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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.AND I WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE WORK SESSION OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, AND IT IS 6:01 PM I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WILL START US OFF WITH THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
THANK YOU MADAM CITY SECRETARY.
WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE.
FIRST WE HAVE REVIEW OF MASTER
[1. Review of Master Calendar of Events and Special Meetings]
CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS BY CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO A FEW ITEMS ON THE MASTER CALENDAR FOR THIS EVENING.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, JUST, UH, FOR YOUR AWARENESS, THE, UH, MILESTONES WITH THE MAYOR THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH.
WE HAVE POSTPONED THAT TO 2024.
SO LOOK FORWARD A DATE, UH, IN 2024 THAT WE'LL, UH, ANNOUNCE AT A LATER TIME, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
UM, ON, UH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH OVER AT NS FARM, WE, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR PUBLIC MEETING, UH, WITH THE AREA RESIDENTS FROM AROUND THAT, UH, THAT FACILITY.
UH, THE PURPOSE THERE IS TO REVIEW THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED.
UH, WE REVIEWED IT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THAT REZONING PROCESS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS A LITTLE BIT ON REVISING THAT MASTER PLAN, AND WE'LL BRING BACK SOME OPTIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN JUST LOOK THAT YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR A FEW WEEKS OUT STILL.
THAT'S A WE WEDNESDAY AGAIN, DECEMBER 6TH.
UH, AT 11 O'CLOCK WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL EMPLOYEE AWARDS, UH, EVENT GOING ON IN THE CITY COUNCIL IS WELCOME TO ATTEND THAT, UH, THAT DAY.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON OTHER CALENDAR ITEMS, I CAN GO AHEAD AND BRING ADDRESS THOSE NOW.
CITY MANAGER WRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISM.
I DON'T SHOW THAT THE VETERANS AFFAIRS, UH, COMMISSION MEETING, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS POSTED ON THIS.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, GOD, IT JUST ESCAPED ME.
THE COMMUNICATION FOR THE, UM, UH, PUBLIC MEETING FOR N'S FARM.
UM, HOW WAS THAT DONE? 'CAUSE HISTORICALLY THAT'S BEEN CHALLENGING FOR, TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING, UH, DOOR HANGERS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE GONE OUT YET.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT I SAW THEM ON, ON A DESK, UH, JUST THE OTHER DAY.
SO I KNOW THEY'RE PREPARING TO PUT OUTDOOR HANGERS ON THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THAT AREA.
SO THEY'RE GOING OUT TOMORROW.
AND ROLANDA IS ALSO CONTACTED ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
SO, SO ALL OF THOSE THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AS WELL, THAT WE HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ROLANDA HAS ALSO REACHED OUT TO THEM TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE MEETING.
ONE OTHER NOTE IS THAT I DON'T SEE CPACS MEETINGS ON HERE EITHER.
UM, IS THE VETERAN'S BREAKFAST, HAS THAT, WAS THAT ON HERE AS WELL? NO, IT HISTORICALLY, UM, THO THAT EVENT NEVER SEEMS TO MAKE THE CALENDAR, BUT IT IS HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[2. Review of Regular Agenda items]
OF REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT.AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, WE'LL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, UH, JUST TO, UH, RUN THROUGH THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THERE.
UH, FOR CITY BUSINESS, FIRST OF ALL, ITEM J.
UH, WE DO HAVE A, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GARVER.
THAT IS FOR THEM TO HELP US WITH THE LIGHTING COPPER RULES, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE, PART OF OUR EPA REQUIREMENTS, UM, TO COMPLY WITH THOSE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A ISOLATION VALVE THAT WE NEED TO PURCHASE AT THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION.
UH, ON HERE WE HAVE, UH, THE INSTALLATION OF OUR STANDBY GENERATORS AND AUTOMATIC, UH, TRANSFER POWER SWITCH AT THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION AS WELL.
UH, FORTUNATELY, THAT PURCHASE OF ALMOST $700,000 IS PAID FOR ENTIRELY OUT OF OUR ARPA GRANT FUNDING.
UH, SO THAT IS PART OF OUR ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY PROJECT AT THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION.
UH, THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO HAVE A NEW CONTRACT WITH J AND S TOWING AND RECOVERY, UH, INC FOR OUR WRECKER SERVICE AND VEHICLE STORAGE.
UH, THAT'S FOR THE TOWING, UH, SERVICE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS A FORENSIC SCANNER THAT WILL ASSIST IN OUR, UM, IN THE SCANNING AND, UH, MEASURING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR, UH, CRIME SCENES AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
UH, THEN ALSO WE HAVE, UH, ITEM, UH, O ON THERE.
WE HAVE SOME VEHICLES, UH, FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE BUILDING AREA.
UH, ALSO A, A BUCKET TRUCK IS ITEM P, UM, FOR ALSO FOR OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION.
THEN WE HAVE ON QUEUE, WE HAVE OUR, OUR PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
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CAN PERFORM STRIPING ON OUR ROADWAYS.AND THERE'S A LIST OF ROADWAYS IN THE AGENDA PACKET, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT IS A PROJECT SH UH, IT'S A, UH, SHARED PROJECT COST WITH THEM.
UH, THEN WE HAVE ITEM R, WHICH IS OUR INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATES THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON DURING THE PRESENTATION SESSION SECTION OF THE AGENDA, UH, ON, AND THEN WE HAVE ITEM S.
AND THAT IS A, UH, THE CONTRACT WITH THE DECK, THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER, UH, THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
AND THAT IS IN COLLABORATION ALSO WITH THE CHAMBER.
UH, ON OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, WE HAVE FOUR.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE ONE THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UH, RECENTLY THAT IS THE 5 0 1 AND 6 0 1 WINTER GREEN ROAD.
UH, AND SO IT, IT'S COMING THROUGH WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL CHANGES TO IT FROM THE LAST TIME THE CITY COUNCIL SAW IT.
BUT THIS TIME IT WENT THROUGH P AND Z WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, ITEM TWO THERE IS, IS, UH, PD 1 98.
UH, AND THAT IS FOR, UH, A DEVELOPMENT ON ELL ROAD, KIND OF ACROSS FROM THE MCOWEN, UH, PARK.
UH, ITEM THREE THERE IS FOR A NEW HOTEL, A HOME TO SUITES, UM, OVER OFF OF WHEATLAND.
AND THE 67 AREA OVER THERE, KINDA THAT NORTH, UH, WEST SIDE OF TOWN THAT SOMETIMES WE FORGET IS ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
UH, AND THEN ITEM, UH, NUMBER FOUR, THERE IS OUR GREEN SPACE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT IS NOW COMING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL OUT THERE BEING THROUGH P AND Z ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, YOU HAVE, UH, A CONTRACT WITH DFW HOLIDAY KINGS FOR VARIOUS, UH, LIGHTS AND ORNAMENTS RELATED TO THE, UH, HOLIDAY IN A PARK FESTIVAL THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE ICE RINK.
AND THEN ITEMS TWO AND THREE ARE BOTH RELATED TO CHANGES THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING, UH, NEXT YEAR RELATED TO THE CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULE.
SO, UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, NOT HAVING WORK SESSIONS ON YOUR FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS, UH, MEETINGS AT CITY COUNCIL.
UM, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ORDER FOR YOUR TOPICAL WORK SESSIONS AS WELL.
UM, ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE ENC ENCAPSULATED IN THOSE TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS A RESOLUTION THAT KIND OF SETS YOUR PUBLIC, YOUR, YOUR DATES FOR MEETINGS NEXT YEAR.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS YOUR RULES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL.
AND IT UPDATES THOSE ITEMS IN THAT MANUAL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DR. MARKS? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, MR. WRIGHT, IN REFERENCE TO THE WRECKER AND TOWING SERVICE, I SEE THAT THIS IS A NEW, UH, COMPANY.
CAN YOU UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT AS TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LAST, AND THEN OF COURSE, IT SAYS AS A REVENUE CONTRACT.
SO IS THIS KIND OF NEW FOR THIS ONE, OR CAN YOU JUST UNPACK THAT? IT IS ALL OF OUR POLICE CHIEF JOE COSTA, GO AHEAD AND RESPOND TO THOSE.
MAD MAYOR COUNCIL, DR. MARKS, THAT IS, UH, THE OTHER CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED AND WE WERE DOING A ONE YEAR, UM, RENEWAL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND SO CITY MANAGER AND I HAD A DISCUSSION.
WE JUST DECIDED TO PUT IT BACK OUT THERE FOR A, UH, NEW CONTRACT.
AND, UH, WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE BID ON IT.
UH, J AND S WON THE BID AFTER, UH, THE INTERVIEWS AND, UH, RATINGS.
AND, UH, IT'S A REVENUE, JUST AS THE OTHER ONE WAS WHEN THEY TAKE IN ABANDONED CARS AND THEN THEY, UH, THEY, THEY'RE IMPOUNDED AND THEN THEY'RE TURNED OVER TO THEM AND THEY AUCTION AUCTIONED 'EM OFF.
WE GET $25 FOR EVERY IMPOUND VEHICLE.
THE LAST CONTRACT WAS, UH, $15, I BELIEVE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, GONE UP TO 25.
I JUST DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A CONTINUATION OR A RENEWAL OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS NEW, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS.
THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL
[3. Discussion of potential revisions to the City's Facility Naming Policy]
REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S FACILITY NAMING POLICY.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
UM, THIS, UH, IS, LEMME JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
MARCH 16TH, UH, DESOTO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A FACILITY NAMING POLICY TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING REQUESTS FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL, UM, CITY STAFF FOR THE NAMING OR RENAMING OF THE CITY FACILITIES BY POLICY.
UM, IT IS THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE TO NAME OR RENAME CITY OWNED BUILDINGS, STREETS, PARKS, TRAILS, AND OR RECREATION FACILITIES BASED UPON THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE POLICY.
AND SO, UM, THERE WAS SOME, AFTER THE LAST NAMING, UM, UH, POP NAMING, UM, EVENT, UM, THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME DOWN FROM, UM, A RESIDENT.
AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE MS. HOPE STEVENS, FOR KIND OF TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO, UH, WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND HAVE RECOMMENDED SOME, SOME SUGGESTIONS.
AND SO SHE HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I WANTED TO BRING THOSE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND SO I WILL JUST READ THROUGH.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATIONS CLARIFY.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE PRESENT AND VOTED ON IN JANUARY AND JULY.
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MEETINGS ANNUALLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT APPLICATION BE SUBMITTED 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE, UH, TO THE CITY SECRETARY OF CITY MANAGER.SO, IN OTHER WORDS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME, KNOWING THAT THERE WERE, THAT A VOTE IS COMING IN THE, THOSE TIMEFRAMES IS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS.
ADD NUMBER TWO, ADD THE REQUIREMENT OF RENAMING APPLICATIONS.
UH, BE ADD THE REQUIREMENT THAT RENAMING APPLICATIONS BE PUBLISHED IN THE WATER BILLS, PROVIDING DIRECTIONS ON WHERE TO OBTAIN THE DETAILS FOR REVIEW 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY OR JULY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS TO GIVE GREATER AWARENESS TO IT.
UM, IN THAT EVERYONE WHO, YOU KNOW, PAYS HAS WATER, UH, CONNECTION, THEY RECEIVE THAT.
AND SO THAT'S A MASS PUBLICATION, NOT LIMITING TO JUST THE WATER BILL, BUT AT MINIMUM ENSURING THAT IT'S THERE.
AND THEN GIVEN THAT 30 DAY, UH, REVIEW PERIOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
NUMBER THREE IS ADD THE REQUIREMENT THAT FACILITY RENAMING APPLICATIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS MUST REQUIRE AT LEAST A 25, 25 VERIFIABLE SIGNATURES.
VERIFIABLE SIGNATURES ARE THE SIGNATURES OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND SO, IN OTHER WORDS, UM, CURRENTLY OUR POLICY IS YOU HAVE ONE, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BE THE SECOND OR THE CO-SIGNER OF IT, AND THEN THAT'S IT.
THIS GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF MORE WEIGHT, UM, AND GIVES SOME BUY-IN FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGH THAT CITY COUNCIL OR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
NUMBER FOUR, ADD THE REQUIREMENT THAT SUPPORT, UH, ADD THE REQUIREMENT.
THAT SUPPORT MUST BE PROVIDED BY COORDINATING COM, BY ANY COORDINATING COMMISSION OR BOARD AS SUCH AS LIBRARY BOARD, TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER AND SUCH.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR ALREADY IN THE POLICY, UM, BUT JUST MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT AND NOT A RECOMMENDATION, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE SO A RECOMMENDATION.
NUMBER FIVE, AND I COULD BE WRONG WITH THAT, SO PLEASE CORRECT ME, CITY MANAGER NUMBER FIVE IS ADD THE REQUIREMENT FOR A MANDATORY WAITING PERIOD OF 12 TO 24 MONTHS BEFORE THE SAME FACILITY CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR RENAMING.
I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENT AS WELL.
MEANING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL THAT IS RENAMED, AND THEN WE DON'T WANNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SCENARIO OF SOMEONE COMING IN AND TURNING AROUND TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN IF IT'S LESS THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVING US, UH, AN UPDATE ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? I DO HAVE A COMMENT, UM, REGARDING NUMBER THREE.
UM, AT THE REQUIREMENT THAT FACILITY RENAMING APPLICATIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS MUST REQUIRE AT LEAST 25 VERIFIABLE SIGNATURES.
THE VERIFIABLE SIGNATURES ARE THE SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN DESOTO.
I'M, I'M A LITTLE, I'M, I'M A, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORTIVE OF THE FACT THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE A PROPERTY OWNER BECAUSE PROPERTY OWNERS MAY NOT NECESSARILY LIVE IN DESOTO.
I WOULD MORE SO SUPPORT REGISTERED VOTERS IN DESOTO BEING THE VERIFIABLE SIGNATURE VERSUS PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT OWN PROPERTY AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T OWN PROPERTY.
SO FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN OFF ON SOMETHING TO THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE, IN MY OPINION, UM, DISHEARTENING TO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT REQUIRES THEM TO OWN PROPERTY IN OUR CITY, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT REGISTERED VOTERS.
UM, THAT'S MY COMMENT FOR NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE VOICE AND COMMISSIONS, I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE THAT AS RECOMMENDED AND NOT REQUIRED ALSO ON THE RENAMING OF A FACILITY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN NAMED.
I REALLY DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE IN THAT.
WHY WOULD SOMEBODY WANT TO GO AND RENAME A FACILITY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN NAMED? SO I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE THERE AS WELL.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS SO FAR.
AND JUST, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY ON THE, THE WAITING PERIOD, IT'S THE, RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE SILENT ON RENAMING, MEANING IF WE GO THROUGH IN JANUARY NAMING A FACILITY, A CERTAIN THING, TECHNICALLY IN JULY, SOMEBODY CAN COME BACK AND RENAME THAT SAME FACILITY, OR WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THAT AGAIN.
AND THIS IS JUST, UM, ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LIKE IF WE NAME SOMETHING, AT LEAST GIVE THAT, THAT FACILITY A YEAR OR GIVE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO HAVE THAT NAME BEFORE IT BEING RECONSIDERED FOR A RENAMING.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT DONE? NO, BUT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO THIS IS, SO IF IT'S, UH, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE, UM, BUT THIS IS JUST ENSURING THAT IT'S NOT DONE.
I DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE IN THERE, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATION.
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IS ONE THAT, UH, IN RESEARCH OF, OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE COST OF RENAMING BUILDINGS TO THE COST OF RESIGNING BUILDINGS, THE EXPENSE INCURRED.SO INSTEAD OF POSSIBLY THE SIGNATURES, I THINK THAT MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT GROUP TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE RENAMING, FOR THE BRANDING OF IT SO THAT IT DOES NOT BE A, A, A DETRIMENT, IF YOU WOULD, TO THE CITY.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT WILL DO TWO THINGS THAT WILL ASSURE THAT THERE IS, UM, A COMMUNITY SUPPORT BEHIND IT BECAUSE, UH, IF A SIGN IS GOING TO BE 25 TO $10,000 TO DO IT, AND IT WILL ALSO DEFLECT THE COST OF, OF, OF THAT FALLING ON THE CITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION, UM, THAT, THAT I WOULD HAVE IF, IF A, IF A, IF A BUILDING IS TO BE REBRANDED OR TO BE NAMED, THEN MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT GROUP BEHIND IT THAT, THAT SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL RAISE THE MONEY TO INCUR THE COST OF THAT BUILDING, UH, BEING, UH, REBRANDED.
UH, AND AS SUCH, UM, IT DID, IT WOULD NOT, UH, INFLICT ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE, UM, TO THE CITY.
I, I, I KINDA LIKE THE POLICY AS IT IS.
I THINK WE GAVE IT SOME DUE DILIGENCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE SOMETHING BETTER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UH, AND I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO, UH, TALK WITH, YOU KNOW, AND BE OKAY WITH, UH, TALKING MORE ABOUT FACILITY RENAMING.
UM, I WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BIRD WAS SAYING ABOUT, UH, MONETARY GAINS OR, OR NOT GAINS, BUT MONETARY MEANS OF, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING MONEY TO ACTUALLY PUT THE SIGN.
I WOULD SAY IF, IF IT WERE MY DECISION, I WOULD SAY THERE NEEDS TO BE BOTH.
IT NEEDS TO BE THE SIGNATURES AND THE MONEY.
UM, IF YOU'VE MADE THE DECISION TO DO THE ACTUAL RENAMING, BEING ABLE TO INCUR THE COST, BUT ALSO GET THE SIGNATURES AS A, AS A, YOU KNOW, A FURTHER MEASURE TO SAY IT'S THAT IMPORTANT THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS.
SO I THINK IT'S BOTH, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE MEANS, AND IF THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE SIGNATURES, THEY COULD EASILY DO THE MEANS PART OR HAVE THE MONIES TO PUT THE THING ON THERE.
IF THEY HAVE TO DO BOTH, IT MEANS THEY'VE DONE BOTH DUE DILIGENCE ON BOTH SIDES.
SO THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATION, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I'VE KIND OF TAKEN IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD SUPPORT THE WAITING PERIOD.
HONESTLY, HEARING THAT IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, RENAMING A BUILDING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SIGNAGE, I WOULD EI WOULD EVEN BE IN SUPPORT OF A LONGER WAITING PERIOD BEFORE RENAMING A BUILDING BECAUSE IF YOU, YOU GO, YOU GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF RAISING THE MONEY, THINK ABOUT THE, THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT, RIGHT? THAT EVEN 25 VARIABLE SIGNATURES IS EFFORT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT ADDING, RAISING FUNDS ON TOP OF THAT.
I WOULD EVEN SUPPORT A LONGER WAITING PERIOD BEFORE JUST UPPING, RENAMING A BUILDING AND KIND OF HAVING A, YOU KNOW, A REVOLVING DOOR ON OUR BUILDINGS.
UM, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF A LONGER WAITING PERIOD.
UM, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF SOME KIND OF WAY OF FIGURING OUT, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN SEE WHAT THE BEST PRACTICES ARE IN TERMS OF RA RAISING THE FUNDS, BECAUSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE VOTED TO RENAME A BUILDING THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT A CITY FACILITY CORRECT.
AND SO FOR US TO PAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO INCUR AN EXPENSE.
I'M ASSUMING THAT AT THIS POINT, THE INTENT WAS THAT WE WOULD INCUR THAT EXPENSE.
SO I'M THINKING ABOUT, I'M, I'M, I BROUGHT THAT UP TO SAY I'M THINKING ABOUT THE EXPENSES AND IF WE HAVE BUILDINGS TECHNICALLY THAT ARE NOT CITY FACILITY BUILDINGS, UM, IS IT PRUDENT TO INCUR ALL OF THE FINANCIAL EXPENSE FOR US? SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT A MECHANISM THAT WOULD, UM, REQUIRE THE FUNDS TO BE RAISED FOR THESE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS SO THAT THE BURDEN DOES NOT ALWAYS FALL ON THE TAX PAYERS CONSIDERING WHAT CAN BE RENAMED AND, AND WHY WE WOULD RENAME SOMETHING, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT.
UM, TO KIND OF GO TO MY LAST POINT, I, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF MAKING BOARD SUPPORT REQUIRED, UM, TO DO IT.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BIT RIGID.
UM, I WOULD SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THEM MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OR, UM, JUST GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS STAKEHOLDERS, BUT TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT IT FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE, THE PROPOSAL OF RENAMING A BUILDING INVALID.
YOU KNOW, YOU, AND, AND WE, IF I CAN JUST KEEP IT REAL, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE
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ARE A LOT OF PERSONAL REASONS SOMEONE MAY HAVE FOR NOT WANTING A BUILDING TO BE RENAMED AND TO SAY THAT THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO ALL SUPPORT IT.I THINK THAT THAT'S A BIT RIGID AND I THINK THAT THAT MAY CAUSE SOME OPPORTUNITY OR COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, TO BE, TO HAVE TO BE MISSED BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WOULDN'T SUPPORT MAKING THAT A REQUIREMENT, ALTHOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE BOARDS WHEN THEY ARE, UM, TIED TO THE BUILDING IN SOME WAY, HAVING SOME SAY SO OR SOME WEIGH IN ON THE RENAMING OF THE BUILDING CITY MANAGER.
WHAT DO YOU ALL NEED FROM US TONIGHT AS FAR AS DIRECTION? SURE.
I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE REVISIONS TO THE, UH, FACILITY NAMING POLICY IN THE FUTURE.
UH, I I, IF THERE, IF THERE WAS CLEAR DIRECTION TONIGHT, WHICH THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE JUST IN, IN THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE PREFERRED TO BE IN OR OUT.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT MAYBE THE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE AN AD HOC GROUP OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WORK TO KIND OF CREATE, WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES, UM, CREATE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR FULL CONSIDERATION, UH, ON THAT.
BUT REALLY THE, THE QUESTION TONIGHT IS, SHOULD WE WORK FURTHER ON THIS, UH, GOAL OR NOT? UM, LET'S GET CONSENSUS ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S PRUDENT TO ALLOW WITH THE TIME IT DESERVES IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION.
UM, COUNSEL, START WITH YOU, MAYOR PROTE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF? DO WE HAVE YOUR CONSENSUS, UH, TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER? I CONCUR MAYOR PRO.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE.
[4. Presentation and discussion of developing a ballot measure creating a crime control and prevention district and authorizing funding with sales tax]
AND DISCUSSION OF DEVELOPING A BALLOT MEASURE, CREATING A CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT, AND AUTHORIZING FUNDING WITH SALES TAX.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS NIKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
FOR THIS ITEM, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, UM, THE POSSIBLE FORMATION, UM, OF, UM, A CCD.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLVED, OPTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, STEPS TO IMPLEMENT AND, UM, ASK FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THAT.
SO, WITH THE COURSE, WITH THE CHANGES IN THE STATE LAW WITH SENATE BILL TO, UM, UM, WITH OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE CALCULATION THAT WE RECEIVED FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET, UH, WE LEARNED THAT WE DID NOT HAVE UNUSED INCREMENT TO USE INTO OUR TAX RATE CALCULATION.
AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, OUR TAX RATE INCREMENT WAS ZERO, WHICH DID, UM, LEFT US WITH SOME LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS REVENUE ON THE M AND O SIDE.
SO, UM, WHAT IT DID WAS RESET IT THE VOTER APPROVAL M AND O TAX RATE TO THE NO NEW REVENUE M AND O TAX RATE.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU GET WOULD BE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHATEVER INCREASE BY 3.5%, NO MATTER NO MORE THAN 3.5% PLUS THE INS DEBT SERVICE RATE.
THAT WOULD GIVE YOU YOUR TOTAL TAX RATE.
SO, UM, THE LIMIT LIMITATION THAT WE EXPERIENCED WAS DEFINITELY ON THE M AND O SIDE.
SO WE RESULTING IN A, IN A NEED TO USE SHORT TERM DEBT.
UM, SO WE DID GET, UH, A TAX NOTE FOR 3.4 MILLION TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE, UM, 3.4 MILLION OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND TO FUND, UM, SOME CAPITAL COST, UM, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE AND OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
SO ESSENTIALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, WE ENDED UP BALANCING THAT OUT BY, UM, HAVING ADDITIONAL INS 'CAUSE THE INS WEAK SIDE, WE COULD CONTROL THE MNO SIDE, WE COULD NOT, UM, WE'LL BE A CONTINUING LIMITING FACTOR ON REVENUES CAUSING BUDGET IMBALANCES THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND REDUCTIONS TO EXPENSES IN THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS THERE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A 3.5% CAP EVERY YEAR ON OUR M AND O SIDE.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY CREATE A NEED
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TO EITHER INCREASE AND GET NEW REVENUE OR TO DECREASE OUR EXPENDITURES.SO, UM, OF COURSE WE DID USE THE SHORT TERM DEBT INSTRUMENT THIS YEAR.
WE MOVED THOSE FUNDS OVER TO FUND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND, UH, WE UTILIZED OUR TOTAL TAX RATE THAT WAS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 RATE.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH AS OUR M AND O AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS, IS ALWAYS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
UM, AND SO WE DID THAT BY MOVING IT AROUND LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE, OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 TOTAL RATE WAS 0.69, AND OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 RATE WAS 0.68.
SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, SO, RIGHT.
UM, ON THIS SLIDE, THIS TELLS US HOW OUR CURRENT, UM, SALES TAX IS DISTRIBUTED.
OUR GENERAL FUND IS THE ONE POINT, UH, 1% OUR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
AND THIS SLIDE, UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION IS 0.5%.
OUR EDC GETS 0.375% AND PARKS 0.125, WHICH GIVES US OUR TOTAL, UM, AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE, UH, WITHIN THE STATE.
SO WHAT WE WILL BE BASICALLY DOING, UM, WITH THE DEVE, WITH THE, WITH THE CHANGE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO REALLOCATE, UM, THIS PORTION.
SO, UM, INSTEAD OF THE SALES TAX BEING RE, UH, BEING USED TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAX, IT WILL BE USED, UM, TO FUND THE NEW PROGRAMMING WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY.
GO BACK HERE FOR JUST A SECOND.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT HERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THE WAY THAT SENATE BILL TWO, UM, OPERATES AND THE, WHAT THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY OF DESOTO AND THAT MOST ALL CITIES ARE FACING IS THAT THERE ARE TWO LIMITING FACTORS.
WE HAVE SENATE BILL TWO, THAT'S A LIMITING FACTOR THAT PUTS THE 3.5% CAP AS WELL AS OUR USE OF SALES TAX TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAX.
SO WE HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS, UM, KIND OF WORKING AGAINST OUR FLEXIBILITY ON THE M AND O SIDE.
SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? UM, WE'VE LISTED THREE HERE, AND WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THOSE.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WITHOUT A CHANGE IN REVENUE.
THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT LESS OF AN ADVANTAGE TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR M AND O.
THE SECOND ONE IS TO ADOPT A BUDGET DEPENDENT UPON VOTER APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAX RATE.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS TO PLACE THE CREATION OF A-C-C-P-D ON THE MAY BALLOT.
SO IF WE LOOK AT OPTION ONE, GENERAL FUND IS MOSTLY IMPACTED HERE BECAUSE THE 3.5% CAP, OF COURSE, WE KNOW IS ON THE M AND O SIDE.
AND THAT AFFECTS OUR GENERAL FUND.
IF WE WERE EVER FACED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO, UM, MAKE CUTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT DUE TO THE 3.5% CAP, WE WANNA KEEP IN MIND THAT 67% OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES DO RELATE TO PERSONNEL.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THERE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT REGULAR INFLATION AND, UM, THE GENERAL, UM, NATURAL INCREASES THAT COME WITH PERSONNEL COSTS, YOU'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'LL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION TO POSSIBLY GO TO VOTERS.
AND, UM, YEAH, SO VERY LIMITED RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, STAFF LEVELS POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE.
ON OPTION TWO, ADOPT A BUDGET DEPENDENT UPON VOTER APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAX RATE.
HERE WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS ADOPTING A RATE HIGHER THAN THE CALCULATED VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AS A RESULT OF SENATE BILL TO, THAT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY, UM, DEVELOPING TWO BUDGETS.
YOU WOULD DEVELOP THE BUDGET THAT, UM, YOU ARE GOING TO APPROVE, AND THEN YOU WOULD DEVELOP A BUDGET THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IF, UM, THE ITEM FAILS ON THE BALLOT.
AND WE SAY THIS MAY BE, UM, MAY NEED TO BE A MORE STANDARD PRACTICE WHEN CONSIDERING
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NEW OR EXPANDED SERVICE LEVELS.AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAJOR COMMUNITY NEED SUCH AS A NEW CITY HALL OR A NEW FIRE STATION OR A NEW POLICE STATION.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ITEMS THAT WILL HAVE REQUIRED A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UM, THROUGH THE COUNCIL, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE, UH, SOMETHING BRAND NEW THAT WOULD INCLUDE INCREASED AND, AND ONGOING INCREASED OPERATIONAL COST.
SO OPTION THREE, PLACE THE CREATION OF A CRIME CONTROL P PREVENTION DISTRICT CCPD ON THE MAY BALLOT.
WITH THAT, WE WILL REPLACE THE 0.5% SALES TAX TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND INSTEAD REDIRECT IT.
SO WE WILL BE REDIRECTING THAT 0.5%, UH, FOR RELIEF OF PROPERTY TAXES TO SUPPORT A-C-C-P-D, WHICH, UM, IS GOING TO SUPPORT OUR M AND O AND OUR GENERAL FUND.
IF APPROVED, IT WILL RE PRESERVE APPROXIMATELY $3.5 MILLION THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR M AND O PROPERTY TAXES RATE.
IT REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING STEPS.
THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT A-C-C-P-D.
UM, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COUNCIL TO CREATE IT.
UM, AND THEN THESE ARE THE ITEMS AS THEY WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.
AND WE'RE UNSURE AS IF ALL OF THESE WILL APPEAR AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WE ARE BELIEVING THAT THE SECOND AND THE THIRD WILL APPEAR SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO WE'LL BE ASKING THE VER VOTERS TO REDIRECT THE PURPOSE OF THE 0.5% FROM PROPERTY SALES TAX REDUCTION TO THE CCPD.
WITH THIS OPTION, THE CITY DOES REMAIN MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THE M AND O SIDE, NOT HAVING ITS HIGHER, UM, TAX RATE FURTHER REDUCED OUTSIDE OF THE 3.5.
THE 3.5% IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, OUR 0.5% IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE THE OPTION TO REDIRECT.
UM, THIS COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN ITS PROPERTY TAX RATE.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE ADOPTING THE BUDGET, THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
BECAUSE ONCE YOU LOSE YOUR M AND O, IT'S LOST AND YOU CAN ONLY INCREASE IT BY 3.5% EACH YEAR.
SO UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, REDUCING PROGRAMMING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU DEFINITELY DO WANNA, UM, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MAINTAINING OUR M AND O.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO CREATE A CRIME PREVENTION DISTRICT.
WHAT WE'LL BEGIN DOING IS BRINGING ITEMS TO THE COUNCIL AROUND THE JANUARY TO FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE TIME TO GET ALL THE LEGISLATIVE THINGS IN ORDER FOR IT TO APPEAR ON THE MAY BALLOTS.
SO WHAT WOULD THAT INCLUDE? THOSE STEPS WOULD, UM, BE CREATING THE DISTRICT ITSELF, UH, WITH, FOR THOSE STEPS, WE WOULD NEED TO SET THE BOUNDARIES.
WE WOULD NEED TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY BOARD, WHICH WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE BOARD WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW AND PLAN OUT THE BUDGETING AND, UM, ADOPT A BUDGET, UH, FOR THE CRIME CONTROL PLAN, AND THEN SET TERMS FOR THE PLAN.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE A LEGISLATIVE, UM, REQUIREMENT TO SET TERMS WHETHER WE WANT IT TO BE 5, 10, 15, 20, OR MORE YEARS.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD PLACE IT ON THE, ON THE MAY BALLOT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, I DO SEE A FEW LIGHTS.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS MYSELF.
UM, I, I, I, UM, I GUESS MY, MY, THE MAIN QUESTION, RIGHT, IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TAKING AWAY, UM, WHAT IS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, AND WHEN A RESIDENT HEARS THAT THAT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IS BEING TAKEN AWAY, MY MIND GOES TO, OH, THAT MEANS MY TAX RATE IS GONNA GO UP, OR MY TAX BILL IS GONNA GO UP.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I GUESS AS WE CONTINUE, I WOULD, I WOULD IMAGINE IF WE DECIDE TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING THIS IS WHAT IS THE REAL IMPACT TO REAL PEOPLE, RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF WE WERE TO MOVE THAT, UM, I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I GUESS FOR THE PUBLIC AND, AND EVEN MY OWN EDIFICATION, LOOKING AT WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MAKE TO THE BOTTOM LINE ON A PERSON'S TAX BILL.
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THEN WHAT WOULD MY BILL LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT? AND THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE OVERALL IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT, UM, I WOULD SUPPORT IT OR JUST MM-HMM,ALTHOUGH WE SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, RIGHT? UM, LOOKING AT WHAT THE REAL IMPACT ACTUALLY IS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S JUST AN, AN EXAMPLE RIGHT, UM, THAT YOU CAN GIVE US TO SHOW US WHAT, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON SOMEBODY'S TAX BILL IF WE WERE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
AND THEN I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER CHIM.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, I GUESS MY QUESTIONS, I HAD QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA LIMITATE TO, UH, JUST THESE TWO, UH, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE ACTUALLY DOING THIS? UM, C-C-P-D-C-C-P AND THEN, UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED SOME STEPS.
WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME SINCE WE'RE HERE IN NOVEMBER, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS IF A DECISION NEEDED TO BE MADE, WHEN WOULD THAT DECISION NEED TO BE MADE FOR YOU TO BE ON THE MAY BALLOT? UH, WELL, THE OFFICIAL, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MAY BALLOT, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO DEFINITELY START BRINGING ITEMS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL AS EARLY AS JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
JUST TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT ONE.
SO THE, THE, THE FIRST ACTION THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO TAKE WOULD BE ESTABLISHING THE, UH, THE TEMPORARY.
SO ALL THIS IS OUTLINED IN STATE LAW, SO THERE'S KIND OF TERMS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE, ESTABLISH A TEMPORARY CCPD BOARD THAT COULD BE DONE AS EARLY AS THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT ONE IS A RELATIVELY EASY ITEM.
THEN THAT BOARD HAS TO DEVELOP A BUDGET, A PLAN, UM, THOSE HAVE TO BE APPROVED.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THE, THE, THE BOARD ITSELF ACTUALLY PUTS IT ON THE BALLOT, NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY COUNCIL WHO, BUT IT IS THE CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT.
UH, SO ALL OF THAT COULD HAPPEN REALISTICALLY PROBABLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY, UH, TIMEFRAME, UH, FOR KIND OF COMPLETING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS AND GETTING THOSE PREPARED IN TIME FOR, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, THERE ARE, UH, REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS HOW FAR IN ADVANCE YOU HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT, UM, FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT PROBABLY BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME IS WHEN THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED.
SO THERE IS ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT COMPLETED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, UM, FOR THE, THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THE CITIES.
UH, WHERE IS THIS BEING DONE AND IS THERE ANY, ANY, ANYTHING TO KIND OF GIVE ANY, UM, I WON'T NECESSARILY SAY CREDENCE, BUT, UM, GIVE ANY BACKGROUND ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN, IN ANOTHER CITY? YEAH.
THERE ACTUALLY, THERE ARE LOTS OF CCP CPDS IN TEXAS, UH, FOR, BECAUSE IT IS AUTHORIZED BY STATE LEG LEGISLATION.
UH, CEDAR HILL NEXT DOOR TO US, UH, HAS ONE, THERE'S A CITY CALLED TROPHY CLUB, UM, THAT, THAT HAS ONE.
UH, WERE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES DON'T BRING THAT ONE.
THE, THE, THE FORT WORTH HAS ONE.
THERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF CITIES THAT HAVE CPDS.
THIS IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT IN ANY WAY.
UM, AND, AND IN MOST CASES, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE SIZE OF THE CITY ITSELF, UHHUH, UM, THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AS THE, THE AREA OF THE DISTRICT.
BUT DO THOSE, DO THOSE CITIES PROVIDE ANY KPIS OR ANYTHING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, DOES IT WORK? WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN? SO, SO PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT STATE LAW REQUIRES YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT HAS, UH, DETAILS ABOUT HOW IT'S, THAT YOU, YOU ACHIEVE, UH, THE SUCCESS METRICS FOR THAT, UH, FOR IT.
SO PART OF THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A-C-C-P-D PLAN WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF METRICS REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT DISTRICT TO ACHIEVE.
UH, SO I HAD A FEW, UM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR POINTING OUT THE, UH, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR TAXPAYERS? THAT WAS MY NUMBER ONE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION.
YOU SAID THAT THE PERSONNEL, UM, MAKE UP 67% OF THE BUDGET.
IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, OUR BUDGET'S AROUND 56 MILLION.
UM, SO ARE WE SAYING THAT'S LIKE 37000000.5 MILLION? RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO, UM, I GUESS THEN IF OPTION THREE HAPPENS, THEN THAT 18%, THAT 18 MILLION THEN IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING WOULD NEED TO BE REDUCED.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE FROM A COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE, 'CAUSE YOU USED THE INTERESTING WORD YOU SAID, PROGRAMMING WOULD HAVE TO BE REDUCED.
I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT PROGRAMMING BREAKS DOWN TO.
ARE THOSE, UH, AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE HELP, UH, OFFER RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS? OR IS THAT PARKS, UM, IS THAT OVERTIME OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT ESSENTIALLY ENTAIL FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE? AND THEN ALSO, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME DOWN EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT THEY WANTED
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REGARDING, UM, JUST NEEDING A NEW STATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.AND I WAS RESEARCHING, I DID NOTICE THERE WERE QUITE A FEW CITIES THAT HAD, UH, A CRIME PREVENTION DISTRICT, AND THEY'VE HAD THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, BUT ONE CITY STUCK OUT TO, STUCK OUT PARTICULARLY FOR ME, AND THAT WAS THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE BECAUSE THEY, THEY TITLED THEIRS CON CRIME PREVENTION, FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT.
AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF, IF THE CITY HAD EVEN LOOKED AT THIS BY, IN LUMPING IN FIRE AS WELL, IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE EVEN MORE DOLLARS COULD BE COM IF CONVERTED.
AND JUST FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS, THE PLAN THAT WE CREATE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CITY'S PLANS THAT THEY HAD ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING CURRENTLY TODAY.
I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF THE COFFEE DONUTS WITH, WITH, WITH THE COPS, RIGHT? OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR, UH, CIVIC ACADEMY.
THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CSOS, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING TODAY, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, WHAT I TOOK FROM THAT, AS I WAS RESEARCHING, WAS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WE'RE ADDING, BUT THOSE ITEMS THAT WE QUALIFY IN THOSE BUCKETS, THOSE DOLLARS MOVE, ARE, ARE, WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS DISTRICT.
IS, IS THAT ACCURATE TO SAY? YES.
SO THEN, YEAH, THEN MY, MY, MY, UM, FEEDBACK WOULD BE IS IF, IF WE'RE WITHIN LAW TO INCLUDE FIRE CONTROL IN THIS DISTRICT, WHY NOT DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE MORE FUNDING OR WE CAN LUMP IN MORE OF THAT EXPENDITURE DEBT.
AND THEN ALSO WITH THE 18 MILLION THAT IS PROGRAMMING, WHAT DOES THAT BREAK DOWN TO AS WE LOOK AT REDUCTION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY MANAGER LEAVE IN, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF VISIBILITY OF WHERE DOES THAT REDUCTION LOOK LIKE AND WHERE WILL WE BE? WHAT BUCKETS ARE WE HITTING WHEN WE SAY THAT? OKAY.
MINE IS VERY, VERY, VERY SIMPLE.
I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO EXPAND, UH, THE COMMENT MAD MAYOR THAT YOU MADE AS FAR AS HOW DOES THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AFFECT THE RESIDENTS.
UM, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ON THE CONSIDERATION OUR AGING POPULATION, THOSE PEOPLE THAT OWN HOMES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND PROPERTY TAXES IS JUST BASICALLY TAXING THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
SO I'M, YOU KNOW, ONCE THIS COMES BACK TO US, SINCE I'M THE SENIOR ON, ON CAMPUS HERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, UH, MADAM MAYOR, YOU'RE BACK.
UH, BRANDI, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO HER COMMENT? I, I, I DID.
JUST 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, HEARD THE QUESTION SEVERAL TIMES, SO I WANNA JUST GIVE MAYBE ONE SCENARIO THAT MIGHT HELP.
AND THE QUESTION IS KIND OF WHAT IS, WHAT'S THE REAL IMPACT THAT A SORT OF VOTER VOTERS, RIGHT? WHAT DOES THE DOLLAR AMOUNT LOOK LIKE? AND LET ME JUST GIVE YOU, UM, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THE LAST, UH, PRO BUDGET PROCESS IF THIS HAD BEEN IN PLACE? ALRIGHT, SO IF WE HAD DONE THIS A YEAR AGO, UM, ON THAT, DURING THIS LAST BUDGET PROCESS, UH, WE WOULD'VE HAD THE FLEXIBILITY.
SO, SO IT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE EACH YEAR YOU KIND OF HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE AS A COUNCIL, RIGHT? WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TAX RATE? ARE YOU GONNA LOWER IT? QUESTION IS HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE TO, HOW MUCH IS, HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ALL THESE ELEMENTS KIND OF GO INTO IT, RIGHT? LAST YEAR, THE, THE, THE, UH, IF WE WERE DOING IT, WHAT WE HAD TO DO IS WE HAD TO ACTUALLY MOVE, WE, WE, WE WANTED TO KEEP THOSE ELEMENTS ON IN PLACE, RIGHT? SO WE MOVED SOME, SOME ITEMS OVER THE INS RATE SO THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT OVER IN THE INS TAX RATE.
THE REALITY IS THAT IT ACTUALLY LAST YEAR WOULD'VE PREVENTED US FROM SPENDING MONEY ON, ON INTEREST THAT WE OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED TO BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE HAD MORE FLEXIBILITY.
ONE OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS ABOUT THIS, THIS CHANGE IS THAT YOU GAIN AS A COUNCIL, AS A CITY, RIGHT? WE GAIN FLEXIBILITY IN HOW YOU CONTROL THAT M AND O RATES AND INS RATE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TODAY.
THAT, THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO TO, TO, IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, RIGHT? ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, AND YOU AREN'T, YOU AREN'T REQUIRED TO GO TO A CERTAIN LEVEL AUTOMATICALLY.
RIGHT? YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE SOME MORE OF THIS, THIS UNUSED INCREMENT, YOU'LL HAVE SOME INCREMENT LEFT TO BE ABLE TO USE TO SAY, HOW DO WE ADJUST THESE TWO APPROPRIATELY WITH THE, OUR OVERALL TAX RATE THAT WE WANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO MAINTAINS THE SERVICES THAT WE WANT AS WELL ON IT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST ADVANTAGES OF THIS DECISION, IS THE FLEXIBILITY COMPONENT OF IT.
COUNCILMAN BYRD? UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, AND I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
UM, IF WE CREATE THIS DISTRICT, UH, THAT IS A ONE-TIME FIX AND THAT WILL CREATE THE FLEXIBILITY, CORRECT? IT WILL.
AND, UH, WITH THE, WHAT THE BOARD WILL DO IS DETERMINE HOW LONG YOU WANNA HAVE IT IN PLACE.
AND, UH, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUNDS ONCE WE CREATE, UM,
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THIS YES.WHAT WOULD, UM, COULD YOU ARTICULATE WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE TO THE FUNDS? OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN NOT, NOT AT THIS TIME.
WHEN THE BOARD IS DEVELOPED, UM, THERE WILL BE A VERY DETAILED BUDGET PUT TOGETHER AND THEY WILL BE RESTRICTED TO WHAT IS IN THAT BUDGET.
I, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE RESTRICTION OF IT BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO, UH, COUNTER, UH, UH, SB TWO, UH, VERSUS TAKING OUT, UM, THE LOAN LIKE WE HAD TO DO LAST YEAR TO KIND OF PROTECT IT.
AND WE STILL, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WE STILL HAD TO REDUCE, WHICH IS WE STILL RE LOWERED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.
UH, BUT WE HAD TO TAKE OUT THAT LOAN IN ORDER TO PROTECT THAT THREE, THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF CREATING THE DISTRICT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW THE, THE, UH, THE TOTALITY OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING WHEN WE DO THIS, THIS MANEUVER.
COUNCIL, WE DO KNOW, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE DRAWING NEAR ON TIME FOR OUR WORK SESSION, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ABOUT GETTING A CONSENSUS ONCE WE HEAR FROM OUR CITY MANAGER IN TERMS OF WHAT IS NEEDED FROM US REGARDING ANY NEXT STEPS TO SEE IF WE CAN GIVE THAT TO HIM.
SO, SO, SO AS, AS, UH, MS. SUTTON EXPLAINED, UH, THERE WAS A SERIES OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THIS, UH, FOR THE MAY BALLOT, IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED.
NONE OF THOSE DECISIONS WE'VE MADE TONIGHT, ALL OF THEM AT FUTURE MEETINGS.
UM, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM THOUGH WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH THE TEMPORARY CCPD BOARD, WHICH WE COULD DO VERY, VERY SOON.
WE COULD BRING THAT TO YOU AT, AT, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IF AT THE LATEST, THE ONE AFTER THAT.
BUT WE COULD BRING THAT VERY SOON.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN THERE'S THINGS LIKE ESTABLISHING A, A, A BUDGET, A CRIME CONTROL PLAN BACK TO THE DETAILS.
GOING OVER THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE MONEY, UM, PUTTING ALL THOSE ELEMENTS IN PLACE THAT THE BOARD WOULD THEN AUTHORIZE PUTTING THIS ITEM ON THE MAY BALLOT.
SO TO START THAT TRAIN MOVING
RIGHT? THE NEXT STEP IS ESTABLISHING THE TEMPORARY BOARD.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THE BOARD IS ESTABLISHED, THEN WE WILL DO THE WORK OF, UH, OF GETTING THE BOARD PREPARED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT IS THE CCPD BOARD THAT NEEDS TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS TO GO ONTO THE MAIN BALLOT, UM, FOR THAT.
AND WE WILL JUST BEGIN MOVING THAT FORWARD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING REALLY FOR DIRECTION TO SET UP THE TEMPORARY BOARD TONIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
COUNSEL, I WILL START FROM MY, YES, I'M SORRY.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THE QUESTION THAT I STOPPED MYSELF AND YOU, YOU ACTUALLY ASKED FIRST YOU SAID, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR A RESIDENT? WE ARE GONNA GO DO THIS BEFORE WE CAN KNOW THAT ANSWER.
I, IF, IF YOU, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD PREFER TO NOT SET UP THE TEMPORARY, THE TEMPORARY BOARD IS JUST THAT IT IS A, IT IS A TEMPORARY BOARD THAT HAS THAT, THAT, THAT IS THERE TO ESTABLISH GETTING READY FOR IT TO GO ONTO THE BALLOT.
SO YOU, AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN THAT QUESTION FURTHER AMONGST YOURSELVES BEFORE YOU SET UP THE TEMPORARY BOARD.
UM, BUT THE TEMPORARY BOARD DOES NOT OBLIGATE YOU IN ANY WAY TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
THE, THE, THE BOARD IS SET UP SO THAT ALL OF THE STEPS ARE BEING DONE BY THE BOARD AS, SO IF THE COUNCIL DOES THEM AND THEN YOU ESTABLISH THE BOARD LATER ON, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND HAVE THAT BOARD TAKE CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL JUST DID AND, AND, AND RE REAPPROVE THEM, UH, FOR IT.
SO IT, THERE'S A BIT OF A TIMELINE THING HERE THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
IF YOU SET THE TEMPORARY BOARD, THEN THE TEMPORARY BOARD DOES ALL THE RESEARCH, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S THE SAME BODY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING IT ON THE, ON THE BALLOT, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD DO.
YOU WOULD THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING IT THE BALLOT.
DOES THAT MAKE, DID I, DID I HELP AT ALL? UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SAYING, UH, ESTABLISH THE BOARD, DOES THAT BOARD'S, UM, MEETING, IS THAT BEHIND, IS THAT NOT A MEETING IN FRONT OF THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC? OR IS THAT, I MEAN, THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES IT IMPACT A RESIDENT? I THINK THE SIMPLEST ANSWER OR THE SIMPLEST WAY IS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FIRST, OR AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED TO HAVE THE BOARD? I WOULD WANNA KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE, AN ABSOLUTE, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A NORMAL RESIDENT.
I THINK WHAT I HEARD CITY MANAGER RIGHTS SAY IS THAT ESTABLISHING THE BOARD DOES NOT OBLIGATE US TO, TO, IF WE DO OUR FACT FINDING, WHICH THAT WILL BE INCLUSIVE OF FACT FINDING, IS HOW IT IS, HOW DOES IT IMPACT RESIDENTS AS A BOARD, IT STILL DOES NOT OBLIGATE US TO ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
SO WE'RE NOT LOCKING OURSELVES INTO ANYTHING BY ESTABLISHING A BOARD OTHER THAN BEING ABLE TO EXPAND UPON OUR FACT FINDING TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
AND SHOULD WE FIND IN THAT PROCESS THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE WANNA DO FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HOW IT IMPACT RESIDENTS, THEN
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WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED AT ANY AT, I WOULD, I'M LOOKING OVER HERE AT LEGAL.AT WHAT POINT WOULD WE BE OBLIGATED TO DO SOMETHING TO MOVE IT FORWARD? I MEAN, TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, IT'S, IT'S THE BOARD THAT WILL MOVE IT FORWARD TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
SO IF YOU ESTABLISH THE BOARD AND THEN YOU DECIDE WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING, THEN YOU GOTTA, THEN YOU JUST ABOLISH THE BOARD.
ONCE THE BOARD'S ESTABLISHED, THEN THE NEXT PROCESS WOULD BE FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET, UM, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, CALLING, UH, CALLING THE ELECTION.
UM, I, I THINK MOVING FORWARD, KIND, KIND OF, UH, IT BRUSHES OVER THE CONCERN, UM, THAT HAS BEEN MADE FORWARD THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT THIS WILL IMPACT FROM THE, BUT PROPERTY TAX PERSPECTIVE, AS DR. MARKS HAS POINTED OUT, OUR SENIOR POPULATION, AND I KNOW THE SENIORS ARE YOUR JAM.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US NOT TO SPEED PAST THIS AND AT LEAST KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO BEFORE WE ESTABLISH A BOARD.
AND THEN THAT BOARD DECIDES FOR US, MADAM MAYOR, I, I THINK WHAT WE, A SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UM, AND TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID, INCLUDING MYSELF, UM, AS WE CREATE THE BOARD, THAT INFORMATION BEING THE, THE, THE RANGE OF HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE BE GIVEN TO THE BOARD.
AND THEN THE BOARD WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA MOVE IT FORWARD.
SO THE, THE BOARD WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND TO COME BACK AND MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THE PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THAT MIGHT BE A SOLUTION, A YIELD.
THE COUNCIL IS THE BOARD COUNCIL.
SO WE WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE FORWARD AFTER GETTING WHATEVER RESEARCH WE ARE ASKING FOR.
IS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
THE STATE LAW SAYS THAT THE BOARD DOES ALL THIS WORK.
SO IF WE, WE ESTABLISH THE BOARD, THEN THE BOARD.
SO IT'LL BE SEVEN MEMBER BOARD, CORRECT? YEP.
I JUST, UM, WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.
SO AFTER THE BOARD IS ESTABLISHED AND WE DO THE RESEARCH, WOULDN'T THAT THEN ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS BEFORE WE ACT OR DO ANYTHING MOVING IT FORWARD? SINCE THAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN? YEAH.
THAT, THAT THERE IS, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD DOING THIS WORK.
IT'S THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE.
IT'S ALL SEVEN OF YOU, UH, DOING, DOING BOTH.
THE, THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU, HAVE YOU BEEN OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED AS THE TEMPORARY BOARD OR HAVE YOU NOT BEEN ON IT? AND IF YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE WORK AND THEN YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK, ESTABLISH THE BOARD, HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH, RIGHT? YOU'VE, YOU'VE ESSENTIALLY KIND OF WASTED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN THERE.
THE IDEA IS THAT HAVE THE TEMPORARY BOARD, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL FUNCTION IN THAT CAPACITY, AND THEN DECIDE WHAT IT WANTS TO DO AT THE VERY END.
SO, MAD MAYOR, I THINK, UH, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANNA DO IT.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DOING IT? IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED? IF WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING IT, IT'S A MOOT POINT.
ARE YOU BACK? THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM.
UH, I KNOW, I WAS GONNA PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
I THINK IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, THE, THE MAIN CONCERN IS INVOLVING OUR CITIZENS.
SO YES, WE ESTABLISH THE VOID.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO GET, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUS FROM OUR CITIZENS AND THEN WE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD AND MAKING DECISIONS.
JUST TO KIND OF ADD ANOTHER STEP IN THERE.
FIRST THE COUNCIL HAS TO PROPOSE, DO IT THROUGH A RESOLUTION, THE CREATION OF THE BOARD, AND THEN ONCE, AND THEN THE CREATION OF, OF THE TEMPORARY BOARD.
PROBABLY EVEN DO IT AT THE SAME MEETING.
AND THEN WE WOULD THEN HAVE ESTABLISH THE TEMPORARY BOARD, WHICH WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL.
ONCE YOU DETERMINE THAT, YOU DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO COUNSEL, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, IF WE COULD GET CONSENSUS ON EVERYONE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EVEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BECAUSE THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, UM, TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK WHAT I HEAR THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT KNOWING HOW IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, ESTABLISHING A BOARD STILL WOULD ALLOW US TO GET THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT OBLIGATING US TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD.
SHOULD WE NOT BE OKAY WITH THE INFORMATION ONCE WE GET THE INFORMATION.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE COGNIZANT THAT, AGAIN, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE TIMELINE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO I, I PREFER NOT TO DO DOUBLE WORK, WHICH WOULD BE TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION THEN.
'CAUSE I MEAN, AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WEEKS HAVE TICKED BY, UM, THAT ARE VITAL TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
MOVING FORWARD, SHOULD WE DECIDE TO PUT THIS ON THE MAY BALLOT? SO COUNSEL, IF WE COULD GET A CONSENSUS, UM, FROM,
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I'LL START THIS WAY.COMM UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I'M JUST GONNA PREFACE MY YES.
I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT QUESTION.
IN MY OPINION IS A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT I'M OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD AT THE BEHEST OF THE REST OF THE BOARD.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE OKAY WITH ESTABLISHING A BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE THAT QUESTION ANSWERED.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR, UM, THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, STAFF HAS HEARD US LOUD AND CLEAR, UH, WITH OUR MAIN QUESTION AND OUR MAIN CONCERN.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE INFORMATION.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION.
COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, UM, WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT 7:00 PM SHARP.
[B. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]
MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA CALL THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.UM, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD PLEASE GIVE US A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR CHRIS HENDERSON WITH THE STAR OF HOPE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY OLIVIA HARRIS WITH KINGDOM COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES.
IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND, LET'S PRAY.
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN MOST HOLY IS YOUR NAME.
WE COME BEFORE YOU LORD, WITH OUR HEADS AND HEARTS BOWED, ASKING HOLY SPIRIT, THAT YOU WOULD ENDOW US WITH A MEASURE OF YOUR WISDOM.
THANK YOU LORD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR ALL OF THESE THAT ARE ASSEMBLED HERE, BOTH LEADERS AND COMMUNITY.
I ASK GOD WITH ALL HUMILITY AND REVERENCE THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THESE INDIVIDUALS INDIVIDUALLY, BLESS THEIR LIVES, BLESS THEIR FAMILIES, BLESS THEIR OCCUPATIONS, BLESS THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS.
I PRAY, LORD, THAT ANY OBSTACLE IN THEIR LIFE THAT IMPEDES THEM FROM FOLLOWING YOUR WILL WOULD BE REMOVED.
AND THEN, LORD, I ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM COLLECTIVELY TO GIVE LEADERSHIP TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
I THANK YOU LORD FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ALL THAT IT MEANS TO US PERSONALLY AND PUBLICLY.
I KNOW, LORD, THAT WISDOM IS AT YOUR RIGHT HAND AND YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH.
AND I PRAY, LORD, THAT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD BLESS AND DOW PROSPER THROUGH YOUR PROVIDENCE SO THAT THESE THAT WE HAVE ELECTED MAY LEAD US TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU WANT US TO GO.
THESE THINGS I ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS OUR SAVIOR.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDERGONE ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU PASTOR HENDERSON FOR LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER THIS EVENING.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR TONIGHT, UM, THAT IS SERVING US MS. OLIVIA LAUREN HARRIS, AND SHE IS FROM KINGDOM COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES HERE IN DESOTO.
I'M GONNA READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER BIO.
UH, OLIVIA LAUREN HARRIS IS A 14-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN WHO ATTENDS KINGDOM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
SHE'S A TALENTED AND ACADEMICALLY SOUND
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STUDENT WITH TALENTS RANGING FROM SINGING TO ACTING AND DANCING.SHE HAS SERVED HER SCHOOL AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND CHEERLEADING TEAM.
OLIVIA IS AN AVID READER AND A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER.
IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE ENJOYS CRAFTS AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. HARRIS, FOR SERVING AS OUR AMBASSADOR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY OF KINGDOM COLLEGIATE? THANK YOU.
AND I DO SEE THE PRINCIPAL HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS OUR PARENTS HERE.
UM, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, UM, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO.
HOWEVER, YOU MUST FILL OUT A CARD BEFORE YOU SPEAK, AND SO MS. HARRIS WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU.
UM, AT THE TABLE THERE, OUR CHIEF IS HOLDING UP SOME OF THOSE CARDS.
YOU MUST FILL THAT CARD OUT AND SHE WILL BE GLAD TO ASSIST YOU.
WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU AND I'M GONNA COME DOWN AND I'M GONNA TAKE A PHOTO.
THAT'S RIGHT, MS. THANK YOU AGAIN.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM KCA AND PARENTS.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
MS. THOMAS WILL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[C. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
MOVE INTO 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.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, MAYOR PRO TEMP.
UH, WE HAVE A TURKEY TROT ON NOVEMBER 18TH.
IT WILL BE FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AND THAT WILL BE AT THE ERNIE ROBERTS PARK, FIVE 15 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD.
THERE'S A TURKEY GIFT BASKET, RAFFLE FREE T-SHIRT, LIVE, DJ AND AWARDS.
AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 21ST AT THERE'S A THANKSGIVING WITH THE SENIORS AT THE DESOTO SENIOR CENTER, 2 0 4 LION STREET, THAT IS FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM EAT, DRINK AND BE THANKFUL.
AND THEN WE ARE HAVING THE, UH, ICE SKATING RINK NOVEMBER 25TH THROUGH JANUARY 7TH.
BE SURE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT.
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT LOADS OF FUN.
UM, ALSO, MARK ON YOUR CALENDARS FOR DECEMBER 4TH, THERE'S A BLOCK PARTY AND TREE LIGHTING BETWEEN SIX 30 AND 8:30 PM ALSO, SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I YIELD BACK.
COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
UH, SINCE WE ARE HERE DECIDING WHO'S GONNA GO NEXT, I AM.
NEXT UP, UM, UNDRE IS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS AND WE ARE PARTNERING, THE CITY OF DESOTO IS PARTNERING WITH SOUTH TOYOTA AND OUR FAITH LEADERS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO FILL AT LEAST EIGHT TUNDRA TRUCK BEDS WITH HATS, GLOVES, SCARVES, AND SOCKS FOR OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE IN OUR SENIOR FACILITIES.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO FILL TRUCKS WITH TOYS FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT RESIDE HERE IN DESOTO.
LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO FILL FIVE TRUCKS, SO I WENT UP THREE TRUCKS.
SO WE NEED EIGHT TRUCKS FILLED.
WE WANNA SEE SMILES ON OUR CHILDREN'S FACES.
NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN DROP OFF THOSE TOYS AND ALL THOSE LITTLE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE.
IF WE CAN JUST GET A COUPLE FROM EACH OF YOU THAT'LL FILL A TRUCK BY ITSELF.
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AND DROP YOUR TOYS AND OR ITEMS, GIFTS, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THEM.OFF HERE AT CITY HALL FIRE, THE DESOTO FIRE STATION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIVE POINTS NURSING AND REHAB CENTER VILLAGE, THE VILLAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, DESOTO CARE TEAM, DESOTO PUBLIC LIBRARY, VICTORY HILL CHURCH, NIA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
HAMPTON ROAD CHURCH, DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL.
IF I DIDN'T CALL YOUR BUSINESS, SEE OUR PERSON IN THE BACK AND THEY'LL TAKE YOUR NAMES FOR YOU SO YOU CAN FEEL A TRUCK.
NOW, THIS PARTICULAR EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 9TH, PROMPTLY AT 10:00 AM OVER AT SOUTH TOYOTA.
AND THAT'S LOCATED AT 36 6 60 LBJ FREEWAY TO BRING IT HOME.
IT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF 20 ANN HAMPTON ROAD.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US REACH OUR GOAL THIS YEAR BY FILLING EIGHT TUNDRA TRUCK BEDS FOR OUR SENIORS HERE IN DESOTO AND FOR OUR CHILDREN MATTER.
DR. MARKS, WHAT TIME DID YOU SAY THE TUNDRA EVENT ON DECEMBER 9TH IS 10:00 AM 10 O'CLOCK.
AND AT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, WHAT HAPPENS IS EVERYBODY WILL BRING THEIR TOYS, WE WILL LOAD THE TRUCKS THERE, AND THEN OF COURSE WE WILL DO A CARAVAN FROM, UM, SOUTH TOYOTA OVER TO HAMPTON ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH WILL BE THE DISTRIBUTION SITE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL BE, UH, IN NEED OF LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US FILL THE TRUCKS AND THEN UNLOAD THE TRUCKS, THEN SORT THE ITEMS, AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THE ITEMS. SO WE DO NEED A LOT OF HANDS ON DECK.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT WAY TO DO IT.
ARE THERE ANY VETERANS IN THE HOUSE TODAY? OH, I SEE A FEW.
WELL, FROM ONE VETERAN TO ANOTHER.
UH, THIS SATURDAY IS VETERANS DAY.
HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE IT ON A SATURDAY? THAT'S AMAZING.
WELL, I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, THE THIRD ANNUAL DESOTO VETERANS APPRECIATION BREAKFAST WILL BE HAPPENING AT 8:00 AM AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TWO TO BE MY GUEST AND ANY OF YOU WHO ARE SPOUSES OR SUPPORTERS OF VETERANS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, BREAKFAST, A TANTALIZING BREAKFAST, DELICIOUS AND HOT.
I HAVE SMOOTHIE KING AND BANKS WHO HAVE ALL GIVEN ME AMAZING, UH, GIVEAWAYS.
IT'S AN EVENT YOU DON'T WANNA MISS.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET, PLEASE DO.
YOU CAN REGISTER RIGHT THROUGH ME.
UM, MY NUMBER IS 8 1 7 607 6 8 9 OR YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT SEA CHISHOLM@DESOTOTEXAS.GOV.
LASTLY, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHURCHES IN DESOTO DISCIPLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY CHURCH IS HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL BLESSED DESOTO.
SO IF YOU ARE IN AN APARTMENT, THE PLAN IS TO FEED OR OR SENIOR, THE PLAN IS TO FEED AT LEAST A THOUSAND FAMILIES.
SO IF YOU ARE IN NEED, THERE'S NO JUDGE ZONE.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND REGISTER TO RECEIVE A FOOD BOX DURING THE, UH, ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH.
UH, THE WEBSITE YOU CAN GO TO TO GET THAT.
UH, REGISTRATION IS DC THREE ONLINE.ORG.
UH, EVERY YEAR THIS CHURCH HAS DONE THIS EVENT.
THEY FED, UM, MORE THAN 10,000 FA UH, FAMILIES, UH, HERE IN DESOTO.
AND SO JUST TO KEEP THAT TRADITION GOING AND THOUGHT I'D SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY AS AN INTEREST.
MANY OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT, BUT EVERY MONDAY MORNING AT 7:00 AM THERE IS CONTINUAL PRAYER AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY.
THERE IS A NORTH LOCATION, A SOUTH LOCATION, EAST LOCATION, AND A WEST LOCATION FROM SEVEN UNTIL SEVEN 15.
MS. LASH SHALANDA WEAVER, UH, IS, UH, ONE OF THE FACILITATORS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JUST PRAYING FOR YOUR CITY BEFORE CALAMITIES HAPPEN, AFTER CALAMITIES HAPPEN.
THE BIBLE DECLARES THAT MEN OWE TO ALWAYS PRAY.
I I WAS VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANNOUNCING IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PO UH, POLITICIZE IT.
UH, PRAYER IS NOT POLITICAL, BUT WE ARE THERE.
UM, THE BIBLE DECLARES WHERE THERE'S TWO OR THREE.
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NORTHERN END, UH, AND IF YOU WANT INFORMATION, MORE INFORMATION, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE MS. WEAVER'S NUMBER, BUT I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE MY NUMBER.UH, EIGHT, UH, 6 8 2 2 6 1 5 0 3 5 6 8 2 2 6 1 5 0 3 5.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF.
IT'S BEEN A POWERFUL, QUIET MOVE OF GOD.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US FROM SEVEN TO SEVEN 15 AT ONE OF THESE LOCATION, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
UM, I WANTED TO, UH, REITERATE THAT OUR MILESTONES EVENT FROM FOR NEXT MONDAY, IT'S POSTPONED UNTIL 2024.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, COMING UP THIS THURSDAY EVENING WITH OUR MINISTERS COALITION.
WE HAVE A NIGHT OF HOPE, UH, SONG DANCE AND SPEAKERS THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING AT DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM LOOKING FOR PASTOR HENDERSON TO VERIFY THAT, BUT SEVEN TO 8:00 PM AND, UH, IT'S THE DESOTO COALITION OF PASTORS AND DESOTO, ISD.
THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER FOR A NIGHT OF HOPE.
IT'S A NIGHT OF INSPIRATION, MUSIC, DANCE, ENCOURAGING SPEAKERS, AND SO MUCH MORE.
SO ALL AGES AND ALL FATES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE ED DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AUDITORIUM.
UM, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY THAT IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
Y'ALL KNOW YOUR BIRTHDAY'S COMING UP.
UM, SO WE WANNA TELL COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN ADVANCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, YOU KNOW HOW THIS GOES.
SO YOU GET TO PICK WHICH VERSION AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS CHOIR WILL SING TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT,
STEVIE UHHUH, ONE, TWO, THREE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR DAY.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[D. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR 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 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 I DO HAVE ONE FOR THIS PORTION.
UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS SCOTT MCDONALD AND I LIVE IN DESOTO AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
UH, ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, THE CITY BECAME AWARE THAT IT HAD TO COMPLY WITH IT SB TWO, AND THAT CREATED A SHORTFALL OF ABOUT, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, 2,000,008 IN THE CITY BUDGET.
SO WHAT THE CITY DECIDED TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT WAS TO RECATEGORIZE CERTAIN OPERATING EXPENSES, CAR LEASES AND WHATNOT, AND TRANSFER THOSE OVER INTO DEBT SERVICE.
AND THEN THE CITY DECIDED TO ISSUE A SHORT TERM BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF, I THOUGHT IT WAS 3,000,004.
I THOUGHT I HEARD 4 MILLION OVER HERE.
IN ANY EVENT, THE COST OF BORROWING WAS $600,000, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE AMOUNT REALLY WAS.
BUT THAT'S A HIGH EXPENSE FOR A SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM DEBT.
NOT SUPPOSED TO RESPOND TO ME, UM,
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NOW I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A CRIME CONTROL DISTRICT SO THAT THE MONIES, WHICH IS EARMARKED FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR EARMARKED FOR PROPERTY TAX, THAT'S GONNA GET SHIFTED OVER INTO THIS CRIME CONTROL DISTRICT.
EFFECTIVELY, THAT MONEY'S GONNA COME BACK IN TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND IT'LL BE MONEY'S FUNGIBLE.
IT'LL BE USED FOR WHATEVER IT'S USED FOR.
I'M GONNA BET THE CYNIC IN ME TELLS ME THAT THERE WON'T BE PLANS AND THERE WON'T BE A BUDGET, AND THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS CRIME CONTROL DISTRICT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
BUT O THAT AMOUNT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PAY OFF THAT SHORT TERM BOND.
NOW, TO ME, THAT LOOKS LIKE SMOKE AND MIRRORS.
IT, IT, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL.
UNLIKE THE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WHICH YOU'RE GETTING READY TO BORROW, WHICH DIDN'T GO TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL, THAT'S GONNA COST THE CITY ANOTHER $5 MILLION EVERY YEAR IN DEBT SERVICE.
THE CITY IS GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH ALL OF THIS MONEY AT SOME POINT.
AND THAT SHORTFALL, THAT ORIGINAL 2,000,008 SHORTFALL, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
SO NEXT YEAR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ONE SOLUTION, ONE SOLUTION IS TO CUT BACK ON SOME EXPENSES.
I NOTICED THAT EARLIER TONIGHT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST FOR SIGNAGE AND STUFF FOR RE RENAMING BUILDINGS CORNER ORDER THAT CONCLUDE YOUR TIME.
BUT EVEN TONIGHT, PARDON? THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME.
SO I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO CORRECT THE MISINFORMATION THAT WAS STATED.
SORRY, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THE EXACT, UH, THE, THE, THE STATEMENT WAS THAT, UH, THE INTEREST ON THE, UH, SHORT TERM BARMENT THE COUNCIL DID WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $600,000.
UH, THAT, THAT WAS, HAS AN, AN EXTRA ZERO, UH, TO IT.
SO IT'S, UH, DOWN, IT WAS AROUND $60,000.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT HERE.
UM, BUT IT WAS AROUND THAT, THAT NUMBER.
MR. MCDONALD, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME TO SPEAK.
I WORK KAY BROWN, PATRICK AND MS. BROWN.
PATRICK, YOU HAVE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MIN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, KAY BROWN, PATRICK, UH, CITY OF DESOTO.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, SPEAK, UM, ON THE FIRST ON THE D DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER CONTRACT.
UM, I HAD A LOT TO SAY, BUT I'M A, I, I PRACTICED AND I TRIED TO GET IN IN THREE MINUTES AND I COULDN'T.
SO, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION FIRST THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UM, I CAME AND SPOKE TO COUNCIL WHEN THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER WAS ON WORK SESSION, I BELIEVE.
AND MY STATEMENT WAS SIMPLY, SIMPLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT TO THAT.
THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER SHOULD BE THE ORGANIZATION THAT DOES IT.
THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT DO IT.
NOTHING AGAINST THEM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT DO IT.
UM, ALSO MONTHS BEFORE THAT, UM, MYSELF AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A, UM, VERY RESPECTED, UM, SOMEONE THAT WE KNOW, UM, EMAIL ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE CITY OF DESOTO.
I DON'T THINK EVERYONE RECEIVED THEM, BUT THE CITY OF DESOTO DOING, UM, A CONTRACT WITH DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER.
I WON'T READ THE EMAIL INTO RECORD.
UM, I'M NOT HERE TO DISPARAGE PUBLICLY DISPARAGE THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER.
BUT MY QUESTION AND CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS AN $84,000 CONTRACT TO DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER.
UM, THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES IN THIS AREA THAT DOES THIS WORK.
AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TURNED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
UM, THE ONLY EXEMPTIONS IN DESOTO IS EMERGENCY, SOLE SOURCE AND SINGLE SOURCE.
AND THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER IS NEITHER ONE OF THOSE.
AND THIS COUNCIL SPECIFIC MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, UM, UM, ADAMANTLY IS AGAINST HANDPICKING AND NOT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND DOING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
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ONE OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER.MY OTHER THING IS MY ASK, UM, NOT TO SAY I'M AGAINST THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER, BUT I, UM, AM POSITIVE BASED ON THE STAFF REPORT THAT I READ, THAT THERE WAS NOT A DIVE INTO THE ACTUAL PROGRAMMING OF THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER.
THERE IS A COMMENT IN THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT A DEDICATED PERSON, UM, FOR THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER FOR DESOTO.
UM, ME KNOWING THAT ORGANIZATION IN THE ORG CHART, 'CAUSE I AM THE ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM, UM, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA BE POSSIBLE.
UM, I'M GONNA STEAL THE WORD FROM MR. MCDONALD AND CALL IT SMOKE AND MIRRORS IN THAT PRESENTATION.
THEY USE THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR AS ONE OF THE PROGRAM IN THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAMS END THIS MONTH.
UM, THEY AREN'T EVEN THE ONES THAT DO THE PROGRAMMING.
THEY USE EIGHT OTHER ENTITIES, UM, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, WITHOUT GOING INTO MUCH, UM, DIVING INTO IT, I WILL ASK THE CITY TO REALLY DIVE DEEP INTO, UH, THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER AND THEIR, UM, EMBEDDED REPUTATION, I WILL SAY IN THE ENTREPRENEUR EDUCATION CENTER AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THE $85,000 ARE GONNA BE SPENT.
THEY BROUGHT IN $2.2 MILLION IN THAT EMAIL, STATED $2.2 MILLION LAST YEAR, AND ONLY 20,000 WAS SPENT ON PROGRAMMING.
WE CANNOT HAVE THAT IN DE SOTO.
SO I WANTED TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE AND NO ONE CAN SEE THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW.
ARE THERE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS.
[1. Presentation of proclamation honoring the Soaring Eagles Center 20th Year Celebration]
WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING THE SOARING EAGLES CENTER 20TH YEAR CELEBRATION.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PROCTOR RECEIVING FOUNDER MERLE WESTLAND, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND JEFF AND DAUGHTER KENDRA.
I'M VERY HONORED AND EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER, WHO HAS BEEN A FIXTURE IN THE DESOTO COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
UM, YOU ALL DO SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE WORK.
UM, AND SO I WAS BLESSED TO SEE YOU ALL LAST WEEK AT THE WALMART GRAND OPENING.
THERE WAS A GROUP FROM SOARING EAGLE CENTER THERE, UH, TO REPRESENT.
SO I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR YOUR HEARING.
AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER IS COMMEMORATING ITS 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS A NONPROFIT, THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER WAS BIRTHED THROUGH THE DREAM OF ONE MOTHER, MERLE WESTLAND AND HER PERSEVERANCE TO HAVE ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS FOR HER SPECIAL NEEDS DAUGHTER, KENDRA WESTLAND CLOSER TO HOME.
AND WHEREAS THE CLOSEST PROGRAM WAS SEVERAL MILES AWAY, AND SHE SOON REALIZED THERE WERE NO PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ACCOMMODATED THE NEEDS OF HER DAUGHTER AND THAT WOULD OFFER HER THE BEST ENVIRONMENT TO THRIVE AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
AND WHEREAS A GROUP OF PARENTS WHO HAVE BECOME FRIENDS THROUGH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS DECIDED TO ACT TO RESEARCH RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT BEST MET THE NEEDS OF THEIR ADULT CHILDREN.
WITH THE HELP OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND A GRANT WRITER, THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER APPLIED TO BECOME A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT AND WAS OFFICIALLY GRANTED NONPROFIT STATUS ON JUNE 17TH, 2003.
AND WHEREAS IN THE FALL OF 2005, THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER LEADERS STARTED A DAY PROGRAM WITH THREE ADULTS.
AND IN 2016, THEY PURCHASED A BUILDING IN DESOTO FOR THIS NEWLY ESTABLISHED PROGRAM, WHICH THEN SERVED OVER 30 ADULTS.
THE DAY PROGRAM INCLUDES FIELD TRIPS OF ALL KINDS EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, SERVICE PROJECTS, ACCESS TO A COMPUTER CENTER, GAMES, COOKING CLASSES, LIFE SKILLS, AND LOTS OF FUN.
AND WHEREAS THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER HAS PROVIDED ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES AND SOCIAL EVENTS FOR OVER 50 ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN SOUTHERN DALLAS AND NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTIES, THE SOARING EAGLES ADULTS ARE NOW PARTICIPANTS IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND OTHER FORMAL AND INFORMAL SOCIAL EVENTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL O PROCTOR BY THE POWER OF VEST IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE SOARING EAGLE CENTER ON THEIR 20 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS, AND FURTHER URGE ALL CITIZENS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO JOIN US IN THIS CELEBRATION IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023.
SIGNED RACHEL O PROCTOR MAYOR ATTESTED TO BY ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY.
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THANK YOU.I WE'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF DESOTO.
WE HAD A THRIFT STORE FOR 15 YEARS, AND SO MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS WERE FROM DESOTO.
AND JUST EVENTS CAUSED US TO HAVE TO CLOSE IT.
BUT I, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S 20 YEARS.
I MEAN, WHERE DID THE TIME GO? BUT WE, WE, UM, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE OUR ADULTS GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER FOR LINE DANCING AND BINGO.
AND YOU LOVE LINE DANCING, RIGHT? SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE RIGHT UP HAMPTON.
UM, MY DESIRE WAS TO HAVE SOMETHING IN MY CHILD'S COMMUNITY.
AND AT THAT POINT, THERE WAS NOTHING IN SOUTH DALLAS, SO THAT WE COULD CREATE A GROUP WHERE WE COULD SEE EACH OTHER DURING THE WEEK.
WE LIVE NEAR EACH OTHER, AND THAT'S HAPPENED AND IT'S BEEN THE LORD THAT'S REALLY DONE IT.
WE'LL TAKE A AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[2. Presentation and recognition of the 2023 City of DeSoto Civic Academy Graduates]
HAVE PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE 2023 CITY OF DESOTO CIVIC ACADEMY GRADUATES.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS ESTHER WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, ALONG WITH MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND OUR DESOTO CIVIC ACADEMY GRADUATES.
COULD I HAVE YOU JUST STAND UP FOR A BRIEF MOMENT? I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS COULD ALL COME.
'CAUSE THIS IS JUST GONNA TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE MINUTE.
TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DESOTO CIVIC ACADEMY COHORT 2023 GRADUATES.
WE CELEBRATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR CITY WORKS.
THE CIVIC ACADEMY ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL COURSE.
IT'S A DEEP DIVE INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF OUR BELOVED DESOTO.
YOUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR DEEP ROOTED SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND YOUR DESIRE TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT WITH OUR, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT MEANS THAT YOU'VE MADE THE SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF COMPLETION.
THAT WAS NINE WEEKS, YOU GUYS.
UM, AND, AND, AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CIVIC ACADEMY, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY ENHANCED YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF DESOTO, BUT YOU HAVE ALSO BECOME INVALUABLE ASSETS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR INSIGHTS, AND YOUR DEDICATION WILL ENABLE YOU TO BE INFORMED ADVOCATES FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN PROGRESS IN OUR CITY.
NOW, ARMED WITH YOUR NEWFOUND KNOWLEDGE, YOU'RE NOW EQUIPPED TO BE A DRIVING FORCE FOR THAT POSITIVE CHANGE.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH LOCAL INITIATIVES, VOLUNTEERING, OR MAYBE EVEN FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE, YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE.
YOU ARE PROOF THAT INFORMED AND ENGAGED CITIZENS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS AND GET READY TO LEAVE YOUR MARK ON OUR CITY.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
SO, AS MAYOR PROCTOR CALLS YOUR NAME, UM, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE AND THEN YOU CAN REMAIN AT THE FRONT FOR A QUICK PICTURE.
NINE WEEKS IS A LONG TIME, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY, UM, IT CAN HAVE MORE FRUIT.
UM, IT JUST DOESN'T STOP HERE AT CIVIC ACADEMY, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GO ON TO DO MORE IN OUR CITY.
UH, THE FIRST NAME THAT I WILL CALL IS BILL ADAMS. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, HOW WE'LL DO IT LIKE THIS? YES, WE'LL DO IT LIKE WE DO AT THE GRADUATION.
WE WILL HOLD OUR APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED AND THEN WE CAN HAVE ONE BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE AT THE END.
IS HE HERE TONIGHT WITH US? OKAY.
HE, DARRELL BIVINS II, ANGELA BLEDSO JONES, LORENZO BROWN, LATASHA BRYANT.
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TONY, SHE ELMA, GOODWIN, OPHELIA GREEN, VICTOR GUTIERREZ, FRANKLIN HILL, RASHAD JACKSON, VALINDA SAMPLES, FELICE SANDERS JOHNSON, ALTHEA SATTERFIELD WHITE.DAVID SCOTT, SHANIQUA, VARNER, BUSBY LOVIE, ER MARCIA MARCIA WILLIAMS, EXCUSE ME.
LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR GRADUATES A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR CIVIC ACADEMY GRADUATES THIS YEAR.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[3. Presentation of FY 2023 Annual Investment Report & Investment Policy Update]
NEXT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2023 ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT AND INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATE.MAKING THAT INTRODUCTION IS LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT REVIEW.
UM, WE DID THIS PRESENTATION THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER, AND WE HAVE JUST HAD A STELLAR, UM, YEAR WITH OUR INVESTMENTS IN OUR, UM, MONEY MARKET AND CD ACCOUNTS.
UH, SO WE ARE BRINGING FORTH AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THAT.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE ONLINE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE OUR, UM, INVESTMENT ADVISOR, MR. TIM PINON, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, WHO'S GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT, AS WELL AS A FEW MINOR, UM, EDITS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE TO THE ACTUAL INVESTMENT POLICY.
SO I'LL BRING FORTH, UM, TIM PINON AT THIS TIME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILS.
AS LAKITA MENTIONED, WE, WE HAVE DONE THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
YOU DO GET THE QUARTERLY REPORTS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO STOP ONCE A YEAR JUST TO KIND OF DO A AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS OF THE FISCAL QUARTER.
SO THIS FIRST SLIDE TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE PORTFOLIO FROM 2022 THROUGH 2023.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS A DECLINE OR A EXPENDITURE OF REALLY $15 MILLION, UH, CLOSER TO 14.
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UH, AS IT SHOULD BE, THAT'S THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND FUNDS THAT WERE RAISED.AND SO THAT WAS REALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE FUNDS TO, UH, CONDUCT THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE ISSUED, UH, TO ACCOMPLISH.
UH, THE OTHER NICE THING TO SEE ON THIS SCREEN IS THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN INTEREST TO MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES THE INTEREST THAT WAS EARNED IN 2022.
SO THE CITY WENT FROM A LITTLE UNDER 900,000 TO MORE THAN SIX AND A HALF MILLION IN INTEREST EARNED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, SO CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, OBVIOUSLY BASED IN, IN GREAT PART TO THE, UH, INCREASED INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT DURING 2023.
THIS IS A LOOK, UH, COMPARISON OF WHERE INTEREST RATES WERE FOR THE PORTFOLIO LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE IT IS IN COMPARISON TO OUR BENCHMARK RATES.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THE, UH, PORTFOLIOS RATE WAS A LITTLE UNDER 1% LAST YEAR, A LITTLE OVER 4.5% FOR 2023.
UM, THE, YOU CAN SEE THE BENCHMARKS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED.
THEY WERE ALMOST ALL ABOUT FIVE TIMES WHERE THEY WERE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO IS TRAILING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE BENCHMARKS, AND THAT'S VERY NORMAL WHEN YOU HAVE A RAPIDLY RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT LIKE WE'VE HAD.
UM, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THE RATES IN THE PORTFOLIO TO CATCH UP WITH THE CURRENT RATES.
UH, BUT THE, THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS WHEN RATES DO BEGIN TO FALL, THEN THE CITY'S RATES STAY AHEAD OF THE BENCHMARKS AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST TO LOOK AT WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE CURRENTLY, THIS WAS AS OF OCTOBER 17TH.
UM, THE CITY IS GETTING A REALLY ATTRACTIVE MARKET RATE WITH THE PLAINS CAPITAL BANKING RELATIONSHIP THE CITY HAS.
SO THE FUNDS THERE ARE EARNING 5.25%, WHICH IS EXCELLENT.
UM, AND SO THE TEXT POOL IS PAYING 5.37%.
TEXT POOL IS A, A FUND THAT CITIES CAN USE THAT PROVIDES DAILY ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS.
UH, AND THEN JUST A LOOK AT, UH, CDS VERSUS TREASURIES AND AGENCIES.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AVAILABLE BY USING CDS, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN TAPPING INTO.
SO THE CITY HAS BEEN INVESTING IN CDS, UH, WITH SOME OF THAT LONGER TERM PORTFOLIO TO CAPTURE THOSE HIGHER RETURNS.
UH, THIS IS A LOOK AT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, A SNAPSHOT OF THOSE FED RATE INCREASES OVER THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
SO WE STARTED AROUND A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AT 3% TO THREE AND A QUARTER WAS THE, THE FED FUND RATE.
UM, WE ARE NOW AT FIVE AND A QUARTER TO 5.5%.
SO A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE, IN THE INTEREST RATES.
AND THEN THIS IS A LOOK AT THE YIELD CURVE.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE US SOME INDICATION OF WHERE THE MARKET THINKS FOR RATES WILL BE GOING, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'VE STILL HAVEN'T WHAT'S CALLED AN INVERTED YIELD CURVE, MEANING THAT LONGER TERM RATES ARE LOWER THAN SHORT TERM RATES, WHICH IS ABNORMAL.
NORMALLY YOU THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT MONEY IN A CD OR AN INVESTMENT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, YOU'RE GONNA EARN A HIGHER RATE OF RETURN.
BUT WHAT THE MARKET IS SAYING IS WE DON'T THINK RATES ARE GONNA STAY THIS HIGH AS WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE.
UH, THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT YEAR TO TWO YEARS, THE RATES ARE GONNA BEGIN TO DECLINE.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY KEY SLIDE AS WELL AS FAR AS PORTFOLIO'S PERFORMANCE.
SO THAT PURPLE SLIDE OF THE, OF THE PIE IS HOW MUCH THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN CDS, THOSE FIXED TERM SECURITIES THAT LOCK THOSE RATES IN FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO, UM, THE CITY'S REALLY TO BE COMMENDED ON SHIFTING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THEY HAVE INTO THOSE FUNDS TO LOCK IN THOSE RATES.
UH, BECAUSE ALL INDICATIONS ARE AT SOME POINT THE RATES ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO DECLINE, UH, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT, IN 2024 IS WHEN THAT'S ANTICIPATED.
SO REALLY A VERY GOOD, UM, DIVERSIFICATION OF THE PORTFOLIO IS WHAT'S REFLECTED ON THIS SLIDE.
AND THEN THIS IS, UH, JUST GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT IS THE CITY WITHIN COMPLIANCE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR INVESTMENT POLICY AS FAR AS HOW THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BOTH, UH, WHERE THE CITY HAS THE FUNDS FALLS WITHIN THOSE ACCEPTABLE, UM, RANGES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL.
UH, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, ECONOMIC UPDATES.
SO INFLATION IS STILL, UH, IT'S HIGHER THAN THE FED'S TARGET OF 2%.
IT'S RUNNING AT 4.3% YEAR OVER YEAR.
THAT'S THE INFLATION RATE WHEN YOU TAKE OUT FOOD AND ENERGY.
UH, JOB REGROWTH IS REMAINING MODEST.
UH, SO THIS, THE FED KEEPS AN EYE ON THAT BECAUSE AS THEY RAISE RATES, THAT TENDS TO BE A DRAG ON THE ECONOMY.
IT TENDS TO IMPACT JOB GROWTH.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE WATCHING THAT.
IF JOB GROWTH BEGINS TO SLOW, THAT'S GONNA PUT PRESSURE ON THE FED TO LOWER RATES.
UM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF AN OVERALL,
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UM, ECONOMIC LOOK.THEY'RE CURRENTLY ONE AND A HALF JOBS AVAILABLE IN OUR ECONOMY FOR EVERY UNEMPLOYED PERSON.
LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER WAS 1.7, SO IT'S COMING MORE IN BALANCE.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE NOT TOO LONG AGO, THERE'S TWO JOBS FOR EVERY PERSON LOOKING FOR A JOB.
SO WE REALLY HAD A A, AN IMBALANCE THERE.
THIS IS A, A BIG STORY FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE KIDS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BUY A HOUSE, UH, OR FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE SELLING A HOUSE OR BUYING A HOUSE.
THE, UH, THE MORTGAGE RATES, UH, ARE FOR 30 YEAR.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO WE'RE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, UH, SINCE 2000.
UH, A MEDIAN EXISTING HOME PRICE IS UP IS AT 407,000.
UM, AND THEN THE CURRENT NEW HOME PRICE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE SEEING PRESSURE OF THOSE RATES IMPACTING HOUSING PRICES.
UH, AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING A DECLINE IN SALES OF EXISTING HOMES, UH, THAT HAVE DECLINED OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
UH, AND THE LAST LINE THERE, YEAR OVER YEAR PENDING HOME SALES HAVE FALLEN ALMOST 20%.
SO REALLY SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THIS HIGHER RATE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHILE IT HELPS THE CITY EARN A REALLY NICE INTEREST INCOME, UH, THERE ARE ARE SOME OTHER SIDES OF THAT COIN TOO THAT IMPACT OTHER PARTS OF THE ECONOMY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE, OF THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO FOR THE YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE INVESTMENT POLICY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, COUNSEL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THE OTHER PART OF THIS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WE WANTED TO SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES, UH, TO KIND OF COVER, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THE INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATE.
SO THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT EVERY YEAR THE GOVERNING BODY IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE, UH, THE INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THE CITY.
SO THE CITY'S POLICY IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
SO IN THAT CASE, THE CHANGES ARE REALLY VERY MINIMAL.
AND SO WE WERE BASICALLY ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THEM.
SO YOU CAN JUST SEE SOME OF IT IS, IS CUTTING DOWN THE WORDS A LITTLE BIT.
UH, YOU KNOW, REMOVING THESE TWO WORDS, CHANGING FROM INSURANCE TO ASSURANCE OF PUBLIC TRUST.
UH, AGAIN, JUST VERY MINOR CHANGES ON PAGE SIX.
UH, AGAIN ON PAGE SIX AND ANOTHER SECTION, JUST A LITTLE ADDED SOME CLARIFYING COMMENTS, UH, ON A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THERE.
UH, PAGE NINE, UH, JUST ADDING SOME CLARITY AROUND SAFEKEEPING AND CUSTODY.
SO WE ADDED A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC THAT, THAT, THAT'S FIRST PARAGRAPH WAS RELATED TO PLEDGE COLLATERAL.
UH, AND THEN STRIKING THE REPURCHASE AGREEMENT TRANSACTIONS.
THOSE ARE NOT SOMETHING THE CITY IS CURRENTLY INVESTING IN.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER CLARIFICATION THERE.
UH, SAFEKEEPING PARTY WAS REALLY NOT THE RIGHT VERBIAGE THERE, SO A LITTLE CLEANUP ON THAT.
SO THOSE WERE ALL OF THE CHANGES.
SO REALLY THE POLICIES IN A REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING ON A FEW ITEMS. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING IN THE INVESTMENT POLICY COUNCIL MEMBER? RAFAEL? YES, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
JUST WANTED TO, SINCE, SINCE WE'RE, THIS IS, UH, REVISIONS TO THE INVESTMENT POLICY, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS IT RELATES TO ESG.
ARE THEY ADDING ANY LANGUAGE, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF TYPE OF BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE? TYPICALLY? NO.
THE, THE, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT IS VERY RESTRICTIVE ON WHAT A CITY CAN DO.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT INVESTING IN ANY COMPANIES.
SO YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO BE INVESTING IN TYPICALLY, UH, MONEY MARKET TYPE FUNDS, UH, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, TREASURY BILLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO THERE'S, THOSE ARE, ARE PRETTY NEUTRAL WHEN IT COMES TO AN ESG PERSPECTIVE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN EQUITIES, THEN THAT MIGHT COME INTO PLAY, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S, IT'S TYPICALLY NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY.
AND THEN COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE FINAL MATURITY? IS IT RIGHT NOW HOURS IS ABOUT THREE YEARS OR SO, OR AND ARE THERE ANY BEST PRACTICES THAT CITIES ARE DOING AROUND IT OR CHANGES THAT CITIES ARE DOING TODAY, DID YOU SAY? AS FAR AS FINAL MATURITY? AS FAR AS, YEAH.
SO TYPICALLY THE CITIES, UH, AND AND THIS IS COMMON FOR MOST CITIES, TYPICALLY TWO YEARS IS ABOUT AS FAR AS MOST CITIES WANT TO GO, UNLESS THE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS IF YOU'VE GOT, UH, MAYBE A BOND FUND THAT WAS ISSUED AND YOU'VE GOT LARGE BALANCES AND YOU'VE GOT A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT YOU KNOW IS GONNA MAYBE HAVE A THREE YEAR HORIZON.
IN THAT CASE YOU MIGHT GO OUT THREE YEARS.
BUT TYPICALLY THREE IS THE LONGEST WE SEE.
AND THEN TWO, BUT TWO YEARS IS MOST TYPICALLY THE LONGEST THAT WE, A CITY WANTS TO GO OUT.
WOULD IT BE PRUDENT FOR US TO ADD LANGUAGE TO IF WE NEEDED TO OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL DO? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST ASKING WOULD IT BE PRUDENT? SO IF WE ADD LANGUAGE TO, YOU SAID TYPICALLY CITIES DO TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, AND SO SHOULD WE ADD LANGUAGE IN OUR POLICY TO EXTEND THAT OUT OR
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IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COME AND YOU SAY, HEY CITI, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THIS, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THESE FACTORS YEAH, TWO YEARS.TWO YEARS IS PRETTY STANDARD AND THAT'S PART OF THE STANDARD LANGUAGE.
AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S, THAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE IS THAT TWO YEARS IS A REALLY GOOD TERM FOR A CITY, JUST FROM AN INVESTMENT HORIZON.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR QUESTIONS.
WE APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THE CITY, MS. THOMAS.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DEVELOPING A VALID MEASURE, CREATING A CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
MS. THOMAS, WE WAS JUST ON THERE JUST IN CASE WE NEEDED EXTRA TIME.
[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. ]
AGENDA ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL AND 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 RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH, MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK, NATIONAL VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES MONTH, FAMILY LITERACY DAY, NATIONAL AUTHORS DAY, NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK, AND TEXAS ARBOR DAY, AS WELL AS CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF DARRELL GODFREY TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PLACE TWO, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GARVER LLC AND A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $181,390 FOR LEAD AND COPPER RULES REVISION ASSISTANCE.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE MUNICIPAL VALVE AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY AND THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $55,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A 54 INCH ISOLATION VALVE FOR THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION.
UTILIZING TIPS CONTRACT NUMBER 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 1, AS WELL AS CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH TEXAS MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $694,966 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW EMERGENCY STANDBY GENERATOR AND AUTOMATIC TRANSFER POWER SWITCH AT THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH J AND S TOWING AND RECOVERY INC.
FOR RECORD, SERVICE AND VEHICLE STORAGE FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT PERIOD WITH THREE YEAR LEAVE RENEWAL OPTIONS.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND TRAINING CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FORENSICS X SEVEN SCANNING SYSTEM.
T 10 DATA COLLECTOR 3D PROCESSING SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TRAINING FROM A TERRA CENTRAL INC.
AT A COST OF $55,439 AND 55 CENTS.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR TWO VEHICLES FROM RUSH TRUCK CENTER FOR THE AMOUNT OF $89,281 AND 94 CENTS, UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 0 1 DASH 19 FOR VEHICLES IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR AN ARTICULATING TELESCOPIC AERIAL DEVICE BUCKET TRUCK VEHICLE FROM ALLTECH INDUSTRIES INC.
UTILIZING THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TEN FOUR TWO ONE DASH A LT FOR THIS VEHICLE IS IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR THE STRIPPING OF TYPE B ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $22,000.
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO TO THE INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS DESOTO HOUSING CORPORATION, DESOTO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DESOTO HEALTH FACILITIES CORPORATION AND DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND FINALLY, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT AND THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $85,000 WITH THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER? UH, YEAH.
UM, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD PULL, UH, ITEMS, UM, WHAT IS IT? UM, FF ONE J AND F1 S.
UH, COUNSEL, ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? HEARING NONE.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION HONOR, MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? PULLING, UH, F1 J AND F1 SS SECOND.
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SECOND TO APPROVE AS MENTIONED.ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I WANTED TO APPLAUD, UH, ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS TO THE DESOTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
MR. DERRELL GODFREY, IS HE HERE TONIGHT? I DO NOT SEE HIM HERE TONIGHT, BUT CAN WE APPLAUD HIM FOR STEPPING UP AND, UH, SERVING ON THAT BOARD? WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR, UM, GIVING OF THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO SERVE ON SUCH IMPORTANT BOARDS AS OUR DESOTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, YOU WANTED,
[j. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Garver, LLC in the not-to-exceed amount of $181,390 for lead and copper rules revision assistance]
UM, ITEMS F1? YEAH.WE CAN DISCUSS, START WITH THAT.
UM, THE, THE REASON THAT I BROUGHT THAT PARTICULAR ONE UP IS I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IT SAYS, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
UM, THE 181,000 IS JUST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ITEM AND, UH, DID IT GO OUT FOR BID? IS THIS A WBE COMPANY? AND A FEW MORE PARTICULARS ABOUT IT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT DID NOT GO OUT TO BID AS THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THE CITY MADE THE DECISION TO PARTNER WITH GARVER, LLC FOR THE, UM, TO GET TECHNICAL GUIDANCE FROM A REGULATORY STANDPOINT FOR THIS, UH, NEW LEAD AND COPPER RULE.
UH, SEEN AS THAT WE WERE UP AGAINST A REGULATORY TIMELINE, MEANING THAT WE HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE BY OCTOBER OF 2024.
AND THE FACT THAT GARVER DID OUR MASTER PLAN, THEY WERE WELL VERSED WITH OUR SYSTEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, COMBINED WITH THE REGULATORY TIMELINE AND THE FACT THAT WE, THEY HAD THE FAMILIARITY OF WORKING WITH THE CITY, WE, UH, CHOSE TO, UH, INITIALIZE PHASE ONE THIS PAST YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND ALSO WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU THE SECOND PHASE TWO COMPLETE, UH, THIS PROJECT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PHASES? WHAT WERE YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER PHASES? SO THIS WOULD, THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE THE LAST PHASE.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE, UH, COMPLIANCE DATE IS OCTOBER OF 2024.
SO BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL REGULATORY REVISIONS TO THIS RULE, WE MIGHT END UP PARTNERING AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S WITH GARBER OR WITH ANOTHER ENGINEERING FIRM.
THE SIMPLE FACT OF IT IS IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, LARGER CITIES THAT, UM, TYPICALLY HAVE A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE DIVISION WITHIN THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT, WE'RE A SMALLER ORGANIZATION, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY IN HOUSE TO REALLY KEEP UP WITH ALL THE MOVING PARTS OF THE RULE.
SO IN ORDER TO BE, UM, IN COMPLIANCE AND ALSO GET, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE FROM A REGULATORY STANDPOINT, IT IS NECESSARY TO CONTRACT THIS OUT.
YOU HAD A, A SECOND ITEM YOU REQUESTED TO BE PULLED.
[s. Consider authorizing the Economic Development Director to negotiate and execute a professional service agreement in the not-to-exceed amount of $85,000 with the Dallas Entrepreneur Center as recommended by the DeSoto Development Corporation]
IS ABOUT ONE, UH, JS AND IT'S REGARDING THE DEC.AND I SAW THERE WERE, NOW THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I, I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOW WE ACTUALLY ARE PARTNERING WITH, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND BRINGING THINGS TO, TO LIGHT.
THEY HAD THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
THEY HAD THE DEC, THEY HAD THE DALLAS AREA CHAMBER, AND THEN THEY HAD THE ACTUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTUALLY IS THE DE C'S ROLE? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO WORK WITH, I MEAN, HOW, HOW IS THIS COLLABORATION GOING TO TAKE OFF? I MEAN, IS THIS IN-HOUSE WITH JUST THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE MARCHING ORDERS OR IS THERE A, IS THERE LIKE A, A WAY THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO AND THE ACTUAL DALLAS AREA? I MEAN, I'M SORRY, DESOTO AREA CHAMBER.
THAT WOULD HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN WOMAN PARKER FOR YOUR QUESTION.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT I CAN ADDRESS WHILE I'M UP HERE BEFORE I GET TO YOUR QUESTION? UH, NO.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE TRIO THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE DESOTO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT, UH, VANESSA STERLING HERE, AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT EUGENE WALKER HERE OF THE BOARD.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY ALL THE KIND OF THE PULSE WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN DESOTO, UH, THEY ALREADY HAVE A GREAT STRONG MEMBERSHIP, 300 PLUS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TAP INTO THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO HAVE THESE SUPPORT SERVICES.
IN REGARDS TO THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE ARE FUNDING THIS PROGRAM, UH, FROM OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, OUR FUND, UH, THE DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR CENTER IS PLAYING THE ROLE AS THAT CONVENER, UH, AND THE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THESE SMALL BUSINESSES.
UH, THEY HAVE THE NEW SPACE THERE AT REDBIRD CENTER, 20,000 SQUARE FEET FOR PROGRAMS, COHORTS, WORKSHOPS, FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES, UM, IN TANDEM.
WE'LL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THOSE BUSINESSES HERE IN DESOTO, UH, BOTH AT THE CHAMBER AND OR THE CHAMBER WILL BE, UH, UTILIZING THE SPACE AT GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE.
SO FOR FOLKS HERE IN DESOTO, IF THEY WANNA
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HAVE A FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION, THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT THERE AT THE DESOTO, UM, DESOTO AREA CHAMBER.SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF, OF THE QUESTION, THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION WAS, UM, THERE ARE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE IN THE CITY, THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND I JUST HAPPENED UPON ONE THAT LIVES THAT IS IN THE DISTRICT THAT I, THAT I AM ACTUALLY OVER THE PLACE, UH, PLACE TWO.
AND, UH, WHEN I ASKED THAT PERSON ABOUT THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION WITH NOT ONLY THE, UH, DESOTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO DALLAS AREA CHAMBER, THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF EITHER.
AND I, I, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.
SO MY QUESTION IS FROM THIS ACTUAL COLLABORATION, IS THERE GONNA BE A MORE OF A, WHAT IS THE OUTREACH TO THE BUSINESSES THAT SIT IN DESOTO? YEAH, THE OUTREACH WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY.
WE ACTUALLY ANTICIPATE KICKING OFF THESE EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES IN JANUARY.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THE OUTREACH AND TOUCH POINTS, WE'RE CRAFTING THAT AT THIS MOMENT.
IT'S NOT, NOTHING FORMALIZED FOR ME TO PRESENT TO YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ON OUR KICKOFF CALL LAST WEEK.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT.
UM, MR. LONG, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND VOTING AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, BASED ON THE CITIZEN COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY, WAS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY THIS DIDN'T GO FOR BID? JUST FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING AS, UH, I GUESS, UH, STRATEGIC AS POSSIBLE AS IT RELATES TO OUR GOALS, UM, IN ACHIEVING THE MWB GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET.
I MEAN, THE LAST, THIS PAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE NO DISAPPOINTING.
YEAH, AND I'M, I'M NOT PUTTING THAT ALL ON YOU, BUT CONSIDERING WE'VE ALL SET THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS, WAS THERE ANY REASON PARTICULAR WHY THIS WASN'T A CONSIDERATION? YEAH, I BELIEVE IT WENT THROUGH, UM, AND MATT, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LINE ITEM THAT WE LOOKED AT, UH, KNOWING THAT THE DECK, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT, THAT COHESION AND BEING, BEING ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF THESE OTHER ENTREPRENEURS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER, THEY DO ACT AS THE HUB.
SO IF I, IF I'M LOOKING TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS IN THE DESOTO AREA, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AFTER THE HUB AND THEN PROBABLY AN, UH, ANTICIPATE WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH THOSE OTHER SPOKE MEMBERS AS WELL THAT YOU PROBABLY WAS MENTIONING.
UH, SO THINK OF SCORE, THINK OF SBDC, THINK OF SBA, THINK OF LIFTFUND AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE WITH THE DECK.
UH, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE WANTED TO PARTNER WITH THE DECK THAT THEY ALREADY HAD THAT LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF THESE ENTREPRENEUR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN DFW HERE IN THE METROPLEX HERE IN TEXAS.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE ONLY ONE OF TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE AWARDED THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR GRANT FROM THE SBA.
SO THERE ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF, YOU KNOW, CONVENING AND PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN DESOTO.
YOU SAY THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR GRANT, IS THAT PART, IS THAT THE REASON WHY YOU, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU SELECTED DECK OR IT IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS, YES.
THEY, THEY, THEY, UH, THE SBA, THEY AWARDED VERY FEW, UM, OF THESE AWARDS.
I BELIEVE TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS A TWO YEAR PROGRAM.
THE DECK, AGAIN, WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THESE ENTITIES HERE IN TEXAS BECAUSE OF THEIR LONGSTANDING HISTORY OF SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS.
SO HAVING THAT AS A, AS A LEVERAGE, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE PICKED.
BUT OUR BOARD, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SAT DOWN WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE DECK BACK IN AUGUST, HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP HERE TONIGHT.
AND WE ADDRESSED THEM THERE AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PASS THAT UNANIMOUSLY IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THE BOARD HAD CONCERNS TOO, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
AND YOU SAID THEY SOME OF, SOME OF THE SAME, SO I GUESS, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO THAT, I GUESS, UNLESS WE ATTEND YOUR MEETING, RIGHT.
SO WHAT WAS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THE BOARD HAD, AND THEN WHAT WERE THE RESPONSES FROM THAT? YES, MA'AM.
SO I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, IT WAS AROUND KIND OF THE METRICS, UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE TOUCHING BASE WITH ACTUAL DESOTO BUSINESSES.
AND I, I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE WITH GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE, WHAT WE HAVE WITH TERRY TOOMEY, IF WE CAN DO A FRACTION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE DECK, WE'LL WE'LL BE HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SO TO, TO HAVE AN IMPACT WITH THE DECK.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
NO KPIS, NO METRICS, NO BUSINESSES GROWING.
WE DO SEE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN WORKING WITH THE DECK TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
COUNCILMAN BUR, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
AND JUST TO ADD, UH, TO, UH, SPEAK TO THE LINE OF QUESTIONING, BECAUSE I, I LOVE THE CONVERSATION.
THIS IS THE, UM, DDC BEING PROACTIVE OH MAN.
WITH THE DISILLUSION, IF YOU WOULD, OF, OF THE GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE, UH, EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
THIS WAS WHAT YOUR BOARD DECIDED WOULD STILL SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, GIVE THEM EDUCATION ON A LARGER SCALE.
UM, AND I REMEMBER THE, THE, THE,
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THE ROBUST CONVERSATION.UH, AND SO THIS IS YOUR BOARD TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND SUPPORT.
IS THAT CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
BECAUSE THIS IS A MACRO VIEW OF SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FOLKS THAT GROW DESOTO.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FOLKS AT THE CHAMBER.
IT'S ALL BUSINESSES IN DESOTO THAT'S REPRESENTED 7 5, 1, 1 5, WHERE THEY'RE WORKING OUTSIDE OF THEIR, THEIR HOME, THEIR GARAGE, OR ACTUALLY HAVE A OFFICE.
SO ALL BUSINESSES WILL BE SUPPORTED.
SO REALLOCATION OF FUNDS, A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS GOING TO, OF COURSE, MS. TERRY TOMI, UH, THAT AGAIN, THE, THE RESULTS JUST WEREN'T THERE.
UH, IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REPORTS OVER THE PAST YEAR, SOME SAME INFORMATION BEING REPORTED MONTH TO MONTH.
THESE METRICS WILL BE UPDATED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, REPORTED OUT TO OUR BOARD COUNCIL.
SO, WHEREAS THE PROGRAM WITH MS. TOY MAY MIGHT NOT HAVE WORKED OUT, THIS IS A MORE PROVEN RECORD.
THIS IS A MORE ROBUST PROGRAM, AND, AND IT WOULD STILL BE IN DESOTA WITH MORE, UH, PROVEN OUTCOME.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
SO I'M, DO A LITTLE BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THE WHOLE STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS, UM, ONE OF MY DEEPEST CONCERNS WAS CROSS, SO MARKETPLACE.
SO I ACTUALLY PUT THE NAME DECK AS A PART OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THAT WAS REALLY AS A PLACEHOLDER BECAUSE WHAT I SAW AT THAT TIME WAS THAT WHAT THE SYSTEM THAT WE DID HAVE WAS, WAS, UM, PROBABLY NOT THE BEST SYSTEM THAT WORKED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, MY QUESTIONING IS KIND OF GOES ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT DID WE EXPLORE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, OTHER COMPANIES THAT DO THIS? AND SO THE QUESTION WAS, WAS ASKED SPECIFICALLY.
SO WHILE IT'S A PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR QUALMS ABOUT, UM, OUR MWBE PARTICIPATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, IS, I'M NOT ASKING YOU AT THIS POINT WHY IT DID NOT GO OUT TO BID, BUT GIVEN, GIVEN THAT I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT TO BID.
HOWEVER, DID WE JUST EVEN LOOK AT, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T GO OUT TO BID, DID WE TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER ENTITIES IN THE METROPLEX THAT ALSO HAD PROVEN METRICS AS WELL? YES, WE DID.
AND I BELIEVE ACTUALLY THE DECK THEY PROVIDED US, UH, SOME, SOME OF THESE OTHER ENTITIES THAT, THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY SPEAKING OF, THEY'RE PART OF THE HUB.
UH, THEY'RE PART OF THE SPOKES, UH, THAT THE DECK IS ALREADY SERVING.
SO AGAIN, THINKING OF SBA THINKING OF SCORE, THINKING OF LIFT FUND, UH, START, PIVOT GROVE BEING ANOTHER CONCEPT OF DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT KNOWING THAT THE DECK, THEY, THEY, THEY CHECK A LOT OF BOXES.
ALSO, SOME OF THESE OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT BE SPEAKING OF, THEIR SERVICES CAN WORK ALONGSIDE WITH THE DECK, UH, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO PROMOTE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO HEARD SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE DECK, AND I'M PRETTY SURE, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR OUTREACH IN REACH INTO DALLAS, BUT JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY OR THE EC OR THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM, SO TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS KIND OF CIRCLED AND SURROUNDED THE DECK IN, IN JUST HOW THEY, UM, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THEIR BUSINESS AND HOW THEY MAKE THEIR FUNDS, BUT JUST ENSURING THAT THE METRICS ARE ACTUALLY THERE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS THROUGH THEM, HOW MANY ACCELERATORS, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, SO JUST THOSE TYPE OF METRICS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
UH, PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, METRICS, TRACK NUMBER OF BUSINESSES SERVED, DESOTO BUSINESSES SERVE, NUMBER OF MENTOR CONNECTIONS, NUMBER OF EVENTS AND TRAININGS, NUMBER OF EVENTS AND TRAININGS, PLUS ATTENDEES, NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES STARTED, NUMBER OF FUNDING RAISE, UH, INVESTMENTS, LOANS AND GRANTS.
NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED OR RETAINED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, MINORITY OWNED, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, NUMBER OF VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS SERVED AND NUMBER OF COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR REFERRALS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
ANY PROVEN, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN PROVEN BY THEM, NOT FOR DESOTO, BUT FOR WHO THEY ALREADY SERVE.
DO WE HAVE THAT, THOSE METRICS AND THEN RELATED TO THE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT MAY BE ENDING SOON.
AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD? IS IT THAT THEY'RE GONNA, UM, YEAH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, THEY STILL HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE ENTREPRENEUR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY STILL PLAN TO HAVE THOSE REFERRALS TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
SO YES, THE SBA IS NOT FUNDING THE PROGRAM ANYMORE, BUT THOSE ENTREPRENEUR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DESOTO BUSINESSES CAN STILL TOUCH BASE WITH THEM.
AND SO THEY BASICALLY ARE LIKE A PROJECT MANAGER AND JUST WITH ALL THE VARIOUS RESOURCES.
AND SO AT THE TUNE OF THE FUNDING LEVEL HERE, AND THEN PARTICULARLY FOR THE STAFF PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TANGIBLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY? SO IS IT A PART-TIME PERSON? IS IT A FULL-TIME PERSON? AND IS IT THE SAME PERSON OR IS IT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER THE STAFFING ALLOWS? YEAH, IT'LL BE THE SAME PERSON.
UH, WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, THE CADENCE, IS IT TWO TIMES A WEEK, THREE TIMES A WEEK? UH, WITH OUR SUCH PROXIMITY TO REDBIRD, A LOT OF THAT, AGAIN, WILL BE WORKING IN TANDEM.
SOME WILL BE HERE, SOME WILL BE OVER THERE AT REDBIRD.
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PERSON THAT WILL BE HERE, WE ACTUALLY MET WITH HER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.SHE WAS AT THE FRANCHISE INTEREST MEETING.
SO SHE IS INVESTED, YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE LIVES IN, IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
NOT NECESSARILY DESOTO, BUT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO GET TO OUR BUSINESSES.
AND THE LAST THING IS ABOUT THE CONTRACT ITSELF IS A THREE YEAR TERM WITH NO ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT.
AND SO GIVEN THAT THIS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, US GOING INTO IT THE FIRST YEAR, UM, WILL THERE BE SOME PROVISIONS AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY OR WHATEVER, BUT YEAH.
IT'S JUST, YEAH, PART OF THE CONTRACT, IT HAS TERMINATION, UH, 60 DAYS PRIOR TO TERMINATION.
AND THEN, AND YOU KNOW, AS, AS MOST, MOST CITY GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS SET UP AS THREE YEARS, WE'LL STILL BE ASSESSING IT ON THREE YEAR TERM.
COULD WE CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO, TO REFLECT THAT YEAR TO YEAR TERM VERSUS THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT, SO TO SPEAK? AND THAT'S A QUESTION MAYBE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I MEAN, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S A THREE YEAR TERM, THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE IS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT THE SCOPE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GO OUT FURTHER THAN A YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, AND IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, AND YOU CAN TERMINATE IT WITH SIX MONTHS WRITTEN NOTICE.
AND YOU PAY $21,250 ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2023.
JANUARY 1ST, 2024, APRIL 1ST, 2024, QUARTER FIRST 20, 24, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU TERMINATE WITH SIX MONTHS NOTICE AFTER YOU PAID THAT FIRST 21, 20 1002 50, YOU WON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT AGAIN IN JAN JANUARY 1ST.
SO WE CAN MAKE IT ONE YEAR, BUT THAT MAY THROW OUT A WHACK THE SCOPE OF SERVICES.
I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, SITTING UP HERE.
SO WHAT'S THE FIRST YEAR SCOPE OF SERVICE? LET'S SEE.
IT'S NOT DETAILED OUT IN THE CONTRACT.
YEAH, IT, IT'S NOT, THE ONLY REASON I I BROUGHT IT UP IS 'CAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WHEN WE HAD SOMEONE ELSE THAT DIDN'T REALLY WORK FOR US.
AND SO JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON OUR, AND, AND I TRUST THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE, WILL, WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS, BUT JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THE BEST AND THAT WE'RE REALLY, UM, MAKING A SERIOUS ANALYSIS OVER THAT NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THAT GUARANTEE.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO GO FIRST YEAR AS A TRIAL PROOF AND CONCEPT AND THEN TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SERIES CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, THE AUTO CONTRACTS, BECAUSE WE WON'T THE MADAM POINT OF ORDER AGAIN.
WE, WHAT'S YOUR POINT? WELL, I, I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU, WE'RE NOT HERE TO RENEGOTIATE WHAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY PRESENTED.
WE ARE HERE TO EVOKE THIS UP OR DOWN.
THEIR BOARD HAVE ALREADY GONE INTO INTIMATE DETAILS OF THIS.
OUR JOB IS TO ASK QUESTIONS, GET CLARITY, BUT NOT TO GIVE DIRECTIVE.
WE HAVE A BOARD THAT HAVE ALREADY EXAMINED THIS.
SO I, MY POINT OF ORDER IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE OFF TRACK ON WHAT THE WRITTEN AGENDA IS.
ANY CHANGES WE MAKE TO THIS CONTRACT WOULD'VE TO GO BACK TO THEIR BOARD.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, AT THIS POINT, UM, ACCORDING TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, UM, COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL HAS A RIGHT TO RESPOND.
AND WELL, GIVEN THAT SO MANY CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN RENEGOTIATED FROM THE DAAS, UM, UH, I'LL, I'LL STOP, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THIS.
BUT GIVEN THAT, UH, WE'VE DONE THIS AT THE DAAS BEFORE, WHEN IT WASN'T ME, UM, THIS, THIS SEEMS IN ORDER, BUT I'LL STOP RIGHT NOW.
MY ONLY, MY ONLY POINTMENT WAS THAT IT WOULD'VE TO, WOULD'VE TO GO BACK SINCE, SINCE WE WE'RE JUST, I DON'T WANNA SAY RUBBER STAMPING.
I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND POINT OF INFORMATION.
AND I'LL MAKE THIS REALLY BRIEF AND MAYBE IT'S NOT A POINT OF INFORMATION, BUT IT'S A ASK FOR THE COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.
IF WE COULD RE WE JUST SAW TWO, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT CAME BEFORE US AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM WENT OUT TO BID AND JUST FOR FISCAL YEAR.
I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW OF ALL OF OUR PRE FROM A PROCUREMENTS, I DON'T SEE THE PROCUREMENT PER, UH, MANAGER, BUT FROM A PROCUREMENT, CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION ON, ON WHAT DID GO OUT TO BID AND WHAT DIDN'T FROM A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? I HEAR YOU.
SENIOR ATTORNEY MADAM, MADAM MAYOR'S A POINT OF ORDER AT THIS POINT, AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE A POINT ON THE FLOOR AND WE'LL NEED TO GO BACK AND CLEAR THAT POINT BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE DOWN THE, THE AGENDA ITEM.
I GO BACK, UH, COUNSEL, UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, VOTED ON.
WE HAVE ITEM FJ REGARDING THE GARVER CONTRACT, THE GARVER CONTRACT.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR MADAM MAYOR, UH, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? PLEASE? DO WE EVER CLEAR HER POINT? DID WE CLEAR HER POINT? SHE HAD SHE HAD A POINT OF ORDER.
DID WE EVER CLEAR THE POINT? WHAT'S THE DECISION ON THE POINT IT STANDS? OKAY, YOUR RULING TO, TO ELIMINATE.
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COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL GOES BACK TO YOU.IS THAT POINT INFORMATION, IS THAT THE WAY IT GOES? ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THAT? BECAUSE BASICALLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO A, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THE POINT OF ORDER AND THEN THERE'S A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE POINTS STAND, DO YOU APPEAL THE, OR DO YOU WANT IT TO STAND? OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
WE HAVE A, UM, I'M CALLING FOR A MOTION ON OUR GARVER CONTRACT.
UH, ITEM J IS THERE A MOTION COUNSEL? MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM F1 J AS WRITTEN SECOND.
IT'S MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY MAYOR PROM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE SECOND ITEM? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO TABLE, UH, TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL J FEBRUARY THE 20TH TO GET INFORMATION ON, UH, THE FIRST YEAR, SECOND YEAR, THIRD YEAR OF CONTRACT.
I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR AGAIN, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance on a request to amend Planned Development-111 (PD-111) with base zoning district of SF-20 to create a new Planned Development with base zoning district of SF-9 with deviations (2nd Application Submittal). The properties consist of approximately 17.25 acres of land legally described as being Tract 2 in the Jonas Buskirk Survey, Abstract 110 (501 W. Wintergreen Road) and 9.52 acres of land legally described as being Tract 2.1 in the Jonas Buskirk Survey, Abstract 110 (601 W. Wintergreen Road). The applicant is Dietz Engineering and the property owner is Nueva Vida Life Assembly. (Case No. Z-1506-23)]
INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ON A REQUEST TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT ONE 11 WITH BASE ZONING DISTRICT AS OF SF 20 TO CREATE A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF SF NINE WITH DEVIATIONS.
THIS IS THE SECOND APPLICATION SUBMITTAL.
THE PROPERTIES CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 17.25 ACRES OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING TRACK TWO IN THE JONAS BUS KIRK SURVEY AS ABSTRACT ONE TEN FIVE OH ONE WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD AND 9.52 ACRES OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING TRACK 2.1 IN THE JONAS BUSKIRK SURVEY ABSTRACT ONE TEN SIX OH ONE WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS DES ENGINEERING AND PROPERTY OWNER IS NOVE VITA, LIFE ASSEMBLY CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1506 DASH 23.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
COUNSEL, AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, THIS CASE ORIGINALLY CAME TO YOU IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AT WHICH TIME A MOTION WAS MADE TO APPROVE THE CASE, UH, RESULTING IN A FOUR TO THREE VOTE.
UH, BECAUSE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, THE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF SIX WAS NOT MET.
THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE RESUBMITTED A NEW APPLICATION IN SEPTEMBER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WINTERGREEN WEST OF OLD HICKORY.
A COUPLE OF DRAWINGS ON, ON THE, ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED, UH, THIS CHANGE.
UH, WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM THE, UH, ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL IS A DECREASE IN THE DENSITY FROM 80 TO 73 LOTS, UH, STILL REQUESTING A DEVIATION OF NO ALLEYS.
AND BECAUSE THEY ARE PROPOSING J SWING GARAGES ON 100% OF THE LOTS, THEY ARE REQUESTING A DEVIATION OF THE FRONT YARD SETBACK FROM 25 TO 20.
UM, HERE I HAVE LISTED A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION.
UH, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALSO RECOMMUNICATE TO YOU AGAIN, THAT THE FOURTH BULLET THAT IS IDENTIFIED THAT THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THE CITY'S PARK DEDICATION, UH, REGULATION THAT ESTABLISHES THAT.
UM, DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED, UH, FOR, UH, FOR AT LEAST 100 DWELLING UNITS TO DEDICATE EITHER, UH, TWO ACRES OR PAY, I THINK IT'S 550 PER LOT.
THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, DECIDED TO DEDICATE TO THE CITY THE PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE, AS IN YOUR LAST CASE, A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
A DETERMINATION WORKSHEET, UH, WAS GENERATED, UH, FOR A SECOND TIME WITH THE NUMBER OF LOSS DECREASING FROM 80 TO 70.
UM, THE, THE WORKSHEET AGAIN IDENTIFIED THAT A UHT I A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED SHOULD THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT BE APPROVED.
THE FIRST REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER THE 24TH TO CONSIDER THIS SECOND, UH, SUBMITTAL.
UH, DURING THAT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, ACTUALLY A MOTION WAS MADE TO, TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION
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OF APPROVAL.AND THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY SIX TO ZERO VOTE.
UH, THE SITE PLAN HAS NOT CHANGED OTHER THAN, AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS HAVE DECREASED FROM 80 TO 73, THE, UH, SITE PLAN AGAIN PROPOSES THE SAME NUMBER OF INTERESTS AND EXITS.
UH, TWO PRIMARY INTEREST IN EXITS.
ONE WOULD BE OFF OF OLD HICKORY, ONE WOULD BE OFF OF, UH, WEST WINTERGREEN.
A SECOND EXIT ONLY ENTRANCE WOULD BE AGAIN, OFF OF WINTERGREEN.
UH, THE DEVELOPER, AGAIN IS, UH, PROPOSING A, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST WINTERGREEN, WEST SIDE OF OLD HICKORY.
UM, SO THOSE THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS SHOWING, UH, 73 LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION.
THE ENTRANCE AND EXITUS ARE THE SAME.
UH, ALONG THE WEST SIDE, AGAIN IS THE SAME, UM, PROPOSED PUBLIC PARK TO BE DEDICATED 'CAUSE OF THE PARK DEDICATION FUND.
UH, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S PROPOSING AN EIGHT FOOT WALKING TRAIL TO GO THROUGH THIS TO BE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY TO EXTEND TO THE WEST, TO WEST MOORLAND.
AND THAT WOULD BE ALL ON THE APPLICANT.
96 PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, BOTH 200 AND 400 FEET OF THE PROPERTY.
AS OF OCTOBER THE 30TH STAFF ONLY RECEIVED ONE NOTICE IN OPPOSITION, AND IT WAS A PROPERTY OWNER WHO REAR YARD ABOVE TO, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE FROM THE CLUB PARK SUBDIVISION.
UH, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE P AND Z THREE RESIDENTS APPEARED.
UH, ONE WAS THE APPLICANT WAS THE A WAS THE RESIDENT WHO VOICES OPPOSITION.
THE OTHER TWO IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WERE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH THE, UM, THE PARK OR, OR THE WALKING TRAIL, UH, POSSIBLY OPENING UP THAT GREEN BELT THAT HAS BEEN CREATED ALONG THAT DRAINAGE CHANNEL OVER THERE, UH, TO THE EAST OF THEM, TO THE WEST OF THIS SITE.
AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD, UH, 1 1 1, AND IT HAS THE BASE ZONING OF SF 20.
UH, IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE SITE PLAN THAT AREA NORTH, ALL OF THOSE LOTS ARE SF 20 LOTS, WHICH IS 20,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
UH, BUT THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, AS YOU SAID, IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THIS IS CONTINUING THAT TREAD.
WE SPOKE EARLIER AT YOUR LAST CASE, HOW IF A TRAIL WAS BROUGHT THROUGH THIS PROPOSED PUBLIC PARK PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THE ROY OIL TRAIL THAT ACTUALLY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST WINTERGREEN.
UH, HAVING THAT TRAIL WOULD ALSO, UH, BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WILDWOOD, WHO'S HAS THE HOMESTEAD, UH, DEVELOPMENT SITE, IS REQUIRED TO PUT A TRAIL, UH, WITHIN HIS PROPERTIES.
AND THIS WILL PROVIDE A CLOSER CONNECTIVITY TO THAT TRAIL.
UH, THIS IS JUST A SITE PLAN FROM D AD TO ACTUALLY SHOW THAT THE ROYAL TRAIL GOES UP TO WINTER GREEN.
AND THIS, AGAIN, WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE PUBLIC PARK.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO AMEND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 1 1 WITH BASE ZONING OF SF 20 TO A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING SF NINE WITH TWO DEVIATIONS.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS A PRESENTATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.
I'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTION CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MR. BREW FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNSEL, I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MATTER.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY SAID THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION.
WE'LL HEAR THAT PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.
BASICALLY, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN.
WE'VE MADE THE CHANGES THAT WE FELT WERE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF DESOTO.
UM, BEING A DESOTO RESIDENT, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADD QUALITY HOUSING TO DESOTO AND MAKE GREAT, THAT'S ALL.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE ARE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
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THOMAS, BERT.MR. BERT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
TOM? 1120 NORTHWEST MORELAND, DESOTO, TEXAS 7 5 1 1 5.
I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANTED TO DO TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO COME UP ANYWAY AND STAY.
I, UH, RECEIVED A, A MEMO FROM, UH, UH, DIRECTOR BREWER AND, UH, HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I WAS DOING THIS THE WRONG WAY, THAT I SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER, UH, AND NOT TO THE, UH, CONTRACTOR.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MY PRESENTATION TODAY BECAUSE I'VE ONLY GOT ONE MINUTE LEFT.
BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS THE KIND OF PRODUCT THAT DESOTO NEEDS.
UH, THIS IS A LOCATION THAT HAS BEEN, UH, UH, HELD HOSTAGE FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS.
AND, UH, UH, SO I WILL MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND NOT ADDRESS THE REASONS I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE TWO MINUTES.
MR. WHITE, PLEASE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, JIM WHITE AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DESOTO.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF, UH, MEADOWBROOK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TO FAVOR THE PROJECT, UH, THE CHANGE OF THE ZONE TO PD 1, 1 1.
UM, WE, UH, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FEEL THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK TRYING TO MAKE THIS, UM, WORK.
WE WANT TO COMPLIMENT THEM ON THAT.
AND AS COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM SAID A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, SOMETIME YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROGRESS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL FOLLOW.
THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE STILL HAVE TWO CONCERNS.
UH, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR 30 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED THERE.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE 10 YEAR PLAN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD MAKE THAT A TYPE OF A PRIORITY.
UM, THERE IS A ROAD BEHIND THERE.
WOODLAND HILLS ROAD RUNS BEHIND THERE.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING THEM A ROAD THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION.
MAYBE AS THEY BUILD THE TRAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY PAVED THAT ROAD AND HAVE A BACK ENTRANCE TO IT, AND THEY DIVERT THE TRAFFIC OFF OF, OFF OF, UM, THE, UH, WINTERGREEN.
THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS IN GENERAL TYPICALLY LIKE TO GET A PLAN APPROVED AND COME BACK AND WANT TO MAKE CHANGES.
UM, CASE IN POINT WOULD BE PHASE THREE OF, UH, DANIEL, UH, FARMS, UH, UP, UH, NORTH OF US.
UM, LAST YEAR IT WAS APPROVED FOR P FOR PD OR PF UH, UM, 10 SF 10, UH, SIZE LOTS.
UH, AND THEN IN MAY THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, WE REALLY WANNA HAVE AT SF EIGHT AND WE WANNA INCREASE THE LOTS FROM, UH, 27 TO 35.
WE WANT TO MAKE 'EM SMALLER FROM 80 TO 60.
AND OF COURSE, PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED IT, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IT.
AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH THEY COME BACK AND THEY WANT TO ADD MORE LOTS AND MAKE IT, INSTEAD OF A A HUNDRED FOOT DEEP, THEY WANT OR 125 FOOT DEEP, THEY WANT TO MAKE IT A HUNDRED FOOT DEEP.
UM, ALL I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE SERIOUSLY LOOK AT ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES WITH ALL THAT.
AND I HEARD THE HOSTAGE WORD, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN A HOSTAGE.
WE'VE WANTED SOMETHING THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, BUT, UH, JUST ANY CHANGES OR REZONING, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE NOT, NOT GIVEN TO IT TOO EASILY IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO, BUT IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MR. WHITE.
UM, MS. THOMAS, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? OKAY, HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME.
UM, IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANY COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO ANY OF THE CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, WE WILL HEAR THOSE AT THIS TIME.
IF NOT, WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN
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A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.IT'S BEEN MOVED, UH, BY COUNCILMAN BUR SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS PROJECT AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, UM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BY CHICK CHISHOLM, UH, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
THE, THE, THE PROJECT DID NOT CHANGE FROM BEING GATED, DID IT? IT'S STILL GATED, YES.
MY NOTE, MY, ALL OF MY NOTEPADS, UH, FAILED GATED.
TOM, CAN YOU SET THE TIMER PLEASE? TWO MINUTES PER COUNCIL MEMBER.
DID YOU GET THE TIMER? NO, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT FOR, UH, UH, REACHING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGEMENT AND LISTENING.
UH, YOU CAN KEEP MY SECONDS GOING ON HERS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANTS THANK YOU TO MR. BERT FOR YOUR COMMENT.
AND ALSO THANK YOU TO MR. WHITE WHO HAS DOG WALKED THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND KEPT YOUR RESIDENTS INFORMED AND EVERYONE, AND I CAN APPRECIATE THE PASSION, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HEARS YOU AND HEARS YOU LOUD AND THE COUNCIL HEARS YOU.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE THAT, JUST THAT IS WHAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS ALL ABOUT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS MOMENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, YOU GONNA TAKE THIS? ONE MORE MINUTE? LEFT.
I ACTUALLY, UH, SAW YOU ALL ON THE P AND Z AND I, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE THAT YOU LISTENED, THAT YOU HEARD WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. WHITE FOR, UH, YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
IT'S JUST SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO GO AT THAT THING A A FEW TIMES BEFORE WE GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
AND TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE SAID, ALSO, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE BACK HERE WITH MORE CHANGES.
AND I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT THE MR. GORE AND MR. WHITE IN MY DISTRICT, SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'VE COME TOGETHER.
WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER AND WE CAN MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN PROGRESS.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PRODUCT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UH, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS ORDINANCE.
OH, THERE IS A ORDINANCE, I APOLOGIZE.
IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY AMENDING AND RESTATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
NUMBER ONE 11 WINTER GREEN ESTATES PLAN DEVELOPMENT ON 26.77 ACRES OF LAND AS BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A.
ATTACHED HERE TOO, TO GRANT A CHANGE IN BASE ZONING OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FROM SINGLE FAMILY, 20 TO SINGLE FAMILY NINE WITH DEVIATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITY, CONSISTING OF 73 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED LOTS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
[2. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance for a new Planned Development-198 (PD-198) request rezoning a 5.529-acre tract of land legally described as being part of Tract 20 in the John Lewis Survey, Abstract 774 (1119 Uhl Road) from existing Single Family-10 (SF-10) to a Planned Development (PD) with base zoning district of Single Family-8 (SF-8) with one deviation. The applicant is Roc Design Engineering and the property owners are Ronnell Johnson and Jonathan Ortega. (Case No. Z-1503-23)]
HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR, FOR A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 9 8 REQUEST REZONING A 5.529 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING PART OF TRACK 20 IN THE JOHN LEWIS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 7 7 4 11 19 ROAD FROM EXISTING FAMILY, 10 TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING, DISTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY EIGHT WITH ONE DEVIATION.
THE APPLICANT IS ROCK DESIGN ENGINEERING AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RONELLE JOHNSON AND JONATHAN ORTEGA, CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1503 DASH 23.
COMING BACK WE HAVE CHARLES BREWER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS IS THE NEW, UM, PD REQUEST.
IT'S LOCATED OFF OF BLUE BONNET AND SOUTH ELL.
UH, ALL OF THE PROPERTIES CURRENTLY IS ON SF 10, WHICH, UH, ESTABLISHES 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
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TO GET A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCE IT TO AN SF EIGHT ZONING DISTRICT.UH, THE MAP SHOWS AN ILLUSTRATION.
UH, THIS CASE HAD BEEN TABLED FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE OF, UH, WHEN WE FIRST WENT TO THE P AND Z.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAD SOLD A SECTION OF THE NORTH PART OF THE PROPERTY, BUT WE GOT THAT STRAIGHT.
AND SO THE APPLICANT IS BRINGING THIS CASE BACK.
IT'S TRYING TO CREATE 19 SEPARATE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ON THIS 5.3 ACRE TRACK OF LAND.
AND AGAIN, ACROSS FROM UH, MCOWEN PARK RESIDENCE.
UH, EXISTING ZONING ON THE NORTH IS SF 10.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENTS TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST.
FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES IDENTIFY THIS TO BE LOW DENSITY.
AND AGAIN, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THAT LOW DENSITY IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING, WHICH THIS IS.
SO THIS PROPERTY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AGAIN, ACCESS IS ONLY FROM BLUE BONNET DRIVE IN SOUTH ELL.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLIED WITH STAFFS REQUESTS TO, UH, PROPOSE THE DEDICATION OF NEEDED RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE WIDENING OF ELL ROAD IN THE FUTURE.
AS YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY IT IS A TWO LANE ASPHALT ROADWAY, AND THE MASTER PLAN DOES SHOW THIS TO BE A FOUR LANE ARTERIAL ROADWAY.
THE CURRENT REQUEST, AGAIN, IS TO CREATE A SF EIGHT WITH ONLY ONE DEVIATION, THE THREE NORTH MOST LOTS.
THEY'RE REQUESTING TO HAVE NO ALLEYS.
THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
BEHIND THAT IS A EXISTING HOME, AND THAT'S WHY THEY WON'T KNOW ALLEY'S THERE.
UH, THEY ARE, UH, IDENTIFYING THAT THEY WILL BE, UH, J SWING GARAGES UP THERE.
UH, AND SO STAFF IS COMPLIANT.
STAFF IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR PROPOSAL.
THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE DID ADD TO THE ORDINANCE.
UM, AS YOU REALIZE OVER THE LAST PROBABLY YEAR AND A HALF WHEN WE BRING YOU PDS, WE HAVE DEFINITELY TRIED TO FLAG UP FRONT TO THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT THE CITY IS A MS FOUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SEW SYSTEM.
AND THUS THAT REQUIREMENT THAT WE ARE MANDATED TO ENSURE BY THE STATE IS THAT FOR ANY PROJECT GREATER THAN ONE ACRE THAT THEY ARE SHARING PRE VERSUS POST CONSTRUCTION RUNOFF.
SO MOST OF YOUR, ALL OF YOUR PDS PRIOR TO THIS CASE HAVE SHOWED AN AREA ON THAT, UH, PLAN TO SHOW WHERE A PROPOSED DETENTION OR RETENTION WOULD BE.
UH, THEY'RE NOT SHOWING THAT ON THEIR SITE PLAN.
AND SO WE NEEDED TO INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE SO THAT IT WOULD BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD AND, AND NOT HAVE ANY, UH, DIFFERENCES OF UNDERSTANDING LATER.
UH, BUT THIS IS JUST IDENTIFYING THAT THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE REQUIRED AND IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE 19 RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THE THREE MOST LOTS THAT I'M SHOWING HERE ARE THE THREE LOTS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE DEVIATION FROM NO ALLEYS.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT OUT 58 OF THOSE NOTICES.
UH, AS OF EVEN THIS WEEK, WE HADN'T RECEIVED ANY LETTERS BACK IN OPPOSITION OR IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO REZONE THIS 5.5 ACRE TRACK OF LAND, UH, FROM THE EXISTING SF 10 TO A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, PD WITH BASE ZONING OF SF 10 WITH THE ONE DEVIATION.
STAFF WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. BREWER.
COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR, MAYOR, MOVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT OPEN.
DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT, SIR? UH, NOTHING.
UH, I LIVE IN SUNNYVILLE, TEXAS, AND I'M THE ENGINEER ON THE JOB.
I'M HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
AND YOU SAID THE LAST NAME WAS? KOFF.
AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, ARE THERE ANY CARDS? UH, THERE ARE NO CARDS FROM ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK.
SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
I SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED
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COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES.UH, YOU WENT, YOU WENT REALLY QUICKLY.
AND I'M SO SORRY FOR ASKING FOR NOT ASKING THIS QUESTION.
UH, AS SOON AS I COULD HAVE, WHICH IS JUST FOR CLARITY.
MR. FEER, WE HAVE TWO MINUTES.
SO THERE'S ONLY, UH, THREE HOMES WITH NO ALLEY.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE FRONT FACING.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS REAR FACING WITH ALICE.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, BUT YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM Y'ALL'S, YOU ARE RECOMMENDING IT, YOU KNOW, BUT CONSIDERING THE AREA AND THE DENSITY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, YOU, YOU ASKED THEM OR THEY ARE DONATING LAND SO THAT THE ROAD CAN BE WIDENED.
JUST WANTED TO RE RECAPTURE GOOD QUESTIONS.
MAYOR PROTE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR WAS THAT JUST A RESIDUAL LIGHT? WELL, MY LIGHT WAS ON, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW BEFORE THAT WAS A MULTIFAMILY? WAS THAT THE SAME TRACK OF LAND? DO YOU KNOW? I CAN ONLY SAY NOT SINCE I'VE BEEN YOUR DIRECTOR.
BUT, BUT THIS, THIS SITE, I BELIEVE HAS BEEN THE CASE, HAS HAD PREVIOUS CASES BEFORE.
AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS EITHER A TOWN HOME OR DUPLEX OR MAYBE EVEN BOTH THAT CAME THROUGH PREVIOUSLY.
SO THEY, THEY IT'S BEEN HERE BEFORE.
SO THEY HEARD THE SENTIMENTS OF THE CITIZENS AND, AND WENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BY, UM, AND YOU CAN, UH, LESS THAN 55 MINUTES.
UH, WILL THIS, UM, WILL THIS REQUIRE THE HOA WILL THIS TRIGGER AN HHOA FOR THAT, UH, SUBDIVISION? YES.
ALL OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
UM, BUT THERE ALSO IS A ORDINANCE TO BE READ.
MS. THOMAS, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT FOR US? IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY CREATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 9 8, LOCATED ON 5.529 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1119 SOUTH YULE ROAD, DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A.
ATTACHED HERE TWO, BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM SF 10 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 9 8 WITH A BA BASE ZONING OF SF EIGHT, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH DEVIATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF A CONCEPT PLAN ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY OF FINE, NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS COURT.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
RIGHT, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE
[3. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance amending Planned Development-125 (PD-125) in order to allow a four (4) story hotel (Home 2 by Hilton) with deviations to be developed on property that is legally described as being Lot 5A1 and Lot 5B, Quorum Wheatland Medical Addition. The property consists of 2.64 acres of land and is addressed as 2700 and 2716 Highway 67. The applicant is Hiren Desai and the property owner is Stonewood Hotels, LLC. (Zoning Case No. Z-1505-23)]
AGENDA, PLEASE.NEXT, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
1 25 IN ORDER TO ALLOW A FOUR STORY HOTEL HOME TO BY HILTON WITH DEVIATIONS, WITH DEVIATIONS TO BE DEVELOPED ON A PROPERTY THAT IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LOT FIVE A ONE AND LOT FIVE B QUORUM, WHEATLAND MEDICAL EDITION.
THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 2.64 ACRES OF LAND AND IS ADDRESSED AS TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN SIXTEEN HIGHWAY 67.
THE APPLICANT IS HIRING TO SAY, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS STONE WOOD HOTELS, LLC ZONING CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1505 DASH 23.
COMING BACK IS CHARLES BREWER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MAYOR.
THIS IS REQUESTING AMENDING, UH, AN EXISTING PD, UH, THAT EXISTS, UH, SOUTH OF, UH, WHEATLAND ROAD ON AND IT BORDERS, UH, US UH, HIGHWAY 67.
THIS IS ONLY CASE AGAINST SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A FOUR STORY HOTEL BY HOME TO HILTON WITH THREE DEVIATION.
THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE PLATTED LOTS AND LOCATED AGAIN ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF US, 67 SOUTH OF EAST.
UH, THE PARTICULAR LOTS, THERE ARE TWO LOTS, FIVE A ONE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES AND LOT FIVE B, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1.0, 1.09 ACRES.
I'M SHOWING YOU SOME AREA MAPS TO GIVE YOU A, A VISUAL OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
PLEASE NOTE THAT HERE IT IS SHOWING STREETS BEHIND IT.
UH, IT WAS JUST SHOWN ON THE APPLICANT'S, UH, PLAT.
SO THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT WHY STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR REQUEST FOR THE REAR YARD DEVIATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT BORDERING A TRUE PUBLIC STREET.
THIS IS A DRIVE ACCESS INTO THIS LARGER, UH, FIVE TRACK,
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UH, PLATTED, UH, PROPERTY.THAT'S THE FIRST FIVE A AND THE SECOND ONE IS JUST FIVE A FIVE A ONE, AND FIVE A.
UH, THIS IS PROPERTY THAT'S, UH, THE STREET ITSELF ON THE, UH, SOUTHWEST SIDE OF IT IS NOT A CITY STREET.
IT'S A CITY IN THE CITY OF, UH, DUNCANVILLE.
UH, AND IT IS, UH, A, A PLAZA MEDICAL PLAZA CENTER THAT IS THERE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS BEING OFFICE RETAIL.
IT IS, IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE SITE IS ACCESS FROM US 67 AND BARRYMORE LANE, WHICH IS A CITY OF DUNCANVILLE STREET.
THE CITY OF DESOTO HAS NO ROADS THAT BORDER THIS PROPERTY.
THE CURRENT, UH, REQUEST IS TO AMEND PD 1 25 TO ALLOW FOUR STORY HOTELS WITH THREE DEVIATIONS.
THE APPLICANTS ARE PROPOSING A FOUR STORY HOTEL, WHICH KITCHENETTE FACILITIES, UH, BOTH PD 1 25 AND OH TWO BOTH ALLOWS HOTELS BY RIGHT.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING AMENITIES.
IT WILL HAVE A LOUNGE LOBBY, BREAKFAST AREA OF, UH, 2004 SIX SQUARE FEET WITH 60 SEATS.
OUTDOOR LOUNGE OR GRILL AREA, FRONT FIRE PIT GATHERING AREA, OUTDOOR POOL AREA MEETING AREA, A MARKET GRAB AND GO FITNESS ROOM, BUSINESS CENTER, GUESTS AND STAFF LAUNDRY ROOMS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE DEVIATIONS.
NUMBER ONE IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FROM 1 59 TO ONE 40.
UH, OUR ZONING ORDERS HAS A CALCULATION THAT SINCE IT HAS KITCHENETTE, IT IS A MULTIPLE FACTOR OF 1.1 TIMES THE NUMBER OF ROOMS, WHICH IS 124.
IT HAS TWO OTHER REQUIREMENTS 'CAUSE IT HAS A MEETING ROOM AND FOR THE LOUNGE AREA.
SO OUR NUMBERS IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR 1 59.
THEY'RE PROPOSING ONE 40, UH, WHICH IS SHORT OF ONE 19.
IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT BECAUSE THIS PLAZA HAS OPEN PARKING THAT THEY HAVE ARRANGED WITH ONE OF THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES TO, UH, HAVE OVERFLOW, UH, THE HOTEL IN THE BACK ALSO HAS, UM, A, A LOWER NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
WHEN THEY CAME TO THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, THEY DID REQUEST A DEVIATION AND IT WAS GRANTED BY THE COUNCIL, ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A PLACE TO DINE WITHIN THE HOTEL.
NOW THIS REQUIREMENT IS IN THE DEFINITIONS OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER PD OFF OF, UH, 35 THAT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES DINING TO BE THERE, BUT THIS PD DIDN'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT.
AND SO WE GO TO THE DEFINITIONS AND WHEN IT HAS THE DEFINITIONS FOR MOTELS OF, UM, FOR 75 OR MORE UNITS, IT REQUIRES A PLACE TO DINE.
SO SINCE THEY'RE NOT DOING IT, THAT'S A DEVIATION REQUEST THAT THEY'RE ASKING.
AND THE LAST DEVIATION REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE REAR YARD SETBACK FROM 25 TO FIVE.
THE BUILDING ITSELF WOULD NOT INTRUDE INTO THAT AREA, BUT AS I SHOW YOU ONE OF THE NEXT SLIDES, THEY'RE PROPOSING A POOL SITTING AREA THAT'S THEY NEED TO HAVE THERE.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC ROAD ON THE BACKSIDE, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
UH, THIS IS THE RE REVISED SITE PLAN.
IT WAS REVISED BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO, UH, THEY INCREASED THEIR PARKING FROM WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY HAD.
BUT THIS IS THE, UM, THE SITE PLAN.
THIS AREA IN THE BACK IS THAT POOL AREA THAT I WAS MENTIONING.
UH, AND I'LL HAVE ANOTHER SITE PLAN.
THE FRONT IS 65, UH, 67, I'M SORRY.
AND AS YOU SEE BY THE RED BORDERING, THIS LOT IS DESIGNED AS WE SEE HERE.
SO THESE PARKING SPACES RIGHT HERE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOTEL, UH, BEHIND IT, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED HOTEL THERE.
THIS IS A, A LAYOUT OF THE FIRST FLOOR AREA.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME REFERENCE.
THIS IS THE FRONT, FRONT LOUNGE AREA.
THIS IS THE GUEST LAUNDRY ROOM.
THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE THEY'LL BE SERVING, UH, PREPARING THEIR, UH, BREAKFASTS.
AND THIS WILL BE THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE EAT THEIR BREAKFASTS.
ALL OF THE ROOMS ARE KITCHENETTES.
ALL OF IT'S GONNA BE EXACTLY THE SAME WITH KITCHENETTE FACILITIES INSIDE EACH ROOM.
UH, I HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS, UH, SLIDE WRONG.
I APOLOGIZE TO YOU THAT THIS IS THE POOL AREA THAT I WAS REFERRING TO IN THE BACK.
AND THEY HAVE SOME SITTING AND SOME LOUNGING AREAS, BUT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO STRUCTURALLY BUILD IN A RESTRICTED YARD AREA.
SO THAT'S WHY ONE OF THEIR DEVIATION REQUESTS IS TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT 25 FOOT REAR YARD TO A FIVE FOOT STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS
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NOT IN THAT RESTRICTIVE AREA.WE DID RECEIVE A NEW, UH, SITE PLAN THAT, UM, THAT DID SOME CHANGES, BUT THIS IS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE PACKAGE.
WE WILL ENSURE THAT THEIR SITE PLAN WHEN THEY COME DOWN, IF YOU APPROVE IT WHEN THEY COME FOR OUR APPLICATION, THAT THEY WILL ADHERE TO THE, UH, LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT THEY, UH, UPDATED AND SUBMITTED TO US.
THIS IS THE BILLING ELEVATION REVIEWS.
THEY DO INCLUDE THE CONCEPT PLAN, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND THE BILLING ELEVATION REVIEW NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, UM, THE ONLY 11 WITHOUT, UH, AS OF THIS WEEK, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICES IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION OF PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER THE 10TH, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, A MOTION PREVAILED BY FOUR TO ONE VOTE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE COUNCIL ON THIS CASE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE OF APPROV, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO AMEND PD 1 25 IN ORDER TO ALLOW A FOUR STORY HOME TO BY HILTON, WITH DEVIATIONS TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY THAT LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT FIVE A ONE ONE B QUORUM, WHEATLAND MEDICAL EDITION AS PRESENTED, STAFF WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BUR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
HERE, LET ME ASK THAT QUESTION.
DO YOU ALL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION THAT'S NOT REDUNDANT OF WHAT STAFF JUST PRESENTED? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, COUNCIL, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME.
CITY SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? SO AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO CARDS AND THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYD, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? I HAVE COMMENT, MAYOR, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION FIRST, THEN WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ZONING CASE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR TO APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED.
UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. FIER, IF YOU COULD SET OUR TIMER PLEASE FOR OUR COMMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT, UM, UH, I APOLOGIZE.
I, I, WHO, WHO KNEW WE WERE OFF AT 67 TOO?
UM, OF ALL THE, UH, PLACES, UH, THAT WE COULD HIDE, NOT, UH, PUT ANOTHER HOTEL.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION.
UM, IT COULD DEFINITELY BE A MULTIFAMILY.
UM, I LIKE ALSO THE CONCEPT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A, A PRETTY HIGH OCCUPANCY RATE IN OUR HO OUR MO HOTELS THAT ARE OFF OF 35.
SO THIS AIDS IN OUR, UH, TOURNAMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND DEFINITELY OUR HOT TAX FINE AND THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FROM THE TOURISM PERSPECTIVE.
SO, UH, I DEFINITELY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, CHOOSING DE SOTO.
UH, COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? YES.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE HOME TWO SUITES BRAND ITSELF.
UH, WHAT'S THE TYPICAL STAY? IS IT AN EXTENDED STAY OR IS IT JUST THE TYPICAL HOTEL STAY? AND THEN FOR THE LOCATION THAT YOU CHOSE, WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION FOR, UH, PLACING THE HOTEL IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION? GOOD EVENING.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THE STAY LENGTH IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO SEVEN DAYS IS WHAT THE AVERAGE WE'RE SEEING.
SO 50% OF OUR BUSINESS WILL SEE A THREE TO SEVEN DAY STAY.
THE REST WILL BE ONE TO TWO NIGHTS.
AND THE REASON FOR OUR LOCATION IN THAT PARTICULAR SPOT IS BECAUSE IT WAS AN OPTION FOR US TO EITHER DO IN CEDAR HILL OR DUNCANVILLE.
AND THAT LOCATION IN PARTICULAR MADE MOST SENSE BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY TO THE OTHER EXTENDED STATE HOTEL NEXT DOOR.
SO HOTELS WORK IN CLUSTER, WHICH IN, YOU KNOW, THEORY MAKES SENSE TO PUT IT ALL IN THE SAME PARKING LOT VERSUS SCATTERING THEM OUT AND NOT BE IN THE SAME GROUP.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED, UM, SHERIFF, SORRY.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED SHARING THE PARKING SPACE AND YOU'VE ALREADY MADE AN ARRANGEMENT.
IS THAT, THAT, IS THAT ARRANGEMENT WITH SOMEONE IN DESOTO OR SOMEONE IN DUNCANVILLE OR DALLAS? THAT'LL BE IN PART, YEAH.
AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION RELATED TO THAT, AND THIS MAY BE MORE SO STUFF I REALLY DON'T KNOW, UM, DO, SO TYPICALLY WOULD THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SUP OR, OR, SO WE CIRCUMVENT THAT PROCESS AND, AND IT'S A PART OF THIS COUNCIL PROCESS, BUT
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UM, IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT ARRANGEMENT, WHO VERIFIES THAT THEY, THAT THAT ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE? WE WON'T, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING A DEVIATION FROM YOU TO GO FROM THE 1 59 TO THE 40.AND WHEN IT'S A SUP, DO WE REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF A VERIFICATION THAT THAT'S THE CASE OR IT'S NO, IT JUST GOES BEFORE, LET'S JUST SAY THIS IS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TYPE OF SCENARIO.
AND WHEN IT GOES TO THEM, DO THEY HAVE TO, SO THE, THE PARKING LOT WHERE BELLS IS AND WHERE OTHER PLACES PEOPLE HAVE KEPT TO COME TO SAY, HEY, WE, WE, WE HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT.
DO WE PROVIDE ANY PROOF OF THAT? THAT'S ALL I WANNA KNOW.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ZONING ELEMENTS OF FACT OF THIS IS NOT A SUP, IT IS PARTICULARLY A PD THAT ALLOWS A DEVIATION REQUEST.
BUT IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN AN SUP, WE COULD HAVE MADE THE REQUEST.
BUT THAT PROPERTY IS IN THAT LITTLE PLAZA, BUT IT'S OUTSIDE OF THERE ARE TWO LOTS.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'M YOUR QUESTION.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE READ.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS IS HERE TO, FOR AMENDED BY AMENDING AND RESTATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 1 25 WITH THE BASE ZONING OF OFFICE DISTRICT TWO FOR 14.137 ACRES OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERE TOO, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL, WE'RE ON A ROLL TONIGHT,
IS THIS YOUR FINAL APPEARANCE FOR TONIGHT?
AND I'M GONNA PRAY THAT YOU DON'T GET ME ON THIS ONE 'CAUSE I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR ON THIS ONE, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING
[4. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance establishing Green Space regulations for commercial and residential developments in the City of DeSoto. (Case #TA-004-23)]
AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING GREEN SPACE REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.CASE NUMBER TA DASH 0 0 4 DASH 23.
SO ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOALS WAS TO DEVELOP A ZONING REQUIREMENTS THAT INCLUDED GREEN SPACE AS PART OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE GOAL REQUIRED STAFF TO CONDUCT A SURVEY WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO DETERMINE THE BEST PRACTICE IN THE GREEN SPACE.
REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL AID IN THE FORMULATION OF THE CITY OF DESOTA IS A GREEN SPACE ORDINANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
ON JULY THE 17TH, A JOINT MEETING WAS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING IS ZONING COMMISSION DURING WHICH TIME STAFF PRESENTED OUTCOMES FOR RESEARCH PERFORMED ON GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTED BY OTHER CITIES AND IDENTIFIED BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
STAFF PRESENTED AND PROVIDED TO COUNCIL ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL.
AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION UPDATED THE FRAMEWORK FOR A GREEN SPACE ORDINANCE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK PROVIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION AND A BRIEF DISCUSSION, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PREPARE AND PRESENT AN ORDINANCE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
ON OCTOBER THE 10TH, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
IN ORDER FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOUR GROUP.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, A MOTION PREVAILED BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN DIRECT STAFF TO BRING AN ORDINANCE BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
ON OCTOBER 24TH, NOTED THAT MEETING.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE ORDINANCE PREPARED.
WE SIMPLY TOOK THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD GIVEN TO YOU BACK TO THEM.
SO THEY SAW THE FULL PRESENTATION ON OCTOBER THE 24TH.
THE DRAFT ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW OF CONSIDERATION.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION BY THE PLANNING OF ZONING COMMISSION AND MOTION UNANIMOUSLY PREVAILED BY SIX TO ZERO VOTE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.
AS PRESENTED BY STAFF, THE ORDINANCE IDENTIFIED WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGES.
THE PURPOSES BEING GREEN SPACES ARE SET ASIDE FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE DEVELOPER'S, RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND THE VISITORS.
GREEN SPACE SERVED NUMEROUS PURPOSES, INCLUDING PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS AND RESOURCES, INSURANCE, GRADY, GREATER RESIDENTIAL ACCESS TO OPEN AREAS AND RECREATION, ENHANCING STORMWATER QUALITY AND PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS.
THE GREEN SPACE GUIDELINES IN THE ORDINANCE WERE INTENDED TO CREATE A NETWORK OF GREEN SPACES AND TO CREATE CONDITIONS WHICH ALLOW RESIDENTS TO WALK CONVENIENTLY AND SAFELY
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THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT.THE GREEN SPACE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING AMENITIES AS SUGGESTIONS, LANDSCAPES, INTERNAL WALKING WALKWAYS, SEATING STRUCTURE, TREES, SHADE STRUCTURES, WATER FEATURES, ART STRUCTURES, SPORTS COURTS, DOG PARKS, AND UH, PLAY AREAS, ET CETERA.
THE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE ARE DEEMED TO BE MINIMUM STANDARDS AND SHALL APPLY TO ALL NEW CONSTRUCTIONS ACCORDINGLY IN THE CITY.
ADDITIONALLY, ANY USE REQUIRING ASPECIFIC USE PERMIT OR PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ORDINANCE.
UH, AGAIN, AS PRESENTED TO YOU, UH, WHEN INVESTOR MADE A PRESENTATION, A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IS BEING PROPOSED, UH, TO, IF IT HAS AT LEAST TWO THOU, 200 SQUARE FEET PER UNIT FOR TWO FAMILY DUPLEXES, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED WAS BEING PROPOSED IS THIS IS WHAT IS EXISTING IN OUR ORDINANCE.
UH, 600 SQUARE FEET FOR EACH SINGLE FAMILY BEDROOM ABOVE THAT 300 SQUARE FOOT FOR EACH ADDITIONAL BEDROOM.
BUT NON-RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WE DID OUR RESEARCH, WHICH IS NEW, 10,000 TO 49,000 SQUARE FEET, AT LEAST 3% OF THE DEVELOPMENT LAND AREA, GREATER THAN 50,000 SQUARE, AT LEAST 5% OF THE DEVELOPMENT LAND AREA FOR MIXED USAGES, M1 AND M TWO DISTRICT AT LEAST 10% OF THE NET LAND AREA.
MIXED USE THREE RESIDENTIAL AT LEAST 20% OF THE NEXT NET LAND AREA.
THE GREEN SPACE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT, THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A GREEN SPACE PLAN WITH THE SITE PLAN OR PLAT SUBMITTAL FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE GREEN SPACE PLAN SHALL INCLUDE THE INFORMATION LISTED ON THE GREEN SPACE CHECKLIST, WHICH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE.
THE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, UH, UH, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE OWNERSHIP BEING WITH AN HOA OR A PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PREPARED BY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING GREEN SPACE REGULATION FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AS PRESENTED, I'LL TRY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UM, IS WELL, WE ARE THE APPLICANT.
UM, SO, UH, BUT ARE THERE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? TOM GABERT, WELCOME BACK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
EVAN TOM BERT, 1120 NORTHWEST MORELAND ROAD, DECI, TEXAS 7 5 1 1 5.
I'M HERE WITH A SIMPLE REQUEST.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND.
WHEN, UH, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT CAME TO THE CITY, UH, I MET WITH HIM, TALKED WITH HIM, GOT TO KNOW HIM, AND TOLD HIM I WOULDN'T BOTHER HIM FOR A YEAR BECAUSE I FIGURED IT'D TAKE HIM A YEAR TO GET HIS FEET ON THE GROUND.
I SAID, BUT WHEN THAT'S DONE, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
THAT'S A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OLD.
AND, UH, I SAID, UH, UH, HE, HE AGREED THAT I THEN CAME BACK TO HIM, UH, AFTER THAT TIME AND SAID, LET'S WORK ON IT.
AND I SAID, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
EVERY MAJOR BUILDER THAT'S IN THIS CITY, I BROUGHT TO THIS CITY, UH, THE, UH, INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS OUR GAME STARTS THIS YEAR AND GENERALLY ENDS THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS.
AND IF YOU'RE IN A GAME WHERE SOMEBODY CHANGES THE RULES HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME, AND, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE NO REAL CONTINUITY IN THE, IN THE, UH, CITY BECAUSE OF, UH, TERM LIMITS, UH, IT'S, YOU START ALL OVER AGAIN.
WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, BROUGHT ALL THE DEVELOPERS IN, SET SOME GROUND RULES, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
LAST FRIDAY, I GET AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE, NO DEVELOPER, UH, PARTICIPATION.
I'D LIKE YOU TO TABLE THIS FOR 90 DAYS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TRANSITION BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING OUR CITY MANAGER, UNFORTUNATELY, SO THAT WE CAN BRING THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN THIS ORDINANCE.
WE MORE THAN COMPLY WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND
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WHAT WE DO, WE ALWAYS HAVE, BUT OTHERS DON'T.AND THE SMALLER THE DEVELOPMENTS GET, THE WORSE.
THIS, THIS, UH, ORDINANCE IS GONNA BE.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE REPUTATION OF BEING ANTI-DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S CHANGING AND WE CHANGE BASED ON WHAT THE MARKET IS.
EVERYBODY THINKS DEVELOPERS MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS.
IF WE MAKE THE BAD DECISIONS, WE GO BROKE.
SO, UH, UH, THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST.
AND I GUESS I'M PAST THE TWO MINUTES.
ANYBODY GOT ANY? I GUESS YOU CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS,
I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE MANY, MANY TIMES BEFORE MOST OF YOU WERE BORN, I'VE BEEN HERE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A LONG TIME BECAUSE, UH, MY FORMER STAFF MEMBER SAID IT'S BETTER IF I DON'T COME AND TALK TO YOU.
UH, AND SO, UH, BUT, UH, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE HEARING MORE FROM ME IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THAT CONCLUDES, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
COUNCIL THERE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM TO ALLOW OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ROLL IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, GRAB SOME DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITY, PUT 'EM ALL AT A TABLE, WALK THROUGH THIS WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, LET'S SAY FEBRUARY, 2024.
HOW ABOUT THAT? SECOND? THANK YOU.
UM, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES TO ROLL IT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
DID I GET THAT CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
UM, COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT MOTION? I'D LIKE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
AND JUST SO YOU'RE OPEN, DEPENDING ON IF WE ROLL BACK AND BRING DEVELOPERS TO THE TABLE, IF THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO IT, THEN I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE P AND Z.
SO IT MAY TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN FEBRUARY.
ONE OTHER, JUST QUICK TO CLARIFY REAL QUICK.
UH, WHEN IT COMES BACK TO, WOULD IT REQUIRE ANOTHER NOTICE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
UM, SINCE WE ARE TABLING THIS, THERE IS NO ORDINANCE TO BE READ TONIGHT.
UH, SO COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
I'M SORRY, I HAD A HAD A QUESTION.
UM, WHO'S, UH, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT, WHO, WHERE WILL THIS FALL? SO, UH, IN TERMS OF THE FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UH, WHAT DEPARTMENT WILL FOLLOW UP ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER? RAISE YOUR HAND OVER THERE.
UH, COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD MOTION.
MOTION TO TAKE, AND IT IS A MOTION TO TABLE.
CAN YOU CLEAR IT AGAIN? CLEAR IT OUT, JOE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a purchase and service contract with DFW Holiday Kings in the amount of $67,371.08 to purchase Christmas holiday decor including rental, installation, and maintenance]
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SERVICE CONTRACT WITH DFW HOLIDAY KINGS IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,371 AND 8 CENTS TO PURCHASE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY DECOR, INCLUDING RENTAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS DENEEN ANDERSON, SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR.
AM I ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION PRESENTATION WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR CHRISTMAS DECOR DURING THE 20 24, 20 23 AND, AND GOING FORWARD, UH, YEAR FOR DECOR.
UM, THIS SLIDE IS JUST A RECAP OF
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OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OUTLINED BY CITY COUNCIL TO ENGAGE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY.AND THE KEY INITIATIVE IS TO PROMOTE FAMILY FOCUS EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
SO WHEN WE MET IN OCTOBER, UM, THE SKATING RINK WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE RECREATION CENTER AND THE LIBRARY.
SO AFTER HAVING AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH ENCORE, IT WAS, UH, DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO RELOCATE THE SKATING RINK AS A RESULT OF THE COST THAT WAS INVOLVED FOR ELECTRICITY VERSUS USING A GENERATOR.
IF WE USED A GENERATOR, UM, THE GENERATOR WOULD RUN CONSECUTIVELY FOR 60, WELL, I'M SORRY, IT WOULD RUN CONSECUTIVELY FOR SIX MONTHS VERSUS ON A DAILY BASIS, VERSUS USING ELECTRICAL, UM, TO ACTUALLY RUN THE EVENT.
SO CURRENTLY THE ICE SKATING RINK HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY HALL.
AND ALONG WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE SKATING RINK, WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER SEVERAL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THAT AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE MAP.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IS, UH, WHERE THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS ACTUALLY PLACED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
WE WILL HAVE VARIOUS PHOTO OPS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FAMILIES TO ACTUALLY TAKE PICTURES AND CREATE MEMORIES.
AND ALSO THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE HELD IN CITY HALL AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE FOOD TRUCKS IN THAT AREA, WHICH WILL BE ADJACENT TO THE DOCK AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING.
AND, UM, THAT PLACEMENT IS TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO, UH, KEEP THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR VENDORS, I'M SORRY, WITH THE STORE, THE FOOD CHAINS WITHIN THE AREA TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO, UM, OFFER FOOD, ET CETERA, FOR, UH, THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE IN THE AREA.
SO WE DECIDED TO PUT THE FOOD VENDORS ON THE, THE, THE SE EAST SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTERTAINMENT IN THE AREA.
AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS.
THERE IS A LINK RIGHT BELOW THE STAR THERE.
IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THAT? I DON'T THE GREEN, THE GREEN ONE.
SO THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, DECOR ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN MINE TO PURCHASE.
AND THIS ITEM HERE IS A TWO-SIDED WREATH.
AND THEN ALSO IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO DECORATION FOR.
SO IT, UH, ACTUALLY SIMULATES WHAT WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE, WE'LL HAVE WREATHS, KINDA LIKE THEY DO THERE IN THE EASEMENT OF, UH, THE POINTS OF ALL OF OUR AREAS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, AS WELL AS HAVING LIGHTS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING, SUCH AS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL ALSO PURCHASE.
AND THEN ALSO ALL THE TREES THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE FACILITY WILL BE LIT FROM THE BASE UP.
I SAY ALL OF THEM, WELL, EVERY OTHER TREE WILL BE LIT FROM THE BASE UP.
AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, THE STREET WAY ON PLEASANT RUN AS WELL IN FRONT OF THE SKATING RINK.
SO BEFORE I GET TO THIS PART, I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE.
I KNOW THAT I AM THE FACE OF THE SKATING RINK, BUT THIS PROJECT CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE STAFFING OF THE ENTIRE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, INCLUDING, UM, OUR DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, HAVE ACTUALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, THIS EVENT ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE THUS FAR.
UH, AND ALSO I DO HAVE MR. JIMMY HERE FROM THE VENDOR, AND I'M NOT SURE IF HE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING.
BUT BEFORE, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGEMENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE WITH DFW HOLIDAY KINGS FOR THE RENTAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY DECOR.THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. ANDERSON.
UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? YES.
IF WE CAN GET THE TIME UP, PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD.
UM, UM, MS. DENEEN AND THE PARKS ANDREX, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR WORK.
I JUST HAVE REALLY NO COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO THANK THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, DR. MARKS AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, RAFAEL FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT.
UH, WITH THIS IS, UM, THIS IS US TRYING TO ANSWER THE CALL, IF YOU WOULD, OF THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING IN DESOTO OF, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE DO WONDERFUL PARKS, THE PARKS AND REC.
MR. GLOVER AND HIS TEAM, UM, HAS ALWAYS DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, THIS WILL BE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCKS, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE DECORATIONS, THE ICE SKATING RINK.
AND, UM, EVEN AT MY AGE, UM, I, I PLAN ON ICE SKATING.
UM, AND I'M, I WILL DO TWO FLIPS AND ONE TURN.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY THANK YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE A, I THINK WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE, UH, IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, BY MOVING THE LOCATION, UH, WE SAVED, I THINK, TO THE TUNE OF $40,000 JUST BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOCATION.
WAS IT MORE THAN THAT? MARKS, I THINK WE HAD TO PULL BACK AND I THINK THAT 40,000 IS GONNA GO FORWARD.
IS THAT RIGHT? MR. GLOVER? WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE, UM, HE'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, SIR.
I, WELL, I THOUGHT WE SAVED $40,000 BY DOING THE ELECTRICAL WELL.
WELL, WE, I THINK WE DID
SO, BUT THE THING IS, THAT'S A ONE-TIME FEE, WHICH WAS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WE WERE GONNA PLAY PAY FOR THE GENERATOR.
SO IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY ANY ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THAT SERVICE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I I COULD JUST ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE GONE THROUGH.
WHEN YOU PUT GRAND PRAIRIE ON HERE, IS THAT GRAND PRAIRIE PRAIRIE LIGHTS? I'M SORRY, SAY AGAIN? GRAND PRAIRIE PRAIRIE LIGHTS.
UH, WE DO NOT DO THAT PROJECT.
I'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, BUT I DO NOT.
AND IS THERE A THEME? I'M SORRY? IS THERE A THEME? UH, WE FOLLOW THE SAME THEME, THEME THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND THE NAME OF THE I, WELL, WE DO HAVE, UH, A THEME FOR THE ICE RINK, WHICH IS CALLED DESOTO ON ICE.
BUT THE ENTIRE, UM, ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE IS STILL CALLED HOMETOWN.
AND I ALSO SAW THAT THERE, THERE IS A, UH, SPONSORSHIP, UM, YES MA'AM, OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, SPONSOR.
NOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING I WOULD'VE RATHER GIVEN IT A LOT MORE TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET ABSOLUTELY THE THINGS WE NEED.
UH, BUT I'LL SUPPORT, I'M A, I'M A PERSON WHO, EVEN IF I DON'T SUPPORT IT IN THE BEGINNING, I WILL SUPPORT IT FROM MOVING FORWARD.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SPONSOR, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE? I MEAN, IS IT, IS IT GONNA BE ON THE ICE? UM, IS IT JUST BEHIND THE SCENES SPONSORS? ARE THESE PEOPLE OUT FRONT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT SPONSORSHIP LOOK LIKE? SO, OF COURSE YOU WILL, UH, HAVE NOTORIETY IN ALL ON ALL OF OUR MARKETING PLATFORMS. BUT ALSO DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL THAT YOU ACTUALLY SPONSOR, THERE ARE PLAQUES THAT GO INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE SKATING RINK.
SO YOUR NAME OR YOUR COMPANY LOGO, WHATEVER THE CASE IS, WILL BE, UH, IDENTIFIED ON THOSE PLAQUES.
AND THE SPONSORSHIP COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE SOME OF OUR, OUR ABSOLUTELY CALLS.
COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, UH, WE WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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UM, THANK YOU MS. ANDERSON.IS IT MR. JIMMY? I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE THING.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[2. Consider a Resolution adopting the 2024 City Council Meeting dates calendar for regular meetings conducted by the DeSoto City Council]
HAVE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATES CALENDAR FOR REGULAR MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL.MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS ESTHER WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
DR. WILLIAMS. I'M JUST HERE TO, UH, GO OVER ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR, UH, REVISIONS NEEDED FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING DATES AS PRESENTED IN YOUR PACKETS.
UM, AND AS, AS MENTIONED, WE REVIEWED THESE NOT AT OUR LAST MEETING.
I THINK IT WAS THE LAST, YEAH, IT WAS LAST CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL.
SO WE REVIEWED THESE AT LENGTH.
AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY, UM, ALL OF THE, THIS INCLUSIVE, THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF THE FEEDBACK AND THE REVISIONS THAT WE REQUESTED AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN ALL OF THESE MEETINGS WOULD BE, UH, ANTICIPATED TO START AT SIX O'CLOCK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
I THINK IT REFERENCES THAT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ALL OF THEM.
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, AT THE VERY END OF IT, IT DOES MENTION THAT THESE, ALL, ALL OF THESE MEETINGS WOULD BEGIN AT 6:00 PM SO THIS WOULD BE THE, THE NEW START TIME FOR MEETINGS NEXT YEAR, 6:00 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
SO RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, WE, WE START AT 6:00 PM OR WORK SESSIONS OR WORK SESSIONS, BUT THIS WOULD BE NOW ALL THE, EVEN THE REGULAR SESSIONS WOULD START AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU.
UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, THE, UM, ITEMS AS THEY'RE WRITTEN.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
UM, COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
THANK YOU, MS. DR. WILLIAMS. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE OUR FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[3. Consider a Resolution updating the City Council's Rules & Procedures Manual regarding Section II: Order of Business and Section III: City Council Agenda Process]
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION UPDATING THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL REGARDING SECTION TWO, ORDER OF BUSINESS AND SECTION THREE, CITY COUNCIL AGENDA PROCESS.COMING BACK AS ESTHER WILLIAMS, DR.
ESTHER WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
WELCOME, DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.
SO, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING AS WELL, WE HAVE MORE DETAILS AS TO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT, UM, WE WERE DISCUSSING IN THE, UH, COUNCIL RULES, CITY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL.
UM, I, I BELIEVE IT STARTS ON PAGE THREE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, IS THIS THE RED LINE? IT'S OKAY.
SO ON PAGE THREE, IF YOU JUST KEEP SCROLLING THROUGH SECTION TWO, UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO NOT ONLY THE, UM, REGULAR, UH, AGENDA ORDER, BUT ALSO AN ADDITIONAL WORK WORK SESSION AGENDA ORDER.
AND I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS, UM, OR SUGGESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? UM, HEARING NONE, I DO HAVE A, A MINOR TWEAK.
UM, IN ADDITION, I WANT THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, AND YOU CAN PUT ME ON TWO MINUTES AS WELL.
TOM, I'LL, I'LL, YEAH, I, I'LL ABIDE BY THE CLOCK AS WELL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE, IF YOU CAN BRING, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE OUR PRESENTATIONS PORTION UP BEFORE OUR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS CONSIDERING THAT IS BECAUSE MANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS ARE OFTEN CEREMONIAL TYPE THINGS OR AWARDS OR RECOGNITIONS THAT TECHNICALLY ARE NOT CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ENDEAVORING TO DO IS KIND OF MOVE, KIND OF FLOAT, HAVE OUR AGENDA TO FLOW INTO CITY BUSINESS.
SO TO GET THOSE THINGS OUT OF THE WAY, WHICH WE TYPICALLY HAVE RESTRUCTURED THAT WAY NOW, WHERE WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AT THE TOP OF THE PRESENTATIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THINGS SUCH AS OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRESENTATIONS.
SO THAT, SO THAT THOSE, SO THAT THE COUNCIL WORK BUSINESS FLOWS INTO THOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
AND WE CAN TAKE THOSE COMMENTS.
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MY ONLY SUGGESTION FOR A TWEAK, IS TO, UH, MOVE THE PRESENTATIONS UP BEFORE THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS SO THAT ANY OF THE CEREMONIAL TYPE THINGS CAN BE DONE AT THE VERY FRONT OF THE MEETING.'CAUSE OFTENTIMES INDIVIDUALS, ONCE THEY'RE RECOGNIZED, THEY WILL LEAVE THE MEETING SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO SIT THROUGH CITIZEN COMMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND THAT'S MY SUGGESTION FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
IT'LL BE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PRESENTATIONS, CITIZEN'S APPEARANCE, AND THEN CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, SO JUST JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, MADAM MAYOR, UH, YOU, YOU'RE SAYING, I THOUGHT WE'D SAID THAT THE PRESENTATIONS ARE GONNA BE ON THE WORK SESSION.
THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS WOULD BE ON THE REGULAR MEETING, SO WHY WOULD THEY? YEAH.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS WRITTEN AND IT, AND IT, WHAT, WHAT TRIGGERED ME IS, 'CAUSE IT COULD BE THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IN THE DOCUMENT.
CAN WE BRING, BRING IT UP? YEAH.
BECAUSE, AND YOU COULD, YOU'RE PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I THINK WHAT TRIGGER ME TO ASK, ASK FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IN THE DOCUMENT.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THE DOCUMENT IS NOT WRITTEN THE WAY THAT WE REARRANGED IT IN TERMS OF, LIKE I SAID, PUTTING IT ON DIFFERENT NIGHTS.
THE TOPICAL WORK SESSION MEETINGS ARE NOW IDENTIFIED IN THE RULES AND PROCEDURES TO HAVE AN ORDER TO THEM PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS IS PART OF THAT.
SO, BUT THAT'S THE ADDITION THOUGH.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ADDITION OF THOSE MEETINGS.
I'M, I'M JUST, JUST SPEAKING HYPOTHE, HYPOTHETICALLY, UM, ON IT.
AND IF THAT WERE TO GO IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, ON IT, IT, IT COULD REMAIN ON YOUR LIST OF NORMAL THINGS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER FOR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING INSTEAD OF JUST ELIMINATING IT ENTIRELY.
KIND OF LIKE HOW WE'VE, WE'VE LEFT, YOU'LL NOTICE IF WE SCROLL A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SCROLL DOWN TOM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WE'VE LEFT EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ON BOTH MEETINGS ON IT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE IDEA THAT YOU MAY HAVE THE NATURE OF THE NATURE OF, OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE A PLACE WHERE IT KIND OF NEEDS TO GO ONTO A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I COULD SEE PRESENTATIONS BEING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
NOT NECESSARILY PRESENTATIONS OF RECOGNITION, BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE PRESENTATIONS FOR A STAFF PRESENTATION OF SOME SORT.
LET'S SAY WE HAVE SOME, UH, LET'S SAY WE'VE GOT A, A NATURAL DISASTER SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY AND WE'RE GETTING AN UPDATE ON WHAT THAT IS.
THAT MIGHT BE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ITEM, UM, ON IT AS OPPOSED TO A, YOU KNOW, AS, AS OPPOSED TO A WORK SESSION.
SO I, I JUST, THE IDEA THAT IT COULD BE ON BOTH I THINK IS THERE, UM, FOR, BUT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD PREFER TO HAVE IT ONLY ON TOPICAL WORK SESSIONS, WE COULD REMOVE THAT ENTIRELY.
I JUST, SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE FACT THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, I DON'T WANT US TO KIND OF TIP INTO KIND OF ABUSING THAT AND THEN START LEANING ON THAT, AND THEN WE GET BACK INTO KIND OF OUR OLD, OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS, PUTTING THE PRESENTATIONS THERE.
SO I'M, I I'M IN FAVOR OF KIND OF HARD LINING IT AND LEAVING IT OFF.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING IF IN CASES OF EMERGENCIES, I THINK WE CAN TWEAK OUR MEETING AS LONG AS IT'S POSTED CORRECTLY.
BUT I WOULD TO LEAVE IT ON THERE, LEAVES ROOM FOR US TO KIND OF CREEP BACK INTO DOING IT THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.
MADAM MAYOR, CAN I, CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE LEAVE IT ON THERE WITH MAYBE PUT SOME TYPE OF NOTATION ON IT, UH, FOR EMERGE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT YOU WOULDN'T, BECAUSE TO HEARTLINE IT WOULD, WOULD I THINK LIMIT YOU TOO MUCH INSTEAD OF HAVING THE FLEX.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HARDLINED.
HOW DO YOU GET IT ON THERE? SHOULD THERE BE A NEED? WELL, YOU HAVE, IT SAYS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BE GENERALLY CONDUCTED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
SO, SO THERE IS, IT LEAVES, YEAH, IT LEAVES FLEXIBILITY IN THAT A ONE, IF YOU'VE GOT A QUE IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TO DO A PRESENTATION, PRETTY MUCH PUT IT ANYWHERE
NO, SO WE WOULD NEED TO STRIKE IT FROM THIS ONE THEN.
CITIZENS APPEARANCES PRESENTATIONS IS ACTUALLY ON THE SAME LINE.
I THINK THAT'S JUST A TYPO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IT IS THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I GOT THAT FROM, THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING IF WE ARE GONNA DO IT, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT WHEN I ASKED THAT TO HAVE IT MOVED ABOVE CITIZENS' APPEARANCES.
BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S PUT TO THE NEXT LINE, THAT STILL LEAVES CITIZENS' APPEARANCES ABOVE PRESENTATIONS.
SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE NEED TO JUST REMOVE IT ALL TOGETHER.
SO JUST TAKE OFF FROM, FROM THE GEN FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
COUNSEL, DOES THAT CONCLUDE THAT, CONCLUDE ALL THE COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? OKAY.
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REMOVING THE WORD PRESENTATIONS, BUT THE PRESENTATIONS OCCURRED DURING THE WORK SESSIONS.PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WILL BE, AND WE AGREED THAT THAT'S, UM, THAT WILL BE HOW WE'D LIKE TO DO IT MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN SHOULD THERE BE SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY OR WHATEVER OR NEED, AS YOU SAID, THE GENERALLY CONDUCTED, IT CAN BE ADDED BACK TO REGULAR IT.
AND COUNSEL, I MEAN, KEEP IN MIND IF WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING, WE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES US FROM HAVING SPECIAL MEETINGS, ADDING SOMETHING TO AN AGENDA.
AGAIN, AS LONG AS THINGS ARE POSTED CORRECTLY, THERE'S NOTHING PRECLUDE THAT PRECLUDES US FROM DOING ANY OF THAT.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, WE, UH, HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, HOWEVER, UM, THAT MOTION WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED.
UH, WHO MADE THAT MOTION? I APOLOGIZE.
WHAT DOES HE, WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO? ANY ANYONE CAN DO IT.
I BELIEVE CAN JUST MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TO STRIKE PRESENTATIONS UNDER A ONE ORDER PRESENTATIONS UNDER A1.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE AMEND MY MOTION AND STRIKE A ONE PRESENTATIONS.
THAT MOTION, UH, HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE AMENDED TO STRIKE PRESENTATIONS FROM A ONE, UH, BUT OTHERWISE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL DID WE, NOW YOU'RE BACK ONTO THE MAIN MOTION HERE.
I WAS JUST EXCITED TO GET TO THE ADJOURNMENT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WE STILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE, UH, WITH THE AGREED UPON AMENDMENT.
IS THERE, UM, THERE'S ALREADY WE NEED TO VOTE.
THAT MOTION ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, DID WE BAT A THOUSAND TONIGHT? YES.
I DON'T, I DON'T CALL TABLES
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THAT MOTION, UH, WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EXCUSE ME.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
IT IS, UH, 9:31 PM YOU ARE AN HOUR.