Oct 14, 2024 City Council Special Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS 6 P.M. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR DESOTO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK MISS THOMAS TO GIVE US THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE.

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION ]

[a. Consider making and approving a nomination for a candidate to be a member of the Board of Directors for the Suburban Cities Representative to the Dallas Central Appraisal District and authorizing the Mayor to submit a Nominating Resolution for the approved nominee]

MRS. NORTH, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND FOR US, PLEASE? YES, SHE IS OUR NOMINEE HERE AND WE WILL APPROVE HER BY RESOLUTION. THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS NORTH, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. THANK YOU,

[a. Presentation of proclamation honoring National Domestic Violence Awareness Month]

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SO. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM

[b. Presentation of proclamation honoring National First Responders Day]

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AND WHEREAS FIRST RESPONDERS PUT THEIR OWN SAFETY AT RISK WHILE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, SERVING AS OUR FIRST AND STRONGEST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST EMERGENCIES THAT THREATEN OUR COMMUNITIES. DESPITE BEING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR SACRIFICE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THEIR WORKING HOURS. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY IS ALSO A CALL TO ACTION, FIRST RESPONDERS DESERVE OUR SUPPORT AND PROVIDING THEM WITH RESOURCES AND RAISING AWARENESS, WE CAN HELP THEM LEAD HEALTHIER, MORE PRODUCTIVE LIVES. THIS SUPPORT ENABLES THEM TO CONTINUE PASSING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIRST RESPONDERS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO APPRECIATES ALL FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE AND SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS, NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 28TH, 2024, AS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF DESOTO TO OBSERVE AND SHOW APPRECIATION FIRST TO FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXE. THE 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024 SIGNED RACHEL L PROCTOR. MAYOR ATTEST ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY. WE. WOULD ANY OF YOU INCREDIBLE PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE WORDS AT THIS TIME? I WOULD, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. AND FIRST OFF, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BESTOWING THIS HONOR UPON US. THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCI. THIS IS TRULY A PROFOUND HONOR. AND I'M HERE STANDING IN, IN THE STEAD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THE TRUE IMPORTANCE OF FIRST RESPONDER DAY. YOU KNOW, WE ALL, AS INDEPENDENT SERVICES, WE HAVE OUR OWN WEEKS THAT WE ARE HONORED. BUT ON OCTOBER 28TH, WE'RE HONORED TOGETHER IN IN THE TRUE PARTNERSHIP THAT THAT ACTUALLY WE SHOW ON A DAILY BASIS, RIGHT AS EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP. WE WORK TOGETHER EVERY DAY. SO NOT ONLY AM I UP HERE REPRESENTING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'M I'M REPRESENTING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 911 SERVICES AND OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND I'M SURE THEY AGREE WE ARE ARE HONORED AND WE THANK YOU. FOR THE JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN

[c. Presentation of DeSoto ISD Quarterly Report/Update]

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AND I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN PARKER ALSO CAME TOWARD THE END OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE. BUT WITH THAT, WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING SYSTEMS FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR STUDENTS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE COMING TOGETHER BEFORE SPORTING EVENTS, HAVING A HUDDLE OF HOPE. AND WE HAD OUR FIRST HUDDLE OF HOPE. THIS SATURDAY. I MEAN, FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FOOTBALL GAME WHERE MEN

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WE ALSO SERVE 220 STUDENTS AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE COMPLETED 210 HOURS OF TUTORING THROUGH THE LIBRARY, TUTORING AND STAR BOOT CAMP. AND SO THE INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE JUST KIND OF SHARES THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO CAME TO THE LIBRARY. AND SO THANK YOU.

SO MUCH TO LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP. BUT WE ALSO ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT AS A RESULT OF THOSE COMBINED EFFORTS AND WORK, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THE GAP FOR STUDENTS. AND SO IN THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED, JUST VERY QUICKLY, THE IMPACT IS THAT STUDENTS ACROSS VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR READ SCORES AND THE READ SCORES IS A MEASUREMENT FROM THE NWEA MAP ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE FOR THAT BASELINE DATA. WE SAW SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AT MCALLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO COCKRELL HILL. WE ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN MATH AT MOATS. AND SO OVERALL, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH BECAUSE THROUGH THE USE OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS, AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE ADDRESSING DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND BUDGET SHORTFALLS, WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS FROM THE GRANT PROVIDED BY THE CITY TO CLOSE THE GAP. AND AS A RESULT, WE HAD SOME POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ROGERS, FOR THAT UPDATE. AND WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DESOTO ISD, AND WE ARE JUST FOREVER GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL AND JUST TO PLAY A SMALL PART IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, WE I SAY ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME. SO DESOTO ISD AND THE CITY OF DESOTO ARE HAND IN HAND. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION? DOCTOR MARX I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. DOCTOR ROGERS, FOR COMING FORTH AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH US. I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR CITY MANAGER AND YOURSELF SOMEWHAT VISITING SCHOOLS. SO AS YOU GUYS DO YOUR CALIBRATION WALKS, I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU'RE VISITING SCHOOLS. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN AS THE COMMON THREAD OF THE THEME? WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND IN THOSE CLASSROOMS? SO AND THEN THEN OF COURSE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? I GUESS THAT'S THE OVERALL QUESTION. WELL, AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO ONE, THE WALKS THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE CITY MANAGER IS JUST TO KIND OF ACCLIMATE HIM TO THE GREAT THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING. ONE THING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE REALLY KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE AMAZING ACADEMY FACILITIES IN DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE TOURED OUR HEALTH SCIENCES, OUR FINE ARTS BUILDINGS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT THEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT FUTURE FORWARD. WE ALSO VISITED THE ESPORTS LAB, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AND THE TEAM HAS KICKED OFF ITS SECOND SEASON, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE IT TO STATE AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS HOW DO WE TIE IN AND CONNECT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PATHWAYS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR FACILITIES PLANNING? SO WE'VE COMPLETED A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT AND WE ARE ENGAGED IN MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED FOR UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS. SO I DON'T WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THIS SPRING, YOU'LL HEAR LOTS OF

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[d. Presentation of Development Services Quarterly Update Report]

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE FIRST PART OF THIS REPORT WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED AT THE MAYOR'S 360 LAST THURSDAY. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY BRIEFLY. THIS MAP HERE IS THE LIST OF ALL OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. AS YOU SEE. NOTE NUMBER SEVEN IS FOR OUR 2021 PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THEM TO YOU ON THIS MAP BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A CORRECTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON PARKVILLE. IF YOU'VE BEEN ON PARKVILLE, THE SECTION BETWEEN SOUTHWEST MORELAND AND SOUTHAMPTON, YOU WILL SEE A LONG LONGITUDINAL CRACK THAT HAS REOCCURRED THAT WAS THERE BEFORE THE PROJECT GOT STARTED. WE DID HAVE THE GEOTECH COMPANY FROM THE CONTRACTOR DO AN ANALYSIS OF THAT AREA TO TRY TO PROVE THAT THE CONTRACTOR THEMSELVES WAS NOT AT FAULT, AND IT DID SHOW THAT WE COULD NOT ASCERTAIN THAT IT WAS THE CONTRACTORS FAULT. WE BROUGHT TO YOU AT YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING A CHANGE ORDER TO MAKE A WHAT'S MORE OF A PERMANENT CORRECTIVE ACTION TO THAT. WHAT IS GOING TO BE IS NOT JUST SIMPLY A MEAL AND REPLACEMENT. WE'RE GOING DOWN DEEPER AND PUT REINFORCED CONCRETE BELOW THE SURFACE. THEN COME BACK OVER THERE WITH ASPHALT. SO YOU HAVE GRACIOUSLY APPROVED THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING NEXT MONDAY AT 530. WE'RE JUST NOW GOING TO BE ARRANGING IT WITH OUR I.T. AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. THE PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY START THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. AFTER THAT, OCTOBER THE 28TH, THIS IS GOING TO BE ESTIMATED ABOUT A 60 DAY PROJECT. IF OR LESS. WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG AGAIN? BECAUSE WE HAD TO PUT THAT REINFORCED CONCRETE, REBAR AND EVERYTHING IN UNDERNEATH. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED ON. WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME MESSAGE BOARD SIGNS ON BOTH WAYS. NONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT AREA ARE GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. THEY MAY HAVE TO COME IN OR OUT ONE PARTICULAR DIRECTION, BUT THOSE MOTORISTS WHO ARE USED TO GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH ARE THE ONES THAT'S GOING TO GET IMPACTED.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE PROJECT AND WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED ON THE OTHER PROJECT ON THIS SAME 2021 PROJECT THAT WE HAVE DESERVED CRACKS ON. IS WINTERGREEN JUST ON WEST OF WESTMORELAND. WE HAVE NOTICED CRACKS. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO INITIALLY DO SOME SEALANT UP THERE, CRACK SEALANT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR AND WE'RE

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DETERMINING WHEN THE PROJECT IS GOING TO START IS WHEN THE CITY DETERMINED FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

NEXT PROJECT WESTMORELAND PROJECT COST HAS ALSO INCREASED FROM THE 17.5 TO 20 MILLION.

DALLAS COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO 3 MILLION. DESIGN IS 100% COMPLETED, STARTED CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DETERMINED WHEN FUNDING IS AVAILABLE. DANIEL DALE ROAD PROJECT COST IS SHOWN RELATIVELY CORRECT. 21 MILLION. DESIGN IS 90% COMPLETED. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR THE PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER AT BOLTON. BOONE AND DANIEL DALE. WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO OBTAIN SOME MORE RIGHT OF WAY THAT CAME LATE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF A DESIRE TO CREATE A LEFT TURN LANE COMING DOWN BOLTON, BOONE. BUT THE PROJECT WE ARE WORKING WITH, DALLAS COUNTY, WE'VE HAD A ANALYSIS DONE COST SAVINGS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE FINALIZE THAT. IN THE LAST BOND THAT YOU APPROVED, YOU DID APPROVE 9 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THAT IS OUR ANTICIPATED SHARE. IF WE TAKE 3 MILLION, WHICH IS THE WATER AND SEWER, AWAY FROM THE 21 MILLION, 18 DIVIDED BY TWO IS GOING TO BE NINE. SO WE THINK WE HAVE FUNDING. WE THINK WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THAT ONE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GET INTO A CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY.

HAMPTON ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROJECT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE LISTENERS, PLEASE GO TO W W W ENVISION HAMPTON ROAD.COM TO KIND OF LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THIS IS JUST THAT VISION. THE CITY IS TRYING TO CREATE. BUT PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF. OUR 2023 ALLEYS 100% DESIGNED, COMPLETED. MY STAFF IS NOW WORKING ON THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO BIDS, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU THOSE BIDS SOON FOR YOUR REVIEW. 2023 R&R. WHEN WE SAY R&R AGAIN, THAT'S A NEED TO RE PLACE THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES THAT OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT HAVE IDENTIFIED NEED CORRECTING. WE HAD ORIGINALLY PUT THESE SEVEN STREETS ON THE PROJECT, BUT BECAUSE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY, WE'VE HAD TO BREAK THIS PROJECT UP INTO TWO FISCAL YEARS. THE TOP FOUR WILL BE 2025, THE BOTTOM THREE WILL BE 2026, BUT AND EACH ONE OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS WILL BE DONE IN TWO PHASES UTILITY FIRST, FOLLOWED BY STREET RECONSTRUCTION. THE 2024 LIST, THE TOP ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AGAIN, THAT'S SOUTHAMPTON ROAD. THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE THIS ON THIS LIST. THAT WAS THE MILLION OVERLAY. THE SECOND PROJECT WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT TO YOU YET, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT NEED SOUTHMORELAND FOR JUST SOUTH OF BELTLINE TO EAGLE DRIVE. IT'S GOTTEN VERY DETERIORATED PUBLIC WORKS WITH OUR NEW POTHOLE PATCHER HAS GONE OUT THERE AND DONE SOME EXCELLENT SQUARE CUTTING, BUT THE ROAD DOES STILL NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING CORE DRILLING THIS WEEK. WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ABOUT A SIX INCH DEPTH OF ASPHALT THAT'S THERE BEFORE WE CAN COME BACK WITH A MILLION OVERLAY, BUT WE'LL BRING YOU THAT COST WHEN WE SEND IT OUT TO BIDS TO SEE IF WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT. THE NEXT FOUR PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS WE HAVE YOU HAVE APPROVED. WE HAVE GIVEN IT TO DALLAS COUNTY. THEY'RE ROAD AND BRIDGE, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM THAT. THEM ON THEM DOING ACTUALLY DOING THOSE STREETS. COUNCIL, YOU APPROVED A LED STREET CONVERSION PROJECT. AND WHILE IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT, ONCOR HAS BEGUN. THEY HAVE TOTALLY COMPLETED THE STREET LIGHTS ON SOUTH POLK. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE STREET LIGHT FIXTURES THAT HAVE DUAL LIGHTS ON A SINGLE POLE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY FINISHING UP ON PLEASANT RUN. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO NORTH HAMPTON AND EAST WINTERGREEN PHASE TWO. THEY ARE STILL DESIGNING IT. SO WE WILL STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND BRING YOU THE COST OF WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE. WE BROKE IT UP INTO TWO PHASES, INTO TWO PROJECTS, BECAUSE THE FIRST PROJECT, WE INITIALLY THOUGHT WE WAS GOING TO USE THE ENERGY EFFICIENT GRANT THAT WE WAS AWARDED, BUT JUST LAST MONTH OR EITHER AT THE END OF AUGUST, WE WERE TOLD BY ONCOR, WHO WAS WORKING WITH THEY CANNOT RELEASE THEIR PAYROLL INFORMATION, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THIS FEDERAL GRANT. THERE IS A DAVIS-BACON ACT THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, BUT THEY JUST TOLD US LATE IN THE GAME AFTER WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR A YEAR. SO THE PROJECT IS STILL GOING ON.

WE DID TRANSFER THE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND LAST YEAR TO ONE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO PAY FOR THIS, TO NOT LOSE THE GRANT MONEY. WE ARE GOING TO BE COMING

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THERE ARE FIVE UNITS ON TOP. WE ACTUALLY REPLACED ONE IN JANUARY. WE HAVE ONE THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REPLACE THE OTHER FOUR ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE'LL BRING YOU THOSE COSTS WHEN WE GET THOSE AVAILABLE TO HELP SUPPORT. NOW THAT WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT. THE FUNDS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THIS. BUT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A WHITEWASH BALANCE WITH THE ENERGY GRANT. BUT WE STILL HAVE TO INITIALLY HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY UP FRONT STORMWATER DRAINAGE PROJECTS. WE HAVE THREE GOING ON HEATH CREEK STABILIZATION WAS 100% COMPLETED RIGHT BEHIND 109 METHODIST. THE OTHER THREE THAT'S GOING ON IS SHORELINE DRIVE, LAKE GROVE, AND THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE OAK CREEK ESTATES DRAINAGE. AGAIN, THIS ONE WE DO NEED TO IDENTIFY FUNDING. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU, YOU SELECTED ALTERNATE, I BELIEVE IT'S NUMBER TWO AT A 2.2 MILLION PRICES. HAVE NOW WITH THE ENGINEERS ON BOARD. LOOKS LIKE 2.4. WE HAD TO FIND A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS ONE.

ALSO, THE AQUATIC CENTER IS MOVING. THEY'RE DOING ALL THE UTILITIES RIGHT NOW. WATER, SEWER, WASTEWATER. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE UTILITIES ONCOR AND ATMOS TO BRING UTILITIES OVER. SO THAT PROJECT IS STILL FORECAST, CHRIS, I BELIEVE TO BE FINISHED.

DECEMBER 20TH, 25 OR JANUARY. FEBRUARY 2026, BUT THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD. THIS MAY BE HARD TO READ, BUT I HAVE EXTRA COPIES IN MY FOLDER HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE PROVIDING YOU SOMETHING FROM OUR BUILDING PERMIT AND INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO HELP YOU SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DID THE ENTIRE YEAR OF OCTOBER THROUGH THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, TOTAL PERMITS 5065. TOTAL REVENUE 968,287 FIVE. ZONING. AGAIN, THIS REPORT IS FOR MY FULL DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIVE DIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. THE FIRST CASE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO COME TO YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. WE JUST GOT A CALL FROM THE APPLICANT. THIS IS 804, WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING THE AGE RESTRICTIVE MULTIFAMILY BEHIND THE DALLAS BEHAVIOR HEALTH CLINIC. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON, AND THEY REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM BEFORE THEY COME TO YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TOMORROW NIGHT TO CONTINUE THAT TO ACTUALLY ON NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING. AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM SEEING ANY PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, WHICH IS THE ELECTION NIGHT. THE DEVELOPER HAS INDICATED HE DOES NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. SO ON THE 19TH, IF YOU APPROVE, TOMORROW NIGHT, IT'LL BE TABLED. GOING THERE, STILL GOING DOWN THE LIST. WE HAD A COUPLE OF CASES THAT REMOVED THE BIG QUESTIONABLE ONE BY THE RESIDENT WAS VESPER ENERGY. THEY DID WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION AND WE STILL HAVE OTHERS TO GO.

BUT THIS IS THAT LIST OF WHAT'S GOING ON. IS THAT FAST ENOUGH, SIR? THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SPEED OF LIGHT, MR. BREWER.

THANK YOU. YES, DOCTOR. MARKS, MR. BREWER, TRAINING FOR THE COMMISSIONERS. WHEN IS THAT AGAIN? THE LAST TUESDAY OF THIS MONTH. THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE BY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE TWO BACK TO BACK MEETINGS. THEY'LL HAVE THEIR FIRST ONE ON THE 22ND, WHICH IS THEIR REGULAR SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH, AND THE ATTORNEYS WILL BE HERE ON OCTOBER THE 29TH. WE HAVE THREE NEW MEMBERS AND THUS EVERYBODY WILL GET FULL TRAINING. THE TWO SEASONED MOST MEMBERS LAST WEEK WAS THEIR LAST MEETING, SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT TRAINING. SO OCTOBER THE 29TH AT 6 P.M. WILL BE THEIR TRAINING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. BREWER, FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SEEM TO THANK YOU FOR THE HAMPTON ROAD, THE I KNOW THAT THE PLEASANT. I'M SORRY PARKVILLE. THAT SITUATION IS ABOUT TO OCCUR AND SO I HOPE THAT I ONLY WANT TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT HAPPENED DURING THE HAMPTON ROAD ZOOM. CALL SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY OR SOMEWHERE TOOK THE INFORMATION FROM THE ZOOM CALL AND GOT ON THERE AND DONE SOME NEFARIOUS THINGS. I WOULD ONLY HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER WAY OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY. YES, I SAW IT THAT WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER WAY OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEETING, WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY FOCUSED. I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING, BUT I DO. I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. I WANTED TO CALL IT OUT BEFORE TONIGHT. SO TRUST ME, THIS IS

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DALLAS COUNTY TOOK THE LEAD ON THAT. THAT IS A PART IS WHAT CAUSED US TO BE DELAYED. WE HAD TO CHANGE THE PLANS AND TAKE THEM FROM LOCAL STANDARDS TO FEDERAL STANDARDS ON THOSE TWO APPLICATIONS. AND SINCE WE DIDN'T GET THE SECOND SUBMITTAL, WE DID HAVE TO TAKE THEM BACK.

BUT YES, THERE'S BEEN APPLIED FOR GRANTS. OKAY. SO WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THESE CALLS DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR MORE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. LIKE I SAID, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF I MAY, CLARIFICATIONS ON THE DANIEL ROAD. WE'VE WE'VE HELD JUST RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL AS WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT. SO THERE IS PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING OR STATE FUNDING OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER TOLL ROAD FUNDING. SO WORKING WITH MICHAEL MORRIS, WITH THE AGAIN, WITH COG TO KIND OF DEFINE SOME OF THE SCOPE LIMITATIONS, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY AS WELL. AND THAT'S NOT JUST ON DANIEL DALE, BUT IT'S ALSO ON WESTMORELAND. AND WE'VE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT OTHER STREETS AS WELL. SO THERE COULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ANYTHING IN THE YOU KNOW, IN THE HOPPER, IF YOU WILL. THANK YOU. AND I WILL ADD, EVEN JUST TODAY WE GOT TOLD ABOUT A FEDERAL GRANT DEALING WITH THE HIGHWAY SAFETY. AND ONE OF THE ROADS THAT QUALIFIED IS THE ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

WESTMORELAND AND WINTERGREEN. THE NEED FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SO THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE'VE HIRED DEALING WITH THIS SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, GRANT ADVISED US THIS, AND WE HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THAT CONTRACT. IT'S WITHIN MY SPENDING AUTHORITY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET FUNDING FOR THAT. WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING FOR GRANTS. WHENEVER WE HEAR ABOUT THEM.

COUNCILMEMBER CHISOLM, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MR. BREWER. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE DECISION ON THE LED LIGHTS. I REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION, BUT THE PRIORITIZATION OF WHICH STREETS CAME FIRST, COULD YOU'RE RECALL MY MEMORY ON WHAT WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE DETERMINING FACTOR ON THAT A PART OF THE POLICY THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A PREVIOUS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, CHRISTOPH, ESTABLISHED A POLICY THAT IT WAS GOING TO GET ALL MAJOR THOROUGHFARES FIRST BEFORE THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER, BRANDON WRIGHT, IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED WE COULDN'T DO ALL OF OUR STREETS AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITHIN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE GRANT. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T REALLY USE BELTLINE, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S ON PHASE TWO, WITH THAT BEING A TEXT. THAT RIGHT OF WAY. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SELECTING STREETS THAT HAD THESE DUAL POLE SELECTIONS. AND THAT'S THE REPORT THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU. WAS THERE EQUITY TO ENSURE THAT EACH AREA THAT WE EACH REPRESENT IS SO THERE'S NOT AN OVERLAPPING OF LIKE MAYBE THE SAME AREA GETTING I DON'T THINK WE LOOKED INTO THAT. I THINK WE JUST LOOKED AT IT BEING A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND WHERE THE STRETCHES WERE 35 TO HAMPTON, HAMPTON CITY LIMITS AND GOING NORTH AND SOUTH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE LOOKED AT NECESSARILY THE DISTRICTS. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE MCALLEN WAS GIVEN A COMPLETION DATE OF FEBRUARY 2026. IS THAT CONTINGENT ON

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THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. MY QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO THE PARKER PARKERVILLE ROAD. REDO THE WINTERGREEN ROAD REDO, AND THEN THE UPCOMING ROADS THAT WILL BE, I GUESS, RESURFACED OR ASPHALTED. NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS AS IT RELATES TO PARKERVILLE ROAD. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU EXPLAINED TO US WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THE CRACK, I GUESS FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT OR FROM A VENDOR STANDPOINT, HAS IT BEEN IDENTIFIED WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, MEANING WE'RE NOT? WILL WE ENCOUNTER THIS AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT ROAD AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF WHAT THE BEST METHOD NEEDS TO BE SO THAT SO THAT THERE'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, GO BACK AND FORTH REDO, EVEN IF IT'S ON THEIR DIME, IT'S STILL YOU KNOW, TIME AND TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, RESIDENT FRUSTRATION AS IT RELATES TO THE REDO. I CAN'T SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEW CITY MANAGER, MR. GODFREY BROUGHT TO US WAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MR. GODFREY. WHAT'S THE TERM ROOT BARRIER THAT YOU PUT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS WHEN IT'S CURBLESS TO WHEN THESE STREETS ARE CURBLESS THAT THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TREES AND YOUR ROOTS, THAT YOU SHOULD BE PUTTING A ROOT BARRIER ALONG THE OUTER PERIMETER OF IT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY HELP PREVENT DRAWING OF WATER FROM THE TREES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO IT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD THAT WILL INCREASE OUR PRICES, BUT IT MAY SALVAGE THE STREET LONGER, LONGER, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS ON CURBLESS STREETS. OKAY. AND THEN SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A EXPECTATION. SO NOW THAT WE ARE DOING THE REPAVING, ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A LIKE SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SUSTAINABILITY MEASURE. BUT JUST MOVING FORWARD IS THERE LIKE SOME TYPE OF SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AS IT RELATES TO THAT. SO THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF COMING BACK TO THIS PLACE OR LIKE WHAT WE NEED TO EXPECT TO THINK ABOUT OR FUTURE COUNCILS NEED TO EXPECT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ROAD REPLACEMENTS OR REDOS. WE WILL NEED TO DISCUSS THOSE THINGS INTERNALLY. CITY MANAGER YEAH, IF I MAY SHARE ON IN THE LIFE OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. THEY CALL IT THE TWO, FIVE AND SEVEN TWO YEARS. YOU DO JUST PRESERVATION, FIVE YEARS YOU DO A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAY AND AFTER SEVEN YEARS YOU DO KIND OF A REHAB TO IT. SO WITH ASPHALT, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S THE TREATMENT THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE AT A, AT A SPECIFIC PAVEMENT RATING. SO YES, CONCRETE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DURABLE. OF COURSE, IT'S FIVE TIMES AS MORE EXPENSIVE. SO IT'S THE COST BENEFIT ACTIVITIES OF THAT OKAY. MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. SO MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN MAYBE IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE NEXT TIME THAT'S COME AROUND, WHETHER IT'S BUDGET SEASON AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE OF THE DURABILITY PIECE WITH THE COST WISE RELATED TO ASPHALT VERSUS CONCRETE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE TOO POOR TO BE CHEAP IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO. SO JUST JUST MAKING CERTAIN TO ABSOLUTELY THAT COUNCILS KNOW THAT, OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. THANK YOU, MR. BREWER.

[e. Presentation of the proposed new Burn Tower for the DeSoto Fire Training Center]

FBI GOVERNMENT AGENCY SWATS. THEY ALL COME IN AND USE OUR FACILITIES FOR TRAINING. IN

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AND THEN WE WOULD JUST SNAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE ORIGINAL BURN BUILDING BECAUSE IT WOULD SMOKE OUT. WE JUST COULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE LIVE FIRE IN THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE RIGHT THERE WITH THAT CONEX BOX. KIND OF LIKE A SMOKER, IF YOU WILL. WE HEATED UP THE BOX AND LET THE SMOKE GO THROUGH THE BUILDING, AND THERE'S JUST OTHER PICTURES OF HOW IT LOOKS CURRENTLY THAT CONEX BOX IS NOW REACHED ITS LIFE LIMIT. WE STARTED THAT IN 2019. WE'RE IN 2024 AND WE JUST CAN'T BURN IT ANYMORE. SO WE STARTED LOOKING A FEW YEARS AGO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.

WE I WENT OUT FOR MULTIPLE GRANTS, TRYING TO GET A GRANT TO GET A BURN BUILDING. I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL ON THOSE, SO BUT WE DID FIND A NEW FACILITY THAT WE WANT TO DO, AND IT'S A CUSTOM MODULAR BURN BUILDING. IT MEETS THE NFPA, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

1403 STANDARDS FOR THE SAFETY AND WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO BURN, TO BURN. AND WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS MODULAR BUILDING, IS IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE AS THE CITY GROWS, WE CAN ALTER THE BUILDING, WE CAN ADD TO THE BUILDING, WE CAN MAKE IT TALLER, WE CAN DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE WANT. WHICH IS WHAT REALLY DREW ME TO THIS BUILDING VERSUS LIKE A FIXED BUILDING. MIDLOTHIAN BUILT A REALLY NICE FACILITY, BUT IT'S A FIXED BUILDING THAT THEY BUILT JUST LIKE A REGULAR HOUSE. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. IT'S A FOUR STORY, TWO STORY, ONE STORY BUILDING. AND THEN AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, THIS WILL FACILITATE US YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. WE CAN ALTER IT, CHANGE IT. THIS BUILDING HAS SPECIFIC BURN ROOMS INSIDE THE BUILDING THAT'S LINED WITH WHAT THEY CALL PAGINATE, THAT CAN BE BURNED IN UP TO 1200 DEGREES AND THEN THE REST OF THE ROOMS WE JUST USE FOR OTHER TRAINING. WE DON'T ACTUALLY BURN, SO THERE'S DESIGNATED BURN ROOMS SO THAT IT WILL LAST LONGER. AND THEN AS THINGS BREAK OR WE NEED MAINTENANCE, IT'S A LOT CHEAPER TO MAINTAIN THIS TYPE OF BUILDING WHERE WE CAN REMOVE DAMAGED SECTIONS, PUT BACK NEW SECTIONS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND THIS IS JUST A SCHEMATIC OF IT. AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE THOSE IN THERE. THIS IS OUR TRAINING FIELD AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IT. YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE CIRCLE THERE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A WHITE 18 WHEELER. THAT'S A STORAGE CONTAINER THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY REMOVE. WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT GRASS SECTION RIGHT THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO WE CAN ENCIRCLE THE BUILDING. AS WE ARE DOING OUR TRAINING. WE'LL BE COMING BACK IN NOVEMBER TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THIS IS THIS IS ALREADY BUDGETED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FROM A FEW YEARS BACK. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MONEY. IT'S ALREADY THERE. WE'VE JUST BEEN DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT BUILDING THAT WOULD WORK FOR US NOW, AND WORK FOR US IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU CHIEF. SO HEARING THAT THIS IS JUST AN FYI. THAT'S RIGHT. WE I JUST WANT I DIDN'T WANT TO SPRING THE HEY, WE NEED Y'ALL TO APPROVE THIS BIG CHUNK OF MONEY WITHOUT Y'ALL SEEING WHAT WE WERE DOING AND WHY WE WERE DOING IT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH, COUNCILOR. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? WE KNOW AGAIN THAT THIS WILL BE COMING BACK TO US IN NOVEMBER.

[f. Presentation of Financial Report September 2024]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. WE SAVE THE BEST PRESENTATION FOR LAST. WE ARE ROUNDING OUT THE FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2024. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE YEAR. SO BEGINNING WITH OUR GENERAL FUND, AS WE KNOW, WE STARTED OUT OR ENDED OUT WITH A BUDGET REVENUE BUDGET OF 58.5 MILLION YEAR TO DATE, END OF SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE RECEIVED 58 MILLION. WE'RE AT 99.1% ON OUR REVENUE, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE ALREADY AT 100%. SO WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD WITH OUR GENERAL FUND. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES LISTED HERE AND KIND OF HOW WE PERFORMED IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR PROJECTION AND WHERE WE HAVE LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO END THE FISCAL YEAR FOR OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE, WHICH IS OUR CHIEF OPERATING FUND. SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT. AND THE EXPENDITURES, WE ALSO HAVE

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OUR EXPENSES LAST YEAR, WE ENDED AT 94.6%. THAT WAS AT OUR SEPTEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT. OUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ARE LISTED HERE. PUBLIC UTILITY ADMINISTRATION 74%. UTILITY BILLING. CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS 96% 97% ON FIELD OPERATIONS AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL AT 100%. IN OUR SANITATION FUND, WE BUDGETED TO HAVE 6.9 MILLION IN REVENUE YEAR TO DATE. WE'VE COLLECTED 7.3 MILLION. WE'RE AT 105.8% IN THE SANITATION FUND. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. AS WE KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD UP FUND BALANCE IN THAT FUND AND WE'VE WE'VE PERFORMED VERY WELL THIS YEAR WITH OUR SANITATION FEES AND THEN CORRESPONDING WITH OUR EXPENSES. WE ARE AT 88.0%. AND THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 89%. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING IN REVENUE, BUT ALSO WATCHING EXPENDITURES AND ENSURING THAT WE DON'T EXCEED OUR BUDGETED AMOUNT ON OUR EXPENDITURES AND OUR SANITATION FUND. IN YOUR REPORT, YOU ALSO HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS REPORT, WHICH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'VE COLLECTED JUST ABOUT ALL OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES. YOU HAVE A HUB REPORT AS WELL AS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO END WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24. ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT, OF COURSE, WE KNOW SEPTEMBER 30TH DOES END THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE DO HAVE ACCRUALS THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, REVENUE THAT WE GET IN NOVEMBER. AND DECEMBER, ESPECIALLY SALES TAX IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES, ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 24. SO EVEN THOUGH IN THE GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT 99.1%, IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT.

THEN CONSEQUENTLY, WE'LL HAVE SOME EXPENDITURES THAT ARE GOING TO STILL BE PAID AS WELL. WE STILL HAVE SOME INVOICES, ANY SERVICES THAT WERE DELIVERED DURING FISCAL YEAR 24. AND WE WERE GETTING THOSE BILLINGS IN. OF COURSE, WE'RE ON NET 30 WITH OUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE, SO WE'LL STILL HAVE INVOICES TO PAY AS WELL. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS FOR ALL THREE OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS, WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE MORE REVENUE THAN WE DO EXPENDITURES. SO WE DO INTEND TO ADD TO THE FUND BALANCE ON ALL THREE OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISOLM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON, FOR YOUR REPORT. WAS IT ME OR WAS IT ARE WE GOING TO GET ANOTHER REPORT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THE OVERTIME OR LIKE THE MWB FINAL NUMBERS? IS THAT WAS THAT JUST BY THOSE ARE ON NOT THE PRESENTATION BUT THOSE ARE IN YOUR PACKET OKAY. YES. WE NO OVERVIEW TODAY. NO OVERVIEW.

WELL I CAN TELL YOU FOR THE HUB WE DID NOT MEET OUR GOAL. WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT. I BELIEVE WE CAME IN JUST UNDER 5%. GOTCHA. AND I KNOW I HAVE THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA CONVERSATION. HOWEVER, I WAS HOPING JUST TO HEAR GOING INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR IF YOU ALL WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT I ASSUME WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM INSTEAD. AND THEN I'M OKAY. AND SO MY OTHER QUESTION WAS I COULDN'T HELP BUT TO NOTICE THAT FOR THE YEAR END REVENUE AND EXPENSES, THERE WERE A FEW AREAS THAT WERE OVER WHAT WAS FORECASTED FOR THE BUDGET, SUCH AS THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES IN PARTICULAR. ALSO, I ALSO NOTICED FOR WATER AND SEWER THERE WAS OVERAGE AS WELL. REC FEES WERE 157% AS WELL. AND I GUESS WHERE I TRY TO TOE THE LINE IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE OVERTAXING OUR OUR CITIZENS VERSUS IF OR DID WE JUST DO A BAD JOB AT FORECASTING? RIGHT. BECAUSE I WORK IN THE WORLD OF

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AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS DURING THIS LAST BUDGET SEASON TO THE POINT IT KIND OF CAUSED US TO VOTE DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT. SO COULD YOU TALK TO THAT 30% DECREASE THAT YOU SAW BASED ON WHAT WAS ACTUALLY FORECASTED FOR US TO DO IN BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS? WELL, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WITH THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, THE DEPARTMENTS IT COMES DOWN TO PERSONNEL BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, PERSONNEL IS ABOUT 70%, PROBABLY IN EACH DEPARTMENT OF THEIR OF DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET. SO A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO PERSONNEL VACANCIES. HOW LONG WAS THE POSITION VACANT, WHAT POSITION WAS VACANT AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. ALSO, WE ARE NOT DONE SPENDING. SO WHILE YOU ONLY SEE MAYBE IN THE 60S OR 70% RIGHT NOW, BY THE TIME WE FINISH IN THESE FINANCIALS ARE ACTUALLY AUDITED, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE EXPENDITURES THAT WILL SHOW UP THERE TO INCLUDE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET. AS WELL. YES, PRETTY MUCH EVERY DEPARTMENT ARE NOT MOST DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT DONE PAYING FOR THINGS BECAUSE BECAUSE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN BILLED FOR EVERYTHING YET. HOWEVER, YOU DON'T FORESEE US GOING OVER WHAT WAS FORECASTED.

NO, NO. GOTCHA. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS, IS THE NOT NOT DID THE DEPARTMENT GO OVER OR DID THE, THE CATEGORY GO OVER, BUT DID WE GO OVER AS A WHOLE? THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE. YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW GENERAL FUND, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REVENUE WE BROUGHT IN VERSUS THE EXPENDITURES. WE'RE AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER ABOUT 3 MILLION OVER WE PROBABLY WON'T WE'LL PROBABLY END ABOUT 2 MILLION OR SO OVER. SO THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE. YOU KNOW, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAPHAEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I LIKE THAT IT WAS CONCISE AND PRECISE AND EASY TO SEE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU PUT IN THE PACKET. MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX AND SO ON. THE REVENUE SIDE I GUESS THE FORECAST WAS ONE THING. WE GOT TO 98.1% OF THAT. AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND LIKE MAYBE PROBABLY HOW WE FORECAST. BUT WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THE INPUTS THAT MAY HAVE NOT, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN US TO THAT 100%? WERE THERE MORE PROTESTS WERE THERE DOT DOT DOTS? I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE NORMALLY TRY TO ESTIMATE BETWEEN 95 TO 100%. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR NORMAL AND WHERE WE NORMALLY END. NOW, AS I STATED, WE ARE JUST ABOUT DONE COLLECTING PROPERTY TAX DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANY PENALTIES OR DELINQUENT TAX OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WON'T STILL COME IN AND BE CREATED IN FISCAL YEAR 24. SO WE'LL LOOK AT OUR FINAL NUMBERS ONCE WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE AUDIT PROCESS.

DOES THE COUNTY HAVE A CERTAIN DATE OR A CERTAIN MONTH THAT WE SHOULD HAVE OUR FINAL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT. Y'ALL KNOW THEY WE'RE WE TRY TO LOOK AT ABOUT 60 DAYS AFTER YEAR END. SO BY THE END OF NOVEMBER WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE CREDITED EVERYTHING TO PROPERTY TAX. OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT SELF TAX. SO SELF TAX WAS FORECAST. YOU KNOW. WELL IT CAME IN AT 91.8%. SO ARE THERE ANY TRENDS THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF AS IT RELATES TO SALES TAX. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO DO A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF SALES TAX. BUT SALES TAX IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF LOOK AT HISTORICAL DATA, WE LOOK AT TRENDS, WE LOOK AT SEASONAL THINGS AND ITEMS LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO FORECAST.

SO THE 91.8% IS PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WE WERE ONLY AT 85.1% BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE COVID SITUATION AND EVERYTHING. SO BUT BUT WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE 91.8 AND ALSO WITH SALES TAX, WE WILL BE STILL COLLECTING SALES TAX FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS AS WELL. SO VERY

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AND MY LAST QUESTION, YOU KNOW, MY LAST QUESTION JUST IN GENERAL. OH MY GOSH, I THINK I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. A DOLLAR SAVED IS A DOLLAR EARNED BECAUSE THEN WE CAN PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, PUT THOSE EXTRA DOLLARS ON OUR ROADS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

[a. Presentation and Discussion of the Retiree Insurance Actuarial Study results]

COUNCIL MAYOR. EARLIER THIS YEAR, COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO CONDUCT AN ACTUARIAL STUDY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL LIABILITY WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO OFFER A FINANCIAL STIPEND OF $250 FOR RETIREES THAT CHOSE OUR HEALTH CARE PLAN TO ASSIST WITH THE PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS. SO WITH ME TODAY IS OUR BROKER, LANCE PENDLEY FROM MCGRIFF, WHO'S GOING TO CONDUCT THE PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU THE STUDY RESULTS. THANKS. MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS DANNY MENTIONED, WE WERE HERE FEBRUARY 19TH AND GOT APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TO DO THE ACTUARIAL STUDY THROUGH THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH GRS CONSULTING. SO JUST FOR I'M NOT AN ACTUARY, I'M YOUR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONSULTANT. THERE WAS A VERY DETAILED REPORT THAT GRS PROVIDED FOR US. I'M HERE TO SUMMARIZE THAT IF WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER TONIGHT AND I'LL GET BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH THOSE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY. BUT THERE WAS A VERY DETAILED ANALYSIS DONE ON THE OPTIONS FOR THE RETIREES. I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE PRESENTATION HERE. THERE WE GO, ALL OF YOU. I THINK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WERE HERE WHEN WE DID THESE ORIGINAL PRESENTATIONS. CURRENTLY, PRE AND POST 65 RETIREES ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE COVERAGE THROUGH THE CITY, BUT PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUMS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 175 REQUIRES THAT THE CITY MAKE AN OFFER OF COVERAGE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO PAY FOR THAT COVERAGE. ADDING EMPLOYER SUBSIDIES TO THE PRE 65 AND POST 65 RETIREE COVERAGE WILL BRING FUTURE LIABILITIES TO THE CITY, AND I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING THOSE THOSE FUTURE LIABILITIES HERE IN A MINUTE. WE COULD ALSO SEE INCREASES IN PARTICIPATION THAT WOULD IMPACT FUTURE MEDICAL RENEWALS AND LOSS RATIOS. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PERFORMED WELL AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. YOU ALL APPROVED FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD NEXT YEAR WITH A 0% INCREASE FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELFARE OR MEDICAL RENEWALS FOR THE ACTIVE PRE AND POST 65 RETIREES. BUT AS MORE RETIREES WERE TO JOIN THE PLAN, WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE IMPACTS TO CLAIMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH OUR WITH OUR PLAN. AND THEN WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM THESE REGULAR ACTUARIAL STUDIES. GRS IS THE VENDOR THAT A LOT OF OUR MUNICIPAL CLIENTS USE THROUGH THEIR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. BUT Y'ALL WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM THOSE STUDIES ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS IF YOU WERE TO PAY FOR COVERAGE. JUST AS A ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A REFRESHER FROM PRIOR MEETING. YOU KNOW, I DO WORK WITH A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES. A LOT OF YOUR PEERS, THERE ARE CITIES THAT OFFER SUBSIDIES TO PRE 65 RETIREES. BUT THE TREND YOU KNOW, HAS MOVED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER CITIES THAT HAVE GROWN AND STARTED TO BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW CHAPTER 175. THEY DO OFFER THE COVERAGES, BUT THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING THOSE COVERAGES. BUT WE DO HAVE A LIST OF CURRENT CLIENTS THAT ARE SUBSIDIZING COVERAGE OVER HERE ON THE LEFT. TYLER, GRAPEVINE, TEMPLE, DENTON AND MESQUITE ARE A COUPLE OF OUR CLIENTS THAT SUBSIDIZE. AND THEN YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT CEDAR HILL FLOWER MOUND, WAXAHACHIE, GREENVILLE, ABILENE, A NUMBER OF OUR CITIES THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY SUBSIDIZE PRE 65 COVERAGE. AND JUST A BULLET POINT THERE THAT THE RULE OF 80 IS, IS A VERY COMMON WAY OF THE SUBSIDY THAT'S PROVIDED WHERE THEY TAKE A TOTAL OF AGE PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE. AND IF THOSE EQUAL 80, THEN THERE'S A SUBSIDY THAT'S PROVIDED. I DID WANT TO GIVE THE COUNCIL SOME INFORMATION TO TALK

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THANK YOU, MR. FINLEY, FOR YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR OUR PREVIOUS MEETING WHERE YOU ATTENDED AND YOU SAT THROUGH ALL OF OUR EXCITING AGENDA ITEMS, AND WE DIDN'T GET TO GET TO YOUR ITEM THAT. SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. HOWEVER WE IT DOES. WE DO HAVE A LIGHT ON COUNCILMAN BIRD. I THINK HE HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN. I KNEW I WAS COMING, I KNEW IT WAS COMING. SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHY A CITY WOULD EVEN CONSIDER INCURRING THE EXPENSE? WHAT WHAT WHAT HOW DID WE GET DOWN THIS TRACK WITH WITH THE SURROUNDING CITIES AROUND US? NOT OFFERING IT CURRENTLY, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW WE GOT HERE. I'M SURE IT WAS A FEEL GOOD

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AND SO THE ACTUARIAL STUDY HAS TO ANALYZE WHAT ARE OUR LIABILITIES TO THOSE THOSE CURRENT ACTIVE EMPLOYEES THAT WE WILL WE HAVE NOW MADE A COMMITMENT TO ONCE THEY BECOME PRE 65 RETIREES, ONCE THEY BECOME POST 65 RETIREES. SO THAT IS ONE FUNCTION OF IT. AND THEN THE OTHER. I TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR HEALTH PLAN, WHICH ULTIMATELY IMPACTS YOUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGETS. IT IMPACTS BOTH CITY RATES, EMPLOYEE RATES. AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER AGENDAS. AND SOME OBJECTIVES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD, LIKE SELF-INSURANCE. RIGHT NOW WE PAY PREMIUM ON A MONTHLY BASIS. BLUE CROSS PAYS THE CLAIMS WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, AND DANNY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO MOVE THE CITY TO A PARTIALLY SELF-FUNDED PLAN. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THIS WOULD HINDER THAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS COMPLICATED, RIGHT? I YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE FACTS. RIGHT. AND IF YOU WOULD TALK TO GRS OR ANY ACTUARIAL FIRM, THEY WOULD SAY A PRE 65 RETIREE COST 30% MORE THAN AN ACTIVE EMPLOYEE. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF AGE. AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO BUT THAT BUT THAT THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY I THINK COST WOULD RAISE AS WE HAD MORE PRE 65 AND POST 65 RETIREES ON THE PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND I WANTED TO GIVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION WITH HOW THIS ITEM GOT BACK TO US. IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY MAYOR PROCTOR'S IDEA. IT WAS A CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL. WE HAD TO APPROVE THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THIS ACTUARY ACTUARY STUDY DONE. SO IT WAS NOT JUST MY IDEA, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT FROM TIME TO TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THIS STUDY DONE. COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE OF WHAT MR. CITY MANAGER, MISS GREENLEE, WHAT WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO HAVE FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT ON THIS ITEM? WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR CONSENSUS IS. DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED? IF SO, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR AN AGENDA ITEM TO BE APPROVED.

MR. CITY MANAGER. YEAH, AS RECOMMENDED I THINK THE LAST THE LAST SLIDE SHOWS THE RECOMMENDATION AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR CONCURRENCE APPROVAL ON IT. OKAY. SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

AND COUNCIL, IF IT I KNOW THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME SEEING THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY. AND

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I'M SORRY. THE PREVIOUS THREE BULLET POINTS WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I WAS SET TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THE LAST MEETING. AND IT WAS TABLED. BUT THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE RENEWAL WITH BLUE CROSS, APPROVED THE PLAN DESIGN CHANGES AND THEN THE 25 CONTRIBUTION FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES ALL REMAIN THE SAME. I THINK IT WAS UNDER A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY. SO THEN WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE LAST BULLET POINT OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST IF I MAY, IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT THE ACTUAL PREMIUMS DID NOT EVEN INCREASE. CORRECT. CORRECT. CITY MANAGER. SO WE DID WE DID. THE CITY OF DESOTO DID A GREAT JOB IN THAT TERM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE BRING THIS ITEM BACK BEFORE WE MAKE AN ACTUAL DECISION ON ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT AGAIN THAT'S A COUNCIL DECISION. SO WE'LL WE'LL START AT YOUR END. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER WITH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DECIDE TONIGHT OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ITEM COME BACK FOR A DECISION. WELL, I'M OKAY WITH JUST DECIDING TONIGHT. I'D RATHER JUST GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF NOT CONTINUING, BUT OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE DECISION TONIGHT, AND I CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. COUNCILMAN BURKE. BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL COST, I WOULD MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT. OKAY? THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE WE ONLY LOOK AT THE LAST ONE. THE LAST BULLET TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, I CONCUR. OKAY, SO WE WILL MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT. WE DO? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A CONSENSUS, A MAJORITY CONSENSUS ON GOING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF COUNCIL. DOES THAT SOUND ACCURATE? YES. ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU HAVE IT.

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING FOR BEING HERE. YOU

[b. Presentation and discussion of updates on the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for the City of DeSoto]

WE RECEIVED A GRANT. THE GRANT, THE FEDERAL AUTHORITY GRANT GAVE US $160,000. AND OUR PORTION IS THEY BASICALLY REIMBURSE US AND OUR PORTION IS 40,000 TOTAL $200,000. STUDY IN LAST APRIL, IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO CONDUCT THIS STUDY, AND WE STARTED OUR STUDY IN LAST MAY, AND WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE. SO OUR CONSULTANT IS HERE TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATES ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE DONE DURING LAST FOUR MONTHS, AND ALSO THE PROGRESS THAT WE MADE. WE ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THIS STUDY BY DECEMBER. IT IS OUR PLAN TO DO A PRESENTATION TO YOU ON SOMETIME IN JANUARY, MOST PROBABLY ON JANUARY 21ST. CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVE

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COUNCIL MEMBERS BRIAN SHAMBURGER AGAIN WITH KIMLEY-HORN. MDE GAVE A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE WORK. I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL INITIATIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

VISION ZERO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, SOME PEOPLE DON'T. BUT WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE STATE OF SAFETY WITHIN THE CITY HERE IN DESOTO, AND THEN GO INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE ACTION PLAN, AND THEN SOME NEXT STEPS.

SO NOW THERE'S BEEN AN INITIATIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AGAIN, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO SAVE LIVES. AGAIN. WE'RE FIRST RESPONDERS. IT'S A IT'S A IT'S REALLY A TEAM EFFORT. BUT THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR ROADWAYS. THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OLD GUARD AND HOW WE'VE LOOKED AT THINGS OVER THE YEARS, IT'S THAT'S, WELL, DEATHS ARE GOING TO OCCUR. THEY'RE INEVITABLE. AND PEOPLE IT REQUIRES PERFECT BEHAVIOR. BUT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES, RIGHT. AND WE CAN WE HAVE TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. THE REALITY IS THAT THAT'S ALL THINGS THAT FROM A FROM A FENDER BENDER TO FATALITIES. BUT THE REALITY IS, IF WE CAN HAVE MORE OF A NARROW FOCUS ON FATALITIES AND SERIOUS CRASHES AND AGAIN, I WON'T TALK ABOUT ACCIDENTS BECAUSE ACCIDENTS ON OUR ROADWAYS REALLY DON'T HAPPEN. THEY ARE CRASHES. THEY ARE VIOLENT CRASHES BETWEEN CARS AND CARS AND PEOPLE AND CYCLISTS. AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. OKAY. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS ON OUR ROADWAYS. AND IT'S ALWAYS JUST THE INDIVIDUAL. IT'S EVERYONE.

WELL, IT'S THAT PERSON'S FAULT. IT'S YOUR FAULT. IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT. IT WASN'T MY FAULT. AND THE REALITY IS IT'S A SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH. IT'S ABOUT ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR ENGINEERS, OUR PLANNERS. IT'S THE ROADS THEMSELVES AND THE CONDITIONS AND THE POLICIES.

AND PEOPLE THINK IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO FIX THESE THINGS. AND THE REALITY IS BY BETTER POLICIES, BY BETTER PLANNING, BY BETTER PRIORITIZING SAFETY IN SOME OF OUR DECISION MAKING, IT DOESN'T REALLY COST A LOT TO DO IT. SOME THERE WILL BE SOME INVESTMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO DO IT. SO WHY VISION ZERO? WHAT'S THE WHOLE REASON BEHIND THIS? WELL, WE AGAIN WE WANT TO REDUCE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. WE WANT TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THERE'S SOME ECONOMIC BENEFITS. OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU HAVE A LOSS OF LIVES, THERE'S THAT THOSE LONG TERM HEALTH CARE COSTS, THERE'S PROPERTY DAMAGE, THERE'S PRODUCT PRODUCTIVITY EQUITY. WE TALK ABOUT THAT MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THE PLACES WHERE MAYBE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED, OR MAYBE INVESTMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE. SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE AREAS WHERE WE CAN HAVE A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THEN ALSO SUSTAINABILITY. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EARLIER ON ABOUT GOOD PLANNING, MAKING SURE THAT MAYBE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND WALK AND WHERE THEY CAN, WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE WALKING, RIGHT, OR RIDING OR BIKES AND MAYBE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CARS TO TRAVEL TO. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS AND BENEFITS FROM THIS. SO VISION ZERO HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY PRESENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HERE LOCALLY ACROSS SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS. BOTH BOTH DALLAS FORT WORTH, HOUSTON, A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES. MIDLAND. WE ACTUALLY RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR PLAN, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, THE COUNTRY IS ACCEPTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ON BOARD AND THE GOAL IS ZERO ZERO DEATHS. OKAY. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT'S

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WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC AND GET SOME INPUT THERE ABOUT WHERE THEY SEE OUR PRIORITIES ARE. BUT WE KNOW OVER THE LAST, FROM 2020 TO 21, RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW A 10% INCREASE IN CRASHES. OKAY. ALSO, OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD FROM 2019 TO 2023, WE SAW 124 FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES. 27 OF THOSE WERE FATALITIES. I MEAN, WE LOOKED AT 27 PEOPLE.

HOW MANY IF WE HAD THAT. THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE. NO LONGER RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE LIVING IN DESOTO. 90, ALMOST 100 SEVERE INJURIES THAT MAYBE HAVE CONTINUAL EFFECTS LONG TERM DOWN THE ROAD, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OVER 5 TO 600 CRASHES EACH YEAR. AGAIN, THE ELEMENTS IN GREEN DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM ARE THE HIGH INJURY CRASHES. THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY.

THEY'RE CONTINUING. WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS I MENTIONED SPEEDING ALMOST 8%. DRIVER INATTENTION. WE THINK THAT NUMBER IS WAY UNDERREPRESENTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS KNOW TO REPORT THAT IS IF THEY SEE IT OR IF SOMEONE ADMITS, YEAH, I WAS ON MY PHONE WHILE I TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF THAT. SO OR YOU KNOW, SO IT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT. WHAT'S THE 18% THAT'S SHOWN. SO HOW DO WE FIX IT? SAFE SYSTEMS IN JUST EQUATES TO SAFE MOBILIT. SO IT'S ALL OF OUR POLICY MAKERS. IT'S OUR PLANNERS. IT'S PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIORITIZING SAFETY IN THE DESIGN OF OUR ROADS. IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL USERS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INFORMED, FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE ROAD. BUT ALSO IF MISTAKES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN. CAN WE LESSEN THE SEVERITY? OKAY. SO WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS PLAN MD MENTIONED THIS. THERE'S THE FEDS. THEY'VE GOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE'RE IN THE YEAR THREE OF THE PROGRAM. SO WE NEED TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN. SO WE CAN THEN TAKE THE PLAN AND APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION DOLLARS TO GO OUT AND THEN FIX WHAT WE IDENTIFY AS PART OF THIS SAFETY ACTION PLAN. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN APPLY FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. FOR THOSE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO HELP. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DEFICIT IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY. WE WANT TO USE THESE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN ADDITION TO CIP, TO GET THOSE CAPITAL, THE SAFE PROJECTS AND TO HELP IMPROVE CAPACITY, BUT ALSO SAFETY. AND AGAIN, MD MENTIONED THE AWARD. IT'S 80% FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A $200,000, YOU PUT $40,000 IN. SO WHAT ARE THOSE REQUIREMENTS? WELL, YOU NEED TO HAVE LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT.

AGAIN, COUNCIL, YOU COMMITTED TO HELP PROVIDE THE LOCAL MATCH. BUT WE ALSO HAD THE PLANNING STRUCTURE, THE TEAM IN PLACE TO HELP GUIDE THE PROCESS. I MENTIONED. IT'S A SAFETY ANALYSIS. AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE DATA WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. WE'RE CONSIDERING EQUITY AND HOW WE'RE EVALUATING AND PRIORITIZING SOME OF THE AREAS WE WANT TO FOCUS ON. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME POLICY CHANGES TO MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY DOING THAT YOU COULD BE IMPLEMENTING TO PROVIDE MORE, SAFER ROADWAYS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC SOME SPECIFIC LOCATIONS TO MAKE SOME INVESTMENTS. AND THEN WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WE'RE MAKING WE'RE REDUCING THE TREND. I MENTIONED THE PLANNING TEAM

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EVERYONE SHOULD WE'VE GOT FLIERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THIS, YOU NEED TO GO TO THIS WEBSITE. IT'S THROUGH THE CITY'S WEB PAGE. BUT PULL OUT YOUR PHONES RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO. YOU HAVE IT. YOU GOT A QR CODE AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN GET ENGAGED, STAY INFORMED AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AS PART OF THAT FILL OUT A SURVEY SHOW, SHOW US SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. AGAIN, WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE. WE DEVELOP THESE FLIERS. WE'VE HANDED OUT FLIERS. WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THAT MORE AS WE CONTINUE. WE ATTENDED THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SPENT SOME TIME HANDED OUT FLIERS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PICTURES OF EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THAT. BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP, THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE JUST ARE JUST GETTING IT SCHEDULED. IT'S A TUESDAY AT THE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY CAFETERIA THERE, OCTOBER 29TH, ON THE TUESDAY FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GREAT, ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE SAFETY TOWN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BRING PEOPLE IN. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, LET'S CALL THEM DRUNK GOGGLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME INFORMING PEOPLE WE GOT STUFF FOR THE KIDS TO KIND OF COME IN AND GETTING CLOSE TO HALLOWEEN.

WE MAY HAVE SOME TRICKS AND TREATS TO DO, BUT WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE, PEOPLE EDUCATED AND TELLING US ABOUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. AGAIN, WE'VE NOTED THAT, YOU KNOW, SEE THINGS HERE BOTH IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T LEFT OUT IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS. AS WE CONTINUE AGAIN, CRASHES OVER TIME, THE RATE OF CRASHES HAS INCREASED. IT STARTED TO GO DOWN. BUT AGAIN, ANY THAT'S A POSITIVE THING. BUT ANY ANY, ANY FATALITY ON OUR ON THE CITY ROADS IS AGAIN UNACCEPTABLE. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT TREND DOWN TO ZERO. WE'VE LOOKED AT THE CRASH FREQUENCY. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THIS HEAT MAP THAT WE DEVELOPED AGAIN OVER THE TIME PERIOD FROM 2019 TO 2023. WE'VE HAD 15 FATALITIES OVER THAT TIME, 50 SEVERE INJURY CRASHES AND OVER 230 MINOR INJURIES. SO WE'LL START TO LOOK AT THIS AND THAT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY MAYBE SOME KEY AREAS OF THE CITY WE WANT TO SEE. MAYBE WE'LL DO SOME FURTHER STUDIES. AGAIN. WE START TO LOOK AT EMPHASIS AREAS AND SOME OF THOSE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. AND WE COMPARE THAT AGAIN TO WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE, AGAIN, TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN DE

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AND THE FATALITY RATE I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER HAS DECREASED. SO WE DEVELOPED A HIGH INJURY NETWORK. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS SO WE LOOK AT THE FATALITY RATES AND CRASH RATE AND WE COME UP WITH A CRITICAL CRASH RATE AND ANY CORRIDORS OR INTERSECTIONS OR SECTIONS SEGMENTS THAT HAS A RATE HIGHER THAN THAT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATIO, IF IT'S GREATER THAN ONE, THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. SO THESE AREAS IN RED ARE THE RESULTING HIGH INJURY NETWORK SECTIONS WHERE THERE'S A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE CRASH RATE AND THAT THOSE AREAS IN RED ONLY REPRESENT 2% OF THE CITY'S ROADWAY NETWORK, BUT INCLUDES OVER 55% OF THE CASES. THOSE CASES ARE FATAL AS ARE SERIOUS INJURIES. 55% OF THE CARS AND 80% OF ALL THE FATALITIES. SO WE THINK WE'RE CAPTURING IN ONLY 2% OF THE ROADWAY, ALMOST 87, 87% OF THE FATALITIES AND 83% OF ALL THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN RELATED FATALITIES. SO WE THINK WE'VE NARROWED DOWN THE AREAS. AND SO FROM THAT, WE WANT TO LOOK FURTHER. WE WANT TO LOOK IN MORE DETAIL. SO WHAT WE OUR OUR OUR SCOPE AND OUR BUDGET, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES OF THAT. AND SO WE'VE BASED ON THE ON THE PLANNING TEAM AND STAFF AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS, WE BROKE INTO A COUPLE GROUPS AND IDENTIFIED THESE THESE FOUR SEGMENTS.

AGAIN, IT ACTUALLY EQUATES TO ALMOST ABOUT THREE MILES. BUT IT'S WEST BELTLINE FROM DUNCANVILLE TO COCKRELL HILL. IT'S ALSO EAST BELTLINE FROM HAMPTON TO POLK. AND THEN WE HAVE PLEASANT RUN RIGHT OUT HERE FROM HAMPTON TO CHATTY. AND THEN HAMPTON ROAD FROM WINTERGREEN TO EAST CENTER PARK ROAD, EAST CENTER, PARK BOULEVARD. SORRY. SO THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT OVER THIS NEXT, NEXT WEEK AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STAFF GO OUT IF THEY WANT TO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME INVESTIGATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO WALK THE CORRIDORS. WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH IDEAS AND COUNTERMEASURES TO IMPROVE SAFETY. SO THAT'S OUR BIG FOCUS. I ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME WE'RE GOING TO ALSO IDENTIFY SOME POLICY AND MAYBE SOME PROCEDURAL CHANGES THAT THE CITY CAN IMPLEMENT TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY. SO WE HAD OUR LAST PLANNING TEAM MEETING ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER. WE BRAINSTORMED SOME IDEAS. WE KIND OF DID SOME PLANNING WENT UP ON, KIND OF GAVE A BRAINSTORM, PUT SOME THOSE POST-IT NOTES ON THERE AND THE DIFFERENT EMPHASIS AREAS, AND WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE, WHAT COULD WE RECOMMEND? NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES TO INCORPORATE INTO THE ACTION PLA. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION. WE'RE SUMMARIZE IT AND COME UP AND ADD TO THAT. COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE MOVED FORWARD.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'RE AGAIN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING OUT AND DOING SOME ACTUAL THE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENTS. THE ROAD SAFETY AUDITS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THOSE. WE'RE DOING THOSE NEXT WEEK, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT WE DO NEED YOU TO GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND GET INVOLVED. AND WE NEED TO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS IF YOU WANT TO PROMOTE IT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. HOWEVER YOU COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR FOLKS IN YOUR DISTRICTS, WE NEED TO POINT THEM TO THIS WEBSITE AND ALSO TELL THEM ABOUT THE UPCOMING EVENT ON THE 29TH, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUN TIME. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH GOOD PARTNERING WITH THE ISD, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HELP HOST THAT EVENT. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET AS MUCH INPUT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. SCHEDULE MD DID A GOOD JOB OF THE OVERVIEW THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS TO GET A DRAFT PLAN IN PLACE. WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU BACK IN DECEMBER WITH THE HOPE OF DOING A FORMAL ADOPTION AS WE KIND OF WANT TO GET THINGS READY FOR OUR THE GRANT CYCLE THAT'S HAPPENING NEXT YEAR. A LOT OF MOMENTUM, A LOT OF COOL THINGS HAPPENING, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY. AND WE AGAIN, WE

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I MEAN, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, THAT'S I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. YEAH. SO WE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE OF THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THESE UPCOMING EVENTS. AND SO WE CAN GET MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST GET TO IF THEY CAN IF THEY CAN BE PRESENT IN PERSON, THAT'S GREAT. BUT IF THEY CAN AT LEAST GO OUT AND FILL OUT THE SURVEY, THERE'S ALSO AN INTERACTIVE MAP. AND THEY THEY CAN GO AND SAY, I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. THERE'S MISSING SIDEWALK HERE, OR IT'S IN BAD SHAPE, OR I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOL FOR, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO THE LIGHTING IS POOR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WE JUST WANT THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT IN SOME WAY, AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KIND OF BRING IT BACK TO THE PLANNING TEAM TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WELL, I HOPE THAT WE GET MORE OUTREACH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY AFFECTS ALL OF US. BUT THE REASON I BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ACTUAL PLANNING OF OUTREACH, ARE YOU EXPECTING YOUR OUTREACH TO GIVE INPUT TO YOUR DRAFT OR YOUR PLAN? WE ARE. WE'RE HOPING THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE IS PART OF THE SURVEY, OR ANY OF THE MAPS OR THE PUBLIC, THE IN-PERSON EVENTS, SOME OF THE POP UP EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP THAT WE'LL USE THAT TO HELP PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE DECISION, OR WHERE WE START TO THINK ABOUT MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AS PART OF THAT. IT'S REQUIRED TO HAVE SOME PUBLIC FEEDBACK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. SO I WOULD HOPE FROM THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING THE QUESTION WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF OUTREACH, WE ALWAYS HAVE THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, CITY MANAGER. AND YET WE'RE NOT TALKING TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL WE ASK THEM TO DO A SURVEY. AND I HAVE FOUND THAT PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T DO SURVEYS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE TO OFFER THINGS, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS TO MAKE THEM DO THE SURVEYS. BUT IF THEIR INPUT IS NEEDED FOR YOUR ACTUAL DRAFT, IT MIGHT MAKE FOR A MORE MEANINGFUL DRAFT IF WE HAD MORE OPPORTUNITIES. ZOOM MEETINGS, SOME OUTREACH BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, I HADN'T EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU. AND I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU, MD AS WELL FOR LEADING THE CHARGE. I DO AGREE THAT WE JUST SUFFER FROM THAT. BUT HERE'S WHAT I'LL DO. I'LL TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. PERHAPS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE HAS THAT INFORMATION. WE HAVE A LIST OF CHURCHES THAT AND HOW TO CONTACT THEM THROUGH OUR FAITH LEADERSHIP. I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT OPTIONS TO DO. I LOVE I LOVE THE MAP THAT YOU GAVE WITH THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST ARE MOST IMPACTED BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THAT AREA, AND IT IS ONE THAT I'M CONSTANTLY I RECEIVE COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT, AND THAT'S THE COCKRELL HILL AND BELTLINE LOCATION. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL FATALITIES AND WHAT'S MOST INTERESTING IS THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR. STAFF DID A REPORT ON FATALITIES IN THE CITY, AND YOUR NUMBERS WERE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW BEFORE. AND THAT WAS AROUND A POLICY AROUND TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A MULTI-PRONGED

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES I MEAN AND THERE SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE AND SEE IF THERE ARE IN PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN BE MADE ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER ADJOINING ROADWAYS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT BACK UP TO OTHER CITIES. BUT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AS, AS OTHER OPTIONS. AND I SAY THAT PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THIS WINTERGREEN ROAD JUST JUST SOUTH OF COCKRELL HILL, THAT AREA WHERE THAT BRIDGE IS, IS PART OF DUNCANVILLE. DUNCANVILLE. SO THAT'S DUNCANVILLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE DOING OR IF YOU IF DUNCANVILLE IS AT THE TABLE WITH YOU OR NOT, BUT IT MIGHT BE A VERY GOOD BUT YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T BIKE DOWN THAT ROAD. YOU CAN'T WALK DOWN THAT ROAD. AND AGAIN, WE THERE IS A MAJOR DISCONNECT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER I KNOW THERE'S OTHER CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING. SO WE'LL WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE ROADWAYS ARE GOING TO BE EXPANDED OR, OR CHANGED OVER IN THE NEAR WELL, HOPEFULLY PENDING FUNDING. BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WE TRIED TO ISOLATE SOME OF THE BASED ON WHAT THE PLANNING TEAM AND THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT THAT WAS SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS OR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. SO YES, I WILL TELL YOU, WE'VE TRIED TO GET THAT BRIDGE REPLACED AND IT IS NOT BAD ENOUGH YET. IT'S NOT A D, OKAY. BUT IT'S DEADLY. SO I DECLARE THAT IT IS A D. ALL RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, I GUESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THE ENGINEERING IS NOT BAD ENOUGH TO GET ON THE RADAR FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. BUT THAT CURVE, WE COULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AREA AND WINTERGREEN THERE. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THIS WAS

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SO LIKE I HAD CHILLS WHEN TO CLAP AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE PRESENTATION. BUT SOMETHING CAUGHT MY ATTENTION ON ONE OF THE SLIDES RELATED TO IT WAS THERE WERE THE CAUSES OR THE YOU KNOW, THE CAUSES. SO YOU HAD YOUR INTERSECTIONS, YOU HAD YOUR DISTRACTED DRIVING AND THEN DOT, DOT, DOT AND THEN SPEEDING. AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT INTERSECTION, I'M THINKING ABOUT LOCATION. SO LOCATION AS A CAUSE VERSUS SPEEDING AT AN INTERSECTION OR. YEAH, OR DISTRACTED OR DISTRACTED RIDERS, DRIVERS AT INTERSECTIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN INTERSECTION AS A CAUSE OR INTERSECTION AS, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE AGGREGATE OF IN SOME OF THE IN SOME OF THESE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS, YOU COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY HAVE MULTIPLE AT THIS, AT THIS IN THE SAME CRASH. BUT BASED ON THE INTERSECTION, THE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING AT AN INTERSECTION. AND THERE MAY BE OTHER SPEED BUT OR FAILURE TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY OR DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT THOSE OF THE CRASHES THAT WERE OCCURRING THAT WERE THEY WERE OCCURRING AT AN INTERSECTION, NOT MID-BLOCK. IT WASN'T JUST RUNNING OFF THE ROAD SOMEWHERE. IT WAS ACTUALLY AT A CROSSING OF TWO, TWO ROADWAYS. OKAY. AND THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO YOU ANSWERED IT A LITTLE BIT AS WE AS YOU GO DOWN THE PIKE OF MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, ARE WE LOOKING AT OUR HIGHLY MOST DANGEROUS OR WOULD IT BE SCATTER? BECAUSE WHEN I SEE INTERSECTIONS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT CHART WHERE YOU KNOW, MY AREA IS BELTLINE, EAST BELTLINE. AND SO IT YOU KNOW, IT'S A HILL, IT'S AN INCLINE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF, OF FOLIAGE, A LOT OF TREES AND, YOU KNOW, STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN ALONG THAT PATHWAY. AND I'VE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S NOT IT'S LEADING TO AN INTERSECTION NOT YET AT AN INTERSECTION. AND SO FOR THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK, FOR US TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS, THIS SS FOR A GRANT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE METHODOLOGY OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE MIGHT GO WITH THIS. SO NOW THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME SOME CRITICAL CORRIDORS AND THEY HAVE INTERSECTIONS ALL ALONG THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE THOSE CORRIDORS. IT'S ONE END TO THE OTHER. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES, THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE DONE ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS FROM END TO END. WE'LL FOCUS ON SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS. BUT IT MAY BE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE CORRIDOR WIDE. BUT AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, AT DRIVEWAYS, AT PLACES WHERE THEY MAY HAVE ISSUES. SO IT WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK. AND THEN WE'LL DEVELOP A FULL LIST OF COUNTERMEASURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPLY WILL PROVIDE COST TO IMPLEMENT THOSE. AND THE DECISION WOULD BE THEN TO HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING FOR A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATION, AND WILL WE HAVE TO GET SUPPORT FROM COG AT ALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT? I THINK IT WOULD BE. AS FOR AN APPLICANT TO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE COG AS IT WOULD BE A JOINT EFFORT, NOT NECESSARILY A JOINT APPLICATION TO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE COG. I THINK I CAN GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU ANYTHING THAT THE CITY COMES UP WITH AND IDENTIFIES. YOU WILL HAVE 100% SUPPORT THERE. GOING THROUGH THESE SIMILAR TYPES OF CORRIDOR ASSESSMENTS RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL. SO WHEN THE CITY IS DOING IT ON THEIR OWN, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE COG. AND IT WOULD HELP YOUR APPLICATION TO THE FEDS. YEAH. DOCTOR MARTIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHEN DID YOU SAY THE SURVEYS WERE WERE DUE OR ARE THEY. WELL, IT'S OPEN TIMELINE, RIGHT? OPEN RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE DRAFT PLAN DONE PROBABLY BY THE END OF BEGINNING OF DECEMBER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A FINAL DRAFT DONE, A FINAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO TAKE WHAT INFORMATION WE HAVE AND USE IT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE IN TERMS OF AREAS. SO PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEYS THUS FAR. WHAT HAS YOUR RESPONSE BEEN? IT'S BEEN REAL. I ACTUALLY ASKED THAT THIS MORNING. I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER, BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE RESPON. SO WE WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE THE WEBSITE AND THE SURVEY OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW. SO IT HASN'T BEEN A LOT. IT HASN'T BEEN A LOT. NOT A LOT OF NOT A LOT OF WRITTEN SURVEYS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE ON THE ACTUAL MAP. OH, OKAY. OKAY. IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE IT GOES OUT GOES BACK TO OUTREACH. THEY THEY PROBABLY

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AND OF COURSE CITY COUNCIL PROBABLY WOULD WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU WITH THAT HAD WE KNOWN ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND WE'LL APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YO.

MR. CITY MANAGER. DO YOU NEED ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO FROM US ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU COUNCIL, FOR ALL THE GREAT SUGGESTIONS. WE WILL DEFINITELY IMPLEMENT AND INCORPORATE ALL THOSE SUGGESTIONS IMMEDIATELY FOR THE LAST THREE, FOUR WEEKS, WE ARE TRYING TO ATTEND ALL THE POSSIBLE EVENTS LIKE WE ATTENDED THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL. ALSO TEXAS NIGHT OUT AND I AM PERSONALLY DISTRIBUTING THIS PRIOR TO ATTENDING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL, WE ALSO HAD PLANNED TO ATTEND THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED ON 11 OCTOBER 11TH, BUT IT WAS CANCELED. BUT WE WILL SHARE ALL THE INFORMATION WITH YOU AS WELL SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW AND OUR THE MAIN THING WE NEED IS WHEN THEY SCAN THE QR CODE IT WILL TAKE TO A WEBSITE. THERE IS A SURVEY TAB AND THERE ARE FIVE QUESTIONS. IF THE RESIDENTS ANSWERED THOSE THAT WILL DEFINITELY GIVE US GOOD INPUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AT THIS

[c. Presentation and discussion of the revised Transportation Design Manual for the City of DeSoto]

LAST YEAR, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THIS MANUAL IS VERY MUCH OUTDATED, AND ALSO IT DOES NOT HAVE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FOR ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC AND PAVEMENT. SO WE HIRED A KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING PAVING DESIGN MANUAL, AND THEN UPDATE AND PREPARE A BRAND NEW TRANSPORTATION DESIGN MANUAL. SO IN TODAY'S MEETING, WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT FROM KIMLEY-HORN, MISS FARAH SULTAN. SHE IS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. SHE WILL PRESENT TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE UPDATED THIS MANUAL, THE GREAT UPDATES AND THE BENEFITS OF THIS NEW MANUAL AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 5TH, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN AGENDA ITEM FOR FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE NEW TRANSPORTATION DESIGN MANUAL. THANK YOU. CAPTAIN. GOOD EVENIN, MADAM MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS ROBERT SULTAN. THANK YO. I APOLOGIZE FOR THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. AS MENTIONED, I'M A LICENSED CITY ENGINEER, A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND I'VE BEEN WITH KIMLEY-HORN FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. I'M A ROADWAY ENGINEER AND A NICHE THAT I HAVE IS DEVELOPING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND THE METROPLEX. SO TONIGHT I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE MADE. AND AS PART OF ONE OF THE PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANUAL IS THE IMPLEMENTATION AND HOPEFULLY LOOKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE MANUAL. SO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THIS SLIDE, WHAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MD MENTIONED. AND SO THE REASON FOR THE UPDATE IS THAT THE PAVING DESIGN MANUAL IS NEARLY 20 YEARS OLD AND NEEDS TO BE MODERNIZED AS WELL. THE BIGGEST, ALONG WITH THE DESIGN MANUAL ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS BEING UPDATED AND ADDITIONAL DESIGNS INCLUDED THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY PART OF THE PAVING DESIGN MANUAL. ONE OF THE CHANGES WE MADE IS THAT THE TITLE PAVING DESIGN MANUAL SUGGESTS THAT IT'S STRICTLY A

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SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NOTED WERE OUTDATED REFERENCES TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS, SUCH AS ASTRO TEX, DOT AND CITY CODE, AND VARIOUS OTHER STANDARDS THAT WE USE IN THE IN THE CITY AND IN THE STATE. THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES IN THE MANUAL MISSING OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION, JUST SOME LACKING IN VISUAL AIDS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT I'M A VISUAL LEARNER AND I LIKE HAVING GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING THAT DESCRIBE THE PARAGRAPHS THAT I'M READING. SO THE CITY STAFF DIRECTION AND MD'S DIRECTION. WE ADDED ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS AND TABLES TO AID IN UNDERSTANDING THE DOCUMENT. A LITTLE BETTER. AND THEN WE ALSO MADE CHANGES TO THE ORGANIZATION. SOME OF THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE MADE IS MODERNIZING THE DESIGN STANDARDS. WE'VE UPDATED REFERENCES TO THE LATEST EDITIONS OF ASTRO AND CITY, TEX DOT ADA, ALL THOSE OTHER JUST A, B, C, D, YOU NAME IT. AND THEN WE ALSO STREAMLINED THE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL USERS SUCH AS DEVELOPERS, CITY STAFF AND ENGINEERS ALL AROUND THE CITY.

SO THE DOCUMENT THAT WENT, THE PAVING DESIGN MANUAL THAT WENT UNDERWENT THESE FIVE STEPS THAT I'LL BE MENTIONING IS OUR METHODOLOGY IS WE WENT THROUGH EVALUATION, RECOMMENDATION, DEVELOPMENT, CONCURRENCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. AND SO I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE, BUT I WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. AS MENTIONED, I DO DEVELOP CITY DESIGN STANDARDS IN THE METROPLEX AND SOMETIMES OUTSIDE.

SO THE THESE CITIES WERE IDENTIFIED AS GO BYS OR EXAMPLES THAT CITIES DESOTO'S MANUAL WILL BE COMPARED TO BECAUSE THEY HAVE UPDATED THEIR MANUALS IN THE RECENT YEARS. AND SO IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE MODERN STANDARDS WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THOSE ARE CITIES OF FRISCO, MCKINNEY, MESQUITE, PLANO, DALLAS, AND A FEW OUTSIDE OF THE METROPLEX OR MIDLAND AND AUSTIN AND I HELPED DEVELOP THE AUSTIN I'M SORRY, THE MIDLAND MANUAL AS WELL. SO THE EVALUATION PHASE CONSISTED OF US READING THROUGH, PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS, COMPARING IT TO THE VARIOUS OTHER MANUALS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, PROVIDING COMMENTS TO CITY STAFF FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION PHASE CONSISTED OF US PREPARING A MEMORANDUM WITH A COLOR CODED TEXT EXPLAINING OR GOING THROUGH WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. SO THE RED TEXT HERE INDICATES ANY CONTENT THAT WE THOUGHT WE LIKE. WHAT WE'RE READING. THIS IS CONSISTENT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER PLACES. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AS RED. SO IN OUR MEMO AND OUR RECOMMENDATION, WE KEPT THAT TEXT AS RED. ANYTHING BLUE IS ANY TEXT THAT WE FELT NEEDED REVISIONS. WE THE CONTENT, THE FOUNDATION WAS THERE. HOWEVER, WE THOUGHT WE COULD WORDSMITH IT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN ANYTHING GREEN IS CONTENT THAT WE FELT WAS LACKING AND MISSING. AND SO THAT WAS ADDED ON THERE. OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AND FORMATTING RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAD IS MINOR JUST IN TERMS OF ORGANIZING THE DOCUMENT. TYPICALLY YOU GO FROM THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU NARROW IT DOWN TO THE SMALLEST. SO ROADWAYS COME FIRST IN A DOCUMENT, THEN YOU GO TALK.

THEN WE DISCUSS MEDIAN OPENINGS, TURN LANES, THEN WE GET DOWN ALL THE WAY TO LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION OF ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN DEVELOPMENT AND CONCURRENCE PHASE. WE TYPED UP. WE DRAFTED A CHAPTER, PROVIDED IT, KEPT IT COLOR CODED, PROVIDED IT TO CITY STAFF FOR THEIR EVALUATION, AND ALLOWED THEM TIME TO READ THROUGH IT, PROVIDE COMMENTS, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'D HAVE A MEETING AND FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS GO THROUGH ALL THEIR COMMENTS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONCUR WITH WHAT WE WERE. WE WERE PROPOSING AND PRESENTING.

AND SO THE FINAL ONCE THE CITY STAFF AND EVERYONE AGREED TO WHAT WE HAD DRAFTED UP, THEN THE FINAL FORMAT AND THE FINAL FORM OF THE DOCUMENT WOULD BE IN GRAYSCALE. THEN WE WOULD SHELVE THAT CHAPTER AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION. NEXT CHAPTER, SOME A MAJOR, SOME OF THE MAJOR

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND VERY USEFUL IS THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SECTION THAT WE'VE ADDED, WE'VE INCLUDED ADDITIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE FELT WERE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED, PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TABLES AND GRAPHICS, AND THEN REMOVED REFERENCES TO ANY ANYTHING RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES. AND THEN THE FREQUENTLY ASKED, HIGHLIGHTED, ASKED QUESTIONS ARE THE SECTION HIGHLIGHTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH THAT ESSENTIALLY IT'S ESSENTIALLY A SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER, BUT ALSO CAPTURES SOME MAJOR QUESTIONS THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE USERS OF THE DOCUMENT WOULD ASK. AND THEN HERE IS AN EXAMPLE THAT EACH SECTION HAS. BUT YOU HAVE THE PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING DRIVEWAY RADII, A TABLE, AND A GRAPHIC. SO YOU KNOW, THREE WAYS OF ENSURING THAT THE DESIGN INTENT IS UNDERSTOOD. MAJOR UPDATES ALSO INCLUDED ADDING REFINING THE PAVEMENT AND SUBGRADE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, ADDING PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AS YOU JUST LISTENED AND HEARD. TO LISTEN TO MR. BRIAN SCHAMBERGER TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, WE'VE ADDED GUIDELINES FOR THAT IN THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL. AND ADDED A DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS SECTION. EACH CITY HAS DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGIES FOR ALL THESE ENGINEERING JARGON, AND SO THAT THAT SECTION CAPTURES ESSENTIALLY DE SOTO'S DEFINITION OF EACH ONE OF THOSE TERMS AS WELL. SO GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT, SOME OF THE MAJOR UPDATES, ONE THING THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IS THIS TABLE. AS A ROADWAY ENGINEER, THIS IS THE THING THAT I LOOK FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WHEN I GET INTO A DESIGN MANUAL, AND I NEED TO DESIGN A ROADWAY FOR A CITY. SO HAVING THIS IN THERE, IT IS A CATCH ALL FOR EVERYTHING. IT CAPTURES THE ELEMENTS OF A ROADWAY, TYPICAL DESIGN THAT AN ENGINEER OR DEVELOPER, OR ANYONE NEEDING TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A ROADWAY CAN FIND IN THIS TABLE. PREVIOUSLY, THIS INFORMATION WAS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND SO IT'S CAPTURED IN ONE SPOT. WE'VE AGAIN ENHANCED THE TYPICAL ROADWAY TYPICAL SECTIONS. PREVIOUSLY WE HAD THE AUTOCAD, THE CAD VERSION. VERY ENGINEERING, VERY NOT COLORFUL. AND SO WE ADDED IT INCLUDED IT IN THIS. THIS IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE'VE ADDED ROUNDABOUT DESIGNS PAVEMENT AND SUBGRADE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AND VARIOUS OTHER SECTIONS THAT WERE ADDED ON HERE. SOME OF THE MAJOR BENEFITS OF THESE DOCUMENTS AND THE BENEFICIARIES OF THESE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE OR A MORE PREDICTABLE AND STREAMLINED ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPERS, CITY STAFF AND ENGINEERS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE'VE MODERNIZE, MODERNIZED THE DOCUMENTS TO A STANDARD WHERE A LOT OF ENGINEERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE MORE USED TO SEEING, AS I MENTIONED, PART ONE, PART PART TWO. AND SO THAT'S MORE OF A PREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL THE USERS. IT'S CONSISTENT AND BETTER COORDINATED USE OF THE DESIGN MANUAL AND ASSOCIATE STANDARDS. SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IT HAS COMPILED ALL THE INFORMATION AND MENTIONED IT ONCE CONCISELY, AND REFERENCED THEM BACK TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS VERSUS PREVIOUSLY WE WERE KIND OF MENTIONING THE SAME INFORMATION MULTIPLE TIMES. AND SO IN ORDER TO PREVENT CONFUSION, IT WAS ELIMINATED. THE FAQ SECTION THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS HUGELY BENEFICIAL. AND THEN CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE DID, ALSO ELIMINATE DISCREPANCIES IN THE MANUAL, SOME OF THEM WHICH INCLUDE REFERENCING DOCUMENTS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY EXIST IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. FOR EXAMPLE, TRAFFIC APPROVED MATERIALS LIST AND A COUPLE OTHER DOCUMENTS. ALSO, WE NOTICED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE WERE REFERENCING, SOMETIMES WE WERE REFERENCING TEXTILES, SOMETIMES WE'RE REFERENCING CITIES. AND SO ELIMINATING A LOT OF THOSE DISCREPANCIES WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID. SO WE FEEL THAT THIS DOCUMENT WILL YIELD A HIGH QUALITY DESIGN PLANS, HIGH QUALITY CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT. AS A RESULT, HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITIZENS AND FUTURE BENEFICIARIES OF THESE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO'S INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS SULTAN. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT. AND I DID GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DESIGN DOCUMENT AND IT DOES LOOK MORE CONCISE. YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE INFORMATION IS THERE. MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU DID YOU ALL AS A GROUP, DID A PHENOMENAL JOB ON GETTING THAT DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER. DID ANY OF IT ANY REMOVAL OR CONSOLIDATION OF ANYTHING, CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY? NO, MA'AM. NO. WE'VE KEPT THE INFORMATION AS IT WOULD BE.

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AND IT IS DIGITIZED. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I'M SO EXCITED YOU'VE BEEN WORKING. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT. YES HE HAS HE'S BEEN DOING AMAZING. YEAH. MY QUESTION IS OKAY SO THIS IS AROUND POLICY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU KNOW ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO TURN OFF OF THIS DAIS AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE HERE. NEW. YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE DID HAVE THAT IT WAS ANTIQUATED AND OUTDATED, RIGHT? SO FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE BE REVISITING THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN WE'RE GONE, SOMEBODY IS DOING THIS AND STAFF THAT'S CONTINUOUSLY. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION ACTUALLY. CITY OF DESOTO. THE CITY OF FRISCO UPDATES THEIRS EVERY 2 TO 4 YEARS. AND SO EVERY 2 TO 4 YEARS, ESSENTIALLY, THEY GO THROUGH TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS.

THEY COMPILE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE CITY. ANY CHALLENGES THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED, ANY CHANGE ORDERS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ADD TO THEIR STANDARDS. THEY COMPILE ALL OF THAT, GIVE IT TO ME, AND I GO SIFT THROUGH HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS. AND SO I'M CURRENTLY DOING THAT FOR THEIR 25 UPDATE. SO EVERY 2 TO 4 YEARS IS, I WOULD SAY IS PROBABLY AN APPROPRIATE TIME. SO YOU COME BACK EVERY 2 TO 4 YEARS TO DO THAT FOR THEM. YES. AND I GET LIKE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE OUR AUDIT. RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR AUDIT COMPANY. AND THAT JUST HAPPENS SYSTEMICALLY. RIGHT? YEAH. BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU DO AND FOR THIS EFFORT, WHAT WOULD BE THE INTERNAL CONTROLS TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING EVERY 2 TO 4 YEARS? OR AM I JUMPING A GUN. AND Y'ALL NEED TO WORK THAT OUT IN THE PLAN TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A MORE, I GUESS, CONCISE PROCESS OF DOING IT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY COMPILE ALL THEIR COMMENTS IN A PDF OR A SPREADSHEET AND THEY JUST KEEP ADDING IT AND EVENTUALLY HAND IT OFF TO US TO TAKE CARE OF. SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT FOR THEM AS WELL. AND WHEN WE DO, WE'LL BE BACK TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS. SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS IT COULD NOT NECESSARILY BE BASED ON YEARS.

IT COULD JUST BE ONCE YOU REACH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, THEN IT'S TIME. IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS YOU'VE HAD IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE BUILDING AROUND THE CITY. SO WHAT THE THINGS THAT I'M UPDATING RIGHT NOW ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL STANDARD DETAILS IN THEIR IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS PART, WHICH YOU ALL DON'T HAVE YET. YEAH. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. WE DID A PROJECT WHERE WE DID MAJOR CON SPANS THESE MASSIVE ARCHES AND IT WAS NOT PART OF THEIR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. IT WAS NOT PART OF THEIR STANDARDS. AND IT DID HAVE A LOT OF WE DID GO THROUGH A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT. AND SO THEY DECIDED THEY WANT TO ADD THAT TO THEIR DOCUMENT AS A STANDARD IN CASE THEY HAVE TO USE IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. SO IT JUST SAVES SOME HEADACHE FOR CITY STAFF, DEVELOPERS OR WHOEVER ELSE THAT'S WORKING ON IT. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. FOR THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. JUST FROM MY YOUNGER DAYS AS AN ENGINEER, I THINK YOU SHOULD UPDATE OR YOU SHOULD HAVE AMENDMENTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL STANDARDS CHANGE. AND SO YOU DO THE AMENDMENTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR RATHER THAN COMPILING THEM AND DOING THEM EVERY 2 TO 4 YEARS. BECAUSE AS, AS OUR CONSULTANT MENTIONED, I THINK THAT THE LAST UPDATE WAS 2005 OR YOURS WAS, YES, YES, 2005. SO IT'S

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[d. Presentation and Discussion of Code Enforcement Process]

NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER TAMMY WASHINGTON AND ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF RYAN.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL LAST LAST FISCAL YEAR, OUR DEPARTMENT HAD A TOTAL COLD CASE OF 11,671 CASES. THE DISPOSITIONS WE USE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR CASES ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOR COMPLIANCE WOULD BE CITATIONS, ABATEMENTS OR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. LAST FISCAL YEAR, OUR STAFF MEMBERS WROTE A TOTAL OF 500, I'M SORRY, 370 CITATIONS. WE ABATED 565 PROPERTIES, AND 10,736 OF THOSE CASES WERE CLOSED VOLUNTARILY. EXCUSE ME, MISS WASHINGTON, DO WE HAVE ACCOMPANYING SLIDES TO YOUR DATA? LET'S SEE HERE. FOR THIS PART I DO NOT. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU ALL, AND I WAS TOLD TO BRING JUST AN INFORMATION ON CODE PROCESS. SO THIS IS JUST A STAT THAT I'M BRINGING YOU. THIS IS THE ONLY STAT THAT YOU'LL HAVE. AND IT'S IN REGARD TO WHY I THINK OUR PROCESS IS SUCCESSFUL.

OKAY. SO AGAIN, 10,736 OF THOSE CASES WERE CLOSED VOLUNTARILY. AND THAT BRINGS US TO A TOTAL LIKE OF ABOUT 91% VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. SO WHY WHY AM I TELLING YOU THAT. IT'S BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT PARTICULAR STATISTIC ILLUSTRATES THAT THE PROCESS IS WORKING IN MOST CASES. OKAY. EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, I DO WANT TO SAY IN ALL TRANSPARENCY THAT THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK ON IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE HOW WE HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CITIZENS, HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, HOW WE COMMUNICATE INTERNALLY. OKAY. THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN SHARED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT HOPEFULLY TONIGHT YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING THAT'S FRESH, SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL LEARN. OUR CODE STAFF, HERE'S OUR LISTING OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE. WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS THAT TODAY WE HAVE OUR LAST CODE OFFICER, WHO WAS HIRED, MAKING US FULLY STAFFED AND HAS NOT BEEN FULLY STAFFED SINCE. PROBABLY I HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE HERE IN CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO WE HAVE TWO NEW INDIVIDUALS, ONE STARTING TODAY. ONE THE GENTLEMAN, HIS NAME IS JONATHAN JOHNSON. HE COMES FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS. HE'S ALREADY A CERTIFIED CODE OFFICER. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, MR. TOMMY PHILLIPS JR, WHO IS ALSO HE'S ALSO A RESIDENT OF DESOTO.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM. AND THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO SIX AND A HALF. WELL, I WON'T SAY HALF, BUT SIX FULL TIME, ONE PART TIME CODE OFFICER OKAY. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN CODE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, OUR BEYOND ADDRESSING THE NUISANCE AND PROPERTY STANDARD VIOLATIONS TO ENSURE AN ATTRACTIVE, SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. OF COURSE, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I MYSELF AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF DESOTO. I LOVE DESOTO, I'M TOTALLY INVESTED IN DESOTO AND THE WELL-BEING OF DESOTO AND THE CITIZENS HERE. I, WE, I THINK WE DO. WE DO A GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING OUR CITY. I THINK OUR CITY LOOKS AMAZING AS IT I'M ALWAYS PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT HERE, COMING IN OUR COMING IN WHEN WE WHEN WE INITIALLY WHEN WE INITIALLY RECEIVE A CODE VIOLATION THERE ARE THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DO THAT.

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YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, RIGHT? OKAY. WELL, WE ARE AND WE'RE IN A PROCESS AND WE'VE BEEN IN A VERY, VERY HEFTY PROCESS. EACH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TASKED WITH MEETING WITH THIS COMPANY TO CONFIGURE A SOFTWARE SYSTEM IN WHICH WE WILL MAINTAIN ALL OF OUR CODE CASES, LIKE WE DO RIGHT NOW ON GO. OKAY. AND SO I HAVE TO BASICALLY TELL THEM WHAT IT IS I WOULD NEED, WHAT TYPE OF REPORTS YOU ALL ARE ASKING FOR, WHAT I MIGHT SEE AS THAT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US AS A CITY AND THE CITIZENS AS A WHOLE. AND, AND, AND, AND SHARE WITH THEM WHILE WE DESIGN THIS NEW PARTICULAR SOFTWARE SYSTEM. SO WE, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. AND I THINK THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO RECTIFY SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT DISPOSITIONS, WHERE A CITIZEN MAY BE ABLE TO CHECK AND SEE THAT A NOTICE HAS BEEN SENT, THAT A WARNING HAS BEEN SENT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GIVING, WITHOUT GIVING DETAILED INFORMATION FROM ONE CITIZEN TO THE NEXT. AND IT WON'T APPEAR AS THOUGH CODE JUST IS IN, IS NOT AWARE OF THEIR PARTICULAR COMPLAINT. I THINK THAT WILL THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. ALSO. OKA. EVERY, EVERY, EVERY COMPLAINT IS HANDLED BASICALLY IN THE SAME WAY, WHETHER IT'S A TEN DAY, WHETHER IT'S A 21 DAY, WHETHER IT'S A 30 DAY, YOU SEND THE NOTICE, YOU EITHER SEND A SECOND CONTACT, YOU ARE GOING TO ABATE IT. YOU'RE GOING TO CITE THEM FOR IT. IT'S ALL IT'S ALL HANDLED THE SAME WAY. BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH PROBABLY THE BEST, MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY ACTUALLY CALL IN FOR, FOR A COMPLAINT WOULD BE TO USE OUR APP SYSTEM. AND NOW IT'S GOING TO CHANGE VERY SOON. BUT IF THEY WOULD USE THAT, IF THEY WOULD USE THAT, THAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO IDENTIFY A PROBLEM, IDENTIFY WHO'S REPORTING IT, AND THEN REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL. WE HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB. WE'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING OUT, EDUCATING OUR CITIZENS, ENGAGING A LITTLE A LITTLE MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH WITH PARTNERING WITH THE PD AND PARTNERING WITH SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON SOME

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AND ALSO WE DO OUR HOA MEETINGS. SO THERE THERE ARE SOME, SOME, SOME THINGS IN WHICH WE HAVE SOME AVENUES AND WHERE WE SHARE OUR CODE PROCESS, BUT WE ALSO INTEND ON PUTTING OUR WE ALSO INTEND ON PUTTING OUR PRESENTATION ONLINE SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN LOOK AT THE FLOWCHART THAT WE JUST PRESENTED AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS FROM, FROM START TO FINISH ON WHAT WE DO. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO BACK IN JULY, JULY 1ST, WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND I APPRECIATED THEN WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO ALONG THE WAY. BUT MY QUESTION IS WE TALKED ABOUT THE ACTUAL APP BACK IN JULY, RIGHT.

ARE WE ANY CLOSER? HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO HAVING THAT OUT? AND THEN SECONDLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, PUTTING THE PROCESS ONLINE, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ONLINE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE. ONCE YOU GET THE NEW APP. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT MIGHT CHANGE. YES. SO WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE WORKING WITH RESIGNED AND THEREFORE WE HAVE A NEW PERSON THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN MET WITH. AND I'M MEETING TOMORROW. SO THEY TELL ME THAT MAYBE LIKE IN MARCH, WE'RE GOING TO START REALLY TRYING TO TEST IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW, I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT DATES AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT THAT IMMEDIATELY IF WE PUT ANY INFORMATION OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT THIS ONE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW.

AND SO AND SO INSTEAD OF I THINK THE DELAY, I THINK INSTEAD OF DELAYING IT, WE PROBABLY SHOULD CONTINUE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AND, AND KIND OF REFRESH THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT THERE TO, TO DO MORE OF AN INSTANT CUSTOMER SERVICE TYPE THING. BUT BUT YES, IT IS GOING TO CHANGE. IT'S GOING TO BE A LEARNING CURVE FOR EVERYBODY. IT IS. IT'S QUITE. YES. SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT WHOLE IDEA OF THE APP IS PART OF MY JAM. YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE IT PIECE MAKING CERTAIN THAT APPS WORK THE WAY THEY SHOULD WORK. I CAN BE YOUR TEST BED. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. OKAY.

BUT THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD INTO THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN POSSIBLE. WHEN I FIRST CAME ON AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, I ACTUALLY TOOK A RIDE ALONG WITH THE POLICE. YES. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO TAKE A RIDE ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL CODE ENFORCEMENT? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. YES. OF COURSE. OKAY. YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I YIELD BACK, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU ALL ARE NOW FULLY STAFFED ME TO ME TO WIN THAT WE, WE, WE FOUGHT THAT WAS A HARD FIGHT. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION IN THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU MENTIONED, COMMUNICATION IS DEFINITELY PROBABLY AN OPTION.

NOW, THE CITY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THIS COUNCIL WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT WE ASKED THE CITY TO LOOK AT P AND Z CASES AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE THOSE OUT, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S IN LANGUAGE THAT ALL CAN UNDERSTAND AS WELL AS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BECAUSE WE ARE A GROWING POPULATION THAT IS DIVERSE AND ALMOST 20% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE HISPANIC. CONSIDERING THAT MAYBE NOT ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT 20% ENGLISH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, PERHAPS SPANISH WOULD BE AN EASIER DIALOG TO READ, RIGHT? JUST CONSIDERATION THERE. I WOULD I MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE GOTTEN COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION PIECE IN PARTICULARLY THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. I YOU MENTIONED THAT THE SYSTEM THAT YOU ALL USE IS THE SAME, GIVES THE SAME VERBIAGE, WHETHER YOU'RE AT THE TEN, 21 AND 30 DAY. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT IT BEGS TO DIFFER THAT PERHAPS ADDING THAT

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AND SO ON. ON THE ON THE INFORMATIONAL PIECE, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO START THAT MONTHLY GETTING BACK IN THE NEWS LIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN AND HIGHLIGHT A PARTICULAR CODE ISSUE. WE HAD GOTTEN AWAY FROM THAT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN. MISS FONDREN IS REVAMPING SOME FLIERS. I'M THINKING ABOUT PUTTING SOME OF THOSE AT THE ACTION CENTER DESK. AND YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS WILL PUT THOSE OUT. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. WE DON'T HAVE IT. WE JUST RECENTLY STARTED ONE WITH ANIMAL CONTROL. OKAY. THERE. WE HAVE SO MANY IDEAS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE FINALLY FULLY STAFFED AND IT'S JUST STARTED TODAY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT TIME AND SEE EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN INFORM OUR RESIDENTS. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE HAD A CODE OFFICER THERE. WE HAD AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER THERE. SO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT OR WHAT CODE COMPLIANCE LOOKS LIKE IN CERTAIN IN CERTAIN AREA.

GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE. ONE OF MY HANDS HERE. CITATIONS? YES. THE CITATIONS. SO YES. LET'S GO BAC.

LET'S GO BACK HERE. IS IT ON HERE, CHIEF? YES, IT'S. NO, THIS IS THE OTHER ONE. WOW. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. SO ONCE, ONCE A CITATION IS ISSUED. ONCE A CITATION IS ISSUED, THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD A FEE SCHEDULE. WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT. WE DON'T HAVE A FEE SCHEDULE. I DID SPEAK WITH MISS MULLINS TODAY. SHE SENT US A WHOLE SPREADSHEET THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL TOMORROW, SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE FEES ARE. CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? WE KNOW THIS WAS. THIS WAS A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE THAT KIND OF AROSE AT THE LAST MOMENT. AND SO WE APOLOGIZE. WE KNOW THAT THAT THIS WASN'T PART OF THE INCLUDED PRESENTATION. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT SKIP OVER THAT, BEING THAT IT WAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED OF US. SO IN THAT LAST PARAGRAPH, THERE'S ABOUT 235 CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE NOTHING THAT THERE IS A

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AND I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S ALSO EDUCATIONAL TO BE ON THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, IF I, I THINK THE BIGGEST IS THE STICKER TAG. RIGHT. IT'S AFTER I'VE IGNORED THESE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, WHEN I SEE THE ACTUAL CITATION AND THE FINE AND IT'S MUCH IT'S VERY HIGH THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OF HOW THEY'RE RESPONSIVENESS IS BASED ON STATE AND THE TRUE FACTS. AND IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, MY WHETHER IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, OFFENSE AND IT'S $500 OR IT'S AN UNPAID YOUR PARKING UNPAID AND THEN THAT'S $300 AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHOA. HAD I KNOWN THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THOSE CASES. AND I GET THAT THAT'S NOT EVERY ADULT. MOST ARE RESPONSIBLE, PAY THEIR BILLS, REACH OUT TO FOLKS. AND I'M NOT SAYING THOSE THAT DON'T. WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FORTH ALL THE INFORMATION COULD POSSIBLY BE THERE AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST TO ADD TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A AS WE WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE REALIZE, YOU KNOW, TO EDUCATE.

THIS COULD BE OUT ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT. JUST THAT SIMPLE EXPLANATION THAT, OKAY, IF YOU GO IN AND PLEAD GUILTY OR NO CONTEST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THE FINE THAT'S ON HERE.

IF YOU CAN TEST THIS, YOU'LL GET YOUR DAY IN COURT. AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THIS GETS WAIVED, YOU KNOW, OR THAT THIS GETS REDUCED AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I'M SURE JUST GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO FIGHT THAT FIGHT. RIGHT THERE IS SOMETIMES A BENEFIT TO DO THAT.

YES. AND MAY I MAKE AN ASK THE STAFF IF WE COULD ALSO SEE, BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED FOR THIS BEFORE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN IT YET. THE YOU MENTIONED QUITE A FEW CASES THAT YOU HAVE CLOSED THAT MAY NOT SHOW ALSO THE DISPOSITION OF IT. RIGHT. I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SLA ON THAT. LIKE WHAT? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE WHEN I SAY THAT THE SERVICE LEVEL LIKE. YES.

AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE, HOW LONG IT'S TAKING YOU TO PROCESS BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HEAR ALSO, IT IS, HEY, I PUT THIS IN, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN IT JUST CLOSES. RIGHT. SO HOW RESPONSIVE ARE WE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE OF THE CASES THAT ARE OPEN DON'T NEED YOU TO ANSWER IT TONIGHT OKAY. RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE DRAG IT ON OKAY. BUT IF THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN IN WE'LL DO I'LL SEND THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. AND ALSO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE WE'RE REDOING ALL OF OUR WE'RE DOING OUR DOOR HANGERS OVER AND ALL TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT WAY. TYLER TECHNOLOGIES WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO PRINT OUT A NOTICE IN SPANISH. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE NOW. AND ALSO NOW WE WON'T WE WON'T HAVE ALL OF OUR NOTICES THAT WE DO USE IN IN THAT PARTICULAR SYSTEM, BECAUSE I'M TOLD THAT TO GET CUSTOM FORMS WITH THIS COMPANY WILL BE $7,000. SO ALL THE NOTICES WILL BE THE SAME, LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ON GO, REQUEST. BUT THEY WILL, THEY WILL HAVE THE THEY WILL HAVE THEY WILL HAVE THE ORDINANCES ATTACHED TO THEM. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THIS IS THE ORDINANCE. THIS IS THE ORDINANCE. SO YOU CAN READ IT FOR YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE THE COMPLIANCE. BUT YES MA'AM I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO ACTUALLY GET ALL THAT INFORMATION PUT IN SO THAT THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. WE WON'T HAVE DIFFERENT NOTICES. I WILL I WILL FIND OUT IF, IF, IF WE CAN ADD THAT COURT FEE THAT I'M SORRY, THAT WINDOW FEE FOR THAT PARTICULAR MUNICIPAL OR OFFENSE PUT INTO THE NOTICE.

WHEN I TALK TO THEM TOMORROW, I'LL FIND OUT. I DON'T BELIEVE THE COURT SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE ON THIS NEW PLATFORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WELL THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE WOULD JEOPARDIZE BEING COMMUNICATIVE OVER $7,000 TO I THINK SOMEBODY HAS THE EMPOWERMENT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BEYOND THAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. OKA.

COUNCILMAN BURKE, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MISS WASHINGTON, FOR BEING HERE. YES, COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM ANSWERED AND ASKED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. OH, SHE DID, EXCEPT EXCEPT FOR ONE. I DO WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THE IDEA THAT WHEN CITIZENS SEE A SOMETHING'S BEEN CLOSED WITHOUT KNOWING THE RESOLUTION. YES, IT ONLY CREATES MORE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S A BIGGIE.

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SO I'M HOPING THAT NEXT QUARTER YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE. WHAT'S GOING WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU GIVE ME A DATE, MISS? MISS WASHINGTON, YOU SAID NEXT QUARTER AND NEXT. NEXT FISCAL QUARTER. NEXT CALENDAR QUARTER. NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS FROM NOW. THE NEXT TIME THAT I REPORT TO YOU, YOU WILL YOU WILL HEAR A DIFFERENCE ON WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THAT I HAVE TO BE A WORKING MANAGER. I HAVE TO FILL IN OUT IN THE FIELD AND OUR SUPERVISOR IS DOING THE SAME THING, TRAINING THE NEW PEOPLE THAT'S COMING IN, COORDINATING OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION. I HAVE TO DO OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS. I AM DOING BOARDING HOMES. I'M DOING THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE. SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WILL HAVE THESE STAFF MEMBERS IN PLACE AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON INTERNALLY, ADMINISTRATIVELY. NOW, A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE REQUESTS AND THINGS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL THIS NEW SYSTEM IS, IS PUT INTO EFFECT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START TESTING THAT SOMEWHERE IN MARCH. I'M NOT SURE WHEN I HAVE THE MEETING TOMORROW, I'LL BE BETTER INFORMED WHEN I AND WHEN I MEET MY FIRST TIME WITH THIS NEW CONTRACTOR TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT.

SORRY, MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN? BECAUSE IF HAVE WE HAVE WE ALREADY PURCHASED THE MODULE? IS THE MODULE PURCHASED? ARE WE. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SAYING WE WON'T HAVE IT INTO PLACE UNTIL MARCH, THAT'S IN MY HEAD SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. AND SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE NOT TO PRESS.

I'M NOT SURE. I'M GLAD, BUT. YES, BUT BUT I, I THINK AS A COUNCIL WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE MOVEMENT BUT ALSO AS A, AS A CITIZEN. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE RESOLUTION WOULD HAPPEN. OKAY. SO IF WE HAVE THE MODULE, MAYBE IT CAN TELL US IF WE HAVE THE MODULE I AND WHILE I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION LET ME ASK MY OTHER QUESTION. ARE YOU DOING THE MODULE BY YOURSELF OR IS THERE A SUPPORT GROUP. IS THERE A GROUP LOOKING AT HOW THE CODE COMPLIANCE MODULE SHOULD LOOK? OR IS THAT TOTALLY RESTING ON YOUR SHOULDERS? IF IT IS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CREATE WHAT WHAT IS IT CALLED A SUPPORT GROUP OR OR AN ADVISORY GROUP OR SOMEONE TO HELP YOU DEVELOP IT SO THAT IT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT. YEAH, WELL, SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. SO THOSE AR, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I REALLY WANT TO WALK AWAY TONIGHT WITH AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE WITH IT. WHEN WILL YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT SOME RESOLUTIONS.

SO THIS IS PART OF OUR ERP IMPLEMENTATION. SO IT'S ON A SCHEDULE. I CAN GET YOU THE DETAILS TOMORROW THAT THAT STUB OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT PROJECT FALLS IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE AND WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO THAT IMPLEMENTATION. WE'RE ON SCHEDULE AND BUDGET, BUT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE DATES ARE. I CAN GET THAT TO YOU TOMORROW. OKAY. THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO THAT WE'LL KNOW WHAT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'LL TELL YOU MY BIG DEAL. I'M STILL TELLING PEOPLE YOU NEED TO GO TO GO REQUEST AND GO REQUEST IS NO LONGER THERE. NOW IT'S MY DESOTO AND MY DESOTO APP. AND BEING THE LIAISON FOR KEEP DESOTO BEAUTIFUL. I'M SHARING THAT WITH EVERYBODY. SO HOPEFULLY YOUR NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE AS DESOTO AGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS AND SO THE QUICKER WE RESOLVE OUR SOFTWARE ISSUES TO HELP YOU MANAGE IT, I THINK THE BETTER OFF WE'RE GOING TO BE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE MY FINAL COMMENTS WITH A SENSE OF URGENC. YES. AND NOT NECESSARILY.

PROBABLY IN SUPPORT OF YOU, A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE DON'T LET IT SLIDE, THAT WE GET ON TOP OF IT, AND WE CREATE THE SUPPORT GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO DO IT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE. I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS. RIGHT? I MEAN, FOR A LONG TIME, I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE BETWEEN GO REQUEST MY DESOTO. I UNDERSTAND, AND THIS NEW PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE VISUAL. THE VISUAL ON WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS

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OKAY. SO WHEN CITIZENS CALL FOR EXTENSION, IS IT A POLICY. NO IT ISN'T. IT HASN'T BEEN A POLICY IN OUR DEPARTMENT AS TO YOU WILL GIVE THEM A 30 DAYS OR 45 DAYS OR 60 DAYS. WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU FIND IS THAT THOSE CITIZENS WHO CALL ASKING FOR COMPLIANCE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO COMPLY, AND THEREFORE YOU CODE OFFICERS DO HAVE DISCRETION. AND SO IF MISS RAPHAEL ASKED, LISTEN, I NEED ABOUT I NEED ABOUT 30 DAYS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIND THE BEST CONTRACTOR TO DO MY JOB. WELL, WHAT WE'RE WANTING IS THAT VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. AND SO IT'S AWARDED. WHAT WE OFTEN DO IS IF THERE IS A SECTION OF FENCING THAT'S DOWN OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS REPAIR, YOU CAN TELL THEM, HEY, LISTEN, IF YOU IF YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL, YOU DO THIS SECTION THAT FACES THE ALLEY. AND ONCE YOU DO THAT, THEN WE WILL WE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXTENSION TO COMPLY VERSUS WRITING A CITATION AND CAUSING, YOU KNOW, MORE FINANCIAL STRAIN.

SO BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DA, THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. JUST WE WANT WE WANT COMPLIANCE. YES. SO I GUESS MY PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUESTION HERE IS THEN HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU TRACK. SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON OUR SIDE. YES. WHEN RESIDENTS SPEAK TO US IS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN CALLED IN. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HARDSHIP OR WHAT ISSUES THEY MAY HAVE. AND SO THEY DON'T KNOW THAT PIECE. BUT WHAT ALL THEY KNOW IS WHAT THEY SEE. AND SO WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING HAS KIND OF MAYBE FALLEN OFF, LIKE, HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY TRACKING THAT? AND THEN I GUESS MY RECOMMENDATION TO THAT IS MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF INTERSECTION IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS, WHETHER EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF ONLINE SOMETHING THEY FILL OUT DESCRIBING THE HARDSHIP OR WHATEVER. BUT LIKE, I THINK I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING LIKE WHERE THAT TRACKING BECAUSE THAT HAS TO BE HEAVY. HEAVY WHEN IT'S EASIER TO SAY YOU HAVE. TEN 2131, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE DAYS AND NOW IT'S THE WE JUST WANT YOU TO COMPLY. AND THEN NOW IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE TRICKLE EFFECT OF WHATEVER THAT, THAT HOMEOWNER IS DOING. AND SO DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE GRACE PIECE. YES. BUT I GUESS FROM A PROJECT MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT AND HOW THE TEAM IS TRACKING, I GUESS I THINK I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THAT. YEAH.

RIGHT. OKAY. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. NO, WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE LIKE THAT AND PROBABLY THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING WHEN I, WHEN I AM SPEAKING ON THE IDEA THAT I HAVE FOR OUR NEW SYSTEM IS TO BASICALLY HAVE LIKE CLEAR CODES, I THINK WE HAD A MESS. WE HAD A MEETING HERE WITH BECKY LEWIS AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHERE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE DESIGN BOXES THAT AND WE CAN CLICK ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT BOXES WITHOUT WITHOUT SHARING THE MOST INFORMATION, BUT ACTUALLY BEING A BIT MORE TRANSPARENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CODE OFFICER OR A DEPARTMENT. AND, AND MAYBE, MAYBE, PERHAPS EXTENSION GRANTED WOULD NOT WOULD NOT BE YOU KNOW, OUT OF LINE TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SHARE ON THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AND, AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER WE HAVE GROUPS HELPING US TO CONFIGURE WHAT WE NEED IN THE DEPARTMENT. NO, THAT HAS BEEN PLACED DIRECTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO AND SO.

LUCKILY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN CODE FOR A WHILE. AND SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW YOU KNOW, HOW IT SHOULD GO. BUT NO, YOU KNOW THAT A GROUP, A GROUP, A THINK TANK MIGHT, MIGHT BE NICE.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ANY TYPE OF REPORTING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE PAST, THIS WOULD BE TIME TO SHARE. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT SO

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OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, A FEW CALLS THAT I HAVE HAD TO MAKE. THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, HELPFUL. WE GOT IT WORKED OUT.

SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. I COULDN'T TELL YOU SHORT OF STAFF. AND I'M HAPPY FOR YOU THAT YOU ARE NOW FULLY STAFFED. WE ARE TOO. SO TO THE POINT WHEN I GOT A NOTICE ABOUT SOME DISCOLORATION. YEAH, NOT NOT ONE TIME, BUT TWICE. OH NO, IT'S OKAY. YEAH, I COULD TELL Y'ALL WERE ON YOUR JOB. THANK YOU. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. AND YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP. AND IT'S BIG OF YOU TO ADMIT THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO WORK ON. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S HUGE COMING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. YES. SO I COMMEND YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. MADAM. MADAM MAYOR, I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. FROM THE IT PERSPECTIVE, I'M GLAD HE BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE I WAS TRYING NOT TO GO DOWN THAT LINE. BUT WHAT WAS THE WHAT'S THE WHAT IS THE ANSWER? WHAT WAS THE ANSWER THAT WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE ACTUAL IT PIECE OF IT, THE APPLICATION AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE, THE THINK TANK, THE THINK TANK THAT YOU USE, THE WORD YOU USED MORE OF THE TESTERS, WHOEVER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THAT POINT, YOU'RE NOT EVEN TO THAT POINT YET. SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WHAT WAS THE ANSWER TO THAT? TOMORROW. YEAH, I'LL GET SOME NUMBERS TO YOU TOMORROW MORNING. NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN. I'M SAYING FOR HER TO BE SAYING THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE TESTING IN MARCH, THAT MEANS THE PROJECT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. SO THERE'S PIECES OF IT. YOU'RE SAYING THE NUMBERS. I'M SAYING THE PROJECT. HOW LONG HAS THE PROJECT BEEN GOING ON? WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR IT TO BE FINISHED AND FOR IT TO GET TO TESTING? IT ACTUALLY HAS TO BE FINISHED. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING. I'M NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC NUMBERS AS MUCH AS I AM. HOW LONG HAS THE PROJECT BEEN GOING ON? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE TO THE TO WHERE YOU ARE? IS THERE A PROJECT MANAGER ALREADY INVOLVED? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER WITH BOTH HERE WITH DOCTOR WOODS AND AT TYLER. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER AND THEY WORK TOGETHER EVERY DAY. AND AGAIN THERE'S A PIPELINE. RIGHT. THESE ERP THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. SO THERE'S A PIPELINE OF MODULES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED, SOME OF THEM SIMULTANEOUS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM MORE THAN ONE SOMETIMES NOT WATER BILLING, FOR EXAMPLE, IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCE.

SO WE'VE BUDGETED THROUGH OUR SCHEDULING, ADDED TIME FOR THAT AND WHAT THOSE DATES ARE, WHAT THE START END DATES ARE, I DON'T HAVE AT MY AT HAND WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT THE APP ITSELF AND THE PROJECT ITSELF, HER PORTION OR THE CODE COMPLIANCE PORTION IS A SMALL PART OF THE BIGGER WHOLE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. OKAY. SO OKAY, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE. THAT'S A LOT LONGER THAN WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. I THOUGHT THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL THING AS IT, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ADDED ON, WHICH WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS IT'S PART OF THE PROJECT. IT WAS PART OF THE BEGINNING, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN IT HASN'T BEEN TRULY DEDICATED TO YOU. NO. NO ONE HAS REALLY BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS PORTION OF IT. RIGHT. OKAY.

WELL, DEDICATED TO THIS PORTION. YOU KNOW, PERHAPS YOU AND I SHOULD TALK OFFLINE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT. THIS PORTION REALLY REPRESENTS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND SOME OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE ALL IN THIS SAME KIND OF BUCKET. AND SO WHERE A PART OF A MODULE FITS IN THAT SCHEDULING, I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION AT HAND. SO THE NUMBERS THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS SAYING IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WAS BEING PROVIDED. I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULD GIVE US WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GET TO THE END OF WHERE THIS QUESTION WAS, IS THE REASON WHY I EVEN BROUGHT IT BACK UP. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S THE DATE. THE MODULE DATE, THE SCHEDULE IS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD EXPECT. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE US IS A SCHEDULE OF IMPLEMENTATION RIGHT. OR. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS WASHINGTON. THANK YOU. MISS

[e. Presentation and Discussion of Council Member Orientation Process]

[03:05:02]

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE NEXT. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ASKING FOR THIS SOMETIME LAST YEAR. AND I KNOW ASKING FOR IT AT THE RETREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AGAIN, THE GOAL OF THIS THIS ORIENTATION PIECE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH THE GOVERNANCE AND ONGOING PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. THE PURPOSE OF THE ORIENTATION IS ESSENTIAL NOT JUST FOR THE COUNCIL BUT THE INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT ALSO TO THE CITY WHERE THERE'S INTEGRATIONS OF INFORMATION, THERE'S CONSOLIDATION OF THOUGHTS AND ENSURING THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBER, HAS THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED UP FRONT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT HAPPENS FROM THE GET GO. AND TYPICALLY AN ORIENTATION STRUCTURE. AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST NOT JUST THE CITY OF DESOTO, BUT OTHER CITIES AS WELL. YOU HAVE TYPICALLY A CITY GOVERNANCE OVER OVERVIEW AND TALKS ABOUT THE COUNCIL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THE CITY CHARTER, THE CITY CHARTER. IT USUALLY HAS DEPARTMENTAL BRIEFINGS, BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. OF COURSE, LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATION KEEP PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES. THINGS LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE BUSINESS PLAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE, WHICH IS WHAT COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES THERE ARE. AND IN WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. THE TIMELINE AND I LEFT THIS UP FOR COUNCIL'S DECISION. TYPICALLY IT'S WE HAVE FIVE SESSIONS AND THE FIVE SESSIONS GO THROUGH THE OF COURSE THE WELCOME SESSION WITH WITH THE CITY. AND THAT COULD BE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS CITY SECRETARY, CITY ATTORNEY AND DEPARTMENT HEADS. SESSION TWO WOULD BE DEPARTMENTAL BRIEFINGS ON WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT DOES, AND IT WOULD BE WITH INDIVIDUAL EITHER WITH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT HEADS OR IT'S KIND OF A ALMOST A ROVING TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE A DIRECTOR COMES IN FOR 15 MINUTES, GIVES AN OVERVIEW AND THEN ANOTHER DIRECTOR COMES IN AND SO ON. AND THEN SESSION THREE WOULD BE ABOUT BUDGET AND FINANCIAL TRAINING. SESSION FOUR WOULD BE WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER AT TIMES TO TALK ABOUT LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS. AND ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF THE RESOURCES. ALSO, IT'S, YOU KNOW, TALKS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY OUR CONNECTION WITH THE MEDIA, THE THINGS THAT THE TOOLS AND, AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE ON COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ON TOWN HALL MEETINGS, ON ACTIVITIES OF THAT NATURE. THE FORMAT I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD EMBRACE ALL FORMAT, WHATEVER THE INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBER IS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH. I'M A VISUAL PERSON. I LIKE TO BE IN IN, IN A MEETING, FACE TO FACE. OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AND THEY WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE. SO WE'RE GOING TO OFFER ALL KINDS OF FORMAT TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, INCLUDING THE IN PERSON MEETING, VIRTUAL MEETING, INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS WITH SOME EXAMPLES, AND THE ONGOING SUPPORT, OF COURSE, TO ACCESS STAFF AND RESOURCES AND TO TALK ABOUT THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES. THERE'S GOING TO BE ONGOING RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE. STAFF WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO CONNECT AND COMMUNICATE WITH, AND I DO ENCOURAGE OUR TEAM, OUR DIRECTORS, TO CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OF COURSE, THERE ARE OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HTML OFFERS NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS TRAINING AND THAT HAPPENS TWICE A YEAR. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. LIKE I SAID, I LEFT THE TIMELINES OF WHEN THAT COULD HAPPEN. IS IT THE FIRST WEEK INTO INTO THE NEW COUNCIL

[03:10:05]

AND IF YOU IF, IF THEY DON'T TELL YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW. SO KIND OF INCORPORATING I WISH I KNEW JUST A GENERAL INFORMATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OR STATEMENTS WOULD HELP. I THINK AN INCUMBENT AND I THINK AS WE TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, I WISH I KNEW X, Y, Z, I THINK I YOU KNOW, SO I LOVE THE FORMAT. I LIKE THE FORMAT. BUT IF YOU CAN INCORPORATE JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY HAVE ON THE BACK OF MOST WEB QUESTION AND ANSWERS. Q AND A AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH.

I WILL SAY TO THAT POINT, I MY VERY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, MY VERY FIRST SWEARING IN, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. I DIDN'T KNOW. I MEAN, I GUESS I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS A SWEARING IN AND THAT YOU BUT IT DIDN'T CLICK THAT SWEARING IN MEANS YOU SWEAR ON SOMETHING. SO I DIDN'T HAVE A BIBLE, BUT THANKFULLY OUR MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS A PASTOR, SO HE HAD A BIBLE IN HIS OFFICE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU'RE NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT AS A NEW COUNCIL PERSON. I DEFINITELY LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, DID YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON? WAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER'S COUNCIL MEMBER? PARKER. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS JUST THIS WAS EVERYTHING THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE PIECE THAT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A COUNCIL SECTION IN HERE.

THERE'S A COUNCIL SECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE IN HERE THAT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE FAQS, THOSE WHAT WHAT TO DO WHEN. BECAUSE I ALSO WHEN I TOOK THE SEAT THE SAME DAY, I TOOK THE SEAT IS THE SAME DAY I SWORE IN AND I WAS EXPECTED ACCORDING TO OUR MAYOR, KNOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET TO WORK. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE WORK WAS ABOUT TO BE, YOU KNOW. NO, YOU DID, YOU DID BECAUSE I

[03:15:03]

THAT TOO IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAY THIS PERSON NEEDS TO HAVE THIS TRAINING, BECAUSE I DID GET THAT AT THE BEGINNING. SOMEBODY SAID, YOU NEED TO GO TAKE THIS BEFORE YOUR FIRST 90 DAYS. HOWEVER, AFTER THAT 90 DAYS, THERE WAS NOTHING MORE. NOT THAT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY IS AT FAULT FOR THAT. IT'S JUST SOME OF THOSE ITEMS LIKE THE CMO THING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS. AND SO EVEN NOW SOME OF THOSE ITEMS COULD BE SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND KIND OF GET YOUR IDEAS AS YOU'RE GOING ALONG AND YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CRAM ALL OF THIS INTO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FIRST 90 DAYS, YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WANT FOR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN WAS TO CREATE A FULL BOOKLET TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE THE ORG CHARTS. WE HAVE A LITTLE SNIPPET ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU CAN ALWAYS USE THAT AS A REFERENCE IN THE FUTURE. THAT WAS THE PLAN. PHYSICAL BOOKLET OR PHYSICAL BOOKLET AS WELL AS YOU GIVE US THE IDEA ABOUT HAVING THE DIGITAL, THE DIGITAL COPY. SO WE'LL MAKE BOTH AVAILABLE DIGITAL ACCESS. SURE. OR DIGITAL ACCESS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARKS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I THINK WHAT WHAT I'M HEARING IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO BE CATEGORIZED AS A CATALOG, A CATALOG OF IDEAS. AND AS I THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT IS REALLY NOT A BAD IDEA FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS AS WE LOOK AT IT MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS, BE IT COUNCIL, BE IT PNC, BE IT WHATEVER THE SITUATION MIGHT BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE CATALOG AND JUST CLICK ON WHATEVER QUESTION THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SO THAT THEY CAN GET ANSWERS READILY. THANK YOU. I LIKE THAT IDEA. DOCTOR MARX. MISS THOMAS, WHAT IS THE IT'S A KIND OF AN ARCHIVAL SYSTEM IN THE CITY. IT'S NOT MUNI LASERFICHE, HOWEVER, I THINK ISN'T THERE SOMETHING SIMILAR? I'M THINKING MORE OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES WHERE HOW OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES ARE CATALOGED IN THE WEBSITE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND THEY CAN FIND IT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A PARTICULAR NAME OR IF I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP, BUT THERE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S SOMETHING I'M THINKING WITH TO DOCTOR, DOCTOR MARK'S POINT, HAVING SOMETHING WHERE AGAIN, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN THEY CAN GO AND THERE'S A TABLE OF CONTENTS KIND OF JUST ONLINE VERSUS A PDF. SO IF THINGS NEED TO BE UPDATED, IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO UPDATE A DOCUMENT, IT'S MORE SO GOING IN THE BACK END OF WHATEVER'S ON OUR WEBSITE AND UPDATING THOSE THINGS AS NEEDED. RIGHT. AND RATHER THAN HEARING IT JUST ONE TIME, SOME OF US ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GO BACK TO IT. AS MUCH AS WE NEED LEARNING STYLES, WE SOME OF US CAN HEAR IT, SOME OF US NEED TO SEE IT, AND SOME OF US NEED TO SEE IT. 5 OR 6 TIMES. SO IF IT'S CATALOGED SOMEPLACE, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND REFER TO IT.

SO IF WE COULD LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND LIKE I SAID, NOT ONLY FOR COUNCIL, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT PNC BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF SCENARIOS. MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT SCENARIOS. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK AND DON'T ASK? BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT CAN GET US IN TROUBLE WHEN WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING AND P AND Z COMMISSIONERS TO THAT. AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, DOCTOR, MARKS, PNC COMMISSIONERS HAVE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE, MEANING ONCE THEY ARE APPROVED AND THEY GO RIGHT IN AND THEY'RE JUST EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND KIND OF KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION. AND THAT'S THAT'S A TALL ORDER FOR MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, IF THEY'VE NOT SERVED IN THAT

[03:20:04]

HOWEVER, SHOULD THEY NOT, THEY AT LEAST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU FROM A COUNCIL STANDPOINT AND THAT VOICE OF THE COUNCIL, THEN HAPPENS AT THAT POINT, AND THEN YOU ASKED ABOUT THE TIMELINE, AND I THINK I'M OF THE OPINION THAT IN SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF US ARE SELF-STARTERS, WE CAN REACH OUT, BUT SOME IF THERE'S A VIDEO, LIKE A VIDEO OR SOMETHING TO HELP THEM PROGRESS THROUGH JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF IT'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR I GUESS IF WE'RE JUST AT THAT LEVEL WHERE WE HAVE TO WATER IT DOWN. THEN WE TALKED ABOUT A CATALOG OF SOME SORT, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING TO IS THOSE DEPARTMENTS OR AREAS THAT HAVE REDUNDANCY IN THEIR WORKLOAD, WHERE YOU JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING DAY TO DAY. SO WE STARTED DOING THAT WITH WITH MATT SMITH ACTUALLY ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THAT'S JUST TOO LONG. GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT MAYBE A 2 OR 3 MINUTE SNIPPET SO WE CAN HAVE SO WE CAN HAVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF EACH DEPARTMENT. THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA, NOT JUST FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER BUT FOR OUR CITIZENS AS WELL. AND THAT COULD BE ALSO INCLUDED IN ON THE WEB. YOU KNOW, ON THE WEBSITE. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. SURE THING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I WHEN I HAD MY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU KNOW, I HAD THAT THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE. BUT I WAS A LITTLE JEALOUS WHEN OTHER INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FIELD TRIPS. THEY DID A FIELD TRIP ALL DAY AND WENT TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND I COVET. I COVETED THE EXPERIENCES THAT I DID HAVE THAT I MADE FOR MYSELF THAT MIGHT BE ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF LEARNING STYLES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ONLINE, IN PERSON, OR DO YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY GO TO THE, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS LIKE GOING TO THE FIRE STATION, GOING TO THE, YOU KNOW, WATER DEPARTMENT AND SO ON AND SO ON. SO WHILE WE HAVE A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION, BUT HAVING YOU KNOW, SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE MICRO VERSION OF THE CIVIC ACADEMY ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT, YOU

[03:25:02]

YOU KNOW, IS VERY GOOD, YOU KNOW, SO JUST HAVING THOSE DETAILS JUST KIND OF STREAMLINED AS WELL AS YOU MENTIONED HTML, YOU KNOW, BUT HTML ALSO HAS EXCELLENT RESOURCES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT INCLUDING THAT IN THERE. AND I DIDN'T FIND THE GUIDE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS UNTIL LIKE A WOW, WOW WOW WOW LATER. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION PEOPLE JUST DON'T TELL YOU. THEY JUST ASSUME YOU JUST KIND OF GET IT THROUGH OSMOSIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THAT IN YOUR BINDER REPOSITORY, WHATEVER CATALOG OR VIDEO, INCLUDE THOSE AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'LL DO THAT. I JUST WANT TO CAUTION US TO SAY, I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, TO SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WAS MADE, I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH. I'VE BEEN A CITY MANAGER FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE MONTHS, AND I WORK HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL, THE INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RESOURCES ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE YET, WE'RE WILLING TO DO TO KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION, NOT ONLY THE COMMUNICATION LINE OPEN, BUT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO ON A ON A DAILY BASIS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. MR. GODFREY, DID YOU GET ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM US TO GET YOU? I HAD PLENTY OF INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO ADJOURN COUNCIL.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION, PASSED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.