Feb 18, 2025 City Council Meeting

[A. CALL TO ORDER AND CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR AND I WANT TO GET US GOING TONIGHT WITH OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE TO START. IT IS 5:01 P.M, AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER. NICOLE. RAPHAEL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. WE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. FIRST WE HAVE. CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55 1.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE THE DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY SECRETARY AND CITY MANAGER. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND ANY ACTION AS A RESULT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S 6 P.M. MY NAME IS MAYOR RACHEL

[B. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER (immediately following Executive Session)]

TONIGHT I'M GOING TO ASK IF OUR CITY SECRETARY WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL FOR US, PLEASE. MAYOR RICHARD HERE. LETICIA, HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DONNA MARKS.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. NICOLE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. FIRST, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR CHARLES COLBERT WITH GREATER TRUE VINE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY ROSEMARY CASTILLO WITH KATHERINE JOHNSON, TECHNOLOGY MAGNET ACADEMY. IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND. LET US BOW OUR HEADS. DEAR GRACIOUS FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR JUST GIVING US THE GRACE AND YOUR MERCY. AND FATHER, WE JUST ASK YOU, LORD, TO BE WITH US AS WE DISCUSS THE AFFAIRS OF OUR CITY SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR CITY. LET US HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND OPEN MIND. LET US HAVE BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER AND ACCORDING TO OUR INTEGRITY AND OUR CHARACTER. AND WE JUST THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE UNITY THAT'S IN THIS ROOM. AND WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR CITY OFFICIALS, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXA. ONE DAY, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, PASTOR COLBERT, FOR LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER TONIGHT. AND WE WANT TO GIVE A GREAT BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO MISS ROSEMARY CASTILLO FOR BEING OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR AND LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES TONIGHT. YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB. I WANT TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR TONIGHT FOR YOUR HEARING. AND THAT IS MISS ROSEMARY CASTILLO. SHE IS A SIXTH GRADER AT KATHERINE JOHNSON TECHNOLOGY MAGNET ACADEMY. ROSEMARY CASTILLO IS A DISTINGUISHED SIXTH GRADE STUDENT RECOGNIZED FOR HER LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND DEDICATION TO PERSONAL GROWTH, SERVING AS A PEER MEDIATOR FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, SHE HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN FOSTERING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS WITH EMPATHY AND WISDOM. ROSEMARY VALUES THE ABILITY TO SEE SITUATIONS FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES, A SKILL THAT SHE HAS HONED THROUGH HER MEDIATION EXPERIENCE. A DRIVEN AND DETERMINED STUDENT, ROSEMARY CONSISTENTLY STRIVES FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL SHE PURSUES.

HER STRONG ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, COUPLED WITH HER LEADERSHIP ABILITIES, MAKES HER ROLE, MAKES HER A ROLE MODEL AMONG HER PEERS. BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, SHE IS A PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING OTHERS AND APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE WITH DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE. ROSEMARY'S ASPIRATIONS REFLECT HER DIVERSE INTERESTS AND AMBITION. SHE ENVISIONS A FUTURE IN MULTIPLE FIELDS, INCLUDING VETERINARY MEDICINE, AUTO REPAIR, AND CONSTRUCTION. A VERY AMBITIOUS WOMAN, HER CURIOSITY, STRONG WORK ETHIC, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SET HER APART AS AN

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[C. PRESENTATIONS]

MAKING THE PRESENTATION WILL BE DESOTO DIRECTORS. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCIL, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SPANISH TRANSLATION. WE ARE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS ON OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH ONE MEETING AGENDA. OUR TEAM INCLUDES MYSELF, ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY TASHA WILLIAMS, I.T. MANAGER KAREN KIRBY, PLANNING AND PLANNING STAFF. WE BEGIN PHASE ONE LAST SUMMER, COMPLETING KEY GROUNDWORK SUCH AS DATA COLLECTION, AGENDA TEMPLATE DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFLOW DISCUSSIONS. WE ARE NOW WAITING FOR FINAL CONFIRMATION OF OUR WORK PROCESSES BEFORE MOVING INTO PHASE TWO, AND THAT WILL FOCUS ON SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, WORKFLOW SETUP, AND A DEMO. THIS PHASE IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP IN THE COMING WEEKS. FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE PHASE THREE, WHICH WILL INVOLVE INTERNAL TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS, COORDINATORS AND STAFF, WHICH WILL BE LED BY THE ONE MEETING AGENDA REPRESENTATIVES AND THE FINAL PHASE. OUR GO LIVE LAUNCH IS ANTICIPATED BETWEEN EARLY JUNE 1ST PART, EARLY JUNE EARLY JULY AREA. AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO PULL UP THE NEXT PRESENTATION. OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO COUNCIL OUR BUSINESS PLAN NUMBER TWO IS TO PROVIDE REGULAR VIDEO. VIDEO ENHANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INFORM RESIDENTS ABOUT ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES WITH THE KEY INITIATIVE OF DEVELOPING REGULAR VIDEO MESSAGES TO PROVIDE THAT ONGOING OPERATIONAL UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THIS BY THE END OF BY THE SECOND QUARTER IN 2026, WE HAVE A VIDEO SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDES REGULAR RECORDINGS OF OPERATIONAL TOPICS, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN THAT SCHEDULED WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT. AND THE PLAN IS TO RECORD THOSE VIDEO MESSAGES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BROADCAST IT ON SOCIAL, SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIDEO SITES WITHIN OUR PLATFORMS. SO WE ARE ON TRACK AS FAR AS RESOURCES GO. WE DO PLAN ON USING OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CONTRACT FUNDING AND OUR INTERNSHIPS AS WELL TO ASSIST IN THOSE PRODUCTIONS. AND THAT IS THAT PRESENTATION. AND THEN OUR THIRD GOAL IS I'LL JUST

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OUR KEY TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS BUILDING TRUST. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY WITH MUNICIPAL COURT COMMUNICATION. ESSENTIALLY THIS DEALS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE. A QUESTION WAS RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, I HAVE COMPLETED A MODIFICATION OF THE WEBPAGE AND CONVERTED IT THE WEEK AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL RETREAT, AND SINCE THEN HAVE CONTINUED TO UPDATE IT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL FORM OR REVISED FORM FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE APPLICATION, WHICH IS ALSO OUR AFFIDAVIT OF INDIGENCY. THEY HAVE DUAL PURPOSE AND THE AFFIDAVIT IS AVAILABLE AS A LINK ON THE WEBPAGE. AND ANYBODY WHO HAD A QUESTION REGARDING COMMUNITY SERVICE, THEY CAN EITHER BRING IT TO ME PERSONALLY AND I WILL HELP THEM FILL IT OUT. AND ALSO THEY CAN SWEAR TO IT IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE AN OATH.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE JUST HANDLE THE BUSINESS OF WHETHER THEY QUALIFY. IF THERE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT I NEED, THEN WE PUT IT OFF TO THE NEXT TO ANOTHER DAY AND THAT'S IT.

COMMUNITY SERVICE IS EVALUATED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. THE LEGAL TEST IS WHETHER THEY HAVE

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A DESIGN AND MATERIALITY INPUT COMPONENT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DELIVERING IS WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE WANT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT THAT TELLS US WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DELIVER, AS OPPOSED TO LEAVING THAT OPEN A CONFORMANCE WITH THE WITH THE NEW FORM BASED CODE THAT YOU ALL PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR, CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING SOLUTIONS IN THE CORRIDOR. WE NEED THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO HELP US SOLVE THOSE ISSUES. IT CANNOT BE JUST A PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTION AND ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC PRIVATE INTERFACE, THE HAMPTON ROAD ITSELF, AND HOW THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES WILL INTERFACE WITH THAT. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES. WITH THAT. IT'S NOT OKAY FOR US TO JUST BUILD IT AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. AND FINALLY, PERMANENT CROSS PARKING AND CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS BETWEEN PROPERTIES. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE TODAY IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT WAY TO GET BETWEEN THOSE PROPERTIES WITHOUT GOING BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY, SO WE WANT TO LOOK TO CREATE THOSE. SO THE FUTURE OF HAMPTON ROAD IS AS BRIGHT AS, AS AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE AND ALLOWS US TO DO A LOT MORE BEHIND THE SCENES, BEHIND THOSE BUILDINGS THAN WE'VE EVER DONE BEFORE. WE HAVE A ROBUST SET OF TOOLS FOR INCENTIVES. THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX. THE TOURS ITSELF IS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC FUND PROJECTS, A P3 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS THAT TO ENGAGE THE INTERSECTIONS ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF THOSE. THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR ITSELF, SALES AND PROPERTY TAX REBATES THAT ARE REALLY LIMITED BY THE CAPTURE RATE OF THE TOURS, BUT STILL AVAILABLE FACADE GRANTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND FINALLY, THE PARTICIPATION IN THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL PIECES OF PROPERTY. WE CAN WORK WITH OUR DEVELOPERS TO MAKE THOSE FIT, BUT EVERY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND REVIEWED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE GAP IS, WHAT THE NEED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS OUR FUTURE IDEAS AND NEEDS, AND THEN TO RESPOND TO THAT IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO END UP BEING. WE EARMARKED IN OUR BUDGET FROM THE DDC $25,000 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO GET THAT RFP TOGETHER AND INTO THE MARKET. I DON'T THINK IT WILL EXCEED THAT. IN FACT, I THINK IT WILL COME IN LESS THAN THAT, PROBABLY CLOSER TO HALF. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. OKAY. NEXT WE WILL HAVE DIRECTOR MCKENZIE TO PRESENT ON GOALS NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE. OH MY GOSH. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. SO THE FIRST GOAL IS TO EXPLORE A LITTLE LIBRARIES PROGRAM THAT INVOLVES SPONSORS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDES

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WE'RE ALSO ON TRACK TO COMPLETE BY QUARTER FOUR. HOWEVER, PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WILL BE ONGOING FOR THE LIBRARYE I HAVE IS FOR THE FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION GOAL NUMBER NINE. AGAIN, PRIORITY IS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE FIRST INITIATIVE UNDER THIS PLAN IS TO RESEARCH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. SO THE LIBRARY TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED LOCAL BANKS, CREDIT UNIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, LIBRARY DATABASE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AS RESOURCES. AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS TO COORDINATE RESOURCES TO COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE PAMPHLETS AND BOOKMARKS HIGHLIGHTING FINANCIAL LITERACY RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL PUBLIC SERVICE POINTS IN THE LIBRARY, AND OUR CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT CREATED A BOOK DISPLAY BASED ON SUPPLIES FROM THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU FOR KIDS FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND THIS DISPLAY PARTNERS LIBRARY BOOKS WITH FREE PARENT GUIDES AND INFORMATION FLIERS, AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE BOTH OF THESE GOALS ON TIME AGAIN. RESOURCES ARE PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH BANKS, CREDIT UNIONS, OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEN INSIDE THE LIBRARY. OUR COLLECTION. SO OUR PRINT AND DIGITAL MATERIALS. AND THAT CONCLUDES BOTH MY UPDATES. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE DIRECTOR GLOVER TO PRESENT ON GOALS NUMBER 11, 12 AND 17. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. OUR OUR FIRST ONE IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR HIGH QUALITY AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER, WHICH IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. OF COURSE, THE STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS ENGAGED IN VIBRANT COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY ON SCHEDULE FOR THIS ONE. FOR MARCH OF 26. WE LOST A LITTLE TIME EARLIER WITH OUR REDESIGN AND OUR LANE EXTENSION, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON SCHEDULE. OUR WORK PLAN, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT OUR OUR GRAND OPENING.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED PLANNING FOR THAT, BUT WE ARE PLANNING ON STARTING THAT IN QUARTER FOUR.

AND OUR ALSO OUR PHILANTHROPY, PHILANTHROPY. WE'RE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING SOME OPPORTUNITIES.

WITH CORBIN MITCHELL MEDIA TO ASSIST WITH THAT. AND ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT CAME UP WITH THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE COMERICA BANK THAT'S IN FRISCO. IF WE FIND SOME SPACE FOR THAT. BUT WE'RE WE'RE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING THAT, THAT CONTRACT RIGHT NOW. ALSO, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT ON THIS IS OUR MWB PARTICIPATION. I KNOW WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, OUR GOAL WAS 30%, Y'ALL'S IS 20%, AND WE'RE ON TRACK RIGHT NOW TO ACTUALLY BE AT 41% WITH OUR MWB PARTICIPATION FOR THIS EVENT. I MEAN, FOR THIS EVENT, FOR THIS FACILITY, OUR CONSTRUCTION COST WENT UP A LITTLE BIT TO 55 MILLION WITH THE LANE EXTENSION AND OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS IS PROJECTED TO BE AROUND $3 MILLION ANNUALLY. OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE IS NUMBER 12. AND THAT ONE IS INCREASING OUR WALKING AND CYCLING CYCLING PATHS TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY TO RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITY ENGAGED IN VIBRANT COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE I

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IT'S CALLED FRIENDS OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS A LOT OF BUSINESSES GIVE MONEY FOR TAX WRITE OFFS. AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO REVAMP THIS A LITTLE BIT, WHERE IT'S MORE INCLUSIVE, WHERE WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF IT, BUT THE BUSINESSES ARE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF IT AS WELL. OKAY. AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD USE WOULD BE OUR CREATION OF THE 501 C3 PARKS FOUNDATION, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. AND THEN THE PLACER.AI IS $60,000, BUT THAT'S FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THAT WILL THAT WILL BE FUNDED IF APPROVED. AND WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT IT TO YOU ALL YET. BUT IF IT'S APPROVED, THAT WILL BE FUNDED FROM OUR PROGRAMING MONEY FROM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ONES THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL HAVE CHIEF COSTA TO FINISH UP OUR BUSINESS PLAN PRESENTATIONS WITH GOALS NUMBER 13 AND 14. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, BEST FOR LAST, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM. AND THAT STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS WITH SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY. HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT OKAY. WE WANT TO PROMOTE PROACTIVE CRIME PREVENTION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SERVICE EXCELLENCE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND A KEY INITIATIVE IS TO DEVELOP NEW WAYS TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH PROGRAM WE CONDUCTED. I'M SORRY. WE SCHEDULED A TOWN HALL MEETING FOR TO BRING AWARENESS AND INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY FOR APRIL 3RD. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE MAYOR'S QUARTERLY MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO GO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT MEETING. AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUR TOWN HALL RIGHT AFTER THAT FOR AN HOUR. AND PART OF THAT'S GOING TO BE CRIME STATS PRESENTATION. AND ALSO OUR OUR

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THIS WOULD BE A CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THAT NOW. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO PROMOTE AND PROACTIVE CRIME PREVENTION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AGAIN, SERVICE EXCELLENCE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, MUCH LIKE OUR MENTAL HEALTH CARE TEAM, AS WE HAVE IT NOW. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES. WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THE CITY MANAGERS AND THE CHIEFS OF POLICE TO DISCUSS WHAT THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT ARE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM, AND WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED A DRAFT PROGRAM, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THOSE CHIEFS AND CITY MANAGERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE ALL OF THEIR NEEDS THAT THEY THEY WANT TO SEE IN THEIR IN THEIR CITIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND NOW ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU. INCLUDE THAT INTO OUR DRAFT PROGRAM. WE WANT TO PILOT THAT COMMUNITY PROGRAM IN QUARTER THREE, AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT THOSE RESULTS FROM THAT PILOT IN QUARTER FOUR. AND WITH THAT, OUR RESOURCES LOOK LIKE THIS. WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL START UP COST OF JUST UNDER 600,000 FOR YEARS ONE AND TWO. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND YEAR THREE TO INCLUDE GERIATRIC DEMENTIA ELDERLY SOCIAL SERVICE RESPONSE TEAM.

AND WE'LL HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH PARKLAND BIOTECH MASTER AND SOCIAL CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC. AND YOU SEE THE TOTAL THERE 176,000. AND OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS, WHICH INCLUDES ALL EQUIPMENT AND SHIRTS AND VEHICLES, WILL BE 24,200. THAT'S OUR PREDICTION. AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE ON THOSE TWO. THANK YOU. CHIEF, DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF DOCTOR WILLIAMS. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU STAFF FOR THE UPDATES ON THE OUR BUSINESS PLAN GOALS. VERY INFORMATIVE. SO WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IN REGARD TO THESE PRIORITY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL HAS SET COUNCIL FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER PRESENTATION AFTER THIS, ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO DO ROUND INSTITUTE ROUNDS FOR QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF REGARDING THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. MEETING COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE TWO MINUTES TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND. AND SHOULD THERE BE ADDITIONAL TIME OR DESIRE FOR COUNCIL TO DO ANOTHER ROUND OF QUESTIONING, THEN WE CAN DECIDE ON THAT AS A COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, I DO SEE TWO LIGHTS. I'M NOT SURE WHO HAD THEIR LIGHT ON FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MY FIRST THINGS UP IS ACTUALLY THE THING THAT'S NEXT TO MY HEART IS. SO IF WE CAN CHAT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ONE. MY QUESTION. OKAY, MY QUESTION IS WE HAD A SURVEY THAT WENT OUT. DID WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANY RESULTS FROM THAT SURVEY. IT SAYS NON HOA'S BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED HOA'S. SO WE WANT TO IS THAT I KNOW THE GOAL WAS TO REACH OUT TO NON HOA'S AS THE TARGET SAID. BUT YOU ALSO REACHED OUT TO HOA'S AS WELL.

AND ANY RESULTS THAT COME FROM THAT WOULD BE PERTINENT TO UNDERSTAND THE MOVE FORWARD ON

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WHEN YOU PASS THE ORDINANCE, THEN THEY ARE CODIFIED AND BECOME A PART OF A BOOK. ZONING ORDINANCE IS NOT CODIFIED, SIMILAR TO THE TRANSPORTATION MANUAL, SIMILAR TO THE WATER AND SEWER MANUAL. YOU APPROVE THOSE MANUALS, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCE IN THAT SECTION, IT WILL IDENTIFY. THE CITY HAS ADOPTED A TRANSPORTATION MANUAL THAT WILL BE KEPT IN THE CITY SECRETARY OR THAT DEPARTMENT. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. TO GET TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, GO TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GO PLANNING AND ZONING. AND WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT LINK, IT IS THEN GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A LOT OF FOLDERS. YEARS AGO, THE CITY STAFF OR SOMEBODY MADE THE DECISION THEY WERE GOING TO PUT THEM ON LASERFICHE. SO PUTTING THEM IN THAT DOCUMENT WOULD ALLOW EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO REFERENCE THEM A LOT EASIER. THANK YOU. I THINK THE BUSINESS BUZZ WAS THE LAST ONE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YES, MA'AM. WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING THE BUSINESS BUZZ WITH OUR CLEANUPS IN PARTICULAR. AND LAST, LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID OUR CLEANUP, REPUBLIC WAS THE ONLY BUSINESS THAT WE SOLICITED TO REALLY COME OUT AND HELP US. WE PUT THEM ON T SHIRTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FOUR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BEFORE YOU ALL AND REALLY KIND OF JAZZ THAT UP A LITTLE BIT TO REALLY SHOW SOME APPRECIATION FOR THE FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT PARTICIPATE WITH WHAT WE DO. OKAY. ONCE AGAIN THE BEST FOR LAST BACK IN FRONT OF YOU. SO THIS IS OVER AND ABOVE WHAT YOU YOUR TWO THAT ARE

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NOT TODAY. RIGHT. BUT TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS THE INTERNAL PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THOSE GOALS ARE NOT MISSED, OR IF WHAT WILL BE THE I GUESS WITH WITH HIS DEPARTURE, WHAT WILL BE THE PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE HIT THOSE THOSE GOAL MARKERS FOR THE THAT ARE CURRENTLY PRESENTED TO US TODAY? ALSO WITH THE GOAL NUMBER 11. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PARKS BECAUSE I DID APPRECIATE AND I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER GROUP, POLICE, FOR ACTUALLY HAVING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. I THINK WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS PROVIDED, WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT FOR ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT AND I ASK THAT IF YOU COULD INCLUDE THE NEXT TIME THAT WE DISCUSS THIS ITEM, YOU MENTIONED OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND SOMETIMES THAT STICKER TAG CAN BE OFF PUTTING FOR RESIDENTS. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE, BECAUSE REX IS ONE OF THE FEW DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS IN REVENUE AND QUITE A BIT WITH THE AMENITIES THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED THAT WE'VE UPGRADED TO. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT REVENUE OFFSETS FROM OPERATIONAL COSTS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE ROI AROUND IT. AND THEN LASTLY, THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. NO, THAT'S DEAR TO MY HEART. I WILL CONTINUE TO NAG YOU ABOUT IT. HOWEVER, I DID NOT SEE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THIS COMES BACK TO CPAC. YOU RECALL THIS WAS PRESENTED IN THE SUMMER RETREAT. SO THE COUNCIL, OF COURSE, SET THE BALL ROLLING FOR THAT, THAT THEN I UNDERSTAND MEETING WITH OTHER CHIEFS. BUT CHIEF SEE THINGS ONE WAY. CITY STAFF SEE THINGS ONE WAY AND THEN DESOTO CITIZENS SEE THINGS ANOTHER. AND SO HAVING THE CITIZENS POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BE A PART OF THAT VOICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, CITY MANAGER GODFREY, DID YOU WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING IN RESPONSE TO HER HER COMMENTS? HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL. REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE POSITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, WE ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY RECRUITING RIGHT NOW, SO WE HOPE WE CAN WE CAN RECRUIT A AS STRONG OF A PERSON AS CHARLES. OBVIOUSLY, CHARLES IS IRREPLACEABLE, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN RECRUIT SOMEONE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT ACTIVELY ON THAT ONE. AS FAR AS GOING BACK TO CPAC FOR THE REGIONAL CARE TEAM, WE WILL DO THAT. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT CPAC SEES IT AS CITY COUNCIL SEES IT SEVERAL TIMES, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INTRICACIES. THERE WAS HEAVY DISCUSSIONS YESTERDAY ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS. AND NOT TO COMPLICATE THINGS TO THE PUBLIC.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL ASPECTS OF IT, NOT JUST THE BACK END OF RESPONSE AND NOT JUST THE HOMELESS, BUT ALSO THE FRONT END OF IT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, RESPONDING TO A CRISIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS. SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES. AND I KNOW IT'S DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND, AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. SO WE'RE CERTAINLY TAKING THAT ROUTE AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, DID YOU DID YOU GET ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? I KNOW THERE WAS ONE ABOUT PARKS AND THE OFFSET OF THE EXPENSES VERSUS REVENUE. RIGHT NOW WITH OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY. THAT'S WHERE THOSE NUMBERS COME FROM.

AND OUR COST RECOVERY PROJECTIONS IS 70 TO 75%. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT AND 2 TO $2.5 MILLION AT LEAST COMING IN FOR REVENUE TO OFFSET THAT $3 MILLION COST. SO AND AGAIN THOSE ARE PROJECTIONS, PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS. BUT AT OUR CURRENT CENTER, WE ARE USUALLY ANYWHERE

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DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER MARX THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO REDUCE MINE TO JUST TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE HAVE 14 GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING OVER AND IT'S JUST SO MANY. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING RUSHED THROUGH IT. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AND CERTAINLY I KNOW IT'S A COUNCIL DECISION, BUT CERTAINLY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT SPLIT UP INTO INCREMENTS FROM OUR DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN DEVOTE MORE TIME TO IT. SO WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT ALSO TO OUR CHIEF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CRIME. I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TAG MAYOR PROCTOR'S THREE MAYORS, 360 ON APRIL 30TH. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE WITH THAT IS THOSE CRIMES THAT ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION. I KNOW IT PROBABLY DOESN'T EQUATE AND GO INTO YOUR DATA PIECE, BUT CERTAINLY WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE HOW MANY THOSE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE REPORT, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO I WANT THE NUMBERS TO REPRESENT PEOPLE AND THEIR PARTICULAR INCIDENTS, AND I DON'T SEE THAT. SO THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THIS THIS QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR MR. BREWER REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 15, BACK ON NOVEMBER 20TH OF 2024, WE WERE IN A MEETING WITH DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN WILEY PRICE IN WHICH HE HAD SECURED A VERY LARGE GRANT TO STUDY THE WATERWAYS OF THE INLAND PORT AREA. SPECIFICALLY, HE WAS STUDYING THE HYDRAULIC UNIT CODE NUMBER TEN AND THE DALLAS COUNTY INLAND PORT, AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE TEN MILE CREEK, AS WELL AS COTTONWOOD CREEK AND OTHER CREEKS THAT AFFECTS THE DE SOTO AREA IN. IN REGARDS TO THIS, $455,000, HAVE WE TAPPED INTO WHAT COMMISSIONER PRICE IS DOING WITH THAT GRANT AND WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING TO LOOK AT THE CREEK EROSIONS WITHIN THE CITY? I MUST SAY YES, BUT IT'S ONLY TEN MILE CREEK. THEY SELECTED A AREA THAT IS KIND OF BEHIND THE CITY HALL AREA. THERE'S A WHEN YOU GO BACK UP. I'M TRYING TO GET MY DIRECTION RIGHT. LET'S SAY GO BACK TO THE LEFT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HAMPTON ROAD. IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT SEVERAL HOMES OVER THERE ARE CURRENTLY STILL IN THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. AND WE GOT THAT ONE PROJECT THROUGH THIS EFFORT THAT WAS GOING TO HELP PULL THOSE HOMES OUT OF THAT AREA STAFF. WE PARTICIPATED WITH EVERY MEETING DALLAS COUNTY HAD, SO WE WERE ON TOP OF IT FROM BEGINNING. THEY HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, BUT THE CITY DID BENEFIT FROM ONE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE. IT GOT PART OF A LIST THAT WENT DOWN TO THE STATE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO GET FUNDING IN THE FUTURE IF IT GOT APPROVED. CAN YOU GIVE US AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT COST RECOVERY WAS? THE VALUE OF THE PARTICIPATION? I'M SORRY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION AS IT RELATED TO GOING TO MARKETING PIECE. SO WHEN WE DID THE STRATEGIC PLAN FIVE YEARS AGO, I'M NOTICING AND YOU CAN HELP ME SEE THE MANAGER ACTUALLY FOR ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO 2026. AND SO FOR, FOR THOSE ITEMS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THE STRATEGIC PLANNING LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ITERATION OR START THAT PROCESS THIS YEAR. SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY ON OUR ON OUR LIST. AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEW LIST AND THEN AND THEN HOW YOU'RE MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIDEOS. THAT WAS ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES. MARKETING REALLY HAS BEEN MY THING SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. AND SO WE DO HAVE AT ONE, WE DID RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR MARKETING COORDINATOR WHO HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING VIDEOS, AND SO I'M NOT CERTAIN WHY OUR PUSH OUT DATE IS

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YES. BUT PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR THOUGHT IF YOU NEED TO. OKAY. AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO THE CREEK MITIGATION THINGS, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME ARPA DOLLARS THAT AT ONE POINT WAS AND I KNOW WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS SOME FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE CREEK MITIGATION BECAUSE, AGAIN, PLACE THREE HAS A NUMBER OF CREEKS IN ITS AREA. AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS LIVING IN OTHER PLACES GETTING UP TO THIS POINT. SO I THINK I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL. COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THAT REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU LAST NIGHT, THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WAS AWARDED ABOUT 7.6 MILLION WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE ALLOCATION THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED, 1 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR STORM WATER. THE ONE PROJECT THAT WOULD FUND 1 MILLION WAS SHORELINE HONEY TREE. THAT DRAINAGE PROJECT IS A GABION BASKET. 300,000 WAS SPENT FOR THE ENGINEERING COST TO DESIGN IT, AND THE REMAINING WAS SPENT ON THE GABION BASKETS ITSELF. AS I HAD MENTIONED LAST NIGHT WHEN I CAME UP, THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED. THEY'RE DOING THE WALK THROUGH, BUT WE ONLY HAD 1 MILLION ALLOCATED TO US FROM HARPER, AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 100% OF THAT. OKAY. AND SO IS IT MEMORIALIZED WHERE THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE'LL NEED IS THAT MEMORIALIZED BEFORE YOU LEAVE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM WILL NEED TO COME UP WITH? THE HOW MUCH WILL IT ALL COST, YOU KNOW, SO THAT A PLAN CAN BE GENERATED AS PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE IS WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED AUTHORIZED US TO HIRE HALF AN ASSOCIATE TO DO AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S 22,001 STORMWATER DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN. THAT PLAN THAT WAS DONE BACK THEN HAD MANY, MANY PROJECTS ON IT. THE CITY DID NOT UNDERTAKE ALL OF THEM. WE'RE GETTING AN UPDATE PROJECT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TO HAVE GIVE US THE TOP SO MANY PROJECTS, 10 OR 15 OR SO, AND THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE COMING BACK TO YOU AND BE DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. THANK YOU COUNCIL. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC. OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T COMPLETE YOUR QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY THAT WE DO HAVE THE WINTER RETREAT ON MARCH 8TH, AND DURING THAT RETREAT, WE WILL DISCUSS THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN DETAIL. THERE WILL BE EXECUTION OF ALL OF THOSE BUSINESS PLAN ITEMS BY END OF 2025, AND WHATEVER CARRIES OVER TO 2026, REGARDLESS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THERE WILL BE STAFF AND I ARE PREPARED TO PRESENT THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO YOU AGAIN ON ON MARCH 8TH. IT WOULDN'T BE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IT WOULD BE THE PATH TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR THE STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TO CREATE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH COULD TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO CREATE. SO JUST FYI, AS FAR AS THE REGIONAL CARE PROGRAM, THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. THE BIGGEST DEAL IS DIVERSION, WHICH IS

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IT WASN'T A BIG PRODUCTION OR ANYTHING. IT WAS JUST INFORMATIONAL UPDATES. AND WHERE IT WHERE IT STARTED WAS JUST STARTING WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN AMERICA WAS HERE AND WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF COVID. SO THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED, JUST GETTING THOSE UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE OPERATION. AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT. BUT DID IT MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE? AND THEN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PICKING UP AND STARTING ALL THE WAY OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND SO AND IT HADN'T HAPPENED. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP, BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER OUR PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, MATT SMITH, HAD STARTED DOING VIDEOS WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND SOME OF THOSE HE DID OUT IN THE FIELD WITH, WITH THE DIFFERENT TEAM TEAM MEMBERS. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING WITH THE MAYOR SPECIFICALLY. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT ONE IS ONE WE DO HAVE TO KIND OF GET BACK ON TRACK WITH BECAUSE, EXCUSE ME, THAT ONE, I THINK I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE WHOLE MARKETING PLAN FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY AND ALL OF THAT. AND SO THAT KIND OF GOT KIND OF PUSHED TO THE WAYSIDE A LITTLE BIT. BUT BUT WE DO HAVE IT ON, YOU KNOW, PLAN TO GET CAUGHT UP ON IT. CAN I SPEAK TO THAT, THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. WE DO HAVE THE VIDEOS SCHEDULED TO BE RECORDED NEXT WEEK. SO AND I SPOKE WITH LATOYA IN TERMS OF THE RELEASING OF THE VIDEOS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS TO THEY HAVE TO BE RECORDED. I'M NOT THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL BE IN THOSE VIDEOS. OBVIOUSLY STAFF WILL BE DOING THEIR VIDEO, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SCHEDULING DATE IS FOR STAFF. HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN CALENDARED TO RECORD NEXT WEEK AND I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE RELEASE OF THEM.

AND WOULD THERE BE A DELAY OR WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE THEY SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED? AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WILL BE RELEASED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I GUESS, PENDING EDITING AND MAKING SURE THE VIDEOS ARE OF THE QUALITY THAT THEY SHOULD BE FOR THAT. IF WE'RE SPEAKING OF THE SAME, SAME ITEM, BUT THAT WAS BASED, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, IS THAT IT WAS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE WERE GOING AHEAD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH AND STARTING THE RECORDING FOR, WITH MYSELF AND WITH STAFF FOR THOSE PARTICULAR VIDEOS. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. I WASN'T WASN'T AWARE THAT YOU GUYS HAD GOTTEN OFF SCHEDULE. I KNEW THAT LATOYA WAS WORKING ON

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I'LL OFFER. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. COUNCIL IS IN AGREEMENT WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE SEE THESE ITEMS. AND I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU TO SET SOMEWHAT OF A PRIORITY IN TERMS OF THE ITEMS, IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE THEY MAY BE NEED TO KNOW IN TERMS OF HOW, WHEN, WHICH ONES MAKE IT ONTO THE AGENDA. I'M NOT ASSUMING THAT THEY'LL BE IN NUMERICAL ORDER, BUT AGAIN, JUST BY ORDER OF PRIORITY, OR EVEN JUST BY ORDER OF WHICH STAFF MEMBER IF STAFF IF ONE STAFF MEMBER HAS THREE, THEN IT MAY MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO DISCUSS ALL 3 IN 1 NIGHT. SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE

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JUST WANT TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. AGAIN, THERE IS NO ACTION. IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL BRING BACK A NOTICE OF SALE FOR I MEAN, NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION AT THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH. THANK YOU, MR. AYALA.

COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IN ADDITION TO DOCTOR MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER AND DOCTOR MARKS ARE ONLY QUESTIONS FOR MR. AYALA TONIGHT. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY, SO WE WON'T. MY QUESTION. MY REASON FOR ASKING THAT IS TO MAKE SURE IF WE NEEDED TO INSTITUTE ROUNDS, WE COULD DO THAT. HOWEVER, DOCTOR MARKS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR. AYALA. YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. TOM, MAY I ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE, PLEASE? OKAY. MAYBE IT'S GO TO FOUR. IS IT FOUR? OKAY. STOP RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME PREFACE MY QUESTION BY TELLING YOU I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN, OKAY? I'M NOT. I'M REALLY NOT. HOWEVER, WHEN I LOOK AT WATER AND SEWER, 10 MILLION, DRAINAGE 2.4 HOTEL OCCUPANCY 1,000,036 150. TO ME, IT SHOULD BE 49. AM I OUT OF ORDER? YES. IF YOU COULD ADD THAT UP FOR ME. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THAT IS MY BAD. YES, IT SHOULD BE 35, 35,150,000 ON THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE. OKAY. THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE OFF 1 MILLION THERE. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE OFF 1 MILLION THERE. WE SHOULD BE OFF 1 MILLION SOMEPLACE ELSE. WHEN YOU SAY SO. SO IF YOU GO TO SLIDE NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER FIVE PLEASE, THIS ONE. FIVE FIVE. OKAY OKAY. BACK UP. JUST GO BACK. WHAT I SEE HERE IS YOU.

YOU'RE TELLING US THAT YOU HAVE WATER YOU'VE SPECIFIED. AND MR. CORMIER, THAT MIGHT BE THIS MIGHT BE YOUR QUESTION. IF YOU JOIN HIM, PLEASE. WATER AND SEWER. YOU'RE TELLING US WHERE IT'S GOING? DRAINAGE. YOU'RE TELLING US? BUT 36, I GUESS IT SHOULD BE 37 AND 30 INSTEAD OF 30. WHATEVER NUMBER THAT IS. WHAT IS THE. HOW ARE WE SPENDING THAT MONEY? YOU SAID AQUATIC CENTER. YEAH. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE US LAST YEAR. THERE WERE SEVERAL STREETS THAT WERE ON HERE, LIKE PRESIDENT RUN AND WESTMORELAND THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 2017. ARE WE ARE THEY GETTING ANY MONEY? AND THEN I THINK ABOUT COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM'S WOLF CREEK. IS THAT IN THERE ANYWHERE? WHERE IS THE TABLE THAT TELLS US HOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT? CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SPECIFICITY ON THAT, PLEASE? OKAY. THE BREAKDOWN IS FOR WESTMORELAND ROAD. WE HAVE 9 MILLION FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL RENOVATION. WE HAVE 750,000 FOR NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WE HAVE 400,000 FOR ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE 1 MILLION FOR CONCRETE STREET REPAIR. WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION FOR ASPHALT STREET REPAIR. WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION. AND FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER, WE HAVE 20.5 MILLION. 20 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER, AND 500,000 IS FOR A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. OKAY. DID I MISS THAT IN MY PACKET? DID I KNOW IT WASN'T? NO, IT WASN'T IN THE PACKET. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHY WE CAN WE CAN FORWARD THAT TO COUNCIL.

OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T GET IT IN OUR PACKET. NO. THIS. NO, THIS WAS THE PRESENTATION.

OKAY. IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. RIGHT.

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LET ME LET ME ADDRESS THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. ANY CITY THAT CREATES YOU EITHER DO A PAY AS YOU GO OR YOU YOU DO A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, OR YOU DO BOND OR YOU DO SOME OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT. IF THE CITY ESTABLISHES A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IF WE DO NOT WANT TO EXECUTE SOME OF THE PROJECTS, THEN WE SHOULD TAKE THOSE PROJECTS OUT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND WE CANNOT BE PLANNING THOSE PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE CHOICES EITHER DO A PROJECT OVER A 25 YEAR PERIOD AND FUND IT 1 MILLION AT A TIME, OR IN THE CASES OF A BOND PROGRAM, YOU ISSUE A BOND PROGRAM, TAKE CARE OF THE PROJECT AND YOU PAY OVER TIME. SO THOSE ARE THE CHOICES THAT WE HAVE. IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN TERMS OF STREETS OR DRAINAGE OR OR SEWER AND WATER, THEN WHATEVER FUNDING THAT WE CAN AFFORD IS WHATEVER REVENUE WE CAN GENERATE. SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES. THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS, AND ANDRE MENTIONED THIS, WE ARE AT A DOUBLE A RATING AND A DOUBLE A TWO RATING. PART OF WHY WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT RATING IS OUR BORROWING CAPACITY AND OUR ABILITY TO EXECUTE PROJECTS. THE MINUTE WE STOP FROM FROM EXECUTING THOSE PROJECTS, OUR BOND RATING GOES DOWN, DOWN THE DRAIN. ONE, TWO. WHAT YOU SEE AS AS A 4.13% INTEREST RATE IS GOING TO GO UP TO THE SIX AND 7% RATE. SO IT'S ALWAYS THE CITY COUNCIL CHOICE ON ON WHAT YOU WANT TO FUND AND DON'T FUND AND, AND THE METHODOLOGY FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. BUT FOR ANY FOR ANY PLAN THAT YOU SHOULD YOU SHOULD DO, THERE IS AN ACTION AND A REACTION. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. SURE THING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO GIVE CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION, SO. SO THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER GODFREY, FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AND SO ALL THOSE MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE WENT FROM DOING A BOND ELECTION TO DOING A THING WHICH WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND OR CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, WHEN WE STARTED MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT WAS OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER. HE WENT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE STATE DID NOT HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT, AND THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME DECIDED TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION AND COURSE OF HOW WE WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS.

AND SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE THING CHANGED, WHEN THE PROCESS WAS CHANGED, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. AND SO THE AND SO THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THAT LIST THEN THEREFORE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT METHODOLOGY. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL QUESTION ON THIS, AND THEN WE'LL GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF ON WHEN WE'LL SEE THIS ITEM AGAIN AND WHAT AND GET SOME INFORMATION ON SOME FOLLOW UP INFORMATION THAT COUNCIL IS REQUESTING. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE CONVERSATION AS WELL AS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. I KNOW THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY DURING OUR BUDGET SEASON, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE DID THAT, WE DID DO A PUBLIC HEARING TO GO OUT FOR THE BOND WHICH LISTED THE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD BE DOING. RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO REFERENCE THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T JUST GET HERE TODAY. WHAT I DID WANT TO SAY IS THAT IF, LET'S SAY WE HYPOTHETICALLY, THIS COUNCIL IS UNDECIDED AND WE DON'T GET THE SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BOND. RIGHT.

AND WE TAKE IT TO THE VOTER EITHER WAY, IT'S THE IF IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. RIGHT. IF WE TAKE IT TO THE VOTER WHEN AND LET'S SAY THEY IT DOES PASS.

WHEN YOU GO BACK TO NEGOTIATE A BOND AGAIN, ARE WE GUARANTEED THIS CURRENT PERCENTAGE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? BECAUSE I THINK ONE ASPECT TO THIS IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON PROJECTS, THE COST CAN POSSIBLY GO UP, WHICH THUS IN TURN IMPACTS THE CITY NEGATIVELY BY PAYING MORE LATER. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO JUST AS A MATTER OF CONTEXT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, FOR THE CITY TO CALL A BOND ELECTION, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S THE NEXT CYCLE. YOU CAN CALL THE BOND ELECTION IN AUGUST. THE ELECTION WOULD TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER, AND YOU WOULD BE READY TO FINANCE THE PROJECT SOMETIME IN EARLY 2026.

SO THAT'S THE TIMEFRAME THAT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS AN INTEREST RATE, YOU'RE SUBJECT TO MARKET RISK. SO THE INTEREST RATE COULD GO UP OR IT COULD GO DOWN IN THAT CASE. OKAY. SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT NOT ONLY WOULD IT POSSIBLY INCREASE OUR RATE, BUT WE'D HAVE TO PUT IT OFF, THUS HOLDING OFF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION, OUR STREET REPAVING, OUR ROAD EXPANSIONS, OUR TRAFFIC LIGHT ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE ALL ENCOMPASSED IN THIS AS WELL. SO YOU CAN YOU CAN PUT EVERYTHING FOR A BOND ELECTION, OR YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT GOES FOR A BOND ELECTION AND WHAT DOESN'T. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU TAKE IT TO VOTERS AND IT DOESN'T PASS THE YOU CAN'T REVISIT IT FOR THREE YEARS AGAIN. IS THAT CORRECT? SO RIGHT NOW AND THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION AT THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO THEY MAY CHANGE THE RULES BY THE END OF, OF THE SUMMER. BUT RIGHT NOW IF YOU VOTE SOMETHING AND IT FAILS, YOU CAN CALL AN ELECTION IN THE NEXT CYCLE. YOU CAN DO THAT. NOW THERE'S A PROPOSAL THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU CALL A BOND ELECTION AND IT FAILS, YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT 3 TO 5 YEARS TO CALL ANOTHER BOND ELECTION FOR THE SAME ITEM. NOW UNDER CURRENT LAW. SO THAT'S ON THE BOND ELECTION SIDE. THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS YOU CAN CALL A BOND ELECTION NOW, AND IF IT FAILS, THE CITY CANNOT ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FOR THE SAME PROJECT FOR THREE YEARS. GOTCHA, GOTCHA. OKAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BYRD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. JUST FOR CLARITY, WOULD YOU. HOW HOW IS IT THAT A CITY WOULD NORMALLY FINANCE ITSELF? IS IT TRUE THAT A CITY WOULD NORMALLY SELL BONDS AND OR RAISE TAXES? ARE THOSE THE TWO VEHICLES? NORMALLY. SO, MR. BYRD, I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO MR. MAJID'S COMMENT, WHICH IS YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES. YOU CAN FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS VIA A BOND SALE, WHICH IS WHAT MOST CITIES DO, OR YOU CAN SET UP A PAY AS YOU GO PROGRAM. SETTING UP A BOND MEANS THAT YOU CAN TACKLE MORE PROJECTS AT ONE TIME, AND THEN PAY FOR THOSE PROJECTS OVER TIME. IN THIS CASE, WHAT DESOTO HAS BEEN DOING HISTORICALLY IS 20 YEAR PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING. AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. AND OH, I'M SORRY, IF YOU SET UP A PAY AS YOU GO PROGRAM AT THE

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MR. CITY MANAGER, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THIS, AND SO CAN WE JUST GET WE HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US. BUT JUST TO REITERATE WHEN WE WILL SEE THIS AGAIN IN THE INFORMATION THAT COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED, WHEN WILL WE SEE THAT? MAYOR WILL WE'LL ACTUALLY PRESENT AGAIN TO YOU ON MARCH 4TH. INCLUDING THE PROJECTS. BUT WE WILL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME, NO LATER THAN FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY. THANK YOU,

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ADDITIONALLY, EARLY VOTING WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH, AND WILL BE HELD AT DISCIPLES CENTRAL COMMUNITY CHURCH AT 901 NORTH POLK STREET. ALL VOTE TIMES AND ELECTION DAY LOCATIONS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT. TEXAS GOV. OR YOU MAY VISIT DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS WEBSITE FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION AT. THIS COUNTY.ORG.

PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT (972) 230-9664. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. WELL, IT TELLS WHAT KIND OF DAY I'VE HAD. GOOD EVENING, CITY OF DESOTO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IT'S A FULL ROOM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THE UPCOMING CONFERENCE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. ONE THAT I WILL BE HOSTING ON MARCH THE 27TH AT 6:30 P.M. BEFORE YOU LEAVE OUT TODAY, THERE'S A FLIER ON THE TABLE YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU SO YOU CAN PLUG IN YOUR CALENDAR. BUT LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. MANY OF US HAVE BEEN ASKED OVER THE YEARS ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING AROUND SPEEDING. IF YOU LIVE ON MY SIDE OF TOWN, IT'S COCKRELL HILL. IS NON STOP OR IT'S BELTLINE, AND I THINK COMTY IN O CONTROL THAT MEANS THAT YOU ALL WHO ARE PLAGUED WITH THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST SIT IN ANGER AND FRUSTRATION THAT THERE THERE IS A STEP AND A IN PLACE, AS WELL AS BUDGETING AS WELL TO ASSIST WITH COST. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FULLY INFORMED ABOUT IT, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE AND BRING YOUR NEIGHBOR ALONG WITH YOU ON THAT JOURNEY.

SO WE WILL HOST THAT MEETING ON THURSDAY, MARCH THE 27TH. I HAVE NO OTHER THAN THE DESOTO PD WHO WILL BE JOINING ME THAT EVENING. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS POLICY APPROACH FOR SAFER STREETS, PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US THAT EVENING. I PROMISE I'LL HAVE SOME SNACKS. THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM, I THINK YOU GOT SOME. GOT SOME TAKERS WITH THE SNACKS. MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. DESOTO. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF COSTA AND EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT THIS PAST SATURDAY FOR THE GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A SUCCESS, NO MATTER HOW MANY GUNS WE GET. SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT AGAIN. THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, FROM 6 TO 10 P.M, WE HAVE THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH MOVIE NIGHT AND IT'S $7 ENTRY FEE. THE MOVIE WILL BE THE 6888, AND IT'S FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES EIGHT THROUGH 12. THERE WILL BE FOOD AND GIVEAWAYS INCLUDED. ON FEBRUARY 22ND, WE HAVE VOICES OF THE PAST PERFORMANCES BY GARY EDWARDS, QUENTIN GRAY, PRESENTATION BY OUR YOUTH, ASHTON WARD, CHAVI PERSAUD JUNIOR AND MCKENNA WARD. $20 PRESALE $25 AT THE DOOR. IT WILL BE AT THE DESOTO CORNER THEATER.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. FREE PARKING. THIS IS PRESENTED BY SNOOP ROBINSON. GET READY! MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MARCH 15TH. THE FIVE K SHAMROCK SHAKE, FUN RUN OR WALK. THAT WILL BE FROM 8 A.M. TO 11 A.M. FIRST 100 RUNNERS RECEIVE A FREE T SHIRT, SNACK, DRINK, SNACKS, DRINKS AND GIVEAWAYS. A FAMILY FRIENDLY FIVE K EVENT WITH FUN MUSIC AND PRIZES AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT ZEIGLER PARK AT 405 EAGLE DRIVE. REGISTER AT DESOTO EVENTS DOT EVENTBRITE.COM. AND LASTLY, THE SPOKEN WORD, ALSO PRESENTED BY SNOOP ROBINSON. THAT WILL BE THE KNOCKOUT TWO AND IT WILL BE ON MARCH 22ND. SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SHOWTIME WILL BE AT AT 7:00 PM. PRESALE TICKETS ARE $20 AT THE DOOR, $25, AND IT WILL BE HERE AT THE DESOTO CORNER THEATER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR OWN MAYOR, RACHEL PROCTOR, ON WINNING THE INTERDENOMINATIONAL MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE. HUMANITARIAN RUN PRICE. A NEW HUMANITARIAN AWARD. IT WAS PRESENTED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY THE 7TH. AND ALL OF THE.

REGARDLESS OF YOUR DENOMINATION, ABOUT 500 DENOMINATIONS AND PASTORS ALL CAME TOGETHER AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND OUR OWN RACHEL PROCTOR WAS PRESENTED THE RON PRICE AWARD FOR HER HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL ANSWER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. VERY

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DESOTO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. RAFAEL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NONE TONIGHT. OKAY. NONE. OKAY, WELL, I WILL CAP US OFF, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF, TO THE COUNCIL, TO OUR RESIDENTS ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL 2025 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. LAST WEEK, WE HAD A SOLD OUT ROOM, BUT WE ALSO HAD MANY, MANY WATCHING ONLINE FOR OUR WATCH PARTY THAT DAY. WE SHARED A LOT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE AS A CITY OVER THE PAST YEAR, BUT ALSO OUR THEME WAS MAPPING OUR FUTURE. AND SO WE WERE VERY FUTURE FACING IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO IF YOU DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO BE WITH US IN PERSON, OR IF YOU DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO WATCH ONLINE, THE REPLAY IS AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON DEMAND ON THE CITY'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL. I BELIEVE THAT'S YOUTUBE.COM FOR DESOTO CITY. AND YOU CAN WATCH IT THERE. ON DEMAND ANY TIME, ANY PLACE. AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. POINT OF INFORMATION. I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. DO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR OWN COLLEAGUE FOR HER ENTRANCE INTO THE TWO NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES COMMITTEES? DEFINITELY NOT. COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. WE DIDN'T DO THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. RAFAEL. NO, HERS WAS JUST ANNOUNCED, I BELIEVE, ON LAST WEEK SOMETIME. YEAH. SO WE DID NOT. PLEASE. OUR APOLOGIES, COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. YES. PLEASE GIVE US THE CORRECT TITLE OF. SHE RECEIVED TWO APPOINTMENTS AS WELL. AND AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE NOTE WHEN COUNCIL IS PUTTING DESOTO ON THE MAP, BOTH LOCALLY BUT ESPECIALLY NATIONALLY. AND SO PLEASE TELL US THE TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT YOU RECEIVED THROUGH BOTH THROUGH NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. CORRECT? SURE THING. BOTH THROUGH NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. BOTH ARE THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AND THE SMALL CITIES COUNCIL. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALL OF THE COUNCILS IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR CITIES, AND TO BRING POLICY FORWARD THAT WE THINK OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.

AND THEN IN OC ALSO CONTINUES AFTER THAT ADVOCACY PERIOD TO PROMOTE OUR EFFORTS. AND IF YOU YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEWS THIS YEAR IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL. I'M GOING TO BACKTRACK JUST A LITTLE BIT AND GIVE IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. HE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS WELL. THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR. SORRY. I DO WANT TO BID FAREWELL TO OUR AMAZING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MR. CHARLES BREWER. CAN YOU STAND UP, SIR? WITH ALL OF HIS PAPERWORK. I, I DO NOT HAVE A BIO ON ON, CHARLES, BUT I KNOW FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS THAT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH HIM. HE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL. ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PROFESSIONALS I'VE EVER SEEN. AND. AND SOMEONE WHO'S INCREDIBLY KNOWLEDGEABLE. AND I UNDERSTAND HE CHOSE TO GO TO A CITY IN GRAND PRAIRIE INSTEAD OF THE A TWO CITY OF DESOTO JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LARGER SIZE CITY. BUT WE WANT TO WISH YOU WISH YOU WELL. WISH YOU A LOT OF SUCCESS. AND STAY. STAY CONNECTED WITH US, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU, MISTER BREWER, AND WELL WISHES TO YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE

[E. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]

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GOOD EVENING, MISS HARRISON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. FOR 29 YEARS TO MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK.

MAYOR. PROCTOR, MAYOR PRO TEM DOCTOR DIANA MARX. AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING AGAIN TO VOICE MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE DIRECTION THE CITY OF DESOTO IS HEADED. HOWEVER, ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER DOCTOR MARKS, PARKER AND RAPHAEL. I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT I'VE WATCHED YOU DO IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT WE'RE NOT WATCHING THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE THINK ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND DOCTOR MARKS, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY. YOU HELPED ME RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. AND NOW SINCE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF COMMENDATIONS, MAYOR PROCTOR, I WAS SADDENED AND VERY DISAPPOINTED. AND WATCHING YOU GIVE COMMENDATIONS TO OUR CURRENT MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE JUDGE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. THE JUDGE IS VINDICTIVE, PETTY, PUNITIVE, SELF-ABSORBED, AND MEAN SPIRITED, AND HE WILL PUT A NOOSE AROUND YOUR NECK IF YOU CROSS HIM. HE'S BEEN A JUDGE HERE IN DESOTO FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. I UNDERSTAND, AND THAT'S ENTIRELY TOO LONG. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE A SITUATION THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, YOUNG ADULTS, ARE NOT VERY PLEASED WITH THIS JUDGE AT ALL, BUT THEY WOULDN'T DARE SAY ANYTHING. THE REASON? PARENTS JOBS, THEY DON'T WANT THE NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. ON THE OTHER HAND, I'M 79 YEARS OLD. I ALREADY HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE. SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO ME THAT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED, AND ESPECIALLY RELATIVE TO THIS JUDGE. OKAY. NOW, MISS HARRISON, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE. HERE. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. I WANT TO PASS OUT THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE COUNCIL. YOU CAN GIVE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY, AND SHE'LL MAKE SURE WE RECEIVE THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TWO MINUTES. WOW. CONNIE BROWN, KWAME BROWN. GOOD EVENING, MR. BROWN. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY.

FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS KWAME BROWN. I'M IN DALLAS, ON THE EDGE OF DESOTO, LOOKING TO MAKE MY WAY TO DESOTO. WE ARE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION FIRM. LOOKING TO STAND BY THE CITY OF DESOTO IN THE HAMPTON CORRIDOR PROJECT. AND ALSO THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN DESOTO TO BRING A TRIPLE-A CREDIT BACKING WITH THE CITY OF SOLO. BY SPECIFICALLY BRINGING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS THAT CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH, NOT JUST FOR THE DEVELOPERS COMING TO BUILD, BUT FOR THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY THAT HAS PUT THE TIME AND THE PATIENCE TO STAY HERE AND BUILD IT TOGETHER.

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FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, MARY BONAPARTE, CITY OF DESOTO.

36 YEARS. I WANT TO SAY I'VE SUPPORTED MANY OF YOU, IF NOT ALL, EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS.

HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE DIRECTION THE CITY IS GOING IN. THERE IS A CLEAR DIVIDE, BOTH ON THE COUNCIL AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY IS.

DIVIDE IS EAST OF HAMPTON AND WEST OF HAMPTON. EAST OF HAMPTON IS PLAGUED WITH MOTELS, HOTELS, CRIME, HOMELESSNESS, AND TONS OF CODE VIOLATIONS. NO ONE ON THIS DAIS LIVED EAST OF HAMPTON. YET IT APPEARS THAT ONLY A FEW CARE. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY TODAY NO MORE. I AM REQUESTING AND DEMANDING AN EAST OF HAMPTON REVITALIZATION. THIS CITY BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE IN EACH OF YOU WERE ELECTED TO BE REPRESENTATIVES OF. FOR ALL OF DESOTO, NOT JUST YOUR DEVELOPMENT. YOUR DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS, YOUR COUNTRY CLUBS, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE 22MI■S. WHEN DID ELECTED OFFICIALS STOP LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, THE TAXPAYERS AND THE VOTERS? I GUESS WHEN Y'ALL FIGURED OUT HOW TO OVERTHROW OUR VOICES AND IGNORED US. WHEN YOU BEGIN UTILIZING THESE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BONDS. WELL GUESS WHAT? WE GOING TO DO. JUST LIKE THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH DID. WE HAVE FIGURED IT OUT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD HAVE OUR OWN PETITION, AND WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME PUBLIC VOTES TO ENSURE THAT WE GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF THE POT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR

[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. ]

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THERE WAS ONE THE JANUARY 16TH MINUTES. IT IT REALLY ABOUT NOT ONLY THE ORDER BUT ALSO IT HAS IN THERE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED FOR, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENDANCE, THOSE WHO WERE IN, IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT. AND SOME WERE ACTUALLY VIRTUAL. SO SOME OF THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO THE MINUTES. BUT ALSO THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THAT MEETING THAT DIDN'T DIDN'T GET TO THE ACTUAL MINUTES. AND THAT ITEM WAS THE IDEA OF GOING BACK OUT AND GRABBING SOME, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE MINUTES IS, IS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE MAKE THOSE UPDATES TO THOSE ITEMS? AND THEN A COUPLE OF THE OTHER MINUTES, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NAMES. MINE JUST NEED TO BE UPDATED. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO JUST DO A QUICK REVIEW OF THE ACTUAL NAMING OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS NAMES ARE IN THERE. SO YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR THOSE CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE. NOT FOR IT TO BE PULLED, BUT JUST FOR THE CORRECTION FOR YES TO APPROVE WITH THE CORRECTIONS. CORRECT. BUT THE 16TH, IT ACTUALLY HAS TO HAVE THAT CORRECTION OF ADDING THAT INFORMATION ABOUT GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, CAMPAIGNS, SOME TYPE OF CAMPAIGN. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO YOU'RE NOTING THOSE CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MEETING MINUTES. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RAPHAEL. ITEM G TWO. QUICK QUESTION RELATED TO ITEM G TWO, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE NO DIG TECH. ON THAT ONE. SO I KNOW WE'VE USED NO DIG TECH FOR SOME OTHER PROJECTS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE A I JUST HAD A QUESTION RELATED TO IS IT G THREE OR G TWO? I'M SORRY. G3G3. OKAY G THREE. GOING ONCE TWICE G THREE. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN.

THANK YOU. AND SO I KNOW WE USE NO DIG TECH FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PERFORMANCE. AND SO I SEE THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY AS YOU KNOW EVERYTHING DOES AND EVERYTHING SHOULD. AND JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY'VE EVER GONE OVER THEIR CONTINGENCY, USED UP THEIR CONTINGENCIES OR GONE OVER THEIR CONTINGENCIES. GOOD EVENING.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. THANKS FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS. YES. OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. NO TECH HAS BEEN HIRED FOR FOUR DIFFERENT, VERY SIMILAR PROJECTS. AND THEIR PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY VERY SATISFACTORY IN ALL THOSE PROJECTS.

COMPLETING THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE SPECIFIC SPECIFIED TIME AND WITHIN THE BUDGET. AND THE CONTINGENCY WAS NEVER REALLY THAT MUCH PERFORMED ALLOCATED. IN FACT, IN IN MY TWO AND A HALF YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH CITY OF DESOTO, THERE WAS NEVER A PROJECT WHERE WE HAD TO SPEND MORE THAN 50% OF THE CONTINGENCY. THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM. BUT IN MOST OF THE CASES, IT'S LIKE AROUND 20% AND PERCENT. IT VARIES. OKAY. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS FOR.

COULD YOU, COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHAT IT IS. BUT MY QUESTION RELATED TO OUTREACH. WHAT IS THE OUTREACH FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT. YES, I'M GOING TO ANSWER. WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CONTRACTOR AND THEY HAVE DONE SIMILAR PROJECTS. EVEN IN 2022. THE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, THEY CAN COME AND ANSWER AS WELL. SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS IF YOU APPROVE THIS AGENDA ITEM, THEN WE WILL START PREPARING THE DOCUMENTATION FOR CONTRACT EXECUTION. AND ONCE THAT IS SIGNED BY THE CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, IF YOU AUTHORIZE HIM, THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE PUBLIC VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING IN WHICH WE WILL CIRCULATE THE INFORMATION ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE CITIZENS, BUT ESPECIALLY FOCUSING THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA. AND THERE WILL BE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARED ON CITY WEBSITE AS WELL, AND ON FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA.

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AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATION ON THE PROJECT. AND I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR PROCTOR G FOR RELATED TO THE ALLEY PAVING PROJECT. YOU JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION. ARE YOU ASKING FOR IT TO BE PULLED? HAVE A CLARIFICATION. I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHO MIGHT BE NUMBER TWO.

SO, MR. HASSAN, IS THAT YOU? YES. YEAH. I KEEP TRYING TO CLICK ON THE AGENDA ITEM. OKAY.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS PARTICULAR PAVEMENT PROJECT AND. YEAH. COULD YOU SPEAK TO THIS PARTICULAR PAVEMENT PROJECT? AND YEAH. YES, SURE. AGAIN. THANKS, COUNCIL. THESE ARE MORE THAN CLARIFICATIONS. YOU'RE ASKING FOR EXPLANATION OF THE PROJECT. SO JUST JUST GO AHEAD AND PULL IT AND PULL IT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL ITEM G FOUR IS BEING PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE REMAINING ITEMS, PLEASE? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH PULLING FOUR FOR SEPARATE VOTE. ALSO FOR THE MINUTES DATED FEBRUARY 16TH, WITH GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

JANUARY 16TH. JANUARY 16TH. I'M SORRY. JANUARY 16TH. JANUARY 16TH. I STAND TO BE CORRECTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MINUTES FOR JANUARY 16TH. NAMING OF BOARDS AND COMMISSION. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO APPROVE WITH THOSE STATED CORRECTIONS AND DEVIATIONS. MISS THOMAS, IS THERE AN ORDINANCE FOR THESE ITEMS? YES. THERE'S ONE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM G SIX, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2425, ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. I. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE CAN GO BACK INTO

[4. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a construction contract with Vernara, LLC. in the amount of $900,802.50 and approve a total project budget of $1,029,089.25 to include construction, contingency, and testing for the construction of the 2023 Alley Paving Improvement Project]

GENERALLY. SO THAT'S HOW IT HAS BEEN SELECTED. IT WAS SELECTED IN 2023 THAT THIS ALLEY NEEDS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED. AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A LIST THAT WE DEVELOPED 27 ALLEYS THAT NEEDS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED IN THE COMING YEARS. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A VERY SOLID RANKING OF THOSE, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN JUST JUST FOR AWARENESS, THE PROJECTS ARE ON OAK MEADOW, WOOD BROOK

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[1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance regarding the rezoning of properties within the Hampton Road Character Code (HRCC) "reduced/re-envisioned" zoning boundary area. The rezoning of properties within the HRCC "reduced/re-envisioned" zoning boundary area from their current zoning districts to one of the five (5) new HRCC zoning districts: 1. Urban Center, 2. Urban General, 3. Neighborhood Services, 4. Urban Neighborhood and 5. Neighborhood Transition. The applicant is the City of DeSoto. (Case #Z-1514-24)]

COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AGENDA ITEM. HOWEVER, COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES PORTION OF THE AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. AND FIRST, WE HAVE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE. REDUCED RE-ENVISIONED ZONING. BOUNDARY AREA, THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE REDUCED RE-ENVISIONED ZONING BOUNDARY AREA FROM THEIR CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS TO ONE OF THE FIVE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS, ONE. URBAN CENTER, TWO URBAN GENERAL THREE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, FOUR URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION. THE APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF DESOTO. CASE NUMBER Z 1514 DASH 24.

MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WHERE WE ARE NOW HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER 20 YEARS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO GET US HERE THROUGH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. THE FIRST ONE WAS THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE PLAN WAS IN 2005. ONE OF THE MAIN ONES, I WOULD SAY IS ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN, WHICH ANYBODY CAN READ ONLINE, WAS DONE IN 2022. AND THAT'S THIS BLUE DOCUMENT HERE. THAT IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO GIVE THE DESIGN LAYOUT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BEING PROPOSED FOR HAMPTON ROAD FROM BELTLINE TO PLEASANT RUN, TO HELP THE READER GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT VISION OF THE CITY IS. IN APRIL. AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY JUST ON EVERYBODY'S BEHALF, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW A LOT OF THIS WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THE FIRST RUN OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL THE 5TH, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT WITH AN ASSOCIATE FOR THE CREATION OF THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE, ZONING REGULATIONS AND BOUNDARY MAP. NOVEMBER THE 20TH, 2023, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED A JOINT WORKSHOP ON THIS PROPOSED PROJECT. NOVEMBER THE 23RD, 2023 HAVE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THE PROPOSED HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE, ZONING REGULATIONS AND BOUNDARY MAP, AND AS MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION, THERE ARE FIVE PROPOSED DISTRICTS URBAN CENTER, URBAN GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION FEBRUARY THE 13TH, 2024, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT TO CONSIDER MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE ZONING REGULATIONS. A MOTION PREVAILED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED ZONING CODES. FEBRUARY THE 19TH, THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED A WORKSHOP ON THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS. FEBRUARY THE 20TH, 2024 THE CITY COUNCIL, BY MOTION, INITIATED AND ORDERED THE REZONING CONSIDERATION PROCESS FOR THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE PROPOSED HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE ZONING BOUNDARY

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MAY 7TH, 2024. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONTINUED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOTION PREVAILED TO WITHDRAW THE REZONING CASE FOR THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE ZONING AREA AND TO SUBMIT THIS CASE BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR RECONSIDERATION BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JULY OF 2024, STAFF CONDUCTED MEETINGS WITH ITS CONSULTANTS IN ORDER TO DISCUSS REDUCING THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE BOUNDARY AREA FOR THE PROPERTIES TO BE CONSIDERED. DURING THIS RECONSIDERATION OF THE ZONING CHANGE CASE, IT WAS REQUESTED FOR STAFF TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AT A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON AUGUST THE 23RD, 2024. IN ORDER TO DISCUSS EVERYONE'S OBSERVATIONS DURING THE CITY'S FIRST ATTEMPT TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE PROPOSED HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE ZONING BOUNDARY AREA AND TO ALSO REQUEST HAS PARTICIPATION WITH STAFF AND CONDUCTING A TOUR OF 2 TO 3 AREAS IN THE DFW AREA. ON AUGUST THE 23RD, THE CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND DDC CONDUCTED A JOINT WORK SESSION AND OFFERED EVERYONE TO MUTUALLY DISCUSS THE OBSERVATION. DURING THAT FIRST PROCESS OF THE BOUNDARY CODE.

FOLLOWING THE JOINT WORK SESSION, SEVERAL ATTENDEES ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A TOUR GOING TO TRINITY GROVES AND BISHOP AUSTIN. THE CITY OF DALLAS NOVEMBER THE 18TH, 2024 STAFF PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. BOTH THE RE-ENVISIONED REDUCED HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE BOUNDARY MAP AND AN UPDATED REVISION REDUCED HAMPTON ROAD BOUNDARY MAP THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARY MAPS WE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL STAFF ALSO PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL THAT RECOMMENDED PROPOSED SCHEDULE IN ORDER FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF REZONING PROPERTIES WITHIN THE RE-ENVISION REDUCED HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE BOUNDARY AREA TO MOVE FORWARD. FOLLOWING DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO ONE REDUCE THE BOUNDARY AREA FOR THE PROPERTIES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING. DURING THE RECONSIDER OF THIS REZONING. CASE TWO ESTABLISH DECEMBER, THE 2024 AND JANUARY 2025 AS THE TWO MONTH TIME PERIOD FOR STAFF TO CONDUCT PUBLIC OUTREACH INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE REDUCED BOUNDARY AREA, AND TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ON THE ADOPTED HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE, ZONING REGULATIONS. AND FINALLY, NUMBER THREE, ESTABLISH THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE RECONSIDERATION OF THIS REZONING CASE BEFORE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AS BEING FEBRUARY THE 28TH AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL APRIL THE 1ST. AND PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE UP THESE DATES BECAUSE WE HAD THEN ESTABLISHED THOSE SIX MEETINGS IN THREE IN DECEMBER, THREE IN JANUARY, AND THUS WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JANUARY 28TH. AND TONIGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, FEBRUARY THE 18TH.

THE MAP ON THE LEFT IS THE ORIGINAL VISION THAT WAS ADOPTED WITH THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY THIS VISION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY AGREED UPON REALLY BACK IN 2022.

THIS BOUNDARY IS THE SAME BOUNDARY AS THE TERS THAT WAS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED TO HELP PAY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. MENTIONED EARLIER AS PART OF THAT DECISION WAS IF THE TARGET AREA IS TRULY HAMPTON ROAD, LET'S REDUCE OUR VISION ON THIS FIRST GO AROUND. AND WHAT WE SEE ON THE RIGHT IS THE REDUCED RE-ENVISIONED BOUNDARY. IT TOOK OUT A LOT OF THE AREAS THAT WERE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND TRULY MORE FOCUSED ON THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE ITSELF. NOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP, THE SOUTHERNMOST AREA IS EAGLE DRIVE. THIS IS BELTLINE HERE GOING UP TO THE NORTH. THIS IS PLEASANT RUN AND IT EXTENDS JUST SOUTH, JUST NORTH OF TEN MILE CREEK. BUT THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN RECONSIDERED AND TAKEN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE PUBLIC

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JUST TO GIVE A VISUAL. THE NEXT DISTRICT. AGAIN, IT PRIMARILY BORDERS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IN THIS CASE THE GRAY. THE GRAY ALONG HAMPTON ROAD. THIS ACTUALLY IS THE DESOTO PROPERTY, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS. AND THIS PROPERTY DOWN HERE, THIS GRAY URBAN DISTRICT, THIS DISTRICT CONSISTS OF MIXED USE COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL USAGE. THE BUILDINGS MAY BE VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL, INTEGRATED AT MEDIUM DENSITY AND INTENSITIES. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS, THE ONE BEFORE HAS THE POTENTIAL, DOESN'T HAVE TO GET THERE TO GO UP TO FIVE STORIES. THIS ONE HAS THE REGULATION FOR THREE STORIES. NEXT ZONING DISTRICT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, AND YOU SEE THAT IT STILL BORDERS ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THIS LOWER

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WHAT ARE THOSE PDS? I'VE DONE A HANDWRITTEN MAP. THERE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR PLAN DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN THIS ENVISIONED AREA. I'LL START WITH THIS PD 170 THAT'S DOWN HERE ON BELTLINE. THAT IS THE DE SOTO MARKETPLACE JUST NORTH OF THE CHURCH. THE COMMUNITY CHURCH THERE IS PD 73. IT CONSISTS OF THREE ONE STORY SUITES THAT ARE THERE FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

OPERATION. HEADING UP HAMPTON ROAD. THIS IS THE METHODIST TRANSITIONAL CENTER THAT'S HERE.

THIS IS A KIND OF A TACO RESTAURANT HERE. THIS SECTION DOWN HERE IS A TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING THAT HAS SOME COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. THIS SECTION HERE IS JUST VACANT LAND THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN THAT FINAL AREA, PD 58, IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN WHAT WE SEE HERE. PD 58 WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO BE WHERE THE CITY PARK IS, AND SOME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THIS PD WAS ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO GIVE SOME REGULATIONS FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE BOARDING TEN MILE CREEK. IT EVEN GAVE A SITUATION. YOU SEE WHERE MY ARROW IS HERE? TWO LOTS BACK TO BACK, WHERE NORMALLY YOU COULD PUT TWO LOTS BACK TO BACK, WHERE THE SECOND LOT IS NOT HAVING A FRONTAGE ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. SO THAT PD ALLOWED THIS DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR, AS WELL AS ON THESE TWO CORNER LOTS WHERE YOU HAVE THE WHATABURGER

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SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT IS WHAT WE NEED FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 66% MINORITIES, 5% ARE MAYBE INVESTORS OR WHATEVER. NO TAXATION WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, BRIDGES, CREEKS, SIDEWALKS, 53 MILLION ON THE AQUATIC CENTER, 6.6 MILLION ON THE LAND PROPERTY 234,000 WHICH WAS THE SENIOR CITIZEN. WHICH WON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE BECAUSE HALF OF US BE 30, 40 YEARS OLD. I'LL BE 96.

INCLUSION. THE ION BATTERY. WE CAN'T SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS ANYONE NOT TO COME INTO THE ROOM. THAT IS BY MARTIN LUTHER KING. BEER, WINE, SMOKE SHOPS ON THE EAST SIDE HAVE FORECLOSURES ON THE EAST SIDE. OUR CITY HAS BEEN LOWERED. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER CITIES, $323,000 IS WHAT OUR AVERAGE IS. WE'VE GONE DOWN. WE'RE NOT GOING UP. AND GUESS WHAT WE CAN'T AFFORD IS HAMPTON ROAD. THANK YOU, MARY BONAPARTE. THANK YOU. MISS BONAPARTE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. MARY BONAPARTE, 36 YEARS, CITY OF DESOTO. YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY. EASY TO GET THINGS PASSED WHEN YOU INVOLVE THE PEOPLE THAT'S PAYING FOR IT. THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.

IT'S A JOKE. AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I SENT IT TO LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE OF THE ABUSES.

IT'S NOT THAT THE CITIZENS DON'T WANT GROWTH, BUT IF Y'ALL LISTEN SOMETIMES. BUT I'M SURE THAT'S HARD BECAUSE Y'ALL FIGHTING BIGGER AMONGST YOURSELF ALL THE TIME. AND WHAT'S EVEN MORE DISHEARTENING IS IF YOU WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU TALK TO INDIVIDUALS AND YOU ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, TO VOTE, THIS MAY PASS. IT MAY NOT, BUT GIVE THE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. SHOW THEM WHAT YOU'RE DOING. DON'T DIRECT IT AT THEM.

WORK WITH THEM. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO. THIS IS EASY. IT'S REALLY EASY. THERE'S A DIVIDE ON THE DAIS. THERE'S A DIVIDE HERE. THIS CITY HAS TURNED INTO A MOCKERY. IT'S

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I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE EXCITING PLAN YOU'RE EMBARKING ON TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S EVIDENT THAT YOUR DEDICATION TO MAKING THIS A VIBRANT AND INVITING PLACE IS ALREADY SHAPING THE FUTURE WE ALL ENVISION. AS WE LOOK AT SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES LIKE BISHOP ARTS AND OTHER WALKABLE DISTRICTS, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR TRANSFORMATION TOOK TIME, DEDICATION, AND IMPORTANTLY, THE CONTRIBUTION OF LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. HAVING WORKED IN BISHOP ARTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION, CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROJECTS LIKE GLORIA'S AND THE OLD FIRE STATION AND REVITALIZING THE TEXAS THEATER, I CAN ATTEST TO THE VALUE OF GRASSROOTS EFFORTS AND LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR LARGER DEVELOPMENTS. I URGE YOU TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. THE EVOLUTION OF THESE DISTRICTS BEGAN WITH LOCAL INNOVATORS AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS. IT WAS THEIR PASSION AND COMMITMENT THAT ATTRACTED BROADER INTEREST AND INVESTMENT OVER TIME. AS YOU IMPLEMENT YOUR PLANS, I ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO OVERLOOK THE PIVOTAL ROLE THAT SMALL SCALE PROJECTS AND LOCAL TALENT CAN PLAY IN KICKSTARTING THIS PROCESS. TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, I'M LEAVING YOU THE 12 STEPS OF TOWN MAKING WORKBOOK. THIS RESOURCE HIGHLIGHTS PRACTICAL STEPS AND STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS JOURNEY, DEMONSTRATING HOW LOCAL PARTICIPATION CAN DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE. ONCE AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WITNESSING THE POSITIVE TRANSFORMATIONS THAT LIE AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND LEADERSHIP. GREAT JOB TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ANDERSON. AND YOU, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOUR YOU HAVE PROPERTY WITHIN THAT ZONING AREA? YES, I HAVE PROPERTY AT 712 NORTH HAMPTON.

719 NORTH HAMPTON, 500 NORTH HAMPTON. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, LONNIE JOHNSON, A POINT OF INFORMATION. THE PERSON BEFORE MONTE HERBERT MARSH, DID HE HAVE A. OPPOSITION OR FOUR? DID HE STATE ANYTHING ON HIS CARD? HE SAYS, BUT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF NARROWING HAMPTON ROAD IN GENERAL, NOT IN FAVOR OF CHARACTER CODE CHANGES. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. LONNIE JOHNSON, LONNIE JOHNSON. MR. JOHNSON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING. ACTUALLY, LONNIE JOHNSON HAD TO LEAVE.

HE'S MY BUSINESS PARTNER. I'M ANDRE BUTLER, SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF WITH GOTEL COMMUNICATIONS, DALLAS, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGES IN RESPECT TO THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR PROJECT. OUR COMPANY, GOTEL COMMUNICATION, IS A TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION PROVIDER THAT PROVIDES INNOVATIVE PROJECTS CENTERED AROUND TECH AND BRINGING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS IN THE AREA OF BROADBAND ACCESS AND AWARENESS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY AND NETWORK PARTNERS TO SOLVE AND ADDRESS ISSUES THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVES PROMOTING TECH THROUGH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. I HAVE A FEW OF OUR SUPPORTERS WITH ME TODAY. IF Y'ALL WOULDN'T MIND STANDING UP. WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO THE TABLE TO SUPPORT OF GROWING THE GREAT CITY OF DESOTO TO AN INTELLIGENT OR WHAT WE CALL AN INTELLIGENT CITY PROVIDING QUALITY RESOURCES, SMART CITY DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE CITIZENS.

WE HAVE CONNECTIONS TO BRING ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN ASSISTING DESOTO MOVE INTO THE FUTURE IN BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL, THRIVING COMMUNITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE ZONING UPDATES FOR THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE LOOK

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AND WE CAUSED A LOT OF HEARTBURN BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO AHEAD AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. SO WE BOUGHT SOME LAND NEXT DOOR, AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT'S A WHOLE IT'S A WHOLE WHOLE FULL BLOWN CITY GOVERNMENT CENTER OVER THERE. AND THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING THAT UP IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OPPOSITION. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS AND WHAT'S GOING ON. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GOT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. THIS TOWN IS GROWING, AND I THINK A CENSUS SO THAT WE MAY GROW MAYBE 10 TO 20,000 MORE FOR THE NEXT, WHAT, 10 OR 15 YEARS? DON'T QUOTE ME ON THOSE NUMBERS. BUT THE POINT OF IT IS YOU GOT TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BEFORE I EVEN GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, A COMMON THING THAT ME AND MY WIFE DO EVERY NIGHT IS SAY, HEY, WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO EAT? GUESS WHAT? IT AIN'T HERE IN DESOTO. AND SO IT'S MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT. NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO A POSITION THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, GET DEVELOPERS TO COME ON IN AND ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AND GET US THESE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS. ALSO, I'M ALSO A COMMERCIAL PRACTITIONER AND KNOW TONIGHT I HAVE CLIENTS OR I HAVE INDIVIDUALS. WE WORK WITH LANDOWNERS THAT REALLY WANT TO BRING INNOVATIVE THINGS TO DESOTO. CASE IN POINT, I ACTUALLY PURPOSELY AND CALLED UP HEB. HEY, CAN WE GET HEB HERE? BUT GUESS WHAT? A LOT OF BIG COMPANIES JUST LIKE HEB AS WELL AS OTHER DEVELOPERS, MIXED USE DEVELOPERS, COME HERE AND THEY SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIRECTION COUNCIL IS GOING.

SO NOW MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR VOTE THAT YOU'RE MAKING IT FOR THE FUTURE.

IT IS AN INVESTMENT AND YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AT THIS TIME COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES I BELIEVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL. I WILL AT THIS TIME ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. IF. CLARIFICATION YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED. ONE IS EXCLUDING THE PDS. THE PDS WOULD BE EXCLUDED AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING. OR ONE THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE PD. SO WE CAN JUST MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION EITHER EXCLUDING THE PDS OR INCLUDING THE PDS. OR WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF SOMETHING. SURE. THAT'S THAT'S STATED. SO WE NEED TO IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THE MOTION OR IF IT FAILS THEN WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER ONE. HOWEVER WE DO NEED A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO AMEND MY MOTION AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE EXCLUDING THE PDS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH THE OPTION TO EXCLUDE THE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, EXCLUDING THE PD COUNCIL. IS THERE DISCUSSION AND WE WILL DO ROUNDS FOR THIS ONE AS WELL JUST TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN TIME EFFICIENCY. SO MR. TIGER, IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE TIME CLOCK AND I BELIEVE, MR. BREWER, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME THINGS YOU WANTED TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL IN TERMS OF SOME NOTATIONS YOU HAD MADE IN YOUR PRESENTATION ONCE WE OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, IS THAT CORRECT? DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW, OR

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JEFFERSON, ANDREA. VILLAREAL. FLORA MARIA GONZALEZ, CYNTHIA. GILBERT, PORTIA HOPKINS ACTUALLY HAS TWO PROPERTIES BARBARA BOBBI. SWAN, JANET LECLERC, LEWIS. K P E S O S ANTHONY.

GOOD. SHEILA. GILDA. CLIFTON. WILLIS. SR S A R K I S LAST NAME K E C H E J I A N DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL. JAMES S WILLIAMS. AND THAT'S THE 36, JUST FOR THE RECORD. AND FOR CLARIFICATION, MR. BREWER, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SPECIFIC OPPOSITION WOULD TRIGGER THE NEED FOR A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE. HAVE YOU ALL VERIFIED THAT THOSE THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, BECAUSE I'M SEEING IT SEEMS MORE OBVIOUSLY IN OPPOSITION THAN THAN IN FAVOR. SO ARE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS OR ARE THEY IN THE AREA IN QUESTION TO WHERE THEY WOULD TRIGGER THAT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. SO I'M ASSUMING THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. I CAN SAY THAT THEY ARE PROPERTY OWNERS EITHER WITHIN OR WITHIN 200FT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED BACK, THE TYPE OF LETTER RECEIVED BACK IF THEY ARE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT OR WITHIN 200FT, IT WILL HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR THEM TO PUT ON. SO ALL OF THESE ARE WITHIN EITHER THE ACTUAL HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE OR WITHIN 200FT. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY QUESTION.

DID IT TRIGGER THE NEED FOR A SUPERMAJORITY? I DON'T HAVE THAT MAP. SO WE WILL NEED TO GET THAT TO KNOW FOR SURE WE WOULD NEED. 14 IN THE IN THE INFORMATION IT SAYS 14. HOW MANY DO WE NEED FOR IT TO TRIGGER A TRIGGER. THE OPPOSITION. YEAH, BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT WOULD TRIGGER THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE. CAN YOU CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING THE MAJORITY HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE QUESTION IS BEING ASKED OF THESE 36, DOES THAT TRIGGER THE 20%? CORRECT. AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT MAP. WE TOOK IT ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL TODAY TO RECEIVE IT. WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO MAKE A PROPER VOTE, BECAUSE IF IT DOES TRIGGER IT AND WE FIND THAT OUT AFTER THE FACT, AFTER WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, THEN THERE THAT CREATES A PROBLEM. SO. IT'D BE A POINT OF ORDER TO TABLE A POINT OF QUESTION. CAN IT BE REVIEWED WHILE WE GO OVER THE NEXT ITEM? NO, MA'AM. NO. IT'S A LONG PROCESS. YEAH. IT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO AGAIN THE SUPERMAJORITY VOTE, IF YOU HAVE SEVEN FULLY PRESENT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SIX. AFFIRMATIVE. IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS. WE STILL DON'T KNOW.

WELL WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE. SO WAS THAT NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU GAVE A DEADLINE THAT WAS UP TO THE MEETING DATE FOR THIS? IT WAS.

BUT WE LOST OUR PLANNING MANAGER. WHEN DID Y'ALL RECEIVE THAT? ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL

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AND SO BY THE MERE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE CAN'T VOTE, WE CAN'T MOVE, NOT WITH GOOD CONSCIENCE, BECAUSE WE NEED ALL THE INFORMATION. AND WITH YOUR PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED, IT COULD BE JUST PLACED AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON YOUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA.

WE'RE GOING TO WELL, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. HOWEVER COUNCIL THE QUESTION STILL STANDS. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO ASK? GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT WHILE WE HAVE STAFF HERE. YEAH, I HAVE QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT OUT ON A LIMB JUST A MINUTE THERE. BECAUSE WHILE I APPRECIATE MONTE IN OUR IN OUR AREA, HE JUST SAID HE'S IN HE'S IN FAVOR OF THIS. BUT HIS PD IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE SAYING TO EXCLUDE. CORRECT. I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MAKES THAT DOESN'T HELP ME. THAT DOESN'T HELP ME BECAUSE I'M IN FAVOR OF HELPING OUR COMMUNITY GROW. BUT IT MAKES US LOOK LIKE. YOU'RE APPROVING SOMETHING. BUT YOU JUST SAID, DON'T PUT YOURS IN THERE. AND WE ALSO REMEMBER WE ALSO REMOVED SOME OTHER PROPERTIES TO REDUCE.

I GET THAT, I GET THAT AND I'M NOT I'M NOT FUSSING WITH YOU. I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL, JUST THE IDEA I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE FOUR, WHY WERE WE THINKING THAT THESE FOUR NEEDED TO BE EXCLUDED? DID THE I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THIS AT THE P AND Z22 WEEKS AGO, AND I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING THE PD PIECE. SO WHY IS THE COUNCIL GETTING SOME DIFFERENT THAN THE P THAN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE ACTUALLY GOT FIRST FOR THEM TO GO OVER IT AND MAYBE GIVE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT. I MEAN, AND NOW IT'S COMING BEFORE COUNCIL. AND THEN AGAIN, WE ALSO HAVE THAT SITUATION OF NO ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, SUPERMAJORITY DECISION. SO WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF IN A PICKLE. AND I STILL I'M STILL ON THE FACT THOUGH THAT ANYBODY WHO SAYS I'M IN A IN A IN A IN A I'M IN A WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE COUNCILWOMAN IS ATTACKING A CITIZEN WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO VOICE HIS OPINION. AND SO IF SHE MAYBE COULD MAKE HER MAKE MAYBE IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR

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AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, AND I DON'T I FIND THAT TO BE A BIT OFFENSIVE. SO I GET IT. AND I'M I'M APOLOGIZING TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT I STILL WANT US TO BE THINKING IN TERMS OF SOMEONE SAYING I'M IN FAVOR, BUT YET THEIR PROPERTY IS BEING REMOVED. THAT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY, YOU KNOW, DON'T EXCLUDE FOR THAT REASON ALONE. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. SO THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. CAN I, CAN I ADD, MADAM MAYOR, JUST TO GO BACK TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY WE COUNCILMEMBER, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHY STAFF CHOSE TO. ELIMINATE ALL FOUR? I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION WAS IF WE DO ONE, WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT, RIGHT? JUST LIKE IF WE ELIMINATE ONE, THEN FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE TO BE CONSISTENT AND GIVE THE OPTION TO ELIMINATE THEM ALL. SO THE ALL PDS WILL BE TREATED THE SAME, JUST LIKE WE ELIMINATE ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, NOT JUST ONE OR NOT SOME, BUT ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. DOCTOR MARX. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR. BREWER. I KNOW THAT WE EXCLUDED A LOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. HOW MANY WERE LEFT? DO WE HAVE ANY STILL IN THERE AT ALL? I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. THIS WASN'T MY CASE WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP. I APOLOGIZE TO YOU THAT I'M FILLING IN FOR THE MANAGER WHO LEFT. OKAY, OKAY. WELL, THEN LET ME. WHEN IT COMES BACK, MAYBE THERE'S SOME INFORMATION YOU COULD HAVE FOR US. ALSO, THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS THAT JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE A DECISION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST IT'S WE'RE WE'RE JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. AND THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU COME BACK, IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND, MAYBE THE PERSON AFTER YOU, THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION, MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A CUT OFF TIME TO ALLOW HIM TIME OR YOU TIME OR WHOMEVER TO GIVE US THAT PERCENTAGE THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT TRIGGERS THAT 20%. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A DATE OR TIME TO HAVE A CUT OFF TO RECEIVE THOSE OPPOSITION LETTERS FOR OR AGAINST. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, MAY I ASK, WOULD THAT BE IN A POLICY? THEN WOULD YOU GIVE US A CUT OFF DATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CUT OFF? WELL, MR. BREWER, AND NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, WHAT DO WE TYPICALLY DO? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A THAT IS NOT A NEW PROCESS TO, TO RECEIVE LETTERS FOR, FOR OR AGAINST A ZONING CHANGE OR ANY TYPE OF THING LIKE THAT, AND WE GENERALLY WILL HAVE THAT NUMBER HAS ALREADY BEEN CALCULATED AND IT'S PLACED IN OUR PACKET. SO WHAT IS STAFF'S PRACTICE WHEN IT COMES TO SENDING THOSE LETTERS OUT AND RECEIVING THEM BACK FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT CALCULATION, IT ACTUALLY HAD BEEN THE DAY BEFORE YOUR CITY COUNCIL HEARING. A LOT OF TIMES WE ALREADY HAVE THE INFORMATION BACK, AND THEN WE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T HAVE THE MAGNITUDE OF RESULTS WITH A SINGLE SMALL CASE. AND THE PLANNING STAFF IS ABLE TO ADDRESS THE GIS MAP AT THAT POINT. IT'S THE MAGNITUDE, THE

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BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO DOES IT IS THE PLANNING. BUT AGAIN, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE NUMBER OF NOTICES WE GOT BACK. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN WITH THE MAGNITUDE, I THINK WE PROBABLY WE PROBABLY NEED SOME TIME. WELL AT THIS POINT THAT WE HAVE THE WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE CALCULATION. SO FOR THIS ITEM TO TAKE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S WORDS, IT'S A MOOT POINT BECAUSE WE HAVE IT AND WE CAN HAVE THE CALCULATION DONE WHEN THIS ITEM COMES BACK.

HOWEVER, IF MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IF THE PRACTICES WORK, THEN IT WORKS. WE JUST I THINK THIS IS JUST AN ANOMALY THAT WE THAT WE HAVE IN THERE. BUT COUNCIL, I DID HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, I SEE MAYOR PRO TEM HAD HER LIGHT ON AS WELL. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. BREWER, FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION FOR WHAT, THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION ON THE RE-ENVISION. WHAT MADE YOU ALL DECIDE TO DO THAT? TO REDUCE RE-ENVISION WHERE THEY WENT BACK AND REMOVE SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES ON THE MAP. A PART OF THAT WAS WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU.

ALSO, WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO YOU AT THAT JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL, DDC AND CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND IT WAS THOUGHT THAT DOING THE FIRST PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE ZONING CASE, IF THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION WERE IN THOSE AREAS NOT DIRECTLY ON HAMPTON ROAD OR IN BELTLINE, LET'S REDUCE THAT AREA TO STILL GIVE DEVELOPERS WHO WERE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING ON HAMPTON ROAD AN INDICATION THAT COUNCIL IS SERIOUS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS DIRECTION. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. SO IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT. WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO YOU TO ASK YOU YOUR CONSENSUS, NOT ASKING YOU TO TAKE A DEFINITE VOTE, BUT GET A CONSENSUS. IS THIS THE DIRECTION AND WE RECEIVED? YES. FROM YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION ON HOW FAR EAST ON PLEASANT RUN DOES THE BOUNDARY GO? SIR, CAN YOU PUT THEM UP.

CAN YOU PUT THE MAP. YOU PULLED THE MAP BACK UP, TOM. OH. SO. YOU. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, ON PLEASANT RUN, YOU CAN SEE THE BOUNDARY STOPS. THAT'S THE WHATABURGER. THAT'S THE DUNKIN DONUTS STILL COMING DOWN. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PLAZA WITH WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND THEN IT JUST COMES STRAIGHT DOWN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND CAN I SPEAK? I SEE YOU LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER. I FEEL I KIND OF WANT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF MAYOR PRO TEM QUESTION ABOUT THE POINT OF THE REDUCED MAP. AND SO I WE HAD A VERY IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ABOUT THE OPPOSITION, AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE A STEP BACK TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE WERE HAVING, AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THE REAL CONCERNS THAT WE WERE HEARING FROM RESIDENTS REGARDING THIS. AND SO WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF HAMPTON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT IS, AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY THAT THE PROPERTIES ALONG HAMPTON ROAD AND A LOT OF WHAT WAS BEING IMPACTED IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE IN THE BROADER MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED. AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, REALLY, WHICH REALLY DON'T, WHICH REALLY DID NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE INCLUDED PER SE. I THINK SOME OF THE RATIONALE FOR INCLUDING THEM ORIGINALLY, BASED ON WHAT I RECALL FROM THE MEETING, WAS

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I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE THERE, BUT WE DID HAVE THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT IT. AND SO WE THAT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD MEETING. AND THEN FROM THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AND EVEN I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WENT WITH US. THAT'S WHEN WE DID THE TOURS OF LIKE BISHOP ARTS AND I THINK TRINITY GROVES AND SOME OTHER AREAS THAT MIMIC WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REPRODUCE ALONG HAMPTON ROAD. SO THAT KIND OF SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT HOPEFULLY TO YOUR QUESTION AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND TO GET TO THIS DAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE CITY OF DESOTO. FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN AND GOING TO GRAND PRAIRIE. AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOUR TEAM HAS BROUGHT TO IT, AND THAT THINGS DIDN'T REALLY THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS PROJECT REALLY DIDN'T TAKE HOLD OR REALLY SINK IN OR, OR SIT WITH THE COMMUNITY UNTIL YOU PUT THOSE GIANT BILLBOARDS THAT YOU COULD NOT MISS. THERE WERE EMAILS SENT. THERE WERE MEETINGS. THIS PROJECT WAS REVIVED WHEN LATE MAYOR MCGOWAN WAS HERE, AS SHE HAD BEEN HERE FOR DOZENS OF YEARS AND HAD HAD LIVED WITH THIS PROJECT, AS I'VE LIVED WITH THIS PROJECT SINCE 2005. MY ENTRY INTO DESOTO IN COMING TO THE MEETINGS, EVEN BACK WHEN, AS IT RELATED TO HAMPTON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT THAT DID HAPPEN. WE WENT FROM, OKAY, WHAT COLOR ARE THE NOTICES? YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE COLOR TO THE NOTICES. AND SO WHEN YOU GOT HERE, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND LISTENING TO THIS COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DID BRING FORWARD. AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHAT TODAY, WHAT TODAY MAY MEAN TO YOU IN TERMS OF CLOSING THE CHAPTER AND WHAT YOU DID BRING AND WHAT YOU DIDN'T BRING TO TODAY, YOU KNOW, SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT HARD. WE WENT FROM WE HAD A CONSULTANT WHO GAVE US A TURNKEY OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

IF YOU WANT TO DO A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ROBUST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE MULTIFAMILY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE DENSITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE ROBUST MAY 2024 MAP LOOK LIKE WITH THE COMMUNITY'S INVOLVEMENT. AND WHAT THIS COMMUNITY KEEPS SAYING IS LIKE, OKAY, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, BUT NOT A LOT OF THAT. AND SO HERE WE ARE AT NOVEMBER 2024. I APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER WHO WHO HAS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AREA. AND THE CONCEPT OF SMALL DEVELOPMENT, INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT, INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT DOES WORK. AND I'VE I'VE SEEN IT WORK IN A SMALL WAY. AND THEN IT GOES INTO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. AND SO FOR ME, NOVEMBER 2024 MAP LENDS ITSELF TOWARDS THAT. THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IS NOT EXCEEDINGLY IMMINENT IN NO NO FASHION OR NO WAY. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN, A LOT OF BALLS THAT HAVE TO MOVE.

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THANK YOU, MR. BREWER, FOR THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT WITH US. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION YOU'VE GIVEN US. I'M SORRY ABOUT THE INFORMATION YOU MISSED TONIGHT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M WILLING TO COSIGN ON, YOU KNOW, DELAYING THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAFAEL.

COUNCIL MEMBER. CHISHOLM. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE WHO JOINED TODAY TO MAKE COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR HER HER WORDS. COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL, I THINK THEY WERE. THAT HISTORICAL DATA IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS, BECAUSE I THINK IT STATED THAT THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING WE CAME UP MOST RECENTLY, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S CARRIED ON FOR 20 YEARS. MR. BREWER, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I WAS PREPARED FOR A ROUND WHERE I WAS GOING TO ONLY HAVE LIMITED TIME TO SPEAK, SO I WROTE A FEW QUESTIONS, JUST TO CLEAR CLARITY FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID THAT I'VE SEEN ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. SO A SIMPLE YES OR NO WILL DO. AND THEN IF YOU CARE TO ELABORATE ON ANY OF THIS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE TIME THAN I DO. IS IT TRUE THAT THE ZONING CHANGE IS ONLY TO DEFINE WHAT CAN GO IN THE AREAS DESIGNED LIKE? IS IT TRUE THAT THIS CHARACTER CODE IS ONLY FOR US TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT IN THESE LOCATIONS? I'M NOT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. THE QUESTION, IS THE CHARACTER CODE DESIGNED TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO SAY, THIS IS THE MAKEUP THAT WE WANT, THIS IS THE WAY WE WANT THE BUSINESSES AND YES, AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO LOOK, TO FEEL, TO BE IN UNIFORM DOWN THE STREET. SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A YELLOW BUILDING ON BELTLINE THAT SAYS LOTTERY ON, ON IT. RIGHT. SO DOES THE ZONING CHANGE REDUCE TRAFFIC OR START A TWO LANE ROAD? DOES THIS THIS ZONING CHANGE START A TWO LANE ROAD OR ZONING CHANGE. DOES NOT DOES NOT OKAY. DOES THIS ZONING CHANGE FORCE BUSINESSES TO CLOSE? NO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THIS TRUE THAT THE CITY HAD HELD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH RESIDENTS AND CONSIDERED THE ZONING CHANGES, AND I THINK HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AS A RESULT OF IT? WE CHANGED TO THE ONE THAT WE SEE FOR NOVEMBER, THE 2024, WHICH ONLY INCLUDES COMMERCIAL AND NO

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OKAY, THIS ZONING CHANGE RIGHT HERE, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TODAY THAT WILL POSSIBLY IMPACT OR CAUSE OR BE IMPACTED BY A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, THIS ZONING CHANGE THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, CERTIFICATE CO, IS THAT REFERRING TO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. YES. NO. OKAY. DID THE ZONING CHANGE WHO DID DID THE PLANNING AND ZONING. WHO ALSO ARE CITIZENS THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO CONTROL THE CITY PLANNING FOR OUR CITY? DID THEY VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ZONING CHANGE? NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE EXCLUDED PDS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, BUT DID THEY VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS 6 TO 1? YES. THEY FOLLOWED WITH THE HAMPTON ROAD CHARACTER CODE ZONING REGULATIONS BEING APPROVED BACK IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.

KNOWING WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE, THEY APPROVED IT BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 1. OKAY, SO JUST SOME DATA FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO THE ROOM AND NEW TO THIS CONVERSATION, WE KNOW THAT ALMOST 90%, IF NOT MORE, ROUGHLY 90% FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHEN THEY PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO US YESTERDAY, OUR OUR IN LINE SHOPPING CENTERS ARE OLDER THAN I. MOST OF THEM ARE OLDER THAN ME OR CLOSE TO MY AGE. I TURNED 42 IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS, WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO GET BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT, WE HAVE TO REDEVELOP. ONE OF THE IGNORANT DECISIONS I MADE WHEN I SAID WHEN I RAN FOR COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2021, IS THAT I WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DESOTO. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT WE HAD LESS THAN 15 OR 20% OF LAND THAT TO BUILD ON, AND THAT LAND THAT WE DO HAVE TO BUILD ON IS FILLED WITH HURDLES AND HEELS AND EVERYTHING THAT DEVELOPERS DO NOT WANT. WHICH LEADS US TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CURRENT INLINE SHOPPING CENTERS. I WANT TO THANK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR YESTERDAY, BECAUSE I ALSO LEARNED THAT HAMPTON ROAD IS NOT THE ONLY THING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN REDEVELOPING, BUT ALSO I-35. ALSO NORTH NORTH DESOTO, ALSO PARCELS OF BELTLINE AND OTHER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO CLARITY, TO DEBUNK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING. RIGHT.

AND, MAYOR, I'LL YIELD AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. AT THIS TIME, I WAS INFORMED BY MY CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SINCE WE'VE HEARD ALL OF THE DISCUSSION. AND THERE IS A BUT THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHDRAWN. SO WE NEED TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. AND THEN WHEN THE INFORMATION IS BACK BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO ORDINANCE READ. SO WHEN THIS INFORMATION IS BROUGHT BACK THEN WE WOULD JUST BE LEFT WITH SOME DISCUSSION. AND THEN WE WOULD JUST NEED TO VOTE ON THE ITEM. BUT WE DON'T NEED TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WELL, NO, FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE, IT WILL COME BACK AS AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS AS WHETHER TO APPROVE OR DENY A PUBLIC OR APPROVE OR DENY AN ORDINANCE. THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT'S AN ACTION ITEM. SO THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN. IT WOULD JUST NOT BE UNDER A PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. WE JUST COME BACK AS A DISCUSSION. WE JUST CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NO, NO, I THOUGHT WE DID A MOTION. WE CLOSED IT AND THEN DID A MOTION. YES. TO CLOSE IT. YES. I THOUGHT WE ALREADY CLOSED IT. IT'S CLOSED. SO THEN WE JUST NEED TO WE NEED WE JUST NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY REMOVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE. REMOVE THE MOTION. THE MAYOR. NO, WE CLOSED IT BECAUSE I DID IT. THAT'S WHY I KNOW I WAS KEEPING UP. THAT MADE IT. I WAS KEEPING UP. SORRY. YOU COULD WITHDRAW. WITHDRAW IF YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION. MOTION? THEN? THEN. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE AT THIS TIME THAT I WITHDRAW THE MOTION THAT I MADE TO APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. HER MOTION HAS BEEN. WITHDRAWN. SO AT THIS TIME, AS OUR CITY CITY ATTORNEY STATED, THIS ITEM WILL COME BACK. DO WE NEED TO SET A DATE? CERTAIN MR. CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT THAT DATE WOULD BE. OKAY. ARE WE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT MEETING? WHICH WOULD BE MARCH, I BELIEVE, MARCH 4TH. OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. YES. THAT'S MARCH TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH.

POINT OF INFORMATION. YES, MA'AM. SO, SO WE'RE DOWN. THE PERSON WHO TYPICALLY DOES THIS PARTICULAR FUNCTION AND THEN THE DIRECTOR. AND SO MY QUESTION IS TO CITY MANAGER IS THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR THE CURRENT STAFFING TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS ONE. WELL THEY'RE JUST CALCULATING THE TOTAL. RIGHT. RIGHT. IT'S THE 17 MINUTES. YEAH. YEAH WE'LL BE FINE. AND SO AT THIS POINT THE ONLY THING THAT THAT WE ARE WITHOUT IS THE MAP. AND THEN WE ARE WITHOUT THE CALCULATION FOR THE SUPERMAJORITY. AND SO I THINK TWO WEEKS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR STAFF TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK. SO THE TO SET A DATE CERTAIN FOR THIS ITEM TO COME BACK FOR THE PUBLIC, AS

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[1. Consider a Resolution approving the 2024 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program Funds Sharing and Fiscal Agency Agreement in the amount of $12,453 with an allocation of $8,106.90 for DeSoto, to be used to fund the annual subscription for five (5) flock cameras, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement]

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IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO AND TELL THEM THAT WE HAVE THEM AND BASICALLY TELL THEM WHAT THEY DO. IT'S A LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERA. IT'S NOT A FACIAL RECOGNITION CAMERA, IT'S JUST A LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERA THAT WILL HIT ON STOLEN CARS, CARS THAT HAVE WARRANTS FOR THE OWNERS OR THE OPERATORS. SO WE EDUCATE THEM EVERY TIME WE GO OUT. AND AS FAR AS THE EQUITY IN THE CITY, WE DO A STUDY, WE DID A STUDY, AND WE CONTINUE TO UPGRADE THAT STUDY OF WHERE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED. AS I SHOWED IN MY CRIME STATS YESTERDAY, THE MAP THAT HAS THE 35 CORRIDOR, WE LOOK AT THAT FIRST AND WE'VE WE'VE ADDED SOME CAMERAS IN THAT CORRIDOR. WE LOOKED AT OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE CRIMES FOR STOLEN CARS AND BMV, AND WE ARE STARTING IN THOSE LOCATIONS TO PUT THEM THEM IN THOSE LOCATIONS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST RANDOMLY PUT THEM IN AREAS. WE PUT THEM STRATEGICALLY WITH OUR STUDIES THAT WE DO WITH OUR CRIME STATS AS THEY COME OUT EVERY YEAR. THESE CAMERAS ARE MOVABLE, SO THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE FOREVER. WE CAN TAKE THEM DOWN, WE CAN MOVE THE POLLS. SO IF THOSE CRIME TRENDS CHANGE, WE CAN MOVE THOSE CAMERAS INTO OTHER AREAS AS, AS IT NEEDS. THANK YOU. DOES THAT ANSWER THAT? THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE WHOSE CAMERA WAS ON FIRST, I THINK. I MEAN, WHOSE LIGHT? I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. AND THEN. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL COLLEAGUES RELATED TO MAINTENANCE COST. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WITH FLAT CAMERAS, IT'S NOT FREE. OR IS IT FREE FOR US? SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHARGES. ARE THERE ANY FEES TO BE AWARE OF. ARE WE PAYING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL OR ARE WE ADDING THESE CAMERAS TO SOMETHING WE CURRENTLY PAY FOR AND ARE THEY EXPANDING IT. IT'S JUST STAYING RIGHT WHERE IT IS. YEAH. SO THE CAMERAS HAVE A SET FEE EVERY YEAR. WHEN WE FIRST GOT IN SOME WERE UNDER 2000. AND NOW I BELIEVE THEY'RE ABOUT $2,500. APIECE. PARDON ME FOR THE CAMERA OF THE SERVICE. NO, BOTH. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT COMES $2,500, COMPLETE WITH

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AND WHEN DO YOU INTEND FOR US TO GET THERE. SO I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER THAT THAT WILL SATISFY YOU. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WANT TO HIT THOSE HIGH CRIME AREAS, THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE BEST, BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK RIGHT NOW. AND THEN WE WANT TO HIT EVERY EXIT AND ENTRY WAY IN THE CITY SO THAT WE HAVE THE WHOLE CITY. THE CITY IS COVERED WITH ENTRANCE AND ENTRYWAYS AND EXIT WAYS WITH THESE CAMERAS. OKAY. AND IT WILL REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME OR ANY PERSONNEL ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO MONITOR. NO, THE ONLY IT'S NOT MONITORED FULL TIME. IT'S IF WE NEED SOMETHING OR WE NEED TO MINE THAT DATA, WE CAN GO IN ON AN INVESTIGATION IN AND LOOK FOR THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WHEN SOMETHING HITS THE CAMERA THAT HAS A WARRANT ON IT, IT THEN SENDS A MESSAGE OVER TO DISPATCH AND SENDS A MESSAGE OVER TO OUR, OUR OFFICERS THAT HAVE THAT THAT APP ON THEIR PHONES THAT ARE IN PATROL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR FLOCK CAMERAS. I'M I'M A PROPONENT FOR THE FLOCK CAMERAS. I HAVE CLIENTS WHO WHO I AM TURNING THEM TO THIS BECAUSE IT'S. THIS IS AN OPTION TO HELP SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES, THE NEIGHBORHOODS BE SAFER. AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT AT A LOW COST. EVEN THOUGH IT'S 2500, IT'S 2500. AND IF YOU HAVE TWO ENTRANCES, YOU HAVE TWO CAMERAS AND YOU LITERALLY ARE DONE. BUT I DID WANT TO ASK, AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A GRANT ON THIS, BUT HOW LONG WILL THIS GRANT TAKE US? BECAUSE IF YOU ALREADY HAVE FIVE CAMERAS AS 25 PER CAMERA AND THEN WHATEVER YOU INPUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ADD TO IT, THEN THE NEXT YEAR YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ONES YOU ALREADY HAVE, PLUS THE ONES YOU JUST INSTALLED. SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO US EVERY YEAR. OF COURSE THE AMOUNT CHANGES, BUT IT'S USUALLY BETWEEN 7 AND $10,000. AND SO WE'LL GET THIS GRANT JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR. IT'S BEEN EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND IT WILL CONTINUE ON. WE'LL GET THAT GRANT AS LONG AS THAT THAT BYRNE JAG PROGRAM IS IN PLACE AND IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS. BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT'S WHAT WE TAKE FROM THERE IS TO OFFSET THESE CAMERAS. IN THE PAST, WE USED IT TO PAY FOR OTHER TICKET WRITERS AND, AND RADIOS AND THINGS THAT WE NEEDED JUST TO ADD TO WHAT WE HAD. BUT WE DECIDED LET'S, LET'S AT LEAST COVER SOME OF THE COSTS OF THE FLOCK CAMERAS. THAT HELPS OUR CITY BUDGET, AND THAT HELPS US PUT IT TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT IS REAL VALUABLE, THAT WE NEED AND THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH. YEAH. AND JUST LASTLY, THE CAMERAS ARE HELP FOR THE CRIME FIGHTING PIECE, THE ACTUAL INVESTIGATIVE PIECE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARKS, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. THE FLOCK CAMERAS, WE HAVE IT FOR MY COMMUNITY, AND IT'S. I BELIEVE IT'S A CONTRACT. SO HOW LONG IS THE CONTRACT? CONTRACT IS YEARLY. IT'S AN ANNUAL CONTRACT. IT'S ANNUAL ANNUALLY. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARKS. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. THIS IS YOUR ONE THING FOR TONIGHT. JUST. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. THAT BRINGS US TO THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVE.

SECOND. NOT EVERYBODY AT ONCE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU. AND THEN I'LL GIVE THE SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I. I COUNCIL, PLEASE SAY I, I COUNCIL, PLEASE SAY I, I ALL OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.