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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.IT IS, UH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.
IT IS NOW 6:00 PM I MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO OUR, UH, DESOTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD START US OFF WITH THE ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
[1. Review of Master Calendar of Events and Special Meetings]
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.FIRST WE HAVE REVIEW OF MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS BY CITY MANAGER BRANDON RAY.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, ON OUR, LOOKING AT OUR CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO.
FIRST OF ALL, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, UH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FRANCHISE INTEREST MEETING, UH, THAT IS CONDUCTED WITH OUR DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, GROUP OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE THERE.
UM, SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN OWNING A FRANCHISE OR INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF HAVING A FRANCHISE, UM, PLEASE, UH, PLAN ON ATTENDING THAT EVENT.
6:00 PM AND THE BLUEBONNET ROOMS OVER IN OUR CIVIC CENTER.
UM, ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, WE HAVE OUR FAITH LEADERS QUARTERLY BREAKFAST.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE CELEBRATE, UM, FOR THE CO-ED, THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVE AND DISASTER GROUP AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT THAT MORNING, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH AT EIGHT 30.
AND THAT IS ALSO IN OUR BLUE BON ROOMS OVER IN THE CIVIC CENTER.
UM, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, UH, WE WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC MEETING.
THIS IS OUR LAST, UH, PLANNED PUBLIC MEETING FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO WE INVITE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESOTO AND HOW IT, UH, CONTINUES TO PROGRESS AND DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.
TO COME DOWN AND TO, UH, HEAR ABOUT THAT PLAN, UH, PROVIDES YOUR REACTIONS TO IT AND YOUR COMMENTS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THAT PLAN.
AND WE, UH, ANTICIPATE MOVING THAT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.
UH, AND THEN ALSO ON OCTOBER 28TH AND NOVEMBER 4TH.
THOSE ARE BOTH SATURDAYS, OCTOBER 28TH AND NOVEMBER 4TH.
UM, THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS ALSO HOSTING, IT'S HOSTING A DESOTOS FARMER'S MARKET.
SO IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THIS YEAR, UM, WHERE WE ARE, UH, TRYING OUT, UH, OUR, YOU KNOW, SEE IF WE CAN GET ENOUGH INTEREST IN A FARMER'S MARKET FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BOTH, BOTH FROM VENDORS IS ALSO FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED OVER AT DESOTO EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, THEY START IT, THEY BOTH WILL START AT 9:00 AM AND THEY GO UNTIL 2:00 PM SO WE INVITE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME DOWN, UH, AND EITHER BE A VENDOR OR TO, UH, OR TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AGAIN FOR OCTOBER 28TH AND NOVEMBER OR NOVEMBER 4TH.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE ON THE CALENDAR FOR RIGHT NOW TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THOSE.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, DR. MARKS MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
IN REFERENCE TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, HOW IS THAT LOOKING? HOW MANY VENDORS DO WE HAVE? SOMEONE COULD ANSWER THAT FOR US, PLEASE.
SO THE WHO'S, WHO'S ANSWERING THAT IS MR. MR. CARLSON.
COME ON UP, MATT, IN YOUR 31 VENDORS ON YOUR WAY UP, IF YOU WOULD TELL US HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN.
IS IT ACTUALLY VENDORS FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES? IS IT ARTS AND CRAFTS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SIR? WE KIND OF HAVE A SMATTERING OF, OF ALL.
UM, WE'LL HAVE, UH, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, FARM GOODS IF YOU WILL.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE FRESH MEAT, UH, FOLKS THAT'LL BE THERE AS WELL.
UM, AS IN FACT, MATTER OF FACT, THE THE WOMAN WHO IS PART OF THAT OR WHO LEADS THAT EFFORT, UH, IS A DESOTO GRAD HIGH, UH, DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL GRAD.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN WAXAHATCHEE NOW AND HAVE A, UH, HOG FACILITY, AND THEY DO THEIR OWN BUTCHERING AND, AND DO, THIS IS HOW THEY DISTRIBUTE THEIR PRODUCTS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF SORT OF ACROSS THE RANGE FROM ARTS AND CRAFTS TO, TO ALL KINDS OF SPECIALTY GOODS AND, AND PACKAGING AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, DR. MARKS COUNSEL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS OF SPECIAL MEETINGS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA? OKAY.
HEARING DONE, MADAM CITY SECRETARY WILL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
[2. Review of Regular Agenda items]
WE HAVE REVIEW OF REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT.ALRIGHT, I'LL, UH, WE'LL GO TO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA PORTION OF THE REGULAR MEETING, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO I'LL, I'LL GO PAST ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, ITEM J IS A, UH, CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR $140,000 FOR INSPECTION SERVICES.
AND IT'S RELATED TO THE HAMPTON ROAD PUMP, UH, STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, WE HAVE INSPECTION SERVICES AS PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT GARVER DOES FOR US.
UM, BECAUSE WE'VE ADDED DIFFERENT, UH, COMPONENTS TO THAT PROJECT
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PROJECT AS WE'VE MOVED ALONG.AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THEY'VE HAD DELAYS AND THINGS, YOU, WE NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL INSPECTION SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE REST OF THAT CONTRACT.
UM, SO WE'RE GETTING NEAR THE END OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE ALLOTTED FOR INSPECTION SERVICES AND $140,000 IS NEEDED, UM, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, ITEM K IS, UH, FOR, ACTUALLY K, L AND M ARE ALL RELATED TO, UH, ITEMS FOR THE POLICE DEPART.
I'M SORRY, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ITEM K IS FOR THE AIR PACKS THAT THEY HAVE, THE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS UNITS.
UM, IT'S REPLACING ALL THOSE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, ITEMS L AND M ARE VARIOUS VEHICLES INCLUDING A BRUSH TRUCK AND COMMAND VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ON THE REGULAR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
UH, SO WE ARE ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA PORTION OF IT.
UH, WE HAVE THE FOLLOW FOLLOW UP FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT A PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT THE, UH, REDESIGN OF THE MCOWEN AQUATIC AND REC CENTER.
UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SMITH SMITH GROUP FOR $251,048, UH, TO, TO REDESIGN IT, TO BRING IT BACK WITHIN BUDGET FOR IT.
SO BY SPENDING THAT $251,000, ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE CUTTING ABOUT SIX TO $7 MILLION OUTTA THE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THE BUDGET.
UM, ALSO THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, THERE IS A ALSO A FOLLOW UP ON A PREVIOUS CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.
AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE GRO DESOTO MARKETPLACE.
UM, AND IT'S A FACADE GRANT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY OUR DISORDER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, AND THIS IS A PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE AS WE SEPARATE THE CITY FROM THE GRO DESOTO MARKETPLACE, ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING PRIVATELY ON ITS OWN.
UM, AND THE, UH, FACADE BRANDS WOULD BE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING FACILITY WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A LITTLE LESS, UH, RETAIL VENDOR ON THE INSIDE.
MORE SPACES FOR SOME SERVICES, UM, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, STUDIOS, SOUND STUDIOS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE GONNA GO BE GOING INTO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN THAT'S IT FOR THE, UH, REGULAR AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, I CAN TAKE FROM NOW.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, WRIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS? YES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUR THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR ON THE, UM, GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE, UH, ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
THAT'S NOT A REOCCURRING FEE, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO IT'S, UH, A ONE TIME $225,000.
AND IT'S 40% OF WHATEVER THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE.
SO THE, UH, OWNER PAYS FOR 60%.
CITY WILL PAY FOR 40% WITH A MAX OF $225,000.
I THINK I DID THE MATH A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
THAT MEANS THAT A TOTAL INVESTMENT TO REACH THAT AMOUNT WOULD HAVE TO BE AROUND $560,000 OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INSIDE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ACHIEVE THE $225,000 AMOUNTS.
AND THAT PUT US OUT OF THE BUSINESS, UH, OF, UH, UH, UH, I, I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE PAYING THAT IN THE ELECTRIC.
SO, SO THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT, YEAH, SO WE WOULD SPEND MORE THAN THIS IN A NORMAL YEAR, JUST JUST PAYING OUR NORMAL OPERATIONAL COSTS IN THE FACILITY, UM, FOR THIS.
SO THIS IS KIND, IT'S A ONE TIME, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, IT'S A ONE TIME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE INSIDE.
UM, BRING IT UP IN, WE'VE GOT IMAGES WHEN WE GET TO THE REGULAR, UH, MEETING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU.
UM, BUT IT'S A ONE TIME AND DONE.
THERE ARE NO ONGOING COSTS AFTER THAT RELATED TO THE GROSS RENTAL MARKETPLACE.
AND BECAUSE IT IS A MATCHING, IT IS A FACADE GRANT, THAT MEANS THAT THE, THAT MEANS THAT THE OWNER HAD TO INVEST MONEY INTO IT AS WELL.
UM, MR. WRIGHT, DO WE KNOW THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT WE'VE INVESTED IN GROW MARKETPLACE SINCE THE CONCEPTION OF IT? OR, I I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER TODAY.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE, UH, GENERATED SOME REPORTS, UH, OVER TIME.
WE CAN TRY AND FIGURE OUT THAT NUMBER FOR YOU, UM, WITH IT, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO TRACK THAT ONE AS WE GO BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN TIME 'CAUSE OF VARIOUS WAYS THAT IT WAS PAID, UM, FOR IT.
BUT WE CAN, WE CAN AT LEAST BALLPARK IT, UM, AND LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS.
BUT WE WON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION THIS EVENING.
DO WE HAVE ANY DOLLAR FIGURE ON THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT OF WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN TO GROW MARKETPLACE? UH, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT MEANS IN THIS CATEGORY? I HAVE.
WHAT HAVE WE GOTTEN BACK? UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE, WE WERE ALSO IN ACTING IN SOMEWHAT OF A LANDLORD PAYING THE RENT ADVANCE.
RIGHT? WHAT HAS THE CITY RECEIVED BACK FROM, I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF, I GUESS, SALES TAX, RIGHT? IS THAT IT? YEAH.
SO, SO THAT, THAT PART'S EASY THEN ON, ON IT.
WE, WE HAVE NOT, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY MONEY ON THE GROSS SOLAR MARKETPLACE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE PAID MONEY INTO IT.
THE INTENT WASN'T FOR US TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT.
WE WERE THERE TO GUARANTEE THE, UH, THE LEASE PAYMENTS OF THE EXISTING, UH, PEOPLE AND TO PAY UTILITIES, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO WE, WE HAD OBLIGATIONS ON OUR SIDE.
IT WAS, BUT, BUT IT WAS NOT ONE WHERE WE RECEIVED MONEY BACK FROM THAT.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO STILL OPERATING UNDER THE MODEL OF THE, IT'S A INCUBATOR AND THEN THEY GO OUT INTO, OR IT, HAS THE WHOLE MODEL CHANGED AT THIS POINT? SO, NO, NO.
THE, THE MODEL, UM, GOING FORWARD WILL CONTINUE TO BE WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY
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A, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA OF TAKING A SMALL BUSINESS AND GROWING IT TO BE BECOME A LARGER BUSINESS AND MOVING THEM OUT TO SOME OTHER LOCATION HAS, THERE HAS BEEN SOME SUCCESS WITH THAT, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY LIMITED SUCCESS.UM, MORE OFTEN IT IS A PLACE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO REALLY GET THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND, LEARN HOW TO BE A BUSINESS, UM, HAVE, HAVE A PLACE WHERE THE RENT IS NOT, IS NOT EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT'S A SAFE SPACE FOR THEM TO TRY OUT A NEW BUSINESS IDEA, UM, FOR IT.
AND IN THAT AREA, IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE A LOT OF BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START THEIR, THEIR LOCATIONS THERE.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION IN THAT CAPACITY.
UM, SO IT'LL BE A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND BE ABLE TO START A NEW BUSINESS.
BUT IT'LL ALSO, UM, IT, IT'LL VENTURE OUTSIDE OF THEIR TRADITIONAL, WHAT WE'VE HAD RIGHT NOW WITH MORE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT FOCUSED.
IT'LL PROVIDE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SERVICE SIDE WITH THE REDESIGN THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE INSIDE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, MR. ANDERSON IS, IS, IS INTERESTED IN MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
'CAUSE IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO MAYBE SOME OTHER FACILITIES THAT HE HAS THAT RUN A SIMILAR TYPE OF, OF, UH, PRODUCT, BUT HAVE MORE SERVICE INDUSTRIES INSIDE OF THEM THAN JUST RETAIL IN INDUSTRIES.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF THE 225, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IS THAT MONEY, DOES THAT MONEY JUST GO OUT AND THEN THEY DO THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE PROVE OUT OF THEM SPENDING $225 ON FACADE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY OUTSIDE AND OR DO THEY MAKE THE CHANGES AND GO UP TO, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, SO, SO THIS PARTICULAR FACADE, UH, IMPROVEMENT ALSO ALLOWS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL.
SO IT'S, THIS IS THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
THE, UH, THE WAY THAT IT IS STRUCTURED, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK TO THE AGREEMENT ITSELF.
I'M LOOKING AT MATT SEEING, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
I IT IS, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AN UPFRONT.
IT IS, ONCE HE MAKES THE IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT AS ARE ALL OF OUR PATIENTS, CORRECT? EXACTLY.
NOT TO EXCEED 225, NOT TO EXCEED $225,000.
IS THAT OKAY? SO WHATEVER OVER THAT IT IS, HE'S HE'S ON THE HOOK FOR THAT WHATEVER COVERAGE, CORRECT? YEAH.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S A 40% MATCH GRANT UP TO $225,000.
SO IF HE ONLY SPENDS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR, OUR AMOUNT WOULD ONLY BE $40,000 WITH THAT, BECAUSE HE'D HAVE TO PAY THE REMAINING $60,000.
AND SO THERE'S A POINT AT WHICH WE HIT A MAX ON OUR DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION.
UM, BUT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN THERE RIGHT NOW IS BASED OFF OF HIS ESTIMATES FOR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS THAT HE HAS.
ONE, UM, I'M SORRY, DR. MARKS MADAM MAYOR.
JUST ONE, UH, LAST QUICK QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON WHEN ALL OF THIS WILL TAKE PLACE? IF AND WHEN IT'S PROOF? WE'LL SEE IF MR. CARLSON KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE.
UM, THE ANSWER IS, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE, BUT I, WE DO HAVE A BEGINNING, A BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION WITHIN ONE YEAR.
IT WAS SET AS PART OF THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND TO THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S POINT, UM, PART OF OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, THE PROFORMA THAT HE IS, HE'S PROVIDED, UM, THAT GETS US TO THAT $225,000 40% MATCH.
I'LL WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE, UH, AND MATT, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, UH, OR SOMEONE.
THE, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INSIDE, UM, THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE FF AND E, CORRECT? IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT.
I THINK ALL THE CHANGES IN INSIDE ARE ALL, ARE ALL STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
UM, CREATING ADDITIONAL SPACES AND CONFINING DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPACES.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF A REPURPOSING OF A LOT OF THE INTERIOR USES.
I, I JUST ASKED THE QUESTION JUST FOR CLARITY.
NO, WE'VE GOT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL RUN THROUGH TONIGHT, UH, DURING THE, THE REGULAR SESSION.
YOU, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE, UH, BUT WE'LL RUN QUICKLY THROUGH IT TONIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN REFRESH YOURSELF IN TERMS OF WHAT'S IN IT AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S INSIDE AND WHAT'S OUTSIDE.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA? A HEARING NOW, MS. THOMAS WILL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
[3. Presentation and discussion of changes to Section 10.406 Mandatory Homeowners' Association of the DeSoto City Code of Ordinances]
HAVE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF CHANGES TO SECTION 10.406, MANDATORY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE DESOTO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS BRANDON WRIGHT, CITY MANAGER.
AND ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA PUNT THAT ONE OVER TO MR. GO, OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR, UH, FOR, TO RUN THROUGH IT.
YOU'RE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE, THE PROVISIONS, UM,
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IN YOUR, UH, MATERIALS.UH, WE HAD SPOKE AT PREVIOUS, UH, MEETING, UM, UH, MAKING REVISIONS TO THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO MAN MANDATORY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.
AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THE PROVISIONS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 10 OF OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
SO ANY CHANGES THAT WE DISCUSS HERE TONIGHT, WE'LL THEN HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE P AND Z, GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UM, AND THEN COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING, ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
SO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT ONCE WE FINISH THIS, WE'RE NOT DONE ONCE WE FINISH HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, IN ADDITION, JUST BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS WORKS IS, PRIOR TO ANY, UH, FINAL PLAT FOR THE SUBDIVISION BEING APPROVED, THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATIONS OF THE AGREEMENT MUST BE REVIEWED BY MYSELF, UH, AND THEN ALSO APPROVED BY THE PLANT, BY THE P AND Z.
SO THERE'S KIND OF A TWO STEP PROCESS.
FIRST, IT GETS APPROVED BY ME.
WHAT I DO IS I GO THROUGH AND ENSURE IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER 10.
WE SEND IT BACK WITH THE ORDINANCE, UM, AND TELLING THEM TO WHAT ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THERE'S SOMETHING UNIQUE, AS WE SAW LAST TIME, UM, WITH, UH, THE HOA OR WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING UNIQUE AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COVER IN THE HOA DOCUMENT, WE MAY ADD IT.
SO THESE NECESSARILY AREN'T, THESE ARE SORT OF THE MINIMUMS, IF YOU WILL.
SO THERE ARE AT TIMES THAT WE DO MAKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE, TO THE HOA AGREEMENT, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T WANNA GET OUT, OUT OF LINE OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, UM, UNDER THE STATE LAW AND THEN THE PROPERTY CODE AND PUT, UM, UNDUE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE, ON THE DEVELOPER.
SO, UM, GOING THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS, THESE ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT MANY OTHER CITIES AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR, FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS HERE IN DESOTO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST CHANGE, THE FIRST CHANGE, UM, OCCURS UNDER, UM, SECTION 10.406, F NUMBER TWO, OR IT IS UP ON MY SCREEN.
AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT'S ADDING A PROVISION THAT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FROM THE DEVELOPER TO THE HOMEOWNER.
SO THERE'LL BE PROVISIONS IN THERE, UM, THAT, THAT DISCUSS WHEN THIS HOA WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE DEVELOPER TO THE HOMEOWNER.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, WE'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS BEFORE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS OF, OF A DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THIS WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER OR NOT WHAT IS IN THERE IS ACCEPTABLE OR NOT, OR IF WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DEVELOPER LOOKING AT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND SEE IF THE HOA NEEDS TO BE KIND OF PHASED DIFFERENTLY.
UM, SO, BUT THAT KIND OF GIVES US THE ABILITY TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
QUESTIONS ON, ON, ON THAT ONE.
GO BACK TO THAT ONE REAL QUICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I, UH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL? MM-HMM.
I, MY QUESTION I GUESS IS, IS WHAT THIS SAYING, AND I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, IS THAT ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF, LIKE, SOMETIMES IT CAN TAKE DECADES LITERALLY FOR THE IT TO BE COMPLETELY PHASED OUT, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WHERE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS LATER, THEN WE HEAR THAT, OH, THERE'S AN HOA TYPE OF A THING.
SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THIS PROVISION WOULD ALLOW US, MEANING WHO IS US FOR THE CITY? FOR THE CITY, YEAH, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR BOTH.
WHEN WE GET IT FOR BOTH, WE WILL START WITH STAFF, STAFF TAKING A LOOK AT IT AND MAKING A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE, IS THERE ONE HOA, ARE THERE TWO HOAS? ARE THERE THREE HOAS? AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
YOU JUST CAN'T SAY, OKAY, IT'S GONNA TAKE, THEY BELIEVE IT'S GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS TO DEVELOP THE SUBDIVISION.
WELL, THINGS MAY CHANGE AND IT MAY TAKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE ECONOMY MAY TAKE 10 YEARS, 10 YEARS, AND THEY WANT TO DO ONE HOA BECAUSE OF MAYBE IT HAS A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMMON AREAS.
SO JUST HAVING, JUST HAVING ONE SMALLER HOA HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONTAIN THAT COMMON AREA MAY NOT BE ECONOMICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, VIABLE FOR, FOR THAT AREA.
SO IT JUST ALLOWS US, GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, AS, AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US AFTER THE FACT.
SO, AND THIS IS MY QUESTION, MEANING LIKE, IF WE INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE THREE YEARS TO GET TO THAT POINT, AND THEN IT'S LOOKING LIKE NOW TO BE MORE LIKE 10 YEARS, LIKE YOU SAID, DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, WILL WE BE ABLE TO COME BACK AFTER, AT THAT THREE YEAR MARK AS A CITY AND SAY, UM, OKAY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN TO KIND OF, I MEAN, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE ABOUT ONCE, ONCE, ONCE, ONCE A, ONCE THOSE BYLAW BYLAWS, AND ONCE EVERYTHING IS APPROVED AND FILED, WE AS THE CITY, WE, WE STEP BACK FROM THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, AGAIN, TO STEP IN AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN PUT IN, IN OUR PROVISIONS THAT NOW GIVE US THE ABILITY TO STEP IN AND UNWIND, UNWIND WHAT ALREADY HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN DONE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION EARLY ON.
WE NEED TO, YEAH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WAS REASONABLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, SOMEWHAT ON THE SAME LINES AS I WAS GONNA BE QUESTIONING, BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S ON THE PREMISE OF A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF HOMES BE FILLED, AND THAT COULD TAKE 20 YEARS.
WELL, IN THE 20 YEARS A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
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GONNA BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON.ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROVISION BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT? KAY.
HEARING NONE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY GRITA.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
LOOKING AT, UH, UH, NUMBER EIGHT UNDER, UH, SECTION, SECTION F STILL IS.
UH, AND THIS WAS, UM, RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS IS THE NOTICE THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN HERE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE NOTICE THAT YOU WOULD SEE DOWN IN G THAT GOES TO THE PURCHASER.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, IS THAT THE RIGHT ONE? YEAH, NO.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, A REQUIREMENT, UM, THAT THERE'RE BEING NOTICE POSTED IN LIKE THE MODEL HOMES AND SO FORTH, MAKING THEM AWARE OF THE, UM, OF THE MANDATORY, UM, UM, ASSOCIATION.
WHAT EIGHT WILL DO IS PROVISION REQUIRING THAT PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF THE HOA FROM THE DEVELOPER TO THE RESIDENCE, THAT THE DEVELOPER MAIL AN ANNUAL NOTICE TO PURCHASERS NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31ST OF EACH YEAR, STATING THAT A PROPERTY ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND MEMBERSHIP IS MANDATORY FOR ALL PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE NOTICE SHALL STATE AT A MINIMUM THAT THE BUILDER SHALL PROVIDE ANY PERSON UPON THEIR REQUEST THE ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTS AND A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION OF DUES INCOME AND ASSOCIATION EXPENSES.
SO THAT IS PUTTING A BURDEN BACK ON, SAY, BURDEN, BUT IT'S PUTTING A REQUIREMENT BACK ON THE, ON THE DEVELOPER THAT TO SEND THOSE ANNUAL NOTICES OUT, MAKING THOSE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE, OF THE HOA, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE, THOSE ANNUAL, UH, NOTICES TO BE MAILED.
I JUST WANNA GET CLARITY ON THAT.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CITY WOULD SEND THAT OUT OR THE NO, NO, NO.
WE PUT THAT BACK ON THE, ON THE DEVELOPER, BE THE DEVELOPER'S REQUIREMENT TO SEND THAT OUT.
SO HOW WOULD THE CITY, UH, FROM AN INTERNAL CONTROL PERSPECTIVE, KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON A COMPLAINT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING TO SEE THAT EVERYBODY IS RECEIVING THEIR ANNUAL NOTICES.
THAT THAT PUTS A BURDEN BACK ON US TO, TO HAVE TO, TO MONITOR THAT.
PROBABLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ASK THEM TO PROVIDE A LETTER TO THE CITY AS WELL, LIKE PUT US ON THE MAILING LIST ON IT, AND THEN WE CAN JUST, WE SEE WHICH ONES COME IN AND WE CAN KIND OF REACH OUT AND CONTACT THE ONES THAT DON'T.
AND, AND KEEP IN MIND TOO, THAT MOST OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE IN OUR, IN OUR CODE, WE, WE DO, WE DO MOST OF OUR DEVELOPMENT HERE THROUGH, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WE MAKE A REC, WE MAKE A REFERENCE TO THESE, OR IF NOT, WE USUALLY TAKE THESE VERBATIM AND PUT THEM IN THAT ORDINANCE.
AND THAT ORDINANCE DOES CARRY A PENALTY.
IF THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THE, THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THERE.
SO, AND WE PUT 'EM ON NOTICE THAT THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MANDATORY HOME HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CONTAINED IN, IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS IN THEIR PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THEY NEED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
FAILURE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE COULD RESULT IN A FINE, UP TO $2,000 A DAY FOR, FOR FAILURE TO VIOLATE, I MEAN, FOR FAILURE, UH, FOR FAILING.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, CITY ATTORNEY, GR AND, UH, NUMBER NINE FOR, UH, CONDOMINIUMS AND TOWN HOMES, UH, PROVISIONS PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF A UNIT FOR
CONDOMINIUMS, TOWN HOMES ARE PROVISION PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF A UNIT FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME, NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR, UNLESS OTHERWISE GRANTED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
SO THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE, WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST, UH, THE LAST ZONING CASE THAT WAS BEFORE US.
SO I'M, THE ASSUMPTION, I GUESS, IS THAT THE, THE CLOCK STARTS AT THE PURCHASE OF IT.
SO ONCE THAT OWNER PURCHASES THE UNIT, CORRECT, IT, IT WOULD, AND THAT WILL BE IN THE ACTUAL, THAT WILL LOOK TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE ACTUAL HOA DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE APPROVING TO SEE WHEN THAT CLOCK STARTS.
BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE NOT FROM THE APPROVAL, BUT FROM WHEN THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OCCURS.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCILMAN BURKE? UM, I LOVE THE PROVISION.
THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE IS, UM, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD DEVELOP HOMES, OUR, OUR DUPLEXES, HOW DOES THIS, UM, BECAUSE IF, IF YOU GO SOUTH, NORTH ON HAMPTON ROAD, THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD OF DUPLEXES SIMILAR TO THIS.
AND I, I I JUST QUESTION, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR CONDOMINIUMS AND TOWN HOMES, I UNDERSTAND THAT LANGUAGE.
BUT HOW DO WE, HOW, WHAT WOULD WE SAY AGAINST SOMEONE, UH, THAT WAS LIKE TRYING TO DEVELOP A BELT LINE THAT WERE MORE, UM, UH, DUPLEXES AND THOSE TYPES.
SO I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT EXTENDING, EXTENDING THE, THE VERBIAGE.
AND, AND I THINK ONE THING WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IS, REMEMBER WE, WE GOT, WE GOTTA
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WALK A LINE BETWEEN ZONING REGULATIONS AND NOT USING THIS TO CONTROL ZONING.SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND PUT IN A, A A, AND I, I WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MAYBE JUST NOT A DUPLEX, BUT MANY DUPLEXES, RIGHT? OR A, UM, THAT ARE ALL RENTALS, CORRECT.
IS THAT BETTER CONTROLLED THROUGH A ZONING MECHANISM, COULD POSSIBLY BE RENTALS? I THINK THAT WHAT WE SAW, AND IF YOU NOTICE ON BELTLINE, THAT WHOLE PIECE OF PROPERTY, THAT WHOLE THING IS UP FOR SALE NOW BECAUSE, UH, THE COUNCIL WAS SMART ENOUGH NOT TO FALL FOR THE TRICKS.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD, I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD BE DONE THROUGH ZONING OR NOT, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BETTER VEHICLE TO DO IT, UH, WITH THE SAME SPIRIT THAT THIS IS IN WITHOUT INFRINGING UPON, UM, INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.
OWNERS, YOU KNOW, THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS.
UM, SO, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS FOR CONDOMINIUMS, UH, TOWN HOMES AND DUPLEXES PROVISIONS PROHIBITING THE RENTAL OF A UNIT FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME, NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR.
CAN WE SAY SOMETHING LIKE MULTIFAMILY? I WOULD THAT BE NO, BECAUSE MULTIFAMILY IS IS MORE THAN THAT.
I MEAN, SO YEAH, I MIGHT JUST ADD DUPLEXES IN THERE OR SOMETHING.
WELL, I GUESS TO TO, TO YOUR, TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS WOULD BE PREDICATED ON IF THEY HAD A MANDATORY HOA CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M PLEXES WITH.
NO MANDATORY HOA AND IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPLY AT ALL UNDER THIS PROVISION, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT GOVERNED BY A MANDATORY HOA, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS DOCUMENT WOULD DO.
AND THEY MAY GO, THEY MAY GO STRAIGHT ZONING AND JUST AVOID HAVING TO MEET THIS, MEET THIS REQUIREMENT FOR STRAIGHT ZONING AND NOT DO A MANDATORY HOA IS MY THOUGHT.
COULD YOU NOT USE THE NEW, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LIKE THE LOW DENSITY, UM, MID DENSITY UP APPROACH VERSUS JUST PUTTING A NAME ON THE CONDOMINIUM OR TOWNHOUSE E EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UH, WELL, YESTERDAY IN OUR COMP, UH, PLAN WE TALKED ABOUT, INSTEAD OF, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT RESIDENTIAL IN, UM, UM, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? IT WAS A SPECIAL NAME.
WE WERE CHANGING LOW, LOW DENSITY.
WE WERE CHANGING OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO RESIDENTIAL YEAH.
MARKETS, OR, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE TERMINOLOGY THAT WAS USED, BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS MOVING US TO, INSTEAD OF SAYING PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WE'D SAY LOW DENSITY, HIGH DENSITY.
AND SO IF SOMEONE IS MOVING IN ON THOSE ZONINGS, THEN WE COULD JUST IDENTIFY WITHIN THE HIGH, THE HIGH DENSITY ZONING AREAS OR, UH, THIS REQUIREMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
AND THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY TOWN HOME OR CONDOMINIUM OR MULTIFAMILY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
BUT IT'S ONLY GONNA BE FOR THOSE WHERE WE WE'RE REQUIRING THIS MANDATORY HOA.
SO ARE WE REQUIRING MANDATORY HOAS FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DENSITY PROJECTS? AND AN HOA MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR EVERY TYPE, EVERY TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT THAT'S OUT THERE, MEANING WHETHER IT'S MULTIFAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
AND IF, IF WE KEEP THIS IN MIND, KEEP AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THIS, IF WE, IF WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT COMES IN THAT IS, DOES, GOES THROUGH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE, BUT ALSO WITH THE MANDATORY HOA REQUIREMENTS, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE THE MANDATORY HOA, AND IT'S GONNA BE THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT, MAYBE NOT A TOWN HOME, MAYBE NOT A CONDOMINIUM, BUT THE DUPLEX THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ADDRESSING IT AT THAT TIME AND REQUIRING IT IN THE ACTUAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
'CAUSE WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN ADJUST THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MANDATORY HOAS THROUGH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
JOE, CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY ON WHAT TRIGGERS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERY, EVERY PD OR EVERY, EVERY NEW, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY BEING DEVELOPED, IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN HOA.
WELL, AND MAYBE I'M SAYING IT, I'M USING THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY, BUT RIGHT NOW, IF, IF THERE WAS THE SUBDIVISION ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON WINTER GREEN, AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA HAVE CHARLES, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE HAD A STRAIGHT ZONING COME IN.
I KNOW E ALMOST EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE FROM A RESIDENTIAL ASPECT, AT LEAST FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO WE'VE INCORPORATED THESE IN HERE, AND I KNOW NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CODE, IT'S LIKE THE CITY MAY REQUIRE THE, MAY REQUIRE, UM, THESE PROVISIONS.
AND THEN WE GO AND WE PUT 'EM IN THE CODE, SAY IN THE PD.
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WITH THE FOLLOWING.A PART OF THE TRIGGER IN OUR PD IS FIRST ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENT HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF THREE ACRES.
A LOT OF DEVELOPERS I HAVE SEEN SINCE MY TENURE YEAR HAVE BEEN GOING TO A PD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN REQUESTING DEVIATIONS.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY A DEVELOPER CAN REQUEST A DEVIATION IS THROUGH A PD.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE ALSO HAD ONE DEVELOPER, AND I THINK IT WAS FIRST TEXAS WHO DID A STRAIGHT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I THINK IT'S OFF OF PARKER.
WITH THE EXISTING ZONING SF 10.
SO THAT PARTICULAR LARGE DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT HAVE A PD WOULD NOT HAVE A HOA BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PD.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY THEY CAN ESTABLISH AN HOA THEY CAN FOR THEY CAN IS THEY COMMON PROPERTY? BUT THAT, THAT, THIS IS, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S DOWN TO PRACTICALITY.
IF THEY HAVE COMMON PROPERTY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE MAINTAINED, THEY'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH THE HOA, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THEIR ORDINANCE TO DO SO.
NOTHING PROHIBITS THEM FROM DOING THAT PART.
AND I, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, AS A PERSON WHO IS QUITE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH HOAS, I DO APPRECIATE THIS LANGUAGE.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT IT'S COVERING THE CITY WITHOUT ACTUALLY TAKING OWNERSHIP AS IT SHOULD.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK THAT, UM, LIKE WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE DUPLEXES, I DON'T THINK DUPLEXES WOULD WORK IN THIS SITUATION, IN THAT A DUPLEX IN ITS VERY NATURE, MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE MORE THAN ONE FAMILY.
IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WORK BECAUSE YOU, MOST PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BUY A DUPLEX, A INDIVIDUAL DUPLEX.
THE TOWN HOMES DO GET, THEY LEND THEMSELVES TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANT A HOME, HOME, BUT THEY WANT A TOWN, THEY WANT A SMALLER FOOTPRINT, IF YOU WILL, BUT THEY WANNA OWN THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR HOME.
AND IN MOST CASES, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, YOU DO HAVE, LIKE BRANDON WAS, I MEAN, A CITY MANAGER WAS EXPLAINING THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO THE, AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THESE COMMON AREAS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN ORDER TO BEAUTIFY THAT AREA.
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT UP TO THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND THAT BECOMES AN HOA THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
SO IN MANY CASES, AN HOA IS ONLY GONNA BE CREATED WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE THAT THE DEVELOPER NO LONGER WANTS TO OR WILL, IS WILLING TO DO AFTER THEY LEAVE.
SO IN THIS CASE, I JUST, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS LANGUAGE.
THIS IS REALLY COVERING THE CITY WITHOUT TAKING THE OWNERSHIP.
AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO.
AND I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE KEEP IT KIND OF SIMPLE.
COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS PIECE? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION, UM, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A ORDINANCE, I OFTEN HEAR DURING PLANNING AND ZONING CASES WHERE, UH, THE APPLICANTS ARE ASKED IF THEY HAVE AN HOA, THIS WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A PART, WHAT I'M HEARING IS A PART OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE YES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR, AND WHEN YOU, WE HAVE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT BEFORE US.
IF YOU GO TO YOUR MATERIALS AND YOU, YOU FLIP, YOU WILL SEE IN THERE THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT THEY MUST ESTABLISH A MANDATORY HOA IN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10.4406 OR WITH, WITH, IN ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT'S NOT IN HERE, OR WE MAY JUST TAKE THIS VERBATIM AND PUT IT IN THERE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EVERY PD THERE, IT'S, IT'S SET OUT IN THE, IN THE PD ORDINANCE ITSELF.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY, MR. GO.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? THERE? IS THERE, SO IS THERE JUST A CONSENSUS WITH THE COUNCIL TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? COUNSEL, I'LL START AT MAYOR PRO.
TIM, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS PRESENTED? YES.
UH, I'M A YES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BY YES.
I THINK THAT, UH, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
AND, AND CAN I JUST CLARIFY REAL QUICK ON THE, THE, THE DUPLEX, CONVER DUPLEX CONVERSATION THAT, UH, FOR NOW, LEAVING THAT LANGUAGE OUT OF IT AND USING MORE DISCRETION ALONG THE WAY IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT REQUIRES IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY.
AND THERE, THERE'S PROBABLY A DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT TO BE HAD ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZONING THAT MAY, THAT MAY BE COMING FORWARD IN, IN THE, IN THE FUTURE YEARS.
UM, THAT, THAT ARE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PURE RENTAL COMMUNITIES, THAT MAY BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THEY MAY BE DUPLEXES, BUT THAT'S, I THINK, THAT DISCUSSION'S FOR, FOR A LATER DATE.
AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR
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WORK SESSION.MARK SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BY TO ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AT 6:35 PM COUNCIL, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
I WILL SEE YOU ALL HERE AT 7:00 PM SHARP FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.
[B. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.IT IS 7:00 PM AND I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR.
I WANNA CALL THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING, GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISOLM HERE.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR DEREK JACOBS WITH THE VILLAGE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY STUDENT AUDREY PEREZ WITH UPLIFT TI CAMPUS.
IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND TO OUR MAYOR AND TO ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
OH LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME AND ALL THE EARTH FOR THAT? OH GOD, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE.
WE THANK YOU GOD, FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND TO ALL THE LEADERS WHO JUST PROVIDE PHENOMENAL LEADERSHIP OVER THIS CITY.
AND IF WE PREPARE FOR THIS TIME OF BUSINESS OF MEETING, GATHERING TOGETHER, WE JUST KNOW GOD, THAT YOU ARE PRESENT HERE WITH US AND THAT THE DECISIONS AND THE CONVERSATION, THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, WILL MAKE US EVEN STRONGER COMMUNITY AND EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY.
GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE.
NO ONE THAT THE BEST IS STILL YET TO COME.
IT'S IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME THAT WE PRAY.
STUDENT AMBASSADOR, PLEASE SAY, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY TEXAS, BY THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLEDGE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND LS FOR ALL THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD WON AN INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU PASTOR JACOBS FOR THAT PRAYER FOR OUR MEETING.
UM, AND THANK YOU MS. PEREZ FOR BEING OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR.
DIDN'T SHE DO A FANTASTIC JOB? CAN WE GIVE HER A HAND CLAP? I'M GONNA READ YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MS. PEREZ.
UM, SO MEET AUDREY PEREZ, A FIFTH GRADER AT UPLIFT GRATIS PREPARATORY.
SHE'S AN AVID READER AND A PASSIONATE STUDENT WHO LOVES TO STUDY AND BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSES HER CREATIVITY AND ARTISTRY THROUGH PAINTING AFTER SCHOOL.
AUDREY LOVES DIVING INTO THE WORLD OF LEARNING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
BUT ALSO ENJOY SOME WELL DESERVED RELAXATION, DON'T WE ALL? AUDREY
AUDREY IS A TRUE STANDOUT BECAUSE OF HER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
HER TEACHER OFTEN DESCRIBES HER AS BEING PRINCIPLED, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO HER STRONG SENSE OF ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY.
HELP ME WELCOME AUDREY AS SHE ASSISTS US WITH OUR COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
AND SO OUR STUDENT AMBASSADORS ASSIST US.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, YOU MAY DO SO.
HOWEVER, YOU MUST FIRST FILL OUT A CARD, UM, AND SHE WILL ASSIST YOU WITH GETTING THAT CARD AND GETTING IT TURNED IN OVER THERE AT THE TABLE.
MS. LEWIS, CAN YOU WAVE YOUR HAND, MR. MR. BREWER? UM, SHE'LL BE OVER THERE TO ASSIST YOU.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ASSISTING IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
AND WE HAVE SOME GOODIES FOR YOU.
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THANK YOU.UH, THANK YOU MOM AND DAD AND BABY SISTER FOR BEING HERE AT OUR MEETING TONIGHT AS WELL AND SUPPORTING, UH, SUPPORTING AUDREY IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
UH, MS. THOMAS, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[C. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
HAVE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.0415.THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES.
AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM.
THE DESOTO AREA CHAMBER IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENT THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, STARTING AT SEVEN 30, THERE IS STILL TIME TO SIGN UP.
THEY WILL BE AT THE THORN TREE COUNTRY CLUB.
THE PHONE NUMBER IS (972) 224-3565, OR YOU CAN REGISTER@DESOTOAREACHAMBER.ORG.
OUR N SUPERNATIONAL BMX TOURNAMENT IS ALSO THIS WEEKEND, OCTOBER 20TH THROUGH THE 22ND, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT DESOTO, BMX GRIMES PARK, 500 EAST CENTER PARK BOULEVARD.
AND IT, YOU CAN REGISTER AT DESOTO BM XTO@GMAIL.COM.
THAT IS A FABULOUS TOURNAMENT.
YOU DON'T WANNA MISS IT IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
AND THEN FINALLY, I HAVE THE OCTOBER FUND FEST FOR YOUTH AGES 14 AND UNDER.
IT WILL BE AT, ON HALLOWEEN, OF COURSE, HERE AT THE RECREATION CENTER, AND YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP AT DESOTO TEXAS.GOV/REGISTER.
I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOU.
DESOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE INVITES YOU TO GET INVOLVED.
UH, JOIN US FOR A MEET AND GREET OCTOBER 30TH AT SIX 30 TO 8:00 PM HERE AT DE AT DESOTO CITY HALL.
UH, THIS MEETING, THE PURPOSE OF DESOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE IS TO BRING TOGETHER A GROUP OF STRANGERS OR NEIGHBORS, UM, WHO ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
JUST TWO THINGS, JUST LIVE OR WORK HERE AND CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE DINING AND DIALOGUE IS A VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER AND DISCUSS ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY AT DINNER EVENTS WITH EIGHT TO 10 PARTICIPANTS LED BY A TRAINED FACILITATOR.
SO LET'S GET OUT THE HOUSE, OCTOBER 30TH, SIX 30.
MEET US HERE AT CITY HALL AND GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
I ALSO WANT TO, UH, ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, THE DESOTO VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
UM, ACTUALLY, I WANNA THANK, UH, STAFF, MS. KATHY FOR THE VETERANS GA GALA THAT TOOK PLACE THIS MONTH.
I THINK IT JUST BECAME THE IT EVENT.
UH, WE HAD A SOLD OUT HOUSE, UH, OF VETERANS OF ALL AGES AND RANGES, UH, AND, AND, AND THEY ALL COULD DANCE.
IT WAS VERY AMAZING HOW MANY LINE DANCES THEY KNEW.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU MS. KATHY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH STAFF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT POSSIBLE.
SO ALSO WITH VETERANS DAY COMING VERY FAST, UM, MYSELF AND THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION ARE PARTNERING TOGETHER TO HOST A OUR THIRD ANNUAL, UH, VETERAN APPRECIATION BREAKFAST.
DO I HAVE ANY VETERANS IN THE HOUSE? WOO HOO.
I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO
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THE BREAKFAST.IT'S, IT IS ON NOVEMBER THE 11TH, WHICH IS VETERAN'S DAY.
IT'S AT 8:00 AM CHARLTON METHODIST HOSPITAL, WHICH IS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DESOTO, HAS AGREED TO, UH, SPONSOR THE EVENT.
WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER WHO'S A RETIRED AIR FORCE, UH, UH, OFFICER WHO, UM, DOES A LOT OF WORK TOO AROUND VETERANS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I ATTENDED LAST MONDAY THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING AS LIAISON FOR DESOTO.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF A UPCOMING, A GRANT THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, UH, CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT.
UM, LONG STORY SHORT, UH, NCO WILL BE GETTING CLOSE TO, UH, $4 BILLION.
AND THE, THE, THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE, UH, IS GONNA BE COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE, NON-COMPETITIVE FOR THE FIRST PHASE, COMPETITIVE FOR THE FIRST PHASE.
AND IT'S ALL AROUND PROJECTS THAT OUR CITY COULD DO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE AIR CONDITION, THE AIR, UH, CONDITIONS.
UM, JUST, UH, I CARBON MONOXIDE, UM, ZONE OZONE, THE WHOLE NINE.
THEY BASE IT ALSO ON, UH, LOW INCOME AREAS AS BEING PRIORITY.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS YOU COULD DO IS, IS IF THERE'S AN INVESTMENT OR WANT INVESTMENT IN, UM, ELECTRIC CARS, UH, TRASH POLLUTION, ANYTHING RELATED TO POLLUTION OR PROGRAMS THAT COULD HELP MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENT BETTER, NOW'S THE TIME TO GRAB IN ON IT.
I'M GONNA START SITTING IN ON THOSE MEETINGS, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, DR. MARKS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR.
I JUST HAVE TWO UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS TO GO FORTH THIS EVENING.
FIRST OF ALL, PRESENTED BY SNOOP ROBINSON.
THIS WILL BE A JAZZ AND R AND B NIGHT WITH A TASTE OF COMEDY CONCERT BY MICHELLE WINTERS AND COMPANY.
THE SHOWTIME WILL BE SEVEN UNTIL 8:30 PM JOURNAL ADMISSION IS ONLY $25.
WE WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR TICKETS, AND THOSE MAY BE OBTAINED AT DESOTO EVENT EVENT BRIGHT.COM.
AND OF COURSE, IT WILL BE HELD RIGHT HERE AT THE DESOTO CORNER THEATER, LOCATED AT TWO 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD HERE IN DESOTO.
THE NEXT, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED PROUDLY PRESENTS FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE ARTS, HONORING THOSE IN THE ARTS WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES.
THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 3RD IN THE CORNER.
THEATER TICKETS ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE.
SO WE COURTLY INVITE YOU TO PLEASE SHOW UP, UH, ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
UH, DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6:30 PM HOWEVER, THE PERFORMANCE WILL START AT SEVEN O'CLOCK UNTIL 10:00 PM NOW, AS A PRECURSOR TO THIS, ON NOVEMBER 1ST, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A SPOT ON WFFA, UH, CHANNEL EIGHT NEWS WITH SHARRA PARKER.
UH, SHE HAS AGREED TO DO A SEGMENT, UH, WITH DELTA SIGMA THETA'S, UH, PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH OUR OWN, UH, ROLANDA BRIGHAM HERE AT DESOTO.
SHE IS OUR ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE, UH, MANAGER.
IN THAT INTERVIEW, THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING HOW, UH, THE EVENT FALLING ME IN LOVE WITH THE ARTS AND OF COURSE, OUR ARTS MASTER PLAN, HOW THOSE TWO EVENTS AND HOW, UH, THAT PLAN MERGED TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'D LIKE, I LIKE FOR YOU TO PLEASE TURN YOUR TELEVISION SETS ON, ON NOVEMBER 1ST AT 11 O'CLOCK TO LISTEN TO THAT PARTICULAR DISCUSSION.
UH, THIS IS A WAY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.
AND OF COURSE, AS WE, UH, BRING THAT AWARENESS TO OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, THAT'S GONNA HELP WITH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTA BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE BRINGING PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT WILL ASSIST US IN BECOMING A DESTINATION CITY FOR THE ARTS.
THANK YOU, DR. MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY TONIGHT.
I KNOW A LOT OF READERS ARE SITTING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE TO THE LIBRARY.
THEY GOT SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING, BUT THEY HAVE ONE THING LEFT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WHICH IS OCTOBER 28TH.
AND THAT IS THE TEENS MENTORING PROGRAM.
IT ACTUALLY IS, UH, INVITING GIRLS AGES 13 TO 18, AND THEY'RE FOR FASHION SHOW AND SOME OTHER GREAT ITEMS. UH, AND THE HOST IS BOSSY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THAT ACRONYM IS, UH, BEAUTIFIED OUTWARDLY, UM, SATISFIED INWARDLY AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY HOSTING THIS AND TEENS EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE POINTS FOR ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING.
SO GET OUT THERE AND GET REGISTERED AND BRING YOUR TEENS TO LET THEM GET
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INVOLVED.THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY, JOINED THE CITY OF DESOTO AND THE DESOTO ARTIST LAB FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY FILLED WITH CREATIVITY, LIVE PERFORMANCES, DELICIOUS FOOD, AND LOCAL ARTISTRY.
SO ON THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM ONE O'CLOCK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE DESOTO AMPHITHEATER RIGHT HERE.
UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE LIVE PERFORMANCES BY OUR DESOTO ARTIST LAB ARTISTS, FOOD TRUCKS, VENDORS WILL BE SHOWCASING THEIR LOCAL ART SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY MODERN CAJUN JAZZ COMBO.
AND THAT WILL START AT FIVE 30.
BRING YOUR FRIENDS, BRING YOUR FAMILY, AND JUST ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY OF CREATIVITY.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THIS SATURDAY BETWEEN ONE AND 7:00 PM THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BUR, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UH, PLEASE REMEMBER, AS WE, UM, REDO OUR STREETS AND OUR ROADS TO MAKE, UH, DRIVING AROUND DESOTO BETTER, THAT, UM, THE, THAT WINTER GREEN BETWEEN WESTMORELAND AND COCKRELL HILL, WINTER GREEN ROAD BETWEEN WESTMORELAND AND COCKRELL HILL, THAT WHOLE, UH, UH, OVER THE BRIDGE AND THE CRAZY CURVE, ALL OF THAT IS ONLY EASTBOUND ONLY UNLESS YOU LIVE IN CLUB BRIDGE.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE BRIDGE, YOU CANNOT CROSS THE BRIDGE.
AND IT'LL BE THAT WAY FOR PROBABLY THE NEXT 60 DAYS OR SO.
SO AS YOU'RE TRAVELING, UH, AT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO YOUR TRAVELING, UH, SCHEDULE, WE ARE RECONSTRUCTING THAT, THAT ROAD IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL ONCE IT'S ALL DONE, BUT WE ARE KIND OF HAVING A FEW HEADACHES WHILE WE'RE DOING IT.
I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, REGARDING SOME OF THE AWESOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I WANTED TO FIRST JUST SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO OUR, I SEE WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR DESOTO ISD FAMILY IN THE BUILDING TONIGHT.
I WAS ABLE TO BE WITH THEM TODAY FOR THE COLLEGE DRIVEN GEAR UP EVENT, AND WE HAD GIRL TALK, AND SO IT WAS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS, AND WE HAD JUST AN, AN AMAZING CONVERSATION.
I WAS INVITED AS, AS FIRST AND FOREMOST AN ALUMNI TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, BUT I KNEW I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE WHEN I WALKED IN.
AND THEY INTRODUCED ME AS THE BEYONCE OF MAYORS.
UM, AND WE DID THE MU CHALLENGE, SO WHO KNEW? SO
SO, UM, YEAH, WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME, UH, TODAY,
UM, AND SO I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS WELL.
UM, FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM, SHE RECEIVED THE LADIES OF DISTINCTION, TRINITY WEST INCORPORATED COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, AS WELL AS HER ATE, UH, MAYOR PROTI HUGHES, WHO ALSO RECENTLY RECEIVED THE WOMEN OF WISDOM AWARD PRESENTED BY THE ELITE NEWS.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
I ALWAYS SAY, WHEN OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SHINE, OUR COMMUNITY SHINES BECAUSE YOU TAKE DESOTO WITH YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON THOSE, UM, VERY DISTINCT RECOGNITIONS.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT I WANNA UNDERSCORE.
THEN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR PROCLAMATION.
SO DAC AS WELL AS, UH, MISS YOLANDA, PLEASE GET READY FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO ANNOUNCE IS IN REGARD TO OUR FAITH LEADERS BREAKFAST, WHICH HAPPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
AND THIS IS A QUARTERLY BREAKFAST THAT WE HOST FOR OUR FAITH COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ANY FAITH FACE NONPROFITS HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
THIS IS THE FINAL BREAKFAST FOR THE YEAR.
SO LET ME SAY THIS TO ALL THE PASTOR THAT'S THERE THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, MADE, I'M GONNA SAY MADE COMMENTARY AT THE LAST BREAKFAST.
SO YOU, YOU WILL, UH, WE, WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND SO WE WANNA APPRECIATE YOU ON THAT DAY.
THAT'S WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, UM, AT EIGHT 30.
AND IT WILL BE AS USUAL IN THE BLUE BONNET ROOM.
AND SO, UM, IT IS A FREE EVENT, HOWEVER, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU REGISTER, UM, IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE YOU WITH EXCELLENCE.
THIS IS ALSO OUR CO-ED CELEBRATION.
SO OUR CO-ED IS OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER.
AND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING, UM, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR, ALONG WITH OUR FAITH COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT TIME, UM, ON THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, UM, PLEASE SEE, UM, THE CITY'S EVENT, RIGHT PAGE, OR YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE.
THE LINKS ARE THERE, THE EVENTS AND LINKS ARE THERE TO REGISTER AS WELL AS THEY'RE SHARED
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ON MY PAGE.AND MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SHARED THE INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER THE SECOND EVENT, UH, WHICH IS A REALLY FUN EVENT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SUPPORT, UM, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
UM, IT IS THE FIRST LADIES BRUNCH AND THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL FIRST LATEST BRUNCH WE HAVE.
SO, UM, THIS PARTICULAR EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING ON NEXT SATURDAY, THAT IS OCTOBER, UH, 28TH.
UM, AND WE WILL BE HONORING DE SOTO'S PINK WARRIORS.
AND SO AGAIN, UM, THE ATTIRE OR SUGGESTED ATTIRE FOR THE EVENT IS YOUR FAVORITE HATS AND A PAIR OF FLATS.
SO WE SAY HATS AND FLATS, UM, AND OF COURSE, WEAR PINK TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE.
WE'LL HAVE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, DR.
DANIELLE JACOBY, WHO IS, UH, THE KEY BREAST SURGEON FOR METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER.
UM, SHE WILL BE SPEAKING AS WELL AS WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL SURVIVOR STORIES, UM, FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
FOLKS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE SURVIVORS WILL BE SHARING THEIR STORIES OF HOW THEY OVERCAME.
AND SO IT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT DAY OF INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND REALLY HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT MAY BE ON THAT JOURNEY OR HAVE BEEN ON THAT JOURNEY, AS WELL AS TO HONOR THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO WON THEIR BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER.
AND SO THAT'S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH.
UM, AND THAT IS AT 11:00 AM AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER, ALSO IN THE BLUE BONNET ROOMS HERE.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, AGAIN, IT IS A FREE EVENT, UM, HOWEVER YOU NEED TO REGISTER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.
AND IF YOU ARE A DESOTO RESIDENT WHO IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, PLEASE REGISTER TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HONOR YOU.
WE WILL BE, UM, HAVING SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DESOTO RESIDENTS AND THEIR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AS WELL.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO CALL UP, UM, MS. YOLANDA KING, WHO IS THE VICTIM'S ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, AS WELL AS, UM, THOSE MEMBERS OF DAC WHO ARE PRESENT TONIGHT TO RECEIVE A PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
AND AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, UH, MANY OF US ARE WEARING OUR PURPLE TONIGHT TO, UH, IN HONOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A, UH, VERY SERIOUS MATTER AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO BRING, UH, LIGHT TO THIS CAUSE, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE VICTIMS, AS WELL AS EVEN SOMETIMES THOSE PERPETRATORS AND THOSE THAT NEED HELP, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO I WANNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS NEARLY ONE IN THREE WOMEN AND ONE IN FOUR MEN IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE SUFFERED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS OF EVERY AGE, ETHNICITY, NATIONALITY, ECONOMIC STATUS, AND BELIEF.
AND WHEREAS CRIMES LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INHIBIT OUR COMMUNITY FROM REACHING ITS FULL POTENTIAL.
AND ALTHOUGH GREAT PROGRESS IN BRINGING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING PROTECTIONS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN MADE, MUCH WORK STILL REMAINS CONFINEMENT IN RE RELEGATED HOMES, WHICH SHOULD BE PLACES OF COMFORT AND STABILITY, WHERE LOVE AND MUTUAL RESPECT THRIVE INTO PRISONS WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITY FOR ESCAPE.
AND WHEREAS THE DESOTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION, OTHER KNOWN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DAC HAS ESTABLISHED, UH, WAS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2016, TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS TO HOW TO IMPROVE THE CITY OF DESOTOS RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS FOCUSING ON SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS WITH CHILDREN AND TEENS WHO WITNESS AND OR ARE VICTIMIZED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THIS HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER EXPERTS, ADVOCATES, RESEARCHERS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONALS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO DEVELOPING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO HELP DESOTO ADDRESS AND PREVENT THESE SERIOUS PROBLEMS, LEARN THE SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND DEVELOP OR STRENGTHEN METHODS TO REPORT AND END THE ATTACKS.
AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO ENSURE HOMES ARE PLACES OF REFUGE, COMFORT AND PROTECTION, AND ARE NOT PLACES OF FEAR AND ABUSE.
WE URGE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO JOIN IN AND PAINT DESOTO PURPLE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL O PROCTOR BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2023 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND CALL UPON ALL VICTIMS TO STAND FIRM IN CONDEMNING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF THESE CRIMES IN FINDING THE SAFETY AND RECOVERY THEY NEED.
I ALSO URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT, RECOGNIZE, AND TRUST IN THE EFFORTS OF DVAC, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
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PROVIDERS TO HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE, PROTECT VICTIMS OF CRIME AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND PREVENT FUTURE VIOLENCE.IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING AND WITNESS WHEREOF.
I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CALLS THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED.
THIS 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023, SIGNED MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, ATTESTED TO BY ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY.
I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU, MS. YOLANDA, OKAY FOR YOU? YES, MA'AM.
I BELIEVE MATT WANTS TO GET A PHOTO AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[D. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
MOVE INTO CITIZEN APPEARANCES.THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD, SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADOR TABLE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE.
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 HAVE ONE CARD, MS. NADETTE, SIMON BREWSTER.
MS. BREWSTER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
SIMON BREWSTER, DESOTO, TEXAS.
UM, SO PREVIOUSLY C-B-C-D-B-G FUNDS WERE DISCUSSED AS A WAY TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO HOMEOWNERS FOR REPAIRS AND COSTS.
HOWEVER, I DON'T RECALL IF INTERIOR, I'M SORRY, EXTERIOR FENCING WAS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WITH INFLATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S HARD FOR SOME FAMILIES TO PAY FOR EVERYDAY ITEMS. IN SOME CASES, THE FAMILY PET MAY THEN BE CONSIDERED SECONDARY.
WE'VE ALL SEEN AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF PETS POSTED TO NEXTDOOR AS LOST OR FOUND.
AND IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL AS SOME MAY CHOOSE TO PAY FOR OTHER MUCH NEEDED ITEMS SUCH AS PRESCRIP, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, RENT, MORTGAGE, WATER, LIGHT BILL, OR EVEN FOOD WHILE THE PERIOD OF CBG FUNDS SUGGESTIONS HAVE PASSED.
I ASK THAT YOU FIND A WAY TO HELP WITH THE GROWING PROBLEM, WHETHER IT BE ASSISTING IN THE HIGH COST OFFENSE REPAIR AND ANNUAL SPAY OR NEUTER EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER, PET REGISTRATION WITH MICRO CHIPPING, OR FINALLY ADDING A DARK PUG TO OUR CITY.
AS MANY RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED IN, IN THE PAST, AND NOT JUST THAT, I ASK THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD YOUR SUMMER RETREAT AND IN THE PAST YOU'VE DISCUSSED CUSTOMER SERVICE, AS I'VE SPOKE ABOUT MANY TIMES, WHICH I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND.
UM, WE DISCUSSED IT IN RELATION TO THE OWNERS OF THE BUSINESSES, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ALL TO GO DEEPER, NOT JUST IN REGARDS TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT.
I ASK THAT YOU ALSO GO DEEPER IN REGARDS TO ONE-ON-ONE RELATION, NOT JUST WITH THOSE EMPLOYEES, BUT WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND THE CUSTOMER.
AND LASTLY, UM, YOU GUYS HAD A DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT IN RELATION TO THE MEETINGS.
YOU DISCUSSED SEVERAL WAYS TO ADJUST YOUR MEETINGS, BUT THE ONE THING THAT YOU DID NOT DISCUSS WAS THE PRESENTATIONS.
THE PRESENTATIONS ARE THE LONGEST PART OF YOUR MEETINGS.
AND SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS, THE EXACT SAME THING THAT'S DISCUSSED IN THE PRE-MEETING IS DISCUSSED IN THE REGULAR MEETING.
AND IN SOME CASES, THE PRESENTATION IS BEING READ
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WORD FOR WORD BY THE PRESENTER, WHICH TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME.SO I RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE YOU LOOK AT THAT IN PART OF YOUR ADJUSTMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP, I THINK, COUNCILWOMAN MARKS BROUGHT UP LAST NIGHT, THE SCROLLING OF THE EVENTS.
I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER IN THOSE SCROLLING OF EVENTS, YOU NOT CONSIDER THE ASPECT OF ACCESSIBILITY AS YOU BROUGHT UP LAST NIGHT AS WELL.
BUT YOU CONSIDER ACCESSIBILITY IN THE FORM OF NOT JUST THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT CANNOT WALK, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT CANNOT SEE OR HEAR AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? OKAY.
WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[1. Presentation of proclamation of National Principal Month]
MOVE INTO PRESENTATIONS.FIRST WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL PRINCIPLE MONTH.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PRO TIMM HUGHES, RECEIVING OUR DESOTO ISD PRINCIPLES.
I THINK LAST MEETING, I I, YOU ALL COULD TELL HOW EXCITED I WAS ABOUT THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT, THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN, AND GLAD TO SEE HER IN THE AUDIENCE.
BUT I WAS EXTREMELY PROUD KNOWING THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL THESE GREAT FINE PRINCIPLES HERE THIS MORNING THAT I WANNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR.
AND IF YOU WILL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE JOIN ME.
SO EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE IN THE HOUSE TODAY.
AND ANDY, IT READS, WHEREAS PRINCIPALS ARE AMONG THE HARDEST WORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO SET THE ACADEMIC TONE FOR THEIR SCHOOLS AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEACHERS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN HIGH CURRICULUM STANDARDS.
IT IS THEIR VISION, DEDICATION, AND DETERMINATION THAT PROVIDES A MOBILIZING FORCE FOR ACHIEVING STUDENT SUCCESS.
AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS SERVE AS EDUCATIONAL VISIONARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, ASSESSMENT EXPERTS, DISCIPLINARIANS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, BUDGET ANALYSTS, FACILITY MANAGERS, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERTS, MOST OF ALL, THEY ARE ENTRUSTED WITH SHAPING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS.
THE IDEAL PRINCIPAL DEMONSTRATES COMPETENCE AND COMPASSION IN EQUAL MEASURE AS WELL AS AN IRON WHEEL AND HEART OF GOLD FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS CULTIVATE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH TEACHING AND LEARNING, WHILE STRIVING TO FORGE POSITIVE SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE.
AND WHEREAS A PRINCIPAL'S ROLE STRETCHES FAR BEYOND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AS THEIR LEADERSHIP HAS A DEEP SEATED IMPACT ON THE VERY HEART OF EDUCATION, THEIR INFLUENCE RADIATES OUTWARDS TOUCHING ALL FACETS OF A SCHOOL AND SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCING STUDENT OUTCOMES.
AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH HONORS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE PRINCIPALS PLAY IN ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION WITH THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO SUCCEED.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL L PROCTOR BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, DO HERE PRO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2023 AS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SALUTE THESE UNSUNG HEROES FOR THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, AND WHO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A PROMISING AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.
AND WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED THE 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
RACHEL A PROCTOR MAYOR ALICIA THOMAS, ATTEST CITY SECRETARY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE PRINCIPAL OF UPLIFT GRADES CAMPUS PRESENT.
UM, DID SHE COME UP? IS SHE OH.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY.
OOH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S, UM, A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH, AND TO HELP INSTILL IN THEM, UH, PRINCIPLES AND IDEAS AND CONCEPTS, AND ALSO TO BROADEN THEIR MINDS, RIGHT, TO HELP 'EM SEE THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
OUR SOCIETY'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT'S
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CHA CHANGING AS WELL.WE WANT TO HELP TO ENSURE THAT TOO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS OF DESOTO, UH, COMMUNITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES TO SERVE YOUR STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES WE JOKE INSIDE THAT I'M THE LONGEST SERVING PRINCIPAL IN DESOTO.
I'VE BEEN IN DESOTO SINCE 2005.
AND SO I'VE ENJOYED WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE SEEN THE COMMUNITY GROW, UH, AND ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO BE APPRECIATED FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT A, A PLEASANT JOB WHERE WE GET A LOT OF THANKS AND GLORY, BUT WE DO IT BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE KIDS AND THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH OUR STUDENTS.
AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[2. Presentation of Proclamation of National Disability Employment Awareness Month]
WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH.IS MAYOR PROCTOR RECEIVING AS MANY WISE FROM BEST BUDDIES IS MS. WISE HERE? THERE YOU ARE.
IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO MAKE THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION AND HONOR OF NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, I BELIEVE FOR ABOUT THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.
UM, WE DID, IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THIS MATTER IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE DESOTO, WE STRIVE TO MAKE DESOTO TO BE, UM, AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE.
SO I WANNA PRESENT THIS, UM, THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, UM, TO OUR FRIENDS AT BEST BUDDIES.
WE'VE HAD THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TO LOOK AT SOME THINGS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO EMPLOYMENT FOR, UM, ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION.
AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATED TO DISABILITY AND EMPLOYMENT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS IN 1945 AS A WEEK CALLED NATIONAL EMPLOY, THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAP WEEK IN 1988, THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH WAS DECLARED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN AN EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DISABILITY, EMPLOYMENT NEEDS, AND TO CELEBRATE THE MANY AND VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THESE TYPES OF DISABILITIES.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S THEME OF ADVANCING ACCESS AND EQUITY, CELEBRATING THE PASSAGE OF THE REHABILITATION ACT A HALF CENTURY AGO, THE FIRST FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS ACCESS AND EQUITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND WHEREAS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE AN IMPORTANT VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AS VALUED WORKERS, CIVIC LEADERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, VETERANS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, AND THEY ARE INNOVATIVE AND VALUED CONTRIBUTORS IN THE WORKPLACE, THE CLASSROOM, AND THE COMMUNITY.
ACCORDING TO THE US BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, 21.3% OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY WERE EMPLOYED LAST YEAR UP FROM THE 19.1% IN 2021.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT CITY PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES EFFECTIVELY SERVE AND BENEFIT PERSONS OF ALL ABILITIES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY, SELF-RELIANCE, AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES FOR ALL PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH IS A TIME FOR SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES WHOSE DILIGENCE AND ADAPTABILITY, NO, NO BOUNDS.
AND WHEREAS ACTIVITIES DURING THIS MONTH WILL REINFORCE THE VALUE AND TALENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ADD TO OUR WORKPLACES AND COMMUNITIES, AND AFFIRM DESOTOS COMMITMENT TO AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT INCREASES ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY RACHEL L PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM
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THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2023 AS NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO EMBRACE THE TALENTS AND SKILLS THAT WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES BRING, AND TO PROMOTE THE RIGHT TO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED.
THIS 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021.
SIGNED MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, ATTESTED TO BY ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY.
I BELIEVE MATT WANTS TO TAKE, AT THIS TIME, THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[3. Presentation of Proclamation of National First Responders Day]
WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM RECEIVING IS KIMBERLY WOODS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF S-W-R-C-C.
MAY I ASK IF OUR CHIEFS CAN ALSO COME AS WELL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
Y'ALL STILL UP? Y'ALL AWAKE?
WHEREAS FIRST RESPONDERS INCLUDE 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SERVICES, PERSONNEL, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PER PROFESSIONALS, SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS, RESCUE PILOTS AND DIVERS, THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MEMBERS OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR.
THEY EACH LIVE THE A LIFE OF SERVICE, SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION.
AND WHEREAS IN 2019, THE UNITED STATES SENATE PASSED A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING OCTOBER 28TH AS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY TO HONOR THE HEROIC MEN AND WOMEN PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO HELP THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS THE CLASSIC H THAT SAYS, THE HERO RUNS TOWARDS DANGER WHILE OTHERS STAY RUN AWAY, IS THE CORE OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND WHEREAS FIRST RESPONDERS RISK THEIR OWN LIVES, UH, SAFETY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR FIRST AND BEST DEFENSE AGAINST ALL EMERGENCIES THAT THREATEN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES, THEIR SACRIFICE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE HOURS THEY WORK.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY IS ALSO A CALL FOR ACTION, FIRST RESPONDERS DESERVE OUR SUPPORT AND THEIR RESOURCES.
AND THROUGH RESOURCES AND AWARENESS, FIRST RESPONDERS CAN LIVE HEALTHIER, MORE PRODUCTIVE LIVES, AND CONTINUE TO PASS THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ONTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO APPRECIATES ALL FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE AND SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL L PROCTOR BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 28TH, TWO 20,000, 2023
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SILL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED.
THE 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023, SIGNED RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATEST, ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY.
I CAN SLEEP MUCH EASIER TONIGHT KNOWING THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND ME HAVE US ALL PROTECTED AND SAFE.
UM, IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO NOT ONLY BE STANDING HERE BESIDE CHIEF ACASA, CHIEF SU, UM, BUT JUST TO BE RECOGNIZED, UM, COMING FROM DISPATCH TO BE A FIRST RESPONDER, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG UPHILL BATTLE.
AND AS OF 2019, WE WERE FINALLY RECOGNIZED THAT OUR EFFORTS, UM, MEAN JUST AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE WE WORK BESIDE.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US FOR THAT.
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YOU HONOR.COUNCIL MEMBER CHISMAN, THANK YOU CHIEF.
UM, AS WELL AS THOSE REPRESENTATIVE FROM S-W-R-C-C FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[4. Recognition of the Police Department promotions for Lieutenant Justin Rivette, Sergeant Warren Summers and Sergeant Rickey Owens]
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONS FOR LIEUTENANT JUSTIN VE, SERGEANT WARREN SUMMERS, AND SERGEANT RICKY OWENS MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS POLICE CHIEF JOE COSTA.THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S GOOD TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN, ESPECIALLY AT TIMES LIKE THIS.
IT'S NIGHTS LIKE THIS WHEN I FEEL LIKE A BOAT OWNER.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT THE HAPPIEST TIMES OF A BOAT OWNER IS WHEN THEY BUY THE BOAT.
AND THE SECOND HAPPIEST TIMES WHEN THEY SELL THE BOAT.
WE'RE NOT BUYING A BOAT OR SELL THE BOAT, BUT HAPPIEST TIME FOR A CHIEF IS WHEN THEY GET SOME NEW RECRUITS IN AND THEY HAVE SOME NEW OFFICERS.
AND THE SECOND TIME IS NOT WHEN THEY LEAVE, BUT WHEN WE CAN PROMOTE THEM UP AND, UH, AND, AND MENTOR THEM AND BRING THEM INTO, UH, UH, THE RANKS OF SUPERVISION ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, ADMINISTRATION.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, THREE PEOPLE WE'RE GONNA PROMOTE, AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH SERGEANT WARREN SUMMERS, COME ON UP WITH YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY.
SERGEANT SUMMERS WIFE WILL BE DEPENDING ON HIS BADGE.
UH, VERONICA SUMMERS WITH ME UP HERE TONIGHT IS, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF RYAN SNICK.
AND HE'LL BE, UH, PASSING OFF THE BADGE TO, UH, UH, WARREN'S WIFE, VERONICA.
AND, UH, WARREN'S, UH, HAS 13 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND IS A NAVY VETERAN.
AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE HIM.
UH, HE BEAT ME BY A COUPLE OF MONTHS ON THE DEPARTMENT.
HE STARTED IN, UH, JANUARY OF 2012.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS SERGEANT RICKY OWENS.
DEVIN, TED WILL BE PUTTING HIS BADGE ON.
SERGEANT OWENS, UH, WAS AN EXPLORER.
HE STARTED HERE A LONG TIME AGO AS AN EXPLORER, AND THEN HE WORKED IN THE JAIL A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN HE, UH, BECAME A POLICE OFFICER, UH, WITH US.
HE'S BEEN HERE FOR 17 YEARS AND, UH, STARTED EIGHT 12 OF 2006.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE, UH, LIEUTENANT JUSTIN VET, HIS WIFE SARAH T WILL BE PINNING ON HIS BADGE.
LIEUTENANT T'S BEEN WITH US FOR 21 YEARS, UH, STARTED IN 2002.
UH, HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS, UH, OUR SWAT TEAM AS, UH, AS THE COMMUNITY KNOWS IT.
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THAT'S ALL THE PROMOTIONS WE HAVE TONIGHT.I WANT TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR HELPING OUT, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THESE FINE, UH, FINE MEN FOR, UH, WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
AND, UM, IT'S FITTING THAT WE HAD THE, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS HERE AND WE COULD DO THAT TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR, UH, ATTENTION TO THIS.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO YOU ALL.
WE, WE CAN GIVE THEM ANOTHER HAND CLAP AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS.
WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[5. Presentation of the DeSoto Development Corporation Year End Review]
OF THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION YEAR END REVIEW.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MATT CARLSON, DDC DIRECTOR,
IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE KEEP YOUR VOICES DOWN, UM, IF YOU ALL COULD, PLEASE EXIT QUIETLY AS WE ARE STILL IN OUR MEETING.
UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COUNCIL AND OUR CITIZENS, UH, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S YEAR-END REVIEW.
THE GOAL OF THESE UPDATES IS, IS TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY INTO HOW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES ARE UTILIZED AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA COVER A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE COUNCIL INITIATIVES FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE INTERNAL, UH, WORKFORCE OR THE INTERNAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, TO FINISH UP WITH THE, WITH OUR NEXT STEPS FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, I'VE ASKED ANTOINE, UH, ALONG TO COME UP AND PRESENT THE FIRST HALF OF THIS.
UH, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE IT'S A RECOGNITION OF I DON'T DO THIS BY MYSELF.
I DO THIS WITH A TEAM OF DEDICATED AND, AND DEVOTED INDIVIDUALS WHO, WHO MAKE DESOTO THEIR HOME AND THAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE ANTOINE THAT HE'S BEEN PROMOTED, UM, AS FROM THE COORDINATOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
IT'S A PROMOTION THAT'S WELL DESERVED.
THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
UH, AS MATT MENTIONED, I AM ANTOINE LONG.
SO AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, GO THROUGH OUR END OF THE YEAR, UH, UPDATES HERE.
DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME.
UH, JUST LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS BASED, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL INITIATIVES FROM THIS PAST YEAR.
FOUR THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO, THAT YOU GUYS WANT US TO LOOK AT.
UM, JUST CREATING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR HAMPTON ROAD, BELTLINE ROAD AND GENERAL W COMMERCIAL NOTES, GREAT AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY AND INTEREST WITH DIFFERENT AREAS TO DEVELOP.
UH, ALSO WAS TASKED WITH DEVELOPING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY, UH, FOR THE INLINE CENTERS.
UH, WE HAVE APPROACHED NUMEROUS, UH, OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST, UH, IN UPDATING THEIR CENTER.
SO GREAT, GREAT ACTIVITY THERE.
UH, THIRDLY, DIS UH, DEVELOP A GREATER DESOTO MARKETPLACE TRANSITION PLAN THAT MATT WILL DISCUSS ON HERE A BIT LATER IN HIS PRESENTATION.
THEN LASTLY, DEVELOPING THAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO DEVELOP, UH, ANCHOR TENANTS THERE ON HAMPTON ROAD.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE DID CREATE THAT TUR ZONE NUMBER TWO FOR HAMPTON ROAD AND, UH, SURROUNDING AREAS ON THE NORTH, UH, SOUTH SIDE OF OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK, UH, LAST DECEMBER.
SO WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE, UH, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL RFPS FOR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES THERE UP AND DOWN HAMPTON ROAD.
IN ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL'S INITIATIVES, UM, THAT WE ACHIEVED LAST YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT GOALS THAT WE, UH, ARE TASKED OURSELVES WITH, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT LOOK LIKE BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, THAT LOOK LIKE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UH, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION.
SO THERE ARE THE NINE ITEMS THERE.
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ITEMS TO WHICH WE'VE MET ARE EXCEEDED, UH, IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.UM, OUTSIDE INVESTMENT, OVER A HUNDRED MILLION.
THE PARK OBTAINED, UH, COMMITMENTS FOR A MINIMUM 50 MILLION NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE TUR ZONE.
KNOCKED THAT OUT THE PARK, I THINK CLOSE TO 180 MILLION THERE.
UH, BRE EXPANSION EFFORTS, UM, OVER, WE EXPECTED 15, WE HIT 18 THIS YEAR.
INCREASED NET SALES REVENUE BY AT LEAST 5%.
GOT SOME NUMBERS STILL COMING IN, BUT WE'LL HIT THAT AS WELL.
UM, NUMBER OF JOBS SAYS A HUNDRED.
WE'VE COUNTED, UH, KIND OF THE, WHAT'S BEEN COMMITTED AND, UM, AND PROPOSED, UH, FROM THE COMPANIES WE'VE TALKED TO.
UH, THAT GOAL OF A HUNDRED WAS BEAT.
UM, WE HAD ABOUT 720 JOBS HERE IN THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, ADDITIONALLY FI FINANCIAL REPORTING, SO, OR I'M SORRY, CREATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FRANCHISE AND BROKERS.
THAT'S A GREAT AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT SEE ME ON THE ROAD MOVING AROUND, CONNECTING WITH FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
UH, IMPROVED FINANCIAL REPORTING THANKS TO OUR FINANCIAL TEAM AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LOOKING AT THAT BIG PIECE OF OUR WORK IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE TOUCHED ON THERE WITH POINT NUMBER EIGHT.
AND THEN LASTLY, CONNECTING WITH, UH, CHAMBERS OUTSIDE OF DESOTO.
THINK OF, UH, ARLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, OAK CLIFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, GREATER HISPANIC, DALLAS, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL.
SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TOUCH BASE WITH IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WITH THE BUSINESS RECRUITMENT SIDE, A GREAT AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS RECRUITMENT.
UH, YOU CAN'T SELL DESOTO BY JUST STAYING IN DESOTO.
A LOT OF OUR ACTIVITY IS A LOT OF MY ACTIVITY, UH, OUTBOUND.
UH, SO CONNECTING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AT TEAM TEXAS, DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER, ENCORE, UH, ELECTRIC UTILITIES, AND MOST RECENTLY, BIO NORTH TEXAS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONFERENCES THAT WE'VE ATTENDED HERE IN THE PAST YEAR.
UH, SOME OF THE TARGET IN INDUSTRY SHOWS LOOKING AT MANUFACTURING, AVIATION, RETAIL, BIOTECHNOLOGY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOSE, UH, ACTIVITIES HERE.
UH, SPECIFICALLY ON THE RETAIL RECRUITMENT SIDE, HAD A VERY ROBUST, UH, PRESENTATION DELIVERED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.
I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO CHECK OUT THAT PARTICULAR PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE CITY COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT RETAIL RECRUITMENT THROUGHOUT DESOTO, UH, SOME OF THE RETAIL SITES AND TARGETS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
UH, BOTH INTEREST, UH, FROM DEVELOPERS AND RETAILERS THROUGHOUT DESOTO, NOT JUST HAMPTON ROAD.
I HAVE THIS QUOTE HERE THAT ALSO TIES WELL WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL RECRUITMENT, AND RETAIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A PROCESS AND DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A SINGLE EVENT.
DOES A MIX OF PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE, OF WHICH WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY PERSISTENT IN THE PAST YEAR WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR IN CREATING THESE RELATIONSHIPS, ATTENDING THESE TRADE SHOWS, AND PUTTING DESOTO ON THE MAP.
PART OF THE ACTIVITY IN GETTING OUTSIDE OF DESOTO IS BUSINESS ATTRACTION.
UH, SOME OF THE WINS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST YEAR.
UM, KIND OF LOOKING AT INDUSTRIAL ON THE LEFT SIDE, MANUFACTURING ON THE LEFT SIDE, GOING OVER TO SOME MORE OF THE RETAIL WINS, UH, TO THE RIGHT.
UH, A PLETHORA OF BRANDS WE EXPECT A LOT MORE IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR BASED ON THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING.
BUT, UH, TOUCHING NUMEROUS, UH, ASSET CLASSES.
RETAIL, UM, HOSPITALITY, HEALTHCARE, MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS.
SO WE HAD TO GET THOSE FOLKS ON BOARD AS WELL.
UH, LASTLY, LOOKING AT, UM, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, BR AND E AS IS, UH, DUBBED HERE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF.
THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE IN DESOTO, ALREADY 80% OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS FOCUSED ON BR AND E.
AND SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO AND STAND UP IN THIS PAST YEAR IS CONNECT BETTER WITH OUR BUSINESSES, BOTH IN OUR BUSINESS PARK AND THROUGHOUT DESOTO, UH, TOUCH, UH, UH, PROVIDING SURVEYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, GAIN GREAT INFORMATION ON.
I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR FIRST SKIM OF SURVEYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEND OUT, ABOUT 80% OF THE COMPANIES DO EXPECT GROWTH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THAT IS VERY POSITIVE FOR US HERE IN DESOTO.
UH, LIKE I SAID, THE IN-PERSON SITE VISITS, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR.
AND HR ROUNDTABLE THAT WE HAD JUST LAST MONTH, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER SOME OF THE HR FOLKS, TALK ABOUT THE GOOD, THE BAD AND UGLY ABOUT WORKFORCE AND LABOR, UH, ISSUES HERE IN THE SOUTHERN DALLAS AREA.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR MAJOR EMPLOYER OUTREACH IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, BUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BRANDS HERE, THEY HAVE EXPRESSED GROWTH.
THEY HAVE GROWN, UM, GLASS FLOSS INDUSTRIES, ALLIED STONE, UH, WALMART.
THEY'VE JUST RECENTLY EXPANDED AND DIAP.
THEY'VE MOVED INTO A NEW FACILITY, A LARGER FACILITY, UH, SCW EURO DRIVE, GERMAN COMPANY.
THEY EXPECT A GREAT AMOUNT OF GROWTH HERE IN OUR BUSINESS PARK AS WELL.
OVER THE NEXT YEAR, UH, THEY HAVE SOME LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN SOLAR TURBINES.
BEEN HERE ALMOST, UH, 40 YEARS ACTUALLY.
AND THEY JUST RECENTLY, UH, COMPLETED THEIR, SO TESTING FACILITY, UH, $30 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WINS THAT IF YOU NOT, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT WITH WITH YOUR BUSINESSES, YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IN THIS NEXT YEAR, WE DO EXPECT A LOT MORE OF THAT COMMUNICATION EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON IN THE BUSINESS PARK, THOSE BIG BOXES THAT WE SEEM TO BE AFRAID OF.
UM, THE LAST PIECE I'LL TOUCH ON BEFORE I PASS IT OVER TO MATT WILL BE OUR SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACTIVITY.
UH, THAT, AGAIN, JUST HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THOSE TOOLS OR RESOURCES IN PLACE.
UM, CONNECTING, UH, WITH FOLKS OVER THERE AT GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE AND WHAT THAT TRANSITION WANTS TO LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, MATT WILL GO INTO DETAIL, UH, WHAT THOSE PLANS ARE.
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TALKING WITH VANESSA STERLING OVER AT THE, UH, DESOTA AREA CHAMBER COMMERCE AND WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP IS GONNA DEVELOP INTO A LOT MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, MUCH MORE THAN JUST TO KIND OF HAND OUT ONE, PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION SO THEY CAN TRULY GROW HERE IN DESOTO.UH, AND THEN LAST, UH, SOME OTHER POINTS, JUST, UH, RECENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SBA AND THEIR SUPPORT SERVICES.
UH, HOPEFULLY BY THE START OF NEXT YEAR, WE START OF NEXT CALENDAR YEAR IN JANUARY, UH, WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE DECK SERVICES AND START EVALUATING THEIR IMPACT WITH THE KPIS AND METRICS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE WILL LOOK, UM, LOOKING IN THE EXPLORATION OF CREATION OF A CAPITAL INVESTOR FUND.
WE SEE A LOT OF OUR, UH, CITIES TO THE NORTH HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS KIND OF, YOU THINK ABOUT MCKINNEY, UH, FRISCO AND ALLEN, UH, TO REALLY SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS REALLY WANT TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED SOME OF THAT WORK.
AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THE SORT AREA CHAMBER, SBA AND REDBIRD OVER THERE AT THE DECK.
UH, WITH THAT, I WILL PASS THE MIC AND, UH, PAD OVER TO MR. CARLSON.
I, I SIT AND WATCH THOSE, UH, SLIDES GO BY AND REALIZE WHY SOMETIMES I GET A LITTLE SHORT BREATH.
UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S ONE OF THE PILLARS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S NOTHING WE'RE STAFFED FOR.
UM, I LIKE TO REMIND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNCIL OF THAT EVERY YEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T STOP US FROM WORKING ON IT BECAUSE WE KNOW WITHOUT IT, WE CAN'T SUCCEED.
UM, OUR ROLE IS REALLY NOT, IN MANY CASES, CREATING THOSE JOBS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE INTO THOSE JOBS AS MUCH AS IT IS CONVENING THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE ITEMS. THINK OF THAT AS THE DALLAS, AS THE DALLAS COLLEGE, THE DESOTO, ISD OTHERS THAT, THAT WORK IN THAT SPACE, UM, THAT FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND OTHERS.
HELP US TO WORK ON THOSE IDENTIFIED AREAS AND GROW JOBS AND GROW PEOPLE INTO PIPELINES.
THAT'LL, THAT'LL FILL THE JOBS THAT WE'RE CREATING WITH OUR, WITH OUR EMPLOYERS, UM, OUR TARGETED INDUSTRIES.
YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO WE MET WITH THE SCHOOL, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE DO.
BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I'M INTERESTED IN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING.
WHAT ARE THE INDUSTRIES WE NEED TO FOCUS ON? IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR KIDS BE FUTURE FOCUSED, AND IF WE'RE GONNA BE FUTURE FOCUSED.
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE TALKED WITH HER ABOUT.
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, BIOTECH AND LIFE SCIENCES.
CONSTRUCTION TRADES SEEMS KIND OF MUNDANE RIGHT UP UNTIL YOU FIGURE OUT THAT 1% OF THE FOLKS REPRESENTED IN THE TRADES ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIX THAT WITH THE HELP OF OUR FRIENDS HERE IN DESOTO.
UM, AND THE LAST ONE IS THE ESPORTS ENVIRONMENT.
NOT SO MUCH THAT IT'S GAMING, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO THINK ABOUT, BUT THE FACT THAT IT LEADS US TO SO MANY OTHER WAYS AND TOOLS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN ENGINEERING, IN ARCHITECTURE AND MEDICINE.
UM, THOSE TOOLS ARE TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF ENGAGING OUR, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY IS, IS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THESE INDUSTRIES.
AND WE'RE BRINGING THOSE INDUSTRIES TO THE TABLE AS PART OF OUR ESPORTS, UH, CONVENING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ROLES.
UM, THINGS WE ACCOMPLISHED, THE ESPORTS ACADEMY, WHICH WILL BE STOOD UP AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DESOTO, ISD AND, AND, UH, SOME FOLKS TO GET THAT DONE.
YOU REMEMBER APPROVING THAT GRANT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
UM, THE EDA BIOLIFE SCIENCES GRANT, A 9.9 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS EDA GRANT.
UM, CREATING A PIPELINE OF STUDENTS AND PEOPLE WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE INTO THE BIOLIFE SCIENCES AREAS.
IT'S SUPPORTED BY OUR INDUSTRY.
THE INDUSTRY IS WAITING WITH OPEN ARMS FOR THOSE FOLKS TO COME THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND BEGIN AND BEGIN WORKING WITH THEM.
THE LAST ONE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY RECENT, IS THE FAA 1 47 A AND P AIR AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT CERTIFICATION PROJECT WITH DALLAS COLLEGE.
THEY'VE STEPPED OUTSIDE OF SORT OF THEIR NORMAL, UH, FRAMEWORK OF HOW THEY DO BUSINESS TO BRING A NON-CERTIFIED PROGRAM, UM, A NON-ACCREDITED PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH THE FAA PROCESS AND BEGIN TO EDUCATE STUDENTS HERE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, UM, LOCATING A SITE HERE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
UM, ORIGINALLY THERE WERE SOME SITES NORTH OF, OF, OF I 30 THAT WERE BEING LOOKED AT.
AND WE SORT OF RE READJUSTED THE THINKING THERE, BUT WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BRING INDUSTRY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BRING THEM TO THE JOBS AND PRESENT THOSE JOBS IN THE NUMEROUS JOB FAIRS THAT WE'RE PART OF.
THAT'S REALLY OUR ROLE IN JOB FAIRS, ISN'T HOSTING THOSE JOB FAIRS.
IT'S BRINGING INDUSTRY TO 'EM AND MAKING THOSE JOBS AVAILABLE.
NOW, WHAT I DO, AHA, UM, REALLY ONE OF THOSE, AND I, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE HIGHLIGHT, IF YOU WILL, UM, A PLACE WHERE WE THINK WE'RE DOING THAT, RIGHT? YOU TELL US, GO FIND GOOD PAYING JOBS.
WELL, YOU DON'T JUST FIND THEM.
CREATE THEM, YOU CULTIVATE THEM.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BIOLIFE SCIENCE INNOVATION CAMPUS AT THE NORTH END OF TOWN UP NEAR UP NEAR, UH, THE HOSPITAL.
UM, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH EVERY STEP OF THIS PROCESS IN THIS LAST YEAR FROM SECURING THE LAND TO ENGAGING WITH THE REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM
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AND IDENTIFYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE THERE.TALKING THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND THE TRAINING SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT, DESIGNING, UH, THE, THE TAKING THE DESIGN COMMUNITY WHO WORKS IN THAT BATTLE SPACE AND HELPING US TO DECIDE WHAT GOES ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THEN CONDUCT NEXT TWO STEPS ARE INDU CONDUCTING THE INDUSTRY ANALYTICS AND ENGAGING THE CAPITAL RESOURCES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER, AND IT IS, BUT THESE KINDS OF, THESE KINDS OF CAMPUSES ON THIS SCALE WILL RESULT IN SOMETHING AROUND HALF A BILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, AND THEN IT MAY GO NORTH OF THAT.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO DESOTO.
REALLY A YEAR-END REVIEW WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE IF WE DIDN'T TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS, THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE DON'T DO THIS BY OURSELVES.
WE DO THIS WITH OUR, OUR FRIENDS IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, WE DO THIS IN COMBINATION WITH OUR FRIENDS IN UTILITIES.
WE ARE ALL WORKING HARD TO BRING THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR TO FRUITION.
UM, THE CHARACTER BASED CODE CREATION IS WELL UNDERWAY AND SHOULD BE DELIVERED LATER ON THIS YEAR.
UH, THE DESIGN ENGAGEMENT FOR ROADWAY AND PUBLIC INTERFACE, UH, THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE LOOK AT MAYBE OTHER WAYS TO DELIVER THAT PRODUCT.
UM, WE'VE ENGAGED LANDOWNER THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.
UH, YOU ALL ENTERED INTO A RECENT, UH, PURCHASE AGREEMENT, UH, WITH ONE OF THOSE LANDOWNERS THAT GAVE US CONTROL OF ANOTHER EIGHT ACRES IN ADDITION TO 24 THAT WE ALREADY HAVE CONTROL OVER AT THE HAMPTON ROAD AND BELTLINE CORRIDOR.
WE DEMOLISHED SOME STRUCTURES, MAKES IT SOUND LIKE WE WERE OUT THERE DOING THAT, BUT THERE WAS SOME VERY LARGE EQUIPMENT MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND SECURED SEVERAL CON THE CONTROL OF SEVERAL OTHER KEY PROPERTY ASSEMBLAGES.
HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE COME FORWARD AND SAID, I'D BE WILLING TO BE A PART OF THIS.
WE NEED TO GET THOSE UNDER CONTRACT AND BEGIN TO ABLE TO TALK TO DEVELOPERS ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS.
AND LASTLY, LAST YEAR, YOU CREATED THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
UM, THAT'LL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF, I GUESS, THE PIECES THAT I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN.
I TALK ABOUT THE TEAM THAT I WORK WITH, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES NOT HERE WITH JUST, JUST WITHIN DESOTO, BUT THAT THEIR CAREERS HAVE A PATH AND THAT THEY HAVE A PATH FOR PROSPERITY FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON OUR TEAM HAVE UNDER UNDERTAKEN IN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH, SETTING GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.
ANTOINE WILL BE AT THE SECOND YEAR OF THE, OF THE OU UH, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
UM, HE'S CONTINUING TO EXPAND HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE IEDC, THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, UM, AND THEN HIS RECENT PROMOTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE DOING THEIR PART TOO, WITH TAKING THE BASIC COURSE AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT MARKETING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR RHONDA AND MEL, BUT LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION AND BECOMING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN OUR OUTREACH THERE.
I SENT OUR, OUR REVIEW OF THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER LATE JUST THIS WEEK IN 20.
WE HAD, IN THE SUMMERTIME WE HAD OUR RETREAT AND LAID OUT TWO GOALS FROM OUR BOARD.
UM, ONE WAS TO CREATE OUR WORK PLAN FOR 2324, AND THAT CLOSES OUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS TO, DURING THIS YEAR, TO CREATE THE NEW FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'LL TAKE US FROM 24 TO 29 THAT'LL BE FED BY THESE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
THESE ARE THINGS WE FOLLOW, THAT WE MEASURE, THAT WE RECORD, UM, THAT TELL US IF WE'RE DOING OUR JOB RIGHT.
AND THEN JUST SOME QUICK IDEAS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE UPCOMING.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO STAY UP TO DATE.
THE CORRIDOR ITSELF, THE FRANCHISE INTEREST MEETING NEXT WEEK, THE PUBLIC, THE THE LAST OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AS WE COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW WE TAKE AN ASPIRATIONAL DOCUMENT INTO A, AN ENFORCEABLE DOCUMENT.
UM, THE DESOTOS FARMER MARKET.
UM, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SORT OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO FOLLOW AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
THERE'S WAYS TO DO THAT ON LINKEDIN AND FACEBOOK.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU MR. LONG, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON YOUR PROMOTION.
UH, COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE YEAR END REVIEW FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION? YES.
RAPHAEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, PRESENTATION.
CONGRATULATIONS AND, UH, THANK YOU MATT FOR, UH, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
YOU'RE DOING THAT WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
AND SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A NOTICE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU'RE CONVENING SOME THINGS, AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS THE EDA, I MEAN, EDA
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BIO LIFE SCIENCES, AND THAT WAS LIKE A $9 MILLION GRANT.I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN CONVENING, AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT, UH, HOW, HOW DO WE BENEFIT HERE IN DESOTO OR HAVE BENEFITED ANTOINE, DO YOU MIND ADDRESSING THAT? THIS, THIS IS THE, THE BABY OF ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
UM, BUT ANTOINE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH HER AS WE BUILD A PIPELINE TO PROSPERITY, UM, AROUND THE BIOLIFE SCIENCES.
YOU WANNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, THANK YOU.
JUST LAST YEAR, UH, THE EDA AWARDED DALLAS COLLEGE WITH ITS $9.5 MILLION GRANT TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITH ITS BIOMANUFACTURING BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY.
SO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT HERE, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO LAUNCH THAT OVER AT REDBIRD, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE FIRST KIND OF SIX WEEK BOOT CAMPS AND COHORTS TO START THIS FALL.
MCKAYLA HERNDON SITS ON OUR BOARD, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THAT GOING FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.
SO VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER HERE DESOTO GRADUATE AS WELL.
AND SO, SO WHEN YOU SAY CONVENING, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT IS OUR, YOU KNOW, DIRECT, CORRECT, YES.
WE'VE ALREADY SAT DOWN WITH THE DR. ROGERS, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CTE PROGRAM IS IN PLACE.
IT'S NOT IN PLACE JUST YET, HAVE PROBABLY ANOTHER 18 MONTHS UNTIL IT'S COMPLETE, BUT SHE'S ALREADY AT THE TABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW DESOTO CAN BE THERE AT THE TABLE.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS BIOTECH, UH, INNOVATION CORRIDOR HAS A LOT OF GREAT SYNERGY COMING THAT WAY.
SO SHE, SHE'S DEFINITELY ON BOARD, SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THERE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
THEN I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, UH, ACTIVITY RESULTS.
SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO BUILD THESE RELATIONSHIPS, BUT HAVE THOSE, UM, HAVE THOSE MANIFESTED INTO ANYTHING ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, PROSPECTS THAT ARE MOVING TO THE NEXT STEP? YEAH.
FROM, I MEAN, YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE MOVED FROM HELLO TO YES, I'M INTERESTED IN DESOTO TO, HEY, LET ME LOOK AT A SITE PLAN TO, HEY, LET ME CONNECT WITH MY CAPITAL PARTNERS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
SO YES, UH, THEY, THEY, WE HAVE MOVED A NUMBER OF THINGS THROUGHOUT DESOTO.
AND ARE WE INVITING THEM TO, TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, OUR LAND USE PROCESS, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL? YES, YES.
MANY OF OUR DEVELOPERS ARE WAITING ON THAT COMP PLAN TO BE COMPLETED.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A COMMUNITY TO GROW, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT HESITANT UNTIL WE GET THAT COMPLETED.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO RETENTION, AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AROUND RETENTION.
UM, SO WE CAPTURE THE JOBS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN, ARE WE CAPTURING ANY LOSSES? UM, WE'RE MAKING NOTE OF THOSE.
'CAUSE WE, I THINK WE GET A, A NUMBER OF THOSE EITHER FROM THE COUNTY OR THE STATE.
UH, SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT MIGHT BE L UH, MOVING OR CONSOLIDATING.
SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THOSE IN THE PAST YEAR, BUT WE DO EXPECT, YOU KNOW, THOSE SPACES TO BE TAKEN UP BY SOME OTHER, UH, WE'RE MARKETING THOSE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN JUST, UM, LAST THING, GOING BACK TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AROUND IT.
UM, ARE WE, DO, DO WE HAVE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PARTNERS THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH AS WELL WITH THAT, UH, ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SIDE TO BRING INTO OUR COMMUNITY OTHER THAN JUST DALLAS COLLEGE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH ARE GREAT PARTNERS? YEAH.
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION HERE, REGIONALLY.
I KNOW THEY HAVE AN OFFICE THERE AT RED BIRD.
WE'VE CONNECTED WITH THEM ALREADY.
UM, TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE, SOME OF THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL FOLKS AS WELL.
WE WE'RE CONNECTING WITH HERE IN HERE IN THE CITY.
THERE ARE SOME ACTUALLY INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIES WHO ARE LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING WHAT THOSE CONNECTIONS LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO OFFER UP MATRIX LEARNING SYSTEM THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS, AND IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO ANY PARTNERSHIPS, WHETHER IT'S WITH OUR LIBRARY OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S THE FREE LEARNING SYSTEM THAT HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, CERTIFICATES THAT YOU CAN EARN THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT'S FREE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
OH, SBA, UM, WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITH SBA? I KNOW MERIT LAST NIGHT MENTIONED SOME THINGS, SOME PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, THE TANGIBLE NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THEM, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO HERE IN OUR CITY? YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE DECK TO HAVE, HAVE THAT, HAVE THEM PART OF THE TABLE AS WELL.
SO ONCE THE DECK GETS APPROVED, UH, WITHIN, IN A FEW WEEKS, UH, WE WILL HAVE NOVEMBER SEVEN, NOVEMBER, UH, WE'LL BRING THEM TO THE TABLE TO SEE WHAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT TANGIBLE OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE.
NOTHING HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED JUST YET.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WORLD EARNED PROMOTION.
I WONDERED WHY YOUR TAPER WAS SO TIGHT TODAY, AND NOW I KNOW WHY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION.
UM, MR. CARLSON ALSO THANK YOU AS WELL, UM, FOR YOUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO YOUR WHOLE OFFICE LIVES IN DESOTO, AND I BELIEVE AT LEAST HALF OF THEM LIVE IN, IN PLAY SIX, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
AND THEN ALSO, I DIDN'T DO THIS DURING THE COMMUNITY THING, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
UM, I GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK AROUND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, UPDATE THAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
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MR. CARLSON, EVERY TIME I REACH OUT TO YOU TO DO THAT, UH, YOU HAVE DONE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN MY COMMUNITY MEETING, BUT, UM, WE, THE RE THE RESIDENT WHO CAME DOWN EARLIER, UH, TALKED ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, THE, THE ISD AND THE OTHER PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT, UM, IN INCORPORATING OUR STUDENTS INTO SOME WAY INTO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSPECTIVE? BECAUSE WHEN I TEND, AND I DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN, BUT IF I PULL INTO A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, UM, IT IS, UH, USUALLY SOMEONE THAT'S 18 OR OR YOUNGER, WHICH TELLS ME IT'S OUR YOUTH THAT ARE OCCUPYING THESE JOBS.
'CAUSE THAT MEANS LESS BAD ACTIVITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT HOW DO WE GET THEM TO THAT, THAT LEVEL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE? I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT'S CONVERSATION Y'ALL HAD TOO.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT.
YES, I, I CAN ANSWER THAT IN TALKING WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, THEY HAVE A HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL PROGRAM THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROACHED TO LOOK AT CUSTOMER SERVICE UPSKILLING HERE IN DESOTO.
SO IF THERE ARE BUSINESSES WHO ARE LOOKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF CRAFT WHAT THAT PROGRAMMING IS.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE LAID OUT JUST YET.
BUT WE, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS AT DALLAS COLLEGE ABOUT THAT.
I, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PARTICULARLY HAS A CAREER TECHNICAL MM-HMM.
SO I JUST, JUST FUTURE THINKING MM-HMM,
BUT THANK YOU FOR A THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
UM, COUNSEL FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO, UH, CONCLUDE THIS PART, THIS PORTION.
WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, AT THIS TIME.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. LONG AND MR. CARLSON FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN PRESENTING TO COUNSEL TONIGHT.
[6. Presentation of September 2023 Financial Report]
WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE SEPTEMBER, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
OKAY, THIS EVENING I'M BRINGING TO YOU OUR SEPTEMBER, UM, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AS OF THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
UM, AS WE KNOW WHEN WE BRING OUR SEPTEMBER FINANCIALS, UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME ACCRUALS AND THINGS THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO POST TO THE GENERAL LEDGER, BUT THIS IS, UM, UM, A DEPICTION OF WHERE, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHERE I THINK WE MAY END UP, UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FINANCIAL AUDIT.
SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, FIRST OF ALL.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES IN WHICH WE HAVE EXCEEDED, UH, 100% OF OUR REVENUE COLLECTION.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OUR PROPERTY TAX, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THE NINETIES FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE'RE ENDING AT 102%.
UM, OUR SALES TAX, ANOTHER OF OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WERE KINDA LOOKING AT, WELL, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO BRING FORWARD A BUDGET AMENDMENT DUE TO ONE OF OUR, A MAJOR TAX PAYERS CHANGING THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS RULES? BUT FORTUNATELY, WE'RE LOOKING AT 85.1% AS OF NOW, AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE, THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE'LL RECEIVE IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER WILL ALSO BE ACCRUED BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 23.
SO, WE'LL, WE THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, PRETTY SAFE RIGHT THERE.
AND WE'RE GONNA COME OUT JUST ABOUT WHERE WE PLAN TO WITH THE, UM, 10.6 MILLION MIXED DRINKS, TAXES, DOING WELL GO BACK UP PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MS. DRINKS, TAXES, TRACKING.
WELL AS FAR AS, AND ALSO FRANCHISE FEES.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT AT THE LAST MEETING.
FRANCHISE FEES IS ANOTHER, UH, CATEGORY IN WHICH WE ARE GONNA BE, UH, RECEIVING ACCRUAL.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, RECORDING 60 DAYS AFTER, UM, YEAR END.
WE ARE EXPECTING SOME BIGGER PAYMENTS HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UM, SO YOU CAN JUST SEE THE VARIOUS OTHER CATEGORIES.
SO OVERALL, WE ARE ENDING OUR REVENUE
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AT A HUNDRED 0.1% AND I DO EXPECT THAT WE'LL ADD PROBABLY ABOUT ALMOST ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS TO OUR REVENUE.SO, UM, WE'RE LOOK, GONNA BE LOOKING AT ABOUT, UH, 57 MILLION, UM, IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
AS FAR AS GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL CATEGORIES.
WE'RE ALL TRACKING NICELY, BELOW 100%.
AND, UM, AS, UH, A GENERAL FUND GROUP WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS COMBINED, WE'RE LOOKING AT 95.6% AS OPPOSED TO 89.5% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UH, WITH OUR REVENUE OVER AND UNDER, YOU CAN SEE THE 56.1 IS WHAT WE COLLECTED IN REVENUE AND THE 56 MILLION IS IN EXPENDITURE.
SO WE'RE OVER IN REVENUE AS OF THE TIME OF THIS REPORT BY ABOUT 141,000, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND.
OUR WATER AND SEWER CELLS ARE TRACKING WELL, UM, JUST ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECTED.
WE'RE AT OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, ON WATER.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER VARIOUS FEES THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT WE COLLECT.
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, OF COURSE, INTEREST REVENUE INTEREST REVENUE IS UP IN ALL OF OUR FUNDS, OF COURSE, DUE TO, UM, THE STATE OF, UM, MARKET CONDITIONS THERE.
BUT WITH, UH, WATER AND SEWER, THE WATER AND SEWER FUND OVERALL 101.4% COMPARED TO 110% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
FOR OUR EXPENDITURES IN PUBLIC UTILITY, WE ARE LOOKING AT 94.6% COMPARED TO 85.8% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 28.8% IN EXPENDITURES AS COMPARED TO 25.8% IN REVENUE IN THE SANITATION FUND.
WE ARE LOOKING JUST ABOUT WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE COLLECTED ALL THE REVENUE THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO COLLECT 6 MILLION COMPARED TO 6000105.3% COMPARED TO 105.5% THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
WITH, UM, SANITATION EXPENDITURE, WE ARE LOOKING AT 5.6 MILLION.
THAT IS 89.6% OF BUDGET COMPARED TO 96.4% OF BUDGET THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS GONNA BE DUE TO, UM, YOU CAN SEE PERSONNEL OF COURSE, UM, THIS YEAR, 78.5% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, 96.5%.
SO THAT SOMEWHAT MAKES UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 89 UH, PERCENT THIS YEAR AND THE 96% LAST YEAR.
OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS ARE LISTED HERE.
WE HAVE OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET NUMBERS, OUR REVISED BUDGET FOR ANY BUDGET REVISIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND OUR 2023 YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS IN THE FAR RIGHT SIDE.
AND WE HAVE THE SAME FOR THE EXPENDITURES DOWN BELOW.
AND LASTLY, WITH OUR FUNDS, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT OUR OTHER, ALL OTHER FUNDS, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
THIS PAGE IS GONNA LIST OUR BUDGETED REVENUE, AND THE FAR RIGHT IS THE CORRESPONDING BUDGETED, UM, I'M SORRY, THE BUDGETED REVENUE AND THE ACTUAL REVENUE IN THE FAR RIGHT SIDE.
AND THEN THE NEXT PAGE WILL HAVE THOSE IDENTICAL FUNDS LISTED WITH THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURE AND OUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE.
OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION REPORT SHOWS 98.59%.
THAT IS, UM, GENERALLY WHERE WE ARE.
THIS TIME OF YEAR, OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION.
WE KNOW THAT WE'VE EXCEEDED OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION EXPECTATION.
AND FINALLY WE HAVE OUR, UM, HUB REPORT.
SO FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE ENDED WITH 6.4%, WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL YEAR TO DATE OF 6.1%.
NOW WE KNOW THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANTED TO BE.
UM, BUT WHEN I PULLED THIS REPORT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I WAS
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OVERLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE ENDED WITH LESS THAN 2%.WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE A TIGHTER, TIGHTER PARTNERSHIP NOW WITH OUR DFW MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
OUR NEW, UM, PURCHASING MANAGER IS STARTING TO FORM THOSE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS.
SO WE, UH, WE ARE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GONNA RAISE THIS UP, UM, EVEN FURTHER IN THE YEARS TO COME.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUR UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU MS. SUTTON FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUNDS.
UH, WE KIND OF, UH, BRIEFED THROUGH THAT ONE.
UM, AND WE SEE THAT THE EXPENDITURES ARE GREATER THAN, UH, THE BUDGET.
UH, DID YOU, UM, DO YOU KNOW PARTICULARLY IN, UM, I GUESS COUNT 6, 6 5, UH, UTILITY FILL OPS AND, UM, THE, UM, NON DEPARTMENTS, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THAT ONE, THERE IS A, UM, WELL, THE OVERALL, THE OVERALL, UH, IS APPEARING TO BE, TOM, CAN YOU PULL THAT ONE UP? PUBLIC UTILITY.
AND I, I MAY, I'M ABLE TO JUMP IN ON THAT ONE REAL QUICK.
SO YOU REMEMBER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, EARLIER ON THIS YEAR TO PURPOSELY SPEND DOWN SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE IN THAT FUND.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A NEGATIVE NUMBER, UM, RECORDED IN THIS YEAR.
IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S INTENTIONALLY SPENDING DOWN SOME OF THE FUN POUNDS FOR IT.
SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT NUMBER WAS CLOSE TO 4 MILLION.
AND AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY SHOWING A $3 MILLION SHORTFALL.
THAT'S SPENDING DOWN, WE HAD PLANNED TO SPEND IT DOWN BY 4 MILLION.
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL ONLY SPEND IT DOWN BY 3 MILLION, WHICH MEANS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE USE SOME OF THE EXCESS NEXT YEAR AGAIN, UH, ON THAT PART.
SO THANK YOU VERY, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MS. SUTTON FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, MY QUESTION IS THAT, UH, LAST MONTH WE, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THE TUNE OF $700,000.
AND I, I JUST WENT BACK AND I STARTED LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW LIKE, HOW DID, HOW DID THIS MISS? UM, COULD, IS I KNOW IT WAS STATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO OVERTIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THAT A SEPARATE EXPENSE, UM, BUCKET, UM, THAT YOU ALL LOOK AT? 'CAUSE I COULDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON HERE.
IS IT NOT ONE THAT WE SEE? WELL, IT'S, UM, IT'S INCLUDED IN WITH THE POLICE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS DUE TO, UM, THE OVER HIRE POLICY THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE AND IT, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT EARLIER ON, UM, AS WE SAW, SAW HOW WE WERE, UH, SPENDING THAT DOWN.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON, BRINGING THOSE THINGS CLOSE, UH, TO COUNCIL EARLIER THAN, THAN WE DID LAST THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, I I I, I'M SURE THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE BRIGHT PLACE TO ASK, BUT I I WILL THROW IT OUT THERE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF THAT WAS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SO WE COULD SEE THE OVERTIME.
UM, SO I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT THERE.
AND THEN ALSO, I BELIEVE CHIEF AND HIS, HIS EXPLANATION, HE ALSO SAID THAT PARKS GETS MONIES FOR THE EVENTS THAT THE OFFICERS ARE, ARE, ARE WORKING IN.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT FALLS INTO THE REVENUE AS WELL BECAUSE IF THAT IS OUTSIDE MONIES, THEN I WOULD'VE THINK THAT WE HAVE IT ALLOCATED AND IT SAYS THIS IS PDS EXTRA REVENUE, MONEY.
UM, SO THOSE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT I HOPE THAT WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, THAT, UH, HUB, UH, PRO CARD, I JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT TO NOTICE, WHILE I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE NEW PROCUREMENT MANAGER IS GOING TO DO, I DID NOTICE THAT FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR WE HAD NOTHING IN THE P CARD VENDOR.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW MR. WRIGHT, MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU OR MS. SUTTON, IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THIS, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S HERE FOR A REASON RIGHT.
BUT WE DON'T SEE ANY ACTIVITY IN IT.
IS THERE A PROCESS THAT'S DRIVING THAT OR IS THAT JUST A CONVERSATION WE HAVEN'T HAD YET.
WE HAVE NOT BEGAN TO PRETTY MUCH, UM, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE, UM, WITH OUR TRACKING PROCESS WITH THAT YET TO, TO RELEASE ANYTHING THERE BECAUSE THE PRO CARD PROGRAM IS SO VAST AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRO, UH, PCARDS THAT WE HAVE AND THE AMOUNT OF VENDORS THAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE SPENDING WITH, THAT ONE BECOMES A, A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO TRACK.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T PRETTY MUCH PERFECTED OUR NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE YET TO WHERE WE CAN TRACK THAT WITH ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO COME BACK AND SAY FOR SURE WHEN WE PULL THOSE PCARD REPORTS, THESE VENDORS WE KNOW ARE CERTIFIED.
WE, WE HAVEN'T GOT QUITE THAT, UH, SOPHISTICATED YET WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY.
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YEAH.AND AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND YOUR PCARDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE NATURE OF WHAT WE DO WITH THEM, RIGHT? WE'RE WE'RE BUYING THEM FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS HERE.
THEY'RE, THE REALITY IS PROBABLY MANY OF THEM ARE DIVERSITY VENDORS, BUT I WOULD ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT THERE, IF THERE ARE ANY CERTIFIED VENDORS IN THERE, IT WOULD JUST BE A, A SMALL HANDFUL, UM, OF THAT.
BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES WHO GO OUT AND GET CERTIFIED.
TYPICALLY, YOUR FOOD BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MOSTLY YOU'RE GONNA SEE CERTIFIED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES.
ANY COUNSELING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, QUICK QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO, JUST GOING BACK TO THE REVENUES, I WAS JUST LOOKING, TAKING A LOOK AT THE, HOLD ON, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS THE PARKS AND REC OR REC RATHER RECREATION FEES.
AND SO RECREATION FEES WAS TRACKING AT 64% OF, OF WHAT WAS PROJECTED.
SO JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE IMPACT TO THE RECREATION FEES FOR THIS YEAR? OH YEAH.
UM, THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH OUR RENOVATIONS OF OUR CIVIC CENTER, THE PECAN AND THE BLUE ONE ROOMS. AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE TRACKING, UH, LOWER THAN PROJECTED.
AND THEN I WAS JUST TAKING A LOOK AT RANCH, RIGHT OF THE INTEREST.
UM, IT GREW TO 1001% OF THE, FROM WHAT WAS PROJECTED DID WE UNDER PROJECT OR WAS IT A STELLAR YEAR THAT, WELL, CLEARLY IT WAS A STELLAR YEAR, BUT, WELL, YEAH, IT WAS A VERY STELLAR YEAR.
UH, WE DID SEE START TO SEE INTEREST RATES GO UP AS WE WERE BUDGETING, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO ERR ON THE, YOU KNOW, SIDE OF CAUTION AND NOT, UM, OVER PROJECT THEIR REVENUE.
UH, WE KNEW THAT, UM, THROUGH MEETINGS WITH OUR INVESTMENT ADVISORS THAT, UH, RATES WOULD BE INCREASING, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WERE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM 1% TO 5%.
SO WE PRETTY MUCH JUST HAD A STELLAR YEAR.
AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION, THAT PARTICULAR EXPENSE WAS TRACKING AT 58% OF WHAT WAS PROJECTED ON THAT PARTICULAR EXPENSE.
'CAUSE I GUESS I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMIN? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT SECTION ENTAIL? PUBLIC UTILITY ADMINISTRATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UH, BUDGET IS SALARIES.
AND IF YOU WERE A CALL, WE DIDN'T HAVE A DIRECTOR FOR A QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR AS WELL AS OUR ADMIN ASSISTANT, WHICH IS THE TWO, THE TWO POSITIONS BUDGETED OUT OF THAT, UH, THAT BUDGET.
SO WE WENT ALMOST, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR NOT BEING FULLY STAFFED.
AND THEN, UM, JUST GOING TO LIBRARY FEES.
I NOTICED LIBRARY FEES, UH, I'M SORRY, LIBRARY REVENUE, UM, WAS TRACKING UPWARD AND SO JUST WANTED TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY TO EXPLAIN NO OTHER THE EXPLANATION ON THE LIBRARY.
SO KUDOS TO THE LIBRARY FOR THAT PIECE.
AND THEN MY OTHER NOTICE WAS THE CART REVENUES WERE UP BY 200 FROM THE PROJECTED 258%.
AND SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE, WE'VE NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING NEW CARTS FOR EVERYONE.
THIS IS JUST, IS THIS JUST PEOPLE JUST COMING IN ASKING FOR CARDS OR PURCHASING PART CARDS HERE? JUST PURCHASES.
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING, THAT INTERESTING DATA THAT I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, KEEP IN MIND, BUT CONSIDERING CITY MANAGER, RIGHT, AND, AND MAYBE YOU AS WELL, UM, CONSIDERING, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PROCESS WE DID, UM, I, THIS, WHAT IS IT, SB THREE, UM, AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT BOND PROCESS.
AND I'M SORRY IF I'M, UM, MISSPEAKING ON THE, THE PARTICULAR, UM, UM, SENATE BILL, BUT, UM, WHAT DOES NEXT YEAR LOOK LIKE? HAVE WE STARTED PUTTING ELEMENTS IN PLACE? ARE THERE SOME THINGS WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD TO THIS NEXT YEAR? CITY MANAGER RIGHTS? UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF ONE OF THE REQUESTS WAS LIKE, CAN WE CONSIDER WAYS IN TERMS POINT OF ORDER? POINT OF ORDER.
SO THEN LEMME JUST FOCUS ON THIS BUDGET.
SO, AND, AND THIS IS REALLY TO CITY MANAGER, RIGHT?
SO THEN FOCUSING ON THIS BUDGET, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS, IS THAT STILL A POINT OF ORDER SITUATION? YES, IT IS.
AND IT'S, UH, COUNSEL, IT'S 8 34, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST, I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PART WAS CLEAR.
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CLEAR FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING.SO JUST AS WE BUDGET, I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW AS WE LOOK AT THESE MONTHLY, THIS IS THE YEAR END AND SO I WANT TO BRING THEM UP.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[F. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager. ]
MA'AM.NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL.
AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER.
FIRST, WE HAVE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, MINUTES FOR MAY 10TH, JULY 20TH AND DECEMBER 7TH OF 21.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 18TH OF 23, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OCTOBER 3RD, 2023, AS WELL AS RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING CLERGY APPRECIATION MONTH, NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, NATIONAL WOMEN'S SMALL BUSINESS MONTH, NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME MONTH, AND NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH, AS WELL AS CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENTS OF BRANDON, PAUL LEWIS, DEBORAH NORTH, AND LASHONDA BURNETT TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS SLASH CBO A AS WELL AS MR. DIG NORTH FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO DVA C PLACE ONE AS WELL AS CONSIDER AUTHORIZING, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO WITH GARVER LLC IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $140,000 FOR INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH METRO FIRE IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,742 FOR THE PURCHASE OF SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS UNITS.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE CONTRACT UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 0 1 DASH 19 WITH CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET IN THE AMOUNT OF $106,620 IN ORDER TO PURCHASE A 2024 CHEVROLET 1500 SILVERADO FOR THE BATTALION CHIEF COMMAND TRUCK AS IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
AND FINALLY, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR THREE VEHICLES IN THE AMOUNT OF $351,861, UTILIZING THE HGAC CONTRACT NUMBER EE OH EIGHT DASH 19 WITH METRO FIRE APPARATUS SPECIALIST INC.
FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS IDENTIFIED IN FISCAL YEAR 24 VEHICLE RE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU MADAM CITY SECRETARY COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? YES, I DO HAVE A, UM, TWO ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED.
UM, ONE A F1 A AND F 1D COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE POLLING OF F1 A AND F1 BDF 1D, F1 A AND F 1D AS IN DOG SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BY MARKS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE PULLING OF ITEMS F1 A AND D COUNCIL.
ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS, UM, UH, OF THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, REAPPOINTED AND APPOINTED TO OUR BOARDS.
IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE STAND SO THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU MR. NORTH.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. AND MRS. NORTH, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE, UH, TO THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE APPOINTED TO OUR BOARDS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, UM, SERVING AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, UM, AT THIS TIME.
[a. Special City Council Meeting May 10, 2021]
[d. Special City Council Meeting September 18, 2023]
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, UM, YOU MAY PROCEED.I WANNA FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, GETTING AFTER SOME OF THOSE MEETING MINUTES, BUT, UH, THE TWO MINUTES THAT I ACTUALLY PULLED WERE BEING PULLED JUST BECAUSE OF A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE AT THE TOP OF THEM.
THEY'RE BOTH SPECIAL MEETINGS, WHICH MEANS THEY TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON MONDAYS, BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE TUESDAYS.
AND SO I WAS JUST WANTING THAT AS A CORRECTION.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAD MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, CORRECTION, THE CORRECTIONS AS MENTIONED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO APPROVE, UH, THESE TWO ITEMS WITH THE CORRECTIONS MENTIONED.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
HAVING NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a change order in the amount of $251,048 amending the contract with SmithGroup to expand the scope of work for the design of the McCowan Aquatic & Recreation Center Project to include facility redesign.]
WE HAVE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $251,048.[02:15:01]
AMENDING THE CONTRACT WITH SMITH GROUP TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE WORK FOR THE DESIGN OF THE MACALLAN AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER PROJECT TO INCLUDE FACILITY REDESIGN.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHASE ELLIS, ASSISTANT PARKS DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS A FOLLOW UP FROM LAST MONTH'S, UM, COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE BROUGHT THE DESIGN APPROACH WITH THE REDESIGN APPROACH OF, UM, BRINGING THE BUILDINGS, UM, INTO BUDGET.
UH, BECAUSE AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION, AS WE NOTED, WE STARTED OUT ABOUT 6 MILLION OVER BUDGET.
AND THEN WHEN WE PRESENTED THROUGH SOME VALUE ENGINEERING AND SOME PROGRAMMING, UM, ENGINEERING COSTS THAT WE GOT IT DOWN TO 1.6 AND WE HAD THE TWO IDEAS OF LOOKING AT REDESIGNING THE BUILDING AND GOING TO THE TILT WALL APPROACH, WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT BECAUSE ONE THING THAT IT DID PRESERVE IS THE PROGRAMMING ASPECT OF THAT BUILDING.
AND AS WE'VE GONE, UH, WE WERE FINISHING THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE, NOW WE'VE GONE INTO LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, WHAT CAN WE DO TO PRESERVE THAT? AND SO IN ESSENCE, THE SMITH GROUP IS TAKING A FEW STEPS BACK TO GO BACK INTO THAT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
AND WITH THAT, IN THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT, THERE WAS A, AN ADDITION OF ANOTHER FEE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT STEP BACKWARDS AND REDESIGN, UM, THOSE PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING TO BRING IT INTO BUDGET.
AND SO IF WE'LL SCROLL DOWN, UM, TO THE SECOND PAGE.
ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO, AND WE'RE JUST SHOWING THIS AGAIN TO SHOW THAT WE'RE GOING MORE FROM THAT BUTTERFLY EFFECT, UH, SHAPE BUILDING TO MORE OF A Y SHAPE BUILDING.
AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE, ONE, WE'RE PRESERVING THE PROGRAM ASPECT, WHICH, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS WANTED TO SEE IN THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE AREAS, IT'S ACTUALLY CREATED A FEW MORE POCKETS WITHIN THE BUILDING TO ADD TO THAT PROGRAMMING SUCH AS A, A TURF AREA COMING OFF THE TRACK.
AND SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE SILVER LININGS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THIS REDESIGN AS LIKE RE-IMAGINING SOME OF THESE AREAS, AND SO IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER BENEFIT, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF WE'LL SCROLL DOWN TO THE LAST PAGE WE TALK ABOUT IS THE TIMELINE.
IT IS HAVING A IMPACT TO OUR SCHEDULE.
IT'S ABOUT A FIVE MONTH DELAY.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT IS ALSO PRESERVING IS OUR OWNER'S CONTINGENCY THAT AS WE CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND THINGS COME UP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THE CURRENT, UM, FUND TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
AND SO, UM, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THIS IS THAT YES, UH, WE ARE BRINGING FORTH THE ADDITIONAL FEE TO SMITH GROUP OF $251,048, BUT THAT FUNDING IS CURRENT WITH IN OUR PROJECT SCOPE.
AND SO IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THIS CHANGE ORDER IN AMOUNT OF $251,048, AMENDING THE CONTRACT WITH THE SMITH GROUP TO EXPAND THE SCOPE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE MCOWEN RECREATION AND AQUATIC CENTER.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE DID PUT IN THE, UH, AMENDMENT IS THAT THIS IS THE LAST REDESIGN FEE THAT SMITH GROUP WILL HAVE, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO THAT.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
I DO HAVE QUENTIN WITH IPS HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS MORE ABOUT THE CONTRACT PORTION OF THAT.
UM, BUT THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO COME TO YOU ALL TONIGHT TO CONTINUE THE PATH FORWARD OF GETTING TO THE NEXT PHASE OF ACTUALLY GROUNDBREAKING THIS SPRING.
THANK YOU MR. ELLIS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO SEE ONE LIGHT.
UM, MR. FEIGER WILL USE THE TIMER FOR ROUNDS TONIGHT FOR TWO MINUTE ROUNDS.
SO COUNSEL, PLEASE BE AWARE, UM, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH NATE, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING AND WHAT I READ THROUGH HERE IS THAT, UM, WE WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN COUNCIL APPROVED IT.
KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WE CHOOSE THE LOWER LOWEST BIDDER WE SIGN OR HIGHER, LOWER THE, YOU GET WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DO GO ABOVE
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AND BEYOND IN THAT PROCESS FOR A BIDDING.RIGHT? UM, SO YOU, YOU DO ALL OF THAT, YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT HAS A REDESIGNING FEE INCLUDED IN IT, RIGHT? THEY DESIGN IT, THEY DO A MORE THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR, WHICH IS MY FIRST ISSUE.
WHY? HOW DID WE GET TO A DESIGN PHASE THAT EXCEEDED THE COST OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR? AND NOW WE'RE COMING BACK TO, UM, AMEND THE CONTRACT IN ORDER TO, UM, PAY THEM THE FEE, I'M ASSUMING, SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK AND DESIGN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR.
I GUESS MY CONCERN, BECAUSE THIS IS A ITEM THAT WE DID NOT TAKE BEFORE THE VOTERS AS AS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? UM, IT'S GOING TO BE SCRUTINIZED AS COST INCREASE.
AND SO I GUESS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO TAXPAYERS.
AND SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND CONTRACTUALLY HOW WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE WALKING INTO THAT BEFORE WE WALKED INTO IT.
AND SO WITH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAS BEEN VERY VOLATILE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND SO AS WE DID THE DESIGN APPROACH AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS SCHEMATICS DESIGN THAT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AT A 20,000 FOOT VIEW.
WE COME DOWN, WE WANNA SEE WHAT PROGRAMMING ASPECTS ARE IN THIS BUILDING, WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE, AND THEN WE GET INTO THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING IN.
OKAY, WHAT TYPES OF TILES DO WE WANT? WHAT TYPES OF DOOR MATERIALS, WHAT TYPES OF, UH, THINGS DO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WITHIN THAT? AND SO WITH THEM, WE'RE ABLE TO GET MORE DOWN TO THAT FINE LINE BUDGET AND WE DO A BUDGET RECONCILIATION IN BETWEEN EACH OF THOSE PHASES.
AT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, WE WERE ON PAR, BUT AS WE STARTED GOING DOWN, DIVING INTO ALL THESE THINGS AND LOOKING WITH OUR CMAR AND LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL COST OF BUILDING, THAT'S WHERE THEN ONCE WE FINISHED THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WE CAME BACK AND WE SAW THAT THE CURRENT DESIGN THAT WE HAD AT 20,000 WAS OVER BUDGET.
AND SO WE HAD TO LOOK AT OUR VALUE ENGINEERING OPTIONS TO THEN BRING IT BACK INTO OUR ALLOCATED BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR US AS WELL AS OUR OWNER'S REP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THAT ALLOCATED BUDGET.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH THIS REDESIGN APPROACH IS THAT HOW CAN WE MAKE UP BY USING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS A DIFFERENT APPROACH OF, YOU KNOW, USING A TILT WALL APPROACH, BUT THEN BEING ABLE TO DESIGN THE BUILDING IN A WAY THAT WE CAN USE THAT APPROACH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHERE WE GOT TO.
AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THAT IS THEN THAT BROUGHT US DOWN TO OUR 2000, I MEAN 200,000 UNDER OUR BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE NEEDED TO GO BACK TO THE ARCHITECT TO SAY, LOOK, WE NEED TO REDESIGN THIS SO THAT WE MAINTAIN WHAT WE PROMISED TO THE CITIZENS, BUT ALSO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THAT ALLOCATED BUDGET.
SO SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE MAINTAINING THAT LEVEL OF WHAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THAT BUDGET WHILE MAINTAINING WHAT THE CITIZENS HAS HAVE ASKED FOR, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
UM, MR. FRYETT, IF YOU COULD SET THE TIMER.
I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL, KIND OF PIGGYBACKING OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM'S QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M 100% CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHERE THE VARIABLE COMES IN, IN THE WHOLE PROCESS, RIGHT? SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED KIND OF AT THE DESIGN PHASE AND THEN YOU LOOK INTO, UM, AT THAT POINT IS WHERE IT STARTED TO THE COST.
YOU SAW THE COST BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO IS THE MATERIALS WHERE, KIND OF WHERE THE VARIABLE, THE NUMBERS STARTED TO VARY OR INCREASE OR PUT YOU OVER BUDGET? I'M ASSUMING ONCE YOU HAD THE DESIGN THAT YOU WANTED, THEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT COST TO BUILD THAT FROM A MATERIAL COST, THAT'S WHERE THE NUMBER INCREASED, IS AM I, AM, IS THAT CORRECT OR AM I CORRECT LOOKING AT THAT THE CORRECT WAY, AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO QUENTIN BECAUSE HE'S MORE WELL VERSED IN THE MATERIALS THAN THAT.
AND SO YEAH, I GUESS, UH, I'M LOOKING AT WHERE IS THE VARIABLE COST THAT WILL PUT YOU OVER BUDGET ONCE YOU HAVE THE DESIGN.
SO LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE THE DESIGN IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT, WE KNOW THAT, BUT WHERE IT CHANGES IN TERMS OF WHAT IT COST TO BUILD IT, WOULD THAT BE THE MATERIAL I, I IMAGINE AND JUST THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION IN GENERAL? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
IT'S THE COST OF MATERIALS, THE VARIABLE IN, IN THE MATERIALS, AND THEN ALSO THE DETAILS THAT SOME ARE, ARE MORE LABOR INTENSIVE, UH, THAN OTHERS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE COST OF LABOR IS HIGHER.
SO AS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE DETAILS GOING WITH THE MORE MASON, UH, MASONRY APPROACH, UM, GLAZING IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT HAS GOTTEN VERY COSTLY.
AND SO THOSE ARE WHERE THE, UH, THE MAIN
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ITEMS LIE WITHIN THE, THE COST VARIABLE, UM, AS TO, TO HOW WE GOT TO THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE AT.SO I SUPPOSE WHEN WE'RE EXPLAINING THAT TO RESIDENTS, IT'S, THERE'S A COST THAT TECHNICALLY WE DON'T CONTROL UNTIL WE GET THERE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BUILD THE DESIGN WE HAVE.
SO THEN IT'S AT THAT POINT WHERE WE GO IN TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE ADJUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET UNDER THAT BUDGET? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DONE AT THIS POINT TO MAKE SURE WE STILL COME IN UNDER BUDGET FROM THAT ASPECT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP THE SAME SIZE, KEEP THE SAME PROGRAMMING USAGE, UM, WITH KIND OF ADJUSTING SOME OF THE MATERIALS TO BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, SO I KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THE, KNOWING THAT WE MAY HAVE TO GO BACK WITH THE COST THAT WAS ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT, UM, UM, OF THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS AND, AND CONVENINGS.
AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UM, IN TERMS OF THAT PIECE, UM, THAT, SO IN ESSENCE, WAS THAT BUDGETED FOR, OR WASN'T BUDGETED FOR IN TERMS OF, 'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM GOING TO THE, TO THE, TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT DOWNSIZING SOMETHING OR COST VALUE, COST ADJUSTING SOMETHING.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AS WE, AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE APPROACH, WE HAVE THOSE CONTINGENCY, UM, POTS, RIGHT? THAT WE GO THROUGH AND THE CMAR HAS ONE, WE HAVE ONE FOR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO WHAT WE CALL OUR GMP, THE GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE, THE CMAR THEN ONCE THEY AGREE THAT THEY CAN BUILD IT FOR THIS BUILDING, AND QUENTIN CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY ASSUME ALL THAT RISK FOR FROM THAT POINT FORWARD TO COMPLETION.
AND SO AS WE GO CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT POINT THAT WE'LL HAVE A MORE SURE, THIS IS WHAT IT IS AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST, BUT THEY'RE INVOLVED ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND SO WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE COMMODITIES INCREASES OR DECREASES THAT WE'RE KEEPING A, MAKING SURE THAT IT STAYS WITHIN THAT BUDGET.
UM, AND SO MOVING FORWARD, SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, IF, IF I UNDERSTAND, UM, THEY ASSUME THE RISK.
SO ONCE WE GET THIS DESIGN, THAT'S IT, AND THEN THE COST THAT THEY SAY IT IS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT'S THE RISK? SO IF IT GOES OVER BEYOND THIS POINT, THEY THEY TAKE THAT ON? YEAH.
SO AFTER THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, WE'LL COME BACK WITH WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, AS WELL AS ANOTHER, UM, BUDGET OF LOOKING AT WHAT THAT PRICE IS.
THEN WE GO INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER RECONCILIATION THERE BEFORE IT HITS THE GMP AND QUENTIN, IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE, OKAY.
WITH THE, THIS IS BASICALLY FOR THE ARCHITECT COSTS, AND SO WE HAVE A PROVISION NOW AN AMENDMENT THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF THIS DESIGN GOES OVER WHAT THEY PROJECTED TO BE, THEN THAT'S AT, WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THEM ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A REDESIGN.
NOW THAT'S THE CLAUSE THAT WE ACTUALLY ADDED TO THE CONTRACT THAT SAID THAT THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT WE'LL DO THAT, BUT WE WON'T DO IT ANYMORE IN THE FUTURE.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL WORK, BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THE ARCHITECT WILL BE DOING IT ON THEIR OWN DIME AND NOT ON OURS.
DOES THAT HELP? THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
UM, I DID HEAR YOU SAY THAT AND I JUST HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION.
SO DOES THAT MEAN OKAY, THEY TAKE ON THE RISK OF THE REDESIGN IF THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE, BUT THE NEXT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER REDESIGN THAT WOULD MAKE IT NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW? IT COULD BE, BUT IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
BUT, BUT, BUT IF SO, THERE WILL BE NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENT ON THE CITY'S SIDE IF ANOTHER REDESIGN OCCURS.
AND I'LL JUST BRING UP, THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? THE, THE, THE IDEA THAT THINGS GET VALUE ENGINEERED AND REDESIGNED THROUGHOUT IN ORDER TO MEET BUDGET IS A VERY TYPICAL BUILDING ENVIRONMENT FOR US.
WHAT I, I THINK ONE THING TO, TO JUST DRAW ATTENTION TO IS THAT THIS IS THE SMAR PROCESS THAT WE ARE USING IS, IS A GREAT TOOL TO ADDRESS EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNCIL'S BRINGING UP HERE WITH YOUR OVERALL CONCERN, WHICH IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE STAY WITHIN BUDGET, RIGHT? SO THAT IS WHY WE CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR METHOD.
THIS METHOD ALL THE WAY ALONG HAS SEVERAL CHECKPOINTS WITH RECONCILIATIONS ON THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE, ARE WE ACCURATE BY CATCHING THIS, UH, THIS OVER COST.
NOW INSTEAD OF WHEN YOU'RE BIDDING THE PROJECT LATER ON HAS SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY.
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OKAY? 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY $250,000 TO, TO REDESIGN IT.NOW IF WE'D GOTTEN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS DONE AND THEN SAID, LET'S GO BACK AND CHANGE THIS THING, IT WOULD'VE BEEN MULTIPLES OF THAT NUMBER, RIGHT? SO, SO I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT KIND OF LIKE, WELL, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? THIS HAPPENS A LOT.
CATCHING IT EARLIER IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN CATCHING IT LATER AND HAVING A DEFINED BUDGET THAT WE ARE SQUEEZING THE PROJECT INTO WITH THE CMAR OBLIGATED TO BUILD IT AT THAT COST.
ONCE WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT IS THE COST OF IT IS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING WITHIN BUDGET.
THIS IS THE MOST FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE METHOD WE CAN BE USING FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, FOR, AND I HAVE TO COMMEND OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF, OUR TEAM, OUR OUR PARTNERS FOR THIS, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BRING THIS PROJECT IN AT BUDGET.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? OKAY.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAD MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
UM, OUR VOTING MACHINE IS OUT OF COMMISSION TONIGHT, SO WE WILL TAKE A VERBAL VOTE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MS. THOMAS, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT AND FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[2. Consider authorizing the Economic Development Director to negotiate and execute a Facade Improvement Grant for Grow DeSoto Market Place in a not-to-exceed amount of $225,000 as approved by the DeSoto Development Corporation Board of Directors]
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE AND A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $225,000 AS APPROVED BY THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MATT CARLSON, DDC DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING TO HERE TONIGHT TO, TO RECOMMEND TO THE, THE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A FACADE GRANT IMPROVEMENT WITH THE DESOTO MARKETPLACE IN AN NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT, EXCEED AMOUNT OF $225,000 THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT ITS SEPTEMBER MEETING.
THIS REALLY IS A CONCLUSION, IF YOU WILL, OF A, A PREV OF A REVIEW THAT WAS BEGUN BACK IN JANUARY OF 22.
UH, THE MAYOR FORMED A ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.
THEY TOOK ABOUT A YEAR TO DO STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, UH, UNDERSTAND THE OPERATIONAL ACT ACTIVITIES, INTERVIEWED CURRENT TENANTS, INTERVIEWED PRIVATE, UH, PRIOR TENANTS.
A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT OVER THAT ONE YEAR PERIOD.
AND IT CAME FORWARD REALLY, UH, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY TIME AT THAT MID-YEAR POINT, FIVE YEARS INTO A 10 YEAR CONTRACT TO, AND, AND REALLY AT, AT MR. ANDERSON'S, UH, REQUEST, MOVE THIS OUT OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR SOLELY INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD TO YOU IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
THE COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO PROCEED THAT DOWN THAT PATH AND ENGAGE WITH MR. ANDERSON TO CREATE A, UH, TO TERMINATE THAT AGREEMENT AND FIND A WAY TO PART WAYS THAT ALLOWED A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF OUR INVOLVEMENT, BUT A, A SUCCESSFUL WAY FOR HIM TO CONTINUE FORWARD SERVING THE, THE TENANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE, UH, THE GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE.
ALLOW HIM TO HAVE A, A FIRM FOOTING TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE SERVICES TO NEW TENANTS.
BECAUSE AS MUCH AS, AS MAYBE IT HASN'T MET THE START A BUSINESS GROW UP, MOVE OUT AND TAKE ANOTHER SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, OUR EXPECTATIONS THERE, IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES TO GET STARTED, TO TEST OUT THEIR BUSINESS CONCEPTS, TO TEST OUT THEIR BUSINESS ACUMEN.
UM, WE'VE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME IN EDUCATING A NUMBER OF THOSE TENANTS WHO HAVE COME AND GONE.
THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW WHO HAVE COME AND GONE THROUGH THE FACILITY OVER THOSE, OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS.
AND WE SAT DOWN WITH MR. ANDERSON AND, AND WE THINK THAT THIS, UH, THIS FACADE AGREEMENT, UH, GIVEN THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HE'S WILLING TO MAKE, UH, AND HE ON HIS PROPERTY, REMEMBER THIS IS A PRIVATELY OWNED PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UH, THE IMPROVEMENT THAT HE'S WILLING TO MAKE SUPPORTED BY THIS FACADE GRANT, UH, WE THINK IS A, IS A GOOD, A GOOD WAY FOR BOTH PARTIES TO, TO MEET THOSE, THOSE GOALS THAT WERE SET FORTH TO US BY THE COUNCIL.
WHEN YOU ASKED US TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, I HAVE THE PRESENTATION.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BACK IN APRIL.
UM, HE HAD BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND SO I'LL, I'LL BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH IT IF WITH, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO, TO REMIND YOURSELVES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
UM, HE ENGAGED A DESIGN FIRM TO, TO LOOK AT THIS.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS MARKET, YOU JUST WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR TO THE RIGHT IS WHERE THE RESTAURANTS ARE STRAIGHT AHEAD IS, IS A NUMBER OF SPACES.
NOW, OVERALL, IF I HAD TO CHARACTERIZE THE CHANGES INTERNALLY, IT'S TO OPEN UP THE SPACE BETTER TO ENGAGE SERVICES AS WELL AS RETAIL TO CREATE SOME
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SHARED SPACES FOR BOTH, UH, SERVICE PEOPLE TO, BUT ALSO SORT OF SHARED OFFICE SPACE.UM, AND ALSO TO CREATE A MORE OF A, AN ACTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, THERE'S A BAR THAT'S IN HERE, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SIT AND EAT.
IT'S REDRESS THE FACE OF THE, OF THE, UH, RESTAURANTS TO MAKE THEM LOOK MUCH MORE APPEALING AND OVERALL JUST TO CHANGE IT, TO MAKE IT FEEL A LOT MORE FINISHED.
I, I, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A VERY ELOQUENT WAY TO PUT THAT.
I KNOW, BUT IT, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED WITH THIS, UH, I THINK WE'D ALL AGREE THAT IT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE TODAY.
PUTS THE CEILING IN REDRESSES, THESE SPACES.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OFFICE SPACES THAT HE WANTS TO ADD THERE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE'S THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY IT BOXES IN THE BACK OF THEM SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE LOOKING INTO THEIR KITCHENS AND CREATES A FRONT COUNTER SPACE, MAKES IT MUCH MORE OF A RESTAURANT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE, SORT OF THE, THE WIRE MESH OF PARTITIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED IN, IN, IN, UH, AND OPENED UP THE CEILING AND CHANGED THE LIGHTING TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE APPEALING OUTSIDE.
WE WANNA REDRESS THE, UH, THE FOOD TRUCK AREA.
UM, AND THIS DOESN'T SHOW THE, THE SHADE WINGS THAT HE HAS PROPOSED, UM, BUT DOES SHOW SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING AND THE CHANGE OF THAT TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING THAN JUST AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT WITH SOME GRAVEL.
PUT SOME, SOME PERMANENT TABLES IN PLACE.
UH, REPLACE SOME OF THE PICNIC TABLES, ADD SOME LIGHTING, UH, ON THOSE SAME STRUCTURES.
UH, THE SHADE, SHADE STRUCTURES WOULD BE THERE FOR SUMMERTIME.
AND THEN THE LAST PAGE OF THIS, AND IT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION OR YOUR, THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT IS THE, THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT HE'S ANTICIPATED ENGAGING AND, AND PERFORMING AND, AND DELIVERING WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF ABOUT $560,000 OF, WE PROPOSED ABOUT 40% OF THAT AMOUNT.
THAT GETS US TO THAT AMOUNT, SLIGHTLY LESS THAN $225,000.
WE CAP THAT AT 200 AT A AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $25,225,000.
BUT IN ANY CASE, WHAT HE SPENDS UP TO THAT AMOUNT, WE'D INVEST 40, WE WOULD INVEST 40%.
THOSE WILL BE PAID IN ARREARS ONCE THE PROJECT IS DONE.
ONCE HE COMPLETES THAT, ONCE HE GETS HIS CERTIFICATES OF, OF OCCUPANCY, UH, AND SUBMITS THOSE RECEIPTS TO, TO IDENTIFY THE COSTS, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD REIMBURSE THOSE COSTS.
THOSE WILL BE COMING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, AND WE WOULD BE ENCUMBERING 24, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24 FUNDS TO PROVIDE THOSE.
THERE REALLY, THERE REALLY IS, UH, THE ONLY ASK THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT IS FOR YOU TO REAFFIRM, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S, UH, DESIRE TO OFFER THAT, UH, THAT INCENTIVE.
AND THEN WE WOULD ENTER IN, I WOULD ENTER INTO A NEGOTIATION AND GET AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT IN PLACE, UH, THAT WE WOULD EXECUTE ON, ON, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S BEHALF.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS IS, I THINK, THE THIRD TIME THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
UH, REALLY WE JUST WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU AND, AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD WAS.
I, I DO SEE SOME COUNCIL LIES.
MR. GER, IF YOU COULD START OUR TIMERS FOR ME.
UM, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PARKER, UH, I KNOW EARLIER, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, YOU BET THAT WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE ACTUAL TIMING OF EVERYTHING AND AS I WENT THROUGH, UH, 'CAUSE I, WHEN EARLIER SOMEONE SAID A YEAR FROM THE DATE OF EXECUTION, BUT I THINK IT REALLY SAYS SIX MONTHS ACCORDING TO THIS DOCUMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, UM, DOES THAT MEAN IT SAYS THAT IT'S A COMPLETION IN SIX MONTHS, SIX MONTHS FROM THE EXECUTION? IS THAT'S WHAT IT, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M READING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF THAT'S NOT DONE WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T COME TO THE CITY FOR THAT MONIES? IN THEORY, THAT WOULD BE, IF, IF THAT IS INDEED A I AS I REMEMBERED READING IT, THAT, THAT THEY HAD A YEAR TO BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION AND I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD A BACKEND ON IT, BUT THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED.
UM, I MAY JUST NOT BE RECALLING.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, BUT IF THAT'S IN FACT WHAT THE AGREEMENT SAYS, THEN YOU ARE CORRECT.
HE'LL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE THOSE.
UM, AND OTHERWISE HE'D BE IN DEFAULT OF THAT CONTRACT.
AND JUST ONE, ONE, UH, JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE, UH, DDC BOARD, CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? SO THEIR BOARD HAVE LOOKED AT THE RETURNS, THEY'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD PROJECT.
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YOU.UM, ARE THERE ANY CONDITIONS ON OUR END, UH, FOR THESE FUNDS? UM, SO I TOOK A LOOK AT THE FORCE MAJEURE TOOK A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE SIX MONTHS IN THAT TIMEFRAME AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT THERE IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONALLY, LIKE, UM, I THINK MY, MY CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ARE MORE SO AROUND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE WITHIN IT.
AND SO, UM, WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION, HAS IT BEEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUT.
HE'S TRANSITIONING FORWARD AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, FEWER, I GUESS RETAIL SPACES, TRADITIONAL RETAIL SPACES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, IS THERE ANY KIND OF PLAN TO WORK WITH, IS IT THAT HE'S WORKING WITH, IS HE DOING, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TO COME IN AND, AND TO DO SOME OF THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PIECE, YOU KNOW, AND HELPING THEM BUILD THEIR CAPACITY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE UNDER HIS CURRENT MODEL? WHAT WILL HIS MODEL BE? UM, IN ALL HONESTY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY OF IT.
IT'S A MODEL THAT HE'S ESTABLISHED IN TWO OTHER FACILITIES.
AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH HIS OTHER PLACES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE GREAT.
I ALWAYS HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE WHY THIS LOOKED DIFFERENTLY.
HOWEVER, UM, I GUESS MY PART OF MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL BUSINESSES PIECE, WE HAVE AN INLINE SHOPPING CENTER POLICY WHERE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF PROTECTION AND SOME ADD TO THOSE.
THIS IS NOT THAT THIS IS FACADE, BUT IT'S ALMOST KIND OF IN ESSENCE BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, SOMETHING SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT FORMAT.
SO ARE WE DOING ANYTHING FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES? WE AS A CITY? NOT, NOT IN THIS CASE, NO.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE I CALL FOR A MOTION? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION MADAM MAYOR MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BURRS, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL.
UM, AGAIN, OUR OUR OUR UH, VOTING PADS ARE STILL OUT COMMISSION, SO WE'LL TAKE A VERBAL VOTE.
IF YOU VOTED NAY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT'S NOTED FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES I JUST, I WANNA CLARIFY ONE THING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VOTE JUST IN, IN SECTION, UH, 4.2 ON THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.
JUST SO, UH, EVERYONE APPEARS AWARE IT IS 100 AND DAY, 180 DAYS IS WRITTEN IN THERE FOR THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BY THE PARTIES IN WRITING.
SO THEY CAN, YOU CAN MAKE AN AGREEMENT OUTSIDE OF THIS AND IT'S GONNA TAKE LONGER THAN THE 180 DAYS.
JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY GRITA AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I THINK I GOT A SECOND ON THE END.
IT IS VERY LIGHT, BUT I THINK WE HAVE ONE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM'S, UH, MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IT'S 9:07 PM AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.