VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, YOU DON'T NEED TO LOOK FOR ANYBODY.
I WILL VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT HAVING SOMEONE FROM THE DESOTA SENIOR CENTER AS A PART OF IT.
AND, UH, MR. GLOVER, UM, IS HERE TO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A NOTE THAT HE WAS HERE AND TAKING NOTES, UH, WITH YOUR, BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS.
DID YOU WANNA HAVE ANYTHING TO, UH, NOT MUCH.
JUST THE, CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE? I'M USUALLY SO LOUD.
THE, UH, OUR FOOD PROVIDER IS DALLAS AREA ON AGING D AAA.
AND, UH, SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT GOES THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO I NEED TO, I NEED TO FIND OUT FOR SURE ABOUT THAT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH 'EM, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION.
AND AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SENIOR REPRESENTATION, I THINK WE HAD, YOU HAVE ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
UH, BUT, BUT WE, WE RAN INTO SOME, SOME, UM, ISSUES WITH OUR CURRENT DESIGN FOR OUR NEW CENTER.
AND SO ONCE WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THEN WE'LL PROBABLY COME BACK AND, AND, UH, KICK THOSE MEETINGS OFF AGAIN AFTER THAT.
MS. WILLIAMS, WE HAVE MS. LOUISE DERRICK COMING WITH THE HAMPTON ROAD DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
MY THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THE STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL WHO WORKED SO HARD.
MY QUESTION I'D LIKE TO VERIFY, UH, I LOOKED, I FINALLY FOUND ON THE CITY WEBSITE A A STREET SCAPE PICTURE.
AND DID I SEE IT CORRECTLY THAT FROM PLEASANT RUN DOWN TO BELTLINE, THE DESIGN IS TO BE ONE WAY ON EACH SIDE AND JUST A TWO LANE STREET? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE DESIGN IS FOR ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC, AND THEN THERE ARE TURN LANES AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A MIDDLE LANE, UH, USED FOR TURNING, UH, IN, IN THAT.
BUT IT'LL BE TWO LANES AND KIND OF A, WITHIN A THREE LANE PATTERN.
BUT THE MAIN LANE IS JUST ONE LANE? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
SO, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN DESOTO FOR 24 YEARS, AND I'M THRILLED WITH THE NEW LOGO.
UH, HAVING JUST ONE LANE EACH WAY GREATLY CONCERNS ME.
I KNOW THERE WERE STUDIES MADE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC FROM OTHER CITIES THROUGH HA THROUGH DESOTO.
THAT'S ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS GREAT ABOUT DESOTO.
WE HAD ALL OF THESE GREAT ROADS WITH TWO LANES, EVEN THREE LANES UP TO I 20.
AND SO I'M GREATLY CONCERNED THAT IF WE BUILD ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME THROUGH DESOTO.
THEY'RE GONNA RUN OVER TO 35 OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEE WHAT WE'VE BUILT.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ATTRACTED TO WHAT WE BUILT.
SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT I WROTE 'CAUSE I'M NOT A GREAT SPEAKER.
I JUST WANNA SAY, WHAT IF DESOTO REMAINS A VERY WELCOMING CITY TO ALL THE AREA PEOPLE WHO DRIVE HAMPTON ROAD REGULARLY WHEN THEY DRIVE TO WORK AND BACK DAILY FREE ADVERTISING TO SEE EVERYTHING WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH WORK, THEY MIGHT STOP AND SHOP ON THE WAY HOME.
I USED TO DO THAT ALWAYS WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK.
NOT NECESSARILY IN HAMPTON, UH, IN DESOTA, I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL.
UM, OR THEY GO HOME AND SAY, HEY FAMILY, LET'S GO OUT TO EAT TONIGHT, UP AT THESE GREAT RESTAURANTS.
SO MY EARNEST REQUEST IS THIS COULD BE LOOKED AT AGAIN.
LET'S BUILD ALL THE GREAT STUFF.
LET'S MAKE SO MUCH TO LOVE, BUT LET'S KEEP IT TWO LANES ALL THE WAY.
AND, AND I THINK WE'LL BE A MORE WELCOMING CITY.
AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL ENJOY IT MORE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE WILLIE YOUNG WITH REPUBLIC SERVICE, PICKING UP TREE TRIMMING.
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COUNCIL.I LIVE AT 8 3 7 EDGEWOOD DRIVE.
UH, MY PROBLEM IS, UH, REPUBLIC SERVICE.
UH, THE, THE REGULAR TRASH SERVICE IS NO PROBLEM, BUT PUTTING OUT TREE TRIMMINGS THE LAST TWO TIMES HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM.
UH, THE LAST TIME I, AFTER THREE WEEKS, I FLAGGED DOWN THE DRIVER OF THE TRASH TRUCK, ASKED HIM HOW CAN I GET THIS REMOVED? AND HE SAID HE WOULD CALL IT IN WHICH HE DID.
WITHIN THREE DAYS, THE TRUCK CAME.
THIS TIME MY TREE TRIMMING HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE FOR FOUR WEEKS TOMORROW.
I'VE SEEN THAT BOOM TRUCK ON OTHER STREETS REAL CLOSE TO MINE, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT'S, THEY'RE VERY INCONSISTENT AND, AND IT'S REALLY, UH, NERVE WRACKING.
I WISH SOMEBODY COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
UH, YEAH, WE DO HAVE, UH, LEE FERGUSON IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM ACTUALLY.
OUR, UM, OUR, OUR GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES PERSON, ALL THINGS REPUBLIC, UH, FOR US.
SHE WORKS FOR REPUBLIC ON THAT.
AND SO I BELIEVE SHE HEARD ALL OF THAT.
SHE'LL GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.
I KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, UM, DOING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WITH THE NEW CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH REPUBLIC FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THIS BEGINS JUNE 1ST, 2024, IS THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY BE TRANSITIONING IT OVER TO AN ON DEMAND CALL SERVICE FOR, UH, FOR BULK AND FOR BRUSH PICKUP.
UH, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP THE SERVICE DELIVERY PART OF THAT BECAUSE YOU'LL JUST CALL A NUMBER, LET 'EM KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A, UH, A, A A PILE FOR PICKUP AND THEN THEY'LL SCHEDULE A DAY FOR YOU.
THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE DAY WE ARE COMING BY ON IT.
AND THAT CREATES A LITTLE BIT MORE RELIABLE EXPERIENCE INTO OUR CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE OPERATE UNDER.
UH, BUT, BUT LEADS IN THE BACK, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT, UH, ADDRESSED AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
WE HAVE THE JUNE MC DARBY REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND TRAFFIC.
I'VE LIVED IN DESOTO FOR MANY YEARS, MORE THAN 25 YEARS.
WHAT I HAVE HEARD, AND I'M HEARING TONIGHT AT THE COUNCIL IS REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ABOUT THE CORRIDOR.
AND, UM, UM, MR. WRIGHT, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND BETTER BECAUSE WE WERE JUST ASKING ABOUT THIS AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO SLOW HAMPTON ROAD TO, UH, TO, UH, HAVE TRAFFIC MORE SLOW.
AND IF I UNDERSTAND YOU RIGHT, THERE'S GONNA BE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC GOING NORTH AND ONE GOING SOUTH.
AND YOU JUST SAID, AND I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH, UH, TURN LANES COULD BE AND SO FORTH.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE MORE? SURE.
SO, SO IT'LL BE ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION, AND THERE WILL BE A MIDDLE LANE THAT IS EITHER EITHER AN, YOU KNOW, A, A PLANTING ISLAND WITH TURN CUTS INTO IT, RIGHT? OR IT'LL, IN SOME PLACES IT'LL JUST BE A THIRD LANE IN THE MIDDLE THAT YOU TURN OUT OF.
YOU TURN INTO THAT MIDDLE LANE SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, UH, INTO THE OTHER SIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE ROADWAY.
OKAY? ON THAT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TWO LANES GOING NORTH, TWO LANES GOING SOUTH.
AND ALSO I CALL IT A MEDIAN, I DON'T KNOW, THE PLANTED AREA IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THERE'S SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH TRAFFIC, LIKE RIGHT THERE AT THE CHURCH, UM, A CUT IN THE PLANTING.
SO YOU CAN, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.
BASICALLY I'M HERE TO SAY I LOVE THAT HAVING TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND A TURN LANE BECAUSE YOU CAN MANAGE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IF YOU WANT TO SLOW AND TURN INTO A SHOP OR RESTAURANT CHURCH, YOU CAN DO THAT.
BUT WHAT I REALLY, REALLY HATE, AND I THINK A LOT OF TAXPAYERS HATE IS ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.
I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
OF COURSE YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I'M SAYING
THERE ARE TWO THINGS I THINK EVERYONE THAT DRIVES ABSOLUTELY HATES.
LET'S NOT MAKE THE TRAFFIC SLOWER, PLEASE.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT POTHOLES TONIGHT, BUT LET'S GIVE THOUGHT TO NOT TURNING IT INTO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.
IF IT'S ONE LANE AND A TURN LANE, I THINK THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TWO LANES AND A TURN LANE.
AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CON, UH, CONTINUE THAT.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE MORE THAN MY THREE MINUTES.
I WANT TO CONTRAST THAT TO THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT WE PUT RECENTLY OVER ON CHATTY ROAD, WHICH EVERYONE I KNOW, ALL MY NEIGHBORS HATE IT.
IT'S GOT THOSE WEIRD S TURNS, LIKE A SNAKE TURNS IN IT.
AND I THE OFFICIAL NAME FOR THAT, MS. MCD DARBY IS CHICANES.
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THAT'S THE NAME FOR IT.THEY'RE TRAFFIC CALLING MECHANISM.
JUST TO CONFUSE YOU EVEN MORE.
SO, AND THE REASON IS I UNDERSTAND, AND THEY'VE ALSO NARROWED THE CURB ON THE ROAD THERE.
AND THE REASON IS WE DIDN'T WANT A BUNCH OF HOT ROTTING SPEEDING GOING DOWN THERE.
BUT WHAT I REALLY HATE IS THAT, UH, THE S TURNS YOU HAVE TO SLOW SO MUCH.
IF YOU'RE PULLING A TRAILER, YOU CAN'T MANAGE THAT.
AND A LOT OF, UH, BUSINESSES ARE, UH, DOING, UH, LANDSCAPING AND THEY'VE GOT A TRAILER WITH THEIR LAWN EQUIPMENT ON THERE, SO THEY CAN'T REALLY NEGOTIATE THOSE TERMS. PLUS WE JUST HATE IT 'CAUSE IT'S WEIRD AND IT SLOWS TOO MUCH.
IF YOU PUT A STOP SIGN THERE, YOU DO THE SAME SORT OF THING, WHICH I REALIZE ON CHATTY ROAD THEY DID ALSO, I'M TAKING TOO LONG.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS DON'T CHANGE TWO LANES DOWN TO ONE LANE.
UH, THAT TWO, I WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GUYS WANNA KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, GO TO PLANO, PLANO ROAD AS YOU LEAVE RICHARDSON RICHARDSON ON PLANO ROAD AND IT GOES INTO PLANO, THE CITY OF PLANO.
I'M LIKE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THE K STREET THERE AND HOW THEY'VE TURNED IT JUST LIKE THAT AND THEY MADE IT A DESTINATION AND THAT'S GREAT EXCEPT IN TRAFFIC.
AND IT'S SO SLOW TO GET THROUGH ABOUT.
I BELIEVE IT'S SIX BLOCKS RIGHT THERE.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO? EVERYONE THAT I'VE SEEN, THEY TURN ON F AVENUE.
JHIK, UH, IJ RIGHT NEXT TO THE K STREET AND THEY GO DOWN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THE DESTINATION AREA.
ALSO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE BUSINESSES THERE AND, AND YOU'RE LATE OR RUNNING LATE, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING ON WHAT USED TO BE A NICE PART OF DOWNTOWN.
SO I JUST SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THOUGHT OUT.
UM, SO I WANNA CONTRAST THAT IF YOU THINK IT MAY NOT BE TOO BAD, GOVER AND LOOK AT THE, UH, K STREET AREA IN PLANO.
'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT ALREADY COMPLETED.
WHAT HOUR, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT THING ON THE WEBSITE? MS. MCD DARBY.
I'M GONNA ASK OUTTA RESPECT FOR TIME.
WE HAVE A VERY HARD STOP AT SEVEN 30 AND WE HAVE A ONE OR TWO MORE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK AND WE, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR SENTIMENTS AS, AS FAR AS THAT I'M TAKING TOO LONG.
CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING? I JUST WANNA SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A CORRIDOR AND A DESTINATION AND I SAY WE HAVE A GREAT DESTINATION IN DESOTO AND IT'S, WE'RE STANDING AT IT.
WE'VE GOT THIS CORNER OF PLEASANT RUN AND HAMPTON ROAD.
WE'VE GOT A CREEK, A PARK, AND I THINK THAT'S OUR DESTINATION.
BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE TIME.
UM, HELLO, I'M, UH, MY NAME'S ADELINA NICHOLAS.
UM, I LIVE OVER OFF OF PLEASANT RUN AND UM, UH, POLK.
UM, I LIVE ON, UH, 10 21 PLANTATION DRIVE.
AND ON THE, I LIVE IN LIKE A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE VERY END.
AND ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE THERE'S GULLIES AND THEY'RE FULL OF TREES.
AND LAST YEAR WHEN IT RAINED, IT, IT FLOODED.
AND, UM, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE NOTHING'S BEING DONE WITH THIS GULLY BECAUSE IT'S GONNA AFFECT MORE THAN JUST OUR AREA OVER THERE.
THERE'S A, UM, BEHI BEHIND MY HOUSE.
THEY COME AND, UM, DO THE SIDE CUT WHAT GRASS THEY CAN CLEAN IT UP.
I, I DIDN'T PLAN ON DOING THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING NEW, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, WHEN THEY'RE GONNA ADDRESS THIS GULLY, THAT'S, UH, SURELY IF IT GETS REALLY BAD, IT'LL AFFECT THE WHOLE AREA OVER THERE IN, UH, OFF OF PLANTATION ROAD.
SO I, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
MR. NICHOLS, CAN YOU SPEAK MR. BREWER? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN HANDLE? KIND OF GET THE INFORMATION ON THE EXACT LOCATION.
IF YOU CAN SPEAK WITH MR. BREWER ABOUT THE EXACT LOCATION OF WHERE YOU'RE SPEAKING OF SO THAT STAFF CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
THOSE ARE, UH, THE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS
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WHO WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT.I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY MANAGER IF YOU STILL WANTED TO HAVE COMMENTS, UH, IN REGARD TO A HOT TOPIC TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE HAMPTON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT I WANTED HIM TO KIND OF SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE HAMPTON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT IS AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, MS. MCD DARBY, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THOUGHT OUT AND HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, FOCUS GROUPS, UM, FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ACTUALLY, UM, IN TERMS OF HAMPTON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT.
SO I WANTED HIM TO ACTUALLY SPEAK ON THAT.
AND WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT, UH, ABOUT SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD AND WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT WILL DO, UM, TO THE AREA AROUND IT.
ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ACHIEVE, ACHIEVE WITH THAT PARTICULAR GOAL, WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC, UM, ON THAT.
AND SO WE, WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BECOMES AN AREA THAT YOU GO TO MORE FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING THERE.
LESS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LESS ABOUT THE KIND OF THE, THE GETTING THROUGH PART, UM, FOR THAT.
BUT I WILL SHARE JUST KIND OF ONE, ONE IDEA, UM, THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT ABOUT THE, THE REASONS, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE NARROWING OF THE LANES, UH, THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE.
SO WE ARE, UM, CREATING AN AREA THAT'S GOING TO FAVOR PEDESTRIANS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE STREETS OVER THE VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY.
AND AS A RESULT, IF YOU CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE CITY HAS ONLY SO MUCH LAND TO WORK WITH, RIGHT? BETWEEN THOSE PROPERTIES.
UM, IN ORDER TO GET THIS, THE BUFFERING AND THE SPACE THAT WE NEED ON THE SIDES OF THE ROADS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THESE VERY LARGE WALKABLE PATHS, RIGHT? THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL PLANTINGS AND PLACES TO SIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE SIDES OF THE ROADWAYS, YOU HAVE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ROAD, UH, THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT YOU'RE USING FOR ROADS ON THAT.
SO BY TAKING YOU, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT, UH, WONDERFULLY, RIGHT? THERE'S TWO LANES.
THERE'S A, A MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN THERE'S TWO LANES THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY WIDE ROADWAY.
AS WE NARROW THAT THING DOWN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GAINED THE SPACE THAT WE NEED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED AREA, UH, THERE ON, ON HAMPTON ROAD.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, IT, IT IS NOT A POSSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH, RIGHT? WHERE WE SAY WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE ROADWAY THE WAY IT IS AND HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE ON THE SIDE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET THE LAND FROM SOMEWHERE ON IT.
AND I GUESS WE COULD GO AND DO KIND OF TAKE ALL THE PROPERTY WE NEEDED ALONG THERE, BUT WE THEN MESS WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES, UM, AND, AND WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, THE, UH, THE ROADWAY FOR THIS PROJECT TO OCCUR THE WAY THAT WE, THAT WE WOULD HOPE IT TO BE, UM, REQUIRES A NARROWING OF THE ROADWAY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEDESTRIANS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, UM, FOR THAT.
SO, JUST, JUST, JUST SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, ON, ON THAT.
AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S, EVERY TIME THAT WE GO TO A MEETING, WE TALK ABOUT HAMPTON ROAD.
UH, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST CONCERN THAT COMES UP ON, ON IT.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO DO TRAFFIC STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT IMPACT LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE THE ANTICIPATED, UH, MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC WILL BE AFTER THAT HAPPENS, RIGHT? PEOPLE WILL MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES, YOU KNOW, ON THAT AND TRY TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE DON'T IMPACT ROADS LIKE CHATTY AND OTHER ROADS THAT ARE NOT MEANT TO CARRY THAT, THAT, UH, INCREASED LEVEL OF TRAFFIC.
OKAY? BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN.
UM, I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT.
WE HAVE QUITE A CROWD HERE TONIGHT.
UM, SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT ARE VIEWING ONLINE AS WELL.
WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE VIEWING ONLINE ON FACEBOOK AS WELL AS OUR CITY, UM, CITY CHANNEL.
I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE WHILE I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS, UH, IN REGARD TO SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU GET THE WEEKLY CITY MANAGER REPORT TO YOUR EMAIL.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH HANDS GOING UP, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH HANDS GOING UP.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, I THINK IT'S CITY MANAGER REPORT, THEY CAN TYPE IN TO TRY TO FIND THE, FIND THE PAGE.
YEAH, JUST TYPE IN CITY MANAGER REPORT.
CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON IT, IT'S, IT'S YOUR, IT IS YOUR BABY.
SO YOU CAN HAVE THE FLOOR ON THAT.
YEAH, IT, IT'S CALLED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REPORT, UH, OR CMO REPORT.
UM, ON, ON THE WEBSITE, UH, THE, THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THAT REPORT IS NOT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, BUT MS. ESTHER WILLIAMS, SHE IS WONDERFUL.
UM, PUTS TOGETHER A FANTASTIC REPORT EVERY WEEK, UH, THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE UPDATE RESIDENTS ON THE EVENTS, GOING ON MAJOR ISSUES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAS IN FRONT OF THEM, YOU KNOW, UPDATES ABOUT BUDGETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE DO UPDATES ON THE WATERING, UH, RESTRICTION NOTICE, RIGHT? WE PUT THAT KIND OF STUFF IN THERE.
CONS, UPDATES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO VIEW IT FROM THE EYES OF THE RESIDENTS.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY FOR THAT WEEK? WE GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, AND WE DO IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
OKAY? IF THERE'S EVER A FRIDAY THAT WE'RE NOT IN THE THE OFFICE, WE TAKE THAT FRIDAY OFF, UM, OF THE REPORT, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA BE OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE WEEK ON IT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, UH, TO GO IN, SIGN UP FOR THE, BECAUSE THERE'S A NOTIFY ME ALERT AS WELL THAT COMES OUT WITH THAT.
SO WHEN IT COMES OUT, YOU'LL JUST GET AN EMAIL WITH THE LINK IN THERE, UH, FOR IT.
BUT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION ON THERE.
WE TRY TO MAKE IT USER FRIENDLY SO IT HAS LOTS OF PICTURES, YOU KNOW, THE WORDS AREN'T, AREN'T TOO LONG, UH, WITH IT KIND OF GIVING A BRIEF, BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UH, AND ALMOST EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES PRETTY REGULARLY, UM, IN THOSE REPORTS PROVIDING UPDATES ON
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THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, ANOTHER COUNCIL PERSON THAT CAME IN, UH, TO JOIN US TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PER PARKER, WHO REPRESENTS PLACE TWO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, I'M GONNA GIVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN I'M GONNA LET YOU ALL GO HOME.
UM, THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE IT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR, UM, MAJORITY COMING, UM, REPRESENTING THEIR H OAS.
THE ANNUAL HOA WORKSHOP IS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.
THAT'S COMING UP VERY SOON FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:30 PM IT WILL BE, UH, RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WELL AS WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON IN OUR ATRIUM THAT DAY.
SO PLEASE MAKE TIME AND, AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR TO ATTEND OUR ANNUAL HOA WORKSHOP.
THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY INFORMATIVE IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED ON THAT DAY, AND I BELIEVE MS. BECKY LEWIS SPEARHEADS THAT FOR US EACH YEAR.
SO PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND.
ALSO, WE HAVE THE SECOND ANNUAL CORY BORNER DAY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THAT SAME DAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND THAT'S AT ZYGER PARK, WHICH IS AT 4 4 0 5 EAGLE DRIVE.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY INCREDIBLE DAY.
COREY, WE KNOW HE'S, UH, BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, VERY INSPIRING, UH, TO HEAR HIS STORY AND HOW HE KEEPS US INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED.
AND SO WE WANNA GO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GO AND SUPPORT HIM AS WELL THERE AT ZYGER PARK THAT DAY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ADOPT A STREET BANQUET.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ADOPTED A STREET IN YOUR AREA? THAT'S NOT ENOUGH HANDS GOING UP.
WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF STREETS THAT NEED ADOPTING.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER ADOPTING A STREET IN YOUR AREA, ESSENTIALLY, UM, THAT, UH, YOU ARE, YOU, YOUR ORGANIZATION, WHOEVER.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ADOPT THEIR OWN STREET.
UH, WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, JUST ANYONE CAN ADOPT A STREET.
UM, AND YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THAT, UH, CLEANING THAT AREA MONTHLY.
UM, OUR PARKS AND OUR LITTER CREWS AND MAINTENANCE HELP TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO YOU COORDINATE WITH THEM AND THEY HELP PROVIDE, I BELIEVE THEY PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IF YOU NEED THAT AS WELL.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER ADOPTING A STREET.
AND I BELIEVE WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT PROGRAM? WHO DO THEY NEED? IS THAT KATHY STILL, KATHY, NATHAN, KATHY, AND NATHAN.
SO IF Y'ALL KNOW KATHY JONES, THE JEWEL OF DESOTO, SHE WILL GET YOU SQUARED AWAY.
WE HAVE NEW SIGN, NEW DESIGNS FOR THE SIGNS IF YOU'VE SEEN THOSE AS WELL.
UM, BUT I SAID THAT TO SAY THE ADOPT A STREET BANQUET WHERE WE HONOR ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE ADOPTED A STREET.
UH, THAT BANQUET IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON SEP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 6:30 PM RIGHT OVER IN THE BLUE BONNET ROOMS, WHICH IS HERE AT TWO 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO, UH, BE IN ATTENDANCE SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE YOU AND HONOR YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO HELP KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL.
UM, WE HAVE A DESOTO LIBRARY EVENT IN, DID VAL VAL, DID HE LEAVE? HE WAS JUST SITTING THERE.
GOODNESS, I NEEDED HIS HELP TO PRONOUNCE THIS EVENT.
BUT, UM, WE KNOW THAT SEPTEMBER IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND WE HAVE A HISPANIC HERITAGE EVENT.
I THINK IT'S A PLAY ON ES, BUT IT'S LOTTE REED.
UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA, THAT WORKS FOR ME.
IT'S AN EVENT HAPPENING THAT DAY, UH, AT OUR DESOTO LIBRARY.
I'M GONNA, I WAS HOPING HE WAS HERE SO HE COULD BACK ME UP ON THIS ONE.
BUT IT IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, AGAIN AT THE DESOTO LIBRARY HERE, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS.
OUR LIBRARY IS JUST, UH, SECOND TO NONE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THESE PARTICULAR EVENTS FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THEM.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S FROM 1230 TO 3:30 PM ON SEP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
ALSO THAT SAME DAY, THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY BUSY DAY AS WELL.
WE'RE HAVING OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND WE KNOW THAT THAT EVENT DRAWS PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COME AND CELEBRATE.
AND THAT IS FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM I DON'T KNOW THE ARTISTS, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ARTISTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE TEJANO ARTISTS.
JUST ALL, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A INCREDIBLE, UM, AN INCREDIBLE REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE, ALL THE CULTURES, UM, AT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
BUT IT'S SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2023 AT THE DESOTO AMPHITHEATER, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, YOUR LEFT, UM, THERE.
AND IT WILL BE AGAIN FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO COME OUT TO THAT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BANQUET.
I'M GONNA CALL YOU ALL OUT AGAIN.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SERVED OR ARE SERVING ON ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? THAT'S NOT ENOUGH HANDS.
SO WE, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, THAT YOU CAN SERVE IN, IN DESOTO IF YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET INVOLVED.
WE HAVE WHAT ABOUT 10, 11, 12 AND GROWING AND COUNTING.
UM, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD OUR VOLUNTEER FAIR WHERE WE HAD ALL OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ON DISPLAY AND ORGANIZATIONS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING INVOLVED IN ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK, PUTTING IN A LOT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS,
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AGAIN TO HELP, UH, UNDERGIRD STAFF AND COUNCIL, UM, KIND OF BEING, UM, OUR HEART AND OUR ARMS IN THE COMMUNITY.SO PLEASE CONSIDER BEING ON THAT.
I SAID THAT TO SAY WE HAVE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BANQUET, WHERE WE HONOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEMBERS.
AND THAT IS HAPPENING ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 6:30 PM RIGHT OVER IN THE BLUE BONNIE ROOM.
SO PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS A VERY SWANKY EVENT.
ALWAYS VERY WELL DONE, VERY THOUGHTFULLY DONE, UH, BY OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND HER TEAM OVER THERE.
SO WE WANT YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND ENJOY AND HAVE A GREAT DINNER.
UM, COMPLIMENTS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THE VERY LAST ONE I'M GONNA ASK, UM, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS.
UM, THESE, WE HAVE A SCULPTURE UNVEILING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, UM, THAT WE ARE ENDEAVORING WITH OUR CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, UH, THAT ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OUR ARTS COMMISSION.
UM, CURRENTLY OUR CULTURE, IT'S BEEN RE REVAMPED.
COUNCIL HELPED ME OUT HERITAGE CULTURE, CULTURE AND HERITAGE.
I SHOULD KNOW THIS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION.
CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION, THANK YOU MR. BOWER.
OUR CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS OUR HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS OUR ARTS COMMISSION ARE COMBINED, UH, TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER.
AND SO, UM, THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THEY DEVELOPED A CULT, UM, AND CULTURE AND ARTS MASTER PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME DIFFERENT PUBLIC ART, UM, FEATURES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ONES WAS WE DID PLEASANT RUN PORTAL, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC ART MURAL RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDE OF THIS BUILDING.
IF YOU WALK RIGHT OUT THOSE DOORS, UM, IT'S ON THIS WALL THAT FACES HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME SCULPTURES THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO WE HAVE ONE OF OUR SCULPTURE UNVEILINGS, WHICH WILL BE IN ERNIE ROBERTS PARK.
AND THAT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 1:00 PM SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THAT UNVEILING, UM, AS WE DO THAT.
AND ERNIE ROBERTS PARK IS RIGHT HERE ON PLEASANT RUN.
UH, 5 1 5 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD.
SO AGAIN, MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND.
AND THAT IS ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I HAVE.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYTHING I MISSED? CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER 5TH, UM, AT 6:00 PM PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL, WHETHER THAT BE IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.
UM, THE ALWAYS A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT COUNCIL IS, UH, DOING.
THOSE ARE OUR MEETINGS AS COUNCIL, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND HANDLE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
SO WE ALWAYS WANT YOU ALL TO BE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THOSE MEETINGS.
SO AGAIN, IN THOSE MEETINGS, UH, TAKE PLACE RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, THEN AT THIS TIME, IT IS 7:22 PM AND I WILL CALL THE MAYOR'S 360 QUARTERLY MEETING TO A CLOSE.