Mar 17, 2025 City Council Special Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS MONDAY, MARCH 17TH. IT IS 6 P.M. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE. COUNCIL

[a. Presentation of proclamation in recognition of World Engineering Day]

IT'S JACKIE COLTON, INTERIM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND HER TEAM.

GOOD EVENING, DE SOTO. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. COME ON UP. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. OKAY. AND I WILL READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ENGINEERING PLAYS A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIETY AND IS ESSENTIAL IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. AND WHEREAS WORLD ENGINEERING DAY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS AN OFFICIAL UNESCO INTERNATIONAL DAY, ESTABLISHED IN 2019, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD FEDERATION OF ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONS, WFEO TO CELEBRATE ENGINEERS CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL PROGRESS AND ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. AND WHEREAS, THE THEME FOR WORLD ENGINEERING DAY 2025 SHAPING OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THROUGH ENGINEERING, HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL ROLE ENGINEERS PLAY IN ACHIEVING A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL THROUGH DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DE SOTO ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING ENGINEERING AS A PROFESSION AND INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN ENGINEERING TO MEET THE GLOBAL DEMAND FOR INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. AND WHEREAS, WORLD ENGINEERING DAY PROVIDES A GLOBAL PLATFORM TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR ENGINEERS CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPROVING LIVES, DEVELOPING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY. AND WHEREAS WORLD ENGINEERING DAY IS OFFICIALLY OBSERVED ON MARCH 4TH EACH YEAR TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENGINEERS WORLDWIDE. AND WHEREAS, ALTHOUGH THIS PROCLAMATION IS BEING ISSUED AFTER THE OFFICIAL DATE, THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AFFIRMS THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENGINEERS DESERVE RECOGNITION BEYOND A SINGLE DAY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 4TH, 2025 AS WORLD ENGINEERING DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENGINEERS IN MAKING A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL. IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, TO BE AFFIXED. THIS 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025. RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST. ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY. LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YES. WE'RE GOING TO LET HER GO.

SHE CAN. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT IS DEFINITELY. I'M JACKIE COLTON, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND IT IS DEFINITELY OUR HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF WORLD ENGINEERING DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY STAFF. MR. M.D, M.D. HUSSEIN, WHO IS THE CITY ENGINEER, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER GRADUATE ENGINEER WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY. BUT I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERS, YOU KNOW, WE DESIGN AND MAINTAIN AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING THINGS WORK PROPERLY AND IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY. AND WE ALSO WOULD BE WE WOULDN'T BE DOING OUR JOBS IF WE DIDN'T SAY THAT. YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONSIDER THE FIELD OF ENGINEERING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS MD. OCEAN CITY ENGINEER. I MANAGE THE ENGINEERING DIVISION FOR THE CITY. I

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[b. Presentation of proclamation in recognition of the month of Ramadan]

PLEASE COME. THANK YOU SIR. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ESTEEMED RESIDENTS OF DESOTO AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ALL OF OUR GUESTS THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. TONIGHT WE'RE GATHERING TO CELEBRATE RAMADAN, A SACRED AND TRANSFORMATIVE MONTH FOR MILLIONS OF MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD. RAMADAN IS NOT ONLY A TIME FOR WORSHIP, DEVOTION, AND REFLECTION, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEEP PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH, COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AS WE OBSERVE THIS MONTH, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANCE IT HOLDS FOR MANY OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS, OUR EMPLOYEES AND BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN THE CITY. AND SO AS A CITY, WE ARE PROUD TO BE HOME TO SUCH A DIVERSE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY, AND WE RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH THAT OUR DIFFERENCES BRING TO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY. IT IS THROUGH UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU THIS PROCLAMATION, AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT IT FOR YOUR READING. AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU ALL TO HAVE REMARKS AS WELL. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS RAMADAN IS THE NINTH MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC LUNAR CALENDAR. A TIME FOR REFLECTION, SPIRITUAL GROWTH, DEVOTION AND SELF-DISCIPLINE. OBSERVED BY MILLIONS OF MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS RAMADAN IS A SACRED PERIOD FOR MUSLIMS MARKED BY FASTING FROM DAWN UNTIL SUNSET, INCREASED PRAYER, CHARITY AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, ALL OF WHICH DEEPEN FAITH AND STRENGTHEN BONDS WITH FAMILY AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, RAMADAN WILL BE OBSERVED FROM THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 20TH 8TH TO MARCH 30TH, 2025, WITH MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE COMING TOGETHER IN PRAYER AND REFLECTION DURING THIS BLESSED MONTH. AND WHEREAS EID AL-FITR, THE FESTIVAL OF BREAKING THE FAST, MARKS THE END OF RAMADAN, A JOYOUS OCCASION CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF THIS MONTH OF FASTING AND REFLECTION, IT IS A TIME TO GIVE THANKS TO THE STRENGTH AND PATIENCE SHOWN THROUGHOUT RAMADAN AND TO BRING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY AND GOODWILL. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO EMBRACES THE RICH DIVERSITY OF ITS COMMUNITY AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL OF ITS MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY WHOSE CULTURE, FAITH AND TRADITIONS ENHANCE THE FABRIC OF OUR SHARED LIFE. AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE OF RAMADAN AND THE CELEBRATION OF EID AL-FITR SERVE AS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPASSION, GENEROSITY AND UNDERSTANDING VALUES THAT HELP STRENGTHEN THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND RESPECT AMONG ALL DESOTO RESIDENTS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE NIGHT FROM FEBRUARY 20TH 8TH TO MARCH 30TH, 2025, AS THE MONTH OF RAMADAN AND OBSERVANCE OF EID AL-FITR IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EID AL-FITR AS A TIME OF CELEBRATION AND UNITY. THIS PROCLAMATION SERVES AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CITY OF DESOTO'S COMMITMENT TO HONORING AND SUPPORTING THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES OF ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THIS 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025, SIGNED MAYOR

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OKAY. COME ON OVER HERE. COME ON TO THE SIDE. GET BACK TO YOUR WIFE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GET ALL THAT? ONE. TWO. THREE. HELLO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. BISMILLAH. PEACE AND BLESSINGS ARE. ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ESTEEMED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PRESENT TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF DESOTO, TEXAS AND THE ENTIRE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. WE WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE DILIGENCE OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAD THE DATES AND THE WORDING FOR THE DATES OF RAMADAN CORRECT. AND THEY WANTED TO LEARN MORE. THEY ADDED TO THE PROCLAMATION THAT RAMADAN BEGINS AT NIGHT, AND THAT GESTURE IN ITSELF JUST SHOWS RESPECT FOR THE VALUE OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I GET A COPY OF THE PHOTO. THANK YOU.

[c. Presentation of updates on the construction of the Aquatics and Recreation Center McCowan Park]

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IT'S GOING TO BE GLASS AROUND IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WHERE YOU CAN ALSO GO WORK OUT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH THERE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS RIGHT THERE AS WELL. ON THIS SIDE, THIS IS WHERE OUR RECREATIONAL POOL IS GOING TO BE, IS IN THIS AREA. AND OUR OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL IS GOING TO BE HERE. SO IT'S ALMOST GOING TO BE LIKE HAVING TWO RECREATION CENTERS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRY SIDE, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A WET SIDE. YOUR SAUNAS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE ON THIS SIDE, ON YOUR WET SIDE. SO THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THAT WILL GO ON ON THE SIDE RIGHT HERE. AND IT'S WELL, I GUESS, YEAH. RIGHT IN THIS AREA THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PLACE FOR FOOD TRUCKS, WHICH WE THINK IS GOING TO BE REAL COOL. SO I THINK WE CAN FIT UP TO FOUR FOOD TRUCKS THAT CAN BE HERE AS WELL. SO WE CAN TRY TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND REALLY TOUR IT. AND I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL. OH AND YOUR PICTURE UP FRONT HERE AGAIN THAT'S YOUR FINAL PRODUCT. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT CONNECTS WITH NATURE WHERE WE HAVE THE TREES AND EVERYTHING IN THESE AREAS AND ALSO GOING BACK BEHIND IT OKAY. THIS RECREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. LET ME GET MY NOTES ON THIS ONE TOO. THIS IS A CENTRAL COMPONENT. NOW WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE COST. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE COST. BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF BENEFITS THAT THAT THAT THAT COME WITH THIS FACILITY THAT I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING A PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONAL THAT WE SHOULD TAKE FOR GRANTED. FIRST OF ALL, KIND OF THOUGHT OF HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC MAY NOT REALLY KNOW. AND SO WHAT WE DO IN PARKS AND REC IS WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN, AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY. OUR ACCREDITATION REALLY, REALLY REQUIRES US TO HAVE BEST PRACTICES AND SOME OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES. WELL, ONE OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES INCLUDES THIS MASTER PLAN THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WE STARTED DOING OUR MASTER PLANNING BACK IN 2010.

AND THEN WE UP, UP. WE REVISED IT EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE DO SURVEYS. WE GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC, WE GET OUR PARK BOARD INVOLVED. WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO IN 2010 IS WHEN THIS CENTER ORIGINALLY CAME TO WHEN IT WAS A SEED. THEN IN 2015, WE WENT OUT AND WE DID MORE SURVEYS. WE TOOK THOSE SURVEYS OUT, WE TOOK THOSE. AND THIS CAME BACK TO BE A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT WE HAD. THEN WE WENT BACK OUT AGAIN IN 2020, AND THE CITIZENS SAID THE SAME THING IN 2020. THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS REALLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE STARTED THIS IN 2010, MY DAUGHTER AT THE TIME WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SHE REALLY MISSED OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THIS. AND SO WE HAVE A NEW GENERATION OF KIDS THAT ARE COMING UP RIGHT NOW THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THIS, AND WE'RE REALLY SO PLEASED WITH THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE MASTER PLANNING. AND THEN WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT ARE OUT RIGHT NOW WITH RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A TREND THAT A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE CITIES ARE

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AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SURE WHOSE LIGHT WAS ON FIRST. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. OF COURSE, THIS ALL LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

AND I KNOW YOU KIND OF GLOSSED OVER THE LEED CERTIFICATION. DID YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY MORE UPDATE AS TO WHAT THAT REALLY IS, SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY? OKAY. RIGHT HERE NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN SEE, LIKE THE FRONT WHERE ALL THIS GLASS IS. THERE'S A LOT OF GLASS IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE. SO, SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A LOT OF GLASS IN THE BUILDING, YOU ALSO START TO THINK ABOUT YOUR ELECTRICAL COSTS, RIGHT. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THIS BUILDING IS WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING

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THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE AT THE LIBRARY IN CEDAR HILL. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE AWARE OF IT.

AND IF WE WELL, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO NOW JUST BECAUSE OF WITH WE MAY BE 2 MILLION UNDER. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SAVE THAT FOR RAINY DAY JUST IN CASE. SO THAT WILL NOT BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT, I UNDERSTAND. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY OUTDOOR? I KNOW THAT IF THERE'S OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE, IT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED IN THAT SORT OF THING. BUT WILL THERE BE AN OUTDOOR ELEMENT TO THIS THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SIT OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL FACILITY AND ENJOY? OH, YOU MUCH BETTER BELIEVE IT. IT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THIS AREA RIGHT BACK HERE. AND THE COOL PART OF IT IS IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BACK AND YOU SEE WHERE THE TREES ARE THERE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR OVER ALL MASTER PLAN OF THE PARK, WE HAVE TRAILS THAT GO THROUGH THERE, THROUGH THE BACK PART AS WELL. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO AND SIT OUT IN THE BACK AND KIND OF HANG OUT BACK THERE.

AND THEN IF AS WE FILL OUT THE MASTER PLAN, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GO AND WALK ON THE TRAILS AND KIND OF HANG OUT BACK HERE IN THE BACK, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, WE HAVE TO REMIND THE BIRDS TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL FLYING AROUND THE FACILITY. THAT'S A GOOD POINT, DOCTOR MARTIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON. YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CREATION OF NEW JOBS. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA AS TO THE NUMBERS OR PERHAPS A RANGE AS TO HOW MANY THAT MIGHT BE? WE'RE ANTICIPATING ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 100 JOBS. 70 TO 100. YES. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARX, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ALL VERY EXCITING TO SEE REGARDING THE BUDGET. WITH 92.58% OF THE BUDGET COMMITTED, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU WITH THE REMAINING 7.42% STAYING WITHIN THE 2.5 MILLION FORECASTED TO COMPLETE? THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT BECAUSE IN THAT IN THIS 92.58, OUR CONTINGENCY IS IN THERE ALSO. SO WE HAVE LIKE 2.5 MILLION CONTINGENCY, CONTINGENCY. WE HAVE ABOUT 1.5.

AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAS ABOUT $1 MILLION IN THEIR CONTINGENCY. AND ALL OF THAT IS IN THAT 92.58. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. THE CONTINGENCY FUND.

YEAH. YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE CONFIDENT BUT WE'RE NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT. WE DON'T WANT TO STEP OUT THERE JUST YET. OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS BECAUSE WE'VE YOU'VE STATED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR. CORRECT. MARCH, MARCH OF NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE WINTER COMING. OKAY. RIGHT. SO HOW ARE WILL THERE BE AN ADDITIONAL COST IF WE DON'T HIT THE MARCH TIMELINE? OR IS THAT IN THE CONTINGENCY AS WELL? FACTORING WEATHER DELAYS IS WHERE I'M GOING. THE WEATHER DELAYS ARE ALL PART OF OUR ESTIMATION. AND AGAIN, OUR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS SCHEDULED IN DECEMBER. OKAY. AND SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE HAVE A FEW BAD DAYS HERE AND THERE, I THINK WE'LL STILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO HIT THAT THAT MARCH BENCHMARK. OKAY. GREAT. GREAT. AND NOW YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THIS PROJECT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE WE NEED TO TIE IT IN SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE ROI BEHIND IT. IS THERE A PLAN TO MEASURE AND REPORT ON THIS PROJECT, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, LIKE THE STIMULATED BUSINESS GROWTH OR THE BOOSTED TIER TOURISM THAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF IT, SO THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE CLOCKED. YES. AND I'M GOING TO STEP BACK

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AND ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS IS WHEN WORKING WITH MANHATTAN AND INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEEDED, WE BOUGHT THEM UPFRONT. SO WE REALLY KIND OF BEAT THE WAVE AND WE CAUGHT UP. WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEEDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY BEFORE THESE TARIFFS AND EVERYTHING ELSE JUMPED IN. AND SO THAT WAS HUGE FOR US. MANHATTAN. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW EITHER, MANHATTAN WAS ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES FOR THE COWBOYS STADIUM OR JERRY'S WORLD. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THEIR REPUTATION, THEY THEY KNOW HOW TO BUILD PROJECTS.

AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE BEEN MOST PLEASED WITH THEM AND THEM BEING PROACTIVE IN GETTING WHAT THEY NEED WELL, IN ADVANCE BEFORE THE TARIFFS ACTUALLY KICK IN. SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES JUST IN CASE IT DOES. LET'S SEE. YOU MENTIONED THE GRANT. GRANT FUNDING. WE'RE IN SOME DISCUSSIONS GRANT DISCUSSIONS. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH I FORGOT THE NAME OF TIFFANY WYATT'S COMPANY. BUT WE HAVEN'T SECURED ANYTHING. BUT WE ARE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS. OKAY. AND THEN THERE WAS ONE MORE. DIRECT PAY. DIRECT PAY. HELP ME WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE I'M NOT WHAT PAY IS. AND I'M

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ANY CHANCES? COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL STARTED IT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT THERE.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PHILANTHROPIST TO UNDERWRITE IT. YES. NAMING RIGHTS? YES. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES. MR. CITY MANAGER. YEAH. IF I MAY ADD, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PARKING LOT TO HAVE SOLAR OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ENERGY SAVINGS THAT WE COULD, WE COULD REALIZE IF, IF WE IMPLEMENT THAT AS WELL. SO JUST FYI THANK YOU AT THIS TIME, MR. GLOVER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

[d. Presentation of Business Plan Updates]

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OKAY. SO I'M SORRY YOU USED THE WORD PHASE THREE. SO ON ON THE LIST IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS YOU HAVE TWO QUARTER THREES OF 2025. ARE WE IN QUARTER 23 OF 2025 RIGHT NOW. OR WE WILL BE IN APRIL. WE WILL BE IN APRIL AND THEN IN JUNE JULY. THAT'S THE LAST QUARTER OKAY. YES I GOT IT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM REGARDING SPANISH TRANSLATION OF AGENDAS? HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. THE NEXT ONE WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE REGULAR VIDEO MESSAGES TO PROVIDE ONGOING OPERATION UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY. SO AT THE MOMENT WE ARE WE HAVE STARTED A SCHEDULE OF VIDEO SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDES REGULAR RECORDING OF OPERATIONAL TOPICS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THE CREATION OF A VIDEO OF THE FIRST VIDEO, IN WHICH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR MAYOR HAVE INTRODUCED THE CITY, AND WHAT THE VIDEO SERIES IS GOING TO BE ABOUT, AND THAT'S THAT'S COMPLETED AND THAT WILL BE POSTED THIS WEEK, OUR SECOND VIDEO THAT WILL BE CREATED AND HAS ALREADY BEEN PRODUCTION HAS ALREADY STARTED, WILL BE ON WATER AND UTILITIES, OUR WATER BILLS AND UTILITIES. AND THAT WILL BE POSTED BY THE END OF MARCH. AND THE NEXT TWO VIDEOS THAT ARE ON THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE ON OUR LIBRARY AND THEN OUR SIDEWALK. SO WE ARE ON TRACK AT THE MOMENT, AND WE WILL BE RELEASING VIDEOS AS THEY ARE CREATED. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF SHARING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHERE WILL THOSE BE HOUSED? SO THERE WILL BE BOTH ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DEVELOPING A PLATFORM OR A LANDING PAGE FOR OUR VIDEOS. WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SEVERAL DIFFERENT PAGES. ONE OF THEM WILL BE CREATED FOR THE ALL ON ONE AS PART OF LIKE A TRAINING OR, YOU KNOW, A GET TO KNOW DE SOTO TYPE OF PAGE AS WELL AS ON THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT PAGES AS WELL. OKAY.

DOCTOR MARKS, THANK YOU. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR INFORMATION. IF YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND, FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS, WHAT DOES IT SPECIFICALLY LOOK LIKE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT? WOULD IT BE TELLING US ABOUT THE GO THROUGH THAT FORM? I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE STORYBOARDS RIGHT NOW FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, BUT I KNOW FOR I COULD EVEN GET MR. LACEY TO COME UP HERE AND TELL THEM ABOUT HIS VIDEO, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW HOW TO PAY THEIR WATER BILL, WHERE THEY CAN GO, WHO THEY CAN SPEAK TO, HOW TO LOOK AT THEIR ACTUAL BILL AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. OKAY, WILL THERE BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER TYPE THING AT THE MOMENT? NO, IT'S TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I CAN'T SEE THAT THE VIDEOS COULD CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WHAT IFS TYPE THINGS. THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD IDEA. AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN, EVEN WHEN WE POST IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE CAN GATHER THOSE AND PUT THEM AS A FAQ ON EACH OF THE PAGES.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, RIGHT? AND MAYBE YOU COULD MAYBE YOU COULD CREATE SOME SORT OF A CATALOG OF QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER, SO THAT PEOPLE COULD ALWAYS HAVE IT IN, YOU KNOW, TO REFER BACK TO FOR SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN'T THINK OF EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I DOCTOR ESTHER, ONE OF THE ANSWERS MIGHT BE HOW MUCH OF AI ARE WE USING IN THIS PROCESS? HOW MUCH OF AI. YEAH.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT TO DOCTOR MARK'S QUESTION, MAYBE I MIGHT BE A GOOD COMPONENT TO.

OH, SURE. TO USE THOSE QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. TO HAVE A RESPONSE TO THOSE, ARE YOU STATING LIKE SOMETHING LIKE AI IS IN THE CHAT BOT? YES. OKAY. EXACTLY. I THINK THE CITY DID WE ADD A CHAT BOT TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR DO WE NEED ONE SPECIFICALLY? WE TALKED ABOUT I

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST JUST A CONSIDERATION. YEAH. SINCE EVERYTHING IS MOVING THAT WAY, FOR SURE, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD COMPONENT TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE WILL BE ABOUT PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR NON HOA MEMBERS. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IT SHOULD BE NUMBER THREE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. SO AT THE MOMENT THERE'S NO HASN'T BEEN ANY MAJOR. UPDATES SINCE SINCE LAST MONTH. BUT I KNOW WE ARE ACTUALLY SO OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER MELISSA, SHE'S ACTUALLY STARTED A MEETING WITH KEY STAFF MEMBERS TO PLAN A NEIGHBORHOOD COLLABORATION WORKSHOP CENTERED AROUND BUSINESSES, WHICH WILL BE IN AUGUST. I BELIEVE SHE'S SAYING. SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESSES IN OUR IN OUR IN OUR CITY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAD ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WANTED ME TO GO OVER COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. MADAM MAYOR, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE IDENTIFYING THE WAYS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION. THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS PREVIOUSLY AND THERE WERE THERE WAS AN ACTUAL FORM THAT WAS CREATED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PUT IN INFORMATION. BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT FROM THAT WAS THAT THE FORM REQUIRES ALL INFORMATION. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO ONLY UPDATE 1 OR 2 ITEMS, AS OPPOSED TO ALL ITEMS, FOR THE FORM TO UPDATE WHAT ITEMS? I'M SORRY, WHICH FORM? SO WHENEVER YOU'RE ASKING THE HOA TO UPDATE THEIR INFORMATION BECAUSE HOA'S AND NON HOA'S HAVE ELECTIONS EVERY YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND WHEN THAT INFORMATION CHANGES, ALL YOU'RE REALLY CHANGING IS THE PERSON'S NAME OR TITLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE WAY THAT THE FORM THAT EXISTS, IT ACTUALLY ASKS FOR ALL INFORMATION, AS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING YOU TO ONLY UPDATE ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION OR TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HOA'S AND NON HOA'S TO UPDATE THAT INFORMATION WITH, WHERE IT'S JUST THAT PARTICULAR? YEAH, WE CAN TURN THAT ON. IT'S REALLY PRETTY MUCH JUST A MATTER OF CHANGING THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE FORM ITSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK OKAY. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS WILL TAKE THE NEXT ITEM. ALL RIGHT OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE THE ENHANCE THE MUNICIPAL COURT WEB PAGE TO LIST THE OFFENSES THAT QUALIFY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND JUDGE WILL BE COMING UP. GOOD EVENING.

JUDGE. I'VE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SECTION OF THE WEB PAGE WAS CONVERTED THE WEEK AFTER THE INITIAL COUNCIL RETREAT TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC, DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN LIEU OF PAYING FINES AND COSTS. THE WEB PAGE LISTS THE CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION AS THE LOCATION WHERE COMMUNITY SERVICE IS PERFORMED. THE APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE IS HIGHLIGHTED AND NOW IT'S BEEN ADDED. WE'VE UPDATED THE FORM AND WE'VE ADDED IT TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. EXCUSE ME TO THE COURT'S WEB PAGE. COMMUNITY SERVICE IS DONE BASICALLY ON A CASE BY CASE CONSIDERATION. THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT I LOOK AT, BUT AMONG THEM ARE ILLNESS, POVERTY, DISABILITY AND HARDSHIPS AND UNDUE BURDEN. COMMUNITY SERVICE MAY BE ASSIGNED TO SATISFY ALL OR PART OF THE FINE. SOMETIMES I HAVE DEFENDANTS WHO WANT TO PAY A PORTION AND WORK OFF A PORTION. THAT'S VERY RARE, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN. I HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME IN, AND I HAD A GUY COME IN THE OTHER DAY, HAD 86 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT HE WAS REQUIRED TO DO TO PAY OFF THE FINES. AND WHEN HE ACTUALLY HE JUST REALLY WANTED COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN TO THE CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION, HE DECIDED THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO DO. SO HE CAME BACK AND SUDDENLY HE DECIDED HE WOULD RATHER PAY THE FINES THAN DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL. EACH CASE IS A IT'S A TAILOR MADE SUIT. IF THE DEFENDANT QUALIFIES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, THEY MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE DUE TO CRIMINAL

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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR PARKER, YOU'RE YOU'RE BATTING A THOUSAND OVER HERE. I AM, I AM I HAVE ALL THESE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DID TRY TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT WHAT WAS ON THE WEBSITE. SO I DO WANT TO ASK IF, WHEN, WHEN THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE, HOW DID THE OUTREACH GO TO THE COMMUNITY? AND THEN SECONDLY, ON THE WORK PLAN, IT SHOWS THAT IT STARTED IN 2025, BUT THERE IS NO COMPLETION DATE. BUT I HEARD COMPLETION WHEN I WAS WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO YOU, I HEARD COMPLETION. SO IS THERE A COMPLETION DATE THAT SHOULD REALLY BE HERE THAT WE WOULD KNOW ABOUT? AND THEN SECOND, THEN LASTLY, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS ALREADY OUT ON THE WEBSITE OR THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, THE ONES YOU JUST ASKED, ARE THEY ALL OUT THERE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED, SO THEY'LL HAVE ANSWERS FOR THEM? I'M JUST ASKING. NO, MA'AM, THEY'RE NOT. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE APPLICATION IS ON THE WEB. FIRST OFF, TO ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION, IT IS COMPLETED. IT WAS COMPLETED THE WEEK AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL BROUGHT IT UP. I WENT BACK AND COMPARED OUR WEBSITE TO PLANO, FRISCO, DALLAS, EVEN. AND I THINK IF YOU WENT BACK AND LOOKED, YOU WOULD FIND THAT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE WEBSITE. EXCUSE ME, INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY SERVICE IS FAR MORE DETAILED AND FAR LONGER AND FAR MORE INFORMATIVE THAN ANY OF OUR SISTER CITIES IN THE ENTIRE METROPLEX. I WENT BACK AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAD THE FORMS ATTACHED TO IT, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS TOO ABOUT THE FORMS. THEY ARE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FORM THAT WE HAVE IS SERVES ALSO AS AN AFFIDAVIT FORM. IF THEY IF THEY'RE, THEY SAY I'M TOO POOR TO PAY THE FINE, THEN WE, WE, WE GIVE THEM THE FORM. I LOOK TO SEE IF THEY MEET THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AS A STARTING PLACE. AND THEN I INQUIRE FROM THERE WHAT I TEND TO DO IN TERMS OF YOU ASK, IS THAT ON THE WEBSITE, FOR INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO ASK? NO IT'S NOT. EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT. IF I WALKED YESTERDAY, I HAD SOMEBODY COME IN YESTERDAY, LAST, LAST FRIDAY I HAD SOMEONE COME IN WHO HAD CANCER AND IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THEY WERE SUFFERING PHYSICALLY. AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF INQUIRY ABOUT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, I WAIVED THE FINES AND COSTS, WHICH IS I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS JUST THEY'RE JUST STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE. THEY DON'T NEED THE ADDED PRESSURE OF MAKING A $50, $100 A MONTH PAYMENT. AND COMPASSIONATELY WE LET THOSE GO. IF IT'S AN UNDUE BURDEN OR UNDUE HARDSHIP. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO. THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT ME EVERY WHICH WAY THEY CAN TO AVOID TAKING CARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO TO PAY FOR THE CRIME THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED. AND SO WE I STRUGGLED WITH THOSE TWO.

AND I MAKE INQUIRIES ABOUT WHAT DO YOU, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WORK? DO YOU NOT WORK? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING IS WITH A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. NO INSURANCE I HAVE IT IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST NUMBER NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT WE WRITE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WRITES, AND THEY ARE FILED IN MY COURT. I HAVE LONG HELD THE POSITION THAT IF YOU HAVE A NO INSURANCE TICKET AND YOU REQUEST COMMUNITY SERVICE, THAT I'LL DO MY INTERVIEW LIKE I ALWAYS DO, AND THEN I WILL ASK THEM OR I WILL TELL THEM, OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU COMMUNITY SERVICE. EVEN IF IT'S CLOSE. I GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM COMMUNITY SERVICE, BUT I TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONVICTED. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM A DEFERRED DISPOSITION, WHICH IS WHAT I GIVE EVERYBODY. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A DEFERRED DISPOSITION IF YOU TAKE IF YOU DO COMMUNITY SERVICE TO SATISFY THE $386 FINE, AND THEY'LL ASK WHAT THAT MEANS, AND I WILL TELL THEM THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY NO, THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR DRIVING PRIVILEGES. THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LETTER FROM THE

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WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE MINT FOUNDATION HAVE? THE CITIZENS WHO ARE PERFORMING THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE DOING? DO YOU KNOW, SHE BREAKS IT DOWN. SHE HAS SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DO. IF I HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DO PHYSICAL LABOR, I'LL SEND THEM OVER THERE AND SHE'LL HAVE A JOB THAT THEY CAN DO SITTING DOWN GREETING PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN THE DOOR. SHE HAS THE MOVING BOXES IN THE BACK. THOSE WHO CAN DO PHYSICAL LABOR. I'VE HAD I'VE HAD HER MOVE FOOD, FOOD CARTONS AROUND WHEN SHE WAS GIVING OUT FOOD. A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS. OKAY. AND YOU CHOSE THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT'S A 500 AND 1C3, OR WAS THERE ANY RHYME OR REASON AROUND IT? ORIGINALLY IT WAS BECAUSE SHE CAME AND TALKED TO ME AND I WENT DOWN AND VISITED WITH THEM. AT ONE POINT, THE CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION HAD A BOXING PROGRAM, AND I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, VISITED THE PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES THEY HAD. THAT KIND OF WENT TO THE WAYSIDE. AND THEN I JUST I FOUND MISS, I FOUND MISS FRAZIER AND THE ORGANIZATION TO BE CREDIBLE AND INTERESTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. DO YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO EXPAND BEYOND JUST HER, CONSIDERING IF FOLKS WHO CANNOT MEET THE DEMANDS OF WHAT SHE HAS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, WILL THERE BE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS? DO I HAVE ANY DESIRE? I HAVE A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM THAT

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AND THANK YOU. AND SO MY FINAL COMMENT IS ALONG THE LINES OF THE POVERTY GUIDELINES SAY THAT FOR ONE, A ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD, IT'S 15,000 AND $15,650 FOR A HOUSEHOLD WITH TWO. IT'S 21,000 AND $150,000. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE AS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES AND POSSIBILITY OF A RECESSION AND INFLATION, TARIFFS, ETC, I WOULD SAY THAT THE COMMENT YOU MADE REGARDING YOUR CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING WHO WOULD BE WHO QUALIFIES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WHO DOESN'T, MAY NEED TO BE REEVALUATED. CONSIDERING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY WHO ARE MAKING 50 TO $60,000, AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR A TAX RETURN FOR THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT THAT ALSO DOESN'T TALK TO ANYONE WHO'S RAN INTO FINANCIAL DEBT IN THE MOST RECENT TIME FRAME. THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE. AND THEN LASTLY, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL DURING A SUMMER RETREAT, I BELIEVE, BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. AND IN THAT RETREAT, THIS COUNCIL ASKED THAT IT BE ADVERTISED THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE SO THAT RESIDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASSUME THAT IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. SHOULD THEY COME BEFORE YOUR COURT. I STRUGGLE WITH WITH YOU NOT GOING THROUGH WITH THAT BASED ON YOUR OWN PREFERENCE AND NOT WHAT THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS ASKED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND OR DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS AVAILABLE. SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS THIS. THIS IS THIS IS DUE TO THE WORK OF ASKING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AND THEN IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST NOT GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL ENVISIONED FOR IT TO GO. AND THAT WAS TO BE ADVERTISED.

IT'S ADVERTISED ON OUR WEB PAGE. IT'S I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE WEEK AFTER COUNCILMAN RAPHAEL ASKED ABOUT IT, I PUT IT UP AND THEN I WENT BACK AGAIN AND I ADDED MORE INFORMATION TO IT. I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYONE AT COMMUNITY SERVICE. IS IT IS IT IS A CONSTANT CONVERSATION IN THE COURT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COME IN AND ASK ABOUT CONSTANTLY, AND THEY ASK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO. CAN THEY DO COMMUNITY SERVICE? I'M ALWAYS LOOKING BECAUSE IF YOU I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT I FULFILL THOSE EXPECTATIONS. YOU ASKED AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PLACES TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT I CAN THAT I THINK WILL BE WILL THAT I CAN FUND FUNNEL TO COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THIS THEIR PROGRAMS VIABLE. IF I SEND FIVE PEOPLE TO ONE ORGANIZATION AND, AND I DON'T SEND ANY TO ANOTHER, THEY STARVE FOR PEOPLE. THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT FOR A WHILE.

IT JUST IT'S JUST HIT AND MISS IF I FUND THEM, FUNNEL THEM ALL TO, TO A PLACE WHERE I KNOW THAT I'M GETTING A FORM BACK, WE VERIFY IT. THAT'S THESE PEOPLE DID THE WORK. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, I HEAR I GET A PHONE CALL THAT WE DIDN'T ADMIT THIS PERSON. HERE'S WHY I QUITE FRANKLY, COUNCIL MEMBER I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I KNOW TO DO TO PLEASE THE COUNCIL COUNCIL'S DESIRE FOR A VIBRANT COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM. I DO IT EVERY DAY. DID IT TODAY. LET PEOPLE IN

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ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, DID YOU FILE A TAX RETURN? YES. NO NO NO NO NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YES. THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK YOUR PEOPLE. BUT THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

ANOTHER QUESTION, ANOTHER STATEMENT YOU MADE WAS SOME PEOPLE CAN PAY. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO PAY. RIGHT. SO MY I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS SOMETIMES WHEN WE SAY THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WE'RE TEETERING, TOTTERING ON THE ON THE CUSP OF BEING BIASED. AND WE DON'T WANT TO APPEAR THAT WAY. BECAUSE IF YOU ASKED ME THAT QUESTION AND DIDN'T ASK THE NEXT PERSON, WHICH IS WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT WOULD, I WOULD BE OFFENDED. RIGHT? SO AND YOU CAN'T LOOK AT A PERSON AND KIND OF ASK THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS. SO AGAIN, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS. SO WE THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH ME. AND I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. OKAY. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. JUDGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FOR THIS ITEM. I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION I DID ASK ABOUT THE FORM. THE FORM SEEMS TO BE A DOWNLOADABLE FORM, AND I GET THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING IT A DOWNLOADABLE FORM. YES, MA'AM. IS THERE NO WAY TO MAKE THAT A FILLABLE FORM? YOU MEAN ONLINE? YEAH, I SUPPOSE THERE IS. I JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT. WELL, THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TITLE OF THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS PLAN, IT SAYS ENHANCE, ENHANCE THE WEBSITE. AND IT FEELS DOESN'T FEEL ENHANCED TO ME. AND I DO FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST FILL THE FORM OUT RIGHT THERE ONLINE. THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IF THOSE CAN BE ADDED SOMEWHERE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR, THE TYPES OF THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR FACTS OR WHATEVER, AND IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IS GETTING THE SAME TAKE OR THE SAME OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WILL, TO DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

JUDGE, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SORRY. YES, JUDGE I'M SORRY. I HAD THIS

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I'VE MET WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WANT ME TO SEND YOUNG PEOPLE TO THEIR ORGANIZATION TO DO. AND I GUESS WHAT COMMUNITY SERVICE, COUNSELING, A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS. I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS, DO WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A SOP, A PROCESS OF SOMETHING SPELLED OUT, HEY, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR OR WE'RE NOT OPEN SOMETHING A PROCESS OTHER THAN I GAVE I MADE A PHONE CALL. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, I GUESS. I MADE A PHONE CALL. NO. I'M SORRY.

SORRY? YOU'RE SAYING I SAID I MADE A PHONE CALL? THAT'S OKAY. I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. ESSENTIALLY, YOU MET WITH WHETHER YOU CONTACTED THEM OR. NO. THEY CAME TO THE COURT. THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT. I MET WITH THEM WITH MY COURT MANAGER AND MY JUVENILE CASE MANAGER, AND WE LISTENED TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. I LOOKED AT ALL THEIR PROGRAM, ASKED THE QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WOULD COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE AND THE YOUTH DIVERSION, THE NEW YOUTH DIVERSION LAW, AND THEY HAVE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW IS POPULATE. POPULATE THESE VARIOUS PROGRAMS. AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS WITH YOUTH DIVERSION. THESE CASES ONLY APPLY TO CASES THAT HAVE THAT OCCUR. OFFENSES THAT OCCURRED AFTER JANUARY OR JANUARY 1ST GOING FORWARD. THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T HAVE THAT MANY. FORTUNATELY, JUVENILE CASES THAT GO FORWARD FROM FROM JANUARY 1ST. SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS SO REAL QUICK, MY POINTED QUESTION REALLY IS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS IT RELATES TO YOUR YOUTH PROGRAM, BUT JUST GENERIC. RIGHT NOW WE ONLY USE MINT FOUNDATION IF THERE WAS ANOTHER FOUNDATION THAT WANTED TO COME, IS THE PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU IS DO WE? I WOULD LIKE THE CITY FOR US TO GET TO THE PLACE OF IF IT'S IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IT'S WRITTEN. IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S SUBJECTIVE, BUT IT'S OBJECTIVE INFORMATION FACE FORWARD. THE INTERVIEW IS THE INTERVIEW. I UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE, BUT I WAS JUST ASKING IF WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S WRITTEN. NO WE DON'T. COULD WE GET TO THE PLACE OF JUST BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, COUNCIL MEMBER I'M THE JUDGE. I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHERE, WHAT PROGRAM THEY GO TO AND WHAT THE JUDGE. BUT AS THE CITY, IF WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, THAT'S JUST PLAIN WHERE PEOPLE CAN START. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S REALLY HOW THIS CAME ABOUT. AND HAVING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, JUST IN WRITING, JUST SO PEOPLE CAN WEAR IT, DOESN'T FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS SUBJECTIVE. AND THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO GET TO. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS RELATED TO LANGUAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COLLECT DATA, IF THE PEOPLE WHO COME IN, BUT ARE YOU SEEING THAT WE HAVE LANGUAGE BARRIERS OR ANYTHING, AND DO WE HAVE THINGS TRANSLATABLE INTO THE PRIMARY, YOU KNOW, IF SPANISH IS THE DOMINANT SECOND LANGUAGE THAT'S SPOKEN IN THE COURTS, DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE APPROACH THAT? I SPEAK TO THEM IN SPANISH. YOU SPEAK TO THEM IN SPANISH. OKAY. DO WE HAVE DOCUMENTATIONS IN WRITING IN SPANISH AS WELL? THEY HAVE I HAVE THEIR MAGISTRATE WARNINGS, CONDITIONS OF BOND. ANY ANY TIME I TALK WITH SOMEONE THAT REQUIRES A SPANISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, I PROVIDE IT. BUT OUR OUR DOCUMENTS ARE OUR JUDGMENTS. OUR PLEA FORMS ARE IN ENGLISH, AND I GO OVER THEIR RIGHTS WITH THEM FROM THE BENCH WHEN APPROPRIATE, AS APPROPRIATE. AND FOR EXAMPLE, IN FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES, THERE'S AN EXTRA WARNING THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO, AND I GIVE THAT TO THEM ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WHEN NEEDED. OKAY. THANK YOU JUDGE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU JUDGE. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE CONVERT MAN'S FARM INTO A HIGHER VALUE COMMUNITY ASSET, INCLUDING A HOME FOR THE ARTS. OKAY, SO SINCE THE LAST MEETING, WE DO HAVE JUST ONE SMALL UPDATE THAT OUR REQUEST FOR BIDS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CREATED AND WE ARE JUST WAITING ON ADDITIONAL SIGNING OFF ON DOCUMENTS REGARDING RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

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THAT'S I THINK THEY PUT THAT OUT LAST FRIDAY. YES, MA'AM. THE THIRD, THE THIRD EXTENSION.

OKAY. IT'S OUT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION EITHER LAST FRIDAY OR THIS FRIDAY. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK. OKAY. IT'S ONE OF THESE FRIDAYS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS.

SORRY. WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT? I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO. I'LL GET IT TO YOU BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY? NEXT, WE WILL HAVE MISS HEATHER COME UP AND SHE WILL START WITH EXPLORE LITTLE LIBRARIES PROGRAM THAT INVOLVES SPONSORS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDES MAINTENANCE CONCERNS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. SO EXPLORE A LITTLE LIBRARIES PROGRAM THAT INVOLVES SPONSORS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDES MAINTENANCE CONCERNS.

SO RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PLACE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AT KIVA PARK. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE IN BRIARWOOD AND ONE IN ERNIE ROBERTS. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS TO IDENTIFY PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

AND SO OUR CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON TEEN MENTORING, MENTAL HEALTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. BY COLLABORATING WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S PROVIDED ADDITIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE THE LIBRARY AND HAS GIVEN THE LIBRARY TEAM AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE BOTH OF THESE BY QUARTER FOUR. HOWEVER, THE PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. AND THE RESOURCES ARE JUST PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH DESOTO PARKS AND REC, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MISS MCENTEE COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT IS APPRECIATED THAT WE HAVE LITTLE LIBRARIES EVERYWHERE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ACTUAL. IF YOU YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS ONE IN ERNIE, ONE IN BRIARWOOD.

OKAY. SO YOU GOT THOSE TWO? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE COMING. YES. IS THERE ANY IS THERE A PLAN FOR MORE THAN JUST THOSE THREE? WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT YET. OKAY. SO THAT'S NOT A PART OF THIS. NO, THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS RIGHT NOW. IT'S KIVA I TALKED WITH WITH PARKS AND REC TEAM AND THEY SAID THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT PARK THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS AT. BUT WE'RE I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO LOOKING AT OTHER PARKS. AND THEN THE SPONSORSHIP ITSELF, THE WORD YOU USE THE WORD SPONSORSHIP. SO WHO WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL AS FAR AS SO BASICALLY WE AT THE LIBRARY, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME BOOKS FROM OUR DISCARDED MATERIALS. WE I DO WORK WITH A WITH A RESIDENT CURRENTLY WHO HELPS OUT WITH THE ONE AT BRIARWOOD AND THE ONE AT ERNIE ROBERTS. AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE ALSO SEE IF THERE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE THAT WOULD MAYBE LIKE TO HELP OUT WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, BY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY, THAT IT'S FULLY STOCKED. IF IT'S NOT, THEY COME TO ME AND WE PROVIDE MORE BOOKS. OKAY. SO THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION WAS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ADOPT A STREET, WE HAVE THE ADOPT ALL THAT. AND SO THE WAY THAT IT'S DENOTED THAT SOMEONE HAS ADOPTED IT, IT HAS A SIGNAGE OF SOME SORT. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ADOPT THAT LITTLE LIBRARY? CAN THEY ADOPT THE LIBRARY AND BE THAT PERSON WHO GETS THEIR NAME PUT ON THE LIBRARY? I'M JUST ASKING. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT AT ANY OF THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES AROUND, BUT I COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF THAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE. THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. YOU SAID YOU HAD NOT COME UP WITH THE NEXT LIBRARY TO HAVE THE PARK TO

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WE COULD PUT ONE POSSIBLY AT THE SENIOR CENTER, YOU KNOW, PLACES LIKE THAT. BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST AND TALK WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I SUGGEST WE DO THAT.

NO, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL IDEA, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH DESOTO ISD AND A GOOD EFFORT IN US TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CITY MANAGER, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR ADOPTING A BOOK OR ADOPTING A LIBRARY. AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES. HEATHER IS WORKING DILIGENTLY ON ON FIGURING OUT, UPDATING THE LIBRARY ITSELF. AND SO THERE WOULD BE A TYPE OF A WALL OF HONOR OR A TYPE OF A WALL OF RECOGNITION OF, OF FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US ON UPDATING THE LIBRARY. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND AGAIN, HEATHER IS ACTUALLY SECURING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIBRARY AND PHILANTHROPIST COMMUNITY. THAT IS THAT IS BEING TARGETED RIGHT NOW. SO GREAT JOB. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MCENTEE. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL BUSINESS PLAN ITEM. OKAY. THAT'S ALSO ME. AND SO THE LAST ONE HERE IS DETERMINE AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION. SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS TO RESEARCH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. AND THE SECOND PART IS TO COORDINATE THESE RESOURCES TO COMMUNICATE WITH DESOTO RESIDENTS. SO THE LIBRARY TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED LOCAL BANKS, CREDIT UNIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AS RESOURCES. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE PAMPHLETS AND BOOKMARKS HIGHLIGHTING FINANCIAL LITERACY RESOURCES FROM THE FTC. AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT ALL PUBLIC SERVICE LOCATIONS 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. THE FIRST ONE IS QUARTER FOUR AND THE SECOND ONE IS QUARTER TWO, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE RESOURCES ARE MAINLY PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH BANKS, CREDIT UNIONS, OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, AND OF COURSE, OUR OWN RESOURCES WITHIN THE LIBRARY. SO OUR DIGITAL MATERIALS FROM LIBBY, WHICH IS OVERDRIVE, HOOPLA AND BOUNDLESS FROM THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND OUR PRINT MATERIALS. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? WELL, MISS MCCARTY, I GUESS YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. YOU LEFT US SPEECHLESS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, DOCTOR. WILLIAMS. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. SO I DID GET AN UPDATE AND THE RFP WAS ACTUALLY PUT OUT LAST FRIDAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE

[e. Presentation of update on Code Enforcement and Animal Control Services]

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIZENS OF DESOTO. I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, AND HOW THOSE THINGS ALIGN WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO'S BUSINESS PLAN. THE PURPOSE. THE

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BEING A MODEL COMMUNITY THROUGH THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PLANS WILL DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS. BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CALL UP OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, MICHELLE GRIMALDO, AND SHE WILL MAKE A JUST A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO MISS MARY WHITE, FRIENDS OF THE TRI CITY SHELTER. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. I AM AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, MICHELLE ROMOALDO. AND TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE THE FRIENDS OF THE TRI CITY ANIMAL SHELTER. ON JANUARY 30TH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD OUR WILDLIFE TOWN HALL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY RECORDED AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE FOR CITIZENS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT LOCAL WILDLIFE. IT IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THEM. IT HAS INFO ON EGRETS, COYOTES, BOBCATS, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET ME GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE TRI CITY ANIMAL SHELTER, THE FRIENDS OF THE TRI CITY ANIMAL SHELTER. IT IS A 500 AND 1C3 GROUP. THEY ARE A NONPROFIT.

THEY'VE HELPED OUT WITH SEVERAL PROJECTS. WHEN THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF FUNDING TO HELP OUT OUR RESIDENT ANIMAL POPULATION HERE, FROM A HALF $1 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO CONSTRUCT THE LIFE SAVING AND LEARNING CENTER TO ANOTHER $50,000 CAMPAIGN TO INSTALL A LIFESAVING X RAY MACHINE THERE. THIS YEAR, THEY HELPED US OUT WITH THE GENEROUS DONATION TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT THAT HELPED US PURCHASE MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR HUMANE HANDLING AND FOR OFFICER SAFETY. WHEN IT COMES TO ANIMALS. ON THAT JANUARY 30TH MEETING, WE DID PRESENT THEM A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A MOMENT FOR MISS MARY WHITE TO COME UP AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY WELCOME. THE MUCH NEEDED DONATION THAT THEY GAVE TO US, MISS MARY WHITE. I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT THIS LADY RIGHT HERE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OF CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY'RE THE FOLKS.

WHEN YOU SEE A STRAY ANIMAL SOMEPLACE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I NEED TO CALL MICHELLE. I NEED TO CALL CHAD. I NEED TO CALL. AND ABSOLUTELY FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYONE THAT WORKS AT THAT SHELTER IS A FIRST RESPONDER. I WOULD SO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO YOUR TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND JUST YOU CAN SPEND 15 MINUTES THERE, AND YOU WILL BE SO GRATEFUL THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THAT SHELTER AND YOU ARE NOT WORKING THERE. I WILL STAND THERE AND SEE PEOPLE UPON PEOPLE BRINGING IN ANIMALS THAT THEY'RE EITHER SURRENDERING. I'M TIRED OF THEM AND BLAH, OR THEY'VE FOUND THEM ALONG THE WAY. AND OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS FIND THEM. JUST ABSOLUTELY. I CANNOT PUT ENOUGH PRAISE ON ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF TO THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THE FRIENDS ARE PRIVILEGED TO SUPPORT THEM.

WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND OUR GOAL IS WHEN THE SHELTER AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SAY WE NEED, THEN OUR GOAL, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO HELP THEM. ONE OF OUR BIG TIME GOALS CONSTANTLY SINCE 2013 HAS BEEN THAT EVERY ANIMAL THAT LEAVES THAT SHELTER IS SPAYED AND NEUTERED. DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S A RABBIT OR WHETHER IT'S A GOAT, WHETHER IT'S A DOG, WHETHER IT'S A CAT. BECAUSE IF WE DO THAT, THEN IT HELPS STOP THAT. CONSTANT KITTIES AND PUPPIES THAT YOU OR CHICKENS OR GOATS OR WHATEVER THAT YOU ARE BRINGING IN. SO ABSOLUTELY HATS OFF. HATS OFF TO THEM. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT MAY 3RD ON YOUR CALENDAR. THAT'S A SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 2. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR MOST CURRENT RECENT PROJECT, THE SHELTER DOG. EXERCISE YARDS ARE GOING TO BE OPENED, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THOSE. AND THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT, BECAUSE ALL THOSE SHELTER DOGS THAT DON'T, THEY GET OUT TWICE A DAY, BUT THIS WILL BE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT WITHOUT A

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SO IF IT'S A DOG THAT IS YOUNG, IS PROBABLY STRONG AND ENERGETIC AND IT'S LIKE, LET'S GO, THEN THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT THAT WITH SOMEONE THAT IS PREPARED FOR THAT. AND IF THEY HAVE SOME DOG THAT THEY KNOW WILL BE A LITTLE SNARKY, A LITTLE STRESSED FROM BEING IN THE SHELTER, THEN THEY'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT AND THEY WILL BE CHOOSE CAREFULLY ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CITY COUNCIL. MAYOR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU.

OKAY, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I'M SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY FOR ME OR MISS FOR YOU. OH. YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. SO. SO I AM THE LIAISON FOR TRI CITY. AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD JUST TRYING TO GET THE SCHEDULE. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT THE SCHEDULE HAS MOVED AROUND IN THE PAST, BUT COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THE MEETINGS? THAT'S ONE. AND DO WE NEED TO APPOINT IS OUR SEAT FIELD. DO WE NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE SO DESOTO OR DO WE EVEN DO THAT? WHICH MEETINGS? I'M SORRY. TRI CITY. THE ADVISORY MEETING. THE ADVISORY BOARD. SO I AM NOT A PART OF THE ADVISORY BOARD. I CAN SPEAK I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE MET MISS TAMMY MILLER.

SHE IS THE MANAGER OVER THE SHELTER. ALL. OH, LAURA WELSH. OKAY. LAURA WELSH, SHE IS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER AT THE TRI CITY ANIMAL SHELTER. IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GET YOU HER EMAIL ADDRESS. THAT WAY YOU CAN GET IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH HER AND SHE CAN GIVE YOU ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. OKAY, IF YOU COULD, IF Y'ALL CAN SEND THAT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, THAT'D BE GREAT. YES, MA'AM. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WASHINGTON. I THINK IT'S BACK IN YOUR HANDS. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE OUTLINE OF OUR PRESENTATION. THE MISSION IS FOR THE CITY IS TO COMMITS TO PROVIDE TO ITS CITIZENS THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES THROUGH CONSTANT PRODUCTIVITY, PERSISTENT ADVANCEMENT WHILE FOSTERING INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, INCLUSIVENESS AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. DESOTO WILL BE THE MODEL COMMUNITY FOR AMERICA, GIVING FAMILIES AND COMMERCE VISION TO COME AND A REASON TO

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ENHANCES COMMUNITY PRIDE, PROMOTES SAFETY, WELL-BEING, AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY'S VISION OF A MODEL COMMUNITY. AND ALONG WITH THAT, ANIMAL CONTROL IS THE SAME. AS WE ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY QUALITY OF LIFE. WE SUPPORT COMPASSIONATE CARE, FOSTER ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP. GO AHEAD. SO HOW DO WE ALIGN WITH THE BUSINESS PLAN? THOSE THINGS WILL INCLUDE HOW WE BUILD TRUST AND INCREASE AWARENESS AND HENCE THE IMAGE INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. ESTABLISH A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND DATA DRIVEN OUTREACH FOR TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AND TO MEASURE SUCCESS. SO HOW HOW HAVE WE GONE ABOUT ATTEMPTING TO BUILD TRUST AND INCREASE AWARENESS? WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO LAUNCH SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTRODUCE OUR TEAM, PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANTED TO GET RIDE ALONGS WITH OUR CODE AND COUNCIL. AND WE ALSO WANTED TO START AN INITIATIVE WHERE WE WALK AND TALK WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. WE WANT TO ENHANCE OUR IMAGE INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. HOW DID WE DO THAT? WE GOT TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND DECIDED TO UPDATE OUR MISSION STATEMENTS, AND WE CREATED NEW SLOGANS FOR CODE AND ANIMAL CONTROL. THAT BEING FOR CODE IS KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. COMPLIANCE IS KEY FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. IT IS. IT IS CARE, CONTROL, COMMUNITY AND COMPASSION. WE HAVE. WE WANTED TO INSTALL A MORALE WALL IN OUR HALLWAY OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL. WE WANTED TO UPDATE SOME SOME MATERIALS, GIVE MORE VISUALLY APPEALING MATERIALS THAT WOULD HAVE A VARIOUS AND EXPLAIN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CODE AND ANIMAL CONTROL. WHO TO CONTACT. DIFFERENT FAQS. LAUNCH SOME PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, AND FIND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN NOTIFY OUR CITIZENS ON CERTAIN THINGS. AND ALSO, WE WANTED TO HAVE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS ANIMAL CONTROL OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE YEAR. THAT WILL BE ALSO ESTABLISH A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. HOW WILL WE DO THAT? HOW WILL WE DO THOSE THINGS? BY HAVING SOME TRAINING. WE DID. WE DID SOME IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROVIDED BY OUR HR. FOR NUMBER ONE, WE HAD CUSTOMER SERVICE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. AND THEN ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE ALREADY IN THIS PAST SIX MONTHS, HAVE RECEIVED SOME ADVANCED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS IN CODE AND ANIMAL CONTROL. WE WANTED TO ALSO HAVE EXPAND, I WILL SAY, SOME YOUTH ENGAGEMENTS WITH OUR ELEMENTARY, AND WE WANT TO START. WE WANT TO START SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE TO CODE FROM FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER DAY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE CULT CLASSIC THE BREAKFAST CLUB. THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD MEET ONCE THEY GOT IN TROUBLE AND THEY HAD TO GO. THEY HAD TO GO SATURDAY MORNINGS TO A CLASS TO LEARN, TO LEARN, TO LEARN BETTER WAYS TO, TO HANDLE WHAT'S GOING ON. WELL, SO THAT'S THAT THERE IS A PLAY ON THAT. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS DEVELOP A, A CODE CLASS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CITATIONS AND FINES FOR CERTAIN CODE, FOR CERTAIN CODE INFRACTIONS AND ANIMAL CONTROL INFRACTIONS. SO IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING THAT I HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OPTION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY HAD KNOWN ABOUT WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. AND, AND THIS IS IN THE THIS IS KIND OF IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. AND WE PLAN TO HAVE THAT DONE BEFORE OCTOBER. IN SPEAKING WITH CHIEF COSTA, HE UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT AND WE'RE TRYING TO JUST PUT IT IN PLACE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, WHERE IT WILL BE. WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE. IF IT, YOU KNOW, NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE IN OUR POLICE TRAINING FACILITY, EVEN OPENING IT UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME TO CLASS AND LEARN SOME THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST THOSE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THAT FURTHER ALSO. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA DRIVEN OUTREACH FOR TARGETED

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GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THIS SYSTEM IS REALLY DRIVEN A LOT AS FAR AS CONFIGURATION BY THE EMPLOYEES. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT.

WE'RE AT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. OUR CONFIGURATION IS ABOUT AT 85%. AND FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSE FOR RENTAL IT'S ABOUT 98%. AND WE'RE TRYING WE'RE ALSO TYLER HAS CONTRACTED WITH A COMPANY TO WORK ON DATA CONVERSION. THEY FINISHED THE FIRST PASS, WHICH WE MET LAST TUESDAY, TO GO OVER SOME ERRORS THAT THEY WERE SEEING. AND. THEY'RE THEY'RE AT AT PRESENT THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ON THOSE ERRORS AND GETTING PREPARED FOR OUR SECOND PASS. SO BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS TAKING OUR LEGACY DATA CURRENTLY IN OUR GO GO SYSTEM AND IN OUR OUR WORK SYSTEM. AND MASSAGING IT AND TRYING TO MAKE IT FIT INTO THE TYLER SYSTEM. YES. AND I JUST I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE VISIBLE FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO SEE JUST EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CODE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR PATROL DISTRICTS FOR MORE FOR TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, OUR COMPLIANCE RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ONCE WE ONCE WE WORK ON ON THOSE THINGS, ONCE WE CONTINUE OUR, OUR, OUR CONFIGURATIONS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO TYLER ABOUT AND, AND CITY MANAGER AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET THOSE THOSE THINGS WORKING FOR YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST SIX, SIX MONTHS WAS AGAIN, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR INSTALLATION OF OUR MORALE WALL, KIND OF REALLY NEEDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS HAS THAT HAS ACTUALLY KIND OF BEEN A CULTURE SHIFT, I THINK IN OUR IN OUR, IN OUR DEPARTMENT. I HAVE RECEIVED LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE, HOW IT HAS PROFESSIONALIZED OUR OUR DEPARTMENT. IT'S OUR MISSION STATEMENTS, OUR SLOGANS ARE ON THE WALL. AND AS A REMINDER, ALONG WITH OUR STAFF PICTURES, JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING EVERY DAY. IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST CREATES A NICE SENSE OF PRIDE. SO WE'VE DONE THAT. YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE SOME NEW MATERIALS AROUND THE CITY, YOU KNOW, LAYING AROUND AROUND THE CITY THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION ON THERE. WE COMPLETED OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SOP MANUAL. IF ANYBODY HAS EVER HAD TO DO THAT, THAT IS A LOT OF WORK. WE STARTED ON THAT LAST YEAR. WE COMPLETED IT THIS YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL ANIMAL CONTROL GROUP. AND WE HAVE WE FOUND OURSELVES IN A PLACE WHERE WE

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AND WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE USING THAT PLATFORM TO NOTIFY CITIZENS ON CERTAIN THINGS WE SEE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CALLS THAT MIGHT COME IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT JUST TO, YOU KNOW, HELPFUL TIPS AND INFORMATION. WE HAD WE HAD 100%. WE'VE HAD 100% OF OUR STAFF COMPLETE A PREDICTIVE INDEX TRAINING. I DO APPRECIATE HR FOR PROVIDING THAT. VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL ON WHO WE ARE AS A GROUP, HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, HOW WE COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE LEARN. VERY HELPFUL TO GEL AS A TEAM. I SUGGESTED FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO HASN'T DONE IT, WE HAVE AGAIN, WE COMPLETED ALL THAT SOFTWARE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ANGIE AND I HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. OUR PLAN IS TO UP WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AS A GROUP TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HOW WE BOLSTER THAT PROGRAM, AND SO FAR AS WHETHER THAT IS TO EDIT OUR ORDINANCE OR, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO DO TO COMPLETE OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR BREAKFAST CLUB. THE ALTERNATIVE, THE EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVE. WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A ANIMAL CONTROL SHOW AND TELL, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EVENT FOR THE FIRST ONE. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT A BETTER, A BETTER THIS YEAR. AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON OUR TYLER CONVERSIONS. IS THERE ANYTHING ANY ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM I THINK THAT SHE TURNED ON HER LIGHT FIRST, MADAM MAYOR. PARKINSON'S, I HI.

COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CREATING SUCH AN OUTREACH, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THE FACEBOOK AN ACTUAL, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE FABULOUS ADDITION TO THE OUTREACH THAT WAS ALREADY PRESENT. BUT NOW PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOME THINGS, AND I DO SEE THAT LEVEL OF GETTING PEOPLE AWARE OF SPECIFIC THINGS THAT CODE IS DOING THAT IS EXPECTING US AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I LOVE IT. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. I APPRECIATE THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO ONE OF YOUR VISITS. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, FOR FIRST SETTING IT OFF. AND THEN WE WENT AND WE ALL THREE OF US HAVE HAD A VISIT WITH YOU ALL. AND I MANAGED TO HAVE THAT THIS PAST WEEK, AND I APPRECIATED MISTER KING AND HIS THOROUGHNESS. THANK YOU. LET ME SAY THAT THOROUGHNESS IN HIS DRIVE THROUGH FOR THAT TWO HOURS, THAT TWO HOURS WENT BY A LOT QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO, BECAUSE, I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY, I DIDN'T GET TO ALL THE STREETS THAT I WANTED TO GET TO BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I DO WANT TO ALSO MENTION YOU SAID THE BREAKFAST CLUB. DON'T MAKE IT TOO FUN NOW. OKAY. YOU KNOW THE BREAKFAST.

NO, NO, NO, THAT WAS FUN. YEAH, THAT MOVIE WAS FUN. BUT THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS I AM AN IT, YOU KNOW, PERSON THAT I'M ALWAYS GOING TO TALK ABOUT DATA. AND SO IF WE WERE TALKING IN TERMS OF MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT FOLLOW THROUGH, I KNOW THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF LOSING DATA WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM. BASED ON WHAT SHE SAID. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS WILL WILL CATCH THAT PART BACK UP. BUT MOVING FORWARD, ANY DATA KNOWING IF YOU HAVE SOME REPEAT OFFENDERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT TESTING. SO. OKAY, REPEATED OFFENDERS. YEAH. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOSE DATA YOU DON'T KNOW WHO ACTUALLY DID A THING. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF IT'S IN THE TITLE SYSTEM, SOME DATA BEING LOST FROM THE OLD SYSTEM. SO YOU DON'T KNOW THE ENTIRE TRAIL, RIGHT, OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE DONE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE YOU'RE STARTING BRAND NEW IF YOU'RE LOSING TOO MUCH DATA. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS OF THE DATA BEING LOST GOING BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS BECAUSE SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE DATA BEING MOVED OVER AND HAVING TO BE LOS. YEAH. AND ACTUALLY WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN THE NEW SYSTEM AS FAR AS THE CONVERSION. SO. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE DATA.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING IT LOADED FOR US TO LOOK AT. SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU. THANK YOU AND ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO SINCE YOU'RE TAKING ON THIS ROLE. IT'S QUITE BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE WATCHED. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THE EGRETS. YOU'RE WELCOME. I HAVEN'T DONE MY DRIVE BY YET.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A RESIDENT THAT WAS SEVERELY IMPACTED BY IT AND I SEE HIM LITERALLY EVERY SUNDAY, AND HE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THOSE EGRETS. SO WHAT MY QUESTION TO YOU WAS AROUND DURING MY PATROL. I WAS CURIOUS IF TYLER TECHNOLOGIES HAS ANY ADVANCEMENTS FROM THE USER FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AS FAR AS MORE ADVANCED AND NOT MAKING THEM HAVE TO. I GUESS, TOGGLE BETWEEN SYSTEM LIKE OR LIKE THEIR INPUT PROCESS TO MAKE THAT, BECAUSE MY MIND ALWAYS GOES TO EFFICIENCY. AND SO AS I WAS AS I WAS WATCHING MR. KING, WHO IS AN AMAZING JEWEL TO OUR CITY, THANK YOU. I JUST NOTICED THERE WAS A LOT OF STEPS. AND WHEN I SEE A LOT OF STEPS, I'M LIKE, OH, HOW DO WE SIMPLIFY THAT AND AUTOMATE SOME AREAS OR TO WHERE THAT IS JUST A DROP DOWN OR SOMETHING'S HAPPENING WHERE IT'S FASTER? TIME TO TURN AROUND AND MOVE OUT TO THE NEXT RIGHT. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT I ALSO NOTICED IS THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE SAW THE SAME TYPE OF VIOLATION, LIKE IT WAS A CLUSTER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST BY HAPPENSTANCE. HOWEVER, IN YOUR IN YOUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, DO DO YOU ALSO CONNECT MAYBE WITH THE HOA'S IN DOING MAYBE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SIDE OF DOCTOR WILLIAMS AREA TO WHERE IF THERE'S A CLUSTER IDENTIFIED, THERE'S A COMMUNICATION OUT TO MAYBE TWO FURTHER COMMUNICATE OR WARN RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. WE'RE SEEING THIS COULD YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT IF IT'S A STRING OF HOUSES THAT JUST DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN THE BACK, THAT IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE PROACTIVELY TRYING TO GET YOU. RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS A PART OF OUR CODE, THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. CORRECT. AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO INVESTIGATE WITH TYLER, REALLY AT THE I THINK, INFANCY STAGE ABOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN GET ON THIS PARTICULAR DASHBOARD AND HOW WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE THINGS, IT SEEMED FAIRLY BASIC. I WILL WARN ABOUT THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IF WE AS A CITY DECIDE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, PAST WHAT TYLER CAN PROVIDE. BUT I DO THINK WITHOUT PUTTING MR. HICKLIN ON THE SPOT, WE DO WANT TO WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT MAYBE HOW WE CAN USE SOME MAPPING AND THINGS AND HOW THAT CAN HELP US IDENTIFY CERTAIN CERTAIN CODE VIOLATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND MAYBE THAT CAN HELP WITH THE TARGETED ENFORCEMENT ASPECT AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? OH, NO. OKAY. AND YOU MENTIONED BRIEFLY STAFFING AND WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHICH IS AMAZING. I KNOW WE'VE REALLY HAD TO FIGHT TO HAVE THAT. THOSE BUDGET LINE ITEMS ADDED. WILL WE ARE YOU ARE YOU DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF

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WHETHER WE ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH ANIMAL CONTROL. NO, WE ARE NOT. WE ARE GOING TO LOSE NOAH CHERRY IN JUST A WEEK OR SO. WE HAVE WE HAVE HIRED A PART TIME OFFICER WHO IS COMPLETING HIS INTERNSHIP WITH THE WITH THE ZOO. AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, HE WILL TRANSITION. SO WE WILL STILL THEN NEED TO FILL A POSITION. SO NO, WE'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR CODE STAFF THERE. WE COULD USE MORE. AND THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY A DISCUSSION THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAYOR. ARE YOU. I HAVE THANK YOU, MISS WASHINGTON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT YOUR YOUR MORALE WALL. YES. I THINK THAT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL IDEA. WHAT IS THE CRITERIA TO GET ON THE WALL? WELL, WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL ON THE WALL. IT. YES, IT IDENTIFIES OUR DEPARTMENTS. IT HAS OUR SLOGAN ON IT. IT HAS OUR STAFF PHOTO. IT HAS IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO ALSO HAVE IT HAS OUR ANIMAL CONTROL PROCLAMATION. IT HAS OUR MISSION STATEMENTS. AND IT'S GOING TO DISPLAY OUR CODE OFFICER OR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER OF THE YEAR. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY'S PICTURE IS ON THE WALL. THERE'S NO CRITERIA. I'M JUST TRYING TO THERE IS A THERE IS A YES. THERE IS A STAFF PICTURE THAT'S ON THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL OF US. THERE'S A STAFF PICTURE, BUT THERE WILL BE A CERTAIN FRAMEWORK FOR OFFICER OF THE YEAR. SO HOW DO YOU MEASURE YOUR MORALE. SO WE HAVE WE OFFER THE INCENTIVE FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL AND CODE. YES. AND SO I CAN SEND ALL THAT CRITERIA TO YOU. WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE JUST BUILT IT OUT.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR. BUT OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A NUMBERS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT. IT'S ALSO ABOUT TAKING INITIATIVE TO DO SOME NEW THINGS AND BEING WILLING TO HELP MENTOR, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. I WOULD LOVE TO GET A COPY OF THAT. SURE. SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AGAIN. AND I JUST I AND I REALLY WANTED TO SAY A BIG KUDOS FOR EMBRACING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE. I THINK THAT'S SPOT ON.

AND YES MR. KING IS AMAZING. WE CROSSED PATHS IN YEARS PAST IN DALLAS AND HE WAS AMAZING THERE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE WHAT HE'S BROUGHT TO DESOTO IN ADDITION TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY ENJOYED IN THE RIDE ALONG THE DOOR HANGERS, THE LITTLE WARNING PIECE. YOU LIKE THOSE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT WAS SO APPROPRIATE. YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GETTING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EXTRA, YOU KNOW, ON THAT FIRST TIME. AND SO MY ONLY COMMENT WITH IT IS ON IT. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE THEM THIS BEAUTIFUL WARNING AND YOU KNOW, AN ACTION TO DO. BUT THERE WAS NOT A PLACE TO SAY, HEY, CAN YOU DO THIS BY OR JUST FOR YOUR AWARENESS THAT JUST THAT, JUST THAT LITTLE NUGGET THAT WAS GREAT, I THINK. TRUE, I THINK I DID THAT ON PURPOSE, OKAY, I DID I DID IT ON PURPOSE. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL WHEN WE DO LIKE THE WALK AND TALKS AND WE USE THESE DOOR HANGERS THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE NOTICED AND WE'LL BE BACK AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL SHOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL VOLUNTARILY COMPLY WITHOUT ANY OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTION GOING FORWARD. OKAY. SO GIVING THE RATIONALE I APPRECIATE THAT.

YES. OKAY. WHAT WAS I THOUGHT IT FELT LIKE IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THEN MY LAST THING WAS JUST RELATED TO RELATED TO THE CODE INFRACTIONS FOR THOSE ENTITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISE THEIR

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[g. Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report & Single Audit Report]

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SO THREE OPINIONS AND THREE CLEAN OR UNMODIFIED OPINIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 OKAY. SO THAT IS THE RESULTS. IN A NUTSHELL. THE NEXT SLIDE. JUST GO OVER SOME OF THE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MADE OR WE HELPED YOU ALL WITH. WE'RE ACTUALLY ENGAGED TO HELP YOU ALL WITH THE WITH THESE THREE ENGAGEMENT OR WITH THESE THREE ADJUSTMENTS. ONE IS GOING FROM MODIFIED ACCRUAL TO ACCRUAL. THOSE ARE ACCOUNTING TERMS. BUT THAT'S JUST HOW WE HOW WE REPORT IN THE FINANCIALS.

WE'RE HELPING YOU WITH SOME OF THE GASB STATEMENTS LIKE PENSIONS AND OPEB SOME OF THOSE KEY ITEMS LEASES SPIDERS. THOSE ARE SOME KEY TERMS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH. AND THEN

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THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. AS YOUR AUDITORIUM IS REQUIRED TO EXTEND THESE TO YOU ALL AS THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE. NUMBER ONE IS YOUR SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES. EVERY CITY ADOPTS THEIR OWN ACCOUNTING POLICIES. THOSE ARE DESCRIBED IN NOTE ONE OF THIS BIG REPORT. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU ALL READ THROUGH THOSE AND FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THOSE. WE READ THOSE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND PA'S AND OR INDUSTRY STANDARD AND PA AND NOTED NO, NO DEPARTURES FROM ANYTHING. THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES THAT WE NOTED. I WOULD REPORT THOSE HERE IF THERE WERE. AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTING TREATMENTS THAT THAT WE NOTED. EVERYTHING WAS UP TO STANDARDS AND WAS APPLICABLE WITH GAAP, WHICH IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE US. AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO HIT HOME ON THAT, THERE WAS NOTHING SIGNIFICANT. NO, NO, NO ACCOUNTING POLICIES THAT THAT WERE OUT OF SCOPE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ON ARE THERE ANY ACCOUNTING POLICIES YOU WOULD RECOMMEND. NO, JUST JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEW GASES THAT ARE COMING OUT. SO GASB IS VERY ACTIVE. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY ISSUING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS FOR YOU ALL. THERE WAS NO NEW APPLICABLE ONES FOR THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE TWO THAT I'LL WORK WITH WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THOSE GET IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY. BUT YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. GFOA ACHIEVEMENT. SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL. SO YOU ALL YOU SUBMIT THIS TO GFOA FOR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. YOU GUYS HAVE RECEIVED THIS AWARD FOR 27 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. I WAS TELLING AUDIT COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE LONGEST THAT I'VE SEEN. ANYTIME YOU'RE IN THE 20S FOR CONSECUTIVE YEARS FOR AN EXCELLENT FINANCIAL REPORTING, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A BIG DEAL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO YOU ALL RECEIVED THAT FOR YOUR FISCAL YEAR 23. IT'S A YEAR LAG. YOU SUBMIT IT AND THEN THEY TAKE A FEW MONTHS TO GET IT BACK, CITY BELIEVES. AND SO DO I AS YOUR AUDITOR, THAT YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE IT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 24, WHICH LAKITA WILL SUBMIT OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO BEFORE THE MARCH 31ST DEADLINE. BUT KUDOS TO YOU GUYS AND YOUR CITY STAFF FOR THAT. JUST TO HIT ON THE SINGLE AUDIT ONE MORE TIME. SO LIKE I SAID, YOU GUYS DID SPEND $2.3 MILLION IN THE CORONAVIRUS STATE IN FISCAL LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND. THAT IS SHORT OR ARPA SHORT FOR THAT, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. YOU GUYS RECEIVED MONEY BACK IN 2001, 2002, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THERE. SO THAT WAS APPLICABLE TO AUDIT. THAT'S THAT SEPARATE SINGLE AUDIT THAT WE DID. AUDIT IS ACTUALLY 8,083% OF ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT YOU ALL EXPENDED MADE UP THAT 2.3 MILLION. SO WE HAD SUFFICIENT COVERAGE. ANYTIME YOU'RE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A SINGLE AUDIT, WE HAVE TO HIT 40% COVERAGE FOR ALL FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE THAT. AND AGAIN, NO NONCOMPLIANCE. WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN NO DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER THOSE COMPLIANCES EITHER. OKAY. NEXT IS GOING TO BE YOUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. SO IN YOUR REPORT YOUR GENERAL FUND AS OF 930 2024 REPORTED JUST UNDER 48, $49 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE. YOU COMPARE THAT TO OR WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO IS COMPARE IT TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGETED FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TO SHOW HOW THE COVERAGE YOU ALL HAVE AND YOU ARE RIGHT OVER 75%. SO IT'S 76%, WHICH IS EXTREMELY HEALTHY FOR THE CITY. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? YES, YES. SO WE TAKE THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE AS OF 930. COMPARE THAT TO FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET. SO YOUR NEXT BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TO SHOW THE OVERALL COVERAGE THAT YOU ALL HAVE SITTING IN RESERVES AND YOU'RE AT 70, 76.3%. AND THAT IS WHAT, AGAIN, YOU USE. YOU SAID YOU SAID THAT'S CONSIDERED VERY WHAT. OH IT'S VERY HEALTHY. OH YES. REALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. YES. OKAY. NEXT IS JUST SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU ALL HAVE 23 VERSUS 24 HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE JUST THE OVERALL INCREASE IN NET POSITION FOR THE CITY IS 16.6 MILLION INCREASE FOR YOUR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND THEN 3.3 MILLION INCREASE FOR YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES. SO AGAIN EXTREMELY HEALTHY AGAIN THOSE ARE THOSE ARE POSITIVE RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY JUST TO HIT HOME ON THIS GENERAL FUND. AGAIN THIS IS JUST A SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE COMPARES 23 TO 24. YOUR GENERAL FUND DID INCREASE BY ABOUT $7.5 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24. AND AGAIN $76.3 MILLION IN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS OF YOUR FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET. SO AGAIN, THOSE THOSE ARE VERY POSITIVE IN THE STANDARD. YOU SAID THAT WE HAVE

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THANK YOU. I TYPICALLY SEE 120 DAYS. SO ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IS YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S POLICY IS. MOST CITIES EXCEED IT JUST LIKE YOU ALL. AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION FOR THE AUDIT.

SO I CAN TAKE ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. FINLEY. I THINK WE CAN GIVE OUR FINANCE TEAM. ANOTHER ANOTHER HAND CLAP FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR DILIGENCE IN MAKING SURE WE MAINTAIN THESE HIGH STANDARDS AS IT PERTAINS TO FINANCIAL AND FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. I THINK IT'S NOT LOST ON US. THE WORK THAT GOES INTO MAINTAINING THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE NOTES THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS 27 CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY. AND THAT IS NOT THAT'S NOT AVERAGE. SO WE WANT TO AGAIN, JUST RECOGNIZE OUR FINANCE TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE FINANCE TEAM. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE AUDITOR HERE. BEING HERE NOW, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WE'RE NOT PAYING YOU TO SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT OUR CITY OR ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO. NO, MA'AM. JUST MAKING SURE. YEAH.

OKAY, SO I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU THAT I WROTE DOWN AFTER REVIEWING YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I WON'T BE LONG. OKAY. ONE IS AROUND. ONE IS AROUND. THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT YOU PROVIDED AND SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE FUND BALANCE AND THE RESERVES. ARE THERE ANY RESERVE LEVELS ALIGNED IN WITH RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICES OR CITY POLICIES THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT? JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME MOST RECENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR RESERVE LEVELS. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR LONG TERM LIABILITIES? AND I THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE MOST RECENTLY, THE DEBT OF THE CITY HAS COME INTO QUESTION. WE'RE IN ELECTION SEASON, AND I'D JUST LIKE IF YOU COULD TALK TO THAT JUST FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE'RE VERY HEALTHY, RIGHT? AND WE LOVE TO HEAR THAT. BUT JUST FROM A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE, COULD YOU PROVIDE ANY CLARITY AROUND THAT AS IT RELATES TO OUR DEBT AND LIABILITY? YEAH. YEAH. SO FOR YOUR FIRST QUESTION ON YOUR FUND BALANCE RESERVES, THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL SAY ON THAT IS, IS YES, I RECOMMEND EVERY CITY HAS MINIMUM RESERVE REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR THEIR FUNDS, ESPECIALLY THE GENERAL FUND. SOME CITIES DO IT FOR THEIR WATER AND SEWER AS WELL. YOU ALL DO HAVE A POLICY SO THAT I THINK THAT CHECKS OUR BOX OFF. NOW, AS FAR AS YOU GUYS ACCUMULATING OR PUTTING MORE INTO IT, THAT'S KIND OF ON YOU ALL AND MANAGEMENT'S RIGHT. I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT ON WHAT YOU ALL DO THERE, BUT I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND YOU HAVE A POLICY AND YOU DO SO IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW THAT OR, YOU KNOW, SOME CITIES HAVE IT TO WHERE IF THERE'S IF THEY HIT THEIR REQUIREMENTS, THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL MOVE THE MONEY OR RE-APPROPRIATE IT TO ET CETERA THINGS WITH IT. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK INTO. BUT FOR US AS THE AUDITOR, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING IT. RIGHT. AND SO YOU GUYS ARE. YOUR SECOND QUESTION FOR LONG TERM DEBT, YOU ALL DID ISSUE DEBT. AND I CAN KIND OF SHOW IT ON THIS SCREEN HERE. IF YOU LOOK DOWN YOUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, THERE WAS A POINTER ON HERE. YOU CAN SEE YOU GOT YOU ALL ISSUED. I THINK IT WAS AROUND 45 MILLION. DON'T QUOTE ME 40. I LOOK AT IT A LOT OF NUMBERS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. SO IT WAS EXACTLY 37 MILLION.

AND YOUR GOVERNMENTAL. SO THAT'S YOUR STREETS CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND THEN IT WAS ABOUT 9 MILLION IN YOUR WATER AND SEWER. SO IT WAS SPLIT. BUT YOU CAN SEE YOUR FUND BALANCE FOR YOUR STREET PROJECTS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THAT'S DIRECTLY AS A RESULT FROM YOUR BOND. WHEN YOU ISSUE BONDS YOU GUYS GET THE CASH RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. AND THEN IT ALSO INCREASED IN YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO IT WAS SPLIT. BOTH OF THOSE INCREASES ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO YOUR LONG TERM DEBT ISSUANCE. IS THAT WHAT ELSE WERE YOU LOOKING FOR ON THAT. IS THAT ALARMING TO YOU? I MEAN, DO YOU DO YOU SEE THAT AS AN ISSUE FOR FUTURE FOR US? NO. DOES IT SHOULD WE BE ALARMED THAT WE HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT FROM THAT, SO TO SPEAK? NO, I WOULDN'T BE ALARMED. I THINK IT'S VERY ROUTINE FOR CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO ISSUE DEBT.

THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS FOR PUBLIC FINANCE. THAT'S THAT'S A WAY FOR YOU ALL TO GET MONEY TO REINVEST, REINVEST INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, BUILDING STREETS AND ROADS AND ALL THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS TAKES A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, A CITY CAN'T JUST

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[f. Presentation of Financial Report February 2025]

MAJORITY OF THAT COLLECTION IS, OF COURSE, GOING TO BE OUR PROPERTY TAX, OUR SALES TAX AND OUR CHARGE FOR SERVICES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THAT'S LISTED HERE AS WELL. OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS 63 MILLION AND YEAR TO DATE, AS OF THE END OF FEBRUARY, HAVE SPENT 22.9 MILLION. AND OF COURSE, THIS SECTION IS BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST DEPARTMENTS HERE ARE ARE UNDER THE 41% OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE BUDGET YEAR RIGHT NOW. OVERALL, WE'RE AT 36.0%. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 38.9%. IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND. WE HAVE 30 MILLION BUDGETED IN REVENUE. YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE COLLECTED 12.1 MILLION MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE. THERE IS GOING TO BE, OF COURSE, OUR WATER SALES METERED AND OUR SEWER REVENUE, 13.6% HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN WATER SALES AND 16, I'M SORRY, 5.3 MILLION HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN WATER SALES AND 6.6 MILLION HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN SEWER SALES. WE ALSO HAVE A LINE ITEM LISTED THERE WHERE WE BUDGETED $30,000 FOR WATER SERVICE REVENUE, AND THAT'S MOSTLY JUST FOR RECONNECTS AND THINGS THAT OCCUR AFTER HOURS AND OUR WATER CONNECTION REVENUE AS WELL. WE BUDGETED 50,000 AND RECEIVED 24,331 YEAR TO DATE. AND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE BUDGETED TO SPEND 30.5 MILLION. AND YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE SPENT 11.8 MILLION, AND THAT PUTS US AT 38.9%, COMPARED TO 32.1% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW OUR BIGGEST COST HERE IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE BUDGET OUR UTILITY FIELD OPERATIONS, WHERE WE PAY FOR THE WATER THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHERE WE BUDGETED 20 MILLION TO SPEND, AND WE HAVE SPENT 8.5 MILLION. IN OUR SANITATION FUND, OUR REVENUE IS BUDGETED AT 7.3 MILLION. AND YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED 3.0 MILLION. THAT PUTS US AT 41% FOR OUR REVENUE, COMPARED TO 40.2% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO IT'S JUST RIGHT ON TRACK WITH WHAT WE EXPECTED IT TO BE. AND THE SANITATION FUND, YOU SEE THE VARIOUS SECTIONS LISTED HERE FOR EXPENDITURES. WE BUDGETED 7.1 MILLION IN YEAR TO DATE. WE SPENT 1.5 MILLION. OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GOING TO BE IN OUR SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL FEES SECTION, WHERE WE BUDGETED 6.4 MILLION. THAT IS WHERE WE PAY FOR OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS TO OUR VENDOR THERE. SO THAT COMES OUT OF SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL FEES. AGAIN, WE ARE AT 22.2% ON OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE SANITATION FUND. YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED WITH WHERE WE

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WE CAN LOOK INTO BREAKING IT FURTHER DOWN. RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE IT MORE WITH CATEGORY. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S WHETHER IT'S WOMEN OR, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESS, WHETHER IT'S A REGULAR VENDOR OR A SUBCONTRACTOR. BUT WE CAN SURELY LOOK INTO BREAKING IT DOWN FURTHER BY DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL

[a. Discussion of residential trash receptacle screening requirements]

GOOD EVENING, MR. CAMERON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM REQUEST THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, WITH THE SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MARKS. AND THE PURPOSE IS FOR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE NEED TO ESTABLISH AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING, BASICALLY REQUIRING MANDATORY SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL TRASH AND RECYCLING RECEPTACLES WHEN THEY ARE NOT PLACED OUT FOR COLLECTION. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO WE DID ENTER INTO OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES ON JUNE 1ST, 2024, AND AS A PART OF THAT NEW CONTRACT, WE ROLLED OUT THE CARTS RIGHT, THE 96 GALLON CART FOR RECYCLE AND THE 96 GALLON CART FOR TRASH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS ARE RIGHT NOW ARE REQUIRED TO UTILIZE THOSE CARTS FOR TRASH SETUP. AND SO WE DID WE DID AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THAT AS WELL, THE MANDATORY CART REQUIREMENT. BUT THERE IS NO SCREENING REQUIREMENT AS A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE. BUT PRIOR TO JUNE 1ST, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF WHERE WE CAME FROM PRIOR TO JUNE 1ST, THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR CARTS. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT WAS THAT RESIDENTS HAD TO BAG THEIR GARBAGE IN IN TRASH BAGS. WHEN I SAY NO REQUIREMENTS FOR CAR, I MEAN WITH RESPECT TO TRASH RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS HAD TO BAG THEIR TRASH IN BAGS THAT WERE SUITABLE FOR TRASH AND THEY COULD SET THEM OUT DIRECTLY ON THE CURB. NOW, IN TERMS OF RECYCLING, RESIDENTS WERE ISSUED SMALL TOTES FOR RECYCLING, BUT IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY WOULD GENERATE MORE RECYCLING THAN THAT, THEN THEY THEY HAD THE OPTION AT THAT POINT TO LEASE A 96 GALLON CART FROM THE UTILITY BILLING WINDOW. AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS DID THAT AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH RESPECT TO CARTS AND TRASH AND ALL OF THAT. AND SO JUST AS YOU GUYS COUNCIL, AS YOU DISCUSS THIS TOPIC TONIGHT, JUST SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT WILL BE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT SOME SORT OF MANDATORY SCREENING REQUIREMENT? WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS OR PROPERTY OWNERS WITH SMALL LOTS, ZERO LOT LINE PROPERTIES, GARDEN HOMES, EVEN EVEN TOWNHOMES? WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON CODE ENFORCEMENT? AND THEN THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS, YOU KNOW, THE IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, YOU TYPICALLY DON'T SEE A REQUIREMENT FOR SCREENING REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL TRASH RECEPTACLE SCREENING. YOU DO SEE, WE DO WE DO REQUIRE THAT IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE DUMPSTERS SCREENED AND BEHIND, YOU KNOW, FENCES OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WHATEVER

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SO IF WE COULD MAYBE LOOK IN AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS WELL TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT ISSUE, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. COUNCILMAN BURDEN AND I SEE MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE TO HER? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, HE'S GOING TO YIELD TO YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YOU PRETTY MUCH SAID WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVE CAN WE OFFER FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP THEIR TRASH CANS? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY NEED TO PICK THEM UP? IT'S BEEN A TRANSITION, AND WE ALL KNOW IT WASN'T VERY YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM WERE NOT HAPPY. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE TAXING FOR THEM TO HAVE TO TAKE ON ANOTHER TASK.

AND I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD JUST DO SOMETHING TO ENCOURAGE THEM, YOU KNOW, TO WANT TO PICK UP THOSE TRASH CANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER AND DOCTOR MARX FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I, I DO AGREE IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD ENHANCE IT. I THINK THAT I KNOW THAT IN MY IN PLACE FOR THERE ARE A LOT OF TOWNHOMES AND SOME ZERO LOT LINE HOMES WHERE THE NEW RECEPTACLES ARE TOO BIG. PRIOR TO THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THE SMALLER ONES AND PUT THEM IN THEIR GARAGE STORM IN THEIR GARAGE. I ACTUALLY GOT A FINE FROM MY HOA JUST LAST MONTH, BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE THE RECEPTACLES BEHIND MY SCREENING WALL. YEAH, SO THEY COULD SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BIG YOU COULD STILL SEE THEM. SO I USED TO JUST KEEP MY MIND IN MY GARAGE, BUT THEY'RE TOO BIG FOR MY GARAGE ESPECIALLY. I HAVE A I HAVE A RECYCLING ONE AND A TRASH ONE. AND SO I CAN'T KEEP BOTH IN THE GARAGE. SO WHAT I DID WAS PULL ONE INSIDE AND LEFT ONE OUTDOORS. IT'S JUST SO I THINK THAT I LOVE THE IDEA OF DOING SOMETHING. WE I THINK THE SUGGESTION THAT MADAM MAYOR HAD SAID I WAS IN FAVOR AND I VOTED FOR IT ORIGINALLY BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT REPUBLIC WAS GOING TO THE MANLESS TRUCKS. THEY WERE GOING TO THE MANLY TRUCK. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO USE THESE BIG DEALS. AND THE MACHINE WOULD COME AND GRAB THEM AND DUMP THEM THEMSELVES. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE OUR ALLEYWAYS ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE TRUCKS OR SOMETHING THAT REPUBLIC HAD. SO NOW IT LEFT US WITH THESE BIG 96 GALLON DEAL.

NOW I STILL HAVE MY OLD ONES AND THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN OUR OLD OUR OLD DEAL. SO MAYBE WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE GO BACK AND REVISIT IF WE'RE NOT, IF REPUBLIC OR WHOEVER OUR SERVICERS TRASH SERVICERS ARE, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE MANLIEST DEAL. AND IF THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE 96 GALLON DEAL, MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT. BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS IS THAT THESE THESE 96 GALLON CARTS, CARTS ARE TOO BIG TO PUT IN THE GARAGE. WE DID A WORKAROUND WITH ONE COMMUNITY, AND I WON'T SPILL THE BEANS ON WHAT THAT WORKAROUND WAS, BUT WE DID A WORKAROUND FOR WITH ONE COMMUNITY, BUT IT DID NOT ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO GO BACK,

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SO IT WOULDN'T BE, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE GOING TO LIKE RIGHT AWAY. BUT IN ORDER TO GET THERE, YOU GOT EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE CARTS. WELL, BROTHER CAMERON, I WAS GOING I WOULD ASK YOU, WHY DID YOU PUT ME THROUGH THIS IF WE WEREN'T GOING THERE RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A VERY, VERY TRUE. WHY DID YOU MAKE US. WHY DID WE GO THROUGH THIS IF WE WERE NOT GOING THERE RIGHT THEN? BECAUSE I AGREE, HAVING THEM JUST IN A TRASH BAG ON THE ON THE SIDEWALK IS PROBABLY NOT A BETTER LOOK. BUT I HAD RECEPTACLES THAT I COULD PULL OUT CORRECT AND THEN PUT BACK UP IN MY GARAGE. I HAD ENOUGH ROOM IN MY GARAGE TO DO THAT AND STILL PARKED MY CARS XYZ ABC BUT THESE MONSTERS, I CAN'T. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO WITH THEM, AND IF I PULL THEM IN MY BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW. SO THERE'S NO GOOD OPTION. SO. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. DOCTOR MARX. SO WAS THIS MAN LIST WAS WAS THAT IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE? WHAT'S YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO SEE. NO, MA'AM. IT WASN'T THE, THE CARTS THEMSELVES WERE INCLUDED. BUT THE IDEA IS THAT FROM THE INDUSTRY STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE INDUSTRY STANDPOINT, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HEADED TO THE TO THAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE PEOPLE HANGING OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, WHICH IS NOT SAFE. RIGHT. AND SO WHAT THEY WANT TO MOVE TOWARD IS EVENTUALLY ELIMINATING THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE TO USE CARTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I'M KIND OF ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH WITH COUNCILMAN BYRD BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE. THAT'S WHAT WAS SOLD TO US.

THAT'S WHAT WAS SOLD TO US. AND YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. OKAY. SURE. I'M I'M WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WERE I WILL SAY I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE TRANSITION. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PHASE IT IN AND UNDERSTANDING HAVING TO REPLACE ENTIRE FLEETS. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL REASONABLE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND IT.

HOWEVER, JUST I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COMMUNICATING THAT EXPECTATION TO US AND TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT THAT TIMELINE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE. I UNDERSTAND TRYING TO GET US GEARED UP AND READY FOR IT. HOWEVER, AGAIN, I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM US AND COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM US. I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALLER BINS, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE USED WITH THE MECHANICAL ARM. BUT IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME SMALLER BINS POSSIBLE FOR USAGE? COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, THANK YOU. AND THE COST? YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. SO I WAS NEVER A BIG BEND PERSON BECAUSE I JUST HATE TO SEE THE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT PARTICULARLY THE ONES I SEE DRAGGING THEIR THEIR CARTS OUT TO THE FRONT. SO THAT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO SEE WHEN I'M DRIVING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT FOR ME, IT WAS THE. SO WHAT WORKED WELL WAS THE LITERATURE THAT CAME OUT WITH THE WITH THE BINS WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE COMMUNITY. IF THEY FEEL LIKE AN ALIEN INVASION, JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. AND IT WORKED WELL FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO READ THAT, THAT THAT CIRCULAR, IT DIDN'T WORK WELL FOR PARTICULARLY MY NEIGHBOR WHO DID NOT READ THE CIRCULAR. AND I WATCHED THE CIRCULAR JUST SIT WHERE IT SAT. AND HE NEVER READ THE CIRCULAR.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHEN HE WOULD READ IT. AND SO ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS EARLY ON, AND I THINK YOU DO IT, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I SEE IT ON THE RECYCLING BIN OR NOT, BUT JUST JUST HAVING THE REMINDER OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME TO PUT YOUR THINGS OUT, THE REMINDER OF BRINGING, BRINGING IT IN. AND SO FOR ME, I LEANED TOWARDS EDUCATION. AND SO THE SO THAT PILLAR THAT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, JUST THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE. AND I THINK HAVING THAT PHYSICAL REMINDER JUST RIGHT, FLAT ON TOP, YOU KNOW, A RIGHT SMACK DAB ON THE MACHINE, I MEAN, ON ON THOSE BIG BLUE THINGS WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO THAT'S JUST MY

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BUT I DO EXPERIENCE THE EXACT SAME THING WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO NAVIGATE AND, YOU KNOW, PLAY FROGGER WITH THE BINS AND HAVING TO GO AROUND THEM, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S WINDY OR, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY ACCIDENTALLY, YOU KNOW, TIP IT TO THE SIDE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. BUT YEAH, THIS SOME TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT'S REALLY STRONG, VERY DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL I THINK WILL WORK WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ONE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT THE TRASH TRUCK COMES EARLY IN THE MORNING. WELL, IF YOU WORK YOU DON'T GET TO IT UNTIL MUCH LATER THAT AFTERNOON. AND IN THE INTERIM, A LOT OF TIMES THOSE BINS ARE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT ON THE CURB. SO THEY REALLY ARE CUMBERSOME. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARKS. AND I AGREE WITH THAT. YOUR YOUR AREA THEY COME EARLY MY AREA THEY COME LATE AND BUT I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER PROBLEM. AND I JUST LOST MY THOUGHT. HOLD ON. LET ME GO FIND IT. IS THIS WHAT THEY REFER TO AS A SENIOR MOMENT? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. DULY NOTED. YEAH. I'M GONNA TURN MY LIGHT OFF. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, SO WE'LL WE'LL WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IF WE GET IT IN THE THIS FINAL ITEM. BUT BUT, MADAM MAYOR. YES. REAL QUICK THOUGH. SO FROM THE DIRECTION YOU GAVE NOTES OF THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, I KNOW THAT WE BROUGHT IT FOR THE SCREENING, BUT I AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T REALLY PENALIZE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE. SO WHAT WERE THOSE ITEMS? CAN I JUST GET A READ BACK ON THE SPECIFIC THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. WHAT I HAVE AND COUNCIL YOU ARE. OH WELL ARE YOU ASKING HIM FOR THE RE BACK OKAY. WELL I MEAN I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS SO, SO I WROTE A BUNCH OF THINGS DOWN.

BUT THE THINGS THAT I PUT STARS BESIDE IS, ARE KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, SEE WHAT POLICIES THEY HAVE AROUND THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THINGS THAT WE CAN KIND OF BORROW TO KIND OF ENHANCE OUR POLICIES. AGAIN, FIND WAYS TO ENHANCE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, REVISIT THE CART SIZE WITH REPUBLIC AND IDENTIFY YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THAT WILL COST. FIND OUT ABOUT THE AUTOMATED TRUCKS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS FOR THAT. AND THEN PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO WHERE WE ARE REMINDING CUSTOMERS, RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF WHEN TO WHEN TO SET OUT YOUR GARBAGE, BRINGING THOSE GARBAGE CANS IN, YOU KNOW, PLACING THEM OUT OF SIGHT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND THEN I WROTE DOWN, ALSO TALKED TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT CART PLACEMENT AFTER PICKUP. SO WHEN THEY PICK UP, WHEN THEY EMPTY THE CARTS, HOW DO THEY PLACE THEM? DO THEY? YOU MENTIONED THEY'RE ON THE GROUND AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ARE THEY PLACED BACK UPRIGHT? ARE THEY PLACED, YOU KNOW, BACK WHERE THEY GOT THEM FROM OR ARE THEY JUST PLACED ANYWHERE? SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS WELL. DID I MISS? NO, I THINK I THINK I HEARD EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD WROTE DOWN OR WAS MENTIONING EARLIER. SO FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF AND I KNOW THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY TAKE THE PLACE, BUT YOU KNOW, HOW THE LEMON LAW IS, YOU GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE YOU CAN, YOU CAN REVISE IT. YOU KNOW, WITH A LEMON LAW, YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, WAS THERE A TIME FRAME WHEN YOU WERE THINKING IN TERMS OF TALKING WITH REPUBLIC ABOUT REPLACING? IS THERE A LAW OR A TIME FRAME THAT YOU COULD REPLACE THEM WITH A SMALLER AT NO COST? NO, THAT WAS NOT THAT WAS THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT THAT STIPULATED THAT. SO WHATEVER, IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT TO HER POINT, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO JUST ASK. WE CAN ALL WE CAN ASK, RIGHT. ALL I CAN TELL US IS YES OR NO, RIGHT TO SEE IF THERE'S MAYBE A CREDIT WE CAN GET BECAUSE THEY COULD USE THEM AS REFURBISHED CARTS. RIGHT. THE REFURBISHED CARTS TO TAKE THEM BACK, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAYBE SALVAGE SOME OF THE COSTS WE'VE ALREADY. BECAUSE. BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW, OFFHAND AND I'M IF YOU DON'T,

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YOU MAY HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE PERFECTLY FINE WITH THEIR CART SIZE. I KNOW I'M PERFECTLY FINE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S I HAVE A DOUBLE CAR GARAGE. BUT AS COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL SAID, I KEEP SOME STUFF OVER THERE, BUT MY CARTS GET TUCKED AWAY JUST FINE OVER THERE, SO I'M ACTUALLY OKAY. I WOULDN'T EVEN REALLY BOTHER WITH TRYING TO GET A SMALLER CART SIZE. SO THERE MAY BE, AND I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE PERFECTLY FINE WITH IT. WE JUST DON'T HEAR FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE OKAY. BUT JUST LOOKING AT MAYBE A SYSTEM FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO GET THE NEW CARTS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE. OKAY. SO THAT IT MAY MINIMIZE THE COST OF GETTING ALL NEW CARDS FOR EVERY 19,000 HOUSEHOLDS OR HOWEVER MANY WE HAVE IN THE CITY FOR THIS PROGRAM. GOT IT. AND MADAM MAYOR, JUST ONE MORE THING WITH THE ACTUAL FEEDBACK LOOP. I KNOW THAT WE GET CALLS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ISSUES, BUT IS THERE A FEEDBACK LOOP THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO? LIKE YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO FEEDBACK LIKE, I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CITY SECRETARY HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HOW ARE WE DOING WHEN IT COMES TO TRASH? WELL, SHE DIDN'T SAY BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO TRASH.

BUT I'M SAYING, IS THERE A WAY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK WITHOUT IT BEING ABOUT SOME CAMPAIGN OR ANYTHING? JUST SAYING. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR HEARTBEAT. HOW HOW DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOING WITH THIS TRASH THING? BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL GIVE THAT INFORMATION. YEAH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WITH SURVEY MONKEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU CAN YOU CAN GENERATE A SURVEY OR SOMETHING OR EVEN ASK, ASK THAT QUESTION, POP UP SOMETHING. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING LIKE A KIOSK, A KIOSK WHERE YOU HAD THE HAPPY FACE, SAD FACE, MEDIUM FACE TO GIVE PEOPLE A QUICK WAY TO KIND OF SAY, HOW DID WE DO WITH THIS THING? RIGHT. SO IF THEY INTERFACE WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT, HEY, THERE'S A THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE LITTLE THING THAT POPS UP AND SAYS, HOW DID WE DO? OR GET AN EMAIL FOLLOW UP OR SOMETHING THAT HAS THOSE THINGS ON THERE FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE QUICK FEEDBACK. AND IF THEY WANT TO LEAVE MORE DETAILED COMMENTARY, IT ALLOWS FOR THAT AS WELL. DID I IMAGINE THAT OR DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT? AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF WENT AWAY OR WHAT? LIKE AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT JUST JUST LIKE OUR CODE MANAGER, SHE WAS EXPLAINING THAT THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE WHERE SHE'S PROPAGATING DIFFERENT CONTENT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT ITEMS FOR CODE. GETTING THEM AWARE FOR THIS SAME THING.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN MAYBE GET THAT FEEDBACK, TELL US HOW WE'RE DOING ON FACEBOOK OR WHEREVER OUR LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIA IS? SO IS THERE SOMETHING CURRENTLY? YES, YES. IS THERE SOMETHING CURRENTLY WITH WATER OR WHAT DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE A CONTACT LIST THING ON OUR WEBSITE. OH, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT DIRECTLY ASKING IT. IT'S WE'RE LOOKING FOR LIKE A CALL TO ACTION TO SAY TELL US HOW WE'RE DOING SO THAT THAT IMMEDIATELY GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK ON THEIR EXPERIENCE ON TRASH OR ON. YEAH. NOW WE DO WE DO HAVE WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, CONTACTS THE ACTION CENTER OR THEY GO ONLINE THROUGH THE DESOTO APP AND THEY SUBMIT A REQUEST, THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A SURVEY AT THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT INTERACTION POINT AS WELL. SO YEAH, BUT THAT'S AN EXTRA STEP I'M TALKING ABOUT. JUST I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT IT TODAY. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT TRASH. BUT SOMETHING POPS UP ON FACEBOOK TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE JUST SOMETHING THAT SPARKS THAT MEMORY SHARE AS OPPOSED TO CURRENTLY THAT ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO, BUT BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WELL. THAT'S FROM A COLD PERSPECTIVE. TRASH ANY OF THESE, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE NEW INITIATIVES. GETTING SOME IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, THEN ALL ALONG, EVERYBODY'S DISGRUNTLED ABOUT THE TRASH CANS OR WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS. WE WANT TO KNOW THAT NOW VERSUS LATER. AND I'M THANKFULLY YOU ALL BROUGHT THIS UP, BROUGHT THIS UP. SO WE ARE HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS. BUT IF THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO LEAVE US FEEDBACK, ALBEIT I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO HEAR IT, BUT WE GOT TO HEAR IT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT WE IMPROVE UPON WHATEVER WE NEED TO IMPROVE UPON. THANK YOU. GOT IT. ALL

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[b. Discussion of Short-Term Rental Policy]

AND PLEASE ALLOW ME TO ELICIT THE ASSISTANCE OF TAMMY WASHINGTON. ALSO, IF NECESSARY, SHE'S GOING TO BE OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. SO WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE. THAT'S ARTICLE 4.2 OF OUR CITY ORDINANCES. SO OUR ORDINANCE CURRENTLY REGULATES, MONITORS AND LICENSES OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY. IT WAS PASSED IN 2019, AND IT REGULATES THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AS SHORT TERM RENTALS. THE PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE OCCUPANTS AND PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE DEFINITION OF SHORT TERM RENTAL IN OUR ORDINANCE INCLUDES ONE FAMILY OR TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS THAT ARE OWNER OCCUPIED, THAT RENT PART OR ALL OF THE DWELLING FOR OVERNIGHT LODGING, AND THAT RENTAL PERIOD GOES FROM 1 TO 29 DAYS. OUR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS WE REQUIRE ARE OUR RENTERS OR OUR VENDORS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT THROUGH A REGISTRATION FEE OF $125, WE MUST. THEY MUST INCLUDE OWNER AND OPERATORS, CONTACT INFORMATION AND NUMBER OF SLEEPING ROOMS. MAXIMUM MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF TWO PER SLEEPING ROOM WITH AN OVERALL LIMIT OF EIGHT. SO AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL TWO CHILDREN UNDER 12 THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR AN UP TO FOUR BEDROOM HOME. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEN FOLKS THERE. OUR ESTATE HOMES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FOUR PLUS BEDROOMS. ULTIMATELY THEY MAY ACCOMMODATE UP TO 12 GUESTS IF THEY HAVE SIX BEDROOMS, SIX SLEEPING ROOMS AND AGAIN WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO CHILDREN UNDER 12. SO UP TO 14 THERE. A SKETCH, FLOOR PLAN AND A SITE PLAN FOR PARKING ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL. OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED TO COLLECT AND REMIT HOTEL, MOTEL AND SHORT TERM RENTAL OCCUPANCY TAXES MONTHLY THROUGH THE PROCESS PROVIDED BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND HERE. THE FIGURES THAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT, THUS FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, A LITTLE OVER $12,000 IN TAXES FROM THAT PROGRAM HAVE BEEN COLLECTED. SO THE OPERATOR'S MINIMUM STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, THEY MUST PAY THE REQUIRED HOTEL MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES. THEY MUST PROVIDE THE TENANTS WITH AN INFORMATION SHEET DETAILING BASIC CONDUCT STANDARDS. SO THE STANDARDS THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM, THEY MUST PASS ON TO THEIR TENANTS. THAT CONTACT SHEET ALSO MUST INCLUDE CONTACT DETAILS FOR THE DESIGNATED AGENT. THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS, PARKING INFORMATION, NOISE RESTRICTIONS, TRASH TRASH COLLECTION GUIDELINES AND MORE INFORMATION SO THEIR TENANTS NEED TO BE WELL INFORMED. THAT IS THE INTENT OF OUR ORDINANCE. THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ADS AND CONTRACTS MUST SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GUESTS AND VEHICLES ALLOWED. WE PROHIBIT THE USE OF THESE RENTALS AS PARTY VENUES, WEDDING VENUES, RECEPTION VENUES, ETC. THE

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HOWEVER YOU READ THAT ARTICLE AND THAT CITIZEN GROUP IS APPEALING. SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF IN A LEGAL LOOP CURRENTLY, PROBABLY WITH A NUMBER OF THESE THINGS.

ARLINGTON IS ANOTHER ONE NOT MENTIONED HERE, BUT IN DOING RESEARCH, ARLINGTON ACTUALLY HAS ALSO HAD A COURT DECISION RENDERED IN THEIR FAVOR OF BANNING ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDINANCE. I THINK IT'S WORTHY TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THESE ORDINANCES IS GOING TO BE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FUNDAMENTALLY. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WORDING IS GOING TO AFFECT WHICH WAY, YOU KNOW, THE COURTS LOOK AT THESE THINGS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, WHATEVER WE DO CAN BE CHALLENGED. I THINK JUST IN CONCLUSION, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT IN REGARDS TO THE LAST ISSUE, PERHAPS A SURVEY ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR CITIZENS COME DOWN ON, ON THE SIDE OF THIS ARGUMENT. YOU KNOW, UNLESS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL IS TOTALLY OPPOSED TO HAVING STRS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, CERTAINLY IN ALL OF THESE CASES, WHAT'S EVIDENT IS YOU HAVE GROUPS OF CITIZENS WHO BOTH SUPPORT AND ARE IN FAVOR OF HAVING STRS AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO THAT WITH THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEN CERTAINLY HAVE CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO WHO WORRY ABOUT AND THEY CALL IT THE PARTY FACTOR.

RIGHT, THAT THAT THESE HOMES WILL BE USED JUST SIMPLY TO, TO HOLD EVENTS AND PARTIES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CAUSE ISSUES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO NEXT STEPS. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. CHIEF. THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT I REQUESTED AND WAS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD JUST WITH BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR US TO REVISIT THE POLICY AND HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT DESOTO HAS HISTORICALLY TAKEN A VERY

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SO THERE'S MULTIPLE CARS ON THE STREET. I KNOW MY HOA IS A VERY STICKLER ABOUT CARS ON THE STREET, TRASH NOT BEING IN THE AREA THAT IT SHOULD BE, AND, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS HAVING TO POLICE THAT. I THINK THAT THIS POLICY, WHILE IT WAS A GREAT INITIATIVE TO START, I THINK IT'S TIME TO REEVALUATE. WHAT POSSIBLY COULD WE DO TO BRING MORE TEETH TO IT? INITIALLY I WAS I WAS DEFINITELY A STRONG PROPONENT OF WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO ZONE IT IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ZONE IT OUT OF CERTAIN AREAS BASED ON CAPACITY. SO DOING A MORATORIUM, SAYING, HEY, WE'VE REACHED CAPACITY IN THIS SUBDIVISION, NO MORE SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ZONING IT OUT OF THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. HOWEVER, I GET THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO, YOU KNOW, EXTREME FOR SOME. AND I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE. HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S A MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE ON HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD TO BEST PROTECT HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, INUNDATED WITH THEM AND FRUSTRATED AND THEN LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE IN A STATE OF TEXAS AND IT IS A HOMEOWNER FRIENDLY CITY. I MEAN, STATE, RIGHT? HOMEOWNER RIGHTS ARE ARE THE THING, RIGHT? HOWEVER, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CAN WE YOU KNOW WHAT, COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD. YES. YOU HAD A SENIOR MOMENT. I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH. I WAS GOING TO SAY WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT IT IS LIKE HOMEOWNERS CAN DO CAN HAVE CAN HAVE IT. RIGHT. BUT HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BETTER CONTROL IT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO WHERE THAT IT'S NOT IMPACTING EVERY LIKE EVERYONE NEGATIVELY. LIKE I THINK THAT THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING. LIKE IT IS IT'S NOT WELL RECEIVED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LONG TERM RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AGREED. DEFINITELY AGREED. I YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD COME DOWN ON ON YOUR SIDE, COUNCILWOMAN. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT, CHIEF. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO FIND YOUR WORDS? THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. PEOPLE BUYING HOMES IN OUR CITY THAT DON'T LIVE IN THIS STATE AND THAT WE OFTENTIMES COME ACROSS THAT A LOT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ORDINANCE, ANY POLICIES THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE OR ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SLOW THAT DOWN FROM OUTSIDERS OUTSIDE THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO ARE BUYING UP PROPERTY. AS WE TALK ABOUT A DECREASE IN HOUSING STOCK, IN ORDER TO FLIP THEM AND

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BUT IT JUST IT JUST DIDN'T GET VERY FAR. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT COMING SOON. YEAH, YEAH.

COUNCILWOMAN PARKER AND MYSELF DO HAVE A DISCUSSION COMING UP ABOUT ABSENTEE LANDLORDS.

COUNCILMAN BURT, THANK YOU. I THANK YOU. YES, SIR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHAT WHAT WAS THE COST OF A PERMIT? NOW, IF I WAS GOING TO OPEN UP AN STR, I BELIEVE IT WAS 125. OKAY. THANK YOU. TAMMY. 125. SO THE REGISTRATION IS 125 AND IT'S COSTING ROUGHLY $370. IS THAT IS THAT OUR COST THAT WE PAY OUR SERVICE. IS THAT PER HOUSE OR IS THAT JUST JUST TO DO WHAT THEY DO? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S JUST TO DO WHAT THEY DO. AND I MAY HAVE SKIPPED OVER THAT PART. COUNCILMAN. YEAH. THE 11 11,000. RIGHT. OKAY. SO YOU CAUGHT THAT.

I THINK I KIND OF SKIPPED OVER THAT, BUT SO IN IS OUR MAX. I GUESS WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS OUR. IS IT IS THERE A MAX NUMBER THAT THEY WILL DO OR IS THERE IS THERE A MINIMUM NUMBER THAT THEY THEY WILL DO, OR IS IT JUST WE PAY FOR THE SERVICE REGARDLESS OF THE ACTIVITY? TAMMY, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT POINT OF INFORMATION? REALLY, REALLY QUICK THOUGH, ON THE WEBSITE IT SAYS PER PROPERTY, THE 125 IS THE PER PROPERTY REGISTRATION FEE. THAT'S WHERE THE REGISTRATION, THE 11,000. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE STILL ON THAT. YEAH. NO, WHAT HE'S ASKING IS THAT $11,225, WHATEVER THE FEE IS THAT WE PAY THIS COMPANY, DO WE HAVE A MINIMUM OR A MAX ON HOUSES? THEY WILL DO. OR IS IT JUST A FLAT RATE THAT WE ARE BEING CHARGED ANNUALLY? IT'S A FLAT RATE. IT'S A FLAT RATE FOR THEM TO SCRUB THE INTERNET AND FIND THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE THAT ARE. YES. OKAY. SO THEY ACTUALLY THEY, THEY ACTUALLY ACT AS OUR AGENT AND THEY GO LOOKING FOR THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE BOOKING WEBSITES. THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THAT STUFF. CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WE'RE FINDING THAT IT'S THEY'RE GETTING MORE SOPHISTICATED IN HOW THESE PROPERTIES ARE LISTED. SO WHERE YOU USED TO HAVE THE, THE VRBO AND THE AIRBNB AND THESE WERE KIND OF YOUR STANDARDS, THERE ARE NOW NEW WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE RENTING PROPERTIES. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A FIND A ROOMIE OR SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES WHERE THESE HOMES ARE TURNING THOSE PROPERTIES INTO DORM STYLE LIVING. AND YOU'RE NOT JUST YOU'RE DOING THIS AS A MONTHLY THING VERSUS A SHORT TERM RENTAL, YOU KNOW, TYPE. THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

I THINK THAT I THERE IS SOME SOLACE, IF YOU WOULD, TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS THAT SAYS THAT THIS IS OUR POSITION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH IT OTHER THAN BUT, BUT BEING IN TEXAS AND BEING BEING IN TEXAS, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY. I KNOW THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A HOME OR PROPERTY RIGHT LEANING STATE, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING, SO IF IT'S WHATEVER THE COST IS, I GUESS WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO WITH THIS IS THAT I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS, THIS, THIS SHORT TERM RENTAL AND THEN RENTAL PROPERTY DISCUSSION. YES, YES, I DO THINK THAT THERE, THERE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS. BUT THE SHORT

[03:15:03]

I LOVE THE IDEA OF SEEING OH, MY OTHER QUESTION. I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHY I WROTE IT DOWN. IS THERE A CERTAIN CONCENTRATION OF THESE HOMES IN THE CITY? IF YOU LOOK AT A AT A HEAT MAP, IS THERE A CERTAIN THEY'RE JUST ALL OVER. YEAH. 31 HOMES. YES. AND I CAN, IF YOU WERE INTERESTED, GET YOU ALL YOUR LOGIN CREDENTIALS FOR THAT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ARE THERE. THEY DO MAP THEM SO I CAN FIND THAT OUT AND FIND OUT HOW MANY, HOW MANY LOG INS WE COULD HAVE. THAT'S WASHINGTON I CAN'T REMEMBER MY PHONE LOGGING. OKAY. I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME THE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, IT CHANGES, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WHAT THE 31 PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE. I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SEE WHERE ARE THESE HOMES, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ARE PEOPLE CONCENTRATED IN A CERTAIN AREA. RIGHT. GOING BACK TO MY COLLEAGUE'S SUGGESTION IS MAYBE WE LIMIT IF WE, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A MORE AGGRESSIVE POSTURE TO IT AND THEN LET IT BE CHALLENGED, IF YOU WOULD, IN COURT, INSTEAD OF TAKING A DOCILE APPROACH TO IT AND NOT LETTING THEM, BECAUSE THOSE WHO. SO I'M PROBABLY I PROBABLY LEAN ON THEM, TAKING A MORE AGGRESSIVE POSTURE AND LETTING IT BE BEING CHALLENGED. THAT'S ME. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE CONCENTRATION, SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN SEE SOME TYPE OF A PATTERN.

OKAY, I CAN SEND THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. DO YOU THINK. YES, I WAS JUST I WAS MAKING THE COMMENT THAT WHAT WE TEND TO SEE IN THE SUBURBS IS TYPICALLY THEY'RE BIGGER HOMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE ROOMS. SO I WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO START NAMING PROPERTIES, BUT IT'S GENERALLY BIGGER HOMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE ROOMS TO RENT OUT PARTIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL, YOU WERE TRYING TO CUT YOUR LIGHT ON. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN. AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM, WHERE DID YOUR LIGHT COME IN AT? AFTER. AFTER HERS. OKAY. AND THEN, WELL, COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL'S BEEN TRYING TO GET OUR LIGHT ON. YEAH, I THINK WE ALL HAD OUR LIGHTS ON. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THEN WE'LL DO COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL, THEN MAYOR PRO TEM. DO YOU MIND? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M COMING FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, AS THE RENTAL REGISTRATION ACTUALLY IS ONLINE, IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO AND SEE WHERE THE RENTALS ARE. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THESE CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE SAME FASHION TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHERE THEY ARE? BECAUSE FROM AN HOA PERSPECTIVE, HOA'S NEED TO KNOW WHEN THERE IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL SITTING IN ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. I CERTAINLY THINK THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY. I'M GOING TO NAME DROP JERRY HICKLIN ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT, SO I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET WITH JERRY. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE TO FEED HIM FRESH INFORMATION. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE COULD ACCOMPLISH. WELL, I'M I'M REALLY MENTIONING TOWARDS RIGHT NOW THE RENTAL REGISTRATION HAS A SPOT WHERE YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND YOU CAN LOOK UP RENTALS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT RENTALS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY. FROM WHAT YOU SAID, THERE'S 31 OF THEM THAT ARE PERMITTED AS SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO OF THE RENTALS ARE THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT THAT SAME DATABASE OR ARE THEY IN A DIFFERENT DATABASE. THEY'RE NOT IN THE SAME DATABASE. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. CAN THAT DATABASE BE EITHER ADDED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CHECK THAT THEY ARE A SHORT TERM RENTAL? I THINK THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. I THINK THERE'S A DISCUSSION BEHIND THAT, BECAUSE IF WE LIST THOSE LOCATIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS BY BY DOING SO, YOU KNOW, ARE WE MAKING IT EASIER FOR SOMEBODY JUST TO, TO GO FIND THAT SHOP DE SOTO AND THEN AND THEN TURN AROUND THAT THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. I CAN SEE WHERE THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM THAT I'M, I'M REALLY TRYING NOT TO NOT TO SAY OUT LOUD, BUT HOA'S ACTUALLY HAVE RULES IN PLACE. AND WHEN SHORT TERM RENTALS COME TO THE CITY FOR A PERMIT, THEY'RE PERMITTING SOMETHING SITTING IN AN HOA THAT THE HOA MANAGERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT. AND SO IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO ENFORCE WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW. SO I'M ASKING

[03:20:05]

I THINK IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER BIRD. LET'S, LET'S GO AND DO THE MAX AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LET THEM FIGHT US IN COURT. IT'D BE GREAT. BUT BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT WITHOUT HAVING REALLY RESULTS ON IT. AND THAT'S MY ONLY WORRY. SO THERE'S MORE WORK. FROM WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY, THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SHORT TERM RENTAL SITUATION, BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT BASED ON THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, THE HOA CAN COME ON TOP OF WHAT THE CITY IS DOING. IF THE CITY HAS PERMITTED THEM, WE, THE HOA, CAN COME BEHIND THEM AND UNDO THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE THE COMMISSIONER, BUT THE HOA CAN ENFORCE THE CCRS. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE THERE IS A CONSTANT ARM TO BE ABLE TO DO TO DO THAT. RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE CITY COULD COULD PERMIT SOMETHING. BUT UNLESS THE HOA MONITORS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF I LIVE IN AN HOA AND MY GRASS IS, IS TALLER, I'M GOING TO GET UP, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GET A FINE OR I'M GOING TO GET A NOTIFICATION. THAT'S THE SAME WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE, NOT FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, BECAUSE IT GOES BY THE STATE. THE STATE REGULATES THIS. SO THE STATE HAS SAID THAT YOU CANNOT ENFORCE BANNING THEM. SO THE HOA CANNOT ENFORCE BANNING THEM. ALL I'M ASKING IS, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS TALKING TO THE HOA TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS EXIST? I THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. NO, HE SAID IT THE OPPOSITE WAY. WELL, I'M SAYING I HEARD HIM SAY IN HIS COMMENTS, THOUGH, THAT THERE WOULD THEY WERE LOOKING AT MAKING AN APPROVAL. SO WHEN SO IF I'M IF A SHORT TERM IF I'M A SHORT TERM RENTAL OWNER AND I WANT TO COME TO THE CITY TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION, THERE IS A PART OF THAT APPLICATION THAT REQUIRES THE HOA TO APPROVE THEM DOING IT. SO THAT WOULD NOTIFY, IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD NOTIFY. NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THE APPROVAL. THE APPROVAL. THE HOA CANNOT NOT APPROVE IT. WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THEY CANNOT NOT APPROVE. WELL, MAYBE IT'S A NOTIFICATION PROCESS TO NOTIFY THE YOU KNOW, IT'S WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY A MATTER OF SEMANTICS. IT'S A DIFFERENCE. BUT I'M SAYING WHATEVER IT IS, THERE WOULD BE A STEP IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE AT LEAST AT THE VERY LEAST, THE HOA HAS TO BE NOTIFIED THAT YOU'RE MAKING

[03:25:04]

ALTHOUGH THEY CANNOT THE HOA CANNOT ENFORCE ANYTHING ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. THEY CAN ENFORCE THINGS ON THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO THAT'S THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY I THINK THAT WE HAVE AND CREATING SOME SOME LAND USE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO IT. SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS. AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY LOOK NO MORE, NO SHORT TERM RENTAL IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS DID. SO AGAIN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. THE MATTER IS CAN WE ENFORCE IT? CAN WE LEGALLY ENFORCE IT? AND THAT'S THE TRICK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. THANK YOU. RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE I HEARD THE LAST STATEMENT WAS CAN WE LEGALLY ENFORCE ENFORCE IT? AND SO HAVE WE TALKED TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ALREADY? I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS DISCUSSION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AT HAND WITH US. SO THAT'S ONE. BUT THE NEXT THING IS FOR YOUR TEAM, HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT AIRBNB'S POLICIES THAT THEY HAVE SUGGESTED FOR VARIOUS CITIES HAS. IS THAT A PART OF THIS? OR.

NO. SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. GORE UP UNTIL THIS POINT. NOW, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH HIM, AND I DON'T THINK CHIEF COSTA HAS SPOKEN WITH HIM SINCE THIS MARCH 6TH DECISION CAME OUT OF DISTRICT COURT IN TARRANT COUNTY REGARDING FORT WORTH. I KNOW THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WE WERE KIND OF WAITING ON TO, TO SEE WHICH WAY THAT WENT IN IN REGARDS TO THE TOOL AND IF NOT, AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT. AND SO I RECEIVED AN EMAIL. I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES RECEIVED IT FROM AN AIRBNB REPRESENTATIVE. I'M ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO IT, BUT THEN I JUST DID A LITTLE SEARCHING AND I SEE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF ORDINANCES THAT DIFFERENT CITIES LIKE MIDLAND, RICHARDSON, TULSA AND SO ON HAVE DONE. AND THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS INTO LIKE GIVING SOME STRENGTH TO SOME OF THIS, PARTICULARLY THE ONES OUT OF TEXAS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE FLOOR. CITY MANAGER, AS THE CADRE OF THINGS THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER IS THAT THERE'S A TOOL THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS FOR US TO LOOK AT OR LOOK INTO, BUT I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF DOING SOMETHING FOR THIS IN, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, ROLLING THE ROULETTE WHEEL ON GOING TO LITIGATION OR NOT JUST OUT OF PRUDENCE OF, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR SPENDING, BUT DEFINITELY FOR SURE SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN THOSE THINGS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LET SOMEBODY ELSE GO THROUGH PAYING ALL THAT MONEY AND, AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, FIND SOMETHING THAT WAY. BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINT IN READING THESE THINGS OUT. LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A LOCAL CONTACT, JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ELSE THAT CAN BE DONE BEFORE WE GET TO THE POINT OF, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH LITIGATION, BUT.

WELL, AND I AGREE, COUNCILWOMAN, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT JOTTED DOWN. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IS AN ORDINANCE REVIEW. RIGHT. HOWEVER WE DO THAT, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT RESOURCE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT CERTAINLY I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH SEARCHING POLICIES AND ORDINANCES OF DIFFERENT CITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THOSE ARE OUT THERE. WE CAN GET ACCESS TO THOSE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BEGIN WITH IS, IS PUT ALL THOSE TOGETHER AND CRAFT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE PIECES THAT THAT WE LIKE AND THAT COUNCIL AGREES UPON. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND SPEAKING AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER, TEXAS REAL ESTATE BROKER, WE ADVOCATE FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS, HOMEOWNERS RIGHTS. AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO START WITH HOW MUCH ARE WE DOING AS FAR AS OUTREACH? YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT HOA. WE COULD TALK ABOUT ORDINANCES, BUT ARE WE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW YOU GUYS NEED TO REGISTER IF YOU HAVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL? I THINK IT STARTS WITH THAT. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM SOMEONE WHO HAD TO PAY A FINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS WEEKS AND WEEKS LATE AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME. SOME OF THEM DON'T KNOW. I'M SURE I MANAGE PROPERTY FOR SOMEONE WHO'S OUT OF STATE

[03:30:01]

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW I, I ACTUALLY SEARCHED OUR WEBSITE BEFOREHAND TO SEE IF I COULD GET IT TO POP UP, AND I AND I CAN'T. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL PIECE OUT THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE FEE, WHO'S GOING TO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO INCREASE THE FEE? WHETHER HE WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE WANTING TO INCREASE THE FEE, I BELIEVE I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN BIRD. IT'S NO, I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING WE CAN DO WELL, BUT, I MEAN, OKAY, THEN I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION. HOW DID WE GET TO THE POINT OF MAYBE INCREASING THE FEE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT REVAMPING THE, THE RENTAL POLICY AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL AS WELL. WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. OKAY. AND SO WE HAVE THE ABSENTEE LANDLORD COMING SOON. SO THAT WOULD GO INTO THE RENTAL PIECE IN THAT DISCUSSION. SO ARE YOU SAYING THE INCREASE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS WON'T THAT FEE INCREASE IS NOT A PART OF OUR RENTAL REGISTRATION INCREASE THAT MIGHT BE BEING REQUESTED? THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS. ONE IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL, ONE IS THE ABSENTEE. AND I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT ABSENTEE LANDLORD. I MEAN, IT'S A LONG TERM RENTAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE LANDLORD IS ABSENTEE ANYWAY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE ABSENTEE LANDLORD SLASH LONG TERM RENTAL FIRST. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. BUT BUT I THINK THE RENTAL FEE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT, WHETHER THEY'RE LOCAL OR WHETHER THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE. THAT'S CORRECT.

BE INCLUDED IN THERE. THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE EVALUATING THAT FEE AS WELL. YEAH. SO I HAVE A I HAVE ONE LAST. WELL TWO WELL A QUESTION SOMEWHAT OF A QUESTION AND A COMMENT. DO WE KNOW AND I'M SURE WE DO. WE DON'T HAVE IT. IT WAS NOT EMBEDDED IN THIS PRESENTATION. BUT IS IT READILY AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH AND HOW FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY BEING COLLECTED FROM SHORT TERM RENTALS? IF THIS COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, WHERE IS THE REPORT THAT IT? WAS IT IN HERE? YES, MA'AM. WHAT WAS IT, 12,000. 12,000? A LITTLE OVER $12,000 IN THE 12,001ST QUARTER. NOW I DON'T BACK TO THAT SLIDE. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY. THAT SEEMS AWFUL LOW. IT'S 12,206. OKAY, I DID I DID SEE THAT NUMBER. I DIDN'T CORRELATE IT TO THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE COLLECTING. THAT DOES SEEM AWFULLY LOW. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND A FEW THOUGHTS. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. I WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THIS ORDINANCE FORTH IN 2016 WHEN SHORT TERM RENTALS WERE REALLY NOT EVEN A THING. I WAS MANAGING PROPERTIES AT THE TIME AND WE WERE STARTING TO SEE THESE NEW TYPES OF RENTAL TYPES POP UP BACK THEN. AND I KNOW THAT FOR ME, IT DID NOT SIT WELL WITH ME EVEN BACK THEN, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE YOU WERE ESSENTIALLY PUTTING A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND YOU CAN'T DO ESSENTIALLY THE REVERSE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING SPECIAL ZONING, RIGHT, FOR THAT. AND SO I'VE ALWAYS HAD TAKEN ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T REQUIRE SPECIAL ZONING OR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. OR MAYBE THEY MAYBE THEY SHOULD WRITE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THAT TYPE OF A SPECIAL USE OF THEIR HOME. AND SO I'M EVEN I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY, MAYBE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE REQUIRED AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS THAT A THAT AN OWNER WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE USUALLY SHORT TERM RENTALS WORK BEST IN DESTINATION CITIES. SO LIKE MIAMI OR EVEN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, RIGHT? THOSE TYPES OF PLACES WHERE THEY WORK. WELL, NOW I WANT TO REALLY KIND OF GET

[03:35:02]

RIGHT, BECAUSE OUR OFFICERS WE SEEM TO DEAL WITH THE SAME ONES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT'S CERTAINLY INFORMATION THAT I CAN THAT I CAN GET, I CAN GO BACK AND PULL CALL HISTORIES, YOU KNOW, FROM THOSE 31 LOCATIONS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH, IF ANY. SO WE CAN KIND OF FIND OUT AND AT LEAST GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, BEING A NUISANCE OR A PARTY HOUSE. AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, RIGHT, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL THING WORKS THERE. IT WORKS. AND IT MAKES SENSE HERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK REALLY PART OF THE PROCESS IS JUST SIMPLY BEING ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS NOT A PARTY HOME. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LEGITIMATELY FOR FOLKS TO COME AND STAY AND ENJOY THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE. YEAH. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM. I WANTED TO ADD JUST ONE MORE THING. SO THE AIRBNB TOOL, SOME OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES, WELL, IT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I DID SEE, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD. ONCE YOU TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THOSE TOOLS JUST TO PULL OUT THE ONES THAT ARE GERMANE FOR TEXAS, LIKE WE WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, LITIGATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S MY ASK. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. CHIEF. DID YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED, MR. CITY MANAGER? DID YOU GET FEEDBACK? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM WILL GIVE THAT MOTION TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL WILL GIVE YOU THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THE TIME IS NOW 939 AND WE

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