[A. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 2ND, AND I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR VERY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, OF 2024.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL FROM OUR CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BY PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM PRESENT.
UH, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PETER DEJESUS WITH VICTORY HILL CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY JOSHUA LEVINE WITH DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, WE COME TO YOUR THRONE OF GRACE.
WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN RECEIVE YOUR MERCY AND GRACE IN YOUR TIME AND IN OUR TIME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE ARE FACING HERE ON EARTH, ESPECIALLY HERE IN OUR CITY.
FATHER, BEFORE WE ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
YOU ARE GOOD, AND YOUR MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
AND LORD, YOU HAVE GIVEN YET ANOTHER YEAR TO US THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE CROWNED WITH YOUR GOODNESS AND WILL DRIP WITH YOUR ABUNDANCE FROM HEAVEN ONTO THIS EARTH.
FATHER, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY OF DESOTO, WE THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR PROCTOR.
WE THANK YOU FOR COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, COUNCILMAN BIRD, COUNCILWOMAN MARX, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, AND MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
FATHER, AS WE PRESENT OUR CITY TO YOU IN PRAYER, WE ARE REMINDED OF WHAT OUR LORD JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW FIVE 14.
AND ON YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
A CITY THAT IS SET ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN, NOR DO THEY LIGHT A LAMP AND PUT IT UNDER A BASKET, BUT ON A LIGHT STAND.
AND IT GIVES LIGHT TO ALL WHO ARE IN THE HOUSE.
SO LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
WE PRAY TOGETHER WITH JESUS WHO IS AT YOUR RIGHT HAND MAKING INTERCESSION FOR US.
WE PRAY TOGETHER WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, WHO INTERCEDES WITH GROANS THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED.
AND WE PRAY THAT THIS CITY HERE, DE SOTO, WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A CITY ON A HILL, A LIGHT ON TYPE OF A LAMPSTAND, A LIGHT, AND A CITY LORD GOD, THAT WOULD GIVE THE TESTIMONY OF YOUR GLORY UPON A CITY.
IN FACT, FATHER, WE PRAY ACCORDING TO WHAT THE PROPHET ISAIAH PRAYED AND PROPHESIED REGARDING JERUSALEM.
BUT SO LET IT BE SO OF THE STO AND ISAIAH 60, ARISE AND SHINE FOR YOUR LIGHT HAS COME, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS RISEN UPON YOU.
FOR BEHOLD, THE DARKNESS SHALL COVER THE EARTH AND DEEP DARKNESS THE PEOPLE, BUT THE LORD WILL ARISE OVER YOU, AND HIS GLORY WILL BE SEEN UPON YOU.
FATHER, WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR GLORY IS RISING CONTINUALLY UPON THE CITY OF DESOTO.
AND FATHER, WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR LIGHT IS SHINING SO BRIGHT THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK FROM AFAR UPON THIS CITY.
THEY WILL COME FROM THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN DESOTO AND LET IT BE SAID OF US, FATHER GOD, THAT WE DID NOT MISS OUR TIME OF VISITATION IN 2024, EVEN AS OUR LORD JESUS DECLARED IN LUKE 1941 THROUGH 44 REGARDING JERUSALEM.
AS HE DREW NEAR, HE SAW THE CITY AND WEPT OVER IT, SAYING, IF YOU HAD KNOWN, EVEN YOU, ESPECIALLY YOU IN THIS YOUR DAY, THE THINGS THAT MAKE FOR YOUR PEACE, BUT NOW THEY ARE HIDDEN FROM YOUR EYES, FOR DAYS WILL COME UPON YOU.
WHEN YOUR ENEMIES WILL BUILD AN EMBANKMENT AROUND YOU, SURROUND YOU AND CLOSE YOU IN ON EVERY SIDE AND LEVEL YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN WITHIN YOU TO THE GROUND.
AND THEY WILL NOT LEAVE IN YOU ONE STONE
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UPON ANOTHER BECAUSE YOU DID NOT KNOW THE TIME OF YOUR VISITATION.LET THAT NOT BE SO OF DE SOTO.
YES, IT IS THE YEAR FOR MORE, BUT MORE THAN JUST MORE.
WE BELIEVE IT'S THE YEAR THAT YOU ARE OPENING A DOOR FROM HEAVEN TOWARDS EARTH, WHERE YOU ARE POURING OUT MORE OF ALL YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR YOUR PEOPLE IN THIS PRECIOUS CITY.
FATHER, WE PRAY THE PRAYER THAT JESUS PRAYED, YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE HERE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
AND LORD, LET IT BE SAID THAT IN EVERY SECTOR, IN EVERY ONE OF THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF SOCIETY HERE IN DESOTO, THAT THE GLORY OF THE LORD HAS RISEN UPON US, THAT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD HAS DESCENDED UPON US, AND THAT YOUR LIGHT IS SHINING MORE THAN BEFORE IN OUR CITY, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AS A BEACON OF LIGHT IN OUR REGION, IN OUR METROPLEX, IN OUR STATE.
AND WHY NOT THROUGHOUT THE NATION? WE ASK THIS ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE GIVE YOU THANKS, PRAISE AND GLORY IN JESUS' NAME.
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, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU PASTOR DE JESUS FOR, UH, THAT WONDERFUL PRAYER TO START US OFF HERE IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
AND ALSO, WE WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR THIS EVENING, MR. JOSHUA LEVINE, UH, FROM DESOTA HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, BE OUR AMBASSADOR.
UM, JOSHUA IS GOING TO ASSIST YOU.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, YOU MAY DO SO, HOWEVER, YOU MUST FILL OUT A CARD, UM, IN ORDER TO DO SO.
AND SO HE WILL BE ASSISTING YOU AT THE TABLE OVER THERE.
IF YOU COULD, UH, WAVE YOUR HAND, MR. CARLSON OVER THERE, HE'LL BE RIGHT OVER THERE.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD AND HE WILL HELP YOU.
UH, MR. LEVINE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY AT DESOTA HIGH SCHOOL? UM, NOT MUCH.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT'S ON THE FIRE OFF OF WESTMORELAND.
I SAW IT ON THE WAY OVER HERE, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT'S ON THE SCENE AND THE VICTIMS OF THAT FAMILY THAT LIVE IN THAT HOME.
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOU.
WE KNOW THAT, UM, YOU WERE ONE OF OUR INTERNS AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THAT.
BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JOSHUA BEFORE HE GOES AND TAKES HIS POST THERE AT OUR AMBASSADOR TABLE.
JOSHUA'S A 12TH GRADE STUDENT AT DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL, AND HIS FAVORITE SUBJECT IS HISTORY.
HE'S THE SON OF BARRY AND TIFFANY LEVINE.
HE ENJOYS PLAYING SPORTS, VIDEO GAMES, READING AND COOKING, AND JOSHUA PLANS TO ATTEND A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION AND MAJOR IN KINESIOLOGY SPORTS AND SPORTS MEDICINE, SPORTS MANAGEMENT.
EXCUSE ME, TO BECOME A COACH OR A SPORTS AGENT.
WE HAVE SOME VIDEOS, I BELIEVE, AND A PHOTO NEXT TO RIGHT.
[B. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT WE 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.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES, MAYOR PROAM.
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YOU MADAM MAYOR.UM, ON JANUARY 13TH, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR AWARD-WINNING DESOTO, UH, FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WITH A PARADE, WHICH WOULD BE AT 11:00 AM.
UH, THEN ON, THERE'S SEVERAL CLASSES FOR THE LTC HANDGUN CLASS.
SIGN ME UP JANUARY 6TH, FEBRUARY 3RD, MARCH 2ND, APRIL 6TH, MAY 4TH, AND JUNE 1ST.
THE TIME WILL BE FROM NINE O'CLOCK TO 1:00 PM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM NO GUNS ALLOWED IN CLASS.
A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE CLASS, 30, $35 FOR THE NINE MIL MILLIMETER AMMUNITION AND $30 FOR THE GUN RANGE FEE.
I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY ALL TAKE THAT COURSE IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY.
THEN WE HAVE A ALL AMERICAN, UH, FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT.
IT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON BALLER TV, AND THAT SCHEDULE WILL BE FROM JANUARY 10TH, 11TH, 12TH, 13TH, 14TH AND 15TH FOR, UH, UH, YOUTH AGE SIX AND UNDER THROUGH 14 AND UNDER.
AND THEY WILL BE PLAYED AT MCOWEN PARK AT 1400 UX L ROAD.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE, WHICH YOU CAN ALL BE PREPARING FOR ON FEBRUARY 3RD BETWEEN SIX 30 AND NINE 30 HERE AT THE PACIFIC CENTER.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE THE 50% OFF SPECIAL OFFER.
JOIN NOW DESOTO FITNESS CENTER SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP OFFER ACT NOW BEFORE JANUARY 31ST.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOTO LIBRARY IN ALL THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAD OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
THEY HAD A, UH, HOLIDAY PALOOZA AND, UH, THEY COLLECTED OVER 250 CANNED GOOD ITEMS. UH, AND IT JUST WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.
I'D LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, LET'S GO OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND GET INVOLVED IN ALL THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP AND MORE TO COME IN THE NEXT MEETINGS.
UM, I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THAT IS DESOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE DINNER EVENT IS HAPPENING THIS MONTH, UH, SATURDAY, JANUARY THE 13TH AT 6:30 PM THE DESOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE IS RETURNING TO OUR ROOTS BY HOSTING THE NEXT DINNER EVENT IN PRIVATE HOMES AROUND DESOTO.
THIS DINNER EVENT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 13TH AT 6:30 PM DURING THE MLK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, WHICH IS ALSO THE SAME WEEKEND THAT IT INITIALLY LAUNCHED IN THE CITY, UM, AS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
IN HARMONY WITH THE CITY'S VISION, THE DESOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE ARRANGES FOR, UH, DESOTO RESIDENTS OF DIFFERENT RACES, AGES, AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS TO HAVE DINNER AND CONVERSATION IN A NON-THREATENING ENVIRONMENT SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT AS NEIGHBORS AND BUILD COMMUNITY.
THESE DINNER EVENTS ARE FREE TO PARTICIPANTS WHO LIVE OR WORK IN DESOTO, BUT MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND.
PLEASE GO TO DESOTO, EXCUSE ME, WWW DOT DESOTO DD, THAT'S D AS IN DELTA, D AS IN DELTA.ORG, OR EMAIL KATHY, THAT'S KATHY WITH A Y.JONES@DESOTOTEXAS.GOV.
TO REGISTER FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THIS, THIS EVENT'S CONVERSATION IS, WE ARE ONE, IS THE THEME FOR THE DINNER EVENT.
AND SO NEIGHBORS WILL BE DISCUSSING, WHAT IS YOUR FAMILY CULTURE, WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO DESOTO, AND WHAT KEEPS YOU HERE? WHAT ASPECTS OF YOUR CULTURE DO YOU SEE AND WISH YOU COULD SEE IN DESOTO? AND WHAT WILL YOU DO TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY CULTURE? I HOPE THAT YOU ARE INSPIRED TO GO SIGN UP.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE, ARE OPENING UP THEIR HOME, BOTH MAYOR PRO, TIM, AND MYSELF.
AND, AND WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT I CAN COOK AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, COUNCILMAN BERG.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK EVERYONE WHO SENT US CARDS, UH, FOR CHRISTMAS, OR WHO BAKED A CAKE OR DID SOMETHING FOR US.
WE'RE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
I'VE GAINED 10 POUNDS AND I'M GOING TO GET HALF OFF AT THE FITNESS CENTER.
I'M GOING TO COME BY EVERY DAY AND LOOK IN THE WINDOW.
I, I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR MAYOR FOR, UH, FOR HOSTING THE MOVE WITH THE MAYOR ON THE ICE SKATING RINK.
AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT I GOT ON ICE AND I DID MAGNIFICENTLY, AND WE DO HAVE FOOTAGE TO PROVE THAT
IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE ICE SKATING, YOU REALLY SHOULD DO IT.
I BELIEVE THAT IS HERE UNTIL MAYOR PRO, JANUARY 10TH, UNTIL JANUARY THE 10TH.
UM, OUR NAME, UM, THE CITY OF DESOTO
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IS AROUND NORTH DALLAS ALL AROUND FOR HOSTING THIS AND BEING, UH, I THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.AND AGAIN, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR FOR YOUR MOVE WITH THE MAYOR, THE DJ, AND, UH, THE KIDS HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, ON DECEMBER 16TH, THERE, IT WAS THE CULMINATION, IF YOU WILL, OF THE TUNDRA TOY DRIVE.
SO I PREPARED JUST A LITTLE, UH, VIDEO, LESS THAN ONE MINUTE TO GIVE YOU JUST A SUMMARIZATION OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME, AND AFTER WHICH I'LL COME BACK.
AND IN THE WORDS OF OUR MAYOR, LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
YEAH, WE CAN GIVE IT UP RIGHT THERE.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TAKE, UH, JUST A FEW MINUTES AND DO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE VILLAGE CHURCH.
UH, THAT PARTICULAR CHURCH OPENED ITS DOORS AND ALLOWED US TO COME IN AND, UH, DO THE DISTRIBUTION.
AND IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
HAMPTON ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH ALSO, UM, FILLED IN AND ALLOWED US TO USE SOME OF THEIR TABLES.
THEY DELIVERED THEM, PICKED THEM UP.
UM, AND THEN SOUTH TOYOTA, UH, THOSE TRUCKS, THEY WERE NEW TRUCKS.
WHEN THEY LEFT THE GROUNDS OF SOUTH TOYOTA, THEY ALLOWED THEIR WORKERS, THE DRIVERS, TO ACTUALLY DRIVE THOSE TRUCKS OVER TO, UH, THE VILLAGE CHURCH.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
ETERNAL REST, UH, FILLED, ACTUALLY FILLED THREE TRUCKS WITH TOYS ALL BY THEMSELVES.
SO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THEM AND TO OUR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WHAT YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW IS THAT MAYOR PROTE AND MYSELF, WE WERE ACTUALLY, SHE WAS ACTUALLY IN A FORMAL GOWN, AND I WAS IN MY FORMAL ATTIRE.
WE UNLOADED A TRUCK, DO WE NOT
SHE ALLOWED ME TO PUT TOYS IN HER ESTABLISHMENT.
THEY WERE HOUSED THERE FOR OVER A WEEK.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
CHISHOLM COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DROPPING BY.
UH, SHE CALLED ME, SHE SAYS, I'M HERE TO HELP, BUT THERE'S A LINE OUTSIDE.
SO SHE CAME IN, SHE JUST STARTED WORKING.
I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I LOOKED UP, SHE WAS IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR THE WHOLE TIME, ASSISTING, AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, BIRD AND NEW COVENANT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH.
HE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN A LINE OVER AT ROSS PURCHASING TOYS.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
UH, RAFAEL, THANK YOU SO, SO VERY MUCH.
SHE WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT YOU DID TO, UM, MAKE IT WHAT IT WAS.
AND OF COURSE, PARKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU WERE NOT THERE, BUT I KNOW WE WERE IN YOUR THOUGHTS, SO THANK YOU SO, SO, SO VERY MUCH.
ALL OF THE SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
THE VERY FIRST YEAR THAT I DID THIS, AND THIS IS GONNA BE MY LAST THING, THE, THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR DOING THIS.
THE VERY FIRST YEAR I DID IT, I SAID, LORD, IF YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE TRUCK, HE GAVE ME THREE THE NEXT YEAR.
I SAID, LORD, IF YOU JUST GIMME THREE, HE GAVE ME FIVE.
SO THIS YEAR I SAID, LORD, WILL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE ME EIGHT? HE GAVE ME 13 AND A HALF.
AND THE REASON I SAY I HAVE IS BECAUSE WE HAD A TRAILER AND THE TRAILER WAS CARRYING THE BICYCLES.
SO I THANK THE LORD FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE.
THERE WERE SO MANY FAMILIES BLESSED THIS YEAR.
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SO VERY MUCH.EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING WHEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HELP, UH, CHURCH MEMBERS HELP AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF YOUR COUNCIL, IT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING.
SO THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR, YOU BACK.
THANK YOU, DR. MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER.
RAFAEL, YOU GOT ANYTHING FOR US? ALRIGHT, UM, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO OUR CITY.
REAL, I KNOW EVERYBODY
UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM OUR CITY SECRETARY.
SHE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE CITY OF DESOTO WILL HOLD A GENERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2024.
FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SIX AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SEVEN.
OUR CANDIDATE PACKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING TOMORROW.
I'M IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
APPLICATION FILING PERIOD IS FROM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH.
OFFICE HOURS ARE FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:30 PM WITH A LUNCH BREAK FROM 12:00 PM TO ONE.
NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 5:00 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH.
HERE'S A FEW IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER.
THE FIRST DATE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION WAS JANUARY THE FIRST, YESTERDAY, AND THE LAST DAY IS APRIL 4TH.
TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FOR BALLOT BY MAIL IN THE DALLAS COUNTY OFFICE IS TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD.
LASTLY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
IF YOU'RE UNSURE OF YOUR VOTER STATUS, YOU CAN VISIT VOTE TEXAS.GOV.
HOWEVER, VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS ARE AVAILABLE HERE AT TOWN CENTER'S ACTION CENTER, THE DESOTO LIBRARY, DESOTO REC CENTER SENIOR CENTER, AND MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO DALLAS COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AT 1520 ROUND TABLE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 4 7.
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL C FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 9 7 2 2 3 0 9 6 6 4.
OR YOU MAY REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AT WWW DO DOT DALLAS COUNTY VOTES.ORG.
THAT'S WWW.DALLASCOUNTYVOTES.ORG OR BY PHONE AT (214) 819-6389.
UM, I WILL END IT OFF, UM, TRYING TO COLLECT MY, COLLECT MYSELF.
THIS IS A BIT, BIT SURREAL STILL AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, BUT WANTED TO ANNOUNCE IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THE, UM, THE PASSING OF OUR LONGTIME CONGRESSWOMAN CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON.
UM, WE KNOW THAT SHE WAS DEFINITELY A FRIEND TO DESOTO AND, UM, I, I LIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR HER FOR HER MANY DECADES OF SERVICE RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IT WAS A SURPRISE TO HER, BUT I WAS GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET A LITTLE BIT OF HER TIME, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT AT THAT TIME TO GET HER, UM, IN ONE SPOT.
AND SO WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE HER HER FLOWERS WHILE SHE CAN SMELL THEM, AND, UM, HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE THAT NIGHT WITH HER.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE INFORMATION, UM, AND INFORMATION IS ALREADY CIRCULATING REGARDING THE WAKE AND THE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HER.
AND I KNOW I'M, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE THOSE POSTED ON OUR CITY'S, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, AND TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE FAMILY DURING THAT TIME.
UH, ON A BIT OF A LIGHTER NOTE, UM, I WANTED TO ECHO AND UNDERSCORE COUNCILMAN BURDEN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN MOVE WITH THE MAYOR DESOTO ON ICE EDITION.
WE HAD PROBABLY OVER, OVER A HUNDRED SKATERS THAT CAME OUT, UM, ON SATURDAY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SHARE IN THE FESTIVITIES HERE, UM, WITH OUR ICE SKATING REACH, WHICH THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
AND SO WE ARE HERE, UM, VERY EXCITED HERE IN DESOTO, AS WE ALWAYS ARE TO BE ABLE TO SET THE TREND AND THE PACE, UH, FOR, FOR THOSE AROUND US, UM, AND BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OUR AREA.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK OUR PARKS AND REC, MR. GLOVER, THANK YOU ALL AND YOUR TEAM SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR ASSISTANCE TO MAKE IT AS GREAT AS IT WAS, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR HEART DISEASE AND STROKE PREVENTION, UM, AS WELL AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT COULD ATTEND, I KNOW OUR SATURDAYS ARE VERY BUSY, BUT I THINK ALL OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
AND, UM, JUST TO, TO TO REITERATE, WE DO HAVE FOOTAGE TO PROVE WHETHER OR NOT, UM,
SO THAT'S JUST A, JUST A NOTE THERE.
UM, NEXT, MY NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT, WE DO HAVE THE MAYORS QUARTERLY.
WE, WE ARE REARRANGING, UM, THE, THE TIMES DURING THE YEAR WHEN WE HAVE THOSE MAYORS QUARTERLY TO BE ABLE TO BETTER MAXIMIZE, UM, ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE EVENTS.
SO WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST MAYORS QUARTERLY OF 2024, UM, THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 4TH AT 6:30 PM RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A TIME FOR, UM, YOU, IF YOU ARE A PART OF AN HOA OR EVEN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR YOU'RE JUST A
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RESIDENT, YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN HOA, BUT IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN OR, UM, JUST COMMENTS OR COMPLIMENTS, WHATEVER IT IS, UM, ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE MANAGING DIRECTORS.OUR CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF ARE HERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HELP FACILITATE, UM, ANY ISSUES THAT YOU MAY BE HAVING IN YOUR SUBDIVISION.
SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, UM, PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE US ON THIS COMING THURSDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 4TH AT 6:30 PM FOR THE MAYOR'S QUARTERLY EVENT.
UM, ALSO THIS THUR, I BELIEVE THIS IS THIS THURSDAY COMING UP, MATT CARLSON, MR. CARLSON, UH, FOR THE ESPORTS.
SO IT'S THE THIRD, IT'S 1130 AT 1130.
UH, WE WILL BE HAVING THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE DESOTO ISD INTRO TO ESPORTS PROGRAM, WHICH IS LAUNCHING, UH, THIS YEAR.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ABOUT 30 SCHOLARS.
AND WE KNOW THAT ESPORTS IS A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY AND WE ARE BEING ABLE TO EXPOSE OUR STUDENTS TO THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO WE WANNA THANK DESOTO, ISD, BUT WE ALSO WANNA THANK, UM, THE CITY OF DESOTO, THE COUNCIL, UM, THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND BEING ABLE TO DONATE, UH, MONEY TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, ALL THE THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS WILL NEED FOR THAT PROGRAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CUT THE RIBBON ON THAT PROGRAM AND BRING THAT, UM, BRING THAT BENEFIT TO OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.
UM, IT WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU, UH, COUNT DR. MARKS.
UM, IT WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT AND PLAN TO JOIN US IF YOU CAN.
I BELIEVE MY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT, WE HAVE SOME CHAMPIONS, UH, IN THE HOUSE.
WE KNOW THAT OUR DESOTO EAGLES FOOTBALL TEAM ARE BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS AND I LOVE SAYING THAT.
AND SO WE ARE HAVING A PARADE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEM.
AND THAT IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 13TH AT 11:00 AM AND IT'S GONNA BE OUR USUAL PARADE ROUTE.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO HOMECOMING PARADE OR, OR OUR LAST CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE, UM, IT IS GONNA START AT AMBER TERRACE ELEMENTARY.
IT'S GONNA GO UP HAMPTON TO EAGLE DRIVE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CAP IT OFF WITH A PEP RALLY CELEBRATION, UM, AND DO IT ONLY LIKE WE CAN DO IT HERE IN DESOTO.
SO PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO, UM, LINE THE STREETS TO CELEBRATE OUR DESOTO EAGLES IN THEIR BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
UH, WHEN THERE, AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I HAVE.
[C. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NEXT, WE'RE MOVING TO 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.
COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AGENDA ITEM, AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY MAYOR, SO
[D. 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. ]
WE CAN MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL.
AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, OR THE CITY MANAGER FIRST.
I HAVE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 10TH, 2021, WHICH SHOULD BE STRUCK FROM THE AGENDA AS DUE TO AN UPLOAD IN ERROR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 20TH, APRIL 4TH, MAY 17TH, MAY 18TH, JUNE 1ST, JUNE 15TH OF 21, AS WELL AS NOVEMBER 21ST OF 23.
OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING BANK SIGNATORIES TO ALL CITY OF DESOTO ACCOUNTS AT PLAINS CAPITAL BANK.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE DESOTO PORTION OF THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF STREET LIGHTS ON INTERSTATE 35, AS WELL AS FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW VEHICLES FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR TWO NEW FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL AS THE CITY OF DESOTOS COST SHARE OF A BLOCKING VEHICLE TO BE SHARED WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW WATER METERS AND RADIOS FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS A PURCHASE OF AN M 4 0 0 B TWO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT.
AND FINALLY, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GARVER LLC AND THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1,940,704 FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES OPERATIONS FACILITY.
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THANK YOU, COUNSEL.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION YES MATTER? MAYOR? YES, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM TWO I FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, D TWO C, WHICH IS ABOUT THE I 35 STREETLIGHTS.
AND SO RELATED TO, UM, THAT PARTICULAR ONE, WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, CAN YOU HOLD YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL GET A, WE'LL GET A VOTE ON THE, OH, YES.
WE'LL GET A VOTE ON THE ACTUAL REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE ITEMS YOU WANTED PULLED.
COUNCIL THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ITEMS TO BE PULLED BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE OF THE ENTIRE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER? UH, YES.
WE JUST, WERE GOING TO, UM, WE WERE GOING TO PULL MAY 17TH AND 18TH FOR, UM, REVIEW AND THEN APPROVAL SEPARATELY, EVEN THOUGH THE CHANGES ARE INCLUDED.
WHICH, WHICH ONES ARE YOU ASKING TO BE PULLED? UH, MAY 17TH AND 18TH 2021.
WHICH LETTERS? I'M SAYING? OH, I'M SORRY.
IS THERE A MOTION MATTER? MAYOR, WERE YOU, GO AHEAD.
DID YOU HAVE SO NO, I WAS JUST GONNA CLARIFY WHAT THEIR, YOUR CLARIFICATION MAKE A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY, UH, EXCEPT ONE BY PULLING 1D ONE E AND TWO I AND TWO C AND TWO C.
COUNCILMAN RAPHAEL STREETLIGHTS? NO, ONLY, UH, ONLY I AS A POOL.
YOU DON'T QUESTIONS? DON'T WANT POOL.
YOU JUST HAD QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
IS THERE AN ORDINANCE TO BE READ BEFORE WE, UM, VOTE ON THOSE REMAINING ITEMS? SURE.
IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL? I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR. MARKS SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WILL APPLY TO TWO C PENDING THE QUESTION.
D, DE, F, G, AND H, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY.
SECOND TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE NOTED STRIKES OR PULLS FROM THE AGENDA.
UM, THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN READ.
COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, HOW WILL DO THIS? WE'LL START WITH THE ONE THAT YOU JUST SIMPLY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT.
THEN WE'LL GO TO THE ONES FOR SEPARATE VOTE.
SO MY QUESTION RELATED TO D TWO C, WHICH IS ABOUT THE I 35 STREETLIGHTS.
SO THAT ONE IS A 50 50 SPLIT, UM, WITH LANCASTER.
AND THE AMOUNT THAT WAS GIVEN WHEN I DID THE 50% WAS OUR 50% WOULD BE $57,751 AND 25 CENTS.
AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I KNOW THE REQUEST IS FOR 60,000, UM, SO THAT DELTA, SO WHAT DOES THAT DELTA LOOK LIKE? WHICH IS ABOUT $2,200.
WHAT DOES THAT GO IF IT'S NOT SPENT IN, UM, IS THERE AN ANTICIPATION OF SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF CONTINGENCY OR SOMETHING FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT ADDITIONAL 2000 COUNCILWOMAN? YOU'RE CORRECT.
THAT'S A VERY SMALL CONTINGENCY WITH THE ACTUAL 50 50 SHARE BEING 57,000.
WE JUST ROUNDED IT UP TO 60 IN CASE.
SO, SO IT'S NOT TO EXCEED, IT'S JUST TO EXCEED.
SO THAT DOESN'T STAY IN THAT FUND.
IT GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, THE NOT TO EXCEED PORTION.
SO IF IT IS THAT ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WAS GIVEN IN THE REPORT, THE 2200, WILL IT GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND 2200? YEAH.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 60,000 AND THE 57,751 IS 2,248.
AND SO THAT DIFFERENCE, WOULD THAT STAY IN THE FUND OR WOULD IT GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND? SINCE THE FUNDS WILL BE PLACED IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, STREET OPERATIONS.
IF THE MONEY IS NOT SPENT, THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, WE AS DEPARTMENT MANAGERS, WE LOSE IT.
AND THEN WHAT EL WHAT ELSE IS THAT PARTICULAR FUND? SO WHEN I TOOK
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A LOOK AT IT, I THINK I WANT, I WANTED TO MAKE SEARCHING.I UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE, IS IS THIS A PARTICULAR LINE ITEM UNDER A DIFFERENT FUND? IT'S UNDER THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT, DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION, STREET AND TRAFFIC.
SO ALL OF MY, UH, EXPENDITURES DEALING WITH MAIN, UH, THE, THE MINOR MAINTENANCE THAT WE DO WITH STREETS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UM, STREET LIGHTS, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL COME OUT OF THAT GENERAL FUND.
WHERE THIS MONEY IS TO BE PLACED.
AND THEN RIGHT NOW THERE IS $2,400.
IS THAT $2,400 ALREADY CURRENTLY IN THE FUND? SO IN THAT, SO IN THE EXHIBIT, UNDER THE SECTION THAT SAYS REVENUE EXPENSE, IT SAID 2,400.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT WAS.
IS THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO CALL UP TRACY BECAUSE AGAIN, I DIDN'T PREPARE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITSELF.
ORIGINALLY 2,400 WAS BUDGET IN THAT LINE ITEM.
SO THAT, OKAY, SO, SO THE 60,000 IS IN ADDITION TO THIS 2,400? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND ALSO, AS YOU'VE SAID, GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE SO WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY BE PROACTIVE IN REPAIR, REPLACING AND REPAIRING THE STREET LIGHTS ALONG I 35, WHICH IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AND, AND THIS REQUEST IS ONLY FOR THIS ONE THING THAT ONLY HAPPENS EVERY, THIS IS NOT A EVERY YEAR KIND OF OCCURRENCE.
THIS IS A ONCE IN A, EVERY SO MANY WHEN IT'S GOES OUT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING, SPEAKING TO MY PARALLEL OVER AT LANCASTER, UH, NEITHER ONE OF US HAD BEEN, UH, MAINTAINING THESE LIGHTS.
DON'T FORGET YOU HAVE OBLIGATIONS, UH, WITH THESE SECTION OF LIGHTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT TOGETHER.
UH, BOTH THAT PERSON AND MYSELF FOUND THE RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED BACK IN, UM, LOOKS LIKE IT'S 2010, I MEAN 98, EXCUSE ME.
SO WE HAD TO GET SOME HISTORY THAT THE CURRENT STAFF DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
BUT GOING FORWARD, WE UNDERSTAND, UH, WE NEED TO PUT SOME EXTRA FUNDINGS JUST IN CASE.
UH, ALSO IF A STREETLIGHT GETS HIT, WE WILL GO AFTER THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
UH, WE GET OUT WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO ENSURE WE RECOVER THOSE FEES, EVEN THOUGH WE WILL HAVE TO INITIALLY PAY 'EM UP FRONT.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND.
LIKE IS THIS LOOKS LIKE A NEW FUND OR SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE AND WE ALREADY HAVE 2,400.
I THINK MY QUESTIONING KIND OF WENT IN.
WHY DIDN'T WE ASK FOR THE EXACT AMOUNT OR THE AMOUNT MINUS THE 20 400,000 IN THE FUND? THAT WAS MY GENERAL QUESTION, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WELL, NOT THAT PART, BUT JUST ADDITIONAL TO THE, FOR WHATEVER REMAINS IN THERE, SEEMS LIKE THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE CONTINGENCIES FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WHAT I NEED TO, OKAY.
UM, NOW WE HAVE THREE ITEMS CALLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
D ONE, I'M D THERE WERE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD ON OTHER ITEMS REGARDING THIS ITEM.
NO, NOT THIS ITEM, BUT A BUT A DIFFERENT, OKAY.
COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US, IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE SO THAT WE DON'T BELABOR AND THEN WE'LL START OUR ROUNDS IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN, UH, TIME TO GET THROUGH OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, YOU ASKED FOR D
[d. Special City Council Meeting Minutes May 17, 2021]
1D TO BE PULLED THE MINUTES, I BELIEVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES.AND THEN THERE WAS ONE AS FOR, YOU MEAN 1D AND ONE E.
AND ESSENTIALLY THAT'S JUST, UH, D 1D MM-HMM.
[e. Regular City Council Meeting Minutes May 18, 2021]
ONE E.UH, AND THOSE WERE JUST, UH, UH, MAY 17TH.
THERE WAS A VOTE COUNT THAT JUST NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.
AND THEN THE UPDATE TO THE MINUTES OF THE 18TH, UH, UH, JUST SOME TYPE OF, UH, TEMPLATE IN THERE THAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED.
AND I NOTED THAT SHE HAD PULLED THE, UH, APRIL 10TH, SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THOSE.
SO THOSE WERE BEING PULLED FROM THE ACTUAL LIST AS WELL, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND WE DO KNOW THOSE CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND PROVIDED TO YOU COUNSEL AT YOUR STATIONS.
SO IF THERE'S A, UM, IF THERE'S A MOTION, I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE COMBINE BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS INTO ONE MOTION, PLEASE.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, WITH THE UPDATES.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, WITH THE NOTED CORRECTIONS COUNSEL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[i. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with Garver, LLC in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,940,704 for architectural and design services for the Public Utilities Operations Facility]
D TWO I I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL REQUESTED THAT TO BE PULLED.I REQUESTED THAT THIS ONE BE PULLED.
'CAUSE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO BE PRUDENT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF WHERE WE ARE.
LIKE HOW DO WE GET HERE? AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW THAT WAS,
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THAT WAS NOT APPARENT WAS, I THINK IN THE PAST WE, THERE WERE, UM, DIFFERENT SCORE SHEETS WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHO WAS, UH, WHO APPLIED AND HOW THEY SCORED RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE MEASURING.SO I DIDN'T SEE THAT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO MWBE, BUT JUST WHAT THIS PARTICULAR THING IS BECAUSE IT'S $1.9 MILLION.
UM, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AND TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE? 'CAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T SEE THE, AND I MAY HAVE, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AN OVERSIGHT, BUT IF WE TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
RAPHAEL, TO YOUR POINT, UH, BACK IN 2018, THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME APPROVED THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO, UH, TO CONTRIBUTE TO A BUILDING FUND FUND A 5 0 5.
AND EACH YEAR, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES FUND SINCE 2018, HAS CONTRIBUTED, UH, ABOUT $1 MILLION FROM OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS OUR EXCESS ABOVE WHAT OUR REVENUE REQUIREMENT IS.
I, I BELIEVE IN 2022, WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE, DUE TO A, UH, WE HAD A DRY SUMMER AND WHEN TO GET WITHIN OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY, WE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED FIVE, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
SO TODAY'S, WE ACTUALLY HAVE $8 MILLION IN THAT FUND.
SO THE ASK THIS EVENING IS ACTUALLY TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE, OR EXCUSE ME, TO APPROPRIATE WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED INTO THIS, UH, CONTRACT.
SO, UH, TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION AS FAR AS THE, UH, MWBE.
OKAY, SO, UH, WE RECEIVED EIGHT RESPONSES, AND OUTTA THOSE EIGHT RESPONSES THERE, WE SHORTLISTED THREE, UH, TO THREE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS. AND OUT OF THOSE THREE, GARVER, LLC, WHO HAS DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK WITH THE CITY WAS SCORED THE HIGHEST, UH, BASED ON THE SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE IN THE, UM, RFQ UH, CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS THE MWBE, GARVER HAS, UM, HAS GUARANTEED THAT TO THE CITY THAT THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE 27% OF THIS PROJECT TOWARDS MWBE.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A, A PRETTY COOL PROGRAM CALLED THE GARBER'S CARES PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, EACH OF THEIR, EACH OF THEIR PROJECTS USUALLY IS SOMEWHERE WITHIN, WITHIN THE RANGE OF 25 TO 30 30% OF MWBE.
SO THEY, THEY'RE GONNA UTILIZE SEVERAL SUB CONSULTANTS AS A PART OF THIS, UH, PROJECT.
UH, A COUPLE OF THEIR SUB CONSULTANTS, LIKE THEIR INTERIOR DESIGN, THEIR LANDSCAPE DESIGN, AND ALSO THEIR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS ARE ALSO NWBE.
AND WHAT WAS YOUR OTHER, THE TIMELINE AS FAR AS DESIGN? SO YES, THE, THE DESIGN PHASE AND THEN MOVING INTO, I KNOW WE'RE NOT AT THE NEXT PHASE AFTER THAT, BUT WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATION? WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? OKAY, SO, UH, INITIALLY SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS EVENING, THE DESIGN PHASE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT, UH, 12 TO 18 MONTHS, UH, DESIGN, UH, THAT'S GONNA, UH, START OFF WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY PENCIL AND BE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UM, SPENDING ABOUT 10 TO $12 MILLION.
SO WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, UH, IT'LL COME BACK THAT, UH, WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE WILL BE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THEN HOPEFULLY GO OUT TO, UH, A CONSTRUCTION AND AWARD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
AND THEN, JUST FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, SO ONCE WE, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, 'CAUSE I DO REMEMBER 2018 AND US PUTTING FUNDS, UM, IN THE BUDGET FOR IT, BUT JUST AS WE MOVE PAST THE, SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED AS WE MOVE PAST DESIGN PHASE, GOING TO THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE AND ALL OF THAT, IS THAT ANTICIPATED TO, ARE WE STILL, UH, SAVING FUNDING FOR THAT OR WOULD THAT BECOME A CIP AT THAT POINT? OR ARE THOSE FUNDS, THE FUTURE FUNDS ALREADY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PROJECTING? SO THE INITIAL THOUGHT IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE FROM FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO, UM, GET OUR BUDGET NUMBER, UH, LIKE I SAID, PART, UH, PART OF THE, UH, TASK ORDERS.
THE ONE OF THE EARLY TASK WILL BE TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND AT THAT POINT, UH, IF WE DO FIND THAT WE ARE OVER BUDGET, WE'LL HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AS STAFF AND CITY MANAGEMENT TO DECIDE ARE WE GONNA PUSH FORWARD AND EITHER SUPPLEMENT THROUGH ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE OR WILL WE JUST CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE FUNDS IN FUTURE YEARS UNTIL SUCH A TIME WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THIS PROJECT PENCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT I WAS, UH, I WAS, I NEEDED SOME EXTRA VISIBILITY BECAUSE, UH, COUNCIL ON APRIL THE 20TH, 2021, UM, WAS PRESENTED THE DE DESOTO WATER DISTRIBUTION MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION.
AND IN THAT YOU, THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME LEARNED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR OUR PUMPING STATIONS.
I WANTED TO THANK, UH, MR. LACEY AND IS IT SUPERVISOR ALLEN, OR IS IT SUPERINTENDENT ALLEN? UH, UH, UH, UTILITIES MANAGER, ALLEN UTILITIES MANAGER.
DON'T WANNA BE DISRESPECTFUL IN THAT
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PERSPECTIVE FOR YOUR TIME.UM, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY GOT TO TOUR BOTH THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION AND THE HAMPTON ROAD PALM STATION TO SEE FOR MYSELF, UM, WHAT, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO TODAY, WE DON'T ALWAYS REALIZE THESE ARE BENEFITS THAT RESIDENTS WILL FEEL FOR THE NEXT 30, 40 YEARS, RIGHT.
UM, BUT THE IMPACT THAT, WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY IS IT'S, IT'S AMAZING, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 1.9 MILLION FOR THE WESTMORELAND STATION, WHEN I GOT TO WALK THROUGH IT AND SEE HOW SMALL IT IS, AND THE UPGRADES THAT THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY APPROVED WILL BASICALLY OUT THESE EMPLOYEES WHO REALLY DON'T HAVE SPACE AS IT IS TODAY TO, UH, DO THEIR DAY TO DAY.
SO FOR ME, AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO DO, LIKE THE TEMP TEMPERATURE, UM, ROOMS IN CASE WE DO HAVE ANOTHER WEATHER STORM THAT TAKES US OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE WATER, I JUST CAN APPRECIATE SOMEBODY THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE PLANNING OF OUR CITY AND THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS US.
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THE WATER PRESSURE IS LOW, THAT THOSE THINGS TUNE MY, MY EAR.
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT FROM WHAT'S ORCHESTRATING BEHIND THE SCENES, THAT'S ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AND YOUR TEAM IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT HAMPTON ROAD GETS UP SO THAT THE DANIEL DALE AND THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE IN THAT PIT AREA GET SOME REAL STRONG HARD, POWERFUL WATER.
IT'S FOR
SO FOR ME, IT WAS VERY EYE-OPENING WHILE I INITIALLY THOUGHT 1.9, IT WAS LIKE, WOO, I NOW SAY, OH, OKAY, IT MAKES SENSE ON THIS IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO DO WHAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED FOR YOU TO DO, WHICH IS TO GO UPGRADE OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND I ENCOURAGE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO DO THAT TOO BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS JUST EYE OPENING TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, UM, AND TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE FOR, UM, ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISM COUNCIL, UM, KEEPING KEEPING TRACK OF THE TIME.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP OUR, KEEP OUR COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS SPECIFIC, VERY DIRECT QUESTIONS TO STAFF REGARDING SPECIFICALLY THE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM? YES.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU SAID 12 TO 18 MONTHS, UM, WITHIN THAT TIME THE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD BE PART OF THAT 12 TO 18 MONTH OR IS IT ADDITIONAL, YOU DO THE FEASIBILITY AND THEN IT'S 18, 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
SO THAT'S ALL A PART OF THE ACTUAL, UH, TASK ORDER SEQUENCE.
SO THAT WOULDN'T BE INCLUSIVE OF THAT 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
BUT THE FEASIBILITY WILL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU CREDENCE TO WHETHER YOU ARE YOU, I THINK YOU SAID UNDER BUDGET OR OVER BUDGET, CORRECT.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN AND JUST INFLATION, YOU KNOW.
WE DID A, A KIND OF A, A CONCEPTUAL STUDY, I BELIEVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SINCE.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE START OFF THE PROJECT ON A GOOD NOTE AND KNOW THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WITHIN BUDGET OR I HAVE TO FIND SOME ALTERNATIVES, BUT OKAY.
WE'LL WANNA KNOW THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON YES.
AND CLOSED OUT BECAUSE OF THE SAKE OF TIME.
UM, WE, I CAN SET THEM AND GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
THEN WE'LL HAVE TO WRAP UP AND MOVE ON BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A BIG, WE HAVE OUR, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS AN, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL.
SO WE WANNA BE COGNIZANT OF TIME.
THIS, IF YOU COULD GIVE TWO MINUTES PLEASE.
THIS IS FOR 2D RELATED TO FIRE.
SO I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO FIRE RELATED TO FIRE.
SO, UH, THE, THE ASK IS FOR THE 55,000 FOR THE TWO PEOPLE, FOR THE PPES.
AND SO I GUESS MY BASIC QUESTION REALLY WAS, AND THIS, 'CAUSE I WAS JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT IS IT PER UM, WHAT'S THE COST PER PERSON FOR THE PPES THE NEW PERSON COMING IN? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ASKING FOR 55,000 AND CURRENTLY, UM, THERE WAS SOME FUNDING IN THERE, A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING IN THERE, BUT JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT CLARITY ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, SO WE, WE HAVE A PPE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, THE BUNKER GEAR, AND WE BUY, UH, TWO YEARS IN A ROW AND THEN WE STACK MONEY FOR THREE YEARS TO BUILD UP TO BUY.
AND GEAR COSTS FIVE, ABOUT $5,000 A SET.
AND EVERYBODY GETS TWO SETS, SETS LAST 10 YEARS.
UH, THEY'RE FRONTLINE FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN THE RESERVE FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO IT'S A CANCER PREVENTATIVE THING.
SO IF A FIREFIGHTER COMES FROM A FIRE, THEY TAKE THAT GEAR OFF, THEY PUT IT IN SPECIAL WASHING MACHINES AND THEY GO TO THEIR BACKUP GEAR.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT TWO NEW ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS.
WE KEEP ADDITIONAL, UH, BACKUP CLOTHING TO FIT 'EM, BUT SOMETIMES THE SIZE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS, WE DIDN'T HAVE PROPER SIZES TO FIT 'EM.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO COME BACK.
SINCE THIS WAS NOT A NORMAL BUY YEAR FOR US, WE WASN'T EXPECTING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BUNKER
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YEAR WITH THE HIGHER OF THESE NEW ONES.WE NEEDED TO COME BACK AND GET, UH, MONEY FROM THAT FUND BALANCE, PULL IT IN SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND, UH, PURCHASE THE GEAR FOR THEM.
AND RELATED TO D TWO F, THE BLOCKING VEHICLES? MM-HMM.
SO OUR COST SHARE IS ONE 20, BUT WE ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF IT AS WELL AS NEEDED.
I GUESS WE'RE CHARGED WHEN WE USE IT.
I'M, I'M SORRY, THAT'S GONNA BE A POINT OF ORDER.
WE HAD PULLED TWO C AND NOW WE HAD ACTUALLY APPROVED EVERYTHING ELSE AND NOW WE ARE GOING BACK.
I, I CALLED UPON OF ORDER THAT STANDS, I'M SORRY, I THINK I MISSED IT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION, UM, AFTER IT'S VOTED ON.
PRIOR TO US VOTING ON, ON ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I ASKED IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND NO ONE HAD ANY OTHER THAN THE ITEMS THAT WERE REQUESTED TO BE PULLED.
OKAY, SO THAT WAS MY ERROR, BUT I THINK THESE QUESTIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I WON'T DO THAT, BUT I THINK WHAT OUR NEW SYSTEM, I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW A LITTLE TIME.
'CAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT OUR WORK SESSION, WE'RE ALLOWED TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON THEM.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T THINK WE VOTED ON THIS LAST ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR UM, D TWO I MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
I'M SORRY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, DIRECTING USE OF THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I BELIEVE THAT VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
COUNSEL, WAS THAT A UNANIMOUS VOTE? YES.
AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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.
COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO A SPECIFIC AGENDA.
ITEMS ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AGENDA ITEM.
FIRST, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER TWO 13 MUNICIPAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
IN SECTION THREE, THE MASTER PLAN OF THE CITY OF DESOTOS HOME RULE CHARTER ARTICLE 10 PLANNING.
MAKE A, MAKING A BRIEF INTRODUCTION IS BESTER RAZZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER.
ACTUALLY CHARLES BREWER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
MAYOR, MAY I REQUEST THAT YOU DELAY AT LEAST SEVEN MEN MINUTES? THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ADVERTISED TO BE 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
IF YOU CAN GO TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM OR TAKE A BRIEF RECESS, WE CAN TAKE A RECESS.
ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, IT IS 7:00 PM AND WE WANT TO RESUME THE MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL.
[1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance adopting the 2024 Comprehensive Plan as authorized by Chapter 213, Municipal Comprehensive Plans of the Texas Local Government Code and Section 3, The Master Plan of the City of DeSoto’s Home Rule Charter, Article X, Planning]
WILL HAVE, UM, OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR AGENDA.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 24 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER TWO 13 MUNICIPAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
IN SECTION THREE, THE MASTER PLAN OF THE CITY OF DESOTOS HOME RULE CHARTER.
CHARTER ARTICLE 10, MAKING THAT BRIEF INTRODUCTION IS BEST RAZZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER.
UM, BEST WITH THE PLANNING DIVISION TO SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LONG RANGE PLANNING TOOL AND DOCUMENT THAT ESTABLISHES A LONG TERM VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT GUIDES THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF IN DECISION MAKING RELATED TO LAND USE, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, STREETSCAPE, AND OPEN DESIGN.
IT IS A UNIFIED VISION OF WHAT A CITY CAN BE, CAN BECOME.
AND IN 2015, THE CITY OF DISORDER ADOPTED THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH UPDATED 2003.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND NATIONAL PLANNING STANDARDS RECOMMEND THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BE UPDATED EVERY 10 YEARS.
SO THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ALIGN WITH THE 20 YEAR UPDATING PERIOD WHILE FULFILLING THE CITY GOAL NUMBER THREE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2023.
AND TO UPDATE THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH THE A WITH AECOM IN MAY, 2022.
AND SINCE FOUR OF 2022, AE AECOM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE DISORDER DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE, CITY
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STAFF AND OT RESIDENTS TO DEVELOP THE 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AECOM SIX MEETINGS, UH, WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, FOUR PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS, THREE ONLINE SURVEYS, ONE OPEN HOUSE AND THREE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING AND DDC MEETING JOINT MEETINGS.AND ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH, 2023, A NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN DAILY FOCUS NEWSPAPER.
AND AS OF TODAY, NO LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
AND ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2023, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM A ECOM AND HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 24 20 24 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND AT THAT MEETING, UH, THE COM UH, THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED ON THINGS LIKE, UH, TO HAVE AN UPDATE, UH, UPDATED DATA THAT WOULD, UH, TELL US HOW MANY HOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED OR APPROVED TO BE CONSTRUCTING SINCE 2019.
OTHER THINGS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS TO HAVE, UM, THE NEED FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND THE INCORPORATION OF THOSE COMPLETE STREETS WITHIN THE HIGHER TRAFFIC SPEED ROADWAYS.
OTHER THINGS WHERE THE NEED FOR A DEDICATED PERSON THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT GRANTS THAT CAN HELP IN THE, IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE WAS ALSO TALK ABOUT HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD TRACK THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
THE PROPOSED 20 20 24 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, WAS PRESENTED BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO AND MAKING A PRESENTATION.
TONIGHT IS CECILIA WITH AECOM AND I THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WE PRESENTED TO, UH, PNZ IN EARLY DECEMBER.
UM, WE DID DO JUST A COUPLE OF CHANGES, UM, MORE FOR MY OWN SAKE 'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE MAPS WERE JUST TOO TINY FOR ME TO SEE FROM HERE.
UM, BUT REALLY WANTED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE WHAT WE ARE CALLING HOPEFULLY FINAL REPORT.
UM, AND GO OVER REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I PRESENTED TO Y'ALL, WHICH WAS IN EARLY OCTOBER BEFORE THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING, UM, WAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, SINCE THE LAST TIME I CAME IN.
PROVIDED, UM, HARD COPIES OF THE DRAFT REPORT, UM, LIKE BUSTER HAD MENTIONED, UM, THIS SLIDE IDENTIFIES THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT WE UNDERTOOK THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE ONES IN DARK BLUE ARE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, KIND OF OPEN HOUSES THAT WE HAD, THE LIGHT BLUE OR ALL THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN THE YELLOW ONES ARE THE JOINT SESSIONS THAT WE HAD, UM, WERE IN, WHICH I PRESENTED AND GAVE UPDATES OF THE, UH, PLAN.
UM, IN TOTAL WE PROBABLY TOUCHED BASE WITH ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN TOTALITY, UM, THROUGH, UH, SURVEYS OR OPEN HOUSES STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, AND REALLY THE ORGANIZATION, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE DATA THAT WE GATHERED, UM, HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN EIGHT MAIN CHAPTERS.
UM, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT FROM THE LAST TIME I CAME WITH THE DRAFT REPORT THAT WE DID TAKE OUT THE STREETSCAPE CHAPTER.
UM, THAT ONE WAS ONLY DIGITIZED FROM 2015.
AND SO IT CAUSED A LOT OF CONFUSION.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THAT OUT.
UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, UNDERTAKEN THE ORIGINAL, UM, AUTHORS OF THAT CHAPTER TO, UM, IDENTIFY AND UPDATE THE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED.
UM, AND THE ONE CHAPTER THAT IS NOT INCLUDED THAT WE WILL BE INCLUDING IS THE URBAN DESIGN CHAPTER.
UM, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT IN THIS, UM, VERSION OF THE REPORT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAMPTON ROAD IS COMPLETE.
UM, AND THAT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH A LOT, UM, MORE THOROUGH, AND IT HAS A LOT OF COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT ALREADY.
UM, SO ONCE THAT ONE IS FINALIZED AND APPROVED, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE FINDINGS AND SEE IT WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, UM, CREATE THAT ONE CHAPTER.
SO WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY FOR Y'ALL'S, UM, ADOPTION IS THE FIRST OR THE EIGHT CHAPTERS, KNOWING THAT THERE WILL BE TWO MORE JA, UH, CHAPTERS TO BE, UM, AUGMENTED TO THE FINAL REPORT.
UM, THE FIRST CHAPTER IS AN INTRODUCTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? AND
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THE MAIN STEPS THAT WE TOOK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, WITH THE DATA AND, AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE HOW WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE PROJECT.UM, IT ALSO GIVES A, UH, SNAPSHOT, AND THIS IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.
WE INCLUDED, UM, MORE PICTURES, MORE KIND OF FINDINGS FROM THE DOT EXERCISES THAT WE DID WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMON THREADS AND, AND THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY SO THAT IT IS PREVALENT AND, UM, UPFRONT IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE INTRODUCTION.
UM, CHAPTER TWO IS A COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT.
UM, THIS GIVES, UH, KIND OF THE MAIN FINDINGS OF WHAT WE DID WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, JUST THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHICS, THE MARKET ANALYSIS CLARIFIED THAT POPULATION QUESTION THAT WAS THERE, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH REALLY THE POPULATION'S GONNA BE INCREASING.
UM, AND REALLY KIND OF JUST HIGHLIGHTED THE RELEVANCE THAT WE WANTED TO PULL FROM THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WE SAW FROM THE INITIAL PART OF THE REPORT.
UM, THE ALSO WITHIN COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT IS THE LAND USE AND ZONING.
UM, AND THAT'S THE EXISTING LAND USE, UM, AND THE EXISTING CURRENT ZONING THAT WAS THERE.
UM, KIND OF JUST HIGHLIGHTING, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE WE STARTED FROM WITHIN THE PLAN.
UH, CHAPTER THREE IS THE VISION STATEMENT, UM, AND REALLY KIND OF PUTS THE UPFRONT AND CENTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THAT VISION THAT WAS LL BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN REALLY OUTLINES HOW THE STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT IS WITHIN THE MAIN CHAPTERS THAT WOULD GO THROUGH IS LAND USE, UM, HOUSING AND ECONOMICS, AND HOW THAT STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DISSECT THE, THE, THE PLAN, UM, IN TERMS OF GOALS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN OTHER STRATEGIES THAT COME TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO ENACT THE ACTUAL VISION OF DESOTO.
THE FIRST, UM, KIND OF RECOMMENDATION CHAPTER IS A FUTURE LAND USE IN WHICH WE DID OUTLINE, UM, OR COME THROUGH WITH THREE GOALS.
ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE IS, UM, WE DID NUMBER THE GOAL, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE NUMBERING OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS INFLUENCED BY A QUESTION THAT WE POSED TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OF THESE GOALS, WHICH ONE DO YOU FEEL WOULD HAVE THE MOST POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE CITY? UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, GOAL ONE WAS BECAUSE IT WAS MORE POPULAR, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHY IT'S LISTED ONE OVER SIX WAS ALSO, UM, INFLUENCED BY THE ORDERING OF IT.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT ONE HAS MORE HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THE OTHER.
THEY'RE ALL VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOCK THE OVERALL VISION OF THE CITY.
BUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, GOALS ONE TO THREE WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE, THAT'S HOW THE COMMUNITY FELT THAT THEY WERE MORE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, ONE THING HERE THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AND BRING IS THE EXISTING LAND USE COMPARED TO THE FUTURE FRAMEWORK PLAN.
UM, SAME THING, EXISTING LAND USE, FUTURE LAND USE, AND REALLY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGICNESS OF WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE MORE DENSE ACTIVITY AND WHERE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THE CURRENT ACTIVITY OF SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, AND WHERE WE CAN GO, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVENTUROUS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE DENSE, UM, IN, UH, INFILLED OCCUR, UM, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, MORE TAXES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST MORE AMENITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO ENJOY.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE SAME FUTURE LAND USE FRAMEWORK, UM, AND ALSO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TYPE, WHICH HAS THAT MATRIX, WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT THEY COULD OCCUR WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UM, AND IN THE REPORT ITSELF, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A BREAKDOWN IN, IN CLASSIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT REALLY DELINEATES, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UM, WITHIN THE REPORT, UH, CHAPTER FIVE, UM, IS THE HOUSING AND, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD CHAPTER.
AND THIS ONE REALLY OUTLINES THE FOUR GOALS THAT WERE, UM, IDENTIFIED AND REFINED TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE RIGHT AMOUNT, UM, OF HOUSING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE THING THAT WAS NOTED, UM, AT THE PNZ MEETING WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A HOUSING NEED FOR THE FUTURE, UM, BUT THE CENSUS AND THE DATA THAT WE USE FROM THAT COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT IS FROM 2019.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT PNZ SAID WAS, YOU KNOW, COULD WE LOOK INTO HOW MUCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE 2019? CAN WE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT REALLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? ACCOUNTING FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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THAN THAT, UM, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF WHAT TYPES OF HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT FOR THE CITY.UM, MOSTLY REALLY JUST KIND OF RECAPTURING AND RECLASSIFYING, UM, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE MORE YOU GO TO TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOOD NODES, ACTIVE LIFESTYLE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MORE, UH, DENSE MORE ACTIVITIES YOU WOULD FIND IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, BUT REALLY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF WHERE DO WE FEEL THERE COULD BE THAT APPETITE TO HAVE MORE DENSITY, KNOWING THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OCCURRING AROUND THE CITY.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY HAMPTON ROAD.
UM, WE, I KIND OF, NOT ISOLATED, BUT, YOU KNOW, CREATED ITS OWN COLOR BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH WORK THAT IS GOING INTO THAT AREA ITSELF.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND BRING INTO THE REPORT WAS, UM, THE STRATEGIES IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND REALLY MEETING THAT LINE, MEETING THE NEED, AND, UM, REALLY BRINGING TO THE FOREFRONT THIS IDEA OF THE LIFECYCLE HOUSING TYPES AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE NEED OF, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONAL HOUSING.
AND NOW WITH JUST HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING, UM, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE STAYING IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD WITH THEIR PARENTS LONGER AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE OLDER GENERATION.
SO HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN THE CITY GROW AND ADAPT KNOWING THAT THERE IS, UM, CHANGES IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE HOUSING NEEDS LOOK LIKE.
UH, CHAPTER SIX, UH, WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND IN HERE THERE ARE FOUR MAIN GOALS.
UH, WITHIN ALL THE GOALS, THERE'S DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT REALLY BEING ABLE, UM, TO PUT AT THE FOREFRONT, YOU KNOW, WHAT STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THE CITY SHOULD, UM, WORK WITH.
AND KNOWING THAT THE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION IS ALREADY DOING SO MUCH AND IS PROACTIVE, BUT BEING ABLE TO, UM, POSITION THE CITY INTO BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE Y'ALL'S PART OF THE PIE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE REGION, AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION AND, AND BUILDING OFF OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
ONE THING THAT WE DID, UM, AND WE HEARD WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA, OR NOT THE IDEA, BUT THE EXPLANATION OF HOW, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE, NOT JUST TO PRESERVE THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF WHAT THE CITY HAS FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND YOUR, YOUR REVENUE AND YOUR TAX BASE.
AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO MAIN, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE IS INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TAXPAYERS, OR YOU INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TAXES YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN HAVE WITHIN ITS SET AMOUNT OF, UH, ACREAGE.
AND SO THE ONE ITEM ON THE RIGHT IDENTIFIES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, UM, ONE ACRE LOT AND YOU HAVE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES, YOU CAN DO A TAX BASE OF FOUR, UH, THE BAR, THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT, UM, BLOCK SHOWS IF IT WAS THAT SAME ACRE WAS REDEVELOPED TO HAVE A MID-RISE MIXED USE ACTIVITY, AND HOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A 52 BASED TAX BASED REVENUE.
SO REALLY KIND OF BRINGING THAT INTO THE REPORT SO THAT THOSE THAT READ IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO BE ACTIVE AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND IT'S IT'S CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDE IT AND BE, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE EDGE AND, AND RELEVANT IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE PROVIDING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, BEING THINK THOUGHTFUL IN TERMS OF WHERE CAN WE, UM, HAVE MORE TAX BASE, RIGHT? BEING INTENTIONAL AND THEN LOOKING INTO THE EXTERNAL, UM, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT WE THINK THAT SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THERE ALSO IS A FRAMEWORK PLAN, WHICH REALLY KIND OF, UM, ENCOMPASSES WHERE WE WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE CERTAIN, UM, AMENITIES OR CERTAIN SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY AND REALLY MAKE THEM QUARTER SO THAT IT'S APPARENT TO, UM, THE WORKFORCE AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHETHER IT BE HAMPTON ROAD, A HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT, UM, YOU KNOW, BELTLINE MIXED USE CORRIDOR, OR MORE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD NODES.
YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF PUTTING THAT AT THE FOREFRONT AND PROVIDING THAT IN THE COMP PLAN SO THAT IT COULD BE A TOOL, UM, FOR, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR P AND Z AND, AND FOR THE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE GROWTH SHOULD BE OCCURRING.
UM, AND LASTLY, WITHIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, OUTLINING THE OTHER STRATEGIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND BRINGING THAT, UM, SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, INVESTMENT IN SMART CITY TECHNOLOGIES, UM, AND ALSO ENHANCING THE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT.
YOU KNOW, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, WE INCLUDED SOME CASE STUDIES.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO AND, AND ACCOUNTED FOR AS THE CITY, UM, GROWS AND ADAPTS TO FUTURE NEEDS.
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TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY HAS TWO MAIN GOALS.UM, AND THIS ONE, UM, WE DID HAVE SOME COMMENTS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO, UM, IDENTIFY WHERE THERE IS A PARK AND RIDE OF START TRANSIT, UM, WITHIN THE CHAPTER.
AND THEN ACKNOWLEDGES, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR FUTURE FRAMEWORK PLAN IS CONSIDERING THE CURRENT PLAN ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.
AND THEN WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO, IN ORDER TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED LOOP NINE, UM, AND BE ABLE TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE HAPPENING WITHIN, UM, THE NETWORK.
UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE HAS, UM, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK PLAN AND THEN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK PLAN.
UH, WITHIN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK, WE REALLY LOOKED INTO THE MASTER PLAN THAT PARKS AND, UM, AND RECREATION HAD ALREADY CREATED AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHERE SHOULD WE BE, UM, LOOKING IN AND INVESTING IN TRAIL SYSTEM.
ONE COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE TRANSPORTATION FROM P AND Z IS THE COMPLETE STREETS, UM, SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND, AND, UM, ACHIEVED EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN SPECIFIC AREAS.
UM, BUT THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK WAS ONE WHERE WE FELT IF YOU HAD X AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHERE SHOULD YOU INVEST IT? FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, REALLY BRING, UM, THE MOST IMMEDIATE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS ACKNOWLEDGING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD, UH, INCLUDE THE PARK AND RIDE FOR TRANSIT.
UM, BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THAT THERE IS NO CURRENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT A HUGE NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
UM, AND THEN REALLY THE, I SAY THE HEART OF THE, OF THE REPORT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, AND THE FIRST PART OF IT OUTLINES, YOU KNOW, WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? UM, IF YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU CAN GO AFTER GRANTS, YOU CAN GO AFTER, UM, POTENTIAL FUNDING.
UM, IT'S A TOOLKIT FOR, UH, CITY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT GROWTH AND PROJECTS ARE ALIGNED WITH WHERE THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO GO.
UM, AND THEN ALSO HOW OFTEN IT SHOULD BE RIGHT, UH, SHOULD BE UPDATED, UM, WHICH PER THE HOME CHARTER SAYS IT SHOULD BE UPDATED EVERY 10, 10 YEARS.
UM, SO ONE THING HERE, UM, THAT ALSO OUTLINES IS, UM, THE NEXT ONE IS KIND OF WHERE WE ALSO IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES AND PROGRAMS. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS NOTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE END ALL BE ALL.
IT'S PROBABLY THE, PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT COMMENT, OR I KNOW THE COMMENT FROM P AND Z ABOUT THE GRANTS MANAGER IS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH FUNDING AVAILABLE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE, THEY THOUGHT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A POSITION OF SOMEONE JUST SOLELY LOOKING AT HOW CAN THEY BE LOOKING AT GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THESE AT THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE IT IS, UM, VERY FAST GOING, RIGHT? ONE THING ALSO IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS IT OUTLINES, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE TIMEFRAME, IF IT'S SHORT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS, MID IS TWO TO FIVE YEARS, AND THEN LONG TERM IS GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS.
AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THERE EVEN BE, SORRY, UM, BROKEN IT DOWN EVEN TO A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL.
UM, BUT I THINK P AND Z CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND THAT'S WHY THEIR COMMENT WAS, IT'D BE GREAT FOR THERE TO BE, UM, UNDER THE PARTNERS IS REALLY WHO'S THE LEAD WITHIN THE CITY TO MAKE THE CHANGE OR MAKE THE FIRST INITIATIVE.
UM, THE MATRIX, UM, THAT THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF, BUT IN THE REPORT IS AN EXCEL THAT IS ORGANIZED BY THE, THE CHAPTER, RIGHT? SO IS IT FUTURE LAND USE HOUSING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? YOU KNOW, WHAT GOAL IS IT ALIGNED WITH? AND THEN WHAT RECOMMENDATION AND KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING.
UM, AND THEN THE PARTNERS ARE WHO CAN ALL BE INVOLVED.
UM, BUT THE COMMENT ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE LEADING IS ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WANTED TO AUGMENT TO.
UM, AND THEN REALLY JUST BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE AND SAYING, HERE IS YOUR KIND OF BLUEPRINT TO MOVE FORWARD AND REALLY MOVE, YOU KNOW, ENACT WHAT WAS HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, SINCE THE REPORT, UM, WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INTEGRATED.
UM, WE RECEIVED ONE, UM, FROM, WELL, A COUPLE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, THIS IS A, A SCAN OF THE MAP, YOU KNOW, JUST CHANGING TWO SMALL NODES IN TERMS OF IF IT SHOULD BE A DESTINATION MIXED USE INSTEAD OF, I CAN'T SEE, I THINK PUBLIX, AM I PUBLIC? YEAH, IN THE UPPER N AND THEN SOME NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED
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USE.UM, AND THEN, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM P AND Z, WHICH BEST WENT OVER, YOU KNOW, ADDING THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING PERMIT DATA, UM, THE MENTIONING OF THE PARK AND RIDE, MAKING SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SMART.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF PINGING INTO, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO'S GONNA BE LEADING THIS, RIGHT? THE P AND Z IS IT, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE NOT BREAK IT DOWN TO LIKE THE MONTHS, BUT AT LEAST GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING IT BY TIMEFRAME INSTEAD OF GOALS.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE TWO OTHER, UM, REQUESTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A KIND OF A DEPARTMENT STAFF TO HELP WITH THE GRANT AND THEN FOR THERE TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERSIGHT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BA DID AND, AND CHARLES DID MENTION THAT, UM, IT'S PART OF P AND Z, BUT KIND OF MAKE IT ON THEIR, UH, TIMELINE OR THEIR AGENDAS, YOU KNOW, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TYPE OF THING.
UM, SO WE DID RECEIVE THOSE, HOWEVER, WE DID GET UNANIMOUS, UM, APPROVAL OF THE REPORT.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS IS, UM, WE FEEL, AND PER THE, I THINK LEGALITY OF, UM, THE CITY'S LAWYER IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS IS, OR, UM, WE COULD APPROVE IT CONDITIONALLY ADDRESSING ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM P AND Z AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE BEEN, UM, INTEGRATED, THEN, YOU KNOW, APPROVE IT, UM, OR UP TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE, UM, AND DEFINITELY GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE AT THIS JUNCTURE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED, BUT HERE SINCE WE DID THE FIRST ONE WITH THE LEGOS, IT'S BEEN HERE.
SO, OH YEAH, THE LEGO ASSIGNMENT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UH, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS FROM ANY INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN APPLICANT REBUTTAL.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN WILL BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
UH, THAT MOTION PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, THEN WE WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
MAD MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDITIONALLY WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PNC.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR.
MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, TO APPROVE THIS, UM, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONDITIONALLY WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF OR FOR OUR PRESENTER TONIGHT, WE WILL DO OUR TWO MINUTE ROUNDS.
I'M NOT SURE WHOSE LIGHT WAS FIRST.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
NEW YOU, HUH? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, MY QUESTION IS FOR, UM, I'M SORRY, ELIA FOR CECILIA.
UH, MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU ON PAGE 22, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE UPDATED EVERY 10 YEARS, BUT IT'S GONNA BE REVIEWED EVERY YEAR.
SO THE CHARTER SAYS IT HAS TO BE UPDATED.
CAN YOU CUT YOUR MIC ON CECILIA SO OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE CAN HEAR YOU AS WELL? SORRY.
UM, SO THE CHARTER SAYS IT HAS TO BE UPDATED AND APPROVED EVERY 10 YEARS, BUT P AND Z NEEDS TO BE REVIEWING IT ON AN, AT LEAST A YEARLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS TO MAKE, UM, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE HERE AND THAT THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT.
AND SO DOES FROM THAT IS, IS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, ARTIFACTS OR RESIDUALS, DO WE GET ANYTHING FROM THAT REVIEW? UH, WHEN THEY DO THEIR REVIEW EVERY YEAR YES.
AND CECILIA, THIS QUESTION IS, IS IS QUITE, I THINK IT'S AN EASY QUESTION, BUT I I UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CHAPTER SIX, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SMART CITY.
UM, WHAT I, WHAT I, UH, I, OVER THE HOLIDAYS, IT WAS POSED TO ME, UH, IF AT, AT WHAT JUNCTURE DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT A SMART CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY CHANGE, BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS CHANGE.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT HAMPTON ROAD, SHOULD WE BE PUTTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE NOW, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS?
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HOW DOES THAT LOOK? HOW DOES THAT PLANNING LOOK? IS THAT, IS THAT ANOTHER CHAPTER OR IS IT INTEGRATED ALREADY IN A CHAPTER? YES.UM, AND IT CAN BE DONE TWO WAYS.
I WAS TYPICALLY GONNA SAY THAT'S, UH, WHEN WE DO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE TYING UP ROADS AND, AND I'M JUST REMINDED AS THEY PUT IN FIBER OPTIC IN MY AREA, UH, WE, WE HAPPEN TO BE REDOING WESTMORELAND.
AND SO TO, IT WOULD SEEM THAT WE WOULD HAVE A PLAN ALREADY TO PUT IT IN WHILE THE ROADS ARE BEING TORN UP BY INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
SO IF WE'RE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT YIELDS TO ME THAT WE WOULD BE THINKING, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
AND AS WE TEAR UP A STREET, WE PUT IN UTILITIES, WE PUT IN INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN BE A SMART CITY.
AND SO THAT'S, SO DO THE PLAN ADDRESS THAT SPECIFICALLY? IT DOESN'T ADDRESS IT TO THE EXTENT WHERE YOU WOULD SAY, MAKE SURE THAT THIS ARTERIAL ROAD GOES FIRST AND THEN THE SECOND, UM, IT, WHAT IT DOES GO IS IT GOES INTO KIND OF OPTIONS AND WHAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED AS NEW PROJECTS ARE COMING ON ONLINE? IS IT SOMETHING YOU WOULD SUGGEST, I HAVE 16 SECONDS.
IS IT SOMETHING YOU WOULD SUGGEST? BECAUSE THE PLANS SEEM VERY THOROUGH AND VERY, EXCEPT FOR THAT PART, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST IS TO HAVE A FULL ON EVALUATION IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU WOULD GET YOUR BEST RETURN ON YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
AND WHAT WE COULD DO IS AUGMENT, UM, AS PART OF IT IS LOOK INTO MAYBE SOME OF THE CORRIDORS, RIGHT? A PRIORITIZE, UM, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE, MAYBE THE HEALTHCARE ONES AND SAY, HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED.
BUT JUST LIKE WE DID ON THE COMPLETE STREETS WHERE IT SAYS WHEN APPROPRIATE COMPLETE STREETS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO, I THINK IT'D BE THAT TO THAT EXTENT OF NOT MAKE SURE THAT THESE, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF ROADS GET PRIORITIZED OVER OTHERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
AND, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER BERG'S POINT I, IN THAT, UH, PARAGRAPH IT, IT SUGGESTS THAT THE CITY CONSIDER A SMART MOBILITY CITY PLAN AS WELL.
UM, I, I WANTED TO, UM, JUST STATE THAT I, I WATCHED THE PLANNING AND ZONING, SO I, I DEFINITELY, UH, AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY ALSO THE ONES THAT TALK TO MAKING SURE THAT FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE, THAT WE NOT JUST ONLY TALK AND VISIBLY SEE LIKE ON OUR MAPS AS WE GO INTO, UM, CHAPTER SEVEN, IS THAT CHAPTER SEVEN? YES.
UM, THE, UH, MOBILITY, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE MOBILITY LIKE LUKE NINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, CHIMING IN ON THE DARTS STATION, THAT'S IN GLEN HEIGHTS, BECAUSE THAT STILL IS A VERY, UH, RESOURCEFUL USE THAT DALLAS COUNTY PARTNER WITH THEM, YOU KNOW.
UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT TOO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE STREET SCAPES WAS TAKEN OUT OF IT, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS EMPHASIS IS, BUT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF DEVELOPMENT IN DESOTO YEARS PRIOR WAS THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS CONCESSIONS MADE FOR CERTAIN, FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS WHERE SIDEWALKS WAS NOT A CONSIDERATION.
UM, PLAY STICKS, UH, ON MY SIDE OF TOWN, WE FEEL IT HEAVILY IN ON STREETS, LIKE PLEASANT RUN, DUNCANVILLE ROAD, UH, BASICALLY EVERY ROAD OTHER THAN ROE HILL.
AND SO I, I, I KNOW THE LANGUAGE IS, WAS INITIALLY KIND OF SOFT IN THE APPROACH OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN ADD SIDEWALKS, AND I JUST WANTED THE EMPHASIS THAT WE WANT SIDEWALKS, WE WANT WALKABILITY, NOT JUST ON HAMPTON ROAD, BUT WE WANNA WALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF DESOTO AS WELL.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S INCORPORATED AND MAYBE EVEN SOMEHOW TYING IN OUR TRAIL SYSTEM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT DOES KIND OF CONNECT TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AS WELL.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD.
UM, OTHER THAN THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE, THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE THAT WAS A LITTLE SCARY TO ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS ELABORATE AS I, I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE FOR HOW WE GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING IT.
UM, AND I LOVE THE OVERZEALOUS OF THE, UH, PLAN IN ZONING.
'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO
I SAID, WELL, STAFF GONNA BE WORKING.
UM, BUT I GET IT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE A SOLID PLAN IN PLACE, THEN WHO KEEPS IT, THE, THE BALL GOING? SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
DON'T THINK YOU, I KNEW WHEN I, WHEN I, OR SORRY, CAN I COMMENT? OH, WHEN WE, AFTER OUR, THE PNC, WE GO BACK AND KIND OF DEBRIEFED AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION SINCE Y'ALL APPROVED IT TO MAKE ANOTHER ROUND IS MAY POTENTIALLY, UM, AND IF IT'S EITHER LIKE AN AN 11 BY 17, BUT JUST DIFFERENT WAYS OF SLICING AND DICING THE, THE MATRIX, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF WHO'S LEADING IT, RIGHT? SO P AND Z, 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE SAYING, OH, TWO YEARS IS TOO LITTLE, BUT IT'S, WHEN YOU START STACKING UP ALL THE
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SHORT TERM GOALS, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT.SO MAYBE EVEN PRIORITIZING BETWEEN QUARTER ONE, TWO OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GIVING THEM, UM, A LITTLE BIT, UH, OF A CHEAT SHEET.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WILL BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UM, DIGESTIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE LEADING THE EFFORTS.
RAPHAEL, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GOAL NUMBER ONE, NUMBER RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO.
AND SO WHEN I READ THAT PARTICULAR GOAL, I THINK PART OF MY THOUGHT WAS THIS PROCESS WAS THAT.
AND SO, SO WHAT IT SAYS IS, ENGAGE WITH FURNACE BUSINESSES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DESIRED HOUSING TYPES, AMENITIES NEEDED TO RECRUIT EMPLOYEES AND ATTRACT AND RETAIN CUSTOMERS.
SO I GUESS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW, JUST WHAT SHOULD THAT MOVING FORWARD LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT PART OF THIS CO PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO INCLUDE OR INCORPORATE THOSE VOICES IN THIS PROCESS.
I'M SORRY, YOU WERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
NO, GOAL NUMBER ONE IN THE NUMBER FOUR, SECTION FOUR.
FUTURE LAND USE GOAL NUMBER ONE.
SO FUTURE LAND USE DOES, AND, AND SO IT'S KIND OF FUTURE LAND USE REALLY DOES GO HAND IN HAND WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE IT WAS KIND OF ONE WHERE YOU HAVE TO TALK TO ONE IN THE OTHER.
UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAND USE MAP, UM, OH, UH, SO I, I UNDERSTAND.
UM, SO I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE MOVING FORWARD, SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION, BUT, BUT MY ASSUMPTION COULD BE WRONG.
AND SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
BUT I GUESS AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE'RE FIRMS AND BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY MM-HMM.
'CAUSE OFTENTIMES WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COME AND THEY'LL SAY ONE THING AND YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INTRODUCTION TO US.
LIKE WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE SAY AS A COMMUNITY NO TO IT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WAS, WAS WERE THEIR VOICES A PART OF THIS? YES.
AND UM, A PART OF IT'S NOT IN THE LAND USE ONE, BUT IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THEY HAVE A STR THE, UH, DDC HAS A STRATEGIC FIVE YEAR PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER PART OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE, UM, AND UNLIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON A MORE, UM, FASTER INTERVAL.
SO BEING ABLE TO JUST, UM, TOUCH BASE WITH, WITH THEM.
AND THEN LAST QUESTION IS, SO THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED.
WAS THERE A TIME FACTOR IN TERMS OF FUNDING, WHY YOU ASKED FOR THE APPROVAL, WHETHER THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION VERSUS LET'S JUST HAVE AING, WHICH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE HAMPTON ROAD, WHICH I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER TEAMS WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK IT WAS JUST THE OVERALL TIMING OF THE PROJECT.
UM, ORIGINALLY I THINK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THIS APPROVED, UM, IN NO NOVEMBER.
AND SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, UM, IN CONTROL OF HAMPTON ROAD, UM, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AND BASED ON OUR JUST EXPERIENCE, UM, THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SO INVOLVED.
AND SO TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OH, WE HAVE TO PAUSE AND SIX MONTHS LATER SAY, HERE'S THE COMP PLAN, IT, UM, IT DERAILS THAT LIKE KIND OF TRUST BUILDING THAT WE'VE BUILT WITH THEM.
UM, SO KNOWING THAT THE, UH, URBAN DESIGN CHAPTER IS GONNA BE HEAVILY BASED ON HAMPTON ROAD, WHICH ISN'T GONNA BE A SURPRISE TO ANYONE.
AND THEN THE STREETSCAPE, UM, WAS NEVER UPDATED.
UM, BASED ON THE 2015, UH, WE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE SAKE AND THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU.
WE HAVE SEEN YOU IN OCTOBER AND LOOK AT NOW JANUARY.
WE ARE PROVING IT BASED ON THESE SMALL KIND OF CHANGES.
AND I GUESS THIS IS TO CITY STAFF.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO ROLL THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY? TO ME? UH, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PLAN AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO LOOK AT AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO ROLL IT.
I KNOW THE, AND PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND A ROLLOUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE NEED TO DO THAT AND DEVISE A PLAN.
SO I KNOW THE QUESTION WASN'T TO ME, BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
PART OF THE LAST SCOPE IS TO, UM, DIGITIZE IT.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY DIGITIZING, IT'S CALLED KIND OF STORY MAPPING.
AND SO A PART OF IT, AND ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU ALSO WANTED, SORRY, I FORGOT, UM, TO APPROVE IT, WAS, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A PUBLIC WEBSITE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING THE, THIS FINAL REPORT ONTO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND SO WHEN THEY GO INTO IT, IT'S GONNA BE A KIND OF A LANDING PAGE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE LIKE, HERE'S YOUR EXISTING LAND USE, AND THEN WHEN YOU SWIPE THE BAR, HERE'S YOUR FUTURE LAND USE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE IT, UH, DIGESTIBLE VISUALLY TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO THAT DOES TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO DO.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF START ROLLING THAT OUT SO THAT THEY SEE IT AND DON'T HAVE TO, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SINGLE-SIDED,
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SO IT'S A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, NERVE WRACKING, BUT YOU KNOW, HALF OF THIS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DOWNLOAD A REPORT TO READ IT SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IT FIRSTHAND IN TERMS OF, OH, HERE'S WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE VERY INTERACTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA BE PLACING IT.SO, SO WITH THE CONDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PNZ, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT TO BE? UM, OH, UM, DEFINITELY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO, THREE WEEKS.
TIM, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I WAS JUST WANTING TO SAY A GREAT JOB.
I DO HAVE, UM, A FEW JUST VERY POINTED QUESTIONS WITH THE STREETS SCAPE.
I KNOW YOU ALL SAID YOU ALL TOOK THAT PART OUT.
I DO RECALL COMMISSIONER, UM, COMMISSIONER BROOKS, UM, SPEAKING ON THAT AT THE LA ONE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
WHO WERE THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS? BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU GAVE IT, TOOK IT OUT, GAVE IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS.
FRIES AND NIEL, RIGHT? FRIES, YEAH, FRIES AND NIEL WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE.
AND SO WHEN THAT LAST A JOINT SESSION THEY HAD, THEY WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE STREETS SCAPE.
UM, UH, THE PLAN DEPARTMENT DID TAKE ON A KIND OF THIRD PARTY FREEZER NICHOLS TO EVALUATE CHAPTER SEVEN STREETS SCAPE WITH THE NO CHAPTER SEVEN TRANSPORTATION AND THE STREETS SCAPE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY CONTRADICTING NOTES.
AND THERE WASN'T, UM, IF ANYTHING, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF CONTRADICTION WITHIN THE STREETSCAPE AND SOME OF THE, UM, RENDERINGS OF THE STREET NEEDED TO BE UPDATED.
UM, AND SINCE THEY'RE THE ORIGINATED, UM, AUTHORS OF IT, THEY HAVE NOW BEEN, UM, BROUGHT ON TO UPDATE THAT ONE CHAPTER.
AND SO ONCE THAT'S BEEN UPDATED, WE WILL INCORPORATE IT INTO THIS REPORT.
UM, AND THE SECOND, SECOND QUESTION IS REGARDING THE URBAN DESIGN CHAPTER.
YOU ALSO TOOK THAT PART OUT, CORRECT? YES.
AND WE HAVE NEVER TOUCHED THE URBAN DESIGN, AND THAT'S WHAT HALF ASSOCIATES IS DOING, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WORK THEY'RE DOING FOR US.
SO WE WILL STILL, SO THE, SO THE URBAN DESIGN CHAPTER WAS KIND OF MORE OF, WE WILL INCORPORATE IT INTO THE, UM, INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
HOWEVER, WE WILL USE THE HAMPTON ROADS, UM, DESIGN GUIDELINES AS A STARTING POINT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT CHAPTER UNTIL THE HAMPTON ROAD IS COMPLETED.
MY LAST QUESTION IS, AND THIS MAY BE SOMEWHERE EMBEDDED WITHIN YOUR PRESENTATION, HOWEVER, UM, WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE UP THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? 'CAUSE I HEAR A LOT OF WORK IN QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
WHO, WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?
JUST THE P AND Z WOULD MAKE THAT.
WELL, SOME WHEN THEY SUGGESTED LET'S DO THIS THING, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S US.
UM, SO IT WAS, AND THEN MR. BREWER CAME IN LIKE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT P AND Z DOES.
SO I THINK IT'S MORE OF PUTTING IT ON THEIR AGENDA ITEM OF LET'S BRING OUT YOUR, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO CREATE THE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX TO SHOW THEM WHAT EXACTLY ALL THEIR ZONING STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO YES.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HEAVY LIFT TO JUST, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING JUST TO KIND OF PUT ON THEIR PLATE.
THAT'S 'CAUSE I'M ASSUMING STAFF WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE AS GUIDANCE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS THERE, UM, THROUGHOUT THAT PART.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THAT WOULD COME WITH AN ADDITIONAL COST AS WELL TO HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS THERE THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS IN TERMS OF QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY, I GUESS THAT'S, IT'S, AND IT'S NOT REALLY A CONCERN, IT'S JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WOULD WORK FROM THAT ASPECT.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE PLANNED, IF, IF WE, I, IT TO ME, IN MY OPINION, WHEN I HEARD OF OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, I WASN'T THINKING THAT EXPANSIVE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, TO TALK ABOUT AND DELIBERATE ON IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S NECESSARY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING ON TRACK WITH TRENDS AND JUST ALL THE THINGS.
I THINK THAT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH OUR LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE DID IT AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF GOT PUT ON A SHELF AND WE NEVER, YOU KNOW, MADE SURE WE WERE KEEPING UP WITH WHAT IT ACTUALLY SAID TO DO.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES TO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION, ALL OF THAT IS NECESSARY.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE EXACT WORK PLAN FOR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BE IT THAT IT IS P AND Z, BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE BODY OF WORK, IN MY OPINION, FROM WHAT THEY ALREADY DO IN THEIR JOBS AS COMMISSIONERS FOR US.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, COUNSEL, WE HAVE HAD ONE ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UM, AND BASED ON THE CURRENT, UM, ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE, IT IS NOT, UM, ALIGNED WITH THE MOTION.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND UPDATE THAT MOTION ACCORDING TO THE UPDATES AND COMMENTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND THEN I THINK THERE WERE SOME MORE COMMENTS MADE IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO I GOT WITH OUR LEGAL AND UM, THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE TO TABLE THIS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS ALREADY BEEN CLOSED, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO
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RE-NOTICE IT.WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RE-NOTICE IT.
HOWEVER, AND THERE IS A MOTION ALREADY ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS WITH CONDITIONS.
AND SO WE, I'M, I'M SUGGESTING, UM, THAT WE TABLE IT AND BRING IT BACK AND, AND COURTNEY YOU CAN KIND OF MAYBE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE IT A CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE I KNOW I'M BUTCHERING WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
OH NO, YOU, YOU ACTUALLY DID A PERFECT JOB OF IT.
UM, SO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, IT IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO AN EXHIBIT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA.
SINCE WE ARE MAKING CHANGES AND THEY APPEAR TO BE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, QUITE A FEW CHANGES, AND MAYBE NOT ALL OF THOSE CHANGES ARE FULLY KNOWN YET.
THEN IF YOU TABLE THE MATTER TO YOUR A DATE CERTAIN, YOUR, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THEN YOU CAN BRING IT RIGHT BACK UP.
YOU'VE ALREADY DONE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR ACTION ON IT AFTER YOU SEE THOSE CHANGES.
AND, UM, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE TO ACTUALLY TABLE IT, CORRECT? OR CAN WE DO THAT JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY? YOU'LL NEED A MOTION TO TABLE.
SO DO WE NEED TO RETRACT THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR? UM HMM.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT YOU CAN STILL TABLE WITHOUT RETRACTING AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
ONCE YOU TABLE IT, YOU'VE TABLED IT FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, BUT WE'VE GOTTA TABLE IT TO A DATE CERTAIN.
CERTAINLY I WOULD SUGGEST, UM, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF AS WELL AS COUNSEL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THINK IS REASONABLE.
UM, IS OUR NEXT MEETING THIS MONTH TOO SOON TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND MAKE THE UPDATES? SHE SAID, SO SHE SAID THAT SHE COULD HAVE IT WITHIN THREE WEEKS.
I'M SORRY, DR. MARKS, SHE SAID THAT, UH, SHE COULD HAVE THE UPDATES IN THREE WEEKS.
SO MAYBE THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY? YES, MA'AM.
THAT FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY WILL WORK FINE.
WHO MADE THE MOTION TO DR. MARKS? WAS THAT YOU? YES, MA'AM, I DID.
DOES SHE NEED TO ACTUALLY UPDATE IT TO TABLE IT? THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION CORRECT.
IT, IT'S PROBABLY THE CLEANEST WAY TO DO IT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE YOUR MOTION TO AMEND YOUR MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO MY PREVIOUS MOTION TO TABLE THE MOTION TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 6TH.
DR. MARKS HAS, UH, MADE A MOTION TO AMEND HER ORIGINAL MOTION TO TABLE, UM, THIS AGENDA ITEM TO A DATE CERTAIN, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024.
AND IT WAS PROPERLY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
UM, MAY MA'AM, MAY I ASK CLARIFICATION? YES.
DID YOUR MOTION INCLUDE BOTH THE PNZ COMMENTS AND DDC COMMENTS? FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT I JUST HEARD YOU SAY PNZ.
DID I OMIT D UH, DEVELOPMENT? WHAT WERE THE OTHERS? D-D-C-D-C.
REMEMBER THEY, UH, WAS MAKING CORRECTIONS, DC UH, REQUESTED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
OKAY, SO SHALL I REPEAT? YES, PLEASE MATTER.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND MY PREVIOUS MOTION, WHICH, WHICH AMENDS THE PREVIOUS MOTION TO TABLE, UH, THIS, UH, TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS JADED FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024, TO INCLUDE AND UPDATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY PNC AND DDC.
SECOND, YOU WANNA INCLUDE ANY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL, ANY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS? JUST TO BE CERTAIN, I'M SORRY.
ADD ANY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AND ANY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION? SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED, UH, TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO A DATE CERTAIN ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024.
IT'S PROPERLY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
AND WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT, CORRECT? YES.
WE NEED TO USE OUR VOTING MACHINE, PLEASE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
TOM, CAN YOU BRING UP THE SCREEN? THANK YOU.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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THANK YOU COUNSEL.AND CECILIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR ALL YOUR TIME.
WE APPRECIATE IT AND, AND HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AT
[1. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to negotiate and execute an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Integrated Project Solutions for an amount not to exceed $62,415 for additional project management services affiliated with the McCowan Aquatics and Recreation Center]
THIS TIME.MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
WE HAVE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $62,415 FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AFFILIATED WITH THE MCALLEN AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHRIS GLOVER, PARKS DIRECTOR, EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.
UH, QUENTIN SMITH WITH INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTION HAS SOME PERSONAL, UH, ISSUES THAT HE'S DEALING WITH.
SO HE'S BEEN TEXTING ME BACK AND FORTH, SO HE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.
SO I AM GOING TO TRY TO, UH, TO GET THROUGH THIS.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW, HOW THIS GOES, UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2023.
AND I'M SURE I'LL BE FINE, BUT WE'LL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES.
UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, UH, WE ENTERED INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS, UH, AS OUR, UH, OWNER'S REP.
AND WE HAD, UH, WE BASICALLY, WE HAVE THREE PARTS TO OUR, OUR AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER, UH, PROJECT.
WE HAVE OUR OWNER'S REP, AGAIN, WHICH IS, IS INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS.
OUR, UM, SMAR WHO ARE CONS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WHICH WHO'S MANHATTAN.
AND THEN OUR A AND E IS SMITH GROUP.
SO A AND E IS, UH, IS OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING, AND IN OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING TEAM'S ORIGINAL DESIGN SERVICES LINE ITEM, IT INCLUDED FITNESS CENTER CONSULTATION SERVICES.
UH, HOWEVER, IF, UH, THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT WILL MOVE THIS ITEM TO IPSS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT AND WILL NOT IMPACT THE PROJECT'S OVERALL.
BOTTOM LINE, I REPEAT IT WILL NOT IMPACT
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THAT SCOPE OF SERVICE ALONG WITH THE FINANCING THAT IS, THAT IS NOW CURRENTLY WITH OUR, UH, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, AND WE'RE MOVING THAT TO INTEGRATED PROJECTS SOLUTIONS, SCOPE OF SERVICES WHERE THEY WILL ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY DO THAT.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE ABOUT $77,000 UNDER BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, UPON CITY COUNCIL'S REP APPROVAL, IPS WILL PROVIDE FITNESS EQUIPMENT CON CONSULTATION SERVICES BY CONTRACTING MR. MELVIN SANDERS, OWNER OF SANDERS FIT PERFORMANCE CENTER, TO PROVIDE THOROUGH CONS, CONSULTATIVE SERVICES ON THE FITNESS AREA AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST CITY OF DESOTO, UM, WITH OUR VISION.
NOW ON, UH, ON MR. MR. SANDERS, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL I KNOW, IF I WERE YOU ALL, I'D PROBABLY BE THINKING, WELL, WHY MR. MELMAN SANDERS? AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A VERY, UH, GOOD QUESTION.
AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA TRY TO SAY THIS WITHOUT GOING BACK TOO FAR, BUT, UH, THE WAY THAT, THAT I ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED, UH, SANDERS FIT IS MY DAUGHTER TORE HER ACL PLAYING BASKETBALL.
AND AFTER SHE HAD HER SURGERY, THEY ACTUALLY SENT HER TO SANDERS FIT.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, SO I, I, I WALK INTO PLACE AND AGAIN, AS A, A, UH, FITNESS PROFESSIONAL, 'CAUSE I AM REALLY INTO FITNESS, HAVE BEEN IN FITNESS FOR A LONG TIME.
I WALK INTO THIS, THIS FACILITY AND I'M LIKE, MAN, THIS IS DIFFERENT.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAW WHEN I WALKED IN, THERE'S A, A, A MINI BASKETBALL COURT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FITNESS CENTER, AND I'M LIKE, OH, MAN, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING CORNHOLE, UM, TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY PART OF IT.
AND, UM, THERE'S THIS ZERO GRAVITY, UH, TREADMILL.
AND FOR THOSE THAT KNOW, DON'T KNOW WHAT A ZERO GRAVITY TREADMILL IS, WHICH IS MOST OF US, UH, AND, AND I DIDN'T EITHER, SO I HAD TO COME BACK AND LOOK IT UP.
SO I WAS, I WAS BASICALLY IN MR. SANDERS FACILITY.
MR. SANDERS IS WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
WHILE, WHILE WAVING AT EVERYONE, MR. SANDERS, I'M, I'M, I'M TAKING PICTURES AND STEALING AND GOING BACK AND GOOGLING THIS STUFF AND SEEING HOW MUCH IS THIS THING, WHAT DOES IT DO? AND, UH, THERE WAS ALSO AN AN, AN OXY FITT MACHINE, WHICH YOU CAN GET ON THIS AND DO A, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS, BUT LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING SQUATS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR POSTURE ON THIS BIG SCREEN, AND IT'S SHOWING YOU YOUR FORM.
AND IF YOU'RE LEANING TO THE SIDE, I'M LIKE, OH MAN, THIS IS ALL THE CHANGE.
AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF THE, THESE THINGS AND MOST FITNESS AREAS THAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY KINDA LIKE BIG BOX, UH, TYPE FACILITIES WITH A BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT IN IT.
AND, AND, AND HIS FACILITY HAD A LOT MORE PERSONALITY.
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SO WHAT I DID IS I TOOK MY PHONE, I SAID, MAN, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL EXCITED.I'M VIDEOING AND I'M, MAN, I NEED TO TAKE THIS BACK TO MY STAFF SO THEY CAN SEE IT.
AND THEN IT FINALLY HIT ME, MAN, HO HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
THESE, THESE WOMEN ARE GONNA THINK YOU SOME KIND OF PERVERT VIDEO, AND SO LET ME, YOU KNOW, LET, LET, LET ME, LET ME SLOW DOWN.
AND SO, UH, SOMEONE SAID, UH, UH, UH, WELL, IF YOU WANT TO VIDEO, YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE OWNER.
I SAID, WELL, WHO'S THE OWNER? AND SO THEY SAID, UH, MELVIN, MR. SANDERS, THE GUY RIGHT THERE.
ONE THING THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME A WHOLE LOT ABOUT MR. SANDERS IS HE'S ENGAGED.
IT'S ACTUALLY WHERE HE WORKS OUT.
AND SO HE'S ENGAGED AND HE GETS A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE.
SO HE'S REALLY ENGAGED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE.
AND, UH, SO THEN WE SCHEDULED LUNCH AND WE KIND OF TOOK OFF FROM THERE TO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AS OPPOSED TO ME GOING IN AND TRYING TO, UH, UH, STEAL A LOT OF HIS IDEAS.
I WAS LIKE, WHY DON'T WE JUST BRING THIS GUY ONTO OUR TEAM TO HELP US BUILD THE TYPE OF FACILITY THAT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN BUILDING? UH, AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT KIND OF FACILITY, HIS FACILITY HAS TRAINING, REHABILITATION, RECOVERY, AND NUTRITION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY BIG ABOUT THAT, UH, TO ME IS WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT LONGEVITY.
AND THAT PHYSICAL THERAPY PART, I THINK REALLY SETS US ASIDE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST.
NOW, ALSO, THE OTHER THING I WOULD HAVE MY DAUGHTER TEXTING ME ALL THE TIME, UH, SHE WOULD TEXT ME AND SAY, DAD, DAD, I SAW VAUGHN MILLER DAD, I SAW EARL SPENCE DAD.
I SAW, UH, EUREKA, UH, BU WALLE DAD.
I SAW WENDY WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS.
AND, UH, I WAS JUST TALKING TO MELVIN, UH, BACK THERE EARLIER, AND I WAS SHOWING HIM THIS PICTURE OF MARVIN WASHINGTON.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T, MARVIN DON'T KNOW MARVIN, MARVIN'S A 6, 8, 6 9 VIRAL GUY FOR DESOTO THAT THEY'RE SHOWING HOLINESS SIX FOUR GUY, LIKE A RAG DOLL.
UH, GUESS WHERE MARVIN WORKS OUT,
AND SO I'M LIKE, MAN, THIS, THIS PLACE IS, THIS PLACE IS SOMETHING.
AND AGAIN, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO REALLY KIND OF GET THE VIBE TO THE WHOLE VIBE OF WHAT HE DOES THERE.
BUT, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE REHABILITATION, THERE'S CRYOTHERAPY, THERE'S RED LIGHT, UH, RED LIGHT THERAPY, UH, NMA COMPRESSION.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO, TO SEE.
AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MELVIN, I'M KIND OF BRAGGING ON HIM A LITTLE BIT.
HE DOESN'T KNOW, I KNOW ALL OF THIS ABOUT HIM, BUT I'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK ON HIM AS WELL.
UH, UH, HE WAS A FORMER PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER WITH THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS.
HE PLAYED IN EUROPE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UH, HE WAS ALSO A STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH WITH, UH, THE SPURS ORGANIZATION.
HE STARTED IN A LITTLE APARTMENT AFTER HE RETIRED.
HE WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO DO, AND HE FOUND HIMSELF, UH, DOING A LOT OF TRAINING FOR LIKE 16 HOURS A DAY.
AND THIS KIND OF SPEARHEADED INTO HIM, UH, FORMING HIS OWN COMPANY.
AND SO THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW IT KINDA ELABORATED.
AND, UH, HE'S CURRENTLY, UH, ONE OF, AND IT'S A PERFORMANCE CENTER, AND HE HAS ONE OF THE TOP UP AND COMING PERFORMANCE CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND I MEAN, UH, DAK PRESCOTT WORKS OUT THERE, UH, EZEKIEL OR ED, YOU CAN NAME IT.
BUT THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT STARS.
AND THE THING THAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THE PLACE IS MY DAUGHTER WOULD SEND THE TEXT MESSAGE AND I ASKED, WELL, DID YOU GO TALK TO V? SHE'S LIKE, NAH, DADDY, WE DON'T DO THAT HERE.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST TRYING TO STAY IN SHAPE AND YOU HAVE, UH, UH, UH, PROS THAT ARE ALL THERE.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, UH, AS FAR AS PERSONAL TRAINING.
AND SO TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AT OUR FACILITY AS SOMETHING THAT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY REALLY DESERVES, AND IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT AND I, AND, AND SOMETHING THAT IS SUSTAINABLE.
NOW, I CAME UP WITH FOUR GOALS, UH, THAT WE WANT, WE WANT TO DO AT OUR FITNESS CENTER.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS TO MAXIMIZE AND SUSTAIN MEMBERSHIPS AND REVENUE.
UH, AND REVENUE IS GONNA REALLY BE IMPORTANT WITH SENATE, SENATE BILL TOO.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT COOKIE CUTTER AND JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER GYM.
UH, NEXT IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY FITNESS SERVICES.
UH, AND I TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF RECOVERY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY STUFF.
UH, NUMBER THREE IS TO ESTABLISH A REPUT, UH, A REPUTATION AS A REPUTABLE AND PROFESSIONAL FACILITY.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT AND MAINTAIN IT.
AND THEN NUMBER FOUR IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND, UH, FITNESS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY.
AND, AND, AND BEING ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN WITH THE EXPERTISE THAT HE BRINGS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN HAVING OUR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS COMING IN DOING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AT SEVERAL OTHER PLACES.
AND, UH, SO WE JUMPED ON THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO HAVE MRS. SANDERS ON OUR TEAM.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I, THAT I'VE MISSED, OH, THE COST, I MIGHT WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
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FURNITURE AND, AND FIXTURE EQUIPMENT AND, AND EQUIPMENT, IT'S ABOUT 558, UH, K THAT WE HAVE THERE.SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING 10% OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, THAT MONEY IS ALREADY ALLOCATED WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING THAT OVER TO OUR OWNER'S REP.
AND THEN OUR OWNER'S REP IS ACTUALLY BRINGING MELVIN ON THEIR TEAM.
SO IT TOTALS TO ABOUT 62, A LITTLE BIT OVER $62,000, 62, 400 $15 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS A TRANSFER.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AND AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $62,415 FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AFFILIATED WITH MACAU AND AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES PRESENT MY PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA BE EASY TONIGHT ON YOU, PLEASE.
QUENTIN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS.
UM, COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION MATTER MAYOR, GO AHEAD.
THERE'S ONE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF LIGHTS ON, IF WE CAN MATTER.
MAY I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED? UH, THANK SECOND THANK YOU CHAIR.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FOR TOM? IF WE COULD GET OUR ROUNDS PLEASE, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE COUNSEL IS, UM, ABLE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS? YES.
SO YOU, YOU SAID THAT THIS IS ALREADY BUDGETED, IT WAS BUDGETED SOMEPLACE ELSE, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S AN FFF AND E.
SO THAT MEANS DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GONNA HAVE LESS FURNITURE FFF, LESS FFF AND E AND WE'RE JUST MOVING THAT MONEY OVER TO SERVICES? HOW DO WE, ARE, ARE WE OVER BUDGETING FF AND E INSTEAD OF TAKING THAT SAVING TO THE BOTTOM LINE? WE WERE ACTUALLY OVER BUDGETED BECAUSE WE INCLUDED THE CONSULTATION FEE IN THAT FF AND E WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERS.
I DON'T, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING.
'CAUSE FF AND E IS NORMALLY FURNITURE, YOU KNOW, THEY SHARE AND EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO, AND THAT, AND THAT CON, CON BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT CONSULTATION FEE WAS ALREADY INCORPORATED IN YOUR FF AND E.
SO WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY TELL US WHAT TO BUY.
AND SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE'RE PULLING THAT OUT, PUTTING IT, TRANSFERRING THE, THE, THE COST OVER TO UNDER SMITH GROUP? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THEY'RE JUST HIRING THIS EXPERT? THAT'S CORRECT.
I JUST, WHEN YOU SAID IT AS AN FFF AND EI WAS LIKE, HOW DO WE MOVE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT YEAH.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
COUNSELING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? OKAY.
HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL.
UM, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
LET'S GET OUR VOTING MACHINE UP.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR ITEMS ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[G. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION.]
SESSION, SO I'M GONNA ASK IF OUR CITY SECRETARY WILL PLEASE READ THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5, 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS WITH GPS MUNICIPAL CONSULTING FIRM, THE CITY MANAGER CANDIDATE PROFILE AND SELECTION CRITERIA PROCESS, AND ANY ACTION AS A RESULT.
UM, COUNSEL AT THIS TIME, IT IS 8:01 PM AND WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, AND RETURN WITH ANY ACTION AS A RESULT.
IT IS 8:43 PM AND WE HAVE CONVENED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL ACTION AS A RESULT OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO ADJOURN.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.