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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.IT IS, UM, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023.
IT IS 6:00 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA CALL THE WORK SESSION OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
NOW WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, FIRST ITEM
[1. Review of Master Calendar of Events and Special Meetings]
ON OUR AGENDA.FIRST WE HAVE REVIEW OF MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS BY CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THIS THURSDAY ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, WE HAVE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BANQUET, UH, WHERE WE CELEBRATE, UH, THOSE WHO SERVE ON THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT BEGINS AT 6:30 PM AND IT'S OVER IN THE BLUEBONNET ROOMS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR SCULPTURE UNVEILING OVER AT ERNIE ROBERTS PARK.
SO WE'RE VERY, UH, HAPPY TO HAVE THAT SCULPTURE INSTALLED.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND UNVEIL IT THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT ONE O'CLOCK.
SO PLEASE, UH, MAKE PLANS TO JOIN US ONE O'CLOCK DOWN AT ERNIE ROBERTS PARK FOR THE SCULPTURE UNVEILING ON SATURDAY, ON, UH, OCTOBER 3RD, WE HAVE OUR TEXAS NIGHT OUT HERE IN DESOTO.
THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, WE'RE, THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, HAVEN'T DONE IT FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TO EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 6:00 PM AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A TEXAS NIGHT OUT.
UH, THEY'RE AT THAT LOCATION, SO COME BY, UH, MEET OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, VARIOUS OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NOW, I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE DO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT NIGHT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR MEETING HERE AT FIVE 30.
WE WILL NOT HAVE A WORK SESSION THAT EVENING, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA WITH THE GOAL OF BEING DONE BY ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
AND THAT WILL PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY AS IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PARTICIPATE IN TEXAS NIGHT OUT OVER AT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
PLEASE, UH, JOIN US OVER THERE FOR THAT.
UM, ON OCTOBER 7TH, WE HAVE OUR TRASH, OUR COMMUNITYWIDE TRASH PICKUP DAY, UH, WITH AN ASSOCIATION WITH THE KEY DESOTO BEAUTIFUL BOARD THAT STARTS AT 9:00 AM AND THERE ARE, UH, VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR YOU TO FIND, UH, AN AREA TO CLEAN UP.
IF YOU WANNA REGISTER ONLINE AT DESOTO EVENTS EVENT BRIGHT.COM.
AGAIN, DESOTO EVENTS DOT EVENT BRIGHT.COM, AND YOU CAN, UH, MAKE PLANS TO JOIN US THAT MORNING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR SALUTE TO VETERANS GALA GOING ON ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, AND THAT STARTS AT 6:00 PM HERE IN OUR BLUEBONNET ROOMS. UM, AND THAT IS A, UH, A TICKETED EVENT, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ONE.
AND THAT IS ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THOSE ARE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING, MAYOR.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, DR. MARKS.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, UM, ON OCTOBER 3RD, CHURCHILL ESTATES WILL BE DOING THEIR NA, THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AS WELL.
APPARENTLY THE COMMUNICATION DID NOT, DID NOT GET OUT IN TIME.
UH, THEREFORE WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER HOAS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANNA HANDLE THAT.
I THINK OUR PLAN FOR THAT E EVENING IS TO, UM, OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE, UH, THERE PRESENT AT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND ANY OF THOSE.
UH, I KNOW WE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW OF 'EM THAT ARE HAVING EVENTS THAT EVENING.
WE'LL MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT LOCATIONS ARE HAVING, UH, TEXAS NIGHT OUT EVENTS THAT YOU CAN GO AND ATTEND AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
DOES THAT EXCLUDE THE POLICE FOR, FROM GOING TO THOSE EVENTS? IT, IT DOES, YEAH.
'CAUSE THEY'LL BE OVER AT THE, THE ONE AT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THAT EVENING.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
HEARING NOW, MS. THOMAS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON
[2. Review of Regular Agenda items]
THE AGENDA.NEXT WE HAVE REVIEW OF REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER BRENDA WRIGHT.
IF WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, UH, WE WILL JUMP INTO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA LOCATION THERE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, ITEM D, WE HAVE A CONTRACT, UM, A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH, UH, UH, LENA, OR, UM, SORRY.
YEAH, LENA T RAMNEY AND ASSOCIATES, UH, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $146,900 FOR, UH, REDESIGN WORK, UH, RELATED TO THE DANIELDALE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UH, SINCE WE, THE CITY WAS, UH, NOT SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A GRANT FOR THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY PROJECT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE IT LESS EXPENSIVE BY REDESIGNING IT TO NOT INCLUDE ALL OF TEXTILE STANDARDS, UH, FOR THAT, SO THAT THAT REDESIGN IS HAPPENING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFICATION PARTS WITH THE PUBLIC ART IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THAT PROJECT AS WELL, UM, TO, UH, ARRIVE AT THAT TOTAL.
AND THAT IS A JOINT, UH, PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH DALLAS COUNTY ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, ITEM E UH, IS OUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES, UH, CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
UM, ITEM F IS RELATED TO A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR, UH, THIS IS, UH, THE, THE ASPHALT POTHOLE PATCHER THAT YOU, I THINK WE APPROVED LAST COUNCIL MEETING, OR THE
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ONE BEFORE THAT.IT'S JUST THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THAT ONE IN ORDER TO PUT THE FUNDS INTO THE RIGHT AREA IN ORDER, UH, TO SPEND THAT.
UM, ITEM, UH, G IS RELATED TO, AND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS WHEN WE GET TO THE FINANCE REPORT, UH, SECTION FOR THE EVENING, UM, THAT WHILE THE GENERAL FUND IS ON BUDGET FOR, FOR THE YEAR END, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RUNNING OVER BUDGET PRIMARILY DUE TO THE OVER HIRE PROVISION THAT WE HAVE FOR CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS.
UM, THAT IS IN ANTICIPATION OF WANTING TO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET, UH, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, UM, ON THAT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE OVER BUDGET BY A LITTLE OVER $700,000 FOR THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, AS AGAIN, AS A WHOLE, THE GENERAL FUND IS STILL WITHIN, UH, ITS BUDGET PARAMETERS FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, THE LAST ONE IS THE, UM, BUDGETS AMENDMENT.
AND THIS IS FOR, UM, THE, UH, POTENTIAL PURCHASE, THE PURCHASE OPTION AND CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO ONE 15 WEST BELTLINE ROAD, UM, ON THAT, WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
BUT IT'S PUTTING THE FUNDS INTO THE RIGHT ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT PAYMENT ON OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, A, UH, REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, NUMBER ONE, IT'S A DEVELOPMENT OFF OF BELTLINE AND, UH, AND ELLERSON, UH, THERE TO BRING SOME TOWN HOMES AND SOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THAT AREA.
UM, AND THEN WE GET INTO A, A LONG LIST OF ITEMS RELATED TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS EVENING.
SO WE START OFF WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.
AND WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE'LL KIND OF GO INTO APPROVAL MODE.
UM, SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE'LL CONSIDER TONIGHT IS THE ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES THE, UH, THE, THE ROUGHLY $3.4 MILLION TAX NOTE, UM, THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED TO FUND SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES AND ROADWAY MAINTENANCE COSTS.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO THEN IS RELATED TO, UM, AUTHORIZING THE NUMBER OF CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BOTH FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AFTER THAT, WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FEES, WATER AND SEWER SERVICE FEES FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SANITATION AND SERVICE FEES AFTER THAT.
UM, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THAT FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUSINESS PLAN.
AND AFTER THAT'S DONE, THEN WE'LL TAKE THE, UH, ACTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE LE THE TAXES, THE TAX APPROVING, THE TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
SO ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
JUST ALONG LIST OF ITEMS THAT WILL FLOW AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND WE'LL KIND OF MOVE, UH, THROUGH EACH OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, WHEN WE REACH ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
UH, SEVEN IS RELATED TO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S ON THE BUSINESS PLAN, UH, UH, GOALS FOR THE YEAR, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
AND THAT IS A CONTRACT FOR THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH ICE STARS LLC, UM, FOR THE RENTAL OPERATION, RENTAL AND OPERATION OF THE HOLIDAY ICE RINK THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE HOLIDAY IN A PARK, UH, ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE AGENDA ITEMS, I CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UH, REVIEW OF THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY, HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[3. Presentation and discussion of the Boards & Commissions Adhoc Committee recommended changes to the DeSoto Guide for Public Officials]
AND DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD'S AND COMMISSION'S AD HOC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE DESOTO GUIDE FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS.LEADING THAT DISCUSSION IS MAYOR PRO TEM LETITIA HUGHES.
BUT I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, THIS DISCUSSION CAME BEFORE COUNCIL BACK IN MAY, UM, AND TO THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS ADDED, A COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING, UM, I WANNA SAY LAST WEEK, AND WE KIND OF BROUGHT HER UP TO SPEED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
AND SO MOST OF THESE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN BEFORE, UM, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONS.
SO I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MAYOR PRO TEM.
THE CURRENT APPLICATION IS, UH, THE SAME AS ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION, BUT WHAT WE HAVE ADDED APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE, THEY'RE MAINTAINED FOR ONE YEAR IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AFTER THAT TIME PERIOD.
ANOTHER APPLICANT MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO MAINTAIN THE APPLICATIONS IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR TWO YEARS, AND AFTER THAT, ANOTHER APPLICATION MUST BE RESUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD THE FOLLOWING VERBIAGE TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATIONS.
CHECKS THE BOX IF YOU AGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS BELOW THE FIRST ONE.
I UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS PUBLIC ACT, AND INFORMATION INCLUDED WITHIN THIS APPLICATION MAY BE SHARED UPON REQUEST.
I UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF I'M APPOINTED TO A BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE, I MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, A STATEMENT OF OFFICER AND OATH OF OFFICE, WHICH WE WANT, UH, EACH ONE TO CHECK WITH THEIR SPECIFIC BOARDS AND COMMISSION STAFF LIAISON, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE, THAT MIGHT NOT BE REQUIRED BY ALL THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT TRAINING, ETHICS TRAINING ANNUALLY, THERE'S NO FEE TO BOARD COMMISSION MEMBER FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED TRAININGS, THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND DATE.
THE NEXT THING WE ADDED WAS THE CONFIDENTIALITY DISCLAIMER.
YOU MAY CHOOSE WHETHER TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS INFORMATION ABOUT A NATURAL PERSON AS REALLY READILY IDENTIFIABLE TO THAT SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL
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PERSONAL.A PERSONAL INFORMATION INCLUDES SUCH THINGS AS INDIVIDUAL'S, NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER, A DOMAIN NAME OR INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS IS NOT CONSIDERED PERSONAL INFORMATION.
THE CITY OF DESOTO DOES NOT SELL OR RENT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
IF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS REQUESTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR VOLUNTEERED BY THE USER, I THAT IS COMPLETING AN ONLINE FORM.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WHEN YOU PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, THAT INFORMATION MAY BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT OR OTHER STATE LAW AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW, THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT PROVIDES A PROCESS FOR CITIZENS TO REQUEST COPIES OR INSPECTION OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.
THE PIA REQUIRES THE DISCLOSURE OF ALL RECORDS UNLESS THE INFORMATION OR RECORD IS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PIA DOES NOT REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, HOME ADDRESS AND HOME TELEPHONE NUMBERS, EXCEPT WHEN DISCLOSURE IS REQUIRED BY LOW BY LAW.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS WE ADDED A CHECK BOX.
I WOULD LIKE TO OPT IN FOR FUTURE BOARD COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS AS WE GO DOWN.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, BOARD MEMBER ATTENDANCE.
THE CURRENT BOARD COMMISSION OR MEMBER ATTENDANCE POLICY SHOULD BE MODIFIED BY TO REFLECT THAT ANY TWO CONSECUTIVELY MISSED MEETINGS BY ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBER SHALL PROMPT A WARNING LETTER FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE STAFF LIAISON ATTENDANCE.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT STAFF LIAISONS MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND ALL MEETINGS FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD, COMMISSION OR SUBCOMMITTEE THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO.
IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND, THE, THE LIAISON CAN ARRANGE FOR AN ALTERNATIVE STAFF MEMBER TO ATTEND IN THEIR PLACE.
THIS WILL TYPICALLY BE THE SUPERVISOR OF THE STAFF LIAISON COUNCIL LIAISON ATTENDANCE.
HOWEVER, STRONGLY ENCOURAGED THAT COUNCIL LIAISONS ATTEND THEIR SPECIFIC BOARD OR COMMISSION MEETING THAT USED TO SAY THEY MUST ATTEND.
IN THE EVENT A COUNCIL LIAISON IS UNABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING OF THE BOARD OR COMMISSION, THE LIAISON MAY GIVE NOTICE TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY AND OR STAFF LIAISON WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME.
AND THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL REQUEST A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT MEETING.
IF A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE IS UNAVAILABLE TO ATTEND AND THE COUNCIL IS, INSTEAD, IT SHALL BE DOCUMENTED IN THE MEETING MINUTES BY THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE ASSIGNED BOARD OR COMMISSION ONLY FOR RECORD PURPOSES.
ON OUR NEXT RECOMMENDATIONS, COUNCIL LIAISON ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN ATTENDING A MEETING OF THE CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION IS LIAISON COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO LOBBY OR INFLUENCE THE BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE ON ANY ITEM UNDER ITS CONSIDERATION, NOT VOTE AT THE BODY'S MEETING ON ANY ITEM.
AND COUNSEL IS LIAISON RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SERVE AS A COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN THE ADVISORY BOARD, COMMISSION OR SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CITY STAFF, DEPARTMENTS AND COUNCIL AS APPROPRIATE AND ON STAFF LIAISON RESPONSIBILITY.
ON THE NEXT PAGE, ONE THING TO NOTE, NUMBER FIVE, COORDINATE WITH BOARD COMMISSION CHAIR TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL UPDATE OR REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO HIGHLIGHT THE BOARD OF COMMISSION'S GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR, AND ALSO REVIEW OF THE UPCOMING YEARS' GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE GIST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE.
OR ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? DO I HAND IT BACK OVER? UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR THOSE UPDATES.
I THINK THAT THEY ENCAPSULATE A LOT OF WHAT, UH, COUNCIL SENTIMENTS WERE, UH, WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UM, NOTIFICATION TO THE APPLICANTS REGARDING THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT.
I DID HAVE ONE, JUST ONE NOTATION IN TERMS OF AN EDIT.
UM, IT IS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD JUST BE COPIED AND PASTED INTO THE DOCUMENT OR NOT.
SO I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD, UH, ADJUST IT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M READING IT CORRECTLY.
IT IS UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THE FOLLOWING VERBIAGE TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICATION, UM, WHERE IT SAYS, CHECK THE BOX IF YOU AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BELOW.
IT'S THE FIRST ONE WHERE IT SAYS, I UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS PUBLIC ACT.
I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT THERE AND INCLUDED WITH THIS APPLICATION MAY BE SHARED UPON REQUEST.
HOWEVER, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY NOTATION I HAVE.
OTHER THAN THAT I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I DID, I DIDN'T SEE, UH, IN THIS WHERE THE RES WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPORTING THE ATTENDANCE WAS.
UM, IN MY RECENT EXPERIENCE THAT'S BECOME KIND OF AMBIGUOUS BETWEEN STAFF.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE CAN CLARIFY THAT IN THIS, THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL, THE EXPECTATIONS TO INCLUDE FOR
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STAFF RESPONSIBILITY.'CAUSE I, I WAS TRYING TO RE BUT I DIDN'T SEE WHERE IT SAYS ATTENDANCE TO, UM, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE REPORTING THE ATTENDANCE TO THE CITY SYMPTOMS. DR. MARKS.
MY QUESTION HAS TO DO ABOUT DO WITH ATTENDANCE AS WELL.
UM, IT SAYS THAT TWO, IF YOU MISS TWO CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS, IT UH, IT WON'T, IT CONSTITUTES A WARNING.
UM, DID YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT ATTENDANCE AS FAR AS, SO IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN MISS, OR A PERSON CAN MISS EVERY OTHER MEETING AND THEY'LL BE GOOD RATHER THAN CO RATHER THAN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, YOU WILL JUST WANNA DO CONSECUTIVELY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MAYBE WHAT I JUST, THE EXAMPLE THAT I JUST GAVE COULD BE ADDRESSED PERHAPS AT THE END, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE REAPPOINTED OR SOMETHING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
I I, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DR. MARKS WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, WHICH I, I BELIEVE I AGREE WITH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, IS EVEN THOUGH THE SITUATION COULD ARISE WHERE A PERSON COULD MISS EVERY OTHER MEETING, GET WARNINGS FOR EVERY OTHER MEETING, UM, OR WELL, IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY MISS TWO CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS, THEY GET A WARNING.
BUT THAT TYPE OF PATTERN COULD BE ADDRESSED WHEN IT'S TIME FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
IS THAT WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING? RIGHT, THAT'S EXACTLY IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD BE REAPPOINTMENT.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN THAT, IN THOSE TERMS, OR, OR WHAT DID YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT? JUST IT DOES SAY UNDER ATTENDANCE, ANY PERSON, UNLESS THIS IS ANY PERSON ABSENT FROM TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE, REGULAR MEETINGS OF SUCH BOARD OF COMMISSIONER CORPORATION WITHOUT APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MAY BE REMOVED.
MAY BE REMOVED FROM SUCH BOARD OF COMMISSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER NOTICE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN YOU HAVE 30% OF THE REGULAR MM-HMM.
SO I THINK EVEN IF YOU START SEEING A PATTERN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE MISSING TWO MEETINGS.
RIGHT NOW IT SAYS THREE CONSECUTIVE UNTIL IT'S CHANGED.
SO YOU'LL FIND WHERE PEOPLE ARE MISSING TWO MEETINGS, THEN THEY'LL COME AND THEN THEY MAY MISS ONE MEETING, THEN THEY'LL COME, AND THEN THEY MISS TWO MEETING MEETINGS.
SO I THINK IF WE ARE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY, YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU GUYS.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THIS ITEM? OKAY.
UM, AND DO WE NEED, IS THIS AN ACTION ITEM? DO WE NEED TO, UH, VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR VERBIAGE OR IS IT JUST CONSENSUS? IT'LL COME BACK.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, THESE AGENDA ITEMS, THEN WE WILL CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS SECOND BY MAYOR PROTE HUGHES TO ADJOURN.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY IS 6:18 PM COUNSEL, AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 7:00 PM SHARP FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.
[B. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING, EVERYONE.IT IS 7:00 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY, CITY SECRETARY, TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
THANK YOU MADAM CITY SECRETARY.
WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR RON BIVINS, WITH MOUNT ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY LONDON DAWSON WITH DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL.
IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND ETERNAL GOD, OUR, OUR FATHER GOD OF OUR WEARY EARS, GOD OF OUR SOLID TEARS.
LORD, WE COME ON THIS DAY SAYING, THANK YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN GOOD, KIND, GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL.
BUT LORD, WE COME, BECAUSE YOU TOLD US TO COME.
YOU SAID WE SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY AND NOT FAINT.
BUT NOW, LORD, I COME STANDING IN THIS AUDITORIUM, THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS WITH THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THESE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO SAYING, LORD, HAVE MERCY.
HAVE MERCY WHERE MERCY MAY BE FOUND.
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I COME PRAYING FOR THE STRENGTH OF THE CITY.PRAY FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR LEADERS.
PRAY FOR THE STREET, THE STRENGTH OF EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
I PRAY FOR THE STRENGTH OF EACH DEPARTMENT.
I PRAY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
UH, I PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM.
BUT THEN LORD, I COME PRAYING ESPECIALLY UNTO YOU TONIGHT THAT YOU'LL BREAK DOWN THE STRONGHOLDS.
THERE'S BURDENS THAT ARE HEAVY, BUT ONLY YOU CAN DELIVER US.
SO NOW, LORD, I PRAY FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AS THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, VOTED ON AND PUT INTO THESE OFFICE.
I PRAY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE SERVANTS FOR YOU.
THE CONSTITUENTS NEED THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS, NOT BASED UPON POLITICALNESS, BUT BASED UPON SERVITUDE.
I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO DO NOW.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PRO THE PLEDGE, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
THANK YOU PASTOR BIVENS FOR LEADING US IN THAT, UH, THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR, MS. LONDON DAWSON FROM DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL, FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES.
CAN WE GIVE LONDON A HAND CLAP? I'M GONNA SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ABOUT LONDON.
UM, IT SAYS, LONDON DAWSON IS A REMARKABLE YOUNG STUDENT WHO EXCELS AT THE DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL AS A SIXTH GRADE SCHOLAR LONDON, WITH COMMITMENT FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, HAS CONSISTENTLY EARNED A PLACE ON THE A HONOR ROLL.
HER DISTINCT, HER RECENT DISTINCTION AS JUNIOR, MS. DESOTO PRIVATE SPEAKS TO HER RESPECT AND POPULARITY.
SHE GARNERS FROM PEERS AND FROM HER TEACHERS.
BEYOND HER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, LONDON HAS A DEEP PASSION FOR ANIMALS AND HAS DECLARED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A FUTURE VETERINARIAN.
SHE ENJOYS CARING FOR HER TWO HORSES ON THE FAMILY RANCH.
LONDON IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SIGMA SWIM TEAM.
HER DEDICATION TO HER DREAMS IS A REFLECTION OF HER DETERMINATION AND AMBITION AND QUALITIES THAT WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY SERVE HER WELL AS A STUDENT AMBASSADOR.
LONDON'S MAGNETIC PERSONALITY CHARACTERIZED BY HER ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH AND INSPIRE OTHERS MAKES HER A NATURAL CHOICE TO REPRESENT THE DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT BODY.
LET'S GIVE LONDON ANOTHER HAND CLAP.
LONDON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AT DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL? I AM HONORED TO BE HERE AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
LONDON IS GOING TO ASSIST US WITH, UM, OUR CARDS FOR OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, YOU CAN GO AND SEE LONDON, UM, AS WELL AS MS. GREENLEY THERE AT THE TABLE THERE TO FILL OUT A CARD.
UM, AND SHE CAN ASSIST YOU THERE AT THIS TIME.
AND WE ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE AND THANK, UH, LONDON'S MOM FOR BEING HERE, UH, TONIGHT WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE IT AT THIS TIME.
[C. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
THIS TIME, WE HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT WE MOVE INTO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.0415.
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THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, EXCUSE ME, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES.ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
UH, FIRST I WANT TO SAY, UH, TWO, TWO RESIDENTS, UH, THAT LIVE IN PLACE, SIX, WHO ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 14TH YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
UH, MR. AND MRS. JOHN GRAHAM, I LOVE THEIR STORY BECAUSE THEY MOVED TO TEXAS FROM CALIFORNIA BY JUST GOOGLING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CITY THEY'D LOVE TO LIVE IN THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM.
SO I WANTED TO SEND THEM A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
UM, ALSO I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT ON, UM, OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, UH, WE WILL, THE DESOTO VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL BE HOSTING A SALUTE TO VETERANS, UH, GALA.
THOSE, UH, TICKETS AND SEATS ARE FILLING UP FAST.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOURS, I HOPE YOU REACH OUT REALLY SOON AND GET IT BECAUSE IT MAY BE GONE.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING EVENT.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A MILITARY BALL, IT WILL BE THAT FEEL.
ALSO, I WILL BE HO UM, EXCUSE ME, LEMME CORRECT MYSELF.
UH, DESOTO VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND I ARE PARTNERING TOGETHER FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL DESOTO VETERAN BREAKFAST.
UH, THAT WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 4TH AT 8:00 AM.
YOU CAN, UM, ACTUALLY SEARCH EVENTBRITE DESOTO APPRECIATION VETERAN, UM, VETERAN BREAKFAST, AND IT WILL POP UP.
OR YOU CAN CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AT 8 1 7 607 6 8 9.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, DREAM BIG EVENT.
SO, UH, SLEEP WELL AND DREAM BIG THROUGH HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 27TH.
UH, FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30, THE DOOR'S OPEN.
AND THAT'S ON EVENTBRITE AS WELL.
UM, OUR SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE, UH, NONE OTHER THAN CORY GOFF.
UH, SHAKI SHAKI, UH, RICHARDSON, UH, NOAH, NOT LILES.
THIS WILL BE AT DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL AT 600, UH, EAGLE DRIVE.
BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUR, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
AND, UM, I WANT TO, UM, UH, BY WAY OF CONGRATULATIONS, UH, WHEN ONE OF US ACHIEVE, ALL OF US ACHIEVE.
SO WE WANT TO TELL A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MS. K BROWN PATRICK, CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, WE WERE GIVEN NOTE, UH, THAT, UH, SHE HAS TESTED AND EARNED RECOGNITION AS A CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPER AS ORDAINED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND IS ONE OF LESS THAN 1300 WORLDWIDE TO HOLD THIS HONOR.
AND OF COURSE, OUR OWN, MATT CRANE IS ALSO ONE OF 1300.
I MEAN, MATT CARLTON, WHO IS MATT CRANE? I'M NOT SURE.
MATT, WHERE ARE YOU, MATT? WELL, HE, HE ALSO HOLDS THE DESIGNATION.
SO WE WANT TO TELL FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER KAY BROWN, PATRICK, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOUR CITY, UH, IS VERY PROUD OF YOUR DESIGNATION AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO WELL.
GOD BLESS YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES.
I WANNA GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO DESOTO ISD IN A VERY SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE FAIR.
LAST, UH, THURSDAY, THEY HAD INVITED OVER A HUNDRED AND THEY INVITED 123 SCHOOLS OVER 115 SHOWED UP.
UM, DESOTO AREA CHAMBER WILL BE HOSTING A RIBBON CUTTING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AT ALPHA HAMPTON ROAD, 900 NORTH HAMPTON, SEPTEMBER 30TH, FROM 11 TO 2:00 PM IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COME OUT DE SPOKEN WORD, THE KNOCKOUT WILL BE AT DESOTO CORNER THEATER.
THIS SATURDAY, SHOWTIME'S AT SEVEN 30, EARLY BIRD $15.
GENERAL, UH, ADMISSION IS $20.
THE KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL TRASH.
PICKUP DAY IS OCTOBER 7TH, BETWEEN NINE AND 12, 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM THAT'S OUR BIG DAY.
UM, DESOTO YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE IS GEARING UP AGES FOUR TO 14, REGULAR EARLY REGISTRATION.
OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, REGULAR REGISTRATION, NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 18TH.
DO $5 PER PLAYER EARLY REGISTRATION, $95 PER PLAYER AFTER THAT.
I HOPE I'M READING THIS RIGHT.
SIGN UP AT DESOTO TEXAS.GOV/BASKETBALL.
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IF I DID THAT WRONG.AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OCTOBER FUNFEST.
SIGN UP ONLINE, DESOTO TEXAS.GOV/REGISTER.
FOOD TRUCKS FREE TO ENTER AGES 14 AND UNDER HERE AT DESOTO RECREATION CENTER FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM THEY'LL HAVE THE ZOMBIE LASER TAG, COSTUMES, PRIZES, GAMES, FACE PAINTING, CANDY, AND BOUNCE HOUSE.
$3 ONE ENTRY OR $5 UNLIMITED BAND.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS, UM, TIME TO ACTUALLY GIVE KUDOS TO OUR PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT HEADED BY NONE OTHER THAN MR. CHRIS GLOVER.
THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL THIS PAST WEEKEND, YOU MISSED A TREAT IN THAT TREAT TEAM.
YOU WOULD'VE SEEN, UH, OUR MAYOR ON THE MECHANICAL BULL.
YOU WOULD'VE SEEN OUR, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN OUR CITY MANAGER ON THE MECHANICAL BULL.
YOU WOULD'VE SEEN MAYOR MECHANICAL BULL MAYOR.
OUR MAYOR WAS ON FOR ONE SECOND, AND I THINK BRANDON WAS ONE MINUTE.
SO, BUT YOU GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
IT WAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT WENT INTO THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS WORKED SO, SO HARD, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST, THE ABSOLUTE BEST.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD HAVE TO.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE I CLOSE OUT? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, JUST, UH, ANNOUNCE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK.
DID, UM, DID ANYBODY DO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BANQUET? WE HAVE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BANQUET THAT IS COMING UP, UM, THIS THURSDAY.
UM, AT, I BELIEVE THAT IS AT 6:30 PM HERE IN THE BLUE BODY ROOM.
THIS IS A NIGHT WHERE WE HONOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE, UM, SERVED AND WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO A REALLY FUN NIGHT.
IT'S ALWAYS VERY WELL DONE, VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, A VERY EXCITING, UM, EVENT ON THAT DAY AS WELL.
ALSO, THIS COMING SATURDAY, WE HAVE THE SCULPTURE UNVEILING.
ONE O'CLOCK AT ONE O'CLOCK AT ERNIE ROBERTS.
UM, AND SO THE DESOTO ARTS CULTURAL FOUNDATION, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AS WE UNVEIL DESOTOS FIRST PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE LOCATED ON THE ROY OR TRAIL AT ERNIE ROBERTS PARK.
UM, BE AMONGST THE FIRST TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE AND MEET THE, UH, MEET THE ARTIST AND HEAR HIS INSPIRATION FOR THE PIECE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THAT AT 1:00 PM AT ERNIE ROBERTS PARK, WHICH IS AT FIVE, UH, FIVE 15 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD HERE IN DESOTO.
UM, ALSO, I JUST WANT TO RE UNDERSCORE, UM, OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE ON OCTOBER 3RD.
AND THAT WILL HAPPEN AT 7:00 PM AND IT WILL BE LOCATED AT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS THERE ON BELTLINE.
AND SO WE'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO COME OUT, UM, TYPICALLY WITH OUR NATIONAL NET OUT, THE INDIVIDUAL HOAS HOST THOSE EVENTS.
AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE HOSTING THEIR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
BUT, UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS WILL BE THERE.
THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
I BELIEVE FOOD IS GONNA BE THERE, UM, AS WELL.
SO PLEASE MAKE, UH, MAKE PLANS TO JOIN US FOR THAT NIGHT.
THAT SHOULD BE A REALLY, IT STARTS AT SIX.
IT STARTS AT SIX, UH, 6:00 PM SO PLEASE MAKE TIME, UH, TIME TO STOP BY THAT EVENT.
UM, AND THAT IS ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I HAVE.
SO AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE, I HAVE ONE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO JUST, UH, BEAR WITH ME FOR JUST A SECOND.
I NEVER GOT A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO NOT ONLY THIS COUNCIL, BUT EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO REACHED OUT TO ME DURING THE PASSING OF MY MOTHER.
I APPRE I APPRECIATE NOT ONLY THE FLOWERS, BUT THE GREAT SENTIMENTS THAT EVERYBODY GAVE ME.
UM, I DID WANNA MENTION THERE IS A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS THAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND TOO.
AND THAT HAPPENS, UH, NETWORK, YES, THAT HAPPENS DURING THE MORNING AT 8:00 AM AT, UH, FRIENDSHIP WEST BAPTIST CHURCH IN OFF OF WHEATLAND.
AND THEN LASTLY, NOBODY TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY IS ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER THE 28TH.
AND EVERY LAST ONE OF US HAS A NEIGHBOR.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, YOU HAVE ONE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT PEOPLE WOULD FIND A WAY TO BE KIND TO A NEIGHBOR, FIND A WAY TO CELEBRATE A NEIGHBOR ON GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY AND BEYOND.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[D. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
APPEARANCES.THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN
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COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADOR TABLE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE.
ATTENDEES MAY SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA DURING THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, FOR TOPICS NOT SCHEDULED, ATTENDEES WILL SPEAK DURING CITIZEN APPEARANCES.
THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING.
AND MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE CITIZENS PORTION OF, UH, THE AGENDA.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[1. Presentation of proclamation in recognition of National GEAR UP Week]
PRESENTATIONS.FIRST WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL GEAR UP WEEK.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PRO TEM LETITIA HUGHES.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE COME UP FOR OUR GEAR UP? YOU GONNA BRING YOU SIGNS? YOU DON'T WANNA SEE HOW YOU DON'T YOU WANNA COME UP? OKAY.
I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS, GEAR UP IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS WHO ARE PREPARED TO ENTER AND SUCCEED IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS GEAR UP SERVES HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WHO MIGHT BE BE THE FIRST PERSON IN THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE.
AND WHEREAS GEAR UP PROVIDES SIX OR SEVEN YEAR GRANTS TO STATES OR PARTNERSHIPS IN EFFORTS TO DELIVER SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO STUDENTS IN THEIR FAMILIES STARTING NO LATER THAN SEVENTH GRADE, MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND ONWARD TO FULFILL THEIR DREAMS OF ATTAINING A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS GEAR UP INCLUDES INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS TUTORING, MENTORING, RGA, RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PREPARATION, FINANCIAL EDUCATION, AND COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR LOW INCOME MINORITY AND DISADVANTAGED FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS IN THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WHEREAS EUROPE IS BUILT AROUND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, ENLISTING THE FORMIDABLE RESOURCE RESOURCES OF GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO SUPPORT LOW INCOME STUDENTS AS THEY PREPARE TO ENTER AND SUCCEED IN COLLEGE.
AND WHEREAS THE NEXT GENERATION GEAR UP IS A PARTNERSHIP OF THE DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS AND PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY THAT SERVES STUDENTS IN THE CLASSES OF 2024 AND 2025 AT DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH GRADUATION AND INTO THEIR FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE.
AND WHEREAS DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEXT GENERATION GEAR UP IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT, HELPING THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL, THE CITY OF DESOTO PROUDLY SUPPORTS POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DESOTO COMMUNITY.
NOW THEREFORE, I RACHEL A. PARKER DO HEREBY DECLARE MY APPRECIATION TO THE DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH.
2023 AS NATIONAL GEAR UP WEEK IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND WE URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNITION OF GEAR UPS, HARD WORK, AND DEDICATION TO THE STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 23.
RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST.
ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY.
DON'T EVERYBODY GO AT ONE TIME.
I'M ONE OF THE SITE COORDINATORS WITH NEXT GENERATION GEAR UP.
UM, AND IT IS BEEN A ABSOLUTE HONOR BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CLASSES OF 24 AND 25 SINCE THEY WERE IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
UM, I'VE KNOWN DEVIN AND BRAYLIN SINCE THEY WERE ABOUT IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
AND IT'S TRULY BEEN A JOY TO SEE THEM, UH, DEVELOP, UH, SOCIALLY,
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ACADEMICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT PROFESSIONALLY HERE AND THERE.UH, FROM KIND OF BEING OF, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANNA GO TO COLLEGE TO NOW I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE, WHERE I WANT TO GO.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO.
WHEN'S THE NEXT FIELD TRIP? WHEN'S THE, UH, NEXT CAREER EXPLORATION TRIP? 'CAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IT ALL IN.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A JOY WORKING WITH THEM.
UH, AND, UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS NEXT SCHOOL, UH, SCHOOL YEAR BRINGS TO THEM.
SO, UM, THIS IS ABOUT TO BE A MARVELOUS REST OF THE YEAR FOR 'EM.
UM, MY, MY, MY NAME IS BROTHER SCOTT.
I'M A STUDENT ATTO HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN HAVING A GREAT EXPERIENCE AT THE SU HIGH SCHOOL.
THANKS TO MR. KING AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S PART OF THE GEAR UP.
UM, FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC EXPERIENCE.
I'M A A SON OF A MILITARY FATHER.
AND SO WE HAD BEEN MOVING AROUND VERY OFTEN.
SO FOR ME TO BE AN AMBASSADOR OF THE GEAR UP PROGRAM HAS HELPED ME A LOT KNOWING THAT I CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS AROUND THE SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I LIKE TO APPRECIATE MR. KING AND EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THE GEAR UP EXPERIENCE.
UM, I'VE BEEN AN AMBASSADOR SINCE 10TH GRADE.
UM, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT BEING AN AMBASSADOR IS SITTING IN ON MEETINGS AND HAVING INPUT AND ON WHAT TO DO THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I LOVE THE FIELD TRIPS AND HOW THEY STAY ON TOP OF US WITH GETTING OUR SCHOLARSHIPS AND COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND ANYTHING ELSE WE MIGHT NEED AFTER WE GRADUATE.
GREETINGS TO EVERYONE WHO IS SEATED AT THE DAIS HERE WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO.
TO THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE AS CITIZENS OF DESOTO, THE CITY OF DESOTO, I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE NEXT GENERATION PROJECT DIRECTOR AT DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXPOSED TO THOSE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME FROM.
IT IS THE DIFFERENCE IS EXPOSURE.
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT MAKES THE MOST DIFFERENCE IN THE SUCCESS IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING, UH, ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY AND FOR PROVIDING THIS PROCLAMATION AND PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH.
2023 AS NATIONAL GEAR UP WEEK IN THIS.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT, UH, BENEFIT FROM THAT, THAT TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME.
MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[2. Presentation of August 2022 Financial Report]
HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE AUGUST, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO IN TAKING A LOOK AT OUR AUGUST, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, WE ARE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FIRST GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE ACTUALLY AT OR HAVE EXCEEDED, UM, OUR PROJECTED REVENUE FOR SEVERAL, UH, CATEGORIES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, PROPERTY TAX, MIXED STRENGTH TAX, LICENSING, PERMITS, INTEREST, REVENUE, AND ALSO CHARGE FOR SERVICES.
CURRENTLY, WE, UM, HAVE COLLECTED $54,163,970 FOR OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
WE ARE AT 96.5%, UM, OF OUR PROJECTION.
AND, UH, THAT IS COMPARED TO 94.8% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL CATEGORIES HERE.
ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE,
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WAS THE FRANCHISE FEES.THEY APPEAR TO BE TRACKING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT WE'RE NOT CONCERNED BECAUSE, UM, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED, UH, MORE THAN 700,000 IN THE LAST MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO IF YOU ADD THAT TO THE ACCRUALS THAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE AFTER SEPTEMBER, WE SHOULD SURELY BE OKAY IN THAT AREA.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, FAR AHEAD AS WELL IN OUR, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL.
THOSE ARE THE BILLINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY, UM, FOR OUR SISTER CITIES S-W-R-C-C, UH, VENTURE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE JAIL OPERATION.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A REIMBURSEMENT FROM DALLAS COUNTY, UH, FOR OUR ELLIS DAVIS FIELD HOUSE, UH, PROJECT, SOMETHING THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD AT INTERGOVERNMENTAL 124.4% OF BUDGET.
AGAIN, OVERALL REVENUE AT 96.5% FOR OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, WE ARE AT A TOTAL OF 85.6% COMPARED TO 81.2% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE LISTED THERE OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET, ANY REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR SO FAR.
AND OUR 2023 YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE LIST THOSE EXPENDITURES BY ACTUAL BY DEPARTMENT IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT 91.7% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IS WITHIN THAT OR BELOW THAT.
ON THE EXPENDITURES, YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES SHOW SLIGHTLY OVER AT 95.3%.
UH, WE DO KNOW THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL EXCEED THEIR, UH, ORIGINAL ALLOCATION OF, UM, EXPENDITURES THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASED STAFFING LEVELS ASSOCIATED, UH, WITH OUR OVER HIRE POLICY MOVING INTO FISCAL YEAR 2024.
SO WITH THAT, YOU WILL SEE, UM, AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ALONG WITH THOSE EXPENDITURES THOUGH, I DO WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, FOR OUR TOTAL PROJECTED EXPENDITURES OF 58 MILLION, WE WILL NOT EXCEED THAT EVEN WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
SO WE DO STILL EXPECT TO BE BELOW ON OUR EXPENDITURES AND OVER ON OUR REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
MOVING INTO THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, WE ARE TRACKING WELL AND 90.6% ON OUR REVENUE COMPARED TO A HUNDRED PERCENT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS MAINLY JUST GONNA BE OUR REGULAR WATER SEW AND SEWER SALES THEMSELVES.
WE DO NORMALLY GET ABOUT 500,000 PER BILLING CYCLE, AND WE DO HAVE, UM, TWO MORE BILLING CYCLES OF COURSE, TO POST FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED THERE.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL, UM, GET REALLY CLOSE WITH OUR WATER AND SEWER CELLS ONCE THOSE WATER AND SEWER CELLS COME UP.
AND THOSE ARE ON THE GENERAL LEDGER.
UH, WE WILL BE A LOT CLOSER, WE BELIEVE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD THERE AS, UH, FAR AS EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT COME OUT OF THAT DEPARTMENT THAT IS WITHIN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ADMINISTRATION AREA, AS WELL AS JUST, UM, UTILITY FIELD OPERATIONS, WHICH OUT OF THAT ONE, UH, WE PAY OUR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES BILL.
UM, EVERYTHING ELSE THERE AS WELL.
ENERGY COSTS, LEGAL FEES, ANY REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE TRACKING JUST WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE AT 81 POINT 0.7%.
AS WE MOVE INTO OUR SANITATION FUND.
WE ARE AT 96.1%, UH, COMPARED TO 97% THIS TIME LAST YEAR ON OUR REVENUE EXPENDITURES, WE ARE JUST PERFECT.
WE ARE RIGHT WHERE WE LIKE TO BE AT 80%, UH, COMPARED TO 83.2% LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD WITH WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, UM, IN THE SAN SANITATION FUND FOR AUGUST MOVE.
MOVING INTO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU WILL SEE OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETED AMOUNTS, ANY REVISIONS, AS WELL AS OUR YEAR TO DAY ACTUALS FOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
THESE ARE OF COURSE GONNA BE JUST IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND, UM, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS PLANS.
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THE LAST COUPLE OF PAGES ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU, UM, OUR SPECIAL, OUR ALL OTHER FUNDS.BASICALLY ALL OF OUR SPECIAL REVENUE AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, SUCH AS ANY CAPITAL, UH, REPLACEMENT FUNDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YOUR FIRST PAGE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE REVENUE, THE BUDGETED REVENUE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL HAVE YOUR BUDGETED EXPENSE IN YEAR TO DATE.
ACTUAL THAT CORRESPONDS TO THAT.
ON OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS THROUGH AUGUST, WE ARE AT 98.48% AND THAT GIVES US OUR TOTALS FOR OUR BASE TAX LEVY AS WELL AS ANYTHING THAT WE'VE COLLECTED FOR PENALTY AND INTEREST.
SO WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE WANNA BE, 98.4% COMPARED TO 98 PER 0.6% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR, UM, HUB, HUB SPENDING REPORT WHERE YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE NUMBER FOR THE CITY VERSUS OUR TOTAL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE NUMBER NUMBER THAT WE HAVE PAID TO OUR HUB VENDORS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE ARE AT 7% AND THAT GIVES US A TOTAL OF 5.9%, UM, YEAR TO DATE.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FINANCIAL REPORT? DR. MARKS? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON.
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE, UH, MWBE, UH, PERCENTAGE, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, VISIT AND TO ATTEND ONE OF THE MEETINGS AT THE HEAD IN RED OAK.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, UM, I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU GUYS DO ANYTHING WITH THE DATA AS FAR AS THE, THE ATTENDANCE? UH, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED WERE FROM DESOTO.
UH, THERE WAS A SIGN IN WITH THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.
DO YOU GUYS DO ANYTHING WITH THAT INFORMATION? WELL, I KNOW THAT OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY DO HAVE MAINTAINED A LIST OF THOSE THAT ARE IN, IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, THEY TAKE NOTE OF ANYONE WHO'S ASKING QUESTIONS OR TRYING TO INQUIRE MORE ABOUT BEING A BUSINESS BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
SO DO WE, WE MAIN IN, UH, IN CONTACT WITH THOSE CONTACTS LISTS IN THOSE SIGN IN LISTS.
SO DO YOU REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, I I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW HOW TO SIGN UP, YOU KNOW, TO BE ON THE LIST OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING THAT SOMETIMES IF WE GO JUST A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SURE TO A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE MIGHT CAN SOMEWHAT INCREASE THAT, THAT PERCENTAGE.
UM, SO A RECOMMENDATION WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, TO, AT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT YOU MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR LAPTOP OR WHATEVER AND BE ON CALL TO, TO SOMEWHAT TRY TO ASSIST THOSE PEOPLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM? UH, HEARING NONE.
[F. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager. ]
SUTON.MS. THOMAS, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL.
AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, OR CITY MANAGER.
FIRST, WE HAVE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR OCTOBER 17TH, 22, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OCTOBER 18TH, 22, RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION MONTH, AS WELL AS NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH.
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL DELANEY, EXCUSE ME, TO THE CITIZENS POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
PLACE TWO, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE TO THE AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH LENA T RAMEY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
IN A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $146,900 FOR THE DESIGN OF THE DANIELDALE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 INTER INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, DISPOSABLE SERVICE, EXCUSE ME, SERVICES IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET TO PURCHASE A 2025 INTERNATIONAL MEDIUM DUTY 6 0 7 CAB AND CHASE'S TRUCK WITH ASPHALT POTHOLE PATCHER.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET BY $715,900 TO INCREASE EXPENDITURES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO INCREASED STAFFING LEADING UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 24.
AND FINALLY, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET, APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $45,000 TO PLACE A PURCHASE OPTION AND ALLOCATE FUNDS TO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT FOR THE PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR 1 1 1 15
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WEST BELTLINE ROAD.I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT TWO G BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION IN SEPARATE VOTE.
COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
UM, AS FAR AS THE NOTES ARE CONCERNED, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES ON THE, UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THEY HAD APPROVED MINUTES ON THE ACTUAL, UM, INSIDE OF THE MINUTES, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHICH MINUTES WERE WERE APPROVED IN THAT.
SO I WAS WONDERING IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES TO SAY WHAT WAS APPROVED? JUST LIKE IT'S SAYING HERE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES WHEN YOU GO TO THESE MINUTES, IT HAS THE SAME HEADLINE, BUT THERE IS NO, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING WAS APPROVED, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
THAT IS A STANDING, UM, NOTATION ON ANY OF OUR AGENDAS.
SO THAT MEANS THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS ANY MINUTES THAT WERE APPROVED DURING THAT MEETING.
COUNCIL, IS THERE, UM, EXCUSE ME, DR. MARKS.
SPEAKING OF, UM, MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 18TH, 2022, UNDER THE HEADING OF PRESENTATIONS, UH, ITEMS NUMBER 2, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX, UM, IT INDICATES THAT THE RECIPIENTS RECEIVED RECOGNITION AND I WOULD, UM, SUBMIT TO YOU THAT IT SHOULD READ, UH, THEY RECEIVED THE PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION OF WHATEVER THAT PARTICULAR ITEM WOULD'VE BEEN.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SEMANTICS.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAD MAYOR MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
UH, PULLING THE ITEM TWO G AND MAKING THE CORRECTIONS FOR UNDER PRESENTATIONS 2, 3, 4, 5 AND SIX.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR. MARKS, UM, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO APPROVE WITH THE, UH, THE STATED MODIFICATIONS.
UM, THERE ARE ORDINANCES, I BELIEVE IN THIS ONE TO BE READ, CORRECT.
MS. THOMAS, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2323 ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I ONLY NEED TO READ, UM, F AND H AND THEN G WILL READ ONCE SINCE IT WAS PULLED, IT WAS PULLED.
IS IT SAFE TO, UM, IS IT OKAY? OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNSEL AT THIS TIME.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AT THIS TIME I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MICHAEL DELANEY.
IS HE HERE TONIGHT? MR. DELANEY IS OUR PLACE TO APPOINTMENT TO THE CITIZENS POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, THANK HIM AND OTHERS LIKE HIM FOR THEIR SERVICE, UH, ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION.
SO IF WE COULD PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER IN CASE HE'S WATCHING TO, UM, THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UH, ITEM TWO G THAT HAS BEEN PULLED.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS, RELATED COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ACTUALLY, I DID.
UM, THAT, SO I, I AM ASSUMING THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED LAST FISCAL YEAR TO ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE OVER FIVE.
UM, IT WAS MY ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ADDED INTO THE BUDGET.
SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE $700,000 OVER THAT AMOUNT.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTIONS DIRECTLY, AND MAYBE CHIEF YOU CAN COME DOWN AND ANSWER THE, FOR ME, BUT JUST HOW DO WE GET TO HAVE A RUN RUNNING TOTAL TO GET TO THIS HIGH BEFORE IT'S CAUGHT? AND THEN, AM I ACCURATE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE ARE THE FIVE PEOPLE THAT WERE BUDGETED? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WHEN WE APPROVED THIS, IT WAS WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT THE, YOU WOULD GO OVER BUDGET.
AND THEN LASTLY WITH THIS, I, I DID A LITTLE MATH.
EVEN IF FIVE PEOPLE WERE PAYING THEM AROUND 70 K BEING NICE THERE, I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY MORE RIGHT.
UM, THAT STILL DOESN'T EQUAL 700,000.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MATH 'CAUSE THE MATH AIN'T MATH.
AND SO THAT'S MY, MY MY REASON FOR PULLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM AND, UH, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WHEN, WHEN, UH, YOU APPROVE OF THAT ORDINANCE, UH, FOR US TO OVERHIRE BY FIVE
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OFFICERS, UM, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD HIRE AS QUICKLY AS WE DID.AND, UH, THOSE FIVE POSITIONS WERE NOT IN THE BUDGET AT THE TIME.
UM, WE HIRED THOSE FIVE AND, UH, WE CONTINUED WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A SHORTFALL BY ALL THEIR SALARIES AND SOME OVERTIME THAT WE, UH, ENCUMBERED OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE WERE BUDGETED THE, UM, POSITIONS, UM, UH, WE'RE NOT, AS I SAID, WE'RE NOT FUNDED, WE'RE NOT BUDGETED IN, IN THIS BUDGET SEASON.
AND, UM, NOT SURE HOW IT, IT GOT MISSED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, I DON'T KEEP THOSE FIGURES.
I DON'T, UH, DO ANYTHING WITH, UH, WITH, UH, ANYTHING TO DO WITH SALARIES.
I DON'T DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
UH, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THE END OF THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT US GOING OVER BUDGET WITH, BECAUSE OF THOSE, UH, THOSE POSITIONS.
EACH POSITION IS MORE THAN 70,000.
IT, IT WOULD BE THE BENEFITS AND AS YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR SO AND HR OR FINANCE CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THAT WOULD BE FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
OUR OVERTIME WHEN, UH, WENT OVER, BECAUSE WE TOOK ON SOME NEW DUTIES AND WE, WE REDEFINED HOW WE WERE DOING OUR OVERTIME FOR, UH, THE FOOTBALL, UH, UH, TOURNAMENTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED IN THE CITY.
AND THERE IS A REVENUE STREAM THAT COMES IN FROM, UH, UH, FROM PARKS AND RECS AS WELL AS REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM OUR SROS AND, AND, UH, OUR GRANTS, UH, AND SOME OTHER ENTITIES THAT, UH, WE GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT WOULD DEDUCT SOME OF THAT MONEY OFF OF THAT, UH, OVERTIME BUDGET.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS BECAUSE AGAIN, FINANCE, UH, AND HR HANDLES THAT, THAT SIDE OF IT.
SO I'M, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, BUT I DON'T DO ANY AMENDMENTS OR, OR ANYTHING TO DO ALONG THE CITY.
AND I ASSUME THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE DONE, UH, BY SOMEONE ELSE.
AND NOW I FIND OUT THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S MY OP OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
WELL LET, YEAH, LET, LET ME CLARIFY, UH, SOME OF, SOME OF THOSE POINTS THERE.
SO THERE'S, UH, SO OBVIOUSLY IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WE'RE WATCHING KIND OF THE GENERAL FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERAL FUND REMAINS BALANCED FOR THE YEAR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM YOUR FINANCIAL REPORTS, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, UM, ON THAT PART.
AND SO AS A GENERAL FUND, RIGHT, SOME OF THESE OVERAGES ARE BEING COVERED BY, UH, SHORTFALLS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, VARIOUS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, WHILE, WHILE THE CHIEF IS CORRECT THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT HE WAS RUNNING OVER BUDGET AND HIS, HIS FUND AS A GENERAL FUND, WE WERE STILL OPERATING WITHIN OUR PARAMETERS, UH, WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE END OF THE YEAR, REALIZING THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO, UH, COMPLY WITH OUR CHARTER RIGHT, WHICH REQUIRES THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY A CHARTER REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, RIGHT? THE GENERAL FUND ITSELF IS BALANCED AND WILL REMAIN BALANCED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
THIS PART HERE IS CLARIFYING THAT, THAT THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF, WHICH IS A CHARTER REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE, IS GOING TO EXCEED ITS OWN BUDGET ON THAT.
AND SO IT'S, THERE'S A KIND OF THIS, THIS AMENDMENT NOTIFICATION PART THAT KIND OF HAPPENS WITH THE COUNCIL BEING AWARE OF THAT PART.
SO AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND ACROSS ALL AREAS, IT IS WITHIN, WITHIN BALANCE FOR IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WATCHING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY COMES IN AT OR UNDER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
IT'S THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET, UM, PART OF IT, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH DEPARTMENTS KIND OF MONITORING THEIR STAFF, UM, THROUGHOUT THAT PART OF IT.
AND SO WHILE DEPART, WHILE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS KNOWN TO BE RUNNING HIGH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RIGHT, IT WAS ALL AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAME CLEAR WHAT THAT AMOUNT REALLY WOULD BE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END, AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WITHIN, UH, COMPLYING WITH OUR CHARTER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF, WITH THE IDEA THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS STILL AT OR UNDER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
YOU SAID A LOT, UH, MR. WRIGHT, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, ARE THERE ANY INTERNAL CONTROLS IN PLACE TO CATCH THIS MUCH SOONER? BECAUSE I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOU HIRED EARLY, BUT I I'VE BEEN A HIRING MANAGER TOO FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND I DO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT YOU DO HAVE TO RECONCILE WITH YOUR BUDGET TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, JUST FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IS THERE NOT ANY INTERNAL CONTROLS TO CATCH THAT OR THE OVERTIME THAT EXISTS, CONSIDERING THAT, YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS A NEW, UH, PROJECT WITH, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS, I'M ASSUMING? YEP.
YEAH, SO, SO, SO OBVIOUSLY WITH, UH, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A NEW ENVIRONMENT WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE NOW RUNNING MUCH CLOSER TO BUDGET ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS THAN WE EVER HAVE BEFORE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN 10, 15 POSITIONS SHORT, UH, FOR THE YEAR ON THAT.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY WITH BOTH OF OUR, OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS THAT AS, AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR, OVERTIME BUDGETS HAVE TO BE MONITORED MUCH MORE CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE WILL BE RUNNING MUCH THINNER MARGINS ON, ON, ON VACANT POSITIONS.
THAT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S GREAT FOR ALL OF US, RIGHT? BUT IT ALSO MAKES BUDGETING, THE MONITORING OF THAT BUDGET A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFUL O ON ON THE OVERTIME PART OF THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE STAFFING PART OF IT GOES THOUGH, UM, ON ITS, YOU'LL, UH, LATER ON IN THE AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE THE OVER THE OVER HIGHER PROVISION HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY, RIGHT? RECOMMENDED FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.
IT'S PRECISELY FOR REASONS LIKE THIS, RIGHT? WE NOW THAT WE'RE, WE, WE'VE APPROPRIATELY BUDGETED FOR THE PO POSITIONS.
THEY'RE IN THERE FOR THE FULL YEAR, UM, ON THAT PART.
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THAT, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH BUDGET RELATED TO AUTHORIZED POSITIONS FOR THE YEAR.AND THEY'RE ALL FULLY FUNDED WITHIN THE BUDGET, UM, FOR THAT, FOR THAT COMPLIANCE PART.
SO IT MAKES THAT PART MUCH MORE.
UM, WE, WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO RUN AT BUDGET OR UNDER BUDGET, UM, FOR THE YEAR, UH, AS WE LEAD INTO NEXT YEAR.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE? UH, ITEM TWO, GS PRESENTED SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IS THERE, WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY READ THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT ONE, SO, UM, THAT ONE'S FINE.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE
[1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance to rezone a 10.29-acre tract of land legally described as being Lots 1A, 1B, 2, and 3 in the Four Acres Addition and generally located at the southwest corner of W. Belt Line Road and S. Elerson Road (100 S. Elerson Rd., 1112 W. Belt Line Road, 1116 W. Belt Line Road) from existing General Retail (GR) to Planned Development (PD) with base zonings of General Retail (GR) and Single-Family Attached (SFA) Residential with deviations to allow single-family attached residential (townhomes) and retail development. The applicant is Daake Law, LLC and the property owner is DeSoto MBM2, LLC. (Case No. Z-1494-23)]
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.NEXT WE MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE HAVE CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE A 10.29 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LOTS ONE A, ONE B TWO, AND THREE IN THE FOUR ACRES EDITION.
AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST BELTLINE ROAD AND SOUTH ELLERSON ROAD, 100 SOUTH ELLERSON ROAD, 1112 WEST BELTLINE ROAD, 1116 WEST BELTLINE ROAD FROM EXISTING GENERAL RETAIL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONINGS OF GENERAL RETAIL AND SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL WITH DEVIATIONS TO ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL TOWN, HOMES AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS DATE LAW LLC AND PROPERTY OWNER IS DESOTO, MBM TWO LLC, CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1494 DASH 23.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MAYOR, AND COUNSEL.
THIS ZONING EXCHANGE REQUEST IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BELTLINE WEST BELT LINE AND SOUTH ELLISON.
AS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, IT IS THESE THREE TRACKS OF LAND THAT TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 10.2 ACRES.
THE, UH, DIAGRAM OF THE DRAW MAP ON THE RIGHT IS GOING TO SHOW YOU MORE REALISTIC OF HOW IT IS VACANT PROPERTY NOW.
UH, AND WE'LL SEE A ZONING MAP COMING UP TO SHOW YOU THE, ALL OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL, UH, AROUND IT.
UH, THIS IS JUST A MORE, UH, A HIGHER VIEW OF IT.
UH, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE PROPERTY'S VACANT DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE STREET IS THE WALMART, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, ON THE WHEAT EAST IS SINGLE FAMILY SF 10 INTO THE NORTH SF 10.
UH, THERE IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT CONTAINS A CHURCH ON THE WEST AND ALL THE PROPERTIES SOUTH.
WHILE A LOT OF THE PROPERTY ARE LARGER.
LOTS IS, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
THIS IS THIS ACTUAL ZONING MAP.
AGAIN, ALL OF THIS PROPERTY IS BEING CONSIDERED, IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL.
AND AGAIN, UH, DIAGONALLY ACROSS HAS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR WALMART AND THE OTHER SHOPPING CENTERS THERE, UH, TO THE EAST.
THAT'S SINGLE FAMILY AND TO THE NORTH SINGLE FAMILY PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE A COPY OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE, UH, LAND USE PLAN.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE 2015 PLAN, AND I'VE MARKED, UH, THE LOCATION.
IT WILL BE SHOWN IN YELLOW, UH, TO THE RIGHT.
I'VE GIVEN YOU THE SECTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THE YELLOW DESIGNATION IS ITS VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH, WHICH IDENTIFIES THAT YELLOW REPRESENTS LOW DENSITY.
AND BY THE DEFINITION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LOW DENSITY IS CONSIDERED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, IT WOULD BE ALL OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS FROM 8,000 SQUARE FEET UP.
I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING.
HE IS REQUESTING TO ESTABLISH ON A PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY A MEDIUM DENSITY.
A MEDIUM DENSITY HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DEFINED AS TOWNHOMES, DUPLEXES, AND CONDOMINIUMS. I'VE ALSO INCLUDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION A SECTION OF THE 2015 IN THE LAND USE SECTION, AND IT ACTUALLY IDENTIFIES THAT THE FIRST GOAL ESTABLISHED FOR LAND USE IS TO HAVE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT DEALING WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS IS BEING SHARED WITH YOU TO SHOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT IS MEETING THAT FIRST GOAL, WHILE IT MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP ITSELF.
NEXT, I GIVE YOU A DISTRICT MAP, UH, AS IDENTIFIED.
THIS IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DR.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT BORDERS, UH, DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT TWO.
IN THE, UH, SPRING OF 2018, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED HIS FIRST ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UH, AT THAT TIME, HE WAS REQUESTING TO REZONE IT FROM GENERAL RETAIL TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH, AT THAT TIME BASE ZONING
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EIGHT, UH, FOR 8,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT WITH DEVIATIONS.THOSE DEVIATIONS INCLUDED REDUCING THE LOT AREA FROM 8,000 SQUARE FEET TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, WITH SOME OTHER LOT PERIMETER, UH, DEVIATIONS AND ALSO NO ALLEYS AND A HUNDRED PERCENT FRONT FACING GARAGE.
UH, THAT CASE WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE APPLICANT DID NOT APPEAL THAT DECISION.
SO THAT CASE ENDED AT THAT POINT IN THE SUMMER AROUND JUNE, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED HIS SECOND APPLICATION OF THE SIMILAR PROPERTY, UH, AT WHICH TIME HE GENERALLY BROUGHT BACK THE SAME TYPE DE REQUEST TO AMEND IT FROM EXISTING GENERAL RETAIL TO ANOTHER PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SAME BASE ZONING OF EIGHT SF EIGHT 8,000 SQUARE FEET.
BUT HE DID REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMES FROM 64 TO 51.
THAT CASE WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND A MOTION WAS MADE DURING THAT MEETING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
BUT THAT MOTION ACTUALLY FAILED BY A VOTE OF TWO TO THREE.
AFTER THAT MOTION FAILED, THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT AN APPEAL, UH, TAKING THE CASE OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR.
UH, THE COUNCIL HEARD THAT CASE AND A MOTION WAS MADE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, BUT AGAIN, THAT, UH, CASE FAILED BY A VOTE OF THREE TO FOUR.
SO WHERE WE ARE NOW, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED HIS THIRD APPLICATION.
THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE EXISTING PROPERTY FROM GENERAL RETAIL, BUT NOW TO A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BOTH A COMPONENT OF TOWN HOMES, WHICH WE DESIGNATE A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND A COMMERCIAL, UH, HE'S PROPOSING WITHIN THE TOWN HOME SECTION 6 6 62 SINGLE FAMILY DE UH, ATTACHED TOWN HOMES.
AND THEN ON THE CORNER, HE WILL BE HAVING TWO COMMERCIAL, UH, LOTS.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS OFFERING SOME VOLUNTARY ARCHITECTURAL, UH, FEATURES.
UH, THE ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS LISTED, UH, DOES NOT LIST AS ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, AND THAT WAS, UH, CONSIDERED BECAUSE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, MAYBE EVEN SLIGHTLY LONGER, THE, UM, OUR LEGISLATOR AT THE, THE HOUSE LEVEL PASSED THE BILL THAT IDENTIFIED THE CITY, UH, CANNOT GET INVOLVED WITH ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR FACADES OF, OF STRUCTURES.
SO OUR CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED US THAT WITH THOSE BEING VOLUNTARY, THAT WOULD STRICTLY BE VOLUNTARY BY THE APPLICANT, AND THUS THERE'S NO NEED TO PUT THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
I'VE INCLUDED HERE A CHART THAT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU THE DETAIL OF WHAT HIS CURRENT PD REQUESTS WITH DEVIATIONS ARE.
AND AGAIN, IN, IN THIS CASE, HIS DEVIATION REQUESTS ARE ONLY ON THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL SIDE, THE TOWN HOME SIDE AND HIS DEVIATION REQUESTS ARE DEALING WITH THE LOT SIZES FOR A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, UH, DWELLING AND A TOWN HOME UNIT.
THE CITY'S ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS, UH, 3000 SQUARE FEET, HE'S REQUESTING 2300, AND HE HAS SOME ADDITIONAL WIDTH AND DEPTH DEVIATIONS HE'S REQUESTING.
UH, HE IS, UH, AGAIN, REQUESTING NO ALLEYS.
UH, THE LAST, UH, CHART I WILL SHOW YOU IS REFERENCE TO OPEN SPACE.
UH, AS WE'VE IDENTIFIED FROM SOME, FROM, FROM OUR, UH, EVEN DISCUSSIONS LAST NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY DOES HAVE, UM, OPEN GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND MULTIFAMILY, AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED THAT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'LL BE 600 SQUARE FEET FOR ONE BEDROOM.
UH, I'VE SHOWN ON THE CHART THAT, UH, HE HAS GIVEN US EXAMPLES FOR, HE'S PROPOSING TWO AND THREE BEDROOM, UH, UNITS.
SO FOR 26 ANTICIPATED TWO BEDROOMS, THAT NUMBER WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY 900 FOR, UH, 36 PROPOSED THREE BEDROOMS, THAT WOULD BE 1200.
SO HE IS FORECAST BY OUR REGULATIONS TO NEED, UH, 66.6 HUNDRED, UH, SQUARE FOOT OF OPEN, USABLE SPACE.
UM, WE DID, WE WERE AT A DIFFERENT PASS, UH, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT, UH, I'LL SHOW YOU LATER ON HIS SITE PLAN.
HE FEELS THAT ON HIS SITE PLAN, HE'S MEETING THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT.
UM, BUT WE WERE SAYING THAT SOME OF HIS GREEN SPACE THAT HE IS IDENTIFYING OR STRIPS OF LAND AND NOT NECESSARILY USABLE SPACE.
SO TO HELP COVER HIS SPACES, HE DID SUBMIT, UH, ONE OF HIS DEVIATIONS AS REQUESTED A DEVIATION TO OUR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
AND HIS REQUIREMENT WOULD BE PER HIS SITE PLAN, THE GREENERY THAT WE SEE THERE.
THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN THAT WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTUALLY SHOWS A SINGLE INTEREST COMING OFF OF WEST BELT LINE COMING INTO THE TOWN CENTER.
THIS IS VIEWED AS A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WILL BE A ROAD, BUT HE WAS ALSO SHOWING AN ACCESS, PUBLIC
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ACCESS THAT CROSSED FROM THE TOWNHOME UNIT INTO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE.UM, THIS, UH, SITUATION, STAFF DID REQUEST THAT HE CHANGE AND HE DID CHANGE.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN THE NEXT SITE PLAN.
AND ALSO WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT THE APPLICANT DID, UH, COMPLY WITH.
HERE'S A LIST OF ALL OF THE, UM, VOLUNTARY LIST OF USAGES THAT THE APPLICANT IS, UH, REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCILS CONSIDER FOR THE TWO COMMERCIAL LOTS ON THE CORNER.
AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL, WHICH MEANS ALL ITEMS IN OUR SCHEDULED USAGES ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED.
BUT HE IS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS A, A, A HIGHLY VISIBLE, UH, INTERSECTION, HE IS IDENTIFYING THIS LIST OF ITEMS THAT, UH, HE IS REQUESTED TO BE PROHIBITED IF APPROVED.
IN THIS, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE ORDINANCE PREPARED BY A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS LISTED ALL OF THESE ITEMS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE APPLICANT, UH, IN HIS LETTER OF INTENT, SUBMITTED A LIST OF ITEMS OF VOLUNTARY, UM, ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.
UH, THESE WEREN'T PUT IN THE ORDINANCE 'CAUSE AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS, IS, IS INDICATING THESE ARE VOLUNTARY.
SO IF HE DOES THIS, HE DOES THIS.
IF NOT, WE CAN'T REGULATE IT BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE BILL.
BUT IT'S BEING SHOWED BECAUSE THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SO THE CASE DID GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, UH, AT WHICH TIME THE COMMISSION HAD CONCERNS WITH, UM, THE PROPOSED, UH, RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN SHOWED A COMBINATION OF 40 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAYS, AS WELL AS 50 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAYS.
THEY ALSO EXPRESSED A NEED TO HAVE A WALKING TRAIL INTERNALLY WITHIN THE TOWN HOME RESIDENTIAL SITE, AND A, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
THE, UM, AND THEY HAD A CONCERN OF HOW THIS PROJECT WOULD IMPACT TRAFFIC ON BELTLINE ROAD.
UH, DURING THAT MEETING, A MOTION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE THE MEETING.
IT PREVAILED, UH, AND THEN THE APPLICANT CAME BACK AT THAT NEXT PNZ MEETING SINCE THERE WAS MEETING ONCE A MONTH.
SO WHEN THEY MET IN JULY, THE APPLICANT DID REQUEST THAT THE MEETING BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST AND THE PNZ GRANTED THAT REQUEST.
SO WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING CAME UP IN AUGUST, THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WAS CONTINUED.
UM, THE SITE, A NEW SITE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT, UH, ELIMINATED THE CROSS DRIVEWAY FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD OUT OF THE TOWN HOME INTO THE, UH, GENERAL RETAIL COMPONENT.
UH, HE ADDED A SEPARATE 30 FOOT, UH, DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE INTO THE SHARED, UH, TWO COMMERCIAL LOTS OFF OF BELTLINE.
UH, HE ADDED A, A EXIT DRIVE, OR IT COULD BE AN ENTRANCE DRIVE OFF OF, UH, ELLISON ROAD THAT LINED UP WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL STREET, UH, IN THAT NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.
HE ESTABLISHED ALL OF HIS RIGHT OF WAYS WITHIN HIS, UM, TOWN DEVELOPMENT SITE TO BE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
HE ESTABLISHED AN INTERNAL TRAIL, UH, WALKING TRAIL FROM THE LOWEST TOWN HOME ALL THE WAY UP TO BELTLINE.
UH, HE HAD A GREEN SPACE STRIP ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOWN HOME UNIT.
AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, HE GAVE US HIS PROJECTION OF THE NUMBER OF TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOMS THAT HE PROJECTED.
UH, AT THIS, AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, IT WAS INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A DEVELOPER.
UH, NORMALLY WITH OUR PLANT DEVELOPMENTS AND EVEN SUVS, WE HAVE REQUESTED, AT LEAST OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF FOR APPLICANTS TO NOT ONLY SUBMIT TO US A SITE PLAN, BUT ALSO LANDSCAPE PLAN AND BUILDING, BUILDING ELEVATIONAL VIEWS.
UH, HE HAD GIVEN US BUILDING ELEVATIONAL REVIEW BUILDING ELEVATION VIEWS, BUT SINCE HE DIDN'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE BUILDER AND WE REALIZED WE COULD NOT, HE MAY BE CHANGING, WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT AS A PART OF THE SITE PLAN.
UH, DURING HIS PRESENTATION, HE WILL GIVE YOU A ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING, RENDERING OF A FRONT VIEW, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S EXACTLY WHO HE'S GOING TO, HOW HE'S GONNA CONSTRUCT IT.
SO THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PREPARED BY A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES NOT INCLUDE A BUILDING ELEVATION OF VIEW.
SO HERE'S THE AMENDED SITE PLAN.
UH, AS SEE THAT CROSSING THAT WAS COMING OUT OF
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THAT ENTRANCE ROAD INTO THE TOWN HOME HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.UH, HE DID ADD A 30 FOOT DRIVEWAY OFF OF BELTLINE.
HE ADDED THE DRIVEWAY OFF OF ELLISON.
THAT'S TO CON DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOME.
UH, THIS IS THE WALKING SIDEWALK, UH, FROM THE LOWEST TOWN HOME COMPLEX THROUGH THESE TWO TOWN HOME UNITS AND CONTINUE, UH, ON NORTH UP TO BELTLINE.
YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN STRETCH HERE IN HIS SITE PLAN.
HERE HE IS HAS WRITTEN LANGUAGE THAT IDENTIFIES HIS BELIEF THAT HE HAS MET THE LANDSCAPE, UH, REQUIRE, UH, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
BUT AGAIN, STAFF DOES NOT AGREE THAT HE HAS MET IT, BUT HE HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.
THIS TYPE PLAN ALSO SHOWS THAT HE IS PROPOSING ONE COMMON SPACE THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A PLAYGROUND FEATURE FOR YOUNG KIDS.
THIS IS HIS LANDSCAPE PLAN TO GIVE YOU A BETTER VISUAL OF HIS PROPOSED, UH, TREE INSTALLATION.
THIS IS HIS PROJECTION OF GREEN SPACE, AND ONCE AGAIN, STAFF IS SAYING, UM, SINCE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF WHAT THOSE STRIPS WERE NOT GIVEN, WE COULD NOT, UH, SUPPORT OR OR CONFIRM THAT HIS CALCULATION OF MEETING SIX 66,600 SQUARE FEET HAD BEEN MET BY THIS DRAWING ALONE.
DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, STAFF DID IDENTIFY TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT AS WE HAVE DONE WITH OTHER CASES, WE HAVE REQUIRED THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DETERMINATION WORKSHEET.
THIS WORKSHEET IS SIMPLY THAT IT'S A WORKSHEET.
IT'S NOT THE FULL TIA, BUT IT'S THE FIRST LEG THAT COMES, USES A STANDARDIZED, UH, SET OF REGULATIONS TO DETERMINE IF A THRESHOLD OF 100 VEHICLES PER HOUR OR 1000 VEHICLES PER DAY HAS BEEN EXCEEDED.
IF THOSE TWO THRESHOLDS HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED, THEN A TIA WILL BE REQUIRED.
SO THAT APPLICATION, UH, THAT SHEET WAS COMPLETED.
UM, STAFF, WE HAD OUR THIRD PARTY REVIEWERS TO REVIEW IT, AND DURING THEIR REVIEW, THEY FOUND SOME CHANGES THAT WERE NEEDED.
AND IN THEIR CALCULATION THAT THRESHOLD HAD BEEN EXCEEDED.
SO WHEN WE GOT WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE WERE SAYING THAT A TIA REPORT WOULD BE REQUIRED, AND THUS THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN INCLUDES THAT REQUIREMENTS SIMILAR AS WE BROUGHT TO YOU WITH OTHER CASES THAT, UH, THAT TIA REPORT, UH, WITH IT BEING REQUIRED WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER, AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DISCUSSED WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE A SHARED PARTICIPATION OR NOT.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECESS LANE OR SOMETHING TO THAT ASPECT, UH, COMING OFF OF BELT BELTLINE.
BUT THE TIA WOULD BE, UM, REQUIRED AND THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WERE.
ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS DID HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT PROPOSED DRIVEWAY INTO THE COMMERCIAL STRIP.
UH, SHE DID BRING UP ONE OF THE, UH, TXDOT MANUALS THAT IDENTIFIED THAT PENDING THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE, THE STREET THAT THERE WAS A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAD FOR DRIVEWAYS.
THE CITY OF DESOTO ESTABLISHES THE SPEED ZONES AND THE CITY ESTABLISHES FOR THAT SECTION OF BELT LINE FOR THE SPEED ZONE TO BE 45 MILES AN HOUR.
SO WHEN SHE UTILIZED THAT SPEED, UM, IN TEXAS'S CHART, IT IDENTIFIED THAT THE DISTANCE FROM ANOTHER DRIVEWAY OR INJURIES NEEDED TO BE AT LEAST 360 FEET.
THE SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT SHOWED FROM ELLISON TO THAT FIRST DRIVEWAY IS ONLY 234, BUT SHE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THAT MANUAL IDENTIFIED THAT THE APPLICANT COULD REQUEST THE VARIANCE FROM TXDOT AND STAFFS WAS POSITIONED WAS NOT TO ELIMINATE THE ACCESS DRIVE.
AND THUS WE HAD THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PUT LANGUAGE THAT, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IDENTIFIED THAT THAT FLEXIBILITY OF THAT DRIVEWAY, IF DETERMINED BY TEXDOT, COULD BE, UH, DONE.
P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO SUPPORT, UH, THE SUBMIT AT THE APPLICATION HAS SUBMITTED WITH THE DEVIATION REQUEST, EXCEPT THAT THEY WOULD NOT, UH, SUPPORT THE DRIVEWAY BEING WHERE IT WAS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO ACCEPT IT AS PRESENTED WITH EXCEPTION OF NOT APPROVING THE DRIVEWAY.
BUT AGAIN, THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN PREPARED BY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT ALLOWS SOME DEVIATION THERE.
DURING THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING, WHEN WE WAS TALKING ABOUT GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE, STAFF JUST SHARED A REALITY THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE A PART IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES WALKING DISTANCE, UH, RIGHT BEHIND WALMART, UH, CITY HAVE A PARK.
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WE'VE PRESENTED TO THEM THIS MASTER PLAN, UH, FROM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO SHOW THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THAT PARK.AND WE ALSO GAVE TO THEM THE INFORMATION FROM, UH, THE 2020 PARKS, UH, MASTER PLAN THAT GAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT NORTH EMERSON PARK.
AND THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE RIGHT DOES SHOW THE FEATURES WITHIN THAT PARK, INCLUDING A WALKING TRAIL AND A PAVILION.
UH, THE COMMISSION, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONS DID EXPRESS A CONCERN THAT WE EVEN SHARED THAT WITH THEM.
THEY HAD A CONCERN OF CROSSING BUSY BELTLINE, BUT ALL WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS GIVE THE INFORMATION.
HERE YOU SEE THE NOTIFICATION AND THE OPPOSITION MAP.
UH, DURING THIS PROCESS, WE DID SEND OUT NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS, BOTH BY STATE AND LOCAL STATUTE OF 200 FEET, WHICH IS THE, UH, BLUE AREA.
AND WE FOLLOWED COUNSEL'S DIRECTIVE TO SEND IT, UH, ALSO TO PROPERTY OWNERS BETWEEN 200 AND 400 FEET.
UM, AS YOU SEE WHAT WE RECEIVED, UH, TO DATE, WE HAD THREE RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, TO VOTE IN OPPOSITION.
AND THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THIS PROPERTY OWNER, UH, IS A RESIDENTIAL HOME HERE.
THEY ALSO OWN THIS VACANT TRACK BEHIND 'EM.
THEY VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST AND THIS PROPERTY.
WHILE YOU SEE THIS, UH, GREEN DESIGNATION IN THIS FUNNY BUB, IT'S ACTUALLY THIS ENTIRE RECTANGULAR TRACK, BUT WE'RE JUST STILL TRYING TO SHOW YOU WITHIN THAT 200, 300 AND 400 FOOT RADIUS WHO IS IN SUPPORT AND WHO IS IN OPPOSITION.
THIS OPPOSITION MAP IS THUS SHOWING THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE YELLOW THAT ARE IN THE BLUE ONLY ENCOMPASS 1.56, SO IT WILL NOT TRIGGER THAT NEED FOR A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE FROM THE COUNCIL.
UM, THIS INFORMATION WAS IN YOUR PACKAGE.
IT JUST GIVES MORE SUPPORT, UH, FOR WHY STAFF IS SUPPORTING THIS AREA.
UH, REMINDER THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, WAS PRESENTED A NODE STUDY, UH, THAT IDENTIFY, UH, UH, CRITICAL, UM, INTERSECTIONS TO WHERE, UH, COMBINATIONS OF, OF, OF TOWN HOMES AND, UM, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENCE OF COMMERCIAL WOULD BE A DEAL.
SO THIS IS WHAT THIS INFORMATION IS HERE.
UH, THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKAGE, GIVEN SOME MORE SUPPORT OF THE CASE ITSELF.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO REZONE THIS TRACK, UM, AS PRESENTED, UH, WITH THE DEVIATION REQUEST, I'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OF THE APPLICANT.
IT IS HERE AND THEY DO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ALSO.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYD TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL ALL IN SUPPORT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UM, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M A PLANNER WITH DKI LAW, AND WE'RE AT 7 0 8 HACKBERRY RIDGE DRIVE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS 7 5 0 7 2.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THIS, THIS PROJECT.
UH, OUR OWNER, ONE OF OUR OWNERS IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
UH, MR. GEORGE ABRU IS WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
UM, YOU HAVE A VERY BUSY AGENDA, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
AND, AND I NOTICED WITH THE BUDGET, UH, YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE ITEMS, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND KEEP MY COMMENTS FAIRLY BRIEF.
I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF, UH, PROVIDING SUCH AN EXTENSIVE, UM, PRESENTATION.
UH, THEY'VE REALLY COVERED ALL OF THE MAJOR ISSUES.
UM, AND SO I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.
UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE TONIGHT IS REALLY THE CULMINATION OF A TWO YEAR PROCESS THAT THAT STARTED, UM, WITH SOME EARLY REQUESTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCIL, THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION AND OBVIOUSLY CITY STAFF TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT MIX OF LAND USES THAT'S GONNA BE THAT RIGHT, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO RIGHT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND HOPEFULLY IS GONNA BRING A REALLY EXCELLENT PRODUCT TO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT, UM, THIS COMMUNITY FOR, FOR A
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SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.UM, THE CITY DID HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE, WE WORKED ON.
AND I WANTED TO START THOUGH WITH JUST A COMMENT ABOUT YOUR UPCOMING, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATES.
WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
UM, THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY HAS A CHANGE IN LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT IS BEING SUGGESTED.
I KNOW WE'RE ONLY WHAT, 90% OF THE WAY DONE, SO A LOT OF THINGS COULD CHANGE.
UM, BUT WE DID LOOK AT THAT AND WE LOOKED AT THE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, UH, PRODUCT AND HOW IT WAS DESCRIBED.
AND, AND THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO BUYING A HOME IN DESOTO AND SOME OF THE OTHER GOALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY JUMPSTART THAT PLAN WITH THIS PRODUCT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT STAFF MAY HAVE, UH, BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THE RETAIL THAT YOU SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE, UM, THAT RETAIL DOES INCLUDE A NUMBER OF LIST LISTED USES THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING BE PROHIBITED.
UH, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S, UM, A, A PRUDENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT AREA ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE.
UM, I, I THINK SOME OF THE USES LIKE AN AUTO PARTS AND ACCESSORY SALES, UH, MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD, WOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
UM, BUT WE DO SUPPORT THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL TO ADD MORE RETAIL IN THE RETAIL COMMERCIAL NODES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE MADE A CHANGE ON HERE WITH IS WITH THE DRIVEWAYS.
UM, WE WERE COMING OUT ONTO A PUBLIC STREET, UH, TO THE, TO THE EAST, WHICH IS INTERNAL TO THE, TO THE TOWN HOME PRODUCT AND THEN GOING OUT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THE TECHNICAL CONVERSATIONS GO, WE MAY END UP BACK THERE, BUT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO, TO LOOK AT A SECOND DRIVEWAY.
AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT THOSE ARE BOTH, BOTH THE ROADWAY AND THAT DRIVEWAY ARE GONNA BE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ONLY, THERE'S NO MEDIAN OPENING, SO YOU'RE REALLY ONLY GETTING HALF THE VEHICLE TRIPS THAT YOU WOULD IF IT HAD A MEDIAN OPENING.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET CARS PULLING OUT AND TRYING TO KIND OF HANG OUT THERE, WAITING IN THE MEDIAN TO TURN LEFT.
AND SO IT'S THE MOST FREE FLOWING AND SAFEST ROUTE TO EXIT, UH, OR TO GO IN.
UM, SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, TDOT AND, AND THE CITY ENGINEER ARE LIKELY TO APPROVE.
UM, BUT WE'RE FLEXIBLE AND WE'LL OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH, WITH, UH, THOSE RESULTS.
NOW, IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE THIS ACTIVE LIFESTYLE TOWNHOME PRODUCT WORK, UM, WE REALLY DID NEED TO MAKE THE, THE DIFFERENT VARIANCE REQUESTS.
AND SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE AGAIN THAT, THAT, UH, STAFF AND THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION, UH, WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH US AND EXPRESS THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD, UM, AND SHARE WITH US WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE INSTEAD, UM, AND ALLOW US TO, TO MAYBE RE REVISE SOME OF OUR STANDARDS, UH, WHICH WE HAVE DONE.
AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION ON THOSE.
UM, I WILL SAY THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS WE, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, YOUR CITY ENGINEER, MR. UH, MD HUSSEIN, AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'RE THERE.
UH, WE ARE PROVIDING THE TOT LOT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDING IN ADDITIONAL WALKWAYS AND BENCHES.
UH, THERE WAS AN EXPRESSION BY THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE MORE, UM, AMENITIES FOR, UH, EMPTY NESTERS AS I THINK HOW IT WAS TERMED.
AND SO I KINDA LOOKED AT MYSELF AND SAID, OKAY, I'M AN EMP EMPTY NEST TO WHAT WOULD I LIKE? AND, UM, I THINK WE'RE REALLY, UH, MEETING THAT THEY HAD DISCUSSED, UM, BENCHES, WALKWAYS.
AND I CAN ATTEST THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WHAT I LIKE TO, TO GO DO.
SO, UH, WE ARE ALSO NOW WITH THIS PROJECT, UH, MEETING THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
UM, BUT I THINK FOR THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION FOR STAFF, THE BIGGEST REASON WAS THAT IT, IT REQUIRES SIDEWALKS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE WALKWAYS THAT YOU'RE SEEING, THERE'S SIDEWALKS ON, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PRO PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S REALLY, UH, IS IMPORTANT.
NOW, WE ARE REQUESTING THE REMOVAL OF THE ALLEY AND WE'RE
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PROPOSING, UM, TO DO THE PARKING NODES, UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR NORMAL PARKING, WHICH IS FOUR SPACES, UH, PER LOT, RIGHT? THE TWO DRIVEWAY SPACES AND THE TWO ENCLOSED PARKING SPACES.UH, AND, AND THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THAT, FOR, FOR US, IS THAT THE MARKET'S REALLY ASKING FOR, UM, A BACKYARD.
AND SO AS PEOPLE ARE MOVING POTENTIALLY OUT OF A, UM, OUT OF AN APARTMENT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ON THEIR LIST OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE MOVING INTO THEIR FIRST HOME THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING IS THAT, THAT SENSE OF, OF PLACE AND THAT THEY CAN SIT IN THEIR BACKYARD, THEY'RE OUTSIDE SOMETHING, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE PIECE OF LAND IN AN APARTMENT, BUT THEY HAVE THAT THERE.
UM, AND I THINK IT REALLY HELPS THE, UM, THAT HOMEOWNER FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING.
PLUS, IT'S, IT'S GOOD IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS, YOU'VE GOT A SAFER PLACE THAT, THAT YOU CAN KIND OF KEEP 'EM, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFE RIGHT THERE AND, AND STILL GET OUTSIDE A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, AND THEN FOR, UH, THE EMPTY NESTER MARKET, UM, CERTAINLY ON A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, LIKE TONIGHT, TODAY WE HAD, UM, I THINK WE'D ALL LIKE TO GO OUT THERE WITH A CUP OF COFFEE AND, AND SIT OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THAT BREEZE.
UH, SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, UH, TO MAKE IT A VIABLE PRODUCT.
AND, UM, WE ARE, LIKE I SAID, PROVIDING AMPLE PARKING 282 SPACES.
I THINK THE NUMBER THAT WE CAME UP WITH WHEN WE CALCULATED THAT JUST FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ALONE.
AND SO, UM, IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO AND ARE COMMITTING TO YOU TO PROVIDE, UM, ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.
UM, AND WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN IN OUR PRESENTATION.
WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN OUR LETTER.
UH, AND WE ARE GOING TO STAND BEHIND THAT.
UM, WE HAD A REQUEST AT P AND Z TO, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND PUT TOGETHER, UH, AN ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATION, UM, THAT WOULD DEPICT SOME OF THOSE, UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT, WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE THAT, UH, WOULD MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
NOW, I WILL SAY IT'S A FLAT DRAWING, SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S A FLAT BUILDING FACE, BUT IT IS NOT.
SO THERE'S DEPTH AND RELIEF TO THAT.
SO IT'S NOT A MONOTONOUS FLAT, UM, FRONT LINE, BUT IT WILL GO BACK AND COME FORWARD AND HAVE SHADE AND RELIEF, UH, THAT WAY.
AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO THAT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO OUR BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THIS OR COMMENTS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THOSE.
I SAID IT'D BE QUICK, BUT I STARTED TALKING.
UH, SO, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE ARE REALLY, UM, BENEFICIAL FOR BRINGING THIS PRODUCT, UM, FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, KEEP YOUNG FAMILIES WHO MAYBE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE AND WANTING TO STAY HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO FIND A PRODUCT THAT'S A GOOD TRANSITION, OR FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, UH, WHO MAY HAVE A, A DAUGHTER WHO JUST GOT MARRIED.
UM, AND SO IF SHE HAD LIVED HERE, UH, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE I WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE TIME TO, UM, MOVE.
I, IN FACT, MOVED VERY CLOSE TO MY DAUGHTER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE EMPTY NESTERS DO, UM, AND WE, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE THAT.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU SAW IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DRAFT AND PROBABLY SOME OTHER DOCUMENTS, IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT YOU CREATE WITH THESE LIFESTYLE, UH, RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS.
THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR, UM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE DISCRETIONARY INCOME TO BE ABLE TO GO SPEND MONEY LOCALLY.
UM, AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A POSITION TO, UH, NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD YOUR HOUSING, IT REALLY DOES START TO, UM, IMPINGE ON WHAT YOUR ABILITY TO SPEND DISCRETIONARY ELSEWHERE, UH, RESTAURANTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, GOOD FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE, UH, OUR REQUEST.
UM, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PLAN ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UH, AND I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MR. KESSEL, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, ARE THERE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? THERE ARE NO, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT CARDS.
SO AT THIS TIME, UM, COUNSEL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
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ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? EXCUSE ME? CLOSED COUNSEL.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR? MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS SECOND BY MAYOR PER TIM.
HUGS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL.
UM, WE, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GONNA ASK MR. GER IF HE WOULD PULL UP OUR TIMER IN CASE COUNSEL HAS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UH, WE'LL DO OUR ROUNDS OF TWO MINUTES EACH FOR COUNCIL PERSON, UM, TO MAINTAIN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
WELL, I ACTUALLY, UH, WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, FIRST I LIKE THE, UH, I LIKE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, I DID HEAR MENTION OF AN HOA OR A POA, IS THERE GOING TO BE ONE? YES.
THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN AND INCLUDES A SECTION OF, OF HOA.
AND SO FOR THE BUSINESSES, I SAW TWO DETENTION PONDS SITTING IN THE FRONT.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS MENTION OF THE DRIVEWAY, UH, IS THE DRIVEWAY GOING TO DETER? 'CAUSE THERE'S TWO DETENTION PONDS, MEANING EACH OF THE BUSINESSES WOULD OWN A DETENTION POND, CORRECT? NO.
WHAT YOU SEE THERE ARE TDOT DETENTION PONDS THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY TXDOT.
SO THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN NO, WE DON'T GET INTO THAT BUSINESS WHATSOEVER.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TEXT, UH, BELT LINE IS FM 1382.
THAT PARTICULAR ONE IS WITHIN TEXT OUT RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S THIS, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER, MA, WHATEVER THAT LITTLE DRAINAGE, THEY MAINTAIN ALL OF THAT TEXT.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AT THIS TIME IF WE COULD GET THAT RESETTED COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, I SPENT SOME TIME OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, RESEARCHING, UM, YOUR, UH, YOUR PROP, THE PROPERTY OWNER, DESOTO, MBM TWO LLC, AS WELL AS YOUR ORGANIZATION AS THE APPLICANT.
MY QUESTION IS THAT, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T GET ANY REAL RENDERINGS OF WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, I COULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE OF ANY PRIOR, UM, DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, AND IT LOOKED AS THOUGH DESOTO MBM TWO LLC WAS JUST FORMED THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, UM, IN 2018.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE YOU ALL HAVE DONE A SIMILAR MODEL OF THIS, UH, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESEARCH FURTHER, UH, TO LOOK AT OR, SO YEAH.
I, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, THE ACTUAL LLC WAS FORMED TO PURCHASE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
UM, AND I'M NOT CERTAIN IF, IF, UH, GEORGE, IF YOU WANTED TO ANSWER OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE WORKED ON, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A FEW OTHER THINGS.
WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP AND JUST KIND OF SHARING THOSE? SO ONE OF THE OWNERS IS HERE.
AND YEAH, IT'S, UM, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT'S A SINGLE PURPOSE ENTITY, SO IT'S OPEN JUST TO PURCHASE THIS LAND.
UM, MYSELF, I'VE DONE SEVERAL TOWN HOMES AND CONDO DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY.
UM, I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN SOME OF MY PARTNERS IN THE DEAL HAVE ALSO DONE, UH, SIMILAR PROJECTS.
ARE THOSE PROJECTS HERE IN DALLAS? LIKE IF THERE'S SOME YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME NOW AND I CAN, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME IN DOWNTOWN, IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE, UM, UH, SMALLER MULTIFAMILY REALLY.
UM, WELL THERE, THERE IS ONE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AS WELL WHERE IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR.
YOU'VE GOT THE GARAGES ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN, UM, UH, THREE, THOSE WERE, YEAH, THREE STORY.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHERE ELSE THE MULTIFAMILY WAS IN, IN CARROLLTON.
UM, YEAH, THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT CAN SHOOT OUT THAT'S EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE.
AND THEN YOU DID NOT, YOU SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BUILDER CURRENTLY IN MIND.
IS THERE A REASON, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN PARTLY DUE TO PLANNING AND ZONING, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO GET SOMEONE LINED UP UNTIL WE HAVE THE APPROVAL, RIGHT? UH, WE HAVE SOME IN MIND, BUT NOBODY, UH, INKED OPEN AND READY TO GO.
BY, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MARION.
THANK YOU, SIR, SO MUCH FOR BEING PERSISTENT.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR STAYING WITH US TO BRING US SOMETHING THAT,
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UH, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE, UH, DEVELOP IN DESOTO.UM, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTARY LIST OF RESTRICTIONS.
I DID NOT READILY IDENTIFY SOME THINGS ON HERE.
BARBERSHOP, BARBERSHOPS AND NAIL SHOPS, BEAUTY SHOPS, BARBERSHOPS AND NAIL SHOPS.
DID I, DID I, DID I SEE THOSE OR DID I MISS 'EM? AND I ALSO, WHEN I SAW ITEM Y THAT SAYS THAT TALKED ABOUT DISCOUNT STORES, I WAS NOT SURE IF THAT INCLUDED DOLLAR STORES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE FAMILY DOLLAR STORES THAT WE ARE TRYING NOT TO GET, UM, MORE OF IN, IN OUR CITY.
SO, UM, THOSE WERE JUST SOME CLARIFYING ITEMS FOR ME.
UH, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THESE ARE FOR SALE, CORRECT? YES.
YOUR, THE UNITS WILL BE FOR SALE.
WILL THERE BE A MECHANISM? MY QUESTION IS, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE VILLAGES BEING DEVELOPED OF RENTABLE PROPERTIES THAT THEY WILL SELL TO AN OWNER AND AN OWNER WILL BUY SEVERAL OF THEM AND THEN TURN AROUND AND RENT THEM OUT.
IS THERE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE, WOULD WE WANT PEOPLE TO BUY THESE AND LIVE IN THEM? ARE YOU OPPOSED TO PUTTING SOME MECHANISM IN THERE TO WHERE THERE IS SOME TYPE OF REQUIREMENT TO LIVE IN THE UNIT SO THAT A A AN INVESTOR CAN'T BUY FIVE OF THESE AND TURN THE WHOLE, UH, PROJECT INTO A RENTABLE UNIT, IS MY QUESTION? YEAH, I I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT.
I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME FAIR HOUSING, UM, CONCERNS WITH THAT, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY YOU CAN REGULATE SO THAT THEY DON'T BECOME VACATION RENTALS, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD'VE A CONCERN WITH AS WELL.
UH, AS FAR AS, UM, OWNERS, WE, WE ARE INTENDING TO SELL DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS AS OPPOSED TO, UM, YEAH, YOU HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL S RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, SO, SO, BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SAY, UH, AN INVESTOR FOR BUYING TWO OR THREE NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND THEN, AND THEN RENTING THEM THE SAME WAY THAT IT IS TRUE FOR ANY OTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
WELL, IN MY, IN, IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS HERE, THERE, THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD RES THAT WOULD RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF RENTABLE UNITS IN A UNIT.
AND WHAT WE WOULD TRY TO, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A, UM, PRODUCT THAT I THINK WE NEED AND THAT WE WANT, UM, SO MY QUESTION, AND MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
ONE ON THE, ON THE VACATION RENTALS, BBOS AND SO FORTH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD LIST POSSIBLY IN THE PERMITTED USES IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO SOME, AN INVESTOR PURCHASING THEM, PURCHASING THEM, AND THEN TURNING 'EM AROUND AND RENTING THEM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN YOUR, IN YOUR, IN YOUR HOMEOWNER'S DOCUMENTS OR DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF, IF THEY'RE WILLING, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TURN IT INTO WHAT WE SEE NOW DEVELOP IN OUR SISTER CITIES, WHICH IS A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF RENTABLE THINGS WE REALLY WANT.
UH, YEAH, I, WE, WE'VE NOT DISCUSSED THIS.
GEORGE, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON THE BILL TO RENT COMMUNITIES? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE MAINLY SPEAKING? YES.
YEAH, SO I MEAN, THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY BUILT USUALLY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS, YOU KNOW, AND IT WOULD JUST BE SPECIFICALLY BUILT FOR A BILL TO RENT COMMUNITY.
THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
WELL, SOME OF THE UNITS ARE, ARE INDIVIDUAL.
THERE'S AN IN, THERE'S A COMMUNITY IN ENNI THAT IS INDIVIDUALLY LOTTED, BUT, UM, INVESTORS BUY THOSE INDIVIDUAL LOTS AND TURN 'EM, BUT THEY WERE MEANT TO.
SOME YOU CAN LIVE IN, BUT THEY ARE PRICED AT A POINT WHERE AN INVESTOR, 250,000, 300,000 CAN BUY SEVERAL OF THEM AND NEVER LIVE IN THEM.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING TO PROTECT US FROM.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER, BERT, THAT DOES CONCLUDE YOUR TIME, HOWEVER, UM, YES.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? DR. MARKS? THANK YOU MATTER, MAYOR, VERY QUICKLY, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MR. KESSEL, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING, UM, THE TOTS AS WELL AS THE EMPTY NESTERS.
UH, YOU SPOKE ABOUT IN ADDRESSING THE EMPTY NESTERS, YOU TALKED ABOUT EXTRA BENCHES, UH, TRAILS IN ALL OF THAT.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE BENCHES WILL BE IN PROXIMITY TO THE PLAYGROUND? BECAUSE IF, IF IT'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN THOSE TWO, IT DEFEATS THE POINT T TYPICALLY WE WOULD DO THEM, LIKE YOU DO YOUR CITY, UH, PARKS WHERE YOU HAVE THE PLAYGROUND AND THEN THE BENCHES ARE ON THE PERIMETER.
SO YOU'D LOOK IN, UM, AS A PARENT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE
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LOOKING FOR.UH, WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHERE THE WALKS, UH, WOULD BE LOCATED.
UM, TO HAVE A FEW BENCHES AWAY FROM THE PLAYGROUND.
WE HEARD AN EXPRESSION, UM, FROM THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO DON'T JUST HAVE EVERYTHING BE BY THE PLAYGROUND, BUT SOMETIMES, RIGHT.
UM, PEOPLE MAY WANT TO HAVE A BENCH SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, WE, WE WOULD INTEND TO DO THOSE.
UH, BASICALLY AS YOU'RE WALKING ALONG THE TRAIL, WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ALL THE SPOTS, UH, BUT IT WOULD BE RELATED TO WHERE YOU SEE THE WALKING PATHS.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE RESETTING THE SYSTEM.
I WASN'T SURE IF I SAID SOMETHING WRONG,
SO DID, DID I ANSWER YOUR, YOUR QUESTION? YOU DID, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PRODUCT COMING, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT NICHE OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE MISSING, YOU KNOW, WHO WANT TO PURCHASE AND HAVE THAT, UH, PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP.
UM, I, I HAVE THE, UH, THE SAME CONCERN THAT COUNCILMAN BYRD HAS ABOUT THE RENTABLE UNITS.
UM, COUNCIL, IF YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE HAD A SIMILAR PROJECT TO COME BEFORE US, UM, SEVERAL YEARS, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, TO COME TO US.
AND THAT WAS THE, OUR GREATEST FEAR OF LIVED OUT
AND SO, UM, CITY ATTORNEY GODA, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK AGAIN FOR CLARIFICATION ON YOUR RESPONSE IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, WHAT CAN BE DONE.
THERE'S IN THE, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES IT.
THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR ZONING CODE THAT ADDRESSES IT, THAT GIVING US THAT AUTHORITY.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO, WHICH WE WOULD THEN PUT IN HERE AS A REQUIREMENT, UM, FOR THE
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO THOUGH.
BUT I KNOW HE MENTIONED FAIR HOUSING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I KNOW THAT, LIKE, LIKE COUNCILMAN BIRD SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN DE RESTRICTIONS AVAILABLE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN.
UM, COUNSEL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, DID YOU, SO HOW WRONG COUNCIL MEMBER, RAPHAEL, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO.
UH, DR. MARKS WAS YOUR, YOU SAID YOU PUT IT IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IS THAT IT'S IN HOA, SO THERE CAN BE OKAY.
AND, AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE, HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THEY, THAT THEY AGREED TO DO, AND I'M NOT THEIR ATTORNEY AND CAN'T GIVE THEM LEGAL ADVICE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
W I'M SORRY, MAY I, MAY I SPEAK CERTAINLY, UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY, UM, CONSIDER THAT AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UM, WE CAN DO.
WE'VE NOT TALKED WITH THE OWNERS, UM, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN AGREE TO, WE WOULD PUT THAT INTO THE, THE H-O-A-P-O-A DOCUMENTS.
AGAIN, I'M COMMITTING TO TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, UH, LEGAL.
UM, WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID IS, UM, CREATING A BURDEN ALSO FOR, UM, OWNER HOMEOWNERS WHO MAY MOVE.
UM, AND THEY MIGHT DO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY A MILITARY FAMILY, IT'S VERY COMMON THAT THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE OWNERSHIP, THEY'D MOVE, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE, UM, THE RENT THAT I, I KNOW I WAS A RENTER AND I DID THAT WITH THE MILITARY FAMILY DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, AND THEN THEY MOVED BACK IN WHEN THEY CAME BACK, UM, FROM THEIR DEPLOYMENT.
AND, UM, SO JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE, UM, LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, TIME LIMITATIONS ON THINGS LIKE THAT, FOR THAT, FOR THAT VERY REASON, IN TERMS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO RENT IT OUT BEFORE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING A VOICE OF OUR RESIDENTS, UM, WITH THEIR BIGGEST CONCERNS.
AND THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT IT DOES NOT TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT, WHICH IS THOSE UNITS PRIMARILY BEING RENTED WHEN WE, WHEN OUR GOAL IS TO REMOTE HOME OWNERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I KNOW IT'S A BIT EXTREME, BUT I KNOW OF AN HOA THAT MADE IT A REQUIREMENT THAT THE HOMEOWNER GOT PERMISSION FROM THEM TO EVEN RENT THE PROPERTY OUT.
THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW MANY OF THEM.
BUT THAT IS WHAT THE LANGUAGE HAVE THERE, THAT THEY ACTUALLY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HOA, UM, FOR THE PERMISSION TO TAKES THE CITY OUT OF THE REGULATION PART OF IT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MADAM MAYOR, MAY I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL THE APPLICANT CAN GET AN ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND INSTEAD OF, UH, GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I DON'T,
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I, I, I THINK WE ALL AGREE WE LIKE THE PROJECT.WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TABLE IT UNTIL WE GET THE ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION, WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO PUT THAT IN HIS DEED RESTRICTIONS.
HE'S ONE OF THE OWNERS, I BELIEVE.
I MEAN, LOOK, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS PLUS NOW WE'RE, I THINK WE'VE SHOWN THAT WE WANNA WORK WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND, UM, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO DELIVER A PRODUCT THAT WE'RE GONNA SELL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, UM, SELL IT TO INVESTORS TO RENT IT OUT.
SO I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I'M WILLING TO PUT THAT IN, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO PENCIL IT UP WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND, AND HOW EXACTLY WE WRITE THAT IN THERE, UM, IN THE HOA OR THE DEED RESTRICTION, HOWEVER, THAT'S GONNA BE DONE.
BUT YES, WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
OH, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO AN APPROVAL WITH AN AMENDMENT? YES, WE CAN.
WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION WOULD HAVE TO AMEND IT TO, UM, OKAY.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LANGUAGE WAS INCLUDED.
UM, MR. ABREU, WE, SO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.
I, I THINK I HEARD YOU SELECT ONE OPTION, WHICH IS TO STAY TONIGHT, THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO, UM, CONSIDER A VERSION OF THAT IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AVOID THAT.
AND WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, THERE'S, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
HOWEVER, UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER OPTION IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, WE HAVE AN OCTOBER 3RD MEETING, UM, THAT WE COULD TABLE THIS TOO, TO ALLOW YOU TIME TO PROPERLY SPEAK WITH YOUR ATTORNEYS AND TO KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING MORE, UM, MORE FLESHED OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT EXACTLY YOU CAN DO.
WE DON'T WANNA PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT, UM, TO SAY THAT THEY WILL DO SOMETHING OR COMMIT TO SOMETHING, AND THEY HAVE NOT RAN IT BY LEGAL.
SO WE DEFINITELY, UM, CAN UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE.
AND THAT IS ALSO AN OPTION FOR YOU.
AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO, UH, OUR OCTOBER 3RD MEETING.
WHAT WOULD BE THE EXPECTATION OF THAT OCTOBER 3RD MEETING? LIKE WOULD YOU EXPECT US TO HAVE THE EXACT WRITING THAT WOULD GO INTO THE HOA OR, YEAH, I, I, I THINK AT THAT POINT WOULD BE LOOKING TO THE, THE EXACT WORDING.
UH, WE WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY DRAFTING THE, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THEMSELVES, RIGHT? SO, SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO INCLUDE IN THE ORDINANCE BASIC PROVISIONS OF WHAT THAT REQUIREMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHIN THOSE DOCUMENTS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE A FORCE IS, IS ZONING.
WE'RE STRICTLY LOOKING AT ZONING, BUT WITHIN THE ZONING, UM, WE HAVE PROVISIONS IN CODE THAT ALLOW US, UM, TO, UH, LOOK AT REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE IN YOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING RELATED TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD BE IN THERE THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT.
THAT IS WHAT OUR AUTHORITY AND OUR ABILITY IS UP HERE AS IT RELATES TO ZONING ONLY TO THOSE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTS.
SO THE EXPECTATION TO CLARIFY WHAT FOR, UM, FOR HIM ABOUT THE EXPECTATION? YES.
SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO ADD A PARAGRAPH OR SO WITHIN THERE ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HOA, UH, COMPONENT WITHIN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF ON THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD BE ADDING IN.
UM, IF IT, IF YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, GOING TONIGHT WOULD MEAN WE HAVE TO DRAFT ON THE FLY.
SOMETIMES THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT SCARY.
YOU KNOW, SO SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO STILL SAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE WEEK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT LANGUAGE DONE RIGHT.
SO IF, IF TIMELINE WISE, IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER 3RD, UM, YOU KNOW, THEN THAT MIGHT PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR US TO DRAFT.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE FOR, FOR SOME REASON UP AGAINST LAW SUMMER TIME RESTRAINT, I THINK THAT WHAT THE COUNSEL'S ASKING IS THAT TRUE? SO, OKAY.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GO INTO WRITING RELATED TO THE ZONING ABOUT THE HOA.
IS IT, IT, UH, IN, IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, IT BASICALLY STATES OR SECTION THREE, THIS IS HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, AND IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE HOMEOWNER'S HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTS.
SO THERE'D BE A PROVISION IN THERE, BASICALLY SAYING A PROVISION, UM, YOU KNOW, LIMITING RENTALS AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WILLING TO OFFER AS IT RELATES TO THE REGULATION OF RENTAL UNITS.
UM, AND IT, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE A BULLET POINT OR NUMBER LIST OF A, A HANDFUL OF ITEMS THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT, THAT WOULD THEN BE COMPLIED WITH, UH, WHEN THE HOA WAS CREATED, WHICH IS TYPICALLY DURING THE PLATTING PROCESS.
AND THEN ONCE THE, ONCE THE, ONCE YOU GO TO THE PLATTING PROCESS, THE HOA DOCUMENTS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, THEN REVIEWED, WE JUST TAKE THE HOA DOCUMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, COMPARE 'EM WITH THE BULLET POINTS THAT ARE IN THIS ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
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LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT, THAT COVERS THESE AREAS.THE, AS A PLANNER, AND I'M NOT THE, NOT THE ATTORNEY, SO I'M NOT ABLE TO ANSWER THAT FROM A, A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT I'M ALWAYS MORE COMFORTABLE ON SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, A LITTLE BIT, UM, WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL OR NUANCED WITH, TO, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT LANGUAGE RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, I UNDERSTAND ALSO, UM, THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN GOING, UH, WITH VERY GOOD FAITH AND THE CITY'S BEEN ACTING WITH GOOD FAITH AS WELL TO TRY TO GET US TO THIS POINT ON A PROJECT THAT WE ALL CAN AGREE ON.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY GONNA BE DOWN TO, TO WHAT OUR OWNER'S WILLING TO SAY.
UM, FOR CLARIFICATION ON WHERE I STAND ON THE MATTER, I AM OKAY WITH SOMETHING LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID IN TERMS OF RESIDENTS OR HOMEOWNERS HAVING TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE HOA BEFORE THEY RENT THEIR UNIT WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR SOMETHING TO THAT DEGREE.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO COMPLETELY CANCEL OUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, FOR THE UNIT TO BE RENTED.
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANT IT TO APPEAR THAT I'M BEING THAT HARD KNOWS ABOUT IT.
SO I AM ACTUALLY OKAY WITH THAT.
UM, COUNCILMAN BYRD, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD THE SAME CONCERN.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE THEM CLARIFICATION SO THAT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I WOULD PREFER OWNER OCCUPANT FOR OCCUPANCY FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
I, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
OWNER OCCUPANCY, I BUY IT, I STAY THERE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, AND THEN IT'S RENTED.
IT IS THE WAY THAT I, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO THAT THROUGH ZONING.
WE DON'T REGULATE THAT THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS.
BUT I'M SAYING IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE HOE DOCUMENTS, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, AND, AND JOE, IF I'M WRONG, IF I'M OUT OF LINE, PLEASE, I'M OKAY WITH IT, BUT I I, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH, UH, EITHER ONE.
I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE THERE TO, TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OWNERS, OWNERS OCCUPIED AND IT'S PURCHASED.
SO, SO, SO THE OWNER OCCUPIED FOR A YEAR SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT, THAT MEETS THE INTENTION SURE.
AND THEN STILL PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT PARTICULAR FAMILY.
SHOULD THEY HAVE A, A CHANGE? WOULD IF WE, IF WE SELECTED THAT ONE, WOULD THE COUNCIL GENERALLY AGREE WITH IT? SO, YES.
SO MR. KESSEL, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN TRY TO OFFER YOU ALL TONIGHT.
'CAUSE I CAN, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, UM, WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME SO AS TO NOT BELABOR IT AND DELAY IT ANY FURTHER.
WOULD YOU ALL BE AMENABLE TO, UM, US TABLING THIS ITEM? TECHNICALLY, JOE, WITHIN THIS MEETING AND COMING BACK TO THIS AFTER WE COMPLETE A FEW MORE OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS, IF YOU WANNA PHONE A FRIEND, SO TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF DRAFT THAT SINCE WE'VE SIMPLIFIED THE REQUEST TO SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL, UM, LIVE WITH FROM THAT ASPECT.
AND THEN WE CAN MAYBE WRAP THIS UP TONIGHT.
WE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT FLEXIBILITY VERY MUCH.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK IN AND THEN AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE OKAY.
UM, AND, UH, JOE, SINCE THE MOTION IS ALREADY ON THE FLOOR, WE WOULD NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION, CORRECT? JUST YES.
JUST A TABLE TWO LATER IN THE MEETING.
WE'RE GOING COUNSEL, IS THERE A, UM, THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL, UH, LATER, LATER IN THE MEETING UNTIL LATER IN THE MEETING? SO POINT OF ORDER.
IT HAS TO BE ME BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE THAT PUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UM,
AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT ZONING.
IT'S TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, WANTING TO PUT IN, UH, LIMITATIONS ABOUT THE RENTERS, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.
THAT GOES INTO THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COMES UNDER HOA.
WE ARE TALK, WE ARE STRICTLY ZONING AT THIS POINT, AND THAT'S MY HESITATION.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST NOT AT THIS SETTING, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA PUT OUT THERE.
BUT IF, IF, IF THE DEVELOP, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT, THEN, THEN CERTAINLY I'M, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I I REALLY DON'T WANT TO WITHDRAW, BUT IF YOU WANT DO, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, I I'LL, I'LL DO IT.
THEY STATED CLEARLY THAT THEY WOULD DO THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, I'LL DO IT WOULD, EXCUSE ME.
WE, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO, UM, TABLE FOR, UH, TILL LATER IN THE EVENING, UM, AND THEN COME BACK AND, AND SHARE WITH YOU, UH, CITY COUNCIL AARON, CITY COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PROPOSAL BACK AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS GOOD CLARIFICATION AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WITH THAT MATTER, MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW,
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UH, THE MOTION THAT IS PRESENTLY ON THE FLOOR AND PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH, SO WE'RE GONNA GET TONIGHT FOLLOWING ITEM G THREE.JUST DO, WILL THAT GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME? I'LL, I, I WOULD, I WOULD FEEL LATER THAN THAT.
JUST UNTIL IT LATER IN THE MEETING.
LATER IN THE MEETING UNTIL LATER.
AND SECOND TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL LATER IN OUR MEETING, COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR? UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND JUST PLEASE, UH, PLEASE JUST MAKE A NOTATION WHENEVER YOU ALL ARE READY.
UH, AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL
[2. Conduct a Public Hearing on the FY 2024 Budget as required by Article VII of the DeSoto City Charter]
HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE DESOTO CITY CHARTER, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW AS TRACY COMIER, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WERE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 6TH WITH COPIES MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE IN, AT VARIOUS CITY'S BUILDINGS.
DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROPOSED ITEMS WERE HELD DURING BUDGET WORKSHOPS ON JULY 20TH AND 21ST.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED THIS SUMMARY.
UM, BUSINESS PLAN AT A SUMMER RETREAT WITH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET STAFF IS PROPOSING A TAX RATE OF 0.6 8 5 0 9 2 TO FUND DEBT SERVICE AND GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN A NO NEW REVENUE RATE, BUT EQUAL TO OUR VOTER APPROVAL RATE, ALONG WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE STAFF SUBMITS A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THIS PLAN EX, SOME PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THIS PERIOD ARE CURRENTLY UNFUNDED AND WITH FUNDING SOURCES TO BE ESTABLISHED AT A LATER DATE.
DURING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS INVOLVING THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, STAFF IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO RAISE THE BASE AND VOLUME RATE OF THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.
THIS INCREASE WAS BASED ON INCREASED COST FROM TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PAST AND ANTICIPATED FUTURE DEBT FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.
THE PUBLIC UTILITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 HAS PROPOSED A 8% INCREASE FOR THE WATER AND FOR THE WATER BASE AND VOLUME RATES, AND A 9% INCREASE FOR THE BASE AND VOLUME.
SEWER RATE DISCUSSIONS ALSO INVOLVE THE SANITATION FUND, WHICH IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO RAISE THE SANITATION RATE, THE INCREASE, UM, DUE TO INCREASE IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH A WASTE HAULER, NEW CONTRACT AND INFLATION COSTS, AND ALSO TIPPING AND DISPOSABLE, UH, FEE INCREASE.
THE SANITATION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 HAS A PROPOSED INCREASE OF $3 AND 45 CENTS GOING FROM THE CURRENT RATE OF $26 AND 52 CENTS TO $29 AND 97 CENTS.
UM, AT THIS TIME, LET ME BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN.
UM, THIS PART OF PRESENTATION WILL GO OVER OUR MAJOR FUNDS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC AND SANITATION.
THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL PROPOSED REVENUE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IS 58.5 MILLION, ABOUT A 4.40 CENT INCREASE OVER THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET.
OUR MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS PROPERTY TAXES WOULD COME IN ABOUT 62% OF OUR BUDGET SALES TAX AT 18%, AND FRANCHISE FEES AT 6%.
UH, WE ALSO DID INCREASE OUR INTEREST REVENUE LINE ITEM, UM, DUE TO OUR INVESTMENT, OUR CURRENT INVESTMENT RATES AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE GENERAL FUND PROPOSED EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR IS 24, IS 57.9 MILLION, ABOUT A 2.4% INCREASE FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR, 23 AMOUNT.
PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY, UH, CONSISTS OF 48% OF THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET WITH POLICE COMING IN AT 28%, FIRE AT 20% DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT 14% AND PARK AND RECREATION AT 9%, ALONG WITH DEPART NON-DEPARTMENTAL.
UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BUDGET IMPACT FOR THE, UM, FROM THE UM, CITY BUSINESS PLAN IS OUR MASTER PLAN FOR OUR NANCE FARM, A GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN-HOUSE VIDEO RECORDING, UM, NEW AGENDA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE FEES, AND THEN ALSO OUR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.
UM, ALSO ON THE NEXT PAGES FROM PAGES SIX THROUGH
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10, IT LISTS OUR DEPARTMENTAL, UM, DESCRIPTION OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE.UM, I WILL STATE THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS HAD AN IN OVERALL INCREASE, UH, RELATED TO THE CONVERSATION STUDY THAT IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
OTHER INCREASES IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONAL INCLUDES SMALL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, AND ALSO COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND.
THE OVERALL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IS 28 MILLION, 60,920, A 9.8% INCREASE.
AND OUR PROPOSED REVENUE DOES INCLUDE OUR PROPOSED RATE INCREASES FOR BOTH WATER AND SEWER.
THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND OVERALL PROPOSED BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER 28 MILLION, WHICH IS A 7.9% INCREASE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 23 AMOUNT.
THE SANITATION FUND OVERALL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IS 6.6 MILLION $989,424.
ABOUT A 14.8% INCREASE FROM THE FISCAL 23 AMOUNT.
AND THE SANITATION OVERALL PROPOSED OPERATING EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IS AT 6.9%, ABOUT 11.6% INCREASE.
AND WITH THAT, THAT INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER I SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE, UH, HAS BEEN A MOTION BY DR. MARKS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNSEL, UM, EXCUSE ME.
[3. Conduct a Public Hearing on the FY 2023-2024 tax rate]
HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 TAX RATE.
COMING BACK WE HAVE TRACY COMIER, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UM, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 15TH, 2023.
THE TAX RATE NECESSARY TO PAY DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF OPERATING SERVICES HAS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET IS 0.6 8 5 0 9 2.
THIS IS 0.0 0 6 4 6 3 LOWER THAN THE TAX YEAR 2022 RATE.
THE PROPOSED RATE IS COMPOSED OF TWO PARTS, THE DEBT SERVICE RATE INS AND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, UH, RATE M AND O.
THE DEBT SERVICE RATE IS PROPOSED AT 1.81607, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE TAX SHARE.
THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE IS 0.5 0 3 4 8 5, UH, DECREASE FROM THE TAX SHARE.
22 AMOUNT OF 0.5 4 4 2 4 9 ADOPTING THIS RATE WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO COVER THE COST OF ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL COSTS RESULTING FROM THE RECENT COMPENSATION STUDY, INCREASED STAFFING FOR, AND FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ALSO OTHER OPERATING COSTS.
THE OVERALL PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 0.0 0 6 4 6 3 LOWER THAN A TAX RATE FOR 2022.
THANK YOU, MR. COMIER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UH, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? NO, MA'AM.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR. MARKS, UH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[1. Consider an Ordinance authorizing and ordering the issuance of the City of DeSoto, Texas Limited Tax Note, Series 2023; specifying the terms and features of such note; levying a continual direct Annual Ad Valorem Tax for the payment of said note; and resolving other matters incident and related to the issuance, sale, payment, and delivery of a paying agent/registrar agreement; and providing an effective date]
INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.FIRST, WE HAVE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND ORDERING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS LIMITED TAX NOTE SERIES 2023, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF SUCH.
NOTE LEVYING A CONTINUAL DIRECT ANNUAL ADD, VALIUM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID NOTE AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, PAYMENT, AND DELIVERY OF A
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PAY, A PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR AGREEMENT, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCES DIRECTOR.
UM, THIS EVENING WE'RE, UM, BRINGING AN ORDINANCE, UH, FORTH TO THE COUNCIL, UM, TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
FINISH THE PROCESS FOR THE TAX.
AS YOU CAN REMEMBER, WE DID, UM, GO AHEAD AND, UM, HAVE THE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, WHERE COUNCIL APPROVED THE PLAN OF FINANCE FOR THESE TAX NOTES AND PROVIDED THE AUTHORIZATION FOR CITY STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND WORKING WITH, UM, OBTAINING THE ISSUANCE FOR THE 3.4 MILLION.
UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THIS POINT IS WENT AHEAD AND OBTAINED, UH, PRICING, FINAL SALES INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE FINAL TRANSACTION NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED THIS EVENING.
STAFF IS, UH, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, AND I WILL, UH, WE HAVE, UM, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, MR. ANDRE AYALA HERE THIS EVENING, WHO'S GONNA COME FORWARD AND GO AHEAD AND PRE PRESENT YOU WITH THE ACTUAL PRICING AND FINAL SALES INFORMATION.
UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, ANDREA ELLA WITH
UH, AS MS. UH, UH, SUTTON, UH, DISCUSSED, WE HAVE HERE A TRANSACTION SUMMARY FOR THE SERIES 2023 TAX NOTE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, TWICE ALREADY.
UH, THESE ARE THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE TRANSACTION.
I'M GONNA GO OVER THE, UH, TRANSACTION SUMMARY HERE BRIEFLY.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE TAX NOTE.
SO, UH, WE NEED, UH, SOME FUNDS TO FINANCE A VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENTS, UH, PLUS, UH, PAYING FOR THE FINANCING COST OF THE TAX ZONE.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY OF DESOTOS TAXABLE VALUE GREW SUBSTANTIALLY AGAIN THIS YEAR FROM ROUGHLY SIX, 6.1 BILLION TO $7 BILLION IN TAXABLE VALUATION.
AND WE HAVE A DEBT SERVICE TARGET, UH, RATE, A DEBT SERVICE RATE TARGET OF 1816 OH 7 CENTS.
UM, THIS TAX NOTE ALIGNS WITH THAT TARGET THAT YOU HAVE, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS THE CITY TO MAINTAIN FUNDING FLEXIBILITY INTO THE FUTURE AS YOU DEVELOP YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GOING FORWARD.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? WE HAVE A ONE YEAR TAX NOTE.
UH, THE REPAYMENT SOURCE IS YOUR DEBT SERVICE PROPERTY TAX.
THE 18 CENTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, UH, THIS MORNING AT NINE IN THE MORNING, WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS FROM DIFFERENT BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
UH, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS NON-COMPLIANCE.
WE'RE GONNA SKIP THAT ONE OVER HERE.
UH, THE, THE, THE WAY WE NORMALIZING WE RANKED HIS PROPOSALS WAS BASED ON INTEREST, COST, AND BID EXPENSES.
SO YOU, I PUT A TABLE TOGETHER, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NOT THE, THE LOWEST INTEREST COST IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CHEAPEST ONE 'CAUSE THEY MAY HAVE OTHER EXPENSES ON TOP OF IT.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THIS COUNCIL IS TO ENTERTAIN AM ENERGY BANKS PROPOSAL, UH, WHICH IS THE LOWEST, UH, COST IN TERMS OF INTEREST EXPENSE AND BID EXPENSES.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE PRIVATE PLACEMENT PROCESS.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, SOPHISTICATED INVESTORS IN THIS CASE BANKS, UH, FOR THE, UH, $3.4 MILLION TAX NOTE.
AND AGAIN, WE GOT THE PROPOSALS.
THE FINAL NUMBERS HERE BELOW OUTLINE WHAT THE $3.4 MILLION WILL BE USED FOR.
SO WE HAVE 3,341,270 FOR THE, UH, PROJECT AND 58,730, UH, FOR FINANCING COSTS FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE BANK.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THEM.
SO WE GOT, UH, SEVEN PROPOSALS.
UM, THE LOWEST COST TO THE CITY IS FROM AMEE BANK.
THEY PROPOSE A 5.25 INTEREST RATE.
YOU CAN PAY THAT NOTE AT ANY TIME WITH, UH, 10 DAYS NOTICE.
UM, WHEN YOU ADD THE INTEREST COST UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2024.
'CAUSE OUR PLAN HERE IS TO COLLECT TAXES IN JANUARY AND PAY IT OFF ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024.
SO NOT LEAVE IT FOR A YEAR, JUST FOUR MONTHS.
UH, IT IS, THE TOTAL COST IS 3,459,248.
AND THE NET PROCEEDS TO THE CITY ARE 3,000,340 1002 170.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SECOND ONE WAS ONE BASIS POINT SLOWER, UH, FROM FIVE 25% TO FIVE 24%, BUT IT IS ABOUT $400 MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE EXPENSES FROM THE BIDDER ARE HIGHER.
AND AS YOU GO DOWN THE TABLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER SEVEN WAS THE LOWEST INTEREST COST, BUT THEY WANTED $25,000 UPFRONT FOR YOU TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PAY THEM OFF IN FEBRUARY.
SO AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY ENTERTAINS AM ENERGY BANK'S PROPOSAL.
AND COUNCIL, I UNDERSTAND THIS TABLE'S A LITTLE BIT BUSY, UH, BUT I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS TO HOW WE NORMALIZED THESE PROPOSALS AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING, HERE'S THE LOWEST INTEREST COST.
WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING GLOBALLY AND, AND GAVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION FOR AM ENERGY.
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UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.UM, COUNSEL, WE WILL DO, AGAIN, CONSIDERING WE STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, WE'LL DO ROUNDS.
SO, MR. FIER, IF YOU COULD QUEUE UP THE, UM, THE TIMER.
UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. DIALA REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR, I, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BURS SECOND BY MAYOR PROTE HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
UM, THERE IS A ORDINANCE FOR THIS ITEM, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND ORDERING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS LIMITED TAX NOTE SERIES 2023, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF SUCH.
NOTE LEVYING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL ADD, VALIUM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID NOTE AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, PAYMENT, AND DELIVERY OF A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM
[2. Consider the following Ordinances defining the number of authorized Civil Service positions: a. An Ordinance defining the number of authorized Civil Services positions within the Police Department for each classification b. An Ordinance defining the number of authorized Civil Service positions within the Fire Department for each classification]
ON THE AGENDA.NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES, DEFINING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS AND ORDINANCE.
DEFINING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED CIVIL SERVICES POSITIONS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS DENIED.
UM, THE PROPOSED FIRE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES A TOTAL OF 71 CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE CHIEF.
THIS IS UNCHANGED FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
OKAY,
UH, THESE POSITIONS INCLUDE ADDING ONE POSITION IN THE LIEUTENANT RANK AND CORPORAL CLASSIFICATIONS AND THREE POSITIONS IN THE POLICE OFFICER CLASSIFICATION.
THIS ORDINANCE ABSORBS THE FIVE PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED OVER HIRE POSITIONS AND NO O NO OVER HIRE.
UM, POSITIONS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR SCHOOL YEAR 24.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. GREENLEY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE ACCOUNT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST REPEAT IT? JUST, YOU CAN JUST REPEAT THE, OKAY.
UM, THE PROPOSED POLICE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES 87 TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS, UM, WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE CHIEF.
DID YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE OR AS WELL? SECOND.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR WELL, I BELIEVE THERE'S AN ORDINANCE TO BE READ AS WELL.
THERE'S TWO, TWO SEPARATE VOTES THOUGH.
UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DEFINING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED PHYSICIANS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN EACH CLASSIFICATION, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE FIRST ITEM, CORRECT? UH, IT'S TWO SEPARATE VOTES.
ONE SPREAD POLICE, RIGHT? POLICE? YEAH.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? YOU'RE APPROVING ITEM TWO B IN ORDER TO, UH, FIND NUMBER, WE'RE OUT OF ORDER.
WE'LL GO BACK, WE'LL BACK AND DO ANYTHING.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THAT ITEM IS PRESENTED.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IS THERE A, UH, IS THERE, THERE'S A ORDINANCE FOR THE SECOND ITEM, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS.
DEFINING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED PHYSICIANS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN EACH CLASSIFICATION, PROVIDING REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING
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A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.COUNSEL IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM
[3. Consider an Ordinance establishing water and sewer service fees effective October 1, 2023]
ON THE AGENDA.NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE FEES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, MAKING THE STAFF PRESENTATION IS SHALANDA OLIVER.
BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
AND COUNSEL, UH, THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND FOR THE BUDGET YEAR 20 THOU 2020 3 24 HAS PROPOSED AN 8% INCREASE IN THE WATER BASE AND VOLUME RATES AS WELL.
THEIR BUDGET INCLUDES A 9% INCREASE IN THEIR SEWER VOLUME AND BASE RATES.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER AND SERVICE FEES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2023.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES.
UH, TOM, CAN WE GET THE TIMER PLEASE? COUNSEL? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO? POINT OF INFORMATION FOR A PUBLIC, UH, AWARENESS.
HOW, HOW, WHAT IS THE COST DIFFERENCE FROM THE YEAR PRIOR TO NOW FOR THE RESIDENT? AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT WHEN WE HAD THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS, WE DISCUSSED, UM, ABOUT SENIOR DISCOUNTS.
AND I BELIEVE STAFF WAS GONNA GO BACK AND LOOK AT TO, YOU KNOW, UM, IF THERE IS AN INCREASE, HOW COULD WE SOFTEN THAT IMPACT FOR OUR, UH, SENIOR RE RESIDENCE? HELLO, MAYOR.
I'M HERE WITH BUILDING FINANCIAL SERVICES.
THE FIRST QUESTION, I BELIEVE WAS HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT WOULD BE TO AN AVERAGE RESIDENT? IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UH, THE AVERAGE IMPACT FOR THE WATER IS GONNA BE ABOUT YOUR AVERAGE.
UH, CONSUMPTION IS ABOUT 5,000 GALLONS OF WATER AND 5,000 GALLONS OF WASTEWATER.
THEY WILL SEE AN AVERAGE INCREASE FOR ABOUT $7 TO $8 A MONTH.
AND FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN QUESTION, I BELIEVE YOU DO HAVE A SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT POLICY, UH, GOING FORWARD.
YEAH, THE, THE, THE, THERE ARE NO RECOMMENDED CHANGES RIGHT NOW IN THAT, IN THAT DISCOUNT RATE, UH, WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW.
AND MR. WRIGHT, CAN YOU CONFIRM? I THINK I BELIEVE, UH, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO QUALIFIES FOR THIS DISCOUNT SAID IT WAS ABOUT $3.
IT, IT'S $3 FOR WATER AND $3 FOR SEWER.
COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, FEEL? NO.
UM, THIS IS THE WATER RATES, OKAY.
RELATED TO WATER RATES AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF IT? UM, I THINK, I'M THINK I'M MIXING UP A TWO, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I'M LOOKING FOR SANITATION AND I HAVE A COMMENT ON THE WATER, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD ORDINANCE, OH, EXCUSE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE, TO APPENDIX A FEE SCHEDULE BY AMENDING ARTICLE 19.00.
WATER SERVICE CHARGES SECTION 19.200 A ONE BASE RATE FOR WATER SERVICE AND SECTION 19.2 HUNDRED, A THREE VOLUME RATE APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 20.00 SEWER SERVICE CHARGES, BASE RATE AND VOLUME CHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICE, PROVIDING FURTHER REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
UH, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE
[4. Consider an Ordinance establishing sanitation service fees effective October 1, 2023]
AGENDA.NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SANITATION SERVICE FEESS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE OF 23.
COMING BACK WE HAVE SHALANDA OLIVER, BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
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AGAIN.UH, THE SANITATION FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 3 24 HAS PROPOSED A $3 AND 45 CENTS PER MONTH INCREASE IN THE SANITATION RATE FROM THE FEES, UH, RATE, GOING FROM $26 AND 52 CENTS TO $29 AND 97 CENTS.
AGAIN, AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED SANITATION SERVICE FEES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2023.
UM, TOM, CAN WE HAVE THE TIMER PLEASE? WE DO HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF.
THE SANITATION RATE IS RELATED TO WHAT EXACTLY IS IT RELATED TO, UH, REPUBLIC.
SO, UM, FROM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN THE CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS AND WHY ARE WE STARTING THE RATE INCREASE IN OCTOBER VERSUS WHEN THE CONTRACT ENDS, OR JUST PRIOR TO IT ENDING? YEAH, I, I I CAN GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT ONE.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UH, THE SANITATION RATES EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO THE, UH, UH, WHEN WE GIVE YOU THE YEAR END RESULTS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS, THE SANITATION RATE IS THE ONE THAT FALLS BELOW OUR, OUR FINANCIAL RESERVE POLICY.
PART OF THE STARTING THAT EARLY IS THAT WE ARE CATCHING BACK UP, UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPLENISHING SOME FUND BALANCE RESERVES AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING THAT RATE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE FOR THE FULL YEAR.
SO WE ARE MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THAT FUND FOR THE YEAR TO BE ABLE TO BRING OURSELVES BACK IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POLICY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING IT IMPLEMENTED ON OCTOBER ONE INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL, UH, JUNE ONE OR WHATEVER THAT DATE IS BEFORE IT.
AND THEN HOW DID WE GET A LITTLE LOW IN THAT PARTICULAR FUND? UH, ESSENTIALLY THE, THE COST OF, UH, UH, THE INCREASES IN THE FEES HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH THE COST OF THE SERVICE OVER TIME ON IT.
AND SO WE'RE CATCHING BACK UP AND GETTING OURSELVES BACK INTO IT WITH THIS NEW CONTRACT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, UH, THERE IS A ORDINANCE TO BE RE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENT TO AN APPENDIX A TITLED FEE SCHEDULE, ARTICLE 30.00 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES BY AMENDING THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER RATE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE OF 23, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT IS BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
MS. THOMAS, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[5. Consider an Ordinance adopting the FY 2023-2024 Budget, FY 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Plan, and FY 2024 Business Plan]
NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH 28, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND FISCAL YEAR 24 BUSINESS PLAN.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS TRACY COMIER, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET, 24 28, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, FISCAL YEAR 24 BUSINESS PLAN.
UM, AFTER A RECORD VOTE IS TAKEN, UH, THERE WILL BE A SECOND APPROVAL COUNSEL WOULD NEED TO MAKE, STATING THAT THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY AMOUNT OF $6,418,078, WHICH IS A 15.04% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY TAX ADDED TO THIS TAX ROLL IS $1,464,447.
UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IF I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS, BUT I'M GOING SEE? YES.
CAN YOU SET THE TIMER PLEASE? YES.
UM, FIRST I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WELL, WE DIDN'T ASK ANY QUE OR WE WEREN'T ASKED TO ASK ANY QUESTION DURING PUBLIC HEARING, BUT DURING, BUT THAT, UH, WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PIECE, THE BUDGET WAS EMBEDDED INSIDE OF THE AGENDA.
AND MY REQUEST LAST YEAR WAS THAT THE, JUST LIKE WE HAVE ADDENDUMS, UM, AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR STAFF REPORTS THAT WE HAVE THE COMPLETE BUDGET AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST APPROVED, UM, YOU KNOW, FINANCING, UM, PART OF OUR POLICE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THE DEFACTO TAX OF ITS INTEREST RATE.
AND SO MY CONCERNS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET PROPER WILL BE JUST SOME, PARTICULARLY IN THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET, THERE ARE THIS, THE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS BUDGET HAS
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DOUBLED.UM, AND SO, SO THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
UM, THE, UM, THERE, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PLACES, UM, IN OUR COUNCIL BUDGET WHERE, UM, I DON'T THINK WE ARE BEING PRUDENT, AS PRUDENT AS WE COULD BE.
UM, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO REDUCE, UM, UH, THE SPECIAL EVENTS BUDGET.
I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND, UM, THE ADDITIONAL POSITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE, UH, MOVING DOWN IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF THAT PIECE.
UM, ALSO IN OUR BUDGET, JUST WANTED TO NOTE, SINCE I ONLY HAVE 47 SECONDS, UM, WE HAVE CASE STRATEGIES, UM, AS A PART OF OUR BUDGET AT 45,000, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE MARKETING AT A DIFFERENT PLACE.
JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO JUST FINE TUNING WHAT WE DO.
OUR MEMBERSHIPS ALSO HAVE DOUBLE MEMBERSHIPS AND SCREW SHOP.
I MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE CHAMBER PIECE, JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE A LOT OF, OF, OF MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'VE NOT GOTTEN UP UPDATES ON FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WORKS FOR OUR CITY.
UM, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 JUST AT WILL FOR CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE, UH, SPONSORSHIPS WITH NO, UH, DELINEATION OF WHAT THAT IS GOING TOWARDS.
AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS RELATED TO OUR BUDGET IN PLACES WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, RETHINK SOME THINGS AND COULD HAVE MAYBE SAVED A MILLION DOLLARS INSTEAD OF TAKING A 3 MILLION, $3.4 MILLION, UM, NOTE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RAFAEL COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, THIS BUDGET SEASON WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS.
UM, IN SOME ASPECTS IT FELT VERY RUSHED THROUGH THE MATERIAL IN AREAS WHERE THERE WAS CLEAR INCREASE IN COST, WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
THOSE, UH, DIRECTORS OVER IT DID NOT EVEN PRESENT THEIR SELVES.
I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS AROUND THE SPECIAL EVENTS OR EVEN THE COUNCIL FOOD.
THOSE THINGS HAVE INCREASED IMMENSELY, BUT WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
AND I HAVE SOME ALSO CONCERNS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING ABLE TO ADD THINGS TO THE BUDGET BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT WAS POSSIBLE, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS.
AND SO I JUST, I HAD HUGE CONCERNS AROUND THE BUDGET.
I'VE EXPRESSED THOSE CONCERNS TO THE POWERS THAT BE.
AND SO, UM, I GUESS THE CARS WILL FALL WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY DO.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY WITH THAT.
UM, UH, MR. COMIER, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR BUDGET? PERSONNEL, I'M SORRY, PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS.
SALARY AND WAGES AND BENEFITS.
AND SO IF ONE WAS LOOKING TO REDUCE A BUDGET, ESPECIALLY A BUDGET THAT'S OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, WHERE WOULD ONE LOOK TO HAVE THE MORE, THE MOST EFFECT? WE WELL, WHAT AREA WOULD THAT BE? YEAH.
WELL, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT WE NEED TO CUT IT DEFINITELY WOULD PROBABLY BE, UM, SALARY, WAGES, AND BENEFITS.
AND WE JUST GAVE A WORLD CLASS INCREASE TO OUR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BASE SALARIES, SO IF WE TALK ABOUT, UH, AND MAYBE THIS IS A, A QUICK QUESTION FOR HR.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE BURDEN THAT GO ALONG WITH THE SALARY, YOU COULD HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SALARY, BUT THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BECAUSE OF THE BURDENS OF THE BENEFIT.
SO NORMALLY, IF I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, BURDEN IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 50% OF THE BASE.
SO IF I MAKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO COST MY EMPLOYER $150,000.
SO IF WE WERE LOOKING TO CUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUDGET, WE WOULD LOOK AT KEY ITEMS AS FAR AS PERSONNEL.
AND THAT'S JUST A, I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE, UH, FOR OUR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THE MONEY IS REALLY SPENT AND WHERE THE SAVINGS, WHERE THE, WHERE THE MAJOR SAVINGS COULD OCCUR.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BUR COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, UM, THERE IS A ORDINANCE TO BE READ, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 23, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 24.
PROVIDING THAT EXPENDITURES FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID BUDGET APPROPRIATING AND SETTING ASIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL AND OTHER REVENUES FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, AND FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY ADOPTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE 23 THROUGH 24 BUSINESS PLAN, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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THANK YOU.IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO, UH, BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BY TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE TO DO AN INDIVIDUAL HAND VOTE FOR THIS ITEM.
MS. THOMAS MAYOR PRO TIMM LETISHA HUGHES.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM? NO.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
WE, THE, WE RAISED THE, THE BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY AN AMOUNT OF SIX MILLION FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND SEVENTY EIGHT, WHICH IS A 15.4% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR IS 1,000,464.
UM, THAT'S ALSO INDIVIDUAL, AN INDIVIDUAL HANDBOOK.
SECOND TO, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR, OUR MOTION MAKER DOWN THERE, MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM? NO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BIRD? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER? YES.
I WILL TAKE THE, UM, ACTUALLY I BELIEVE OUR, UM, PREVIOUS, AND WE JUST HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT ITEM, UM, THE, REGARDING THE I THE HOLIDAY ICE RINK.
IS THAT THE LAST ITEM? DID WE GET, I'M SORRY.
OKAY, LET'S GET THAT ONE OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN WE'LL SAVE THAT LAST ONE.
AND WE'LL BRING BACK OUR APPLICANTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.
[6. Consider an Ordinance levying ad valorem taxes for FY 2023-2024]
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AN ADV VALIUM TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324.COMING BACK AS TRACY COMIER, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY OF COUNCIL APPROVE AN ORDINANCE LEVYING THE ATAL ROOM TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
THE FOLLOWING PHRASE MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE VERBAL MOTION MADE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION RATE OF 0.6 8 5 0 9 2, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 12.33% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE FOR A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY, UH, DISCUSSION? YES.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT IN, IN PLAIN ENGLISH
THE ENTIRE THING SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, 'CAUSE IT'S, IF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING IN REVERSE, AND THIS IS ONE THAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY FOR OUR RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE.
UM, BECAUSE THIS, THIS RATE WILL RAISE MORE MONEY THAN IT DID IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
THEY BASICALLY CONSIDER IT A, IT IS A TAX RATE INCREASE.
REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT INCREASING OUR TAX RATE.
I STATED THAT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT BECAUSE IT RAISES MORE MONEY, THE TAX CODE LOOKS AT, IT HAS A, A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THE ASSESSED VALUES.
THE, THE, THE EXCESS VALUE BRINGS IN MORE REVENUE, BUT THE ACTUAL RATE IS, IS DECREASING.
SO, SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE ASSESSED VALUES INCREASED, THEREFORE WE MADE, WE WE BROUGHT IN MORE REVENUE.
HOWEVER, THE STATE REQUIRES BECAUSE OF THAT, THE TAX RATE TO LOWER, YES, THEY REQUIRE US TO STATE THIS LANGUAGE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE TAX OF VALUE.
AND LAST YEAR THE TAX RATE WAS WHAT POINTS? OVERALL TAX RATE WAS 0.69.
AND THEN THIS TAX RATE IS, ITS OVERALL RATE IS 0.6 8 5 0 9 2.
UH, COUNCILMAN RAFAEL? UM, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE? HEARING NOW, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS LIVING AT VALIUM, TEXAS FOR THE YEAR 23, FISCAL YEAR 2324 AT A RATE OF 0.6 8 5 0 9 2 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS OF JANUARY 1, 23.
TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR THE PAYMENT OF CURRENT EXPENSES, PROVIDING FOR AN INTEREST IN SINKING FUND FOR ALL OUTSTANDING DEBT OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, PROVIDING FOR DUE AND DELINQUENT DATES TOGETHER WITH PENALTIES AND INTEREST, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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YOU.COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? AND REMEMBER, IT HAS TO BE THE EXACT VERBIAGE, UM, THAT MR. CORMIER STATED.
IS THERE A MOTION? AND MAYOR I MOVE.
I'LL CATCH IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL CATCH ME.
IF I DON'T, I'LL I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX, THE INCREASE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE OF 0.685, I CAN'T SEE.
6 8 5 0 9 2, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 12 POINT 33% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
IN ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE PROVING THE ADOPTING ORDINANCE APPRO THE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
THE ADOPT WHAT? THE ORDINANCE.
SECOND, UM, COUNSEL, THIS IS ALSO A RECORD VOTE.
MS. THOMAS, COULD YOU PLEASE ASSIST US? DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING VOTED ON? I WAS SPEAK, I WAS SPEAKING THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
YOU GOT, YOU ARE APPROVING THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS READ THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE, BUT IT HAS TO BE APPROVED WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS JUST READ THAT I MOVED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BEING BY BEING INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE RATE OF 0.6 8 5 0 9 2, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY BE A 12 POINT, UH, 33% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BIRD? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL? YES.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO, UM, REVISIT AND, UH, RE REVISIT, UM, A ITEM THAT WE TABLED EARLIER.
UM, HOW DO WE WANNA DO THIS SINCE THEY'RE JUST, JUST, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO RE UH, TO, UM, UH, WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO REOPEN THE ITEM.
UM, COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO REOPEN THIS ITEM THAT WE TABLED.
SO IT IS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, UM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO REOPEN THIS ITEM.
UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, WELCOME BACK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, I, WE HAVE, UH, CONFERRED WITH OUR ATTORNEYS AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER, OTHER OWNER, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER OWNERS.
UM, AND WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WITH, UH, THE FOLLOWING PROVISION.
UH, WE WOULD ADD A PROVISION RELATED TO RENTALS ARE PROHIBITED, UH, UNTIL AFTER ONE YEAR OF OWNERSHIP UNLESS OTHERWISE GRANTED BY THE HOA.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE PRE APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE.
SECOND, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT AMENDMENT WILL BE ADDED TO SECTION THREE UNDER THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, STATING THAT THERE'LL BE A PROVISION THAT PROHIBITS RENTAL UNITS UNTIL AFTER ONE YEAR OF OWNERSHIP UNLESS OTHERWISE GRANTED BY THE HOA.
UM, IT WAS MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY DR. MARKS, UH, TO APPROVE WITH THE NOTATED AMENDMENTS.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
AND THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN READ, CORRECT? DID WE READ IT? I DON'T REMEMBER.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE DID LIKE TO READ IT.
COUNSEL, CAN YOU RESET THAT? AN ORDINANCE OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.
A MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS IS HERE TO, FOR AMENDED BY CREATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 1 9 7 PHOENIX PLACE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ON 10.285 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 100 SOUTH ELLERSON ROAD, 1112 WEST BELTLINE ROAD, AND 1116 WEST BELTLINE ROAD, DESOTO, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A.
ATTACHED HERE TWO, BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PD 1 97 WITH BASE ZONINGS OF GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT AND SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING WITH DEVIATIONS, ADOPTING A ZONING EXHIBIT AND CONCEPT PLAN, PROVIDING FOR A CONFLICT CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
[7. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Ice Stars LLC in the amount of $200,580 for the rental and operation of a Holiday Ice Rink]
THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA.WE HAVE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH I STARS, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,580 FOR THE RENTAL AND OPERATION OF A HOLIDAY ICE RINK.
MAKING THAT STAFF PRESENTATION IS DENEEN ANDERSON, SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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GOOD MORNING.WELL, YOU LIKE YOU GOT SUNSHINE TODAY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, IS TO ACTUALLY INTRODUCE THE LAST GUEST THAT WE HAVE, WHO IS MR. PIERRE AND HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF THE PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF ICE.
I STAR LLC AND HE'LL BE SPEAKING LATER,
THERE'S A LOT OF LAUGHS GOING ON.
BUT ANYWAY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE AND, UM, ALLOW THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MR. P, UH, PIERRE AND ISTAR, LLC TO BRING, UH, SOME EXCITEMENT TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, WHICH IS A LIFE SIZE ICE SKATING RINK, AN AUTHENTIC LIFE SIZE, UH, ICE SKATING RINK TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY PROMOTE, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL'S WORK PLAN GOAL TO PROMOTE FAMILY AND FOCUS EVENTS WITH AND ENTERTAINMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
ALONG WITH THAT, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ICE SKATING WRINKLE ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR, UH, CHALLENGING THE CULTURE OF THE STEREOTYPE THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO, WHERE THE CITY IS LOOKED AT JUST AS A SPORTS CITY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, UH, UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HOST ARE FAMILY ORIENTED.
SEVERAL OF YOU ATTENDED THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH WAS A FABULOUS FAMILY EVENT, AND I AM HOPING THAT, UM, WE AGREE THAT THE ICE SKATING RINK WILL ALSO BRING THAT, UH, ENTHUSIASM AS WELL.
DEAN, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US JUST ONE SECOND REAL QUICK WHILE WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THAT PRESENTATION UP REAL FAST.
LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO GIVE THEM A MOMENT TO, UM, LOCATE THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL PROCEED TO THE, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
SO IN 2021, WE ATTEMPTED TO OFFER ICE SKATING RINK OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HOMETOWN HOLIDAY SEASON.
UM, WITH THE, AN ICE SKATING RINK, THE COST FOR THAT ICE SKATING RINK WAS $4,995.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR NOW AND THAT, UM, PRODUCT WAS THE ONE THAT WE HAVE NOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS AN ARTIFICIAL ICE RINK THAT WAS LED BY THE USE OF GLYCERIN TO ACTUALLY BE PRODUCTIVE.
HOWEVER, UM, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS, THAT WAS NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED.
UH, THEY WERE NOT PLEASED WITH IT.
IT DID NOT OFFER THE AVAILABILITY TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE, UH, ON THE RINK AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT.
SO AS A RESULT, WE, UH, LIVED AND LEARNED.
NOW THAT WE KNOW WE DO BETTER.
SO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL ACTUALLY INTRODUCE THE PRO PROPOSED SITE.
THE ORIGINAL PRO PROPOSED SITE WAS THE GRIMES BASEBALL COMPLEX.
THE SKATING RINK WAS PROPOSED TO BE, UM, LAID IN THE PARKING LOT OF GRIMES, UH, PARK.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH DONE WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA, AND THEY FELT LIKE THAT THE SKATING RINK NEEDED TO BE IN A LOCATION THAT HAD A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, UM, THE ICE SKATING COMPANY ACTUALLY CAME OUT.
AND THESE ARE THE PROPOSED SITES THAT THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US.
AND BASED ON THE IMMENSE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AS WELL AS THE RECREATION CENTER, WE CHOSE THE RED BRICK ROAD THERE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE SKATING RINK.
SO THAT IS THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE SKATING RINK.
AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION,
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UH, AS STATED HERE, THE RINK INSTALLATION IS FROM NOVEMBER 1ST TO NOVEMBER 23RD.THE OPENING TO THE PUBLIC WILL BE NOVEMBER 24TH THROUGH JANUARY 2ND, AND THEN THE RINK REMOVAL WOULD BE FROM JANUARY 7TH THROUGH JANUARY 22ND.
SO, UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION AT HAND IS HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST? AND I'M GLAD TO ASK.
SO THE ICE RINK, UH, IS A TURNKEY COST FOR THE ICE RINK, WHICH IS $200,580.
THE ENTERTAINMENT AND DECORATION IS PROPOSED AT, UH, $100,000.
THE REGIONAL MARKETING MARKETING FUND IS $10,000 WITH A TOTAL OF THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS.
ON THE SECOND, UM, SIDE, THE RIGHT SIDE THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDES THE REGIONAL, UH, ICE SKATING RINK COMPARISONS.
THE CITIES THAT YOU LIST THAT WE HAVE LISTED, FRISCO AND EDMUND, OKLAHOMA ARE NOT COMPARABLE.
WE COULD NOT FIND A CITY WITHIN THE AREA THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDED THE SAME RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
SO AS A RESULT, THE CLOSEST ONE THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, ROCKWALL.
AND THEIR ESTIMATED COST, UM, IS, I'M SORRY, THEIR ESTIMATED YEAH, THE ESTIMATED FINANCIAL COST IS, I'M SORRY, 90, I'M SORRY.
OH, ESTIMATED SALES, I'M SORRY, 93,744.
AND THAT IS FOR A 30 DAY TERM.
THIS SLIDE I'M GOING TO YIELD TO MR. PIERRE, MAYOR PROCTER, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WHEN WE WERE APPROACHED, UH, BY, UH, JANINE TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL, UM, WE CREATED A PRO FORMA, UM, THAT BASED IS BASED ON A WEEKLY REVENUE, ESTIMATED REVENUE.
AND WE DID THAT BASED ON OTHER CITIES WE'VE BEEN, UH, INVOLVED WITH.
AND, UH, WE FELT THOSE TO BE REALISTIC NUMBERS FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, ESPECIALLY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT, UM, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY SIMILAR FACILITY IN SURROUNDING CITIES.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE THESE NUMBERS ARE SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE, UM, BUT ACHIEVABLE.
UM, OUR GOAL WHEN WE COME INTO ANY, ANY CITY IS TO TRY AND, UM, CASH FLOW THE PROJECT SO THAT EITHER BREAKS EVEN OR GENERATES, UH, SOME PROFIT.
UM, IN THIS CASE, UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE UTILITIES PORTION.
UH, TYPICALLY, UM, WE ASK THE CITY TO PROVIDE THREE PHASE ELECTRICITY AT THE LOCATION THAT WE, UM, THAT WE, UH, DECIDE THE, THE RINK WOULD BE AT.
UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE DON'T HAVE THREE PHASE POWER, UM, AT THAT LOCATION YET.
UM, WHILST I BELIEVE IT, IT IS POSSIBLE, UM, TO, TO PUT THREE PAYS POWER, IF THAT IS THE CASE IN THE FUTURE.
THE UTILITIES COST DROPS TO ABOUT FIVE OR $6,000 IN ELECTRICITY, UH, CONSUMPTION.
UM, RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, WE WILL BE, UM, BASICALLY RENTING A GENERATOR AND USING DIESEL FUEL TO POWER THE, UM, 125 TONS OF REFRIGERATION REQUIRED TO KEEP THE ICE REFRIGERATED.
SO THAT, UM, $40,000, UM, NUMBER, UH, OBVIOUSLY INFLATES THE OVERALL, UM, OPERATION OPERATIONAL COST.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, TOTAL, UH, FIRST SEASON, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 12,000 SKATERS.
UM, 12,000 SKATERS TYPICALLY EQUATES TO ABOUT, UM, WE TYPICALLY ALLOW FOR 2.5 SPECTATORS.
THAT WOULD BE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE, COUSINS FRIENDS.
UM, SO THAT NUMBER, UM, I WOULD ANTICIPATE TO BE AROUND 40,000, UM, PARTICIPANTS, UM, OVER THE SIX WEEK PERIOD.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THE RECOMMENDATION IS STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVES
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AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE RENTAL AND THE OPERATION OF A HOLIDAY.ICE SKATING, UH, I'M SORRY, TO OPERATE THE OPERATION OF A HOLIDAY ICE RINK WITH ISTAR LLC.
UM, AT THIS TIME, IF WE CAN GET THE TIMER UP.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN BUR, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MS. DALENE, FOR THE INFORMATION.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M PERSONALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, YOU WON'T CATCH ME ON THE ICE, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I'M TOO OLD TO BREAK SOMETHING, BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE, UH, LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF THE CITIZENS TO BRING SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, FAMILY ORIENTED, SOMETHING WHERE, UH, ALL OF THE FAMILIES, UH, CAN AND MAKE DREAMS AND WHICH WOULD PUT DESOTO ON THE MAP, DOING SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, DOING SOMETHING UNIQUE.
AND I'M, I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBERS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE IS ANOTHER CITY, THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, WHO HAS ALMOST THE EXACT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE HAVE.
MEANING AS FAR AS, UH, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AS FAR AS SIZE, POPULATION, POP, UH, HAS DONE IT AND HAVE CREATED A WHOLE, UM, DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF IT.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THE, UH, DUE DILIGENCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, WILL THERE BE A POLICE PRESENCE AND, UH, WHAT WILL THE, UH, IF THERE IS A POLICE PRESENCE, WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF OT FOR THIS TYPE OF SITUATION? I DID SEE YOU PUT ON HERE, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK THEM AND THEN YOU CAN, UM, YOU DID PUT ON THEIR ROCK WALL AT $93,000 FOR OVER, FOR 30 DAYS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE WAS IT LOCATED IN, IN ROCKWALL.
AND IS THAT 30 STRAIGHT DAYS OR JUST WEEKENDS? UM, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED ALSO 2021 WAS A, WAS A BUST.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE COST OF THAT? THAT WAS IN 2021.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WILL THERE BE AN EXPERIENCE? IS IT JUST SKATING OR IS THERE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THIS THAT WOULD MAKE IT AN EXPERIENCE? THANK YOU.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION, UM, IS RELATED TO THE POLICE.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE STAFF ON DUTY.
I'M SORRY, I CANNOT ADDRESS THE, THE, UH, THE COST FOR THE FIREMEN, BUT WE CAN, UH, POSSIBLY GET THAT TO YOU.
AND, UH, THE NEXT QUESTION, I THINK IT WAS RELATED TO THE COST OF THE ORIGINAL IN 2021, THE, THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT RINK WAS $4,995? NO, I MEAN, THE COST TO THE CONSTITUENT OR THE, UH, OR THE RESIDENT.
THERE WASN'T A COST, IT WAS JUST A FREE EVENT.
AND I'M SORRY, YOUR LAST QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE $93,000 FOR 30 DAYS.
IS THAT 30 STRAIGHT DAYS OR, I MEAN, MEANING WEEK THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS WELL AS DURING THE WEEKEND.
AND, UH, WHERE WAS IT LOCATED IN, IN, IN, UH, ROCKWALL.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION WAS, YOU HAVE IT ON A PICTURE HERE, SO THAT MEANS YOU TAKE AWAY THE PARKING FOR THE ACTUAL CITY OF DESOTO FOLKS TO PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE WHILE THAT IS THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? SO ARE, I'M SORRY, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE FIRST PICTURE ON YES.
WHERE IT'S IN THE SIDE, THE SIDE PARKING LOT OVER THERE? YES.
SO THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER PROPOSED SITE THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING THE SKATING RINK.
BUT BASED ON THE FOOTPRINT IN THE AREA WHERE THE LIBRARY AND THE RECREATION CENTER IS, WE DECIDED TO GO THERE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA GOING IN AND OUT SEVEN DAY A WEEK, UH, RENTALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WOULD PROVIDE MORE VISIBILITY IN THAT AREA.
SO THE AREA, THAT'S WHERE THE PARKING IS OFF OF PLEASANT RUN, THAT WAS A PROPOSED SITE THAT WE CHOSE NOT TO GO WITH.
AND THEN THE, THE, OH, HE'S GONNA, OKAY.
AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT ROCKWALL, THE RINK WAS LOCATED AT THE HARBOR CLOSE TO THE HILTON HOTEL, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
UM, AND, UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS A 30 DAY, UM, OPERATION.
THERE WERE ACTUALLY ONLY 21 DAYS, UH, WHEN THE RINK WAS OPEN, BECAUSE IF YOU, UM, RECOLLECT LAST YEAR WE HAD EXTREME HEAT AND WE HAD A, A FREEZE
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IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL, UM, RECORD BREAKING HEAT AND THEN RECORD BREAKING, UH, COLD.
SO, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL DAYS THAT WERE CANCELED.
UM, AND SO THE $93,000 WERE, WAS ACHIEVED OVER A 21 DAY PERIOD.
UM, AND IN ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT GRAPEVINE, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE VERY SIMILAR AS FAR AS, UH, POPULATION, UM, GRAPEVINES OPERATION.
WE, WE OPERATED GRAPEVINE LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
AND, UM, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, THEIR PROJECTED SALES WERE 250,000 AND THEIR ACTUAL SALES ENDED UP BEING 400,000, UM, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, DIFFERENCE.
RAPHAEL, IF WE COULD START THE TIMER PLEASE? SURE THING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING AND THIS IS PART OF A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUSINESS PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MENTIONING THE TWO LOCATIONS, GRAPEVINE, ROCKWALL, UM, GRAPEVINE, THEY HAVE A MACHINE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR TOURISM DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE A, A WHOLE THEME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF KNOWN FOR THAT PIECE.
AND THEN I KNOW THIS FOR US, THIS OPERATIONALLY, THIS WILL BE LIKE SPANKING BRAND NEW.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS JUST, UM, AND THEN, AND THEN WHEN THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE HARBOR AND THINKING ABOUT ROCKWALL, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT PLACE GETS MASSIVE TRAFFIC 'CAUSE OF THE EATERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OURS IS, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR SPORTING EVENTS AND FROM OUR LIBRARY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BOTH ARE FANTASTIC.
UM, BUT, UM, HAVE WE THOUGHT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MARKETING PIECE WOULD LOOK LIKE? HAVE WE GONE AFTER SPONSORSHIPS? UM, BECAUSE I, I KNOW AT LEAST FOR GRAPEVINE, THAT'S A HUGE PIECE OF WHAT THEY DO IS THE SPONSORSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES THAT THEY START OUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOP OF YEAR.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HELP DEFRAY SOME OF THESE COSTS.
HAS THAT BEEN EXPLORED OR DO WE HAVE TIME TO DO THAT YET? DO WE NEED MORE TIME TO DO THAT? AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UH, IT IS REALLY TO THE, UH, OPERATOR.
I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE, UH, ELECTRICITY, UM, UM, EXPLANATION.
SO I, I WASN'T UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PRICES WOULD DROP, IS IT THAT WE WOULD, UH, INSTALL, UM, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, UH, FOR THE SPACE, SO, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER YEAR IF WE DECIDED TO DO IT INSTEAD OF USING GASOLINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
TO ADDRESS THE MARKETING PIECE? YES, MA'AM.
WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, SPONSORSHIPS, TITLE SPONSORS, UM, THAT WE WOULD REQUEST A MINIMUM OF LIKE $10,000 FOR A TITLE SPONSOR, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THEIR NAMES ADVERTISED THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THE RINK.
OR WE COULD ACTUALLY, DEPENDING ON THE NEGOTIATION, WE COULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY CONSIDER NAMING SOME ASPECT OF THE SKATING RINK AFTER WHOEVER THE SPONSOR IS AND TAG LINING DESOTO ON IT AS WELL.
THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT.
UM, ADDITIONAL MARKETING WOULD INCLUDE, UM, DOING THINGS LIKE OFFERING EVENTS FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES, MAYBE LIKE CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN REVENUE MARKET, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN ALSO OFFER PARTIES, UM, OFFER, I'VE, I'VE HAD ONE PERSON TO REACH OUT TO ME AND STATE THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE IT EVERY WEEK ON A SPECIFIC DATE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF ADULT ACTIVITY FOR SKATING.
SO THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT WE HAVE EXPLORED.
WE WERE JUST WAITING ON THE FINAL, UH, APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.
ELECTRICITY, THE ELECTRICITY PART.
I'M GONNA ASK MR. PIERRE TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.
UM, AS FAR AS THE ELECTRICITY, I'M SORRY IF I WASN'T CLEAR.
UM, TYPICALLY THE, UH, ICE, A REAL ICE RINK IS POWERED BY 125 TON TO 150 TON REFRIGERATION CHILLER.
UM, IN ORDER TO POWER THAT, YOU NEED THREE PHASE 400 AMP POWER.
UM, NOT READILY AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE, BUT THERE ARE PLACES AROUND THE CITY WHERE THAT IS AVAILABLE.
UM, UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO, TO, TO HAVE THE RINK THIS YEAR WITH A GENERATOR, UH, THAT IS FUELED BY DIESEL AND THE COST IS GONNA BE ABOUT $40,000 TO DO THAT.
UM, TYPICALLY, UM, THE ELECTRICITY BILL TO POWER A A CHILLER FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS RANGES ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND $7,000.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
UM, OUR CLIENTS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CLIENTS THAT HAVE START, STARTED YEAR ONE WITH THE GENERATOR AND THEN WORKED WITH THE LOCAL
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ELECTRICITY COMPANY AND NEGOTIATED WITH THEM IN SOME CASES THE TITLE SPONSORSHIP, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S THE ENCORE TO SOTO ON ICE IN FUTURE YEARS, AND THEY'VE PROVIDED THAT THREE PHASE POWER.UM, SO IF THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG-TERM PROJECT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO THINK IT WOULD BE.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO CONSIDER THAT IN FUTURE YEARS.
UM, AND THAT MIGHT MEAN MOVING THE LOCATION TO SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU ALREADY HAVE THREE FACE POWER, UM, OR BRINGING THREE FACE POWER TO, UM, WHATEVER LOCATION YOU GUYS DECIDE IS THE BEST LOCATION.
UH, DENISE, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS ADDRESSED.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.
IF THERE WERE GONNA BE ANY THINGS, ACTIVITIES IN ADDITION TO THE ICE SKATING RE DID YOU ADDRESS THAT? SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION.
I, MY THOUGHT WAS BY EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVENTS, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING OR WHAT OTHER EVENTS IN ADDITION TO THE SKATING RINK THAT WILL TAKE PLACE? LIKE, WELL, AND, AND I'M PERFECTLY OKAY TO WAIT TILL THE END, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OTHER FOLKS HAD SOME, SOME COMMENTS, BUT WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD WAS EXPLAINING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE IS WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE IN AT THIS TIME BASED ON WHAT THIS WAS, IT JUST SAID SKATING.
SO MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.
YOU CAN WAIT TILL THE END TO ANSWER THAT IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO.
I CAN GO AHEAD AND ANSWER IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO WE WILL HAVE, UM, PART OF THE DECORATION AND ALL OF THAT IS TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF LIKE A HOLIDAY WALKTHROUGH WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPS THROUGHOUT THE AREA AROUND THE, UM, THE CENTER HERE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL STILL HOST THE EVENTS THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE, LIKE, UH, HAVING SANTA BE A PART OF THE EVENT.
UH, ALSO THE LIBRARY PARTNERS WITH US WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS.
SO WE DO HAVE FESTIVITIES THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AND ADD ON THE SKATING RINK AS AN ADDED BENEFIT TO OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND I THINK SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD KNOW, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT CITIES LIKE GRAPEVINE, WHEN WE SPOKE WITH THEM, THEY, THEY HAVE A BUILT-IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY USING THEIR SKATING RINK TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE GOING ON.
SO THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY MAKE JUST AS MUCH MONEY WITHOUT THE SKATING RINK AS THEY MAKE WITH THE SKATING RINK.
AND SO REALLY TRYING TO COMPARE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THE SKATING RINK THE CENTRAL PIECE OF OUR CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE OR OUR HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS THING WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING THAT TO SUPPLEMENT IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING GOING THROUGH, GOING THROUGH THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY HAVE THAT SKATING RINK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT DR. GLOVER HAD YOU HERE ALL DAY.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU WOULD'VE STARTED THIS WITH GOOD MORNING
UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE LIABILITIES PIECE.
LIKE, UH, IF SOMEONE IS INJURED, UM, WHILE, UM, SKATING ON THIS, WHERE, HOW DOES THAT NOT IMPACT THE CITY FROM THAT? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN INSURANCE AT THAT PIECE THAT, THAT HAPPENS? YES, WE DO.
WE DO PROVIDE OUR OWN INSURANCE.
CAN YOU COME, CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? YES, WE HAVE SOME LISTENING ONLINE.
SO YES, WE DO, WE DO, UH, PROVIDE OUR OWN INSURANCE, UM, THAT, UH, BASICALLY SAFEGUARDS THE CITY.
UM, AND, UM, THE WAY WE OPERATE IS EVERY PARTICIPANT, UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE SKI RESORT TECHNOLOGY.
EVERY PARTICIPANT HAS TO ACCEPT THE LIABILITY WHERE A, UH, STICKER, UM, UH, BASICALLY THAT, THAT SAYS THEY ACCEPT THE, THE LIABILITY.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO ARE COVERED WITH THE INSURANCE THAT'S PROVIDED.
AND IN ADDITION, AS UH, MUNICIPALITY, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS TO PROTECT US.
SO THAT'S A DOUBLE LAYER ON A SECOND LAYER ON TOP OF THAT.
YES, THERE'S ALWAYS A DOUBLE LAYER 'CAUSE THE CITY HAS, UM, UH, INSURANCE TO COVER ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE ON THEIR PREMISES, BUT THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, A MILLION DOLLAR LIABILITY INSURANCE TOO.
AND THEY HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER.
YES, THEY DO HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS THAT I NOTICED ON YOUR PERFORMER, YOU PUT ON THEIR, UM, UH, $500 COST FOR PRIVATE, UH, SKATING EVENTS.
HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH DAY-TO-DAY TRAFFIC? IF THE IDEA IS TO ATTRACT THE DAY-TO-DAY TRAFFIC, ARE, ARE THERE CERTAIN GONNA BE CERTAIN DAYS WHERE THEY'RE JUST CUT OFF FOR PER THE,
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THE PRIVATE ICE IS TYPICALLY SOLD BEFORE YOUR PUBLIC SKATING HOURS.UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE OPENING AT FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, PRIVATE ICE IS AVAILABLE TO BE PURCHASED BEFORE THAT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
ON THE WEEKENDS WE TYPICALLY OPEN AROUND NOON, SO YOU COULD BUY PRIVATE ICE PRIOR TO THAT.
UM, SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE PUBLISHED, UM, PUBLIC SKATING TIMES THAT PEOPLE CAN BOOK ONLINE OR JUST SHOW UP IN PERSON TO PAY FOR IT.
AND THEY WOULD BE BOOKING ONLINE THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE OR THROUGH THE CITY? IT WOULD BE THROUGH, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UH, THOSE WERE, UH, GOOD QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL REGARDING THE, UM, THE, THE POWER FOR THE, FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 24 HOURS, RIGHT? ARE WE USING A GENERATOR, UH, THIS YEAR, THIS TIME AROUND? YES MA'AM.
SO IS THERE ANY, I'M, I'M ASSUMING, AND I, WE, WE'VE ALL HEARD GENERATORS, SO, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS THERE, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA AS WELL, IN TERMS OF WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD BE.
SO WERE THERE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE NOISE FROM THE GENERATOR CONSIDERING IT WOULD HAVE TO RUN 24 HOURS A DAY, RIGHT? YES.
UH, THE, THE GENERATOR WOULD, WOULD HAVE TO RUN 24 HOURS A DAY.
UM, THE CHILLER DOESN'T RUN 24 HOURS A DAY.
IT CYCLES ON AND OFF DEPENDING ON HOW WARM IT IS, HOW COLD IT IS.
UM, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE ALL THE AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT AS FAR AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO BASICALLY ON THE STAGE, IS IT THE STAGE SITE? IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE AMPHITHEATER ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE, UH, PECAN ROOMS. OH, OKAY.
SO IT'LL BE SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE BUILDING.
SO IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF A NOISE BARRIER THERE.
I MEAN A, A BARRIER TO THE NOISE AS IT PERTAINS TO GOING OVER TO THE APARTMENTS? YES, MA'AM.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? UH, HEARING NONE, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL, UH, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
THAT IS OUR FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, THAT'S OUR FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND, THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO ADJOURN.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IT IS 10:02 PM COUNCIL AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.