Feb 17, 2025 City Council Special Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS 5 P.M. AND TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TODAY. I WILL ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD START US OFF WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARX HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE GIVE US OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE

[a. City Council will convene into Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code, Section 551.074, Personnel Matters to: a. Deliberate the duties of the City Council Members b. Reconvene into Special Meeting c. Take any necessary action as a result of Executive Session]

[a. Presentation of proclamation in honor of Black History Month]

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT, TALKING ABOUT THAT ALMOST ALL DAY TODAY IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. MR. BAYLOR WAS THERE. WE HAD A YOUNG LADY FROM OAK CLIFF. IT WAS JUST YOU HAD TO BE THERE. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY ENJOYED THEMSELVES AS WELL. BUT THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT GENUINELY CELEBRATE OUR HERITAGE AND OUR HISTORY AND ACTUALLY HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN TELL THOSE TYPE OF STORIES. IT'S AWESOME. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO LONG. MR. TEDDY IS HERE FROM OUR SENIOR CENTER. RAISE YOUR HAND, MR. TEDDY. I WILL CALL YOU OUT. WE LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND COUNCIL, THANKS FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY INITIATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE ARE. THIS IS THE. THANK YOU, MAYOR

[b. Presentation of Mayoral Commendations to Mayor Pro Tem Letitia Hughes and Councilmember Andre' Byrd for the TMLI Recognition]

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YEAH, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. OH OKAY. SHE LIKE HURRY UP AND GIVE US OUR AWARD ALREADY.

ALL RIGHT. SHE'S LIKE IF WE DON'T WORK TOO HARD YOU TAKE IT TOO MUCH TIME. BUT I WANT TO DEFINITELY TAKE MY TIME. I DON'T WANT TO RUSH OVER THIS AND GLAZE OVER THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAVE LIVES, WE HAVE BUSINESSES, WE HAVE FAMILIES. WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE THAT YOU ALL DO. BUT THEY MADE THE TIME TO BE DEDICATED ENOUGH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THOSE HOURS THAT THEY DO DON'T CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THEY LITERALLY HAVE TO START FROM THE GROUND UP EACH YEAR WITH GETTING HOURS TO OBTAIN THESE CERTIFICATIONS. SO I THINK WITH THAT SAID, WE CAN GIVE THEM ANOTHER GREAT BIG HAND CLAP. I'M GOING TO READ ONE OF THE COMMENDATIONS FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT THEY READ VERY SIMILARLY. AND THIS IS GOING TO I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU AS MAYOR PRO TEM. THIS IS GOING TO MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES AS WELL AS WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF DESOTO, WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR RECENT ■CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION DESIGNATION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE INSTITUTE. THIS RECOGNITION IS AWARDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLETED 42 OR MORE CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS, AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW SELECT INDIVIDUALS WHO EARNED THIS CERTIFICATION STATEWIDE DURING THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR. THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ENHANCING YOUR LEADERSHIP AS A TEXAS ELECTED OFFICIAL.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL-DESERVED ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND WE WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, SIGNED FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025, SIGNED BY RACHEL L PROCTOR. MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ALL.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK. YOU. HEY, THERE. BEING SHOT TONIGHT? YES. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE SAID THIS IS HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. I THINK THAT DESERVES A HAND CLAP AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING THIS, THIS ACHIEVEMENT FOR MYSELF AND MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE PRAY THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS IS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS. EVERY ONE OF US ARE DOING OUR BEST TO BE BETTER SERVANTS FOR YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR OF SERVING EACH OF YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK

[c. Recognition of Fire Department promotions for Fire Captain Brandon Kennedy and Engineer Driver Antoine Lewis ]

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BRANDON WILL BE JOINING US IN ADMINISTRATION. HE'S GOING TO BE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CAPTAIN HANDLING OUR TRAINING AND OUR UNIFORMS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S A BIG STEP.

WE'VE IT'S A NEW POSITION. WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THIS. AND NOW WE DO. BRANDON BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE TO THIS BECAUSE HE HAS PRIOR EXPERIENCE AS A AS A FIRE CHIEF HIMSELF. SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO ADD HIM TO OUR ADMIN TEAM. AND WITH THAT, MELISSA, YOU CAN PIN HIM.

TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHRIS OKAY OKAY. SURE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND LAST PROMOTION I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER ON THIS ONE. AND I'M SORRY MAYOR I'M GOING TO HURRY. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME, SOME HISTORY AND STATISTICS, BECAUSE THIS PROMOTION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE IS A MILESTONE IN THE DESOTO FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THE DESOTO FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS FORMED IN 1949. WE'RE 76 YEARS OLD IN 1976. SO FOR 49 YEARS, WE BECOME A COMBINATION FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE WERE PART PAID AND PART VOLUNTEER. AND THEN IN 1990, WE BECAME A FULLY PAID CAREER FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO FOR 35 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN A FULLY PAID CAREER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NOW, THE OPERATION SIDE, THAT IS THE FOLKS WHO COME TO YOUR HOUSE WHEN YOU CALL 911. THAT'S OUR OPERATIONAL SIDE OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE'VE NEVER HAD A BLACK FIREFIGHTER PROMOTE TO A SUPERVISORY POSITION UNTIL TONIGHT. SO IN OUR 76 YEAR HISTORY, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ANTOINE LONG AND HIS FAMILY AS THE FIRST BLACK FIREFIGHTER TO PROMOTE TO SUPERVISORY POSITION IN THE OPERATION SIDE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I THINK. THANK YOU. THE WHOLE FAMILY IS WELCOME UP. WE'LL GET OUT OF THE WAY. GOOD. AND YOU CAN PIN HIM? YEAH. SO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW THANK. YOU TO. MISS. OKAY I SEE. THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT LEAST ONE MORE. ONE MORE. OH, YOU MUST

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CONGRATULATIONS, MR. LOUIS, AND TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AS WELL AS TO MR. KENNEDY AND YOUR

[d. Presentation of Excellence Awards for Food Establishments]

YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.

MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS JOHN MALVERN, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOHN MALVERN. I SERVE AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST FOR THE GREAT CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME FOR US BECAUSE IT AFFORDS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOME VERY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING. THERE ARE OVER 240 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT OPERATORS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND WE'RE GROWING. IT'S A GOOD THING, RIGHT? BUT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE, A FEW RESTAURANT OWNERS WHO HAVE KIND OF SET THEMSELVES APART FROM THE REST, AND THAT IS BY EARNING A SCORE OF 97 OR ABOVE ON THE LAST TWO CONSECUTIVE UNANNOUNCED ROUTINE HEALTH INSPECTIONS. AND YOU MAY SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT REALLY A BIG THING, BUT IT REALLY IS, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE COMING INTO THESE BUSINESSES UNANNOUNCED, AND WE'RE COMING TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. AND MY JOB AS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THAT TIME, THAT ALL TYPE OF FOOD SAFETY PRACTICES ARE BEING FOLLOWED AT THAT TIME, AND KEEPING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS SAFE FOR THOSE WHO PATRONIZE THESE BUSINESSES. AND WE HAVE A WEALTH OF BUSINESSES HERE IN DESOTO THAT MAKES US A UNIQUE CITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THEM FOR DOING A GREAT JOB, BECAUSE TO EARN A SCORE OF 97 ON A ROUTINE HEALTH INSPECTION IS NOT EASY. IT TAKES TIME, IT TAKES INTENTION. AND I WANT TO READ THIS QUOTE. IT SAYS THAT EXCELLENCE IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT. IT IS ALWAYS THE RESULT OF HIGH INTENTION, SINCERE EFFORT AND INTELLIGENT EXECUTION. AND I THINK THAT WHAT THAT BOILS DOWN TO WHEN IT COMES TO SCORING A SCORE OF 97 OR ABOVE ON TWO CONSECUTIVE ROUTINE HEALTH INSPECTIONS. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE THOSE BUSINESSES WHO ARE HERE TO REPRESENTATIVES. I'M GOING TO CALL THEIR NAME, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO DO IS TO COME UP AND STAND BEHIND ME AND RECEIVE THIS AWARD. IT'S AWARD THAT SAYS THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXEMPLARY STATUS IN FOOD SERVICE SANITATION IN THE YEAR OF 2024. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR EXCEL LEARNING CENTER TO PLEASE COME AT THIS TIME. NEXT WE'LL HAVE WILLIAMSBURG VILLAGE. AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND BEHIND ME AND REMAIN. AND ONCE WE'RE DONE, MADAM MAYOR, YOU BE SO KIND TO COME AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH US. DELIGHTFUL SWEETS. DELIGHTFUL SWEETS. ALL RIGHT. DELIGHTFUL DESSERTS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. HICKORY TRAIL HOSPITAL. ALL RIGHT. TWO SISTERS, SWEET CREATIONS. DESOTO JAIL HEALTH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, DESOTO SENIOR CENTER. DUTCH BROTHERS. COFFEE. ALL RIGHT, DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL. ACADEMY.

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AND FRIENDS PLACE. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A HAND THIS TIME. IN CONCLUSION, WE WANT TO JUST SAY TO YOU ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE SCORING 97 OR ABOVE CERTAINLY MAKES MY JOB EASIER.

BUT WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE SETTING THE BAR HIGH FOR DESOTO. JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARTIN. STAND UP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED THIS DISTINCT HONOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. VAUGHN,

[e. Presentation of Financial Report January 2025]

WE WILL STILL BE COLLECTING A FEW PAYMENTS OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. NEXT FEW MONTHS. OUR SALES TAX 15.2%. THAT'S PRETTY COMFORTABLE FOR WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. ALSO, OUR CORRESPONDING MIXED DRINKS TAX, OUR LICENSE AND PERMITS ARE ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, 27.4%. AND THE OTHER SOURCES ARE LISTED HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR INTEREST REVENUE, IT WAS RIGHT AT 35.7% AT 33% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'RE ABOUT EVENING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR INTEREST REVENUE DUE TO SOME OF THE INTEREST RATE CHANGES WITH THE FEDS. BUT WE WERE THANKFUL FOR THE INTEREST REVENUE THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO COLLECT THERE. AS YOU CAN

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EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE. THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE AT OR BELOW THE 33%. KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE FISCAL YEAR COURT IS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, 35.2%. IT IS AT 41%. THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR THAT WE PAY SOME OF OUR ANNUAL SUBSCRIBER AND MAINTENANCE FEES. WE HAVE SAAS FEES THAT WE PAY FOR THE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE THAT THE CITY USES, AND THAT'S DUE THIS TIME OF MONTH. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S UP A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN EVERYTHING ELSE. AS WELL AS NON-DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL HAS A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE CHARGES THAT GO THERE. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE COMES OUT THERE. SO IT WILL EVEN OUT AS THE MONTHS MOVE FORWARD. BUT WE DO HAVE TO FUND THAT UPFRONT. SO WHICH IS WHY THAT'S LOOKING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT OVERALL, 29.8% ON OUR EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO 21.4% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND. YOU CAN SEE OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES. HERE ARE OUR METERED WATER SALES, 13 MILLION EXPECTED THERE AND OUR SEWER SALES 16 MILLION. WE ARE RIGHT ALMOST ABOUT THE SAME THERE, 32.6% AND 33%, WHICH IS RIGHT WHERE WE EXPECTED TO BE.

THERE IS AS FAR AS OTHER REVENUE SOURCES ARE. WE DO HAVE ONE THAT STICKS OUT HERE. THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THESE ARE KIND OF THE REVENUE LINE ITEMS THAT DON'T HAVE A HOME. SOMETIMES THEIR REFUNDS OR THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT THE CITY IS NOT EXPECTING. AND SO WE JUST BUDGETED 1000 TODAY. WE RECEIVED $5,693. WE RECEIVED A REFUND REFUND FROM A FROM A CONTRACTOR. SO WE HAD MONEY OWED TO US. SO THAT LANDED THERE. SO THAT HAD US AT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THERE. AND SO OVERALL 32.4% COMPARED TO 29.1% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND OUR EXPENSES IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND ARE ALL JUST ABOUT RIGHT WHERE WE EXPECT THEM TO BE. WE'RE AT 30.8% COMPARED TO 27.8% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IN THE SANITATION FUND. OUR REVENUE. THE SANITATION FEES BUDGETED AT 6.3 MILLION. AND YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE RIGHT AT 33%. WE'VE COLLECTED $2,091,725. AND THE OTHER MAJOR REVENUE SOURCE IS GOING TO BE OUR COMMERCIAL SANITATION REVENUE BUDGETED AT 1 MILLION. WE RECEIVED 249,000. OVERALL, THE SANITATION FUND HAS RECEIVED 2.3 MILLION AS OF THE END OF JANUARY. THAT PUTS US AT 32.1% IN REVENUE VERSUS 29.1% LAST YEAR. OKAY, OUR SANITATION REVENUE, WE HAVE I'M SORRY EXPENDITURE, I'M SORRY HAS ENDED AT 15.2%. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR THE DIFFERENT SOURCES LISTED HERE. WE BUDGETED 7.1 MILLION. WE RECEIVED $1,093,408 YEAR TO DATE. AND THAT PUTS US AT 15.2% FOR OUR SANITATION EXPENSES, COMPARED TO 20.2% LAST YEAR. YOU ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY TAX REPORT INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS, AS WELL AS A HUB REPORT. AND AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. I'M NOT SURE WHO HAD THEIR LIGHT ON FIRST. YOU CAN, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. YOU CAN GO. OKAY. I JUST HAD A VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE PENALTY FEES. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH FUND IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE SANITATION. OKAY. LET'S SEE WHAT PUBLIC UTILITIES WHAT IS WRAPPED UP IN THOSE. YEAH. THAT'S IT.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT. WHAT'S WRAPPED UP IN THE PENALTY FEES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DOCTOR MARK, TO YOUR QUESTION, THE PENALTY FEES ARE LATE. FEE CHARGES. ANY TYPE OF TAMPERING ON THE METER, BROKEN OR CUT LOCKS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY, OKAY. SO YOU

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YES. MY QUESTION IS ON THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND AS WELL. THE LINE ITEM 655, WHERE IT SAYS IS AT 38% AND IT DENOTES BILLING CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS. WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? SO PROGRAM 655 IS, IS THE UTILITY BILLING CUSTOMER SERVICE PROGRAM. WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE. IN THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SOFTWARE LIKE IT OUR SOFTWARE HOSTING FEES, HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE SOFTWARE, LIKE WITH OUR AUTOMATIC METERING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT A LOT OF THAT IS BILLED TO US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO MONITOR AND HAVE THOSE TYPE OF SOFTWARE FOR OUR CUSTOMER TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THEIR USAGE AS WELL. OKAY, SO THAT THAT AMOUNT, 38% WILL IT'LL GRADUALLY EVEN OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

CORRECT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE WERE RIGHT ABOUT THAT SAME PERCENTAGE BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, WE GET A LOT OF THOSE BILLS FOR OUR SOFTWARE HOSTING FEES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO IT KIND OF LEVELS OUT AS THE YEAR GOES ON. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ON THE NEXT PAGE WHERE IT SAID TRANSFER TO OTHER FUNDS, IT WAS 50%. SURE ON THE TRANSFER TO OTHER FUNDS WITHIN SANITATION. THAT IS ONE OF OUR INTERNAL TRANSFERS THAT WE DO, AND IT ONLY HAPPENS TWICE A YEAR. SO IT'S BIANNUAL. SO WE DO 150% AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER AND IT WILL GO TO 100% AS WE GO TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT ON THE SALES TAXES REVENUE SIDE. SO WE'RE I THINK WE'RE AT 15.2%. WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 3% ROUGHLY. BUT SINCE WE'RE 33% INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR, SHOULD THAT BE HIGHER? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TREND HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST YEARS IN TERMS OF SALES TAXES, RIGHT? YEAH, WE WE'VE TYPICALLY I KNOW THE PAST THREE YEARS WE'VE BEEN TRACKING A LITTLE BIT OF A LESS THAN WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE FISCAL YEAR, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S MORE JUST DUE TO SEASONAL OR, YOU KNOW, MUCH OF ANYTHING ELSE. BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM WITH REACHING OUR SALES TAX BUDGET. IT'S JUST THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT USUALLY COMES IN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. OKAY.

CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING? I THINK OUR SALES TAX LAG AT LEAST 30 DAYS. WELL THE REPORTING CORRECT. IT DOES 60 DAYS ACTUALLY. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR YOU'LL SEE MORE. COME ON. BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE THINK THAT WE'RE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS TO COLLECT. SO OKAY. AND THEN MY QUESTION THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL IS OR TO LOOK AT THE ACTUALS. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING DONE THAT RESEARCH MYSELF. HAD A QUESTION RELATED TO THE LIABILITY INSURANCE FUND THAT HAD SET. THAT'S AT ABOUT 93%. IT'S ON PAGE 14. IS THERE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE RISE OF LIABILITIES, OR BECAUSE THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE IS AT 93%. SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. LET ME FIND THAT. PAGE 14. OKAY. UNDER OTHER FUNDS, IS THERE A NUMBER OUT THERE BESIDE THAT FUND. IS ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE OTHER FUNDS PAGE. YES 107. ON THE OTHER FUNDS PAGE. AND THE QUESTION WAS THAT. YEAH. SO IF WE'RE AT 93%, WE'RE 30%, 33% INTO THIS YEAR. OKAY, I SEE 93%, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A PLAN TO LIKE TRACK WITH THAT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT RELATED TO KNOW THAT ONE THAT ONE IS BILLED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY WE DO THE TRANSFERS OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND PUBLIC UTILITIES INTO THAT FUND, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT BILL IS COMING THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO THAT'S JUST A ONE TIME EXPENSE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. THANK YOU.

[f. Presentation and discussion of City of DeSoto ARPA Funds]

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OKAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE ARPA GRANT. THE ARPA GRANT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW MARCH OF 2021, AND IT PROVIDED 360 BILLION FOR STATE AND LOCAL AID STEMMING FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. FROM THAT ALLOTMENT, 65 BILLION WAS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO CITIES. THE CITY OF DESOTO RECEIVED 7.3 MILLION. WE RECEIVED 3.6 MILLION IN JUNE OF 2021, AND ANOTHER 3.6 MILLION IN JUNE OF 2022. UNDER ARPA, FUNDING MUST BE COMMITTED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 AND COMPLETELY SPENT BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026. THERE ARE FOUR ELIGIBLE USES FOR ARPA FUNDS RESPOND TO COVID 19 OR ITS ECONOMIC IMPACTS. PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY FOR ELIGIBLE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. REPLACE REVENUE LOST DUE TO COVID 19, AND INVEST IN WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED WERE FULLY FUNDED BY ARPA FUNDS, WITH NO MATCHING CITY FUNDS REQUIRED. IN OCTOBER OF 2021, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ALLOCATION FOR THE PROJECTS. PROJECTS LISTED BELOW.

WESTMORELAND AND HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION WITH 3 MILLION STORM WATER SEWER UPGRADES WITH 1 MILLION STUDENT TUTORING PROGRAM WAS 1 MILLION. PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS WAS 2 MILLION, AND GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY WAS 300,000. COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER HANDOUT THAT DESCRIBED THE PROJECTS MORE IN DETAIL. LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. HERE IS THE PROJECTS AND THEIR REMAINING BALANCE AS OF JULY 31ST, 2025, ALL FUNDS HAVE BEEN ENCUMBERED TO SPEND EXCEPT THE REMAINING BALANCE FOR PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT IN THAT PROGRAM HAS ENDED. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 1.9 MILLION LEFT IN ARPA FUNDS. NO PROJECT OR PROGRAM FUNDING IS BEYOND THE ARPA GRANT PERIOD. ONCE THE DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 DEADLINE HAS PASSED, GENERALLY SPEAKING, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OBLIGATE FUNDS OR OBLIGATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. HOWEVER, ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN REPLACE A CONTRACT OR SUB AWARD AFTER THE DEADLINE, AND THOSE THREE ITEMS ARE. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TERMINATES THE CONTRACT DUE TO THE CONTRACT DEFAULTING, GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR BEING UNABLE TO PERFORM THE CONTRACT, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR CONTRACTOR MUTUALLY AGREED TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT, OR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TERMINATES THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY AWARDED. DESOTO IS A TIER FIVE RECIPIENT, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS A CITY OR COUNTY WITH A POPULATION BELOW 250 RESIDENTS, WHICH WAS ALLOCATED LESS THAN 10 MILLION, WITH BEING A TIER FIVE CITY. WE HAVE TO FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS DUE APRIL 30TH OF EACH YEAR, AND THAT IS IT. I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. CORMIER. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. CORMIER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, FOR THE 1.9 MILLION, ARE WE IN LINE TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT THE ENTIRETY OF THAT FUND? YES. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 34,000 THAT WAS PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS. AND LIKE I STATED, THAT PROGRAM IS ENDED. SO WE'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO REALLOCATE THAT TO ANOTHER PROJECT, CURRENT PROJECT. OKAY. AND THERE IS NO ACTUAL TIMEFRAME FOR THAT TO BE REALLOCATED. YES. WELL, WE HAVE TO SPEND IT BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026. WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL ARPA FUNDS. YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT. BUT REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. IT HAD TO BE ACTUALLY OBLIGATED BY THE 20 BY 2024. YES. WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THERE A TIME FRAME FOR IT TO BE REALLOCATED SO THAT WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT FUND, WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR? FOR SURE. BUT I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU WITH THAT. BUT IT WOULD BE A COUNCIL. COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT OBLIGATION. OKAY. SO THEY WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. YES, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CLARITY. YOU JUST STATED THAT WHATEVER THE 1.9 IS REALLOCATED TO THAT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU ALSO STATED THAT IT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PROJECT. AND MY QUESTION IMMEDIATELY CAME

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YES. AND OUR STAFF WILL DETERMINE OF COURSE, AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. THANK YOU. OKAY. MY QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE 34 MILLION I MEAN 34,000 THAT WAS NOT ALLOCATED. YES. THAT WAS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

YES. PREMIUM PAY. YES. OKAY. WAS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THAT MUCH GOT LEFT? PROBABLY ALL I CAN SAY IS PROBABLY WE ONLY HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PAY AT THAT TIME. AND SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT CAME TO THE 1.965 MILLION. AND MAYOR COUNCIL, IF, IF YOU MAY, ON THE ESSENTIAL WORKER WAS WAS MOSTLY UTILIZED IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS. YES. AND THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH PEOPLE WITH COVID OR WHO WERE STAYING HOME. AND WE HAD TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THEM. CORRECT? YES.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE BACK TO FULL FORCE RIGHT NOW. SO, YES, IN YOUR PACKET ALSO, IT GAVE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PREMIUM PAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. SURE THING. AND SO JUST FOR CLARITY AND SO IT'S RELATED TO THE STORM WATER SYSTEM. WE'RE ON TRACK TO SPEND ALL SPEND ALL EVERYTHING DOWN BY THE END OF YEAR. AND I'M JUST REALLY REPEATING. AND THEN IT'S THE 34,000. SO I JUST WANTED CLARITY ON THAT ONE. YES. COUNCILWOMAN CHARLES BREWER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY JUST CONCLUDED IT'S OFF OF ITS GABION BASKET PROJECT OFF OF SHORELINE DRIVE AND HONEY TREE. THEY JUST HAD A FINAL WALK THROUGH, SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND THE FINAL MONIES THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. THANK YOU, MR. CORMIER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS

[g. Presentation of Quarterly Crime Stats]

REPORT. OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2024. THESE ARE THE STATS RIGHT HERE. WE HAD 400 TOTAL CRIMES.

IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT IS NO COMPARISON TO 2023. BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE A COMPARISON BY DISTRICT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE WENT DOWN 8.4% 1820 23 WITH TOTAL CRIMES 1654 2024. AND ANYTHING IN YELLOW MEANS THAT IT WENT DOWN FROM 2023 TO 2024. SO WE HAD A HOST OF DIFFERENT CRIMES THAT WENT DOWN IN THE CITY. AND AGAIN, I HAVE THE MAP UP THERE IN THE RIGHT SIDE TO SHOW THE DISTRICTS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE, WHERE THOSE DISTRICTS ARE AND WHAT THE CRIMES ARE WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS. AND THREE OUT OF THE FOUR DISTRICTS WENT DOWN LAST YEAR. THAT DESERVES A HAND.

THAT'S GOOD. CHIEF, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY YOU CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN CLAP. HOLD ON. I GOT I GOT SOMETHING EVEN BETTER NOW. SO IT WENT DOWN LAST YEAR 8.4%. AND THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRENDING. WE'RE TRENDING DOWN. WE HAD 121 AT THIS TIME JANUARY OF 2024. WE ARE NOW AT 104. SO WE'RE DOWN EIGHT LITTLE OVER 8% I'M SORRY 15% FOR AS COMPARED TO JANUARY OF THIS YEAR TO JANUARY LAST YEAR. AND THAT WOULD DESERVE A BIG HAND CLAP NOW. SO WE'RE TRENDING DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WHERE THE CRIMES STAND UP AND THE DISTRICTS AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. CHIEF, I DO HAVE I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME INTENTIONAL EFFORTS BY THE

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CAN YOU SEE ANY CORRELATION IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF CRIMES THAT ARE GOING DOWN OR THAT ARE TRENDING DOWN TO POSSIBLY THAT THAT GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT, OR CAN YOU MAKE ANY CORRELATIONS, MAYBE BETWEEN ANY OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN MAKING THAT ARE VERY TARGETED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN? SO THAT GUNSHOT DETECTION AREA IS IN THAT TWO MILE AREA THAT'S SPECIFIC IN THE CITY. AND WE'VE MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS. WE JUST MADE ONE THE OTHER DAY, RECOVERED ONE ONE FIREARM. AND WE CONTINUE TO RESPOND AS THOSE SHOTSPOTTER NOTIFICATIONS COME OUT. BUT THE GOOD THING THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS IN THAT TWO MILE AREA HAVE GONE DOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH GUNS AND HANDGUNS. SO IT'S MAKING A BIG IMPACT. WE'VE SAVED AT LEAST ONE LIFE OVER THE TERM OF THIS GUNSHOT PROTECTION PROGRAM DETECTION PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS LAST YEAR TO ADD ON TO THOSE SUCCESSES AND CONTINUE ON. THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF COSTA, CAN YOU TELL US THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DRONE PROGRAM? SO THE DRONE PROGRAM HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE STARTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WITH A COUPLE OF DRONES, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OPERATORS ON EACH SHIFT, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DRONES ON EACH SHIFT THAT ARE USED WHENEVER THERE'S THEY'RE NEEDED FOR A CRIME OR MISSING PERSON AND SO ON. SO WE'VE GROWN THAT NOW TO START A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM, DRONES IS FIRST RESPONDER. AND SO DRONE. THOSE DRONES WILL BE HOUSED ON THE TOP OF BUILDINGS IN THE CITY. AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTIVATE THOSE AS A CRIME IS OR A CALL FOR SERVICES. IT COMES IN. WE WILL ACTIVATE THOSE DRONES AND THEY WILL GO OUT TO THAT SCENE, PROBABLY BEFORE OUR OFFICERS DO, TO GIVE US A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHAT'S WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING THE SCENE, TYPES OF VEHICLES, AND IF WE HAVE A MISSING PERSON, WE CAN START OUT BEFORE OUR OFFICERS EVEN GET OUT THERE TO WHERE THAT LAST LOCATION WAS, THAT THEY WERE THEY WERE OBSERVED. SO WE ARE WE HAVE ONE THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION IDENTIFIED WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT A SECOND DRONE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT TWO MORE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. SO THE WHOLE CITY WILL BE COVERED WITHIN MAYBE THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. DOCTOR MARX. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR YOUR REPORT. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE? AND MAYBE I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE READING THIS, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITHOUT CALLING ANY TYPE OF NAMES. THE RECENT DEATHS THAT WE HAD OR KILLINGS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. WHERE? HOW DO I KNOW? WHERE ARE THEY ON THIS REPORT? THE RECENT DEATHS THAT WE HAD.

SO THERE'S HOMICIDE UP THERE. SO IF IT'S HOMICIDE, PARDON ME, IT WOULD BE HOMICIDE. HOMICIDE. SO ANY HOMICIDES THAT OCCURRED IN JANUARY, WHICH WAS ZERO. YOU WOULD SEE THEM UP THERE AND THEY WOULD THEY WOULD BE LABELED ON WHICH DISTRICT THAT THEY WERE. THEY HAPPENED IN. OKAY. BUT I SEE ZERO OKAY. SO IT'S JUST FOR JANUARY OKAY. OKAY. SO. SO WHEN DID IT WHEN DID THEY HAPPEN IN 2024 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME. SO WHEN DID THE HOMICIDES OCCUR. THE ONES THAT WE HAD WHERE ARE THEY. WE HAD ONE HOMICIDE LAST YEAR. THAT WOULD BE IN 24 OKAY. AND THAT WOULD BE ONE HOMICIDE THERE. AND IT HAPPENED IN DISTRICT ONE.S A FAMILY VIOLENCE. OKAY, I GUESS I GUESS I'M MAYBE I'M JUST CONFUSED AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ADMITTING THAT. BUT I HATE TO CALL NAMES, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE THE PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY THIS WITH THE PEOPLE. AND I KNOW THIS DOESN'T HAVE NAMES OR FACES OR ANYTHING, BUT I. I'M JUST THINKING I SHOULD SEE A NUMBER FOR THAT. SO WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO CALL NAMES? I HATE TO, BUT I'M NOT SURE. YOU SAID YOU WANT TO A NUMBER. WE HAVE A NUMBER.

WE HAD ONE HOMICIDE, WHICH WAS A FAMILY VIOLENCE. OKAY, SO LET ME JUST GIVE INCIDENTS AND MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME WHERE THOSE INCIDENTS LIE ON THIS REPORT. OKAY. ONE OF THE INCIDENTS WHERE THERE WAS A FAMILY THAT WAS IN THE BACKYARD THAT WAS DOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, PEEPING IN WINDOWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR DO YOU RECALL THAT? OKAY. NUNEZ, HERNANDEZ AND JOHNSON,

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TWO OF THEM ARE STILL BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND ONE WAS THE YEAR BEFORE. SO ONE HAPPENED IN 23 AND TWO HAPPENED IN 24, I BELIEVE. BUT THEY SHOULDN'T SHOW UP ON A REPORT ANYWHERE, CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. HEY, CHIEF. WE RECENTLY. YOU RECENTLY MET WITH CPAC OVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ALL WERE ADDING DEVICES TO HELP YOU STRATEGICALLY WITH CRIME IN THE CITY. I KNOW THAT ME AND THE GROUP WERE PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL UNDER CRIME. NO, NO, WE'RE NOT READY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. OKAY? YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAPHAEL. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. CHIEF. MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO LARCENY. WHAT I THINK OF, LIKE, IF YOU COULD DEFINE LARCENY, BUT POINTEDLY, SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT ON THIS ONE. AND IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS WELL, WAS LARCENY ALL OTHER. COULD YOU DEFINE LARCENY AND THEN DEFINE WHAT. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN LARCENY. ALL OTHER.

SO THE WAY THAT THE, THE FEDS BREAK DOWN OUR REPORTING IS LARCENY IS ANYTHING THAT'S STOLEN OR TAKEN FROM SOMEONE ELSE. THEFT BASICALLY. AND SO THEY BREAK IT OUT INTO WHAT CATEGORIES WOULD COME UNDER THERE THAT THEY WANT TO BE REPORTED. AND SO LARCENY WOULD BE LARCENY FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHICH WOULD BE SOMEBODY STEALING SOMETHING AS A BMV AND LARCENY FROM A BUILDING WOULD BE FROM A COMMERCIAL BUILDING. NOT A NOT A HOME. LARCENY MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS WOULD BE SOMEONE STEALING A CATALYTIC CONVERTER, JUST FOR INSTANCE, LARCENY. SHOPLIFTING WOULD BE SOMEBODY IN WALMART THAT'S TAKING SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T TAKE AND NOT PAYING FOR. AND SO ALL OTHER LARCENY, ALL OTHER WOULD COME UNDER ANYTHING THAT'S NOT LISTED THERE. IF SOMEBODY STOLE SOMETHING FROM THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, THAT WOULD BE A LASTING ALL OTHER. IT WOULDN'T BE A LASTING FROM A BUILDING OR LARCENY IN A, IN A HOME OR A RESIDENCE. IT WOULD BE LARCENY. ALL OF IT. OKAY, OKAY. AND THEN. OKAY. SO SOMEONE STOLE SOMETHING. SO. OKAY. SOMEONE WAS LAWFULLY, YOU KNOW, ALLOWED IN THE HOUSE, THEN THAT WOULD BE LOST. BUT IF THEY BROKE INTO THE HOME, THAT WOULD BE BURGLARY. IS THAT THE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? SO THAT'S CORRECT. IF THEY BROKE INTO YOUR INTO YOUR HOME, THEY WEREN'T INVITED IN AND THEY, THEY KICKED IN THE DOOR. THEY BROKE A WINDOW. THEY JUST YOU LEFT YOUR HOME UNLOCKED AND YOU WEREN'T THERE. THEY JUST OPENED THE DOOR AND WALKED IN. THAT'S STILL A BURGLARY. THEY WALK IN AND THEY TAKE SOMETHING. THEN THAT'S A BURGLARY. THAT'S NOT A THEFT. IF YOU INVITED THEM INTO YOUR HOUSE AND THEY TOOK SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S OF VALUE FROM YOU WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND WANTED TO DEPRIVE YOU FROM THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE A THEFT. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE LARGEST NUMBER THAT I'M LOOKING AT TRACKING WITH ON THIS. THIS ANNUAL REPORT IS THAT LOSS OF LARCENY ALL OTHER DO YOU DOES YOUR TEAM, DO YOU ALL DRILL INTO THE NUMBERS TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN DIFFERENTLY FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR. YEAH, HOW DOES THAT WORK? HOW DO YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS? SO WE LOOK AT WE LOOK AT THE TIMES OF DAY. WE LOOK AT THE TYPES OF THEFT AND WHERE IT OCCURRED. AND SO WE ANALYZE ALL THOSE FIGURES OF ALL THE LARCENIES. AND THEN WE COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS IF WE NEED TO DO A BAIT OPERATION, IF WE NEED TO SATURATE AN AREA TO STOP OR DETER THEFT, OR WE LOOK AT GOING INTO A BUSINESS AND HELPING THEM BE BETTER AT DETERRING CRIME OR CAPTURING PEOPLE WHO WHO ARE SHOPLIFTING OR STEALING. SO WE REALLY LOOK AT THAT. GOING TO BE DOING A TOWN HALL MEETING ON APRIL 3RD, AND I WILL HAVE SOME ANALYSIS OF THEFTS AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, BURGLARIES, A MOTOR VEHICLE ON THAT THAT NIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M

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OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT THAT APRIL 3RD, I HAVE IT NOTED IN MY BRAIN NOW. I THINK I ASKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ON YOUR ACTUAL REPORT. DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE AND VANDALISM ACTUALLY IS QUOTED ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT EACH YEAR. CAN YOU GIVE ANY, ANY INSIGHT INTO FIRST WHAT THAT IS? I KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IT IS, BUT CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT IS? AND, YOU KNOW, WE ENDED UP WITH THIS EXACT SAME AMOUNT WE DID LAST YEAR. SO IS THERE ANY, ANY MAYBE ENGAGEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING OR OUTREACH THAT'S HAPPENING TO HELP CURB A LITTLE BIT OF THE DESTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY? SO MY SECOND QUESTION LET ME GO AHEAD AND ASK THAT. DOES THIS INCLUDE ALSO SCHOOL SYSTEMS, ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE SROS, DO THEY REPORT TO THE CITY, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN THERE, AND THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED HERE. FIRST QUESTION IS CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. THAT'S CALLED DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGE AND VANDALISM. WE CALL IT CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. JUST ANOTHER TERM FOR IT. SO CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CAN OCCUR IF THEY SOMEONE TRIES TO BREAK INTO YOUR VEHICLE AND THEY DO DAMAGE TO IT, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY GET IN TO STEAL ANYTHING. THERE'S NOT REALLY A BURGLARY.

THEY TRY TO BREAK INTO YOUR CAR IF IT WAS LOCKED AND BREAK THE LOCK. THAT'S CALLED A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF OR VANDALISM. SO WE GET A BUNCH OF THOSE THINGS. IF THEY IF THEY DID GET INTO YOUR CAR BUT RIFLED THROUGH IT AND DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING, THEN THAT'S A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. THAT'S A THAT'S A VANDALISM. IF THEY CAUSE ANY KIND OF DAMAGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S SOME TYPE OF POTTERY AND THEY COME BY AND THEY BREAK IT, THEN THAT'S THAT'S A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF OR VANDALISM. SO IT CAN ENCOMPASS A LOT OF THINGS WHERE SOMEONE'S GOING TO DO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND THEN GET AWAY AND NOT NOT STEAL IT, JUST DAMAGE SOMETHING THAT'S CRIMINAL MISCHIEF OR VANDALISM. AND SO THE, THE NUMBERS JUST COINCIDENTALLY CAME OUT THE SAME. 324 I SAW THAT WHEN WE GOT THE REPORT. I EVEN WENT BACK AND CHECKED AND SAY, DID THEY TRANSPOSE THE SAME NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR 23 AND NO, OUR, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT PUTS THESE TOGETHER. SHE WENT BACK AND DOUBLE CHECKED AND FOUND THAT THE NUMBERS WERE THE SAME, THE DIFFERENT WITHIN EACH DISTRICT. BUT THE END RESULT WAS 324. YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE SCHOOLS. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO IS CATALOGED ON. AND THESE REPORTS, THE SROS MAY TAKE THE REPORT. OUR OTHER OFFICERS MAY LOOK INTO IT AND INVESTIGATE IT IF IT'S SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS. SO THAT'S ALL INCORPORATED IN THIS REPORT. OKAY. AND THEN THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ACTUAL ITEM THAT SEEMS TO BE THE HIGHEST ON THE LIST OR NEXT TO THE HIGHEST, IS THERE ANY OUTREACH THAT'S HAPPENING, ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO, ANY ANY TIPS THAT MAYBE CAN HELP CURB THAT PIECE FOR DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE AND VANDALISM? AGAIN, I TELL EVERYBODY, KEEP CAMERAS UP ON YOUR PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT COME ON YOUR PROPERTY TO DESTROY SOMETHING OR CAUSE SOME KIND OF PROPERTY DAMAGE. LOCK YOUR VEHICLES, HIDE YOUR HIDE YOUR THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR VEHICLE, AND DON'T GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO YOUR VEHICLE. MAYBE THEY WON'T STEAL ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S NOT CALLED A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF OR DAMAGE. IT'S JUST ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY AND WATCHING OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SECURITY AND CAMERAS ON YOUR PROPERTY. THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT? YES, COUNCILMEMBER. I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. I WAS TRYING NOT TO, BUT I REALLY I I'M INTRIGUED. I KNOW THAT YOUR YOUR QUADRANTS ARE SET UP. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE SET UP ON MAJOR ROADWAYS AND NOT ACCORDING TO POPULATION. BUT WHEN I EQUATE THE, THE NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY THE HISTORICAL NUMBERS, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SOME RELATION TO POPULATION AND OR THE, THE APARTMENTS AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOME SENSE OUT OF IT AS WE DIVE INTO IT. AND I THINK IT'S INTRIGUING THAT PLACE. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, A D DISTRICT.

DISTRICT FOUR OR DISTRICT? YEAH. DISTRICT FOUR. THAT QUADRANT HAS VERY LITTLE APARTMENTS. BUT THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS OF OVERALL INCIDENTS ARE, ARE HIGHER. THEY'RE THEY'RE LESS THAN 2023,

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ASSESSMENTS OF THOSE THAT YOU CAN SHED LIGHT TO US. SO DISTRICT FOUR WILL HAVE WALMART, THE SECOND WALMART. BOTH WALMARTS ARE IN THERE. WE HAVE SOME RETAIL THAT'S THERE THAT CAUSES THOSE NUMBERS TO GO UP. AND WE ALSO HAVE. PARDON ME, EOS IS THERE, WHICH HAS CAUSED US.

SO THE RETAIL AND THE PROPERTY THAT WAS IN THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN DISTRICT FOUR IS THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND THEY'RE EASILY VICTIMIZED. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE ANSWERS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DISTRICT AND I'M GOING THERE'S NO APARTMENTS IN THERE. AND THE PEOPLE I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OVER THERE, MOST OF THEM DON'T STEAL. THAT'S A JOKE. BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT WOULD MAKE THAT DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, THAT QUADRANT, RIGHT. HAVE HIGHER CRIME THAN.

AND THEN I LOOK AT PLACE TWO WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF OR OUR DISTRICT TWO WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF WAREHOUSES HOWEVER. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS RIGHT OFF OF BELTLINE AND SO IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING IN PLACE, TWO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF PINPOINT OR KROGER OR DISTRICT? DISTRICT TWO IF YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT TWO, YOU HAVE ABOUT 35 CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF HOTELS AND WE HAVE RETAIL ALL ALONG THAT VERY EASILY VICTIMIZED AGAIN IN MY TOWN TOWN HALL REPORT, I WILL HAVE A HEAT MAP. WE CALL WHERE YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF THEFTS AND OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF CRIMES THAT OCCUR UP AND DOWN THAT 35 CORRIDOR. AND DISTRICT TWO IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS OUR BIGGEST CRIME STAT FOR WHAT WE WHAT WE REPORT. AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS OF WINTERGREEN. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF EASY VICTIMIZED TARGETS. THANK YOU. I'M A LOT SMARTER. I MEAN, I'M SMARTER NOW BECAUSE OF THAT. BECAUSE I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, I TRY TO EQUATE THEM AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAPHAEL. SURE THING. MY REQUEST FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WHATEVER THAT IS, IS WE INCLUDE THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT YOU ALL. SO IS THERE A YEAH, THE CALLS FOR SERVICE. THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE GREAT AS WELL. SO DO YOU WANT JUST THE NUMBER OF CALLS OR DO YOU WANT THEM BROKEN DOWN. WE HAD 119,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE LAST YEAR. IN THE YEAR 2020 FOR BROKEN DOWN. I CAN PROBABLY BREAK THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND SAY THESE WERE SELF INITIATED CALLS AND THESE WERE HIGH PRIORITY CALLS AND MEDIUM CALLS. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU

[h. Presentation of Economic Development Department Update]

WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATE. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MATT CARLSON, CDC DIRECTOR. LET ME REPHRASE THAT. THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. MISTER CARLSON. GOOD EVENING. I LIKE THAT IDEA. FINAL ITEM. IT MAY BE EXTREMELY BRIEF. WHICH ONE IS IT? I'M NOT THERE.

NOPE.

I DON'T SEE IT THERE, TOM. WELL, SINCE WHEN DOES NO PRESENTATION EVER STOPPED ME FROM TALKING? LET ME JUST TALK THROUGH IT. AND IN FACT, WHAT WAS A 12 OR 15 PAGE PRESENTATION? WE KIND OF TRIMMED DOWN WITH INTENTIONALLY TO HAVE A BIT OF A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SETTING UP FOR SATURDAY'S JOINT MEETING, BUT ALSO SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.

WE DON'T OFTEN GET A CHANCE TO HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF FEEDBACK, UNLESS WE'RE AT ONE OF OUR RETREATS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT THIS EVENING, WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME COMMERCIAL WINDS, SOME INDUSTRIAL WINDS OVER THE LAST YEAR, 18 MONTHS.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW, YOU KNOW, MR. CARLSON, I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME FOR

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NO. I MEAN DO YOU WANT TO DRIVE? THAT. LET'S DO THAT. THERE YOU GO. SO WE WANTED TO START JUST A FEW SLIDES INTO THIS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMERCIAL WINDS. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INDUSTRIAL WINDS. IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS LAST YEAR THERE WERE ABOUT 400 A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. NEW JOBS ANNOUNCED $150 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

YOU RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THESE NAMES, PROJECTS THAT ARE OF ALL DIFFERENT SIZES. AND YOU THINK ABOUT VIRTUALLY EVERY HOTEL THAT COMES TO THE FOREFRONT IS ABOUT A 20 TO $25 MILLION INVESTMENT.

YOU SEE A COUPLE OF NEW HEALTH RESOURCE ACTIVITIES GOING ON THERE SUNSHINE, PEDIATRICS, TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES, ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST. THESE ARE ALL GREAT ADDITIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY EXPAND THE SERVICES, BUT THEY ALSO EXPAND THE TAX BASE. IF WE IF WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK SIDE OF THIS. AGAIN, NAMES YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE, SOME YOU PROBABLY DON'T. IF YOU LOOK YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRIAL PARK BEGAN SOME 40 YEARS AGO.

AND THAT INDUSTRIAL PARK, THERE'S ONE CONTIGUOUS 33 ACRE PIECE. THERE ARE 210 ACRE PIECES THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER TO GET TO 20 ACRES AND ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT, ANYTHING REALLY, ANYTHING BIGGER THAN THAT DOESN'T EXIST. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SMALLER PIECES. SO OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO A GREAT NUMBER OF REQUESTS FROM THE STATE AND OTHERS IN TERMS OF SIZES OF THESE BUILDINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY PRESENT, ARE STYMIED BY THE FACT THAT WE JUST SIMPLY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LAND. THAT LEAVES US IN A VERY INTERESTING PLACE, ALTHOUGH IT HASN'T SEEMED TO STOP US AT ALL. AND THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT GENERATION TWO AND GENERATION THREE USES FOR THOSE BUILDINGS, PEOPLE WHO MOVE OUT AND WE'RE ABLE TO LEASE THOSE SPACES BACK OR SELL THOSE SPACES BACK TO NEW COMPANIES. ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THOSE WHO JOINED US LAST YEAR WAS PRECISION WIRE. PRECISION WIRE CAME FROM LOS ANGELES, THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA. WE WORKED WITH THEM TO BRING THEM TO TEXAS. THEY TOOK UP THE OLD DIA BUILDING. DIAB MOVED TO ANOTHER BUILDING AND THEN AN OUTFLOW OF THAT WAS ANOTHER COMPANY WHO GREW AS WELL. SO THEY'RE KIND OF PLAYING HOPSCOTCH AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AS THEY GROW AND EXPAND.

AND THAT'S A HUGE PIECE OF OUR BUSINESS. RETENTION AND EXPANSION IS STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THOSE TOP 50 EMPLOYERS EVERY YEAR, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. WE HAVE INTERVIEWS WITH THEM. WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR NEEDS. ARE THEY PLANNING ON CONTRACTING, ARE THEY PLANNING ON GROWING? AND THE RESULT IS THIS CONTINUED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW JOBS LAST YEAR, ABOUT 1200 NEW JOBS AND ABOUT $400 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT HAPPENED HERE IN DESOTO. THOSE ARE BIG AGAIN, BIG WINS FOR US. YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE BIG SPLASHY HEADLINES. IT'S TEXAS INSTRUMENTS OR IT'S, YOU KNOW, PICK YOUR POISON. IT'S THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THAT'S NOT A REALISTIC TARGET FOR DESOTO. SO WHEN WE START TO SEE 50, 100, 200 JOBS, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE BIG WINS. AND WE'RE REALLY PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THEM. IT'S EASY TO GET EXCITED OURSELVES. THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT. BUT WHEN WE GET RECOGNITIONS LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR FROM THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, WE HAD OUR ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, A BIG WIN FOR DESOTO.

FIRST TIME EVER. WE HAD THE STATE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING AT THAT. THE OTHER NIGHT, IT WAS THE KICKOFF FOR DALLAS STARTUP WEEK.

AND THE DEC WHO'S, YOU KNOW, IS OUR PARTNER IN SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AWARDED DESOTO THE BEST EDC CITY PARTNER AWARD. AGAIN OTHERS RECOGNIZING OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST US

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BUT WHERE DOES THAT PUT US TODAY THEN? RIGHT. WE CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS AROUND TARGETED TARGETED ATTRACTION, BUSINESS RETENTION AND ATTRACTION, BOTH BIG AND SMALL. FRANKLY, A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS FOCUS ON THOSE BIG ON THOSE TOP 50. BUT IT DOESN'T STOP US FROM TALKING TO BUSINESSES EVERY DAY OF ALL SIZES, BIG AND SMALL. AND AS WE WORK FORWARD IN THOSE TWO VEINS, WE'LL BE ATTRACTING TARGETED FUTURE INDUSTRIES BECAUSE ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS CREATE HIGH PAYING JOBS. WE DON'T CREATE JOBS. BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS.

AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO RECRUIT INDUSTRIES WHO PAY HIGH PAYING WAGES. AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO MAKE DESOTO RELEVANT FOR THOSE COMPANIES. WE DID AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDICES INDUSTRIES THIS LAST YEAR, AND AN INDUSTRY SURVEY, IF YOU WILL.

I'M USING AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO HELP US TO DECIDE WHAT ARE THOSE INDUSTRIES WHERE WE HAVE A LABOR SHED, PEOPLE HERE WHO WORK FOR OTHER AND WORK IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND HAVE THESE VARIOUS SKILL SETS. WHAT ARE THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE BEST SUITED TO SUCCEED IN DESOTO? GIVEN OUR LACK OF SPACE AND GIVEN OUR CURRENT TALENT? YOU SEE THOSE INDUSTRIES ON THE BOARD THERE? AVIATION AND AEROSPACE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, BIOTECH AND LIFE SCIENCES, ESPORTS SOFTWARE AND CYBER SECURITY. THAT ONE WAS KIND OF A BIT OF A SURPRISE TO ME. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THAT'S KIND OF BACK OFFICES, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. AND THEN TECH ENTREPRENEURISM, THESE ARE ALL AREAS WHERE WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE TALENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ARE GETTING UP AND DRIVING OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY, DRIVING HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE COULD SET THOSE JOBS UP HERE, THEN THEY WOULD WORK IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. THEY'D SPEND THEIR MONEY IN THIS COMMUNITY. THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR US AS WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TARGETING OUR EFFORTS IN TERMS OF ATTRACTION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AS WE GO INTO THAT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE HAVE, THOUGH, IN RECRUITING THOSE COMPANIES IS WHERE DO WE PUT THEM? WELL, YOU'VE HEARD US TALK A LOT ABOUT THE BIG FOUR PROJECTS. YOU SEE CONCEPTUAL FOR EACH OF THESE AROUND THE, THE, THE AREA. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NORTHWEST CORNER IN TERMS OF THE BIO LIFE SCIENCE CAMPUS YOU SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THAT'S ALMOST 100 ACRES OF DEVELOPED SPACE THERE THAT HAS HOUSING, PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. THERE'S COMMERCIAL OFFICES THAT ARE PART OF THAT. THERE ARE CITY, CITY FACILITIES. THINK OF CIVIC CENTER OR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THE HOSPITALITY THAT GOES WITH THAT INDOOR OUTDOOR SPACE. THE PARTNERING WITH OUR PARKS AND REC, YOU SEE SORT OF A CONCEPTUAL OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE ON THE BOTTOM. RIGHT. YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT A LOT ABOUT HEALTHCARE, AND ESPECIALLY THAT AROUND THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR, BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THERE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ENABLE SOME NEW HEALTHCARE OPTIONS WITH SOME CLASS A OFFICE SPACE. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST OF THOSE BIG FOUR PROJECTS ENVISIONS NOT JUST OUR ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CENTER, OUR AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER DOWN ON PARKERVILLE, BUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT THEN ENABLES THAT AS WELL. WHAT DO PEOPLE WHO GO THERE DO? WHERE DO THEY EAT? WHAT DO THEY WHAT DOES THE REST OF THE FAMILY DO? WELL, THERE'S A GAME OR A TOURNAMENT GOING ON.

HOW DO WE TAKE HOW DO WE ACTUATE THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR? SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT UP IN FRISCO, THE STAR, THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HEALTH MEDICINE, SPORTS MEDICINE. IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF RETAIL AND ACTIVITY. WE ENVISION ENVISION PERHAPS A TRAINING CENTER THERE. ALL THE GREAT ATHLETES THAT COME OUT OF SOUTHERN DALLAS, A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN TRAIN AND BE REHABBED RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO GOING NORTH OF 30 LIKE THEY DO NOW. THESE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY CREATE THE SPACE, THE PLACES WHERE THOSE THOSE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS CAN FIND A HOME. TWO THAT ARE SORT OF NEAR AND DEAR TO US RIGHT NOW ARE THE I-35 CORRIDOR. AND WHAT'S GOING TO HOP AHEAD THERE FOR ME A BIT. AND THERE'S MANY PIECES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT I-35, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF TOWN, RIGHT? SO WHAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR? WE TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. CLEAR AT THE NORTH END, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL RESTAURANT ROW, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF HOTELS WHO ARE AROUND THAT THERE AT WINTERGREEN AND I-35. THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES THERE THAT COULD STILL BE USED AS RESTAURANTS. WE

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WE'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THAT'S HERE IN DESOTO. AND THOSE, THOSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE. BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER SIGHTS ON THAT CENTER THAT ARE POTENTIAL AS WELL, A POTENTIAL FUEL CENTER. KROGER WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS AREAS FOR NEW PAD SITES, BUT THAT REQUIRES US TO THINK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY ABOUT PARKING AND TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC IN IN THAT PARTICULAR PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RE-ENVISION A LITTLE BIT OF A 70 INLINE STORE INTO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LOT MORE LIKE WHAT WE'D FIND IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES TODAY. THAT'S BRAND NEW. IF WE SLIDE DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, YOU SEE THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IS SORT OF YEAH, THAT'S SOMEWHERE OFF THERE, MATT. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE REALISTIC ABOUT IT, IT'S PROBABLY THREE YEARS FROM GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE IT TRULY IS IN THE DESIGN AND READY TO GO PHASE. SO COUNCILMAN MARKS OR COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS THE FLYING DIRT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OFF ON THAT ONE. BUT WE'RE HAVING SOME VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS THERE. A TEAM OF FOLKS HAS PUT TOGETHER THE ENGINEERING STUDIES, THE PLANNING WORK. THEY'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THE OPINIONS OF PROBABLE CAUSE THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING THAT SITE. IF THAT PARTICULAR GROUP DOESN'T WORK OUT, BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE DON'T OWN THIS LAND, SO THAT LAND IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACQUIRED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND THAT'S A BIG THAT'S A BIG HURDLE. BUT IF THEY GO FORWARD WITH IT, THAT'S GREAT. YOU SEE SORT OF THE CONCEPTUAL PIECES. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF CITY COMPONENTS THERE CONNECTING INFRASTRUCTURE, THE LINEAR PARK THAT RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE CREEK, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, A CONFERENCE CENTER, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, AND THEN STRUCTURED PARKING THAT LIKELY THE CITY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN AS WELL. SO NEXT STEPS IS TO FINALIZE THOSE CONCEPTS, UNDERWRITE THAT PROJECT AND IDENTIFY A FUNDING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. LOOKS LIKE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ENABLE THAT. BUT LOOK, IF IT ALL FALLS APART TOMORROW, WE KIND OF GO BACK AND START ALL OVER AGAIN. LIKELY THAT STARTS WITH AN RFP TO TAKE THAT PIECE FORWARD AGAIN AND TO DO IT A MUCH BROADER APPROACH. WE'VE HAD FAIRLY TARGETED SUCCESS SO FAR, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING IT FORWARD MORE QUICKLY, WE'D LIKELY PUT THAT OUT WITH A BIGGER NET AND SEE WHAT KIND OF RESPONSES WE GOT. AND THAT KIND OF TAKES IT TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITES, AND THAT'S HAMPTON ROAD, YOU KNOW, MOST RECENTLY WE ENTERED INTO AN ACQUISITION AGREEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. YOU ALL APPROVED THAT FOR US TO DO.

WE WILL CLOSE ON THAT IDEALLY BY THE END OF MARCH, IF NOT IN APRIL. BUT WE'RE MOVING THAT AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND THAT ENTERS US INTO A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT TO FINALIZE THE ACQUISITION OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. THERE'S ALSO A FAIR NUMBER OF, I CALL THEM LATENT PIECES, SORT OF BITS AND BYTES THAT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AS WELL. BUT FOR THAT COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY LEAPED AHEAD. THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED CLOSED DATE MARCH 31ST, TWO YEAR ACQUISITION TIME FRAME. THE NEXT STEPS IN THAT PROCESS IS TO DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE A HAMPTON ROAD OPPORTUNITY RFP. THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE NORTHWEST CORNER, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, SEVERAL OTHER PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT MOST MOST NOTABLY IN THE CENTER, AND A FEW OTHERS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT RFP, WITH THE

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THEY JUST USED OUR DESOTO NAME. AND SO SPRING CREEK BARBECUE DOES THE SAME THING. THEY PLACE IT AS A DESOTO STORE, BUT IT'S NOT IN OUR CITY. I THOUGHT THEY WERE. THEY WENT THROUGH THE DESOTO AREA CHAMBER, THAT'S WHY. OH, THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER, BUT NOT MEMBERS. THEY DON'T. THEY'RE NOT IN OUR CITY LIMITS. OKAY. SO. WELL, THAT WOULD BE A REAL THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE REASONS WE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THEM. SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOLKS. WITH DOUG OVER THERE. HE TALKS TO US ROUTINELY ABOUT CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY. SO WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WE DO OUTREACH TO THAT COMPANY TO UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES IT'S AFTER THEY'VE OPENED, SOMETIMES IT'S BEFORE WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEFORE, AND THEN TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A GRAND OPENING OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S NOT PERFECT IN TERMS OF GETTING THOSE SCHEDULED BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION, BUT WE TRY TO KEEP A RUNNING TALLY OF THOSE BIG AND SMALL MARCO'S PIZZAS IN THERE. THAT'S 15 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOME OF THESE ARE TINY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT PROBABLY THE SMALLEST OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAPPEN MANY TIMES. THERE'S REALLY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS NECESSARILY CHANGED, BUT WHERE THEY'VE ENGAGED WITH US IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, IT MIGHT BE AT THE CHAMBER, IT MIGHT BE AT THE DECK, IT MIGHT BE THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST STOPPED IN AND SAID, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE EXTENT WE KNOW THOSE, AND WE TRY TO PURSUE THOSE AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM, REALLY TO OFFER THEM SERVICES MORE OFTEN THAN ANYTHING ELSE, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS AT NO COST TO THEM. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE TRIAD THAT WE FORMED LAST YEAR BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE DECK NETWORK AND THE DESOTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS REALLY MEANT TO DO EXACTLY THAT, TO WORK WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WHEREVER THEY ARE AT IDEATION. THE DECK HAS GREAT PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE THINK THROUGH. WHAT DOES IT TAKE? AM I READY FOR A BUSINESS IF I AM, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN? WELL, HOW AM I GOING TO FINANCE THIS? WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIONS I CAN MAKE TO FINANCING? THOSE ARE ALL PIECES THAT WE RELY ON. THE DECK NETWORK AND THEIR EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF FOLKS IN ALL OF THOSE PLACES TO HELP PREPARE OUR BUSINESSES WITH. WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WERE THAT WERE OFFERED AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED. SOME OF THOSE WERE DESOTO SPECIFIC, SOME OF THOSE WERE BIGGER. AND I SEE ANTOINE SCROLLING. THIS JUST TALKS, I DON'T THINK. DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR THAT, ANTOINE, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WERE OFFERED, I KNOW I WAS RUNNING DOWN THE LIST FOR 2025, THAT WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE DECK IN THE LAST. YEAH. AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THEM THAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD AND SHARE WITH WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT THERE ARE SOME 25 PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE OFFERED THIS YEAR AT THE DECK FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THEY RANGE LITERALLY FROM, LIKE I SAY, FROM A THOUGHT TO WORKING AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND GROWING THEIR BUSINESS. OKAY. AND THE LAST QUESTION WAS THE MAGNUSON. MAGNUSON IS SOMETHING THAT'S IT'S IN PRIVATE HANDS. IT WAS BOUGHT A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. WE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CURRENT OWNERS ABOUT POTENTIALLY INVOLVING THE CITY, BUT WHEN IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO IT, THEIR PLANS WERE NO GREATER THAN WHAT IT WAS AND PUTTING IT BACK IN THE MARKET WITH ABOUT THE SAME AMENITIES, THE ABOUT THE SAME TAX BASE. AND THAT DOESN'T GENERATE A PLACE FOR US TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE ENGAGED. WE'RE FRANK WITH THAT. AND IT'S TRUE WITH ANY DEVELOPER, IF WE LOOK AT THAT AND SAY IF WHAT IF WE STARTED WITH A GLASS AND YOU PUT BACK A GLASS, THERE'S NO GREATER REVENUES TO THE CITY. THERE'S NO GREATER CHANGE OF, OF OPPORTUNITY. IN FACT, IT LIMITS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDEVELOP IT INTO SOMETHING MORE. THAT'S NOT A PLACE WHERE WE THINK THAT WE ARE BEST POSITIONED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE. BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THEY INTEND TO GO FORWARD. THEY I THINK THEY RECENTLY BROUGHT PLANS INTO THE CITY TO START GETTING PERMITS ISSUED. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL START TO SEE MORE THAN JUST SORT OF THE STRIPPING OUT THEY DID SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THE INSIDE OF THAT'S BEEN STRIPPED OUT. ALL THE OLD FURNITURE IS GONE. THEY'VE TAKEN THAT DOWN TO SORT OF THE BARE BONES. THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THEM TO BEGIN THAT

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SO IN RESPECT TO WHAT WE SEE TODAY WITH HAMPTON ROAD, WE I WOULD SAY AND WE ALL KNOW THIS, RIGHT? HAMPTON ROAD HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS COOKING FOR 20 YEARS. WHAT I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE CITY'S PART, IS CONVEYING THE STRATEGIC PLAN 20 YEARS AGO OF WHAT HAMPTON WOULD LOOK LIKE. RIGHT. A LOT OF THE CONCEPTUAL CONVERSATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOOK PLACE THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THE COUNCIL AROUND 2021, TO NOW REALLY FOCUSING ON MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT, OR MOVING DIRT, IN THE WORDS OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. AND I SAY THAT TO SAY, WHILE THAT'S GREAT, WE WILL LEAVE THIS DAIS AND SOMEONE WILL PICK UP THE BATON AND MOVE ON. BUT NOW WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING I-35 FOR IN A FEW PUBLIC MEETINGS, RIGHT? AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WHILE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH YOU, HIGH LEVEL. RIGHT, WE HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE CONVERSATION OF A MASTER PLAN OR A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR I-35. AND I THINK ONE IS NEEDED NOT TO SAY THAT IT WILL TRUMP OR NOT TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAMPTON ROADS, BECAUSE I THINK AS A CITY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? MEANING THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROJECT GOING AS YOU HAS HAVE AS YOU ILLUSTRATED ON THIS THING.

BUT ONLY ONE OF THOSE FOUR PLANS I'M AWARE OF IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. RIGHT. THERE IS NO OUTLINE OR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR I-35, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE EVEN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER FOR SOME RESPECT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE FUNDING FOR IT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE TOURS ACROSS I-35. WE DID THAT WHEN WE PUT IT IN PLACE. RIGHT. BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT AND WE START TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEES AND FUNDING, HAVING A CLEAR TRANSPARENCY FOR NOT JUST THE COUNCIL BUT THE CITY AS WELL, OF HOW THESE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED FROM THAT RESPECT. AND SO FOR ME, AS I THINK ABOUT A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE FROM WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT I-35, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT VISION AND PLAN, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT VISION AND PLAN TO AS WE'RE COMMUNICATING. AND YOU ALL ARE COMMUNICATING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE LATER COMING TO US FOR THE DETAILS, RIGHT, THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE. SO AND I REALIZE YOUR BULLET SAID CONCEPT AND BUT THEN IT WENT STRAIGHT TO CONTRACTS AND LOIS AND TO ME THERE'S A MISS RIGHT THERE. AND THAT IS WHAT'S THE PLAN. RIGHT. AND THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THOSE THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN IN WHAT WE DO, OFTENTIMES WE'RE WAY AHEAD. WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF THE TRAIN. AND IT'S AN AWKWARD SPACE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHOICES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T OWN THE LAND. RIGHT. WE'RE PLAYING WITH WE'RE PLAYING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE'S DECK, MUCH LESS SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY. AND SO HOW WE TALK ABOUT THOSE, THOSE PIECES OF LAND MATTERS, IN SOME CASES THEY'RE ACQUIRED, OR AT LEAST THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT. IN SOME CASES. WE'VE JUST SAT DOWN WITH THE PARTICULAR LANDOWNERS AND SAID, WE'RE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THIS. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? WOULD YOU WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE? AND WE GET SOME TACIT APPROVALS FROM THEM TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE ISN'T A PLAN FOR HOW TO COME UP WITH $25 MILLION, RIGHT? THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND IT ISN'T THAT WE COULDN'T FUND THAT. THERE ARE THERE ARE WAYS TO GET TO THAT THROUGH BONDS AND LOTS OF OTHER WAYS TO GET THERE. BUT BUT IS THAT THE RIGHT USE TODAY TO ASSURE THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OF IT TOMORROW? TO DATE, WE'VE HAD BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH LANDOWNERS, WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS WHO ARE INCURRING THOSE COSTS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT TO GET TO WHERE

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WRONG PART OF TOWN. TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON. THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS THAT DEVELOPERS MAY OR MAY NOT OPERATE IN TAKE ON A PROJECT, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE FOUND TWO WHO SAID, YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO DIG INTO THAT. ONE OF THOSE IS SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED AWAY, AND ONE WHO'S CONTINUED TO JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND PROVE POSITIVE CONTINUES TO SPEND THE MONEY TO DEVELOP A MUCH MORE ROBUST PLAN. WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD NEXT MONTH. THE FIRST THE SECOND MONDAY IN IN MARCH TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND START TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE, ASSUMING THAT THAT WE LIKE WHAT WE SEE THERE, THAT'S PROBABLY A PLACE WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA OF WHAT, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILWOMAN, IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE HARD FACTS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IF WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN LOIS, IF WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN FINANCING PARTNERSHIPS, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM US? HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THAT? THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE KNOW. THEY'RE ON THE ON THE LIST. THERE'S SOMEWHERE ON THAT LIST OF THAT DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE. WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET. OKAY. YEAH. NOW I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE PLAN. AND I THINK AT SOME POINT WE CAN WE CAN GET TO THAT. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER. AND THEN MY OTHER. MY OTHER WAS RELATED TO HANG. OH MY GOSH IS RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT I YIELD BACK. MAYOR. I THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL. SURE THING. THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE, THIS PRESENTATION I APPRECIATE IT. JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE SLIDES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK THERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO WE GET THE DATA FOR THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, OR RATHER IT'S THAT IT ACTUALLY SAYS MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. AND I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M COMPARING WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM DE SOTO DE THAT WE'RE AT 72% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, YOU KNOW, AND SO JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALIGNMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH I KNOW WE SHARE IT WITH GLENN HEIGHTS. AND THEN THE DATA WHERE, YOU KNOW, OF THE 107, SO IS THAT FEDERAL DATA. JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE SOURCE ON THAT NUMBER. SURE. SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE THAT WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND WE UPDATE THEM ON A QUARTERLY BASIS COME FROM ESRI. ESRI ACCESSES THAT DATA FROM THE FROM A NUMBER OF FEDERAL DATABASES. MOST WELL, PROBABLY THE MOST PREVALENT OF THOSE IS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. THAT'S THE THEY'RE THE CENSUS DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE VARIOUS DATABASES THAT THEY USE TO COMPILE ALL REALLY ALL THE DATA THAT WE USE COMES FROM ESRI IN TERMS OF SPENDING, IN TERMS OF HOUSEHOLD INCOMES. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MOST FREQUENTLY UPDATED, THE ANNUAL THE FEDERAL SOURCES ONLY TEND TO UPDATE A LITTLE BIT LESS OFTEN. SO SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR. SO IN SOME CASES WE'RE USING MORE LOCAL DATA, DATA SOURCES. IT VARIES ON WHICH NUMBER WE HAPPEN TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE USING FOR THEIR DATA SOURCES AND HOW THEY'RE REMEMBER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH OUR CITY BOUNDARIES. IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. SO IT'S NOT ONLY SHARED WITH GLENN HEIGHTS, BUT THE WHOLE TOP HALF, TOP THIRD, IF YOU WILL, OF THE CITY IS IN DALLAS SCHOOLS. OKAY, DALLAS, OUR ENTIRE INDUSTRIAL PARK IS IN DALLAS SCHOOLS. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HAVE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE

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OKAY, OKAY. NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO BUSINESS RETENTION, HOW DO WE GENERATE THE LIST OF WHO WE GO TO SEE. AND THEN IS IT THAT WE'RE VISITING ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES AND ARE WE ADMINISTERING SURVEYS. HOW ARE WE GETTING INFORMATION AND DATA? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I SAW THE PICTURES OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. AND I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A COMMON THEME, BUT THEN I ALSO KIND OF THINK ABOUT SOME OF OUR RETAIL TOO.

BUT IN TERMS OF SURVEYS OR VISITS, HOW DO YOU GENERATE THAT LIST? SO IT REMAINS A CHALLENGE GENERATING THAT LIST. EVEN STILL, WE DON'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BUSINESSES IN DESOTO. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSING PROGRAM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO NECESSARILY KNOW WHETHER A BUSINESS HAS BEEN STOOD UP IN DESOTO OR NOT. IT IS ANECDOTAL AT BEST. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T GO TO DATA SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LIST OF 2800 BUSINESSES, AND YOU START REALLY WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THOSE, YOU DON'T HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION. AND MANY TIMES THEY MAY OR MAY NOT REPRESENT A REAL BUSINESS. SO IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT FOR AND WE DO THIS IN OUR, IN OUR SHOP. BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 500 THAT WE'RE PRETTY SURE WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEGUN OUR WORK AROUND SENDING OUT SURVEYS, TRYING TO ENTICE RESPONSES FROM THOSE SURVEYS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE LARGER EMPLOYERS OR THE LARGER REVENUE SOURCES, WE KNOW WHO THOSE ARE. WE KNOW WHO THE TOP 50 ARE, AND WE GO TO THOSE EVERY YEAR. WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO SEE EACH OF THEM EVERY YEAR, WHETHER IT'S AN ON SITE VISIT, WHETHER IT'S A SURVEY, WHETHER IT'S A TELEPHONE SURVEY. WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY HR ROUNDTABLES AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT? IN TWO WEEKS, 26 BUSINESSES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT. SO IT GIVES US AN AND THAT'S GROWN. I MEAN, WE'VE CONTINUED TO MARKET THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW OUR OUR BUSINESSES BETTER. SOMETIMES THAT'S A GENERAL MANAGER. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IT'S AN HR PERSON. IT BRINGS THEM TOGETHER TO SORT OF DISCUSS

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RIGHT. AND WE HAVE TWO OF THEM HERE. ALBERTSONS. ALBERTSONS IS TOM THUMB AND KROGER IS HERE ALREADY. ALDI'S IS HERE AS WELL. AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO IGNORE IT. BUT WALMART IS THE GIANT IN THAT WALMART IS ABSOLUTELY THE GIANT IN TERMS OF GROCERY. IT WAS THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED MERGER BETWEEN KROGER AND ALBERTSONS WAS TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH WALMART.

WE ALL KNOW THAT CAME APART AT THE SEAMS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL STAY THAT WAY. IT MAY GO BACK TOGETHER, BUT IN TERMS OF GOING AND HUNTING NEW GROCERS, WE TALK TO GROCERS EVERY TIME WE GET THE CHANCE. WE'VE TALKED TO BROOKSHIRE'S, WE'VE TALKED TO FIESTA, WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER GROCERS ABOUT MAKING A HOME IN DESOTO. WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THEM YET. BUT IN TERMS OF MORE RETAIL. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO PRESENT MYSELF. OH HERE WE GO. YEAH. AS FAR AS RETAIL RECRUITMENT ACTIVITY, THAT'S ONE OF MY MAIN PRIORITIES. YOU KNOW, GOING TO MANY OF THE MAJOR TRADE SHOWS. SO TO THE GROCERY STORES THAT MATT MENTIONED, BUT ALSO SOME OF THOSE HIGH END GROCERY STORES, I THINK OF THE SPROUTS, THE TRADER JOE'S, THE WHOLE FOODS AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE MAJOR PROJECTS. THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO BE AROUND. SO IT'S MORE OF A LONGER RUNWAY FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE HAVE IN DESOTO AND THE PROJECTIONS, WE'LL LIKELY LAND ONE OF THOSE IN OUR FUTURE. OKAY, OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. WELL, NOW I'LL JUST BRING IT ALL IN AS IT RELATES TO LIKE SO YOU HAVE THIS LISTING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS COME INTO DESOTO. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE PIPELINE THAT'S COMING? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SUNRISE, I MEAN SUNSHINE PEDIATRICS. HAVE THEY OPENED YET? THEY ARE A FEW MORE WEEKS AWAY. OKAY. ONE MORE THING. OKAY. CHILDREN'S, PEDIATRIC. SO UP ON 67, I THINK IT'S RECENTLY OPENED. WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT UP THERE AS WELL. THAT'S THAT'S RECENTLY OPENED. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE CONTINUING. WE HAVE CONTINUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE. BUT THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE WE FACE AND THIS IS NOT ONLY TRUE WITH THE FRANCHISE FEES, WHICH IS DEVELOPED A WHOLE LOT OF INTEREST AROUND. A WHOLE LOT OF INTEREST AROUND BUSINESS OWNERSHIP. THANKS, TOM. BUT BUT THE SINGLE LARGEST OBSTACLE WE FACE IS WHERE DO WE PUT THEM.

RIGHT. A PLACE TO BE AND CO-TENANCY ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST. TWO BIGGEST HURDLES THAT WE FACE IN TERMS OF LOCATING NEW BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY AROUND RETAIL. IN DESOTO, THERE ISN'T A SINGLE MAJOR INTERSECTION, AND I THINK I'M SAFE IN SAYING THIS. THERE ISN'T A SINGLE ONE OF OUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE WEEKLY CONVERSATIONS WITH POTENTIAL USERS. THE QUESTION REMAINS, HOW DO I GET A HOW DO I GET A BUILDING THERE? MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BUILD THEIR OWN BUILDINGS. MOST OF THEM ARE LOOKING FOR CO-TENANCY WITH TWO OR 3 OR 4 OTHERS. EVEN IF IT'S A STANDALONE BUILDING. I MEAN, THE CHICK FIL A IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF CO-TENANCY NOT CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER, NOT IN A STRIP MALL. BUT STARBUCKS WOULDN'T BE THERE WITHOUT CHICK FIL A, AND THEY'RE SYMBIOTIC. THEY THEY LIKE BEING IN THE SAME PLACE WITH EACH OTHER. I FEEL LIKE I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR WHEN I SAY THAT TO THE MAYOR. YOU KNOW, SHE'S SHE'S A MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISE OWNER HERSELF. AND SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THESE VARIOUS PLACES WHERE YOU'D WANT YOUR BUSINESS TO BE BECAUSE NOT JUST ANY PLACE IS OKAY, YOU NOT

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SO DURING THE FINANCIAL PIECE I ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT SALES TAXES. WE HAVE A 60 DAY LAG. SO THE NUMBERS WE LOOKED AT TODAY FOR JANUARY REALLY ARE NO NOVEMBER NUMBERS. AND SO WE'RE 3% DOWN. BUT WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE NEW ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO DO YOU LOOK AT TRENDING SALES TAX DATA TO KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN DESOTO SPECIFICALLY. SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS IT IT'S EVOLVING UP UNTIL THIS YEAR. AND MR. CORMIER AND I AND THE NEW CITY MANAGER ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THERE IS THERE IS, IN FACT, A PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT HELPS US TO DO SOME DEEPER DIVE ANALYTICS, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF WHERE WHERE SALES TAX COME FROM. NOW, IT CAN GET AS SMALL AS THE COMPANIES, AND WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO REPORT AT THAT LEVEL. WE AGGREGATE INTO THE SMALL AT THE SMALLEST LEVEL THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO LEGALLY REPORT. WE STARTED DIGGING IN, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. BUT I GUESS I'M I GUESS MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE TRENDING DOWNWARD IN A NOVEMBER MONTH. WE SAW IT TODAY, BUT NOVEMBER, 60 DAYS AGO IN NOVEMBER IS, YOU KNOW, THE START OF THE SEASON, YOU KNOW, THE JOYOUS SEASONS, HOLIDAY SEASONS. AND SO I GUESS THAT THAT KIND OF GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN, YOU KNOW, 3%. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HUGE, BUT IT IS A NUMBER CONSIDERING WE ADDED TO OUR LANDSCAPE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WANT TO LAND WITH THIS WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE I CAN ANSWER IT IF YOU ASKED. OKAY. BUT IT DOES. YOU KNOW, IT DOES BEG SOME QUESTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT DATA SET LIVES IN TERMS OF HOW WE MAKE FUTURE DECISIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT THAT'S SOME GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S BUSINESS RETENTION SIDE, I DON'T KNOW. SO WE ADD IT TO BUT MAYBE WE SOMETHING WAS TAKEN AWAY I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT PARTICULAR DATA SET OUT. YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS. THERE IT IS. IT IS OF INTEREST TO US. I MEAN, SOME OF IT'S JUST SORT OF IT'S DATA THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE. SO WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE NEW BUSINESSES I GO THROUGH AND SCOUR TO SEE, IS IT ALREADY SHOWING UP? ARE WE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE TRENDS AND HOW ARE THEY? HOW ARE THEY PERFORMING COMPARED TO THEIR COMPETITORS? I CAN'T REPORT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT I SURE CAN LOOK AT IT. AND THOSE BUSINESSES ARE IN FACT SHOWING UP IN OUR DATA. YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE WHERE REVENUES HAVE FALLEN OFF FROM A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY.

OUR OUR SALES TAX REPORTS. TRACY, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY BUSINESSES IT WAS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT? IT WAS IN A PHENOMENALLY LARGE NUMBER. WAS IT ABOUT 19,000, I THINK WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WHO REPORTED SALES TAX TO THE CITY OF DESOTO? WELL, THERE'S NOWHERE NEAR 19,000 BUSINESSES. IT'S INTERNET. IT'S ONLINE REPORTING. SO WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE 1700 OR SO THAT ARE HERE, THAT ARE RESIDENT HERE, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF FILTERING BACK TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NO SURPRISE TO YOU IS GENERAL MERCHANDISE IS THE SINGLE LARGEST DRIVER THAT WE HAVE. YOU SAW THAT I THINK IN OUR PRESENTATION IT AND IT IS TENFOLD BY THE TIME YOU WASH IT OUT. EXCUSE ME. BY THE TIME YOU TAKE IT OUT, THE REST OF THE INFORMATION IS NOISE LEVEL DATA. IT IS BY FAR AND AWAY OUR LARGEST DRIVER. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE OUR LAST QUESTION FOR TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN WRAP OUR MEETING AT 8 P.M. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND MY QUESTION WILL BE VERY QUICKLY, VERY QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PHASE TWO TOWN HALL MEETING THAT IS BEING SCHEDULED. BUT MORE IN PARTICULAR, MATT, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL VEHICLES EVERY EVERY DECADE HAS ITS WAY OF DOING OPERATIONS. TEN YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, WHEN YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE, SOMETIME YOU WOULD TAKE ON TWO MORTGAGES TO GET THE SO THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO ESCROW CERTAIN TAXES. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE P'S. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE P'S JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND VERY, VERY QUICKLY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHAT WHAT IS MEANT BY THE THREE P'S AND WHY THAT IS A

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PIDS, YOU'VE HEARD THEM. WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE HERE IN OUR CITY. SOMETIMES IT'S A TERM, SOMETIMES IT'S A P3. THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO DO THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS WE AREN'T VERY GOOD AS A MUNICIPALITY, AND WE'RE NOT UNIQUE IN THIS. MOST MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT. WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD AT BUILDING OUR OWN ROADS AND OUR OWN WATER SYSTEMS. WE CAN DESIGN THEM, WE CAN BUILD THEM, AND THEN WE CAN ASK A CONTRACTOR TO BUILD THEM, AND WE PAY A DOLLAR FOR THOSE.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IF THAT SAME DOLLAR, IF THAT SAME PROJECT IS LET TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, IT'S GOING TO COST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $0.65 AND $0.70 TO BUILD THAT EXACT SAME PIECE TO OUR STANDARDS. YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY LESSER ROAD. YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY LESSER PIPES. THEY CAN DO IT FASTER. THEY CAN DO IT CHEAPER THAN WE CAN DO IT AS THE CITY. AND THEY'RE DOING IT IN COMBINATION WITH THE PROJECT THEY'RE WORKING ON ALREADY. SO THEY GET TO PHASE IT AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT, AS OPPOSED TO WE RUN OUT AND BUILD THE ROAD, AND THEN THE BUILDING HAS TO CATCH UP TO IT OVER TIME. THAT'S REALLY WHERE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS SHINE, IF YOU WILL, IS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PAIR TOGETHER, USE OUR PUBLIC SECTOR DOLLARS AS A AS A BAIT. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, BUT TO BRING THEM TO THE TABLE AND SHARE TOGETHER TO CREATE WHAT I THINK OF AS TRULY A PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVER A GREAT PROJECT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SORT OF. SORT OF. OKAY, YOU DID NOT GET TO WHERE I REALLY WANT YOU TO BE. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF FUNDING OR THE NECESSITY OF FUNDING, IT IS NO LONGER MUNICIPALITIES BY THEMSELVES OR PRIVATE SECTOR BY THEMSELVES. IT IS TRULY A PARTNERSHIP. AND TO INCENTIVIZE AND TO UNDERWRITE AND TO UNDERGIRD THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND FOR INDUSTRIES TO COME. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS, A FUNDING MECHANISM OUTSIDE OF RAISING TAXES, ARE THESE PUBLIC, PRIVATE? THAT'S REALLY WHY I WAS HOPING YOU LAND. BUT THAT'S GOOD FOR TONIGHT. NO THANK YOU. IT'S A TOOL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARLSON OR HIS TEAM, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY REGARDING THOSE AT THIS TIME. THAT IS OUR FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT. COUNCIL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. IT'S

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