[A. REGULAR SESSION]
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NOVEMBER, THE 11 20 23 AT 6:10 PM OKAY.
WE HAVE ANY VOCATION IN ONE OF OUR DISTINGUISHED, UH, MINISTER HERE.
JUST BLESSING US AND GUIDING US AND DIRECTING, YES, YOU USE US LIKE A SPIN, THAT WATER WOULD FLOW THROUGH THAT YOU WOULD LET US LEAVE AS YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US, STRENGTHEN US AND GUIDE US THE DECISION WE MAKE.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. JONES FOR THAT.
I TOLD BE CAREFUL WHEN THEY GIVE THEM JACKET, THE JACKETS, OR ANY KIND OF JACKET.
SO, SO, SO FROM AN AGENDA STANDPOINT, UM, SO WE, UH, OUR REGULAR AGENDA, UH, NEW BUSINESS ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION AT THIS TIME, WE, WE WILL NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UH, MR. CORMIER WAS, WAS UNABLE TO FINISH UP THE FINANCIAL, HE, HE JUST RECEIVED THE STATEMENTS FROM THE BANKS.
UM, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, THOSE IN DECEMBER TO REVIEW.
[B.2. City Council Liaison update regarding City events, meetings, etc. -Councilmember Andre· Byrd]
UM, SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, AN UPDATE FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON, UH, REGARDING CITY EVENTS.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BIRD, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.
DR. JONES HAS GOT A LOT OF ENERGY TONIGHT,
SINCE WE'RE GOING THERE, LISTEN, I AM, UM, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT, UM, YOU BROUGHT, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US, UH, THE, THE CONTRACT WITH THE DECK.
UH, AND, UH, THE COUNCIL TABLED THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO KNOW THE LIMIT BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE A, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, RAFI MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE IT JUST SO THAT, UM, THEY COULD GET SOME MORE ANSWERS TO HOW LONG THE CONTRACT IS WE GET ON AND THEN, AND THEY, UM, AND SO, UH, THAT JUST WAS NOT, UH, IT WAS, IT DID NOT GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
SO IT'S TABLED UNTIL THE DATE, SIR, I THINK FEBRUARY THE 21ST.
UM, AND SO, UH, IT WILL COME BACK BEFORE US THEN, AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN QUESTIONS THAT SHE HAD.
I THINK THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR AN EXIT CLAUSE THAT DID NOT TIE US INTO, UH, A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
WELL, THE WAY THAT IT'S ACTUALLY WORDED IS THAT IT'S A SIX MONTH DEAL.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET OUT OF IT WITH SIX MONTHS.
ONE OF THE, UH, CITIZENS' COMMENTS TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE REPUTATION THAT YOU GUYS HAD ALREADY ADDRESSED IN YOUR MEETING, I THINK DOING, DOING YOUR DELIBERATION OF, OF THAT.
BUT, UH, UH, AND ANTOINE DID EXCELLENT JOB OF REFERRING THEM BACK TO THOSE, TO THAT BOARD MEETING WHERE THE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WERE MADE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WERE DONE, UH, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE OPEN FOR THE, FOR THE, UM, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.
AND SO, UM, UM, SO THAT'S, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS TABLED.
UM, AND IT WILL COME BACK BEFORE US, I BELIEVE IN FEBRUARY.
UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING, A LOT GOING ON.
UH, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT BRANDON WHITE, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS RESIGNED.
HIS LAST DATE IS DECEMBER THE EIGHTH.
UM, WE'VE BEEN PUSHING, AND I, I, I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD, BUT MY JOB AS LIAISON IS TO TAKE PERTINENT INFORMATION BACK TO THEM AND BRING PERTINENT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.
UH, AND SO, UH, WHEN YOU ASKED ME FOR A, UH, A JOINT MEETING, UH, I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THAT BACK AND STARTED RE STARTED THE REQUEST AND WAS TOLD, UH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REASONABLE TO WAIT AFTER THE BUDGETS.
UM, AND, UM, NOW WE'RE AFTER THE BUDGET, WE'VE PUSHED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE DATE HAVE NOT YET BEEN SOLIDIFIED.
SO I WOULD, I WILL, UM, LIKE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL FOR US TO LOOK AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ON THE SEVENTH OF, UH, 14TH.
AND LET'S TRY TO, LET'S TRY TO, LET'S TRY TO WAG THIS THING A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
LET'S TAKE THEM A DATE,
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UM, WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNSEL TO JUST JOIN, UH, YOU AT, UH, JOIN US AT THIS MEETING.AND SO, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT WOULD BE, UM, MY, MY ASK IF WE COULD JUST SOLIDIFY A DATE AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ASKING THE QUESTION AND, AND GORGING OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, WE CAN JUST GET A DATE CERTAIN AND, UM, AND PUT THAT BEHIND US.
SO I, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK, UH, IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
WELL, I, I THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME, DO YOU THINK THAT DATE IS GOOD? IS THAT A GOOD DATE FOR EVERYONE? WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER AT THIS POINT.
THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM DOING THAT.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULD, ASSUMING THAT, THAT YOU ALL WILL BE PRESENT, UH, IN DECEMBER, THEN I, THEN I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WE COULD NOT.
WELL, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PRECURSOR THAT YEAH.
AND YOU DO THAT SO THAT, UM, WE FULLY, UH, ALIGNED ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WELL, I WE TO PUSH IT BACK TO JANUARY.
UH, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO, I DID NOT WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DID NOT WANT YOU TO THINK WE WERE BEING NONRESPONSIVE.
UH, WE WERE VERY, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE.
AND, UM, SO THE, IF NOT ON THE 14TH, THEN DO WE WANT TO GO TO JANUARY TO YOUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY? YEAH.
WELL, ALL CONCERNED ABOUT PUSHING TO JANUARY.
JANUARY STARTS TO DO BUSINESS, AND WE NEED TO TAKE OUR MEETING INTO THE BUSINESS.
WE SHOULDN'T, WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL IT'S THE NEW YEAR.
WE START THE BUSINESS WE WANT TO USE.
COME TO, TO PRECURSOR, SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
THIS IS HOW WE THINK WE CAN BETTER ASSIST AND AID THE BOARD.
AND, AND I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
UH, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
THAT MEANS THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH ANOTHER, UH, MEETING TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THAT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, I'M LOOKING AT MY, MY CALENDAR.
THE STRUCTURE, THE PROBLEM WHEN WE MOVE THE MEETING ON THURSDAYS, THURSDAYS ARE, ARE, ARE BAD FOR, FOR, FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER MEETINGS THAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED.
PARTICULARLY, WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S ROUND ROUNDTABLE ON THURSDAY.
UH, I'M, I SUPPOSED TO BE OVER THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER RIGHT NOW ON THURSDAY.
SO THAT'S WHY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I COME IN, I TRY TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND THEN LEAVE.
SO WHEN WE MOVE THE SCHEDULE TO THURSDAY, IT KIND OF IMPEDE.
I WILL, I WILL BE AT A, AT A, UH, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE RETREAT ON THE 14TH, BUT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL CAN BE HERE.
YOU KNOW, SO IT IS, I JUST WANT YOU TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE, WHERE WE ARE AND THAT, THAT STARTS ON THAT, THAT ACTUALLY STARTS ON THAT WEDNESDAY AND RUNS THROUGH THE 16TH OF DECEMBER.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF ORDER, BUT LET ME ASK YOU OKAY.
THAT THURSDAYS ARE, ARE SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING COLLABORATIVELY.
IN SOME CASES WE USED TO MEET, UH, ON MONDAY MORNINGS.
AND, UH, WE ELECTED TO MODIFY THAT TO GET TO THURSDAY EVENING.
AND IF I'M PROPERLY IN ORDER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OR THAT WE LOOK AT CONSIDERING MOVING THE MEETING, IF IT'S CONVENIENT FOR EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE DATE AND TIME, UH, DAY, IF YOU WILL.
I JUST SERVED THAT UP BECAUSE WE USED TO MEET MONDAY MORNINGS AND, UM, KIND OF GET THE WEEK STARTED AND WE CAN MOVE ON.
THIS IS DE DEFINITELY A SPECIAL, SPECIAL EVENT.
BUT, SO WE NEED TO, WE CAN MAKE SOME PARAMETERS ON A SPECIAL EVENT.
THIS IS NOT A NORMAL, A SPECIAL MEETING.
IT'S NOT A NORMAL SITUATION FOR US TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH.
THE, THE COUNCIL IS NOT NORMAL.
SO, AND, AND THAT, UH, COUNCIL
MAYBE A DIFFERENT DATE IF WE WANT TO.
IF WE WANT TO DO IT IN DECEMBER.
UM, THE 14TH, YOUR, YOUR MA YOUR, YOUR, YOUR THE ONLY PERSON THAT, UH, HAVE A CONFLICT RIGHT NOW IS JUST ME AND I, UM, I, WELL, IT WOULD BE MYSELF AND MAYOR PRO TIM WITH HUGHES.
BUT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL COULD BE THERE, YOU KNOW, IS SEVEN OF US.
UH, I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO REALLY BE PROACTIVE IN, IN SOLIDIFYING A DATE, UH, AT, AT THIS LATE DATE.
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TRULY EXPECTED IT TO HAVE HAPPENED IN OCTOBER.I EXPECTED IT TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ASKED LAST MEETING, IS IT SET? AND I LEFT HERE AND WENT RIGHT.
AND SO WE TRIED TO SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THURSDAY NIGHTS ARE JUST, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HARD NIGHTS TO GET MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS NOW MEET ON THE THURSDAY.
UH, THE MAYOR QUARTERLY IS ON THE THURSDAY, AND MANY OF THE OUTSIDE BOARDS ARE ON THE THURSDAY.
SO THAT'S JUST, I'M JUST GIVING YOU BACK INFORMATION.
THE COUNCIL IS VERY EAGER AND VERY, VERY WILLING TO MEET WITH YOU.
SO THEY'RE VERY WILLING, UH, AND VERY EAGER TO MEET WITH YOU.
WE JUST NEED TO SOLIDIFY A DATE.
AND, AND SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE COULD START WITH YOU GUYS AND Y'ALL GIVE US A DATE THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND WE CAN PUSH IT DOWN ON THE OTHER END.
WOULD, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE BETTER IF WE WERE TO PICK, SAY, A WEDNESDAY EVENING? I, I WORRY ABOUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT STUFF IS, IS CHURCH NIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, THURSDAY NIGHTS ARE, ARE PROBLEMATIC.
UH, TUESDAYS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS PROBLEMATIC 'CAUSE OF P AND Z AND, AND COUNCIL MEETINGS, ONE OR THE OTHER.
WE'RE GONNA LOSE PEOPLE TO THAT.
UM, WE CAN DO IT ON A MONDAY EVENING IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIMITED NUMBER OF WORK, UH, UH, WORK SESSIONS, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY.
UH, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ON THE, THE MONDAY BEFORE WE HAVE A WORK SESSION.
SO, LIKE, UH, DECEMBER THE, UH, POSSIBLY, BUT THAT'S SOONER THAN THE 14TH.
SO DECEMBER, THE, THE FOURTH MIGHT WORK AS AN ALTERNATIVE DATE.
UM, DECEMBER, UH, THE 11TH WOULD NOT WORK BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE A, UM, ON THE 12TH.
SO THE, THE, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE THE FOURTH OR WE, WE ARE I KIND OF FORCED INTO JANUARY AT THIS POINT? WELL, YOU HAVE THE 14TH AND THEN, UM, WHAT'S WITH THE 18TH? I KNOW WE'RE A WEEK OUT FROM CHRISTMAS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT THE, THE COUNCIL THAT'S OUT THAT WEEK GOT IT.
SO THE COUNCIL MEET AND ALL THAT TOGETHER IN DECEMBER.
THE COUNCIL MEETS ON THE, ON THE FIFTH AND THEN NOT THE 19TH.
SO THE 11TH MIGHT BE FREE, IS NOT BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE FOURTH.
WHAT'S THAT? SHE LIED ON THE FOURTH.
YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 11TH.
THE 11TH WOULD BE THE 11TH OF DECEMBER.
DO YOU WANT TO TEST THAT WITH THE COUNSEL AND SEE IF THAT WORKS? YEAH, THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.
THAT GIVES Y'ALL THREE WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS TO, TO PREP, TO YOU TO MEET, DO WHATEVER.
UH, HOW, HOW DOES IT FEEL FOR YOU? SO THE EVENING OF THE 11TH? YES.
AND WE WANTED, MR. BALDWIN'S BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF MOVING THE BOARD MEETING.
I THINK LET'S DIVORCE THOSE TWO IF WE CAN TO GET A SPECIAL MEETING DONE.
UM, AND IF, IF YOU STILL WANNA STAY WITH THURSDAY EVENINGS FOR YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE.
AND SO WE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE ENJOYED THAT FROM THE STAFF SIDE.
THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD A QUORUM ALMOST EVERY, I THINK REALLY WE HAVE EVERY MONTH SINCE WE STARTED.
THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING I ENJOYED PRIOR WHEN WE WERE ON MONDAYS.
'CAUSE PEOPLE HAD JOBS, SOME PEOPLE MY FOOTBALL
SO, UM, I THINK WE HAVE DVR STILL.
UH, SO THAT IS, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALL THAT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, ON THE DECK REPORT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
UH, AND IT IS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED THAT DECEMBER, IN DECEMBER WE WILL GO TO A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE.
WE WILL ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER, ONE COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE FOURTH OF, OR THE 5TH OF DECEMBER.
AND WE WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING ON THE 11TH JUST TO TAKE A HOLIDAY BREAK.
UM, BRANDON'S LAST DATE IS DECEMBER THE EIGHTH.
UM, AND WE'LL TRY TO DO THE SPECIAL MEETING ON, UH, DECEMBER THE 11TH.
AND I'LL, I'LL FORWARD IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TOMORROW.
I JUST SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT TOUCH BASE WITH ALICIA AND ASK HER TO PULL IT OUT TO THE BOARD? UH, I CAN DO THAT FOR SURE.
ARE WE SHOOTING FOR 6:00 PM OR 7:00 PM THAT DAY? I, IT IS HARD FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET HERE.
SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US WORK WITH SOME WORK FURTHER THAN THE OTHERS.
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I WOULD SAY SEVEN.I THINK THAT, UH, I WAS TRYING TO THINK IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE.
I HAD NOTHING ELSE IN MY NOTES THAT'S PERTINENT.
SO, UH, I'LL YIELD BACK TO YOU.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATES AND, UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY, UH, GET BACK WITH YOU ON CONFIRMING, UM, THAT DATE, SIR.
I'D LIKE FOR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT GIVES THEM THE ANSWERS THAT COUNCIL GO THAT NO, I THINK THAT, UM, UM, I THINK THAT WHAT THE COUNCIL WAS ASKING FOR IS ALREADY PROBABLY IN THE DOCUMENT, MAYBE THEY DISMISSED IT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT MATT AND HIS TEAM HAS ALREADY ALL WILL REACH OUT AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, SECURE THOSE QUESTIONS.
UH, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, AND WHEN A, WHEN A COUNCIL PERSON ASKS TO TABLE SOMETHING, WE TEND TO ALWAYS AGREE BECAUSE WE WANT THAT PERSON TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH THE OUTCOME.
AND, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THE TERM AND THE EXIT CAUSE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK SOME ASSURANCES, WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON WOULD BE HERE ARE AT THE, UM, AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST, JUST TRYING TO SOLIDIFY ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND, UM, I THINK ANOTHER QUESTION THAT, THAT CAME UP, DID WE LOOK AT OTHER, OTHER, UM, CORPORATIONS THAT PERFORMED THE SAME, UM, DUTIES AS THE DECK? DID WE, WERE YOU DILIGENT AND, AND ANTOINE WAS, UH, VERY FORTHCOMING IN THAT YOU GUYS HAD LOOKED AT AND YOU HAD, UM, BEEN VERY THOROUGH IN YOUR REVIEW AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THEY ACTUALLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT MEETING PRESENTATION.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, YEAH.
GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PRE PRESENTATION TO SEE WHAT THE DECK WILL OFFER VERSUS ANYONE ELSE.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THERE'S A BIG PUSH TO MAKE, TO MAKE SURE THAT RFPS ARE GOING OUT TO, TO SECURE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BEST PRICING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE ODDITY IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE A BOARD THAT THEY HAVE TO THEN, UH, REPORT UP TO A BOARD.
AND SO SOMETIMES THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD'VE ALREADY ASKED, ALREADY ANSWERED, UH, IN THOSE BOARD MEETINGS, WELL, I'M GONNA ASK THAT.
I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE FACTS AND NOT THE EMOTIONAL PART THAT YOU, YOU'VE DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE.
WE AS A GROUP ALL AGREED THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST, BEST PRACTICE.
AND I THINK THAT IF, UH, THAT WAS, THAT THAT DECISION, I WAS HERE, THAT DECISION WAS NOT MADE IN A VACUUM.
IT WAS NOT MADE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PROVIDE THE VIDEO AND SAY, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE DELIBERATIONS HEARING, IS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE DELIBERATIONS HERE IT IS.
UH, BECAUSE I, I I, I THINK THAT, UM, WHEN A ZONING CASE IS COMING BEFORE ME, I TRY TO, IF I DON'T MAKE IT TO THE ZONING MEETING, I TRY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TAPE SO THAT I CAN KNOW THE FEEL, I CAN KNOW THE QUESTIONS.
I CAN KNOW THE QUE THE, THE OBSTACLES, UH, IF, IF YOU WOULD.
AND SO, UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE AFTER ANTOINE AND, UM, MATT, UH, CLARIFY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL PERSON WOULD'VE ASKED, UH, IT SHOULD HAVE DONE.
DID YOU SAY THERE, THERE WAS A SOMEONE WHO, A PRESIDENT OR SOMEONE WHO HAD A COMMENT ALSO? YES.
AND I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THEIR COMMENT WAS WHY DID WE GO TO THE DECK? DID WE LOOK AT THE, DID WE LOOK AT THE, THAT THEIR REPUTATION? DID WE READ THE LETTER THAT SOMEBODY HAD WRITTEN TO THE COUNCIL? AND THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I I, I, I DOUBT IF THERE'S ANY ONE DECISION WHERE EVERYBODY IN DESOTO WOULD AGREE WITH
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A NAME SOMEPLACE, YOU KNOW, AND OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO THE NAME AND MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS, I THINK, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
AND YOU GUYS, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND I'VE TOLD YOUR PRESIDENT, I'VE TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST THOROUGH BOARDS THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND BEING VERY, UH, PURPOSEFUL IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS.
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UH, NEEDLESS TO SAY, YOUR YOUR RESUME AROUND THIS TABLE IS EXTREMELY, UH, IMPRESSIVE.BUT IF THEY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TAPE, THEN I THINK THAT, UH, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE DUE DILIGENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS DONE, WAS DONE.
WHAT I HEAR, SORRY, WHAT I HEAR IS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY.
SO, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU JUST THAT THIS IS NOT SOME PRIVATE CREDIT DEAL, RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, THIS COMMENT, PLEASE.
AND, AND, AND LET ME JUST, UH, THEN YOU, UM, UH, MR. JONES THAT, UH, IN ASKING WHAT WE COULD DO TO ASSIST, BECAUSE WE WERE VERY THOROUGH.
WE WERE VERY, VERY, UH, UH, COMPREHENSIVE IN OUR REVIEWS.
AND WE DID, WE EVEN, THEY SAID SOME QUESTIONS.
YOU GUYS RAISED SOME, SOME THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS THAT, UH, WE HADN'T GONE ON, YOU KNOW, AND MORE EXPANSIVE.
SO WE GOT A LITTLE MORE IMMERSIVE IN OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WITH IT.
SO TO YOUR POINT, LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE TAPES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AGAIN, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO ASSIST, I, I WOULD THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE, UH, WORTHWHILE IS WHEN YOU HAVE APPROVED SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO EXTEND MONEY, MAYBE ONE OF YOU SHOW UP TO SUPPORT THE STAFF WHEN THEY'RE PRESENTING IT.
IT SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS SUGGEST THAT THEY GO LOOK AT IT, BUT SOMETIME HAVING A BOARD MEMBER THERE THAT SAYS, NO, WE WERE VERY THOROUGH.
I TRIED TO DO THAT, UH, IN OCCASION, BUT I'M JUST, I, I AM, UH, THE LIAISON, YOU KNOW, MY JOB AS NEUTRAL ON THIS BOARD.
AND SO, UH, THAT HAVING A BOARD MEMBER SAY THAT, WELL, IF WE COULD LOOK, WILL WE HAVE A FORM? WILL WE BE, CAN THE COUNCIL ASK US TO SPEAK? CERTAINLY IN THAT SETTING, THEY COULD.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS A, A ISSUE ON A CONSENT AGENDA THAT WAS SENT ASIDE, WHICH OPENS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND AND STAFF IN THIS CASE.
UM, BUT IT, BUT IT, IT JUST AS EASILY BEEN STAFF AND ONE OF YOU YES.
WE JUST, THE WE CAN HOLD OUR PISTOL.
WELL, THE, THE, THE TRICK OF THAT, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY IDEALLY, WE'D LOVE TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE OUR, WHEN WE HAVE TO TAKE A INCENTIVE AGREEMENT FORWARD TO COUNSEL, FOR THEM TO RATIFY, THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN Y'ALL THAT YOU HAVE INDEED RAT, YOU HAVE INDEED DONE ALL THE WORK, RIGHT? AND THAT IT IS A, IT IS A UP OR DOWN VOTE.
WITH RATIFICATION, WE CAN PUT THOSE ON CONSENT AGENDA.
IF IT'S NOT, OR IF WE THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, WE TAKE IT INTO NEW BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, RIGHT? SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLEAR AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
THOSE ARE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO BE THERE, TO BE PART OF THAT CONSENT AGENDA WAS A LITTLE WEIRD BECAUSE IT GOT PULLED AND THOUGHT, WE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE GONNA PULL IT.
THEY PULL IT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND THAT PUTS US IN A POSITION OF ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS A BIT ON THE FLY.
AND, AND THAT WOULD MEAN YOU'D HAVE TO BE THERE FOR ANY, ANY COUNSEL SESSION THAT WE EVER HAD.
UM, AND THAT MAY, AND THAT NOT THAT YOU CAN BE, THAT MAY JUST BE A, A, A BIT MORE OF A CHORE.
I CAN TELL YOU IN THIS CASE, THE ONLY THING THAT WE, WE'VE THOUGHT TO DO OR PLANNED TO DO WITH FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT IS REACH OUT TO THE PARTICULAR COUNCILWOMAN WHO HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND OFFER UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE DECK AND FACILITATE A CONVERSATION SO THAT SHE CAN ASK ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON HER MIND AND GET ANSWERS STRAIGHT FROM THEM SUCH THAT HER, HER QUALMS ARE, ARE, UH, ARE LATE.
I'D STILL LIKE TO SAY, AND WE CAN MOVE ON THAT.
UM, UH, TO YOUR POINT, MR. JONES, WE ARE A BOARD THAT'S VERY, WE DON'T KNOW IT ALL, BUT WE'RE PRETTY THOROUGH OUR APPROACH, OUR ASSESSMENT, AND WE'RE GONNA ASK THE QUESTIONS, UH, BECAUSE WE JUST, THAT KIND OF BOARD.
SO I DON'T THINK, I, I THINK IT SHOULD BE, UH, CONCENTRATED THAT, THAT WHAT WE BRING, WHAT WE SEND FORWARD HAS BEEN VETTED APPROPRIATELY AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME CREDENCE WITH ACT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
SO, AND THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ASKED, UH, WHEN WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING, YES.
ONCE YOU APPROVE IT, WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO TO MAKE IT MORE, UH, I THINK THAT'S A VERY LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
WELL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HOUSE MOVE WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, FOR YOUR TIME, SHARON.
THE INSIGHTS THAT YOU PROVIDE, TELL THEM SHOES.
I SAID, HEY, OVER THERE I WILL, I WILL SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I NEED TO, IS THERE ANYTHING I I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING ON THE DISCUSSION THAT I WOULD NEED TO TAKE BACK TO
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THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME.SO WITH, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH, UH, MY DOUBLE DUTIES, I'M GOING THE STATE LEFT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO.
WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.
[C. CONSENT AGENDA]
SPEAKING OF CONSENT AGENDAS.YES, I WAS GONNA SAY, THAT SAID, GOING FORWARD HERE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, TWO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. AND SO ONE IS, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THE, UH, OCTOBER 12TH BOARD MEETING, UH, MINUTES, AND THEN, UH, APPROVING THE OCTOBER 20, 23RD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
YOU'LL JUST HAVE ONE ITEM TONIGHT.
SO, WELL, MAY I ASK ONE THING? UM, YES, MA'AM.
UM, IF WE COULD GET THE, IF YOU CAN GET THE PACKAGE AT LEAST TWO DAYS BEFORE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME.
'CAUSE LAST NIGHT WAS JUST, IT'S A CURSORY REVIEW, SO UNDERSTAND WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US.
GOTTA GET A MOTION, MOTION, A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO ACCEPT BOARD, THE BOARD MINUTE BOARD MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 12TH, 2023, THE MOTION.
AND SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, UH, ITEM, UH, THE ONE ITEM CONSIDERING, UH, APPROVING THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
NAY SAY SO IS IN, UH, AYES HAVE, HAVE APPROVED AND WE GO FORWARD.
[D. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER, UM, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE.SO, UM, SO WITH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, OKAY,
[E. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION]
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS CONCLUDED IT'S, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:00 PM AND I CALL THIS MEETING BACK INTO ORDER, UM, OPEN SESSION AT 8:00 PM AS WELL.UH, IS THERE ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS AN END RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NONE.
THEN WE'LL MOVE BACK TO, UH, ON THE NEXT AGENDA THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN OUR OPEN SESSION, THE NEXT SESSION.
[F. EXECUTIVE BRIEFING - Matt Carlson]
NEXT, UM, ITEM ON THAT AGENDA IS A BRIEFING FROM ME.UM, JUST HITTING ON KIND OF THE ACTIVITIES, THE, THE PLACES WE'VE BEEN THAT PEOPLE WILL BE SEEING, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO, UM, I, I PROVIDED TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT BIT BY BIT BY BIT HERE.
UM, IT BECOMES A PART OF THE MINUTE 'CAUSE IT'S ATTACHED TO THEM.
UM, SO I, I SENT IT TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO PERUSE IT AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, IN THIS CASE, IT'S REALLY THE, THE LAST HALF WHEN I TALKED ABOUT ACTIVITY UPDATES.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DECK, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, OUR OUTBOUND, OUR NEXT OUTBOUND ACTIVITY.
UH, RA ATTRACTION ACTIVITY ISN'T UNTIL JANUARY.
WE ACTUALLY GET TO TAKE A BREATH AND MAYBE A GLASS OF EGGNOG OR TWO.
UM, BUT IN JANUARY I'LL BE GOING OUT TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROAD SHOW, MUCH AS I DID THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE GO OUT AND I GO, HEY, MY NAME'S MATT.
DO YOU WANNA MOVE TO TEXAS? UM, CAN I SAVE YOU 14% ON YOUR EMPLOYEE COSTS? DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR EMPLOYEES A 14% PAY INCREASE IN PAY 'EM THE SAME AMOUNT IN TEXAS? UM, WE'RE REALLY POPULAR ON THESE THINGS.
UH, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT.
IT'S PART OF OUR, UH, OUR ARRANGEMENT, OUR PARTNERSHIP, IF YOU WILL, WITH TEAM TEXAS, WHO IS A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION THAT THAT IS, THAT DOES OUTBOUND ATTRACTION WORK.
UM, AND THERE'LL BE PEOPLE ON THAT ROAD TRIP WITH ME FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE, BIG AND SMALL.
UM, BUT WE THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT STORY TO TELL, UM, RECAPPING OUR FALL FRANCHISE MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK THE, THE PRESIDENT AND MR. JONES FOR BEING THERE THAT NIGHT WITH US.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES WHO GET IT DONE.
ANTOINE AND, AND MELBA AND RHONDA ALL HAD RULES IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
AND WE HAD ABOUT 50 ATTENDEES.
THAT'S, THAT'S BUILDING ON THE 16 WE HAD IN THE SPRING TO 50 IN THE FALL.
UM, I DON'T THINK I'M, I'M OVERSELLING IT WHEN I SAY THAT.
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WE HAD LENDERS THERE, WE HAD FRANCHISORS THERE, WE HAD POTENTIAL FRANCHISEES THERE.LOTS OF GREAT DYNAMIC DISCUSSION AMONGST EVERYBODY THERE.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN IN THE SPRING.
UM, AND, AND IT IS NOT TO JUST TURN THE CRANK AGAIN AND DO IT THE SAME THING.
WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO KIND OF CAN BUILD ON THE, ON THE, THE PREVIOUS WORK.
AND EACH TIME IT GETS, YOU KNOW, MORE IN DEPTH, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE BEGIN TO, TO JUMP IN AND WE DEVELOP THESE.
UM, CAN I COMMENT ON THAT REAL QUICK GUYS? PLEASE.
FROM THE STANDPOINT OF JUST LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS OF THE ATTENDEES AT NIGHT, OKAY.
AND THE AHA MOMENTS THAT WERE HAD, VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL TO STAFF, VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.
AND EVERYONE THAT WAS ENGAGED.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THOSE WONDERFUL EVENINGS THAT YOU LIKE TO FEEL WE'RE MOVING.
AND TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD SHOWCASE, BUT TO DISPLAY THE LEVELS OF INTEREST FROM DIFFERENT BRANDS AND, AND, AND COMPANIES THAT ARE SAYING, OH, TO SOLO.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS A LOT OF MERIT.
SO STAFF JUST, YOU KNOW, LET'S APPLAUD.
YOU REMEMBER THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS LINGERING IN THE, IN THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT HAPPENS TO BE A SIGNED ECONOMIC TALENT.
UM, BUT IT WAS, AND YOU KNOW, WE SAW IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AS A TEAM.
WE SAT DOWN AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, CAN WE DO THIS? AND RHONDA JUMPED UP AND SAID, I'LL DO IT.
YOU, IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU.
UM, SHE FOUND THE VENDORS, SHE FOUND THE PLACE, SHE ENGAGED ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, LOGISTICS.
THE POTTY SHOWED UP BECAUSE OF HER.
THE TENTS SHOWED UP BECAUSE OF HER.
THE POLICE SHOWED UP BECAUSE OF HER
AND 22 VENDORS SHOWED UP THAT MORNING AND PUT THEIR WEARERS OUT.
A LOT OF FUN, LOT OF COMRADERY.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE MIX OF GOODS AND ALL THAT.
THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT I HEARD.
AND ONE WAS, WOW, THIS IS WHAT THE SODA IS.
THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND.
150 PEOPLE, MORE OR LESS CAME.
'CAUSE I SAID, YEAH, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SHOW OUT.
THE OTHER THING I HEARD WAS, WE NEED TO DO IT MORE.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I HEARD WAS, THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY'S ALL ABOUT.
WELL, RHONDA, LET, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UM, WHILE I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT UNFORTUNATELY, 'CAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO, TO ATTEND, I HEARD SOME GREAT FEEDBACK AS WELL.
I'M JUST GLAD THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY LIKED IT.
THAT'S, THAT WAS THE, UH, GOAL FOR ME.
OUR PLAN GOING FORWARD, WE JUST ASK COUNSEL, WE'RE GONNA DEBRIEF COUNSEL.
WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH THEM THE RESULTS, THEIR STRATEGIC ITEM.
UH, THE STRATEGIC ITEM WAS, AND I QUOTE, PILOT A FARMER'S MARKET IN MINNESOTA.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM IF THEY WANT TO DO MORE THAN PILOT IT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ASK IF THEY FIND A NEW HOME FOR IT.
I MEAN, NOT WE, WE ANTICIPATE GOING RIGHT BACK WHERE IT WAS.
BUT WHEN I SAY NEW HOME, I MEAN LIKE AN APARTMENT THAT'S REALLY OUGHT TO BE DOING THIS WORK,
UM, AND, AND OUR IDEA IS TO BEGIN IN MARCH AND RUN THROUGH MAY.
DOING IT EVERY OTHER WEEKEND ON THE ALTERNATING WEEKENDS THAT CEDAR HILL IS NOT.
SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE.
WE CAN HOUSE UP TO 60 VENDORS ON THAT EAST CAMPUS SITE.
UM, THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE AND GROW.
UM, SO IT'S OUR PLAN TO PUT THAT IN FRONT OF, UH, OF COUNCIL AND ASK FOR THEIR GUIDANCE, UH, HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, ANTOINE AND I WERE DOWN AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
HOPEFULLY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FOLLOWING US ON LINKEDIN, WE PROBABLY SAW SOME PICTURES.
WARM WELCOME FROM THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, ADRIANA CRUZ AND HER STAFF.
THERE WERE SEVEN DIFFERENT, UH, AREA DIRECTORS THERE.
THEY SAID, WOW, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A TON.
BUT THE MOST TELLING THING I THINK THAT WE HEARD WAS, YOU KNOW, NOBODY COMES AND EVER SEES US.
MAKES ME THINK WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
UM, BEEF OO OPENS ON THE 17TH.
DON'T FORGET TO STOP IN AND GET YOUR, UH, SLICE OF ROAST BEEF SANDWICH.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BIOLIFE SCIENCE.
UM, THE KICKOFF DATE, AND YOU WILL GET A SAFE DATE CARD HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK, UM, BUT IS JANUARY 4TH.
AND THE INVITATIONS ARE GOING OUT FOR THAT TO SAVE THAT DATE AND INVITE ALL OF THE VARIOUS DIGNITARIES AND PLAYERS AND, AND, UH, COMPONENTS.
EQUIPMENT'S BEEN ORDERED, THE FLOOR PLAN
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HAS BEEN FINALIZED.THE SCHOOL IS WORKING ON CHANGING THE, UH, THE WOUNDS THAT WE'LL BE USING.
UM, AND STARTING TO DRESS THOSE OUT.
UH, THEY PUT OUT AN INITIAL INTEREST, UH, NOTE TO THE STUDENTS AND THEY HOPED THAT MAYBE THEY'D GET 25 IN THE FIRST WEEK.
UM,
I'M INTERESTED IN GETTING AN UPDATE TOMORROW.
UM, IN TERMS OF JUST HOW MANY OF THERE WERE, UM, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED A COACH.
HE'S ALREADY BEGINNING WORKING WITH DANNY IN TERMS OF GETTING THE PROGRAMMING AND BEGINNING TRAINING AND FIGURING OUT HOW DO I DO WITH, UH, 30 HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND, AND, UH, GAMING SYSTEMS. UM, ARE YOU SAYING IT'S JANUARY 4TH? FOUR AT, AT WHAT TIME? I'M SORRY.
UM, SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND IT'S A GREAT STORY AND WE GOT TO TELL IT AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND, AND THE GUY WHO DOES THAT KIND OF WORK FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAPPENED TO BE ANOTHER BUILDING AND HE CAME RUNNING ACROSS SO THAT HE COULD BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH US TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IT'S THAT INNOVATIVE, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
UM, OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING ON, UH, ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND, UH, ONE OF OUR, OUR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS HERE IN TOWN ARE COLLABORATING HOW TO CREATE A CAMPUS FOR CONSTRUCTION TRADES TRAINING RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO, NOT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
UM, UH, THE BIOLIFE SCIENCE, UH, UH, WORKED.
THE, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE, UH, DR.
WE'RE GOING OUT AND DOING A SITE AT REDBIRD OF THE FACILITIES THAT MAY BE USED FOR THAT TRAINING.
IS THAT RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING WITH US? I THINK I THOUGHT SO.
UM, UH, SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT, HOW THAT'S CONTINUING TO MOVE ALONG.
WE TALKED ABOUT BEING INVOLVED IN AVIATION.
UM, LO AND BEHOLD, DALLAS COLLEGE IS STANDING UP, UH, AN FAA 1 47 AIRFRAME AND POWER PLANT, UH, CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ENDS UP AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
UM, WHICH IN OUR MIND IS DALLAS EXECUTIVE FIELD.
UM, IT'S NOT IN DESOTO, I GET THAT.
UM, BUT IT IS THE PLACE FOR THIS PROGRAM IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
AND IT DOESN'T BELONG ANYWHERE OTHER THAN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
I MEAN, LITERALLY IT DROPS OFF ACROSS THE STREET.
WE CAN GET OUR STUDENTS THERE FROM ALL OVER.
UM, IT, IT, THERE'S FACILITIES THERE.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS GOING FORWARD AND SAID, TELL US WHAT IT TAKES.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN MOU WITH, WITH DALLAS, ISD.
HOW DO WE GET AN MOU WITH DESOTO, ISD, LOTS OF ACTIVITY, LOTS OF INTEREST.
THAT PROGRAM LOOKS TO STAND UP IN, IN THE SPRING OF 25.
UH, WE'LL SPEND THE BALANCE OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT, UM, PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER AND INTEGRATING IT.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'LL LEAVE THOSE FOR YOU 'CAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THERE THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
UM, OPERATIONALLY YOU SEE SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL STAFF, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE TEAM IS COMMITTING TO, UH, FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT.
UM, I'M A KIND OF A, I'M KIND OF A CHEERLEADER FOR, FOR, FOR BETTERING OURSELVES, CONTINUOUS LIFELONG LEARNING.
UM, AND I'M ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK I'M DONE FOR THE EVENING.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
MARK KNOWS THAT
NO, NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, FOR THE BOARD THIS EVENING.
UH, THE MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED AT 8:12 PM ON CLEAR MINDS.