Jan 07, 2025 City Council Meeting

[A. CONVENE MEETING IN OPEN SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH. I WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH OF YOU. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY AND A GREAT NEW YEAR. IT IS 5:01 P.M. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I'M GOING TO ASK IF OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY, MISS TASHA WILLIAMS, WOULD DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARX HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. FIRST ITEM ON

[B. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION]

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO CLOSE OUT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IT'S 5:59 P.M. AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE ONE MINUTE UNTIL OUR REGULAR SESSION. BE RIGHT BACK. IT IS 6 P.M. I'M MAYOR RACHEL

[C. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA]

COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD.

COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARX. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. FIRST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION BY PASTOR ANGELA WILLIAMS FROM LIFE CENTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY STUDENT AMBASSADOR SALAH RAMIREZ FROM THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IF EVERYONE CAN, PLEASE STAND. AMEN. AMEN. LET US GO TO GOD IN PRAYER. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR MERCY, YOUR GRACE, YOUR PEACE, AND YOUR POWER. YOU ARE AN ALMIGHTY GOD SO WE CAN SAY YOU ARE ALL THAT. AND AT THIS FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR OF THIS ESTEEMED DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. LORD, I JUST ASK THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM. GOD, THERE'S MUCH TO BE DONE. THEY DO SO MUCH. GOD. SO BLESS THEM. GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED, EMPOWER THEM. EQUIP THEM TO LEAD THIS CITY THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD ASK THEM TO DO IT. LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE WITH THEM. GOD. IN THIS NEW YEAR, THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO, BUT LET THEM KNOW THAT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THEM. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR HEARTS OF LOVE, FOR THIS CITY WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOVE. SO BLESS THEM AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS MEETING, BLESS THEM AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS YEAR. LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE THEM NOR FORSAKE THEM. GOD, AND THAT ALL THINGS ARE IN YOUR HANDS. GOD. AND FOR THAT WE GIVE YOU THE HONOR, AND WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY, AND WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISE. IN JESUS HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN, AMEN.

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THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS, FOR LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER TONIGHT. AND CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR, MISS CARLA RAMIREZ FROM THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? YOU DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGE TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU TONIGHT SO OUR AUDIENCE CAN GET TO KNOW YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. CARLA RAMIREZ IS A DEDICATED FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY IN DESOTO ISD. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF JENNIFER RAMIREZ AND CHONG DAN. WITHIN DESOTO ISD, CARLA DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP BY SERVING AS THE STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, A LIAISON FOR THE STUDENT LED RESTORATIVE CIRCLE, A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL BOARD. A PASSIONATE MATHEMATICIAN, CARLA ASPIRES TO PURSUE A CAREER IN EITHER POLITICS OR EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE. LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR, MISS CARLA RAMIREZ.

MISS RAMIREZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY AT THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY? YES, MA'AM. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY MOM, MY DAD AND THE TEACHERS AT MY SCHOOL AND THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BE A AMBASSADOR OF MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. MISS RAMIREZ IS AGAIN SERVING AS OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR AND SHE WILL ASSIST YOU. YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD, HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AND SO SHE WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU AT THE AT OUR GREETER TABLE OVER THERE WITH FILLING OUT THAT CARD FOR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COMMENTS ON OUR ON ANY AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT AT OUR MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS RAMIREZ. I'M GOING TO COME DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO AND WE HAVE SOME GOODIES FOR YOU AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DO.

THEY ARE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR

[D. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

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COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR, PLACE FORT, AND I ARE HOSTING A CONVERSATION AROUND TWO ITEMS. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. MOST TIMES, HOME PROJECTS START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BEFORE CODE SHOWS UP TO YOUR HOUSE AND TELL YOU YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN, COME OUT AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER, A PERMIT FOR ANY SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT YOU PLAN TO HAVE AT YOUR HOME. AND THEN SECONDLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE MOST IN RECENTLY REGARDING OUR UTILITY BILLS, WHETHER IT'S SEWER TRASH RATES, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HEAR IT IN A COMMUNITY GROUP ONLINE. WE WANT TO GET YOU IN FRONT OF THE EXPERTS SO YOU CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW YOUR BILL MAY BE CHANGING.

AGAIN, THAT IS SATURDAY, JANUARY THE 25TH FROM 830 TO 10:30 A.M. AND THERE WILL BE SOME SNACKS, SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU OUT. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSING FORWARD, AND THAT'S THE POINT IN TIME. POINT IN TIME COUNT. MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, AND I DID IT LAST YEAR TOGETHER AND HAVE AS WELL AS PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT IT'S THURSDAY, JANUARY THE 23RD. THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE OBTAIN A CENSUS OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. WE OFTEN SEE PICTURES OF SIGHTINGS, RIGHT? BUT WE ACTUALLY GO INTO THE COMMUNITY TO LOOK FOR THEM AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH RESOURCES SHOULD THEY NEED THEM, CONNECT THEM WITH OUR CARES TEAM SO THAT THEY CAN GET ONGOING HELP, AND THEN ALSO GET A COUNT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS HOW RESOURCES COME BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORT. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. YOU CAN CONTACT THE ACTION CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT HOUSING FORWARD AND REGISTER. THERE'S A VOLUNTEER PAGE ON THEIR WEBSITE WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT DESOTO, AND YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL BE DESOTO POLICE, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOSTS. DID I MISS ANYTHING, DOCTOR? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DESOTO, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. I ONLY HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS EVENING, AND IT IS THE 31ST ANNUAL DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE BARBIE DREAM NIGHT. THEY'LL HAVE, OF COURSE, DANCING, FOOD, ELEGANCE AND GIVEAWAYS. AND THAT WILL BE FEBRUARY 8TH, 2025 AT 6:30 P.M. TO 9:30 P.M. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION GENERAL SEATING $60 PER COUPLE, $20 FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL GUEST. VIP SEATING $70 PER COUPLE, $25 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL GUEST. REGULAR REGISTRATION IS JANUARY 19TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 1ST, AND YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV FORWARD SLASH REGISTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARKS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING. DE SOTO. I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO GO FORWARD, FORWARD THIS AFTERNOON. I WANTED TO JUST PAUSE PARENTHETICALLY AND GIVE THANKS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSISTED WITH THE LETENDRE PROGRAM OVER THE HOLIDAY FOR LETENDRE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, IS WHERE WE FEEL THE BEDS OF TUNDRA TRUCKS THIS YEAR, AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE PARTNERED WITH LEGACY TOYOTA WITH THEIR DEALERSHIP, AND OF COURSE THEY FURNISHED THE TRUCKS FOR US TO FIELD. SO I WANT TO THANK LEGACY TOYOTA. THEY'VE PROVIDED THE TRUCKS. THEY PROVIDED THE DRIVERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOYS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE DISTRIBUTION SITE. THE VILLAGE CHURCH PASTOR SOMMERVILLE AND HIS ENTIRE CONGREGATION. I WANT TO THANK THE DIVINE NINE DELTA SIGMA THETA, AKA SIGMA SIGMA KAPPA ALPHA'S GAMMA SIGMA ROSE, ZETAS OMEGAS. THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT REPRESENTED WAS IOTA PHI THETA. I WANT TO THANK THE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUND A WAY.

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SOME OF THE STATISTICS ON THAT WE SERVE, THERE WERE NINE TRUCKS THAT WERE FILLED. THERE WERE 80 SENIORS THAT WE DID SERVE. I SEE MISS GOODWIN IN THE CROWD. SHE ASSISTED WITH OUR SENIORS OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD SCARVES. THERE WERE 52 FAMILIES THAT WERE SERVED, AND IT REPRESENTED 267 CHILDREN. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ONCE AGAIN HAVING A SUCCESSFUL TOY DRIVE FOR THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON. MADAM MAYOR, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARX, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL FEW, I'M OUT OF BREATH. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Y'ALL. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS A LIAISON. AS THE LIAISON TO THE DESOTO, TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION.

THERE ARE A FEW EXCITING THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. THE DESOTO ARTIST LAB RESIDENCY PROGRAM PROGRAM. WITH THAT, WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 ARTIST LAB RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THOSE ARE NOW OPEN. THAT APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW OPEN.

THE RESIDENCY OFFERS ARTISTS A CHANCE TO CREATE, GROW, AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU KNOW ANY TALENTED ARTISTS, FRIENDS, FAMILIES, AND COLLEAGUES, WE WOULD LIKE TO. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM. THE DEADLINE IS JANUARY 13TH, SO THAT'S COMING UP SOON. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE, WHICH IS FOR ARTS IN DESOTO OR CONTACT THE CULTURAL ARTS AND HERITAGE MANAGER, ROLANDA BRIGHAM AT OUR BRIGHAM. THAT'S R B R I G H A M AT DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV. AND IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THAT, CALL THE ACTION CENTER. THEY'LL GET YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE. NOW I WANT TO ALSO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL SCULPTURE HAS THE DEADLINE FOR THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. AND SO WE HAVE A CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR THAT SCULPTURE PIECE. AND SO IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF WE HAVE A LOCAL ARTIST WITH THIS, BUT THIS IS OPEN TO ANY ARTIST. THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR IT IS JANUARY 31ST AT 5:00. AGAIN, CALL THE ACTION CENTER. THEY'LL GET YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE. SO THE DEADLINE FOR THE MEMORIAL SCULPTURE RFQ IS JANUARY 31ST. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION IS ALSO PLANNING IS A MINI ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'LL HAPPEN ON MAY 17TH, DESOTO WILL HOST ITS FIRST MINI AAPI FESTIVAL. IT'LL BE HERE IN THE AMPHITHEATER FROM NOON TO FIVE. IT'LL BE A DAY OF RICH CULTURE CUISINE EXHIBITS. IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY, FAMILY FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE, SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO COME TO GET TO KNOW OTHER CULTURES THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE THOSE A AWARE, MAKE YOU AWARE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS IT RELATES TO THE ARTS. NOW, ON FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY AT 530 FROM 530 TO 7:00, COUNCIL MEMBER PARK AND I WILL HAVE THIS YEAR'S FIRST COMMUNITY VIEWS. AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS, SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF DESOTO NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO THE MAIN TOPICS ON THAT EVENING WILL BE BULK TRASH SERVICES AND INFORMATION RELATED TO DRAINAGE FEES THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE SHOPS OF DESOTO AT 324 EAST BELTLINE ROAD. THAT'LL BE THIS FRIDAY, 530 TO 7. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT BULK TRASH OR IF YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS OR, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU'RE FULLY AWARE OF EVERYTHING RELATED TO BULK TRASH, FULLY AWARE OF EVERYTHING RELATED TO DRAINAGE FEES. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOUR VIEWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PARKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NONE. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE UPCOMING

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[E. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAPHNE GARDNER. I RESIDE IN DESOTO, TEXAS. I'M COMING TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THIS FALSE ALARM REDUCTION PROGRAM. ON DECEMBER THE 26TH, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL MESSAGE. IT CONTAINED A LETTER THAT SAID 30 DAY DELINQUENT NOTICE FOR ACCOUNT SUCH AND SUCH PER THE CITY OF DESOTO ALARM AND ORDINANCE. YOUR ACCOUNT CURRENTLY HAS ONE OR MORE INVOICES, WHICH HAS NOW 30 DAYS PAST DUE. INVOICES ARE DUE 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE THEY ARE BILLED. FAILURE TO PAY THE FEES ASSESSED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ORIGINAL INVOICE DATE IS A VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE. MY ALARM FEE PERMIT DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL JANUARY 5TH. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW ALARMED I WAS WHEN I RECEIVED THIS EMAIL. SO I INQUIRED AND I DID RECEIVE A RESPONSE, IT SAID. AND THE RESPONSE CAME ON JANUARY 2ND. IT SAID. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL STATING THAT I WAS CORRECT. THE EXPIRATION DATE WAS SET AS JANUARY 5TH. SINCE THE EXPIRING INVOICE WAS SENT OUT ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2025, AND I TOOK THAT AS AN ERROR ON THE YEAR. THE 30 DAY DELINQUENT LETTER IS MORE OF A REMINDER TO MAKE THE RENEWAL PAYMENT, NOT THAT PAYMENT IS LATE. WE GOT SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THAT BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT THE CITY IS ENGAGING IN DELINQUENT BILLING. SO MY QUESTIONS TONIGHT ARE WHEN WERE RESIDENTS NOTIFIED ALARM PERMIT INVOICES WOULD BE EMAILED INSTEAD OF MAILED BECAUSE I'M SURE I COULD HAVE MISSED THAT.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHAT CITY ORDINANCE STATES FAILURE TO PAY THE FEES ASSESSED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ORIGINAL INVOICE DATE IS A VIOLATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE INVOICE DATE WAS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR RESPONSE. THANK YOU. GARY. RIGHT NOW.

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I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. YOU DIDN'T KNOW? MISS CLEVELAND, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

JUST GETTING MYSELF SITUATED HERE. YOU GUYS HAVE A WEIRD SETUP. HOW'S MY TIME STARTED? I'M READY. AWESOME. I AM SHANITA CLEVELAND. MY HOME CITY IS DALLAS, BUT I LIVE ALL AROUND US. AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY? YOU KNOW, I SAW CHIEF COSTA, I, YOU KNOW.

SAID HI WITH LOVE AND WARMNESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT HIS FAULT. LISTEN, I'M HERE ABOUT MR. ARTHUR LEE ARMSTRONG JUNIOR. SAY HIS NAME AND I GOT QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

40S 30S OF DE-ESCALATION. IT'S LIKE, REALLY? DESOTO? Y'ALL ARE A HOTBED OUT HERE, MAN. I'M TELLING YOU, THE GOOD LORD IS SHINING HIS LIGHT ON THE CITY OF DESOTO. THINGS ARE HAPPENING ONE AFTER THE OTHER. I KEEP SAYING THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING ONTO THE CITY BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET RIGHT THE OFFICER. FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T. WE SHOULDN'T PROTECT ANYONE, OKAY? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE, THEY THEIR NAMES WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT THERE. OKAY, SO THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO DESERVE TO KNOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER TACTICS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TELL THE TRUTH, SOME OF YOU ARE MINISTERS UP HERE. YOU SHOULD TELL THE TRUTH. WHEN I LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND I'VE WATCHED IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER, WHY DIDN'T HE SHOOT THE GUN? IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE A GUN INSTEAD OF A TASER, WHY DIDN'T THE OFFICER SHOOT THE KNIFE OUT OF HIS HAND? HE'D STILL BE LIVING. IF YOU SHOOT SOMEBODY IN THE CHEST, YOU'RE SHOOTING TO KILL. EVEN I COULD SEE IN THE VIDEO THE GUY'S LIKE THIS. HE DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO. OKAY, IT'S MENTAL HEALTH. WHY DO YOU ALL. NOT NOW? NOW, HOPEFULLY WITH THIS, THE CITY OF DESOTO DECIDES TO GET WITH DALLAS SECURE TEAM IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE. BECAUSE IN MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE SOME TYPE OF SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ARRIVE WITH IT. EVEN THOUGH IN DALLAS WE SAY THAT WE HAVE IT, BUT THEY HARDLY EVER DO IT. OKAY, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTAFFED, BUT THE CITY OF DESOTO, IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ALL AMERICAN CITY, WHICH IF YOU LOOK AROUND AMERICA, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY SHAKING YOUR HEAD. BUT IF WE DO WANT TO BE AN ALL AMERICAN CITY, WE SHOULD HAVE ALL AMERICAN POLICIES, OKAY? ONES THAT ARE UP WITH THE TIMES, SORT OF LIKE INFLATION. CHIEF COSTA, I PRAY THAT YOU AS WELL AS YOUR COUNCIL, I KEEP AN EYE ON THIS INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THIS HAS REALLY BEEN HUSH HUSH. AND I'M JUST I'M NOT SHOCKED, BUT I'M JUST SORT OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M IN A WEIRD SPACE LIKE THE MATRIX WITH IT, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME WHAT IS WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. THAT'S NOT MY WORD. BUT WITH THE

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AND FIRST OF ALL, I WOULDN'T HAVE STARTED WITHOUT THE OTHER OFFICERS. I THINK THAT WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS CLEVELAND. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES ALL CARDS RECEIVED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO

[F. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager. ]

[G. Consent - Other Items]

CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR UP TO $10 MILLION FOR THE WESTMORELAND CONNECT PROJECT WITH THE 2025 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CALL FOR PROJECT GRANT TO SUPPORT KEY TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN DESOTO. AND CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR UP TO $10 MILLION FOR THE PLEASANT RUN CONNECT PROJECT WITH THE 2025 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CALL FOR A PROJECT GRANT TO SUPPORT KEY TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN DESOTO. THANK YOU. DOCTOR WILLIAMS. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM G THREE AND FOUR. ARE THEY JUST CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? WELL, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. BUT YEAH, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE PULLED. WHICH ONES ARE YOU REQUESTING SPECIFICALLY, PLEASE? THREE AND FOUR. OKAY. WE'RE PULLING ITEMS. G EXCUSE ME, F G F OR GGG3. WELL, IT'S UNDER F CONSENT, BUT G UNDER CONSENT. OTHER ITEMS? THREE AND FOUR. FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ITEMS REQUESTED? MAY I BE? YES, MA'AM.

DOCTOR MARX. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. G1I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. OR MAYBE JUST A QUESTION. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE STREET LIGHTING SERVICE. THE CHANGING OUT OF THE LIGHTS. DO WE HAVE A TIME FRAME ON THAT WHEN IT WILL GET STARTED? WHAT'S THE. IF YOU COULD GIVE US A STATUS ON THAT VERY, VERY QUICKLY. JUST THE DATE OR WHATEVER. THANK YOU.

YES, COUNCILWOMAN. WE DON'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME AS WE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH PHASE ONE, WHICH IS ABOUT 156,000. WE ARE TOTALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF ENCORE. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE. AS SOON AS WE GET A TIME FRAME, WE WILL COMMUNICATE IT BACK TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA OR TO. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA, NOTING THE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA. PULLING ITEMS G ONE THROUGH G THREE AND FOUR FOR SEPARATE VOTES. THANK YOU.

SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. DOCTOR MARX HAS MADE A MOTION AND MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SECOND. THAT MOTION.

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PARKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARX. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. WE WILL NOW INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESS ITEM G THREE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. AND THEY ACTUALLY CAN GO TOGETHER. I ACTUALLY ONLY WANTED TO ASK CITY MANAGER. WE DID DISCUSS THIS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A 20% MATCH. I DO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM AS FAR AS THOSE TWO GRANTS, IF WE WERE TO GET THEM. AND THEN SECONDLY, THE ITEM ON G FOUR JUST NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE. IT IT IS SOME OVERLAP FROM THE PREVIOUS ITEM, SO IT JUST NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. LET ME LET ME HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET ME JUST CORRECT ONE ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM THREE SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY THE WESTMORELAND CONNECT PROJECT AS WELL AS THE DANIEL DALE PROJECT. IS THAT CORRECT? STAFF. CORRECT. WE'VE PLACED UPDATED RESOLUTIONS ON YOUR DAIS TODAY FOR THE THESE TWO CORRECTED RESOLUTIONS. OH, OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN IT DOES HAVE THE THANK YOU. IT DOES HAVE THOSE OTHER CORRECTIONS FOR THE NUMBER FOUR THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE MONIES ARE COMING FROM. SO IT WOULD BE ANY LOCAL MATCHING MONEY. WE DO HAVE $6.5 MILLION I BELIEVE IN WESTMORELAND WE HAVE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT IN PLEASANT RUN. WE DO HAVE $19 MILLION IN TOTAL FOR THE DANIEL DALE. THEY WOULD BE COMING FROM THOSE TYPES OF FUNDS. IT DOESN'T DOES NOT SPECIFY WHERE THE FUNDS IS COMING AS LONG AS THERE IS A LOCAL MATCH. SO THE LOCAL MATCH COULD BE COUNTY FUNDING, COULD BE CITY FUNDING, COULD BE BOND FUNDING, WHICH WE HAVE ACTUALLY IN THE 2024. BUT I'LL DEFER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND MELISSA JONES TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. YES, JUST FOR HELPING ON THAT ANSWER. SINCE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WE DO HAVE THREE MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND SINCE THERE ARE FUNDING AVAILABLE CURRENTLY IN ALL THREE OF THEM AS CITY MANAGER INDICATED 6.5 IN THE WESTMORELAND, 6.5 IN THE PLEASANT RUN AND 9 MILLION WITH THE LAST BOND. WE HAVE FUNDING RIGHT NOW AND THUS WE ARE ALLOWED TO IDENTIFY AND OUR APPLICATION TO TXDOT AND TO COG. WE HAVE CURRENTLY FUNDING AVAILABLE. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONLY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE IS DO THESE HAVE TIMEFRAMES? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. TIMEFRAMES ARE THEY DO THEY HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE IN THE IN THE GUIDES THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US? THEY GAVE US SOME TIME FRAMES OF WHEN THE PROCESS WOULD TAKE PLACE. YOU KNOW, THEY IDENTIFIED OUR DEADLINE. WE HAVE TO HAVE BOTH OF OUR APPLICATIONS IN BY JANUARY THE 17TH, AND THEN FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, THEY WILL BE REVIEWING AND SCORING OUR TWO APPLICATIONS. AND THEN THERE IS A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AT A CALL CALLED THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE APPROVING THE PROJECTS FORECAST IN APRIL 25TH OF 2025. AND THEN THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL ASSOCIATED WITH COG WOULD THEN HAVE TO APPROVE THE PROJECTS AS FORECAST FOR MAY 8TH OF 2025. THEY WERE COORDINATED WITH THE LOCAL TXDOT, THE ULTIMATE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE. WE THEN HAVE TO GET INTO A FINANCIAL AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT AS A FEDERAL PROJECT, AND THEN FINALLY, THE DEADLINE TO AT LEAST HAVE THE BIDS OPEN FOR OUR PROJECTS IS AUGUST THE 31ST, 2028. OUR APPLICATION WILL IDENTIFY OUR TIME FRAME. THEY WILL ACCEPT OUR TIME FRAME AND OUR APPLICATION SUBMITTAL. AND THEN ONCE WE OPEN THE BIDS, WE'LL HAVE UP UNTIL AUGUST THE 31ST THAT WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE'RE IN IN COMMITTED PROJECTS. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. SURE THING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO RELATED TO THIS SAME ITEM, SHOULD WE WIN THE THIS GRANT APPLICATION, WILL WE SEE A WILL WE REALIZE A SAVINGS IF WE WIN IT? SO WE'RE GIVING A 20% MATCH. BUT YOU KNOW, I GUESS ON THIS LIST, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WERE ALREADY GOING TO DO AND WILL WE SEE A SAVINGS? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHY THESE THREE PROJECTS BECAME ATTRACTIVE TO US. THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS ASKING FOR WAYS TO INCREASE

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WE'VE GOTTEN WITH OUR ENGINEERS, ALL THREE OF OUR PROJECTS RIGHT NOW HAVE AT LEAST THE MINIMUM RIGHT OF WAY GREATER THAN 11FT, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM WIDTH FOR A SHARED USE PATH. SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER REQUIREMENT. BEFORE WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY ALREADY PURCHASED. SO WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY DESIGNED. WE SHOW THE RIGHT OF WAY BEING THERE. WE SHOW RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE WIDTH. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. THE DANIEL DALE WE TALKED ABOUT 21 MILLION. THE WESTMORELAND 20 MILLION. AND I MAY BE SAYING HE'S BACKWARDS AND THE PLEASANT RUN OF THE 21 MILLION. SO THEY HAVE SIDEWALK COMPONENTS. THERE ARE LOTS GOING ON WITH SIDEWALKS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DRAINAGE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME EXCAVATION. SO WHEN YOU ADD ALL OF THOSE UP, THAT'S WHY WE FEEL WE CAN MEET THE MINIMUM OF 3 MILLION. THIS PROJECT PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 3 MILLION IN EXPENDITURE WITH A MAXIMUM OF 10 MILLION. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU, ASKING YOU FOR SUPPORT, TO AT LEAST ALLOW US TO PUT THE APPLICATION IN FOR A PROJECT FOR TWO PROJECTS THAT WILL HAVE A VALUE OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3 MILLION AND 10 MILLION. UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT A GRANT WHERE WE GET MONEY FIRST, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FUND THE ENTIRE. IF WE GET A 3 MILLION, 4 MILLION, 5 MILLION, WE'D HAVE TO PAY THAT UP FRONT REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH WOULD GO BACK INTO THE FUND THAT WE TOOK IT FROM. OKAY. SO IT'S GOING TO SEE IF SHE HAD SOMETHING TO ADD.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? MR. CITY MANAGER? YES, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MELISSA JONES HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, IN PUTTING THAT GRANT WORK TOGETHER. AND ACTUALLY, MR. CHARLES BREWER CAME DURING HIS TIME OFF HOLIDAY SEASON. TIME OFF TO WORK ON THIS AS WELL. SO KUDOS TO HIM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAT SAID, ARE WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON THESE ITEMS AND COUNCIL? WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH DOING THEM TOGETHER IN ONE VOTE, CORRECT? YES, YES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM G THREE AND FOUR, INNOCENT AS IS WRITTEN. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS G THREE AND FOUR AS PRESENTED A SECOND BY. WELL MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. LET'S DO A HAND VOTE AGAIN PLEASE. DOCTOR WILLIAMS. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. NICOLE RAPHAEL.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARX. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[1. Continue Public Hearing (tabled during the November 19, 2024, City Council meeting) and consider Ordinance for the applicant's request to amend Planned Development-193 (PD-193) with base zonings of Single Family-8 (SF-8), Single Family-9 (SF-9) and Single Family-10 (SF-10) with deviations to a new PD-193 with base zoning of SF-8 with deviations. The property comprises 5 tracts of land and is legally described as Tracts 6, 8, 9, and 10 in the R.T. Bandy Survey, Abstract 115, and part of Lot 1A in Block 1 of the First Southern Baptist Church Amendment Addition. The property is located at the northeast corner of S. Polk Street and E. Parkerville Rd. The property comprises approximately 50.35 acres of land and is addressed as 800, 803, 811, 819, and 901 E. Parkerville Rd. The applicant is John McKenzie of M&A Devco and the property owner is Legacy Grove Development LLC. (Case No. Z-1530-24)]

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND WE'VE HEARD FROM STAFF REGARDING THE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM MAYOR, MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES. WHAT DID I SAY? YOU SAID, OH, I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING.

THAT'S WHY I PICKED YOUR PICK YOUR VOICE UP. EXCUSE ME? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO CLOSE THE OUR PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. YES, I ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. MR. CITY POINT OF INFORMATION. YES, MA'AM. SO WE CLOSED THAT PUBLIC HEARING. ARE YOU SAYING? IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BRAND NEW? IT'S A NEW. YEAH, CORRECT. IT WILL GO BACK. IT WILL GO BACK. BASICALLY LOOK AT IT AS LIKE IT'S STARTING OVER AGAIN. SO WE'LL GO BACK. IT'LL BE PRESENTED TO THE P AND Z. P AND

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PARKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DIANA MARKS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRISTAL CHISHOLM. YES. THANK YOU. THAT

[2. Conduct Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance for an applicant's request to obtain a Specific Use Permit (SUP) in order to establish and operate both a “School, Business" and "School, Commercial Trade” within the existing building located at 100 and 102 Ezell Drive (property legally described as being Lot 1B, Block A, Commerce & Business Center of DeSoto, Inc. Addition) and to rescind SUP-154/Ordinance that allowed outside storage for one of the prior tenants at 102 Ezell Drive. The applicant is Melissa Cuellar of MT Training Center and the property owner is Fort Box LLC.]

NEXT, WE HAVE CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR AN APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO OBTAIN A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE BOTH A SCHOOL BUSINESS AND SCHOOL COMMERCIAL TRADE WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING, LOCATED AT 100 AND 102 EDSEL DRIVE. PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LOT ONE B BLOCK, A COMMERCE AND BUSINESS CENTER OF DESOTO INC. ADDITION AND TO RESCIND SUP DASH 154 ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWED OUTSIDE STORAGE FOR ONE OF THE PRIOR TENANTS AT 102 EDSEL DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS MELISSA CUELLAR OF TRAINING CENTER, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS FORT BOX LLC. MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS MR. MUNYARADZI, PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MR. ARTSY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WITH THE PLANNING DIVISION. THIS IS AN SUPP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL TRADE SCHOOL IN AN EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EZELL DRIVE AND WEST SIDE OF NORTHAMPTON ROAD. IT IS ADDRESSED AS 100 AND 102 EZELL DRIVE. THE PROPERTY IS 4.5 ACRES AND CURRENTLY ZONED. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 142 WITH GENERAL RETAIL AS THE BASE ZONING. IN TERMS OF ANALYSIS, STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED TRADE SCHOOL ALIGN WITH GENERAL RETAIL USES IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. THE USE WILL NOT GENERATE EXCESSIVE NOISE, TRAFFIC DISTURBANCES, OR DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THIS AREA. THE USES ARE HARMONIOUS, REASONABLE AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DISTRICT'S GOALS. MOST CLASSES WILL BE HELD ONLINE WITH IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE FOR HANDS ON LESSONS. THE SCHOOL OFFERS MULTIPLE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO OPERATE THE SCHOOL DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. THE PROPERTY IS ADEQUATE AND REQUIRED. PARKING SPACES. THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE SITE PLAN THAT IS COMBINED WITH THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND EVERYTHING IS EXISTING. THIS NEXT PLAN IS THE FLOOR PLAN THAT SHOWS THAT THE AREA IN BLUE IS THE AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE DOING THE HANDS ON LESSONS, AND THE AREA IN GREEN IS WHERE THE OFFICES AND OTHER SPACES IN THIS BUILDING WILL BE. ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2024, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR SUPP TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL TRADE SCHOOL IN THE EXISTING BUILDING, ADDRESSED AS 100 AND 102 EZELL DRIVE, BY A VOTE OF SIX ZERO, AND STAFF CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. MR. ROSSI, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? DO THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION OR IS THIS JUST INCLUSIVE OF. NO, THEY DON'T HAVE AN A PRESENTATION, BUT THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT. YEAH. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY MAYOR

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GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, EDWIN CRITTENDON. DESOTO. AS A LONG TIME DESOTO RESIDENT, MY FAMILY AS A WHOLE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING PEOPLE LIKE MT. VOCATIONAL COME TO OUR CITY BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AS A CITY OF GROWTH, A CITY GROWING THE HAMPTON CORRIDOR. THOSE THINGS ARE ALL IN IN PLAY WITH THIS WITH WITH COMING IN, THOSE VOCATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO, TO FURTHER TO, TO FURTHER WITH EXPERTISE AND PERSONS OF, OF INTEREST IN THE GROWTH. WE'RE GOING TO NEED A TRAINING CENTER OF SOME TYPE HERE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MONITOR, WE CAN BE A PART OF. WE CAN SEND OUR OUR OFFSPRING AND THINGS, THOSE PEOPLE TO THE TRAINING CENTER WHERE IT'S FUNNY THAT THIS TRAINING CENTER IS ACTUALLY POPULATED BY 42% OF DESOTO. THERE ARE 42% OF THE ACTUAL STUDENTS AT THE PRESENT LOCATION ARE FROM DESOTO. SO IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT HERE, HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, LEARNING AND GROWING WITH THE BUSINESSES AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ASSISTING WITH ITS GROWTH. AND I JUST STAND AS AN ADVOCATE FOR AND ANY QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER WE COULD ADDRESS, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU. MARTIN CUELLAR. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MY NAME IS MARTIN CUELLAR FROM ARLINGTON. I WAS ONLY HERE IN SUPPORTING ROLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR EMPTY TRAINING CENTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. KENNETH ROSEMAN. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS KENNETH ROSEMAN. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE EMPTY TRAINING CENTER. AND I'M FROM MANSFIELD, TEXAS. AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR THE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE A CUE FROM THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. IS THAT FOURTH CARD SOMEONE THAT'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, OR ARE THEY A RESIDENT OR SOMEONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK WITH? WHAT'S THE NAME ON THEIR. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. WHAT'S THE NAME PLEASE? KENNETH ROSSMAN THE THIRD. THE FOURTH CARD IS THE THIRD. THE THIRD. I'M SORRY. IT'S THE FOURTH CARD. HIS NAME IS THE THIRD, THOUGH. KENNETH ROSSMAN THE THIRD, KENNETH ROSSMAN THE THIRD. BUT WHAT IS THE FOURTH NAME ON THE FOURTH CARD? YOU SAID WE HAVE FOUR CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. SO THE THIRD CARD WAS KENNETH ROSSMAN. THE FOURTH CARD IS KENNETH ROSSMAN, THE THIRD, THE THIRD NOW CLEAR AS MUD. OKAY. SO MR. ROSSMAN THE THIRD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ARE YOU JUST HERE TO SUPPORT? SURE. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY. OKAY. THAT SAID, I BELIEVE WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THERE IS COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER THANK

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STAY THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOU OR NOT, BUT IT WAS MENTIONED THAT DESOTO RESIDENTS, 42% OF YOUR, I GUESS, YOUR ENROLLMENT. YES. HOW MANY IS THAT? IS 42% OF WHAT I WOULD SAY. AND HOW MANY IS THAT? APPROXIMATELY 175 ANNUAL STUDENTS. OKAY. APPROXIMATELY.

YES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.

EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN BYRD HAS A QUESTION AS WELL. SURE THING. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR CAPACITY. SO, WILL THIS BE YOUR SECOND LOCATION? ARE YOU RELOCATING FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION? WHERE ARE YOU CURRENTLY, AND WILL THERE BE ANY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THAT NEED TO BE STORED ON CAMPUS, AND WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WOULD THAT BE? OKAY, SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WE ARE MOVING FROM GRAND PRAIRIE. WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN GRAND PRAIRIE IN 2001. WE HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 2001. WE ARE ACTUALLY RELOCATING PART OF THE SCHOOL TO DESOTO. SO THERE'S PORTIONS OF THE SCHOOL THAT WILL REMAIN IN GRAND PRAIRIE. IT'S JUST A MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL WILL MOVE TO DESOTO. AND WHAT EQUIPMENT AND THEN WHAT SKILLS WILL BE TAUGHT AT THE SCHOOL. AT THIS LOCATION, THERE WILL BE COMBINATION WELDING, DIESEL TECHNOLOGY, BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY AND COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WRITING. AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO LOOK IN IN THE FUTURE AT PURCHASING THE LAND THAT'S WEST OF THE SCHOOL, THE LOCATION THEY'RE RELATED TO, I GUESS, DIESEL MECHANIC, HEAVY EQUIPMENT. WOULD THAT BE INDOORS OR OUTDOORS? JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THE AREA. THE VEHICLES MIGHT BE PARKED ON SITE, BUT THAT'S IT. WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ON THE INSIDE OF THE WAREHOUSE TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK ON THEM FOR THE MECHANIC PARK. YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BYRD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BEING HERE. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING PHYSICALLY PRESENT, BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL KIND OF WENT DOWN THE SAME LINE. YOU SAID DIESEL MECHANIC. SO IS THAT'S ONE OF THE TRAITS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. NOW WITH WITH IT. WILL IT WILL IT CREATE AN EYESORE FOR THE COMMUNITY OR WILL IT BE ENDURE REPAIR WORK? NO, IT WILL NOT BE AN EYESORE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GATED. IF YOU OUR PROPERTY IS GATED SO IT WILL NOT BE AN EYESORE BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSIDE THE GATE. AS FAR AS MOST OF THE TRAINING WILL BE INDOORS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. IT HAPPENS TO BE IN MY DISTRICT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND WHAT IS THE AVERAGE? WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD BE THE AVERAGE SALARY FOR SOMEONE THAT WOULD GRADUATE FROM YOUR COLLEGE OR FROM YOUR SCHOOL? IT DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM. SO THE AVERAGE SALARY FOR A WELDER IS IN THE 65 TO $75,000 RANGE. SO EACH PROGRAM IT'S THE SALARY IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. OKAY. AND LASTLY, I DIDN'T FIND THIS IN THE INFORMATION. I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE I'M NOSY. IS OUR JOB PLACEMENT ONCE A COMPLETION OF YOUR PROGRAM? YES. WE HAVE LIFETIME JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING BEFORE COUNCIL. MADAM MAYOR, I YIELD BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL,

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MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NICOLE RAPHAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DONNA MARX.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRISTAL. CHISHOLM. YES. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

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

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO AS YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE, THE CITY OF DESOTO, WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL SRS FOR A LETTER, CITY OF DESOTO HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT, KIMLEY-HORN, TO ASSIST US WITH DEVELOPING THE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. UTILIZING THE GRANT MONEY, WE DID A PRESENTATION TO YOU ON OCTOBER 14TH TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATE AND INFORMATION THAT EXISTED AS OF THAT TIME. SO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR CONSULTANT, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE STUDY AND REPORT IS ALSO PREPARED.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. OUR CONSULTANT IS HERE. MR. BRIAN SHAMBURGER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM KIMLEY-HORN. HE WILL GIVE YOU THE FINAL PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER ONLY. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. HOWEVER, ON JANUARY 21ST, NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ITEM WHERE WE WILL SEEK A RESOLUTION FROM YOU SUPPORTING VISION ZERO POLICY. VISION ZERO POLICY, BASICALLY A POLICY THAT ADOPTS ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE. TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT WOULD ENSURE ZERO FATALITIES AND ZERO SEVERE INJURIES IN CITY'S ROADWAY NETWORK. AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE IT ZERO THAT ZERO SEVERE INJURIES WITHIN CITY OF DESOTO BY 2035, I MEAN IN TEN YEARS. SO WITH THAT, I AM REQUESTING OUR CONSULTANT TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN, BRIAN SHAMBURGER WITH KIMLEY-HORN. SO YEAH, LAST TIME WE PRESENTED WE REALLY PRESENTED THE OVERALL STATE OF SAFETY. WE HAD GONE THROUGH A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF A LOT OF THE CRASH HISTORY, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SO YEARS. AND WE ALSO HAD BEEN A FEW MONTHS INTO GATHERING SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS. WE WERE GETTING SOME WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OF INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL WITHIN THE CITY. SO AGAIN, AS WE AGAIN SUPPORTING THE TARGET GOAL OF WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF HOPEFULLY

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MAYBE I'LL JUST HAVE YOU ADVANCE FOR ME. PERFECT. SO THE NEXT SLIDE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE MET IN OCTOBER AND RIGHT AFTER THAT WE HAD A PRETTY BIG UPTICK IN THE AMOUNT OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE DEVELOPED A WEBSITE FOR THE FOR THE PLAN AND ALLOWED PEOPLE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE PLAN. WE HAD A SURVEY THAT WAS PROVIDED SO THEY COULD PROVIDE RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, BUT ALSO THERE WERE SOME MAPPING THAT ALLOWED THEM TO IDENTIFY SOME KEY LOCATIONS AND AREAS OF THE CITY THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD SOME SAFETY CONCERNS AND WOULD WANTING US TO POTENTIALLY FURTHER INVESTIGATE. OVERALL, WE HAD 638 VIEWS ACROSS 503 VISITS. WE HAD 356 VISITORS AND FROM 68 CONTRIBUTORS. THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDED 115 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THROUGH THE EITHER THROUGH SURVEYS OR THE MAPPING TOOLS THAT WERE PROVIDED. YOU CAN SEE AND AGAIN, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, PLANNING THE PLANNING TEAM, HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE WEBSITE THAT WE PROVIDED AND ALSO JUST THE OVERALL STAFF, POLICE AND FIRE REALLY GOT THE WORD OUT.

AND IT WAS THERE WAS NO COINCIDENCE. THAT'S WHEN WE SAW THE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION.

WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER UPTICK AT THE END WHEN WE HAD THE FALL FESTIVAL RIGHT THERE AROUND THE HALLOWEEN NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THE A SUMMARY ON THE PARTICIPANT STATISTICS. APPROXIMATELY 76% OF THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED LIVED IN OR THE PEOPLE THAT VISITED THE SITE LIVED IN DESOTO. 39% WORKED IN DESOTO. PROBABLY NOT A BIG SURPRISE THAT ALMOST 100% OF THE PEOPLE USE THEIR PRIMARY VEHICLE AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE PERSONAL VEHICLE AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

48% REDUCED, REDUCING SPEED LIMITS. ALMOST 100% OF THE FOLKS RESPONDED IN SUPPORT. ANY TYPES OF INVESTMENTS IN MAKING WALKING SAFER. AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM SOME OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FUNDING FOR WALKING, SAFER, BIKING, SAFER, AND ALSO THE A VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED FUNDING SOME OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR DRIVER SAFETY AND ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THE TOP SAFETY CONCERNS. IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT YOU SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS, LIKE DISTRACTED DRIVING, SPEEDING. THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE POORLY MAINTAINED ROADS THAT MAY EXIST. APPROXIMATELY 20%. ALSO AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ROAD RAGE OR PEOPLE JUST DRIVING FAST OR IN MAYBE IT'S IN THE, IN THE ON THE ROADWAYS WHERE THEY EXPECT TO BE AT LOWER SPEEDS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE JUST IGNORING TRAFFIC LAWS WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING, MAYBE NOT YIELDING THE RIGHT OF WAY OR NOT OBSERVING SPEED LIMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO MENTIONED THERE WAS AN INTERACTIVE MAP SURVEY THAT WE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THEIR TOP LOCATIONS. THEY BUT APPROXIMATELY 31% OF THE PEOPLE RESPONDED. THEY IDENTIFIED SOME SPEEDING, SPEEDING RELATED LOCATIONS. ALSO, INTERSECTION SAFETY WAS WAS A TOP CONCERN AND ALSO RED LIGHT RUNNING. SO AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THAT COLOR WHEEL. IT TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT THEY SAW. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WERE DEFINITELY RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY. LIGHTING IS ANOTHER CONCERN TOO. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CAPITAL PROGRAMS ABOUT ABOUT IMPROVING LIGHTING ON YOUR ROADWAYS. SO I THINK THAT CONFIRMS SOME OF THE SOME AND SOME AND WOULD SUPPORT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS THAT WOULD WHEN WE FOCUS WITHIN CERTAIN EMPHASIS AREAS, THOSE WOULD HAVE THE

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POLICE AND FIRE HAVE ALREADY VOLUNTEERED, BUT THEY WOULD BE THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY TO HELP PROMOTE THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THERE ARE ALSO GRANTS THAT COULD BE APPLIED FOR TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS AND POTENTIALLY REALLOCATION OF EXISTING FUNDS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE DO WANT TO GET INTO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CORRIDORS WE IDENTIFIED. THE LAST TIME WE TALKED, WE IDENTIFIED THREE MILES OF ROADWAYS WITHIN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. SO AGAIN EVERYTHING IN RED IS THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. THOSE AREAS IN YELLOW ARE THE SPECIFIC CORRIDORS OF WEST BELTLINE FROM DUNCANVILLE TO COCKRELL HILL ROAD, EAST BELTLINE FROM HAMPTON ROAD TO POLK STREET, EAST EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD FROM HAMPTON ROAD TO CHATTY ROAD, AND THEN NORTH HAMPTON AGAIN JUST NORTH OF HERE, FROM WINTERGREEN ROAD TO EAST CENTER PARK BOULEVARD. SO I WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE FINDINGS. WE DID A ROAD SAFETY AUDIT WHERE WE WALKED EACH

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SOME DRIVEWAYS STILL HAVE REASONABLE ACCESS, BUT IT WOULD HELP IMPROVE SAFETY. BUT ALSO ALONG THIS ENTIRE SECTION YOU NOTICE IT HAS THAT CENTER LEFT TURN LANE. WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO INSTALL AN ACTUAL RAISED MEDIAN, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR, SPECIFICALLY AT HAMPTON ROAD ON THE NORTH AND THE EAST APPROACH. WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO INSTALL A CENTER MEDIAN THAT WOULD AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFLICT POINTS WITH DRIVEWAYS RIGHT THERE AT THIS INTERSECTION. ALSO, ONE OF THE THAT SECOND RECOMMENDATION THERE AT LINDA LYNN AVENUE, WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING, INSTEAD OF DOING AN ACTUAL FLASHERS AND AN ACTIVE CONTROL THERE, LIKE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO, TO ELIMINATE THE EXISTING CROSSWALKS. THAT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS. AND THEN AT THERE'S SOME INSTRUCTIONS AND SOME SIGNS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S THAT'S RESTRICTING VISIBILITY. AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF, OF PARK A, IT PARKS THERE AT NORTH PARK. SO THERE'S SOME MINOR THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. MAJOR THING OBVIOUSLY IS THE INSTALLATION OF A RAISED MEDIAN ALONG EAST BELTLINE. NEXT SLIDE. EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD. AGAIN, THE SECTION HERE FROM HAMPTON JUST OVER TO CHATTY RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THERE IS TO BASICALLY REPLACE AND REFURBISH THE EXISTING SIGNAL AT THE AT HAMPTON. A LOT OF THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT THAT WOULD BE INITIATED IN THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO INSTALL FLASHING YELLOW ARROWS IN BETWEEN HILLTOP, WHICH IS AGAIN RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL OVER TO HAMPTON ROAD. WE ARE RECOMMENDING SOME SOME CHANGES TO THE EXISTING MEDIANS WITH ALL THE LEFT TURN LANES AND HOW IT'S KIND OF PEOPLE CAN TURN LEFT IN AND OUT OF ALL THE BUSINESSES THERE IN FRONT OF TOM THUMB. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO MODIFY SOME OF THE EXISTING MEDIANS. WE ARE RECOMMENDING A NEW SIGNAL HERE RIGHT AT THE HILLTOP, WHICH IS DIRECTLY THE MAIN DRIVE THAT KIND OF GOES IN BETWEEN THE FRONT DOOR OF CITY HALL AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING AREAS AND THE BUSINESSES HERE. SO THAT'S A KIND OF A MAJOR CHANGE. BUT IT ALSO THE VISIBILITY THERE IS JUST A REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE, UNSAFE CONDITION BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES IN AND OUT OF HERE ESPECIALLY. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THAT OVER

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AGAIN, IT TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THE. WE ALSO PROVIDE A TOOLBOX THAT ALLOWS SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENTS TO BE APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND DISCUSS THE BENEFITS OF THOSE. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE AGAIN THE TEAM, THE CONSULTANT TEAM, BUT ALSO THE STAFF AND THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENTAL PLANNING TEAM. EVEN EXTERNAL SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PLANNING TEAM. AND AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT. AND ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO GET YOUR APPROVAL OF THE OVERALL ACTION PLAN. SO AGAIN, ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. SCHONBERGER. AT THIS TIME COUNCIL, IS THERE A. MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED SECOND. IT'S AN ORDINANCE, RIGHT? EXCUSE ME. AND NO ACTION IS NEEDED FOR THIS ITEM. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN TRY TO ANSWER OR ANY SUGGESTION FEEDBACK, OPINION, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ON JANUARY 21ST FOR A ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING VISION ZERO POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND THEN WE WILL SUBMIT THE REPORT ANY DAY AFTER JANUARY 21ST. DEFINITELY WITHIN A FEW DAYS. THE DEADLINE IS JANUARY 30TH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FOR OUR PRESENTER? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. SURE THING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THIS SEEMS LIKE MONEY WELL SPENT TO HAVE THIS DATA AND FEEDBACK. AND SO IF I MISSED IT, I APOLOGIZE. DID WE LOOK TO GET TO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU DID TAKE A LOOK AT CRASH DATA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YES, MA'AM. WE LOOKED AT ALL CRASH DATA THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. OKAY, OKAY. AND THERE WERE THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT TO ME WAS. SO THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR EDUCATION AS AS AN OPPORTUNITY. DID YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OR WAS THERE ANY ANALYSIS RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF SPEEDING TICKETS THAT WE ACTUALLY GIVE HERE IN THE CITY? DID WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL? WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED. BUT WE DO KNOW BASED ON THE CRASH DATA THAT WAS AVAILABLE, THAT SPEEDING IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE CAUSE OF THE CRASHES THAT ARE OCCURRING, SPECIFICALLY FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES. SO WE KNOW THAT THE SPEEDING IS AN ISSUE WITHIN THE CITY. OKAY. I APPRECIATE UNDERSTANDING THAT. THANK YOU. I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO SPEEDING AND EDUCATION, BECAUSE I SAW WHAT YOU WHAT WAS

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SO THAT WAS JUST THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUDGE, I APPRECIATE YOU. AND THANK YOU.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER I WILL ADD ONE INFORMATION. WHEN I PRESENTED A COMMUNITY SAFETY ACTION PLAN IN THE FAITH LEADERS BREAKFAST MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND ALL OF YOU, THE FAITH LEADERS ASKED ME HOW THEY CAN BE PART OF IT OR CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVE THE VISION ZERO OBJECTIVES. AND ONE OF THE ANSWER THAT I GAVE THEM, THAT BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WHEN THEY GIVE THEIR LECTURE OR WITH THEIR OR WITH THEIR MEMBERS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING IS IN OUR MIND. WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME EDUCATIONAL CONTENT THAT OTHER CITY HAS DEVELOPED. SO THE IDEA IS TO SHARE THOSE WITH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST REALLY THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, REALLY HONE INTO, YOU KNOW, DRIVING TO THOSE NUMBERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S ACTUALLY DOING THE SPEEDING PIECE ON THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. THE ONLY REASON THAT THAT HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME, MAYOR, IS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD OUR WHEN YOU ASSIGNED US TO OUR DIFFERENT SAFETY COMPONENTS, MINE WAS WAS SPEEDING. AND THE SPEEDING OFFICER THAT I WAS WITH WAS A LITTLE HESITANT AS IT RELATED TO EDUCATION AND SCIENCE AND JUST THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE. AND SO JUST MAKING CERTAIN THAT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PULL THAT PIECE OUT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS YOU HAD A ON THE SLIDES, IT SHOWED BELT LINE AND PARKS AND IT SAID REMOVE OBSTACLE. AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IT ALSO HAD IT SAID REMOVE OBSTRUCTION. AND I WASN'T CERTAIN WHAT THAT MEANT BECAUSE IT ALSO SEEMINGLY HAD A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU YOU GO OVER TO THE INTERSECTION, YOU DRIVE OVER THERE. IF YOU APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH ON PARKS, AND IF YOU LOOK LEFT, THERE'S A LARGE SIGN PROBABLY ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF THE SCREEN THERE, OKAY, THAT IS SITTING THERE THAT PRECLUDES YOUR VISION FROM BEING ABLE TO LOOK LOOK TOWARDS THE WEST, OKAY. AND IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SAFELY TURN OUT. AND SO WITHOUT BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO SOME HILLS THERE AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS. SO IT'S NOT A IT'S A LOW COST

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AND THEN AS IT RELATED TO SOME OF THE STRIPING AND THINGS RELATED TO ROADS, I KNOW SOME CITIES HAVE ART OR SOME CITIES USE COLOR TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO DO THOSE MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WHEN IT COMES TO COLOR STRIPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT? AND THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THERE'S BEEN WE SEE A LOT OF THAT ACTIVITY OF APPLYING SOME ART RELATED MARKINGS. THE MARKINGS NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

WE ALSO AND IN MOST CASES THOSE DO NOT. NOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH SOME COMPLIANT MARKINGS. BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ESPECIALLY FOR CROSSWALKS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE HIGHLY VISIBLE. AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET ART, IT'S NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. WELL, WHEN YOU GET IT, IT'S NOT VERY VISIBLE FOR THE ONCOMING DRIVERS. SO THEREFORE IT'S KIND OF CONFLICTING WITH THE PURPOSE OF THOSE MARKINGS THEMSELVES TO PROVIDE SAFE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS. SO IT WOULD HAVE VERY SELECT USE. AND I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD RECOMMEND OR AT YOUR HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AREAS, ALTHOUGH IT'S AGAIN WE SUPPORT ART, BUT IN THE RIGHT PLACES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I THINK OUR CITY CAN DEFINITELY APPRECIATE. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE FIRST EXAMPLE YOU GAVE US REGARDING THE STUDY FOR BELTLINE BETWEEN DUNCANVILLE ROAD AND COCKRELL HILL. THAT IS PLAY SIX, AND WHAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT BECAUSE I ASKED A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE UPDATE ON THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE AT COCKRELL HILL AND BELTLINE, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AT THAT LOCATION. DOES YOUR STUDY INCLUDE THAT? BECAUSE THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE STARTED PRIOR TO YOU DOING YOUR STUDY. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, IS THIS COLLECTIVE DATA BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE ALREADY DOING TO WATCH THAT INTERSECTION, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS DRIVING THE EXCESSIVE ACCIDENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THAT INTERSECTION. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE LOOKED AT IT. I'M SORRY. WE DID LOOK AT ALL THE CRASH DATA. AND IF THERE WERE ANY SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES OR AT THE LOCATION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WORTH OF DATA. SO IT MAY HAVE NOW IT ONLY INCLUDED INFORMATION THROUGH THE YEAR 2023, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY DATA THAT WAS THE LATEST AMOUNT OF DATA. SO IF IT HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE MAY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT. SO BUT AGAIN, WE STARTED HEARING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM STAFF THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT INCREASED ACTIVITY AND INCREASED NUMBER OF CRASHES. SO THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT INTERSECTION. AND SO THE ONLY CHANGE TO THAT INTERSECTION THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD HELP BE A SAFER, SAFER OPTION IS A LEFT TURN LANE OFFSET. SO THE LIGHTS WERE EVALUATED, ALL THAT. AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S MISSING BECAUSE WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS IT FEELS AS THOUGH PEOPLE ARE RUNNING THE LIGHT.

AND AS YOU KNOW, SO COCKRELL HILL IS A SPEED LIMIT OF 40. HOWEVER, BELTLINE IS A SPEED LIMIT OF 45. SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EITHER GETTING ON A HIGHER SPEED OR THEY'RE COMING OFF A HIGHER SPEED. AND IT'S JUST BEHAVIORAL. THEY'RE JUST NOT REGISTERING. BUT I'M NO EXPERT I DON'T KNOW. NO NO. GREAT GREAT. OBSERVATION. THE THERE WERE ALSO SOME CITY WIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD ALSO BE APPLIED HERE. WE HAD UPDATED TIMING, WHICH I THINK ADDRESSES SOME OF THE RED LIGHT RUNNING ISSUE THAT YOU MAY SEE SOME OF THE ENHANCED MARKINGS AROUND THE INTERSECTION. WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT AS WELL. WE ALSO RECOMMENDED SOME OF THE VISIBILITY FOR THE SIGNALS THEMSELVES. MAYBE IT LATE AT NIGHT. SO THE REFLECTIVE BACK PLATES, WHICH AGAIN RAISES THE AWARENESS OF PEOPLE AS THEY'RE APPROACHING THE SIGNAL, THEY'LL SEE THE INDICATION. SO WE IN ADDITION TO THAT SPECIFIC RECONSTRUCTION OFF TURN LEFT TURN OFFSET, WE HAD SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY HELP IMPROVE SAFETY SO THAT WERE NOT THAT WERE CALLED OUT CITYWIDE, THAT WOULD BE APPLIED HERE. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS, MR. CITY MANAGER, THIS QUESTION WOULD BE FOR YOU BASED SINCE THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN, WHEN WOULD WE START TO SEE SOME OF THE ACTION RELATED TO LIKE THE LIGHTING OR THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BEING ADJUSTED? SO WE

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SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS AS WE START TO LOOK AT THIS, I THINK WORKING WITH STAFF AND GETTING YOUR INPUT IS AGAIN WHAT ARE THE MOST WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR DOLLARS NEXT. AND SO WE CAN WE CAN HELP PRIORITIZE THOSE THOSE. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NEXT MEETING I SAW ON THE END AND BEFORE I FORGET, IF YOU WOULD, COULD YOU PUT A GLOSSARY IN HERE BECAUSE YOU YOU HAVE A LOT OF ACRONYMS EVERYWHERE, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THOSE MEAN. I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S A GREAT REPORT, BUT JUST ADD THOSE THAT GLOSSARY. BUT BEFORE THE REPORT THAT HE WAS EXPLAINING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE ADOPTION, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT THE PRIORITY OR ARE WE ADOPTING IT BEFORE THAT? LET ME JUST I THINK THIS DOCUMENT SERVES AS A GUIDELINE COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK IT'S UP TO US TO LOOK AT THE NEXT STEPS AND WHAT WHAT AGAIN, THE MOST IMPACTFUL AREA THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. WE CERTAINLY CAN, CAN, CAN WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO DO THAT.

BUT THIS THIS SERVES AS A AS A GUIDANCE FOR US FOR, FOR, FOR THE NEXT STEPS OR TO CREATE TO START CREATING THE PRIORITY LISTING THE PRIORITY AREAS AS AS WELL AS THE FUNDING, AS THE REAL FUNDING. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. OKAY. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU COUNSEL I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. AND SO WE HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION ON WHEN WE WILL SEE THIS AGAIN ON OUR AGENDA. SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. HOWEVER, BEFORE WE DO THAT I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETING AT 755.

OKAY, IT IS 7:55 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO RESUME OUR MEETING. I'M GOING TO ASK ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME BACK TO THE DAIS. LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE IS HERE. SO WE ARE RESUMING OUR MEETING AT 7:55 P.M. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA LEFT COUNCIL TO GO THROUGH AND THEY ARE SOME SOME THAT COULD COULD PROVOKE HEALTHY DISCUSSION. SO I'M GOING TO IMPLEMENT OUR ROUNDS FOR THE LAST FOR THE LAST THREE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AT THIS TIME, MISS WILLIAMS OR DOCTOR WILLIAMS, IF

[2. Consider approval of an Ordinance amending the City's Code of Ordinances Chapter 12 "Traffic and Vehicles" by adding a new section, Article 12.900, "Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy and Guidebook"]

GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR HONORABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO START OVER. GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. HONORABLE MAYOR PROCTOR AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. I'M JACQUELINE COLTON. I SERVE AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU A PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE LISTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS SLIDE LISTS THE MOST COMMON SPEED MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC CONTROL TECHNIQUES, BASICALLY DIVIDED INTO ROADWAY DESIGN, ROADWAY SURFACE AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT. THE SUBJECT OF OUR POLICY OR THE ROAD DESIGN AND ROADWAY SURFACE TECHNIQUES TO INCLUDE CHICANES WHICH WE KNOW ARE INSTALLED ON CHATTY TO INCLUDE YOUR COMMONLY AVAILABLE AND SEEN ROAD HUMPS, ROAD CUSHIONS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO THE ROADWAY DESIGN AND ROADWAY SURFACE TECHNIQUES CAN BE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO YOUR SPEED CONTROL, WHICH ARE

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OKAY. SO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE VISION ZERO, AS WE JUST HEARD FROM MISTER BRYANT AND MDE. SO IT SUPPORTS THE VISION ZERO GOALS, YOU KNOW, OF ELIMINATING AND REDUCING, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS TO SAVE LIVES. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT ALREADY AND THE FAIR PROCESS AND ALSO THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY WOULD ALIGN WITH THE OTHER STRATEGIC PLANS AND DIRECTIVES OF THE CITY, SUCH AS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE DESOTO THOROUGHFARE PLAN. SO THE POLICIES ARE CLEAR AND I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD TO MYSELF. BUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE TRAFFIC SPEEDS ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BY ALTERING THE ROAD ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY CANNOT BE STATIONED AND POSTED, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHERE WE'RE HAVING THE PROBLEM 24 OVER SEVEN. SO WE NEED TO BE SMART IN DESIGNING IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT SPEEDING.

AND THAT'S WHAT TRAFFIC CALMING IS ALL ABOUT. SO OUR PROCESS IS A SEVEN STEP PROCESS. AND THIS IS AN OVERVIEW. BASICALLY A RESIDENT WOULD SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION. THE CITY WOULD REVIEW IT. THERE WOULD BE A PRELIMINARY COST AND FUNDING DETERMINATION, FINAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION. THERE WILL BE AN APPEALS PROCESS. AND ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, THE

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SO STEP ONE APPLICANT SUBMITS THE TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST WITHIN YOUR PACKAGE. THERE IS A DRAFT NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING APPLICATION AS WELL AS PETITION. AND SO THREE THINGS WOULD BE REQUIRED OF THE APPLICANT THAT REQUEST FORM THE PETITION. AND IT IS OUR INITIAL PROPOSAL THAT THE APPLICATION FEE IS THERE IS NO APPLICATION FEE, BUT THAT IS AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING A DUE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR APPLICATIONS.

IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO A CALL FOR PROJECT PROCESS. AND THAT WILL PROBABLY BE FROM AUGUST 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND I MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANT TO PUT AN ASTERISK ON THIS THAT'S PENDING A BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM. THANK YOU. SO APPLICANTS MUST RESIDE ON THE BLOCK LISTED ON THE APPLICATION, AND THEY CAN BE TENANTS OR PROPERTY OWNERS. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS STREETS ONLY THOSE WITH LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, DUPLEXES, QUADPLEXES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY UNDER THIS PROGRAM. THERE IS CERTAIN CRITERIA ESTABLISHED FOR THE STREET. IT HAS TO BE DESIGNATED AS A LOCAL STREET PER THE CITY'S THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

THE STREET MUST BE CITY OWNED AND CONSTRUCTED ON DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAINTAIN ANY, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE EFFECTED ON THE STREET.

ROADWAY SIDE CANNOT BE ANY LONGER OR ANY WIDER THAN TWO LANES, ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION.

THAT'S THE MAX POSTED SPEED LIMIT MUST BE 30MPH OR LESS, AND THE ROAD MUST NOT BE SCHEDULED FOR ANY TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT OR MAINTENANCE WITHIN AT LEAST TWO YEARS SO THAT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, PAY TO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS INSTALLED, WHICH WILL SHORTLY BE TAKEN UP. AND THE ROADWAY MUST NOT BE DESIGNATED AS AN EMERGENCY ROUTE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK WITH BOTH POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING ALL OF THE REQUESTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HINDER THE RESPONSE TIME IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY. SO WE WILL WORK, YOU KNOW, AS A TEAM, AS WE EVALUATE THESE REQUESTS. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THAT WE WILL USE TO EVALUATE, AND THAT IS FOR A SPEED CONTROL MEASURE, WHICH IS LIKE A ROAD HUMP. WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN AVERAGE DAILY OR MINIMUM DAILY TRAFFIC OF 500 VEHICLES PER DAY, UP TO 4000. AND THEN FOR A TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURE BETWEEN 1500 TO 4000 VEHICLES PER DAY AND OR THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED MUST EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT BY SIX MILES PER HOUR. SO THEREFORE, LIKE ON A ROAD THAT'S 30MPH, THE 85 PERCENTILE SPEED MUST BE 36. AND THOSE ARE JUST DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. OKAY. SO APPLICANTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY WITH OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION EITHER HERE OR IN PERSON OR BY MAIL. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ELECTRONIC OPTIONS WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION OR SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE. SO STEP TWO IS JUST GIVES A BREAKDOWN OF THE APPLICATION REVIEW, EVALUATION

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SO FOR SPEED CONTROL DEVICES, APPLICANTS CAN APPEAL THEIR FINAL DECISION TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL THE CITY MANAGER'S RENDERING TO THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR VOLUME CONTROL REQUESTS. THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION WILL BE FINAL, AND THE ONLY WAY THAT IT CAN BE REEVALUATED IS IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. AND OF COURSE, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL ENSURE THAT WE NOTIFY ALL

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THE TIME, PLEASE? AND I'M NOT SURE WHOSE LIGHT WAS ON FIRST. YEAH. OH NO KIDDING. I'M SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. FIRST LET ME JUST I THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE THOROUGHNESS OF IT. I WAS GOING THROUGH THE BINDER YOU PRESENTED AND IT TOUCHED. IT TOUCHED ALL OF THE BASES, YOU KNOW, OF THE NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION. AND SO LET ME JUST START WITH THAT. LIKE, JUST LIKE, OKAY, Y'ALL ARE ENGINEERS AND SO ARE TECHNICAL WRITERS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SO WHAT I, WHAT I GOT OUT OF THIS BOOK IS THIS BINDER IS THAT WHEN EVERYBODY'S LONG GONE OR WHATEVER, WE HAVE SOMETHING MEMORIALIZED. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT TRAFFIC CALMING IS NOT ONLY SPEED BUMPS AND HUMPS. YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT AND TALKED TO RESIDENTS ABOUT, BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS EVEN PRESENTED BEFORE THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH SIGNAGE AND, YOU KNOW, STRIPES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I LOVE THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS AND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST KIND OF LOCKED INTO LIKE THIS ONE SINGULAR KIND OF THING. AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAUGHT THAT YOU SAID THAT THIS IS FOR THOSE STREETS THAT ARE PUBLIC STREETS.

AND SO I KNOW OUR HOAS HAVE PRIVATE ROADS, AND I'M GUESSING THOSE ARE YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THE ROADS, I MEAN, THE HIGHWAYS THAT ARE GATED ARE THOSE CONSIDERED PRIVATE AT ANY POINT? CAN THOSE THOSE COMMUNITIES REQUEST THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. AND ONE AND THEN TWO IS MY QUESTION IS, I SEE THERE'S A PAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT FUNDING OPTIONS. ARE YOU ASKING US WHAT OUR FUNDING OPTION PREFERENCE WOULD BE. AND THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS OKAY. SO THE ROADS IN THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY ARE THE ROADS IN THE GATED COMMUNITIES ARE PRIVATE. SO THE THIS PROGRAM DIDN'T CONTEMPLATE TRAFFIC COMING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT AND I'M LOOKING AT THE CITY MANAGER. I THINK THE DESIGNATION HAS TO BE THAT IT IS A PRIVATE STREET VERSUS A PUBLIC STREET.

GATED COMMUNITY OR NOT, GATED COMMUNITY IS IRRELEVANT. WHAT'S RELEVANT IS THE DESIGNATION OF A PUBLIC STREET VERSUS PRIVATE STREET. OKAY. AND OKAY, I GUESS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHAT HOW WE GET TO THAT DESIGNATION. AND DO YOU NEED TO KNOW THE FUNDING OPTION PREFERENCES FROM US? THE DESIGNATION IS NORMALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY A SUBDIVISION OR A PD OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE, THE, THE SUBDIVISION ITSELF WOULD BE APPROVED AS A PRIVATE STREET OR AS A PUBLIC STREET. SO IT WOULD DESIGNATE IT ON THE PLAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GO BY. AND SO THOSE AND ON THE FUNDING, ON THE FUNDING PIECE, I THINK A COMBINATION OF ALL WOULD BE WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HEAR. BUT IT'S UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN IN OTHER CITIES. OH GO AHEAD. JUST KEEP IN MIND THE FUNDING PORTION OF IT IS NOT PART OF THE POLICY THAT YOU'RE NOT. THAT IS NOT A THREAT TO THE WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S MORE OF A PROBABLY MORE OF A BUDGET CONSIDERATION, BUT. IF SOMEBODY CUT THEIR MITTS OFF SO HE COULD BE HURT IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE DIDN'T REALIZE, YOU MEAN TURN OFF. SO THE FUNDING, THE FUNDING PORTION IS NOT PART OF THE OF THE POLICY ADOPTION. THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. YOU CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S JUST NOT IN THE POLICY THAT YOU'LL BE ADOPTING TONIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THANK YOU. I'M NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL. I'LL START BECAUSE WE STARTED THIS. SHE SAID A LONG TIME, BUT SHE DIDN'T. SHE DIDN'T GIVE A TRUE ESTIMATE. WE PUT THIS IN JUNE OF 2023, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL AND I. AND THEN WE WENT TO SUMMER RETREAT, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THAT WAS ALSO AN ITEM THAT MAYOR PRO TEM ALSO HAD AN INTEREST IN. SO I WANT TO OF COURSE, THIS IS I WANT TO STRESS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED COUNCIL IN VARIOUS WAYS, AND WE PUSHED AND NUDGED AND EVEN WHEN THE CITY MANAGER CAME ON, I EXPRESSED THE FRUSTRATION JUST ON THE PRIOR PRESENTATIONS AND IT BEING WATERED DOWN TO JUST ONE ENTITY. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TODAY IS VERY MAGICAL. I TOOK YOUR PRESENTATION AND I ACTUALLY SENT IT TO SOME EXPERTS IN TRANSPORTATION JUST TO GET THEIR POINT OF VIEW, WHO'VE WORKED IN VERY LARGE CITIES, AND THEY WERE ALSO EQUALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATION AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT YOU WENT THROUGH.

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AND YOU WORK IN OVERTIME. I SEE I DID HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THAT IT CAN BE AMENDED, THAT WHERE IT SAYS WHERE THERE'S THE POLICE THAT COMES IN TO BE A PART OF THE STUDY, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT. I KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY CONSIDERED A GIVEN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE THEM FROM THE CONVERSATION AND PUT THEM IN BLACK AND WHITE BECAUSE PARAMEDICS SECONDS COUNT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S REITERATED. AND THEN WITH THE SITUATION LIKE THAT HAPPENED, WE BROUGHT UP CHATTY ROAD AND THE CHICANES. NOW TEN YEARS AGO, THE WHOLE STORY BEHIND THAT WAS THAT THERE WAS A HUGE GAP IN WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS TALKED TO AND THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED. RIGHT. SO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OYAY SHAKEN WERE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT SAID, OH YEAH, SHAKEN WHEN IT WAS DONE. RIGHT. SO THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN OUTCRY OF PEOPLE THAT WERE UPSET ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT FOR THE SAKE OF IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE ROUTE OF BUDGETING FOR PRIORITY, IF WE DEEM SOMETHING AS A PRIORITY, HOW LONG BEFORE THE LAPSE, BEFORE WE REACH BACK OUT TO RESIDENTS TO SAY, IS THIS STILL A VIABLE OPTION FOR THE COMMUNITY, JUST BASED ON TRANSIT AND PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL? SO I THINK THOSE WERE MY TWO CONCERNS. BUT JUST IF WE CAN PUT A TIME SPAN ON THAT, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SHORTER THAN TEN YEARS IN THE CASE OF CHATTY ROAD, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT DROVE THAT, BUT JUST WITH I PREFER THE BLACK AND WHITE SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THOSE RESIDENTS TO TOUCH. BUT WELL DONE, WELL, WELL DONE. AND I THINK THIS TAKES SOMETHING OFF YOUR LIST. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I ACTUALLY FELT THE EXACT SAME WAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY WELL DONE PRESENTATION, AND I DON'T IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FINDING THE HOLES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR, THOUGH. THERE'S A PART IN THERE WHERE YOU SAY IT CAN BE A TENANT WHO MAKES THE DECISION TO BE A PART OF HAVING A PIECE OF PROPERTY ALTERED. I THINK THERE MAY NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT ONE, HOW, YOU KNOW, AND MY WHOLE POINT OF THAT IS A PROPERTY OWNER HAS A STAKE IN THE GAME. THEY ARE PAYING TAXES. TENANT IS NOT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE WHEN THE THING HAPPENS. BASED ON YOUR TIMELINE. I FELT LIKE I SAW A WHOLE YEAR BETWEEN THE DECISION, I MEAN THE APPLICATION AND THE DECISION. I COULD BE WRONG. I COULD HAVE SAW THAT DIFFERENTLY. BUT A PERSON WHO IS A TENANT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN NOT NECESSARILY WILL BE THERE WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE, AND THEREFORE THEY CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM BEING A PART OF A DECISION. WHY ARE WE WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THEM TO BE A PART OF THE DECISION? SO I THINK THAT MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT PROCESS. AND THEN WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE GATED NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN GATED COMMUNITIES ARE PRIVATE ROADS, ACCORDING TO THE CITY, THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO THOSE WOULDN'T GO INTO IT. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE ARE ANY OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THAT PRIVATE. YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT AND PAY FOR IT, AND THE CITY JUST ALLOWED THEM TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS WOULD GET SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE, THE, THE EQUIPMENT AS OPPOSED TO A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION DECIDING, I WANT TO GO OUT AND GET THIS PRIVATE EQUIPMENT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, MA'AM. WE CAN DO ANOTHER GUIDELINE FOR PRIVATE ROADS WHERE WE PROVIDE CONSULTATION. YEAH, YEAH, BUT I DO REALLY, HONESTLY, I BELIEVE EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREAT. WONDERFUL. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO THINK IN TERMS OF THE TENANT PIECE, PRIMARILY FROM A TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO TAG AND I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT DOCTOR MARX I WANT TO TAG ON REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK REGARDING PRIVATE ROADS, BECAUSE I'M ON A PRIVATE ROAD, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.

COULD, ALBEIT THE CITY CANNOT PAY FOR IT, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US, OR FOR ANYONE LIVING ON A PRIVATE ROAD TO STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME VENDORS? BECAUSE I THINK QUALITY OF WORK IS IMPORTANT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A PRIVATE STREET AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. I THINK THE QUALITY OF WORK, AND IF THOSE ARE VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED BY THE CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US POSSIBLY MAYBE GIVE THEM ACCESS TO SOME SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO

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WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHAT IS GOING TO DO IS GOING TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AROUND MY HOUSE BECAUSE AND I CAN SPEAK FOR MY HOUSE BECAUSE MY HOUSE SITS AT A STOP SIGN. RIGHT? SO THAT'S EXTRA TIME THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AROUND. SO IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ACCORDING TO THE POLICY AND OF COURSE, TO WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED TO US, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. SO AS FAR AS THE REMOVAL PROCESS IS CONCERNED, WELL, WE HAVE THE STIPULATION WHERE WE CANNOT PLACE WE CANNOT INITIALLY PLACE A TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE, YOU KNOW, ADJACENT TO YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL. OKAY. SO I AGREE THAT YOU COULD DO IT, BUT AFTER YOU DID IT A WEEK LATER, TWO WEEKS LATER, A MONTH LATER, I DECIDE, NO, THAT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA. I MADE A MISTAKE. SO WHAT IS THE FUNDING FOR THAT? WHO'S GOING TO REMOVE IT? WHO PAYS FOR THAT? IS IT DOES IT REVERT BACK TO WHO PAID FOR IT INITIALLY, OR HOW DOES THAT AS FAR AS REMOVAL, IT WOULD BE THE PERSON REQUESTING THE REMOVAL. AND I AM GOING TO FIND THAT IN THE POLICY, HOPEFULLY. I MEAN, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IS CONTEMPLATED. SO YOU TELL I GUESS I AWAIT DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WOULD DEEM AS DON'T KNOW WHAT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK UNTIL IT DOESN'T. RIGHT? SO, SO WELL, THAT'S THE REASON. THAT'S THE REASON WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, YOU DON'T START WITH THE MOST EXPENSIVE OR THE MOST EXHAUSTIVE MEASURE. YOU START WITH PAVEMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH PAVING. ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE DOING CHICANES, FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD HAVE NOT DONE THE CHICANES THAT ARE ON CHATTY ROAD. WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IS I WOULD HAVE DONE ACTUALLY A PAVEMENT MARKINGS THAT MIMIC A CHICANE TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE AND PUT IN AND PUT IN SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME PLASTIC BOLLARDS IN THERE TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE HOW THEY WORK. SO YOU TRY ALWAYS THE LEAST RESISTIVE MEASURE WITH SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU PUT IN RUBBER, RUBBER SPEED HUMPS OR SPEED BUMPS, YOU DON'T PUT IN THE CONCRETE SPEED BUMPS BECAUSE REMOVING THEM IS VERY EXPENSIVE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IF THEY DON'T WORK IN ONE SPECIFIC AREA OR THEY THEY ADDRESS THE ISSUE, THEN, THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THOSE MEASURES AND IMPLEMENT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT TO SAY THAT WE WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF PUTTING A SPEED TABLE THAT IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE, IT'S NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE IT UNLESS WE ACTUALLY DO MAJOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY. SO THE DECISION MAKING HAS TO BE VERY, VERY ELABORATE, VERY SUCCINCT TO IMPLEMENT AN EXHAUSTIVE MEASURE THAT IS GOING TO COST US A LOT OF MONEY. AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THE OUTREACH AND WHAT THAT VERBIAGE LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS COMMUNICATING TO THE RESIDENTS WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ONCE THAT'S PLACED THERE, THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE, HUGE ISSUE. AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE TO AGREE IS THAT THE IMMEDIATE AREA IS THAT THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION, THAT'S GOING TO NEED SOME CLARIFICATION AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY EFFECTIVE AREAS WITHIN THE POLICY. SO IT WOULDN'T BE THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION. IT JUST ALL DEPENDS. MOST LIKELY FOR A SPEED CONTROL TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT, IT WOULD BE THE STREET, BUT IF

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WELL, ACTUALLY THE GUIDANCE MANUAL WAS A PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. SO IT WAS IT WAS A PART OF THAT PROCESS. BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO GO BY. YES MA'AM. RIGHT. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS THE INITIAL APPROVAL. THE INITIAL APPROVAL I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN CITIES OR I'VE WORKED FOR CITIES WHERE YOU SAY IT'S WITHIN 200FT OF INSTALLING A SPECIFIC MEASURE OR WITHIN 500FT OF INSTALLING A SPECIFIC MEASURE. THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO WHO HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL, AND YOU GET 50% PLUS APPROVAL ON THIS IF IT IS A IF IT IS A COST SHARING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 75% OF THE PEOPLE AGREEING TO IT. SO IT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL MODEL, THEN THAT PERCENTAGE HAS TO BE MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE THE COMMITMENT IS MUCH HIGHER.

RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARKS. YES I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT SO THAT RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF WHAT THIS MANUAL IS ABOUT, IS THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU, REQUESTING YOU TO APPROVE IT BY AN ORDINANCE. A LOT OF OUR OTHER POLICIES, WATER PAVING, WE DO IT AS STRICTLY IN THE ORDINANCE. WE SAY WE HAVE ADOPTED ORDINANCES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE, BUT THIS WILL BE PLACED IN THE ORDINANCE SO EVERYBODY CAN READ IT FROM BEGINNING TO END. AND THEY CAN ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POLICY IS, WHAT THE APPEAL PROCESS AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENT. AGAIN, TONIGHT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT COST. AS THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, IF WE IF WE DECIDE WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE, WE HAVE TO AMEND THE APPENDIX SECTION OF OUR CODES AND COME BACK TO YOU. THIS IS THE POLICY TO MAKE EVERYBODY BE AWARE. AND AGAIN, THE POLICY CAN BE AMENDED AT ANY TIME. IT JUST TAKES COMING TO YOU AND DOING A COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM. YEAH. AND MADAM MAYOR, MAY I INTERJECT? I'M SO SORRY. THIS IS PERFECTLY FINE. YOU KNOW, I CAN READ IT, I CAN UNDERSTAND IT, BUT MY NEIGHBOR MIGHT NOT CAN LOOK AT THIS AND UNDERSTAND THE VERBIAGE. OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO MY CONCERN IS THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IMPACTS THEM AND HOW IT WILL HIT THEIR POCKETS. YES, MA'AM. SO WHEN THIS IS DEPLOYED, THERE WILL BE A WEBSITE UPDATE. THERE WILL BE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, THERE WILL BE EMAIL BLAST. SO WE KNOW THAT WITH ANY NEW PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS NATURE, WE WILL HAVE TO DO A LOT OF EDUCATING SO THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN OFFER TO THEM, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. SO. YES, MA'AM. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL. JUST JUST A QUICK I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CAN I SPEAK OKAY. GOOD DEAL. AND CHARLES, JUST THE STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE AS FAR AS WE ARE ADOPTING THIS BY ORDINANCE. SO IF WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE POLICY, IT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. IF THE CHANGE IS MADE TO THAT IN THIS CODE BOOK, IT'S ADOPTED AS A AS A CODE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE CODIFIED IN OUR ACTUAL CODE BOOK JUST BECAUSE OF THE COST, BECAUSE IT'S SO EXPENSIVE. BUT IT WILL BE IT WILL BE LINKED AND IT WILL BE A STANDALONE ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE OR AT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR IN YOUR OFFICE, AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT AND GETTING THE ACTUAL CODIFIED BOOK JUST BECAUSE OF THE COST ALONE WOULD BE WOULD BE PRETTY HIGH. AND THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN MY UNDERSTANDING.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO CODIFY IT. I THINK WE CHANGED THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE WITHOUT I WAS ON VACATION. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IS THIS YOUR FIRST. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION FOR US. YES, MA'AM. IT IS. OH, YOU KNOCKED IT OUT THE BOX. OH, THANK YOU SO GREAT JOB. I LOVE THE MANUAL. THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I USED TO FREQUENTLY ASK OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER FOR. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUES GOT IT ON THE AGENDA AND GOT IT MOVED FORWARD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS WHO ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY HAPPY, AND NOTHING ELSE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WHEN WE CAN DELIVER ON SOMETHING THEY'VE ASKED US FOR. SO GREAT JOB! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, JUST A QUICK POINT OF INFORMATION. THE ITEM THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE TENANT, ARE WE APPROVING THAT? IT'S THE TENANT TONIGHT. WE ARE APPROVING. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SO YES,

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PRESENTATION. I AGREE THAT THE FIDUCIARY BUSINESS MUST GO WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THAT A RENTER CANNOT MAKE THOSE TYPE OF IDEAS, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS IS NOT THAT. THAT WHEREVER, WHATEVER NEIGHBORHOOD WILL PUT THESE DEVICES IN, IT'S NOT ONE PERSON I ANYWAY, IT IS A WHOLE COMMUNITY. AND SO IF THERE'S ONE RENTER, TWO RENTERS PROBABLY WOULDN'T MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. BUT FOR CONTINUITY OF IDEAS, I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT GOING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, JUST LIKE THE RENTERS REGISTRATION GOES WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER DEFINES ANYTHING LIKE THAT, GOES WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT IS THE WAY THAT IF IT IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED FROM JUST THAT ONE PART. EVERYTHING ELSE SOUNDS WONDERFUL TO ME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO AMEND IT. THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. BUT I STILL STRUGGLE WITH THIS BECAUSE SAFETY IS SAFETY. WHETHER IT'S A PROPERTY OWNER OR SOMEBODY ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE HOUSE. AND PART OF THIS DOES KIND OF GETS TO IF YOU'RE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE 60% OF YOUR STREET ARE RENTERS AND THEN 50% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ABSENTEE LANDLORDS, YOU KNOW, THEN AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LEAN ON THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY, OR WE GIVE VOICE TO THOSE RENTERS THROUGH THE CITY AND ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF THEY HAVE THEY HAVE EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I SIT AS IT RELATES TO THE LANGUAGE WHEN IT GETS TO THIS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE INDIVIDUALS RENTING THE HOME IS STILL PAYING PROPERTY TAXES THROUGH THE PASS DOWN COST. AND IF THEY SEE AN ISSUE THAT IS AN ISSUE OF SAFETY, WE DON'T CHARGE THEM EXTRA FOR POLICE, FOR FIRE, FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST I JUST DON'T WANT TO KIND OF THROW IT OUT THERE IN THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY. AND THAT'S ALL IT'S ABOUT SAFETY. WHETHER IT'S A STRIPE, A SIGN, A CUSHION, A RUMBLE OR WHATEVER. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WILL AMEND THE MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE LANGUAGE OF RENTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, LEAVING IT AT PROPERTY OWNERS. SECOND. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND AMEND THE MOTION TO EXCLUDE LANGUAGE OF RENTERS AND LEAVING THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT DECISION MAKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND WE HAVE A PROPERLY SECOND COUNCIL. IS THERE A IS THERE A LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD. AND ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE SAY I COUNCILMEMBER, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT AMENDMENT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE STILL DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. AND WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE READ FOR THIS. YES. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 12 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 12.900 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY, ADOPTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY AND GUIDEBOOK AS PROVIDED FOR IN EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD TAKE A HAND VOTE ON EACH OF THOSE. EACH OF THE VOTES, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

NICOLE RAPHAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DIANA MARKS. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU,

[3. Consider a Resolution adopting the recommended changes to the City Council Rules and Procedures as prescribed in the City Charter for the City of DeSoto. The information regarding the process for complaints initiated against City Council members will be provided to the City Council on January 3, 2025. ]

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THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE'VE SEEN A FEW TIMES. AND SO WE HAVE AN ADDITION REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR COMPLAINTS. ACTUALLY, THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO ADDITIONS TO THIS MANUAL FOR THAT FOR THAT PROCESS. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CLARIFIED AS TO WHAT THAT WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO I'M HAPPY TO CLARIFY THAT PROCESS. BUT THERE IS A PROCESS THAT IS OUTLINED CURRENTLY IN THIS POLICY MANUAL AS IT RELATES TO IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT RELATED TO A VIOLATION OF THE POLICY OR IF A OR IF A EMPLOYEE HAS A COMPLAINT AGAINST A COUNCIL MEMBER AND IT OUTLINES IN HERE WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS, AT THE PREVIOUS, AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING WAS SPECIFICALLY IF THERE WAS A COMPLAINT, IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT BY A CITIZEN AGAINST A COUNCIL MEMBER, A COMPLAINT AGAINST A CITIZEN AGAINST A COUNCIL MEMBER IS OUTLINED IN OUR IN CHAPTER ONE, WHERE WE'VE ESTABLISHED OUR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR OFFICERS. AND NOT ONLY ARE THOSE ARE THOSE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW, WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL STANDARDS TO THOSE. AND THEN IT'S OUTLINED IN THE IN THERE THE COMPLAINT PROCESS AND A COMPLAINT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED ON ACTUALLY A COMPLAINT FORM THAT WE PROVIDE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE A SWORN AFFIDAVIT. IT HAS TO BE NOTARIZED AND ON A FORM PROVIDED. AND THEN IN CHAPTER ONE, IT OUTLINES THE PROCESS OF WHO'S BEING PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL BASICALLY EITHER GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND BEING INVESTIGATED AND WHAT THAT ENTIRE PROCESS IS, THAT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM YOUR YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND THAT'S IN CHAPTER ONE. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT SEPARATE AND NOT BRING THAT OVER INTO THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY RELATED TO THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, BUT THERE IS A PROCESS IN THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. IF YOU, AS A COUNCI, WANT TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS WELL AS A PROCESS, IF A IF AN EMPLOYEE HAS A CONCERN SPECIFICALLY WITH IF YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, GO TO AN EMPLOYEE AND TELL THEM, HEY, YOU NEED TO DO THIS, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY, THEY HAVE A MECHANISM TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN THERE'S A THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE IF IT CAN'T BE RESOLVED, TO HAVE THE MAYOR INTERVENE SORT OF AS A MEDIATOR, AND IT PROCEEDS TO THERE. IF IT DOESN'T GET RESOLVED, THEN IT GOES TO THE CITY COUNCIL BODY AS A WHOLE. YOU ARTICULATE THAT SO MUCH BETTER THAN I DO, JOE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A CARD FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I'M GOING TO DEFER OUR MOTION AND DISCUSSION UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL. MISS WILLIAMS, DO WE HAVE A CARD FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEY WILL GET THREE MINUTES IF THEY'RE STILL HERE? OKAY. I HAVE MISS MISS ELMER GOODWIN, MAYOR. OKAY. AND MISS GOODWIN, THIS IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. YES. OKAY. PLEASE. YOU CAN CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

ELMER GOODWIN DE SOTO, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MY REPUTATION IS MY GOLD STANDARD. BECAUSE OF THAT, I ASK YOU TO VOTE UNANIMOUSLY FOR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM THREE TO DISALLOW CITIZENS DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS, TO MAKE DISPARAGING AND SLANDEROUS COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER CITIZENS, PRESENT OR NOT. LAST YEAR I WAS A VICTIM OF SUCH COMMENTS BY SOMEONE I HAD NOT HAD DIRECT DEALINGS. THE COMMENTS WERE SLANDEROUS AND HEARSAY MADE BY ONE NEW TO THE CITY. IN COMPARISON TO MY DECADES OF PAST AND CONTINUED SERVICE AND SUPPORT MADE BY ONE WHO HAS MADE UNFOUNDED ATTACKS AGAINST YOU AND OTHER LEADERS, ONE THAT HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING POSITIVE FOR OUR GREAT CITY, ONE WITH NO DEEP ROOTS WHO FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL IS ELECTED TO MANAGE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL RESIDENTS, AND NOT FOR THE ONE WITH THE BIGGEST AND LOUDEST, LOUDEST, SLANDEROUS MOUTH, WHO, BY THE WAY, COULD LEAVE AT ANY TIME, WOULD NOT BE MISSED. AND NOT ONE TEAR SHED. OUR CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE. HOWEVER, IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO HANDLE THIS, PEOPLE LIKE ME SHOWING UP, I WILL SHOW UP TO DEFEND MY GOOD NAME EACH AND EVERY TIME. CERTAINLY NOT THE BEST USE OF COUNCIL TIME I WILL ALLOW. IT ALLOWS THE DISGRUNTLED TO SEEK COUNCIL

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YES? I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. THERE ARE. WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT. THERE SEEMS TO NOW BE A SECTION THAT SAYS CODE OF CONDUCT IN HERE. BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, DON'T WE? HAVE WE NOT UNDERSTAND? I ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT DOCUMENT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF THAT CODE OF CONDUCT IN HERE. AND THEN THERE'S AN ITEM ON HERE THAT SAYS SPECIFICALLY THE ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR CITY MANAGER BECOMING THE SERGEANT AT ARMS. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD TAKE THE ROLE IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BECAUSE THESE ARE COUNCIL MEETINGS.

THESE ARE NOT CITY MANAGER MEETINGS. SO I THINK THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR IT TO BE IN HERE. THE PART THAT TALKS ABOUT THE STATEMENT THAT SAYS CITIZENS APPEARANCES RIGHT NOW, I THOUGHT WE SAID WE ONLY WANT THE ADDRESS. I MEAN, THE NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, BUT IN HERE IT ACTUALLY SAYS ADDRESS. SO THAT MIGHT NEEDS TO BE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE. BUT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT IN THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR LAST. RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT WERE DONE IN JANUARY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL MANAGER'S REPORT ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, IT SAID THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED WAS NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023, BUT IT ACTUALLY WAS DONE JANUARY 3RD, 2023. SO UNLESS I MISSED IT AND THERE WAS ONE IN IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, SO THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS JUST A MIX UP THERE. I KNOW I SAID A LOT, HANG TIGHT FOR A MINUTE. I GOT A COUPLE OF MORE ITEMS. THERE ARE NO PAGE NUMBERS AND I THINK I'D ASKED FOR THOSE ADDING THOSE PAGE NUMBERS IN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE KNOW THE PAGE NUMBERS. THEY DID DO A GOOD JOB IN IN ADDING THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, BUT I STAND BY MY OTHER THOUGHT PROCESS, THOUGH, THAT WE DO NOT NEED A CODE OF CONDUCT IN THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT. IT SHOULD BE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. AND THAT PART THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER. SO THAT TITLE CODE OF CONDUCT, WE CAN RETITLE IT TO SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S JUST A IT'S JUST A TERM THAT WE CARRY AND WE CAN RETITLE THAT CODE. WE CAN RETITLE THAT TO SOMETHING ELSE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY JUST THE CODE OF CONDUCT AS IT RELATES TO THIS SPECIFIC THESE, THESE RULES OF PROCEDURE. SO WE CAN IT CAN BE TITLED SOMETHING ELSE. WE DON'T HAVE TO STAND BY THAT. IF THAT'S CONFUSING. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY THAT HAD THE PAGE NUMBERS ON IT. SHOULD HAVE HAD. YEAH. THIS COPY HERE IS CORRECT. WHAT WE HAD ONLINE DOES NOT HAVE. YOU'RE CORRECT. CORRECT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A COPY BECAUSE IF THESE WERE IF THIS WAS TRACKED IN REDLINED AND COMMENTED ON IT WON'T PROBABLY WON'T SHOW UP FROM A WORD DOCUMENT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PAGE NUMBERS IF THEY HAD A TABLE OF CONTENTS. SO I WAS MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THERE WAS PAGE NUMBERS BECAUSE THESE LOOK THESE PAGE NUMBERS LOOKED BLUE.

SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THIS IS FROM THE TRACKING. IT'S NOT ON THE ONE ONLINE. THE ONE WE WERE LOOKING AT IS THE REASON WHY I WAS SAYING THAT. BUT IT'S OKAY. IF WE GOT THEM WE GOT THEM.

THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME. BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MY OPINION. THERE'S A LOT OF STATEMENTS IN THERE. CODE OF CONDUCT THAT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE'RE ADDING IT IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. SO. MADAM MAYOR. YES. OKAY. MISS.

OH, I'M SORRY, WERE YOU DONE, MISS PARKER? I WAS GOING TO SAY THE CODE OF CONDUCT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THIS DOCUMENT. AND I'M LOOKING AT SEVERAL COPIES HERE. AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE IT WOULD BE. I CAN'T REMEMBER, SO. BUT I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF

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MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO ALSO PIGGYBACK ON THE CODE OF CONDUCT, BECAUSE WHAT IF YOU READ POINTS A ONE THROUGH SIX, THEY MORE SO ALIGN OUR BEHAVIOR IN OUR MEETINGS. NOT NECESSARILY A CODE OF CONDUCT IN ITS TOTALITY OF THE ROLE AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT HOW WE WILL INTERACT AND ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN THIS MEETING, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S MORE BEFITTING FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES, BECAUSE UNDER THE CITIZENS APPEARANCE PIECE, WE ALSO ARE ADDING TO OUTLINE HOW CITIZENS WILL ALSO COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS. I MEAN, TO THE COUNCIL WHEN THEY'RE AT THE PODIUM. AND SO I THINK IN REGARDS TO THE COMMENT ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER BEING THE SERGEANT AT ARMS, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT IN OTHER CITIES, THAT'S NOT ANYTHING NEW. BUT I THINK THAT THE REAL QUESTION AND TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THE RESIDENT AS WELL THAT SPOKE IS WHO WILL ENFORCE TO ENSURE THAT WHEN A RESIDENT COMES FORWARD IN A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME IS MENTIONED OR THINGS ARE MENTIONED, THAT WILL BE DEFAMING TO THEM OR IN THE ROLE, WHO IS TO CORRECT THAT? BECAUSE THAT IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS THAT THE MAYOR? IS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY, BECAUSE THEN THAT IS WHO YOUR SERGEANT IN ARMS IS AT THAT TIME. THAT'S THAT PERSON CORRECTING THE OUT, THE PERSON THAT'S STEPPING OUTSIDE OF THIS POLICY. AND I WOULD DOCTOR MARKS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO HER? I WAS GOING TO ASK SOMETHING ALONG THAT SAME VEIN TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT NOTING THAT IN TERMS OF WHO SERVES IN THAT PARTICULAR ROLE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING TO THAT. I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, YOU MENTIONED SEEING SERGEANT AT ARMS IN OTHER CITIES, OR DO YOU DO YOU RECALL WHO SERVED IN THAT PARTICULAR ROLE? I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO LIKE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT'S THE MAYOR. BUT I MEAN, IT'S THE CITY MANAGER. HOWEVER, WHEN I'VE WATCHED THEIR MEETINGS, THE CITY SECRETARY CUTS IN AND CORRECTS RESIDENTS. AND THEY'RE ALSO THE ONE. SO USUALLY THEY THEY THEY, THEY GIVE THE RULES BEFORE YOU SPEAK. I'VE SPENT A FEW TIMES SPEAKING AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THAT IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE SHERIFF WHO'S THERE ON DUTY COMES AND GIVES THE RULES, AND THEN THE CITY SECRETARY OR EXCUSE ME, THE COMMISSIONER'S SECRETARY IS THE ONE THAT NUDGES WHEN YOU COME OUTSIDE OF THE AGENDA. IT'S JUST DIFFERENT FOR EVERY CITY, BUT IDEALLY IT'S USUALLY FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S SEAT POINT OF VIEW THAT I TYPICALLY SEE THAT HAPPENING. RARELY IS IT LIKE, I GUESS THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN ALSO WHOEVER WE HAVE FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NORMALLY IT WOULD BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER. SO IF YOU'RE PRESIDING AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, SOMEONE SOMEONE SPEAKS AND SAYS SAYS SOMETHING, YOU TELL THEM TO, YOU KNOW, STOP WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY REFUSE TO. AND THEN IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD GO TO THE SERGEANT AT ARMS, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY MANAGER SITTING NEXT TO YOU AND SAY, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS PERSON REMOVED FROM THE MEETING, USUALLY TAKE A RECESS AND THEN AND THEN PROCEED. SO IT'S WHOEVER YOU'RE TURNING TO MAKE SURE THESE RULES ARE BEING ENFORCED. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM DOES THAT DOES THAT KIND OF SPEAK TO YOUR QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT IT SHOULD BE AMENDED TO HAVE YOU YOU AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER, AS THE SERGEANT AT ARMS. IT HAS HER AS A PRESIDING OFFICER AND THEN AS A PRESIDING OFFICER. SHE

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AND SINCE SHE CAN'T DIRECTLY OR AS OUR CHARTER SAYS, WE DON'T DIRECT STAFF, SHE DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER WHO THEN DIRECTS STAFF. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. WE'VE HAD TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS REMOVED OR THERE WERE INSTANCES IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO GIVE THE DIRECTIVES. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARKS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN PARKER AND I. MAYBE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN RAPHAEL, ONE OF THEM. BUT WE ATTENDED A SESSION IN AT ONE OF THE CONFERENCES, AND IT DEALT WITH THIS VERY SAME THING. HOWEVER, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE'RE DECIDING TO DO, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITHIN THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS BECAUSE THERE IS A THERE'S A LEGAL SIDE TO THAT AS WELL. SO, MR. GRIFFIN, CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US AS TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AS TO WHAT YOU CAN SAY SAFELY AND WHAT YOU CANNOT SAY.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? AS, AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS? YES, YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES. I MEAN, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AND THAT'S FLUID TOO.

AND THAT THAT CHANGES. SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHY IF THERE'S AN ISSUE AND HE TURNS TO THE SERGEANT AT ARMS, THERE WOULD BE A RECESS OR A DISCUSSION IF LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION. CAN WE REMOVE SOMEONE FROM THE MEETING? IS IT A VIOLATION OF THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES, BUT BUT THEN I GUESS PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE MIGHT THINK IT'S OFFENSIVE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE LAW IT'S NOT. AND EXACTLY, EXACTLY. SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S I DON'T THINK YOU CAN OUTLINE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN TAKE OUR RULES AND PROCEDURES AND OUTLINE POSSIBLY EVERY SCENARIO. YEAH OKAY. WHAT'S OFFENSIVE OKAY. SO YOU WILL CALL IT AT THAT TIME. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THAT'S WHY HE'S SAYING DO THE RECESS AND THEN STOP, TAKE A BREAK AND THEN GET BACK GET BE ADVISED ON WHAT IT IS. JUST KIND OF TO GIVE US A MOMENT TO ASSESS WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING SO THAT WE DON'T MAKE A SPLIT SECOND DECISION. AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT MAY VIOLATE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT MAY BE OFFENSIVE MAY STILL NOT BE AN ISSUE. EXACTLY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. OH, I'M SORRY, DOCTOR MARX, PLEASE CONTINUE. I'M SORRY SHE SHE WAS NOT FINISHED. IS IT? ON THAT SAME THING BECAUSE I WANT I HAD SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S ON THIS THING. OKAY. YOU CAN GO. OH. ARE YOU READY? THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT IN MY RESEARCH ALSO WHEN, WHEN THESE THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF DALLAS ACTUALLY HAS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS, YOU IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU CANNOT WALK UP TO THE PODIUM AND ACTUALLY ADDRESS A COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME THAT IN CITY MANAGER, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU YOU YOU CANNOT SLANDEROUSLY TALK ABOUT THEM SPECIFICALLY. AS A PERSON, YOU MUST ADDRESS THE MAYOR. YOU CAN TALK BY PLACE OR EXCUSE ME, DISTRICT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. BUT YOU CANNOT SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME THAT IS IN MANY OF THESE THAT ARE LISTED ARE ALSO, IF YOU NEED AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THIS. THE CITY OF DALLAS, UNDER THEIR SECRETARY OF RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR MEETINGS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARX. I WANT TO GO BACK TO MR. GRAFFITI. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS AREA WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT MOTIONS, HOW DID THAT GET CHANGED TO WHAT I SEE YOU WERE WERE YOU THE ONE THAT INCLUDED THAT? WHICH SECTION? PARLIAMENTARY MOTIONS. YES, YES.

SO THIS IS THIS IS THIS LANGUAGE WITH WITH WITH MOTIONS. THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR SUMMER RETREAT. OKAY. AND SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE WOULD USE AND ACTUALLY PLACE IN HERE. SO WE HAVE THE PROCEDURES FOR MOTIONS AND THEN EXAMPLES OF THOSE MOTIONS. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT LANGUAGE CAME FROM. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REFERENCE OF IN THE YOU KNOW THE MOST COMMON MOTIONS THAT WE USE. WE ALSO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. AS YOU RECALL IT SAID IN HERE, ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER WILL DETERMINE THE PRECEDENT OF MOTIONS AND THE GENERAL CONDUCT AND COMPOSITION OF MEETINGS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN OR BY BY STATE LAW. AND THE DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME OR CONSENSUS WAS LET'S REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, BECAUSE THAT'S MISLEADING, BECAUSE WE DON'T FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. THE MICROPHONE. OH, THE SECTION IN THERE ABOUT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER WILL DETERMINE THE PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS. WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THE SUMMER RETREAT, AND THE CONSENSUS WAS TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT AND THEN GO AHEAD AND IN PLACE AND HEAR OUR OWN MOTIONS AND WHAT THOSE WHAT THOSE MOTIONS WOULD BE, I GUESS, I GUESS MY WELL, WELL, LET ME BACK UP AND SAY THIS, I, I MISSED THAT MEETING

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IS THAT. OKAY? LET'S GO TO MOTIONS. RIGHT. IT SAYS THAT A I DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING. THIS IS YOUR THIS IS THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S DECISION ON WHAT THEY WANT IN HERE. NOT NOT MY DECISION. SO. RIGHT. Y'ALL ASK FOR ME TO TAKE THIS OUT. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS TAKEN OUT. I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME TAKING IT OUT. OKAY, WELL, WHOMEVER TOOK IT OUT. WHOMEVER. THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION, SO CALM DOWN. IT'LL BE OKAY. MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOTIONS, IT SAYS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WISHES TO MAKE A MOTION. BUT ANYWAY, IT SAYS THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT WE DID AT THIS LAST DEBACLE THAT WE HAD. NOW YOU WANT TO NOW WE'RE PUTTING IT IN THERE. AND TO ME, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING BACK AND TRYING, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THE CONSENSUS WAS TO TAKE THAT THAT PROVISION REFERENCE. WE CAN PUT IT BACK IN IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS. I'M JUST FOLLOWING WHAT THE CONSENSUS IS, AND THAT'S FINE BECAUSE I WASN'T I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING BECAUSE I HAD TO LEAVE AND GO BACK TO WORK OR WHATEVER. SO I MISSED THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION. SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT, BRINGING IT UP. THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON. SO. DOCTOR MARKS, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. BUT I WANT TO KNOW. SO IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE? THAT WAS WHAT THE COUNCIL DECIDED AT THE RETREAT, DOCTOR MARK. SO WE HAD WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THOSE THINGS MOVING FORWARD. IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO GO BACK AND CHANGE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S TRYING TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE BETTER MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. SO IT WAS WHAT THE COUNCIL DECIDED AT THE MEETING AND WE JUST WE DISCUSSED IT, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND THE PROCEDURE THAT WE WOULD USE TO HANDLE IT AT THE TIME. WE ALSO DISCUSSED IT AT THE LAST MEETING AND WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE LAST MEETING. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION, PLEASE? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION MADE AND PROPERLY SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. WE WILL GO BY AND DO A HAND VOTE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET A PROPER ACCOUNT ON THE VOTE. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LATASHA HUGHES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE. RAPHAEL, TURN YOUR LIGHTS OFF. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL ITEM ON THE

[4. Discussion of the Rental Ordinance as it relates to absentee landlords in DeSoto. The accompanying presentation will be provided to the City Council on January 3, 2025.]

THAT'S THE ONE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, THIS. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN ON ABSENTEE LANDLORDS. AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE STARTED THIS PRESENTATION WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FAMILIARIZATION WITH THE PURPOSE OF RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM WAS AND WHY YOU VOTED IN IT WAS TO SAFEGUARD LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, PROPERTY OF THE OCCUPANTS AND DEVELOP A PROCESS TO ENFORCE CODE STANDARDS OF THE CODES AND OF THE MINIMUM BUILDING STANDARDS. OKAY. HERE WE GO. HOW OUR HOW OUR RENTAL PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED. CITIZEN

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THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T ADD UP TO 2018 AND 18. 58 OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE REGISTERED AS WE STAND TODAY, AND 160 ARE PENDING. THEY'RE EITHER IN APPLICATION PROCESS OR THEY'RE UNDER INSPECTIONS. AND A BREAKDOWN IS, AS YOU SEE DOWN BELOW WITH THAT GRAPH. AND THIS IS ANOTHER GRAPH TO SHOW HOW MANY ARE REFERRED TO CODE. IF THEY IF THEY'RE IN VIOLATION 93%. AND IF THERE'S A CITATION 3%. AND IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO CONTRACT A RESOLUTION OF THOSE 268 THAT WERE FOUND TO BE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, TEN OF THOSE CONTRACT, THE RESOLUTION AND THE TOTAL COST, IS THERE, 4109 WERE OF TREES, LANDSCAPING, AND ALL THOSE OWNERS WERE OUT OF TOWN.

SO NINE OF THE TEN, THE OWNERS WERE OUT OF TOWN. ONE OWNER WAS LIVES IN THE CITY AND THEY HAD HIGH GRASS VIOLATION. CITATIONS ISSUED BY RENTAL FOR THE RENTAL REGISTRATION. NO PERMIT. AS YOU CAN SEE, 72 IN TOWN OF THOSE RENTAL PROPERTIES, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DESOTO ARE 30 AND OUTSIDE OF TOWN 42. SO THERE IS A DISCREPANCY ON ON THE IN IN CITY OF DESOTO OWNERS AND OUT OF STATE. SORRY OUT OF CITY. AND THIS I PUT THIS IN HERE JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE WHAT WE ALREADY CAPTURE WHEN WE HAVE AN APPLICANT APPLY FOR RENTAL REGISTRATION. ALL THOSE EIGHT ITEMS ARE REQUIRED. I JUST HIGHLIGHTED TWO THAT ARE IMPORTANT THE OWNER'S NAME, NUMBER ONE, AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THEM. AND THEN NUMBER FOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE PROPERTY MANAGER OR PERSON HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER. SO WE ALREADY CAPTURE A PROPERTY MANAGER, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE CITY OR THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SOMEONE THAT'S MANAGING THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. SO ANY QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN ADD TO THAT, CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING IN ABOUT ABSENTEE LANDLORDS. CHIEF, I STAND CORRECTED. YOU THREE MINUTES, 1:00. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST BEFORE WE GET STARTED INTO ANY DISCUSSION, THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE ARE VOTING ON.

THIS WAS JUST FOR INFORMATION. SO IF WE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANY CLARIFICATION THAT'S NEEDED, WE CAN ASK THAT AT THIS TIME. YES MA'AM. CERTAINLY COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE ARE STILL GOING TO DO OUR ROUNDS. SO IF YOU COULD BRING OUR TIMER UP PLEASE, MR. FISCHER. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR MARX. IS THAT A LIGHT ON FOR THIS ITEM? IT IS TWO MINUTES. COUNCILWOMAN PARKER WAS FIRST. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND ABSENTEE

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THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS. AND SO I DO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THOSE AND THEN I'LL LET YOU FINISH UP. I WANTED TO KNOW IS THERE A FEE IF IT'S CONFIRMED THAT IT'S A RENTAL BUT HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED BY THE OWNER? THAT'S ONE QUESTION. MY SECOND ONE WAS, ARE THE LANDLORDS PRESENT AT EACH INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY? THE THIRD ONE WAS IS THE EXPEDIENCY OF THE ISSUE ADDRESSED DIFFERENTLY BY CODE ENFORCEMENT? IF IT'S AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD? AND THE LAST QUESTION IS, DOES A RENTAL HOUSE REQUIRE A CO. FIRST ONE WAS IS THERE A FEE IF IT'S CONFIRMED OR RENTAL AND THEY HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR RENT? YES, THERE'S A $100 FEE. I BELIEVE THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMIT AND WE FIND OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T REGISTER THERE IS THAT THAT'S AN THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE. LANDLORDS ARE PRESENT IF WE GIVE THEM AN OPTION, IF WE GO INSIDE TO INSPECT THE HOME, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO COMPLY. IT'S NOT MANDATORY. BUT IF THEY DO, THEN WE WANT THEM TO BE PRESENT WHEN WE TAKE NOTES AND TAKE PHOTOS OUTSIDE. IT'S JUST A REGULAR CODE ENFORCEMENT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN WE WILL SEND SEND WHATEVER WE FIND FROM OUTSIDE TO THE LANDLORD. IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, PRESENT THE EXPEDIENCY. IF THEY'RE ABSENTEE, IT FALLS WITHIN THE SAME THING. IF IT FALLS IN THE ORDER OF INSPECTION. SO IF THE RENTAL REGISTRATION OFFICER FINDS THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, IT WILL GO TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. IT WILL GO AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ABSENTEE OR NOT AT THAT POINT IN TIME UNTIL THEY DO. AND UNLESS THEY GET INFORMATION FROM THE RENTAL, REGISTRATION OR RENTAL OFFICER THAT THEY'RE OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF CITY. AND LASTLY, DO THEY REQUIRE A CO? NO, NO CO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU DOCTOR MARX. THANK YOU I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE REGISTERED VIOLATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED. YOU SAID WE HAD 268, TEN OF THE 268 REQUIRED CONTRACTOR RESOLUTIONS AT A COST OF $4,100. OUT OF THE HOW MUCH HAVE WE RECOUPED FROM THAT $4,100? IS TRACY HERE? DO YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE ON THAT SO THAT THAT'S WHAT WOULD IF THEY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS. IF THERE IS A BALANCE THEN A LIEN WILL BE PUT ON A PROPERTY. I CAN LOOK AT THAT RESEARCH AND TELL YOU WHAT WHAT IS OWED. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN? HOW LONG HAS THIS WAS? THIS WAS FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THOSE TEN OF THE 268 REQUIRED. OKAY. SO IS THIS JUST FOR THIS TIME FRAME? IS THERE A CARRYOVER FROM LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE, OR IS THIS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OVERALL. SO WE WENT JUST JUST IN THIS LAST YEAR. WE CAN GO BACK FURTHER. IF YOU WANT. WE CAN FIND OUT AND TELL YOU JUST WHAT IT IS AND HOW MANY LIENS WERE ISSUED. SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THAT WE ARE OWED MORE THAN $4,100. IT IS LIKELY. BUT KEEP IN MIND, COUNCIL, THAT WE RECOUP ALL OF THAT MONEY. THAT'S CORRECT. IF WE DON'T RECOUP IT IN IN CASH OR IN IN IN PAYING BACK, WE PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. SO WE WILL GET THAT PAID REGARDLESS. OKAY. THERE'LL BE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY WHEN THEY WHEN THEY TRY TO SELL THE HOME, THEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THAT LIEN. RIGHT. AND WE RECOUP IT THEN. RIGHT.

RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THAT THAT NUMBER OF JUST HOW MUCH ARE WE OWED, HOW MANY LIENS DO WE HAVE OUT THERE ON PROPERTIES? I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO HAVE WE HAVE A TON OF LIENS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. SO THEY WON'T ALL JUST BE RENTAL PROPERTY. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL OUR LIENS, I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU IN A SECOND. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE RENTAL PROPERTY.

YEAH, IT'S JUST FOR THE ABSENTEE LANDLORDS. JUST WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. OKAY. YEAH.

CAN YOU BREAK IT DOWN? HOW FAR DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK? HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE OWED? IS THAT IN ONE POCKET? IS THAT IN ONE BUCKET? IT'S. THE LIENS ARE ISSUED AND THEN. YES, IT'S IN ONE, ONE BUCKET. AND THE MONEY OWED IS IN ONE BUCKET. RIGHT. WE BASE IT ON THE LIENS. THE LIENS

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SO I'M NOT. WOULD THAT OKAY I DON'T HANDLE THAT. BUT BUT LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID TODAY WITH THE ALARMS, THERE'S A REVENUE LINE ITEM THAT YOU ALWAYS ASK FOR. YOU. NOT YOU PERSONALLY, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL IS ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT REVENUE LINE ITEM IN THE GENERAL BUDGET.

AND THAT'S REALLY BROKEN OUT INTO WHAT THEY COLLECT ON, ON, ON LIENS, ON ALARMS, ON WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING MONEY ON. TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY IT WOULD BE UNDER UNCOLLECTED REVENUES. THERE WOULD BE A LINE ITEM FOR UNCOLLECTED REVENUES. AND SO THERE COULD BE A BREAKDOWN INTO CODE COMPLIANCE. IT COULD BE A BREAKDOWN INTO SEVERAL UNCOLLECTED REVENUES, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE RENTAL PROPERTIES. IT COULD BE ABOUT IT COULD BE ABOUT FEES. IT COULD BE ABOUT OTHER THINGS. ANYTHING ON UNCOLLECTED. YEAH. OKAY. YES OKAY. OKAY. SO TO LEAVE THIS YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO FIND OUT THIS 4100 WHAT'S OWED IF ANYTHING THAT MAY BE WHAT WAS COLLECTED FROM THAT. WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED THAT I DON'T KNOW. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. AND I'M GOING TO GET YOU THE LIENS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON ABSENTEE LANDLORDS. AND I ASKED HOW FAR YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK.

WE CAN GO ON THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE AND JUST LOOK AND SEE WHAT LIENS WE HAVE. AND I CAN BRING YOU BACK SOMETHING FROM FROM THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. CHIEF, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE SEND OUT ANYTHING ON A REGULAR BASIS, OR HOW DO WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY EVEN NEED TO REGISTER RENTAL PROPERTIES? BECAUSE I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING THAT SAID THERE WERE SOME THAT WEREN'T. DO WE LIKE. IT'S ON.

IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. AND TYPICALLY PEOPLE WILL CALL. WE'LL PUT SOMETHING OUT IN IN THE WATER BILL PERIODICALLY TO REMIND PEOPLE. BUT WE ALSO WILL CHECK THE WATER BILL. AND IF SOMETHING COMES IN FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A RENTAL PROPERTY, THEY'LL LET US KNOW. AND THEN A RENTAL OFFICER WILL GO OUT AND CHECK IT AND SEE IF IT IS A RENTAL PROPERTY OR NOT, OR IF IT'S AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD AND IT'S GOING TO BE RENTAL AND THEY HAVEN'T REGISTERED. WE'LL SEND THEM A LETTER TO REGISTER. AND THEN IF THEY DON'T REGISTER WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THEN WE WILL THEN GO AFTER THEM FOR THE PERMIT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I HAD A QUESTION RELATED TO THE OUT OF TOWN PROPERTY OWNERS. DO WE REQUIRE THEM TO DO WE REQUIRE THEM TO DOCUMENT A LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE AT ALL? SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE APPLICATION, I SAID THAT NUMBER FOUR, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT NUMBER FOR SOMEONE. THAT'S THAT'S PROPERTY MANAGER. AND ARE THEY ARE THEY IS THAT ARE THEY, ARE YOU GETTING 100% COMPLIANCE RELATED TO THAT PIECE IN TERMS OF THEM DOCUMENTING SOMEONE FOR THEM? AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE DO BECAUSE THE RENTAL OFFICER KEEPS TRACK OF ALL THAT.

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SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU CAN PUT A HANDOUT TOGETHER AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE AT THAT THAT MEETING AND MAYBE PUT THAT OUT IN A WATER BILL TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF AND COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT. HOWEVER, YOU CAN YOU CHECK WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, TO SEE IF THEY'LL YIELD THEIR TIME TONIGHT. AND I HAVE A QUESTION WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT ASKED THAT SPARKED A QUESTION FOR ME ABOUT THE WATER BILLS, ABOUT IDENTIFYING RENTAL PROPERTIES. YES. WASN'T THERE SOME WAY AND YOU MAY HAVE MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT. SO FORGIVE ME IF IT WAS EMBEDDED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT ISN'T THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO TELL IF IT'S A RENTED PROPERTY BY THE WATER BILL IN SOME WAY, OR AM I? YEAH. SO THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE IDENTIFY THEM IN MY SPEED CRASH COURSE HERE OR THIS IT WAS I MENTIONED THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE IDENTIFY THEM. THE WATERPART NEW WATER APPLICA OWNER LIVES. YOU KNOW, THE ADDRESS IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. AND SO THEY'LL LET US KNOW. AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE TO INVESTIGATE AND CHECK ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, DID YOU GET A TIGER? I DID, I DID. COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM, THANK YOU FOR YIELDING YOUR TIME. MY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND. OF COURSE. HOA'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WITH HOA'S AND ABSENTEE LANDLORDS, YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IF THE PERCENTAGE OF RENTERS ARE PRESENT, IT CHANGES YOUR INSURANCE COSTS. SO THIS IS WHY IT BECOMES AN IMPORTANT PIECE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HOA'S. WHETHER THERE ARE MULTIPLE ABSENTEE LANDLORDS. THE REASON I ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CO AND THE FACT THAT THE STATE SAYS THERE SHOULD BE WITH A RENTAL PROPERTY, THERE SHOULD BE A CO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LIVABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR RENTING. DOES THE CITY INSPECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR RENTING? AND THEN SECONDLY, FROM AN HOA PERSPECTIVE, HOA'S ARE NOT THE SAME AS PROPERTY MANAGERS. SO YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THEY CONTACT THE PROPERTY MANAGER, BUT THEY DON'T CONTACT THE HOA MANAGERS? NO. SO IN THOSE CASES, THERE ARE MULTIPLE RENTERS SITTING IN A HOA AND NOBODY'S BEING CONTACTED TO SAY AN INSPECTION HAS BEEN DONE. SO HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK AND WHERE IS THAT STUFF LISTED? AND THEN LASTLY, FROM A HOMEOWNER OR A PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY, CAN I REPORT SOMEBODY WHO I KNOW IS RENTING AND HOW DO I DO SO IS THAT COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMUNITY? THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. SO THE BEGINNING INSPECTION THAT GOES IN THE IN THE ORDINANCE, ONCE WE GET A PERMIT, ONCE WE KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE A RENTAL PROPERTY OR SOMEONE MOVES INTO THE PROPERTY, THEN IF THEY DON'T TELL US, THEN WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THROUGH EITHER CITIZENS ARE GOING TO CALL US AND SAY, HEY, I THINK THERE'S A RENTAL PROPERTY. THEY'LL CALL CODE USUALLY, OR THEY'LL CALL THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE'LL FIND OUT FROM THERE. AND THEY HAVE TO GET GET IT INSPECTED RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING AND THEY WILL INSPECT. LIKE I SAID, WE CAN'T JUST GO INTO SOMEONE'S PROPERTY AND INSPECT THE INSIDE SO EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE EXTERIOR UNLESS THE OWNER SAYS INVITES US IN AND SAYS THAT WE CAN INSPECT THE INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY. WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY ISSUES. MOST MOST OWNERS WILL INVITE US IN AND WE CAN DO A FULL INSPECTION FROM THERE, AND THEN WE'LL PUSH WHATEVER NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUES OFF TO OUR

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BUT I THINK WE ALREADY DO A GOOD JOB OF REGISTERING THOSE THOSE HOMES. AND OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION OFFICER DOES A GOOD JOB AT MAKING SURE THAT SHE EXPECTS THEM TO HAVE 72 OUT OF 2000. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. SO MAYBE MAYBE I CONFUSE YOU WITH THOSE NUMBERS WITH WHAT THE FINES WERE. NO, I MEAN, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I JUST THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE, I MEAN, EVEN JUST PERSONALLY, I LIVE IN AN HOA, AND MY HOA IS NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RENTALS IN THEIR IN OUR HOA. THAT THEREFORE MEANS TO ME, I'M GOING TO GO LOOK AND SEE ALL THESE RENTALS AND THEN ASK THE CITY, IS THESE PEOPLE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO? IN MY MIND, IF I'M TRYING TO REDUCE SOME OTHER PLACES OR TRYING TO REDUCE THEM, THAT MEANS THERE'S MORE THAN WHAT IS BEING STATED. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THIS. THERE HAS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENFORCEMENT, MAYBE OUTREACH.

RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO OUTREACH. I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT TALKS ABOUT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. SURE. AND TO THAT POINT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S PREFERENCE FOR OR AGAINST RENTALS IS KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THAN THAT. SO JUST I GUESS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL OF COUNCIL'S CONCERNS AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK, CAN YOU CLARIFY, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THEM TO SOLVE FOR? CAN WE CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTUAL INSPECTION IS DONE AT THE TIME OF RENTAL? IT IS BEING DONE AT THE TIME OF RENTAL. THAT'S THAT'S WHEN THE APPLICATION IS PUT IN. THAT'S WHEN THE INSPECTION IS HAPPENING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOCUMENTING AND THAT'S WHY THEY GO THROUGH THE EIGHT STEPS, INCLUDING PROVIDING THE OWNER'S NAME AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER'S NAME. SO I I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S IF YOU EXPECT THE TEAM TO GO INSIDE THE PROPERTY. NO, NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN. OKAY. WHEN THE TENANT CHANGES WE ALSO DO AN INSPECTION. SO WE HAVE TO GET NOTIFIED THAT THE TENANT HAS CHANGED. AND THEN WE GO AND WE DON'T CHARGE THEM ANOTHER FEE, BUT WE GO IN AND WE DO ANOTHER INSPECTION. CHANGE THE TENANT. OR WHEN THEY SELL THE PROPERTY WE DO ANOTHER INSPECTION AND ANNUALLY. SO THREE INSPECTIONS THREE TIMES WE CAN INSPECT ANNUALLY. WE DO AN INSPECTION NO MATTER WHAT. IF THE TENANT CHANGES, WE DO AN INSPECTION. AND IF THE PROPERTY IS SOLD OR CHANGES HANDS, WE DO AN INSPECTION. OKAY. AND IF LIKE I SAID, IF THEY ARE REPORTED THAT $100 FEE, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT, THAT THEY GET THAT, THAT THEY WOULD GET A FEE FOR $100.

SO THE PART ABOUT THE HOA PIECE THAT'S NOT CHANGING EITHER, WHERE THEY WILL BE REPORTED TO BECAUSE YOU SAID THE PROPERTY MANAGERS, BUT HOA MANAGERS DON'T GET IT. NO, WE DON'T DEAL WITH THE HOA MANAGERS. WE DEAL WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER. IF THEY IF I'M AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE MANAGE MY PROPERTY, MAYBE A NEIGHBOR, IT MAY BE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. IT COULD BE MY SON OR DAUGHTER OR SOME RELATIVE THAT COMES BY AND MANAGES THE PROPERTY AND CHECKS IT. OKAY. SO WHAT AND I THINK, I THINK, I THINK I, I'M FINALLY PICKING UP WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING DOWN. BUT I THINK THAT IN ORDER FOR IF AN HOA IS HAVING ISSUES WITH RENTALS, IT IS ON THE IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE HOA TO DEAL WITH THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE

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THEY'LL REPORT IT TO OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION PERSON AND SHE'LL GO OUT AND INSPECT IT. AND ALSO WE LOOK AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT. SO THERE'S THREE WAYS THAT WE IDENTIFY THEM. NOW IF YOU THINK THAT THERE'S A FOURTH WAY THEN FINE. BUT HOA PERSON CAN JUST REPORT TO US AND WE WILL INVESTIGATE. OKAY. AND IF IT'S FOUND THAT THEY ARE THEY KNOW THEY'RE A RENTAL BUT YOU GUYS DON'T RIGHT. SO IF WE GO AND FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE A RENTAL WE INVESTIGATE. WE SAY THEY'RE A RENTAL. THEN WE DO. WE THEY GOT TO PAY THE FEE TO REGISTER, AND WE HIT THEM WITH WITH A FINE BECAUSE OF THEM NOT REPORTING. AND IF THE HOA HAS ANY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN THEIR IN THEIR CODES, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS, THEN THEY NEED TO HOLD THAT THAT PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSIBLE. IF YOU HAVE A RENTAL, IF THERE'S SOMETHING FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES IN YOUR CODE, FOR YOUR HOA, THE HOA HAS TO THEN HOLD THE PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING OR DOING WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO. BUT I DON'T THINK I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT ONUS IS THEN ON THE CITY TO REPORT BACK TO THE HOA. I THINK IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR IN YOUR RULES THAT SAYS IF YOU ARE RENTING OUT YOUR PROPERTY, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO X, Y AND Z THEN THEN YOU HOLD THEM TO THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK THE CITY IS THE PERSON THAT NEEDS TO BE MAKING SURE THAT GETS REPORTED BACK. AND I MEAN, IF THERE'S IF A IF AN HOA DOESN'T HAVE THOSE RULES, AGAIN, YOU STILL CAN'T TRY TO THEN MAKE THE CITY BE THE PERSON TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO, TO MAKE THE RENTAL PROPERTY OWNER DO THE RIGHT THING LIKE IT'S TO ME, YOU NEED TO THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR BYLAWS OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE IN PLACE, AND MAKE THE PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING THAT ONCE IT'S DISCOVERED THAT THEY'RE RENTING OUT THEIR HOME, THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ASK IF A PROPERTY IS LISTED AS A RENTAL. WELL, THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARX.

DID YOU HAVE PARTING COMMENTS? YEAH. AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST THING. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND CENTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY ULTIMATELY COMES BACK TO. IF THEY DON'T DO IT, WE AS A CITY HAVE TO DO IT. AND I THINK ONCE THESE NUMBERS COME BACK, I THINK THAT WILL PROBABLY GIVE US A CLEARER PICTURE AS TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH,

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BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT COME BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE SURFACE. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST MEETING THAT WE ARE HAVING ON THIS. AND I THINK THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ON ZOOM TO SOMEWHAT GUIDE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR TEAM AS TO HOW TO DO THIS PRESENTATION. BUT I THINK, AGAIN, ONCE THOSE NUMBERS COME BACK, I THINK IT PROBABLY WILL BE ALARMING. I YIELD BACK. SO COUNCIL, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. GO AHEAD CHIEF. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMAN BYRD, ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL TO ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT

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