* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] OH, NOW, HELLO. OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. COME ON IN AND LET'S [HOA Involvement Workshop on September 9, 2023.] HAVE A SEAT SO WE CAN GET STARTED. WE HAVE A JAM PACKED PROGRAM THIS MORNING, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO STAY, UH, ON TIME. WE'RE ALREADY A LITTLE LATE . UM, JUST A, A FEW, UH, HOUSEKEEPING. IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONES ON, TURN THEM DOWN OR SILENCE THEM SO WE DON'T INTERRUPT THE SPEAKERS. COME ON IN AND HAVE A SEAT. IF YOU'RE STILL EATING, TRY TO SIT IN ONE OF THE SEATS ALONG THE, UM, ALONG THE WALLS. OKAY? AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO SIGN IN, YOU CAN SIGN IN A LITTLE LATER. WE WILL HAVE THE SIGN IN SHEETS READY FOR YOU. MAKE SURE YOU PICKED UP A RAFFLE TICKET, BECAUSE I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PRIZES. IF YOU DIDN'T GET A RAFFLE TICKET, UM, DENISE AT THE, UH, SIGN IN TABLE WILL HELP. ALRIGHT, WELCOME THIS MORNING TO THE 18TH ANNUAL HOA INVOLVEMENT WORKSHOP. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU. WE'LL START THIS MORNING WITH AN OPENING, UH, REMARKS AND WELCOME FROM OUR MAYOR, MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY AWAKE. JUST TWO PEOPLE. OKAY? UH, AGAIN, I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO, UH, OUR HOA INVOLVEMENT WORKSHOP. UM, I'M GONNA ASK IF YOU ALL WOULD JUST GIVE YOURSELVES A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING TO GET THIS INFORMATION, TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER AND MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS STRONGER. I ALWAYS SAY THAT HOAS ARE DEFINITELY A GREAT CONTRIBUTOR TO STRONG AND RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I WANNA THANK OUR STAFF AND, UH, EVERYONE, MS. BECKY LEWIS, HER TEAM, EVERYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN MAKING THIS 18TH ANNUAL. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD BEEN THAT MANY YEARS, UM, THIS 18TH ANNUAL HOA INVOLVEMENT WORKSHOP HAPPENED. SO LET'S GIVE THEM A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP. I WANNA ALSO TAKE A MOMENT. THERE ARE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL, IF YOU COULD STAND TO MAKE SURE MY EYES WORK. UM, , DR. MARX IS HERE. SHE REPRESENTS PLACE FIVE. UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW HER, UM, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE I SAW SOMEONE ELSE. ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE HERE JUST YET? I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. UM, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR CITY MANAGER IN, IN A MOMENT. BUT AGAIN, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO, UM, WHO CAME OUT THIS MORNING AND AGAIN, WHO HELPED MAKE THIS A GREAT EVENT. UM, I CAME IN THIS MORNING AND I THOUGHT I WAS AT A GALA THE WAY THAT THE SETUP, UH, WAS THERE WITH ALL THE FRUIT AND ALL THE THINGS, UH, TODAY. SO I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE. YOU KNOW, I GOT A BUSY SCHEDULE TODAY, SO I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I WAS AT THE RIGHT EVENT. BUT, UM, HOW MANY OF YOU, IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING TO ONE OF THE HOA INVOLVEMENT WORKSHOPS? THAT'S A LOT OF HANDS. YEAH. GIVE YOURSELF A HAND. SO, UM, UM, IT'S OUR HOPE AND IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR, OUR PRAYER THAT YOU ALL GET SOME VERY USEFUL INFORMATION, UM, AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THIS IS THE PLATFORM TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE ALL THE EXPERTS HERE, ALL OF THE VENDORS, CITY STAFF. UM, ANYBODY WHO CAN ANSWER A QUESTION IS PROBABLY IN THE HOUSE TODAY. SO PLEASE BE SURE TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. UM, AND I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. UM, SO JUST TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GO AHEAD AND OFFER AN OPENING PRAYER. IF YOU'LL BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS MORNING THAT WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AS FRIENDS, AS COLLEAGUES, AS THOSE WHO WATCH OVER AND STEWARDS OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THE COMPANIONSHIP, FOR THE FRIENDSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN AND TO GROW, UH, THAT WE MIGHT BE OF SERVICE TO, UH, TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR AND THOSE AROUND US. UH, WE PRAY THAT THE ICE SPIRIT WOULD BE WITH US. WE PRAY THAT THAT WOULD HELP US TO, UH, UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ASK THAT THAT WOULD HELP TO ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, BE OF GOOD TO THOSE AROUND US. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE, THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE. WE ASK THY HAND UPON THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED AND THESE THINGS WE PRAY FOR IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. [00:05:08] IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM REPRESENTATIVE, UH, SHERMAN'S OFFICE? OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARL SHERMAN, WAS SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE OVER. SO IF THEY DO COME WHENEVER THEY ARRIVE, WE WILL JUST STICK 'EM IN THE PROGRAM WHEN THEY GET HERE. OKAY. UM, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TODAY? WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY OF DESOTO TODAY. THERE WAS A, A LITTLE LIBRARY, WAS IT THIS MORNING? UM, UH, CORY BORNER DAY IS GOING ON, I THINK RIGHT NOW. STARTING UP. YEAH. SO, UM, THERE, THE PEOPLE WILL BE COMING IN AND OUT OUR STAFF BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE. SO WE DO THIS FOR THE CITIZENS, FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU APPRECIATE AND ENJOY ALL THE WORK, UM, HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN FOR THESE EVENTS. UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU RIGHT NOW TO REPUBLIC SERVICES FOR SPONSORING OUR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. UH, EVERYTHING CAME FROM PANERA BREAD. I WAS MAD BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T READY WHEN WE ARE THERE TO PICK IT UP, BUT THE FOOD TASTES SO GOOD. I KIND OF CALMED DOWN . SO I AM GOING TO NOW JUST, UH, LET YOU KNOW, KNOW WHO THE TABLE VENDORS ARE AS WE'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR A MINUTE. YOU CAN MOVE AROUND IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK OUT, GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT OR TALK TO SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR. THAT'S FINE. WE'RE GONNA BE HERE TILL ABOUT 1230. UM, BUT WE'LL START OUT. I HAVE, UM, UH, DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. WOULD YOU STAND MS. GARCIA? YES, I GREEN. MS. GREEN. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. IT IS, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION MONTH. SO I KNOW WE HAVE VERY ENGAGED CITIZENS HERE. I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE ALREADY REGISTERED TO VOTE. IF YOU'RE NOT, PLEASE, UH, UH, SEE MS. GREEN AT HER AT THE TABLE. AND YOU CAN ALSO TAKE VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS HOME WITH YOU IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT YOU KNOW HAVE NOT REGISTERED AND THE PEOPLE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN DALLAS AND CAME TO DESOTO AND NEVER CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS ON YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. SO YOU HAVE TO BE, UH, BE INVOLVED HERE. UM, SO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT DONE ON THE VOTER REGISTRATION. WE HAVE SMOOTHIE KING HERE TODAY AS WELL. HEY, MISS CECE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE HAS SOME SAMPLES OUT THERE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? THANK YOU. MAKING SMOOTHIE KING NUMBER ONE STORE IN THE AREA. I THINK YOU GUYS JUST CELEBRATED, WHAT WAS IT, A MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES ABOUT A MONTH AGO? SO, SO WE ARE SUPPORTING SMOOTHIE KING. I KNOW HERE AT CITY HALL, WE'RE AT SMOOTHIE KING EVERY DAY, . SO WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY ARE HERE. I ALSO HAVE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE DEE AND SYDNEY. THEY'RE AT THE TABLE. WE HAVE LIEUTENANT MELISSA FRANK, UH, WITH THE DESOTO CARE TEAM. SO HERE, UH, JERRY HICKLIN, GIS MANAGER IN THE BACK. LIBRARY SERVICES. THEY HAVE THE TABLE WITH ALL THE CANDY AND ALL THE SWEETS AND STUFF. OH, AND SOME BOOKS TOO. AND, UM, IT, WE HAVE A, WE WILL HAVE, UM, MS. TAMARA, TAMARA BELL FROM S-W-R-C-C. THAT'S THE, UH, NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER. UH, SHE'S AT AN EVENT. OH, YOU GUYS, OKAY, GREAT. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. AND REPUBLIC SERVICES IS HERE, AND THERE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED. KICKED OFF RIGHT NOW. UH, I HAVE A VIDEO. I I'M GOING TO EMPLOY THE CITY SECRETARY PLEASE TO COME ASSIST ME 'CAUSE I DIDN'T ASSIGN ANYONE. I HAVE A VIDEO FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UH, THIS IS FROM DR. ESTHER WILLIAMS. SHE'S NOT WITH US THIS MORNING, BUT SHE DID SUBMIT A VIDEO, SO WE'LL WATCH THAT REAL QUICK. THIS IS ABOUT SOME OF THE GRANTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SINCE 2015, THE CITY OF DESOTO HAS BEEN A PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OR HUD. OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS WRITTEN WITH COMMUNITY INPUT AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, IS SUBMITTED TO HUD EACH YEAR. THIS DOCUMENT OUTLINES THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES WHICH ALIGNS SEAMLESSLY WITH THE PRIORITIES SET FORTH IN OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN [00:10:01] FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A-C-D-B-G ENTITLEMENT OF $294,364. SO WHAT WILL THESE FUNDS SUPPORT? FIRST, THERE'S ADMINISTRATION ENSURING THAT OUR PROGRAMS FOLLOW FEDERAL REGULATIONS. THEN OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM WILL ASSIST LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOMEOWNERS WITH ESSENTIAL MINOR HOME REPAIRS UP TO $10,000. ADDITIONALLY, OUR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL HELP FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS TO ACCESS CRUCIAL SERVICES, SUCH AS DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, PHARMACIES, AND GROCERY SHOPPING. LASTLY, WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR SENIORS WITH FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE DESOTO ACTIVE SENIOR CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION INTO, DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, VISIT WWW.DESOTOTEXAS.GOV/CDBG. CURRENTLY, OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS IS AT CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS THAT ARE IN OUR STEADILY PROGRESSING TO GET THEM APPROVED AND FUNDED WITH THIS YEAR'S FUNDING, THE APPLICATION WINDOW MAY REOPEN IN JANUARY, 2024. IF FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THESE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED FROM NOVEMBER, 2023 TO OCTOBER, 2024. YOU CAN PICK UP AN APPLICATION AT THE ACTION CENTER OR DOWNLOAD ONE FROM OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ESTHER WILLIAMS AT EWILLIAMS@DESOTOTEXAS.GOV. OKAY. UH, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, UH, ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS OR ANY, UM, GRANTS THAT, UH, YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT, DR. WILLIAMS IS THE PERSON TO CONTACT. SHE'S IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SHE ALSO PUBLISHES AND EDITS, UH, IT'S THE EDITOR FOR THE WEEKLY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT THAT COMES OUT EVERY FRIDAY. IF YOU GUYS AREN'T SIGNED UP FOR THAT, IT'S A VALUABLE, UM, PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT SHOWS EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY FOR THE WEEK. AND THEN GIVES, UH, SOME UPDATES AND EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A WATER RESTRICTION. SO ALL THE, THAT KIND OF INFORMATION IS WHAT'S AVAILABLE THERE. OKAY. UH, NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A KATHY JONES COME UP. KATHY . KATHY IS OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR. SHE IS MISS DESOTO, TEXAS , AND SHE'S GONNA GIVE US A LITTLE SYNOPSIS ABOUT HER PROGRAMS. THANK YOU, KATHY. THANKS BECKY. AND I'M REALLY NOT MISS DESOTO. I'VE JUST LIVED HERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND I LOVE DESOTO. THANK YOU. UM, I MAINLY WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR ADOPT A STREET PROGRAM. I DIDN'T HAVE A TABLE, 'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY ALL I HAVE. AND, UM, FIRST LET ME SAY THAT THE, THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL BOARD. BUT AS, UM, SYDNEY WELL KNOWS THERE IS 9,000 THINGS GOING ON TODAY IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND I WASN'T ABOUT TO ASK NATE TO PLEASE COME AND, AND DO THIS AS WELL. SO I'VE, I'VE GOT HIM COVERED. BUT, UM, THEY ARE, OUR ADOPT A STREET PROGRAM IS ALIVE AND WELL. WE'VE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTING THESE STREETS FOR 25 YEARS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? THAT'S AMAZING. SAME GROUPS EVERY TWICE A MONTH, THEY'RE OUT THERE PICKING UP TRASH. UH, WE LOVE THEM. WE APPRECIATE THEM. WE'RE HAVING A BANQUET ON THURSDAY, UM, TO SHOW OUR APPRE APPRECIATION. AND AT THAT BANQUET, WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE SOME REALLY NEW AND INNOVATIVE, UM, IDEAS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS COMING UP WITH TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER. SO, STAY TUNED FOR THAT. IF YOU'RE COMING ON THURSDAY, IF YOU'RE NOT, PICK UP ONE OF THESE CARDS. THEY'RE RIGHT BACK THERE ON THE TABLE, AND YOU CAN SCAN THAT LITTLE QR CODE AND IT'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION IF YOU WANNA, IF, IF YOUR HOA DOESN'T ADOPT THE AREA AROUND YOU AND YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. UM, THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS ARE YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO, TO CLEAN YOUR AREA THAT YOU REQUEST TWICE A MONTH, AND THEN PARTICIPATE IN OUR ANNUAL, UM, CITYWIDE CLEANUP EVENTS. THERE'S TWO A YEAR. THERE'S ONE IN THE FALL, WHICH IS COMING UP ON, UM, HELP ME SYDNEY ON THE, ON THE SEVENTH, OCTOBER 7TH, I BELIEVE. AND THEN, OH, HEY CHRIS, BACK, BACK , YOU KNOWS. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER DATE IS, IS IN, IN THE SPRINGTIME MAY, MAY TIMEFRAME. UM, I HAVE ONE MORE THING. OH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DRIVEN AROUND TOWN. YOU, YOU REMEMBER THE OLD BLUE, UM, LOGO SIGNS THAT SAY, THIS IS STREET ADOPT, THIS STREET ADOPTED BY CENTER ESTATES OR WHOEVER. WELL, WE ARE GRADUALLY, WE'VE REBRANDED AND YOU'LL HEAR [00:15:01] ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. NEW LOGOS, YOU'VE SEEN THE PRETTY GREEN AND, AND, UM, ORANGE LOGOS EVERYWHERE WHERE WE HAVE NEW ADOPT A STREET SIGNS TOO. AND WE ARE GRADUALLY CHANGING THOSE SIGNS OUT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT AT THE BANQUET ON THURSDAY. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I PUT MY CARDS BACK AT THE BACK. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ADOPT A STREET, EMAIL ME, CALL ME. THANKS. THANK YOU, KATHY. UH, NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR CITY SECRETARY, MS. ALICIA THOMAS, COME ADDRESS THE CROWD. HELLO EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU ALL TODAY? GOOD MORNING. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOUR FACE THIS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. UM, I WANTED TO, UM, JUST PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO BE MADE AWARE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO I KNOW WITH HOAS, YOU ALL, UM, DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT HERE AT THE CITY WE HAVE ABOUT 14 BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS. UM, AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED IF YOU MAY NOT WANNA RUN FOR COUNCIL, BUT YOU DO WANNA VOLUNTEER. UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARDS YOU COULD ALWAYS CHECK OUT ON OUR WEBSITE, PARK BOARD, LIBRARY BOARD. I'M SURE SOME OF YOU MAY BE A PART OF BOARDS HERE. IF IS ANYONE A PART OF A BOARD? LET ME SAY THAT. RAISE YOUR HAND ONE PERSON. OKAY, WELL, YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. WE ALSO HAVE A BANNER ON THE OUTSIDE WITH A QR CODE. YOU CAN SCAN THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. YOU CAN READ MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR BOARDS. YOU CAN APPLY. UM, I HOLD ONTO THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR TWO YEARS. UM, AND WHENEVER THERE'S A VACANCY, WE WILL CALL YOU. UM, AND THOSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY, EXCUSE ME, BY CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND THESE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS. YOU MUST BE A DESOTO RESIDENT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD. UM, YOU MUST PASS A BACKGROUND SCREENING AND JUST HAVE A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. UM, AND SO FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OR THE APPLICATION PROCESS, YOU CAN CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 9 7 2 2 3 0 9 6 6 4. AND FOR THOSE THAT MY ONE THAT IS A BOARD MEMBER, UM, YOU SHOULD BE, HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT WE HAVE AN UPCOMING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BANQUET. UM, THAT'S WHERE WE COME TOGETHER ANNUALLY TO CELEBRATE OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR MEMBERS, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. WE HAVE FOOD, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, A GOOD TIME IF, HAVE YOU BEEN TO ONE BEFORE? I HAVE. SO IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME. UM, WE, WE JUST TRY TO DO IT REALLY BIG FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS. UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO, UH, AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, IT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT SIX 30 OVER IN THE BLUE BUNNY ROOMS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, JUST MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE. WE, I KNOW WE HAVE AN UPCOMING ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR LOCAL GENERAL ELECTION, MAY 4TH, 2024. AND YOU WILL BE ELECTING FOR PLACE SIX AND PLACE SEVEN. AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK MS. ANNA GREEN, WHO IS A VOLUNTEER WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND KIND OF SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERY SO MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY OUT THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND SUPPORTING YOUR CITY. UH, AS SHE STATED, I AM A VOLUNTEER. I AM A RESIDENT WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. I AM, I AM A REGISTERED VOTER IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN DALLAS COUNTY. I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER ELECTION JUDGE AND ALSO A VOLUNTEER PRECINCT CHAIR WITHIN MY CITY OF CEDAR HILL. BUT I WAS ASKED TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS, AS THEY STATED EARLIER, THIS IS NATIONAL REGISTRATION MONTH. IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THERE IS A HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE. LET ME SEE THE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE ROOM. EXCELLENT. SO WITH THAT BEING STATED, THIS IS NATIONAL REGI VOTER'S REGISTRATION MONTH. I'M ASKING THAT EACH OF YOU IN THIS ROOM WOULD STOP BY SINCE YOU'RE ALL ALREADY REGISTERED AND PICK UP A WHITE CARD, FIND A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND THAT IS NOT REGISTERED IN DALLAS COUNTY OR THAT HAS MOVED AND HAVE THEM TO UPDATE THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION CARD. IF EACH OF YOU PICK UP A CARD, THAT'LL HELP DALLAS COUNTY, AS THEY STATED, WE HAVE ELECTIONS COMING UP THIS NOVEMBER. EARLY VOTING WILL START IN OCTOBER. MAKE SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTE IN YOUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, BUT YOU DON'T VOTE IN YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF THE ADVERTISEMENT ON TV AND YOU DON'T SEE ALL THE JUDGES SIGNS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS GO ON DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS. WE EVEN HAVE A LITTLE CUE CARD OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN SCAN ON YOUR PHONE AND YOU CAN PULL IT UP. YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR BALLOT EVEN BEFORE YOU GO VOTE TO KNOW WHO'S IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND WHO'S IN YOUR PRECINCT THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING FOR, SO THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT, I JUST WANNA SEE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, GET SOMEONE ELSE REGISTERED AND ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO VOTE, NOT ONLY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, BUT IN YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS AS WELL. AND MOST DEFINITELY IN YOUR MUNICIPAL [00:20:01] ELECTIONS. MAKE SURE YOU READ ALL YOUR BONDS AND EVERYTHING AND KNOW THE WORDING ON THEM. THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT DATES THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU. THE LAST DATE TO REGISTER FOR THE ELECTIONS WILL BE OCTOBER THE 10TH WILL BE THE LAST DATE TO REGISTER FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. MAKE SURE NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR, 24 WILL BE A GREAT, GREAT BIG YEAR. YOU'RE GONNA SEE LONGER LINES THEN. SO LET'S ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT WE KNOW THAT IS NOT A REGISTERED VOTER TO GET REGISTERED. AND THOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILIES THAT YOU KNOW THAT HAVE MOVED. YOU PAY TAXES IN ONE AREA, YOU MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU WANNA VOTE FOR A PARTICULAR PERSON IN THAT CITY, GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN'T, YOU GOTTA VOTE ACCORDING TO WHERE YOU'RE REGISTERED. SO REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVEN'T UPDATED YOUR ADDRESS, MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS AND JUST KNOW THE CREDENTIALS THAT ARE REQUIRED WHEN YOU DO GO VOTE. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE THAT ON DALLAS COUNTY. ANY QUESTIONS? IF SO, PLEASE SEE US AT THE TABLE. MYSELF, AS WELL AS MS. NORMA KIMBRO. SHE IS A DESOTO RESIDENT AS SHE IS A ACTUAL, UH, ELECTION JUDGE HERE IN YOUR CITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EACH OF YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. AND REAL QUICK, MS. BECKY, JUST BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE, AND I KNOW I'M TALKING FROM OVER HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO YOU'LL JUST NEED TO GO TO THE SEARCH BOX AND JUST PUT IN DESOTO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND HAS SOME NICE PRETTY PICTURES. SO WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. UM, WE HAVE SOME VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN PARKS AND REC LIBRARY SENIOR CENTER. WE HAVE A DESOTO TEEN COUNCIL, AND I'M SURE MS. SYDNEY IS GOING TO COVER THAT. UM, ADOPT A STREET PROGRAM SIMILAR TO WHAT MS. KATHY SPOKE ABOUT, AND THEN OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THIS IS WHAT THE PAGE LOOKS LIKE. IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION, THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS THERE. OR YOU CAN SEE MYSELF LATER ON TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CITY SECRETARY. AND THANK YOU MS. GREEN FOR THAT PRESENTATION. UM, I DO WANT TO STOP AND ACKNOWLEDGE, I THINK WE HAVE MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. AM I MISSING ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT MAY HAVE COME IN? OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, WE ARE NOW READY FOR THE, UH, S-W-R-C-C PRESENTATION. NOPE. YES, , WE DON'T. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION. THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE HOA INVOLVEMENT. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. UH, WE REALLY WANNA BE, UH, MORE ACTIVE, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS OF DESOTO. WE WANNA GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT S-W-R-S-W-R-C-C IS. THE SOUTHWEST COMMUN, SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER. SO WE ARE YOUR LOCAL 9 1 1 CENTER HERE FOR DESOTO, ACTUALLY FOR DESOTO, CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE. UH, SO WE DO HAVE A, A LIVE FACEBOOK PAGE, SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER, COMMA, TX. PLEASE FOLLOW US. JOIN US, UH, ENGAGE WITH US, TALK TO US. COME SEE US. YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME, COME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO A SITAL ALONG, YOU KNOW HOW YOU DO A RIDE ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, COME SIT WITH US, LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE 9 1 1 CALLS TO SEE WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO. AND 9 1 1 . UH, I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE, I'LL LET KIM, YOU WANNA, I'LL LET YOU SAY SOME THINGS. THIS, I'M SORRY. THIS IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KIMBERLY WOODS HERE. SHE'S AT THE TABLE OUTSIDE AND ALSO SUPERVISOR KRA DIXON. SHE'LL BE AT THE TABLE AS TABLE AS WELL. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, . UM, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR INVITING US. UH, WE ARE, LIKE SHE SAID, WE ARE EXCITED TO, UM, JUST GET OUT AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, MEET THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE, WE ALWAYS TALK TO AND NEVER GET TO SEE FACE TO FACE. UM, WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT, UM, S-W-R-C-C IS TRYING TO DO. UM, NOT TRYING. WE, WE ARE GOING TO DO . UM, WE HAVE A UPCOMING, UM, SECOND ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT. LAST YEAR WE HAD A TRUNK OR TREAT AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY, LET'S TRY TO GET OUR, UH, FOOT IN THE DOOR, GET OUR FEET WET. AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE THIS HUGE THING THAT WE WASN'T PREPARED FOR. BUT AS 9 1 1, WE PICKED UP AND WE WE, UM, WE WERE, WE MADE IT WORK, RIGHT, . AND SO NOW WE'RE DOING OUR SECOND ANNUAL, AND THIS TIME IT WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER. AND, UM, WE ARE PREPARED . SO JUST WANT TO ADD, UH, WE DO TRY TO GET OUT INTO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE'LL HAVE SOME CARDS AND INFORMATION OUT AT THE TABLE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO COME AND ACTUALLY SPEAK AT YOUR HOA MEETING OR WHATEVER, UH, LET US KNOW. WE WILL COME OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY CHURCH GROUPS, ANY YOUTH GROUPS OR WHATEVER THAT WANT THAT NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 9 1 1. A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW I LOVE MY FIRE AND I LOVE MY POLICE GUYS IN THE BACK, BUT [00:25:01] WHEN YOU DIAL, YOU'RE NOT CALLING THE POLICE. YOU'RE NOT CALLING THE FIRE GUYS. YOU'RE CALLING 9 1 1. AND SO THERE'S INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DIAL 9 1 1 TO GET TO THE POLICE, TO GET TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THE RESPONSE, UH, IS PROPER. SO COME SPEAK WITH US. WE'LL BE AT THE TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND DO A SIT ALONG AT THE CALL CENTER ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO. IT'S REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING. AND, AND THE, THE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT WORK, I MEAN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT SIX, SEVEN SCREENS AT A TIME WITH, UH, EARPHONES AND SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER AND THEY JUST MAKE EVERYTHING WORK. SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. UH, THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS TIME RIGHT NOW TO RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, THE ACTION CENTER STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE STAFF ALL IN THE BACK. WE HAVE DENISE MARTINEZ, UH, SONYA RANDALL, AND MS. KAT GARNER. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE OR SPEAK WITH. IF YOU DIAL THE MAIN NUMBER, YOU'RE GONNA GET ONE OF THEM ON THE PHONE AND THEY'RE GO GOING TO DIRECT YOUR CALL, GIVE YOU INFORMATION OR, OR HELP YOU IF IT'S A CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH LADIES, FOR HELPING US OUT TODAY. UH, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA CALL FOR DENISE TO COME UP. UM, OUR HEALTH INSPECTOR IS MR. JOHN MALVERN. HE IS WORKING THE CORY BORNER DAY, UH, RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, DENISE HANDLES A LOT OF THE PERMITS AND THINGS FOR HIM AS WELL. SO SHE'S GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE ACTION CENTER. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. LIKE BECKY SAID, MY NAME IS DENISE MARTINEZ. UM, ME WITH MY COWORKER SONYA RANDALL. WE HELP ASSIST THE HEALTH, UH, DEPARTMENT WITH APPLICATION FOOD PERMITS AND GENERAL HEALTH INFORMATION. SO WHAT, UH, JOHN MALVERN DOES, HE DOES ROUTINE, ROUTINE INSPECTIONS FOR RESTAURANTS, SCHOOLS, GROCERY STORES, GAS STATIONS, UM, COMMUNION STORES, PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC POOLS. AND ALL OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ACTUALLY NEED TO RENEW THEIR HEALTH AND PERMIT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE. UH, HE ALSO ISSUES, UM, TEMPORARY FOOD PERMITS FOR ALL OF THESE CITY, UH, SPONSORED EVENTS. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONES THAT IS HAPPENING, UH, TODAY, THE CORY BARNER EVENT. EVERY SINGLE FOOD VENDOR HAD TO COME IN, UM, TURN IN THEIR APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. AND, UM, FOR THE LATINO FEST NEXT WEEK ON SATURDAY, THE SAME THING. IF WE HAVE A VENDOR THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, JOHN WILL ACTUALLY DO A PRE-INSPECTION THAT WAY. EVERY SINGLE VENDOR'S UP TO CODE FOR THESE EVENTS. UH, HE ALSO HANDLES THE, UM, ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD HA HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENT WHERE RESIDENTS OF DESOTA WILL BE ABLE TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, DROP OFF THEIR, UH, HAZARDOUS WASTE, THAT WAY IT CAN BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. AND LET ME SEE. AND HE ALSO DOES THE CITY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UM, WHICH PREVENTS THE SPREAD OF MOSQUITO TRANSMITTED DISEASES. AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION REGARDING THE TEMPORARY FOOD PERMITS. UM, THEY ARE ALSO GIVEN TO ANY PUBLIC EVENT. SO IF THE HOAS ARE DOING ANY BLOCK PARTIES, ANNIVERSARY PARTIES, THAT INVOLVES THE PUBLIC, THOSE VENDORS SHOULD ALSO COME TO CITY HALL. THAT WAY THEY CAN GET A TEMPORARY FOOD PERMIT. AND BEFORE THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, LEMME SEE WHAT, UM, STARTING SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR OF 2023, ALL FOOD TRUCKS, FOOD TRAILERS AND PRODUCE TRUCKS, UM, ARE NOW SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING A FOOD PERMIT FROM DALLAS COUNTY. DESOTO NO LONGER PROVIDES THOSE PERMITS. YOU AS A CUSTOMER SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASK IF THEY HAVE A DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT. SO IF, UM, IF YOU SEE A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK THAT HAS THE DESOTO LOGO, THEY ARE STILL GOOD TO GO UNTIL THAT PERMIT EXPIRES. AFTER THAT, THEY SHOULD GO AND GET A DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT. AND IF YOU DO SEE A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DESOTO LOGO OR THE UM, I MEAN THE DESOTO PERMIT OR THE DALLAS COUNTY PERMIT, PLEASE GIVE THE, UH, HEALTH INSPECTOR A CALL. THAT WAY HE CAN LOOK AT THAT MOBILE UNIT. OKAY? IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS HEALTH WISE, THESE ARE THE CALLS THAT HE, UM, TAKES CARE OF THE STANDING WATER, THE UNTREATED SWIMMING POOLS, EITHER PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC OR RESIDENTIAL POOLS IN CASE YOU SEE ANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NOT MAINTAINING IT PROPERLY. UH, ANY [00:30:01] FOOD, MOBILE OR GROCERY HEALTH CONCERNS AND SANITATION CONCERNS, UM, ANY POTENTIAL MOSQUITO BREEDING SOURCES LIKE STANDING WATER, IF YOU SEE THAT IT'S NOT RUNNING PROPERLY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THE HEALTH INSPECTOR A CALL. ANY, UM, MOBILE OR BRICK AND MORTAR STORES THAT YOU SEE THAT MIGHT NOT BE, UM, UP TO DATE WITH ALL OF THEIR PERMITS OR CERTIFICATES. AND AS WELL AS ANY UPKEEP WITH, UM, WITH SEPTIC TANKS. AND THE WAY THAT YOU CAN HELP THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GET BETTER AND TO KEEP EVERYONE IN DE SOTO SAFE IS IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS, GIVE US A CALL. THAT WAY IT CAN BE, UH, ADDRESSED, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP EVERYONE HERE SAFE HEALTH WISE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DENISE. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU DO NEED TO CONTACT THE, UM, UH, UH, MR. JOHN MALVERN, UH, THAT'S HIS CONTACT INFORMATION. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL, CALL THE ACTION CENTER THE MAIN NUMBER, UM, IS THE LIBRARY READY? OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, I'M SORRY. YES, YES. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SITUATION. I UNDERSTAND WITH, UH, ARE YOU GONNA, OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER HEALTH CONCERNS, PLEASE DIRECT TO DENISE OR CALL THE ACTION CENTER? YES, MA'AM. CAN I INTERRUPT YOU REALLY QUICK? OF COURSE. WE ARE BROADCASTING THIS, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE, FACEBOOK PAGE AND, AND, UM, CABLE CHANNEL. SO IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR YOUR WONDERFUL QUESTIONS, 'CAUSE THEY'RE HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS, PLEASE WALK UP TO THIS MIC AND SPEAK INTO IT, AND THAT WAY IT GO, GOES OUT OVER THE BROADCAST TOO. THANK YOU. KATHY. YES, IF YOU DO HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTION SOMETHING THAT'S RELATED TO WHAT'S SPEAK BEING TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THAT MOMENT, PLEASE GO TO THE, UH, MIC STAND. THANK YOU KATHY LIBRARY. HEATHER MCINTEE IS THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES AND SHE'S COMING WITH A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND YOU SHOULD THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I'M HEATHER MCINTEE, I'M THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LAVY TRIMBLE LAVY. PLEASE STAND UP. . SHE WORKS AT THE LIBRARY AS WELL, AND SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THOSE GOODIES OUT THERE ON OUR TABLE. ALL RIGHT, SO WHO IN HERE HAS A LIBRARY CARD? YAY. OKAY, SO IF IT DOESN'T WORK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON. IS IT ON? OKAY. IT'S NOT ON, THAT'S WHY. SO DID YOU KNOW THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT CARD IN YOUR WALLET IS A LIBRARY CARD? , OF COURSE IT IS, CAN TAKE YOU TO WHOLE NEW WORLDS. SO LIBRARY CARDS ARE FREE FOR RESIDENTS OF DESOTO, CITY OF DESOTO EMPLOYEES AND DESOTO, ISD EMPLOYEES. WE DO ALSO OFFER NON RESIDENCY LIBRARY CARDS FOR AN ANNUAL FEE OF $15. OF COURSE, THERE ARE SEVERAL BENEFITS TO HAVING A LIBRARY CARD. UH, ONE IS, UM, BY HAVING A DESOTO LIBRARY CARD, YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TEXT SHARE CARD AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE. UM, AND YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, YOU CAN BORROW MATERIALS FROM ANY LIBRARY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATES IN THIS PROGRAM. SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL. IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE STATE, YOU CAN GO TO ANY, ANY LIBRARY THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND CHECK OUT MATERIALS FROM THERE. WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST CONSORTIUM. SO THAT IS WITH, UH, LANCASTER, CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE LIBRARIES. SO YOU CAN GO THERE AND USE YOUR, UH, YOUR LIBRARY CARD THERE. SO WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD AT THE DESOTO PUBLIC LIBRARY? WELL, YOU CAN CHECK OUT A VARIETY OF MATERIALS AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT BOOKS. UM, WE HAVE OVER 55,000 MATERIALS IN OUR PHYSICAL COLLECTION, UH, FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM. UM, AND THIS INCLUDES BOOKS, MOVIES, UH, AND MAGAZINES. AND YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING FOR ALL AGES AND INTEREST LEVELS. UH, ONE COLLECTION WE ARE QUITE PROUD OF IS OUR EVER GROWING, UH, LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION. YOU CAN SEE UP THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. UM, WE HAVE A QUITE A LOT OF TALENT HERE IN DESOTO. UH, SO PLEASE CHECK SOMETHING OUT FROM THAT COLLECTION AND SUPPORT LOCAL [00:35:02] PUBLIC LIBRARIES. UH, NOT ONLY HAVE PRINT MATERIALS, BUT THEY ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN DIGITAL EQUITY, UM, AND BRIDGE GAPS IN ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 48 COMPUTERS FOR PUBLIC USE IN OUR COMPUTER LAB TRAINING ROOM AND SELECTED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY. UM, OUR COMPUTER LAB ALSO FEATURES PRINT, COPY, SCAN, AND FAX SERVICES. UH, WE ALSO HAVE FREE HIGH-SPEED WIFI, SO YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE. UH, WE DO HAVE HOTSPOTS AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT, UH, TO TAKE HOME. AND SOON WE WILL HAVE CHROMEBOOKS AND IPADS AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT AS WELL. UM, BUT USE FOR WITH THOSE WILL BE LIMITED TO INSIDE OUR LIBRARY BUILDING. ANOTHER GREAT SERVICE THAT WE OFFER IS 3D PRINTING. YOU JUST SUBMIT YOUR DESIGN TO US IN STL FORMAT. WE REVIEW IT, UH, WE PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED COST, AND THEN IF YOU APPROVE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE PRINT YOUR DESIGN ONCE, UH, ONCE WE GET YOUR APPROVAL. THE COST IS 10 CENTS PER GRAM OF PLASTIC OR FILAMENT. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR LIBRARY LATELY, YOU KNOW THAT IT IS NOT A QUIET PLACE. UM, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS. WE HAVE LITTLE ONES COMING IN FOR STORY TIMES, KIDS COMING IN AFTER SCHOOL. UM, SO IT CAN GET A BIT LOUD. SO IF YOU NEED A QUIET PLACE TO STUDY OR WORK, UH, WE DO HAVE TWO STUDY ROOMS AVAILABLE. UM, YOU CAN BOOK THEM FOR TWO HOUR SESSIONS. IT IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. UM, THEY ARE IN HIGH DEMAND, UM, AND A MAX OF THREE PATRONS ARE ALLOWED IN THE ROOM AT ONE TIME. SO IF YOU'RE MORE OF AN ONLINE RESOURCE PERSON, WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED THERE TOO. UH, WE OFFER SEVERAL DATABASES AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF INTEREST. UM, WE HAVE DATA AXLE, UH, REFERENCE SOLUTIONS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH DATA ON 84 MILLION BUSINESSES AND 268 MILLION CONSUMERS. THAT IS ONLY AVAILABLE INSIDE THE LIBRARY. WE ALSO HAVE TUTOR.COM, WHICH PROVIDES HOMEWORK HELP, TUTORING, TEST PREP, AND MORE. UH, LIVE HOMEWORK HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE, UM, FROM 2:00 PM TO 12:00 AM AND THEY CAN RECEIVE HELP IN MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, ENGLISH, AS WELL AS RESUME WRITING AND JOB SEARCH SKILLS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE TECH SHARED DATABASES THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY. AND AS A DESOTO LIBRARY PATRON, YOU HAVE FREE ACCESS TO ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS, PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, AND 68 REPUTABLE DATABASES FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO LISTEN TO AUDIOBOOKS OR READ EBOOKS, UM, OR STREAM MUSIC OR MOVIES. WE DO OFFER HOOPLA AND, UH, CANOPY, UH, AT AT CLOUD LIBRARY BY BIBLIOTECA AS WELL. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO OVERDRIVE. SO THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM SOME OF OUR EVENTS. WE HAVE EVENTS FOR ALL AGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UH, WE OFFER, YOU KNOW, SMALL CLASSES, LARGER WORKSHOPS AND LARGE EVENTS FOR CHILDREN'S TEENS AND ADULTS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RECURRING PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THEM. UH, FOR OUR LITTLE ONES, WE HAVE BOOK BABY STORY TIME, TODDLER STORY TIME, AND PRESCHOOL STORY TIME. UH, WE DO HAVE A LEGO CLUB, WHICH IS VERY, VERY POPULAR. UM, JUST LAST WEEK WE HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT. UM, AND WE DO HAVE AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, UH, WHERE WE FOCUS ON STEAM RELATED, UM, SUBJECTS. UH, WE DO HAVE VERY INVOLVED TEENS HERE IN DESOTO. UH, SO WE OFFER DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS FOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UH, WE HAVE THE TEEN SUMMER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND THE SUMMER BOOK BUDDIES PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE PAIRED UP WITH THE LITTLE ONES TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR READING. AND THEN OUR BIG EVENT FOR TEENS IS OUR BEST. SOUTHWEST EVERYTHING TEEN EXPO. IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT DRAWS TEENS FROM ALL OVER THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA, AND WE DO HAVE PLENTY TO OFFER OUR ADULTS AS WELL. UM, IF YOU WANT JUST A FUN, RELAXING EVENING. UH, WE DO HAVE GAME NIGHTS AND MOVIE NIGHTS. UH, WE PARTNER WITH, WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OF GREATER DALLAS, THE A A RP FOUNDATION AND MEDICARE TO OFFER INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS AND TAX HELP. WE DO OFFER WEEKLY, UM, COMPUTER CLASSES THAT FOCUS ON DIFFERENT THINGS EACH WEEK. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME UPCOMING WORKSHOPS THAT IF YOU STOP BY OUR TABLE OUT THERE, WE CAN, WE CAN LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. SO WITH THE RISK OF SOUNDING CHEESY, CHECK US OUT. . UM, WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE UP THERE. OUR OPERATING HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, UH, 10:00 AM TO 8:00 PM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 10 TO SIX. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. [00:40:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HEATHER. AND THANK YOU LAVY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THIS IS A FUN BUNCH. EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, THEY GO WAY, WAY OVER THE TOP AND EVERYBODY APPRECIATES AND ENJOYS WHAT THEY DO. UM, WE WILL HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER AND LET'S DO PARKS AND REC AT THE SAME TIME. IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER. . THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, SO HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER IS? JUST A COUPLE HANDS. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LANDMARK. WE ARE BEHIND CHURCH'S CHICKEN ON HAMPTON ROAD. OKAY, SO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS, RIGHT? . SO WE'RE, WE'RE BEHIND THAT. UM, WE SERVICE ANYONE 50 YEARS AND UP. SO, UM, AND WE'RE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM EIGHT TO FOUR. EIGHT TO FOUR. AND WE OFFER A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES. SOMETHING, IT'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE EVERY DAY. WE PLAY BINGO, WE GO ON MYSTERY, UM, LUNCH TRIPS. SO THEY JUST PAY $5 AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING IN THE, IN THE METROPLEX. AND SO WE HAVE A GOOD TIME DOING THAT. I PUT A LOT OF STUFF ON FACEBOOK AS WELL. SO YOU CAN CHECK US OUT ON, UH, THE, UH, PARKS AND REC FACEBOOK PAGE. UM, WE'RE CELEBRATING, CELEBRATING SENIOR CENTER MONTH THIS FRIDAY. SO WE'LL HAVE A BARBECUE LUNCH. ICE CREAM TRUCK IS GONNA COME OUT. WE DO EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IT'S FREE FREE. YOU CAN'T BE FREE. YOU CAN'T BE FREE AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WENT TO OUR SENIOR PROM THAT WE HAD ON AUGUST THE 26TH. WE HAD A GOOD TIME. SOMEBODY EVEN DANCED OUT OF THEIR SHOES. THAT'S HOW GOOD OF A TIME THAT WE HAD. UM, AND WE OFFER LUNCH, UH, EVERY DAY. THOSE THAT ARE 60 AND UP, IT'S FREE. ANYONE UNDER 60, YOU HAVE TO PAY $4. NOT, NOT VERY MUCH. AND IF YOU ALL EVER HEARD OF THE CLIFF CLUB, Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT TONED DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT . SO JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I GUARANTEE THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S NOT A NURSING HOME THERE, IT'S, IT'S SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. IT'S A SENIOR REC CENTER. SO JUST FOR YOU, JUST FOR SENIORS. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS RUNNING AROUND OR ANY OF THAT. SO IT'S GROWN FOLKS, GROWN FOLKS, MUSIC GROWN FOLKS, ACTIVITIES. SO 2 0 4 LION STREET. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M DEAN MCGEE. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. OKAY, Y'ALL CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO HEAR. UH, SO MY NAME IS SYDNEY ELLIOT. I AM THE YOUTH AND BUSINESS MANAGER FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. MY NAME IS KAY DAVIS. I'M THE RECREATION SUPERVISOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THIS DOES NOT ENCOMPASS ALL OF WHAT PARKS AND RECREATION DOES. OKAY? SO THAT'S THE DISCLAIMER. BUT WE DO HAVE A TABLE SET UP OUTSIDE SO YOU CAN COME CHECK US OUT. ALL RIGHT. UH, SO I'M GONNA START IT OFF. UM, IN MY POSITION, I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESOTO TEAM COUNCIL. SO HOW MANY OF YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE DESOTO TEEN COUNCIL? JUST ONE HAND. TWO, THREE. OKAY. WELL, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS SESSION, YOU ALL WILL COME CHECK ME OUT AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE KIDS, GRANDKIDS THAT CAN JOIN. SO THE DESOTO TEEN COUNCIL IS FOR GRADES EIGHTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE THAT EITHER LIVE IN DESOTO OR ATTEND ONE OF THE DESOTO SCHOOLS. UM, AND THAT INCLUDES DESOTO, ISD, KINGDOM, COLLEGIATE, UH, PREMIER, AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS UPLIFT, YOU NAME IT. UH, AND SO WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW, BUT WE HAD A YOUTH MASTER PLAN THAT WAS PUBLISHED BACK IN 2021. AND SO WE FOCUSED ON FOUR CORE PROGRAMMING AREAS, LIFE SKILLS, CAREER READINESS, UH, EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS SPORTS AND RECREATION. SO ALL THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE OFFER THAT OUR TEAMS WORK ON IS FOR THAT CORE PROGRAMMING FOR CORE PRO PROGRAMMING AREAS. EXCUSE ME. UH, MOVING ON. HOW MANY OF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH MOSELEY POOL? OKAY, SO MOSELEY POOL DURING THE SUMMER, SUMMER, WE JUST RENOVATED IT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. UM, AND WE HAVE A JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM. SO IF YOU HAVE TEENS, AGES 13 THROUGH 15 WHO ARE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY WORKING AT THE POOL DURING THEIR TEENAGE YEARS, HAVE THEM JOIN. IT'S A TWO WEEK SESSION WHERE THEY FOLLOW THE LIFEGUARDS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, WHAT OUR LIFEGUARDS DO. I'M GONNA SWITCH IT OVER TO OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, WHO'S GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE REC CENTER. OKAY, SO, UH, SO MOST IMPORTANTLY ON OUR SLIDE RIGHT HERE, UM, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR, UM, HOA MEMBERSHIP PASSES. SO WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT IF, UM, SO WHAT IT ENCOMPASSES IS THE INDOOR, UH, TRACK THE RACQUETBALL [00:45:01] GYMNASIUM FITNESS CENTER, UH, FOR 12 MONTHS. SO THE, THE PRICE WOULD ENCOMPASS 12 MONTHS. SO IF YOUR HOA, UM, HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF AT LEAST 10, IT'S, UH, THE FEE IS $25. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE, UM, THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THAT IT'S BROKEN DOWN, UH, BY AGE GROUP AGE IS 21 TO 54, IT'S $10 PER YEAR. AGE IS 55, AND OLDER IS FIVE. SO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE RACKETBALL, UM, WE HAVE RACKETBALL, WE HAVE PICKLEBALL, WHICH IS SO UP AND COMING. WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR TABLE TO A ASK AND INQUIRE ABOUT PICKLEBALL. SO ON, UH, WEDNESDAYS WE ACTUALLY OFFER, OFFER PICKLEBALL LESSONS. SO, UM, PLEASE STOP BY. YOU COULD, UH, COME AND, UH, WE HAVE, UM, AN INSTRUCTOR THERE WHO CAN GO THROUGH THAT WITH YOU. UM, AND IF YOU ARE, UH, JUST WANTING TO PRACTICE AND YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PLAY AND GET DOWN ON TUESDAYS, THAT'S YOUR TIME FROM NINE TO 12 TO COME IN AND PLAY PICKLEBALL. UM, ALSO, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE WITH OUR SUMMER PROGRAM, SYDNEY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE OUR SUMMER, UH, SUMMERTIME AT BELTLINE WITH OUR KIDS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ENCOMPASS SOME NEW, UH, YOUTH PROGRAMMING. WE TRY TO DO IT AROUND YEAR, AROUND THE YEAR. UM, WE HAVE KARATE CLASSES, UM, AS WELL AS WE'RE LOOKING TO ENCOMPASS MORE OF LIKE SOME PLAYTIME CLASSES FOR THE LITTLE ONES WHO AREN'T QUITE IN SCHOOL THAT NEED SOMETHING TO DO DURING THE DAY AS WELL. UM, SOME OF OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS, ADULT PROGRAMS. OH, ADULT PROGRAMS. SO WITH OUR ADULT PROGRAMS, UM, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF FITNESS CLASSES. YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE OFFERED, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AT DIFFERENT TIMES. UM, OUR HOURS, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, UM, WE OPEN AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SO OUR HOURS ARE FIVE TO 10. UM, ON FRIDAYS WE'RE OPEN FIVE TO EIGHT. SATURDAY WE'RE OPEN 6 45 TO 6:00 PM AND ON SUNDAYS ONE TO SIX. SO, UM, YEAH, AEROBICS CLASSES, PICKLEBALL, UM, SOME PERSONAL TRAINING IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. AND, UM, A VARIETY OF, UM, LIKE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. AND WE HAVE CALENDARS AND WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR TABLE. SO PLEASE STOP BY. SO REALLY QUICKLY FINALIZING IT OUT. HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT OUR NATATORIUM? JUST A COUPLE. WE ARE BUILDING A NEW NATATORIUM AND RECREATION CENTER. DO YOU ALL KNOW WHERE MCOWEN PARK IS OFF OF YULE AND PARKVILLE, WHERE THE MACALLEN FIELDS, THE FOOTBALL FIELDS? WE ARE GETTING READY TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY THERE. ALL RIGHT. IT'S, UM, GONNA BE A $55 MILLION PROJECT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE. WE'RE GONNA BREAK GROUND EARLY NEXT YEAR WITH THE HOPES OF IT BEING COMPLETED. 2025. AM I RIGHT, CHRIS? OKAY. AND I WILL BE REMISS, THAT IS OUR DIRECTOR BACK THERE. I DON'T WANT HIM TO TALK ABOUT ME ON MONDAY. SO JUST WAVE YOUR HAND. UM, AND SO WE'LL HAVE A COMPETITION POOL, LEISURE POOL, MEETING SPACES, AND PERFORMANCE FITNESS AREA, UH, TO ROUND IT ALL ABOUT PARKS AND REC IS ALWAYS BUSY. SO I WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THE NEXT THREE WEEKS NONSTOP. TODAY WE HAVE CORY BORNER DAY IS LER PARK. NEXT WEEK WE HAVE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL BEING HOSTED HERE FROM 6:00 PM TO 10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, WE HAVE A SPOKEN WORD CON CONCERT. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SPOKEN WORD, PLEASE COME JOIN US AT THE CORNER THEATER. OCTOBER 7TH, WE HAVE THE KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL FALL TRASH PICKUP DAY. SO WHEN KATHY WAS TALKING ABOUT ADOPTED STREET, ADOPT PARK, ALL OF THAT, WE HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE CITY THAT YOU CAN CLEAN UP. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR OCTOBER FUN FEST AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO, OR AT THE, IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. AND ALWAYS IN ORDER TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH US, OF COURSE WE HAVE FLYERS AND EVERYTHING, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, AND TWITTER. WE'RE ALWAYS POSTING OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WARNED YOU GUYS, THIS IS GONNA BE JAM PACKED WITH INFORMATION. WE'RE GONNA GO BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM. AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE PRESENTATIONS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. I HAVE ONE MORE FOR, UH, ROLANDA BRIGHAM . YES, SIR. I'M SORRY, I GOT A LITTLE, UH, LATE. I WANTED TO ASK THE PARK AND RICHARD, UH, RECREATION LADIES, THAT, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A, A PAN HOA MEMBER TO GET THE DISCOUNT FOR THE RECREATION CENTER WITH THE HOA MEMBERSHIP? MIKE, MIKE, I, WE HAVE A LIST OF HOAS FROM THE CITY [00:50:01] MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND SO WE'RE ABLE, ONCE YOUR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT ENGAGES WITH US, WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN SET YOU UP WITH THE MEMBERSHIP. THANK YOU MS. BRIGHAM. I'M SORRY. ARTS HERITAGE CULTURE MANAGER. . GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING. I'M DESOTOS ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE MANAGER, AND I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE ARTS SAVES LIVES. FIRST, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR DESOTO, TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. MUSIC DOWN, NO MUSIC. OKAY. OKAY. DESOTO IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE ITS OFFICIAL LAUNCH FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF ITS FORMATION BY THE ESTEEMED DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. THIS EXCITING DEVELOPMENT MARCH, THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA FOR ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS THE FOUNDATION SETS OUT TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE CREATIVITY, SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS AND ENGAGING THE DESOTO COMMUNITY. WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S ENDORSEMENT, THE DESOTO, TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION IS NOW FULLY EMPOWERED TO PURSUE ITS MISSION OF FOSTERING A VIBRANT ARTS SCENE THAT EMBRACES DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION. THROUGH GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, ENGAGING EVENTS, AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, THE FOUNDATION IS DETERMINED TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE ARTS CAN THRIVE, ENRICHING THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. AS THE FOUNDATION BEGINS ITS JOURNEY, IT INVITES ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUSINESSES, AND ART ENTHUSIASTS TO JOIN IN ITS VISION. TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED ARTS COMMUNITY, ENSURING A BRIGHTER AND CULTURALLY ENRICHED FUTURE FOR DESOTO. THAT'S OUR NEW DESOTO, TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THEM. SECOND, WE HAVE A CALL FOR ARTIST, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLYER ON MY TABLE WITH THE BIG, HUGE BANNER OF ROLANDA FROM THE DESOTO ARTIST LAB. THE DESOTO ARTIST LAB RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE ITS THIRD ANNUAL RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS. OUR PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS ACROSS VARIOUS DISCIPLINES BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE DEDICATED SPACE, RESOURCES, AND MENTORSHIP TO FOSTER THEIR CREATIVE PRACTICES. THE DESOTO ARTIST LAB WILL PROVIDE GRANTS FOR UP TO 10 ARTISTS TO WORK AS RESIDENCIES AND VARIOUS SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WORKING PRIMARILY WITH A DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION, CITY AGENCY, OR IN A COMMERCIAL SPACE WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS OPEN ACCESS TO INTERACT WITH THE ARTISTS. THESE STIPEND BASED RESIDENCIES HAVE MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR THE ARTISTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. PROVIDING TIME AND SPACE FOR ARTISTS AND OTHER CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS TO WORK AND INVOLVING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN A VARIETY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ART FORMS. ARTISTS WILL BE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT ROLAND DE BRIGHAM DESOTO ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE MANAGER VIA EMAIL, VIA EMAIL R BRIGHAM@DESOTOTEXAS.GOV. FLYERS ARE ON THE TABLE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR SCULPTURE UNVEILING. WE JUST HAD, UM, OUR WONDERFUL SCULPTURE INSTALLED YESTERDAY AT, UM, ROY OR PARK AT ERNIE ROBERTS PARK. UH, BUT JOIN US FOR THE UNVEILING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 1:00 PM SO FLYERS ARE OUT, AND NOW YOU CAN PLAY THE VIDEO. THIS IS JUST SOME OF OUR DESOTO ARTIST LAB ARTISTRY. MR. NAJE UR, HE'S TRAVELED ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AS ONE OF OUR CURRENT ARTISTS. MS. LINDA LEE AND BARBARA [00:55:28] MS. ALEXIS FERRELL, BROADCAST JOURNALIST. WE HAVE A TEAM BROADCAST CLUB AT THE LIBRARY. DANA PRU WILLIS, MASTER STORYTELLER AND ARTIST KING SHAKURA, MICHELLE PRYOR SHELITA, JUST MANY OF THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND THEN OUR MURALIST FROM LAST YEAR, MR. JD MOORE JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB. ERIC HENDERSON, PHOTOGRAPHER, EXTRAORDINAIRE, WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST, LIVES HERE IN DESOTO AND IS PART OF OUR DESOTO ARTIST LAB PROGRAM. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE AMAZING ARTISTS HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THIS YEAR. OUR SHOWCASE WILL BE OCTOBER 21ST. PLEASE LOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT OUT A CALL FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL DESOTO ARTIST LAB PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BELIEVING IN THE ARTS BECAUSE IN DE SOTO, THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOVE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS . THANK YOU ROLANDA. DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT ALL OF THAT WAS GOING ON IN DESOTO? WE ARE DOING A LOT OF BIG THINGS HERE. WE TAKE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING. SO I'M GONNA BREAK THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A RAFFLE RIGHT NOW. OKAY? AND BECAUSE PARKS AND REC HAS BEEN SO VERY GENEROUS, WE ARE GIVING AWAY ONE FREE MONTH AT THE REC CENTER. AND THE TICKET IS LAST THREE DIGITS. 3 1 2. ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP. MS. HOWARD. MS. HOWARD IS THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF CANDLE MEADOW. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP. I WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE THING AND THEN WE'LL GET WITH PARKS AND REC AND HAVE YOU, UH, GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP. THANK YOU. AND THEN I'LL DO ONE. OKAY, TWO OTHER HOUSEKEEPING. I HAVE TWO MORE DIGNITARIES. I BELIEVE IN THE HOUSE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL HAS JOINED US IN THE BACK. AND ALSO DR. RAJ IS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DESOTO. ISD IS HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LADIES FOR COMING IN. UH, WE'LL DO ONE MORE RAFFLE. TICKET NUMBER 3, 2 3. 3, 2, 3. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? HOBBS. HOBBS. MR. HOBBS. THANK YOU MR. HOBBS. MR. HOBBS WILL GET A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO HOME DEPOT. HOBBS. YEAH, I KNOW . NOW WILL YOU GIVE ME YOUR NAME? OKAY. I HAVE SOME BRIEF INFORMATION TO SHOW YOU. UH, HOW MANY OF YOU REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO, TO THE NEW CITY LOGO, NEW BRANDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR? YOU GUYS LIKE THAT? WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW LOGO HERE THAT LIGHTS UP AND EVERYTHING. UM, MARKETING. YES. SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THE OLD LOGO, AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. WE'RE SO VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS. THIS IS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING ON, UM, [01:00:01] PLEASANT RUN, UH, IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT. THIS WILL BE HERE AT, AT THE CORNER WHERE SMOOTHIE KING IS, I BELIEVE AT THE CORNER OF, UH, HAMPTON ROAD AND PLEASANT RUN. THIS IS JUST A MOCKUP OF WHAT WILL BE OUT THERE, BUT THERE THIS WILL GO UP WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO AS WELL. IS THAT IT? THAT'S HOW WITH THAT ONE. AND THAT'S FROM OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT. SO YES MA'AM. I NOTICED STUFF. ARE THOSE LIKE BEING REPAIRED OR ARE YOU GUYS CHANGING THOSE? WELL, SOME OF THOSE WILL BE CHANGED OUT. THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY LONG PROCESS. THE FABRICATION, THE DESIGN. WE DID HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM OTHER, UH, RESIDENTS ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THERE WAS ONE, I BELIEVE COCKER HILL AND IS IT WINTERGREEN? THAT ONE CAME DOWN BECAUSE OF A CAR ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO AGO. UH, SO THAT WAS NOT GOING TO GO UP ANYTIME SOON. WE'RE STILL DOING THE DESIGN. THIS IS A LONG PROCESS AS PART OF THE REBRANDING, SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THAT. WE'LL ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG, UM, UH, LANDMARK THAT'S AT THE, UH, CORNER OF, UH, PLEASANT RUN AND THE FREEWAY, SOMEONE, THAT WAS ANOTHER ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED THERE. SO IT WAS, UH, PRETTY MESSED UP FOR A WHILE, BUT WE WE DID GET THAT ONE REPAIRED. UH, THE OTHER MONUMENTS WILL COME IN TIME AND THEN SEE THE SECRETARY IS HELPING US OUT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ANOTHER RAFFLE. HOW ABOUT THAT, ? OH, GOT A TICKET TO PUT IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, TICKET NUMBER 2 9 8 2 9 8. THERE YOU GO. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? TAMMY ADAMS. TAMMY ADAMS. HOW YOU DOING? MISS TAMMY ADAMS. SHE'S ANOTHER HOA PRESIDENT AND YOU'LL GET A $50 GIFT CARD TO HOME DEPOT. GIMME JUST A SECOND. MS. BECKY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. SO I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT STREET LIGHTING OR HIGHWAY LIGHTING. SO I SENT A EMAIL TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR LIGHTING ON I 35 BETWEEN PLEASANT RUN AND WINTERGREEN. THERE'S A SERIES OF LIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TURNING ON AT NIGHT FOR MONTHS NOW, AND THEY SAID THAT THE SOTO TAKES CARE OF THAT. SO I'M WONDERING WHO WOULD I ADDRESS THAT QUESTION TO TO MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTING IN THAT STRIP IS TURNED ON? YOU CAN REPORT THAT. UH, SEE MS. SONYA RANDALL, SHE'LL TAKE DOWN YOUR INFORMATION. UM, AND IT'S ENCORE. THANK YOU. ENCORE HANDLES THOSE KINDS OF LIGHTS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM ON WHAT'S GOING ON. I, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LIGHTS BEING OUT, BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY. IT'S ENCORE AS WELL. SO SHOULD GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, YOUR QUESTION, OR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CONCERN, AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU. SORRY, I I I CAUGHT THE TAIL END OF THAT ONE. WAS THAT A QUESTION ABOUT AN OUT, A STREETLIGHT BEING OUT HIGHWAY. OH, ON, ON THE, ON THE HIGHWAY. OKAY. ON I 35? YES. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO REPORT THAT TO THE CITY AND THEN WE'LL THEN, WE'LL, WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT ONE TO THE CITY ON, UH, CORNER STREET LIGHT. WE JUST HAD ONE THAT WAS REPLACED TO AN LED D OKAY. WHICH LIGHTS UP SO WELL. YEP. COURSE IT LASTED A WEEK AND IT WENT OUT, BUT, OH, REALLY? OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S STRANGE. THANK YOU. YEP, THANK YOU. THE POINT IS, IS THROUGH THE POINT OF CONTACT, I HAVE ALL OF THEM CHANGED FROM THOSE ORANGE S WHATEVER LAST THEY'RE MM-HMM. TO THE LED D IS THAT, YEAH. SO, SO WHAT WE'VE, SO WE'VE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE AS THEY, SO, AS A, AS A UNIT GOES BAD, AND IT MIGHT NOT JUST BE THAT THE, THE LIGHT BULB, RIGHT? BUT AS, AS THE, THE WHOLE HEAD GOES BAD, THEY COME IN AND THEY REPLACE THAT WITH AN LED LIGHT ON, ON THAT. SO THAT'S HOW THAT CHANGE OVER HAPPENS OVER TIME, UH, ON THAT. SO, SO AS, AS A LIGHT GOES BAD, THEY'LL COME IN AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE KIND OF IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, SOME BEING, UH, CHANGED. WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING MANY OF THE ONES ALONG OUR MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS TO LEDS ON THAT. BUT THAT'S AN UPGRADE THAT WE HAVE TO DO ALL AT ONE TIME WITH THEM AND PAY FOR IT, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT PART. SO IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS RIGHT, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE YOU SHOULD START TO SEE THOSE BEING CHANGED OUT TO LEDS AS THE UNITS, AS THE HEADS ON THEM GO BAD, UM, CHANGE OVER TO LED IF YOUR COMMUNITY [01:05:01] IS INTERESTED IN ACCELERATING THAT TIMELINE. OKAY. 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME THAT HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOA MAY BE WILLING TO PAY THE UPGRADE COST TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. UH, THEN THAT FEE IS, IT'S DEPENDING ON HOW MANY LIGHTS YOU HAVE, IT, IT VARIES, RIGHT? BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE THAT'S BEEN HIGHER THAN ABOUT THREE OR $4,000 TOTAL FOR THE, FOR THE TRANSITION FOR ALL THE LIGHTS AND THE HOA. UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S DEPENDING, ASSUMING YOU HAVE A NORMAL SIZED COMMUNITY WITH NORMAL AMOUNT OF LIGHTS, UM, WITH THAT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT UPGRADE. UM, AND THEN WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND JUST SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM. GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, AND DO IT. AND THE HOA WILL PAY YOU, UM, TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE WITH THOSE LIGHTS ALL AT ONE TIME RATHER THAN WAITING THE, THE, THE, THE, THE YEARS IT WOULD TAKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS TRANSITION SLOWLY. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IT'S IN REFERENCE TO REPUBLIC, TO THE, UH, BULK TRASH. OKAY. REPUBLIC WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT TRASH. OKAY. UM, I CAN'T FIND MY PRESENTATION . SO WE'RE GOING TO GO SKIP AHEAD NOW. I'LL COME UP A LITTLE LATER. UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTER. WE HAVE, UH, MS. RENEE THOMAS, WHO IS HERE FROM DESOTO, ISD. MS. THOMAS IS A 20 YEAR DESOTO RESIDENT, CURRENTLY SERVING AS BUSINESS PARTNER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR DESOTO ISD, ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. MS. THOMAS HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE DESOTO ARTS COMMISSION, THE DESOTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE DESOTO CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. SHE IS A NATIVE OF TYLER, TEXAS WITH A 40 YEAR HISTORY IN THE DFW AREA. LET'S WELCOME MS. THOMAS. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE TO BEGIN BY, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN, OUR SUPER SUPERINTENDENT, DR. SAMA ROGERS, WHO GOT UP EARLY AND CAME OUT WITH US. AND I TRIED TO PASS ON THIS PRESENTATION TO HER, AND SHE SAID, NOW, THAT'S YOUR JOB. . SO , UH, BUT, UH, AS USUAL, SUPPORTING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SO MANY HOAS AT ONE TIME, UH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE MUST HAVE FOR ANY DEGREE OF SUCCESS IS CONNECTIVITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TODAY. UM, MAKE SURE I NOT USE THIS. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, SO ISD OF COURSE, WE START WITH OUR MISSION AND VISION, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THESE SO MANY TIMES THAT YOU KNOW THEM AS WELL AS WE DO. BUT WE WANT TO INSPIRE CURIOSITY, CONSCIOUSNESS, DEVELOP CHARACTER, BUILD COURAGE AND NURTURE COMPASSION, UH, OUR MISSION, UH, TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITHOUT EXCEPTION, LEARN AND GROW AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS, TO SEEK EACH INDIVIDUAL'S OUTCOMES. AND OF COURSE, OUR VALUES. EVERY STUDENT, RELENTLESS EQUITY, UNCONDITIONAL BELONGING, COLLECTIVE EXCELLENCE, COURAGEOUS LEARNING IN COMMUNITY GREATNESS, UM, BY THE NUMBERS, I THINK I NEED TO UPDATE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBER. IT'S GOING UP A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT. SO, UM, BUT WE WERE AT 5,600. WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE'RE MOVING UPWARD, UH, ABOUT 800 EMPLOYEES WITH 11 CAMPUSES IN THE 23 SQUARE MILES OF DESO, OUR AAA EXPERIENCE. UH, THIS YEAR WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY EMBRACING OUR ACADEMICS, ARTS, AND ATHLETICS. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE AWARE FOR ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THOSE THREE AREAS IN PARTICULAR. UM, AND WE WANNA SHARE A FEW UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WITH YOU. UM, THE, UM, THE CALENDAR OF COURSE WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS ON, UH, A LOT OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMS. SO IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS, WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN, THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE@DESOTOISD.ORG. IF YOU HAVE A NEED TO VISIT A CAMPUS, UM, THEN MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WITH OUR NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PARTICULAR, YOU MUST BRING A PHOTO ID. YOU WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH A RAPTURE SYSTEM FOR CLEARANCE, UH, TO THEN BE ABLE TO ENTER THE CAMPUS AND MOVE INTO WHATEVER AREA. UH, THIS CHECK-IN WILL BE REQUIRED FOR EVERY VISIT FROM EVERY CAMPUS, EVERY TIME. AND WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS RATHER THAN DROP BY THE CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON THAT YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO IS IN FACT THERE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE MOVING FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS, UH, DURING THE COURSE OF ANY GIVEN DAY, UH, AND ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL OFFICE AS WELL. SO, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE YOUR TIME AND OUR TIME AND EVERYBODY'S TIME TO GET WHAT WE NEED DONE, UH, JUST MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. [01:10:01] SO WE'LL BE AWARE AND ANY APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE. AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS OVER AND OVER, EMAIL INFO IN FO@DESOTOISD.ORG. THAT'S YOUR SWITCHBOARD IIN INFO, IN FO@DESOTOISD.ORG. UM, LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAFETY. UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO, UM, RESERVE ACCESS TO ANY CAMPUSES TO ONLY ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL. UM, AND THAT JUST KEEPS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON WHO'S ON CAMPUS AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME. IF YOU ARE NOT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, UH, PLEASE AVOID THE CAMPUSES DURING TIMES WHERE STUDENTS ARE PRESENT. IF WE CAN WORK WITH YOU IN OTHER CAPACITIES, MEET YOU OTHER PLACES, THAT JUST HELPS US TO KEEP EVERYBODY, UH, IN ONE MINDSET AND, AND SAFE AND SECURE, AND KNOWING WHO'S COMING IN AND OUT, IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ANY MOVEMENTS IN THE BUILDING, WHO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR THAT'S IN THE BUILDING, WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, SO WE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SCHEDULE, UH, OFF HOURS TIME, SO ANY VISITS WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF STAFF. AND THEN AGAIN, FOR GENERAL INFORMATION, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO EMAIL INFO IN FO@DESOTOISD.ORG. RISCO HAS, UM, BEEN REESTABLISHED THIS YEAR, AND WE, UH, APPRECIATE THE SUPPORTS OF SO MANY OF YOU. MANY OF YOU HAVE DONATED TO DRESS CODE FUNDS OR, UH, DONATED GENTLY USED UNIFORMS. WE APPRECIATE THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS, UH, A, A MORE UNIFORM PRESENCE WITH OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR DRESS CODE. AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY WHO'S ON CAMPUS AND THAT THEY ARE, IN FACT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE WHO WE WANT THEM TO LOOK LIKE. UM, AND SO WE, UM, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE CHILDREN IN, IN SCHOOLS TO ADHERE TO THE DRESS CODE AND ANY ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US. AND DONATING TO THE DRESS CODE, AGAIN, EMAIL INFO INF O@DESOTOID.ORG, AND WE'LL GET YOU INTO THAT. UM, ALSO LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. WE VOLUNTEER WITH THE, HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF THE DISTRICT. OUR BALI NOW A BALI SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE TO SETTLE ISD.ORG. YOU CAN SIGN IN ON THERE. YOU CAN CLICK IN ON THERE TO LOOK FOR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, TO ACTUALLY APPLY TO, OR JUST PUT YOUR NAME IN IN GENERAL TO BE AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN CAMPUSES OR IN CERTAIN CAPACITIES. IF YOU HAVE A, A VESTED INTEREST IN, IN THE ARTS, IN SCIENCE, IN MATH, UM, YOU CAN DO A GENERAL VOLUNTEER PROFILE SO THAT YOU CAN BE AVAILABLE. IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN A SPECIFIC SCHOOL THAT MAY BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYBE IT'S WHERE YOUR KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL, UH, YOU CAN SIGN UP IN THAT CAPACITY THROUGH OUR VOLLEY SYSTEM. UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS IN, UM, TO DO CAMPUS REPORTING. UH, OUR CAMPUSES ARE SO BUSY AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PARENT REPORTERS OUT THERE, AND WE NEED SOME MORE. UH, SO IF YOU HAVE A KID AT A CAMPUS AND YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THAT KID ANYWAY, AND YOU'RE TAKING PICTURES, IF YOU WANNA SHARE SOME OF THOSE PICTURES AND THOSE STORIES WITH US, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM. 'CAUSE THAT COULD BE SOME GOOD COVERAGE OF AN EVENT OR ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO ANY OF YOUR PHOTO BUGS THAT YOU KNOW, REALLY LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES OR, OR ANY OF YOUR VIDEOGRAPHERS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE SOME OF THE BEST VIDEOS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY COULD, COULD USE YOUR SUPPORT. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THERE ARE DIFFERENT EVENTS OR SOMETHING GOING ON WHEN YOU SIGN UP AS A VOLUNTEER, WE CAN HELP ASSIGN YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHICH CAMPUSES TO GO TO, WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON. AND, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. AND AGAIN, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AREA FOR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AND JOIN THE PTA, WE NEED YOUR HELP IN THE PTA PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF THE VIABLE AND VALUABLE TOOLS AT ANY CAMPUS, IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN JOIN A PTA. AND IT IS REALLY SIMPLE. JOIN PTA.ORG AND IT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK FOR DESOTO ICET, YOU LOOK FOR A SPECIFIC CAMPUS, AND IT'LL LET YOU SIGN UP THROUGH THAT CAPACITY. SO IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY, PLEASE JOIN THE PTA. SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, WE DO HAVE THE COLLEGE FAIR COMING UP THIS WEEK. IT'S ON THE 14TH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 14TH. IT WILL BE AT DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL ON THE ACADEMY SIDE. AND THAT IS THE ENTRANCE THAT IS BEHIND THE GYMNASIUM. IF YOU COME UP EAGLE DRIVE AND THEY DRIVE BY THE GYM, GO TO THE BACK AREA AND PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ACADEMY'S ENTRANCE. WE HAVE SEVERAL COLLEGES THAT ARE THERE. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN TO ALL DESOTO, ISD STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO IF YOU HAVE, UH, STUDENTS, VISITING STUDENTS IN [01:15:01] YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME. UH, STUDENTS OF ALL AGES ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME. YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL TO START THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE. SO IF YOU HAVE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE KIDS, PLEASE BRING THEM OUT AND HELP THEM TO START THINKING ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF COLLEGE. WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME TRADE SCHOOLS, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS. SO THAT WILL BE YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT ANYONE NEEDS. IF THAT IS COMING UP THIS THURSDAY, UH, FROM, UH, OUR ART SIDE, OUR AWARD-WINNING, UH, ACAPELLA CHOIR IS ON THE MOVE. AGAIN. THEY'RE SINGING, THEY'RE SINGING TUESDAY AT THE HOLOCAUST, UM, MUSEUM IN DALLAS, BUT THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER PERFORMANCE IN OCTOBER WITH THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER. THEY'LL BE RE RECREATING THEIR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE WITH THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER, DANCE AFRICA PERFORMANCE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR FOOTBALL TEAM. UH, WE HAVE A GAME TONIGHT, AND WE'LL BE MOVING ON THERE. SO OUR DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS ARE ON THE MARCH TO RETURN TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. SO OUR AAA EXPERIENCE IS MOVING FORWARD. WE ASK YOU TO JOIN US AND TO BE A PART OF IT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE CAN DO IS ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO GO TO SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER'S ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU CAN'T WIN IT IF YOU'RE NOT IN IT. SO WE ASK YOUR KIDS TO BE IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY, EVERY TIME, AND LEARN WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU AND TO LEARN, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT YOU MUST BE IN IT TO WIN IT. SO COME TO SCHOOL, COME TO SCHOOL, COME TO SCHOOL. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE OR OBSERVE THAT, UH, CAN BE, THAT YOU THINK THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, AGAIN, SEND THAT EMAIL TO INFO IN FO@DESOTOISD.ORG AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU SAW, WHERE YOU SAW IT, AND IT WOULD MAYBE MAKE IT, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY, ADDRESS, WHATEVER NEED, UH, THAT COMES ALONG. IF YOU HAVE, UM, RESOURCES THAT PERHAPS CAN BE SHARED WITH, UH, FAMILIES, TRANSPORTATION, CLOTHING, HOUSING, UH, ANY OF THOSE NEEDS, AGAIN, INFO, INF O@DESOTOISD.ORG. AND THEN WE CAN HELP TO ADDRESS WHATEVER NEEDS THAT A STUDENTS OR FAMILY MAY BE HAVING TO GET THE KIDS IN SCHOOL. BUT JUST IN GENERAL, IF YOU MAKE CONTACT WITH A CHILD, ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL. ASK 'EM HOW SCHOOL WAS TODAY. LET THEM TELL YOU THEIR STORY. YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU BEEN, DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL TODAY? HEY, YOU NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL, BE IN SCHOOL. EVERYBODY GO TO SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR THAT IN ADVANCE, , UM, NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS COMING UP. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS, UM, JOINING IN WITH THE CITY'S EVENTS SO WE CAN PARTICIPATE, UH, WITH THEM. IN GENERAL, OUR SCHOOL ZONES ARE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. UH, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE OBSERVE ALL OF THE SCHOOL ZONES AS THEY GO THROUGH. UM, SOME OF YOU MAY BE A PART OF GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AGAIN, YOU SEND THAT INFO INFORMATION TO INFO AT DESOTO ISD.ORG, INFO INF O@DESOTOISD.ORG. AND IF YOU CAN SEND, UH, THE, ANY FLYERS THAT YOU HAVE, ALONG WITH ALL THE ACCOMPANYING DETAILS, AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE AND WHEN IT'LL BE SHARED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF, UH, OUR DESOTO ISD FAMILY. UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES FROM THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF SCHOOL. UM, SO MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS BACK. OUR STUDENTS CAME BACK HAPPY AND SMILING AND READY TO LEARN, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE TO SEE HIM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? UH, MS. THOMAS DOES HAVE A TABLE OUT FRONT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO, UM, REALLY LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE DO PARTNER WITH THE ISDD. WE DO A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER. THEY'RE INVITED TO MANY OF OUR EVENTS, AND, UM, THEY INCLUDE THE CITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. OKAY. WE DO HAVE MY PRESENTATION NOW. WE, WE YOU GUYS GETTING VALUABLE INFORMATION SO FAR? YES. LIKING THIS, I KNOW IT'S A LOT, BUT, UH, TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS HERE TO LET YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT THE CITY. WE NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN TOUCH WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION WILL TOUCH YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, WITH THE ISD BEING HERE. SOME OF YOU MAY BE PARENTS, PROBABLY MORE SO GRANDPARENTS. AND WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME NOW WHERE GRANDPARENTS ARE BEING PARENTS TO STUDENTS AS WELL. SO WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, UH, BE AWARE. UH, THESE ARE SOME UPDATES FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UM, [01:20:02] UH, ONE THING WE WANNA BRING UP, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CALLED LATELY ASKING ABOUT THE LED LIGHTS BEING INSTALLED HERE IN THE CITY. UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A POLICY, UH, FOR UPGRADING EXISTING STREET LIGHTS TO THE LED STREET LIGHTS. AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY HAVE A LONGER LIFESPAN, PROVIDE GREATER ENERGY, AND THEY'RE BRIGHTER AND THEY'RE PRETTY, AND EVERYBODY REALLY LIKES IT. HOWEVER, THERE'S A PROCESS TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE CITY HAS DECIDED THAT, UM, UH, IT WILL GO IN THIS ORDER. THE ARTERIAL STREETS, WHICH ARE THOSE THAT ARE, UH, LIKE COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE MAJOR ENTRIES INTO THE CITY WILL BE, UM, SERVICE FIRST, AND THEN THE MAJOR COLLECTOR STREETS, WHICH ARE LIKE HAMPTON AND PLEASANT RUN, BELTLINE AND, UH, HAMPTON ROAD. UM, AND THEN THE COLLECTOR STREETS ARE THOSE THAT FEED OFF FROM THERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, RESIDENTIAL IS GOING TO BE THE LAST ON THE LIST. HOWEVER, IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THESE LIGHTS AHEAD OF TIME, UM, THE CITY HAS ALREADY WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF HOAS, UH, WHO EXPEDITED THIS TRANSITION. I BELIEVE SILVER CREEK IS ONE THAT HAS ALREADY DONE IT. THEY'RE VERY HAPPY, UH, WITH THE, UH, OUTCOME. UM, THE HOA OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THOSE FEES, BUT THERE'S A CONVERSION THAT THE COST WILL VARY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S NORMALLY UNDER ABOUT $10,000. SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, JUST LET US KNOW. UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CAMERON, WHO'S SITTING OVER HERE, UH, HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH ENCORE ON THAT PROJECT. SO IF YOUR HOA IS INTERESTED IN DOING THE LED LIGHTS AHEAD OF TIME, UH, WE'LL HOOK, HOOK YOU UP WITH, UH, ICE TO GET THAT PROCESS GOING. EXCUSE ME, I'M LOSING MY VOICE. OKAY. NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM? EVERYBODY IN HERE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. WHAT IS THAT? IT'S A PROGRAM, UH, THAT THE CITY, UH, PROVIDES TO, UM, MATCH FUNDS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS IN DESOTO. MATCHING GRANT FUNDS MEANS THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE A GIVEN AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO THE HOA ONCE YOU SHOW EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE THAT AMOUNT IN YOUR ACCOUNT OR ACCESSIBLE, UH, FOR YOUR, UM, COMMUNITY. THE GRANT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO HOAS ANNUALLY, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY CITY COUNCIL. NOW, NORMALLY IT'S $25,000 A YEAR THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, BACK IN 2020 COUNCIL, UH, UP THAT TO $50,000 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. UM, BECAUSE, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE STORM THAT CAME AFTER THAT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS LOST ALL THEIR SHRUBBERY AND ALL THE NICE THINGS THAT MAKE THE ENTRYWAYS, UH, UH, LOOK APPEALING, UH, UH, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING. AND SO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL DID, UH, UH, DECIDE TO DO THAT. SO THAT COULD HAPPEN PERIODICALLY DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE FOR THE, UH, GRANT PROGRAM IS TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WE WANT YOU TO THRIVE. WE WANT YOU TO, UH, BE ACTIVE AND KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS. UH, IT'S TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF THOSE CITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO ESTABLISH GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE HOAS AND CITY GOVERNMENT. UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, IT STIMULATES INTER NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION AND COOPERATION, ENCOURAGES NEW COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND THEN STIMULATE INTERACTION BETWEEN ALL OF THE HOAS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. UH, IS YOUR ORGANIZATION ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU ARE AN HOA OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT IS REGISTERED WITH THE CITY? THERE IS, YOU HAVE PRESENTED US WITH YOUR BYLAWS AND, UH, YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL THAT CRITICAL INFORMATION. UH, WE GIVE YOU A SPOT ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AND, UM, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. UH, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY IN THE FISCAL YEAR BY OCTOBER 31ST TO, TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS IS TWO ROUNDS. THERE'S ONE IN THE FALL WITH A $500 LIMIT, AND YOU'LL USE THOSE FUNDS MOSTLY FOR, UM, UM, DECORATIONS AND, UH, HOLIDAY PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND ROUND IS IN THE SPRING, AND THAT'S THE, UH, COMPETITIVE ROUND FOR YOUR GRANTS FOR, UH, BEAUTIFICATION MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ EVERYTHING HERE TO YOU FOR, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT YOU, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO, UH, UM, INCORPORATE AS A HOA, WE DO HAVE RESOURCES [01:25:01] AVAILABLE FOR YOU. ALSO, WHEN YOU CAME IN, I GAVE YOU A PACKET WITH SOME INFORMATION, UH, GENERAL INFORMATION ON HOAS THAT YOU CAN LOOK, UH, LOOK AT. AND THEN THE HOA MUST PROVIDE A TIMELINE FOR YOUR PROJECT. SHOW EVIDENCE THAT THE FUNDS WERE USED BY THE SET DEADLINES, AND YOU HAVE TO USE ALL OF YOUR FUNDS IN THAT FISCAL YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WHAT KINDS OF PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING? LANDSCAPING, COMPUTE, COOPERATIVE NETWORK, UH, SEASONAL DECORATIONS, CREATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, AND SAFETY RELATED EQUIPMENT. THAT'S, UH, SOMETIMES WE, UH, HAVE GIVEN THE GRANTS FOR, UM, UH, CAMERAS AT THE ENTRYWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT PROJECTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, CAN'T DRINK WITH CITY FUNDS. . UH, WE ALSO DON'T WANT YOU CONTRIBUTING TO ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. AND THIS IS NOT, I I DO GET CALLS SOMETIMES FROM INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS THINKING THAT THE HOA PROGRAM IS FOR THEM, IS FOR THE HOA. IT'S NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS. WE DO, WE DO NOT HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT. UM, I'M GOING TO, EVERYONE WHO'S HERE WILL GET A PACKET WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOA PROCESS. UM, THESE ITEMS ARE REQUIRED WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION. WE HAD A, A FEW PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROCESS THIS LAST TIME, THE COMPETITIVE PART. AND, UM, THEY WERE DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE OF THE, THE BOARD THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER TO DECIDE WHO WOULD, UH, GET WHAT FUNDS. AND, UH, THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE WAS VERY, WELL, THEY WERE STICKLERS ABOUT ALL OF THE, THE, UH, REQUIRED INFORMATION BEING THERE. SO WE HAD SOME PRETTY PROMINENT HOAS THAT DID NOT GET FUNDING BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS MISSING FROM THE PACKET. UM, AND IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SUBMIT THE PACKET IN ITS ENTIRETY AND HAS ALL OF THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IN THERE WHERE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU FORGOT TO PUT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN THERE. THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE WHO DID DO EVERYTHING LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. SO THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE AN ACTUAL CHECKLIST FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO INCLUDE EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING. OKAY. AND HOW DO YOU APPLY BY CONTACTING THE CITY? YOU CAN CALL ME AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT 9 7 2 2 3 0 9 6 4 3 OR EMAIL ME AT BLEWIS@DESOTOTEXAS.GOV. AND THEN, UM, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, THE APPLICATION AND ALL THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE ON THE, UH, CITY'S WEBSITE. OKAY. THE FIRST ROUND, WHICH ARE THE FALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 5:00 PM THIS IS FOR THE $500 FUNDS THAT YOU CAN USE, UH, OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? NOPE. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO PROVIDE TO HOAS THAT I MENTIONED. THE WEBSITE, IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, YOU CHANGE YOUR BOARD MEMBERS, YOU WANT A NEW PICTURE UP, YOU DON'T WANT YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER PUBLISHED, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, PLEASE CONTACT ME. GIVE US A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET THAT UPDATED. ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY IS ALSO RE WE'RE GETTING A NEW WEBSITE AS WELL. SO , UM, THAT'S PART OF THE REBRANDING PROCESS. SO ALL OF YOUR, THE HOA RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF BURIED INTO OUR WEBSITE, SO WE'RE BRINGING IT UP TO THE FOREFRONT. UH, HOAS CAN ALSO HAVE MEETING SPACE FOR YOUR OWN HOA MEETING OR IF YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY OR SPECIAL EVENT, UH, WE'D HAVE TO VERIFY THAT YOU ARE AN HOA, UH, AND SO WHEN YOU CONTACT PARKS, I'M SORRY, THE CIVIC CENTER FOR THAT, THEN THEY WILL VERIFY WITH ME IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED HOA AND THEN YOU CAN GET THAT COMPLIMENTARY ROOM. YES, SIR. YEAH. MY QUESTION IS, IF THE FUNDS NOT USED, WOULD THAT ROLL INTO THE NEXT YEAR TO APPLY FOR? NO. OKAY. NO, IT'S BY FISCAL YEAR. AND WE DO USE ALL THE, WE DO DISTRIBUTE ALL OF THE FUNDS. YEAH, I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY HAD LIKE A BUDGET ALLOCATED FOR ALL THE OAS AND IF THAT, IF THEY DON'T USE ALL THE MONEY THAT THE BUDGET FOR IT. OH, IF YOU DON'T USE YOUR MONEY. NO, NO. WHAT I'M SAYING IS Y'ALL HAVE A FUND, UH, A GENERAL FUND, THAT BUDGET THAT COVER THE, THE, UM, THE HOA PROGRAM. YEP. THERE THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE THAT $25,000 A YEAR. SO THAT IS NOT USED INTO THAT FISCAL YEAR THAT THAT ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR. NO, NO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [01:30:02] OKAY. AND THAT IS IT FOR ME. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. OKAY. I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR THE LED SWAPPING, LIKE BY 2025 THAT WILL BE DONE. NO. YEAH. THE, THE, THE RANKING THAT WE'RE DOING IS ARTERIAL ROADS, THAT MAJOR COLLECTOR ROADS, COLLECTOR ROADS, THEN RESIDENTIAL ROADS. RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EXPECT ARTERIAL ROADS ALONE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, ON IT. THEN COLLECTORS AFTER THAT. SO, SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE SEVERAL YEARS. OKAY. UH, BEFORE WE GET THE IDEA IS THAT THOUGH, IS THAT ENCORE IS REPLACING THEIRS, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? BECAUSE LESS LIGHTS ARE BEING SWITCHED OUT BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM ARE ALREADY CONVERTED TO LED. YEAH. UH, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF ACCELERATE AS WE KEEP MAKING THIS TRANSITION HAPPEN. YEAH. ALRIGHT. YEAH. BUT, BUT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, I, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THOSE TO BE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, ON THAT, THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T EVEN AT THIS POINT, WE HAVEN'T REALLY ANTICIPATED COSTING FOR THE COLLECTOR ROADS. WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ON ARTERIAL ROADS AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, UH, WE, WE, I I LIVE IN A, OBVIOUSLY IN DESOTO AND WE HAVE A, UH, KIVA PARK, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PICNIC AREA, JUST LIKE WE HAVE HERE, CLOSE TO THIS PARK. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET A, A PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO GO HAVE A PICNIC THAT'S COVERED, SHADED? WOULD THAT BE A MATCHING GRANT OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT PARKS ADJACENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? I'M SORRY? ADJACENT TO YOUR YES. KEEP WITH ME. LET'S LOOK AT THE MAP AND SEE WHERE THE PROPERTY LIES. IT IS A CITY PARK ALREADY. YES. OH, YOU JUST WANT TO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THE DIRECTOR WAS HERE. STILL GIVE YOUR INFORMATION TO, UH, ONE OF THE LADIES WITH THE WHITE SHIRT ON AND UH, WE'LL, WE'LL START THAT PROCESS FOR YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. EVERYBODY'S HERE TO TALK TRASH . WELL, WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS AN EXPERT ON TALKING TRASH. WE HAVE MS. LEE FERGUSON, WHO JOINED REPUBLIC SERVICES IN MARCH, 2019 AS A MUNICIPAL SERVICES MANAGER AT THE LEWISVILLE HAULING OFFICE. IN NOVEMBER 22, LEE TRANSFERRED TO THE SOUTH DALLAS HAULING OFFICE WHERE SHE GETS TO SERVE THE CITY OF DESOTO AND THE BEST SOUTHWEST COMMUNITIES. SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR EARNING AND RETAINING BUSINESS WITH MUNICIPALITIES IN HER TERRITORY. IN ADDITION TO CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, LEE HANDLES CUSTOMER SERVICE, PUBLIC RELATIONS, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. PRIOR TO JOINING REPUBLIC SERVICES, LEE WORKED FOR SIX YEARS FOR ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN AUSTIN AND FORT WORTH. SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM GEORGIA TECH AND A MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM UT ARLINGTON. THAT'S WELCOME. LEE FERGUSON WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES. YOU, YOU ALWAYS HATE HEARING YOUR BIO, BUT, UM, WHAT'S FUNNY, LIKE BECKY SAID, I USED TO WORK FOR, I USED TO WORK IN POLITICS AND SO IF YOU'D EVER TOLD ME FIVE YEARS AGO THAT I'D BECOME A SUBJECT MATTER IN TRASH, I WOULD'VE SAID, YOU'RE CRAZY. AND PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE SAME THING, RIGHT? . SO, ANYWAY, OKAY. THIS IS MY CLICKER, RIGHT, BECKY? YES. OKAY, AWESOME. UM, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU GUYS. I I GET TO COME TO DESOTO QUITE A BIT AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF NEW FACES TODAY, SO, GREAT. OKAY. I'M GONNA TRY TO TALK FAST, UM, BUT ALSO, UM, BE ARTICULATE JUST TO TRY TO MAKE UP SOME TIME. UM, BUT YOU GUYS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, KNOW THAT REPUBLIC SERVICES HAS BEEN THE SOLID WASTE PROVIDER FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UM, OVER 25 YEARS WITH PREVIOUS COMPANIES, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, A PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS FOR A LONG TIME. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE, OUR DRIVERS, UM, OUR HELPERS, OUR SUPERVISORS, THEY KNOW DESOTO, THEY KNOW THE ALLEYS, THEY KNOW THE EXPECTATIONS, THEY KNOW HABITS, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO OUR SUPERVISOR, UM, RUBEN REGA, HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR 20 YEARS. UM, AND SO HE'S AN ASSET FOR SURE. I ALSO, I FAILED TO DO THIS. OUR BOSS, OUR GENERAL MANAGER IS SCOTT HEMPEL AND HE'S SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE. AND SO HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR SOUTH DALLAS. YEAH. SCOTT . HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR SOUTH DALLAS LOCATIONS AS WELL AS OUR COR ACANA LOCATIONS. OKAY. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'M GONNA BRING UP IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME CHANGES THAT ARE COMING, BUT, UM, DESOTO RESIDENTS HAVE BASICALLY HAD LIKE THE ENVY OF SOLID WASTE SERVICE IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH IN TEXAS. UM, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE HAD UNLIMITED BULK AND BRUSH FOR A VERY [01:35:01] LONG TIME, TWICE A WEEK SERVICE. AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING A FEW CHANGES, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT. UH, UH, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. IT'S NOT BAD. IT'S NOT BAD . UM, AND THEN JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UH, SO WE, WE ARE A LARGE COMPANY. I MEAN, WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE 40,000 EMPLOYEES. AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE SO PROUD AS, AS REPUBLICAN EMPLOYEES TO WORK FOR THIS COMPANY. SO LIKE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. UH, WE WERE JUST RE-CERTIFIED AS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. SO, UM, THEY DID A SAMPLING OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND 87% OF THOSE EMPLOYEES SAID WE ARE A GREAT COMPANY. AND SO THAT, I, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN, UM, WE GOT THE 2023 MOST ETHICAL COMPANY. SO AS YOU GUYS CAN IMAGINE, I MEAN, WE'RE A, WE'RE PUBLICLY TRADED, WE'RE HIGHLY REGULATED 'CAUSE WE DEAL WITH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, SERVICES LIKE TCEQ, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO FOR US TO BE, AND WE'RE SCRUTINIZED FRANKLY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE THE MOST ETHICAL COMPANY, WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL. UM, WE JUST INTRODUCED THE FIRST ELECTRIC TRASH TRUCK, UH, INTO THE INDUSTRY. UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S CRAZY. BUT, UM, BASICALLY WE'RE ROLLING THIS STUFF OUT ON THE WEST COAST. A LOT OF THIS IS BECAUSE THE, THE WEST COAST, THEY HAVE, UH, MANDATES, YOU KNOW, FROM THE GOVERNMENT, UH, TO GO, UH, TO ZERO WASTE ELECTRIFY, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELP MEETING THOSE DEMANDS. SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA ROLL IT OUT IN CARLSBAD AND PORTLAND. AND SO WE HERE IN TEXAS, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE BASICALLY IF A CITY'S INTERESTED THEN WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON PUTTING ELECTRIC TRASH TRUCKS HERE. UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S PRE PRETTY COOL THAT, UM, WE ROLLED THIS OUT. AND THEN ANOTHER REALLY NEAT THING IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE, ARE BUILDING THE FIRST POLYMER CENTER. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR POLYMER CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS UP AT THAT TOP LEFT, 14 MILLION TONS OF PLASTIC, UM, GET PROCESSED SOMEHOW. SO 10 MILLION OF THAT GOES TO THE LANDFILL, 2 MILLION OF THAT GETS BURNED. SO LIKE IN THE NORTHEAST, LIKE BOSTON, THEY DON'T HAVE LANDFILLS, THEIR STUFF GETS BURNED. UM, AND THEN 1.7 MILLION GETS RECOVERED OR DOWN CYCLED, AND THEN ONLY 0.3 MILLION GETS RECOVERED AND GOES BACK INTO THE CIRCULAR MARKET. WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THERE ARE COMPANIES OUT THERE LIKE COCA-COLA AND NESTLE AND LIKE THE BIG CONSUMER PACKAGING WHERE THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO USE RECYCLED MATERIAL IN THEIR PRODUCTS. SO OUR POLYMER CENTER IS BASICALLY THEY, ANY PLASTIC BOTTLE THAT COMES OUTTA DE SOTO, WE'RE GONNA PROCESS IT AT OUR RECYCLING CENTER. WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TO VEGAS. 'CAUSE THAT'S OUR FIRST ONE. THEY'RE GONNA PROCESS IT, PRODUCE FLAKE, AND THEN SELL IT TO THOSE COMPANIES. AND SO I KNOW, LIKE I TOLD YOU, I COULD TALK TO YOU ALL DAY ABOUT THIS STUFF AND I DON'T WANNA BORE YOU, BUT I THINK IT'S FASCINATING. AND SO BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA COME UP, UP, UM, WITH ONE IN HOUSTON, UH, IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THEN THE NORTHEAST. AND SO, AND THIS IS PAT PATENTED TECHNOLOGY. UM, SO JUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO RECYCLE, WE DO SOMETHING WITH IT . OKAY? AND THEN THIS IS ALSO FANTASTIC. UM, WE STARTED OUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR DIESEL TECHNICIANS AND WE ARE THE ONLY CO TRASH COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE THIS. SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING I 20 WEST, GOING DOWN MOUNTAIN CREEK, YOU LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT AND YOU SEE THAT PRETTY RED STAR ON THE BUILDING, THAT IS WHAT THAT IS. AND SO IT'S A 12 WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE WE SEND DIESEL TECHNICIANS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE PAY FOR THEIR HOUSING, WE GET THEM TRAINED UP, THEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR HOME BASE AND WORK FOR US BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT WORKFORCE CHALLENGES AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AREAS THAT WE, UM, HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING QUALIFIED PEOPLE. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS OVER ON MOUNTAIN CREEK. OKAY. TRASH BUSINESS 1 0 1, I'M GONNA START SPEEDING UP. ALRIGHT, THESE ARE THE THREE TYPES OF TRASH TRUCKS THAT WE USE. SO WE'VE GOT THE REAR LOADER OVER HERE, WHICH IS EITHER ONE OR TWO GUYS ON THE BACK AND THE DRIVER. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE AUTOMATED SIDE LOADER, WHICH IS JUST THE ONE MAN HAS THE ARM. AND I TEND TO BE A VERY ANIMATED SPEAKER, AND EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT IT, I END UP DOING THIS. IT'S THIS TRUCK THAT DOES THIS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CART. AND SO, AND THEN THE, THE LAST ONE IS OUR BOOM OR GRAPPLE TRUCK. AND SO I DO THAT TOO. THIS IS OUR CLAW THAT PICKS UP THE BRUSH. UM, BUT SO YOU GUYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT TRUCK BECAUSE WE, WE SEND IT THROUGH, UM, DE SOTO EVERY DAY. OKAY? SO, UM, LET ME TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME INDUSTRY TRENDS. SO I MENTIONED AUTOMATION. UM, THIS, MANY OF THE COMPANIES, US AND OUR COMPETITORS, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE CONNECTIONS ARE MOVING TO AUTOMATION. SO DOING THE, THE TRUCKS WITH THE ARMS. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRASH CART. YOU CAN'T HAVE BAGS. AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE MOVING TO AUTOMATION IS THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS IT, UM, HELPS WITH SAFETY. WE ARE THE FIFTH MOST DANGEROUS INDUSTRY IN THE NATION. AND SO THOSE GUYS ON THE BACK OF OUR TRUCK ARE [01:40:01] HARDEST WORKING GUYS I KNOW. UM, BUT THEY ARE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. THINK 110 SUMMERS DEGREE SUMMERS HERE, THE WINTERS OF, UM, UP NORTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS. SO THEY GET, Y'ALL HAVE NO IDEA, THEY GET STUCK WITH NEEDLES. UM, YOU KNOW, GLASS WILL BREAK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HURT THEIR ARMS AND LEGS AND JUST ALL KINDS OF HAZARDOUS, I GUESS, UM, OP OPPORTUNITIES. I, I DON'T KNOW. SO ANYWAY, THE IDEA BEHIND AUTOMATION IS TO PROTECT OUR WORKFORCE. AND THEN LASTLY, IT PROVIDES MORE CONSISTENT SERVICE BECAUSE IT'S JUST TRUCK ARM AUTOMATE DOWN, YOU KNOW, SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE HEAT, IF, UH, WE HAVE A HELPER THAT OVERHEATS, THEN WE HAVE TO PULL THAT TRUCK OFF TO THE SIDE, FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME IN, HOP ON THE BACK, KEEP GOING ON THE ROUTE. AND SO WHEN, WHEN THERE'S NOT THAT PEOPLE ELEMENT, THEN IT'S MORE CONSISTENT AND WE GET THEM DONE IN TIME. OKAY? AND THEN, UH, CARTS, I TOLD YOU NECESSARY FOR AUTOMATION AND OKAY, SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE HATE THE TRASH BAGS OUT IN DESOTO AND THE DEBRIS AND WISH IT WAS PRETTIER. OKAY. OKAY, THAT'S OKAY. THIS IS GOOD. SO, UM, THE, THE CARTS WILL DO THAT, UM, AND IT MAKES THINGS LOOK MORE UNIFORM, KEEPS THE BIRDS, KEEPS THE ANIMALS OUT. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, , UM, I KIND OF HARP ON THIS ONE, BUT, BUT BASICALLY THOSE CARTS RIGHT THERE ARE 96 GALLON AND THEY HOLD EIGHT 13 GALLON KITCHEN BAGS, OKAY? SO THEY HOLD QUITE A BIT. AND, UM, AND SO, SO YOU'RE NOT LOSING VOLUME AT ALL, UH, BY GOING TO THE CARTS, BUT IT ALSO HELPS, UM, KIND OF TAMPER DOWN ON HOW MUCH WE'RE PUTTING IN THE LANDFILLS. AND SO I HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES THAT I'LL JUST BREEZE OVER, BUT, UM, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT LANDFILLS HAVE A MAX CAPACITY OF VOLUME AND A, UM, A MAX LIFETIME. AND SO ONCE THOSE ARE FILLED, WE HAVE TO CLOSE THEM DOWN. AND THEN YOU GUYS KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT OVER OFF OF I 45, YOU GOT BAUS FOR DALLAS, YOU GOT SKYLINE FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT. AND THEN FURTHER DOWN YOU'VE GOT, UM, ECD THAT WE OWN. AND SO Y'ALL ARE FA FAMILIAR WITH LANDFILLS, BUT ONCE THOSE, UM, FILL UP, WE HAVE TO LOOK FURTHER OUT. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CUSTOMERS IS THAT THE PRICE HAS TO GO UP IN ORDER TO GET THE JUNK, UH, TO THE LANDFILLS. AND SO THIS IS WHY WE ARE PROMOTING, I'LL MOVE, I'LL DO THIS, BUT RECYCLING GREEN WASTE, UM, YOU KNOW, REDUCING BRUSH IN BULK, OKAY? AND I KNOW THAT'S A BIG PICTURE THING, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE I GOT INTO THIS. OKAY, SO NEW SERVICE LEVELS THAT ARE COMING JUNE 1ST, UM, THE CITY DID PUT OUT AN A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, DID A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS, AND, UM, AND THEY WERE GRATEFUL, DECIDED TO STAY WITH US. AND, UM, WE ARE ALSO, OKAY, SO CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS THAT YOU GUYS GET RIGHT NOW IS TWICE A WEEK SERVICE WITH TRASH. SO IT'S BAGS OR YOUR OWN CARTS, AND THEN ONCE A WEEK RECYCLE IN 18 GALLON BINS, OR YOU CAN RENT A 95 GALLON RECYCLE CART, UH, UNLIMITED BULK BASICALLY EVERY 10 DAYS, AND THEN UNLIMITED BRUSH EVERY 10 DAYS. AND SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON TO CHANGE THINGS UP COME JUNE 1ST, 2024 IS, THAT'S KEEPING TWICE A WEEK SERVICE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CART NOW. SO EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET A 90, UH, SIX GALLON CART. AND THEN WE'RE KEEPING ONCE A WEEK RECYCLE ON WEDNESDAYS, AND YOU'RE ALSO GETTING A 95 GALLON CART BECAUSE THOSE 18 GALLON BINS, YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW YOU CAN'T FIT ANYTHING IN 'EM. AND THEN WHEN IT'S RAINING, IT GETS THE PAPER AND CARDBOARD WET. SO THEN YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE YOU GUYS TO CARTS WITH A LID, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY PROMOTE MORE RECYCLING, UM, FOR PLASTIC AND, AND REUSE OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY MANUFACTURED. SO WHEN, SO FOR BULK AND BRUSH, HERE WE GO. SO YOU GUYS ARE GOING, GOING TO BE ALLOWED THREE CUBIC YARDS OF BULK AND BUNDLED BRUSH EVERY WEEK, EITHER ON YOUR THURSDAY COLLECTION DAY OR YOUR FRIDAY COLLECTION DAY. SO IT'LL BE ON THE SECOND SERVICE DAY BECAUSE HONESTLY, PEOPLE PUT OUT LESS ON THEIR SECOND SERVICE DAY. AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO TAKE THE BULK AND BRUSH IN THE REAR LOADERS WHEN WE'RE SERVICING YOUR TRASH. OKAY? SO AS THREE CUBIC YARDS. AND THEN, UM, THE, THE CITY HAS ASKED US TO MOVE TO AN ON DEMAND BULK AND UNBUNDLED BRUSH SERVICE. I'LL TALK ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THAT. BUT EVERY RESIDENT WILL GET TO, UM, CALL IN AND PICK UP. WE'LL PICK UP 10 CUBIC YARDS OF ITEMS AND WE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU ONCE A MONTH. UM, AND SO Y'ALL WILL CALL US, WE'LL SCHEDULE IT. AND WE'VE GOT FIVE BUSINESS DAYS TO DO THAT. AND THE IDEA IS IT'S GOING TO CUT DOWN ON THE PILES OF BRUSH AND LEAVES THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE AFTER STORMS, YOU KNOW, AFTER I GUESS FALLS COMING UP, RIGHT? SO IT'S LEAF SEASON AND, AND SO, [01:45:01] UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CUT DOWN ON STUFF SITTING OUT, WHICH WILL, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFY THE CITY, I'M JUMPING AHEAD, BUT IT'LL ALSO ALLOW US TO, UM, BE ACCOUNTABLE. SO THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE OUR LIST. Y'ALL ARE GONNA KNOW WHEN WE SCHEDULED YOU, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA KNOW WE GOTTA PICK YOU UP. AND IF WE DON'T, THEN THAT IS ON US. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO PUT OUT UNLIMITED ANYTHING, THEN WE HAVE CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRUCKS. AND SO IF ONE SECTION OF TOWN PUTS OUT HUNDREDS OF TONS OF BRUSH, THEN WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT SECTION FOR A COUPLE DAYS TO FINISH IT BEFORE WE MOVE ON. SO IT DELAYS US IN BEING ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE CITY. SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE MOVING TO ON-CALL BULK AND BRUSH. OKAY, SO WHAT IS THREE CUBIC YARDS? ACTUALLY ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF VOLUME. UM, IT, IF YOU IMAGINE IT'S THREE KITCHEN STOVES WORTH OF STUFF THAT YOU CAN PUT OUT EVERY WEEK, AND THEN THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE DEBRIS, UM, UM, DOWN THERE. AND SO THE IDEA IS IF YOUR ITEMS WILL FIT IN THE BACK WITH YOUR CARTS IN THE ALLEY, GO FOR IT. IF THEY WON'T PUT THEM OUT FRONT, WE'LL WE WILL, WE GO ON ALLEY AND FRONT LIKE WE DO TODAY WITH REAR LOADERS. SO THEN WHAT DOES BUNDLED BRUSH LOOK LIKE? SO ON YOUR THURSDAY OR FRIDAY PICKUP DAY, WE'LL PICK UP BUNDLED BRUSH. AND SO ALL, LIKE, I, I HAVE TO DO THAT WHERE I LIVE AND I USE TWINE, ROPE, BUNGEE CORDS, WHATEVER YOU, YOU HAVE, UM, TO, TO BUNDLE IT. AND THE REASON IS, IS THAT THE HELPER ON THE BACK, CAN Y'ALL IMAGINE IF HE HAS TO PICK UP STICK BY STICK BY STICK, UM, HE WOULDN'T FINISH HIS ROUTE. AND SO THE BUNDLES WILL HELP HIM BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP 50 POUND MAX, SLING IT IN THE TRUCK, MOVE ON. AND THEN FOR YOUR UN, I KNOW DESOTO HAS BEAUTIFUL TREES, UM, THAT'S WHERE THE UNBUNDLED BRUSH COMES IN, WHERE YOU WILL PICK IT UP ONCE A MONTH SO YOU CAN STILL HAVE THAT SERVICE. SO THIS IS, UH, 10 CUBIC YARDS OF BRUSH AND THAT'S BULK. UM, SO IT, AGAIN, IT QUITE A BIT OF STUFF THAT WE'LL PICK UP. UM, IF YOU ALL DISAGREE, COME TALK TO ME. BUT, UM, , WE, WE THOUGHT 10 QIC YARDS WAS PRETTY, PRETTY GENEROUS. SO DID THE CITY, UM, UH, THIS IS WHY WE'RE MOVING TO UNLIMITED, OR EXCUSE ME, UNLIMITED EXCUSE MOVING TO ON-CALL. THE OTHER THING, I DON'T KNOW YOU IF YOU GUYS REALIZE THIS IS, BUT PEOPLE KNOW THAT DESOTO GETS UNLIMITED. SO PEOPLE WILL COME IN FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND JUST DROP STUFF IN FRONT OF HOUSES AND THEN WE HAVE TO PICK IT UP, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T PROVE IT. SO, UH, ANYWAY, UH, AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD THERE. UH, OKAY, THIS IS A PET PEEVE OF OUR BOOM TRUCK DRIVERS, UM, . SO HERE'S MY, HERE'S MY, YOU KNOW, ANIMATION MY CLAW, YOU KNOW, THE CLAW CANNOT PICK UP THAT, THAT SMALL PILE. UM, AND THAT'S A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. SO FOR THOSE SMALL PILES, THROW THOSE IN A BOX, THROW THOSE IN A BAG, PUT IT OUT WITH YOUR BULK TRASH, AND WE'LL MOVE ON. UM, AND SO THE, THE BOOM TRUCK, THE CLAW TRUCK IS DESIGNED FOR THAT BIG STUFF THAT PEOPLE CAN'T PICK UP. SO WE THINK IT'S BECKY AND I THINK THIS IS FUNNY, , PLEASE DO NOT CALL ASHLEY STILL TO COURT. . YEAH, THROW IT IN YOUR CART. YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE STUFF THAT THE CLAW IS TOO BIG. . OKAY, SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE FUN THINGS THAT WE GET TO DEAL WITH. UM, THIS, THIS PICTURE HERE ON THE LEFT ACTUALLY, UM, IT'S EITHER BECKY COULD, BECKY COULD TELL ME, BUT IT'S EITHER LIKE WHAT WE CALL IN ILLEGAL DUMP. SO PEOPLE JUST THROW IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN IT JUST ACCUMULATES. OR THIS WAS IN FRONT OF A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, UM, THAT I'LL GET TO THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T, DOESN'T HAVE BRUSH SERVICE WITH US. UM, AND THAT TOP RIGHT, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS A, UH, HOME BUSINESS THAT WAS PUTTING ITS STUFF OUT, UH, FOR US TO GET. AND THEN THIS ONE DOWN HERE, UM, THE TREE TRIMMERS CAME AND PUT EVERYTHING OUT THERE AND THEN PEOPLE COULD, IT JUST KEPT PILING UP. AND SO, UM, THAT WAS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE AS WELL. OKAY, SO I TALKED ABOUT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A DUMPSTER IS, RIGHT? THE BIG OR THE DUMPSTERS BEHIND THE RESTAURANTS OR THE BIG ROLL OFF. SO THOSE ARE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, BUT ALSO A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER IS A NON-RESIDENT THAT GENERATES ABOUT ONE CUBIC YARDS OF TRASH. SO, UM, LIKE SMALL BUSINESSES OR, UM, CHURCHES ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER COMMERCIAL HAND COLLECT. AND THE THING ABOUT THOSE, THOSE ACCOUNTS IS THAT THEY GET TRASH SERVICE, BUT THEY DON'T GET BULK AND BRUSH SERVICE. AND SO IF UM, A CHURCH HAS THAT, THEN THEY JUST NEED TO CALL US AND WE'LL QUOTE 'EM AND WE CAN COME PICK IT UP. UM, BUT IN CASE YOU GUYS ARE TALKING TO FOLKS OR YOU SEE A BIG PILE OUT, THEY'RE LIKE, WHY HASN'T REPUBLIC GOTTEN THAT? IF IT'S IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS? THAT'S WHY. UM, AND THEN, OH YEAH, DUMPSTERS AND ROLL OFFS. GOTCHA. OKAY. [01:50:01] UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT, THAT MR. CAMERON AND I WORKED ON, UH, FOR THIS NEXT CONTRACT IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T PICK UP CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM YOUR HOUSE. SO IF YOU'RE DOING A BATHROOM REMODEL, KITCHEN REMODEL, STUFF LIKE THAT, WE DON'T PICK IT UP. 'CAUSE THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOUR CONTRACTOR WILL TAKE IT AWAY. HOWEVER, WE ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE, UH, MR. HOBB, YOU GOT YOUR HOME DEPOT, SO YOU COULD DO HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND, UM, AND SO IF YOU HAVE STUFF, PUT IT OUT WITH YOUR BULK WITHIN THAT THREE CUBIC YARDS AND WE WILL GET CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL MOVING FORWARD. UM, THE ONLY STUFF THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IS THAT LIST RIGHT THERE. SO SHINGLES, METAL PIPES, CONCRETE BRICKS, DRYWALL, ROCKS, THAT STUFF DOES NOT COMPACT IN THE BACK OF OUR REAR LOADERS. UM, AND IT WILL PUNCTURE THE SIDE, IT'LL PUNCTURE THE WALLS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DO NOT COLLECT THAT STUFF IN REAR LOADERS. OKAY, JUST FYI ON THAT. UH, OKAY. AND SO FOR CART PLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE ARE HESITANT BECAUSE IT'S 95 GALLONS. IT DOES ROLL, THEY'RE VERY STURDY. THEY HAVE A LIFESPAN OF ABOUT 10 YEARS IF THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T DO IT. AND SO WE WILL, WE'VE DEVELOPED A, A HANDICAPPED OR A, A DISABLED, UH, PERSON SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN APPLY THROUGH BECKY THROUGH THE CITY AND THEN WE, OUR GUYS WILL GO UP TO YOUR GARAGE, UH, PULL THE CARTS OUT, SERVICE IT, AND BRING IT BACK. AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE SENIOR RESIDENTS, DISABLED RESIDENTS, THEN LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS THROUGH THE ACTION CENTER AND THROUGH BECKY. AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT. 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE, ARE SCARED OF CARS, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE. UM, BUT IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT UP BY YOUR GARAGE IN THE ALLEY AND THEN JUST ROLL IT OUT ON, UH, MONDAY, THURSDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY. AND THEN, UH, RECYCLING WILL STAY ON WEDNESDAYS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? YES MA'AM. I APOLOGIZE. I I, I DO HAVE SOME SENIORS IN MY COMMUNITY. SOME ARE HANDICAPPED. YES. SO, BUT ALSO SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THEM HAVE LIKE THOSE TWO OR THREE CAR GARAGE ON THE SIDE. MM-HMM. OF THE HOUSE. MM-HMM. , YOU WILL STILL PICK IT UP FROM THERE. MM-HMM. . OKAY. YEP. YEP. I'M MONICA LEWIS BEHIND METALS. HOA. ARE WE ABLE TO PURCHASE A RECEPTACLE BIN BEFORE JUNE 1ST? SO NOT, NOT FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES. YOU'RE, I KNOW WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET YOU GUYS ON VERY SOON. UM, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 1ST WE ARE GONNA GET 'EM ORDERED. UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S 17,000, ABOUT FIVE, 17,500 HOMES IN DESOTO. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE ROLLING OUT A CART FOR EACH HOME. SO THAT TAKES SOME TIME. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A TON OF PUBLIC AGE, PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU HERE, WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT TO EVERYBODY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. UM, AND SO NO MA'AM, JUST HOLD ON TO JUNE 1ST. ? YES SIR. REPUBLIC SERVICE. ARTHUR HOBBES, HOA PRESIDENT CHAPEL HILL. UH, DO YOU HAVE A HANDOUT FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE GOING OVER? OTHER WE WILL. MM-HMM. . AND THE OTHER THING IS IF IT'S A 9 95 GALLON RECYCLABLE MM-HMM. BIN, UM, YOU CAN GET WHAT THE CITY AND THE CITY WILL, UM, SET YOU UP FOR ONE. BUT THERE IS A RENTAL CHARGE. I THINK IT'S LIKE TWO OR THREE. YES. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. TRUE. I HAVE, THAT'S TRUE. MS. MONICA, YOU CAN RENT A RECYCLE 95 GALLON BUT NOT TRASH RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UM, WHEN I MOVED TO DESOTO, UM, AND I WENT TO GO GET A TRASH RECEPTACLE, THEY SAID THAT, UM, I DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME ONE OR WHATEVER. SO OF COURSE I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAVE TRASH THE TRASH BAGS IN MY YARD BECAUSE I WANTED ONE. YEAH. AND SO, UM, SO IF I DON'T HAVE ONE, YOU ALL WILL STILL PICK UP THE TRASH, RIGHT? OH, CURRENTLY, YES. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OKAY. MM-HMM, . AND SO, AND I GUESS, UM, LIKE HE WAS SAYING, I NEED TO GET WITH DESOTO, UM, AND UH, AND YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE RECYCLE. YEAH. YEAH. MM-HMM. AND, UH, GO AHEAD AND, AND GET A BEING AT THAT AT THIS POINT. YES MA'AM. AND THEN STARTING JUNE 1ST. NO, LIKE THE CARTS ARE INCLUDED. THERE'S NO RENTING, EVERYBODY GETS ONE. MM-HMM. . THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW I'M TAKING LONG. I'M SO SORRY. SO WE GOT RECYCLING 1 0 1 REAL QUICK. AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A TON OF INFORMATION PUT OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. HI. HI. UH, I'VE BEEN IN DESOTA FOR A LONG TIME AND INITIALLY WE HAD TO HAVE THE TRASH BAGS. MY PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE TRASH MEN YES. LEAVE A LOT OF TRASH FROM THE BINS ON THE STREET. OKAY. HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THAT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE HAVING TO [01:55:01] GO THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND PICK IT UP TO PICK UP TRASH. OKAY. THAT MAN OVER THERE IS IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS. NO . NO. WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH REUBEN AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR COLLECTION TEAM. UM, THAT, TO AVOID THAT, THE OTHER ISSUES BEING EVENTS THAT ARE HAVING THE ALLEY MM-HMM. AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING AN ACCIDENT. YEAH. WE WILL DEFINITELY TELL THEM THOSE TWO THINGS MONDAY MORNING AND, UM, REMIND THEM OF THAT ASK. YEAH. SO I, I DID WANT, UH, MY NAME IS ISEN CAMERON, BY THE WAY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. I DID WANT TO ADD THAT LIKE, CURRENTLY ALL TRASH IS REQUIRED TO BE IN BAGS. SO IF YOU PUT LOOSE TRASH IN YOUR GARBAGE CAN, IT'LL COME OUT . SO, AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. SO, AND THAT, AND SO, BUT WHEN WE GO TO, WHEN WE GO TO UH, CARTS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL, YOU WHEN WE GO TO CARTS, SO WE REQUIRED TO DO THEY NEED TO HAVE IT IN BAGS AT THAT POINT? OR THEY, I MEAN, YES, BUT IF, OKAY, SO THE IDEA IS, UM, PULL THE 13, YEAH, SORRY, SORRY, . PULL THE 13 GALLON BAG OUTTA YOUR KITCHEN, THROW IT IN THE CART. RIGHT. BUT THEN IF YOU HAVE SOME STUFF IN YOUR CAR, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, FAST FOOD, WHATEVER, THROW THAT IN THE CART, NO BIG DEAL. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THE IDEA IS MOSTLY BAG, BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE, BUT, BUT THE MORE STUFF YOU HAVE NOT IN BAGS, THE MORE LIKELIHOOD THAT IT'S GONNA FLY EVERYWHERE. AND SO REPUBLIC, THEY'RE NOT LITTLE CREW, THEY, THEY, THEY PICK UP GARBAGE AND THEY MOVE ON. SO IT'S KIND OF, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. WE GOTTA ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS. OKAY. I ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT 'CAUSE I USED TO WALK IN MY COMMUNITY IN THE MORNING TIMES. PLEASE TIE YOUR TRASH BAGS BECAUSE A LOT OF YOU, WELL IN MY, IN SOME OF MY, UH, STREETS, I HAVE SEEN MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY, OH, THEY'LL PUT IT IN THE TRASH BAG, BUT THEY DON'T TIE THE DARN THING. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT'S FLYING ALL OVER THERE, ALL OVER THE STREETS. SO NOW ONE LAST QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU FOR RECYCLING. WHEN I WAS HERE LAST YEAR MM-HMM. , IT WAS SAYING THE WAY THAT WE WERE DOING SOME THINGS AS A COMMUNITY WAS CAUSING THE RECYCLING TO BE CONTAMINATED. MM-HMM. , CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW OH, OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. YEAH, NO, NO WORRIES. YEAH, I KNOW SCOTT DID THE PRESENTATION LAST YEAR 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE. BUT WE, WE BASICALLY PREDICT THAT OUR RECYCLING LOADS OUT OF ANY CITY THAT WE WORK WITH IS ABOUT 25% CONTAMINATED. WE JUST KNOW THAT, UM, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS OR CARES, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT UM, WE WANNA GET THE ITEMS OUT OF THE RECYCLE BIN THAT WE CAN REUSE AND REMAKE INTO THINGS. SO, SO WE ANTICIPATE 25% MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, OF CONTAMINATION. AND THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT THAT IS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING FLYERS, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. AND, UM, AND SO REAL QUICK, I'LL JUMP INTO RECYCLING. UH, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? IT CONSERVES NATURAL RESOURCES. IT, UH, CONSERVES ENERGY. 'CAUSE IT TAKES, UH, WAY LESS ENERGY TO REUSE AND REMAKE SOMETHING THAN RAW MATERIALS. UM, IT REDUCES POLLUTION, IT SAVES LANDFILL SPACE AND IT PROVIDES JOBS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, DO WE REALLY RECYCLE? LIKE, IS IT ACTUALLY BEING REUSED? IS IT WORTH IT? AND THE THE ANSWER IS YES. OKAY. THIS IS LITERALLY THE ONLY STUFF YOU SHOULD BE PUTTING IN YOUR, YOUR RECYCLED CART LIKE THAT IS IT . AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT'S ALL THAT SHOULD BE GOING. AND I, UM, I WILL SAY THAT WITH PLASTICS, WE'RE GONNA GET MORE, MORE INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WITH PLASTICS, I THINK WE'VE MADE IT TOO HARD IN OUR MESSAGING OVER THE LAST COUPLE DECADES. BUT BASICALLY, UM, LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, IT'S GOT THE TRIANGLE, RIGHT? AND THEN IT'S GOT A NUMBER IN THERE. AND SO, SO WE CAN SELL ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND FIVE. OKAY? BUT THEN ITEMS 3, 4, 6, AND SEVEN, THEY'RE TOO FLIMSY TO MAKE SOMETHING ELSE INTO THEM. SO THERE'S NOT AN AFTERMARKET FOR THEM. AND SO I TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY, GOD, THAT'S TOO HARD TO REMEMBER. THAT'S TOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND. AND SO WHAT I TELL PEOPLE, 'CAUSE WE WANNA ENCOURAGE RECYCLING IS IF IT'S GOT A RECYCLING SYMBOL AND A NUMBER, THROW IT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE AT LEAST IT'LL GET, UH, AS MUCH PLASTIC AS WE CAN. AND THEN WE'LL JUST TAKE CARE OF IT AT THE RECYCLING CENTER, PULLING OUT THOSE 3, 4, 6 AND SEVENS, YOU KNOW. UM, BUT THEN PAPER, UH, THAT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. CARDBOARD, METAL CANS AND GLASS. LIKE, THAT'S LITERALLY IT. Y'ALL . SO EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, IS TRASH. AND IF IT'S, IF YOUR A RECYCLE CAN SMELLS, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S GOT FOOD IN IT OR IT'S CONTAMINATED. SO WE ASK THAT YOU JUST RINSE OUT BOTTLES, YOU RINSE OUT CANS, RINSE OUT PLASTIC, THEN THROW 'EM IN AND YOU CAN, AND WE WANT YOU TO INCLUDE THE PLASTIC LIDS ON [02:00:01] WATER BOTTLES AND COKE BOTTLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE STUFF OUT OF IT, THEY USE THAT. SO KEEP IT ON THERE. UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT ANYTHING SMALLER THAN A CREDIT CARD WILL NOT GET PROCESSED AT THE RECYCLE CENTER. IT GOES OUT AS TRASH. JUST FYIA QUESTION? YEAH. HAVE RESIDENT, UH, INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW WE ALERT PEOPLE OF THIS. AND YOU SPECIFICALLY WERE TALKING ABOUT RENTERS. OH, YEAH. FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN A RENTER OR A HOMEOWNER. WE, THESE ARE RESIDENTS, AND SO THEY GET THE INFORMATION THAT EVERYONE ELSE GETS. THEY GET THE SAME INFORMATION IN YOUR WATER BILL, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEWSLETTER, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. IT'S JUST A RESPONSIBILITY. AND THAT, THAT, THIS IS ANOTHER REASON FOR THESE KINDS OF MEETINGS. THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE YOUR HOA, BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO GET ENGAGED WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE WANT, I, I GET CALLS AND I'M JUST BRIEFLY HERE, PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBOR IS NOT DOING SOMETHING AND THEY WANT THE CITY TO COME TELL THE NEIGHBOR TO, TO, TO ACT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, UH, WE BELIEVE IN FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK WITH THEM BECAUSE THE CITY CAN'T COME ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND TELL SOMEBODY WHAT TO DO. WE JUST CAN'T. OKAY. COPE THAT AND COPE THAT. IF IT ESCALATES AND THEY DON'T DO IT, THEN YEAH, CALL THE ACTION CENTER. WE WILL PUT CODE ON IT. AND CODE IS VERY RESPONSIVE WITH THOSE. AND WE'RE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE DO. I GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY. WE GET REPORTS FROM REPUBLIC, WE CAN'T PICK THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WE REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENT AND TRY TO TELL THEM, HEY, YOUR, YOUR PILE'S NOT GONNA GET KEPT PICKED UP BECAUSE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WE DO THAT FROM THE ACTION CENTER IF, AND THEN I GIVE 'EM ANOTHER TWO OR THREE DAYS AND THEN I TURN IT OVER TO CODE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU BECKY. AND THE OTHER THING, I JUST, JUST THOUGHT OF THIS, UM, BUT YOU GUYS ARE HOA LEADERS AND SO I WILL COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE KIND OF ROLLING THIS STUFF OUT. UM, AND SO IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, THEN PLEASE, UM, LET ME KNOW. 'CAUSE I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. UM, IN ADDITION, UH, TO WHAT, WHAT ELSE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING? OKAY. THIS IS A VIDEO OF OUR RECYCLE CENTER OVER IN PLANO. WE HAVE TWO IN DFW, ONE IN FORT WORTH AND ONE IN PLANO. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS VIDEO IS GONNA PLAY, AND I ALSO DON'T KNOW HOW LOUD IT'S GOING TO BE. SO LET'S SEE. IS IT WORKING? ALICIA? OH, NO. OKAY. OKAY. NO PROB NO PROBLEM. UM, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF, IT, IT SHOWS THE EQUIPMENT, IT SHOWS HOW WE DO IT. AND SO, UM, OUR RECYCLING CENTER IN PLANO HAS AN EDUCATION CENTER. AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE SCHOOL GROUPS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, ANY GROUPS THAT YOU, YOU GUYS, YOURSELVES, IF YOU WANNA COME CHECK IT OUT, WE DO TOURS. AND SO I CAN, I CAN SET THAT UP FOR YOU. OKAY. I FORGOT TO BRING MY ITEMS. I'M SO SORRY. UH, BUT PLASTIC BAGS DO NOT GO IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN. THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN ALL THE MACHINERY. AND, UM, ALSO WE DON'T HAVE, UM, AFTERMARKET TO SELL THEM TO. AND SO FOR PLASTIC BAGS, I TELL PEOPLE, BRING 'EM TO YOUR GROCERY STORE, WALMART, THAT KIND OF THING, AND PUT 'EM IN THOSE BINS. UM, AND THE OTHER THING I GET A TON OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, ALMOND MILK CARTONS, YOU KNOW, THE PAPER ISH CARTONS, THOSE ARE NOT RECYCLABLE EITHER. AND SO THOSE NEED TO GO INTO THE TRASH. UM, LET, LET ME, LET ME SEE. PIZZA. WHAT? PIZZA BOXES. PIZZA BOXES, YES. UH, THE GREASY SIDE TRASH, THE NON GREASY SIDE RECYCLE. BUT IF YOU DON'T CARE AND DON'T WANNA BREAK IT APART, TRASH . SO LIKE THE, THE MILK CARDS, THE, UH, THEY HAVE THE RECYCLE, SO THEY'RE NOT NO, MA'AM, THEY'RE NOT. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A MISNOMER. SOMETIMES IT COULD BE MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIAL, WHICH IS WHY IT HAS THAT SYMBOL ON IT. UM, BUT, BUT IF IT'S NOT THAT ONE, TWO, OR FIVE, THEN THERE WE WON'T BE MAKING IT INTO ANYTHING ELSE. YEAH. UH, AND THEN, LET'S SEE. OH, PEOPLE ASK ME ENVELOPES. UM, WITH THE WINDOWS, IT'S SO TECHNICAL AND I DON'T EVEN DO IT, BUT TECHNICALLY THE WINDOW IS NOT RECYCLABLE, BUT THE ENVELOPE IS, THAT'S TOO MUCH WORK THAT GOES IN MY TRASH CAN . UH, AND THEN, OH, PLASTIC UTENSILS NOT RECYCLABLE. SO JUST BECAUSE IT'S PLASTIC DOESN'T MEAN IT IS. SO IF Y'ALL CAN REMEMBER ONE, TWO, AND FIVE, THEN WE'RE GOOD. . OKAY. SORRY. I GOTTA KEEP GOING. UH, OKAY. WE HAVE A ROBUST, [02:05:01] UH, EDUCATION PROGRAM. WE HAVE A WEBSITE FULLY DEDICATED TO IT. AND I'M SUPER, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF MISS RENEE WITH THE ISD LEFT, BUT I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HER AND LIKE, WE'VE GOT CURRICULUM FOR KIDS AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN KIDS LEARN IT, THEIR MOM AND DAD LEARN IT. SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT. UM, AND THIS IS ALSO SOME RESOURCES FOR YOU GUYS IF YOU'RE LIKE, IS THIS RECYCLABLE OR WHAT, WHAT DID SHE SAY? YOU CAN GO TO RECYCLING SIMPLIFIED.COM AND THAT'S IT. YES. HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. UM, ADAMS HAD A, JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR THE, UH, HANDICAP, WE ARE NOT GONNA CALL IT THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT EVERY, EVERYBODY REFERS TO IT AS. THERE, THERE WILL BE A FORM AVAILABLE AND, UH, THERE'S NO STICKER OR ANYTHING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO ADVERTISE THAT A NEIGHBOR HAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT INVITES CRIME. OKAY. SO THERE WON'T BE A STICKER. REPUBLIC WILL KNOW. THEY KNOW THEY WILL HAVE, AND IT WILL COME FROM ME, AND WE WILL HAVE A RUNNING LIST OF THOSE ADDRESSES. THERE IS A TEMPORARY PERMIT AND THEN A TEMPORARY SIX WEEKS, UP TO SIX WEEKS, AND THEN ONE FOR A YEAR. AND YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO TURN IN ANY MEDICAL INFORMATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST MAKE THE REQUEST AND JUST GENERALLY SAY, I CAN'T MAKE IT TO MY, UH, TO, TO TO THE ALLEY. YEAH. CART. YEAH. TO THE ALLEY AND ALL OF THAT. SO THIS IS INFORMATION THAT'S INTERNALLY WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTED AND FOLLOW UP. YES. IT'S MM-HMM. . THEN DO USE TO REQUEST? UH, YES. YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE THE REQUEST YOURSELF ONLINE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE APP, DOWNLOAD THE APP, YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS IT VIA THE INTERNET. UH, BUT THE GO REQUEST APP, WHERE YOU GO IN AND SAY THERE'S, AND I'VE EVEN TWEAKED THAT A LITTLE BIT, WHERE, UH, IF YOU SAY THERE'S MISSED TRASH, YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY IF IT WAS MISSED RECYCLING, MISSED, BULK MISSED. SO THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, AND IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL, UH, FOR REPUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THOSE THINGS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT, YEAH, NO PROBLEM. UH, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. UM, SO FOR NEXT YEAR, ARE WE GETTING TWO BINS? ONE RECYCLE? YES. YES. OKAY. WITH THAT. SO NOW YOU, THIS MEANS, 'CAUSE I'VE GOT BINS RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. , DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH THESE EXTRA BINS THAT WE'RE NO LONGER USING OR NEEDING? I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I KNOW THAT WITH, UH, CITIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE DONE THIS, LIKE RESIDENTS WILL KEEP THEM AND THROW BRANCHES IN THERE, OR, YOU KNOW, USE THEM AS STORAGE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PUT STUFF OUT, UM, ONCE IT'S FULL KIND OF THING. AND THEN I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE RECYCLABLE, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TAKE AND RECYCLE. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A THIRD PARTY. BUT I, I CAN DIG MORE INTO THAT FOR YOU. HI, CAROLYN. WATER DEPARTMENT SAID DON'T BRING IT BACK. OKAY. OKAY, Y'ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, I CAN'T WAIT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, SO THANKS. THANK YOU, LEE. AND IN A NUTSHELL, JUNE NEXT YEAR, EVERYONE WILL GET A TRASH CART. EVERYONE WILL GET A RECYCLED CART, NO CHARGE, NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THAT. EVERY RESIDENTIAL, UH, LOCATION WILL GET BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. OKAY? YES. TRASH. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO USE WHAT REPUBLIC ISSUES. OKAY? AND THAT JUST KIND OF THE SAME QUESTION. HE'S ASKING IF YOU'VE ALREADY PURCHASED A CARD OR WHATEVER, TO BE HONEST, THAT'S YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY. YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO WITH IT? YES. OKAY. OH, OH, OH, OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. UH, SHE, DENISE GETS THESE PHONE CALLS, UH, WITH THE SCHEDULING OF PICKING UP. IF YOU HAVE A PILE OUT AND IT'S BEEN OUT A WHILE, AND YOUR HOA HAS NOTIFIED YOU THAT IT'S AN ISSUE, CALL ME. JUST CALL ME. I, I DO THIS A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK. IF IT HAPPENS AND WE KNOW THERE'S A REASON WHY YOUR BOOK IS STILL OUT THERE, THEN I WILL CONTACT YOUR HOA REPRESENTATIVE PRESIDENT OR, OR HOMEOWNER, I MEAN A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND SAY, HEY, PERSON AT FIVE 16 PECAN WAY, UH, WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES, PLEASE DON'T BOTHER THEM ANYMORE, . OKAY? AND, AND I, MOST, MOST OF THE HOAS, UH, DO UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. AND SO IT KIND OF CEASES FROM THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A 10 [02:10:01] MINUTE, FIVE MINUTE, FIVE MINUTE BREAK. FIVE MINUTE BREAK. IF EVERYBODY WANTS RESTROOM. THERE'S STILL FOOD OUT THERE. DON'T LEAVE THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. HOA, UH, PRESIDENTS. OKAY? FIVE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. I'M DOING A RAFFLE. I'LL DO TWO. WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, ONE MONTH MEMBERSHIP TO THE DESOTO RECREATION CENTER, AND I HAVE JUST PULLED TICKET NUMBER 3 0 3. 3 0 3. ALRIGHT. OKAY. AND IS IT PAT? PAT'S YOUR NAME. THANK YOU, PAT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GOT ONE MONTH FREE AT THE DESOTO RECREATION CENTER. I HAVE ANOTHER HOME DEPOT GIFT CARD DEPOT, HOME DEPOT GIFT CARD. AND IF I, IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING, I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT PERSON. UH, TICKET NUMBER 2, 9 2. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? LANA. THE LADY WITH THE, THE LADY THAT'S EATING HER SANDWICH. . ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST, UH, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, LIKE I SAID, UM, IF WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU WILL RECEIVE COPIES OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, UM, AND A FEW OF, AND THEN THE, UM, HOA APPLICATION INFORMATION, WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF LATER ON. I HAVE MY BUSINESS CARDS HERE. YOU CAN EMAIL ME ANYTIME. I'M A STICKLER WITH EMAIL, SO, ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW UP TO THE PORTION IN THE PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DESOTO, PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AND STATISTICS. SO WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. MR. CHARLES HUMPHREY. EVERYBODY KNOWS MR. HUMPHREY WITH, WITH CODE. HE'S GONNA GIVE US A BRIEF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHARLES. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. GOOD MORNING AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. AGAIN, MY NAME IS CHARLES HUMPHREY, THE MANAGER OF CODE ENFORCEMENT ANIMAL CONTROL. SO ONE MIGHT SAY, WHAT DO CODE ENFORCEMENT DO? WHAT, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT? THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT MAINTAINED THE CITY OF DESOTO AS A CLEAN, LIVABLE CITY BY ENSURING PROPERTY COMPLIES WITH THE RULES SET BY CITY COUNCIL. CODE OFFICERS ROUTINELY PATROL NEIGHBORHOODS FOR CODE VIOLATION, INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS AND MISSION OF MISSION OF ABATEMENT ISSUES, AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS. OKAY, SO THIS IS OUR TEAM ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE. I WAS, I WAS GONNA TELL YOU THAT THAT WASN'T DESIGNED. WE HAD THE SAME OUTFIT ON. I JUST WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL THAT WE DIDN'T DESIGN THAT. WE JUST SHOWED UP THAT DAY. HAD THE SAME OUTFIT ON. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS GENTLEMAN HERE IS, UH, STANDING TO THE LEFT. ME NAME IS NORRIS BOOTH. HE'S OUT PARKING ZOO ROAD. NOW I'M GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NORRIS. NORRIS TOLD OVER 140 CARS FROM DESOTO THE LAST THREE YEARS OUT THE STREET, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT IS CLEAN AND KETOS AND OPERAT VEHICLES FROM BEING STORED ON THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. ALSO, YOU HAVE JASON BROWN, KNOWN AS THE DOGS WOR. THEN WE HAVE A PART-TIME HELPER, UH, TINA, I'M SORRY, MONICA SERRO. SHE'S, SHE'S HELPING US FROM, FROM GLEN. HE IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN WE HAVE TAMMY WASHINGTON [02:15:01] IS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR. THEN WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. UM, CARMEN HUMBLE, SHE'S MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. WE HAVE CHERYL ADMINISTRATOR TOO. BUT WE HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY, CHERYL BE BECOMING OUR NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO COMPLIANCE. THE VASTLY CODE VIOLATION OR RESOLVING INFORMALLY THROUGH THE CORPORATION OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS ARE DISCOVERED THROUGH CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, REFERRAL FROM OTHER AGENCIES. INSPECTOR OBSERVATION. ONCE A COMPLAINT IS RECEIVED, AN INSPECTOR WILL CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S AN ORDINANCE VIOLATION. IF THERE'S A VIOLATION, INSPECTOR MAY NOTIFY THE OWNER VERBALLY OR IN WRITING AFTER VIOLATION ORDER IS ISSUED. PROPERTY COMPLAINTS PERIODICALLY FOLLOW UP, INSPECTION OR CONDUCTING TO DETERMINE IF A COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN MET. FENCES. THIS, THESE ARE SOME OF MY COMMON VIOLATIONS. FENCES, GRASS AND WEEDS, VEGETATION, TRASH AND JUNK AND DEBRIS. HOUSE ADDRESS NUMBERS, INOPERABLE VEHICLES, PARKING ON APPROVED SURFACE SWIMMING POOL REQUIREMENTS. FENCE. IF YOU HAVE A FENCE, YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FENCE. IT CANNOT LEAN MORE THAN 10%, AND IT CANNOT HAVE ANY MISSING PANELS ON, ON THE PROPERTY. HIGH GRASS, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A YARD, YOU HAVE TO BE MAINTAINING. THE GRASS CANNOT EXCEED OVER 12 INCHES. IF IT EXCEED OVER 12 INCHES. WHAT WE WOULD DO, WE, MEANING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF WILL GO OUT TO DO A SITE INSPECTION. IF A GRASS IS OVER 12, WE'LL SEND 'EM A NOTICE. THEY HAVE 10 DAYS TO COMPLY. ONE THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR NOTE THAT WE SENT OUT, THAT'S THE ONLY NOTICE WE SENT OUT A YEAR. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS. IF WE SEND A NOTICE OUT IN APRIL AND THEY START THE GRASS START GROWING IN JUNE OR JULY, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO GO ON A PROPERTY AND CUT IT AND INVOICE THEM. AND SOMETIMES THOSE INVOICES RANGE ANYWHERE FROM, UM, $46 TO, UH, $196 JUNK AND DEBRIS. BASICALLY, YOU CANNOT STORE ANY, ANY OBJECTS ON YOUR PROPERTY. THAT WOULD BE FURNITURE, ANY DEBRIS. OLD COUCH. WELL, THAT'S FURNITURE, TIRES, UH, APPLIANCE ON THE PROPERTY ADDRESSES NUMBERS. SO BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVE A RESIDENCE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDRESS ON THE, ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, ON THE, ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S IMPORTANT. NOT SO MUCH CODE ENFORCEMENT SENIOR NOTICE. IT'S JUST FACT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR EMERGENCY. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOU, WHEN YOU CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. THEREFORE, IT IS EASY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO IDENTIFY YOUR ADDRESS FOR, FOR THE SERVICE. IN OUR VEHICLES, IN OUR VEHICLES, A VEHICLE THAT DOES NOT RUN IS, IS BEEN, BEEN, EXCUSE ME, BEEN STATIONARY FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. DOES NOT HAVE CURRENT INSPECTED STICKER OR LICENSE TAGS. WE CONSIDER THAT AS A JUNK VEHICLE. PARKING ON APPROVED SERVICE, IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE MORTAR HOME, A BOAT, IT HAVE TO BE PARKED ON CONCRETE. IT CANNOT BE PARKED IN THE GRASS AREA, SWIMMING POOL. IF YOU HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FENCE AROUND THE SWIMMING POOL. IF YOU HAVE A LARGE AREA BACKYARD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FOUR FOOT FENCE AROUND THE, THE PERIMETER OF THE SWIMMING POOL. AND A SIX FOOT FENCE AROUND THE, THE INTERIOR OF THE, OF THE BACKYARD AREA OF THE SIDE YARD. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR COMMON VIOLATIONS. YOU NOTICE WE HAVE A VEHICLE PARKED ON GRASS AS DESCRIBING A FEW MINUTES AGO. WE HAVE THE OPPER VEHICLE BEFORE A TAURUS. THEN WE HAVE JUNK AND DEBRIS IN THE BACKYARD ON THE PATIO AREA. THAT WAS CALLED OUT. THEN WE HAVE THE FENCES, THE, IT'S OKAY, I MEMORIZE IT. WE HAVE THE FENCE, UH, TO, TO THE LEFT AND THE CORNER, THE SUBSTANDARD. THEN WE HAVE THE, THE SUBSTANDARD, UH, STAGNANT POOL. YES, MA'AM. ANIMAL CONTROL. THAT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. WE, WE SUPERVISE. UM, ANIMAL CONTROL. EMPHASIZE PUBLIC EDUCATION AS RESULTS. A INCREASED LEVEL OF PERSONAL, PERSONAL PETS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING. YES, COMMON, COMMON ANIMAL CONTROL VIOLATIONS. DOGS RUN AT LARGE. VACCINATION ANIMAL LIMB. ANIMAL NUISANCE ANIMALS RUN AT LARGE. BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL, IF YOU, YOU HAVE TO. THAT ANIMAL MUST BE ON A LEASH AS YOU WALK THE ANIMAL AND HAVE TO HAVE FIX A RAB TAGS WHEN YOU WALK THE ANIMAL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND WE REQUIRE YOU HAVE ONE YEAR OF RABIES FOR YOUR ANIMALS. SOMETIMES SOME OTHER CITIES LAST THREE YEARS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU HAVE VACCINATION FOR ONE YEAR, WE WILL HONOR, WE WILL HONOR. IF YOU HAVE A THREE YEAR VACCINATION [02:20:01] FROM YOUR VETERINARY, UH, CARE ANIMAL LIVING, BASICALLY THE, THIS TALKING ABOUT YOU ONLY COULD HAVE A COMBINATION OF, OF FOUR ANIMALS, A COMBINATION DOGS OR CATS, UH, ON, ON YOUR PROPERTY, WHILE ANIMALS THAT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL. ANY PERSON EXHIBIT POSSESSED IN HARBOR ANY WILD ANIMAL WITHIN THE CITY WITHOUT A PERMIT. WHILE ANIMALS ARE DEFINED AS, EXCUSE ME, OR DEFINED AS SPECIES OF ANY ANIMALS COMMONLY EXISTS IN NATURAL UNCONFINED STATE OR US NOT DOMESTIC. DOMESTIC AND DOMESTICATED, AND SHALL APPLY REGARDING THE STATE OR DURATION OF CAPTIVITY. ANIMAL NUISANCE. BASICALLY, ANIMAL NUISANCE IS IF YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL AND YOU WALK ON A LEASH AND YOU CANNOT POOP ON THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POOPING ORDINANCE. IF IT, IF IT POOP IN THE YARD, YOU, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP THE POOP AND BAGGING IT UP. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? YES, SIR. , IF YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL AND YOU POOP IN SOMEBODY'S YARD, PLEASE PICK IT UP. AND IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY DON'T, CALL THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT. DON'T . YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BECKY, FOR, FOR CLEANING UP FOR ME OVER THERE. LOST PET. PLEASE CONTACT TRI CITY SHELTER ADOPTION CENTER IMMEDIATELY AT 9 7 2 2 9 1 53 35. INFORM YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT YOUR, YOUR PET DISMISSING. BRING A, BRING A PICTURE OF YOUR PET, UH, TO THE SHELTER AT 1150 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD, AND FILL OUT A LOSS REPORT. CHECK THE SHELTER EVERY DAY TO SEE IF YOUR PET HAS BE, HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN, FOUND PET. IF YOU HAVE A PET, UH, AND WOULD LIKE TO BE PICKED UP, CONTACT ANIMAL CONTROL AT 9 7 2 2 2 3 6 1 11. YOU MAY ALSO BRING THE PET TO TRI-STATE ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER DURING THE HOURS BEING TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 10 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM IF YOU PREFER TO KEEP THE PET IN YOUR HOME, SEARCH FOR THE OWNER, CONTACT THE SHELTER AT 9 7 2 2 9 1 53 35 TO LEAVE A A A FOUND REPORT. IT ALSO RECOMMEND IF YOU BRING THE ANIMAL TO THE SHELTER, HAVE IT SCANNED FOR A MICROCHIP. HELPFUL TIPS. ALWAYS KEEP CURRENT IDENTIFICATION ON YOUR PET. DOGS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MICROCHIP ARE, IF IMPOUNDED, KEEP CURRENT PICTURE OF YOUR PET AT HOME. DO NOT ASSUME YOUR PET WILL COME HOME ON HIS OWN REPORT. YOUR LOST PET IMMEDIATELY INDUCE YOUR PET TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. THEY COULD BE FAMILIAR WITH, WITH HIM OR HER RUN REGISTRATION. THIS IS A PROGRAM WAS INITIATED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AND, AND THAT THIS PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY HEATHER LANAM, ONE OUR CODE INSPECTOR. AND THIS PROGRAM IDENTIFIED RENTAL PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, Y'ALL MIGHT ADD SOCHAR. HOW MANY RENTAL PROPERTIES HAVE Y'ALL ED SO FAR? SINCE THIS PROGRAM HAS STARTED, WE HAVE REGISTERED 1800 RENTAL PROPERTIES. THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO, TO REGISTER RENTAL PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO ADHERE TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR BUILDING STANDARDS AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM, THE EMPOWER OWNERS TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY, THE HOUSING UNITS THEY OFFER FOR OUR TENANTS, PROMOTE HEALTH AND SAFETY, NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, SAFETY AND WELFARE. ALL RESIDENTS SERVE TO PROTECT PROPERTY BADGES AS WELL AS OWNER TENANTS ALLOW FOR ENHANCEMENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY AND PROPERTY OWNERS. CREATE A VESTED ENTRANCE BETWEEN THE CITY PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANT INSPECTION, RE REGISTRATION INSPECTIONS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR. PAINT, TRIM, SIDING, FACIAL STED, WINDOWS, AND GUTTERS. SO NOW LIST, LIST OF QUESTIONS. BEGIN , HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FOR CODING. QUESTION. OKAY. , WHO DO WE CONTACT TO GET RID OF THE CATS THAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NOBODY CAN SEEM TO COME AND PUT THE CAGES OUT FOR? SO, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS YOU WILL CONTACT THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT. OH, BY [02:25:01] THE WAY, WE JUST HIRED TWO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. WE START NEXT WEEK ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE'VE BEEN OUT WITH A FULL-TIME ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE LAST, ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF. AND, UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO THE HR DEPARTMENT HIRING, GETTING THAT, GETTING THAT PROCESS TAKEN CARE OF FOR US. OKAY. I HAVE CALLED THEM AND THEY SEND ME HERE, THEY SEND ME THERE, THEY SAY THEY ONLY HAVE TWO CAGES IN ALL OF SOTO. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST PARLAY AND NOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE BABIES. AND I'M JUST TRYING NOT TO TAKE ALL THEIR NINE LIVES. SO, HOW I, I DON'T LIKE THE, SO WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE ORDERED SOME OLD MORE TRAPS TO, FOR, TO ASSIST THE, UH, RESIDENTS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE PUTTING A POLICY IN PLACE WHERE, WHERE WE ARE GOING REQUIRE THE SIZZLING TO PUT A DEPOSIT UP FOR THOSE PARTICULAR TRAPS. 'CAUSE A LOT OF CITIES DON'T OFFER THE TRAP SERVICE. AND A LOT OF CITIES CHARGE IT FOR THOSE TRAPS. BUT WE JUST, WE GONNA REQUIRE YOU PUT A DEPOSIT UP BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT THE TRAP RETURN ONCE IT IS BEING USED. AND ONCE WE SERVICE THE TRAP, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE TRAP IS GONNA COST? NO, MA'AM. WE STILL WORKING ON THAT. BUT WHAT YOU COULD DO, YOU CALL IT NINE, I MEAN FOUR SIX NINE SIX FIVE EIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE GIVE YOU THE DEPOSIT AND YOU GIVE US THE DEPOSIT BACK WHEN YOU YES, MA'AM. WHEN WE RETURN, WHEN THE TRAP IS RETURNED. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. UH, WE HAVE GOOD MORNING, SIR. CHAIR PARK, UH, WE HAVE A RESIDENT WHO CONTINUALLY, CONTINUALLY LEAVES HIS GREEN TRASH BAG ON THE SIDEWALK. I'VE BEEN REPORTING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, STILL STOP, MAYBE FOR DURATION OF HIM A MONTH OR ONE YEAR WHERE HE DOESN'T DO IT. AND I KEEP RECORDING IT AND KEEP DOING IT. SO I'M WONDERING IS, IS HE PAYING ANY KIND OF FINE OR WHAT'S BEING DONE TO DISCOURAGE HIM? OKAY, SIR. WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO, AND I GET WITH YOU OFFLINE TO GET THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE CAN DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND, AND GATHER YOUR INFORMATION AND GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT QUESTION. IT SHOULD BE WELL DOCUMENTED IN EYESIS AND EAR PLATFORM. OKAY. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING IT THROUGH THAT PLATFORM. OKAY. HAVE YOU CALLED TO THE ACTION CENTER? NO, I JUST NEED AN OKAY. UH, I WANT CALL THE ACTION CENTER. WE CAN GET IT IN YOUR REQUEST. IN THE SYSTEM I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, IT, IT'LL GO STRAIGHT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE ADDRESS. IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF WHAT, TELL ME YOU HAVE TO ATTACH PHOTO. YEAH. OKAY. BUT THIS IS THROUGH THE, A DIFFERENT SYSTEM THAT'S POP HAVE TO ACTUALLY THE MAIN PHONE NUMBER TO THE CITY AND YOU'LL GET DENISE OR SONYA OR MS. GARDNER. OKAY. AND, AND WE'LL BE A GOOD, KEEP RECORD OF IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT. ONE MORE QUESTION. YEAH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. I HAVE A TRIP. JUST WANNA KNOW WHERE TO, UH, WHO TO CALL TO. YES SIR. TAKE THE, UH, ANIMAL. AWESOME. AND I'VE CAPTURED, MM-HMM, , WHERE DO I BRING THAT? SO YOU, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SIR, YOU, I, I PURCHASED A TRAP. OKAY. YEAH. YOU PURCHASED TRAVEL. YOU CALL ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, DEPARTMENT. YOU CALL 9 7 2. I'LL LOOK IT UP. OH, OKAY. YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP. AND UH, AND WHEN YOU CALL, BASICALLY YOU CALL DISPATCH AND ANIMAL CONTROL WOULD BE DISPATCHED TO THAT LOCATION AND WE COME OUT THERE AND MOVE THAT TRAP. BUT WHEN YOU CALL 9 7 2 2 2 360 1 11, HIT POUND FOUR. OKAY. OKAY. BUT IF I'M, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE ANIMAL IN THE TRAP ALL DAY. SO ANYWHERE I CAN JUST CALL AND C*M. YES. YOU WOULD CALL THAT SAME NUMBER? YES, SIR. YES. THEY WOULD SERVE YOU MUCH QUICKER THAN CALL AN ACTION CENTER. HOW BIG IS THAT ? WHERE YOU I GET COPY. YES, SIR. YES, I GET THAT TO YOU, MR. BERGS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SHARE. SO FOR BEFORE I COULD, BEFORE I, UH, UH, STOP, UM, FOR I END MY PRESENTATION, I WAS, WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING FOR CITY SOTO, WHEN I TOOK IT OVER THE AM PATROL DEPARTMENT, I WAS RIDING WITH MY OFFICER AND ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN PULLED BACK, PULLED ON THE SIDE OF ME AND WANTED ME TO STOP AND ASKED HIM DID WE HAVE A RACCOON IN THERE BECAUSE HE WANTED RACCOON TO PROCESS HIM EATING FOR DINNER. I MEAN, SERIOUS. I MEAN, YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S A TRUE STORY. I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. . YES. [02:30:01] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SMOKE 'EM. TO WATCH. . READY? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. HUMPHREY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE UPDATES FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO LEARN THAT. WE DO HAVE SOME NEW STAFF. UH, WE DO GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. JUST REAL QUICKLY, UM, THE, I HAD A LADY CALL COUP BACK IN JUNE AND SHE WAS PRETTY UPSET BECAUSE, UH, SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS A BIRD THAT GOT HAD IN HER, UH, FLOWER BED IN THE, IN HER, ON HER PORCH, HER BACK PORCH. AND SHE WANTED US TO COME GET THE BIRD OUT. BIRDS THAT ARE NESTING, WE CANNOT TOUCH A LOT OF ANIMAL. THE COYOTES, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OUT AND JUST PICK 'EM UP JUST 'CAUSE THEY'RE THERE. THE CITY IS, UH, HAS A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WOODED AREAS HERE, BUT AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS COME THROUGH, THE ANIMALS ARE PUSHED OUT FROM THEIR NATURAL HABITAT. WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE INFRINGING ON THEM. THEY ARE NOT INFRINGING ON US. WE'VE TAKEN THEIR HOMES. SO JUST BE COGNIZANT. UH, MOST OF THE TIME THEY WILL GO AWAY. YOU CAN CALL ANIMAL CONTROL IF THEY ARE, IF THEY APPEAR TO BE AGGRESSIVE, UNNECESSARILY AGGRESSIVE OR SICKLY. OKAY. BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU, YOU GONNA SEE BOBCATS OUT HERE. YOU'RE GONNA SEE COYOTES HERE. YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SNAKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST STAY AWAY FROM 'EM. MAKE THE PHONE CALL. LET CODE ENFORCEMENT DETERMINE WHAT WILL BE, BE THE BEST, UH, COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE FOR YOU. OKAY? YES, MA'AM. NO, I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT SNAKES. SNAKES, . YEAH, WE DO HAVE RATTLESNAKES OUT HERE. WE, I'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE WHEN I USED TO LIVE HERE. UM, JUST, JUST SPEAK, BE COGNIZANT OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS. OKAY? AND THEN THE EGRETS, THE, THE WHITE BIRDS THAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND. YEAH. THIS IS A, A YEAR THEY'VE DECIDED TO COME HOME IN DESOTO, BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. ONCE THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE PROTECTED. THEY STAY UNTIL THEY FINISH NESTING AND THEN THEY WILL LEAVE AND THEY COME BACK IN CYCLES. EVERY, WHAT, THREE, THREE OR FOUR YEARS. OKAY. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YEARS. UM, WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM OUR CARE TEAM LIEUTENANT MELISSA FRANK. HAVE ANY OF YOU HEARD OF THE CARE TEAM BEFORE? YES. OKAY. WE'VE ONLY BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR, WHAT, TWO, THREE YEARS? THREE YEARS NOW. THREE YEARS NOW. AND IT REALLY CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE, THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES. 'CAUSE EVERY, EVERYBODY WAS ON LOCKDOWN. SO LIEUTENANT FRANKS HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS PROGRAM SINCE INCEPTION, AND SHE'S GONNA HAVE SOME IN GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. ALMOST GOOD MORNING. I AM LIEUTENANT MELISSA FRANKS A 19 YEAR VETERAN OF DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I CURRENTLY COORDINATE THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM. UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE MY PARTNER HERE WITH ME TODAY. RAVEN SEN. SHE IS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND SHE'S THE CLINICAL OVERSIGHT FOR THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM AS WELL. SO, UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I AM GOING TO, UM, EXPLAIN THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM TO YOU, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY FIRST. SO, WE KNOW THAT IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAKE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, BUT WE KNOW THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS AREN'T AS HEALTHY AS THEY COULD BE. LET'S MEET JOHN JOHN'S STORY CAN PROBABLY BE FOUND WOVEN THROUGH MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES WITH MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN OUR AREA. JOHN GREW UP IN A COMMUNITY A LOT LIKE THIS, IN A LOVING HOME. HE EVEN GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS EXCITED TO GO ON TO COLLEGE. UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD TO DROP OUT OF HIS THIRD YEAR OF COLLEGE BECAUSE HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT SYMPTOMS LEADING TO A DIAGNOSIS OF BIPOLAR DISORDER, WHICH ULTIMATELY FORCED HIM TO MOVE HOME. THOUGH HE HAS ACCESS AND MEANS TO APPROPRIATE TREATMENT, MEDICATIONS, JOHN STRUGGLES WITH CONSISTENT BEING REMAINING CONSISTENT WITH THOSE MEDICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY MAKE HIM FEEL. HE OFTEN FEELS BETTER WHEN USING MARIJUANA TO HELP KEEP HIM FEELING LEVEL AND SOMETIMES USES COCAINE IN A RECREATIONAL WAY. ONE DAY JOHN ACCUSES HIS PARENTS OF POISONING HIS FOOD. AN ARGUMENT ERUPTS WHEN HIS PARENTS DENY THIS AND TELL HIM, JUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATION. JOHN THREATENS TO KILL THEM FOR POISONING HIM, WHICH IS ALARMING TO HIS PARENTS. AND THEY CALL THE POLICE. WHEN THE POLICE COME, THEY HAVE THREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE [02:35:01] TO THEM. NUMBER ONE, TAKE JOHN TO JAIL. NUMBER TWO, TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL OR THREE, LEAVE HIM THERE IN THE HOME. BECAUSE WHAT JOHN HAS DONE CONSTITUTES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. JOHN IS ARRESTED AND HE ENDS UP GOING TO JAIL. HIS PARENTS QUICKLY FEEL BAD FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW HE DIDN'T MEAN IT. SO THEY GO AND THEY PAY TO GET HIM OUT, AND HE RETURNS HOME WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD. IF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAKE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. WHAT HAS BEEN GAINED FROM THIS? THE FOLLOWING WEEK, JOHN FEELS LIKE HE NEEDS TO USE SOME DRUGS TO HELP HIM MORE THAN HIS MEDICATION. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS LEADS HIM TO THE IDEA THAT HIS NEIGHBORS ARE HARASSING AND THREATENING HIM. HE GOES OUT TO THE FRONT LAWN AND HIS SCENE ACTING STRANGELY AND TALKING TO HIMSELF. HIS NEIGHBOR SEES THESE BIZARRE BEHAVIORS AND CALLS THE POLICE. WHEN THE POLICE COME, THEY ARE FACED WITH THE SAME THREE OPTIONS. NUMBER ONE, TAKE JOHN TO JAIL. NUMBER TWO, TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. OR NUMBER THREE, LEAVE HIM IN PLACE. THIS TIME THE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEESCALATE JOHN AND GET HIM TO GO BACK IN THE HOUSE WHERE HE RETREATS INTO HIS BEDROOM TO RUMINATE ON THE PROBLEM OF HIS NEIGHBORS. IF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAKE FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITY, WHAT HAS BEEN GAINED FROM THIS? THE FOLLOWING WEEK, JOHN CALLS THE POLICE ON HIMSELF. HE'S FEELING SUICIDAL. WHEN THE POLICE COME, ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE FACED WITH THE SAME THREE OPTIONS. NUMBER ONE, TAKE JOHN TO JAIL. NUMBER TWO, TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. OR NUMBER THREE, LEAVE HIM IN PLACE. THIS TIME THEY TAKE JOHN TO THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY TO GET SOME HELP OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. JOHN IS ASSESSED BY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AT THE HOSPITAL. ONCE HE'S NO LONGER DEEMED TO BE AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS, HE'S DISCHARGED INTO THE COMMUNITY AFTER BEING PICKED UP BY HIS FAMILY, JOHN REFUSES TO GET HIS PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED, OR CONSIDER THE OUTPATIENT REFERRALS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY. IF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAKE FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, WHAT HAS BEEN GAINED FROM THIS? THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, PROVIDING FREE COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING BEHAVIORAL NEEDS, HEALTH NEEDS IN THE CITIES OF DESOTO, CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE. THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM EXISTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, ENGAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION, ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN ORDER TO STOP THE REVOLVING DOOR OF CRISIS LIKE JOHN'S SITUATION. HOW DO WE DO THAT? LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT JOHN. LET'S CONSIDER THAT DAY WHEN JOHN WAS ARRESTED FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE AFTER THREATENING TO KILL HIS FAMILY DUE TO BELIEFS THAT THEY WERE POISONING HIS FOOD. BECAUSE IT'S STILL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, JOHN GOES TO JAIL. BUT THIS TIME, THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM VISIT WITH JOHN IN THE JAIL TO OFFER HIM ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE AND FOLLOW UP WITH JOHN AFTER HIS DISCHARGE WITH, TO HELP HIM AND HIS FAMILY NAVIGATE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. IF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAKE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, WHAT HAS BEEN GAINED FROM THIS? ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TOWARDS RECOVERY. NEXT, LET'S CONSIDER THE DAY THAT JOHN CALLED THE, THAT THE NEIGHBORS CALLED THE POLICE ON JOHN. AFTER SEEING HIM ACT STRANGELY AND TALKED TO HIMSELF, THE OFFICERS ARE STILL SUCCESSFULLY GOING TO DEESCALATE JOHN AND PERSUADE HIM TO GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE. BUT THIS TIME, THE OFFICERS MAKE A DIRECT REFERRAL TO THE CARE TEAM. THE TEAM FOLLOWS UP WITH JOHN TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO ACCESS RESOURCES AND ASSIST IN REMOVING ANY BARRIERS TO TREATMENT. IF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAKE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, WHAT HAS BEEN GAINED FROM THIS? ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TOWARDS RECOVERY. FINALLY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DAY WHEN JOHN FELT SUICIDAL AND CALLED THE POLICE, WHICH RESULTED IN OFFICERS TAKING HIM TO THE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. THIS TIME, THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM IS A PART OF JOHN'S DISCHARGE TEAM. THE TEAM WORKS WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO PROVIDE ONGOING ENCOURAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIP TO OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS BETWEEN HIM AND ACCESSING APPROPRIATE TREATMENT AND SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. IF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS MAKE FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, WHAT HAS BEEN GAINED FROM THIS? ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TOWARDS RECOVERY. IF JOHN'S STORY RESONATES WITH YOU, MAYBE ABOUT YOURSELF OR SOMEBODY THAT YOU CARE ABOUT, PLEASE CONTACT US AT THIS INFORMATION ABOVE OR COME BY THE TABLE AND ASK FOR SOME MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LIEUTENANT FRANKS. THAT'S, WE HAVE A LOT OF CALLS THAT NOT ONLY COME TO PD, BUT PEOPLE [02:40:01] THAT CALL AND EVEN COME TO TOWN CENTER AND WE IN, UH, UH, GET THE CARE TEAM TO, TO COME AND ASSIST. UH, SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER, MS. NIKKI GILES. SHE HAS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND, UH, MS. GILES WORKS UNDER THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SHE HAS SOME VITAL INFORMATION FOR US. COME ON UP. THAT GOOD STUFF? GOOD MORNING. IS IT STILL? MORNING? GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY IT IS AN ABSOLUTE GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE. IS IT? OKAY, SO I AM YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER, NIKKI GILES. AND I'M COMING TO YOU BY WAY OF THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AND WHAT MY POSITION IS. NOW, I'VE SEEN SOME OF YOU ALREADY AT YOUR HOA MEETINGS. YES. HOW MANY? HOW MANY? OH, SO YOU KNOW ME, LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE PURPOSE OF MY POSITION. SO I'M JUST HERE VERY, VERY BRIEFLY. UM, IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THEY DECIDED TO HIRE IN NON-SWORN OFFICERS. SO I AM A CIVILIAN JUST LIKE YOU ARE, BUT I'M AN UNSWORN. SO I'M AN UNSWORN OFFICER HERE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU TO BRING BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHATEVER YOUR CONCERNS ARE, WHATEVER YOUR INTERESTS ARE, AND JUST TO ENGAGE AND COMMUNICATE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO CREATE A BOND WITH YOU, TO BE A COMMUNITY WITH YOU, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE CARE. SO OUR MISSION IS TO DELIVER EXCELLENCE TO YOU ONE CONTACT AT A TIME. AND SO BY DOING THAT, THEY'VE HIRED ME AND TWO OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS THAT YOU'LL SEE SOMETIMES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, THE OTHER TWO COMMUNITY OFFICERS, WE ARE ALL TRAINED TO DO EVERYTHING. SO WE'LL COME, I'LL, YOU'LL SEE ME PRIMARILY OUT AT YOUR EVENTS. I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF WE DO NOT HAVE YOUR UPDATED HOA INFORMATION TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO COME TO YOUR HOA MEETINGS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. UM, THE OTHER OFFICERS, WE'RE ALSO HERE TO KIND OF PROVIDE A RELIEF FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE SWORN TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HANDLE THOSE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE MORE EMERGENT, IF YOU WILL. UM, SO WE'LL COME OUT AND WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE REPORTS ON, UH, STOLEN VEHICLES, HARASSMENTS, UH, FRAUD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A RELIEF FOR OUR POLICE. SO WE'RE HERE AS SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE ARE FOR YOU. WHENEVER YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF INTER ANY TYPE OF EVENT THAT'S GOING ON, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE WANT TO BE THERE. SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE ANY GAPS. OKAY? UM, I HAVE MY ASSISTANT CHIEF SNICK HERE WITH ME TO, TO, AND SHE, AND COME ON UP, CHIEF. SHE SAID TO COME ON UP . UM, ANOTHER THING, UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SO, UM, ARE YOU AWARE WE, SO WE'VE HAD OUR OFFICIAL, WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. DID WERE SOME YES, WE DID. WE HAD OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. NOW COMING UP IN OCTOBER 3RD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TEXAS NIGHT OUT AND IT IS GONNA BE A STATIC LOCATION. HAVE YOU, ARE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT? NO. OKAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE, IT'LL BE AT DESOTO EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL. YEAH, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD. UM, LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ONLINE AS, AS WE HAVE INFORMATION AND, AND EVENTS PLANNED. AND, AND AS WE GET THOSE CONFIRMED, WE WILL PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT TO Y'ALL. AND SO, UM, SO YEAH, AND I'M SORRY. OH, GO AHEAD NIKKI. UH, THIS EVENT, ACTUALLY, THIS IS OUR FIRST REBOOT SINCE PRIOR TO COVID, IF, IF SOME OF Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER, WE USED TO HOLD THIS STATIC EVENT. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE DID SO WAS IN 2019. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO BRING THIS BACK. AND SO I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR SIX MONTHS, . SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UM, AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSITION? NOTHING. WELL, VERY GOOD. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? PRETTY GOOD FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. YOU HEARD THAT CHIEF ? I DID. I'M JUST, I JUST WANT TO SLIDE THAT IN THERE, . OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. OH, AND PLEASE COME BY AND VISIT OUR TABLE ALSO BECAUSE, UM, AND AGAIN, OH, ONE MORE THING. SO WHEN WE COME OUT TO YOUR HOA MEETINGS, WE'LL ALSO BRING, UM, [02:45:01] STAFF, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WANTING US TO, WE CAN GET CODE ENFORCEMENT TO COME WITH US. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE HAVING IT, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT TO PRY, BUT IT'S TO PROVIDE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. UH, WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, GETTING A LITTLE PIECE OF YOUR, YOUR SATURDAY MORNING IN, INTO THE AFTERNOON. NOW, UH, TO SPEAK WITH YOU, MY NAME IS RYAN SNICK AND I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2004, SO I'M COMING UP ON MY 20TH ANNIVERSARY. SO WE HAVE SIX MONTHS. WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOON TO BE, SOON TO BE 20 YEARS IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. AND, UH, I'M, I'M HONORED TO DO SO EVERY DAY. UM, HERE, LET'S CHECK AND SEE IF THIS, OKAY, MY CLICKER'S WORKING. I, I GOTCHA. AND, AND BECKY, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UM, WE HAVE A TABLE OUT HERE. IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA ASK Y'ALL TO HOLD QUESTIONS. I WILL BE OUT HERE AS LONG AS YOU NEED ME. JUST, JUST COME FIND ME OUT HERE AT OUR TABLE AFTER MY PRESENTATION, OKAY? AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. UM, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO THANK LIEUTENANT FRANKS, UH, CHARLES HUMPHREY AND, UH, CSO GILES. UH, ALSO, UH, THESE ARE ALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW HOW PROUD WE ARE OF THEM AS INDIVIDUALS OF, OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND, AND OF THEIR TEAMS. I THINK THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US, AND, AND WE'RE PROUD TO CALL THEM PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO, UH, WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU HERE TODAY, UM, IS, IS EVEN MORE FUN THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT STATISTICS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY LOVES STATISTICS, IS I, I'M SURE WHAT, WHAT EVERYONE WAS HOPING TO, TO SEE AND GO OVER, UM, WHEN, WHEN THEY CAME HERE THIS MORNING. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE FAIR, I I CAN, I CAN STAND UP HERE ALL DAY AND SUBJECTIVELY TELL YOU THAT THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A GREAT JOB. AND LISTEN, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT. I REALLY DO. BUT I, I WANNA SHOW YOU SOME STATISTICS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO OBJECTIVELY MEASURE WHAT WE DO AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BOTH YOU AND I KNOW THIS IS ONLY ONE FACET OF, OF WHAT WE DO. AND I, I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER ALL THOSE STATISTICS. I CAN, I CAN TAKE SOME CREDIT. WE, AS A DEPARTMENT CAN TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR REDUCTIONS IN, IN CRIME WHEN WE HAVE THOSE. OF COURSE, WE WILL STEP AWAY WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE INCREASES IN CRIME, RIGHT? UM, BUT I'D JUST KIND OF LIKE TO SHOW YOU, UH, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CRIME LOOKS LIKE OVER ABOUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS HERE IN THE CITY. UH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL KIND OF SEGUE INTO, I I WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE RIGHT NOW AND, AND KIND OF THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST, UH, EIGHT YEARS OR SO. I THINK WE START BACK IN 2015, AND I KIND OF SHOW YOU A, A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE LOOK LIKE THEN. SO THESE ARE, UM, THESE ARE GROUP A OFFENSES OR, OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PART ONE OFFENSES. THESE ARE, THESE ARE YOUR SERIOUS OFFENSES, RIGHT? THAT ARE, UH, MEASURED BY THE, THE FBI AND REPORTED ON IN THEIR UNIFORM CRIME REPORT EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 2000 OF THOSE OFFENSES IN 2018, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING LAST FULL YEAR, OKAY? SO I CAN COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, BUT, UM, WE WERE DOWN CONSIDERABLY. UH, YOU, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THERE DOWN, UH, UH, A LITTLE OVER 19% OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AND THEN JUST TO LOOK AT, UM, FROM 2021 TO 2022, WE WERE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2%. SO YOU SEE FOLKS, WE'RE DO, WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AT THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PROPERTY CRIMES. UM, WE ARE DOWN FROM 2021 TO 2022. AS YOU CAN SEE, THOUGH, WE WERE, WE'RE UP A LITTLE BIT FROM WHERE WE WERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. AND, AND YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, THE, THE TREND IS THAT THAT LINE, THAT GRAPH BOUNCES UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN A THOUSAND OR SO, UP TO 1200 AND, AND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN OUR CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS 168 AND TWENTY EIGHTEEN, A HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX [02:50:01] LAST YEAR, UM, OBVIOUSLY 2018 WAS, WAS QUITE LOW COMPARATIVE TO, TO WHAT WE NORMALLY GET. WE'RE DOWN 3.2% FROM, UH, 2021 TO 2022. BUT HOW MUCH HAS THE POPULATION INCREASED OVER THAT SAME, THAT WOULD BE A SURE. AND THAT IS A, THAT IS A FAIR POINT, SIR. SO, UM, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO LIGHT. OUR FAMILY VIOLENCE STATISTICS. UH, WE ARE, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOWN HERE IN, IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 2021 TO 2022. AND THEN JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNAPSHOT, UH, OF THIS YEAR SO FAR, AND WHAT WE'RE COMPARING HERE AT THE TOP, AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE MOST OF OUR PART ONE OFFENSES OR OUR SERIOUS OFFENSES. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OFFENSES IN THERE, UH, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE, AND VANDALISM. UM, OUR DRUG AND NARCOTIC OFFENSES THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED PART ONE, UH, BUT THEY'RE ADDED INTO THAT TOTAL AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE DOWN BY ABOUT 25 CRIMES OR SO. UH, THIS, THIS YEAR THROUGH AUGUST, OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. SO I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE APPEAR TO BE TRENDING DOWN AGAIN. AND NOW WE WILL SEGUE INTO THAT PART, UH, REGARDING OUR AUTHORIZED VERSE VERSUS OUR ACTUAL SWORN PERSONNEL STRENGTH. AND, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW OUR DEPARTMENT IS BROKEN DOWN CURRENTLY. SO BACK IN 2015, WE WERE AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY 74 FULL-TIME BUDGETED SWORN POSITIONS. UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD, AND THESE ARE ALL END OF CALENDAR YEAR NUMBERS. SO AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2015, WE HAD 69 SWORN OFFICERS. THAT WAS 66 OFFICERS, THREE RECRUITS. AND WHEN I SAY THAT ON THIS PRESENTATION, THAT JUST MEANS THOSE WERE OFFICERS IN TRAINING AT THE TIME, OKAY? SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SERVING YOU AT A FULL CAPACITY, RIGHT? THEY'RE, THEY ARE LIKELY RIDING ALONG WITH ANOTHER OFFICER, OR THEY MAY BE AT, AT A POLICE ACADEMY, BUT IF THEY'RE CONSIDERED A RECRUIT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOT, UM, 100% OF AN OFFICER YET. SO 2016, UH, 75 AUTHORIZED, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE WERE STILL KIND OF IN THE SAME BOAT AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF HOVERING WITH, WITH FIVE TO SIX VACANCIES, UH, BOTH YEARS, 2017, AGAIN, HOVERING AROUND THAT NUMBER, WE'RE AT 70. SO WE'RE MAINTAINING 2018. AND I'VE, I'VE GOT A, I HAVE A GRAPHIC THAT I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A MOMENT THAT WILL DISPLAY THIS. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL EFFECT OF THIS. BUT BOOM, WE DROPPED, WE DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 61 FULL-TIME SWORN OFFICERS, AND THE IMPORTANT NUMBER THERE IS 53 OFFICERS. OKAY? SO AT THE END OF 2018, WE WERE AUTHORIZED 77, WE HAD ABOUT 25 FEWER OFFICERS THAN THAT ACTUALLY OUT ON THE STREET, FULL-TIME. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TRAINING, OKAY? BUT THAT WAS A BAD YEAR FOR US. WE, WE LOST A BUNCH OF FOLKS, BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS AHEAD. SO IN 2019, UH, WE'RE UP TO 79 AUTHORIZED. WE HAVE 68 FULL-TIME SWORN, WE'VE GOT 62 OFFICERS ON THE STREET BY THE END OF, OF THAT YEAR, 2020, STILL AT 79, WE'RE UP TO, TO 67 OFFICERS ON THE STREET. NOW 21, WE'RE MOVING UP INTO THE EIGHTIES, 65 ON THE STREET, 2022, WE'RE AT 83 AND WE HAVE 79 EMPLOYED OFFICERS, 74 ON THE STREET AT THE END OF THE YEAR, FIVE RECRUITS, STILL FOUR VACANCIES. AND THIS YEAR, 83, BUT THE CITY PUT IN AN ORDINANCE AND, AND GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO OVERHIRE BY FIVE. SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 86, FULL-TIME OFFICERS, 77 ACTUALLY ON THE STREET. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR ISN'T, ISN'T DONE WITH, UM, WE'VE GOT NINE RECRUITS, RIGHT? SO WE ARE, WE ARE ON THE WAY TO GETTING IN THE MID EIGHTIES ON THE STREET. UH, [02:55:01] WE'VE GOT TWO VACANCIES RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A TEST SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH. AND SO WE HOPE TO FILL, AND, AND IN FACT, LET ME SAY, WE EXPECT TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES WITH, WITH THAT TEST. SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND NOW MY CHALLENGE IS KEEPING US THERE, RIGHT? MAKING, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN RECRUIT AND WE CAN RETAIN THE OFFICERS THAT, THAT WE'RE ALREADY EMPLOYING. AND, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, UH, THE, THE CITY PROVIDED US WITH A SALARY ADJUSTMENT, UM, JUST THIS LAST YEAR TO MAKE US A LOT MORE COMPETITIVE. AND, AND SO I EXPECT THAT TO, TO HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY. WHAT DOES YOUR ATTRITION RATE LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY ARE SET TO RETIRE IN THE NEXT FIVE? OKAY, SO I CAN SHOW YOU, I HAVE A SLIDE ACTUALLY HERE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MOMENT. THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE TREND FROM ABOUT THE PREVIOUS 10 YEARS OR SO, AND, UH, REALLY THE, THE AVERAGE ON YEARS THAT, THAT AREN'T OUTLIER YEARS. AND, AND OUR OUTLIER YEAR WAS 2018. OKAY? AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, AROUND, WE, WE HAVE AROUND SIX OFFICERS, OKAY? WHO LEAVE FOR WHATEVER REASON EVERY YEAR, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH RETIREMENT, WHETHER IT'S THEY, THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHETHER IT'S THEY, THEY CHANGE THEIR PROFESSION ALTOGETHER. AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU THAT HERE IN A MOMENT. UH, THIS IS WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE AS CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW TODAY AS WE SPEAK, OKAY? WE HAVE 50 SWORN, UH, OFFICERS IN OUR PATROL DIVISION, AND, AND LET ME SAY THESE ARE SWORN POSITIONS, OKAY? MEANING THESE ARE, THESE ARE POLICE OFFICERS. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR SUPPORT STAFF, OKAY? I, I'M, I'M FOCUSING ON OUR SWORN OFFICERS TODAY, ALRIGHT? 50 IN THE PATROL DIVISION, WE HAVE A CAPTAIN, FOUR LIEUTENANTS, FOUR SERGEANTS, TWO CORPORALS, 36 OFFICERS IN OUR PATROL SERVICES, OKAY? THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT, THAT ARE OUT PATROLLING YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY? SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOUR PATROL SHIFTS. WE HAVE ABOUT NINE OFFICERS AND THREE SUPERVISORS, PLUS THREE SUPERVISORS I SHOULD SAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, WE'VE GOT 12 OFFICERS ON THE STREET, OKAY? UM, WE WANT FOUR MORE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THOSE RECRUITS. AND OUT OF THESE NEW HIRES, WE WANT FOUR MORE THERE BY MAY OF 2024. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING, OKAY? SO THAT'LL GIVE US 10 ON EACH PATROL SHIFT, PLUS THREE SUPERVISORS, THAT'LL BE 13 PER SHIFT, OKAY? AT FULL STRENGTH. UH, WE HAVE A TRAFFIC AND, AND CANINE UNIT NOW, AND YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE A TRAFFIC UNIT 5, 6, 7 YEARS AGO, BUT BECAUSE OF, OF SOME OF WHAT I SHOWED YOU THAT HAD TO GO AWAY, RIGHT? THE PATROL DIVISION AND PATROL SERVICES, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO PULL PEOPLE BACK OUT OF ASSIGNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION. THERE WE ARE, WE ARE TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE, WE ARE EXPANDING BACK OUT, OKAY? AND WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO SERVE Y'ALL. UH, PART OF THAT IS OUR TRAFFIC AND K NINE UNIT. I HAVE A, A TRAFFIC SUPERVISOR AND ONE TRAFFIC OFFICER. WE WANT ONE MORE BY MAY OF NEXT YEAR. I HAVE A CANINE OFFICER AND WE WOULD LIKE ONE MORE CANINE OFFICER BY MAY OF NEXT YEAR. OUR SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION, UH, THAT'S OUR INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. UM, REALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT PATROL, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE, UH, A CAPTAIN AND A LIEUTENANT, AND WE HAVE A TASK FORCE OFFICER, UH, WHO'S, WHO'S PART OF THAT DIVISION. UM, OUR INVESTIGATORS, A SERGEANT, A CORPORAL, AND SIX INVESTIGATORS. WE WANT ONE MORE OF THOSE BY 2024. AND WE HAVE A NEW HIGH INTENSITY CRIME REDUCTION UNIT THAT'S A COUPLE OF OFFICERS. AND, AND WHAT THOSE OFFICERS DO IS REALLY, THEY, THEY ADDRESS, UM, COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN, IN REGARDS TO NARCOTICS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A TIP LINE, TIP 4 1 1. YOU KNOW, WE GET, WE GET REPORTS ABOUT NARCOTICS ACTIVITY IN THIS CITY, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY WITH, WITH THAT GROUP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A A A WAY TO PUT THEM TO TASK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. UM, WE HAVE A, AN OFFICER, UH, AS WELL WHO IS ASSIGNED TO COMMUNITY POLICING. AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES OUR SROS. WE HAVE A SERGEANT AND FOUR OFFICERS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE MORE, UH, BY MAY OF NEXT YEAR. AND OUR CARE TEAM, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES LIEUTENANT FRANKS AND, UH, OFFICER CAROLYN WILLIAMS, WHO, WHO WORKS WITH THE LIEUTENANT. AND THEN WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S MYSELF AND [03:00:01] THE CHIEF. WE HAVE A FACILITY SERGEANT, WE HAVE, UH, PROF, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION WITH OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS STAFF, A TRAINING COORDINATOR, HIRING BACKGROUNDS INVESTIGATOR, AN OFFICER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT. AND WE HAVE ONE LIEUTENANT NOW WHO IS HELPING MANAGE OUR JAIL AND ALSO PART OF ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE THOSE RECRUITS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. UM, FOUR OF THOSE SHOULD BE ON THE STREET BY LATE FEBRUARY, 2024. UM, I'M SORRY, FIVE. SO BOTH THE TOP TWO GROUPS BY FEBRUARY, 2024. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS WHO ARE STILL IN POLICE ACADEMY. MAY 20, 24 IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM COMING OUT. AND THEN JUST A, JUST A LITTLE LINE GRAPH HERE FOR YOU TO SHOW YOU THOSE STATISTICS THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UM, REGARDING OUR PERSONNEL. YOU CAN SEE THE, THE GOLD LINE IS WHAT WE'RE AUTHORIZED. THE BLUE LINE IS, IS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY AT. AND THE, THE GREEN LINE IS HOW MANY OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE NOT IN TRAINING AND, AND ACTUALLY SERVING THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT 79, AND THAT'S ABOUT AS HIGH AS, AS WE'VE BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. AND THEN SIR, TO, TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT ATTRITION QUESTION, SINCE 2015, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY STEADY TYPICALLY, BUT IN 2018, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE HUGE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? WE LOST 19 OFFICERS FOR A NUMBER OF VARIOUS REASONS. UM, BUT, UH, I, I, I THINK I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE BACK, WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS. SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I HAVE AND LIKE I SAID, I WILL BE AVAILABLE OUT HERE, FOLKS FOR ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE JUST PHOTO, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WORK REALLY HARD AND WE'RE VERY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THESE NEW OFFICERS COMING ON BOARD AND, AND THEM BEING, UM, AT CAPACITY. SO WE NOW HAVE CHIEF SOUTHERN, THIS IS, UH, A FIRE CHIEF AND HE HAS A FEW STATISTICS. KEEP IT SHORT. . HELLO? BECKY SAID, KEEP IT SHORT. I CAN KEEP IT SHORT. WE GONNA GO, WE'RE GONNA GO REAL FAST HERE. UH, ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE MAINLY SAFETY. I'VE GOT A FEW SAFETY ITEMS. SO IN FIRE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT SAFETY ITEMS. SO I JUST PULLED A FEW IMPORTANT ONES OUT. BUT PRIOR TO GETTING IN SAFETY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, HERE IN DESOTA, WE HAVE THREE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE RUN. AND, AND IN THOSE FIRE STATIONS, THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALL DUAL CERTIFIED AND DUAL TRAINED, WHICH MEANS WE ARE CERTIFIED AS FIREFIGHTERS THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION AND AS PARAMEDICS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. SO ONE DAY WE MAY COME IN AND BE ON THE FIRE TRUCK AND ONE DAY WE MAY COME IN AND BE ON THE AMBULANCE. SO WE GO BACK AND FORTH ON, ON BOTH. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE OPERATE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE FIRE STATIONS. WE GOT THE ONE DOWN ON WINTERGREEN. IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1980. IT'S BEEN THERE A WHILE. WE JUST OPENED STATION TWO, WHICH IS ALSO HOUSES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE HOUSED NOW DOWN ON SOUTH PARK. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD, UH, NUMBER TWO FIRE STATION TO SODAS. HAD. WE HAD ONE ON BELTLINE WAY BACK WHEN IT GOT TORE DOWN. WE HAD THE ONE BEHIND IT ON FIRST STREET, JUST RECENTLY TORE IT DOWN AND THEN BUILT THIS. AND THEN WE HAVE STATION THREE THAT'S OUT THERE AT PLEASANT RUN AND ROE HILL. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE RUN A, A FIRE ENGINE AND AN AMBULANCE OUT OF, UH, TO COVER THE CITY. THEY'RE ALL STRATEGICALLY PLACED TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT'S AT. I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT PUTTING IN SLIDES. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE LET MY 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DO THIS. SHE'D BEEN A LOT BETTER. SO THIS IS, UH, UH, OUR CALL VOLUME AND I JUST WENT BACK OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, TO GIVE YOU SOME CALL VOLUME AND KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT WE DO. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE IN 2020 THAT WE ONLY RAN 8,700 TOTAL CALLS. SO THE RED IS EMS, THAT BLUE IS FIRE DOWN THERE AND IT'S MESSED UP. IT'S LIKE 2,600 FIRE CALLS, 6,000 AMBULANCE CALLS FOR A TOTAL OF 8,700. AND THEN YOU SEE A BIG JUMP IN 21. AND THEN 22, WE KIND OF STAY THE SAME OVER 11,200 CALLS. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS OUT OF THREE FIRE STATIONS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL ASK, WHY THIS BIG JUMP RIGHT HERE? WELL, 2020 WAS COVID, RIGHT? EVERYBODY WAS HOME, NOBODY WAS OUT DOING ANYTHING. WE WASN'T INTERACTING. AND WE SAW OUR CALL VOLUME DIP. AND THEN ONCE EVERYBODY CAME BACK OUT IN 21, THEN WE STARTED RISING AGAIN. SO IT'S A, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THREE FIRE STATIONS. WE'RE RUNNING 12,000 CALLS. YOU START RUNNING THOSE NUMBERS. WE'RE BASICALLY, EACH FIRE STATION'S RUNNING AN EMERGENCY CALL EVERY OTHER HOUR. THEY'RE [03:05:01] ON AVERAGE. THEY'RE GETTING CALLED OUT. SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY, AND I KNOW I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, I ALWAYS SEE THE AMBULANCES. I ALWAYS SEE THE ENGINES RUNNING OVER TOWN. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE. I, I BROKE IT DOWN HERE BY MONTHS. UH, I GAVE THIS TO BECKY BEFORE AUGUST COMPLETED, SO THAT'S WHY AUGUST IN HERE. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT SO FAR, UH, IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 23 AS FAR IS CALL VOLUME. WE WILL END UP EXCEEDING WELL OVER 12,000 EMERGENCY RESPONSES OUT OF THE THREE STATIONS THIS YEAR. SO THAT'LL COME INTO PLAY HERE IN A MINUTE WHEN WE GET TO TALKING ABOUT SOME SAFETY STUFF. BUT ON TOP OF THE FIRE CALLS WE RUN AND, AND IN, IN THINKING ABOUT SAFETY, UH, FIRE INSPECTIONS IS ANOTHER, UH, AREA THAT WE COVER. WE HAVE OUR FIRE MARSHAL BRANDON FREEMAN AND OUR FIRE INSPECTOR NISHA WALKER. THEY'RE AN OFFICE OF TWO AND THEY TOUCH EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS IN THE CITY. THEY GO THROUGH, UH, FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, MAKE SURE, UH, THEY'VE GOT ALL THEIR FIRE SAFETY STUFF IN ORDER. UH, AND THEY DO THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR, ONCE A YEAR. AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR THEY REPEAT AND DO IT AGAIN. UH, THEY, THEY'RE ALSO BIG AND WENT INTO ALL OUR FIRE PREVENTIONS, ANY PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, WHOEVER CALLS AND, UH, WANTS ANYTHING DONE, WE SEND THEM OUT TO, TO TEACH AND EDUCATE, TO TRY TO HELP, UH, PREVENT FIRES, SMOKE DETECTORS. SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE SAFETY THINGS I PULLED OUT, UH, TO, TO TALK ABOUT EVERY HOUSE SHOULD HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS IS, I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS SLIDE TO YOU ABOVE EVERY BEDROOM. YOU NEED TO REPLACE YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS EVERY 10 YEARS. YOU NEED TO REPLACE YOUR BATTERIES EVERY SIX MONTHS, THAT TIME CHANGE. REPLACE YOUR BATTERIES. WE GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND FIRE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT SMOKE DETECTORS. SO, NO, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T KEEP SMOKE DETECTORS TO GIVE OUT. HOWEVER, WE DO PARTNER WITH AMERICAN RED CROSS. SO IF YOU CALL US, WE WILL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE RED CROSS AND THEY CAN HELP GET YOU SMOKE DETECTORS. UH, WE ALSO GET, UH, CALLS ABOUT INSTALLING SMOKE DETECTORS. SO GOING BACK TO THAT CALL VOLUME, I WAS TELLING YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO INSTALL SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT WE WILL GET YOU CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP YOU, UH, GET THOSE INSTALLED. NOW, WHAT WE WILL DO IS IF YOU'RE A SENIOR AND YOU CALL IN AND YOU NEED HELP CHANGING A BATTERY, WE'LL COME HELP YOU DO THAT, RIGHT? UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS ARE GOOD, THE BATTERIES ARE OPERATING. SO IF YOU RUN INTO THAT, JUST GIVE US A CALL. NOW, IF YOU'RE 20 YEARS OLD, WE, WE KIND OF, HEY, WE, YOU'RE 20 YEARS OLD, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPLACE YOUR OWN, UH, BATTERY. SO, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE , SHOULD BE, UH, OH, I JUMPED AHEAD. THERE YOU GO. CHANGE 'EM EVERY CLOCK. COOKING SAFETY. WE THREW COOKING AND SAFETY UP HERE. 'CAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CAUSES OF FIRES IN THE CITY, ACTUALLY EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? UH, PEOPLE GET TO COOKING, YOU GO DO SOMETHING ELSE, YOU LAY DOWN AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, UH, YOU HAVE A BIG MESS ON YOUR HANDS. UH, SO WE THREW THIS UP. JUST REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, STAY IN THE KITCHEN WHILE YOU'RE COOKING. I'M THE WORLD'S WORST. YOU KNOW, GOT THE GAME ON, GOT THE FOOD GOING, I'M GONNA GO WATCH. AND THEN, AND THEN THE SMOKER'S OUTSIDE, RIGHT? SO NOW I'M HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE. IT'S A, IT'S A MESS. BUT, UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE EVER DRINK WHILE WE'RE GETTING READY TO WATCH THE COWBOYS PLAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, BE SURE, YOU KNOW, WATCH WHAT YOU KNOW, COOKING AND, AND ALCOHOL AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. UH, KEEP A GOOD THREE FOOT ZONE. BE MINDFUL OF YOUR CHILDREN. WE, WE ACTUALLY DO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE FRYING SOMETHING AND YOU LEAVE A HANDLE OUT AND A KID CAN COME PULL. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HIT THAT A COUPLE TIMES AND, AND THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE I REALLY FALL DOWN EVEN AT MY HOUSE, IS I TAKE MY MITTS 'CAUSE SOMETHING'S HOT AND I SET IT WAY TOO CLOSE TO THE STOVE. WAY TOO OFTEN. I BURN UP A COUPLE OF THOSE. MY WIFE DOES NOT LIKE IT WHEN I DO THAT. UH, GREASE FIRES, IF YOU ARE FRYING AND GREASE DOES CATCH ON FIRE, DON'T THROW WATER ON IT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT AND YOU PUT WATER ON IT, NOW YOU'VE JUST CREATED A MESS, YOU KNOW? SO MAKE IT SO FIRST, TURN THE HEAT SOURCE OFF. YOU TURN THE HEAT SOURCE OFF. YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT THAT'LL DO. THAT'LL REALLY START LESSENING THAT FIRE. UM, AND THEN ALWAYS REMEMBER, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, CALL US. IF YOU HAVE A FIRE EXTINCTION, KNOW HOW TO USE IT. USE IT. IF NOT, PICK UP THAT PHONE. CALL US AND GET US HEADED OUT THERE. EVEN IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THE FIRE OUT, CALL US FIRST AND LET US GET STARTED THAT WAY. WE WOULD LOVE TO COME OUT THERE, REALIZE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT OUT AND THERE'S NOTHING MUCH UP FOR US TO DO. AND THEN IF YOUR HOUSE DOES FILL WITH SMOKE, WE HAVE WAYS TO GET ALL THAT SMOKE OUTTA YOUR HOUSE. SO MIGHT AS WELL JUST GET US COMING OUT THERE SO WE CAN HELP YOU, EVEN IF YOU DO GET IT OUT. OKAY? UH, HEATING SAFETY. I THREW HEATING SAFETY IN HERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT, BUT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, HOPEFULLY PRAYERFULLY, THE HEAT WILL GO AWAY AND THE COLD WEATHER WILL COME BACK. AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE ALWAYS GET AN UPTICK IN CALLS FOR FIRES, RIGHT? YOU LOCK THE FIREPLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOU START PLUGGING IN YOUR, UH, HEATERS INTO, UH, HOPEFULLY THE WALL. YOU'LL SEE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT YOU PLUGGING 'EM INTO POWER STRIPS. I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE HERE IN A MINUTE OF WHAT THAT CAN DO. UH, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR CHIMNEYS CLEANED OUT BEFORE YOU GET STARTED. MAKE SURE YOUR FLUES ARE OPEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE CLOSE THE FLUES SO [03:10:01] NOTHING GETS IN IT. DURING THE SUMMERTIME, YOU, YOU FORGET ABOUT IT. YOU LIGHT THAT FIRST FIRE AND YOU JUST SMOKE YOUR OLD HOUSE UP, RIGHT? THE SMOKE HAS NOWHERE TO GO, BUT BACK INTO THE HOUSE. SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A STURDY SCREEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T USE SCREENS. YOU KNOW, YOU DEPENDING ON THE WOODS YOU PUT IN THERE, IT STARTS GIVING OFF SPARKS AND YOU'VE GOT CARPET AND YOU SPARK INTO YOUR CARPET AND START YOUR FIRE. AND, UH, CO ALARMS. IF YOU HAVE GAS APPLIANCES, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE A CO DETECTOR. IF YOU'RE ALL ELECTRIC, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, RIGHT? ELECTRICITY DOESN'T PRODUCE CO, BUT GAS DOES. SO IF YOU HAVE GAS APPLIANCES, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CO DETECTORS. WE KEEP THOSE ON THE FIRE ENGINE. SO IF YOU'RE EVER CONCERNED ABOUT IT, UH, JUST GIVE US A CALL. WE CAN COME OUT, WE CAN WALK IN WITH OUR GAS DETECTORS AND WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY. HERE'S SOME OF THAT PLUGIN I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT WHEN THOSE SPACE HEATERS, THEY PRODUCE A LOT OF AMPERAGE. AND WHEN YOU DON'T WANNA PLUG THOSE INTO A POWER STRIP, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE ARE DIRECTLY INTO YOUR WALL OUTLET, UH, TO HELP REDUCE THE, SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. AND THEN FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM, GO GET 'EM. THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO USE. UH, AND IT'S CALLED THE PASS, PULL, AIM, SQUEEZE, AND, UH, SWEEP. VERY, VERY, VERY SIMPLE. UH, AND I'M GONNA MAKE A PLUG HERE 'CAUSE I'M COMING UP ON MY LAST LOT OF, TO BECKY, BE FAST. SO, BACK HERE IN MARCH, WE JUST LAUNCHED OUR FIRST, UH, CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY, UH, THAT WE HOSTED. WE HAD 17 PEOPLE COME IN, UH, FOR THAT. AND WHAT WE DID THERE, I JUST GAVE YOU A REALLY QUICK SYNOPSIS, WE GO, IT WAS SIX WEEKS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA MOVE IT TO EIGHT WEEKS. BUT WE GO THROUGH VERY IN DEPTH ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE TEACH YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT WE DO, SHOW YOU OUR STRUCTURE. WE'RE A PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE A RANK STRUCTURE. WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT. NOT ONLY THAT, WE ACTUALLY PUT YOU, UH, DOING WHAT WE DO. YOU'RE, UH, OUR CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. THEY FOUGHT FIRE, THEY FOUGHT HOUSE FIRES, THEY FOUGHT CAR FIRES. WE PUT THE EXTRICATION TOOLS IN THEIR HAND. THEY CUT UP CARS, THEY DID EVERYTHING THAT WE DID. WE RAN 'EM THROUGH, UH, THE FULL GAUNTLET SO THEY UNDERSTOOD, UH, ABOUT THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE OPERATED 'EM AND, AND WHAT ALL WE DID. SO TOLD YOU THERE'S THE PLUG, THE NEXT ONE'S COMING. SO WE DID IT IN, UH, JULY THIS YEAR. HUGE MISTAKE. , SOMETHING ABOUT THE THIRD HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD. I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS NOT GOOD. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HOT. UH, THE CLASS DID GREAT. WE DID A LOT OF IN AND OUT, TRYING TO STAY COOL. SO THIS YEAR WE'VE WISED UP, WE HAVE MOVED IT TO MARCH. WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH IT MARCH THE 28TH, I BELIEVE. WE'RE GONNA EXTEND IT TO EIGHT WEEKS, AND WE'RE GONNA GO FROM THERE. AND I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED MYSELF AT THE BEGINNING. I'M SORRY, I WAS SO EXCITED TO GET UP HERE AND GET GOING. AND BECKY SAID, GOTTA GO. MY NAME IS BRIAN SOUTHARD. I AM YOUR FIRE CHIEF. I'VE, I'VE SERVED, UH, DESOTO COME UP ON 23 YEARS. I'VE HELD EVERY RANK THROUGHOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU CAN HOLD. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A BLESSING. AND, AND, UH, I WAS GONNA RETIRE AT 30, BUT, AND MY WIFE SAID, NO, I'M NOT. AND Y'ALL KNOW HOW THAT GOES, GUYS, YOU KNOW, , SHE, SHE, I'M GONNA DO WHAT SHE SAYS AND KEEP HER HAPPY. SO I'LL BE HERE A WHILE LONGER, LORD WILLING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? EXCELLENT. PRIMARILY FOR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES OR, SO, IT'S TWOFOLD. YES, WE WERE, WE, WE DID IT FOR RECRUITMENT TO TRY TO BRING IN YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE CONSIDERING IT. AND THEN WE DID IT, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT ALL WE DO. AND WE WANTED TO EDUCATE 'EM AND TEACH 'EM AND THEN CREATE SAFETY. SO THE THINGS YOU LEARN IN HERE, HOW TO, HOW TO OPERATE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. IN FACT, THE WHOLE CLASS, YOU KNOW, THEY LEFT CLASS WENT AND BOUGHT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. IF THEY LIVED IN A TWO STORY HOME, THEY WERE BUYING ESCAPE LADDERS. YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE SAFETY TO TRY TO HELP KEEP YOUR HOME SAFE AND, UH, TEACH YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT WE DO. SO IT WAS A TWOFOLD. AND WE HAD, WE HAD BOTH. WE HAD OLD AND YOUNG, SO IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. THANK YOU, CHIEF SOUTHERN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WITH OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DEPARTMENTS. THEY DO A ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL JOB HERE IN DESOTO AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, SHOWCASE THEM. OKAY. UM, I HAVE A PRESENTER NOW. I HAVE, HOLD ON. OKAY. SO, MR. CLINT BROWN IS AN EQUITY SHAREHOLDER AND JOINED, UH, FIRM'S REAL ESTATE SECTION IN 2012. HE CURRENTLY LEADS THE FIRM'S, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION DIVISION WITH MARK MARKLE AND IS DOUBLE BOARD CERTIFIED IN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION LAW, UH, BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION. CLINT IS A DELEGATE ON THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE, IS A CO-CHAIR FOR BILL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND CASE LAW EDITOR FOR THE STATE BAR REAL ESTATE SECTION. MR. BROWN REPRESENTS COMMUNITY [03:15:01] ASSOCIATIONS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOP CONTROL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND FOCUSES ON BANKRUPTCY LAW, CORPORATE LAW, AND ALL ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW. HE WAS RECOMMENDED TO SPEAK TO US TODAY BECAUSE OF HIS AFFILIATION WITH COMMUNITIES INSTITUTE ASSOCIATION OF DALLAS. CLINT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU, BECKY, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, DESOTO. SO, AS BECKY MENTIONED, I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH ROBERTS MARKEL, WE'RE A LAW FIRM THROUGHOUT TEXAS, AND WE PROBABLY REPRESENT OVER 1300 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS THE STATE. SO WE DO A LOT OF HOA LAW ON A, ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. I'LL DEFINITELY DO MY BEST TO KEEP TIME AND TIME AND TIGHT HERE. I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND. UH, SO TODAY, I GUESS I GOTTA GIVE MY ATTORNEY DISCLAIMER, WHAT I'M GIVING YOU TODAY IS BASED ON THE LAW AS IT EXISTS TODAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2023. AND IT IS BEING PRESENTED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. I WELCOME KIND OF QUOTE UNQUOTE HYPOTHETICALS. THAT'S FINE. JUST REMEMBER YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, RIGHT , UH, EDUCATION SESSION. SO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT GET YOUR COUNSEL INVOLVED. HE, SHE OR THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO DEEP DIVE ON. ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S OUR AGENDA. TODAY. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BILLS THAT PASSED, THE BILLS THAT CAME CLOSE, OTHER NOTEWORTHY BILLS. AND IF WE'VE GOT TIME, WE'LL DO A BRIEF KIND OF PREDICTION OF WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE YEAR. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS FROM BECKY AND DESOTO, KIND OF WHAT MAKES AN HOA AN HOA, HOW DO I KNOW I'M IN ONE OF THESE THINGS? AND WELL, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR HOME, SUPPOSED TO, SUPPOSED TO, RIGHT? UH, BEFORE YOU BUY, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A RESALE PACKAGE THAT YOU AS A BUYER ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE LAW. AND WHEN IT'S REQUESTED, THERE'S A TIGHT TIMEFRAME TO GET THAT PACKAGE TO YOU. AND THAT PACKAGE TELLS YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION YOU'RE BUYING INTO, NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, IT GIVES YOU THREE DAYS TO GET OUTTA THE CONTRACT, NO HOLDS BAR. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU GET, YOU CAN GET OUT UNDER STATE LAW. HERE'S THE PROBLEM. MANY TIMES Y'ALL DON'T SEE THAT PACKAGE UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE CLOSING OR THE DAY OF CLOSING. EVERYBODY KNOWS, I MEAN, I BUY HOMES JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. YOU GET A STACK OF PAPER LIKE THIS AND YOU START GETTING PAPER CUTS AND BURNED OUT READING ALL THAT STUFF. SO YOU JUST START SIGNING, RIGHT. IT'S AN EXCITING DAY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE SEE THAT A LOT. BUT JUST KNOW IF, IF Y'ALL ARE BUYING HOMES IN COMMUNITIES, JUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO KNOW EVERY DOCUMENT, UH, THAT GOVERNS YOUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WELL IN ADVANCE OF YOUR CLOSING DATE. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. MAKE SURE YOU'RE TALKING WITH YOUR REALTOR ABOUT IT SO THAT YOU CAN GET EDUCATED. SO AN HOA IS AN HOA BASED UPON THE OBLIGATION TO PAY ASSESSMENTS TO THIS CORPORATION, THIS HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, NUMBER ONE. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, BEING SUBJECT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND THESE RESTRICTIONS ATTACH TO ALL THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE HOA, ALL THE LOTS, INCLUDING YOURS. AND THOSE RESTRICTIONS TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO ON YOUR PROPERTY AND WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT BUILD ON YOUR PROPERTY. NOW, IF YOU HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY AN ASSESSMENT TO YOUR ASSOCIATION, Y'ALL ARE NOT AN HOA, YOU'RE CONSIDERED WHAT'S CALLED A CIVIC ASSOCIATION. THERE IS NO ASSESSMENT OBLIGATION. SO YOU'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS STATE LAW. IT'S CALLED CHAPTER 2 0 9 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE. THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, I COULD PROBABLY SPEND AN HOUR GOING INTO IT, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT MAKES AN HOA AND HOA, THE OBLIGATION TO PAY DUES OR ASSESSMENTS AND THEN THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT I MENTIONED. ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST ONE IS A BILL THAT WAS VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR. GOVERNOR ABBOTT VETOED THIS BILL. HE ACTUALLY VETOED OVER 76 BILLS THIS SESSION. WE'RE AN ODD, WE'RE ONE OF FEW STATES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE WE ONLY HAVE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ODD NUMBERED GEARS. SO OUR NEXT SESSION WON'T BE UNTIL 2025, BUT GOVERNOR ABBOTT VETOED THIS BILL, 76 BILLS VETOED THIS YEAR, SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF VETOES IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE. AND THE REASON HE DID IT IS HE WAS HAVING A BIT OF A, UH, ARGUMENT FIGHT WITH THE SENATE. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BILLS, HE VETOED, ALMOST ALL OF 'EM WERE SENATE BILLS. SO, BIT OF A ARGUMENT WITH THE SENATE ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BILL, SENATE BILL 1688 WAS ONE OF THE, OR 1668, EXCUSE ME, WAS ONE OF THE BILLS THAT WAS VETOED. THIS WAS A GOOD BILL FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. [03:20:02] AND IT MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE, IT MADE IT THROUGH THE SENATE, AND IT GOT IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNOR AND HE DECIDED TO VETO IT. BUT HE SAID, LOOK, IF I GET MY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF DONE, I'LL CONSIDER A SPECIAL SESSION THIS YEAR. SO HE GOT HIS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. SO WHAT HE PROMISED, UH, CAI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE IS TO PUT THIS BILL BACK ON CALENDARS IN OCTOBER. SO HE IS, HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE CALLING ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION NEXT MONTH IN OCTOBER, AND HE'S GONNA TRY TO GET SCHOOL VOUCHERS FOR TEACHERS, GET THEM BETTER PAID. AND THEN THE OTHER THING HE'S GONNA BE TRYING TO DO IS PUTTING BILLS BACK ON THE CALENDARS. AND THIS BILL WILL BE ONE OF THEM. ONE OF 'EM. SO WHAT DOES THIS BILL DO IN A NUTSHELL? AGAIN, NOT LAW, IT'S BEEN VETOED. SO IT IS NOT, NOT THE LAW RIGHT NOW. WE MAY SEE IT AS A LAW BECAUSE OF NEXT MONTH, BUT AS IT STANDS TODAY, IT IS NOT A LAW. IT BECAUSE OF THAT VETO, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS TO RESTRICT FRONT YARD FENCING. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S A LAW THAT CAME OUT IN 21, 20 21 THAT ALLOWS FOR OWNERS TO INSTALL PERIMETER FENCES AROUND THEIR ENTIRE LOT. PERIOD, END OF SENTENCE, AN HOA CAN REGULATE THE TYPE OF FENCING TO INSTALL, BUT OTHERWISE THAT THAT LOT OWNER GETS TO SURROUND THEIR ENTIRE FENCE WITH A, OR THEIR ENTIRE LOT WITH A PERIMETER FENCE. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN CONCERNS WITH ON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS IS THE FACT THAT YOU MAY NOT BE A FRONT YARD FENCE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DRIVE IN, UH, DOWN A STREET WITH 30 HOMES ON EITHER SIDE, AND TWO OF 'EM HAVE FENCES. BUYERS DON'T LIKE THAT. THERE'S NOT THE AESTHETIC CONFORMANCE THAT THE DEVELOPER ENVISIONED. AND SO THIS LAW WOULD ALLOW FOR AN ASSOCIATION IF THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS SAY SO TO RESTRICT THAT FRONT YARD FENCE. AND OWNERS STILL GET PROTECTIONS. SO THERE'S EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE WHERE IF, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING AFTER THE OWNER AND THERE'S A POLICE, UH, STATEMENT ISSUED, THEY CAN GET A FRONT YARD FENCE AND THERE'S OTHER PROTECTIONS INVOLVED. IF THE OWNER'S ALREADY INSTALLED THE FRONT YARD FENCE, THEY GET TO KEEP IT. UH, AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU'RE A FRONT YARD FENCE COMMUNITY, THIS RULE DOESN'T APPLY BECAUSE YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR FENCING. THE OTHER BIG THING THIS BILL DOES IS IT WOULD ALLOW, SO IN 2021 FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE OVER 40 LOTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THE BOARD COULD NOT ALSO BE THE A CC. SO THE A CC STANDS FOR ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE. IT'S THE, IT'S THE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT LOOK AT PLANS WHEN YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON YOUR PROPERTY. AND IN 21, THE LAW SAID, HEY, IF YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER, IF YOU'RE THE SPOUSE OF A BOARD MEMBER, OR IF YOU LIVE UNDER THE SAME ROOF AS A BOARD MEMBER, ONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS, YOU CANNOT BE ON THE A CC. THIS, THIS WAS A HUGE PROBLEM. UH, OUR LAW FIRM IS DEALING WITH LAWSUITS RIGHT NOW WHERE THE BOARD COULDN'T GET A CCC MEMBERS, Y'ALL KNOW HOW BIG VOLUNTEERISM IS? , YOU KNOW, LOTS OF, A LOT, LOTS OF HIGH FIVES HANDSHAKES AND HUGS, NOT SO MUCH. IT'S A TOUGH JOB AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT THE TIME IN. SO IT JUST CAUSED A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES FOR A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS. AND SO NOW IF THIS, IF THIS BECOMES LAW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SOLICIT FOR ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. IF NOBODY THROWS THEIR NAME IN THE HAT, THE BOARD CAN BE THE A CC. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG CHANGES THAT WE SAW FOR SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES. SO WE'LL SEE IF THIS BILL MAKES IT BACK ON THE, THE CALENDARS ALREADY WENT THROUGH ALL THIS. SO I'M, I'M KIND OF ZIPPING UP MY, MY POWERPOINT. OKAY, SO LET'S GET INTO THE BILLS THAT PASSED. UH, YES, YES. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE COMMITTEE? SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ON THE A CC TO MAKE THE COMMITTEE PROPER? IT IS IN CON IN CONFORMANCE WITH YOUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. SO YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK AT YOUR DECLARATION OR YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. YOU GO TO YOUR SECTION, IT'S CALLED ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE, IS THE SECTION. AND THAT'S WHERE IT'LL TELL YOU HOW MANY, IF IT DOESN'T SAY HOW MANY THE BOARD CAN, CAN DECIDE. MY RECOMMENDATION ALWAYS WHERE IT'S SILENT IS THREE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT ONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ONE PERSON DECIDING HOW YOUR COMMUNITY'S GONNA LOOK AND BEING COMPLIANT WITH THE DOCUMENTS. YOU DON'T WANT TWO BECAUSE OF SPLIT VOTES, RIGHT? YOU WANNA AVOID THE SPLIT. SO THREE IS, IS THE BEST NUMBER THAT, THAT'S THE NUMBER I RECOMMEND IF YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE SILENT, OKAY? SO THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST BILL THAT PASSED. THIS IS HB 9 9 8. AND THIS ALLOWS COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE READY ACCESS TO INSURANCE TO GET IT. [03:25:02] IT'S, WE SEE A LOT OF IT IN CERTAIN AREAS FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES. MAYBE THEY'VE HAD SOME CLAIMS IN THE PAST AND THEY JUST CAN'T GET INSURANCE ANYMORE. AND, AND I'LL SAY THIS KIND OF AS AN ASIDE BOARD MEMBERS, Y'ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS. YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN AND YOU GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY. I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE GETTING A BONUS THIS YEAR. UM, WHAT'S TWO XA ZERO IS STILL ZERO. SO WHAT I ALWAYS TELL MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MY BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE'S ONE THING Y'ALL NEED TO GET, IT'S INSURANCE, Y'ALL NEED TO BE PROTECTED, UH, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE AND THEN GENERAL LIABILITY 'CAUSE IT, IT PROTECTS Y'ALL BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY BETTER AND, AND YOU NEED THAT INSURANCE PROTECTION. BUT THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T GET INSURANCE OR INSURANCE IS THROUGH THE ROOF. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THIS NEW LAW MAY ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE, BASICALLY THE COMMISSIONER FOR INSURANCE TO GET INVOLVED AND GET YOU THE COVERAGE THAT YOU NEED UNDER THE FAIR PLAN. AND SO IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT'S STRUGGLING IN THAT VEIN, SPEAK WITH YOUR COUNCIL OR YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. UH, IF YOU'VE GOTTA CONTACT THE CITY, BECKY CAN GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH ME AND I CAN GIVE YOU'ALL SOME THOUGHTS ON KIND OF HOW TO GET THROUGH IT. SO IF, IF Y'ALL HAVE INSURANCE ISSUES, THIS NEW LAW IS GONNA HELP YOU GET THAT INSURANCE COVERAGE THAT YOU NEED. ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE. THIS IS A BIG ONE, HB 6 1 4. THIS RELATES TO FINES. SO A FINE IS SOMETHING YOU LEVY AGAINST AN OWNER THAT HASN'T COMPLIED WITH THE RESTRICTIONS AND THE LAW SAYS, HEY, YOU'VE GOTTA GIVE THE OWNER A REASONABLE PERIOD TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND AVOID THE FINE. SO THE FIRST THING YOU'VE GOTTA THINK ABOUT FOR THIS BILL IS DO WE HAVE FINDING AUTHORITY? THIS DOESN'T CREATE IT. FINDING AUTHORITY MUST BE LOCATED IN YOUR DECLARATION OR YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS OR YOUR BYLAWS. IF THE FINDING AUTHORITY'S NOT THERE, THIS BILL DOESN'T, DOESN'T GIVE IT TO YOU. SO YOU STILL CAN'T FIND. SO LET'S ASSUME YOU'VE GOT FINDING AUTHORITY IN YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS OR IN YOUR BYLAWS. THIS REQUIRES YOU TO FILE A FINDING POLICY IN THE COUNTY RECORDS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. AND YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO LE LAY OUT YOUR SCHEDULE OF FINES, LET ALL THE OWNERS KNOW, HEY, HERE ARE THE FINE AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LEVYING FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIOLATIONS THAT WE DEAL WITH. AND ONCE YOU GET IT RECORDED, YOU'VE GOTTA BASICALLY POST IT ON YOUR WEBSITE, NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, THE WEBSITE HAS TO BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. SO THAT MEANS IT CAN'T BE LOCATED BEHIND A LOGIN AND PASSWORD. IT MUST BE LOCATED ON A PUBLIC PAGE, RIGHT? SO MAYBE YOU HAVE THE FINE POLICY AT THE FRONT OF THE WEBSITE AND ALL YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS COULD BE PASSWORD PROTECTED, BUT THE FINE POLICY UNDER THE LAW MUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND THIS ONE, WE'VE STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, IT DOESN'T BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 2024. ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT ONE IS HOUSE BILL HB 8 86. AND THIS RELATES TO LIEN FILING REQUIREMENTS. SO IF YOU'RE IN A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO FILE A NOTICE OF LIEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY ASSESSMENTS, AND IT, IT'S KIND OF A LIEN THAT ATTACHES TO THE PROPERTY, YOU NOW HAVE ADDITIONAL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. YOU'VE GOT A, YOU'VE GOT A FOLLOW, THERE'S THREE ADDITIONAL NOTICES YOU'VE GOT PROVIDE AND IT TAX ON APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS TO THE, UM, COLLECTION PROCESS IF YOU WANT TO FILE A NOTICE OF LIEN. I SAY IF, BECAUSE IN, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNLESS YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS REQUIRE THIS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FILE A NOTICE OF LIEN TO PER PERFECT OR PROTECT YOUR LIEN BECAUSE ASSOCIATIONS, AND THIS IS GOVERNING DOCUMENT DRIVEN, BUT 95% OF THE COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A CONTINUING LIEN. SO THAT MEANS THE MINUTE THAT DEVELOPER AT THE VERY BEGINNING FILED YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, THERE'S A LIEN ON EVERY SINGLE LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THE LIEN IS GONNA BE ZERO WHEN YOU FIRST BUY IN, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'VE PAID ALL YOUR ASSESSMENTS, YOU'RE ALL CURRENT, BUT THE MINUTE YOU'VE FAILED TO PAY ASSESSMENTS OR AN OWNER DOES, THAT LIEN DOLLAR GOES FROM ZERO TO WHATEVER THAT ASSESSMENT AMOUNT IS. SO UNLESS YOUR DOCUMENTS REQUIRE IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILE A NOTICE OF LIEN. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU DO, IF YOU HAVE TO FILE IT OR YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THAT PROTOCOL, THESE ARE THE NEW REQUIREMENTS YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOTTA MEET. SO AGAIN, THREE REQUIREMENTS AND IT TAX ON ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO THE PROCESS. OKAY? SO NEXT ONE IS HOUSE BILL 1 1 9 3. THIS APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES AND CONDOS. IT'S EFFECTIVE [03:30:01] SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. AND THIS PREVENTS AN ASSOCIATION FROM BASICALLY DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A PERSON BASED UPON THEIR PAYMENT METHOD. THIS IS IS A BILL WIDELY SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE ACROSS THE BOARD, AND IT REALLY DEALS WITH ONE ASSOCIATION IN TEXAS. UH, IT WAS A COMMUNITY UP IN NORTH DALLAS AREA, AND THEY PASSED A RULE THAT DID NOT ALLOW FOR SECTION EIGHT HOUSING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND SECTION EIGHT HOUSING VOUCHERS WERE BEING UTILIZED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY TRIED TO SAY, HEY, THAT'S NOT ALLOWED. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IT'S, IT'S DISCRIMINATION BASED UPON VARIOUS STATUSES, FAMILIAL STATUS, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND IT, IT WASN'T DIRECT DISCRIMINATION, RIGHT? SO DIRECT DISCRIMINATION IS KNOW THIS ETHNICITY OR, OR KNOW THIS RACE. YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DIRECT WHAT, WHAT IN, IN MY LEGAL OPINION, WHAT THEY ENGAGED IN IS WHAT'S CALLED DISPARATE IMPACT DISCRIMINATION. SO IT'S NOT DIRECT, BUT THE RULE THEY PUT IN PLACE HAD THE EFFECT OF DISCRIMINATING BASED UPON A PROTECTED CLASS. AND THERE, THIS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. I MEAN, IT STARTED WITH LOCAL NEWS, THEN IT WENT TO CITY NEWS, THEN IT WENT TO STATE NEWS, THEN IT WENT TO NATIONAL NEWS. THERE ARE INTERNET INTERNATIONAL NEWS SOURCES NOW REPORTING ON THIS. JUST NOT A GOOD DECISION BY THIS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. NOT, NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO THIS BILL GOT INTRODUCED AND, AND AGAIN, WE WIDELY SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE ENGAGED IN THIS. YES MA'AM. ONE QUESTION. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T RESTRICT RENTAL RENTAL IN THE COMMUNITY? VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO DOES, DOES THIS BILL KIND OF EXTEND TO NOT BEING ABLE TO RESTRICT RENTALS? AND THE THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, IT DOES NOT EVERY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO RESTRICT SHORT TERM RENTALS, RIGHT? NOT ALL RENTALS, BUT SHORT TERM RENTALS. HERE'S THE, BUT, BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO, YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS MUST SAY NO RENTALS UNDER 30 DAYS, RIGHT? YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS HAVE TO SAY THAT. AND YOU AMEND YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS BY A VOTE OF THE OWNERSHIP. IT TYPICALLY TAKES 67% APPROVAL OF ALL YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO EASY NUMBERS, IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED LOTS IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU WOULD NEED 67 YESES. WE WANT TO AMEND THE RESTRICTIONS TO PREVENT SHORT-TERM RENTALS. BUT IF YOUR RESTRICTIONS ALREADY PREVENT THEM, THOSE ARE COMPLETELY ENFORCEABLE. 100%. YES MA'AM. BUT IT CAN'T RESTRICT LIKE ONE YEAR RENTALS. NO, YOU CAN, OH, OKAY. YOU CAN SAY A RESTRICT, YOU KNOW, RENTALS MUST BE OVER A YEAR. AND AGAIN, YOU'VE GOTTA AMEND THE DECLARATION. THE BOARD CAN'T ADOPT A RULE, CANNOT ADOPT A RULE E, EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS NEEDS TO BE A VOTE OF YOUR OWNERSHIP TO DECIDE TO RESTRICT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND KIND OF, IT'S BECAUSE OF A SUPREME COURT CASE CALLED TAR VERSUS TIMBERWOOD. IT CAME OUT OF TEXAS SUPREME COURT PRIOR TO THAT CASE, WHEN YOU HAD A RESTRICTION, SAID SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE, ONLY LOWER COURTS WOULD SAY, OH, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL RESTRICTION. WHY? BECAUSE IT'S A BUSINESS USE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THE SUPREME COURT SAID, NO, IT'S NOT, IT IS A RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY. BUT THE SUPREME COURT ALSO SAID, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THE HOA WANTS TO RESTRICT THE RENTAL, THEY CAN, THEY JUST NEED TO AMEND THERE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THERE'S ONE CONCERN ABOUT MY COMMUNITY IS THAT, AND I'M SIT DOWN, NO, THAT, OKAY, IS THAT HAVING TOO MANY RENTAL PROPERTIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT'S BEEN FIVE, FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, BUT WE HAD LIKE 50 HOMES OUT OF 500 THAT WAS RENTAL. MM-HMM. . I KNOW A LOT OF MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM INVESTORS WHO WANT TO PURCHASE THOSE HOMES, AND I KNOW TO TURN 'EM INTO RENTAL PROPERTY. THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO OWN THEIR PROPERTIES KIND OF MAINTAIN THE EXTERIOR DIFFERENTLY THAN THOSE FOR RENTING. AND THAT IS PART OF THE CONCERN AS WELL. SO, SO CAN YOU LEGALLY RESTRICT LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR COMMUNITY TO RENTAL PROPERTIES? I MEAN, CAN WE ADOPT THAT? BECAUSE I WAS TOLD AT ONE POINT YOU COULDN'T, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS LEGAL ADVICE FROM AN ATTORNEY Y'ALL RETAINED, BUT I ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE. UH, IF AN ASSOCIATION WANTS TO ENACT WHAT'S CALLED A RENTAL CAP, RIGHT? A PERCENTAGE YOU CAN, BUT YOU'VE GOT [03:35:01] TO AMEND YOUR DECLARATION TO DO SO, SO YOU'VE GOTTA AMEND, THAT'S WHERE THAT OWNER VOTE COMES IN. SO THERE'S, THERE MAY BE SOME INSTANCES WHERE IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU'RE OVER THAT THRESHOLD OF RENTALS AND RENTER INVESTORS AREN'T GONNA VOTE IN FAVOR. BUT FOR COMMUNITIES THAT Y'ALL BELIEVE YOU CAN GET THAT 67% AND, AND YOUR COMMUNITY'S INTERESTED GET WITH, GET WITH YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL, OR IF YOU NEED TO GET A COUNCIL THAT SPECIALIZES IN HOA LAW, REACH OUT TO THEM SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS. HOW CAN WE LEGALLY TRACK THAT TRACK, UH, TRACK WHAT THE, THE AMOUNT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THERE, THERE ARE THIRD PARTY COMPANIES THAT TRACK ALL THE DIFFERENT WEBSITES, VRBO AND UH, AIRBNB, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. NUMBER ONE, UH, THE EASY KIND OF OLD SCHOOL WAY TO DO IT, IT'S TIME CONSUMING, IS GO TO CAD, GO TO YOUR COUNTY DISTRICT, COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT WEBSITE AND YOU JUST TYPE IN JUST THE STREET NAME, NOT THE NUMBER. AND THE RESULT WILL GIVE YOU EVERY HOUSE ON THAT STREET, APPLE STREET. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY ADDRESS VERSUS THE MAILING ADDRESS. AND IF THE MAILING ADDRESS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PROPERTY ADDRESS, THERE'S A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT IT IS A RENTAL PROPERTY. THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING YOU CAN LOOK FOR. THE OTHER THING YOU CAN LOOK FOR IS, IS THERE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON, ON THE HOUSE, RIGHT? IF THERE'S A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WELL THEN THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT IT'S NOT A RENTAL. NOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DON'T, UH, THEY THEY TRY TO CLAIM HOMESTEAD WHEN MAYBE IT'S NOT. BUT THOSE ARE TWO WAYS TO KIND OF DO IT YOURSELF, RIGHT? WITHOUT HAVING TO GET A THIRD PARTY INVOLVED. ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE IS, UH, HB 1558. THIS REALLY DOESN'T APPLY TO Y'ALL. IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER COUNTY IN, IN TEXAS. SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON. UH, HB 2022. THIS ONE IS BASICALLY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNITIES LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD IN HERE? DO WE HAVE SOME? OKAY, WHAT THIS LIMITS IS THAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S ABILITY TO GO AFTER THE BUILDER FOR WHAT ARE CALLED CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS. SO MAYBE SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE FOUNDATION AFTER THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS, AND THERE'S SOME CRACKING NOT THAT ARE MORE THAN COSMETIC CRACKS, RIGHT? SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT. UH, THERE'S OTHER DEFECTS YOU, YOU CAN LOOK AT AND, AND ARE TYPICAL. BUT WHAT THIS LAW DOES IS IT SAYS THAT IF YOUR BUILDER GIVES YOU WARRANTIES OF CERTAIN TIMEFRAMES, THEN THE TIME PERIOD THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BRING A CLAIM AGAINST THE BUILDER. IT USED TO BE 10 YEARS AND IT'S CALLED THE STATUTE OF REPOSE. UNDER THIS LAW, IT REDUCES IT DOWN TO SIX YEARS, SIX YEAR STATUTE OF REPOSE. A STATUTE OF REPOSE IS BASICALLY THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU'VE GOT TO BRING A CLAIM. BUT THEN WITHIN THAT SIX, THERE'S A TWO YEAR RULE. AND HERE'S THE TWO YEAR RULE IT RUNS WHEN YOU KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE DEFECT. SO LET'S SAY IN YEAR ONE, YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS MAJOR FOUNDATION ISSUE ON YOUR HOME, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS UNDER THAT SIX YEAR RULE, YOUR CLOCK STARTS TICKING IN YEAR ONE, YOU'VE ONLY GOT TWO YEARS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO THAT STATUTE OF REPOSE AND STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, AND THIS ONE'S EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO IT, AND IT APPLIES BACKWARDS, IT APPLIES RETROACTIVELY. SO IF YOU'VE GOT THOSE CONCERNS, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU REACH OUT TO AN ATTORNEY. HE, SHE OR THEY CAN GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE. THIS APPLIES TO COMMON AREA ELEMENTS AS WELL, RIGHT? AMENITY CENTERS, POOLS, THAT KIND OF STUFF. HB 2024 UP, I FLIP FLOPPED, I'M SORRY, 2024 IS THE SIX YEARS. 2022 ONLY APPLIES TO ONE FAMILY, TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS OR CONNECTED CONDOMINIUMS UP TO BASICALLY THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT. AND IT, IT DOESN'T DO TOO MUCH. SO I'M, I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT. 2024 IS THE ONE THAT REDUCES THE STATUTE OF REPOSE FROM 10 YEARS DOWN TO SIX YEARS. AND AGAIN, WHAT ARE WE GONNA SEE NEXT SESSION? THIS YEAR WE SAW I THINK SIX OR SEVEN CHICKEN BILLS. EVERYBODY LOVES THEIR CHICKENS AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE BIG EGG EGG DEBACLE, THE, THE EGG APOCALYPSE, APOCALYPSE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. UH, SO THERE WERE TONS OF BILLS ON CHICKENS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THERE WAS ALSO ONE BILL, UH, THAT WAS GONNA, UH, IT WAS GONNA ALLOW FOR OWNERS TO INSTALL A, UH, RESIDENTIAL WIND FARM ON THEIR LOT WITHOUT ANY SORT OF RESTRICTION ON SIZE OF THE WIND FARM. THEY DIDN'T EVEN DEFINE WHAT RESIDENTIAL MEANT. FORTUNATELY THAT ONE DIDN'T GET TOO MUCH TRACTION. BUT WE HAD CHICKENS, WE HAD RABBITS, ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT, [03:40:01] THAT WAS INTRODUCED. BUT ALL OF IT FAILED. SO THAT MEANS FOR Y'ALL, IF YOU ARE A NO NO CHICKEN COMMUNITY, YOU'RE STILL A NO CHICKEN COMMUNITY. SO YOU CAN STILL RESTRICT THOSE CHICKENS. THE ONE EXCEPTION WE DEAL WITH MORE OFTEN THAN YOU'D THINK ARE WHAT ARE CALLED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT CHICKENS. HAVE Y'ALL HEARD OF THOSE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS? CHICKENS ARE, ARE EMOTIONAL. I, I DON'T KNOW. THEY MAKE MY TUMMY FEEL GOOD AFTER A BUT SOME PEOPLE, IT, IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, IT, IT GIVES 'EM SOME EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. BUT THE GENERAL RULE IS NO CHICKENS IF YOU'RE A NO CHICKEN COMMUNITY. ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT. I THINK I MADE PRETTY GOOD ON TIME. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND BECKY, I I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF AT IT. SO DO WE WANNA DO QUESTIONS ON, ON THE SIDE? YEAH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM. 'CAUSE I DO HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU BECAUSE I SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU AT THE TOP OF THIS PROGRAM. I REALLY SHOULD HAVE. AND I, I WAS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE YOU WORK EVERYBODY IN I I OUR CITY STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER EVENTS GOING ON. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO ADDRESS YOU, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. OF COURSE, BECKY, WE DO HAVE THIS LITTLE SWAG FOR YOU. THANK YOU. FROM THE CITY OF DESOTO AND I'M GONNA KEEP IN CONTACT WITH YOU, YOU 'CAUSE THAT'LL GREAT. I'LL BE HANGING AROUND AS WELL. I'VE, I'VE GOT SOME CARDS. SO, OKAY. ONE QUESTION. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD GET A ? YES, I I'VE SAID IT A COUPLE TIMES. EVERY SLIDE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. OKAY. I WILL, I WILL ATTACH ALL OF THESE AND IT HAS EVERYBODY'S CONTACT INFORMATION AND ALL THAT ON THERE. OKAY, ONE MORE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE OAKMONT, UH, COMMUNITY, COME ON, . AND WE HAVE JEFF MILLER. JEFFREY MILLER HAS LIVED IN DESOTO FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HE'S A US ARMY VETERAN WHO PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AFTER MILITARY SERVICE. JEFFREY BEGAN WORKING FOR THE US POST OFFICE AND SERVED AS A UNION OFFICER FOR THE LETTER CARRIER UNION IN DALLAS, TEXAS. AFTER 30 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT, JEFFREY RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE POST OFFICE. HE NOW, HE HOLDS AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE FROM CEDAR VALLEY COLLEGE. HE'S A ACTIVE MEMBER OF CEDAR VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST, WHERE HE TEACHES ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL. JEFFREY ALSO ACTIVELY SERVES IN HIS COMMUNITY. HE CURRENTLY DRIVES SCHOOL BUS BUSES FOR DESOTO ISD AND IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE OAKMONT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFFREY, AND WE'LL HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MS. BECKLEY. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO DID STAY. I'M GLAD IT'S GONNA BE, UH, PRESENTED ONLINE ALSO. UM, I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, BECKY GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A PROJECT, A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THAT WE DID IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HOLD THE INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL SEE ON OUR PRESENTATION WILL GIVE Y'ALL SOME IDEAS ON, UM, HOW TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND BEING A MEMBER ON THE OA, UH, THE HOA MEMBER. UH, TURNING THIS PAGE FOR ME. OH, OKAY. THE ARROW. OKAY. DURING THIS PRESENTATION, OUR AGENDA WILL COVER ALL OF THESE EIGHT STEPS. I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS REAL FAST. UM, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A, UM, A OAKMONT HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, UM, HISTORY. UH, WE WERE ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1991, AND WE WOULD REGISTER WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO BACK IN APRIL 17TH, 1991. IT IS A VOLUNTEER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND IT HAS ALL THE LEGAL STANDARD THAT ALL ANY LEGAL BUSINESS HAS OPERATING IN THE STATE. THE OAKMONT COMMUNITY IS LOCATED OFF OF POLK STREET, BETWEEN BELTLINE AND PARKVILLE ROAD. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL RELATED SMALL COMMUNITY THAT CONSISTS OF 208, UH, HOMES IN THAT COMMUNITY. OUR MISSION, UM, CHALLENGE IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE THE GOLD STANDARD IN THE BEST COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE SAFE AND CLEAN COMMUNITY OF OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY VALUE OF OUR HOME AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO REMAIN A BEAUTIFUL, WELL KEPT, FRIENDLY, RESPECTFUL, AND LIVING, UH, INVITING COMMUNITY. UM, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ON OUR ZOOM MEETING, WE HAVE A ZOOM MEETING EVERY THREE MONTHS, EVERY QUARTER. AND ONE OF THE FIRST ZOOM MEETING WE HAD, WE HAD THE CHIEF OF POLICE. HE SHARED SOME, UH, INFORMATION AND UPDATE FOR US, AND HE SAID, OUR COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE SAFEST [03:45:01] COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR OBJECTIVE IS ACHIEVED AT ALL TIMES. AND ON THIS SLIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SHARE WITH Y'ALL. UM, MARK BROWN, OUR PRESIDENT. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT. OUR EXECUTIVE TREASURER IS O BELL AND EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR IS DOLORES COLE. WE HAVE 11 BLOCK CAPTAIN THAT REPRESENT EACH STREET AND OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT A ONE MAN SHOW. WE BELIEVE IN TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION WITH EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE FAR WAYS THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATING WITH OUR MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. FIRST, BEFORE ME AND MA TOOK OVER THE, THE POSITION, UH, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, WE DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DEEP, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION. SO WE APPOINTED THE 11 BLOCK CAPTAIN EAST STREET, AND WE PRINTED FILES AND WE DID NO DOOR KNOCKING. WE WENT TO EVERY DOOR IN THAT COMMUNITY AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE THE EXCUSE SAYING THEY, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION. SO THAT WAS THE, UH, ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE BLOCK, THE 11TH BLOCK CAPTAIN THAT WE HAVE. ALSO, OUR BLOCK CAPTAIN ALSO GO OUT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND PICK IT UP TRASH AS NEEDED TO SEE IT'S LAYING IN THE STREET. WE TAKE TIME OUT TO GO WALK THAT STREET AND PICK THE TRASH UP NO MATTER HOW IT GOT THERE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY. UH, UM, HOA VALUE WAS ADDED. THEY SAID, UH, LIKE MOST HOAS OAKMONT SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BY ENSURING THE COMMON AREAS ARE WHERE KEPT. WE CONSIDER EACH COMMUNITY MEMBER FAMILY. WE CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS WITH OUR MEMBERS BY SENDING GREETING CARDS TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD. WE ALSO SEND SYMPATHY CARDS AND FLOWERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE LOSSES OF OUR COMMUNITY. BLOCK. CAPTAIN ASSIST THE COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING HELPING TO MAINTAIN LINES, TRIMMING AND ET CETERA. SOME OF THE WAYS WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR, EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING, WE GOT EMAIL, WE CONTACT THEM WITH EMAILS, WE SENT TEXT MESSAGES, UM, ZOOM MEETING EVERY QUARTER TO KEEP UP, UPDATE WITH EVERYTHING. UH, WE SENT OUT FLOWERS AGAIN. WE SEND FLOWERS TO EVERYBODY. FLYERS ON EVERYBODY DOOR. SO EVERYBODY IN THAT COMMUNITY, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OAKMONT COMMUNITY. WE ALSO REALIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY MEMBERS. WE HAVE VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND SOMETIMES WE GET OUR BLOCK CATTLE. WE'D GET TOGETHER LIKE A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE HAD THE STORM KNOCK TREES DOWN AND THE ELDERLY, SOME OF 'EM COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE COST. SO HAVING THAT TREES CHOPPED UP. SO WE GET ON THE PHONE, OUR BLOCK S WE GET OUR TRAIN SAWS, OUR RAKES, AND WE DO THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE DID ABOUT FIVE IN A MONTH OF MARCH OR APRIL WHERE TREES HAD, UM, FELL ACROSS THE PEOPLE FRONT DOOR ENTRANCEWAY LEANING AGAINST THE HOUSE. SO WE DO AFTER THAT SERVICE TO EVERY MEMBER IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE, UM, THE COST OF GETTING THEM LEAVES, UH, THE TREES AND EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF. AND ANOTHER WAY, LIKE I SAY, UM, IF YOU IN OAKMONT COMMUNITY IS THAT ANY RESIDENT HAVE ANY QUESTION OR CONCERN OR ISSUE WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY'RE FREE TO CONTACT THE BLOCK CAPTAIN. AND THE BLOCK CAPTAIN CANNOT ANSWER ANY QUESTION OR ANY CONCERN THEY GET WITH ME AND MARK THE PRESIDENT. AND THANK GOD WE GOT MISS BECKY LEWIS. WE COME TO HER WITH EVERY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN'T FENCE ON, ON OUR OWN. SHE IS FULL OF RESOURCES. SHE'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO GO, WHAT YOU CAN'T DO, HOW YOU CAN GET DONE. BUT SHE'LL USE HER A LOT. AND I KNOW SHE PROBABLY GET TIRED TOMORROW CALLING HER . BUT WE THANK HER AND HER STAFF AND THE OLDEST ON THE WORK THIS CITY DOLLARS. WE THINK Y'ALL REALLY FOR, UM, UH, WORKING WITH US AND MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING LEGAL AND PROPERLY THAT NEED TO BE DONE BY THE CITY WITHOUT, UM, GOING OUTSIDE OF THE COLD, UH, OUTSIDE OF COLDS. AND SO, AND HER PHONE IS ALWAYS OPEN TO HELP ANYONE. UM, GETTING TO OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT IN MAY OF 2022, WE BEGAN OUR BEAUTIFICATION. WE GOT THREE PHASE PROJECT TO ENHANCE THE OAKMONT COMMUNITY ENTRYWAY. AT PART OF PHASE ONE AND TWO OF THE PROJECT, WE MADE THE FALLING IMPROVEMENT, [03:50:02] REPLACING ALL THE AGING AND BROKEN LIGHTS AND FIXTURES WITH NEW BRIGHTER LIGHTS TO ENHANCE THE VISIBILITY, ENTIRELY UPDATED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO MEET THE CITY CODE STANDARD INSURANCE, SAFETY AND, AND RELIABILITY. WE APPLY A FRESH COAT OF PAINT TO THE COMMUNITY NAME PLATE, MAKING IT MORE EYE CATCHING AND EASIER FOR VISITORS TO FIND. WE POWER WASH THE ENTRYWAY WALLS, RESTORING THEIR BRIGHTNESS, AND WELCOME AND WELCOME 'EM AND WORK 'EM CHARM. WE CLEARED OUT ALL THE OLD BRUSHES FROM THE ENTRANCEWAY AND FLOWER BEDS. WE HAD DOOR, THE FLOWER BEDS WERE BURGUNDY RUBBER MUNCHED CREATED A BEAUTIFUL BURST OF COLORS. WE CAREFULLY TRIM TREES TO ENSURE ENTRY ENTRYWAY, STOP SIGN WERE NOT OBSTRUCTED. AND TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC, UH, VISIBILITY, WE PLANTED FRESH GRASS SEED AROUND THE ENTRANCEWAY, PROMISING GREEN AND LUS AROUND THE NEAR FUTURE. THAT WAS HARD THIS YEAR BECAUSE NO RAIN , EVERYTHING BURNT UP SO . BUT ANYWAY, EVERYTHING CAME OUT GREAT. UM, ALL THIS WORK WAS DONE BY THE BLOCK CAPTAIN AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXCEPT AND INSTALLING OF THE LIGHTS. WE SAVED ABOUT 10 TO $15,000 BY WORKING TOGETHER. INSTEAD OF HIRING CONTRACTORS, HIRING CONTRACTORS GET THIS WORK DONE. SO REALLY ALL THE CONTRACTORS DID CAME IN AND DID THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS AS FAR AS WE HAD TO DO THE OTHER STUFF ON OUR OWN. WE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE CALL AND ASK FOR HELP THAT NO, THEY, THEY DON'T HESITATE. WE GET IT DONE, JEFF. MARK, WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL NEED, WHAT WE CAN DO AND THEY JUMP FORWARD. IN CLOSING, THIS IS HOW WE FINALLY, FINALLY REACH OUR GOAL. COMPLETING THIS PROJECT. THE SOTO NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM IN CITY SUPPORT. COMBINING PHASE ONE AND TWO OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT COSTS ABOUT $25,000 THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. OAKMONT RECEIVED APPOINTED 30, UH, $3,000, WAS FUNDED ABOUT 12% OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT. THE CITY ALSO PROVIDED OAKMONT GUIDANCE AND ENGAGED UTILITY COMPANY AND CONTRACTOR AS WE WORK TO COMPLETE OUR PROJECT. THE ENC CLOSING THE CITY WAS WHERE EVERY THE CITY WOULD WHIP EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL THE CITY TEAM, ALL THE, UM, THE STAFFING THAT CAME OUT AND SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING. UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK, UH, CITY COUNCIL WOMAN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RASH, UM, NICOLE, ROCHELLE. I'D LIKE TO THANK HER. AND AGAIN, THANK MS. BECK, BECKY LEWIS FOR EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE FOR US. AND I'M TELLING Y'ALL, Y'ALL NEED TO USE HER. ANYTHING Y'ALL NEED IN Y'ALL COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT DON'T GO BY. HE SAY, SHE SAY, CALL MS. BECKLEY. SHE WOULD GET WHAT YOU NEED. AND SHE ALSO TELL YOU IF YOU CRAZY TRYING TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, , IT'S ALL OUTTA LOVE. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND THANK YOU. AND WE'LL HAVE OUR BEAUTIFICATION CEREMONY WILL BE NEXT SATURDAY. ANYONE WANT TO COME BY AND SEE THE LIGHT FIXTURES AND ENTRYWAY THAT THE CONTRACTOR, UH, FINISH THE PROJECT. YOU FILL IT, UH, YOU WILLING TO COME? WE GONNA HAVE, UH, WATER DRINKS, SMALL REFRESHMENTS, BANG YOUR KIDS FACE PAINTING. WE GONNA HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION BECAUSE THIS PROJECT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 20 YEARS AGO BECAUSE THE LACK OF THE MEMBERSHIP, PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WE HAVE A OCHO UH, HOA PROGRAM GOING ON. SO WE FINALLY COMPLETED THIS PROJECT, AND THANK AGAIN MISS BECKLEY FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, JEFFREY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THIS IS HOW AN HOA SHOULD WORK. OKAY? AND THAT'S, SO I WANTED THEM TO BE BE, I DIDN'T SAY LEAVE, COME BACK, COME BACK, COME BACK, COME BACK. THIS IS, THIS IS HOW HOA SHOULD WORK. THIS IS TO, TO FOSTER COMMUNITY AND NOT BE AFRAID TO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE BLOCK CAPTAINS AND I, I WANT YOU GUYS TO MARK, I KNOW YOU CAN PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER IN A NICE LITTLE PACKAGE BECAUSE I WANNA SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE OTHER HOAS. IF YOU WANT TO EMULATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT OAKMONT, THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP YOU OUT AND GIVE YOU SOME, UH, SUPPORT AND ADVICE. AND THIS IS FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. THANK YOU. BUT I ALSO HAVE, [03:55:03] UH, OAKMONT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO THE OAKMONT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF DESOTO, YOUR DEDICATION TO ENHANCING THE BEAUTY AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN OAKMONT HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED. AND WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH THE ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. YOUR COMMITMENT TO UTILIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO BEAUTIFY THE COMMON AREAS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMMENDABLE. THE PROJECTS YOU HAVE UNDERTAKEN HAVE NOT ONLY IMPROVED THE AESTHETICS OF OAKMONT, BUT HAVE ALSO FOSTERED A STRONGER SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND UNITY AMONG YOUR RESIDENTS. YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS INSPIRE OTHERS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE DESOTO A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. PLEASE ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OAKMONT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WITNESSING THE CONTINUED PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNDER YOUR LEADER LEADERSHIP. AND WE ANTICIPATE MANY MORE SUCCESSES IN THE YEARS TO COME. ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, UH, THIS FROM MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND IT'S SIGNED TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND NOW YOU CAN GO, OH, YOU HAVE ONE BACK HERE. I'D LIKE TO LET Y'ALL KNOW. UM, TWO MORE THINGS. UH, MARK BROWN, OUR PRESIDENT BACK THERE, HE THE BEST PRESIDENT YOU CAN FIND . I'M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM. THIS MAN'S COUNSELOR HAVING SURGERY THAT THE DOCTOR REQUIRED HIM TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT WAS GETTING DONE. SO MARK JUST RECOVERING FROM SURGERY ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO AND HE STILL IS NOT COMPLETELY WELL YET. SO THAT'S HOW MUCH LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY. THE SOTO AND THE CHALLENGE WE PUT ON Y'ALL. WE GONNA BE THE BEST COMMUNITY IN THE SOTO. SO Y'ALL COME BY, LOOK AT OUR PROJECT WE DOING? YEAH. AND WHAT DAY IS YOUR EVENT? THIS? UM, NEXT SATURDAY. NEXT SATURDAY BETWEEN SIX 30 AND SEVEN 30. THE 16TH WE BE ALL Y COMMUNITY. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. IS THERE SOMEONE HERE FROM HIGH MEADOWS? HELLO? HELLO. HI, MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DESOTO COUN CITY COUNCIL, AND ALL ITS CITIZENS IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I EXTEND TO THE HIGH MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES TO KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL. YOUR DEDICATION TO IMPROVING THE AESTHETICS AND CLEANLINESS OF OUR CITY DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. WE ARE THRILLED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO IN COLLECTING A REMARKABLE 66 BAGS OF TRASH BETWEEN OCTOBER 6TH, 2022 AND SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2023 FROM THE MEDIANS AND ADJACENT FIELDS ALONG MEADOWS PARKWAY, UH, NORTH OF PLEASANT RUN, UH, DOWN BY BIRCH WOOD LANE. THIS DILIGENT WORK HAS UNDOUBTEDLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANLINESS OF OUR BELOVED CITY. IT IS ALSO INSPIRING TO LEARN THAT YOU INVESTED A TOTAL OF 70 MAN HOURS IN THIS SHORT TERM ENDEAVOR. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ALLOCATE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND IS A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. PLEASE ACCEPT THIS MAYORAL COMMENDATION AS A TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION EFFORTS IN MAKING OUR CITY AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, UH, SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR. THANK YOU. YES, GO AHEAD. UM, I'M DR. MONICA LEWIS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF HIGH MEADOWS, HOA. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, AND THANK YOU OAKMONT FOR CHALLENGING US BECAUSE WE ARE THE BEST OF DESOTO AND YOU ARE NUMBER TWO ON THE LIST, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT, BUT I THINK WE ALL SHOULD JUST, UH, RAISE THE BAR AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT WE KNOW WE'RE JUST LIKE YOU, WE ARE, UM, A VOLUNTARY, BUT WE MOVE LIKE, UM, A MANDATORY. SO I'M, I'M HEARING THAT WE ARE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU ALL. AND I WANNA ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO MY HUSBAND WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT. HE, UH, DECORATES DOWN THE MEADOWS IF YOU SEE ALL THE DECORATIONS OUT THERE. AND WE HAVE A SIGN HIGH METALS THAT HE'S DONE WITH HIS BARE HANDS AND WOOD. HE IS A WOOD FANATIC, SO YOU GUYS NEED HIM GET HIS NUMBER BEFORE YOU LEAVE. AND, UH, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE RECOGNITION AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. YES. AND WE ARE THE BEST OF DESOTO . [04:00:02] ALL RIGHT GUYS. IT'S BEEN A LONG MORNING, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR CALL THE ACTION CENTER. GOOD DAY. BE PEACEFUL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.