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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.[A. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, AND IT'S NOW 6:00 PM I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
MAYOR AND RACHEL PROCTOR HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE.
WE'LL HAVE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR RON BIVINS WITH MOUNT ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY JAYDEN WILLIS, WITH CATHERINE JOHNSON, TECHNOLOGY MAGNET ACADEMY.
IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND, FALL FRESH UPON US.
SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, FALL FRESH, ETERNAL GOD.
WE COME THIS EVENING, LORD, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR GREATNESS, YOUR AWESOMENESS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COOL WEATHER.
BUT NOW LORD, WE COME TIME TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS OF THE GREAT CITY, OF THE SOTO.
AND WE HERE, LORD, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR AND LORD, WE JUST WANT TO SAY, BREATHE ON US.
ALLOW YOUR SPIRIT TO DO WHAT IT DOES TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
I PRAY FOR EVERY DECISION THAT WILL BE MADE.
I PRAY FOR THE SERVANT OF THIS COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I PRAY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR WATER DEPARTMENT.
I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE SOTO LORD, THAT YOU'LL MAKE US ONE.
JUST WINK YOUR EYE AT US WHEN YOU SEE, WHEN YOU ARE PLEASED WITH WHAT WE DO.
PLEASE DRAW ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TUTOR REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
THANK YOU PASTOR BIVINS FOR LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER TONIGHT.
AND HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
UH, WE WISH YOU WELL ON ANOTHER YEAR.
ALSO, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR TONIGHT, MR. JAYDEN WILLIS, UH, FROM KATHERINE JOHNSON, TECHNOLOGY MAGNET.
LET'S GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES.
AND I WANNA READ JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MR. WILLIS HERE.
UH, JAYDEN WILLIS IS A REMARKABLE YOUNG STUDENT WHO EXCELS AT THE CATHERINE JOHN JOHNSON TECHNOLOGY MAGNET ACADEMY.
AS A SEVENTH GRADE SCHOLAR WITH A PASSION FOR MUSIC, ANIME, AND SCIENCE, HE IS A WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUAL WHO EXCELS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF HIS LIFE.
JAYDEN IS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BAND WHERE HE SHOWCASES HIS MUSICAL TALENTS AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE HARMONIOUS MELODIES THAT RESONATE THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
IN ADDITION TO HIS MUSICAL PURSUITS, JAYDEN IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE STUDENT COUNCIL WHERE HE DEMONSTRATES HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND COMMITMENT TO MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON HIS SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
BEYOND HIS EX EXTRACURRICULAR INVOLVEMENTS, JAYDEN POSSESSES A DEEP ROOTED DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
WITH THE GENUINE COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE HE ASPIRES TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MEDICAL RESEARCH, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON FINDING A CURE FOR BREAST CANCER THAT'S ADMIRABLE.
HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THIS CAUSE IS FUELED BY HIS BELIEF IN THE POWER OF GOD, SCIENCE AND THE POTENTIAL THEY HOLD TO TRANSFORM LIVES.
HE WALKS IN INTEGRITY, CONSISTENTLY DISPLAYING HONESTY AND FAIRNESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE.
HIS GENUINE COMPASSION FOR OTHERS SHINES THROUGH IN HIS INTERACTIONS AS HE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT THOSE AROUND HIM.
AS JAYDEN CONTINUES HIS JOURNEY THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BEYOND, IT IS EVIDENT THAT HE POSSESSES THE QUALITIES AND DRIVE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS.
WITH HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC, ANIME, AND SCIENCE, JAYDEN IS UNDOUBTEDLY A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE WORLD.
LET'S GIVE ANOTHER GREAT BIG HAND CLAP FOR JAYDEN.
JAYDEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY AT KJ? I'M JUST REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY CHOSE ME.
WELL, I'M GONNA COME DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME PHOTOS.
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WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, YOU MAY DO SO, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CARD.UM, JAYDEN IS GOING TO ASSIST YOU AT OUR AMBASSADOR TABLE WHERE OUR JUDGE IS SEATED CURRENTLY.
AND YOU CAN TAKE A CARD, FILL IT OUT, AND GIVE IT TO OUR CITY SECRETARY, AND WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF KJ, I DON'T SEE PRINCIPAL NEELY, UM, HERE TONIGHT.
I THINK SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT KJ WAS ACTUALLY RECENTLY RECOGNIZED, UM, AS ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE BY US NEWS.
I THINK THAT DESERVES A HAND CLAP.
KJ WAS ACTUALLY RANKED IN THE TOP 40% OF SCHOOLS AMONG TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND SO US NEWS ANALYZED A HUNDRED OVER 103,000 PRE-K ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO RANK FOR BEST IN 2024.
AND DE SOTO'S KATHERINE JOHNSON, TECHNOLOGY MAGNET PLACED AMONG THE 40%.
AND THIS RANKING ACTUALLY MAKES KJ BOTH A US NEWS, BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND OF THE 68,000 US PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WERE EVALUATED ONLY CLOSE TO ABOUT 1100 EARNED BOTH AWARDS.
AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF KJ AS WELL.
GRANDDADDY GOTTA HAVE A PICTURE TOO.
MADAM CITY SECRETARY, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE.
[B. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
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.
UM, COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SUPPORTED DINING, THE SOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE OVER THE WEEKEND.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, UM, UH, DESOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE IS A 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATION, UM, WITHIN OUR CITY THAT FOCUSES ON BUILDING AND FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS AMONGST NEIGHBORS.
WE TALK ABOUT REAL LIFE DESOTO THINGS.
AND SO THIS, UH, PAST WEEKEND WAS WE ARE ONE WITH A, UH, A CENTRIC THEME AROUND CULTURE.
HOW DO WE, UH, IS YOUR CULTURE REPRESENTED? HOW DO YOU PROMOTE IT? AND WHAT WILL YOU DO TO FURTHER PUSH, UH, YOUR CULTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY? UM, WE HAD OVER EIGHT HOMES, UH, THAT PARTICIPATED.
AND, UM, I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, PROVIDED EVEN SOME OF THOSE THAT MISSED THEIR FOUNDER'S DAY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF DESOTO DINING AND DIALOGUE, UM, I MEAN, IT'S A TREAT YOU, YOU WILL NOT MISS.
AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ONE THING I DON'T FORGET IS A PICTURE.
AND, UM, THAT'S JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED WE WERE TO COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THE NEXT ONE WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND IT'LL BE FOCUSED AROUND EDUCATION.
SO I KNOW WE ALL LOVE OUR ISD AND ALL THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH EDUCATION IN OUR CITY OUTSIDE OF ISD.
SO, UH, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING RIGHT NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH, UM, KATHY JONES WILL BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT.
UM, AND UNTIL THEN, THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.
FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT,
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STEP INTO A WORLD OF RHYTHM AND SOUL AS WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING.IN THE, AT THE R AND B SOUL CONCERT ON JANUARY 20TH, EXPERIENCED THE MAGIC OF LIVE MUSIC AS THE INSPIRATION BAND TAKES THE SAGE INFUSING THE AIR WITH THEIR UNIQUE BLEND OF R AND B AND SOUL.
THERE'S STILL TIME FOR TICKETS, AND I WILL BELIEVE, UH, BE AT, I BELIEVE, 7:00 PM IS THAT CORRECT, MR. GLOVER? THANK YOU.
UM, COME OUT AND HAVE A GRAND TIME HERE IN OUR CORNER THEATER.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO FROM OUR CITY, UH, DISORDER, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
JOIN US FOR THE 30TH ANNUAL DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE, A NIGHT OF MAGIC, LAUGHTER, AND UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS.
AND THAT WILL BE FEBRUARY 3RD ON FROM 6:30 PM TO 9:30 PM AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER.
GET READY TO SWIRL, SWIRL, AND SPIN ON THE DANCE FLOOR WITH YOUR SPECIAL LITTLE LADY.
THIS YEAR PROMISES TO BE MORE ENCHANTING THAN EVER BEFORE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO TELL THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OUR DESOTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE JOINT MEETING.
UH, THEY WERE VERY, VERY IMPRESSED, UH, WITH THE COMMENTS.
AND, UM, UH, FOR OUR CITIZENS WHO DON'T KNOW, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS VERY, VERY BUSY AND VERY ACTIVE.
SO ON BEHALF OF THEM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AFTER YOUR, AFTER YOU GUYS ADJOURNED, UM, WE CONTINUED THE BUSINESS OF THE, UM, OF, UM, OF THAT, UH, PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR INPUT ALSO.
OH, ALSO EARTH DAY, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, THE, THE HISTORY OF DESOTO.
WE WILL HOST A, UH, KEEP DESOTA BEAUTIFUL.
WE'LL HOST AN EARTH DAY COMING UP IN, UM, I BELIEVE IN APRIL.
SO PLEASE LOOK FOR, UH, UH, FURTHER INFORMATION, BROTHER.
UH, MR. NA'S DOING A GREAT JOB AND THAT KEEP DESOTA BEAUTIFUL IS AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.
SO PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE AWAY TREES AND DO SOME THINGS WITH LOWE'S, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT EARTH DAY.
JUST, UH, ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO GO FORTH THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, THE LIFE CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE, AS CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLE LOCATED AT TWO 20 SOUTH COCKRELL HILL THAT'S IN PLACE.
FIVE, THEY WILL BE HOSTING A COMMUNITY DINNER ON JANUARY 20TH FROM SIX 30 UNTIL 7:30 PM UH, THE PURPOSE OF THAT DINNER IS BECAUSE THEY'RE WANTING YOU TO SHARE WITH THEM HOW IS IT THAT YOU SEE THEY CAN MAKE A GREATER IMPACT HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU SHOW UP ON JANUARY 20TH.
THAT'S WEDNESDAY FROM SIX 30 ON UNTIL SEVEN 30 OVER AT THE LIFE CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLE, LOCATED AT TWO 20 SOUTH COCKRELL HILL, RIGHT HERE IN ALL AMERICA, CITY OF DESOTO.
UM, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GRAND PRAIRIE NON NAACP AWARDED OUR MAYOR WITH AN AWARD OVER THE WEEKEND, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME WHEN OTHER CITIES
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, REALLY QUICK, JUST A POINT OF, UH, INFORMATION.
DID YOU SAY JANUARY 20TH FOR THAT, UM, DINNER? UH, YES, BECAUSE YOU SAY WEDNESDAY.
I WAS JUST MAKING CERTAIN, OH, OKAY.
WHAT IS THE 20TH, WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THAT? SATURDAY? IT'S SATURDAY, WHATEVER, JANUARY 20TH IS.
SO IF I SAID WEDNESDAY, I MEANT WHATEVER DAY THAT IS.
AND OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING DIFFERENT, I'LL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT I GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE I CLOSE US OUT? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, KEEPING IN LINE WITH AWARDS, UM, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE, BY FOR RECEIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL, THE PRESIDENT'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD THIS WEEKEND.
I KNOW, AND WE, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPION FOOTBALL TEAM THIS WEEKEND AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU TO THE DESOTO COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT AND MAKING THAT CELEBRATION A HUGE SUCCESS.
WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN, UM, CELEBRATING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, AND SO WE WANNA
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KEEP THAT UP.ALSO, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR MLK ART AND ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS AS WELL.
UM, AS, UM, THAT PARTICIPATED, I THINK WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED ENTRIES BETWEEN THE ART AND ESSAYS, UM, FROM DESOTO, ISD, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO APPRECIATE, UM, SPECIFICALLY I KNOW DESOTO PRIVATE, UM, HAD SOME THINGS WITH THE SPONSORSHIPS, ALL OF OUR SPONSORS.
UM, I DON'T, I I SHOULDN'T HAVE STARTED OPENING MY CAN OF WORMS AND CALLING NAMES 'CAUSE I'M, I'M FORGETTING I'M DRAWING A BLANK.
HOWEVER, ALL OF OUR SPONSORS, EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THAT EVENT, ALL OF THE PARENTS, ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK TIME TO PARTICIPATE AND MAKE THIS YEAR'S MLK ART AND ESSAY CONTEST A HUGE SUCCESS.
NOW, UH, AS WE CLOSE OUT, WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE SOME BIRTHDAYS IN THIS MONTH.
WE ACKNOWLEDGED OUR PASTOR, HE'S GONE FOR THE EVENING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS A BIRTHDAY THAT'S COMING UP, UM, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND SO WE WANT TO WISH OUR MAYOR PRO TEM LETITIA HUGHES, A HAPPY BIRTH, HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY.
UM, HER SWEET 16 IS HAPPENING IN A FEW DAYS.
SO MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU KNOW HOW THIS GOES.
YOU GET TO PICK WHICH VERSION YOU WANT, AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CHOIR WILL SING TO YOU.
IS THAT THE STEVIE WONDER VERSION? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, MADAM CITY SECRETARY WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES.
THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC 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 CITIZEN COMMENT CARDS.
YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO, WHICH SHOULD SPEAK.
MADAM CITY SECRETARY, CAN YOU MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND UNDERSCORE THE ELECTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP? DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? YES, I DO.
THAT'S THE FIRST DATE OF FILE AND APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED SIX AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SEVEN IN THE MAY 4TH, 2024 ELECTION.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO PICK UP YOUR PACKET AT 9 7 2 2 3 0 9 6 6 4.
AGAIN, THAT'S FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SIX, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SEVEN, UM, STARTING TOMORROW, JANUARY 17TH.
AND THAT DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 16TH.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[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. ]
MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER.
ARE NOW REC RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL.
AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, OR THE CITY MANAGER.
FIRST, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY 6 21, RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING DR.
MLK JUNIOR DAY OF SERVICE, AS WELL AS DESOTO SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK.
CONSIDERING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE SIX, AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE.
SEVEN DESIGNATING POLLING PLACES, ORDERING NOTICES OF ELECTION TO BE GIVEN, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT AND GENERAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING ABIL SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
CONSIDER RATIFYING THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT OF SANITARY SEWER REPAIR SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,695 AND 75 CENTS FROM TEXAS STANDARD CONSTRUCTION FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF AN 18 INCH SANITARY SEWER LINE ON METHODIST WAY.
IN AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULED FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARGES.
AND FINALLY, CONSIDER AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DESOTO ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DALLAS COUNTY ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE DESOTO
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POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PARTICIPATION IN DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S HARM REDUCTION IN OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAM.COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ITEMS THAT NEED CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF REGARDING ITEM 2D.
UM, AND THAT'S THE ONE REGARDING THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT OF THE SANITARY SEWER REPAIR SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF $54,000.
UM, WHEN I WAS READING THE STAFF REPORT AND, UH, THE, PARTICULARLY THE EMERGENCY FORM, I GUESS I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH HOW EMERGENCY FORMS OR EMERGENCY REQUESTS WORK BECAUSE IN THE COMMENTS IS STATED THAT THE SUPERVISOR, MR. ALLEN, UM, AND REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANY, UM, THEIR NAMES, UH, ESCAPE ME S FOR TEXAS STANDARD, TEXAS STANDARD TO SEE IF THEY COULD DO THE JOB.
AND THEN THAT'S HOW THIS ALL CAME ABOUT.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE, UM, UTILITIES HAS BEEN UP HERE A FEW TIMES AND I NOTICED THAT YOU ALL DON'T GO THROUGH THE NATURAL, UM, RFP PROCESS.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, THE REASON WHY WE JUST REACHED OUT TO SOMEONE WE KNEW AND NOT NECESSARILY DID AN RFP FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY.
SO OUR, UH, INTERNAL PURCHASING POLICIES FOLLOWED THAT OF STATE LAW, UM, FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE IMMEDIATE, UH, PROCUREMENT OR EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AND THE IMMEDIATE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.
SO IF THERE'S ANY, UM, RISK TO HEALTH AND SAFETY OR AN IMPACT TO MUNICIPAL PROPERTY, IT AUTHORIZES OUR INTERNAL POLICY AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, IMMEDIATE APPROPRIATE OR TO INITIATE THE IMMEDIATE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO, UH, REPAIR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I BELIEVE IN THE STAFF NOTES, I ALSO READ THAT THERE WAS EROSION, UM, UH, AROUND THE CREEK.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT ALSO IMPACTS RESIDENTS THAT COULD BE NEAR THERE.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU ALL.
SO THE, SO IT WAS KIND OF A TWO PART ISSUE THERE.
SO THERE WAS HEAVY EROSION IN THE AREA THAT CAUSED, UH, THE COMPROMISE IN THE SEWER LINE.
UH, IT WAS AN 18 INCH, UH, CLAY TILE PIPE THAT WAS ACTUALLY HEAVILY COMPROMISED.
IT WAS CRACKED ALONG THE TOP OF THE SEWER, UH, PIPELINE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE, WE HAD TO STEP BACK AND, UH, KIND OF EVALUATE AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, IF WE LET THIS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON, WE HAD THE RISK OF, UH, PUTTING SEWER INTO THE CREEK.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VIOLATION WITH THE, WITH THE TCEQ AND CAN ALSO CAUSE A FISH KILL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO ENTER INTO AN IMMEDIATE CONTRACT WITH TEXAS STANDARD FOR THE REPAIRS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON A DIFFERENT ITEM.
BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ONE.
SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE? UH, SHOULD YOU FIND ANYTHING ELSE WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE? SO THERE ACTUALLY IS A CONTINGENCY PLAN.
SO, UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, TODAY WE HAD IT SCHEDULED TO ACTUALLY VIDEO INSPECT THAT ENTIRE LINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY MORE ISSUES, UH, TO SEE IF ONE, WE COULD DO SOME POINT REPAIRS OR TWO, PUT IT INTO A, THIS PROJECT INTO A FUTURE CIP.
NOW MOTHER NATURE HAD OTHER PLANS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY.
SO WE'RE TENTATIVELY ON THE SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY TO, UH, EVALUATE THE, THAT LINE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND THEN STAFF WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION FOR THERE.
HOPEFULLY, KNOCK ON WOOD, UH, THAT POINT REPAIR IS THE ONLY COMPROMISE IN THE SEWER LINE, BUT IF NOT, WE'LL, UH, FORMULATE A PLAN AND FIGURE IT OUT AND BE BACK HERE BEFORE YOU.
AND THEN HAS, UM, I MAY HAVE READ IT WRONG, BUT ARE THERE ANY STEPS IN PLACE TO MINIMIZE ANY OF THE COMMUNITY DISRUPTIONS FROM THIS? WILL THERE BE ANY COMMUNITY DISRUPTIONS? SO IT WILL NOT BE THERE.
UH, SO THIS REPAIR HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
OH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE, OKAY.
SO THE, THE ASK TODAY WAS JUST BASICALLY TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WE HAD TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE REPAIR OKAY.
ABOVE THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORIZATION LIMIT.
BUT BECAUSE THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY, THIS IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU, UH, FOR RATIFICATION BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE $50,000 AUTHORIZATION FOR CITY MANAGER APPROVAL.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, D TWO E CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARGES.
COULD YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE A, A REALLY HIGH LEVEL AS TO HOW DO WE GET HERE IN TERMS OF WHY WE NEED TO DO THIS FEE INCREASE? AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, I TOOK A LOOK AT THE, THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
AND AT THE BOTTOM IT MENTIONS, YOU KNOW, ANALYZING THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THAT
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WAS MEANING.SO WE HAVE NOT RAISED OUR AMBULANCE FEE SINCE 2011, AND WE TRIED TO STAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE DUE TO HOW WE, UH, RUN OUR AMBULANCES.
SO IF WE'RE AT A DIFFERENT, UH, AMBULANCE FEE THAN CEDAR HILL OR DUNCANVILLE, WHEN THEY COME OVER HERE AND RUN AN AMBULANCE CALL FOR OUR CITIZENS, OUR CITIZENS WOULD ACTUALLY BE CHARGED AT THEIR RATE VERSUS OUR RATE.
SO CURRENTLY, JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A, A QUICK RUN.
LAST YEAR, 1400 OF OUR AMBULANCE CALLS HAD TO BE RUN BY ANOTHER CITY BECAUSE OUR THREE AMBULANCES WERE ALREADY ON EMERGENCY CALLS.
SO BY KEEPING IN CONJUNCTION WITH CEDAR HILL IN DUNCANVILLE, WE'RE ALL CHARGING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THE SAME.
SO A CEDAR HILL OR DUNCANVILLE OR DESOTA AMBULANCE DOESN'T GET CHARGED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHICH AMBULANCE COMES.
SO WE ALL TRY TO STAY TOGETHER.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DUNCANVILLE HAS ALREADY RAISED THEIRS AND CEDAR HILL IS GOING NEXT WEEK TO COUNCIL FOR THE SAME, UH, THING THAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU BEFORE.
UH, I ALSO HAVE A MERGER CON OUR AMBULANCE BILLING COMPANY WITH US TOO, IN CASE Y'ALL GOT MORE QUESTIONS THAT GET MORE TECHNICAL.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS, IS A, IS A NEW, UH, SENATE BILL WAS PASSED, OR HOUSE BILL WAS PASSED, AND IT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES PAY MORE FOR AMBULANCE CHARGES, NOT THE CITIZEN.
AND SO, UH, ON FEBRUARY 2ND, WE HAVE TO UPLOAD OUR FEE SCHEDULE INTO THE, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE PORTAL, AND THEN THEY WILL TELL US WHAT PERCENTAGE THEY'RE GONNA PAY BASED ON THOSE FEES.
SO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE CAN COLLECT ON EACH AMBULANCE CALL IS GONNA BE BASED ON THE FEES WE IMPORT ON ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
SO IF WE STAY AT OUR CURRENT FEES, WHATEVER THAT PERCENTAGE IS, WE'RE ONLY GONNA GET A PERCENTAGE OF THE FEES THAT WE IMPORT INTO THAT PORTAL ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
SO SINCE WE HAVEN'T MOVED RATES SINCE 2011, THE WHOLE INDUSTRY HAS GONE WAY.
WE'RE WAY LOW AS FAR AS WHAT WE CHARGE ON AMBULANCE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AND CAPTURE ALL THE MONEY WE CAN FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WE BILL FOR THE, FOR THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I GOT LOST JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO IN ESSENCE, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THERE, THE STATE IS REQUIRED THEM TO PAY MORE VERSUS THE, THE, THE, THE INSURANCE HOLDER.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICARE, RIGHT? MEDICARE PAYS WHAT MEDICARE PAYS.
THERE'S NO, THEY JUST, THEY HAVE A SET FEE.
THIS IS WHAT THEY PAY NO MATTER WHAT OUR RATES ARE.
BUT COMMERCIAL INSURANCE, BECAUSE OF THE NEW BILL THAT WAS PASSED, WE'LL HAVE TO PAY A PERCENTAGE OF THE AMBULANCE BILL AND THAT PERCENTAGE WILL BE BASED OFF OUR FEES THAT WE LO LOAD INTO THE INSURANCE PORTAL ON FEBRUARY THE SECOND.
AND SO, I I, SO FOR THE RE SO FOR THE RESIDENT WHO HAS TO PAY THE INSURANCE, I'M SORRY, TO PAY THE FEE FOR THE AMBULANCE, THEY'RE GETTING THIS BILL.
UM, SO IN ESSENCE THEY'LL BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT IT HAD BEEN WHEN THEY WERE GETTING BILLED BY US.
UH, BUT THEIR INSURANCE WILL COVER MORE, SO THEIR INSURANCE IS GONNA PAY A, A, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE TO US.
AND THEN, SO THEN THE REMAINING INSURANCE BILL WOULD GO TO THAT, TO THAT PATIENT OR TO THAT CITIZEN OR WHOEVER CALLED.
BUT THEN WE HAVE OTHER AVENUES THAT WE USE WITH OUR BILLING COMPANY TO TRY TO HELP OFFSET THE, ANY ADDITIONAL BILLS TO THE CITIZEN.
SO THERE WERE, THE WHOLE GOAL IS, SO THE CITIZENS DON'T SEE AN INCREASE OR IT COST THEM MORE TO CALL AN AMBULANCE THAT IT'S COSTING THE INSURANCE COMPANY MORE TO CALL THAT AMBULANCE IN.
AND THIS COVERS, THIS COST CAPTURES WHAT IT NEEDS TO CAPTURE TO RUN THE SERVICE.
SO NO, I MEAN, WE, YOU JUST DON'T MAKE MONEY RUNNING THE AMBULANCE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE.
BUT THIS DEFINITELY HELPS OUT AND HELPS US COLLECT MORE REVENUE IN, UH, THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE IF WE JUST LEFT THEM ALONE.
COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MAD MAYOR MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR.
MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO APPROVE.
AS PRESENTED, THERE ARE TWO ORDINANCES THAT NEED TO BE READ.
MADAM CITY SECRETARY, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE FOURTH DAY OF MAY, 2024 IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SIX AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE SEVEN, DESIGNATING POLLING PLACES ORDERING NOTICES OF ELECTION TO BE GIVEN, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AND GENERAL ELECTION AGREEMENT, AN ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS.
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING APPENDIX A TITLED FEE SCHEDULED BY AMENDING ARTICLE 27.000 TITLED, AMBULANCE FEES BY AMENDING SECTION 27.100 TITLED, AMBULANCE FEES BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH TWO TITLED RATES PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME MS. THOMAS, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[E. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION (AS NEEDED)]
WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ANY ACTION AS A RESULT WE HAVE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0[00:30:01]
0.0 8 7, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND 5 5 1 0.0712 CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE AND TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE REGARDING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY.AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RETURN, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WITH ANY ACTION AS A RESULT, MY EXCUSE, WE ARE BACK.
IT IS 7:44 PM AND WE ARE NOW CONVENING BACK INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE WILL TAKE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[1. Conduct a public hearing and consider an Ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) in order to establish and operate a restaurant with a drive-through on property that is currently zoned General Retail (GR). The property is legally described as being Lot 1A, Block A, Brouwer Addition. The applicant is T2D Concept, and the property owner is the City of DeSoto. (Case No. Z-1509-23)]
HEARINGS.ATTENDEES MAY SPEAK ON ANY ITEM 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.
FIRST, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE-THROUGH ON PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL.
THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LOT ONE A BLOCK, A BROWER EDITION.
THE APPLICANT IS T 2D CONCEPT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE CITY OF DESOTO.
CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1509 DASH 23.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS STER ZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER.
OKAY, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CASE NUMBER Z 15 0 9 23 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
REQUEST FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH THE SITE IS 0.49 ACRES AND IS CURRENTLY ZONE GENERAL RETAIL.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTHAMPTON ROAD AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST BELTLINE ROAD, IT IS ADDRESSED AS 110 NORTHAMPTON ROAD.
THIS IS THE AREA WHERE IN THE VICINITY MAP OF THE SITE, THE SITE IS THE ONE THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS, IS VACANT AND THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTHEAST, WEST AND SOUTH ARE ZONE GENERAL RETAIL.
THE FUTURE AND USE PLAN OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THE SITE AS SUITABLE FOR MIXED USE IS EAST.
HIS HISTORIC RETAIL USES AND THIS, UM, MIXED USE HISTORIC RETAIL INCORPORATES TRADITIONAL SOS HISTORIC DESIGN INCLUDING RESTAURANTS, RETAIL SHOPS, OFFICES, PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT IS THEREFORE CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THE PROPERTIES ACCESSED FROM, UH, NORTH HAMPTON ROAD AND NORTH HAMPTON ROAD IS A FOUR LANE TWO YEAR ROAD.
ON THE 2015 MA TAFE PLAN, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO OBTAIN A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.
THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.49 ACRES IN SIZE.
THE SITE SHOWS TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THIS LOT.
BUILDING NUMBER ONE IS GOING TO BE ROOTS CHICKEN SHACK RESTAURANT AND BUILDING NUMBER TWO IS GOING, IS NOT YET DETERMINED.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S NEW HAMPTON PROJECT CORRIDOR.
HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR IS ENVISIONED TO BE A DESTINATION ORIENTED WITH MIXED USES.
THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR HAVE SPECIAL BUILDING ELEMENTS CODE SUCH AS BUILDING PLACEMENT ACCESS AND PARKING BUILDING FORM AMONG OTHERS.
SINCE HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT IS NOT YET FINALIZED, SURF IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE APPLICANT'S SITE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TON ROAD, UH, CHARACTER BASED CODE.
AS SUCH, THE SITE PLAN, THE LANDSCAPE AND ELEVATION PLANS WILL BE REVIEW REVIEWED ONCE THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT ARE REGULATIONS OF THE TON PROJECT ARE IN PLACE.
THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS ONLY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL AND SECTION 36 POINT
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10 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE-THROUGH IN GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT.THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH IS AMMONIA AND COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER RETAIL USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS WITHIN THE HAMPTON ROAD.
NOTIFICATION FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2023, STAFF ALSO MAILED 63 NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 AND 400 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND ON NOVEMBER 28, STAFF RECEIVED TWO LETTERS IN SUPPORT AND NO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION OF THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST.
THIS IS THE, UM, CONCEPT SITE PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THIS IS, UH, THE, UM, BUILDING TO THE NORTH WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL BE A RESTAURANT.
THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
THE USE IS NOT YET KNOWN, BUT THERE WILL BE TWO BUILDINGS.
THE ONE TO THE NORTHWOOD WILL THE RESTAURANT.
AND THIS ONE IS NOT YET DETERMINED, BUT THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SITE RIGHT NOW.
OH, ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH WITH NO CONDITIONS.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND ALSO I DO HAVE, UH, THE APPLICANT IN THIS EVENING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
MS. MUN, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION SEPARATE FROM THE ONE YOU JUST PRESENTED? NOT THAT, WHICH I KNOW.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT THIS TIME.
MADAM CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? MOHAMED SSIM AND I THINK YOU MAY BE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, SO, OKAY.
MR. S MR. EM, IF YOU ARE, UM, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND DON'T HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION, THIS PORTION IS SPECIFICALLY RESERVED FOR RESIDENTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO PRESENT ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT STAFF HAS ALREADY PRESENTED, WE'LL HEAR THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, UH, RESPECT COUNSEL MEMBERS.
UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO, UH, WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH THE, UH, CITY STAFF AND, UM, UH, THE, UH, HALF ENGINEERING TEAM THAT IS WORKING ON THE HAMPTON CORRIDOR.
SO WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH, UH, WITH THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE HAMPTON, UH, CORRIDOR.
UM, AND WILL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AS IT GOES THROUGH THE, UH, UH, THE NEW ORDINANCES.
BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UM, UM, TAKE THOSE EITHER NOW OR DURING YOUR DISCUSSION.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL CARDS? OKAY.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MY CITY OF RESIDENCE IS WAXAHATCHEE.
I AM, UM, PROPERTY MANAGER OF A PROPERTY WITHIN THE 200, UH, FEET OF THIS PROPERTY HERE.
AND, UM, IF I MAY, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO WHERE TO DISCUSS THIS OR MENTION THIS, BUT, UM, MY PROPERTY IS, UM, DIRECTLY BEHIND IT OR CATTYCORNER TO IT.
IF I COULD MY, MAY I APPROACH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE 'EM TO YOU.
UM, MY ONLY CONCERN, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO, UM, TO THE SITE.
MY ONLY CONCERNS IS THE DRAINAGE.
UM, I'VE, WE'VE CONTROLLED THIS PROPERTY FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND THIS LAST YEAR IN 2023, WE HAD TWO, UM, FLOODS, FLOODING IN THE PROPERTY.
AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW, WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT, UM, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF WATER, UM, THAT COMES FROM THE PROPERTY BEHIND US.
UM, AND I, I DREW SOME WHITE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, SOME YELLOW, UH, UM, ARROWS.
UM, AND IT KIND OF OVERFLOWS INTO THE BACK OF THE 1 0 4
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LION STREET.AND SO MY ONLY REQUEST, UH, TO, TO YOU ALL IS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, AND, AND PERHAPS IN THE DESIGNING OF IT, IF THE, UM, THE DRAINAGE COULD BE CONSIDERED PERHAPS TO BE MOVED, UH, AWAY FROM FLOWING, CONTINUING TO KEEP FLOWING IN THAT DIRECTION.
'CAUSE, UM, UM, UH, AGAIN, FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS IN THIS LAST YEAR.
TWICE, UH, IN THE YEAR IT OVERFLOWED AND WE HAD, UH, FLOODING INSIDE THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO STILL FIGURE IT OUT, BUT A LOT OF IT COMES FROM THE BACK PARKING LOT OF THE NEIGHBOR TO THIS PROPERTY THAT'S, UM, BEING PROPOSED ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FLYER.
MY SUGGESTIONS, AND I'M NO ENGINEER BY ANY MEANS, BUT MAYBE DRAINAGE TO GO, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ, FOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK AND WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVING, UH, PROPERTY IN YOUR BUSINESS IN OUR CITY.
UM, I, I WILL UNDERSCORE THAT THE ONLY THING THAT COUNSEL IS CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REGARDING THEIR DRIVE THROUGH.
HOWEVER, IF STAFF OR THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REBUTTAL FOR YOUR COMMENTS, WE'LL ALLOW FOR THEM TO DO SO AT THIS TIME.
STAFF, OR, UM, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO, IS THERE OTHER, EXCUSE ME, LET ME CHECK.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO HAVE A, A RESPONSE TO ANYTHING HE MENTIONED? IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE PAST IT.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THAT TONIGHT.
AND STAFF IS, UH, WE MADE NOTE OF YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS.
AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR.
MARK, SECOND BY MAYOR PROTI TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE READ THE ORDINANCE? MADAM MAYOR, I, I DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY VERY QUICKLY.
I THINK IN, UH, MS. MOON'S PRESENTATION, SHE MENTIONED THAT ON THE PROPERTY THERE WILL BE TWO, UH, BUILDINGS AND SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE SECOND BUILDING WOULD BE.
HOWEVER, DURING PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, MEETING, IT WAS MENTIONED BY THE DEVELOPER THAT THAT SECOND BUILDING WOULD BE A TRAINING FACILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO INTO THAT BUSINESS.
IF YOU GO BACK AND PLAY IT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS, UH, SAID.
SO, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO MAKE THAT, UH, STIPULATION.
BUT OF COURSE IT HAS NO BEARINGS ON, ON THIS WHETHER OR NOT THIS S-O-S-U-P WOULD BE APPROVED.
JUST RELATED TO WHAT, WHAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN MARKS JUST MENTIONED AND RELATED TO THIS, THIS DRIVE THROUGH, IS THERE ANY IMPACT WITH THIS DRIVE THROUGH ON THAT OTHER STRUCTURE THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED? STAFF HAS NO IDEA WHATSOEVER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SECOND USE IS.
UH, THAT'S WHY, UH, IN THE PAST WHEN WE BROUGHT YOU SUVS, WE BROUGHT YOU ELEVATIONAL REVIEWS AND GOT MORE INTO DETAILS.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE CANNOT SAY THAT THE PARKING IS IN COMPLIANCE.
THIS IS STRICTLY CONSIDERING THE USES THE DRIVE THROUGH.
THERE IS A ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE READ.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE IN MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER THREE 11 TO ALLOW FOR LOT ONE BLOCK A BROER EDITION CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS ONE 10 NORTH HAMPTON ROAD, PRESENTLY ZONED AS GENERAL RETAIL TO BE USED FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE-THROUGH USE, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A RE APPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[2. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance amending Planned Development-20 (PD-20) to allow for a four (4) story hotel/motel (Avid/Staybridge Hotel Combo) with some deviations on a property located on the west side of N. I-35 E and north of The Meadows Parkway. The property is legally described as Lot 1 Block A, Holiday Inn I-35 Addition, consisting of 4.2 acres of land and is addressed as 1307 N I-35 E. The applicant is Ignacio Sauceda II and is owned by Mid-Continent Hospitality. (Case No. Z-1510-23)]
A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD 20 TO ALLOW FOR A FOUR STORY HOTEL MOTEL, AVID STATE BRIDGE HOTEL COMBO WITH SOME DEVIATIONS ON A PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH INTERSTATE 35 E AND NORTH OF THE MEADOWS PARKWAY.[00:45:01]
LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE BLOCK, A HOLIDAY INN I 35 EDITION CONSISTING OF 4.2 ACRES OF LAND AND IS ADDRESSED AS 1307 NORTH I 35 E.THE APPLICANT IS IGNACIO CETO II AND IS OWNED BY MID-CONTINENT HOSPITALITY CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1510 DASH 23.
COMING BACK WE HAVE BEST RAZZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER.
CASE NUMBER Z 15 10 23 IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT 20 AMENDMENT REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR A FOUR STORY HOTEL WITH SOME DEVIATIONS.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ON PLAN DEVELOPMENT 20 WITH JANUARY AS THE BASE ZONING.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH INTERSTATE 35 EAST AND NORTH OF THE MIDDLES PARKWAY.
THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4.2 ACRES OF LAND AND IS ADDRESSED AS 13 0 7 NORTH INTERSTATE 35 EAST.
THIS IS THE AREA IN THE VICINITY MAP.
THIS, THIS MAP IS HERE TO JUST SHOW YOU THE EXTENT OF A PD 20, THE ONE THAT IS HEDGED RIGHT HERE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND TO THE NORTH AND SOUTHEAST VACANT LAND ZONED PLANT DEVELOPMENT.
20 TO THE WEST IS A CREEK AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ZONED SINGLE FAMILY.
12 TO THE EAST IS IS NORTH I 35 EAST.
AND THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBER OF HOTELS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE CITY.
THERE ARE NINE HOTELS THAT ARE OPEN AND TWO HOTELS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE IS ONE HOTEL THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED ON, UM, 67 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 67.
AND THERE'S ALSO ONE MOTEL THAT IS CLOSED.
SO THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE CITY.
THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THE SITE IS SUITABLE FOR OFFICE RETAIL USES.
THE PROPOSED HOTEL IS THEREFORE CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROPERTIES ACCESSED FROM NORTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 SURFACE ROAD.
AND THIS INTERSTATE 35 EAST IS A PRI PRIMARY HIGHWAY ON THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE CITY.
THE SITE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL ACCESS FROM, UM, EASEMENT ON THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY.
THIS PD WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 1984 WITH GENERAL RESOURCE, THE BEST ZONING.
AND THIS PD WAS AMENDED IN 1993 AND THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS SINCE THEN.
AND OVER THE YEARS AND ON MAY 15TH, 2018, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED DEVELOPMENT OF A HOTEL ON THIS SUBJECT SITE WITH FOUR STORIES AND STARCO'S BUILDING MATERIALS.
THE APPLICANT IS NOW REQUESTING TO ALLOW AMENDMENT OF PD 20 TO ALLOW A FOUR STORY HOTEL WITH 129, UH, ROOMS. AND IT'LL BE A COMBO, A COMBINATION OF EVID AND STAYBRIDGE HOTEL.
THEY ARE PROVIDING 173 PARKING SPACES, WHICH MEET THEIR REQUIREMENT ARE FOR THEIR PARKING.
THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF AMENITIES THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING.
THEY PROPOSED HOTEL IS ALLOWED BY WRITING PD 20.
THE APPLICANTS MEET ALL THE PD 20 REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT ROOM SIZE.
P 20 REQUIRES, UH, GUEST ROOMS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 325 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDING SLEEPING AREA CLOSETS AND BATHROOM.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING DEVIATION FROM THE MINIMUM INTERIOR OF 2 3 325 SQUARE FEET TO ALLOW 51 OF 58 TOTAL EVID GUEST ROOM TO HAVE LESS THAN 325 SQUARE FEET.
IN ADDITION, 36 OF THE 58 PROPOSED EVID HOTEL GUEST ROOMS ARE GOING TO BE, ARE GOING TO BE 252 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.
THIS IS THE, UM, WEST, THIS IS THE NORTHWEST, THE WEST, AND THE NORTH ELEVATION PLANS.
AND THIS IS THE SOUTH AND EAST PLAN.
UH, ELEVATION PLANS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2023.
A NOTICE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING APPEARED IN DAILY FOCUS NEWS STAFF ALSO MAILED 23 NOTIFICATION PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 400 AND 200 AND 400 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
NO LETTERS WERE RECEIVED IN SUPPORT AND 16 LETTERS WERE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT REQUEST.
AND ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FAILED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AFTER ONE FAILED FOOT AND A SECOND SPLIT VOTE.
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RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMISSION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAKE A RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PD AMENDMENT SUBJECT TO A MINIMUM GUEST ROOM SIZE OF 300 SQUARE FEET.AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN THE FA POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO MAKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL? YES, THEY DO.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
UH, MY NAME'S IGNACIO SALCEDO WITH MIDCON AND HOSPITALITY.
WE'RE A LOCALLY OWNED, UH, HOSPITALITY DEVELOPER, UH, BASED OUT OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS.
UH, WE OWN, DEVELOP AND OPERATE ALL OUR HOTELS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 23 IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
UM, WE'VE CHOSEN THIS SOTO IN TERMS OF THIS HOTEL, THIS, THIS DUAL BRAND FACILITY.
UH, AS WE, WE ESSENTIALLY WANNA MAKE IT THE, THE BEST HOTEL ON ALONG THIS, UH, CORRIDOR.
UH, WE'VE, UH, HEARD THE NEEDS IN TERMS OF, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT, UH, THE ORDINANCES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN TERMS OF THE, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UH, THE, THE WALKABILITY INTERNALLY OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.
UH, ONE ITEM THAT, UH, CAME UP WAS, UH, I BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS ON THE BACKSIDE.
UM, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO IS PROVIDE A, A NATURE WALK TRAIL BACK THERE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, HAVE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTERACTION AS WELL.
UH, THE MEETING SPACE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ALSO, UH, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT WE'LL HAVE A DEDICATED RESTAURANT FOR OUR GUESTS AND FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AS WELL.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND WHAT WE'RE CHOOSING TO DEVELOP ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, ONE OF THE BRANDS IS AVID HOTELS.
AND WITH THESE BRANDS, IHG IS THE, THE MAIN COMPANY.
UM, THEY DICTATE, UH, THE FLAG SIZES IN TERMS OF THE ROOMS. THEY, THEY'VE DONE THEIR STUDIES AND, UH, WE HAVE 36 ROOMS RIGHT NOW THAT FALL UNDER THE CRITERIA THAT THE ORDINANCE HAS PUT IN PLACE.
THE BRAND ITSELF IS GEARED TOWARDS, UH, SIMPLICITY.
IT'S, UH, A CLEAN NIGHT, UH, A CLEAN BED, COMFORTABLE.
THE, THE BASIC AMENITIES FOR THE ROOM, THE FOCUS IS TO HAVE THE GUESTS OR THOSE TYPE OF GUESTS, UM, GO THROUGH THE HOTEL LOBBIES AND, AND PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, THEY TYPICALLY, THE WAY IT'S SET UP, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TYPICALLY, UH, USE THE RESTAURANT, THE BARS, UM, THE PUBLIC SPACES FOR THEIR, THEIR STAYS RATHER THAN THEIR HOTEL ROOMS. UH, THE OTHER PORTION OF THE HOTEL IS GEARED TOWARDS SUITES.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH STAYBRIDGE SUITES.
UM, IT'S, UH, ONE OF THE IHGS TOP BRANDS AND, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT BOTH HOTELS COMBINED WITH THE AMENITIES PROVIDING WILL, UH, ADD, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, AN ATTRACTIVE, UH, PLACE TO, TO VISIT AND STAY, BUT, UH, AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY WITH, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 70 FULL-TIME, UH, POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? YES.
DO YOU HAVE EMBEDDED WITH THE, I SEE YOU HAVE SLIDES.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SLIDES SURE.
HERE THAT SHOW THE ACTUAL ELEVATION OF, OF THE U OF THE
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BRAND YOU'RE PROPOSING TO BRING HERE.AND, AND ESSENTIALLY, UM, MY BACKGROUND, I CAME FROM A, A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER.
UM, MY LAST PROJECTS WERE IN FRISCO STATION.
AND WHAT I BRING ON TO THIS DEVELOPER IS, UH, IT'S MORE OF A CUSTOM TYPE OF, UH, HOTEL.
SO ANYTHING THAT I PERSONALLY GONNA DEVELOP WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFERENT THAN THE, UH, YOUR TYPICAL PROTOTYPES.
UH, I, I STAY WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE ROOMS 'CAUSE THOSE ARE DICTATED BY THE BRAND ITSELF, BASED ON THEIR STUDIES.
BUT THE EXTERIORS, WE'RE TRYING TO ELEVATE THE FINISHES.
UH, AND, AND, UH, THIS KIND OF REFLECTS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THAT'S THE OPPOSITE SIDE THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS CONVEY, UH, A MORE OF A MID-CENTURY, UH, MODERN LOOK FOR, FOR THE HOTEL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ELEVATIONS TO SHOW INTERIOR IN ROOMS? I DO NOT.
UM, BUT, UH, THEY WILL BE APPOINTED, UH, THROUGH OUR INTERIOR DESIGNER AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC SPACES, THEIR CUSTOM FINISHES.
UH, AGAIN, THE BEDROOMS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DICTATED TO THE BRAND IN TERMS OF THE, THE FINISHES THAT WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE IN THOSE ROOMS. BUT ALL THE PUBLIC SPACES WILL BE CUSTOM.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, UH, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. STO? YES.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BUR TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MS. THOMAS, DO WE HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? YES MA'AM.
MS. LEE, HOW MANY CARDS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE TWO REQUESTING TO SPEAK AND ONE SHE DOES NOT WANNA SPEAK, BUT I CAN READ IT FOR HER.
LENA JOHNSON, SHE SAYS, I AM AGAINST THIS HOTEL MOTEL BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER IT WILL ALL BE A MOTEL.
AND REQUESTING TO SPEAK I HAVE JOYCE HILL.
OKAY, MS. HILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK MS. HILL? YOU HAVE, UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY.
NOT YOUR ADDRESS, JUST YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM.
I'M JOYCE HILL, A DESOTO RESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, UH, AS THE PMZ HAS ALREADY, UH, DISCUSSED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WHICH IS IN PLACE FOR A REASON.
AND OF COURSE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO, UM, THE RULES, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, JUST KIND OF DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.
SEVERAL, UH, TIMES DIFFERENT COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY HOTEL COMPANIES, WANT TO BUILD WITH DEVIATIONS.
THAT'S THE PART THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
UM, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE ROOMS, THEY WANT 252 SQUARE FEET OR 311 SQUARE FEET, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS MAKING DEMANDS FOR, UM, THE DEVIATIONS IN STATING AMENITIES.
I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF AMENITIES, UM, REGARDING THIS HOTEL, AND I HAVE YET TO SEE THE COMPANIES TO COME TO DESOTO WANTING BIGGER.
THEY ALWAYS WANT LESS EXAMPLE, SMALLER ROOMS, COVERED PARKING, NO COVERED PARKING, NO RESTAURANTS, NO LOUNGE AREAS.
AND THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PEOPLE WANTING TO BUILD HOMES AND APARTMENTS AND CONDOS AS WELL.
THEY HAVE NO GREEN SPACE, SMALLER SQUARE FOOTAGE APARTMENTS, AND THEY JUST DON'T MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS.
SO I SAY, WHY SHOULD DESOTO COMPROMISE? WHY DO THEY THINK THEY, UM, THAT DESOTO HAS TO COMPROMISE? BECAUSE THEY COME WITH US WITH ATTITUDE AND SAY, WE'LL GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY NEED, AND WE'LL SELL THEM WHAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD NEED.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, MAKE A PROFIT.
THE LAND AT 1307, UM, I 35 IS DEEMED FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITH STIPULATIONS FOR THE HOTEL.
AS FOR ME AND MY PROPERTY, IT BACKS UP TO THIS, THIS BACKS UP TO MY PROPERTY.
I WOULD LIKE, IF IT'S GOING TO PASS, HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T
I WOULD LIKE A SEVEN FOOT RETAINING WALL LIGHTS THAT ARE FACING OUT, AWAY FROM MY HOME, A TR AND A TRAFFIC STUDY.
I DON'T EXPECT ANY OF THESE TO BE FULFILLED BECAUSE NUMBER
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ONE, THEY ARE NOT, UM, WITH THE GUIDELINES AS IT IS.SO BOTTOM LINE, UM, WE WANT A BUSINESS TO COME TO DESOTO WITH QUALITY.
AND AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF DESO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WORLD CLASS RESORT HOTEL, UH, ANYTHING BUT THIS, UH, MOTEL.
AND I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN, NOT JUST FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO BECAUSE I LOVE LIVING HERE AND PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN.
THANK YOU MS. HILL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT TO SPEAK.
JEANETTE HUTCHINSON, JEANETTE HUTCHIN.
MS. HUTCHINSON, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'M JEANETTE HUTCHINSON AND I AM A, ALSO A RESIDENT OF DESOTO, TEXAS.
UM, AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, WE HAVE SO MANY HOTELS HERE AND TO ME THERE ARE MANY HOTELS HERE THAT ARE SUBSTANDARD AND POORLY MAINTAINED.
WE HAVE HAD SOME HOTELS THAT HAVE COME IN AND HAVE STARTED OUT LIKE THE, UH, HOTEL BEHIND SEVEN 11, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE INITIALLY WHEN IT CAME IN.
BUT THEN IT STARTED THE BEGINNING, GOT WHERE IT WAS MORE SUBSTANDARD AND POORLY MAINTAINED.
AND AS A, UH, RESIDENT OF DESOTO, IT CONCERNS ME AS, UH, THE LADY, UH, STATED EARLIER THAT WE'RE NOT SEEKING, UH, MORE FOUR STAR AND, AND HOTELS LIKE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE JUST GOING FOR, UM, HOTELS THAT MAY START OUT NICE, BUT AT SOME POINT THEY WILL START TO BECOME SUBSTANDARD WHERE ANYONE WILL START TO COME IN AND WE JUST, IT JUST, UH, TO ME IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I STAYED IN THE HOLIDAY INN WHEN IT WAS VERY NICE.
THEY HAD BUFFET AND ALL THAT, UH, THAT WAS OFFERED INITIALLY.
AND THEN AS TIME WENT ON, IT KIND OF STARTED TO GO DOWN.
AND WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY, I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, SHE SAID AS WELL.
AND WE, WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO ATTRACT NICER HOTELS.
HOTELS THAT HAVE MORE, AS YOU SAY, RESORT TYPE AREAS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN, THEY WON'T PUT IT IN THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'LL PUT IT IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THEY DON'T MAINTAIN, UH, THE HOTELS THAT THEY PUT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND I AM OPPOSED TO THIS HOTEL MOTEL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL CARDS.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE WILL, UM, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REBUTTAL, WE'LL ALLOW THREE MINUTES.
UH, TOM, IF WE CAN, FOR THE APPLICANT TO HAVE A REBUTTAL TO ANY OF THE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNSEL AND NOT TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, JUST, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS OF, OF THE CITIZENS, UH, OUR APPROACH INTO ALL OUR PROPERTIES IS TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN THE BEST HOTELS IS POSSIBLE.
TO BE HONEST, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE MAKE A LIVING.
UM, IF OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, THE MAIN BRANDS, IHG MARRIOTT, HILTON, UH, THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL THAT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THESE BRANDS THAT WE SELECT TO, TO FLAG UNDER, UM, THOSE STANDARDS.
ON TOP OF THAT, UM, OUR COMPANY, WHICH OWNS AND MAINTAINS 23 HOTELS RIGHT NOW IN FIVE MAJOR, UH, CITIES, UH, AROUND THE US, UH, WE, WE HAVE A LEVEL OF, OF, UH, COMMITMENT TOWARDS THESE PROPERTIES.
UM, WE, WE, WE, WE INVEST QUITE A BIT OF, UM, CAPITAL IN THESE PROPERTIES AND, AND, UH, IT, IT, THERE, THERE IS REALLY, UM, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS COME IN A COMMUNITY AND BE A PART OF IT.
WE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY, UH, WANT TO, UM, HAVE A, A ANY TYPE OF, UH, VISION THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, GET AN UPPER HAND OR ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT.
UH, LIKE I SAID, THESE, THESE, THESE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN TERMS OF THE, ESPECIALLY THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE BACKSIDE, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS, UM, THAT BUFFER THAT, THAT, UH, THAT RAVINE,
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THAT, THAT RUNS BACK THERE.AND, UM, WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO, TO BEAUTIFY THAT AREA.
IT'S NOT SHOWN ON THE PLANES YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, ESTABLISH SOME TYPE OF WALKING TRAIL.
AGAIN, IT'S A PUBLIC SPACE, UH, OUR, OUR FACILITY.
SO IT IS NOT JUST GONNA BE, UH, SECLUDED TO THE GUESTS.
UH, OUR, OUR APPROACH IS TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME IN, HAVE THEIR EVENTS IN IN OUR MEETING SPACES, UM, AND, AND JUST, UH, CONGREGATE, UM, FOR DINNERS AND LUNCHES AND BREAKFAST, UM, WITH WHAT WE'RE OFFERING.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE, MY APPROACH PERSONALLY FOR ALL THESE PROPERTIES THAT I DEVELOPED, THEY'RE, I DO WORK FOR MIDCONTINENT, BUT THEY'RE MY PROPERTIES THAT IT'S MY NAME.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER I BUILD IS GONNA BE, UM, THERE FOR THEREFORE THE LONGEVITY OF, OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? YES.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BIRD TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UH, THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYR, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO DENY THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED.
UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? 'CAUSE IF SO, WE CAN DO ROUNDS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER THAT WOULD LIKE DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS OTHER THAN DR. MARKS? UH, MR. GER, IF YOU COULD SET OUR, UM, SET OUR CLOCK UP FOR TWO MINUTES EACH.
WE'LL DO ROUNDS TO STAY ON TIME.
DR. MARKS, DID I SEE YOUR LIGHT FIRST? YES.
AND LORD, YES,
UM, I DON'T THINK I'LL TAKE TWO MINUTES, BUT I JUST WANTED, UM, THE COUNCIL TO KNOW, UM, THAT I'VE ACTUALLY LIVED IN OR STAYED, SHOULD I SAY, NOT LIVED, BUT I STAYED AT A STATE BRIDGE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M FROM AUBURN, ALABAMA, AND THERE IS ONE THERE IN THE CITY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I'M NOT IN MY MOM'S HOME, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I AM.
UM, NICE BREAKFAST, NICE LUNCH, NICE DINNER.
UM, AND WE HERE IN DESOTO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND I THINK THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UH, HOTEL WILL ACTUALLY YIELD EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
UH, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, UH, AND NOT THAT I'VE JUST SEEN IT, BUT I'VE ACTUALLY STAYED AT THE STATE BRIDGE THERE IN AUBURN, ALABAMA.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GOOGLE IT WHILE YOU'RE SITTING HERE.
RAPHAEL, DID I SEE YOUR HAND? GO UP FOR A QUESTION.
I ACTUALLY, UH, I, I WENT OUT AND TRIED TO FIND WHERE I COULD FIND THE COMBO OF EVIDENCE, DAYBRIDGE HOTEL COMBO, AND I COULDN'T, I COULD ONLY FIND A AVID IN FORT WORTH AND THE REST OF THE STATE BRIDGES IN FAR NORTH DALLAS.
AND THEY WERE VERY NICE, UH, APPEALING HOTELS.
UM, THEY ALL HAD RESTAURANTS INSIDE OF THEM, UM, VERY NICE AESTHETICALLY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
MY CONCERN IS THE, THE, THE DILUTION OF THE PRODUCT BY BRINGING IT TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND THEN ADDING A MOTEL TO IT.
UM, AS THE CITIZENS HAVE COMMENTED, THIS ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN IN A WAY TO PREVENT, UM, UH, OF, UH, A FILTRATION OF MOTEL SIXES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FRANKLY, I THINK WE DESERVE BETTER.
I THINK IF THIS PRODUCT CAME BACK AND IT WAS JUST STATE BRIDGE, YOU PROB, I, I KNOW IT WOULD HAVE MY SUPPORT, BUT WITH IT BEING CONNECTED TO THE MOTEL, I CANNOT SEE MYSELF DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY, UM, CONSIDERING MAGNUS HOTEL IS RIGHT NEAR AND ALL THE OTHER LOW END ENDS THAT RESIDE ON 35, WHICH IS HAPPENS TO BE OUR, UH, PREMIER, UM, UM, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? UH, IT'S OUR, IT'S, IT'S OUR MONEY AREA.
IT'S, IT'S WHAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY SEE DESOTO.
IT'S, IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT THEY THINK OF.
AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT THEM TO THINK OF IS A MOTEL WHEN THEY PASS DESOTO.
SO FOR THAT, I COULD NOT SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING DESOTO.
I, I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS.
UM, I 35 IS DE SOTO'S GROWTH AREA, AND WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF HOTELS ALREADY IN THAT AREA THAT, UM,
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THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL.AND I, I WORRY ABOUT THE OVER SATURATION AS WELL AS, UM, AS, AS WELL AS THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY BACKS UP TO A VERY AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT IN SUPPORT.
I WAS SURPRISED WITH 16, WITH 16, UH, NO VOTES.
DOES THAT TRIGGER, DID THAT TRIGGER A SUPER MAJORITY? WERE THEY INSIDE OF THE CORRIDOR? ACTUALLY, UM, THEY WERE NOT.
SO I I, I'M CONCERNED WITH THE, UM, WITH THE EXTENDED STAY ASPECT OF IT.
I'M CONCERNED WITH THE, WITH THE REDUCTION OF ROOM SIZES, I'M CONCERNED WITH, UM, WITH, WITH JUST THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF IT.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, UM, I I, I, I DO AGREE WITH DR. MARKS THAT THE, UM, THAT THE, THE ONE ELEMENT OF IT IS A VERY, UH, NICE ELEMENT AGAIN.
UM, I THINK WE, WE, WHEN WE GET INTO WASHING ROOMS AND KITCHENETTES AND ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF AND THE EXTENDED STAY PORTION IN OUR AREA, IT TENDS TO LEND ITSELF TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE READY TO EMBRACE AT THIS TIME.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND I DO APPRECIATE ALSO THAT, UM, THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE CITY OF DESOTO.
HOWEVER, UM, I JUST LOOKING AT IT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE CONCERNING TO ME AS WELL.
THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WALKING TRAIL, AND YET IT'S NOT ANYWHERE I, WELL, I DIDN'T FIND IT IN THE ACTUAL WRITEUP FOR, UH, THIS ORDINANCE AND, UM, THE ROOM SIZE.
YOU REDUCE THE ROOM SIZE, UH, AS IF, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHEN I GO ON VACATION IN PLACES I WANT TO GO, I, I, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM SPACE.
UH, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE REDUCING THAT AND MAKING IT A REALLY NICE ROBUST STAY.
UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A RESTAURANT, BUT I LOOKED THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE, WHERE WAS THAT ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A, A RESTAURANT INVOLVED HERE? UM, IS IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S ADVENT? UH, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, JUST BECAUSE IT'S STATE BRIDGE THAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A RESTAURANT INVOLVED BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE DOCUMENTATION.
SO FOR SOME OF THOSE REASONS, AND I MAY BE WRONG, LIKE I SAID, I, I JUST DON'T SEE US PUTTING THIS RIGHT WHERE IT IS, WHERE THE, THE SITUATION IS, IT'S RIGHT THERE CLOSE TO THE MEADOWS AREA.
UM, I THINK IT'S IN, IT IS IN, IT IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION.
AND THE ADDITION OF AN ACTUAL, UH, MOTEL TO IT, IT JUST TAKES AWAY FROM THE STATE BRIDGE TO ME TAKES AWAY FROM THE STATE BRIDGE NAME.
UM, AND FOR THOSE REASON, I JUST, I COULDN'T SUPPORT THIS.
MR. STO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY HER QUESTION REGARDING THE RESTAURANT? SURE, CERTAINLY.
WE'RE GONNA GET YOU TO CUT THAT MIC, CUT THAT MICROPHONE ON THERE.
UM, SO THE, THE HOTEL DOES HAVE A RESTAURANT.
IT, IT, UM, IT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM, FROM THE ZONING AND FROM WHAT I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
UM, SO IT, IT WILL HAVE A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT.
UM, AND THE, THE AVID, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE AVID IS NOT A MOTEL BRAND.
IT IS A, IT'S AN ACTUAL HIGHER BRAND THAN THE STAYBRIDGE AS FAR AS THE IHG, LIKE STABLE OF BRANDS, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, IT'S, THE AVID IS GEARED TOWARD MORE OF A YOUNGER MILLENNIAL BRAND.
IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S MORE OF A BOUTIQUE BRAND THAN IT IS A MOTEL BRAND.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A MOTEL BRAND.
SO AN AVID, AVID IS MORE OF AN URBAN, UM, MILLENNIAL GEAR, YOUNGER PERSON GEAR HOTEL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE COMBINE IT WITH THE STAYBRIDGE HOTEL, WHICH IS MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED STAY.
IT IS AN, IT IS AN UPSCALE ALL SUITES, UH, EXTENDED STAY BRAND.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BRANDS.
AND IT'S A, IT'S A COMMON, UM, PRACTICE NOW TO COMBINE THE HOTELS BECAUSE YOU COULD COMBINE THE TWO DIFFERENT STYLES OF HOTELS AND SHARE THE KITCHEN, SHARE THE EQUIPMENT, SHARE THE, THE GYMS, SHARE THE POOLS, AND YOU GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS IN THESE HOTELS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE COMBINE 'EM LIKE THAT, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN GET, YOU CAN GET TWO AUDIENCES IN ONE HOTEL.
AND, AND THE AVID IS, IS THE, IT'S, IT'S A NEW BRAND FOR HG, EXCUSE ME, A NEWER BRAND FOR HG.
SO IT'S, AND IT'S GEARED MORE TOWARDS THE YOUNGER CROWD WHERE STATE BRIDGE IS MORE OF A BUSINESS TRAVELER AND THE, UH, ABBOTT IS MORE OF A TRANSIENT CROWD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE BRANDS AND MY THOUGHTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GUYS.
YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICK STATEMENT.
DEFINITELY, UM, HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AND DEFINITELY WOULD, WOULD, UH, FOLLOW THE LEAD THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WHO'S THE DISTRICT THIS IS IN, BUT I ACTUALLY DO, LIKE, I JUST TOOK A LOOK AT YOUR WEBSITE.
THE AVID BRAND IS A, DOES APPEAR TO BE A REALLY NICE
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MODERN BRAND.IT'S THE EXTENDED STATE THAT IS A BIT OF HEARTBURN AND CONCERN.
AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, IF THE BRAND WAS TO BE HERE, IS THERE LIKE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE BRAND WOULD STAY? IS IT LIKE 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, OR IS FOREVER UNTIL YOU SELL IT? JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LIKE DYNAMIC LOOK LIKE? THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES THAT.
OKAY, THEN, THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I CAN ANSWER IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE DON'T IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I MEAN ARE THE, THE BRAND CONTRACTORS FOR 20 YEARS.
AND SO THE MC HOSPITALITY IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE BRAND FOR 20 YEARS.
AND THERE IS A A, IT'S BASICALLY A PIP SCHEDULE WHERE THEY HA ARE REQUIRED BY THE BRAND TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN STANDARD IN THE HOTEL.
AND THE BRANDS INSPECT THOSE BRANDS.
AND SO EVERY FIVE YEARS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF REMODELS TO BRING THE BRAND UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS OF THE IH INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL GROUP.
UM, COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY.
SO COUNSEL, AS WE VOTE, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A MOTION TO DENY, WE WILL NOT READ THE ORDINANCE UNLESS THIS MOTION FAILS.
AND THEN THERE'S A MOTION BROUGHT BACK TO APPROVE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
LEMME JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SO EVERYONE UP HERE UNDERSTANDS, I THINK, I THINK THEY DO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE STATE, UM, AND CHARLES, YOU CORRECT ME ON THIS ONE CURRENTLY IS, UM, ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY FOR A HOTEL.
SO THE MOTION FAILS, THEN HOTEL CAN BE BUILT TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ON IN THE BOOKS TODAY OR IN, IN THE, THAT ORDINANCES IN THE FRONT OF YOUR PACKET THAT HAS THE, THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS.
SO JUST IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO IN COMPARISON, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.
CITY ATTORNEY GRITA TO VOTE SO TO IF YOU A VOTE YES, YES.
COUNSELOR, WE ARE WE CLEAR IN MORE CLARIFICATION NEEDED TO VOTE.
SO IF YOU CLICK YES, THEN YOU'RE VOTING TO TO DENY THE ZONING.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD.
OH, WELL THE SCREEN IS DOING SOMETHING.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEN WE CAN JUST READ IT.
SO YES, IT'S TO DENIED, CORRECT? YES, IT'S DENIED.
IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH, IS EVERYBODY VOTED? SO THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[3. Conduct Public Hearing and consider Ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) request in order to establish and operate a "Restaurant, Drive-Thru" at an existing restaurant located at 122 S. Hampton Road (BulleeZ). The property is legally described as being Tract 38.1 in the Original Town DeSoto Addition. The applicant and property owner is Traxion Holdings LLC.]
WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.REQUEST AN ORDER TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH AT AN, AT AN EXISTING RESTAURANT LOCATED AT 1 22 SOUTH HAMPTON ROAD.
THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING TRACKED, 38.1 IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN DESOTO EDITION.
THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER IS TRAXON HOLDINGS, LLC.
COMING BACK WE HAVE VESTA RAZZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER.
CASE NUMBER Z 15 0 7 23 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN EXISTING DRIVE THROUGH AT POLICY RESTAURANT.
THE SITE IS 0.4 ACRES AND IS CURRENTLY ZONE GENERAL RETAIL.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROAD AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST BELTLINE ROAD IT IS ADDRESSED.
THERE'S 1 22 SOUTH HAMPTON ROAD.
THIS IS THE AREA IN THE, AND THE, UM, VICINITY MAP.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
KC NUMBER 15 0 7 23 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR EXISTING RESTAURANT.
WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH AT THE NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023, THE COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND THERE WERE STACKING ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED DUE TO THE FIRE LANE THAT RAPES AROUND THE BUILDING.
THE CASE WAS STAPLED TO ENABLE STAFF TO VERIFY STACKING REQUIREMENTS AND OBTAIN THE FIRE MARSHALS INPUT.
AND ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023, STAFF MEET WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL AT THE RESTAURANT TO DISCUSS THE FIRE MARSHAL'S POSITION REGARDING VEHICLE STACKING.
AND ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2023, THE FIRE MARSHAL STATED HIS APPROVAL FOR THE STACKING.
THIS IS THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL APPROVING THEY STACKING AT THIS SOUTH SITE.
THIS IS THE BUILDING, UH, THIS IS THE, THIS WILL BE THE, THE ONE ON YOUR LEFT SIDE IS THE NORTHERN SIDE SHOWING THE, UH, FIRE LANE AND THE EXIT.
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RIGHT SIDE IS THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE RESTAURANT.AND THIS ONE, THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM IS, UH, WHERE THE WINDOW IS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UM, SOUTH AND SIDE OF THE RESTAURANT WITH THE FIRE END WRAPPING AROUND THE RESTAURANT.
AND AGAIN, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS SHOWING, UH, THE, THOSE TWO VEHICLES.
AND IF ANOTHER VEHICLE COMES BEHIND THE WHITE VEHICLE, UH, IT'LL BE ALREADY GETTING INTO THE FIRE LANE.
SO THAT WAS THE CONCERN THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING.
SO, LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS WHITE VEHICLE, ANOTHER VEHICLE, IF IT COMES RIGHT HERE, IT'LL BE HAVING ITS BACK ON IN THE FIRE LANE.
SO SHOWING THAT THEY'VE, UM, STACKING IS, IT DOESN'T MEET THE STACKING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THE STACKING REQUIREMENTS IS FOR SIX VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO STACK BEHIND, UH, THE, THE, THE PERSON HIT THE WINDOW.
AND ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2023, A NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN FOCUS DAILY NEWS STAFF MAILED 43 NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 AND 400 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AS OF JANUARY 9, 20, 24, STAFF RECEIVED TWO LETTERS IN SUPPORT WITH NO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION.
AND ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ALLOWING THE EXISTING RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE REQUEST IS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE EXISTING RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH AT 1 22 SOUTHAMPTON ROAD.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE HIM, SO I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN.
AND YOU SAID THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE? CORRECT.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S IT.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT OPEN.
MS. THOMAS, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS? UH, HEARING NONE, THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN APPLICANT REBUTTAL.
SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BY TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD.
SECOND BY DR. MARKS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
UM, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY NEED FOR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME.
THERE IS A ORDINANCE TO BE READ, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY CREATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 9 9, LOCATED ON 6.3183 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN THE JAMES PORTER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1129, CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERE TO BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ONE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 1 9 9 WITH A BASE ZONING OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ONE WITH DEVIATIONS, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR, IS THERE YOU RIGHT? I PULLED THE WRONG ONE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE IN MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO IS HERE TO, FOR AMENDED BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER THREE 10 TO ALLOW FOR AN, FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 0.407 ACRES OF LAND BEING A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CURTIS PARK SURVEY.
ABSTRACT NUMBER 1124, CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1 22 SOUTH HAMPTON ROAD, PRESENTLY ZONED AS GENERAL RETAIL TO BE USED FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE-THROUGH USE, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PRO PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PACK.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL ITEM IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
[4. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance a zoning change request from Commercial-1 (C-1) to Planned Development with base zoning district of C-1 with deviations to allow for mini-warehouse and truck rental on the undeveloped southern portion (1321 S. I-35E) of U-Haul properties. The U-Haul properties consist of approximately 6.33 acres of land legally described as Tract 11 and Tract 12, Block A, James Porter Survey, Abstract No. 1129, page 395 and Lots 9RR and 9RR.1, Block A, Meadow Acres/U-Haul Addition. (Case No. Z-1512-23)]
HAVE CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL ONE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF C ONE WITH DEVIATIONS TO ALLOW FOR MANY WAREHOUSE AND TRUCK RENTAL ON THE UNDEVELOPED SOUTHERN PORTION,[01:25:02]
1321 SOUTH I 35 E OF U-HAUL PROPERTIES.THE U-HAUL PROPERTIES CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 6.33 ACRES OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 11 AND TRACK 12 BLOCK A JAMES PORTER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1129, PAGE 3 95 IN LOTS, NINE RR AND NINE RR 0.1 BLOCK, A MEADOWS ACRES U-HAUL EDITION CASE, CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1512 DASH 23.
COMING BACK AS BEST ZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER, MS. ZI, YOU'RE THE STAR OF THE SHOW TONIGHT.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OWNED COMMERCIAL ONE.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF INTERSTATE 35 EAST.
THIS IS YOUR PROPERTIES WHICH CONSISTS OF 6.33 ACRES OF LAND.
AND SO AS THE, THE VICINITY MAP AND THE AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ONE THAT IS MARKED IN RED.
THE SITE IS VACANT, IS A VACANT PORTION OF THE EXISTING EURO PROPERTIES.
SO THIS, THIS NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EURO PROPERTIES IS ALREADY DEVELOPED, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTHERN PORTION RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S THE PORTION THAT IS NOT DEVELOPED.
BUT FOR THEM, THEY, THEY WANT THE PD TO COVER THE WHOLE, UH, 6.33 ACRES.
BUT THE SITE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS JUST THIS PORTION, THE ONE THAT IS VACANT RIGHT NOW.
SO THE SITE IS VACANT IS THE VACANT PORTION OF THIS EXISTING U PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH ARE EXISTING EURO PROPERTIES.
AND TO THE SOUTH IS A CHURCH ZONES COMMERCIAL ONE TO THE WEST ARE VACANT PROPERTIES AND HOMES ZONED COMMERCIAL ONE TO THE EAST IS INTERSTATE 35 EAST.
THE FUTURE END YOU SPAN OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS SITE IS SUITABLE FOR OFFICE RETAIL USES AND THE PROPOSED, UH, STORAGE FACILITY IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PROPERTY IS ACCESSED FROM INTERSTATE STATE FIVE EAST SURFACE ROAD AND THIS, UH, 35 EAST SURFACE IS, UH, CONSIDERED A PRI PRIMARY.
WE ON THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE CITY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PD WITH US COMMERCIAL ONE AS THE BASE ZONING TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR STORY BUILDING TO BE LOCATED ON THE VACANT PORTION OF THE EURO PROPERTIES.
WITH NO CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL, ONE WITH THE FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS TO ALLOW MANY WAREHOUSE AND TRAILER OR TRUCK RENTAL BY RIGHT ONE TRIP EVERY 40 FEET AND A CONTINUOUS ROW OF FOUR FOOT SHRUBS WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG SOUTH INTERSTATE 35 EAST FOR PARTIAL SCREENING OF FUEL TRUCKS AND TRAILERS AND ONE PARKING SPACE PER EVERY 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 10 OF THE REQUIRED 14 PARKING SPACES AND A SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE IS PROVIDED ALONG, UM, ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
THOUGH THE REQUEST IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE REQUESTED USES AMMONIAS AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING U STORAGE UNITS, STORAGE USE PROPERTIES ON THE NORTH.
THE PROPOSED FOUR STORY UNIT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE UNDEVELOPED UNDEVELOPED SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE EURO PROPERTIES.
THE PROPOSED SHRUBS AND TREES WILL GIVE THE TRUCK AND TRAILER THE VISIBILITY THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE BUSINESS WHILE PARTIALLY SHIELDING THE OPEN TRUCK STORAGE ALONG I 35 EAST FRONTAGE ROAD STAFF.
SUPPOSED THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS SUBMITTED.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, THE ALL THIS IS ALREADY, UH, DEVELOPED.
THE ONLY AREA THAT IS NOT DEVELOPED IS THE SOUTHERN PORTION RIGHT HERE.
AND THE APPLICANT IS, UH, PROPOSING A WOODEN WOODEN FENCE ALONG THIS SOUTHERN PROPER LINE WHERE THERE'S A CHURCH RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.
THESE ARE THE ELEVATION PLANS, THESE ARE THE ELEVATION PLANS.
AND ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, 2023.
AND NOTICE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING APPEARED IN DAILY FOCUS.
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16 STAFF MAILED 14 NOTIFICATION PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 AND 400 FEET OF THE SUBJECT'S SITE.ONE LETTER WAS RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND NO LETTERS WERE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
AND ON JANUARY 12TH, 2024, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVE OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT REQUEST IS SUBMITTED BY A PHOTO OF 6 6 0 AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PD REQUEST IS SUBMITTED.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN AND THE APPLICANT IS IN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
MS. RAZZI, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THESE ELEVATION SLIDES PLEASE? JUST SO TO CUT THESE? YEAH.
SO WHAT IS, WHAT PART IS BEING ADDED? THE, BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING RIGHT? IT SAYS IT'S ADDED ONTO THE U-HAUL PROPERTY.
SO, SO WHAT I SAID WAS THAT THIS IS THE NORTHERN PROP, THE NORTHERN AREA THAT IS ALREADY HAS A BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
AND ALL THESE UH, UH, STRIPES THEY'RE SHOWING THEY ARE BUILDINGS THAT ARE EXIST ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WHAT IS BEING ADDED IS THIS PART RIGHT HERE, JUST THIS PART BECAUSE ALL THIS IS ALREADY EXISTING.
SO IT'S THIS PORTION WHERE THEY ARE ADDING A FOUR STORY BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU THE AREA? YES, RIGHT THERE.
JUST THAT THE AREA IS NOT SHOWING THE ONE THAT IS RIGHT HERE, THERE'S ALREADY A BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
AND THESE ARE EXISTING ALREADY.
SO THIS IS THE PORTION WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
NO, THERE'S, AND THAT'S THAT RED AREA IS, EXCUSE ME, THAT RED AREA IS THE PD OR RIGHT NOW THE, THE WHOLE AREA? YES.
THE, THE APPLICATION RIGHT HERE, IT'S COVERS THE PD COVERS THE WHOLE AREA IN RED.
HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW THESE TWO AREAS, THEY ARE COMMERCIAL ONE, BUT THEY WANT TO DO A PD FOR THE WHOLE U PROPERTIES.
SO THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE 6.33 ACRES FROM C ONE COMMERCIAL ONE TO PD C ONE AND THE C ONE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO THE USE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THAT THIRD BUILDING.
AND THE REASON FOR THE PD ALSO IS, UH, FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUESTING DEVIATIONS? YES.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY CHOSE TO GO THAT THIS ROUTE.
SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO HELP TO GET THE DEVIATIONS.
AND THEN YOU SAID THAT'S OVER SIX ACRES SO IT CAN BE DONE.
SO THIS SIX ACRES IS FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
THIS PROPERTY IS, IS NOT SIX ACRES, BUT PD HAS TO BE FIVE ACRES OR MORE.
THREE ACRES AND THREE ACRES OR MORE.
DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? NO MA'AM.
UH, JOHN AINSWORTH, UH, WITH KIMLEY HORN, THE APP, THE APPLICANT, UM, JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT RESPECT TO Y'ALL'S TIME, I'LL JUST SEE MY TIME.
UM, SINCE THE APPLICANT HAS NO, UH, PRESENTATION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY MAYOR PROAM HUGHES TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE COMMON CARDS? THERE ARE NO COMMON CARDS.
SO THEREFORE NO NEED FOR AN APPLICANT REBUTTAL.
SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, COUNCIL LAW IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCIL? A MOTION SIMPLY GETS SECOND.
THE ITEM ON THE, ON THE FLOOR.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.
UH, COUNCIL, IS THERE A NEED FOR DISCUSSION? YES.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL UM, DO ROUNDS OF EACH COUNCILPERSON FOR TWO MINUTES.
UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, THANK YOU.
SO WE'RE BUILDING A NEW STRUCTURE NEXT TO THE CHURCH OR IN THAT, THAT, THAT THAT SOUTHERN LOT FROM THE, UM, CAN, CAN YOU PUT THE SLIDES BACK UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IN THAT SOUTHERN LOT, BUT SO, UM, 'CAUSE MY TIME'S TICKING.
SO WE ARE BUILDING A NEW STRUCTURE IN THAT LOCATION.
AND, AND THEN, UM, IN ITS CURRENT STATES, IN ITS CURRENT ZONING, IS A WALL A REQUIRED? IS THERE A A ANY TYPE OF, OKAY.
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REQUIRED BECAUSE WALLS ARE REQUIRED BETWEEN COMMERCIAL USES AND, AND, AND, UH, RESIDENTIAL, I'M SORRY, YOU SAID NO, NO, IT'S NOT REQUIRED.AND THEN, UM, IF WE CHANGE THIS ENTIRE PD TO, I MEAN, CHANGE THIS TO SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, WHAT, WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THAT SPACE? SO FOR WHAT IT'S ABOUT TO BE, WHAT WILL BE ALLOWED OTHER THAN WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING? UH, IT ALL THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL ONE, UHHUH,
I DON'T KNOW THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
LET ME ADD MM-HMM,
SO THIS IS ONLY GONNA BE USED FOR THE, UH, U-HAUL.
IF THEY CEASE THAT OPERATION, THE NEXT PERSON, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, CONTINUE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK TOWARD YOU.
AND THEN TO THE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND TO THE APPLICANT, DID YOU REACH OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR? WAS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHURCH NEXT DOOR IN TERMS OF ANY CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE FENCING AND VIEW? I BELIEVE SO.
SORRY, I WASN'T THERE, BUT, UM, UH, THAT, I THINK YOU MET WITH MATT MERRILL ON THIS PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? I DID NOT.
I THINK SOMEBODY MET WITH MATT MERRILL.
UM, AND UH, SO THAT WAS WHERE WE INCORPORATED THE SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE ON THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, UM, ALONG THE CHURCH'S PROPERTY LINE.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, THEY'VE WORKED WITH THE, IF YOU GO TO THE SITE PLAN, THERE'S KINDA A LITTLE NOTCH OUT ON THE, IN THE U-HAUL AREA ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE.
AND SO THEY'VE ADDED KIND OF A LIVING GREEN SCREEN AROUND THAT PROPERTY THAT'S JUST BEEN MAINTAINED OVER THE YEARS WITH THAT, WITH THAT NEIGHBOR.
UM, AND THEN ALL MUCH OF THE PROPERTY ON, NOT ALL OF, BUT A LOT OF THE PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE IS, UM, UN UNDEVELOPED RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, BUT I WANNA SAY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE LOTS ARE UNDEVELOPED RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ANY, UM, IDEA ON THE, THE, OKAY.
AND IF YOU COULD COME BACK, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
JOHN AINSWORTH WITH FORT WORTH IN FORT WORTH.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE DO HAVE A ORDINANCE TO BE READ.
MS. THOMAS, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE IN MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, IS HERE TO, FOR AMENDED BY CREATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 9 9, LOCATED ON 6.3183 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE JAMES PORTER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1129, CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERE TO, BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ONE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 1, 9 9, EXCUSE ME, WITH A BASE ZONING OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ONE WITH DEVIATIONS, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS.
AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS WILL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM AND THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[1. Consider making and approving a nomination to cast DeSoto's vote for the runoff election of the Suburban Cities' Representative to the Dallas Central Appraisal District Board of Directors and authorizing the Mayor to submit an Official Runoff Ballot Resolution for the approved nominee (Nominees are Mr. Michael Hurtt and Mr. Brett Franks)]
INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.WE HAVE CONSIDERED MAKING AND APPROVING A NOMINATION TO CAST DE SOTO'S VOTE FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION OF THE SUBURBAN CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT AN OFFICIAL RUNOFF BALLOT RESOLUTION FOR THE APPROVED NOMINEE.
NOMINEES ARE MR. MICHAEL HURT AND MR. BRETT FRANKS AND PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW AS CITY ATTORNEY JOE GRITA, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, ISAM CAMERON, UH, I TAKE IT.
SO, SO COUNSEL, UH, PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL HAD NOMINATED, I BELIEVE MARK JONES TO BE THEIR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE, UH, UH, DA REPRESENTATIVE FOR SU UH, SUBURBAN CITIES.
UH, SO DURING THAT ELECTION PROCESS, UH, THERE WERE TWO CANDIDATES.
GOT THE TOP, GOT THE, UH, WELL, THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES THAT, AND THAT WAS MARK JONES WAS NOT ONE OF THEM.
BUT NEITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO GOT THE REQUIRED 16 VOTE MAJORITY.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TONIGHT IS SELECT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE AS TO WHO WE WANNA PUT FORTH AS THE CANDIDATE ON THE RUNOFF BALLOT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT COUNCILS HERE TO DO TONIGHT.
AND THAT NAME WILL BE SUBMITTED TO, UH, FOR THE, UH, ELECTION RUNOFF.
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I DO, I HAVE, I JUST, LET ME MAKE A STATEMENT, COUNSEL.WE'LL, I'LL KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE.
UM, CONSIDERING THE PROCESS, UM, THESE ARE THE TWO APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE TO SELECT FROM AS A COUNCIL, AND THIS WILL BE OUR VOTE, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE RUNOFF.
AND SO I WILL KEEP IT SIMPLE JUST ASKING YOU, WHICH, UM, WOULD YOU PREFER, AND YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT AND THEN THE MAJORITY WILL, WILL RULE AND WE CAN, UM, SUBMIT OUR INFORMATION.
DR. MARKS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
MR. FRANKS, WHAT CITY IS HE FROM? SAX.
COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, UM, OBTAIN EVERYBODY'S VOTE? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, UH, FRANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL FRANKS.
COUNCILMAN BY, UH, MICHAEL HURTZ.
UH, DR. MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON MICHAEL HERTZ.
UH, THAT VOTE IS THREE, FOUR, I'M, EXCUSE ME, FOUR THREE IN FAVOR OF MR. BRETT FRANKS.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND THEN I'LL GIVE THAT SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER FOR ADJOURNMENT.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
COUNCIL, NOW LOOK AT YOUR CLOCKS.
I WANT YOU ALL TO GET THIS RECORD TIME.
IT'S 8:55 PM COUNCIL, AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGED YOU EARLIER AND, AND BRAGGED ON KJ A LITTLE BIT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND SITTING THROUGH OUR MEETING.
I WE'RE JUST GLAD TO SEE YOUR FACE.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH KJ.
WITH THAT SAID, COUNSEL, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING EVERYONE.