[4. Presentation and discussion of the proposed capital financing plan for the issuance of City of DeSoto, Texas Combination Tax and Revenue Certificate of Obligation 2024 bonds]

AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA . NEXT, WE HAVE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED CAPITAL FINANCING PLAN FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION 2024. BONDS COMING BACK. WE HAVE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR LAQUITA SUTTON. HELLO AGAIN. TONIGHT, WE ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2024 BOND SALE, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED CAPITAL FINANCING PLAN, COUNCIL IS VERY AWARE OF THE CURRENT FINANCING FINANCING PLAN. AS IT STANDS NOW, THIS IS THE CITY'S CIP. AND ANNUALLY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE APPROVED PLAN, WE LOOK AT, PRIORITIZING PROJECTS. AND SO WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS FOR OUR BOND SALE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24. WE ARE LOOKING AT MAINTAINING OUR CURRENT DEBT SERVICE RATE OF 0.1816. WE ARE WELL WITHIN THAT TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO YOU TO THIS THIS EVENING, WITHIN THAT FINANCING PLAN INCLUDES, FOR FINANCING FOR HAMPTON ROAD, MCCOWEN PARK AQUATIC CENTER AND RECREATION CENTER AND OUR REGULAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, I HAVE THIS EVENING, ANDREA YALA, FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES. WHO'S GOING TO COME FORWARD AND WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT BOND SALE LOOKS LIKE AND TALK ABOUT THE FINANCING PLAN AND OUR NEXT STEPS. ANDRE. THANK YOU. LAQUITA. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR.

COUNCIL, ANDRE WHITFIELD, SECURITY CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S, FISCAL YEAR 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BOND SALE AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS A WELL ESTABLISHED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT LOOKS TEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. SO EVERY YEAR WE WORK WITH THE FINANCE OFFICE TO MODEL THOSE PROJECTS OUT AND SEE HOW THE CITY CAN FINANCE THOSE, WHETHER CASH OR DEBT. IN THIS CASE, WE MODELED OUT THE DEBT FOR THEM. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS THE 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS ABOUT 80% GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS COMPOSED OF STREETS AND THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER. AND THEN THE OTHER 20% IS, WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS , WE HAVE HERE A TOTAL OF $50 MILLION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FINANCED VIA A COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN USING IN THE PAST, ALMOST EVERY YEAR, NOT EVERY YEAR, BUT ALMOST EVERY YEAR, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY RATED AT DOUBLE A BY BOTH STANDARD AND POOR'S AND FITCH RATINGS. SO THAT IS A HIGH INVESTMENT GRADE RATING. WE DON'T NEED ANY MUNICIPAL BOND INSURANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO ENHANCE OUR CREDIT. WE'RE STRONG AS IT IS, THE CITY GREW AGAIN THIS YEAR BY DOUBLE

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DIGITS, THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS REPORTING THAT OUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE THIS YEAR IS PRELIMINARILY ABOUT 16% HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT IT SETS YOU UP, TO FUND, NOT JUST THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BUT TEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AT THE EXISTING DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DESOTO, WHICH IS 18.16 CENTS ALLOCATED FOR, BONDS. SO, WHAT WE GOT HERE, WE WENT THROUGH THAT, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, IF THIS COUNCIL APPROVES A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TONIGHT, THAT NOTICE MUST BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE. AND THE NEWSPAPER TWICE IN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 46 DAYS. SO BEFORE YOU CAN CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CERTIFICATES, IF YOU APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THE PLAN CALLS FOR HAVING THE ORDINANCE FOR CONSIDERATION. THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY, WHICH WOULD BE JULY 16TH, IF THAT IS APPROVED, THEN WE WILL BE SET FOR CLOSING ABOUT A MONTH LATER, AUGUST 13TH. AND THAT IS WHEN THE FUNDS, HIT THE BANKS, THE CITY'S BANK ACCOUNT HERE. WHAT I DID WAS TO, SPLIT OUT THE PROGRAM SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE DETAILS, WHAT WE'RE DERIVING HERE IS A PRELIMINARY BOND AMOUNT OF $50,680,000. AS I MENTIONED, 40 MILLION WOULD BE STREETS AND THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER, AND 10 MILLION WOULD BE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE IS SUPPORTED BY OUR DEBT SERVICE PROPERTY TAX RATE. THE 18.16 CENTS THAT I MENTIONED, THE OTHER 10 MILLION ARE ON THE ENTERPRISE FUND. NEITHER OF THESE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR TAX RATE OR YOUR UTILITY RATES IN ISOLATION. THESE ARE JUST THE CASH FLOWS THAT I PUT IN YOUR HANDOUT. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE SETTING THESE UP, THE ONLY THING I WANT TO MENTION AND STRESS IS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN, FUNDING DEBT, EVERY YEAR. BUT THE DEBT STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE IS VERY POSITIVE IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, FOR THIS YEAR, STRUCTURE THE DEBT IN SUCH A WAY THAT YEAR. NUMBER ONE, YOU GET RID OF ALMOST 12% OF THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENT OF THE BOND BECAUSE OF HOW THE DEBT IS SET UP. HISTORICALLY, THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT, OUR CREDIT RATING ANALYSTS LIKE, THEREFORE, WE HAVE DOUBLE A RATINGS BY BOTH S&P AND FITCH. MR. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT COMMENT? I DIDN'T CATCH WHAT YOU SAID. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. OKAY, THE CITY HISTORICALLY HAS STRUCTURED ITS DEBT IN A VERY CONSERVATIVE MANNER, COUPLED WITH DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS ALLOWS US TO STRUCTURE YOUR BONDS IN SUCH A WAY THAT, LIKE THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS CIP THAT WE HAVE IN 2024, WE'RE ABLE TO PAY OFF OVER 12% OF THE DEBT YEAR. NUMBER ONE. AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A CREDIT STRENGTH. THEREFORE, WE ARE A HIGH INVESTMENT GRADE CITY, IN THE UNITED STATES. OKAY. IN SUMMARY, THIS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN 2024 DOES NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE TAX RATE IMPACT. AND THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER UTILITY RATES, WITH THAT, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IN THE BACK OF THAT HANDOUT. I INCLUDED DETAILS OF THE CIP SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN MODELING, TEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AND WHAT INCLUDES WHAT IS INCLUDED. I'M SORRY, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROGRAM, WHICH IS, AS I MENTIONED, IS MOSTLY STREETS. AND THEN THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER, AND THEN OUR REGULAR WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. COUNCIL, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? IF SO, WE WILL DO ROUNDS ON THIS ONE. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS, YEAH. CAN WE SET THE TIMER, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, JUST FOR CLARITY, TYPICALLY, COULD YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE ME THE TIME FRAME, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OUR BUDGET. AND SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE COUNCIL HAS NOT GOTTEN INTO THE BUDGET SEASON. I KNOW STAFF HAS. AND SO WHERE DOES WHAT DOES THIS LIVE? SO IS THIS PROJECTING FOR FY 2025. AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW. AND THEN CONSIDERING WHAT WE JUST DID EARLIER THIS YEAR, ADDRESSING SENATE BILL TWO WITH A BOND. AND SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THINGS FROM A TOTALITY PERSPECTIVE. SO THIS FEELS LIKE ONE SLIVER OF SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. BUT UNDERSTAND IT FROM, YOU KNOW, A GRANDER SCALE. SURE. SO LAST YEAR, AS YOU RECALL, COUNCIL, WE GOT INTO A TAX LOAD PROGRAM TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE PENNIES THAT WE WOULD HAVE LOST IF WE HADN'T DONE THAT, GIVEN THE SENATE BILL TWO STATUTE. SO THE CITY ISSUED A TAX NOTE TO FUND WHAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS. AND WE ISSUED THAT TAX NOTE IN THE FALL, IF YOU MAY RECALL, LATE SUMMER, I'M SORRY. AND WE SET IT UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT AS SOON AS YOU COLLECTED

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YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IN JANUARY, WE GOT RID OF IT IN FEBRUARY. SO THAT ALREADY HAPPENED. THAT SET YOU UP FOR THIS FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, MR. RAPHAEL, WHAT THIS DOES IS THAT IT SETS YOUR STAFF, IT PUTS YOUR STAFF IN A POSITION TO KNOW WHAT TO BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. ON THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO PRESERVE THE PENNIES, THAT YOU HAVE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN 18.16 DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS USING ALREADY PRELIMINARY VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS TO PRESERVE THE SAME PENNIES GOING FORWARD. HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE ACCELERATE THE PAYMENTS FOR OUR PROJECTS. ON THE UTILITY SIDE, WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE ALSO MODEL THIS OUT ON A TEN YEAR TIME FRAME, AND WE SHOW TO YOUR STAFF , OKAY, IF WE DO THIS, WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR UTILITY RATES, ASSUMING THAT WE FREEZE OUR REVENUES AS OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'RE NOT PROJECTING REVENUES INTO THE FUTURE. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 REVENUES ARE FROZEN, CAN WE CASH FLOW THIS PROGRAM? AND THE ANSWER IS YES. SO THIS IS KIND OF A INITIATION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. YOU DON'T PULL THE TRIGGER ON THIS ONE UNTIL JULY WHEN YOU KNOW MORE MORE OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 ON BOTH THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE AND THE ENTERPRISE SIDE. AM I ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION? YES. I KIND OF I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, I SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO YIELD THEIR TIME, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. I'LL YIELD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS WILL BE ROUND TWO, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL ROUND ONE. OKAY? OKAY. SO RELATED TO THE AQUATIC CENTER. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. AND STAFF MAY NEED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. SO AS IT RELATES TO THE AQUATIC CENTER AND HAVING ENOUGH, HAVING ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO A CERTAIN MONTH THIS YEAR, I THINK I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO IF THIS DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN, AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, THE FUNDING WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER? OKAY I'M GOING TO SPEAK. AND WHEN IT EXPIRES. SURE. AS OF THE DEBT, ONLY. AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO OUR STAFF ON THE EMNO, SO AS FAR AS THE DEBT GOES, WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS SIMPLY A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. SO YOU STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRIM DOWN. YOU CANNOT ADD TO IT, BUT YOU CAN TRIM IT DOWN SO WHAT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU OR THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER LATER TONIGHT, IT SAYS THAT THE CITY COULD ISSUE UP TO $51 MILLION OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, BUT NO MORE THAN THAT. SO THAT INCLUDES THE AQUATIC CENTER. IF YOU DISCUSS THAT WITH STAFF AND YOU DECIDE TO TRIM THAT PROJECT X OR Y FROM THIS PROGRAM, THEN YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU JUST CANNOT ADD MORE INTO IT FROM A DEBT PERSPECTIVE. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE FUNDING OF THIS AQUATIC CENTER DOES FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. AND THE EXISTING, TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION HERE AT THE CITY ON THE MAINTAIN OPERATION SIDE, MR. RAPHAEL, I'LL YIELD TO STAFF THEN FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES. AND THIS MAY BE FOR, WELL, FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES, WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE PLAN, FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER IN FUNDING THE AQUATIC CENTER AT THE TIME COUNCIL SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WHAT'S THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION? I THINK AT THAT TIME. AND SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE THEN TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO BY THE NUMBER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE FUNDED ANY OF THE AQUATIC CENTER YET. IS THAT RIGHT? GOOD TODAY WE HAVE FUNDED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 6 MILLION FOR, THE COMMUNITY, THE AQUATIC CENTER AT THIS POINT, AND WE PLAN TO SELL, 27 MILLION IN THIS BOND SALE FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND MR. CORMIER TO FURTHER CLARIFY THAT 6 MILLION OR SO WAS REGARDING DESIGN WORK AND ALL OF THAT. CORRECT? YES. AND WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS ON HAND NOW TO CARRY US THROUGH CONSTRUCTION THROUGH JULY. AND SO WE'RE PLANNING ON GETTING THESE BOND FUNDS SOMETIME IN AUGUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CORMIER. AND THANK YOU, MR. AYALA. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY

[5. Discuss amending the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Adopted Budget relative to the utilization of excess reserve funds as identified by DeSoto's Fund Balance Policy ]

SECRETARY FOR THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCUSSED AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2324 ADOPTED BUDGET RELATIVE TO THE UTILIZATION OF EXCESS RESERVE FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN DESOTO'S FUND BALANCE POLICY. COMING BACK AS LAQUITA SUTTON, INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MISS SUTTON. GOOD EVENING. WITH THIS ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY PRESENTING AND DISCUSSING THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY'S FUND BALANCE POLICY, IN NOVEMBER 2ND, ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021, THE CITY OF DESOTO UPDATED THE FINANCIAL POLICIES TO INCLUDE AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RESERVE POLICY. WITHIN THAT POLICY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM, A MAXIMUM AND A TARGET AMOUNT THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN EACH OF THE

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MAJOR FUNDS LISTED HERE THE GENERAL FUND, THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND AND SWCC, THE DRAINAGE AND THE SANITATION FUND. WITH THOSE ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF THOSE TARGET LEVELS. OF COURSE, WE'RE THE POLICY STATES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER THOSE TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR, CAPITAL ITEMS, EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YOU CAN USE IT FOR FUNDING ACCRUED LIABILITIES SUCH AS DEBT SERVICE, PENSION OR OTHER OPEB BENEFITS. AND AND, WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING IS BRINGING FORWARD, TO START A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE REGARDING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO MOVE THOSE FUNDS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM IN YOUR REPORT, YOU WILL SEE A TARGET AMOUNT FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDS. THE TARGET AMOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND IS 20 MILLION, 20.2 MILLION. THE AUDITED AMOUNT IS 25.8 MILLION. SO THAT PUTS US ABOVE OUR FUND BALANCE. OUR TARGET FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN FOUR OF THE FUNDS LISTED, THE GENERAL FUND, THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, SWCC AND DRAINAGE, WE ARE ABOVE OUR TARGET. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE OUTPERFORMED, WE BROUGHT IN MORE REVENUE THAN EXPENDITURES AND WE HAVE SOME EXCESS FUND BALANCE TO MOVE AROUND TO DO SOME PURCHASE, SOME CAPITAL ITEMS. IF THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO. SO HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT GOING AHEAD AND PUTTING 1 MILLION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, TRANSFERRING THAT TO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND FOR FUTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEEDS, IF YOU NEED MORE DETAIL ON THAT, OUR IT DEPARTMENT IS AVAILABLE, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF AS FAR AS UPGRADING OUR SOME OF OUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP SAFEGUARD US AGAINST SOME THREATS OUT THERE, AS WELL AS JUST GENERALLY UPGRADING US AND KEEPING US UP TO DATE, SO 1 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO GO TO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND THEN 500,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO GO TO EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FOR FUTURE VEHICLE PURCHASES. AS WE KNOW, WE TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF THE BUDGET WITH OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE TO ORDER A VEHICLE AND GET IT OUTFITTED AND GET IT DELIVERED TO US, AND SOMETIMES THE TIME LAPSE IN BETWEEN US ORDERING THAT VEHICLE AND ACTUALLY RECEIVING IT, PRICES HAVE CHANGED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE SUGGESTING 500,000 TO GO AND SIT IN THAT VEHICLE FUND TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF BUDGET. SO THAT GIVES US A TOTAL OF 1.5 MILLION THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TRANSFERRING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. EXCESS RESERVE OVER INTO THOSE CAPITAL FUNDS.

AND THE OTHER ONE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND FOR THAT ACCESS. WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING 1.5 MILLION TO TRANSFER FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS IN PUBLIC UTILITIES, SPECIFICALLY, THOSE ARE SEWER UTILITY COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THREE OF THE MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING PLEASANT RUN, DANIEL DALE ROAD AND WESTMORELAND ROAD. SO YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE DID THIS ITEM, SIMILAR ITEM LAST YEAR AS WELL.

WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAD ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR, HAD ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORTH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. OKAY.

BECAUSE WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO FROM THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE PLAN TO BRING FORWARD AT A FUTURE DATE. LASTLY, THIS YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE OF THE FUNDS WE DID NOT OUTPERFORM, OUR SANITATION FUND. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, WE'VE KIND OF ATE DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE OVER THE YEARS ON THAT ONE. AND ON THAT ONE, WE DID NOT HIT OUR TARGET, OUR TARGET FOR THE SANITATION FUND WAS 935,000. AND WE WERE AT 441,000. THAT PUT US BELOW. SO SO AS A RESULT, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS TASKED WITH BRINGING FORTH A PLAN TO YOU TO RESTORE THE FUND BALANCE BACK TO WHERE WE NEED IT TO BE. SO WE'VE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S WHEN WE, WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THE SANITATION RATES. THOSE

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SANITATION RATES WERE INCREASED BY 13, AND THAT BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2023. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE HAVE INCREASED THOSE RATES, TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND GET AHEAD OF IT. FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WE WILL BE BRINGING FORTH TO COUNCIL AN INCREASE IN SANITATION FEES BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, OUR OUR SANITATION FUND IS A SELF-SUPPORTING FUND. SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THE EXPENSE THAT WE PAY TO OUR SUPPLIER, WE HAVE TO PASS ON TO THE CUSTOMER IF WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY EVEN THAT FUND OUT, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FUND, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FUND BALANCE TO FALL BACK ON. SO RIGHT NOW, THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT IS UNDERGOING A RATE STUDY. SO THAT'S ONGOING AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER MEETING IN JUNE TO DISCUSS WHAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT THERE WILL BE, IN A PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAT WILL BE PROPOSED ALONG WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET, BECAUSE WE NEED TO RESTORE THIS FUND BALANCE IN THIS FUND, WE WILL BE TALKING WITH THE COUNCIL MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AT THE FUTURE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AS WELL. AND YOU'LL HAVE A LOT MORE DETAIL REGARDING THE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING, WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD. THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE AT THE, A FOLLOW UP MEETING, WHICH WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO APPLY TO THESE SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. WE DO HAVE, SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, SO WE'LL DO ROUNDS, TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON ON TARGET WITH TIME, I BELIEVE I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER'S LIGHTS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY. I KNOW THAT, I GUESS I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE THING WHICH YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE SANITATION. I WAS REALLY WANTING TO KNOW WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST HAD THIS CHANGE HAPPEN WITH SANITATION AND THIS CHANGE WAS SAID TO NOT BE GOING TO AFFECT THE SANITATION RATES. IS THAT STILL THE CASE? IS IT STRICTLY BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY BELOW OR THE NEW CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S BEING SAID TO THE PUBLIC, AND I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE CLEAR WITH WHAT WE'RE TELLING THEM, THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE NEW TRASH CHANGES. SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO I CAN ANSWER THAT ONE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION THAT HAS COME ABOUT BY SOME RESIDENTS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE RECEIVING THE NEW GARBAGE CARTS THAT WERE GOING TO SOME, SOME RESIDENTS ARE BELIEVING THAT, OKAY, ON MY NEXT BILL, I'M GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE. AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THE RATES THAT COUNCIL PASSED IN OCTOBER TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THIS THIS JUNE DISTRIBUTION OF, CARTS . AND SO, NO, YOU WON'T SEE AN INCREASE ON YOUR, ON YOUR BILL IN JUNE JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT THE CARTS IN JUNE. BUT WE ALWAYS TAKE A LOOK AT THE, SANITATION FUND EXPENDITURES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL COSTS. YOU KNOW, DISPOSAL COSTS AS WELL AS COLLECTION COSTS, ALL THOSE COSTS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE EXPENDITURES ARE AND WHAT THE REVENUES ARE. AND SO THAT IS WHAT GENERATES, I MEAN, DICTATES WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A RATE INCREASE. CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, MR. CAMERON, I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOW DO WE DO THAT OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS CLEAR ON WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LISTEN TO THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, THEY ARE ALREADY PREDICTING THIS. AND I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PREDICTION DOES NOT COME OUT THE WRONG WAY AND HAVE US TALKING OUT THE SIDE OF OUR NECKS. THAT'S THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. DOCTOR MARTIN, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST HAVE A QUICK, QUICK COMMENT. AND CERTAINLY AFTER THAT I WILL JUST YIELD MY TIME. HOWEVER, UNDER PUBLIC UTILITIES, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT SECONDLY, I WAS JUST HAPPY TO SEE PLEASANT RUN IN SOME OF THE OTHER STREETS, YOU KNOW, ON THE ON THE LIST. BUT MORE IMPORTANT, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE WESTMORELAND. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE I KNOW YOU WON'T HAVE IT HERE, BUT WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK BEFORE US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IT UPDATES AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THE FUNDING OVER THAT, NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT AROUND, INCREASING CYBERSECURITY AND THEN ALSO JUST INFRASTRUCTURE. IT, UPDATES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND I

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WON'T EVEN SAY WE'VE USED CB, CDB FUNDS AS WELL FOR IT UPDATES . I'M ON I SOMETHING ABOUT LAST YEAR TELLS ME REMINDS ME THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE GOT, WE PUT SOME OF THAT ASIDE FOR THAT. AND OUTSIDE OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MADE WITH GETTING AHEAD OF THE VEHICLE IN THE IT, ARE THERE OTHER AREAS THAT THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MEANS INCREASING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE OR LIGHTS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN THOSE THAT WE COULD CHOOSE FROM, AND NOT JUST THOSE TWO THINGS. I MEAN, CERTAINLY THERE ARE ALWAYS OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD DIRECT, YOU KNOW, EXCESS FUNDING, FUNDING TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE JUST AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE LOOKED AT AND TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS THAT WE LISTED ARE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE THAT ARE PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COUNTY. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WHEN WE'RE READY TO MOVE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON THOSE PROJECTS AND NOT SAY IF DALLAS IS READY, IF THE COUNTY IS READY, WE DON'T WANT THEM. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE THE ONES TO HOLD UP THAT PROJECT.

AND SO THAT IS WHY WE WANTED TO TRY TO MOVE THOSE FUNDS OVER INTO THOSE PROJECTS, AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE, IT PORTION, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE MICROSOFT OFFICE, AND OUTLOOK WEB THAT WE USE, I BELIEVE IN 2025 OR 26, MICROSOFT WILL NO LONGER SUPPORT THAT. SO WE HAVE GOT TO TRANSITION INTO THAT. THAT OFFICE 365 PLATFORM, YOU KNOW, AND WHICH IS A MORE ROBUST PLATFORM THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW, SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSFER TO THAT, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED IN A FEW YEARS. SO BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TO GO BACK TO YOUR THERE IS ALWAYS OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TRANSFERRING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO . AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I SAID THAT, MR. CAMERON, IS BECAUSE IF THERE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT WILL GREAT IMPACT INTERNALLY. RIGHT BUT WHERE CAN THE IMPACT BE SEEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT I WAS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON, FOR YOUR REPORT. OF COURSE, I'M INTERESTED IN THE SANITATION, DEFICIT, AND WHEN YOU BRING BACK THE YOUR RECOMMENDATION, HOW OFTEN DO WE DO A RATE STUDY? IS THAT ANNUALLY? IS THAT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE'VE DONE A RATE STUDY IN REGARDS TO THE SANITATION? SO HISTORICALLY, WE'VE DONE, A FULL RATE STUDY EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT EVERY YEAR IN BETWEEN, WE WE'VE DONE RATE REVIEWS. SO WE LOOK AT THAT RATE EVERY YEAR. RIGHT. I REMEMBER, BUT A FULL RATE STUDY HAVE NOT BEEN DONE SINCE WHEN. OH YEAH. MAYBE TWO, TWO, TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS AGO. BECAUSE YOU STATED IN YOUR STATEMENTS THAT WE RAISED THE RATES LAST YEAR AND WE'RE HERE. SO I WONDER IF WE'VE GIVEN IT ENOUGH TIME TO RECOUP OR IF WE'VE BEEN RUNNING IN A DEFICIT. SO WHEN WE WHEN YOU BRING THAT BACK, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE CHANGE DID LAST YEAR WITHOUT JUST KIND OF GOING STRICTLY FOR THE GUSTO. SO JUST TO KIND OF ANALYZE IT, I DO AGREE WITH THE RATE STUDY. IF WE HAVE NOT DONE IT, AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE RATE STUDY WAS, AND OBVIOUSLY IT WAS IT WOULD BE PROJECTING. AND THAT'S WHY WE APPROVED THE INCREASE WITH THE PROJECTION IN MIND. SO DID WE MISS SOMETHING IN A PROJECTION? SO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED BETWEEN THE LAST STUDY AND NOW? OKAY. CAN I ADD SOMETHING. SO JUST I GUESS LET ME ADD SOMETHING FOR CLARIFICATION. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE SANITATION FUND BALANCE, MISS SUTTON WAS CORRECT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, BACK FROM 27, 2012 TO 2017, WE THERE WERE NO RATE INCREASES ON SANITATION.

AND SO THE FUND BALANCE WAS JUST EVERY YEAR GOT LOWER AND LOWER UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING AT IT.

BUT, YOU REMEMBER, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR OUR FUND BALANCE WAS AROUND. YET LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, OUR FUND BALANCE WAS AROUND 200,000. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL BELOW THE 900,000 THAT WE WANT IT TO BE, WE PREFER IT TO BE IT'S 400,000. SO IT IS IT'S COMING UP OKAY. SO WE'RE IMPROVING. YEAH. SO THE INCREASE DID INCREASE. IT DID AFFECT OUR FUND BALANCE CORRECT.

YEAH. ALMOST 100% FROM 200 TO 400,000. WE HAVE MORE FUND BALANCE JUST NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY THE POLICY. IS IT A PRACTICE TO GO AHEAD AND FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEN GO FROM THERE? IS THERE EVER A PROBLEM TO, IS THERE A NORMAL PROCEDURE TO WHERE WE CAN JUST SAY, LET'S TAKE THE DEFICIT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, FIX THIS FUND, AND THEN GO FORWARD? FROM THAT POINT ON, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A WHILE WE WERE WE WERE OPERATING WITH FUNDS. WE WERE ACTUALLY OPERATING IN A DEFICIT IN THIS FUND. IF I'M NOT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT

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SOME OF THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL BRING BACK, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, WE'LL BRING BACK A FULL ANALYSIS TO SHOW COUNCIL WHY THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN PLACE. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHEN WAS THE AUDIT? IS THAT THE ONE WE JUST DID THIS THIS AMOUNT? THAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS JUST FISCAL YEAR 23. OKAY. CORRECT THANK YOU. COUNCIL I SEE NO LIGHTS FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON

[C. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

THE AGENDA. NEXT WE MOVE INTO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0415. 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. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? MADAM MAYOR? YES, COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M EXCITED, SOME GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR. WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR OWN MR. ANTOINE LOAN, AND I'LL JUST READ THIS EMAIL FROM HIS, FROM HIS DIRECTOR, IT IS WITH GREAT WITH IT IS WITH A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE AND EXCITEMENT THAT I ANNOUNCE THAT ANTOINE LOAN HAS BEEN SELECTED BY THE CONSULTANT CONNECTION AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS IN THE NATION FOR 2024. YEAH. AND WE WERE JUST UP AT THE ICSC, CONVENTION WITH, WITH OUR DIRECTOR, MATT CARLTON COLSON, AND WITH ANTOINE. AND ANTOINE IS LOVINGLY KNOWN AS MR. DESOTO. AROUND THAT CLICK, WE ARE ON THE RADAR. WE'RE ON THE. WE'RE ON EVERYONE'S MAP, AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE WHAT A STRONG DEPARTMENT AND THE ORGANIZATION OF A STRONG LEADER. THAT LOVES HIS TEAM. AND, GOOD TALENT CAN DO. SO, THERE WAS ABOUT TEN MEETINGS THAT I WAS A PART OF, AND EVERY MEETING WAS POSITIVE, ACTUALLY, ONE GUY LEFT OUR TABLE TO GO TO GET THREE OTHER PEOPLE, SO DESOTO IS DEFINITELY ON THE MAP. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE IN DESOTO. AND I JUST WANTED TO REPORT BACK GENERALLY, ON OUR ON OUR VENTURES. SO THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATING SENIORS. DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WILL GRADUATE ON TOMORROW OUT AT UT ARLINGTON STADIUM. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND THE STUDENTS THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD AN INCIDENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY SAW ONE OF THEIR CLASSMATES LET SOMEONE IN THE BUILDING. AND I'M SO THANKFUL. AND EVERYONE IS PROBABLY THANKFUL THAT THEY REPORTED IT BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT GO GET WORSE. THEY COULD HAVE FILMED IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE JUST BLOWN UP. BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT THEY LISTENED TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE WHO SAYS, WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. SO LET'S COMMEND THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARK. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO GO FORTH. THE MOSLEY POOL WILL OPEN MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. MOSLEY POOL IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO COOL OFF FOR THIS SUMMER. MOSLEY POOL OFFERS THE BEST FAMILY WATER PARK VALUE IN THE AREA. THEY WILL BE OFFERING SWIM LESSONS, WATER AEROBICS AND POOL PARTIES. THEY ARE AVAILABLE THE TIMES ARE SATURDAY 11 TO 6, SUNDAY FROM 1 TO 6, MONDAY FROM 12 TO 6. ADMISSION IS 3 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE IS ONLY RESIDENTS $5.

NONRESIDENTS $7. IF YOU'RE 18 TO 54, $7 FOR RESIDENTS, $10 FOR NONRESIDENTS. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE OVER 55, IT'S FREE FOR RESIDENTS AND $7 FOR NONRESIDENTS. SO PLEASE OCCURRED. I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT YOU. YEAH. SO LET'S LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GO OVER AND SUPPORT MOSLEY POOL AND COOL OFF THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I YIELD BACK. SHE CAME BEARING GOOD NEWS. COUNCILMAN BERT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISM. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT TOMORROW, DESOTO WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL, DESOTO WORKS JOB FAIR, THIS IS A JOB FAIR THAT WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DISCIPLE CENTRAL, TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, THE DESOTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE DESOTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE

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SUCCESS OF THIS JOB FAIR IS A TESTAMENT TO PARTNERSHIPS, TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TOLD US EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO BEG FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. THIS IS A FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, FLAGSHIP JOB FAIR THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR, AND SO THEY GIVE THEIR RESOURCES WITHOUT ANY QUESTION. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. WE HAVE OVER 50 EMPLOYERS SIGNED UP, OVER 500 PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED, WE'RE EXPECTING AN AMAZING TURNOUT. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A JOB, YOU CAN JOIN US FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AT DISCIPLE CENTRAL. THAT'S LOCATED AT 901. NORTH POLK STREET. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING. ALSO I'M AM THE LIAISON FOR OUR VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND THIS WEEKEND IS MEMORIAL DAY.

AND I KNOW THAT WE TEND TO CELEBRATE WITH BARBECUE, BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WHO HAVE SACRIFICED MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND GIVEN THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR COUNTRY. AND SO THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HAS PLANNED TWO EVENTS. THEY HAVE A5K ON SATURDAY MORNING AT 830. YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THAT. AND T SHIRTS ARE $20.25, $25. AND THEN THEY HAVE ALSO OUR TRADITIONAL NANCE FARM, MEMORIAL SERVICE, WHICH IS ON MONDAY AT 10 A.M. ALL ANYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND THOSE EVENTS AS WELL, AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND THEN LASTLY, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TRASH AND THE CHANGES, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, I HAD A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH PLAY SIX. BUT OF COURSE, IT'S OPEN TO ALL TO ATTEND, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN JUNE 11TH AT 6 P.M. WE WILL HAVE THE REPUBLIC REP, LEAH FERGUSON, AS WELL AS OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, ISOM CAMERON. AND WE'LL TALK ALL THINGS TRASH. AND, PLEASE COME IF YOUR QUESTIONS WERE NOT ANSWERED DURING THE ZOOM MEETING. THANK YOU, CITY, FOR HOSTING THAT. THEN YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BRING THEM TO THIS EVENT AS WELL. AND MAYOR TALK TRASH. YEAH NOT SAMANTHA, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER CHISOLM. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. SURE THING, SPEAKING OF NANCE, FORM, ON THURSDAY, MAY 23RD, FROM 12 P.M. TO 2 P.M, THE DESOTO ARTISTS LAB WILL BE HOSTING, NICOLE DANE.

NICOLE DANE IS A FABRIC ARTIST WITH A FOCUS ON WEAVING, SHE'S SHE'S DEDICATED HERSELF TO THAT CRAFT, AND SHE'LL BE SPEAKING ON IT AND DEMONSTRATING FOR YOU. SO IF YOU ARE AROUND TOWN ON THURSDAY FROM NOON TO TWO, JOIN US AT NANCE FORM. OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. JOIN US AT 211 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD RIGHT HERE. AND MISS NICOLE DANE WILL BE HERE. THANK YOU, MISS RWANDA.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING? OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE MAYOR'S SUMMER READING PROGRAM HAS KICKED OFF. IT KICKED OFF YESTERDAY. AND, YOU CAN START REGISTERING FOR THAT, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE DO EACH SUMMER TO ENCOURAGE, STUDENTS AS WELL AS ADULTS TO CONTINUE READING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND SO YOU CAN READ AND, TRACK YOUR READING THROUGH THE APP. THEY'RE ASKING JUST TO READ 30 MINUTES A DAY, TO BE ABLE TO WIN PRIZES. AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICK OFF PARTY, WHICH WE DO EACH SUMMER, THAT WILL BE ON MONDAY, JUNE THE 6TH AT 2 P.M. HERE AT, TOWN CENTER AND AT OUR LIBRARY. AND SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIGN UP AT DESOTO LIBRARY DOT READ SQUARED AND THAT'S S Q U A R E D COM. OR YOU CAN CALL THE LIBRARY AT (972) 230-9661. FOR MORE INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[D. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]

AGENDA. YES MA'AM. NEXT WE HAVE CITIZEN APPEARANCES. BUT AT THIS TIME I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS. SO

[E. 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. ]

[F. Consent - Other Items]

WE'LL MOVE INTO THE 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 CITY MANAGER. FIRST, I HAVE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 20TH, 2024 AND SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR MAY 13TH, 2024, AS WELL AS RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK, FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK. DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR DAY, OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH, AND HONORING MEMORIAL DAY AS WELL AS CONSIDER I'M SORRY, ITEM F SEVEN IS BEING PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, SO I'LL MOVE INTO EIGHT.

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CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH CHASTAIN. FORD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $429,731. UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 72423 TO PURCHASE SEVEN FLEET VEHICLES FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AS IDENTIFIED IN FISCAL YEAR 23 AND FISCAL YEAR 24. VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR STREET LIGHTING SERVICE WITH ENCORE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $156,904 FOR THE CONVERSION OF 628 628 STREET LIGHTS ALONG POLK STREET, PLEASANT RUN ROAD, NORTHAMPTON ROAD, AND EAST WINTERGREEN ROAD FROM SODIUM TO LED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY'S STREETLIGHT LED UPGRADE POLICY. THANK YOU. I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT ITEM F7 HAS BEEN PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION FOR, ITEM NUMBER NINE. DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT? I KNOW THE, 628 STREET LIGHTS. DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE? I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN PHASES. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS TIME? WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE AT ALL. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN STARTING THIS PROCESS SINCE 23. WE CAME TO YOU WITH A PRESENTATION. WE THEN STARTED WORKING WITH ENCORE . ENCORE TOOK THEIR PROGRESSION AND WE JUST GOT FOR PHASE ONE PROJECT. THOSE, FIRST 600 LIGHTS. SO NOW THAT WE GIVE THEM THE INTERLOCAL, EXCUSE ME, THE AGREEMENT BACK, HOPEFULLY WE GET A TIME FRAME AND I CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU, WHAT THAT PHASE IS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THE TWO PROJECTS WE'RE TRYING TO GET GOING. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YES. I DO. ABOUT THE STREET LIGHTS, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE AS I LOOK THROUGH THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM, THERE IS, 489 IN PROJECT ONE AND, 338 IN PROJECT TWO, WHICH TO MY MATHEMATICS, I MAY NOT BE THE MATH PERSON, BUT IT'S 827 LIGHTS. AND YET YOU JUST MENTIONED 627. DOES THAT THEREFORE MEAN THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENCROACHMENT INTO PROJECT TWO WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING INTO PROJECT TWO? NO, MA'AM. THE FIRST NUMBERS WAS MY DEPARTMENT'S ATTEMPT TO DRIVE EVERY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO HAND COUNT THE LIGHTS, SO THAT ORIGINAL NUMBER OF 49 IS WHAT WE GAVE. ENCORE. WHEN ENCORE SIGNED IT TO THEIR CONSULTANTS, AND THEY DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT THEIR MAPS, THEY ACTUALLY TERM DETERMINED ON THOSE PARTICULAR STREETS THAT WE DID IN PROJECT ONE, THERE WERE 628. OKAY, OKAY. SO THIS 628 IS THEIR NUMBER.

YES. OKAY. FOR THOSE PARTICULAR STREETS THAT HAD THE DUAL HEAD SQUARE RECTANGULAR BOX STREET LIGHTS, ONE POLE, TWO LIGHTS HANGING OFF OF IT, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAPHAEL. YES, I JUST NEED TO MAKE ONE UPDATE ON THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 20TH ON PAGE ONE. PAGE SIX, JUST REFLECTING THAT, THE COUNCIL MEMBER DID NOT VOTE. HE WAS ABSENT ON BIRD. HE'S LISTED AS A. SO I JUST NEED TO NOTE THAT ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE UPDATE OF THE MINUTES FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA THAT COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL JUST SPOKE ABOUT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, PULLING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, SEPARATE VOTE. AND IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DOCTOR MARX, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. COUNCIL WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL. MAYOR PRO TEM LATISHA HUGHES. YES COUNCIL MEMBER KRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DANA MARKS. YES. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BURKE.

COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

[7. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to distribute Round 2 funding for the 2023-2024 Neighborhood Matching Grant (Spring 2024)]

IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM F SEVEN? IT'S GOING TO BE FOR. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION FOR F SEVEN? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. YES. SHE WAS CONFUSED. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, F SEVEN SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, WE WILL ALSO DO A ROLL CALL, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE ABSTENTION. MAYOR PRO TEM LATISHA HUGHES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DANA MARKS. YES. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BIRD. YES COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL AT

[1. Conduct a Public Hearing to receive input on the 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan]

THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

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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. HOWEVER, COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES PORTION OF THE AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE AMBASSADORS TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. FIRST, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT ON THE 20 2425 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS DOCTOR ESTHER WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE ARE CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT ON THE 2024 2025 CDBG ACTION PLAN I HAVE HERE WITH ME, MISS PATTY SANTA CRUZ FROM GROW AMERICA, WHO WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YEAR'S ALLOCATIONS AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. PATRICIA SANTA CRUZ WITH GROW AMERICA, FORMERLY NDC, ESTHER SAID I'M HERE TONIGHT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUIRED BY HUD AS PART OF THE 24 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, BRIEF BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, DESOTO'S ENTITLEMENT, COMMUNITY RECEIVING CDBG FUNDS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FROM HUD SINCE 2015, EVERY FIVE YEARS, DESOTO IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A CONSOLIDATED PLAN, TO HUD AND EVERY YEAR, ALONG WITH THAT, YOU'RE TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIFTH YEAR OF DESOTO'S 2020 TO 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. SO WE WILL BE BEGIN THE CONSOLIDATED PLANNING PROCESS WITH THIS NEXT PROGRAM YEAR. SO THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO HUD ANNUALLY AND INCLUDES THE CITY'S ANNUAL FEDERAL APPLICATION TO HUD FOR FUNDING, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN WITH CDBG FUNDS. IT SHOULD ALIGN WITH THE PRIORITIES OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND AS AN ENTITLEMENT. DESOTO DESOTO MUST OBTAIN PUBLIC INPUT DURING THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. AND IN DOING THAT, AT MINIMUM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HOLD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. TONIGHT'S THE FIRST ONE. I'LL COME BACK AGAIN IN JULY FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. SO EARLIER THIS MONTH, HUD ANNOUNCED THE FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS FOR 2024 FOR ALL OF THEIR FUNDING OF THEIR HUD FUNDING, SO DESOTO'S FUNDING FOR FY 2024 IS WILL BE $273,973. THIS IS A SLIGHT REDUCTION FROM FY 2023 OF ABOUT $20,000, ABOUT 7% DECREASE. THIS, THESE ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON A FORMULA CALCULATION, WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE JURISDICTIONS POPULATION, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS IN POVERTY AND HOUSING DATA, SO I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT IT'S BEEN SLIGHTLY REDUCED. SO IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CDBG FUNDS, THE CITY MUST ADHERE TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES ARE LIMITED TO 15% OF THE BUDGET. ADMINISTRATION IS LIMITED TO 20% OF THE BUDGET, AND THE REMAINING BUDGET CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. I'LL GO OVER A FEW IN JUST A MOMENT, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, AT LEAST 70% OF CDBG CDBG FUNDS MUST BE SPENT ON ACTIVITIES THAT PRIMARILY BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. ALSO EARLIER THIS MONTH , HUD ANNOUNCED THE CDBG INCOME LIMITS FOR 2024. THESE ARE EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST, 2024. SO TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CDBG ASSISTANCE, A HOUSEHOLD'S TOTAL INCOME MUST BE AT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR 2024, FOR ONE PERSON, THIS LIMIT IS 61,800. SO IT WENT UP SLIGHTLY, WHICH IS A REFLECTIVE YOU DESOTO IS PART OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH MSA AREA. THAT'S WHAT THESE INCOME LIMITS ARE BASED ON . SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF SOME CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES. THIS IS PRIME DESOTO IS PRIMARILY USED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, ACTIVITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND ALSO FOR SOME RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE UNDER THE CDBG CV PROGRAM. OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN CONDUCT WITH CDBG INCLUDE PUBLIC FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS LIKE PARKS, SENIOR CENTERS, HOUSING, REHAB INFRASTRUCTURE, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS JUST, FOR REFERENCE, WHAT THE FY 23 ADOPTED BUDGET IS, DESOTO HAS BEEN USING ITS FUNDS FOR ADMIN HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE CATEGORY, AND DESOTO SENIOR SENIOR CENTER FACILITY

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IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE 2024 ACTION PLAN TIMELINE I MENTIONED THAT, YOU'RE REQUIRED BY HUD TO CONDUCT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, HERE IN DESOTO, WE LIKE TO DO, TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST, OUT GAUGE, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO GATHER CITIZEN INPUT. SO IN APRIL, WE INITIATED, INITIATED THESE ACTION PLAN ACTIVITIES WITH AN ONLINE AND PAPER SURVEY ASKING RESIDENTS TO IDENTIFY A NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW CDBG FUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED. THIS SURVEY IS STILL ACTIVE AND WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL JULY 16TH. A MEETING WAS HELD AT THE SENIOR CENTER IN APRIL ON APRIL 25TH TO DISCUSSED AND PROMOTE THE SURVEY. A NOTICE IN OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FOCUS DAILY NEWSPAPER, ON MAY 8TH. WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE SURVEY WAS OPEN, I BELIEVE A LINK TO THE SURVEY IS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED IN THE CITY LIGHTS NOTICE. AND ON MAY 16TH, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, I THINK, PARTICIPATED IN DESOTO IN DEPTH, AND IN THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN SURVEY, WAS ALSO PROMOTED ON THAT SHOW TO DATE. WE RECEIVED 34 SURVEYS, WHEN COMPARING ALL THE NEEDS LISTED, THE MAJORITY, 57% LISTED OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING NEEDS SUCH AS HOME REPAIR AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEED, BASED ON THE 34 RESPONSES WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES NEEDS AT 21. SO IN JUNE, IN JULY, WE PLAN TO SCHEDULE AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF TWO INFORMATION SESSION SESSIONS FOR THE PUBLIC. WILL LIKELY BE HELD AT THE LIBRARY, TO PROMOTE THE SURVEY AND TO GATHER ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THE ACTION PLAN, AND WE DO PLAN TO HAVE INFORMATION AT THE JULY 4TH EVENT ON THE ACTION PLAN AND THE SURVEY AND ON ON OR AROUND JUNE 13TH, THE CITY WILL PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE ACTION PLAN, AND CITIZENS WILL HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMMENT ON THE BUDGET. AND WE PLAN TO TAKE, HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 16TH. WILL WE WILL PRESENT THAT DRAFT BUDGET AND CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER, ADOPTION OF THE ACTION PLAN ON AUGUST 6TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MISS SANTA CRUZ, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND, I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE MY BEST GUESS WITH THAT, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER COUNCIL.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN, AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS, DO WE HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK, BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I AM GOING TO JUST OPEN THE FLOOR, SINCE WE HAVE NO CITIZEN COMMENT CARDS. CITY ATTORNEY GRAFFITI. IS THAT OKAY IF I ALLOW COUNCIL? JUST A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS. COUNCIL TO, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS, FOR, FOR THIS ACTION PLAN. COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PARKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE SURVEYS. HOW LONG HAS THE ACTUAL, SURVEY BEEN OPEN AND THEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING IN TERMS NOW, I DID GO OUT AND TAKE THE SURVEY SO I CAN TRULY TELL PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY, BECAUSE I DO IT MYSELF. AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LAST YEAR'S ITEMS AS FAR AS WHAT HAS BEEN USED FROM LAST YEAR, DOES THAT ROLL OVER OR HAS IT ALREADY BEEN USED UP? HOW DOES THAT LOOK? SURE SO IF, PUBLIC SERVICES WILL WILL NOT EVER ROLL OVER. ADMIN DOESN'T ROLL OVER. IT'S SORT OF YOU USE IT OR USE IT. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY FUNDS THAT ARE USED WITHIN THE YEAR. HOME REPAIR HAS ROLLED OVER BECAUSE THAT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM. SO IF THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE, THE PROGRAM STILL REMAINS OPEN. AND THEN, THE SENIOR SENIOR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, LAST YEAR WAS FUNDED AT $50,000. THE PRIOR YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS FUNDED AT $180,000. THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. OKAY, NOW, SO, THIS COMING YEAR, WE WILL FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS REMAINING, AFTER AFTER THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'M SORRY, SO AS FAR AS THE FUNDS THAT ARE IN THERE FOR NOW, FIRST, I GUESS THE ADMINISTRATION IS SET AT AT 20. IS THERE A REASON IT'S SET AT 20? AND THEN THE FUNDS THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WILL ROLL OVER, DO WE GET A REPORT OUT OR ANYTHING OF THOSE FUNDS? AND WHAT'S LEFT? AT WHAT POINT DO WE DO THAT, I BELIEVE WE DID A COUNCIL UPDATE IN MARCH, SO AT LEAST AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, WE DO TRY TO COME AND UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON ON THE ACTIVITIES

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THAT ARE DON'T REQUIRE ANY ACTION OR A PUBLIC HEARING JUST TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW HOW THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE PROGRESSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BIRD, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MISS MISS CRUZ, FOR YOUR FOR YOUR REPORT. I HAVE A JUST AN UPDATE, I'VE SENT SEVERAL PEOPLE, SENIORS WHO NEEDED RESOURCES, AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO FUNDS AVAILABLE, TWO QUESTIONS. DO WE KEEP TRACK OF THOSE SO THAT THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN FUNDS THE LAST CYCLE CANNOT GET FUNDS AGAIN? OR ARE WE KEEPING A RUNNING TOTAL OF WHO SO THAT WE COULD SPREAD IT AROUND? IS THIS FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM? YES, YES. SO WE DO HAVE A WAITING LIST, SO WE KEEP THAT APPLICATION OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN, CLOSE IT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE WHEN WE'VE OBLIGATED ALL THE FUNDS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. AND AS THEY'RE EVALUATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, BUT WE DO HAVE A LIST OF, OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OR ON THAT WAITING LIST. AND NEXT TO BE SEEN. SO ONCE THE WAITING LIST, ONCE YOU START THE WAITING LIST AND THE FUNDS ARE, ARE DISPENSED OR, ARE DO THOSE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT GET SERVICED, ARE THEY ROLLED OVER TO THE NEW YEAR? DO THEY NEED TO REAPPLY? YEAH SO THE WAY HUD HAS THE APPLICATIONS , THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO REAPPLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDE HAS TO BE NO OLDER THAN TWO MONTHS. BUT WE DO, WE DO KEEP TRACK. WE HAVE ALL OF THEIR NAMES WE HAVE ON OUR APPLICATION SYSTEM. WE ARE ABLE TO SEE ALL ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED. AND WE ACTUALLY HEARD, PATTY'S TEAM GOES BACK AND MAKES SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. DO YOU WANT TO REAPPLY? THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB, JUST EMAILING THEM BACK AND CALLING THEM TO SEE, EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T RESPONDED OR FINISHED THEIR APPLICATION TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE. OKAY.

SO THERE IS A PROACTIVE CALL TO THEM TO SAY THAT YOU WEREN'T APPROVED THIS YEAR OR WE'VE RUN OUT OF FUNDS, BUT YOU CAN APPLY RIGHT? SO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST NOW, THAT HAVE TURNED SOMETHING IN, THEY'LL BE CALLED FIRST BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ALREADY THEY'VE ALREADY FINISHED THE APPLICATION PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH THEY STILL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. BUT AS FAR AS SINCE THE APPLICATION PROCESS, APPLICATION WINDOW HAS CLOSED, I'VE BEEN KEEPING A NAME, A LIST ON MY OWN, OF PEOPLE WHO I'LL BE CALLING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEEN OPEN AGAIN. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DOCTOR ESTHER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISUM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS THE TIMELINE, AND THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE INCREASE, OUR OUTREACH, SOME AREAS THAT I DIDN'T SEE, IN THE OUTREACH THAT FOR CONSIDERATION, IS REACHING OUT TO OUR CHAMBER, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN EMAIL NETWORK, ALSO, WE HAVE A RUNNING, EMAIL LIST FOR OUR CHURCHES THROUGH THE MAYOR'S FAITH LEADERS, IF WE COULD DO THAT OUTREACH THERE, RIGHT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE HAVE A STRONG POPULATION OF RESIDENTS THAT ATTEND CHURCH, RIGHT HERE, IN DESOTO ALSO, GETTING OUR OUR HIGH SCHOOL INVOLVED AS WELL.

FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF GETTING A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW FROM A DIFFERENT GENERATION. AND, ALSO OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS LIKE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES THAT, ARE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT, I THINK THAT COULD ALSO EXPAND OUTREACH. I MEAN, SOME OF THESE GROUPS HAVE MEMBERS, IN THE HUNDREDS THAT ARE RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO. SO, THOSE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD THOUGHT THROUGH, THAT WE COULD CONSIDER. I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS I MENTIONED, THIS COMING YEAR WILL START DEVELOPING THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH IS, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. IT'S A LARGER SCALE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT IS REQUIRED. AND SO DEFINITELY, APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND THOSE IDEAS SO THAT WE CAN, ADD THOSE TO THE LIST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISM. DOCTOR MARTIN, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. JUST, I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM SAID ABOUT THE OUTREACH. I NOTICED THAT ON YOUR SCHEDULE, YOU HAD DISTRICTS. I ASSUME THAT'S OUR DISTRICTS OR OUR PLACES. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? HAVE YOU SCHEDULED THAT OUT? DO WE KNOW WHEN? IT'S WHEN AND WHERE? BECAUSE IT SAYS JUNE AND IT'S MAY. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT. WHAT IS THAT? NO. I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO ALL OF YOU TO SEE IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE HOLDING ANY. AND IF I COULD BE ONE OF YOUR GUESTS. SO I HAVEN'T REACHED OUT YET. AGAIN, I'M SORRY I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL YET FOR ANY OF YOUR UPCOMING TOWN HALLS, BUTHAT'S THAT WAS THE PLAN FOR ME TO SEE IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE OR HOST ANY, OR IF I COULD HELP YOU HOST ONE, AND THEN THAT WAY I COULD BE ONE OF YOUR GUESTS.

OKAY, SIR. WE MIGHT WANT TO GET THAT OUT QUICKLY BECAUSE IT'S THE END OF MAY. YES, MA'AM. I

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WAS JUST WONDERING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND WANTED TO KNOW WHICH FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEPLETED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, FOR THIS F. YEAH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AS WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD AND WHAT'S ROLLING OVER, RIGHT NOW, I THINK ARE WE THINK JUST BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST, ALL THE HOME REPAIR FUNDS ARE WILL PROBABLY ALL OBLIGATED AT THIS POINT, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT HAS BEEN, A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN THIS YEAR THAN, THAN LAST YEAR. SO WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDS THERE. IF WE DO NOT SPEND ALL OF THOSE FUNDS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE , SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND THOSE FUNDS COULD BE ROLLED OVER TO SOMETHING THAT'S NON PUBLIC SERVICE AND NON ADMIN ITERATIVE.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FUNDS. IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE THERE. IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE IN ADMIN THAT DON'T ROLL OVER. THOSE COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLY REPROGRAMED. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THE SENIOR CENTER, THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE JUST UNDERWAY. THERE'S A BUDGET OF $230,000, I BELIEVE, FOR THAT ENTIRE PROJECT. IF THAT COMES UNDER BUDGET, THEN, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND LET YOU, ASK YOU TO OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPROGRAMING THOSE FUNDS AS WELL. OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT. AND HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM? I KNOW IT HAD BEEN WILDLY POPULAR AT ONE WHILE, AND SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE FINDING OTHER WAYS OR POSSIBLY USING STOCK. BUT YES, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT? YES. THANK YOU. I WAS ASKING, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT ON OH, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT ON THE TRANSPORTATION? WELL, WE OPEN IT EVERY OCTOBER, IS WHEN USUALLY WHEN WE DO ENROLLMENT AND WE HAVE I THINK WE'VE ASSISTED EVERYBODY WHO IS APPLIED AND WE'VE KEPT THAT UP. APPLICATION OPEN. SO IF ANYONE, WANTS TO APPLY FOR THAT PROGRAM, WE STILL TAKE THEIR APPLICATION BECAUSE WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

OKAY. SO OKAY, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IS OPEN, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, DO SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A JOB FAIR COMING UP, AND THERE MAY BE SOME MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO MAY UTILIZE THAT SERVICE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL. AND TO THAT, POINT, I WAS GOING TO SAY WHAT WHAT I'VE SEEN, AS THE MORE THAT STAR TRANSIT GROWS IN ITS POPULARITY AND EXPANDS ITS OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ON DEMAND SERVICE THEY OFFER, THAT'S SIMILAR TO AN UBER TYPE EXPERIENCE FOR THE CUSTOMER. THE LOWER THE USAGE OF THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WHEN WE GOT IT, I MEAN, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE RAN OUT OF FUNDS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, INITIALLY. BUT WHEN STAR HAS COME ON, I THINK THE NEED FOR THEIR PROGRAM HAS, HAS KIND OF DWINDLED BECAUSE OF THAT. SO IT MAY BE COMPETING WITH THAT. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, POSSIBLY LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. BUT THAT'S JUST THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. REGARDING THAT. JUST ONE ONE QUICK QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR, BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMAN BYRD ASKED ABOUT THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GET THE FUNDS, HE SAID ABOUT THE LIST FOR THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT, I GUESS, ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF THE ONES WHO DO SO THAT THEY DON'T DEPLETE THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR REPEAT? BECAUSE IF THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DISHONEST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY MAY KNOW HOW TO GET IN THERE AND GET THEIR APPLICATION IN WHILE THOSE WHO HADN'T GOTTEN IT DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT THAT WAY. AND SO ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL. SO THE SO THE PERSON'S THAT GETS SERVED AND COMING BACK, YEAH. WE HAVEN'T RUN INTO THAT ISSUE YET BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST THAT IF THEY WANTED TO COME BACK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET IN LINE BEHIND THE OTHERS THAT HAVE ALREADY APPLIED. SO WE DEFINITELY KEEP A LIST OF WHO'S BEEN SERVED HOW MUCH. THERE'S ONLY BEEN A HANDFUL THAT HAD OTHER REQUESTS THAT EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT, MOST PERSONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE WERE ABLE TO GET, THEIR HOME REPAIR NEEDS ADDRESSED DURING THAT FIRST TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISUM TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THERE IS NO ORDINANCE OR NO VOTING REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM. SO AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM

[2. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider Ordinance for the applicant's request to amend Planned Development-160 (PD-160) and to obtain a deviation from Section 41.3 "Fences in Residential Areas", Subsection L of the City's Zoning Ordinance in order to install approximately 1000 feet of 6-foot high tubular steel powder coated black fence along the rear and side yards of the single-family residential lots along the west side right-of-way of N. Westmoreland Road in the Creeks of Homestead Addition, Phases 1 & 2 (Homestead East Addition, Phases 1 & 2). The applicant is Wildwood East Development, LTD., and the property owner is Wildwood Development Co. Ltd. (Case No. Z-1522-24)]

ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO AMEND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 160 AND TO OBTAIN A DEVIATION FROM SECTION 41.3 FENCES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SUBSECTION L, OF THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE. IN ORDER TO INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 1000FT OF SIX FOOT HIGH TUBULAR STEEL POWDER COATED BLACK FENCE ALONG THE REAR AND SIDE YARDS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG THE WEST SIDE, WEST SIDE, RIGHT OF WAY OF NORTHWEST MORELAND ROAD IN THE CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD. ADDITION PHASES ONE AND TWO. HOMESTEAD EAST ADDITIONS. ADDITION PHASES ONE

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AND TWO. THE APPLICANT IS WILDWOOD EAST. DEVELOPMENT LIMITED AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS WILDWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED. CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1522. DASH 2224. MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES . HOW YOU DOING, MAYOR? COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH, 2016, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 26 SIX DASH 16 CREATES A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 160 WITH A BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY TEN ON APPROXIMATELY 102 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST DANIEL DALE ROAD AND EAST OF NORTHWEST WEST MORELAND ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAS TO CONSTRUCT A PROPOSED GATED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON LOTS NOT LESS THAN 10,000FT■S. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST IN TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE WILL BE 103 LOTS, AND PHASE TWO WOULD CONTAIN 173 LOTS. THAT APPROVAL ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS. THE PROPERTY SHALL BE USED IN DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO SF TEN REGULATION. MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE 2500FT■S. NO TREE SURVEY. O ALLEYS. A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL WOULD BE REQUIRED ALONG THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE ADJOINING WEST DANIEL DALE. THE MASONRY WALL WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, THE DEVELOPER SHALL CONSTRUCT A RIGHT TURN LANE OFF DANIEL DALE AT THE WEST ENTRANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT, AND A MANDATORY HOA WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINING OF THOSE HOA ITEMS. ON AUGUST THE 4TH, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 2201 DASH 20 AMENDING AND RESTATING PD 160 BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 52.421 ACRES TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE WITH APPROXIMATELY 16.25 ACRES OF THE 2050 2.42 ACRE TRACT OF LAND TO BE CONSIDERED HOMESTEAD WEST, AND THE REMAINING 36.17 ACRES TO BE KNOWN AS HOMESTEAD EAST. SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOMESTEAD WEST ARE. DISTRICT WAS AGAIN FOLLOW PHASES ONE AND TWO, WHICH WOULD HAVE MINIMUM DWELLING SIZES OF 2500FT. THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ZONED SF TEN BASE ZONING. THE LOT WIDTH FOR CERTAIN LOTS WERE GOING TO BE 76.5 50 76.5FT, FOR THREE BLOCKS, THREE LOTS IN BLOCKS ZERO. AND THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE THAT 80% OF THE FRONT FACING GARAGES WOULD BE ALLOWED, AND REMAINING 20% WILL BE J SWING GARAGES. AS SOME OF THE DEVELOPING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOMESTEAD EAST WOULD BE, THAT BASE ZONING WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN PHASES ONE, TWO, AND THREE. INSTEAD OF SF TEN, THIS WOULD BE SF EIGHT. AND AGAIN, THIS NUMBER NUMERICAL NUMBER REPRESENTS THE SIZE OF THE LOTS. AND SO SF EIGHT IS 8000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. BUT HERE HE REQUESTED DEVIATION AND WAS APPROVED TO HAVE MINIMUM LOTS OF 6000FT■S LOT WITH 60 FRONT SETBACK 20FT. INTERIOR SIDE FIVE FEET MINIMUM REAR YARD TEN FEET.

AND THIS AMENDMENT HE WAS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE 100% FRONT FACING GARAGES. THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 34.3 OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE STATES SECTION SUBSECTION B, IN THE PD DISTRICT USAGES THAT CONFORM TO THE STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS OF THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT TO WHICH IT IS MOST SIMILAR AND ARE THE DISTRICT AUTHORIZED IN THE PD APPROVAL. THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OR DISTRICT SHALL BE STATED IN THE GRANTING ORDINANCE. ALL APPLICATIONS OF THE CITY SHALL LIST ALL REQUESTED DEVIATIONS FROM THE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH THROUGHOUT THIS ORDINANCE. THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHALL CONFORM TO ALL OTHER SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED IN THE GRANTING ORDINANCE. SECTION 41 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH RELATES TO FENCING WALLS AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, SUBSECTION 41.3 STATES. LETTER L IN CASES WHERE THE REAR OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS OR ANY ALLEY ADJOINING STREET, THE DEVELOPER MUST CONSTRUCT A SIX FOOT HIGH MASONRY SCREENING WALL ADJACENT TO THE ROADWAY WITHIN A FIVE FOOT WIDE MAINTENANCE EASEMENT.

IN CASES WHERE THERE WOULD BE AN ALLEY TO THE REAR OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS WHICH ADJOINED THE STREET, THE MASONRY WALL NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ALLEY, RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THE STREET. THIS WALL MUST BE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SUBDIVISION. THE SCREENING WALL MUST BE ON THE INSIDE OF ANY REQUIRED LANDSCAPING, SUCH THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE WALL. THIS WALL MUST BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA AND THIS WAS AN AMENDMENT ORDINANCE. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. IN FEBRUARY OF 2017. I GIVE YOU A VIEW OF THE SITE PLAN AS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED. JUST TO HELP YOU GET A REFERENCE, THE TOP, THOROUGHFARE IS DANIEL DALE , WHICH IS THE EAST WEST MAJOR

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THOROUGHFARE, THE NORTH SOUTH MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS NORTHWEST MORELAND. THE DEVELOPMENT IS DIVIDED. PHASE ONE WILL BE THESE FIRST THREE ROWS. PHASE TWO IS THIS SECTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE, PHASE THREE, WHICH I REFERENCED EARLIER, IS HOMESTEAD WEST CONSISTS OF A REFERENCES KIND OF TWO V SHAPES. THIS LEFT SIDE V SHAPE AND THIS RIGHT SIDE. SO TOGETHER THOSE INCUMBENTS HOMESTEAD WEST AND THEN THESE TWO SECTIONS WERE DEEMED AS HOMESTEAD EAST. PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. PHASE ONE, AS I WILL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER, HAS BEEN, PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATTED BY THE DEVELOPER, ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY, THE PHASE TWO IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, THIS DRAWING JUST GIVES YOU A MORE VISUAL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT IS OUT THERE, COMPARING THIS TO THE OTHER SITE PLAN, THERE WAS SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WENT, ON, ON IF WE SPEAK ABOUT PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THIS ORANGE SECTION THAT WE REFER TO AS WEST. STAFF BROUGHT THIS TO YOU LAST YEAR TO WHERE, THAT PARTICULAR AMENDMENT REQUEST INCREASED THE DENSITY ON THE WEST SIDE OF PHASE THREE. AND ACTUALLY, INSTEAD OF HAVING A CUL DE SAC AT THE BOTTOM, IT DID A STUB OUT STREET, STREET FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT WE ARE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THESE TWO PHASES, THIS ORANGE ONE HERE IS DEEMED AS PHASE ONE. AND THIS LIGHTER ORANGE IS PHASE TWO. BUT TONIGHT'S CASE IS REFERENCING THE SCREENING WALL THAT'S GOING TO ABUT THESE TWO SECTIONS ON THIS WEST SIDE RIGHT OF WAY OF WESTMORELAND. SPOKE ABOUT THE PHASE ONE BEING APPROVED. I'M JUST SHOWING YOU THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED BY BOTH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PHASE ONE. AGAIN, THIS SECTION WILL HAVE TWO ENTRANCE STREETS, COMING OFF OF WESTMORELAND. THIS ONE, YOU'LL HAVE TO KIND OF TURN YOUR HEAD TO THE SIDE BECAUSE NORTH IS FACING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. BUT SO DANIEL DALE, I'M SORRY. SO DANIEL DALE ROAD WILL BE ON THIS SIDE AS I'M GOING UP AND DOWN. AND NOW WESTMORELAND IS GOING WHICH IS NORTH AND SOUTH IS GOING ACROSS HERE. SO PHASE TWO WILL HAVE ONE ENTRANCE COMING OFF THE NORTHERNMOST END. AND THEN IT HAS A RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXIT OUT OF THE MIDDLE, SECTION OF PHASE ONE, WHICH IS A LARGER ENTRANCE. I PRESENT TO YOU NOW WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO STAFF BY THE DEVELOPER APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE. AND THIS IS A DRAWING SHOWING THEIR PROPOSED, FENCE LAYOUT, FOCUSING YOUR ATTENTION FIRST IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU A, B, C, D, AND E, AND WE WILL REFERENCE THOSE AS THEY GO. THIS FIRST DETAIL ON THE TOP IS, DETAIL DRAWING A AND IT GOES FROM WHERE THE COMMERCIAL STRIP COMMERCIAL SECTION ENDS ON THE NORTHERN END, WHERE THIS PHASE TWO BEGINS TO THE FIRST STREET CONTINUES DOWN TO THE NEXT LINE, WHICH IS PHASE B, AND IT SHOWS THE COMBINATION OF THE RED X MARK OR THE PROPOSED FENCE ROUTE FOLLOWING THE WEST MOST RIGHT OF WAY OF WESTMORELAND. AND HE DOES SHOW A PROPOSED LANDSCAPING UTILIZING A LOT OF THE EXISTING MATURE TREES THAT ARE THERE, CONTINUING, WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT, THE NEXT PHASE, THIS DRAWING ALSO SHOWS THE PROPOSAL OF THE WALKING TRAIL THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPEED, THE WALKING TRAIL, BY THAT APPEARED REQUIREMENT IS COMING FROM JUST THE WEST SIDE OF BOLTON. BOONE AND DANIEL DALE, JOINING THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST NORTHEAST CORNER OF BOLTON.

BOONE AND DANIEL DALE FOLLOWING THE CREEK LINE COMING DOWN THE CREEK. AND THEN AS YOU GET INTO THE AREA PARALLEL WITH PHASES ONE AND TWO, THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME PROPOSING TO COME OUT. AND I'M HEADING EAST NOW, HEADING TOWARD WESTMORELAND AND THEN PROPOSING TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE, EAST PROPERTY LINE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT SITE. WEST PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY. GO TO THE NEXT, ILLUSTRATION AGAIN, THE RED IS THE FENCING CONTINUING ON DOWN

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SOUTH. AND THE FINAL ILLUSTRATION IS A CONTINUATION DOWN TO HIS FIRST SOUTHMOST STREET GOING INTO PHASE ONE. CONTINUE TO TILL IT ENDS. AND THIS IS THE SHARED PROPERTY LINE FOR THE ENCLAVE OF THORN TREE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES GOING SOUTH. THE ILLUSTRATION IN THIS LOWER RIGHT CORNER IS SHOWING HIS PROPOSED, METAL FENCING, BLACK POWDER COVER THAT HE'S PROPOSING TO INSTALL. HE HAS GIVEN US THIS VISUAL ILLUSTRATION SHOWING, I'M LOOKING SOUTH RIGHT NOW. I MENTIONED THE MATURE TREES THAT ARE THERE. NOW HE'S GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, NORTHWEST MORELAND IS GOING TO BE ON. LET ME SAY, THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS VEGETATION STRIP, HE'S PROPOSING HIS SIDEWALK HERE. AND THIS IS HIS WROUGHT IRON FENCING HE'S PROPOSING, THE GREEN AREA WOULD BE THE REAR YARDS OF HIS PHASE ONE. AND PHASE TWO. STAFF HAS GONE OUT TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS TO NOT ONLY SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET, BUT ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER AREAS THAT CURRENTLY DO HAVE THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY A PREVIOUS COUNCIL, THE PHOTOS ON THE LEFT IS LOOKING NORTH, THIS IS THE SOUTHBOUND, ROAD OF NORTH WESTMORELAND. AND SO YOU COULD SEE HERE THE FIRST ENTRANCE STREET HERE, THIS PHOTO, YOU GO FURTHER NORTH. NOW YOU'RE LOOKING SOUTH. AND THESE ARE THOSE MATURE TREES THAT I SAID EXIST IN THIS AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TREES ARE HIS, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH PHASE ONE. THIS IS MOVING UP A LITTLE NORTH ON WESTMORELAND, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LARGER OPENING. THEY STILL GOES INTO THE NORTHERN END OF PHASE ONE, BUT THIS IS ALSO AN ENTRANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO ENTER AND EXIT FROM PHASE TWO, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS THE POSITION YOURSELF FOR THE NORTH LOOKING SOUTH. AND SO THIS IS THE TOP END OF PHASE TWO, THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AT THIS TIME ALONG THE SAME STREET AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE TWO OTHER SUBDIVISIONS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET IS THE ENCLAVE AT THORN TREE, AND THE PHOTO CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES HOW A BLACK POTTED WROUGHT IRON FENCE, HAS BEEN ALLOWED, THE PHOTO ON THE, SO THIS PHOTO IS LOOKING NORTH UP THE SOUTHBOUND LANE. THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS LOOKING SOUTH DOWN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, SHOWING THE ENTRANCE TO THE, ENCLAVE AT THORN TREE. AND LOOKING IN THIS AREA, YOU WOULD SEE MORE WROUGHT IRON FENCING FOR THIS COMMUNITY. BE. MOVING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NORTHBOUND WESTMORELAND IS THE GATED COMMUNITY CALLED CLUB PARK, THIS THESE TWO PHOTOS ARE JUST SHOWING THEIR SCREENING IS THE MASONRY BRICK WALL. THAT THEY WERE, REQUIRED TO INSTALL.

THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME COMMUNITY. THIS PHOTO IS SHOWING TEN MILE CREEK. TEN MILE CREEK IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF DUNCANVILLE ROAD AND PLEASANT RUN, THIS VIEW IS LOOKING SOUTHBOUND ON DUNCANVILLE ROAD AND THESE WROUGHT IRON FENCES WILL BE AT THE REAR OF THE LOTS THAT ARE ABUT THESE, THIS SIDE OF THE SUBDIVISION. THIS PHOTO ON THE LEFT IS LOOKING NORTH, BOUND ON DUNCANVILLE ROAD TO SHOW THAT IT HAS BEEN ALLOWED, NOW, THIS SUBDIVISION WAS AN APPROVED PD AND A PART OF THEIR DEVIATION REQUEST WAS TO HAVE THE WROUGHT IRON POTTED FENCE.

BUT THAT ZONING ORDINANCE WAS AT PD WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL IN 2017. TAKING ACTION TO RESTRICT, WROUGHT IRON FENCING. SO THEY GOT IN BEFORE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DID NOT CONSTRUCT THIS FENCE UNTIL AROUND 2022. AGAIN THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE SAME TEN MILE CREEK ALONG PLEASANT RUN, VIEW LOOKING EAST. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT AND PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS THE VIEW LOOKING WEST. THIS PHOTO IS JUST SHOWS ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER,

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WILDWOOD, HAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE IN THE CITY CALLED TREES FARM, WHICH IS, IN THE SOUTH WEST SECTION OF THE CITY. A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S PAPER, GENERAL CIRCULATION, ON APRIL THE 7TH, 2020, FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 400FT, AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY AND STATE REGULATIONS. AS OF MAY THE 13TH, STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO RETURN NOTICES IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PD AMENDMENT REQUEST.

DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON APRIL 23RD, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEVELOPER AND PROPERTY OWNER INFORMED THE COUNCIL HOW ADDING A SIX FOOT MASONRY FENCE AT THIS TIME, ONE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE DONE DUE TO THE MINIMUM LOT DEPTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TWO COULD NOT BE CONSTRUCTED DIRECTLY OVER THE RETAINING WALLS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE SHARED PROPERTY.

STREET RIGHT OF WAY LINE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH WESTMORELAND THREE WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE WIDTH OF THE PROPOSED EIGHT FOOT WIDE WALKING TRAIL TO BE LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF NORTH WESTMORELAND, AND FOUR INSTALLING THE TUBULAR, STEEL FENCING WILL PROVIDE BETTER SAFETY FOR RESIDENTS UTILIZING THE TRAIL. THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AND MOTION PREVAILED BY A VOTE OF 5 TO 1 TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT'S PD AMENDMENT REQUEST . AS THE COUNCIL VOTED IN 2023, WHEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, THEN YOU ARE TASKED TO. IF YOU DECIDE TO APPROVE IT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. SO WITH YOU HAVING SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT, THAT SUPERMAJORITY VOTE, WHICH IS THREE FOURTHS OF YOUR SEVEN MEMBERS, WOULD BE SIX MEMBERS, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND BY MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE GRANTING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO AMEND PD 160 AND GRANTING A DEVIATION FROM SECTION 41.3 FENCES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SUBSECTION L OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE. IN ORDER TO INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 1000FT OF SIX FOOT HIGH TUBULAR STEEL POWDER COATED BLACK FENCE ALONG THE REAR AND SIDE YARDS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG THE WEST SIDE RIGHT OF WAY OF NORTH WESTMORELAND IN THE CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD.

ADDITION PHASES ONE AND TWO ARE AS INITIALLY PRELIMINARY PLATTED AS HOMESTEAD EAST. PHASES ONE AND TWO. AS PRESENTED. THIS IS CASE NUMBER Z 1522 DASH 24. THE DEVELOPER PROPERTY OWNERS HAS REPRESENTATIVES HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THEIR CASE, HE HAS GIVEN ME SOME PHOTOS THAT WE PUT OUT YOUR DAIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. HE ALSO DOES HAVE IT IN A POWERPOINT PHASE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS. I'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE BEFORE THE APPLICANT APPEARS. THANK YOU, MR. BREWER, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND TOM GILBERT, 1120 NORTHWEST MORELAND ROAD, DESOTO, TEXAS 75115, I'D LIKE TO, ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT, AND TELL THEM HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO BE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUR PRESENTATION INTO TWO PARTS, I'M GOING TO START AND THEN MATTHEW KRUEGER, WHO IS THE CEO OF THE WILD GROUP OF COMPANIES NOW AND HAS BEEN SINCE 22, AND WHO IS ALSO, STARTING HIS HOME TO BE BUILT IN THIS SUBDIVISION AND TO MOVE TO DESOTO. WE'LL HANDLE THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION. I'M NO LONGER THE CEO OF THE WILDWOOD, DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, I'M SPENDING MY TIME NOW AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WILDWOOD FOUNDATION, KATHY JONES, WHO, YOU KNOW, HAS JOINED ME AND IS MY ASSISTANT. AND I INTEND ON WORKING IN THE FUTURE ON HOMESTEAD FOUNDATION, ON SUPPORTING THE CITY, AND IT'S ALSO KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS SHE WANTS ME TO FOCUS ON IS HISTORY. AND THAT'S KIND OF HISTORICAL TONIGHT, BECAUSE AS THIS MARKS 60 YEARS AGO, I MADE MY FIRST PRESENTATION TO THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, AND I HAVE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO

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WAS AT THAT PRESENTATION. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, AND THAT'S MY SON TOMMY, WHO FLEW IN FROM NORTH CAROLINA TODAY TO BE HERE WITH US. HE WAS ONE AND A HALF YEARS OLD AND WAS IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOTHER AT THAT PRESENTATION. WHEN I MADE A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BUILD THE FIRST PARK IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND WE CAME TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE, CITY COUNCIL. I'M ALSO GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE DEVELOPMENT, THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE ROYER TRAIL, WHICH ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT AS THE, THE CREEK, THE TRAIL ALONG THE CREEK, THE TEN MILE CREEK TRAIL, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED OR MY COMPANIES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE NORTH OF WINTERGREEN ROAD SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CITY, INCLUDING BRINGING WOODLAND HILLS INTO THE CITY WHEN DUNCANVILLE WAS TRYING TO ANNEX IT. WOODLAND HILLS COMPROMISES EVERYTHING NORTH OF WINTERGREEN ROAD AND WEST OF OLD HICKORY, I, I BROUGHT THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HELD THE TASK FORCE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO GET THEM TO AGREE TO COME INTO THE CITY OF DESOTO INSTEAD OF THE HIT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. PART OF THAT IS, THE CITY MADE COMMITMENTS TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT THE STATUS QUO WOULD BE MAINTAINED IN THAT AREA, THAT DUNCAN, THAT, WESTMORELAND ROAD WOULD BE KEPT IN THE SAME CHARACTER THAT IT WAS AND THAT MOST OF THOSE HOMES DID NOT CONFORM TO THE CODES OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, THAT THEY WOULD BE WAIVED FOR EXISTING CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING, DURING THAT TIME , I WAS ALREADY WORKING ON TRAILS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, THE FIRST MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WE DID WAS WILLIAMSBURG. WILLIAMSBURG WAS BUILT AND DEVELOPED BY US IN SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR OF DALLAS, GIVING THE $20 MILLION GRANT TO METHODIST HOSPITAL TO BUILD THE HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL ITSELF IS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT EVERYTHING WEST OF IT AND SOUTH OF IT IS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. WHEN WE DEVELOP THAT AND WE DEVELOP THE ESPLANADE IN WILLIAMSBURG, WE ALSO BUILT A LAKE THAT WAS IT WASN'T A RETENTION POND IN THOSE DAYS.

THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED. BUT WE ALWAYS INTENDED ON THE ROAD OR TRAIL OR THE NOT THE ROYAL OAK TRAIL, BUT AN EVENTUAL TRAIL. CONNECT TO THE WHAT WAS THE TEN MILE CREEK TRAIL AT THAT TIME, WHEN WE FORMED THIS, DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR ALMOST 21 YEARS, I'VE CONTROLLED THAT LAND AND THE LAND THAT IS NOW DESOTO PROFESSIONAL PARK THAT WE'LL BE HAVING OUR RIBBON CUTTING ON. HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AND THE TRAIL GOES THROUGH ALL OF IT. WE'VE NOT PRESENTED THAT TRAIL YET TO THE CITY IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, WE ARE SUPPLYING $4 MILLION TO BUILD THAT TRAIL TO THE CITY. AND WE HAVE THE, RIGHT. AND OBLIGATION TO DESIGN IT AND TO BUILD IT. THE PRELIMINARY PLAN IS COMPLETED NOW, SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING IT FIRST TO THE PARK BOARD, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. AND THEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I, I REVIEWED THE MINUTES OF THE ZONING MEETING AND, JUST IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, I WATCHED THE TAPES TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND IT'S OBVIOUS. AND I'VE GOT TO APOLOGIZE TO THIS COUNCIL FOR TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, I HAVE TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE MEETINGS TO BE HELD. I I MISTAKENLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN WE SET OUT THE PLAN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AS YOU SAW UP THERE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT DOWN THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED THAT WERE

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DIFFERENT FROM THE ORDINANCES. AND WE DID THAT. I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD COVER THE ENTIRE, DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS IN A PLANNED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THE PEOPLE WHO BUY THESE HOMES PAY A PREMIUM OVER WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WHO LIVES IN THIS CITY DO. THEY PAY A COST THAT RUNS ABOUT $1,0 A YEAR AS AN AVERAGE, TO HAVE WHAT THEY WANT AND TO BE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO THEM. WHEN SOMEONE BUYS A HOUSE AND THEY AND THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT THEY'VE SIGNED WITH THE BUILDER THAT THE BUILDER HAS NOT SIGNED TO BACK UP TO THESE LOTS, IN FACT, BE BEHIND THE RETAINING WALL RIGHT NOW. I JUST NOTICED LAST WEEK THERE'S BRICK BEHIND THREE OF THOSE HOUSES. I ASKED MATTHEW WHAT THAT WAS. HE DIDN'T KNOW I WENT TO THE BUILDER AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE WHEN WE SIGNED, WHEN WE, WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOLD THESE HOUSES, WE ORDERED THE BRICK FOR THEM. WE'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THESE LOTS. THEY WANT TO HAVE THE TRAIL BEHIND THEM. WE'RE BRINGING DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO DESOTO ALL THE TIME, AND THAT'S OUR GOAL, TO BRING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME HERE, WANT TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THIS CITY. THEY WANT TO BE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE OFFERING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN THIS CITY TODAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN THIS TOWN FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.

MATTHEW IS GOING TO SHOW YOU WHEN WE WHEN I SAW THE PRESENTATION, I NOTICED THAT WE'VE GOT LOTS OF SUBDIVISIONS IN THIS CITY WHERE THE LOTS BACK UP TO THE STREETS, YEARS AGO, WE TALKED IN MEETINGS LIKE WE WERE HAVING HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE GOING TO LEAVE WESTMORELAND ROAD IN A RURAL CAPACITY. IT WASN'T GOING TO BE A SIX LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY. WE MADE THE SAME DECISION ON ELVERSON ROAD. WE MADE THE SAME DECISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS CHAMBER OF COUNCIL, THAT WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING FOR DUNCAN RURAL ROAD. THAT ROAD LIES IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, BUT IT'S SHARED BY, CEDAR HILL, AND IT'LL PROBABLY NEVER BE DIVIDED. BUT ON ALL OF THOSE STREETS, WE WOULD TRY TO KEEP THE RURAL COUNTRY NATURE THAT BROUGHT LOTS OF US TO THIS CITY. SO, I'VE GOT TO ACCEPT THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY. I LOOKED AT THOSE TAPES, AND I SAW THE ZONING PEOPLE, CONSCIOUS AND CONSCIENTIOUSLY MAKING DECISIONS. AND THE ONLY ISSUE THEY HAD WAS THE GENTLEMAN THAT SAT RIGHT OVER HERE. HE SAID, WELL, I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY BEING ABLE TO LOOK IN MY BACKYARD WHEN I'M BARBECUING.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL IN THIS ROOM BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOD. I HOPE ALL OF US BELIEVE IN CIVIL RIGHTS, BUT PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE JUST AN EXTENSION OF ALL OF OUR RIGHTS.

AND HE HAS THAT RIGHT TO NOT HAVE SOMEONE LOOK IN HIS BACKYARD. WE'VE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO FOR PEOPLE TO BUY HOUSES IN THIS TOWN. AND THEY'VE GOT THAT PRIVACY. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, IS TO LET PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WALK TRAILS, BUT THEY WANT WITH CREATIVITY THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS SUBDIVISION. AND THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION TONIGHT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE SO MUCH TIME. I HAVEN'T COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL MANY TIMES IN THE LAST 25 YEARS SINCE I CAME AT THE INVITATION TO THE CITY TO COME BACK, TO REVITALIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CITY WHEN IT WAS TOTALLY DEAD AND NOTHING WAS HAPPENING, AND THE CITY WAS FULL OF FORECLOSURES, AND I DECIDED, HEY, COME BACK HOME. I'D LEFT WHEN MY WIFE HAD SENSE ENOUGH. I CALL HER THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN. NOW TO DIVORCE ME, AND , I MOVED AND WHEN SHE DECIDED TO MOVE TO ARIZONA, SHE CALLED ME, AND SHE SAID, YOU WANT THE HOUSE BACK? AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY. AND I CAME RIGHT

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BACK HERE, AND I'LL BE HERE THE REST OF MY LIFE. SO WITH THAT SAID, DID I HIT EVERYTHING, MATTHEW? YEAH, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MATTHEW, WHO WILL WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAPPENED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HELLO. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. ONLY FOR THE RECORD. YES. MATTHEW KRUEGER, IRVING, TEXAS. CURRENTLY, AND I WORK AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF WILDWOOD DEVELOPMENT, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE TIME TODAY. AND THANK YOU, TOM, FOR OPENING AND GIVING A, I THINK, A VERY THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF WHY WE'RE HERE, WHICH IS REALLY THE TRAIL ITSELF AND THE ESTHETIC, THE DESIGN AND BUILDING A TRAIL THAT IS CONNECTED INTO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S OPEN, IT'S INCLUSIVE, AND ULTIMATELY IS A VERY UNIFYING, FEATURE WITHIN NOT JUST HOMESTEAD, BUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, FOR THE THREE AND A HALF MILES OF THE ROYAL TRAIL, AS IT STANDS TODAY, AS WELL AS THE 18 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL, AND AS WELL AS DESOTO PROFESSIONAL PARK IN WILLIAMSBURG TO THE NORTH. SO WHAT STEPHEN HAS HERE, AS TOM ALLUDED TO, WAS THE INITIAL, PROPOSAL THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE CITY IN THE COMING WEEKS, WHICH DOES SHOW THE EXTENSION OF THE ROYAL TRAIL , STARTING DOWN HERE, OFF OF WINTERGREEN ROAD, WINTERGREEN AND WESTMORELAND ROAD, UP BEHIND CLUB PARK, THEN EITHER DOWN THE STREET HERE AND UP WESTMORELAND ROAD OR BACK THROUGH KINGDOM ACADEMIES, UP, ALONG WESTMORELAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF WESTMORELAND ROAD, ACROSS FROM THE ENCLAVE, CROSSING ACROSS WESTMORELAND ROAD AND THEN UP ALONG WESTMORELAND ROAD INTO CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD PHASE ONE, AND POTENTIALLY INTO CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD. PHASE TWO DOWN ALONG THE CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THORN TREE COUNTRY CLUB UP TO DANIEL DALE ROAD, ACROSS DANIEL DALE ROAD INTO DESOTO PROFESSIONAL PARK, ALONG THE, ALONG THE FEATURE ALONG THE ALONG DESOTO PROFESSIONAL PARK INTO THE, THE, THE RETENTION AREA UP IN DESOTO PROFESSIONAL PARK AROUND THE LAKE, THROUGH THE WOODED AREA ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE. AND THEN INTO WILLIAMSBURG ALONG THE ESPLANADE AND UP TO JUST SOUTH OF WHEATLAND ROAD, SO THIS IS THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO US, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE FIRST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HERE IN DESOTO, THE $4 MILLION THAT GO TO THIS TRAIL, WE WANT THIS TRAIL TO, BE AS GREAT AS WE CAN MAKE IT. AND ULTIMATELY, THERE'S CERTAIN DESIGN ESTHETICS, THAT AND WAYS THAT THAT THESE TRAILS ARE DEVELOPED TODAY, IN CEDAR HILL AND MANSFIELD, IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE NORTH IN FRISCO AND PLANO AND WE REALLY WANT TO EMULATE WHAT THE MODERN PRACTICE AND THE MODERN DESIGN OF THESE TRAILS ARE. WE WANT TO, TO BE AS MODERN AS, AS EVERYONE ELSE. AND ULTIMATELY THAT COMES WITH, WITH, CERTAIN, DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS AND METAL FENCES AND ALSO, USING VEGETATION AS, AS SCREENING HAS BECOME A DE FACTO STANDARD IN MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES, AND ONE THAT WE WANT TO EMULATE HERE, THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT HOMESTEAD , IN ADDITION, IN, IN EXPANDING UPON WHAT TOM MENTIONED ABOUT THE TYPES OF HOMEOWNERS THAT COME HERE TO, TO BUY THESE LOTS, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES ALONG WESTMORELAND ROAD HERE, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT BACK UP TO WESTMORELAND ROAD, WHICH WOULD HAVE THIS WROUGHT IRON FENCE AND THIS VEGETATION SCREENING, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY THEY BUY THOSE LOTS AND NOT ANY OF THE OTHER 455 LOTS IN HOMESTEAD BECAUSE THEY, THEY ENJOY THAT. THEY WANT TO SEE THE TRAIL. THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF , OF THE TRAIL. SO THOSE ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO, TO THEM FOR THAT REASON, IN TALKING TO BLOOMFIELD, AS FAR AS WHAT THE NUMBER ONE AMENITY IS, FOR MANY OF THESE NEW HOMEOWNERS, THE TRAIL IS NUMBER ONE IN MANY AREAS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PUT A LOT OF FOCUS AND A LOT OF EFFORT INTO, AND ULTIMATELY, THE PEOPLE BUYING THESE LOTS ARE THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ENJOY THIS. AND, AND WE WANT THIS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO,

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TO THE, THE DESIGN ESTHETICS AS, AS WELL AS MAKING THIS AVAILABLE TO HOMEOWNERS SAFETY, AS, AS I PRESENTED TO PNC WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN WHY WE WERE, WANTING TO, TO USE THE TUBULAR METAL STEEL FENCES AS WELL AS VEGETATION. ULTIMATELY, IF THERE'S A, A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR AN ISSUE, A WHILE ANYONE IS ALONG THE TRAIL TO HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT BE VISIBLE TO PEOPLE ALLOWS, INDIVIDUALS TO, TO HELP AND TO HELP OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT THAT SAFETY FACTOR THAT THAT AGAIN IS, IS IN PLAY IN SO MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX, TO AFFORD THAT TO THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO AS WELL. SO, AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO, OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WE DISCUSS, WE TALK TO ABOUT HOW THESE, THESE TRAILS SHOULD BE DESIGNED, THE SAFETY FACTOR IS, IS, IS A VERY CRITICAL ITEM AND ONE WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, IN ADDITION TO THE SAFETY FACTORS AND THE ESTHETIC FACTORS, IS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN A GREAT EFFORT TO SAVE TREES, TO SAVE TO EXISTING VEGETATION, TO NOT DISRUPT THE LAND ANY MORE THAN IT NEEDED TO BE TO BE DEVELOPED, AND THERE IS A LINE AND A VERY OLD, MATURE CEDAR TREES THAT RUN ALONG WESTMORELAND ROAD THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SAVE, WE'VE SPENT, WELL OVER A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS JUST BUILDING THE RETAINING WALLS ALONG THE CREEK HERE TO SAVE ALL OF THOSE MATURE TREES IN IN CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. IT'S AN ESTHETIC OF THE TRAIL. WE WANT THE TRAIL TO, TO, MEANDER AMONG THE TREES. WE WANT THE COVER. WE WANT THE, THE ABILITY FOR THE, THE RESIDENTS OF HOMESTEAD AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO ENJOY THIS ONCE IT'S DEVELOPED INTO A CITY PARK, ULTIMATELY WITH, WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA AS WELL. WE WANT TO KEEP THAT DYNAMIC, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THROUGHOUT THE, THE HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY. AND ULTIMATELY THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE MR. BREWER AND HIS PRESENTATION. I THINK HE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF SHOWCASING, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF POINTS. I WANT TO, TO JUST, REITERATE, FIRST ONE ON ON PAGE 18 OF THE PRESENTATION WITH THE ENCLAVE THAT IS THE SUBDIVISION DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, YOU HAVE A WROUGHT IRON STYLE FENCE THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY ALONG WESTMORELAND ROAD, FROM WINTERGREEN ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO ESSENTIALLY THE PROPERTY LINE OF CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD, WHAT WE REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE CARRYING THAT WROUGHT IRON FENCE JUST FURTHER NORTH. THIS AGAIN, IT'S THE CONTINUITY THAT WE WANT TO KEEP WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WE WANT IT TO BE INTEGRATED. WE WANT IT TO FEEL AS, AS, AS ONE AREA AND ALLOW THE TRAIL TO, TO KEEP THOSE SAME DYNAMICS, AS WE MOVE FURTHER NORTH. SO, IN ADDITION TO WHAT I'VE, WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, I'M GOING TO LET STEVEN DISCUSS OR SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITIES, MANY OF WHICH WE'VE BUILT, HERE IN DESOTO OVER THE YEARS, THAT ARE REALLY HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF A TUBULAR METAL FENCE AND VEGETATION BEING USED AS SCREENING ALONG MAJOR ROADS. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT SUBDIVISIONS IN DESOTO . SO A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, IS, IS IN PART THE SAME THING WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR DECADES AND THE SAME DESIGN THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR DECADES.

AND I THINK ONE THAT REALLY FITS VERY WELL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE ARROYO TRAIL AND ULTIMATELY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL AS, AS WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, FEEL VERY STRONGLY, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE INTEGRATED, WITH, WITH, WITHIN THE PROJECT ITSELF. SO STEVEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, AND I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS RIGHT HERE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE EXAMPLES HERE IN THE CITY OF , OF THE WROUGHT IRON STYLE FENCING. YES, SIR. MATTHEW. THANK YOU, MAYOR, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU, EXCUSE ME, A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE OUR VARIANCE. YOU KNOW, TOM DEEMS HIMSELF A VISIONARY. AND HIS VISION AND HIS PASSION, OBVIOUSLY WAS VERY CLEAR IN HIS PRESENTATION TO YOU. SO WHAT HE

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WANTS TO DO IS PRESERVE THE BEAUTY THAT DE SOTO HAS. AND IN DOING SO, YOU KNOW, HE FEELS THAT THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE GIVES OPENNESS, INCLUSIVITY. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK HERE AT SILVER CREEK, I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF THE MATURE TREES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE VEGETATION WAS IN TURN ADDED TO THE WROUGHT IRON, AND YOU GET THE SCREENING, BUT YOU GET THE, YOU KNOW, OPENNESS THAT IS NOT CLOSED OFF BY A BRICK WALL, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING A TRAIL NEXT TO A BRICK WALL JUST ISN'T ISN'T THE VISION, THE OPENNESS AND THE INCLUSIVITY OF THIS WROUGHT IRON. NOW, WHEN YOU YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE SODA RANCH ALONG WESTMORELAND, YOU SEE THAT THESE ARE STEVEN'S, WHICH WILL BE PLANTED, ALONG OUR DEVELOPMENT ARE FULLY MATURE AND IT'S 100% SCREENING, YOU KNOW, FROM FROM THE ROAD, BUT YOU STILL WOULD HAVE THE OPENNESS FROM THE WROUGHT IRON. AND YOU SEE THIS HERE, NELSON TRACE ON PARKERVILLE. THIS IS SIMPLY SOMEBODY BACKYARD. NOW, AS MISTER GILBERT MENTIONED, THIS ISN'T FOR EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTS TO BUY THIS HOME APPRECIATES THE OPENNESS THAT THIS WROUGHT IRON IS GOING TO OFFER TO THEM. AND THEY ENJOY THE TRAIL, THEIR RUNNER, THEIR WALKER. THEY THEY THINK THE TRAIL IS THEIR LIVING ROOM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MEET THEIR FRIENDS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULD EMBRACE THAT. AND I YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY. BUT AS MATTHEW SAID, THERE'S LOTS OF CHOICES. AND WE'RE WE'RE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND CHOICES. AND WE REALLY FEEL THAT THE WROUGHT IRON IS JUST YET ANOTHER OPTION THAT THE HOMEOWNER COULD HAVE. AND YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN HERE, A DIFFERENT VIEW, BUT OF THE SAME. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR HOME THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST REPRESENTATIONS, BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE THAT RETAINING WALL WITH THE WROUGHT IRON ON TOP OF IT. YOU'VE GOT THE VEGETATION, YOU HAVE THE MATURE TREES, AND WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A VISION OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS SUMMIT PARK ON ELLISON ROAD. NOT ALL THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE WILL, BUT A LOT. YOU KNOW, IT WILL HAVE SOME OPEN SPACE TO IT AND IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING THAT KEEPS IT OPEN TO EVERYONE TO ENJOY. YOU'LL SEE HERE AT ELLISON TRACE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF JUST THE TREES. AND YOU SEE THE TREE LINE AND THE BEAUTY THAT WE HOPE TO PRESERVE. I THINK THIS ENTRANCE IS AMAZING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SPRING COLOR, THE MASONRY WALL OR, SORRY, THE RETAINING WALL, THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE. IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE VISION IS. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT MATURE VEGETATION WHERE YOU GET 100% SCREENING, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE OPENNESS. YOU SEE IT AGAIN HERE AT ESTATES OF WINDMILL HILLS ON DUNCANVILLE ROAD. SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY YOU SEE A REPRESENTED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT. I ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE PHOTOS. I PROMISE. CREEKS OF WINDMILL HILL. YOU SEE THE TRAIL, YOU SEE THE WROUGHT IRON. YOU GET THE VISION. BRIERWOOD ESTATES IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND, YOU KNOW, HOPE TO EMULATE THIS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT FEATURES. YOU HAVE THE TRAIL RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST LIKE YOU WILL AT CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD. BOTH PHASE ONE AND TWO. AND AGAIN, THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE IS REPRESENTED TO PRESERVE THAT OPENNESS AND NATURAL BEAUTY.

FROST FARMS. YOU SEE THE TRAIL AGAIN. THE MATURE TREES AND THE WROUGHT IRON PLAZA RUN VERSION OF THE FROST FARM LOCATION. AND THEN FINALLY WESTMORELAND ESTATES AT WESTMORELAND ROAD, YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE WROUGHT IRON WITH THE MATURE TREES, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS VISION. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN, MISS THOMAS, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. PAUL DREYER. GOOD EVENING, MISTER DREYER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND JUST YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. ONLY AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS PAUL DREYER, AND I LIVE IN DESOTO, TEXAS, I'M HERE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS GOING TO SOUND LIKE I WORK FOR THESE PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T. WE SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME VISIONS, I WAS ASKED TO, TO GIVE MY OPINION OF THE TRAIL

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SYSTEM BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE DALLAS COUNTY TRAIL PLAN AND THE TEN MILE CREEK TRAIL, WHICH IS NOW THE ROYER TRAIL, WAS DESOTO'S CONTRIBUTION TO THAT PLAN. AND BACK THEN, ME AND SEVERAL PARK BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY CUT PART OF THAT TRAIL MANUALLY. AND WHAT I'VE SEEN NOW AND WHAT I'VE WHAT I'VE REVIEWED AND I AND I'VE HIKED WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TWICE NOW, THE ENTIRE THING, I FIND IT TO BE AN AMAZINGLY GRACIOUS, CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY. IT'S A DREAM OF MINE TO FINISH THIS TRAIL BEFORE OUR, MY LIFE ENDS. IT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY SLOW PROCESS. AND, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING CARRIES THE ROYAL TRAIL ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS. IT CARRIES IT ALL THE WAY TO WHEATLAND ROAD, AND IT'S AMAZING, I'VE HIKED IT TWICE.

AND THE STICKING POINT, THE PART THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, THIS VARIANCE, I WENT OUT THERE AS THOUGH I WERE GOING TO BE A HOME BUYER, AND I LOOKED AT IT, AND I TOOK MY OWN MEASUREMENTS. ROCK WALLS IN A IN A PARK OR TRAIL CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY AS THEY COME UP AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE EXCLUSIONARY. IMAGINE BUILDING A WALL, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A TRAIL ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT THAT ACTUALLY FORCES THE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO AROUND TO GET ONTO THAT TRAIL. THERE'S NO ACCESS POINT. IT'S FUNNY, THEY TOOK PICTURES ALL OVER THE CITY OF WROUGHT IRON FENCES. THEY MISSED MINE. MINE'S 37 YEARS OLD, AND MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO A PARK. I KNOW, I KNOW THE PARK VERY, VERY WELL. I LOVE MY SUNSETS. I LOVE MY VIEWS. I THINK OUR POLICE CHIEF WILL BACK ME UP. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE POLICE JUST DRIVE DOWN THE ALLEY AND LOOK AND SEE IF MY DOOR IS OPEN OR KICKED IN. IT PROVIDES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SAFETY FOR MY FAMILY, MY KIDS, AND NOW MY GRANDKIDS. WE USE TRAILS ALL THE TIME, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL SYSTEM OUT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN OVILLA. IT'S CALLED SHILOH FOREST. ALL IRON FENCES, ALL VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL , ALL VERY INVITING, NOT EXCLUSIONARY AT ALL, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. I WANTED A NICE, OPEN COMMUNITY, BUT MY INTEREST IN ALL THIS IS TO MAINTAIN THE ESTHETICS OF THE ENTIRE TRAIL SYSTEM ALL THE WAY FROM BEGINNING TO END. IF WE COMPLETE THIS, THEN WE'VE CHECKED OFF THAT BOX, TAKING IT TO DALLAS, AND NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS COMPLETE TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO I-35. SO, MR. DRIVE, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THAT'S IT. OKAY. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR, CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. SO AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND MOVE BY SECONDED BY JIM. TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE VARIANCE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE, AS PRESENTED COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MADAM MAYOR? YES, WE WILL DO, TOO MANY ROUNDS. MR. FEIGER. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NO. NO QUESTIONS, JUST A COMMENT. WHEN THE VARIANCE FIRST I LEARNED ABOUT IT, I ON FEBRUARY THE 14TH, I DROVE TO A $520 MILLION. PROJECT. THAT'S THE NEW PGA, HOME IN PROSPER AND TO SEE WHAT WERE THEY DOING AROUND THE PGA BECAUSE I'M I'M GETTING OLD AND SET IN MY WAYS, I'M GETTING THERE, BUT WHAT I LEARNED IS I SAW MILLION DOLLARS, HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOMES THAT BACKED UP TO A LINEAR PARK TO A TRAIL SYSTEM. I TOOK PICTURES OF THAT AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT IT WAS HAPPENING ALREADY RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO. BUT TO SEE A NEW DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW, THE OMNI INVESTED A $520 MILLION, AT THE NEW HOME IN FRISCO TO SEE THAT NEW DEVELOPED NEIGHBORHOOD DOING THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING HERE, ACTUALLY INSPIRED ME AND REMINDED ME THAT WE, AS THE CITIZENS, ARE ON THE CUTTING

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EDGE IF WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BIRD, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, WE HAD WE SAID, THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE THIS IF THERE WERE, IF THIS WERE APPROVED, THERE WOULD BE TUBULAR FENCING ON A LINE THAT THE ALONG THAT ROAD, THE HOUSES THAT SIT AT THE CORNERS. IS THE TUBULAR FENCING GOING TO GO SUPPOSED TO GO INTO THE ACTUAL SUBDIVISION OR JUST TO THE EDGE AND THEREFORE THE REST OF THAT IS WHAT TO COVER UP THEIR BACKYARDS? I'M NOT SURE, I'M. CAN YOU REPHRASE THEM? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I ACTUALLY DROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I DO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ROCK WALLS EVERYWHERE. CORRECT. IN THE ROCK WALLS.

THERE'S TWO ROCK WALLS AT THE ENTRANCE. CLOSE TO THE TRAIL. MEANING ONE OF THOSE WALLS WOULD BE THE WALL THAT THAT THIS TUBULAR FENCING WOULD SIT ON TOP OF. YES. IT'S THE CLOSEST TO THE HOUSE. YES, BUT THE ENTRANCE. WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THAT TUBULAR FENCING GOING ALL THE WAY IN TO THE HOUSE THAT SITS ON THE CORNER WHILE THEY ARE OPEN TO THE STREET OR THE TUBULAR FENCING IS OPEN TO THE TRAIL. THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE IS ALSO OPEN, BY THE MAIN ENTRANCE? YES.

THAT'S A FEATURE THAT'S ACTUALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DID ON PHASE ONE OF HOMESTEAD AT DANIEL FARMS, WHERE THE SIDE YARD INTO THE ENTRANCE, FOR BASICALLY MOST OF THE SIDE YARD, IS BASICALLY COMPLETELY EXPOSED BY A WROUGHT IRON FENCE. AND THAT WAS DONE, WHEN WE BUILT THE SCREENING WALL, PER THE PD 160 ALONG DANIEL DALE ROAD AS WELL. AND SO, HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO I MEAN, I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M, I'M A STICKLER FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE, AND I JUST I REALLY LOVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT AROUND NOT DOING WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAID. THAT'S ONE THING, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. MY QUESTION IS, IS FOR THE TUBULAR FENCING. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING PANELS TO GIVE THAT SAME FEEL OF THE PRIVACY WITHOUT THE ACTUAL, CLOSURE? WE JUST WE FEEL THAT THE, THE TUBULAR STEEL FENCE IS AS PRESENTED, REALLY FIT, THE, THE ESTHETIC AS, AS AS WE, AS, AS WE FELT WAS JUST MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE TRAIL ITSELF, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, IF THEY WANT TO PUT VEGETATION OR SOMETHING UP TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF BUFFER FROM THE STREET OR FROM THE TRAIL, THEY'RE FREE TO DO SO ON, ON THE BACK OF THEIR PROPERTY OR THE SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL. IF THEY PREFER TO GO THAT ROUTE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, POINT OF ORDER. I THINK. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT. NO PROBLEM, DOCTOR MARKS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST HAVE TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH BLOOMFIELD. THEY WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS SELLING THE PROPERTIES. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY, AT THE END OF THESE, AT THE END OF THE RAILINGS, WILL THERE BE INDIVIDUAL OR SPORADICALLY PLACED COLUMNS ANYWHERE, OR IS IT JUST THE DESIGN HAS COLUMNS PLACED WHICH WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE OPENINGS, THE START AND THE, THE STOP OF THE FENCE. SO IF WE WERE LOOKING AT A FENCE STARTING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN OPENING, THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER COLUMN AT THE END OF THAT, BASICALLY BY THE MAIN ENTRANCE. SO THERE WOULDN'T BE COLUMNS SPORADICALLY JUST FOR, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALLOWING THE MOST WIDTH FOR THE TRAIL. BUT THERE WILL BE END COLUMNS TO PROVIDE BASICALLY AN END TO THE TUBULAR STEEL FENCE NEAR THE ENTRANCES. OKAY, OKAY.

AND HOW MANY HOMES WILL WILL THE BACKYARD BACK UP TO THE TRAIL, CURRENTLY UNDER THE UNDER THE PRIMARY PROPOSED PLAN, THE TRAIL PLAN, THAT WOULD BE BE, I BELIEVE, 15 HOMES, FROM THE, THAT WOULD IT WOULD ENCLOSE, I BELIEVE, 13, IN PHASE ONE AND THEN TWO IN PHASE TWO OF CREEKS OF HOMESTEAD. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL . THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR, THE HISTORY THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US AS WELL, MUCH APPRECIATED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OR I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE THE AREA, AND I APPRECIATE THE IMAGES THAT YOU DID BRING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED RELATED TO THE WROUGHT IRON VERSUS THE MASONRY FENCES WAS THE, THE ORIENTATION OF THE HOMES. AND SO MANY OF THE HOMES THAT I SAW ALONG THAT MAIN ROAD, I THINK, IS I'M SORRY, I JUST FORGOT IT. WESTMORELAND, WE'RE FACING THE ROAD, WITH A SHORT SETBACK, BUT THEY WERE FACING THE ROAD, AND THEN OTHERS I SAW THAT WERE REAR

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FACING HAD THE MASONRY WALL. AND SO FOR ME, JUST KIND OF HAVING THAT LEVEL OF PROTECTION AS WELL AS THAT SOUND BARRIER, BECAUSE THE OTHER THING I NOTICED WAS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM SPACE BETWEEN WHERE RIGHT NOW YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME RETAINING WALLS THERE. AND AND, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, HAVING THAT KIND OF PRIVACY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, IN ADDITION TO THE SOUND BARRIER WITH THE CARS, FOR ME WOULD BE THE ADDED BENEFIT. BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS WHEN SINCE YOU WANT TO DO THIS DEVIATION AFTER AGREEING TO DOING THE OTHER, WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO REORIENT THE HOMES VERSUS ITS ITS PLACEMENT TO THE FENCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF HAVING SOME CONGRUENCY TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THAT'S WHAT I SAW ALONG THE WAY. AND SO I TOOK THE TIME TO TAKE THE, THE, THE, THE DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND THORN TREE JUST TO SEE LIKE WHAT WAS FRONT FACING, WHAT WAS REAR FACING, JUST TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY CULTURE WAS RELATED TO FENCES. AND SO MANY OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU HAVE HERE. VERY BEAUTIFUL. THERE STILL IS A WIDE GAP WHERE THIS, THIS, THIS FENCE IS VERSUS WHERE THAT HOME SITS. AND SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENCES THAT I SAW FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE HOMES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ON THAT ROAD. AND THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT I HAVE. BUT WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO THAT PIECE IN TERMS OF ORIENTATION? THANK YOU, YES. AS FAR AS ORIENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID PD 160 AND 26 IN, PD 160 IN 2016, THAT ORDINANCE HADN'T BEEN PASSED. SO THE CONFUSION AND AGAIN IT'S ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABIDING BY THE CURRENT ORDINANCE. BUT ULTIMATELY THE DESIGN THE LAYOUT , THE NUMBER OF LOTS WE, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO KEEP CONSISTENT WITH, WITH WHAT WE HAD SET UP WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHAT WE HAD SET UP, WITH WHAT HAD BEEN ZONED AND ULTIMATELY TRYING TO REORIENT THE, THE, THE LOTS TO AFFORD A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO SO, AT 60 FOOT FRONTS. AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT 110FT TO THE BACK. THERE JUST REALLY ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM TO MEET THE CURRENT ZONING AND KIND OF CHANGE THE LOT, TO REORIENT THE LOTS TO PROVIDE MORE ROOM IN THAT INSTANCE. SO WE DID LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS TO TRY TO GET AROUND IT, BUT ULTIMATELY JUST BASED ON ON WHAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED, WHAT HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED, IT JUST WASN'T FEASIBLE, UNFORTUNATELY, TO MAKE THE CHANGE, TO, TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY. THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS ALWAYS ARE WE MAKING IT EASY TO DO BUSINESS OR HARD TO DO BUSINESS IN DESOTO? AND I KNOW THAT THIS SUBDIVISION HAS GONE BECAUSE AND I THINK A PART OF THAT IS ALSO BEEN THROUGH OUR CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS CITY OVER THE YEARS, HAS GONE THROUGH A LITTLE DELAYS RIGHT, IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING A HIGHER TAX FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING RIGHT, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUES AND, STATING THAT SOME OF THE HOUSE ORIENTATIONS DOWN WEST MORELAND ARE FRONT FACING, I THINK THERE'S JUST AS MANY HOMES THAT ARE REAR FACING, ALONG, DANIEL, IS THAT DANIEL DALE OR WESTMORELAND? NO.

WINTERGREEN, THAT ARE STILL WITHIN THE SAME VICINITY. RIGHT. AND I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVERAGE OUT IS, IS ARE WE MAKING THIS, BIGGER THAN WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS, CONSIDERING YOU QUOTED THAT THIS IS A 400 OVER 490, 455, 455 DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 HOMES, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THERE'S AND THESE PROPERTIES ARE NOT BUILT. SO IT'S NOT A FORCE OF ANYONE TO MOVE IN THESE THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING I WANT TO LIVE INTO THIS CAPACITY RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S, ULTIMATELY WE'RE NOT BUILDING THIS TRAIL BEHIND AN EXISTING HOME OR AN EXISTING PROPERTY WHEREBY THE HOMEOWNER DID NOT UNDERSTAND OR AGREE TO WHAT WOULD BE BEHIND THEIR HOME BEFORE THEY PURCHASED IT, BEFORE THEY BUILT IT, SO AGAIN, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WHO LIKE TRAILS, WHO WANT TO BE HAVE IT VISIBLE. SO THESE ARE LOTS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY. GOTCHA. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS FOR THOSE 15 PEOPLE BECAUSE, I SAW A RESPONSE, DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING CASE THAT SAID, Y'ALL ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY THE COST TO, FOR THE MASONRY WALL. RIGHT, WITH RESPECT TO THE $4 MILLION THAT YOU'RE INVESTING IN A TRAIL SYSTEM, RIGHT. THAT'S BEING GIFTED TO DESOTO, MY QUESTION IS, ONE, DO YOU FEEL THAT? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO SOMEONE SAYING THAT YOU'RE

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DOING THIS JUST TO SAVE COST? NOT NECESSARILY. LOOK AT THE ACTUAL, ORDINANCE. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, AND MY UNDERSTANDING, ANY TIME THAT YOU COME AND YOU MAKE A VARIATION OR DEVIATION, THAT'S HOW THESE, THESE ORDINANCES THAT WE'VE CREATED HAVE BEEN CHANGED, DOES NOT YOU DOING IT? IT'S YOU REQUESTING IT THROUGH DEVIATION. RIGHT SO I KNOW THAT WAS STATED TO AND LASTLY YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME. SO I NEED TO SAY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. THEN YOU CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION. IS THAT ONE THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL. AND ONE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IN PLACE SIX IS THAT WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SUBDIVISIONS WITH THESE BRICK MASONRY WALLS. AND I CAN GIVE YOU MULTIPLE HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY, WHO CAN'T NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THEM. AND IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS PAST. AND THAT MASONRY WALL IS FALLING. I CAN GIVE YOU WINDMILL HILL AS YOU COME DOWN COCKRELL HILL. AND ALSO AS YOU HIT WITH WINTER GREEN. COME IT'S IN THE ALLEY. THEY THEIR HOA HAS NOW DISSOLVED AFTER 20, 30 YEARS, YOU HAVE HIDDEN CANYON DOWN PLEASANT RUN WHERE BRICK IS FALLING DOWN, I THERE'S A CLUB PARK WHILE IT IS NOT CLUB PARK, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE DOWN. WINTER GREEN, THAT THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THAT THAT I'M TRYING TO THINK. WHAT IS THAT INTERSECTION ? EITHER WAY, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WHERE WE SAY WE WANT IT BRICK MASONRY WALLS AND THEY LOOK ATROCIOUS AS TIME HAS LAPSED. WE ARE NOT JUST PLANNING FOR TODAY. WE ARE PLANNING FOR 20 AND 30 YEARS FROM NOW. THIS IS NOT A BAD DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, CNCIL MEMBER CHISM THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS THIS DECISION AND THIS REQUEST IS NOT BEING MADE FOR MONETARY REASONS, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THE COST OF THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE PLUS ALL THE, THE VEGETATION, IRRIGATION, EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO GO IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORKS IS IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SAVING A BUNCH OF MONEY BY DOING SO. AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT WHAT OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE OR PRIMARY FOCUS HAS BEEN HAS BEEN THE ESTHETIC ONE, AND TO ULTIMATELY MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD, REALLY JUST IS AS INCLUSIONARY AS IT CAN BE.

AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT SAVING MONEY. IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT DOING SOMETHING. IT'S ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THE RIGHT AREA AND ULTIMATELY, WE'LL INCUR THE COST TO, TO PUT IN ALL THE VEGETATION, THE IRRIGATION, EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO WE CAN SAVE THE TREES. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS TO DOING THAT WAY. AND ULTIMATELY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE $4 MILLION THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PIT THAT THAT WE ARE DONATING TO THE CITY, WE WANT TO BE AS GOOD A STEWARD AS WE CAN TO GIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO THE CITY OF DESOTO AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAY WE'RE DESIGNING THE TRAIL MAKES MAKES SENSE, IF WE HAVE TO MOVE THE TRAIL TO THE EAST SIDE, LIKE I EXPLAINED AT THE EXPLAINED TO THE PNC, IF WE HAD TO MOVE IT TO THE EAST SIDE, WE'D HAVE ISSUES WITH, GETTING EASEMENTS FROM LANDOWNERS. WE'D HAVE A CONSIDERABLE MORE COST BY BY DOING SO. AND I DON'T WANT TO WASTE FUNDS AND I, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH DRAINAGE ISSUES, DEALING WITH A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS THAT UNFORTUNATELY WOULD NOT BE OF BENEFIT TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM OR TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN DESOTO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, I TOO, TOOK THE TIME TO, LISTEN TO THE PREVIOUS CONCERNS AND COMMENTS FROM PNC AS WELL AS TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DRIVE. A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE CITY TO LOOK AND TO KIND OF SEE, WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN TERMS OF EXISTING. AND I DRIVE THAT PARTICULAR ROAD, PARTICULAR ROAD EVERY DAY GOING HOME, AND JUST LOOKING AT THE CONTINUITY OF, OF THAT AREA WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND I THINK THAT ESTHETICALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT AND I DID, I DID, I DID CONSIDER AS COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL SAID, THE DIFFERENCE IN ORIENTATION. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL HOMES EVEN RIGHT THERE ALONG WINTER, ALONG WESTMORELAND THAT HAVE THE, THE, THE ORIENTATION THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I TOO AM AGAIN, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE, THE ESTHETIC PIECE OF IT ALSO WITH SAFETY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ERECTING, BRICK WALLS AND INDIVIDUALS RUNNING, THEY POSED, POSED SAFETY ISSUES. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS THAT HAVE THE BRICK WALLS THAT ARE IN BETWEEN THEIR

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HOMES AND THE STREET, AND THEY HAVE THE ALLEY IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUALS, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE BACK THERE, IT POSES A BIGGER SAFETY CONCERN. AND SO, AT THIS TIME COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THERE IS AN 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 PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, BY AMENDING AND RESTATING THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 160. APPLICABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF 154.247 ACRES OF LAND IN THE NAIL, A AIR SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 11 WITH BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY EIGHT AND SINGLE FAMILY TEN. RESIDENTIAL BY AMENDING DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS FOR HOMESTEAD EAST, PROVIDING A CONFLICT 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. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. COUNCIL PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. THIS MOTION FAILS. FIVE TWO.

THANK YOU. MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT. WE HAVE

[3. Conduct Public Hearing and consider Ordinance to amend Planned Development No. 145 (PD-145) in order to align with the City of DeSoto's updated 2024 Nance Farm Master Plan. The applicant and property owner is the City of DeSoto. (Case No. Z-1521-35)]

CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO AMEND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 145, IN ORDER TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO'S. UPDATED 2024. NANCE FARM MASTER PLAN. THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER IS THE CITY OF DESOTO. CASE NUMBER Z, DASH 1521. DASH THREE FIVE. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IN APRIL 2009, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2.059 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS BEING LOT 12, BLOCK 15, IN THE MEADOWBROOK ESTATES SECOND INSTRUMENT. THAT PLAN WAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN FOUR PHASES, WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING A SMALL SCALE WORKING FARM REMINISCENT OF THE 1800S. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF DESOTO AND LOCATED NORTH OF MEADOWBROOK DRIVE, WEST OF NORTH HAMPTON ROAD AND SOUTH OF WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD, AND ADDRESS THIS 1325 GREENBROOK DRIVE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2010, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 1864 TEN, WHICH OFFICIALLY REZONED LOT 12, BLOCK 15, IN THE MEADOWBROOK ESTATES SECOND INSTRUMENT FROM EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY 12 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 145, WITH THE BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY 12 TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NASH FARMS, HERE IS A MAP GIVING YOU THE VISUAL LOCATION, NORTH IS WINTERGREEN THAT GOES EAST AND WEST, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GOING NORTH TO SOUTH IS NORTHWEST MORELAND, AND THIS SMALL BLUE AREA IS THE CITY PROPERTY WHERE NASH FARM IS LOCATED. IN THE HEART OF THIS ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISION, I'VE PROVIDED YOU ALSO SOME DETAILS, STREET MAPS AND ALSO A MAP FROM DCAD. THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE DEVELOPED AND USED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, BUT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL THAT ARE IN BOLD PRINT JUST FOR YOUR KEY REFERENCE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS TO ALLOW FOR THE RESTORATION OF NASH FARM TO REFLECT THE AIR IN WHICH IT WAS BUILDING NUMBER THREE DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE USED AS A PUBLIC COMMUNITY CENTER AND SHALL CONSIST OF A MAIN HOUSE AND TWO OUTBUILDINGS, THE CURING SHED AND MILKING BARN, AS WELL AS PROPOSED VISITORS PAVILION AND NUMBER NINE SCREENING OF NONRESIDENTIAL, A SOLID BRICK OF MASONRY SCREENING WALL BETWEEN NONRESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IS NOT REQUIRED. NUMBER TEN DRIVEWAY CONTRACT CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS ARE NOT REQUIRED. DRIVEWAYS MAY BE CONSTRUCTED USING A CRUSHED STONE OR SIMILAR PRODUCT ON THE SURFACE. I HAVE A. THESE BASE. THE BASE OF THE DRIVEWAY SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF A FIRE TRUCK. 11 ON SITE PARKING A PARKING LOT CONSISTING OF NINE SPACES WILL BE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE VISITOR PAVILION. ANOTHER PARKING LOT, CONSISTING OF TWO SPACES WILL BE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE VISITOR PAVILION. I'M PRESENTING YOU EXHIBIT TEN THAT COMES FROM THAT ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE EXISTING BUILDING, THE MILKING AND THE CURING AREA AND THE PROPOSED, VISITATION CENTER. THESE ARE EXHIBITS ALSO FROM THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCES. THIS IS WHAT THE VISITORS FACILITY WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. AND AS WE, THE REALITY OF IT, THIS WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED. BUT THESE ARE THE

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EXHIBITS OF THAT ORIGINAL APPROVED ORDINANCE. THE DIFFERENT VIEWS NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST. CONTINUING THE SUMMARY, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPING NASH FARM HAS BEEN PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED, BUT THE REMAINING WORK HAS NOT BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN RECENT YEARS, THE FACILITY HAS NOT BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER PROMOTE THE PROPERTY TO ALIGN WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. ON JANUARY THE 5TH, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE COMMUNITY CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, ESTABLISHING GOALS AND STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF ARTS IN DESOTO. THIS PLAN IDENTIFIED THE NASH FARM FACILITY AS A POTENTIAL FUTURE HOME FOR ART CLASSES AND ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM, ART DISPLAYS, AND SMALL ART AND HISTORICAL FESTIVALS. THIS RECOMMENDATION PROMOTED THE PROMPT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AND REVISE THE CITY'S 2009 NATIONAL MASTER PLAN. THE CITY'S FY 2023 BUSINESS PLAN INCLUDED THE GOAL OF CONVERTING NASH FARMS INTO A HIGH VALUE COMMUNITY ASSET, INCLUDING AS A HOME FOR THE ARTS, WITH ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES BEING TO UPDATE THE NASH FARMS MASTER PLAN. ON MAY THE 3RD, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE CONTRACT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AT NASH FARM AND ALSO COLLECTED INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A MEETING CALLED BY THE ARTS COMMISSION HELD ON THE LOCATION ON JULY THE 14TH, 2022. A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO NASH FARMS. THE CONSULTANTS USED THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, DEVELOPED ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS AND THE SCENARIOS WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER THE 17TH, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN, AND THE MASTER PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF DESOTO ARTS COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC. IN NOVEMBER 2022 FOR FURTHER FEEDBACK. ON FEBRUARY THE 21ST, 2023, THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN WAS PRESENTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE THE 27TH, 2023. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN ORDER TO CONSIDER MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE REQUESTED PD 145 AMENDMENT REQUEST. DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY'S DEPUTY CITY MANAGER PROVIDED DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF NASH FARM AND THE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS THAT WERE CONDUCTED IN CONNECTION WITH CREATING THE 2023 NASH FARM MASTER PLAN. DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, 13 RESIDENTS APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND ALL SPOKE IN OPPOSITION OF THE AMENDMENT REQUEST. SEVERAL RESIDENTS VOICED THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE ADDITIONAL NOISE, INCREASED TRAFFIC AND PARKING ISSUES THAT WOULD BE CREATED FOR THEIR QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 NASH FARM MASTER PLAN, SEVERAL RESIDENTS ALSO VOICED THEIR CONCERNS, WITH AN AMPHITHEATER BEING ADDED WITHIN THIS PROPERTY. FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0 TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT ZONING CASE. SECTION TEN POINT 8E2 OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 18, 2023, STATES THAT A FAVORABLE VOTE OF THREE FOURTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO APPROVE ANY ZONING REQUEST RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SECTION TEN POINT 8E1 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE STATES A FAVORABLE VOTES OF THREE FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE REQUIRED TO APPROVE ANY CHANGE IN ZONING WHEN SUCH ZONING CHANGE IS PROTESTED BY OWNERS OF AT LEAST 20% OF EITHER ONE, THE AREA OF THE LOTS, OR LAND COVERED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE, OR TWO THE AREA OF THE LOTS OF LAND IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING THE AREA COVERED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE, AND EXTENDING 200FT FROM THAT AREA. AS OF AUGUST THE FIFTH, 2023 STAFF RECEIVED 20 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, ALL IN OPPOSITION OR PROTEST OF THIS. THAT PARTICULAR AMENDMENT PD REQUEST WITH THE NOTIFICATION OF OPPOSITION MAP PREPARED BY STAFF FOR THAT ZONING CASE SHOWING 23.4% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OWN PROPERTY WITHIN 200FT OF THIS 2.0 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING IN OPPOSITION OR PROTEST OF THIS PD AMENDMENT REQUEST A FAVORABLE VOTE OF THREE FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO APPROVE THAT PARTICULAR ZONING CASE. A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PROPERLY ADVERTISED AND PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

SEPTEMBER THE 5TH, 2023 MEETING AGENDA. ON SEPTEMBER THE 5TH, 2023, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITHDREW THE CITY'S APPLICATION IN ORDER TO HAVE THE NASH FARM MASTER PLAN REDRAWN WITHOUT THE AMPHITHEATER AS REQUESTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. ON FEBRUARY THE 19TH, 2024, STAFF AND THEIR CONSULTANTS PRESENTED THE REIMAGINE NASH FARM MASTER PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF A DISCUSSION. ON MARCH THE 5TH, 2024, THE NASH FARM MASTER PLAN

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UPDATE WAS OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO OFFICIALLY ORDERED THE PROCESS TO BEGIN IN ORDER TO CONSIDER AMENDING PD 145 TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW 2024 NASH FARMS MASTER PLAN. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. FOLLOWING THE JUNE 27, 2023 PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CONTACTED EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR WHO HAD SUBMITTED AN OPPOSITION LETTER AND INVITED THEM TO A COMMUNITY MEETING IN THE NASH FARMHOUSE ON JULY 6TH, 2023. FOLLOWING AN OPEN AND LIVELY CONVERSATION, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WERE IDENTIFIED TO MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES DESIGNED TO MITIGATE THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS. THE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP MET WITH THE RESIDENTS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON JULY THE 18TH, 2023 AND DEVELOPED THE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE FULL FOUNDATION ON AUGUST THE 7TH, 2023. THE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE, WERE SHARED WITH ALL RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THESE MEETINGS, AND STAFF ALSO HUNG DOOR HANGERS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCUSSION WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO NASH FARMS. I PRESENT TO YOU THE 2023 NASH FARM MASTER PLAN, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS THAT HAD DEFINITELY HAVE CHANGED WITH THE NEW PLAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY, YOU SEE THAT PLAN DID NOT SHOW ANY TYPE OF SCREENING. AS I READ EARLIER, THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE SAID NO MASONRY SCREENING WAS REQUIRED, AND IT SHOWED AN AMPHITHEATER IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. IT SHOWED PARKING, BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT WAS LIMITED NUMBERS.

THE 2024 MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN MODIFIED, AND IT SHOWS RETAINING AND MASONRY WALLS ALONG BOTH THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE AND NORTH PROPERTY LINE. IT ALSO SHOWS THE AMPHITHEATER AS BEING REPLACED BY PICNIC AREA WITH STEPPED SEATING AND TREES. IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE NOISE FACTOR WITH THE AMPHITHEATER. IT ALL SHOWS SHOWS SPECIFICALLY AND EXPANDED PARKING LOT AREA, A 42 SPACES, THIS DRAWING DOES SHOW THAT WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT BY THE CITY INSTEAD OF A VISITOR'S, PAVILION IS A RESTROOM FACILITY. SO THIS WILL HAVE PARKING ON THE SITE FOR, 42 SPACES. I PRESENT TO YOU AGAIN THE ZONING MAP FOR THE AREA TO SHOW IT IS AN ESTABLISHED, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WE GIVE YOU THE OPPOSITION AND NOTIFICATION MAP. THE BLACK IS THE CITY'S PROPERTY ITSELF, WHERE NASH FARM EXISTS. BLUE IS THE 200 FOOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, AREA AROUND THE PROPERTY. AND THE PURPLE IS EXTENDING, AS COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED US TO GO FROM 2200FT TO 4000FT, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN PLACE SEVEN. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, A PUBLIC HEARING , A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S PAPER GENERAL CIRCULATION, ON SUNDAY, APRIL THE 7TH, 2024. PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE AGAIN MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OWNED PROPERTY WITHIN BOTH 200 AND 400FT OF THIS PROPERTY. AS OF MAY 13, 2024, STAFF RECEIVED NO RETURN NOTICES IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PD AMENDMENT REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND BY MOTION, APPROVE ORDINANCE AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 145 IN ORDER TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO'S. UPDATED 2024. NASH FARM MASTER PLAN, HERE WITH US TODAY, WITH CITY STAFF, WE HAVE ROLANDO BRIGHAM. SHE IS THE CITY'S CULTURE AND HERITAGE MANAGER. SHE APPEARED BEFORE YOU WHEN THE 2024 PRESENTATION ON, MASTER PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO YOU . SHE IS HERE TO ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD ADDRESSED BEFORE. STAFF WILL ADDRESS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. BREWER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNCIL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO, SECOND, MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, WAS THAT YOU, WAS MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT, THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS? YES, MA'AM. I HAVE MISS KATHY JONES, WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT SHE WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER HER SUPPORT OF NANCE FARM REZONING PLAN. I HAVE MR. JIM WHITE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. YES GOOD EVENING, MR.

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WHITE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. JIM WHITE, BEEN A 40 YEAR, 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF DESOTO. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEADOWBROOK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN THIS PROCESS, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS REALLY AGAINST IT, THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF IT.

NOW, I DON'T WANT TO THROW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONCERN ABOUT NOISE. WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING, CONCERNS ABOUT JUST PEOPLE GETTING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRASH AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, THE CITY WORKED EXTREMELY WELL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A LOT OF EFFORT, THEY ADDRESSED THE NOISE , THE AMPHITHEATER YOU SAW WAS CHANGED, THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN.

PARKING I THINK WE HAD 13 PARKING SPOTS FOR. AT FIRST, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT 350 PEOPLE. WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD FELT ABOUT THAT, THE GUIDELINES SHOW 75, MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE, 42 PARKING SPOTS, EASILY BE ABLE TO PARK FOR ANY EVENT THAT THEY HAD THERE. I THINK THE THIRD THING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MANAGEMENT PERSON THERE. THE CITY AND THE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES CAME UP WITH, ANYTIME THERE'S ANY EVENT THERE, THERE IS A PERSON THERE THAT IS A GO TO PERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S HANDLED WELL. IT DOESN'T SPILL OFF INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND, IT SHOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT. ACTUALLY. WE'RE EXCITED NOW TO GET SOMETHING MOVING ON IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO, WITH THAT, WE WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND THAT WE PASS IT, AND GET THE BALL ROLLING ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. AND, AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO MORE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. SO COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DOCTOR MARKS, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE OR HAVE THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. IF YOU DON'T MIND, MADAM MAYOR, FROM THE PRESENTATION YOU SAID MAY 13TH WAS WHEN YOU CALCULATED WHETHER OR NOT YOU RECEIVED ANY CARDS IN OPPOSITION OR FOR. AND NOW THAT IT'S THE 21ST, YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING WITHIN THAT TIME? NO, MA'AM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY STAFF THAT WE HAVE. OKAY, OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT. OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I'M WELL, NOT A LOT OF TIMES, BUT A COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT NANCE FORMS. NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMING IT, BUT REFERENCING HOW GREAT IT WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AFTER ALL THE OPPOSITION. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US. THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. AND GO PLAY SEVEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I WANT TO, JUST ECHO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, JUST STATED AND JUST WANT TO, SAY HELLO TO ALL THE ARTS, THE DESOTO CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE IN SUPPORT, WHO WORKED HARD ON THIS AND GIVE SPECIAL KUDOS TO MR. ROLANDO BRIGHAM FOR HER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE DOOR TO DOOR WAS WAS THE GAME CHANGER IN TERMS OF CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT THEY WERE AWARE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER AS SHE'S A PART TIME STAFFER. SHE LIKES TO REMIND US AND, AND THEN SAY, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AS WELL. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. AND WE DO ALSO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE READ. MISS THOMAS, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, BY AMENDING AND RESTATING THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 145. APPLICABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF LOT 12, BLOCK 15, MEADOWBROOK ESTATES ADDITION, SECOND SECTION TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS TO BE DEVELOPED CONSISTENT WITH THE NANCE FARM MASTER PLAN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 5TH, 2024, TO REMOVE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEVATIONS ON STREET PARKING AND OFFSITE PARKING, PROVIDING A CONFLICT. CONFLICTS CLAUSE. PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR PENALTY OF FINE

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NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM TO. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, MEMBERS THAT SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK TO

[1. Consider an Ordinance amending Chapter 13 of the City of DeSoto Code of Ordinances titled Utilities by amending Article 13.800 titled Garbage, Trash, and Refuse]

GET US HERE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13 OF THE CITY OF DESOTO CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLED UTILITIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 13.800 TITLED GARBAGE, TRASH AND REFUSE MAKING. THE PRESENTATION IS ISOM CAMERON, INTERIM CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU.

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY AT LEAST MISS THOMAS. COUNCIL AND MAYOR, AS YOU REMEMBER BACK IN AUGUST OF 2023, COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES FOR, NEW SANITATION SERVICES FOR GARBAGE RECYCLING AND BRUSH AND, BULK AND THE NEW CONTRACT BEGAN ON JUNE 1ST, AND IT HAS A FIVE YEAR TERM. AND SO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO HERE IS JUST BASICALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW CONTRACT AND THE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS, THE FACT THAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT REFERENCE CARTS. WE ARE ISSUING CARTS NOW, THE CURRENT CURRENT REFERENCE, CURRENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT REFERENCE REFERENCE CARTS. IT REFERENCES CONTAINERS AND, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, ARE ISSUING 9695 GALLON CARTS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION IN THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRING ALL THE RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE THE CARTS, AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING BASICALLY IS JUST HOUSEKEEPING, CLEANING UP SOME DEFINITIONS OF BRUSH BULKY WASTE, BUNDLING AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, AS WELL AS ADDING, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE DEFINITION FOR CARTS, SMALL COMMERCIAL UNITS, AND THEN PROVIDING, A LIST OF WHAT'S ALLOWED AS IN TERMS OF RECYCLING MATERIAL AND PROVIDING A DEFINITION OF, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. AGAIN, NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE ORDINANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONTRACT AND THE LANGUAGE IS REFLECTED. SO IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE DID PROVIDE THE ORDINANCE AND THE RED LINE ORDINANCE AS AS WELL RED LINE ITEMS AS WELL IN YOUR PACKET. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE OR THE PROCESS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU, MR. CAMERON. COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE READ THE ORDINANCE? HEARING? NONE. WE DO HAVE A ORDINANCE, MISS THOMAS. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 13 TITLED UTILITIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 13.800 TITLED GARBAGE, TRASH AND REFUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD. THAT MOTION PASSES PASSES

[2. Consider approval of a Resolution authorizing the publication of a Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation for the design, acquisition, construction and improvements of certain public infrastructure, authorizing the distribution of a preliminary official statement relating to such series of certificates, and authorizing certain other matters relating thereto]

UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM.

NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THE DESIGN, ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT RELATING TO SUCH SERIES OF CERTIFICATES, AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO. MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS LAQUITA SUTTON, INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR. THANKS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE THE CEOS FOR THE DESIGN, ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS RELATING TO THE ITEM THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING DURING THE WORK SESSION, REGARDING THE 51 MILLION BOND SALE. AND SO THIS IS THE FORMAL PROCEDURE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COUNCIL TO GO THROUGH. AND APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TO, TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE US PERMISSION FOR THE INTENT TO SELL. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISUM TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE, CALL FOR A VOTE? YES. I WANTED TO JUST UNDERSTAND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT WE'RE LISTING AS 51,000. BUT THE STATED NOTICE IS 50,600. I'M

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SORRY, NOT 50,000, BUT 51 MIL. BUT BUT THE OTHER IS 50.86. SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. DO WE NEED TO MAKE IT CONGRUENT INSIDE THE DOCUMENTS? SURE, ON THE ON THE INTENT, WE WANT TO PUT, 51 MILLION BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PAYING AGENT FEES AND OTHER FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE. SO WE JUST WANT TO DO IT NOT TO EXCEED 51 MILLION. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT DESIGNATION, IT DOESN'T GIVE THE PARTICULARS IN THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, BUT THAT IS THE COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT AGAIN? WHAT THAT IS, THE SELF-SUPPORTING SIDE OF IT IS ARE THE REVENUE BONDS, AND THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS 50 MILLION, 45 MILLION OF THAT WAS PLEDGED FOR, GENERAL FUND OR, AND THEN THE OTHER 10 MILLION WAS FOR SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT, WHICH IS, THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS. OKAY AND WE HAVE THE WHY DO WE HAVE THE PRINTED VERSION? IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE THAN WHAT'S.

YEAH, SURE. IN YOUR PACKET, I THINK THERE WAS A TYPO ON THE DATE, ONE OF THE DATES. AND SO WE'VE CORRECTED THAT TO HAVE FOR THE VERSION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AT YOUR DIET. SO WE'LL ENSURE THAT THE MAYOR SIGNS THE VERSION WITH THE CORRECTED DATE ON IT. OKAY. AND, FOR, FOR, FOR COS AND I GUESS I WANT TO I STILL WANT TO GET BACK TO IT AND THEN MAYBE THIS WILL BE A WORKSHOP WITH JUST ME AND I'M HAVING A MEETING WITH YOU ALL JUST UNDERSTANDING LIKE THIS IN THE TOTALITY OF OUR DEBT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I STILL AM NOT GETTING A GRASP OF RIGHT NOW. AND SO, I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AS A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EDUCATE US.

ANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. OKAY. GO AHEAD, THE JUST JUST JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW THAT MOST OF THIS IS A LOT OF THIS IS THE AQUATIC CENTER, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY CONTINGENCIES OR ANYTHING IN PLACE. SHOULD THE CONSTRUCTION COST, BECAUSE, I MEAN, OVER THE TIME FOR THIS, MONIES, WE SAID SOME CERTAIN THINGS, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION COST AND INTEREST RATES AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF GOES UP. WHAT HAS ANY CONTINGENCY HAS ANY CONTINGENCIES BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR THOSE TYPES OF ACTIONS? WELL, WE'VE DONE OUR BEST TO INCLUDE AND TO, TO TRY TO ACCOUNT FOR, FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. OF COURSE, SOME OF THOSE ARE OUT OF, OUT OF OUR CONTROL, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE COULD ALWAYS GO AND DO, WHAT ONE OF THE. OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, POINT OF ORDER, COUNCILWOMAN, THERE'S ALREADY A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. MAXIMUM THAT WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON. SO THE CONTINGENCY IS BUILT INTO THE GMP. OKAY. AT OUR LAST MEETING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM THAT WE VOTED ON. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, VOTE ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. THERE IS NO ORDINANCE TO BE READ. SO COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[3. Consider the appointment of Majed Al-Ghafry to the position of city manager and authorize the mayor to execute the employment agreement.]

AGENDA. NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF MAJID AL JAFFREY TO THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION OR OVERVIEW IS THE MAYOR, RACHEL PROCTOR. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO, TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, TO LOOK FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER ROUGHLY AROUND OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. WELL, WHEN, WE WERE MADE AWARE WHEN WE HAD A RESIGNATION, HOWEVER, WE STARTED TO POST THIS POSITION RATHER IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. AND SO WE BEGAN TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS, MANY OF YOU WERE ATTENDED AND WERE A PART OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HELD TO MEET THE CANDIDATES. AND SO, COUNCIL HAS ACTUALLY DONE OUR HOMEWORK AND WE'VE BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING, AND WE HAVE SELECTED THAT LONE FINALIST AND WE, HAVE A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT. AND SO TONIGHT, COUNCIL, WE ARE HERE TO, CONFIRM THAT, CONFIRM THAT APPOINTMENT OF MAJID AL GHAFFARI TO THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO KIND OF GET STRAIGHT TO IT, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED AND GIVE YOU THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE, AS

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PRESENTED, COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? NO QUESTIONS, NO COMMENTS. OKAY. HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. THAT MOTION PASSES FOUR THREE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL WE DO HAVE MR. AL GODFREY HERE WITH US TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO ASK HIM AND KIND OF PUT HIM ON THE SPOT, TO SEE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS. WELL GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I AM ABSOLUTELY HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO COME INTO DESOTO AND BE YOUR NEXT, SERVANT LEADER. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU AND WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WITH THE AWESOME CITY STAFF, TO KEEP MOVING DESOTO FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GODFREY. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS, WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. YES,

[4. Consider the selection of a Mayor Pro Tem for a one (1) year term as prescribed by the City Home Rule Charter]