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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.[Mayor’s Quarterly 360° Meeting on December 7, 2023.]
6:30 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME YOU TO OUR FINAL MAYOR'S QUARTERLY 360 MEETING OF THE YEAR 2023.UM, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EACH OF YOU, AND WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AT THIS TIME.
LET ME SEE IF WHO'S IN THE ROOM TODAY.
I'M GONNA ASK IF MR. MCCLURE, IF HE WOULD GEAR UP TO DO AN INVOCATION FOR US, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UH, MR. BREWER, CAN YOU TURN THAT PODIUM AROUND THE OTHER WAY? UM, AT THIS TIME, I AM, AGAIN, I'M, I'M MAYOR PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR 360 MEETING.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO GET A COPY OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA ALONG WITH THE PACKET FOR THE STREETS PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THE INVOCATION FIRST, AND I'LL DO SOME WELCOMES AND SOME INTRODUCTIONS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING.
WE INVITE THE PRESENCE OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO DWELL WITH US, TO LEAD AND GUIDE US TO ALL TRUTH AND UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS, UM, THAT ARE HERE.
WE WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE AS WELL.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER, WHO REPRESENTS PLACE TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I'M GONNA ASK, YOU CAN GIVE HER A HAND CLAP.
UM, WE ALSO, I'M GONNA ASK IF EACH OF OUR, UH, DIRECTOR STAFF WILL STAND AND JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
TELL US WHAT DEPARTMENT YOU, YOUR NAME, AND YOUR DEPARTMENT PLEASE.
CHARLES BREWER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, FORMERLY THE AWARD WINNING, WE LOST BILL JOE
ALAN, IF YOU, COULD YOU FILL IT IN FOR BRANDON? I AM, I'M A DIRECTOR, BUT ALAN MCDONALD, UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES MANAGER, ONE TWO TEST CHASE AND CHASE AS WELL.
WASHINGTON INTERIM CODE MANAGER.
UH, CHASE ELLIS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND REC.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE REALLY THE WINNING DEPARTMENT.
DO MITCHELL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE MR. MATT SMITH OVER HERE WHO'S ALWAYS ON THE JOB, UH, TAKING PHOTOS.
HE'S IN COMMUNICATIONS FOR US.
SO AGAIN, THANK, UM, THANK EACH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE STARTED A FEW, A FEW QUARTERLY MEETINGS AGO, GIVING REGULAR UPDATES ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PLAN AND, UM, THE PROGRESS AND, AND THINGS THAT, THAT HAPPENED WITH THAT PARTICULAR PLAN, AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STREETS PROJECT UPDATE.
AND THAT IS A PART OF THE HANDOUTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AS WELL, BECAUSE THOSE WERE ALWAYS SOME OF THE MORE REGULAR QUESTIONS WE WERE RECEIVING IN TERMS OF WHERE ARE WE WITH CERTAIN STREET PROJECTS.
SO WE JUST EMBEDDED THAT WITHIN OUR REGULAR AGENDA SO THAT, UM, SO THAT YOU ALL WILL BE RECEIVING THOSE QUARTERLY UPDATES ON WHERE THE STREETS ARE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT, UM, THAT ARE, ARE IN YOUR AREA.
SO I'M GONNA ASK, I BELIEVE MR. BREWER IS GONNA MAKE BOTH OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
I HAVE OUR, OUR OUR SOON TO BE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MR. ISAM CAMERON, UH, IS HERE WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. CAMERON.
AND, UH, YOU ALL MAY BE MISSING A, A FAMILIAR FACE, MR. BRANDON WRIGHT.
UM, HE IS, WE ARE HAVING HIS, UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO BE GOING TO TROPHY CLUB, AND I GUESS HE DECIDED HE WAS GONNA TAKE THE NIGHT OFF AND
AND WE DON'T BLAME HIM, BUT WE'LL BE HONORING HIM AND, AND CELEBRATING HIM AND HIS TIME HERE WITH US TOMORROW AT HIS GOING AWAY PARTY.
SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT TIME DOES THAT START? FOUR O'CLOCK TOMORROW IN THE BLUE BONNET ROOM, RIGHT HERE IN THE ATRIUM.
SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO COME AND CELEBRATE AND, AND GIVE HIM WELL WISHES, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU TO JOIN US.
ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA WELCOME MR. BREWER TO THE STAND.
HOW YOU DOING? I HAVE PUT UP THERE, UH, AT THE FRONT DESK A PACKAGE THAT, THE TOP SHEET IS GOING TO BE A SITE MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF OUR CIP PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED ON BACK IN
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2020.UH, LAST YEAR WE MADE A, A, A REAL STRIVING EFFORT TRYING TO CATCH US UP TO DO 2020 AND 2021 PROJECTS.
AND THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO ON THE CITY'S NEW WEBSITE.
IT'S WWW.DESOTOTEXAS.GOV, D-E-S-O-T-O-T-E XAS S.GOV.
AND TO FIND THIS SECTION, UH, AT THE TOP OF THAT HOMEPAGE, YOU'LL SEE, SEE THE FIVE OR SIX LINKS, YOU CAN GO TO THE LINK THAT SAYS DEPARTMENTS, WHEN YOU CLICK THAT DEPARTMENTS GO DOWN TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS FIRST PART I'LL SPEAK ABOUT WOULD BE, UH, THE PROJECTS.
IT'LL BE IN OUR ENGINEERING SECTIONS.
AND ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE GREEN SECTION THAT TELLS YOU THE EXTRA TABS, THAT'S WHERE YOU'D BE ABLE TO CLICK TO GET UPDATED ABOUT OUR CIP PROJECTS.
SO ON THE MAP, UH, I WON'T GO REAL REAL DEEP, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE, UH, OUR THREE MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UH, DANIELDALE PLEASANT RUN ROAD WESTMORELAND.
UH, THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF DESIGN.
UM, WE WERE WAITING ON A GRANT, UH, WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR DANIELDALE THAT DID NOT COME THROUGH.
SO WE HAVE NEEDED TO CHANGE THE PLANS.
WE ORIGINALLY WERE DESIGNING 'EM TO FEDERAL STANDARDS, HOPING TO GET SOME, UM, TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FROM THE, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, BUT THAT APPLICATION DIDN'T COME THROUGH.
SO NOW WE ARE HAVING OUR PROJECT ENGINEERS TO DO SOME VALUE ENGINEERING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN KIND OF SAVE SOME COSTS.
AND SO THEY ARE CREATING THAT LIST OF COSTS.
WE'RE BE GETTING THAT BACK WITH DALLAS COUNTY IN ORDER TO MOVE ON WITH THAT PROJECT.
THE OTHER, THE FOURTH MAJOR STREET PROJECT IS THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR.
UH, THAT IS THE CHANGING OF HAMPTON ROAD FROM BELTLINE TO, UH, PLEASANT RUN.
UM, IT ALSO HAS A COMPONENT OF A ZONING ELEMENT TO IT CALLED A CHARACTER BASED ZONE.
UH, THE CITY HAS HIRED, UH, FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET ITSELF, HALF THEY ARE PROCEEDING ON AND FOR THE, UM, AND FOR THE CHARACTER BASED ZONE ALSO.
AND I'LL GET INTO THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
SO AFTER THOSE THREE MAJOR STREETS, THEN WE GO TO SOME OF OUR RENOVATION PROJECTS.
UH, SOME OF THE NEWER ONES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING, UM, WOULD BE A 2023 RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, THE R AND R PROJECTS, WHICH WE ARE CALLING RENOVATION AND REPLACEMENT INVOLVED PRIMARILY THE, UH, REPLACEMENT OF DETERIORATED, UH, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, SEWER STREETS.
WE REALLY TAKE OUR LEAD ON THOSE PROJECTS FROM OUR PUBLIC UTILITY, UH, DEPARTMENT.
SOME THERE TELL US WHERE THEY'VE HAD SOME DETERIORATED LINES OR JUST LINES NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.
SO THOSE PROJECTS WHERE THOSE LINES ARE BEING UPGRADED, UH, WHETHER IT'S BY PIPE BURSTING, UH, PROCESS, OR WHETHER IT'S OPEN TRENCH, WHATEVER WORK WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WE'LL COME BACK OVER WITH THIS PROJECT TO DO STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
UH, THOSE STREETS ARE WOODHAVEN DRIVE, RAY EIGHT, ANDRO, DRIVE, VINCE LANE, RED, BUD DRIVE, OAK TRAIL, WOODHAVEN DRIVE, AND LAKEWOOD DRIVE.
SO AGAIN, IT'S BOTH UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION ON TOP.
THAT PROJECT IS NOW WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND IT'S BEING DESIGNED.
THE UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS PHASE ONE, IS 90% COMPLETED AND THE, I'M SAYING IT BACKWARDS.
AND THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PHASE IS 70%.
THE 2021 PROJECTS ARE, UM, MOVING ALONG, UM, WONDERFULLY.
NOW WE ARE ON OUR NEXT TO LAST STREET, WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW.
WEST WINTERGREEN FROM THE 10 MILE CREEK BRIDGE, EAST TO WEST MOLAND.
IT HAS BEEN A STAGED PROJECT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP THE STREET OPEN.
THIS IS A MAJOR EAST, WEST, UH, THOROUGHFARE.
UH, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE WESTBOUND LANE, AT LEAST UP TO THE BASE COAT.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE SOUTHBOUND, WHICH IS THE EASTBOUND LANE.
THEY HAVE JUST FINISHED, UH, AS OF THIS WEEK, THE SUBGRADE PREPARATION.
AND SO, UM, IF NOT THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT WEEK, IF NOT TOMORROW, THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT WEEK, THEY'RE GONNA START THE BASE ASPHALT APPLYING.
NOW, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THERE'S A SECTION THAT WAS NOT TOUCHED.
THAT SECTION IS NOT GONNA GET THE FULL STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
IT ONLY NEEDS A MILL AND OVERLAY CUTTING OF THE EXISTING ASPHALT, UH, BECAUSE THE SUBGRADE HAD NOT FAILED.
SO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, PENDING WEATHER.
WE HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED, UM, TO PROCEED WITH THE, UH, REPLACING DETERIORATION SECTION OF WEST MOLAND FROM THE 10 MILE CREEK BRIDGE NORTH TO WEST WINTER GREEN.
THAT WILL NOT BE A FULL RECONSTRUCTION.
THAT WILL BE, AGAIN, A MILL AND OVERLAY PROJECT.
WE'VE COMPLETED, UM, THE OTHER STREETS,
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THE, UH, PARKVILLE ROAD.WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT A SECTION OF THAT STREET IS RE CRACKING AND THE SAME PLACE THAT IS ORIGINALLY CRACKING.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE HOLDING THE CONTRACTOR ACCOUNTABLE.
HE'S GONNA BE DOING SOME GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS, UH, TO TRY TO SHOW THAT HE DID EVERYTHING HE DID CORRECTLY.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
UH, WE'LL NOT LET HIM GET OUT WITHOUT DOING THAT RECONSTRUCTION.
SO WE HAVE THE PARKVILLE RECONSTRUCTION, THE ELL ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, AND THE NORTH, UM, MEADOW MEADOWBROOK PARKWAY.
UH, THOSE THREE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FINISHING UP, UM, WEST MO, I MEAN THE WINTERGREEN.
WE HAVE SOME ALLEY PROJECTS, 2023 ALLEYS, UM, OAK MEADOWS, LANE WOODBRIDGE DRIVE, GLEN AVENUE, PINE TREE, SHADY WOOD HILLSIDE, AND CRESTWOOD BLUE, UH, CLOUD CREST AND BLUE SKY, STARDUST AND BLUE SKY AND WESTLAKE ALLEY.
SO THOSE ARE IN THE DESIGN FACE.
AND WE'LL BE GOING OUT FOR BID ON THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES WE HAVE GOING ON IS OVER IN THE WOLF WOLF CREEK ESTATE DRAINAGE AREA.
UH, THE ENGINEERS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INITIAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.
WE'VE MET WITH BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, AND GOT THEIR COOPERATION, UH, WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT A RETENTION POND ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOOD CREEK ESTATES AND ALSO THE PROPERTY GOING SOUTH.
WE'VE, UH, SPOKEN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, SO WE'VE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GO IN AND DO SURVEY WORK AND GEOTECHNICAL TESTING.
AND SO THAT PROJECT IS PREPARING TO START THE DESIGN PHASE.
SO THAT'S WHAT ALL I WOULD SAY WITH THAT PROJECT.
UH, UP ON THE, UH, TABLE, I'VE ALSO PUT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMP PLAN.
UM, THE CITY'S CURRENT 2015 COMP PLAN, UM, IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD.
AND YOU SHOULD LOOK AT UPDATING, EXCUSE ME, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT UPDATING YOUR COMP PLAN AT LEAST EVERY 10 YEARS, OR IF IF DEVELOPMENT CHANGES EVEN SOONER.
THE UPDATING OF THE COMP PLAN IS A PART OF THE CITY'S GOAL.
NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS TO UPDATE THE PLAN.
UH, IN 2022, THE CITY HIRED A FIRM AECOM TO DO THE UPDATE OF THE PLAN.
SINCE THAT TIME, UM, THE CONSULTANTS HAVE MET WITH, UH, A STEERING COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE IN NOVEMBER, 2022.
AND THEN IN 2023, THERE WERE FEBRUARY, JUNE AND OCTOBER, THERE HAD BEEN AN ONLINE SURVEY COMPLETED.
UM, WE'VE CONDUCTED JOINT MEETINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, DISORDER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO NOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO APPROACH THAT FINAL FORMAL PHASE OF IT, WHICH IS CALLED PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE COMP PLAN IS A PART OF A ZONING REQUIREMENT.
SO WE'RE NOW GETTING READY TO CONDUCT OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, ACTUALLY, UM, NEXT WEEK, DECEMBER THE 12TH.
AND OUR PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION IN THIS ROOM HERE, THE PLANNING CONSULTING COMMISSION WILL MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THEN ANY ADDITIONS OR INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE, IT'LL BE MODIFIED IN THE PLAN.
AND THE FINAL PLAN WILL BE, FINAL DRAFT OF THAT PLAN WILL BE GOING TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY THE SECOND FOR FORMAL ADOPTION.
I HAVE PLACED UP THERE IN A WHITE BINDER A DRAFT COPY OF THE, UM, THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THIS PLAN ONLINE.
JUST GO TO THE CITY'S NEW WEBSITE AND IT WOULD BE DESOTO TEXAS.GOV/COMP PLAN.
UM, I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, BECAUSE YOU GAVE US QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION.
IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE PHYSICALLY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT MR. BREWER, UM, HAS SHARED AND WOULD LIKE ANY FEEDBACK OR CLARIFICATION ON IT, YOU CAN STEP TO THAT MICROPHONE, UM, THERE IN THE IOA.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL GO TO THE, UH, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS OPEN DISCUSSION FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS.
UM, MS. MAYES, DID YOU HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT FILLED OUT A CARD? NO CARDS.
UH, WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, WHO JUST MADE IT IN.
YEAH, THEY'RE GIVING HAND CLAPS TONIGHT.
UM, SO YES, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS FROM OUR AUDIENCE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, UM, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO SEEM THAT WE HAVE ANY CARDS, WHICH HAS BEEN OUR, OUR PROTOCOL.
UM, UM, PAST MEETINGS, HOWEVER, WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO AND STEP THERE TO THE MICROPHONE AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME,
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YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENS EVERY DECEMBER MEETING.I THINK Y'ALL JUST LIKE COMING OUT TO THE MEETING TO JUST LOOK AT US.
TALK ABOUT COMP PLAN AND STREETS NOW, HUH?
WELL, WE'LL, I'LL ASK SOMETHING.
I LIVE OVER THERE BY WINTERGREEN OKAY.
WHERE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ARE GOING.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE PROBLEM.
AND I'VE MET WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO ST.
ANDREW'S PLACE, OR RIGHT AFTER YOU GO INSIDE THE THORN TREE GOLF COURSE THERE, WE HAVE A WATER LEAK.
UH, AND AFTER SEVERAL VISITS IS DETERMINED THAT IT'S A CITY LINE THAT'S LEAKING.
AND THE ONLY THING THEY'VE TOLD ME IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIX IT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
THEY DIDN'T MENTION WHICH HOLIDAY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS, IS THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO THE WINTER.
WE'VE GOT THIS LEAK AT THE ENTRANCE THAT IT'S THE FLOWING WATER.
UH, WE HAVE A FREEZE ONE NIGHT, WE'RE GONNA FREEZE UP THERE.
WE CAN'T GO OUT THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION IS AT OUR REAR GATE CLOSED.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO MOVE THE PRIORITY UP? AND HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
THE CITY DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THE LEAK IS.
THEY GOTTA GET SOME KIND OF SPECIAL DETECTION TEAM OUT TO, TO FIND THE LEAK.
AND, AND I, AND I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY'RE, I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY COME OUT AND THEY'VE RESPONDED PRETTY QUICK, BUT I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF THEY DON'T FIX IT IN THE NEXT MONTH.
AND WE HAVE SOME COLD WEATHER, BUT, UH, I JUST THOUGHT I'D BRING IT TO SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, FIRST OF ALL.
UH, AND WE, WE DO HAVE OUR WATER SUPERINTENDENT HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA PUT HIM ON THE SPOT A LITTLE BIT AND LET HIM TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
MR. ALLEN, ALLEN MCDONALD? YES.
WE'RE, AND ALAN, YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE HERE, TO THIS, TO THIS PARTICULAR ONE THAT'S TURNED FACING THE AUDIENCE.
UH, YES, WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF IT.
AND YOU GUYS WERE A PRIORITY UNTIL YOUR NEIGHBOR CROSSING THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD JUST HAD A LEAK THAT WAS EVEN WORSE.
BUT WE WILL BE RESPONDING TO YOU GUYS, IF NOT TOMORROW, PROBABLY MONDAY TO START ON THAT, THE BIG ISSUE IS WE'RE GONNA BE TEARING UP PROBABLY A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS DRIVEWAYS RIGHT THERE AT THAT ENTRANCE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE TRICKY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TO KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING ALONG.
WILL THEY, WILL THEY MAKE THEIR DRIVEWAY? UH, WE'LL MAKE 'EM PASSABLE? YES.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU YOU'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON THAT'LL BE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU ON MONDAY.
I WAS JUST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY.
DID YOU EVER FIND THE SOURCE OF THAT NATURAL THAT WAS ON
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF THAT IT IS A NATURAL SPRING.
THERE ARE NATURAL SPRINGS OVER THERE.
ATT BROUGHT THE DAMAGE TO THAT OUR, AT OUR FRONT.
WELL, WE DID SEE SOME, UH, IRRIGATION SYSTEM ISSUES, I BELIEVE.
WELL, WE WE'RE, WE'RE AWARE OF THAT.
WE CAN'T FIX THAT UNTIL THEY FIND THAT LEAK.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO TURN THE WATER ON AND OFF JUST TO WATER THE FLOWERS AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
BUT, UH, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
YOU CAN USE THAT MICROPHONE RIGHT THERE IN THE IOWA.
UH, ONE IS THE STREET SWEEPER.
UM, I THOUGHT THE STREET SWEEPER WAS COMING EVERY MONTH, BUT I WAS WAITING.
AND BECAUSE THE ACORNS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, IT'S JUST, IT LOOKS HORRIBLE.
AND TODAY I HAPPENED TO BE WALKING THROUGH, ACTUALLY I CALLED BECAUSE I WAS OVER IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE WAS JUST GOING UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHY ISN'T HE DO GOING, DOING THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? SO I CALLED AND TODAY HE SHOWED UP AND I WENT OUT AND STOPPED THE TRUCK.
AND HE SAID HE ONLY COMES ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IT MONTHLY OR WHAT CAUSES THAT? AND THEN SECONDLY, I LIVE IN SILVER CREEK ESTATES AND THE BERM, IT'S A BURN.
AND ONE, THE FRONT SIDE OF THAT BURN BELONGS TO THE CITY.
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THE BACKSIDE BELONGS TO THE HOA OR THE, THE HOMEOWNERS.THE FRONT SIDE, THERE'S A LOT.
THERE'S NO GRASS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF EROSION WHEN IT RAINS OR WHATEVER, IT ERODES DOWN ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO IF YOU ARE WALKER LIKE I AM, WHEN IT'S RAINING, THERE'S DIRT ON THE SIDEWALK, SO YOU HAVE TO WALK AROUND.
AND MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU.
AND MS, WHEN YOU SAID IT'S A, IT'S CALLED A BERM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG HUMP AND IT'S A BURN.
VERM AND THE FRONT SIDE BELONGS TO THE CITY AND THE BACKSIDE BELONGS TO THE HOA.
HER FIRST QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE STREET SWEEPER SCHEDULE.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
UH, I DO KNOW THE STREET SWEEPER HAS BEEN DOWN FREQUENTLY, SO THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MY STAFF NOT BEING ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE.
BUT LET ME FIND, UH, OUT TRULY WHAT THE SCHEDULING IS NOW AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.
UH, AS FAR AS THE SECOND ONE, I'M NOT SURE.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ALSO COME LOOK AT THAT 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE IN MY HOUSE OR IS IT BY A ROYAL TRAIL? NO, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY ON COCKER HILL.
WHEN YOU'RE TURNING IN THE SILVER CREEK ESTATES.
IF YOU, WHEN YOU TURN IN, YOU'LL NOTICE THE BIG, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE, A MINI MOUNTAIN.
AND SO ONE SIDE OF IT IS IT, IT'S, THE GRASS IS NOT THERE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD PLANT SOME MORE GRASS SO THAT IT RETAINS THE SOIL AND IT DOESN'T ERODE DOWN ONTO THE SIDEWALK.
LET, LET ME COME MEET WITH YOU AND LOOK INTO IT.
COME TAMMY, COME, COME TO THIS ONE RIGHT HERE THAT FACES THE AUDIENCE AND YOU CAN CUT THAT MICROPHONE ON.
UH, I'M TAMMY WASHINGTON AGAIN WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND MR. BREWER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE IN, IN REGARDS TO THE STREET SWEEPER, SINCE WE HAVE THE NEW, UH, WEB WEBSITE, PERHAPS MAYBE WE COULD INFORM THE RESIDENTS OF WHEN THE STREET SWEEPER IS IN WHAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT OR WHAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AT A CERTAIN TIME.
BECAUSE THEY'LL CALL, OFTEN THEY'LL CALL OUR OFFICE AND SAY, WELL, WHEN DOES HE COME? OR WHY WAS HE OVER THERE? AND HE DIDN'T COME HERE.
THEM NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT HE GOES IN A PARTICULAR, UH, CYCLE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AT CERTAIN TIMES.
SO MAYBE IF HE HAD A SCHEDULE, MS. GOODWIN AND THE REST OF THEM WOULD KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR VEHICLES MOVED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
LIKE, OKAY, THE STREET SWEEPER IS COMING TO THESE PARTICULAR SUBDIVISIONS OR THIS PART OF TOWN DURING THIS SPECIFIC TIME.
AND THEN IT CAN BE DONE, UH, IN, IN THAT MANNER.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
I MEAN, IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR TRASH PICKUP OR ANY OTHER SCHEDULE, UM, LIKE SHE MENTIONED.
SO TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE'S CARS ARE NOT IN THE WAY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, IF WE COULD DEVELOP A, UM, A SCHEDULE THAT CAN BE POSTED TO, UM, NUMBER ONE, OUR WEBSITE THAT WOULD BE THERE.
AND THEN EVEN JUST ALERTS IF THE STREET SWEEPER IS DOWN.
SO LIKE WE SAID, SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND WON'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE MISSED OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO MAKE THE RESIDENTS MORE AWARE OF WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
AND IF THAT BEGINS, IF YOU COULD PUT IT IN THE CITY MANAGER IN THE UP IN THE NEWSLETTER MM-HMM.
IT, WE WOULD, WE WOULD DISSEMINATE IT THROUGH ALL OF OUR CHANNELS AS WELL AS PROBABLY THROUGH NOTIFY ME TO ALERT PEOPLE THAT THAT INFORMATION, THAT THEY COULD EXPECT THAT INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT, UM, A GREAT SUGGESTION.
IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM HERE.
SO ON THAT BERM, UM, BECAUSE WE DO SHARE OWNERSHIP, SO OUR CONTRACTORS DO COME THROUGH AND MOW THAT.
BUT I'LL MAKE NOTE FOR NATE TO COME OUT THERE AND I'LL GO OUT THERE WITH THEM TO LOOK AT THAT EROSION BECAUSE ONE OF THE STRUGGLES IS WE DON'T HAVE THE IRRIGATION ALONG THAT SIDE, I DON'T BELIEVE ON THE CITY SIDE.
AND SO WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO HELP THAT FROM
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ERODING.BUT I DO, I DO KNOW THAT THE CONTRACTORS COME THROUGH AND MOW THAT AREA IF IT'S THE ONE THAT I'M LOOKING AT.
MOWING IS NOT THE ISSUE YOU'RE ASKING.
IT'S KEEPING, IT'S KEEPING IT GROWING AND THERE'S SOMETHING THERE BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMES.
THERE'S WATER, IT'S WET ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.
YEAH, WE'LL GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO WALK UP THERE AND SHOW YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, LEE? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
UM, AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, LET ME JUST CHECK FACEBOOK AND SEE, I KNOW THERE'S STREAMING LIVE THERE.
AND SEE SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS IN THE, WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS THERE.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WATCHING, UH, HERE STRAIGHT.
DO WE ALSO DO KUDOS HERE, MA'AM? WE ALSO DO KUDOS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU, IF YOU'VE GIVEN OUT KUDOS, YOU COME GET ON THIS MICROPHONE, MS. ELLEN THAT FACES THE AUDIENCE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY THAT I AM JUST PEACOCK PROUD AND HONEYMOON HAPPY ABOUT THE DECORATION FOR THE CHRISTMAS, I CAME UP FOR THE TREE LIGHTING AND I LOOKED FOR KIND OF A BORING TREE LIGHTING AND LIKE IT NORMALLY WAS.
AND THEY JUST HAD SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON AND I WAS JUMPING AROUND AND I HAD ALL THIS ENERGY AND WAS DANCING.
I GOT HOME AND I COULDN'T MOVE.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, WE COME UP HERE AND WE COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME AND, AND WHEN I WAS COMING UP, I SAID I WAS GONNA DO IT AND I ACTUALLY HAD MY LITTLE CARD, BUT I SAID, NAH, I'M NOT GONNA DO IT.
BUT THEN I THOUGHT, WE NEED TO DO IT BECAUSE THESE FOLKS DO.
AND I'M GLAD THEY WANT IT BECAUSE I JUST WANNA COME AND COMPLAIN AND GET RESULTS.
UH, I HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR IS EVEN BETTER, BUT IF WE CAN JUST DO HALF AS GOOD AS WE DID THIS YEAR, I WOULD BE PROUD.
WE WANNA GIVE PARKS AND REC AND JUST THE ENTIRE YES.
TUNDRA DIANA JUST DROPPED IT IN THE COMMENTS.
UM, YOU CAN, YOU WANNA SHARE IT? GO AHEAD.
YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE IT.
UM, BUT WE WANNA GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT IF WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR PARKS AND REC AND EVERYBODY THAT MADE OUR, UH, WELL, OUR FIRST ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY.
BUT YOU KNOW, OUR ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING AND OUR RIBBON CUTTING ON OUR ICE SKATING RINK.
IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO SKATE, PLEASE SKATE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SKATE, PLEASE HOLD ONTO THE SIDE OF THE RAIL SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY INCIDENTS.
WE WANT AN INCIDENT FREE SKATING RINK THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, PLEASE GO AND ENJOY THAT.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING AGAIN, THAT DESOTO IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE CUTTING EDGE IN OUR REGION.
UM, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU CAN GET THAT EXPERIENCE IN OUR AREA.
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA HAVE MS. KATHY JONES, THE JEWEL OF DESOTO.
SHE'S GOING TO COME AND GIVE US AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, FIRST I WANT TO ECHO MAYOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE ALL THE CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES.
I'VE WORKED HERE FOR 27 YEARS AND THIS IS THE BEST BAR NONE.
ANYWAY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS PUT IN THE COMMENTS AND ASKED US TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, HER TUNDRA, UM, EVENT, THE TOY DISTRIBUTION WHERE WE TAKE ALL THE TOYS TO SOUTH TOYOTA, IS THIS COMING SATURDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK.
UM, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF TOO MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE TOYS, BUT IF YOU HAVE TOYS, PLEASE BRING THEM OVER TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SATURDAY AT NINE, WE'RE GONNA, THERE'S ALREADY FOUR TRUCKS LOADED UP, READY TO GO.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY HAVE ANY LEFT TO SELL BECAUSE WE'RE FILLING THEM UP WITH TOYS.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THEY'RE AT LEAST BEFORE AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SIX, SEVEN, I DON'T KNOW.
ANYWAY, ONCE THEY'RE ALL FILLED, WE'RE GONNA, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT CARAVAN STYLE WITH ALL THE TOYS FILLED, JUST KIND OF LIKE SANTA'S HELPERS OVER TO THE VILLAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
UM, THAT'S WHERE, WHERE THE DISTRIBUTION WILL HAPPEN.
AND THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ADDRESS, BUT IT'S RIGHT, IT'S THAT NEW CHURCH ON WINTERGREEN ROAD RIGHT ACROSS FROM HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS.
THAT'S WHERE THE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE.
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VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SEPARATE, UM, UH, LABEL GET, GET EVERY, ALL THE, UH, DONATIONS READY.THEY'RE DOING THAT ON THE DECEMBER 14TH AND 15TH DURING THE DAY 10:00 AM TO TWO.
AND THEN ON THE 16TH, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S STRUGGLING, I THINK EVERYBODY'S KIND OF STRUGGLING THIS YEAR.
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS THAT NEED TOYS FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR KIDS, THIS SUM THIS YEAR, PLEASE SEND THEM OVER TO, UM, THE VILLAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH STARTING AT EIGHT 8:00 AM ON SATURDAY THE 16TH.
AND, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER.
WE'RE JUST TAKING PEOPLE ON THEIR WORD THAT THEY HAVE NEED AND WE WANNA TRY TO MAKE CHRISTMAS NICE FOR THEM.
THIS YEAR WE'RE ALSO, WE'LL, WE HAVE TOYS FOR KIDS AND THEN DONATIONS OF HATS, SCARVES, GLOVES, WARM CLOTHES FOR SENIORS.
SHE, I HAVE A FEW, I HAVE A FEW EDITS IN THE COMMENTS.
SHE SAID IT IS, UH, 10:00 AM NOT 9:00 AM BUT IT'LL BE AT 10:00 AM ON THAT THAT DAY.
THANK YOU KATHY FOR MAKING, UH, FOR MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, SO AGAIN, I WANNA RE UNDERSCORE, UH, DESOTO ON ICE.
UH, WHERE STARS ARE BORN, UM, THE ICE SKATING RINK IS HERE IN IT IS VARIOUS TIMES.
UM, YOU CAN FIND THAT LINK TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE TICKETS EITHER WITH, UH, PARKS AND REC ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN GO AND REGISTER FOR A TIME THERE.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALSO DOING LIKE FIELD TRIPS FOR SCHOOLS, DAYCARES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIVATE, UH, PRIVATE SKATING, UH, DURING THE DAY.
AND SO THAT'S LOCATED IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT HERE.
THAT FACES PLEASANT RUN HERE ON THE SIDE OF CITY HALL.
SO THAT'S TWO 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD.
ALSO, TOMORROW WE WILL BE HAVING THE, UH, MAYOR'S SENIOR CENTER CHRISTMAS PARTY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER TOMORROW.
MS. ELMAN, YOU'RE GONNA HELP US VOLUNTEER.
WE GOT LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON.
UM, SO THAT IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8TH AT THE DESOTO SENIOR CENTER, UM, 2 0 4 LION STREET.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN AMAZING TIME.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, TREATS AND GIFTS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO CELEBRATE OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, UH, BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.
SO IF YOU ARE A PART OF THAT, THAT COMMUNITY, PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT 10:00 AM UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE HOLIDAY PALOOZA, THE DESOTO NUTCRACKER CHRISTMAS, AND THAT WILL BE HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, UH, FROM 12:00 PM TO 3:00 PM AND THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING AT THE, THE DESOTO LIBRARY HERE IN THIS SAME COMPLEX TWO 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD.
WE ALSO HAVE THE MLK, UH, MLK DAY ART AND ESSAY CONTEST AGAIN THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GETTING, UM, UH, LOTS OF ENTRIES FOR THAT.
AND SO WE WANT TO, UM, REITERATE, UM, IF, IF YOU'RE A PART OF DESOTO, I-S-D-N-A OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS, YOU MAY ENTER THAT IF YOU ARE A STUDENT WHO LIVES WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THAT CONTEST.
UM, AND SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE APPLICATION.
UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TURN YOUR APPLICATION IN ONLINE OR YOU CAN TURN YOUR APPLICATION IN IN PERSON TO THE DESOTO LIBRARY.
AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE EXTENDED THAT, UM, THAT DATE, UM, DESOTO, ISD AND SOME OTHER SCHOOLS ARE TESTING THIS WEEK.
SO THEY WANTED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THEIR TESTING AND THEN GET THROUGH TO COMPLETE THEIR ESSAYS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EXCITING TIME, UH, FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU, UM, HAVE A STUDENT, UM, AGAIN, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE EITHER IN THE COLORING CONTEST OR THE ESSAY CONTEST.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE IN THE NEW YEAR, WE HAVE THE FAITH LEADERS QUARTERLY BREAKFAST.
IT WILL BE OUR FA FIRST FAITH LEADERS QUARTERLY BREAKFAST FOR 2024.
UM, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, UM, 2024, UH, AT 8:30 AM TO 10:00 AM AND THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING RIGHT HERE AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER IN THE BLUE BONNET ROOM.
UM, THERE ARE LINKS ONLINE, I BELIEVE, FOR THE EVENTBRITE TO REGISTER FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING ALL OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY, OUR NONPROFITS, UM, TO COME OUT TO THAT.
THAT GROUP HAS BEEN GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING STEADILY.
AND SO THAT'S A WAY FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH OUR FAITH COMMUNITY AND BECOME BETTER PARTNERS HERE AT THE CITY WITH THE THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR FAITH COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE, UH, BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR THAT IF THAT APPLIES TO YOU.
UM, ALSO, UH, A REALLY BIG THING THAT WE, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN TERMS OF GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.
AND THAT IS THE STATE OF THE CITY IS HAPPENING.
AND PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THIS.
UM, IT IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024, AND THAT'LL BE HAPPENING AT 11:30 AM AGAIN, HERE IN THE BLUE BONNET ROOMS HERE AT THE, UH, DESOTO CIVIC CENTER.
AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY AND THERE'LL BE A, THERE'LL
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BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ATTEND THE LUNCHEON IN PERSON.HOWEVER, WE WILL BE HAVING WATCH PARTIES AGAIN AND IT WILL BE BEING STREAMED LIVE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO, UH, PHYSICALLY ATTEND THE LUNCHEON IN PERSON.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TAKING THAT ANOTHER STEP UP, UM, THIS YEAR WITH THE INFORMATION, UH, THAT WE PROVIDE AT THAT LUNCHEON REGARDING ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND SO, WELL, UH, THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO ANNOUNCE AND THEN I'LL KIND OF PITCH IT TO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING? THE SURVEY? YES.
DON'T LET ME DO ALL THE TALKING.
SO WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF, OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING OUR CITY MANAGER, BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THE BEGINNING PROCESS IS, HEY, WHAT DO WE WANT IN A CITY MANAGER? SO THERE IS A SURVEY ON OUR NEW WEBSITE.
THERE'S A SURVEY ON OUR NEW WEBSITE.
OUR NEW WEBSITE IS DESOTO TEXAS.
DESOTO TEXAS, STILL DESOTO TEXAS.GOV.
DESOTO TEXAS DOT, I'M, I'M USED TO THE CI.DESOTO.TEXT.YOU.
AND SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, GO TO THE DESOTO TEXAS.GOV WEBSITE FOR THAT SURVEY.
WE REALLY WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT.
UM, SEND IT OUT TO YOUR HOA MEMBERS, SEND IT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO INFORM THE PROCESS, TO ENSURE WE GET THE KIND OF CITY MANAGER YOU SAY YOU WANT FOR OUR CITY, THE KIND WE KNOW WE NEED.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL? I DO NOT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE AND GIVE YOU ALL A HEADS UP, MS. ELMA, THIS IS AGAIN, KIND OF YOU SO YOU CAN GET READY TO VOLUNTEER.
UH, WE'LL HAVE THE ANNUAL, UH, VALENTINE'S DAY SOCIAL WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH ON VALENTINE'S DAY FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM AND THAT'S AGAIN GOING TO BE HAPPENING, UM, AT OUR DESOTO SENIOR CENTER AT 2 0 4 LION STREET.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN LOVE ON OUR SENIORS ENOUGH.
SO WE'LL BE THERE WITH CUPCAKES AND LOTS OF TREATS AND GOODIES FOR THEM IN THE NEW YEAR.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CAMERON, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GIVE MY, GIVE MY WORD, GET THAT FLOW DOWN.
MAYOR, I THINK YOU COVERED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU.
WELL WE LOOK, DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, UH, MOVING FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN AND DOING US A SOLID, UH, DURING THAT TIME.
UH, I WANNA SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY, UM, AND HAPPY HANUKKAH AND, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS AND UH, ALSO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR, UM, AND HOPING THAT IT'S VERY PROSPEROUS THAT YOU SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY.
UM, AND EVEN THOSE THAT MAY BE GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME DURING THE HOLIDAYS, WE ARE DEFINITELY PRAYING FOR YOU AS WELL.
I CAN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS 7:08 PM AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.