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UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, AND I AM SO HAPPY TO
[C. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
REPORT THAT, UM, IF YOU LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AS I DO, WOO, WOO, UH, PLACE TWO OFF OF PARKVILLE AND HAMPTON IS HAVING SOME ROAD CONSTRUCTION THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY'S HAPPY ABOUT ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE HAVE A ACTUAL INTEREST MEETING HAPPENING OR A PUBLIC MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING ON AUGUST 22ND AT 5:30 PM THERE IS A VIRTUAL, UH, UH, CODE THAT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO THE WEBSITE OR YOU NEED THAT INFORMATION CONTACT.UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S MOHAMED AND HE CAN GET YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION WITH THE CITY.
CALL THE ACTION CENTER AND GET THAT INFORMATION SO YOU CAN BE ON THE CALL AND GIVE YOUR NOTES AND YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS CONSTRUCTION.
UM, JUST GETTING INTO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, UH, ON SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, UH, WE ARE HAVING A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, BANQUET.
IT STARTS AT SIX 30 HERE AT THE, UH, IN THE BLUE BARN ROOM AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER, AND ALSO ON THE 20TH AND THE 21ST.
WE'RE HOSTING A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOWN HALL MEETING, UH, AND A MEETING TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CITY.
OUR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WILL BE, UM, OUR GUEST SPEAKERS.
SO PLEASE PUT THOSE THREE DATES, THE 19TH, THE 20, AND THE 21ST.
I DO SEE, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES.
I HAVE THREE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, THE SIXTH ANNUAL DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
A MATURE ADULT PROM WILL BE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 23RD FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER.
UH, AND THERE ARE STILL SOME SEATS AVAILABLE ON THE SEPTEMBER THE 13TH AT 10:00 AM SENIORS IN WONDERLAND, THE FASHION SHOW OF THE YEAR, A STYLISH CELEBRATION THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER AT 2 0 4 LION STREET.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE FEST WILL BE SEPTEMBER 21ST.
YOU MAY GET TICKETS@DESOTOEVENTS.EVENTBRITE.COM AND I GIVE BACK.
SO THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THERE IS A CALL FOR ARTISTS, UH, FOR THE CORNER THEATER THEATER MURAL.
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE, UM, THIS RFQ FOR THE CORNER THEATER MURAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 30TH AT 12:00 PM SO IF YOU KNOW ANY INTERESTED ARTISTS, UM, WHO WANNA SHOWCASE OR OR A PREVIEW HAVE THEIR, THEIR WORK SEEN BY THE CITY AND THEN, UM, BE CONSIDERED FOR SELECTION, LET THEM KNOW TO GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE@DESOTOTEXAS.GOV AND JUST, UH, TYPE IN CALL FOR ARTIST.
NEXT, I WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DESOTO UH, ARTIST LABS SHOWCASE.
THIS IS A SAVE THE DATE, SO IT'S OCTOBER 5TH FROM TWO TO 8:00 PM AND, UM, IT WILL BE FEATURING ALL OF OUR DESOTO ARTISTS LAB PARTICIPANTS.
AND SO IT'LL BE A CACOPHONY OF THINGS TO DO ON THAT EVENING TO SEE, UM, ART ON DISPLAY.
YOU'LL GET MORE DETAILS AS TIME MOVES FORWARD.
OKAY, SO THERE IS A COMEDY EVENT HAPPENING AS WELL ON THE 24TH THIS MONTH AT 7:00 PM YOU CAN GO TO DESOTO EVENTS.EVENTBRITE.COM TO GET THOSE TICKETS.
IT'LL FEATURE RUDY RUSH AND OTHER COMEDIAN COMEDIANS.
SO IF YOU LOVE COMEDY, UM, THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL.
AND FOR YOUR AWARENESS ON THIS FRIDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK, WE WILL HAVE A JOINT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE BETWEEN, UM, THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, THE UM, UH, DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ALONG WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
IT IS A PUBLIC MEETING, WILL BE HELD IN A PECAN ROOM AT NINE O'CLOCK, AND IT WILL FEATURE, THE DISCUSSION WILL BE ABOUT HAMPTON ROAD AND SO RELATED TO HAMPTON ROAD, UM, THERE WILL BE A 3D DISPLAY OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, AS WELL AS A BUS TOUR, THE BUS TOURS FOR, UM, THE, UH, THE DIFFERENT COMMISSION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
BUT YOU DEFINITELY CAN COME TO THAT PUBLIC MEETING.
AND SO THAT'S THIS FRIDAY AT 9:00 AM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED OR WHO, WHO THINK YOU MIGHT MISS SOME OF THE DATES AND, AND TIMES AND LOCATIONS THAT OUR SECRETARY SPOKE ABOUT
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IN REFERENCE TO VOTING AND FINDING OUT YOUR STATUS AND ALL OF THAT, I WANT TO OFFER ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE AS WELL.ON SEPTEMBER THE 21ST OVER AT GROVE DESOTO MARKETPLACE.
AS YOU KNOW, GROVE DESOTO MARKETPLACE IS LOCATED AT 3 24 EAST BELTLINE ROAD.
UH, SEVERAL OF THE PRECINCT CHAIRS HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING AN ACTIVITY, AND IT'S CALLED GET THE VOTE OUT.
WE WANT YOU TO COME, NOT JUST YOU COME, BUT WE WANT YOU TO BRING SOMEONE WITH YOU AGAIN.
IF YOU HAVE, UM, RELATIVES OR NEIGHBORS, UH, FRIENDS THAT ARE, THAT WILL BE 18 BY WHEN, WHAT DATE WAS THAT? OCTOBER, OCTOBER 7TH.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU BRING THEM AS WELL.
AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE 21ST OVER AT, UH, GROW DESOTO MARKETPLACE, LOCATED AT 3 24 EAST BELMONT ROAD.
THE TIME WILL BE FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM 10 TO 2:00 PM THANK YOU.
I HAVE, UH, ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE FINAL TWO TGIF LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST EVENTS THAT ARE HOSTED BY THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP.
THEY WILL BE THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23RD, AND NEXT FRIDAY, AUGUST THE 30TH.
UM, WHICH WILL BE A VERY SPECIAL ONE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE HOSTING OUR CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT ON THE 30TH, UH, MEETING.
THOSE, ALL OF THOSE BREAKFAST MEETINGS ARE BEGIN AT 7:30 AM AND THEY WILL BE AT CHARLTON METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER IN THE OUTPATIENT AUDITORIUM.
UH, THOSE BREAKFASTS ARE FREE, HOWEVER, THEY DO REQUIRE YOU TO REGISTER.
SO YOU CAN GO TO, UH, THE BEST SOUTHWEST.ORG AND LOOK UP THE TGF LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST SERIES AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION THERE.
[D. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
UM, AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES.
THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA, AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURTS.
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 AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING, AUTHOR ANDERSON DESOTO, TEXAS.
I HAVE APPEARED BEFORE YOU SEVERAL TIMES, AND UM, TODAY IS AUGUST 20TH, AND I STILL AWAIT SATISFACTORY ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED ON APRIL 16TH AND MAY 7TH.
UH, I'VE ALSO HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE THAT HAS BEEN ROUTINELY IGNORED, WHICH MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN.
UH, WE HAVE A PATTERN OF INJUSTICES BEING COMMITTED IN DESOTO WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE LACK OF INTEGRITY HAS BEEN ON FULL DISPLAY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND THE OFFICIALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING THE PEOPLE IGNORE AND DEFLECT WITH NO COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE.
TOO MANY PEOPLE IN DESOTO HAVE EXPERIENCED INJUSTICES.
DYNA MARKS, WHO IS THE RIGHTFUL MAYOR PROTE.
TODAY THOUGH I WANT TO ADDRESS A REPEATED ISSUE OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY BEING ABOVE THE LAW AND WEAPONIZING THE POLICE.
THIS IS POLICE CASE NUMBER, DE 2 4 0 7 2 87.
POLICE WERE CALLED OUT RESPONSE TO AN ALLEGATION OF ASSAULT LISTED AS HARASSMENT.
I WILL NOT SAY THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THIS DOCUMENT, THEY'RE INNOCENT OF A COMMITTING ANY CRIMES.
AS THE DISPOSITION READS, UNFOUNDED OFFENSE DID NOT OCCUR.
BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE, IT APPEARS THAT FILED A FALSE POLICE REPORT TO HAVE SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARRESTED.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO A PREVIOUS CONCERN BROUGHT TO YOU WHERE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE, ELMA ZION GOODWIN, CLAIMING TO BE THE VICTIM OF AN ASSAULT WITH A GUN FILED A FALSE POLICE REPORT ON SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE THEM ARRESTED.
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AFTER LOSING REELECTION TO THE HOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CRIME.THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO ANY CRIME.
THERE WAS NO MOTIVE, THERE WAS NO WEAPON.
ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT AND THE POLICE VIDEO, WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED TO RESPOND TO ELLEN MCG GOOD'S NINE ONE ONE CALL FOR HELP, SHE WAS CASUALLY OUTSIDE IN HER FRONT YARD WATERING HER FLOWERS.
ACCORDING TO SWORN TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTS, A SENIOR CITIZEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WENT TO THE POLICE MULTIPLE TIMES TO REPORT THE HARASSMENT THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING FROM EL MCG GOODWIN RIGHT HERE ON CITY PROPERTY.
AND IN FRONT OF HIS OWN HOME, HE WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD NOT FILE A REPORT AGAINST HER AND THAT THEY WOULD QUOTE, UNQUOTE, TALK TO HER BECAUSE THEY KNEW HER.
WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE MAYOR AND CRYSTAL CHISHOLM, ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE FALSE REPORTS, HAVE PEOPLE ARRESTED AND NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
THIS IS A JUSTICE ISSUE, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT STATE, WHAT STEPS YOU WILL TAKE NOW TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
LET'S MAKE THIS SODA BETTER TOGETHER.
MS. NELSON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I AM JUST HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO, WHO OPPOSE THE POSSIBILITY OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH VESPER, UM, TO ERECT A, UM, ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF EAGLE DRIVE IN WESTMORELAND.
WE ARE
THANK YOU, BERNADINE HARRISON, GOOD EVENING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I LIVE HERE IN DESOTO, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
DR. MARKS, I'M GOING TO REFER TO YOU AS THE MAYOR OF PRO TEM BECAUSE YOU ARE IN FACT THE MAYOR PRO TEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROBERT LES OF ORDER.
AND WHAT I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IS WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY HERE THAT I'M SURE THAT WE, THE PEOPLE PAY HIS SALARY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, THE ATTORNEY DOES NOT CLARIFY THAT ISSUE AND SHARE WITH US WHERE WE HAVE GONE WRONG OR PERHAPS WHERE THE MAYOR HAS GONE WRONG.
AS I SAID, THIS ISSUE IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
WE ARE STILL VERY UPSET ABOUT IT.
WE FOLLOWED THE RULES, CAME TO CONCLUSION, AND THEN CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THIS BODY CHOSE TO CHANGE THOSE RULES AT WILL.
AGAIN, I SAY YOU CANNOT DO THAT.
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO STAND HERE AND BE VERY NEGATIVE.
THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS THAT I SEE HAPPENING HERE IN DESOTO.
I'M VERY, SOME OF THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT YOU HAVE IS VERY GOOD.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE, THE PR IS EXTREMELY GOOD, BUT SOMETIMES I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT WE STILL DO HAVE A FOX OR FOXES THAT ARE GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE, AND WE INTEND TO CLEAN THAT UP.
WE INTEND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE CAN AND IF WE DON'T, WELL, AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, NOTHING BEATS A FAILURE, BUT A TRY AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND I'VE HEARD THE RUMORS ABOUT THE CITY ATTORNEY, THAT HE COVERS FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT CITIES AND I'M NOT TOO PLEASED AND OTHERS ARE NOT TOO PLEASED IN TERMS OF WHAT HE'S DOING HERE.
IN ALL FAIRNESS THOUGH, THE NEW CITY MANAGER, SIR, WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED.
WE'VE SEEN THAT YOU'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR CONCERNS.
AND DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT WE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DO.
AS AGAIN, THE ISSUE WITH DIANE MARKS, IT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PEOPLE SIT HERE, MAKE DECISIONS, AND THEN DECIDE TO CHANGE IT AT WILL WE RUN THE CITY, NOT THE MAYOR, NOT THE CITY MANAGER, NOT YOU.
AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT SOME OF YOU ARE DOING A VERY, VERY POOR JOB OF REPRESENTING US, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO A BETTER JOB.
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GONNA WORK IT OUT.WE'RE OUT THERE, SOME OF US, MANY OF US, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET RID OF A FEW OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE YOU SIT HERE, MAKE DECISIONS ON YOUR OWN.
AND THEN I NOTICED AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, MAYOR PROCTOR, AT THE END, YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT MOUTHING THAT I WAS OUTTA ORDER, I WAS MISTAKEN.
I DID GIVE, UM, UM, REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT ME IF I WAS WRONG, AND SHE DID NOT DO THAT.
MS. HARRISON, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, READ A, AN EMAIL THAT I FORWARDED TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON AUGUST 16TH.
THERE'S CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL.
I'M WRITING TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A CONCERNING ISSUE THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY A RESIDENT.
IT HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT A MEMBER OF THE CITY STAFF MAY BE INVOLVED IN SELLING CITY TRADEMARK ITEMS ON AMAZON FOR PERSONAL PROFIT.
THIS SITUATION IS PARTICULARLY TROUBLING, GIVEN THAT DURING A RECENT REQUEST FOR CITY ITEMS INTENDED FOR CHARITY PURPOSES, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CITY HAD A LIMITED SUPPLY OF SUCH ITEMS, AND I, AS A TAXPAYER WAS DENIED.
THE PERCEPTION OF THIS SITUATION RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ETHICAL MANAGEMENT OF CITY RESOURCES AND TRANSPARENCY.
THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THE FUNDS GENERATED FROM THESE SALES MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATELY ALLOCATED OR USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
ARE CITY STAFF MEMBERS PERMITTED TO SELL CITY TRADEMARK ITEMS? HOW ARE THE FUNDS GENERATED FROM THESE SALES MANAGED AND WHERE DO THEY ULTIMATELY GO? IT IS CRUCIAL FOR PUBLIC TRUST THAT SUCH MATTERS ARE HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY.
I'M SURE MY FELLOW RESIDENTS WOULD FIND THIS MATTER JUST AS T TROUBLING AS I HAVE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE.
SINCERE LAKEISHA NIXON, UH, I PROMPTLY RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THE CITY MANAGER WHO RESPONDED, UH, BY FORWARDING, GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. NIXON.
THERE ARE NO SALE ACTIVITIES TO THE PUBLIC AND NO INDIVIDUAL OR CITY DEPARTMENT IS GENERATING REVENUES FROM THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY PRINTS OF OUR RECENTLY DESIGNED NOTEBOOKS AT A MORE COMPETITIVE PRICE.
OUR TEAM EXPLORED VARIOUS PRINTING OPTIONS AND FOUND THAT AMAZON'S PRINTING SERVICES OFFERED BO BOTH AFFORDABILITY AND SUPERIOR QUALITY COMPARED TO THE OTHER VENDORS.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER DENIED THAT THEY WERE BEING SOLD TO THE PUBLIC.
I PLACED AN ORDER LATER THAT DAY AND I DID RECEIVE THE CITY ACADEMY 2024 NOTEBOOK THAT'S BEING SOLD ON AMAZON FOR 9 99, AND I BELIEVE IT'S, IT WAS FROM ESTHER WILLIAMS STORE WHO ALSO PREVIOUSLY HAD OTHER ITEMS BEING SOLD.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE RELYING ON THIRD PARTY INFORMATION OR YOU INVESTIGATED IT YOURSELF, WHICH I'M SURE THAT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T.
SO I'M GIVING YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TOLD.
AND, UH, THIS GOES TO THE LACK OF INTEGRITY, THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, AND THE CORRUPTION THAT I SEE AND THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.
THAT'S IT AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS.
WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT, WE, WE HAVE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION TO CITIZEN COMMENT MADE DURING CITIZEN APPEARANCE AT THE AUGUST 6TH, 2024 MEETING REGARDING THE COUNCIL APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2022 OF A FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT TO DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL.
MAKING THAT OVERALL PRESENTATION WILL BE MATT CARLSON, DDC DIRECTOR.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE AT THE AUGUST 6TH, UH, COUNCIL, UH, MEETING REGARDING A, A FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT THAT THE DDC UH, MADE TO THE DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THE CITY MANAGER ASKED THAT I JUST PROVIDE, PROVIDE A, PREPARE AND PROVIDE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THOSE EVENTS.
THE, UH, THE FACADE GRANT IN QUESTION, UH, WAS ESSENTIALLY BEGUN, IF YOU WILL,
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IN MARCH OF 22, IS THE BASIS OF A ROUTINE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION VISIT WITH THE DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL.AT THAT, UH, MEETING, THEY HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO MAKE NUMEROUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR BUILDING, UH, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, AND OUTLINED A LIST OF ITEMS, UH, THAT THEY HAD, UH, EARMARKED FOR YEARS TO COME, UH, WITH THE TOTAL VALUE AT THAT POINT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO SPEND OF ABOUT $15,000.
AS WE LOOKED AT THE LIST AND GIVEN OUR OBJECTIVE TO ENHANCE THE BELTLINE, UH, THE BELTLINE ROAD CORRIDOR, PARTICULARLY AS IT LEADS UP TO OUR SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS THERE AT HAMPTON ROAD AND BELTLINE, WE FELT LIKE THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER TOGETHER AND, AND DO SOME SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY LOOKED.
WE WENT BACK TO THE, THE OWNERS AT THAT TIME AND SUGGESTED TO THEM THAT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY MIGHT EXIST TO PARTNER WITH THE DDC UP TO $50,000, UM, MATCHING ON A ONE FOR ONE FACADE GRANT AS OUR POLICY ALLOWED.
UM, UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, THERE HAD BEEN NO INVOLVEMENT WITH ANYBODY OTHER THAN OUR STAFF AT THE DDC FROM IN MAY OF 22.
UH, THE DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL FORMALLY MADE THE APPLICATION TO THE DDC FOR THAT GRANT.
UM, AND THEN WE PROCEEDED TO TAKE THAT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN JULY OF 2022, UM, SUGGESTING THAT THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT PARTICULAR GRANT, THAT GRANT WAS APPROVED FIVE TO ZERO.
ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE THAT NIGHT VOTED TO APPROVE THAT GRANT.
SUBSEQUENTLY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 22, WE SOUGHT THE CITY COUNCIL'S RATIFICATION OF THAT GRANT, AND THE COUNCIL TABLED THE DECISION PENDING REVISIONS OF F SOD GRANT POLICY TO ACCOMMODATE INVESTMENTS EXCEEDING $5,000.
UM, WE HAD MADE SOME OF THOSE AND THERE WAS SOME, SOME LAG TIME THERE, AND WE NEEDED TO AMEND THAT POLICY SO THAT WE COULD, UH, BRING IT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAD OUR PRACTICES HAD BEEN AND WHAT THE PRACTICES GOING FORWARD WOULD BE.
WE, WE, WE, UH, MADE THAT REVISION IN SEPTEMBER OF 20, SEPTEMBER 26TH OF 22.
THE DDC BOARD APPROVED THE REV, THE REVISED FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT POLICY IN NOVEMBER.
UH, AT THE NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING, THE DDC BOARD REAFFIRMED ITS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THE $50,000 GRANT TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THEN ON NOVEMBER 15TH, WE BROUGHT UP A FOUR CITY COUNCIL TO REVISIT THE TABLED ITEM AND AUTHORIZE THE DDC CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AT THAT MEETING.
AT THAT MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MO MOTIONED AND PASSED FIVE TO ONE AT NOVEMBER 15TH.
THE, THE APPROVAL OF THAT, OF THAT GRANT, ONE MEMBER, UH, UH, VOTED NAY.
ONE MEMBER WAS ABSENT FOR THAT, AND FIVE OF OF THE MEMBERS, UH, VOTED FOR THAT GRANT THAT EVENING.
THEN ON DECEMBER 28TH, THE FADA GRANT, THE FACADE GRANT AGREEMENT WAS OFFICIALLY EXECUTED.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER, UH, ANY THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
UM, IF I MAY, UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY IF I'M OUT OF ORDER, I DON'T MIND BEING TOLD THAT I'M OUT OF ORDER.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO, UM, JUST INTERJECT THAT JUST AS WE HAVE, UM, COME BACK AND ANSWERED OR PROVIDED SOME SENSE OF, OF, OF MESSAGING TO, UH, THE RESIDENT WHO SPOKE UP ABOUT THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO DO THAT FOR OTHERS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US BEFORE AND THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANSWERS.
SO TO BE EQUAL ACROSS THE BOARD, I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE'RE GONNA ANSWER ONE, I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE, IF THAT'S GONNA BE THE STANDARD PRACTICE, THEN IT SHOULD BE THE PRACTICE FOR ALL, NOT JUST FOR ONE PARTICULAR SITUATION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE, UM, LOOK AT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS CAME TO BE, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
MAYOR, MAY I RESPOND? UM, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENT DR. MARKS.
UH, I, I WOULD TELL YOU, UH, MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S GONNA BE THE PRACTICE OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND FOR STAFF.
IF THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS IT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A, UH, WITH A REPORT ADDRESSING THAT.
ANY COMMENT THAT HAPPENS IN PUBLIC THAT, UH, REQUIRES A RESPONSE,
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WE WILL DO THAT IN WRITING.SO THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, MY PROCESS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING THAT AS, AS WITH THE PRACTICE OF YESTERDAY, UM, ON WORK, UH, WORK SESSIONS, UM, ANY, ANY COMMENTS THAT IS MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, YOU WILL, UH, YOU WILL SEE A FRIDAY MEMO ATTACHED WITH ALL THE RESPONSES, UM, UH, DURING, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT SPECIFIC COUNCIL MEETING, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THAT COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE PRACTICE MOVING FORWARD.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE FULL TRANSPARENCY OKAY.
UH, FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS, UH, AT, AT THIS DICE.
SO JUST TO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHATEVER HAPPENS TONIGHT, THEY CAN EXPECT TO HEAR IT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT I HEAR ON, ON, ON THE RISK? I'M JUST SAYING IF SOMEONE CAME AND ASKED A QUESTION AT THIS PODIUM TONIGHT YEAH.
WE'VE, WE CAN EXPECT TO HEAR THE ANSWER.
THEY CAN EXPECT TO HEAR THE ANSWER NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IS THAT YES.
SO YES, ON MATTERS THAT, THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY PERSONNEL OR ANY CONFIDENTIALITY OF, OF A EITHER AN INVESTIGATION OR A, UH, A, A DISCUSSION ON A POLICE MATTER, UNLESS WE CHECK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I'M NOT GONNA, UH, BE AT A LEVERAGE TO DISCUSS ITEMS, UH, THAT WOULD BE EITHER UNDER INVESTIGATION OR UNDER INTERNAL CONTROLS, UH, UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, A PRACTICE, BUT ON, ON OTHER ISSUES.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BUR, UH, THANK YOU.
THIS CO THIS COMMENT IS FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
I THOUGHT ACCORDING TO THE LAW, WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO MISS FALSE INFORMATION, NOT ALL INFORMATION.
UH, JOIN, JOIN PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, JOIN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION BECAUSE IT'S JUST A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AS IT'S LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND THE PUBLIC COMES UP AND MAKES COMMENTS WHEN THE PUBLIC IS UP THERE MAKING A COMMENT AND THEY MAKE A COMMENT AND YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT IT'S, IT'S JUST A FACT THAT YOU'RE CORRECTING.
YOU CAN DO THAT AT, AT THE MEETING IN ORDER TO DO WHAT WAS DONE TONIGHT OR ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A, A REPORT.
AND SO IT HAS TO BE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THE PUBLIC LOOKS AT IT, THEY KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS GOING TO BE REPORTED BACK.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN'T JUST SAY CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSE TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
IT HAS TO BE CITIZEN CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, X, Y, AND Z.
SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS RESPONDING TO.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, MAY I ASK, OH, UM, CAN I ASK THAT WE HAVE DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS PRACTICE BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING ACCORDING TO LAW, THAT WE CAN WE MIS MISINFORMATION OR, UH, FACTUAL INFORMATION WE CAN, WE CAN RESPOND TO.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IS, THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO GET INTO PRACTICE OF RESPONDING OPEN-ENDED.
WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING A LITTLE OFF OF WHAT WAS POSTED TONIGHT, SO MAYBE THAT'S MORE OF AN ITEM THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN MOVE TO THE SUMMER RETREAT TO TALK ABOUT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE OTHER ITEMS. THANK YOU.
[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. ]
THANK YOU MS. THOMAS.WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL.
AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, OR CITY MANAGER.
FIRST, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 16TH, APRIL 23RD, AND MAY SE SEVENTH OF 2024.
APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DATED AS FOLLOWS, FOR 2021 JULY 8TH, JULY 19TH, JULY 22ND, AUGUST 5TH, AUGUST 13TH, AUGUST 16TH, AUGUST 17TH, AUGUST 19TH, AUGUST 30TH, SEPTEMBER 7TH, SEPTEMBER 20TH, SEPTEMBER 21ST, OCTOBER 4TH, OCTOBER 18TH, OCTOBER 19TH, NOVEMBER 2ND, NOVEMBER 15TH, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022.
MARCH 1ST, MARCH 15TH, MARCH, 2023.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BACKLOG MINUTES AUGUST 13TH OF 21 AND MARCH 15TH OF 22 HAVE BEEN UPDATED WITH THE NEW LOGO TEMPLATE.
ALSO, AUGUST 3RD, 2021 MINUTES WERE INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENTS, BUT WERE UNINTENTIONALLY LEFT OFF OF THE LIST OF DATES IN THE PACKET.
THOSE WILL COME BACK TO BE LISTED WITH THE SECOND BATCH AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING FOR CONSISTENCY, ALL FUTURE MINUTES WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHOUT SIGNATURES OF THE CITY, SECRETARY AND MAYOR UNTIL COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THEM.
LASTLY, THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE WILL ALSO BE ADDED TO THE BACKLOG MINUTES BEFORE THEY ARE PUBLISHED.
[F. Consent - Other Items]
AND I'LL CONTINUE WITH CONSENT.OTHER RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION, HONOR AND NEVER GIVE UP DAY SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DAY, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM'S NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES LEADERSHIP APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND REAL VICE CHAIR
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SEAT.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING BANK SIGNATORIES TO ALL CITY OF DESOTO ACCOUNTS AT PLAINS CAPITAL BANK.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 ADOPTED BUDGET TO INSTALL 6 2 8 LED LIGHTS, AS WELL AS IN THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FUND, AS WELL AS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF DESOTOS, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLANS.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MATECH ENGINEERING AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $135,637 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY'S AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT MCALLEN PARK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR FOR ADDITIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES WITH HALF ASSOCIATES AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODES AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $29,500.
CONSIDER APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLA TITLE PARKER VELAS LOTS.
ONE X TWO DASH 2333 X 34 BLOCK A LOTS ONE X TWO DASH 18 BLOCK B LOTS ONE THROUGH 16 BLOCK C LOTS, ONE THROUGH 16 BLOCK D AND LOTS, ONE THROUGH NINE 10 X 11 BLOCK E.
THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 29.333 ACRES AND IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING ALL TRACK 12 IN THE RT BANDY SURVEY ABSTRACT 11 1 1 5 900 EAST PARKVILLE ROAD AND PART OF TRACK 24 IN THE MJS WAMPLER SURVEY ABSTRACT 1 5 3 7 1100 SHERRY LANE.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HARLAN PROPERTIES INC.
AND THE APPLICANT IS LAND DESIGN TARIK L SADE, CASE NUMBER PP DASH 3 4 7 DASH 24.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GAS MAIN EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH ATMOS ENERGY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $52,000 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT MCALLEN PARK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HALF ASSOCIATES INC.
FOR AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $455,000 FOR DEVELOPING A NEW DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, PULL, UH, ITEM F SIX FOR, UH, FOR JUST A QUESTION, JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION, NOT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE BACKLOG IN THE MINUTES JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE, UH, TEXTURE TO WHY WE HAVE SO MANY BACK, SO MANY MINUTES IN THE ARREARS.
UM, CITY MANAGER DRUG OFFER, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO F SIX? UH, FOR, FOR ITEM SIX, UH, WE WOULD, UH, I WOULD ASK ACTUALLY EITHER TRACY OR, UM, SHALON DOES HERE ON THE QUESTIONS OR BOTH OF THEM.
HOW'S THAT? GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THAT.
THE ITEM, THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING PUT IN IS ACTUALLY A DONATION.
IT'S ACTUALLY COMING IN, IT'S NOT GOING OUT.
WE, WE INCREASED THE REVENUES BY THE DONATIONS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE COME IN, AND THEN WE ALREADY HAD THE EXPENDITURES, SO WE HAD TO INCREASE THE EXPENDITURE LINE ALSO.
AND THEN FOR, UH, THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS BUDGETING FOR THIS, WAS IT PLANNED TO HAVE OKAY.
NO MA'AM, IT WAS NOT, BUT IT WAS NOT PLANNED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR 23.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO DO THE AMENDMENT BY HOW MUCH WAS COMING IN BY HOW MUCH THE AD WAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED, BECAUSE THE GALA WAS NOT PLANNED DURING THE TIME OF THE BUDGET.
BUT, BUT EVEN ONCE IT HAPPENED, YOU'RE SAYING OVER AND ABOVE WHAT YOU ENDED UP SPENDING WAS SEVEN 800? I BELIEVE THAT 7,800 IS THE AMOUNT THAT ROUND ABOUT THE AMOUNT THAT CAME IN THAT WAS RECEIVED.
OH, THAT CAME IN FOR THE ACTUAL EVENTS? YES.
OTHERWISE, WHERE WOULD THE MONEY HAVE COME FROM, JUST SO THAT I KNOW? YEAH, FROM THE DONATIONS.
FROM THE GATHER? YEAH, JUST FROM THE DONATIONS.
FROM THE TICKET SALES AND SPONSORSHIPS.
UM, FOR THE OTHER ITEM, MADAM MAYOR, I, I WOULD ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO, UM, UH, TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT I TELL YOU, UM, ON THE CHALLENGES WITH THE MINUTES, THAT HAS BEEN, UM,
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UH, A CHALLENGE FOR THE PAST TWO, THREE YEARS IN CATCHING UP, UH, NOT ONLY FOR STAFFING, UH, BUT ALSO IN CHANGES IN, IN SOFTWARE TO MY UNDERSTANDING.AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK OUR CITY SECRETARY HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, UH, IN, IN TRYING TO RECONCILE SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE MINUTES.
AND, UH, SHE'S, SHE'S MAKING HEADWAYS IN, IN, UH, IN, IN ADDRESSING THOSE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER PATCH THAT IS COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE MAKING MAJOR HEADWAYS INTO THAT.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ON F 11 RELATED TO THE PRELIMINARY PLATS COUNCIL MEMBER.
RAPHAEL, WAS THAT SATISFACTORY TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CITY SECRETARY? OH, DID YOU WANT TO ADD TO, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO ADD YOU.
I ECHO PRETTY MUCH WHAT HE SAID.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD TO THAT.
I GOT A QUESTION RELATED TO THE PRELIMINARY PLAQUE ON F 11.
UH, OUR DIRECTOR, CHARLES BREWER, IS HERE TO ANSWER.
I KNOW NOW THE, THE PRACTICE HAS MOVED TO PUTTING THE PRELIMINARY PLAQUES ON OUR CONSENT AGENDAS, WHEREAS THEY HAD BEEN, UM, AGENDA ITEMS. AND SO JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, JUST TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHERE THIS IS LOCATED FOR AND WHAT COMMUNITIES DOES THIS IMPACT OR WHAT IS IT NEAR? AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT OUT THERE IN OPEN AIR VERSUS JUST IN HERE.
MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PARKVILLE, ALMOST DIAGONALLY ACROSS FROM, UH, ACADEMY WAY BETWEEN HAMPTON ROAD AND 35.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, IS ADJACENT TO THE FIRST TEXAS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS CALLED HIDDEN LAKES.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, UM, LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING CHANGE FROM SF 12 TO SF EIGHT.
UM, IN DOING THE PLA THE DEVELOPER IS MEETING ALL REGULATIONS OF THE CITY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH MEANS IT WILL HAVE REAR ALLEYS AND ET CETERA.
AND SO THIS IS IN PLACE THREE AND IT IS, IS IN PLACE THREE.
AND IT IS, UM, CLOSE TO, WHAT WAS THE SUBDIVISION? ONE MORE TIME? THE ONE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW IS HIDDEN LAKES.
AND THAT'S FIRST TEXAS HOMES IS THE BUILDER AND THEN ACADEMY WAY, THAT'S WHERE CATHERINE JOHNSON IS? YES.
AND WHERE THE NEW AQUATIC CENTER WILL BE? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE ATLANTIC PLACE OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY IS AND WHERE IT ACTUALLY IS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCILMAN RAPHAEL, IF WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR ITEMS TO BE PULLED, UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED POINT OF INFORMATION.
MY POINT OF INFORMATION IS, UM, WHEN YOU SPEAK OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, THE MINUTES, THOSE AS TWO SEPARATE, UM, ITEMS ACCORDING TO, ACCORDING TO THIS.
IT, IT DOESN'T, I'M SAYING IT DOESN'T SAY THIS ON HERE.
LOOK AT E, LOOK AT E AGENDA E THEN E ONE E IS MANY SAYS CONSENT.
SO THEN IF YOU OTHER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
SO THEN IF YOU DON'T, SO IF I VOTE NO ON ONE THING, THEN I'M VOTING NO ON THE WHOLE THING.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? DR. MARKS? NO, I'M GOOD.
AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, CAN WE RESTATE, UH, WHO MADE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND PLEASE.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY IT.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE APPLIES TO ITEMS F FIVE THROUGH F SEVEN, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2324, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13, TITLED, UTILITIES BY REPEALING ARTICLE 13.100 TITLED EMERGENCY WATER PLAN IN ITS ENTIRETY IN ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE, 13.1000 TITLED, DROUGHT CON CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000
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FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.UM, COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance for the applicant's request to obtain a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to establish and operate a "School, Business" (Beauty School) at 1700 N. Hampton Road, Suite #105. The applicant is Ashley Yeldell-Paskins and the property owner is Grand Fortune Estates, LLC. (Case No. Z-1528-24)]
AYE.MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ATTENDEES MAY SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA DURING THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, FOR TOPICS NOT SCHEDULED, ATTENDEES WILL SPEAK DURING CITIZEN APPEARANCES.
THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION TO MAIN MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING.
COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF A, OF AN AGENDA ITEM.
HOWEVER, COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES PORTION OF THE AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF OF THE MEETING.
FIRST, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO OBTAIN A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A SCHOOL BUSINESS BEAUTY SCHOOL AT 1700 NORTH HAMPTON ROAD, SUITE NUMBER 1 0 5.
THE APPLICANT IS ASHLEY YA DEL PASKINS, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS GRAND FORTUNE ESTATES, LLC CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1528 DASH 24.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
UH, IT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ON MARCH THE FIRST 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 22 65 22, GRANTING THE APPLICANT A PACIFIC USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A BEAUTY SCHOOL AT 1615 NORTH HAMPTON ROAD, SUITE NUMBER 100.
OUR SUVS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE FROM ONE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER.
ON JULY THE 10TH, 2024, APPLICANT ENTERED TO A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GRAND FORTUNE ESTATE IN ORDER TO RELOCATE AND ESTABLISH HER COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AT 1700 NORTH HAMPTON ROAD, SUITE 1 0 5.
ON JULY THE 24TH, 2024, APPLICANT SUBMITTED AN SUP APPLICATION TO THE CITY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF AT OBTAINING A PACIFIC USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE HER RELOCATED COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AT 1700 NORTH HAMPTON ROAD, SUITE 1 0 5.
AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF, UH, SEAHAWK, ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HAMPTON ROAD, NORTH OF WINTERGREEN.
UH, JUST FOR PROXIMITY, I'M SHOWING YOU ON THE SCREEN, I'M ALMOST DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE STREET WHERE I'M HIGHLIGHTING NOW.
THAT'S THE LOCATION OF WHERE, UH, THE COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN RELOCATED.
AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING ACROSS THE STREET AND UP TO THE NEW LOCATION.
UH, IT SHOWED ON THE SCHEDULE USAGES.
IT SHOWS THAT IT'S THE USE BY RIOT IN THE OCC AND OFFICE TWO AND IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
BUT IN THE MULTIFAMILY AND GENERAL RETAIL, IT DOES REQUIRE A PACIFIC USE PERMIT.
AND THAT IS WHY THE APPLICANT IS HERE TODAY.
A SITE PLAN ON THE LEFT SHOWS OUR RADIUS FOR 200 FEET AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE, WHICH IS IN BLUE.
THE PURPLE IS THE CITY'S DESIRE FOR SENDING COURTESY NOTICES TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 AND 400 FEET.
AS OF TODAY, THE CITY STAFF RECEIVED NO RETURN NOTICES IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION OF THIS CASE, UH, SHOWN ON THE RIGHT THE PROPERTY IS LO UH, GENERAL RETAIL.
THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FIRM, UH, IS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION TO SHOW THERE ARE TWO 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS ON THIS PROPERTY AND 66 PARKING LOTS IN THE FRONT AND IN THE REAR.
UH, THE, UH, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ALSO PROVIDED US A LIST OF SHOWING US WHO THE CURRENT TENANTS ARE RIGHT NOW OUT OF THE TWO BUILDINGS, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE VACANCY AT THIS POINT.
UH, THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT WE DID NOT HAVE DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, I HAD A DIFFERENT ONE, BUT THIS IS A, A MORE TRUE ILLUSTRATION OF THE SUITES THAT EXIST IN THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
AND I HAVE, AS I'VE HIGHLIGHTED, IN, IN YELLOW, SUITE 1 0 5 IS AT THE, UH, LOWER SOUTHWEST OF THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS TO HELP YOU JUST GET AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE AVAILABLE PARKING AND WHAT THE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE.
AND I'LL JUST PASS THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT THE AVAILABLE PARKING IS THERE.
THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS LONG, ALONG WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANAGEMENT FIRM.
UH, THE APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PARTICULAR OPERATIONAL USE OF HER AT COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL TO GIVE YOU A BETTER INDICATION OF HOW MANY TEACHERS AND HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE DURING THE DAYTIME AND IN THE EVENING.
AND PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON AUGUST THE 13TH, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, A MOTION UNANIMOUSLY PREVAILED BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON THE SUP.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AND THEN, UH, BY ORDINANCE, UH, APPROVED,
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APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.GRANTED, THIS SUP STAFF WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU WILL HAVE.
UM, IS, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION IN ADDITION TO YOUR PRESENTATION? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NOT A PRESENTATION, BUT AVAILABLE QUESTION CASE SHE HAVE WORDS? YES.
I HAVE AT, AT THIS TIME QUESTION.
ASK IF HE ASKED IF WE HAVE A QUESTION.
I HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT THIS TIME.
MS. THOMAS, ARE THERE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? NO, MA'AM.
UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYD TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNSEL, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION.
MADAM, MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENT? SECOND.
MARK, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL, ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR STAFF? DR. MARKS? I JUST HAVE A, A, A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN, UM, WHAT THEY ARE DOING VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS JUST A CHANGE IN LOCATION.
AND THE REASON YOU'RE BEFORE US TODAY, IT REQUIRES, UM, ANOTHER PERMIT? YES.
JUST BECAUSE THEY CHANGE LOCATION, SAFE USE PERMITS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE.
THAT CORRECT? THEY STAY WITH THE PROPERTY'S.
SO, AND THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY WERE DOING PRESENTLY AND WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IS JUST CHANGE LOCATION.
DURING OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING ZONING SIZE OF THE BUILDING CAME IN, BUT THAT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ZONING.
THEY'RE, UH, INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE, UH, FACILITY.
DR. MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL RELATED TO, RELATED TO, UM, THE ZONING.
SO, SO IF WE CHANGE IT NOW, IT FOREVER, IT, IT STAYS THAT IT DOESN'T MOVE WITH YEAH.
UH, IS THAT A STATE STATUTE OR IS THAT A CITY STATUE? STATE STATUE.
AND ARE, WERE THERE ANY CONCERNS FROM YOUR TEAM IN TERMS OF PARKING AND WHAT'S ALREADY THERE IN THE AREA? NO, MA'AM.
AND THEN ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER FOR LATER? I THINK WE COVERED IT ALL.
UH, MR. BREWER, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP ABOUT PARKING, UM, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AND EACH OF THOSE BUSINESSES REQUIRE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
SO THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP ABOUT PARKING.
SO THAT PROBABLY WILL BE A QUESTION FOR THE OWNER MAYBE OR SOMETHING.
MR. BREWER, THIS, THIS, THIS CASE IS, IS IT ABOUT ZONING OR IS IT JUST FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT? SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS ZONING.
SO IN THAT, AND WE ARE HERE BECAUSE, UH, THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS REQUIRES SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THIS PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS GENERAL RETAIL.
THE CHART THAT I SHOWED SHOWS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIRED.
AND JUST FOR CLARITY, IF THE, IF THIS, IF THIS, UM, TENANT MOVES OUT, UH, DOES THE ZONING STAY WITH THE PROPERTY? YES.
SO WHERE WE HAD, UH, UH, PRESENTED THIS, UH, WHEN THEY WERE ACROSS THE STREET, THAT CAN STILL BE USED AS A SCHOOL? OR WOULD THAT, UH, TENANT HAVE TO COME BEFORE US? AGAIN? I'M, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE ORDINANCE.
IF THAT, IF THE USE IS, IF THE USE IS ABANDONED, IN OTHER WORDS, IF ANOTHER USE DOES NOT GO, DOES NOT GO INTO THAT SPOT.
AND I BELIEVE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE.
SIX MONTHS, THEN THAT SUP GOES AWAY.
THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
SO AS LONG AS IT'S THE SIMILAR WITHIN SIX MONTHS, BUT IF IT'S NOT SIMILAR AND YEAH.
AND PROVIDED THAT SUP WAS WITH THE PROPERTY AND NOT WITH THE OWNER, THERE'S SOME OLDER SUVS THAT WE ACTUALLY DID WITH THE OWNERS THAT WHEN THE OWNER MOVES, THEY GO AWAY WITH, THEN WE STARTED WHAT THEY RUN WITH THE LAND OR WITH THE PROPERTY.
UM, IS DR. MARKS, I, I SAW YOU UNDERSCORE
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THE, UM, THE TOPIC OF PARKING.UM, WITH, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PNZ MEETING WHERE IT WAS DISCUSSED PRIOR TO OUR MEETING.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE APPLICANT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, 'CAUSE THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT PARKING CONCERNS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WILL WORK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, UH, AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS LJ CLEAVER, UH, THE FOUR-WAY INVESTMENT CITY OF RESIDENCE IS LEWISVILLE, TEXAS.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO PARKING OR ANY ISSUES AT, AT HAND? UH, WHO WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK WAS THE ONE WHO INITIALLY ADDRESSED THE QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, SO NO, I DON'T, I DON'T, WELL, NO, THE QUESTION, THE, THE REASON THAT I BROUGHT CIRCLED IT BACK WAS BECAUSE IT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NOT, AT LEAST I'M RECALLING THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY ISSUES OF PARKING.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THE PARKING ISSUE DID COME UP BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF OOC OCCUPANTS THERE VERSUS HOW MANY SPACES EACH PERSON WOULD NEED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT EVERYTHING MEETS THAT QUALIFICATION.
WELL, I DID PROVIDE A PARKING ANALYSIS FOR BOTH THE P AND Z MEETING.
AND ALSO YOU GUYS SAW ONE ON THE SCREEN EARLIER TODAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS ANALYSIS, WE PUT TOGETHER THE NUMBER OF SUITES, SQUARE FOOTAGE AND RUN THE PERFORMER OR BASE OFF OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE BE THERE AT ONE POINT IN TIME, REQUIRE PARKING.
UH, THERE IS A TOTAL OF 66 CAR PARKS ON THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, FOR THAT ANALYSIS, 64 ARE REQUIRED.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, FOUR, SUITE 1 0 5 FOR THE BEAUTY ACADEMY, UH, I THINK FOUR TO FIVE ARE ALLOTTED, UH, PER, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD OFFICE.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NEED, I THINK, APPROXIMATELY SIX TO EIGHT.
SO THAT WOULD BE A COUPLE MORE THAN WE ALLOTTED.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPOTS ARE THERE.
SO PARKING SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
AND, UH, AT THAT WE'VE ALREADY COUNTED FOR PARKING FOR THAT, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
UH, OUR COMPANY, UH, ACTUALLY BUILT THE BUILDING, UH, YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE MANAGED LEASE IT FOR SINCE THAT TIME.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR 18 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN THAT PARKING LOT FULL.
SO I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT PARKING WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE.
UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK YOU'VE ADDRESSED IT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, UM, WE DO HAVE A ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 3 1 4, AUTHORIZING AN APPROXIMATELY 1,330 SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF A BUILDING LOCATED ON A 1.4607 ACRE TRACT OF LAND.
SITUATED IN THE SUSAN BILLINGSLEY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1 3 4.
CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1700 NORTH HAMPTON ROAD, SUITE 1 0 5, PRESENTLY ZONED AS GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO BE USED FOR SCHOOL BUSINESS USE, EXCUSE ME, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I, I FORGOT TO ACCOUNT THAT WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, LOGGING IN VIRTUALLY.
CAN WE CLEAR THAT OUT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL? YES.
[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the cities of DeSoto, Cedar Hill, and Duncanville for Computer-Aided Dispatch System procurement, implementation, project management, and licensing for the Southwest Regional Communications Center]
UNANIMOUSLY.AT THIS TIME MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
WE HAVE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITIES OF DESOTO, CEDAR HILL, AND DUNCANVILLE FOR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM, PROCUREMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND LICENSING FOR THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER.
MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS TAMARA BELL, S-W-R-C-C, DIRECTOR.
SO CURRENTLY S-W-R-C-C, THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER.
WE OPERATE UNDER A AN ILA AND INTO LOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN THE CITIES OF DESOTO, CEDAR HILL, AND DUNCANVILLE FOR OUR ESTABLISHMENT FOR 9 1 1 SERVICES.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, ILA, EACH CITY PAYS A THIRD INTO OUR, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT TO FULLY FUND OUR OPERATIONS.
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WE NOW ARE MOVING INTO, ARE TRYING TO TRANSITION INTO MOVING INTO A NEW CAD SYSTEM.AND BECAUSE OF THE, HOW LARGE THAT SYSTEM IS, THAT BIG PROJECT IS, THE CITY MANAGERS HAVE AGREED TO GO INTO A, UM, USE OF A AN MOU AND A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND SO, UM, WITH THIS MOU DESOTO BEING THE HOME CITY, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL EMPLOYEES OF DESOTO IN MY DEPARTMENT, DESOTO WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO, UM, UH, RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,658,749 TO COVER ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UM, THE LICENSE LICENSING OF, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE CITIES OF DUNCANVILLE AND CEDAR HILL WILL THEN PAY BACK DE SOTO BY BEING, UH, BILLED MONTHLY BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PAY THEIR EQUAL SHARE INTO THIS PROJECT.
UH, SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE, UH, AND EXECUTE AN MOU BETWEEN THE CITIES OF DESOTO, CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE FOR THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM LICENSING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE S-W-R-C-C DEPARTMENT.
AND I, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION MS. BELL.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? YES, I DO SEE A LIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION OR YOUR, UM, EXPLANATION OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY IS.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
UM, BEING THAT DESOTO IS THE WHOLE CITY, THE ALL OF THE WEIGHT IS ON DESOTO.
SO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PIECE IS ON DESOTO.
SO THE PROJECT MAN, I ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, TERRY BOHAN HERE WHO HAS BEEN HANDLING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT THUS FAR.
AND SO I HAVE TERRY BOHAN FROM BARRY DUNN HERE TODAY, AND IT'S NOT, HE'S FROM A PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM.
SO HE'S NOT WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO.
NO, I MEAN, BUT THE CITY OF DESOTO WOULD THEN BE CONTRACTING TO THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR AND THE OTHER CITIES DON'T HAVE ANY SAY IN WHO THAT IS.
ONLY THE CITY OF DESOTO IS THE ONE THAT MADE THE DECISION IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
EVERY, EVERY, EVERY, UH, ENTITY HAD A, WE ALL HAD A, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH CITY TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE, BE THE PROJECT MANAGER EVEN THUS FAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS JULY, MR. BOHAN MADE A PRESENTATION.
OH, WHEN I BECAME, WHEN I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY, YES.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH CITY OKAY.
AND I DON'T WANNA GET OUTTA ORDER, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ALL ARE INTERTWINED WITH THIS ONE ITEM.
IF THIS ONE ITEM DOES NOT GET APPROVED, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER TWO? IT WON'T HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER TWO IF THIS ITEM DOES NOT GET APPROVED.
WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO, UH, SO THE REASON WE HAD, WE ACTUALLY, THE CITY MANAGERS WANTED TO ACTUALLY USE THE AN MOU IS TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL UNDERSTOOD THAT IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE ON ONE CITY MAKING THIS PAYMENT.
IT IS NOT GONNA BE STUCK ON DESOTO CEDAR HILLS.
THEY'RE GONNA PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
DESOTOS GONNA PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, THEY WILL ALL SIGN THE MOU.
SO THEY'VE ALL SEEN THE MOU, IT'S GONE THROUGH THEIR CITY ATTORNEYS AS WELL AS GONE.
IT'S GONE THROUGH JOE, UH, GODA, OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE, AND THEY'VE ALL AGREED ON THE WORDING AND THE, THE FINAL MOU.
AND SO NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME TO PRESENT IT TO YOU TO MAKE, TO SEE IF YOU WOULD APPROVE IT THAT WAY.
EVERYTHING WILL GO FORTH WITH NO QUESTION.
AND JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF I'M, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN IT BACKGROUND, SO I THINK IN TERMS OF PROJECTS AND PEOPLE DECIDING WELL WITHIN THE PROJECT THAT THINGS NEED TO CHANGE IF THE CITIES, OTHER TWO CITIES SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T LIKE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HOLDS THEM STILL TO THE CONTRACT SO THAT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TO PAY THE CITY OF DESOTO? YES.
IT, IT IS IN, IT IS IN THE CONTRACT.
WE HAVE A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE PARTICIPATING CITIES.
THERE'S A, THERE'S AN UNDERLYING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS DONE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO.
THAT BASICALLY COVERS, UM, YOU KNOW, DECISION MAKING AS FAR AS THESE FEES.
THESE, THESE COSTS, THESE COSTS ARE NOT OBVIOUSLY IN THAT INTER LOCAL 'CAUSE THAT INTER LOCAL WAS DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
BUT THIS, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS SO THAT THE CITY KNOW, ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, WHAT IS THEIR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 20, UH, ACTUALLY GO, GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2034, UM, FOR FINANCING FOR THIS.
SO THE OTHER TWO CITIES GOT FINANCED, BUT WE DIDN'T, NO, WE, NO, OURS IS 1.6 MILLION.
EACH CITY WILL PAY THEIR THIRD OF THAT, THAT AMOUNT UPFRONT? NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M, NO, I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE I ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION.
I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL
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OR ANYTHING.I'M JUST ASKING, WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF THE MONEY, I SEE 1.6 MILLION, THEN I SAW A MONTHLY PAYMENT.
I'M ASKING THE OTHER TWO CITIES, ARE THEY PAYING 1.6 MILLION UPFRONT OR ARE THEY MONTHLY? AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES.
DESOTO IS THE ONLY ONES PAYING UP FRONT.
FINANCE WILL BILL THE OTHER TWO CITIES MONTHLY TO GET THEIR PORTION OF THE PAYMENT OF THE 1.6 BILL.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW LONG, HOW LONG THEY'LL BE MAKING PAYMENTS? WHEN WILL THEIR PORTION BE COMPLETED? THE 1.6 MILLION IS A LOAN THAT WE WOULD TAKE OFF FOR FIVE YEARS AND ALL THREE CITIES WILL PAY BACK THAT LOAN OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
UM, MS. AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO ESTIMATED OUT THE ADDITIONAL FEES, UM, FOR THE, UM, SAS FEES THROUGH 2034.
AND SO THIS SYSTEM IS REPLACING A PREVIOUS SYSTEM THAT WAS PURCHASED AND WE'RE GOOD AND, AND WE'RE CONFIDENT WITH THIS SYSTEM THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PURCHASE.
WE ARE, WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT, UH, VERY MUCH MORE CONFIDENT THAN WE, THAN WE ARE WITH THIS CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING NOW.
AND THEN ARE THERE ANY, UM, SO AT THE END OF, SO, SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE UPDATES AND UPDATES AND UPDATES.
SO WILL THERE BE MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT WE'LL BE SHARING ON AN ONGOING BASIS AS WELL? YES.
IT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THAT 1.6.
AND SO HOW LONG IS THAT MAINTENANCE COST? GOOD FOR IT? SO IT HAS, I'M SURE IT STOPPED SOMEWHERE OR IS IT INDEFINITE? IT'S FOR THE LIFE OF THE SYSTEM.
UM, COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL, WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL? YES.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a purchase agreement with Tyler Technologies for the purchase of Computer-Aided Dispatch and Records Management System software]
UH, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.WE HAVE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
COMING BACK AS TO MARIBEL, S-W-R-C-C DIRECTOR.
AND SO I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ONTO INTO WHERE WE ARE NOW CURRENTLY WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING.
SO BACK IN 2020, WE MOVED INTO, WE MOVED TO THE ZERCHER CAT SUITE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY USING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE GOT THIS SYSTEM THINKING IT WAS GONNA BE THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST, THE BEST THING.
AND IT WAS NOT, IT WAS THE WORST THING WE'VE EVER GOTTEN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH AND POLICE AND FIRE INTO AS FAR AS SOFTWARE IS CONCERNED.
UM, THAT WE HAVE SAFETY ISSUES WITH IT.
WE HAVE DISPATCHERS HAVING TO CREATE MORE COMMANDS.
YOU KNOW, WE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO A ONE COMMAND TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
NOW WE'RE GO WORKING AROUND TWO AND THREE AND FOUR COMMANDS TO MAKE, MAKE THE SYSTEM JUST WORK.
AND SO IT'S CAUSED A LOT OF, UH, STRESS ON OUR DISPATCHER.
IT'S CAUSED A LOT OF STRESS ON THE, THE MOBILE GUYS, THE MOBILE UNITS, UH, OFFICERS OUT ON THE ROAD.
AND WE, UH, ACTUALLY WENT, THAT'S WHEN WE, UH, WENT TO RFP TO GET A CONTRACT, I'M SORRY, A THIRD PARTY PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO, UH, CONDUCT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE FOUND THAT THIS CAD SYSTEM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING IS JUST NOT WHAT WE NEED, IS NOT ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE DO HERE AS A TRI-C PUBLIC SAFETY UNIT.
AND SO BARRY DUNN ASSISTED THE STAFF IN DEVELOPING A RFP TO IDENTIFY A PREFERRED, UH, CADDEN RMS SYSTEM.
AND WITH THAT WE COME WITH TYLER, UH, TECHNOLOGIES.
AND WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT, UM, THAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED TO YOUR, YOUR BELONGINGS.
AND, UM, THE TOTAL COST FOR THE CAST SYSTEM FOR TYLER PROJECT IS, UH, ONE YEAR, UM, 1.1 MILLION, 108 $1,118,749 FOR THE SOFTWARE AND IMPLEMENTATION COST.
YEARS TWO THROUGH 10 IS THE 4.8 4,008,000, I'M SORRY, $4,892,886 FOR THE SERVICE.
AND THE TOTAL COST WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY OF COURSE, BETWEEN THREE CITIES, CEDAR HILL, DESOTO, AND DUNCANVILLE.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY CITY COUNCIL
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AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER, NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER AID DISPATCHED AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE.COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT ALWAYS IS GONNA COME BACK TO THAT SAME THING ABOUT THE ACTUAL THREE BEING INTERTWINED.
AND SO FROM MY, UH, STUDIES, I, AND, AND I DO WANT TO ADMIT THAT I TOOK A, UH, RIDE ALONG AND I WAS APPALLED FOR YOUR OFFICERS, FOR THE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO, TO EVEN REPORT THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE OUT IN THE FIELD.
SO THIS IS A WARRANTED MOVE, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT THE MOU WAS ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK.
AND THEN THE, THE ACTUAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT, IS THIS WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE SOFTWARE? AND THEN THE LAST ONE WOULD BE THE BARRY DUNN, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF THIS RIGHT HERE, ARE THEY ALL COMPATIBLE, LIKE ONCE YOU GET ALL THIS GOING? 'CAUSE YOU SAID TWO YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS, IS EVERYTHING, 'CAUSE I MEAN, I THINK EVEN WHEN I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID, THINGS WERE NOT IN BALANCE.
SO IS EVERYTHING IN BALANCE WITH THIS SPECIFIC, UH, SOFTWARE? YES.
SO WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAD A REPRESENTATIVE, LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, FROM POLICE, FIRE, UH, AND DISPATCH FROM ALL THREE CITIES, UH, AND THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS.
AND SO WE ALL, UH, WENT OVER THIS.
WE HAD DEMOS, UH, EIGHT HOUR DEMOS FROM EACH COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY, UM, UH, SUBMITTED A AN RFP WELL, FROM THREE AT LEAST.
AND, UH, SO WE QUESTIONED AND QUESTIONED AND WATCHED AND WATCHED.
AND SO WE ARE, UH, PRETTY CONFIDENT IN THIS SYSTEM HERE.
AND FROM A TESTING PERSPECTIVE, THEY TESTED IT IN THE VEHICLE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS IN A VEHICLE WITH A POLICE OFFICER, AND THEY COULDN'T, THEY, THEY, THEY MANEUVERED IT, BUT IT WAS VERY CUMBERSOME.
WAS THAT TESTED? IT WAS TESTED IN A ROOM SETTING IN A, IN A DEMO SETTING.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY BRING THEIR, THEIR MOBILE CA TO THE DEMO ROOM, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY DO THEIR TESTING.
SO NOT ACTUALLY IN A VEHICLE, BUT IN A, IN A DEMO IN A ROOM SETTING.
AND THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION WAS BECAUSE JUST LIKE, UH, MY COLLEAGUE WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT BEFORE, WHEN THEY MADE THE DECISION TO GO WITH THAT SOFTWARE, THEY SAID, OKAY, THIS IS THE SOFTWARE, THIS IS IT.
I'M ASKING THAT SAME QUESTION BECAUSE THE ONE PERSON WHO I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION ISN'T WORKING IS THE PERSON WHO'S SITTING IN THE VEHICLE WHO'S IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTUAL CALL.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION.
AND WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM BARRY DON HERE.
THANK YOU COUNSEL'S QUESTIONS.
I'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, DESOTA FOR ABOUT THE PAST TWO YEARS.
UH, AS, UH, UH, MS. BELL HAS HAD STATED TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT IT BEING, UH, TESTED.
IF I COULD BACK UP A A SECOND, WITH ALL THREE CITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO, TO INCLUDE FROM THE COMMUNICATION CENTER, WE DEVELOPED TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, QUOTE SPECIFICATIONS.
ABSOLUTELY OVER 3000 OF THEM THAT WE PUBLISHED THAT VENDORS HAD TO SPEAK TO.
TO YOUR POINT, CAD MOBILE, AS THAT IS REFERRED TO, WAS ONE OF THE PLATFORMS WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
UM, TYLER, UH, TECHNOLOGIES WAS THE PREFERRED VENDOR, UH, SELECTED.
WE PERSONALLY, UH, AT BARRY DUNN HAVE EXPERIENCE IMPLEMENTING THIS SYSTEM.
THE TYLER, UH, UH, SYSTEM THAT WE DID ONE PROJECT, UH, OUT IN OREGON.
UH, AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER CURRENT ONE GOING RIGHT NOW.
MY TEAM THAT, UH, A CITY CAME TO US ONCE THEY INITIATED THE PROJECT AND REALIZED THEY COULD NOT DO IT, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, RIGHT NOW, THE TYLER MOBILE, UH, SYSTEM, UH, ONE IS TESTED AND, AND TRUE.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS SYSTEM GIVES THE ABILITY NOT ONLY TO GO OFF OF THE MDC OR THE MOBILE COMPUTER MM-HMM.
UH, ALSO, SO THAT SERVES AS A BACKUP.
FINALLY, OUR, OUR FALLBACK IS ALL PAYMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT, SUCH AS MOBILE, IS BASED ON MILESTONES THAT THEY DO IT, WE TEST IT, OR THERE'S A TEST SCRIPT PER THE
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TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS WE DEVELOPED.WHEN IT PASSES, THAT'S WHEN WE SIGN OFF ON THEIR MILESTONE AND THEY GET THEIR, THEIR MONEY.
SO, UH, THOUGH IT IS A TRIED AND TRUE, UH, SYSTEM, UH, THROUGH OUR EXPERIENCE, WE'VE ATTACHED MILESTONES TO ENSURE, UH, PERFORMANCE AND TO ENSURE SATISFACTION, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION MAYBE TO THE CITY MANAGER IS, IS THE, UH, RIGHT NOW, IS THE, UH, IT DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO INVOLVED AT ALL IN THESE TYPES OF, UM, PROJECTS? I, I WOULD HOPE SO, TOM.
WE, WE ARE, WELL, I, I WANNA MENTION THAT TYLER TECHNOLOGY IS OUR PLATFORM FOR A LOT OF THE NEW APPLICATIONS THAT WE ARE.
UM, WE ARE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, EMBARKING ON, BASICALLY WE HAVE, GO AHEAD, TONY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE MIDST OF IMPLEMENTING THE ERP UH, PRODUCT, THE TYLER PRODUCT, UH, INTERNALLY IN OUR, IN OUR LOCAL SPACES HERE.
UH, SO, AND YES, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE, I, THE ASSISTANT IT DIRECTOR OUT AT DISPATCH, AND I GET REGULAR UPDATES FROM THEM.
WE ACT, WE DID SIT THROUGH MANY OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS AS WELL.
WE, I SAY WE, I'M TALKING OF MYSELF, THE, AND THE OTHER TWO IT DIRECTORS FOR THE DIFFERENT CITIES.
SO WE WERE PART OF THAT ENGAGEMENT.
AND THE EQUIPMENT IS ACTUALLY UP, WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS.
THIS WON'T BE YOU COMING BACK AGAIN TO SAY, WE NEED NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I YIELD THAT AND, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WITH ANY SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION, UM, BEFORE YOU GET TO A MILESTONE, THERE'S A BETA TESTING, UH, AND PART OF THAT TESTING, YOU WORK OUT ANY GLITCHES.
NO SYSTEM IS, IS THE VOID OF GLITCHES, AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT, THAT EVERYBODY HAS.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE MILESTONES, TEST THE SYSTEM, IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM, AND MOVE ON.
AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AS PART OF THAT MOU AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE, IF WE RUN INTO GLITCHES, THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CONSULTANT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA DOUBLE BACK ON WHAT, WHAT'S JUST MENTIONED.
AND HE SAID, NO, WE WON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT THESE SYS THESE SYSTEMS WILL INTEGRATE WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
BUT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE PRODUCED IN TERMS OF, YOU MENTIONED A FEW PLACES WHERE YOU ARE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OR HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS.
WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SUBSEQUENT COSTS? UH, NO, NOT IN THIS PARTICULAR DEPLOYMENT MODEL, UH, WHICH IS CLOUD-BASED.
THEREFORE, THAT TAKES AWAY THE BURDEN OF IT HAVING TO BUY ADDITIONAL SERVERS.
THE ONLY THING REQUIRED ARE, UH, CALLED VPN APPLIANCES.
UH, THOSE TWO PARTICULAR THINGS WHICH FACILITATE THE MOBILE, UH, COMMUNICATION, UH, THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT COST AND PROVIDED BY TYLER.
UH, BUT TO DATE, UH, WITH, UH, THIS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED NO ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF, OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT.
IS THIS ON PREM OR IN THE CLOUD? THIS IS IN THE CLOUD, MA'AM.
AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I GUESS THAT'S MY JOB TONIGHT.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED.
UH, THAT WAS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
THERE IS NO ORDINANCE CORRECT, MS. THOMAS? UH, THERE IS NO ORDINANCE.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL, UH, DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
[3. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with BerryDunn for project management services for the implementation of Tyler Technologies Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System software]
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BARRY DUNN FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
SOFTWARE COMING BACK IS TO MARIBEL AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
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BOHAN WITH BARRY DUNN.SO BACK IN JULY, 2022, BARRY DUNN WAS SELECTED AS A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UH, HE USED A WORKING GROUP FROM S-W-R-C-C, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM EACH PARTICIPATING CITY IT WAS CREATED, UM, WAS CREATED TO DETERMINE THE OPERATIONAL NEED AND SEEK ALTERNATIVES TO BETTER ADDRESS CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY FUNCTIONALITY GAPS OF THE CURRENT CAD AND RMS SYSTEM.
BARRY DUNN HAS LED THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE CONTRACTED TERMS. AND NOW SINCE WE FEEL LIKE BARRY DUNN IS FAMILIAR WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE S-W-R-C-C CAT RMS PROJECT AND HAS SUBMITTED CONTRACT TERMS TO CONTINUE MANAGING THE PROJECT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, THE ESTIMATE COST OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FROM BARRY DUNN IS 540,000, UH, OVER A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS, UH, THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, UH, THE COST WILL BE SHARED AGAIN EQUALLY THROUGHOUT THE, I MEAN BETWEEN THE THREE CITIES, SOTO, CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BARRY DONN FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
SO, UM, SO THE 18 MONTH, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UM, WHAT IS THE AFTERCARE CARE, UM, DO YOU STAY ON SITE? WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE DURING THE 18 MONTHS OR, UH, ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED, YOU GUYS ARE NO LONGER ONCE IT'S, UH, IMPLEMENTED MUCH LIKE THE, UH, AGREEMENT, UH, WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, THERE'S PROJECT ACCEPTANCE, UM, IN, IN THE END, UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
SO WE GUIDE, UH, AND MANAGE THE PROJECT THROUGH GO LIVE AND THEN ULTIMATE PROJECT ACCEPTANCE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WHEN THE, UH, PROJECT, YOU KNOW, RUNS OUT, CERTAINLY WE STAY IN, IN CONTACT WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY AND WORKING, UH, WITH, WITH CITIES.
UH, BUT TO DATE, I'VE NOT BEEN CALLED BACK INTO A PROJECT AT THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AFTER GO LIVE.
AND THEN WHAT IS THE REGULAR CADENCE OF THE, UH, KPIS OR THE METRICS THAT WILL BE USED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERFORMANCE ACTUALLY IS WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR BARRY? DONE? EARTH IS SOFTWARE BOTH FOR, FOR, FOR BOTH.
SO WITH, UH, WE DO, UH, AS PART OF THE, THE PROJECT WORKING WITH ALL THE CITIES, WE PROPOSE PROJECT GOVERNANCE, UH, TO, TO BEGIN WITH, WHICH, WHICH MEANS REPRESENTATION FROM EACH CITY WITH A EXECUTIVE SPONSOR, UH, OR PROJECT OWNER.
WE CONDUCT A MONTHLY STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, THAT CONSISTS OF A REPORT, A, UH, DETAILED REPORT OUTLINING THE PROJECT STATUS, UH, THE PROJECT HEALTH INDICATOR.
WE PROVIDE ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
WE PROVIDE A REVIEW OF THE SCHEDULE AND ALL THE, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UPCOMING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE IDENTIFY RISKS, ISSUES, UH, AND DOCUMENT DECISIONS, UH, FOR, UH, FOR LATER.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE EVALUATED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE EACH MONTH.
UH, AS FAR AS THE DIRECTION OF, OF THE PROJECT NOW WITH THE SOFTWARE IN ITSELF, UH, TO, TO THE POINT THAT WAS, UH, UH, MADE BY THE CITY MANAGER, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, AGAIN, USING THE MILESTONES AND MILESTONE CERTIFICATES, EACH CERTIFICATE THAT IS ACHIEVED THAT WE, UH, LOOK AT AND REVIEW AND SAY, YES, WE BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, WE SHARE WITH THE EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR, UH, UH, CONCURRENCE.
AND THEN THAT, UH, MILESTONE IS, IS ACHIEVED OVERALL.
WITHIN THE PROJECT THOUGH, WE DO WHAT'S CALLED USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING, THAT PER THE REQUIREMENTS WE DEVELOPED, WE GO BACK AND TEST ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THE VENDOR HAS TOLD US IN A PROPOSAL THEY CAN DO IT.
THEY CAME OUT AND DEMONSTRATED IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY CAN, CAN DO IT.
NOW, USING DE SOTO'S DATA AND DE SOTO'S COMMUNICATIONS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WILL WORK IN THE FIELD.
SO WE DO USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING
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BEFORE GO LIVE.AND THEN ULTIMATELY WITHIN THE AGREEMENT THERE IS A HOLDBACK OF FUNDS, A PERCENTAGE THAT WAS NEGOTIATED THAT ONCE ALL ITEMS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, UH, AT THAT POINT, TYLER WOULD BE RELEASED FROM THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN IS THERE AFTERCARE AFTER THAT WITH, UH, SO WITH TYLER, UH, THEY'RE, UH, YES, THEY HAVE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS THAT THEY MAINTAIN WITH THE, THE SOFTWARE.
AS FAR AS US WITH, WITH BARRY DUNN, IF WE'VE IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY AND THE SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL AND YOU HAVE SIGNED OFF, THE CITY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS SYSTEM IS, IS WORKING.
ANY, UH, ISSUE WOULD GO THROUGH A SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH TYLER THAT WITHIN THE, UH, SAAS AGREEMENT, THERE'S RESPONSE LEVELS OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, TO GET, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, BACK, UH, UH, TO YOU.
AND, UH, CERTAINLY CONTRACTUALLY, THERE'S NOTHING THERE THAT SAYS BARRY DONE WILL COME OUT THE NEXT DAY, TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND, BUT CERTAINLY WE CONTINUE.
UH, MY RE MY REPEAT, UM, UH, ENGAGEMENT FOR, UH, PROJECTS IS CURRENTLY AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I HAVE, UH, I'LL, I WOULD BE THERE FOR Y'ALL.
COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION ACCEPT I'M, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
BERT, YOU MISSED OUT ON THIS ONE.
UH, MS. THOMAS, JUST VERIFYING THERE IS NO ORDINANCE.
THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BIRD? YES.
[4. Consider an Ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Adopted Budget related to utilizing excess reserve funds as identified by DeSoto's Fund Balance Policy]
YOU.UM, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 ADOPTED BUDGET RELATED TO UTILIZING EXCESS RESERVE FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED BY DESOTOS FUND BALANCE POLICY.
THAT PRESENTATION IS SHALONDA OLIVER, BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THE ITEM THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT IS IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY'S FUND BALANCE POLICY THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, BY CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, 2021.
STAFF PRESENTED THE PRO PROPOSED PLAN FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE EXCESS USE OF FUND BALANCE BASED ON RESULTS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2023, UH, FINANCIAL AUDIT.
THE AUDIT DID CONCLUDE WITH THE GENERAL FUND PUBLIC UTILITIES FUND AND DRAINAGE FUND, ALL ABOVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WITH S-W-R-C-C ABOVE THE TARGET AMOUNT.
THE, UH, SANITATION FUND ENDED THE FUND BALANCE, UH, ENDED FISCAL YEAR 2023 BELOW THE MINIMUM AMOUNT.
UH, PLEASE SEE ATTACHED, UH, THE PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE RATE, UH, EFFECTIVE, INCLUDES THE RATE INCREASE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 23, AND THE PROPOSED RATE FOR OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 ADOPTED BUDGET RELATED TO UTILIZING EXCESS RESERVE FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED BY DESOTO FUND BA FUND BALANCE POLICY BY TRANSFERRING $1.5 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND AND THE EQUIPMENT, UH, REPLACEMENT FUND, AS WELL AS TRANSFERRING $1.5 MILLION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR WATER AND SEWER UTILITY COSTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MR. OLIVER.
COUNCILOR, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? SURE THING.
SO NO, UM, AT THE TOP OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, UM, IT WAS A RESPONSE TO SB TWO THAT WE WENT OUT FOR A BOND.
IT WAS, IT WAS A ONE YEAR BOND.
I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, HAVE WE, HAVE WE, UH, CLOSED THAT OUT? IS THAT, IS THAT BOND COMPLETED PAID FOR? UM, YES.
THAT BOND WAS PAID BACK IN FEBRUARY.
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OKAY.THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DRAINAGE FUND AND HOW WE KNOW THAT IT IS ACTUALLY ANTICIPATING, YOU KNOW, HOW SHORT IT IS AT THIS POINT IS BELOW AT THE SAME AND IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE SANITATION FUND? YES.
AND IT SAYS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHY COULDN'T IT BE A PART OF THIS WHEN THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY BELOW? I JUST WANT KNOW, I I'M JUST, I'M I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION.
IT ACTUALLY IS BELOW THE AMOUNT.
IT'S BELOW THE MINIMUM AMOUNT.
SO WHY WASN'T THAT ONE ADDRESSED FIRST? UM, I'M JUST WONDERING.
THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR ORDER THAT WE ADDRESS IT.
CAN, CAN, IT'S NOT APPLICABLE ASKING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, ARE YOU ASKING WHY DID WE NOT MAKE A TRANSFER TO THE SANITATION ACCOUNT FROM CORRECT.
SINCE IT'S BELOW, I MEAN, THIS, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE WE WOULD, WE WOULD ADDRESS FIRST.
AND THEN THEY'RE SAYING THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S GONNA COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THAT.
WHY NOT? WHY IS THIS NOT PART OF USE TOWARDS THAT? OKAY.
I THINK 'CAUSE THE SANITATION FUND IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND WE, WE WANT THAT FUND TO BE SELF-SUPPORTED AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T COMMINGLE, YOU KNOW, FUNDS FROM SANITATION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND OR VICE VERSA.
AND SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE PROPOSE A TAX, A TAX RATE PROPERTY, I MEAN A, UH, SANITATION RATE INCREASE, UH, DURING THE, DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION PROCESS.
AND A PART OF THAT REASON WAS SO THAT WE COULD, UH, NOT ONLY COVER THE COST OF INCREASED SANITATION COSTS, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO RECOVER OUR FUND BALANCE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY FOR FROM OH SEVEN TO, FROM OH SEVEN TO 2019, WE DID NOT, UH, WE DID NOT INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE.
WE, WE DREW IT DOWN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND SO AROUND 2019, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED REQUESTING, UH, UH, RATE INCREASES IN THE SANITATION FUND TO, TO UH, TRY TO BRING THAT, UH, FUND TO SOLVENCY.
AND SO THIS IS ALL A PART OF THAT CONTINU CONTINUED PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW THAT I WAS, I WAS REALLY GONNA GO TOWARDS THE RATE INCREASE THAT PROBABLY WAS COMING SOON AND I WANTED TO ASK WHY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, CAN THIS NOT KEEP THAT RATE INCREASE BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE NOT TO HAVE THIS INCREASE ON THEIR BILLS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, CAN THIS NOT SATISFY THAT DEBT? IS THERE NOT A WAY TO USE THIS MONEY FOR THAT PURPOSE? I KNOW YOU DON'T COMMINGLE FUNDS.
MM-HMM,
'CAUSE HE CANNOT INTERMINGLE FUNDS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEPARATE ENTERPRISE FUNDS OR IN THE GENERAL FUND.
NOW YOU CAN SAY IN THE GENERAL FUND ITSELF, YOU WANNA SUBSIDIZE THAT, THAT SANITATION FUND.
THAT'S THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, PREROGATIVE.
I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A A A FUND, A SPECIFIC ENTERPRISE FUND SHOULD BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, UH, FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
UH, YOU BE THANK YOU CAST MEMBER BFI.
ALRIGHT, SO, SO THE 1.5 IS GOING TOWARDS THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND FOR THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND SO IT'S WESTMORELAND PLEASANT RUN DANIEL DELL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND SO IS THIS A PORTION OF WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THOSE, WHETHER IT'S COMPLETELY SATISFIED THE WORK THAT IS INTENDED FOR, FOR THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS? UM, YES.
THIS AMOUNT IS JUST A PORTION OF THE WATER AND SEWER SHARE OF THE COST OF THE, UH, ROAD PROJECTS.
AND SO DO, DO WE KNOW WHICH, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT IF YOU'LL UNPACK THAT FOR ME.
AND SO AS IT RELATES TO THE, SO FOR INSTANCE, DANIELDALE, UM, THAT COST, LIKE WHAT PORTION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THIS 1.5 WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS, I GUESS EACH OF THESE THREE BUCKETS? IS IT, YOU KNOW, A THIRD, A THIRD, A THIRD? OR HOW IS IT, HOW IS IT BEING MANAGED? I HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN MY OFFICE ABOUT WHAT'S THE OPINION OF PROBABLE CAUSE? I DO NOT HAVE THAT AT THIS POINT.
SO, SO DANIELLE DELL, IF I MAY, DANIELLE DELL FOR EXAMPLE, IS $18 MILLION, $9 MILLION BY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY, $9 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY.
A PORTION OF THAT FUND, A PORTION OF THE $9 MILLION WOULD BE FOR, UM, SEWER IMPROVEMENTS OR WATER IMPROVEMENTS OR BOTH? UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH, UH, OF THE WATER LINE OR, UH, ON THE AGE OF THE WATER LINE AS WELL.
NOT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF, UH, THE UTILITY IS GONNA BE REPLACED, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS OF, YOU KNOW, AGED INFRASTRUCTURE OR, OR CONNECTIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED IN THE FUTURE.
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ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD HAVE.SO IT'S NOT A ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD.
IT DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH OF THE STREET.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS WE WILL HAVE.
AND THEN THE BENEFIT OF TRANSFERRING THIS, THESE FUNDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PARTICULAR FUND IS TO KEEP US FROM TAKING OUT BOND, UM, TAKING OUT LOANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE SAY WE PRIORITIZE THESE THINGS AND THIS IS WHAT ROSE TO THE TOP, BUT WE JUST APPROVED, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS HERE.
AND, AND PROACTIVE, PROACTIVE WORK.
OBVIOUSLY I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD ASK OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR ON THE NEEDS, UH, INVENTORY, UH, LIST, UH, HE, HE WOULD TELL YOU IT'S WAY BEYOND THE ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS PROACTIVELY.
WE STILL, I'M SURE WE STILL NEED OVER THE YEARS, WE STILL NEED, UH, A, A SPECIFIC AMOUNT EACH YEAR TO BE ABLE TO, UH, IMPROVE SOME OF THE, AGAIN, THE AGING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I, I'LL DEFER TO BRANDON TO UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER CORRECT ME OR, OR CONFIRM OR ADD AND THEN I'LL ADD A LITTLE BIT ANOTHER LAYER, UH, QUESTION FOR YOU.
AND SO AS IT RELATES TO PLEASANT RUN ROAD, UM, I THOUGHT THAT ONE WAS ON, WHILE IT'S ON THE LIST, ALL THE FUNDS HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THAT ONE.
SO WILL IT, IS IT THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING SOMETHING IN SAVINGS FOR PLEASANT RUN? I THINK THE PLAN FOR US TOO IS, IS TO FOCUS ON ALL STREETS.
UH, NOT JUST DANIEL DELL, BUT WESTMORELAND AND PLEASANT RUN.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE, UH, A SPECIFIC AMOUNT THAT THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN US FOR PLEASANT RUN AND WE HAVE ACQUIRED THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THERE.
I THINK THERE IS A PLAN, UH, THAT DIRECTOR BREWER IS, IS WORKING ON AND, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AND OTHER PARTNERS TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ADD MORE FUNDING TO IT.
THESE ARE THREE MASTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT THE CITY HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
TYPICALLY THE BONDS THAT OUR, UH, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR HAS GONE OUT FOR THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO THE RECONSTRUCTION PARTS OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS BEING PROACTIVE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING TO PUT MONEY IN THE WATER AND SEWER ELEMENTS LIKE A POT FOR ANY OF THOSE THREE PROJECTS.
THE ONLY REASON I WAS JUST QUESTIONING IT 'CAUSE MY WONDERINGS WAS IF THIS 1.5 WILL HELP US COMPLETE SOMETHING OF THESE THREE, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT OUR RATIONALE, WHAT YOUR RATIONALE WAS.
I THINK YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO TELL US WHERE TO SPEND THE MONEY.
UH, THIS IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UH, IF YOUR DESIRE AS OUR CITY COUNCIL TO SAY NO, WE WANT TO DIVERT THE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE AS A CITY COUNCIL.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION MADAM MAYOR MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED THAT SECOND.
SECONDLY, THERE WAS COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
UM, IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BIRD? YES.
[5. Consider a Resolution accepting the 2024 Tax Year Appraisal Roll submitted by the Dallas Central Appraisal District.]
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM.
NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2024 TAX YEAR APPRAISAL ROLE SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
COMING BACK WE HAVE SHALONDA OLIVER BUDGETING GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THE TAX ROAD FOR THE 2024 TAX YEAR FROM THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT OR DCA.
THE APPRAISAL ROAD IS USED TO CALCULATE THE PROJECTED TAX CALCULATIONS FOR THE CITY AND SHOULD BE FORMALLY ACCEPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CERTIFIED TAX VALUE OR THE CTV PROVIDED BY DC IS SEVEN POINT $728 BILLION AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE $208 MILLION THAT IS UNDER PROTEST.
CLAIMS BY PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ESTIMATED BY, UH, DCA.
THE TAXABLE VALUE IS USED TO BILL THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 4 25 BUDGET OF $7.75 MILLION, WHICH IS THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL.
THE CERTIFIED TAX VALUE PLUS 10% OF THE, UH, DISPUTED VALUES ACCEPTING THIS RESOLUTION OF THE CERTIFIED APPRAISER ROLE DOES MEET THE TAX, UH, THE TAX CODE REQUIREMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2024 TAX
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APPRAISAL, UH, ROLE SUBMITTED BY, UH, DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.UM, AT THIS TIME COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UH, CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLE.
WHO WAS THAT SECOND? THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BUR SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
COUNSEL, WILL WE DO A ROLL CALL? MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR? YES.
MAYOR, I PRETEND LETITIA HUGHES? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS? YES.
[6. Take a record vote on the proposed tax rate of $0.684934 (68.4934 cents per $100 of valuation) for FY 2024-2025 and set a date for the Public Hearing on the Budget to be held on September 3, 2024, and set a date for the Public Hearing on the Tax Rate to be held on September 17, 2024.]
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.6 8 4 9 3 4 SINCE 100 OF PER 100, EVALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25.
AND SET A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024.
AND SET A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024.
COMING BACK AS SHALONDA OLIVER, BUDGET BUDGETS AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, THIS ITEM IS TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.6 8 4 9 3 4, UM, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 4 25.
AND SET A DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UH, BUDGET TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE THIRD, 2024.
ALSO TO SET A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, UH, 2024 AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CHARTER.
IF THE, IF THE ADOPTED TAX RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AN ELECTION WILL BE REQUIRED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 TO APPROVE THE RATE.
THE TAX RATE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS NOT HIGHER THAN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THEREFORE, NO TAX, NO VOTE WILL BE REQUIRED.
THIS TAX, UH, THIS RATE IS ADOPTED IN TWO PARTS.
IT CONSISTS OF THE RATE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OR THE M AND O OF, UH, 0.5 0 3 9 3 4 PLUS THE RATE, UH, NEEDED TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE.
THE COST FOR STREETS, PARKED VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES OF 0.1 8 1 0 0 0.
ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL REDUCE THE OVERALL TAX RATE BY 0.0 0 0 1 5 8.
THANK YOU MS. UH, MS. OLIVER? YES, WE WOULD YOU READ THAT AGAIN? THIS IS A REDUCTION AGAIN.
COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN, UH, MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL.
SHE GOT HER ONE IN
COUNCIL, WE WILL DO A, UH, ROLL CALL AS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR.
MAYOR PROAM LATIA HUGHES? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. SO AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND, NOT EVERYBODY AT ONCE.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO ADJOURN.
COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IT IS 7:43 PM COUNSEL AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.