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[B.2. City Council Liason update regarding City events, meetings, etc., by Councilmember Andre Byrd]
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THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? WELL. I HATE YOU, CAN'T SEE ME. I'M LOOKING FABULOUS TONIGHT. NOT AS GOOD AS MR. JONES. AND OF COURSE, OUR PRESIDENT. BUT I LOOK ALRIGHT TONIGHT. LISTEN, I WANT TO TELL YOU JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW. YOU KNEW THAT THE BATTERY PLANT THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS ALL UP IN AN UPROAR ABOUT. THEY WITHDREW THEIR THEIR PETITION FOR, FOR ZONING CHANGE WITH THE, WITH THE PNC. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING. CAN YOU GUYS CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I YOU KNOW, THE THERE WAS A BUNCH OF MISCOMMUNICATION OUT THAT THE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY HEARD THAT CASE AND THAT COUNCIL HAD WAS APPROVING IT, BUT IT NEVER MADE IT TO COUNCIL. IT WAS IT ACTUALLY NEVER MADE IT TO PNC. RIGHT BEFORE THEY WERE TO GO TO PNC. THEY PULLED THE APPLICATION, WHICH MEANS THAT HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO JUST START OVER. SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT IS HAPPENING.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON, I THINK ON BEHALF OF MAYOR PROCTOR AND PROBABLY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE JOINT MEETING REGARDING THE CHARACTER CODE AND THE OVERLAY.
THAT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. WE WERE WAITING ON WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THAT THAT MOVE WAS VERY THAT MEETING WAS EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ADOPTED A BUDGET FOR 2024, 25. NO MORE MEETINGS. WE'VE ADOPTED A TAX RATE, A PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH WE LOWERED THE PROPERTY TAXES. ANOTHER PENNY. THIS YEAR, WHICH IS WHICH I THINK MAKES AT LEAST TEN YEARS THAT WE'VE DROPPED OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUE AND THE CITY ARE MORE I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT. THIS ANNUAL BUDGET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IS ABOUT $178 MILLION. SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR ACTUALLY THIS.
THE FIRST THE FIRST QUARTER OF A FISCAL YEAR IS GOING TO START IN OCTOBER. SO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WOULD BE THE FIRST QUARTER. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PROSPEROUS YEAR. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. AND UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION JUST AS A STATUS UPDATE IF YOU WILL. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT YOU'VE SHARED. ANY NEW OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE COLLABORATIVE MEETING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MORE FROM A MORE DEFINITIVE BASIS OF TIMELINE, IF YOU WILL. YOU KNOW, NO TIMELINE. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO GO BACK. I BROUGHT IT UP SIMPLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, AS WELL AS COUNCIL ARE WAITING BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF THE OF, OF THE, OF THE PROPERTIES. THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE THINGS. SO I HAVE IT ON MY AGENDA LIST TO BRING YOU A MORE UPDATE BY NEXT WEEK. I MEAN BY OUR NEXT MEETING. BUT BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN I WILL. I WILL GET YOU A MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWER. MR. PRESIDENT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THAT IN THAT JOINT MEETING, WE ALL AGREE TO WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE WAITING ON, ON BEHALF OF ASSOCIATES TO COME BACK AND MAKE A PRESENTATION AND DO MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH THAT NEW PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CHANGED THAT OR ARE WE ARE.
SO I'LL NEED TO GET WITH THAT WITH STAFF TO GET A MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWER. OKAY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO LET ME, LET ME LET ME CLARIFY. YES. I WAS MAKING REFERENCE TO WE MET A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT HAVING A COLLABORATIVE MEETING, AND THAT IS NOT OCCURRING AS A CAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO JUST FOLLOW UP ON. THAT'S ALL. YEAH. YEAH. AND IT'S DUE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING. OKAY. SO IT'S IN THE WORKS. YES. YES. JUST IMAGINE I.
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MY OFFICE. SPEAK. YES. MR. GODFREY, PLEASE. YES. YEAH. SO? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN VERY ELOQUENT IN THIS LITTLE TOWN ON HAMPTON ROAD. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO OWN IT. AND I HAVE I WAS VERY CLEAR WITH MATT AND OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT MOVING FORWARD WE NEED TO OWN IT. I THINK I'M WAITING ON A LETTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND TO SEVERAL THE DEVELOPERS TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE CHARACTER GOING FROM THEIR SENSES OR FROM THEIR. THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY. AND TWO ALSO TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEM ON ON ON, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IN THE SERVICE. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I THINK WE ONCE WE DO THIS, WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK.I THINK I NO DISRESPECT TO THE CONSULTANT, BUT I THINK IT'S NOW IT'S ON ON ON BOARD. BUT THE BALL IS IN OUR COURT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE OWNERSHIP TO THIS AND ENSURE THAT THAT CONSULTANT IS THERE JUST TO SUPPORT US. IF THERE ARE ANY TECHNICAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, BUT WILLING TO DO THAT WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPERS AND THEN WE NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN UPDATE YOU ON THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY MANAGER MAGIC, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND COUNCILMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD APPRECIATE IT. LET ME SAY, HOWEVER, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT, BUT I WANT TO BE VERY SUCCINCT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE CONSULTANT OR THE HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT CHARACTER CODE INITIATIVE IS SPOT ON. AND I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THERE'S A HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE IS RELATIVE TO THE FACT WE'VE AS THE BOARD, WE'VE CONTINUOUSLY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE COLLABORATIVE MEETING THAT'S IN ALMOST INTERNAL MEETING AMONG DISCIPLINES, AND THAT'S THE MEETING THAT I JUST WANT TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE ALL RIGHTY AND LEFT HAND ALIGNED ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONSUMMATE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE, ESPECIALLY AS WE COME AGAIN TO ANOTHER CLOSE OF FISCAL YEAR. AND THOSE THINGS AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGETING, AS WE TALK ABOUT THOSE DELIVERABLES THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ACHIEVE THAT. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE BRING CLOSURE. SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT TO PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO BE MATTER OF FACT, MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY. AND I THINK THAT OUR CITY MANAGER SPOKE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. BUT HOWEVER THERE IS THERE THERE REALLY DOES NEED TO BE A ROUNDING UP OF THAT SAME GROUP TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS WHAT, WHAT IS NEXT AND HOW WE'RE GOING LOVE. WHILE HE PULLED TOGETHER THOSE DEVELOPERS TO KIND OF KEEP US ALL IN THE LOOP, I THINK THAT AFTER THAT MEETING, WE WERE ALL ON ONE PIECE OF BIBLICAL PHRASE, AND PASTOR JONES WOULD APPRECIATE IT. WE WERE ALL ON ONE ACCORD FOR THE MOST PART. IS THAT CORRECT? PASTOR JONES? AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR CHURCH.
YOUR NEIGHBOR. AMEN. AMEN. AND I THINK THAT WITH WHEN WE GET BACK. AND WHAT WHAT I WOULD COMMEND YOU TO IS GETTING WITH THE CITY MANAGER TALKING WITH MAYOR PROCTOR TO GET A DATE SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH ANOTHER ROUNDTABLE TO, TO AT LEAST HAVE ANOTHER GROUP MEETING. I THINK THAT THAT MEETING WAS SO PRODUCTIVE, AND IT PUSHED US SO FAR AHEAD THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE. SO I WILL COMMIT TO YOU TO DOING THAT. AND I WOULD SAY BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, YOU GUYS CAN EXPECT SOME TYPE OF UPDATE FROM FROM MYSELF. AND AFTER I TALKED TO AFTER I TALKED WITH THE MAYOR AND MR. ALCOHOL-FREE, IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH? WELL, THANK YOU, BUT I JUST AGAIN, NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT I WANT TO BRING APPLES TO APPLES. OKAY. WITH THE HAMPTON ROAD MEETING AND IN COLLABORATION IS ONE THING. THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE DDC BOARD. HAVING ASKED TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN BE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, MARCHING FORWARD MONTH OVER MONTH, OVER MONTH, AND THAT HAS NOT TRANSPIRED. SO.
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SO LET ME SEPARATE THE TWO. IF I MAY. AND AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T MISCONSTRUE. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT ANYONE ON THE ON THE SPOT WHILE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. ARE YOU ASKING FOR A MONTHLY COLLABORATIVE MEETING? NO. WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE TALKED ABOUT A QUARTERLY MEETING. AND AGAIN, THIS EVEN SUPPORTS EVEN MORE SO WHY WE'RE WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE'RE NOT EVEN ON THE SAME PAGE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED. AND PLEASE DON'T MISCONSTRUE ME. I KEEP SAYING THAT. BUT BY RIGHT WE HAD DISCUSSED HAVING A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH VARIOUS DISCIPLINES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT A, A COHESIVE MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD WITH OUR PLANNING. HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE IS ONE PROJECT. TO THE CITY MANAGER'S POINT AND SPOT ON. THIS IS A SEPARATE INITIATIVE THAT THE DDC HAS REQUESTED, AND THAT CITY MANAGER MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE WASN'T ON BOARD. RIGHT? RIGHT. WHEN THE MAYOR SAID IT WAS THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTION, SHE CAME AND SAID THAT WE'D LIKE SHE'D LIKE TO SEE A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR BOARD, AS WELL AS PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE COUNCIL AND INITIALLY, SHE SAID SHE'D LIKE FOR US ALL TO HAVE ONE PLANNING MEETING. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY, THEN THEN I WOULD HAVE TO REMIND THE MAYOR OF THAT REQUEST AND OF THAT BECAUSE I'M, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION AND I'LL JUST TALK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT THE HAMPTON ROAD WAS, WAS A TYPE OF THAT TYPE OF MEETING AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ANY DIFFERENT. BUT THAT IF THE MAYOR, IF THAT'S WHAT HER REQUEST WAS, I REMEMBER YOU GUYS REQUESTING THOSE TYPE OF MEETINGS, BUT I WILL SEND THE MAYOR A TEXT NOW AND LET HER KNOW THAT THE REQUEST IS STILL ON THE TABLE THAT IS IN HER COURT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND CITY MANAGER, YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT. THAT'S WHAT OUR INTENTIONS WERE. BUT NOW THAT YOU ARE ON BOARD, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU. THAT WE THINK THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ALL ARE IN STEP IS THAT WE COMMUNICATE AND GIVE THE CITIZENS OF DE SOTO THE KIND OF SUPPORT AND COVER AND INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. NOW, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. AND I THINK, I THINK MR. PRESIDENT AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE ARE ON, ON THE SAME TUNE WHEN IT COMES TO HAMPTON ROAD. I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY PUT THE SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD AND TIME AGAIN IS OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS. AND CERTAINLY A PART OF THE MEETING COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT SCHEDULE AND NOT JUST DISCUSS THE HAMPTON ROAD, BUT GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OTHER THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU OR THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US SOMETHING. IF YOU GIVE ME AS AS COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD SAID, IF YOU GIVE US THE CHANCE, YOU KNOW, BY NEXT WEEK, MAYBE WE'LL WE'LL PUT IN A MAYBE WE'LL PUT IN A KIND OF A JUST A QUICK PLAN TOGETHER AND HAVE YOU HAVE A LOOK AT IT AND, YOU KNOW, CRITIQUE IT AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE GROUP WOULD DESIRE TO DO. SO ABSOLUTELY. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR OBSERVATION AND DIRECTION WITH THAT GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY MANAGER MAGIC AND COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD, WE REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE UNDERSTANDING THERE. AND THE EFFORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY ADDITIONAL JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND I TAKE MY CUES FROM HIMSELF. GOT IT. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY[C. CONSENT AGENDA]
MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT. AND IF SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR MARK JONES AND VICE PRESIDENT RUFF THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. LET ME READ THOSE. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T READ THEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. CONSIDER APPROVING THE SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
SO FORGIVE ME ON THAT. SO ANY ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AND A. SAY I. SAY HI. FIRST TIME I WAS LIKE
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I. OH YEAH. THERE WE GO. THAT'S WHY I LET YOUR LAWYER. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO. I'M JUST GOING TO READ THAT. AND[D. EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE]
THEN SO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DELIBERATION. HERE WE GO. IT IS CURRENTLY 635, AND WE WILL NOW MOV* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.