[A. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS 6 P.M. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR APRIL 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WILL OPEN US UP WITH THE 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 MEMBER. CRISTAL. CHISHOLM. HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. FIRST, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY STUDENT AMBASSADOR HANNAH STANTON WITH KINGDOM COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES. IF EVERYONE CAN, PLEASE STAND. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL, SHALL WE BOW? GOD OUR FATHER, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO SEE A BRAND NEW DAY. SO WE DON'T TAKE THESE 24 HOURS FOR GRANTED. WE'RE GRATEFUL EVERY TIME WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK ACROSS OUR TABLE AND SEE PEOPLE WE LOVE. SO WE DON'T TAKE THOSE SMILES FOR GRANTED. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL, EVEN FOR THIS EVENING, THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO COME AND TO DO THE BUSINESS FOR YOUR PEOPLE AND FOR THE GREAT CITY OF DE SOTO. AND LIKEWISE, WE DON'T TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY LIGHTLY. WE PRAY NOW, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR MAYOR AND YOU WOULD BLESS OUR COUNCIL. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM TO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE CHOPPY WATERS AND GIVE US GOD THE YOUR WILL FOR THIS GREAT CITY OF DE SOTO. WE PRAY NOW FOR ONENESS OF THE SPIRIT AND ONENESS OF THE MIND.
AND IF ANY ENEMY WERE TO COME TO DISTURB THE PEACE, WE PRAY GOD THAT YOU WILL BE OUR VINDICATOR, AND THAT YOU WILL CAUSE A CALMNESS TO COME OVER THIS CHAMBER AND OVER ALL THAT ARE INVOLVED. WE ASK NOW, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR AGENDA AND BLESS STAFF AND OUR GREAT CITIZENS OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY OF DE SOTO AND JESUS THE CHRIST. NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN.
OKAY. OKAY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OKAY. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD, FOR RENDERING THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
AND WE WANT TO GIVE IT UP FOR OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR TONIGHT, MISS HANNAH STANTON FROM KINGDOM COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER. FOR OUR SHE'S OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR THIS EVENING. AND SHE HAS AN INTEREST IN LAW. THAT BEGAN WHEN SHE WAS IN A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN 2023 BY A FAMILY LAW JUDGE, WHICH ALLOTTED TIME IN THE COURTROOM, EXPOSING HER TO VARIOUS CASES. SHE SPENT MANY HOURS LISTENING TO THE DIFFICULTIES FAMILIES WERE EXPERIENCING AND THE LAWS THAT HELPED THEM TO REACH RESOLUTION.
SHE TOOK NOTES THAT WOULD LATER BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN HERSELF AND THE JUDGE. DISCUSSIONS OFTEN LED TO A WELCOMED, PASSIONATE AND COMPASSIONATE DEBATE, WHICH WAS INVIGORATING BECAUSE SHE COULD ARGUE HER PERSPECTIVE PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED BY FAMILY LAW, PENAL CODES THAT SHE COMMITTED TO LEARNING. BEFORE THIS MENTORSHIP, SHE HAD NO IDEA WHICH PATH SHE WOULD TAKE, BUT AFTER MUCH PRAYER, GOD INTRODUCED HER TO THIS LIFE CHANGING MENTORSHIP WHICH CREATED HER DRIVE FOR FAMILY LAW. UNDERSTANDABLY, SHE MUST FIRST PRACTICE LAW, WHICH SHE IS EQUALLY EXCITED ABOUT AS SHE BELIEVES FOUNDATIONAL PRACTICES ARE NECESSARY TO BECOME AN IMPACTFUL FAMILY LAW JUDGE. SO FAR, SHE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND IS CURRENTLY APPLYING TO UT AUSTIN. SHE HAS BEEN SELECTED. SHE HAS SELECTED LIBERTY FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST. BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE ROTC PROGRAMS AND FULL LAW SCHOOLS THAT WILL ALLOW HER TO FINISH HER FULL DEGREE WITHOUT TRANSFERRING, AND START OFFICER TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. AFTER SHE EARNS HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE. THAT'S GREAT. HER CHURCH HOME HAS HAD A PHENOMENAL INFLUENCE ON HER LIFE, AND REMINDS HER HOW TO PUT THE WORD IN HER LIFE AND LIVE IT OUT PRACTICALLY. ALSO, THAT GOD IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE WITH HER, WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD, RELEASING EVERYTHING THAT SHE NEEDS WHEN SHE NEEDS IT. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR MISS HANNAH STANTON FROM KINGDOM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY. MISS STANTON, IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AND TO HEAR FROM YOU AND TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF YOUR SUCCESS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON BEHALF
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OF THE STUDENT BODY AT KINGDOM COLLEGIATE? WE THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME HERE. I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EACH ONE OF YOU HAS DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO COME DOWN AND WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES. WE HAVE SOME THINGS FOR YOU.THANK YOU. SO MUCH. YES. I'M SORRY I GOT A HOLD OF YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, PLEASE. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK HANNAH'S MOTHER FOR BEING
[B. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
HERE WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0415, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, OR CONDOLENCES. INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES. RECOGNITIONS. RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS. REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS. INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES. AND MAYOR, IF I MAY, THE CITY OF DESOTO WILL HOLD A GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY 3RD FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS MAYOR PLACE ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE THREE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FIVE. THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR A BALLOT BY MAIL IS APRIL 22ND, AND IT MUST BE RECEIVED, NOT POSTMARKED BY DALLAS COUNTY BY THAT DATE. THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND MUST BE MAILED TO DALLAS COUNTY.ELECTIONS AT 1520 ROUND TABLE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75247. EARLY VOTING WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, AND WILL RUN THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH. THE EARLY VOTING LOCATION IS DISCIPLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY CHURCH AT 901 NORTH POLK STREET. FOR A LIST OF CANDIDATES, VOTING TIMES, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING LOCATIONS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV OR.
WW DALLAS COUNTY VOTES.ORG FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT (972) 230-9664 OR YOU MAY CONTACT DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS AT (469) 627-8683. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES, COUNCILMAN. BURT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THIS IS JUST FOR OUR CITIZENS ON TOMORROW. THE LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST WILL BE IN THE GREAT CITY OF DESOTO, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE WILL START OFF AT THE OH, GOD, CHARLTON METHODIST AND WORK OUR WAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DESOTO MARKETPLACE. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THESE FUTURE LEADERS COME AND BE WITH US. I BELIEVE WE WILL TOUR THE AQUATIC CENTER.
WE WILL GO AND HAVE LUNCH AT A LOCAL EATERY. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. I UNDERSTAND WE'LL BE HEARING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OUR OWN MAYOR, MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. SO IF YOU SEE A GROUP OF ABOUT 35 OR 40 PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THIS GREAT CITY, THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT THEIR CITY SHOULD BE LIKE. SO PLEASE SMILE AT THEM. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME AL HERNANDEZ, WHO IS OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT, AS WELL AS AMANDA TORRES AND THE LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST CLASS OF 2025 TO THE GREAT CITY OF DESOTO TOMORROW. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VOLUNTEER AND PARTNERSHIP BREAKFAST HOSTED BY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THAT WILL BE APRIL 25TH FROM 9 TO 11 HERE AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER. THE A NIGHT OF JAZZ, FEATURING JORDAN CURLS AND THE MILES TATE ALLIANCE, HOSTED BY TONYA HALL, WILL BE AT OUR DESOTO CORNER THEATER ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH. PRESALE TICKETS ARE $25.30 $5 AT THE DOOR. YOU MAY REGISTER OR GET YOUR TICKETS AT DESOTO EVENTS DOT EVENTBRITE.COM. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE MOTHER AND SON DANCE, WHICH WILL BE MAY 3RD AT 630 TO 930 AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION APRIL 1ST THROUGH THE 15TH IS STILL GOING ON, AND THEN REGULAR REGISTRATION IS APRIL 16TH THROUGH THE 30TH. PURCHASE
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TICKETS OF DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV/REGISTER AND THEN ROSES FOR A ROSE HONORING DOCTOR IRMA. IRMA P HALL. THIS IS PRESENTED BY SNOOP ROBINSON AND IT WILL BE ALSO PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. AND IT WILL BE ON MAY 30TH AT 7:00 PM. AND THAT WILL BE ALSO AT THE DESOTO CORNER THEATER. AND MADAM MAYOR, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT'S COMING UP ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH AT 10:00. THIS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WILL BE HELD IN THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT OVER HERE TO 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD. AND OUR TOPICS ON THAT DAY WILL BE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT FINANCING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SPEED CONTROL OPTIONS. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THE CIP OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FINANCING. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN COME AND GET A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIG ROCKS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND THE AND HOW WE FUND THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO FUND. AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF THIS, SO THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT WE WILL SEE YOU ON SATURDAY, APRIL THE 26TH AT 10 A.M. AND I HOPE BEFORE THAT YOU WOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT CLEANUP ON THAT SAME DAY. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER EVENT THAT WILL HAPPEN ON SATURDAY, MAY 17TH. SO SAVE THE DATE. IT'S A FREE EVENT. IT WILL BE HELD RIGHT HERE AGAIN IN THE AMPHITHEATER AT 211 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S OUR FIRST ANNUAL CELEBRATION, SO PLEASE JOIN US ON THAT DAY. AND THEN LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT, YOU CAN TAKE YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE DESOTO WEBSITE AND JOIN THE MOVEMENT WHERE EVERY DROP COUNTS. AND SO IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, THERE IS A PLEDGE THAT YOU CAN GET FILL OUT THAT QR CODE AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE WATER. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR NATURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT RENEWABLE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF OUR SAFE WATER CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND WHAT IS THE TIME FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH EVENT? OH EXCELLENT QUESTION. SO THAT EVENT WILL BEGIN AT NOON AND IT'S OVER AT 7 P.M. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. OUR ANNUAL DESOTO WORKS JOB FAIR IS ON THE CALENDAR. THAT IS MAY 28TH. THAT'S A WEDNESDAY FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. THIS JOB FAIR IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT. YOU ALSO IF YOU ARE LOOKING, IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER LOOKING FOR SKILLED STAFF TO HIRE, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO JOIN US AS WELL. BOTH THE LINKS FOR THE JOB SEEKER AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYER ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA UNDER EVENTS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARX. THANK YOU. CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS OVER AT OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN. THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IS CALLED.IT'S LOCATED AT THE E J. MORGAN AGRICULTURAL CENTER THAT'S LOCATED AT 601 SOUTH WEST MORELAND, HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CALLING FOR AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ASSIST US WITH CULTIVATING THAT PARTICULAR AREA ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, PROMPTLY AT 4:00. SO WE DO NEED YOU TO SHOW UP. WE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT HARVEST TIME, BUT WE NEED YOU ON THE FRONT END TO HELP US CLEAN UP AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GROWING PROPERLY. NOW, SOME OF THE VEGETABLES THAT WE DO OFFER THERE, I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THIS LIST VERY QUICKLY. WE DO HAVE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A SONG, BUT WE HAVE CUCUMBERS, WE HAVE SQUASH, KALE, MUSTARD GREENS, BEETS, OKRA, CANTALOUPE, WATERMELON, POTATOES, CORN, JALAPENO PEPPERS, BELL PEPPERS, COLLARD GREENS. GREEN BEANS. GREEN ONIONS. I TOLD YOU IT SOUNDED LIKE A SONG. GREEN BEANS. RIGHT. OKAY. RED ONIONS, RADISH SPECKLED BUTTER BEANS. SO WE HAVE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WOULD WANT TO EAT AS A VEGETABLE. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, WE ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS OVER AT THE EJ MORGAN AGRICULTURAL CENTER, STARTING PROMPTLY AT 4:00. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND HELLO, DE SOTO. THIS COMING SATURDAY IS
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EVERYTHING EXPO. THE TEEN EXPO. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME TEENS IN THE HOUSE. I SAW ONE EARLIER AND YOU'RE DOING GREAT. PLEASE CALL ON YOUR FRIENDS AND MAKE THEM COME OUT ON SATURDAY. THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU. THIS IS EXACTLY FOR YOU ALL. SO ALL THE TEENS THAT SAY I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO ON THE 19TH, YOU DO FROM 10 TO 3, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DJ. LET ME SEE. IT'S MODELS FROM FOR FASHION SHOW HAIR MAKEUP DEMOS, CUPCAKES, WARS, CUPCAKE WARS, KARAOKE, DANCE PARTY WORKSHOPS, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. AND THAT'S JUST A JUST A SNIPPET OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO THERE. YOU ALSO CAN GRAB YOU SOME VOLUNTEER HOURS AND THEY HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST CALLED DJ, AND HE'S FROM CHANNEL EIGHT NEWS. SO COME ON OUT AND ENJOY SOME TIME. GRAB A FRIEND, REMEMBER TO GRAB A FRIEND. YOU HEARD IT FROM HERE. COME ON OUT TO THE TEEN EXPO ON SATURDAY, 10 TO 3. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THE DESOTO AREA CHAMBER, WHO IS SPONSORING THE ANNUAL DESOTO ISD STATE OF THE DISTRICT. AND THAT WILL BE ON APRIL 30TH IN THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER AT 11 A.M. SO COME ON OUT. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION TO SHARE. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. THERE IS ALSO WITH THE DESOTO AREA CHAMBER, THERE IS A GROVE. I'M SORRY. A GOOD MORNING, DESOTO. THAT HAPPENS ON APRIL 25TH. IT STARTS AT 8 A.M. AND IS FOR BUSINESSES, PEOPLE WITH BUSINESSES TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS NETWORK WITH OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE'RE TRYING TO HYPE ALL OF THE BUSINESSES UP. SO IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS OR YOU KNOW SOMEONE WITH ONE, LET THEM COME ON OUT AND IT'S GOING TO BE OVER AT ORCHESTRATING MEMORIES ON 321 BELTLINE RIGHT NEXT TO GROVE DESOTO, IT'S IN THE EXACT SAME SHOPPING CENTER. WE'LL SEE YOU ON THAT MORNING. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS MYSELF. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR AN EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE NEXT WEEK. IT IS OUR PATHWAY TO FRANCHISING EVENT, AND IT IS AN EVENT THAT IS HOSTED BY THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND THEY ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH ECFA, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FOR THE UPCOMING PATHWAYS TO FRANCHISING THAT IS HAPPENING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH FROM 5 P.M. TO 8 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT THE DECK NETWORK AT REDBIRD, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3560 WEST CAMP WISDOM ROAD, SUITE 200, IN DALLAS, TEXAS. WHETHER YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR, A FRANCHISEE LOOKING TO EXPAND A FRANCHISE, OR LOOKING TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS, OR AN INVESTOR EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES, THIS EVENT WILL EQUIP YOU WITH THE RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE UPWARDS OF ALREADY AT 100 REGISTRANTS FOR THIS EVENT, SO THERE IS STILL SOME SPACE FOR YOU. HOWEVER, THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT YOU MUST REGISTER. YOU CAN GO TO. ORG AND CLICK THE LINK ON THE BANISTER ON THE BANNER TO REGISTER. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE ABOUT OUR FAITH LEADERS BREAKFAST, WHICH TAKES PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY AT ON APRIL 24TH AT 8 A.M. AND WE WILL BE HOSTING THAT. THAT IS FOR OUR DESOTO RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS FAITH LEADERS THAT EITHER LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OR FAITH LEADERS THAT HAVE A HOUSE OF WORSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT TOPICS, TO NETWORK, AND TO MAKE CONNECTIONS. WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING A MEETING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING NEXT WEEK'S BREAKFAST TO DISCUSS OUR CDBG PLANS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED PARTNERSHIP FROM OUR FAITH COMMUNITY ON. SO IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED FOR THAT BREAKFAST, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TODAY. GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND GET REGISTERED FOR THAT BREAKFAST SO THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THERE IN OUR FAITH LEADERS COMMUNITY.NOW, BEFORE I WRAP UP, I DO HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, AND WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY THAT IS COMING UP ON APRIL 29TH, AND THAT IS FROM NONE OTHER THAN OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. WE WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, AS USUAL, YOU GET TO SELECT WHICH VERSION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU WANT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CHOIR TO SING TO YOU TONIGHT. THE STEVIE WONDER VERSION. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE STEVIE WONDER VERSION ON THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. CONGRATULATIONS,
[C. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT, GREAT BIRTHDAY. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY[00:20:01]
SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY, OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. FOR ATTENDEES WANTING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA, THE COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THAT AGENDA ITEM. THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING. PLEASE NOTE COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. CITIZENS SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR BECOMING BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL. IF SUCH CONDUCT OCCURS AND IS NOT CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY, THE CITIZEN MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THE REMAINING SESSION OF THE MEETING, AND THE CITIZEN SHALL BE BARRED FROM APPEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT SESSION. CITIZEN CITIZENS SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I DO HAVE ONE CARD. I HAVE BERNADENE HARRISON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING, MISS HARRISON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. I'M BERNADENE HARRISON AND I LIVE HERE IN DESOTO. MAYOR. PROCTOR, MAYOR PRO TEM DIANA MARKS AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MISS HARRISON, YOU CANNOT ADDRESS US BY NAME. I BEG YOUR PARDON? I'VE ALWAYS DONE THIS. YOU CANNOT ADDRESS US BY NAME AS WAS READ AS A SALUTATION. WE CAN'T AS A SALUTATION. NO, MA'AM. LET'S RECLAIM HER TIME, PLEASE. I. WELL, WHO DO WE ADDRESS? SIR? AS STATED IN THE IN THE COMMENTS BEFORE THAT, OUR CITY SECRETARY READ. YOU MUST ADDRESS TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND NOT INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. OKAY. THE POINT OF ORDER, MISS HARRISON. CAN WE RESET HER TIME, PLEASE? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. I'VE LIVED IN DESOTO FOR 29 YEARS, AND I'VE OFTEN SUPPORTED ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING OUR CURRENT MAYOR. HOWEVER, I'M VERY MUCH UNAWARE OF THE GREAT JOB THAT'S BEING DONE HERE. OKAY. THE CITY OF DESOTO'S CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS, HIGH TAXES, HIGH CRIME, TOO MUCH DEBT, A FAILING SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO CONNECT THE DOTS THAT HOW WELL A CITY DOES IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF THEIR SCHOOLS. YOU LOOK AT THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY COMING IN. THEY PUT A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY INTO SCHOOLS. EVERY TIME I MENTION SCHOOLS IN THESE MEETINGS, I'M ALWAYS TOLD, WELL, THAT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY. ONE IS CONTINGENT UPON THE OTHER. WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE CURRENT DESOTO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER USED HER POSITION OF POWER TO HAVE A SENIOR CITIZEN THAT SHE DISAGREED WITH, ARRESTED ON HEARSAY AND UNSUBSTANTIATED CHARGES, A SITUATION SO EGREGIOUS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED FOR CENSURE, WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH IGNORED BY MANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ALTHOUGH THE INDIVIDUAL WAS LATER ACQUITTED, IT COST A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY TO DEFEND HERSELF AGAINST THESE TRUMPED UP CHARGES. WE HAVE ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL. I KEEP SAYING THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AWFUL OF GIVING $50,000 TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND NOW WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOW BEGGING FOR MONEY. OKAY, BUT WE HAVE $50,000 THAT WE CAN JUST GO AND GIVE AWAY. I'M SURE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD HAVE USED THAT MONEY, SINCE THEY'RE $27 MILLION IN THE HOLE. WE, THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO, WILL BE EVEN FURTHER IN DEBT TRYING TO MAINTAIN AN ICE SKATING RINK. EVEN THOUGH MOST BLACK PEOPLE DON'T ICE SKATE, MOST BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT SWIM. SOMEONE SAID THAT'S A RACIST COMMENT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COLOR GREEN. SOMEONE HAS TO SUPPORT THESE FACILITIES. ICE SKATING RINKS, SWIMMING POOLS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE AT ALL TIMES. IT CAN BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. AND I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO ANY ICE SKATING RINK, AND I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO AN AUDITORIUM, EVEN THOUGH I AM AN EXCEEDINGLY GOOD SWIMMER.MY SON, AT AGE SIX, WAS HIGH DIVING AT. I SWAM BETTER THAN THEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I STILL SWIM. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN BECAUSE I'M A GOOD SWIMMER. WE NEED TO INVEST THAT KIND OF MONEY ON SUCH FOOLISHNESS AS A SWIMMING POOL. WHEN MOST BLACKS DON'T SWIM, AND 70% OF THIS
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COMMUNITY IS BLACK. TO ME THAT MAKES VERY GOOD SENSE. ALSO, WE HAVE A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. AM I ALLOWED TO SAY THAT? THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME, I SEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE A[D. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager. ]
GOOD EVENING. YOU AS WELL. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL. AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER. FIRST, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 22ND, 2025 AND REGULAR FOR MARCH 4TH, 2025, AS WELL AS RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING EARTH MONTH, FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK, NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH, AS WELL AS CONSIDER GRANTING A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND A PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON A CITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT LOT ONE BLOCK, A DESOTO POLICE BUILDING ADDITION TO NORMAL ENTERPRISE, LLC TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE EASEMENT DOCUMENTS, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF WILDLAND FIRE EQUIPMENT, FIRE HOSES, SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, SCBA, AND OTHER FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT FROM METRO FIRE IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,000 AS IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF A 2024 FORD F-250 CREW CAB TRUCK IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,122.06 FROM ROCKWALL FORD TO BE UTILIZED AS THE BATON CHIEF BATTALION CHIEF. EXCUSE ME, COMMAND TRUCK AS IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? SURE THING. I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO ITEM E SEVEN. 87E7. IS THIS A CLARIFYING QUESTION OR YOU NEED TO PULL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE QUESTION OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I'M CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. IS THIS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE MEMO OR THIS IS ASIDE FROM THE MEMO? YES. INCLUSIVE OF THIS IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE MEMO. THAT'S OKAY. THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF THE MEMO. SO RELATED TO THE LET ME SEE, I HAD A I HAD A WHOLE EMAIL WRITTEN OUT FOR YOU ALL THAT I DIDN'T HIT SEND ON WHEN THE EMAIL WAS SENT. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WELL, I CAN GIVE YOU A QUICK SYNOPSIS AND IT MAY HELP YOU. SO WE HAVE AN EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR ALL OUR FIRE EQUIPMENT. THIS YEAR WE HAD BUDGETED TO SPEND 55,000 AND OUR NEW BRUSH TRUCK COME IN EARLY. WE WASN'T ANTICIPATING IT TO COME IN WHEN IT DID, SO WE NEEDED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL $30,000 IN ORDER TO EQUIP THAT SO WE COULD GET IT IN SERVICE. SO LAST MEETING, WE COME TO YOU ALL FOR THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT TO MOVE THAT 30,000 FROM OUR FUND BALANCE OVER. AND THEN THIS IS ASKING YOU ALL FOR THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT PURCHASE, TO PUT ALL THAT EQUIPMENT ON THE BRUSH TRUCK, PLUS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD ALREADY SLATED TO BUY THIS YEAR. OKAY, OKAY. SO FOR THE BRUSH TRUCK THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM UTV. YEAH. SO THE UTV IS A THAT'S A SEPARATE PURCHASE. THE UTV IS A FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS THAT CAN GO OFF ROAD IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE TEN MILE CREEK, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WE CAN'T GET OUR FIRE TRUCKS. OKAY. AND THEN HAVE WE HAD THAT BEFORE? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE OUR USAGE OF THAT. SO DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND HOW WOULD IT MAKE WHAT YOU DO MORE EFFICIENT. SO THE UTV. NO. SO THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE UTV THIS 90,000. THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE FROM THE UTV. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. YES MA'AM I'M SORRY OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. YES, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM E EIGHT. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M JUST I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE RFQ, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE PULLED OR NOT. PULL IT, PULL IT. OKAY, LET'S PULL IT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE THEN, PLEASE.PULLING ITEM E88. PULL. OKAY. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE REMAINING ITEMS? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED PROPERLY. SECOND BY MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM E EIGHT COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILWOMAN
[8. Consider approval of the purchase of a 2024 Ford F-250 Crew Cab truck in the amount of $64,122.06 from Rockwall Ford, to be utilized as the Battalion Chief Command Truck as identified in the FY 2024 Vehicle Replacement Program]
CHISHOLM, YOU CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO. SO REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND EQUITY, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE ABOUT BUYING LOCAL. I SAW ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL FORD WAS WHERE THIS VEHICLE WAS BEING PURCHASED, BUT ALSO, I GUESS FROM A CONVERSATION BEYOND THAT, BECAUSE AS MY COLLEAGUE[00:30:05]
YESTERDAY POINTED OUT, THE HUB INITIATIVES AND JUST HOW WE'RE DOING JUST WITH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND ALIGNING IT WITH OUR GOALS, I WANTED TO KNOW, WAS THIS A BY BOARD OR WAS THIS A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE? LIKE HOW WHAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE PURCHASE AS IT RELATES TO THAT, CONSIDERING THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ABOUT EITHER BUYING LOCAL TO KEEP THAT SALES TAX HERE OR KEEPING IN MIND OUR PROCUREMENT GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET. OKAY, CHIEF, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT MAC HIKE DID NOT OFFER A PROPOSAL FOR THE VEHICLE AFTER REQUESTED. AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE PURCHASE ACTUALLY WAS CHEAPER THAN THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS SUCH AS BY BOARD THAT IS OUT THERE. OKAY, SO THIS WAS THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER AND THEN THE VENDOR DIDN'T OFFER THE OPTION. CORRECT. THE IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED, OKAY. IN TRANSPORT. IT WAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. SO WE'VE HAD TO COME BACK AND REPURCHASE THIS VEHICLE ALL OVER. SO THAT WAS THAT LEADS TO MY SECOND QUESTION, AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY FIRST REGARDING THE INSURANCE CLAIM FOR THE VEHICLE, SINCE IT WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS RESOLVE IT, DOES THE CITY GET RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT AS A SETTLEMENT, OR IS THIS LIKE A START OVER SITUATION FOR US? WE ARE GOING TO CANCEL THE CURRENT POA THAT WE HAD HAD FOR THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE. SO THOSE FUNDS ARE RETURNED TO THE ACCOUNT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND CREATE ANOTHER POA TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE. SO IT'S GOING TO PRETTY PRETTY MUCH EVEN OUT. WE HAD NEVER ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. WE HAD THE POA READY, BUT BEFORE WE PURCHASED AND IT GOT TO US, IT WAS WRECKED IN TRANSIT. SO WE NEVER TOOK POSSESSION. WE NEVER GAVE ANYONE MONEY FOR THE VEHICLE. AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO CANCEL THAT POA MONEY GOES BACK AND THEN WE'RE STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. SUPER. SO WE SHOULDN'T SEE A CHANGE ON THE BUDGET. NEXT ON WHEN WE SEE THIS ON A MONTHLY STATEMENT OKAY. NO MA'AM.AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS I APPRECIATE IT. YES. THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION, MAYOR I MOVE TO THAT. WE APPROVE ITEM E EIGHT AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE ITEM E EIGHT AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL AT THE TIME. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS
[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute Change Order #08 with Manhattan/Post L Construction in the amount of $317,107 for contractor services to manage the access control and security setup at the Aquatic and Recreation Center at McCowan Park]
WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. HAVING NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER EIGHT WITH MANHATTAN POST L CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $317,107 FOR CONTRACTOR SERVICES TO MANAGE THE ACCESS CONTROL AND SECURITY SETUP AT THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER AT MCALLEN PARK. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHRIS GLOVER, PARKS DIRECTOR.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MR. GLOVER. CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, IN OUR ORIGINAL SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUIT AND THE WIRING AND THE CITY. WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTUAL CAMERAS. AND A LOT OF THAT WAS BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING, THE VERKADA, WE WANTED TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE USE AT ALL OF OUR PARKS. AND THE POLICE HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING, BUT MANHATTAN AND OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THEY WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING A SUBCONTRACTOR. THAT WOULD DO BOTH. I MEAN, THEY WOULD JUST DO THE ONE. AND SO THEY CONTACTED US ABOUT THAT. AND SO WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COST AND WE HAVE A SOFT COST. SO WE HAD THE $317,000 BUDGETED IN OUR SOFT COST. AND WE'RE JUST MOVING THAT MONEY TO THE CONSTRUCTION COST SO AS NOT TO EXCEED THAT $317,000 FOR MANHATTAN AND POSTALE TO ACTUALLY DO THE CONDUIT ALONG AND THE WIRING ALONG WITH THE CAMERA SYSTEM. AND SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WON'T CHANGE. WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING FUNDS, BASICALLY. SO ALL OF THAT CAN HAPPEN IN ONE PLACE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. AND. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER I DON'T KNOW WHO HAD THE LIGHT ON FIRST. DOCTOR MARX OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. THIS IS A QUESTION PROBABLY FROM WELL THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS IS A QUESTION PROBABLY FOR MR. CORMIER. IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM FOR THAT? IT WAS A 3.7. WAS IT THE EXACT 317? YES. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER ANTICIPATED COST BEYOND THAT? CAN YOU CAN YOU SEE
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ANYTHING BEYOND THAT? I JUST HATE FOR US TO KEEP COMING BACK AND BACK, GETTING NICKEL AND DIMING. SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT? NO, IT IS NOT TO EXCEED OKAY. THE AMOUNT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD BUDGETED. OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAS TO PICK THAT COST. OKAY. SO INITIALLY THE CITY WAS GOING TO DO ONE PORTION AND THEY WERE GOING TO DO ONE PORTION, BUT THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A COMPANY THAT WOULD DO ONE PORTION. THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER DO TWO. IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE COST? WELL, AND THE LIABILITY OF IT. SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE SYSTEM AND YOU START LOOKING, WAS IT THE WAS IT THE CAMERAS OR WAS IT THE CONDUIT AND THE WIRING. AND SO IT'S JUST MORE CLEANER TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE COME IN TO DO BOTH, AS OPPOSED TO US DOING ONE. AND, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY DOING THE OTHER PART OF THAT. AND HOW LONG IS THIS WORK GUARANTEED? IS IT A FOUR YEAR. IS FOUR YEAR. YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GLOVER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST FOR CLARIFYING QUESTION AND IT KIND OF HITS ON WHAT YOU JUST PREVIOUSLY TOLD DOCTOR MARX. BUT JUST TO CONFIRM, THE PRICE IS THE PRICE THAT'S BEEN SET. RIGHT. SO THE WHAT WE SEE TODAY ARE THE CHANGES OF YOU MOVING MONEY IS NOT NECESSARILY AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET. IT'S YOU ALLOCATING THE FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND THE PRICE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED IS THE PRICE. ANY CHANGES THAT REQUIRE AN INCREASE IN COST WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE MANHATTAN TO PAY. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I HATE TO I DON'T KNOW IF CHANGE IS COMING, BUT IT SHOULD IT COME THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT PREFERENCE, RIGHT? CORRECT. MY SECOND QUESTION IS ALONG THE LINES OF THE SECURITY AND WIRING. I HAVE A BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF THAT INDUSTRY. AND SO FROM A CONSOLIDATING THAT SECURITY AND WIRING SCOPE, LIKE WITH HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LIABILITY OF THAT, WHO, WHO THEN OWNS THE LIABILITY, IS THAT MANHATTAN NOW MITIGATING THE ENTIRE LIABILITY.AND THEN FROM A WARRANT OUTSIDE OF THE YEAR WARRANTY. WHAT HAPPENS THEN IF THEY FAIL TO IF IT FAILS, IF IT FAILS FROM THAT POINT, WELL, AFTER THE YEAR WARRANTY, EITHER WE WOULD HAVE TO GET A NEW WARRANTY OR IT FALLS BACK ON THE CITY. IT FALLS BACK ON THE CITY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES. YES. OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY LIKE TO HAVE A LONGER WARRANTY PERIOD? BECAUSE ONE YEAR IS KIND OF SHORT? HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS? WE ABSOLUTELY CAN.
HOWEVER, IT COMES AT A COST, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE NEGOTIATED. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO MANHATTAN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT COST IS, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND REPORT THAT IF THERE'S IF THERE'S EXHAUSTIVE, WE CAN PROBABLY GET AN OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT TYPE OF WARRANTY. IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN A HOME WARRANTY, IF YOU WILL, FOR, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS. YES. AND THAT PROCESS I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT'S JUST THAT WITH WITH THIS BEING MORE OF A COMMERCIAL TYPE OF INSTALLATION, RIGHT, INDUSTRIAL LEVEL INSTALLATION AND JUST THAT ONE YEAR WARRANTY, IT GETS ME KIND OF NERVOUS. SO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF US HAVING TO FINESSE OR DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF BEING OF REACH, OF BEING ABLE TO FIND A VENDOR TO MEET THE NEEDS, I WOULD HOPE THAT MANHATTAN WOULD BE ABLE TO FLEX FROM THAT STANDPOINT AND EXTEND OUT THEIR GUARANTEE FOR THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT CAN BE KIND OF COSTLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT SCOPE OF WIRING AND THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF, WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. IT CAN'T BE JUST JUST AT THE AT AT THEIR WILL IF THEIR GOODWILL IF YOU WILL. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT MODELS, WHETHER IT'S AN OUTSIDE VENDOR THAT COULD PROVIDE THAT OR THAT WOULD BE MANHATTAN, IT STILL WOULD COME IN AT A COST. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE NEGOTIATED AT THE AT THE EARLY STAGES OF, OF THE. CM AT RISK PROCESS. GOTCHA. SO WITH THAT AND YOU'RE STATING YOU WOULD ALL HAVE TO GO BACK. IS THIS AN ITEM THAT WE IF WE DON'T APPROVE TONIGHT, CONTINGENT ON THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT YOU ALL DO ON THE BACK END, WOULD THAT DELAY THE PROJECT OR ARE YOU WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY MANAGER OR STAFF ON THAT JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHAT ELSE COULD YOU ALL DO TO GET MORE OF A WARRANTY FOR THE
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CITY AS IT RELATES TO THIS INSTALLATION AND THE LIABILITY? YEAH. YES. I MEAN, IT WOULD DELAY IT BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO GET IT BACK ON THE AGENDA. WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE RESULTS OF ALL OF THAT. AND DURING THAT TIME, THEIR TIMELINE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT TIMELINE. SO OUR PREFERENCE WOULD TO BE WOULD BE ON THE BACK END TO REALLY TRY TO SEE IF WE COULD EITHER FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THAT OR SEE IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH MANHATTAN TO GET THAT DONE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. BUT THE SCOPE OF SERVICE ACTUALLY HAS FOR A YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER. COUNCIL, PLEASE NOTE IN YOUR PACKETS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WE APPROVE THIS ITEM UNDER RECOMMENDATION. SO IT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TO APPROVE COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION OKAY. GO AHEAD I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. SINCE THE CITY WAS SLATED TO DO THEIR ONE PORTION ANYWAY, DID YOU NOT DO ANY RESEARCH TO SEE WHAT THE COST? YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE WARRANTY AND EVERYTHING, WAS IT GOING TO BE THE SAME? DO YOU KNOW, OR DID YOU DO ANY RESEARCH ON YOUR END? BECAUSE IT WAS IN OUR PURVIEW.THE INSTALLATION OF THE CAMERAS WAS IN OUR SCOPE, AND SO WE WOULD HAVE COME BACK LATER ON TO INSTALL THE CAMERAS LATER ON, AND THEN ALL OF THE LIABILITIES, AS FAR AS THE CAMERAS ARE CONCERNED, WOULD BE BASICALLY THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH MANHATTAN. AND THAT'S WHERE IT GETS TRICKY, BECAUSE NOW YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE. WAS IT THE WIRING OR IS IT THE ACTUAL CAMERA. AND SO NOW YOU SPEND TIME GOING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO DIAGNOSE IT, TO SEE WHICH ONE IT WAS AND THEN WHO'S NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR IT? OKAY. SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, THERE WAS NO RESEARCH OR ANYTHING AS TO IF THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE DOING IT AS FAR AS WARRANTY WAS CONCERNED, NO. THEIR ORIGINAL SCOPE WAS FOR A YEAR FOR THE CONDUIT AND FOR THE WIRING ONLY. OKAY. ONLY. YES. GOTCHA. OKAY.
THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THIS, IT HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY WATCHING. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ACTUAL CHANGE. THE MANHATTAN GROUP ACTUALLY HAD THE CONDUIT. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF THEIR PORTION, YOU'RE SAYING THEY COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER VENDOR. SO THEY ARE NOW COSTING US MORE TO DO IT THEMSELVES? NO. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? NO. IT WAS CHALLENGING TO FIND A SUBCONTRACTOR THAT WOULD COME IN AND, AND WARRANTY AND JUST DO THE WIRING AND THE CONDUIT. SO IT'S CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO DO THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME BACK AND LET US KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THEM FINDING A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS COMFORTABLE WITH JUST DOING THAT PORTION OF IT, WITHOUT DOING THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF THE CAMERAS. AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A $317,000 BUDGETED FOR US TO DO IT. NOW, IF IT COMES IN AT $200,000, THEN THAT'S MONEY SAVED BECAUSE IT'S NOT TO EXCEED THE $317,000. OKAY. AND SO WITH THAT POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ANYTHING SAVED, IS THAT A QUESTION OF, OKAY, YOU GO BACK AND TALK TO MANHATTAN WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF EXTENDED WARRANTY, MAYBE BEING ABLE TO REDUCE THE COST BY STRENGTHENING OUT OVER YEARS AS OPPOSED TO ONE YEAR. I MEAN, YEAH, THERE, THERE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE CONTINGENCY MONEY THAT'S THERE. AND IF WE END UP NOT SPENDING THE GUARANTEED MAX, THERE MAY BE DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR US TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS AT ANOTHER TIME. RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST TOO PRELIMINARY FOR US TO JUMP OUT AND COMMIT TO THAT. BUT THE POSSIBILITY IS THERE THAT WE COULD USE CONTINGENCY MONEY TO EXTEND THIS IF WE SO CHOOSE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CAUTION YOU ALL THAT THAT CONTINGENCY MONEY IS ALSO FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT COME UP. SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THAT IMPORTANT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR US TO DO IT, WE COULD LOOK AT USING CONTINGENCY MONEY TO DO IT. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF ROLLING THE DICE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE MAY COME UP. OKAY. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RAPHAEL.
SURE THING. THANK YOU. FOR CLARITY, LET ME JUST MAKE CERTAIN THAT I UNDERSTAND. SO THIS IS FOR CABLING AND THE CONDUIT. SO YOU HAVE THE INSTALLATION OF THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE INSTALLING CAMERAS. AND SO WILL THESE CAMERAS BE CONNECTED TO CAMERAS THAT WE CURRENTLY USE. AND OKAY. SO IT'LL BE SORT OF LIKE INTEGRATED INTO SYSTEMS WE ALREADY HAVE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO THESE CAMERAS OR THESE PERMANENT
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CAMERAS OR ARE THESE CAMERAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AS THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS GOES ON? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAMERAS AND PERMANENT CAMERAS. PERMANENT.THEY'RE PERMANENT CAMERAS OKAY. YES. PERMANENT CAMERAS. YES. OKAY. AND SO IN TERMS OF WHERE THIS FITS INSIDE OF THAT TIMELINE LIKE THIS, THIS THING IS COMPLETE IN 2026. DOES THIS, LIKE, START I GUESS SOMEWHERE HERE, OR ARE YOU JUST DOING THE PRELIMINARY, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING BUTTONED UP AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF THIS PROJECT TIMELINE? YES. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN INSIDE THE PROJECT TIMELINE. OKAY. AND SO WE'RE JUST MOVING SOMETHING FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM THE SOFT COST TO THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
YES. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, SO THAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THAT CLARITY. OKAY. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE CAMERAS ITSELF, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONNECTED WITH OUR POLICE STATION. I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, BUT YES, IT'S HAKATA AND WE HAVE THIS CAMERA SYSTEM IN ALL OF OUR PARKS. AND SO WHEN THE POLICE ARE RIDING, RIDING ALONG THE STREET, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. IT ALERTS THEM AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE JUST WANTED TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENT. GOTCHA OKAY. SO IT MAKES SENSE. SO SINCE THEY'RE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION, MOVING IT OUT OF YOUR SOFT COST TO THE CONSTRUCTION HARD COST. CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THE QUESTIONS, MR. GLOVER. AND WE TO COUNCILWOMAN RAPHAEL'S POINT, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, RIGHT. THERE ARE CAMERAS THERE ON SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. WHAT IS THE AND I DON'T KNOW, THIS MAY BE SOMEWHERE IN THE DOCUMENT BUT IS THERE IS THERE A PRICE RANGE. IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT EXTENDING THE WARRANTY WHAT DOES WHAT WOULD A RANGE OF THAT EVEN BE? JUST FOR MY FOR MY COMFORT AND PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT IF THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE THE ITEM UP OR DOWN ON THIS, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND EXPLORE THE EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY AND COME BACK AND DO THAT. I DON'T WANT STAFF TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING WITHOUT COUNCIL'S KNOWLEDGE. EVEN IF YOU GIVE US A PRICE RANGE, I'D RATHER BRING BACK THE FIGURES TO YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR VOTE. OH, CERTAINLY. AND THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. MORE SO, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE. BUT AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ANDRE BYRD TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE OUR VOTING COUNCIL? PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. CAN YOU SET IT UP FOR US, PLEASE? CAN YOU SET IT UP FOR US? IS IT.
IT'S MINE. IS NOT BLINKING. NO, NO. NO, THEY'RE NOT BLINKING. IT'S BLINKING ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S NOT BLINKING HERE ON MY VOTING PAD. LET'S TAKE A HAND. VOTE, PLEASE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRISTEL CHISHOLM, COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARX. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. NICOLE. RAFAEL. YES. COUNCIL
[2. Consider approval of an amendment to the DeSoto Development Corporation's budget in the amount of $100,000 for professional fees associated with the development of a Healthy DeSoto Plan ]
MEMBER. PARKER. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. CORPORATION'S BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTHY DESOTO PLAN. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MATT CARLSON, EDC DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MATT CARLSON HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S BUDGET THAT WILL INCREASE PROFESSIONAL FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. THE INCREASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTHY DESOTO PLAN, AND WILL COME FROM UNALLOCATED FUNDS ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET. WE'RE SIMPLY MOVING ONE LINE ITEM TO ANOTHER. THE IMPETUS FOR THIS WORK IS THE EXPLORATORY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL ASSETS. THERE WE GO. THE BIOLIFE SCIENCE INNOVATION CAMPUS, THE HAMPTON ROAD MEDICAL VILLAGE, THE ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CENTER, SPORTS MEDICINE TRAINING FACILITY. ET CETERA. DURING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, IT BECAME CLEAR TO BOTH STAFF AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT TO BEST DEFINE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WE NEEDED A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE WERE GOING. WE NEEDED A ROAD MAP, ESSENTIALLY A FRAMEWORK TO IDENTIFY AND GUIDE THE WHAT THE CREATION OF A HEALTHY DESOTO LOOKS LIKE. WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS? THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO CREATE A DATA DRIVEN, OUTCOME BASED STRATEGY THAT IDENTIFIES THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND GOALS THAT CAN BE USED TO SHAPE THE DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SYSTEMS PROVIDERS, DEVELOPERS, AND THE NUMEROUS SECONDARY AND TERTIARY STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE BASIC FOR BASIC LONG TERM DESIRES AND OUTCOMES ARE MET. THOSE FOUR ARE THE CREATION OF AN ENVIRONMENT[00:50:08]
WHERE HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE DEFINED BY THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTHY LIVING, VERSUS THE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS OR DISEASES TREATED OR FACILITIES AVAILABLE. NUMBER TWO, THE CREATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND A BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT RESULTS IN A LONGER, MORE FULFILLING LIFESPAN FOR OUR CITIZENS. NUMBER THREE THE CREATION OF A HEALTH ECOSYSTEM DRIVEN BY BOTH TRADITIONAL AND EVOLUTION, AND EVOLVING DELIVERY MECHANISMS THAT ARE TAILORED TO DESOTO'S RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. THAT INCLUDES HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE, NATURAL HEALTH AND BEAUTY, NUTRITIONAL AND BOTANICAL INTERVENTIONS, AMONG OTHERS. AND FINALLY, IT'S BACK WHERE WE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTH FACILITIES THAT RESPOND TO DESOTO'S UNIQUE HEALTH CHALLENGES WITH UNIQUE APPROACHES. STAFF WORKED WITH A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD THAT INCLUDED DOCTOR MICHAELA HERNDON, DOCTOR MAUDE GARRETT PRICE, AND AKILAH WALLACE, WHO IDENTIFIED A GROUP OF FORMER HEALTH CARE, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND BIO HEALTH INVESTORS TO ASSIST IN THIS EFFORT TO BROADEN AND INFORM OUR KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BOARD WITH DIRECT AND TARGETED EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES. TO THAT END, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS AUTHORIZED THE EXPENDITURE OF DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO BEGIN THIS SIX MONTH EFFORT UNDER A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT.TO PAY FOR THE EFFORT. UNALLOCATED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 FROM THE 2025 BUDGET WILL BE REALLOCATED TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LINE ITEM. THE OVERALL IMPACT WILL BE THE REDUCTION OF FUNDS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE CORPORATION'S FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
ONCE AGAIN, THE STAFF IS REQUESTING THE COUNCIL APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT TO THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S BUDGET FOR PROFESSIONAL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTHY DESOTO PLAN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SURE. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAST THE LAST TWO SENTENCES? YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO BE REALLOCATED. THE UNALLOCATED FUNDS WILL BE REALLOCATED TO THE PROFESSIONAL LINE ITEMS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS WHAT YOU SAID.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. SO IN OUR BUDGET THERE'S A LINE ITEM. LET ME JUST MAYBE FLIP TO IT. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE. IT'S A LITTLE SMALL, BUT IT'LL BE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. FUNDS JUST IN YOUR RESERVES OR WHERE YOU SAID, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT EARMARKED FOR ANYTHING. SO WERE THEY JUST IN YOUR RESERVES? THAT'S CORRECT. SO REMEMBER OUR BUDGET STARTS WITH THE REVENUE THAT COMES TO US FROM SALES TAX. AND WE WORK AGAINST THAT BUDGET. WE DON'T SPEND ANYWHERE NEAR THAT AMOUNT EVERY YEAR. SO WE TAKE OUR FIXED EXPENSES. AND THAT LEAVES A LINE ITEM THAT YOU'LL SEE ON OUR BUDGET THAT WE CALL BUSINESS GRANTS. THOSE SOME OF THOSE ARE PROGRAMED FROM YEAR TO YEAR COMMITMENTS WE'VE MADE ALREADY. BUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOSE ARE UNPROGRAMED FUNDS.
THIS TAKES A PORTION OF THOSE UNPROGRAMED FUNDS AND MOVES THEM TO AN ALLOCATED LINE ITEM. SO THAT AND THAT BALANCE JUST DOES THAT BALANCE ROLL OVER ANY UNPROGRAMED FUNDS? DOES THAT ROLL OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR? IT GOES INTO THE FUND BALANCE OKAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR OKAY.
COUNCIL, BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL. ARE THERE QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. CARLSON, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND I, I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DESOTO IS HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT HEALTHY OPTIONS AND HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS, IF YOU WILL, ABOUT HOW TO BRING HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT NOW. I HEARD WHAT MAYOR JUST SAID ABOUT IT MOVING OVER. I GUESS MY ONLY WELL, NOT MY ONLY QUESTION. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. LET ME LET ME TRY TO RATTLE OFF MY QUICK QUESTIONS HERE. FIRST, MAKING THIS CHANGE. NOW I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE URGENCY OF IT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND IS IT $100,000 FOR SIX MONTHS? MEANING IN SIX MONTHS THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THE HEALTHY DESOTO IN SIX MONTHS. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT THAT THIS AND WHEN YOU SAY SIX MONTHS, THAT MEANS THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO COMING FISCAL YEAR 2026 IS THE EXPECTATION TO DO ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. AND THEN ALSO FOR THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT, IS THERE ANY WAY WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THIS PROJECT THAT WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED? SO IF I HEAR YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, IT'S REALLY WHAT'S THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IN
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THIS. AND THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY BECAME VERY CLEAR TO US IS THAT WE COULD INVITE A HOSPITAL TO COME AND BUILD A HOSPITAL. WE COULD INVITE PROVIDER GROUPS TO COME AND BUILD THEIR THEIR FACILITIES. BUT IS IT MEETING A NEED IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THOSE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT KEPT CROPPING UP IN OUR DEVELOPMENT. OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH DEVELOPERS WAS WE WANT TO BUILD WHAT YOU NEED, NOT NECESSARILY JUST WHAT WE NEED.IS THAT REALLY ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS? AND THAT WAS THE OVER AND OVER WE KEPT COMING AGAINST THAT. SO WE SAID WE REALLY PROBABLY OUGHT TO START WITH THE END IN MIND. AND THAT'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. AND OUR, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, SOME OF THEM ARE PHYSICIANS. SOME OF THEM WORK WITHIN THAT THAT SPACE AND SAID IT'S REALLY NOT JUST A QUESTION OF TRADITIONAL DELIVERY MECHANISMS. GO SEE THE DOCTOR GET TREATED, GO TO THE HOSPITAL, WHATEVER THOSE LOOK LIKE. BUT EMBRACING ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY MECHANISMS IS VERY MUCH IMPORTANT THAT THEY FELT WE NEEDED TO EXPLORE THAT. SO WE LOOKED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD EXPERIENCE WITH ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED IN OTHER AREAS, NOT EVEN DALLAS NECESSARILY BACK EAST AND OTHER PLACES, PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR AMAZON AND GOOGLE WHO ARE EXPLORING NEW WAYS OF DELIVERING HEALTH CARE AT A LOWER COST. THOSE WERE ALL SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD AND SAID WE NEED TO GET A BETTER KNOWLEDGE, A BROADER KNOWLEDGE, A BETTER GROUP OF FOLKS HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND THIS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ENGAGED FOR THIS PROCESS. THIS PROCESS IS REALLY ALMOST A FACT FINDING MISSION, IF YOU WILL. IT'S GOT COMPONENTS. THERE'S A SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT. CHARRETTES STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, EXPLORING OTHER SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER PLACES, OTHER STATES, OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND IDENTIFY IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL PARTNERS THAT WILL HELP US TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S NEXT THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT TAKING SIX MONTHS, IT HAPPENS TO FALL AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY EXPECTATION BEYOND WHAT IS THAT NEXT? ONCE WE GATHER THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL MAKE THAT REPORT OUT TO THE BOARD, AND THAT WILL HELP US TO DETERMINE WHAT'S NEXT, THAT WILL HELP US TO DETERMINE WHO OUR ADDITIONAL PARTNERS WE MAY NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE TO INFORM OUR DISCUSSIONS EVEN MORE. OR PERHAPS SOME PORTIONS OF THAT WILL BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE WE EXPLORE EVEN DEEPER ON SOME OTHERS WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THOSE YET IS REALLY THE ANSWER TO THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO DO. MR. CARLSON, IF I MAY INTERJECT, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KIND OF GIVING, GETTING STRAIGHT, GETTING STRAIGHT TO IT WITH WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE TONIGHT. AND SO COUNCIL, AS YOU YOU ALL MAY KNOW, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DO NOT HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MWB AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. HOWEVER, WHAT I HEAR YOU ALL ASKING US FOR IS TO APPROVE $100,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK FOR ONE SPECIFIC COMPANY TO GIVE YOU A, TO CREATE THIS HEALTHY DESOTO PLAN? OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE TO CREATE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT? WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. IT'S ACTUALLY FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN HELP US TO DO THAT. SOME OF THEM COME FROM ACADEMIA, SOME OF THEM COME FROM BIO LIFE SCIENCE INVESTOR BACKGROUNDS. SOME OF THEM COME FROM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVED AS THE CEO FOR TH FOR 35 YEARS BEFORE HE RETIRED. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESBYTERIAN AND THEN TH THE COMBINATION BETWEEN UT SOUTHWESTERN AND TH. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LONG, LONG EXPERIENCE IN DELIVERING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THEN BROADER HEALTH SYSTEMS AS WELL. WE PUT ALL OF THOSE FOUR PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ASKED A SUBCOMMITTEE OF OUR BOARD TO WORK WITH THEM TO EVEN BROADEN THAT FURTHER. DOCTOR GARRETT PRICE IS A FAMILY PHYSICIAN, A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING THROUGH. HAVE WE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE TABLE FOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO EXAMINE THIS AND COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND A PATH FORWARD? WHAT DOES THAT PATH FORWARD LOOK LIKE? WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION AFTER WE'RE DONE. I GUESS THAT'S THE WITH THE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET, RIGHT? I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS TO CREATING THE ACTUAL PLAN. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT $100,000, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT TO EXCEED THAT, DO THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE THAT YOU ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED, YOU SAY YOU'VE IDENTIFIED FOUR PEOPLE OR GROUPS OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, FOUR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, RIGHT, THAT NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE. ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS PRESENTING YOU ALL WITH QUALIFICATIONS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE COMPONENTS OF THEIR PLAN. IF THEIR BIO LIFE SCIENCES, THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE THAT PORTION OF
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IT. IF THEIR HEALTH CARE, THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE THE PORTION OF I GUESS I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO ARRIVE AT AN OUTCOME IF WE IF WE VOTE TO REALLOCATE THE MONEY TONIGHT. SURE. SO THEY HAVE PRESENTED A FEE STRUCTURE FOR THIS, THIS WORK TO BE DONE OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD. AND THOSE COMPONENTS OF THAT, OF THAT PROJECT, OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK THAT WILL INCLUDE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND WORK WITH THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. A CHARRETTE TO SIT DOWN WITH THOSE VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND FLESH OUT IF THIS IS THE GOAL, IF WE'RE GOING TO START THINKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ANY COMMUNITY, BUT OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE HEALTH NEEDS? WELL, WE NEED TO GET SOME DATA THAT SO THERE'S COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. EVERY ONE OF THOSE STEPS IS MEANT TO MOVE US FORWARD TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AROUND HEALTH IN DESOTO? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OUR CITIZENS FACE? WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE DELIVERY MECHANISM TODAY, AND HOW DO WE MOVE THAT FORWARD TO THE DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR TOMORROW? WELL, SURE. SO POINT OF INFORMATION. CAN I FINISH THE QUESTIONS THAT I ACTUALLY ASKED AND GET THE ANSWERS TO THOSE. AND THEN YOU CAN FINISH WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M STILL I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER THAT I RECEIVED.YEAH. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND CAN WE CAN I, CAN I ATTEMPT TO KIND OF SHARE A, A PERSPECTIVE? YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. SO BOTTOM LINE, IF I MAY BE VERY DELIBERATE AND BLUNT IN THIS, WE DON'T WE WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS. AND WE REALLY HAVE, HAVE MET WITH THE FULL, THE FULL GAMUT OF EVERYONE IN THE HEALTH INDUSTRY. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. THE SET OF EXPERTS ARE GOING TO BRING BACK A SET OF CRITERIA FOR US TO START FOCUSING ON THAT 80 ACRE AND, AND BE VERY DELIBERATE IN GOING IN GOING TO A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT DESOTO WANTS. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO BRING IN TO THAT 80 ACRES. AND THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS WE'VE DONE, WE'VE I THINK WE'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE IN, IN, IN, IN THAT INDUSTRY, AND WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR AN R&D OR A HOSPITAL OR ANYTHING ELSE. THESE SETS OF THESE SETS OF GUIDELINES OR EXPERTS WHO ARE GOING TO HELP US PUT THOSE GUIDELINES, ARE GOING TO SET THE KIND OF THE FOUNDATION FOR US TO REALLY BE VERY SPECIFIC AND DELIBERATE ABOUT WHO WE NEED TO PURSUE. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION. IT DID. BUT HERE'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION WAS BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, ONE OF MY THOUGHT PROCESSES WAS WE NEEDED AN ACTUAL HEALTH ACTUAL COMMITTEE THAT COMPRISES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T BEING TALKED ABOUT IN THAT SETTING. I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF MOVING MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO I YIELD BACK. BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY WHEN IT WASN'T AN URGENCY BEFORE. MAYBE I'M UNCLEAR, BUT THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING. WELL, I CAN HELP WITH THE URGENCY QUESTION, AND I DON'T. I WOULDN'T LABEL IT AS URGENT PER SE, AS MUCH AS TO MAKE ITS POINT. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A NUMBER OF, OF PIECES OF LAND THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING AROUND A HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT. THOSE PIECES WON'T BE THERE FOREVER. WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND RATHER THAN GO FORWARD IN A MORE HAPHAZARD WAY, ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS THAT WILL BUILD IT AND WILL MAKE MONEY. WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IS IF IT SATISFIED US WITH AN OUTCOME.
AND SO WE FELT THAT REGROUPING NOW, TAKING THAT SIX MONTHS, CONTINUING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LANDOWNERS AND THE DEVELOPERS, STRINGING THAT ALONG, IF YOU WILL, MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO AT LEAST MAKE US BETTER INFORMED. OKAY. AND WILL WILL THAT INCLUDE ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. I WILL INCLUDE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS PART OF THE SHAREHOLDERS. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD WELCOME THAT THAT THAT INVOLVEMENT. IN COUNCIL AS A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. THESE THESE ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS NEVER AN URGENT MATTER BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREATING A HEALTHY DESOTO. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO NOTE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT WAS NOT URGENT BEFORE. HOWEVER, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN EMBEDDED WITHIN
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OUR STRATEGIC PLAN COUNCIL. I'M NOT SURE LIGHT WAS FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU. MATT. IT'S GOOD, MR. CARLSON WAS MY DAD. I'M JUST MATT. SO THANK YOU, MR. CARLSON, FOR SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT HEALTH IN AND AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DESOTO FOR SOME TIME. I THINK TO LEVEL SET THERE ARE COMPARTMENTAL PIECES FOR HEALTH. RIGHT. SO SAYING DISCOVERING A HEALTHY DESOTO IS A VERY BROAD STATEMENT. IT CAN TAKE YOU MANY PLACES. WE LISTENED LAST NIGHT THAT OUR CARES TEAM AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CAPACITY, WHAT THEY'RE DOING FROM AN EXPANSION PERSPECTIVE.AND THAT WAS ALL SPUN OFF ON YEARS OF BUILDING FROM THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM DALLAS COUNTY. SO THAT PIECE IS UNDERSTAND, I THINK WHAT YOUR POCKET WHAT I WAS IF I WAS PICKING UP WHAT YOU WERE PUTTING DOWN THIS EVENING, IS THAT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, THE NEXT FACILITY THAT COMES HERE, OR HOW WE CAPITALIZE ON THE LAND THAT WE HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE MEDICAL WORLD, THAT IS MORE SO THE LANE IN WHICH YOU'RE LOOKING AT GETTING PROFESSIONAL HELP IN DISCOVERING WHAT WOULD WORK BEST HERE, NOT SO MUCH AS THE BROAD ASPECT OF WHAT I INITIALLY THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA OF HOW CAN WE BRING MORE HEALTH? AS THIS COMMENT SAYS, EMERGING DELIVERY MODELS, RIGHT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS THAT CLINICS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE WORKERS, LIKE, HOW DO YOU BRING THAT TO DESOTO? AND MAYBE IT'S AN ENCOMPASSING ALL OF THAT. RIGHT. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN THIS SCOPE IS SOME TYPE OF HEALTH DISPARITY.
IF YOU'RE WANTING TO MATCH OR ANY GAPS IN THE HEALTH CARE, LIKE IF WE'RE WANTING TO SAY THAT, HEY, WE WANT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FOR SOMEONE TO TELL US WHAT TO BRING TO DESOTO. I WOULD THINK THAT AT THE AT THE EARLY INFANT STAGES OF THAT, WE NEED TO TELL THEM THE DISPARITIES THAT WE HAVE IN DESOTO OR WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED AS A RESULT IN MY I MEAN, WE'VE SAID THE END RESULT IN MIND, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE NO DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING IN THE GAME WITH THE DATA TO SUPPORT WHAT DESOTO LOOKS LIKE FROM THAT CAPACITY, OR ARE THEY NOT LOOKING AT THIS FROM A THIS WILL AID AND HELP DESOTO, BUT AS A REGIONAL SUPPORT, THIS IS WHAT DESOTO COULD DO TO HELP THE REGION, BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THERE. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, DO WE WANT TO BRING BIO HEALTH HERE, OR DO WE WANT TO ADD ANOTHER CLINIC OR ANOTHER HOSPITAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I THINK FOR ME, THAT THAT'S WHERE THE WATER IS A LITTLE MUDDY. AND THEN I KNOW YOU STATED THAT THERE'S A COMMUNITY VOICE IN THAT. AND I JUST HOPE IN THIS SCOPE, THERE'S ALSO TOWN HALL CONVERSATIONS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY WALKS ALONG WITH US IN THIS PROCESS. AND LASTLY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE ANSWERED IN YOUR SCOPE. OR YOU CAN ANSWER THIS FOR ME TODAY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE DATA INFORMATION IS A LITTLE LIMITED. JUST ON I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE AT THE BEGINNING STAGES, BUT SPECIFICALLY FROM A HEALTH AND QUALITY QUALITY OF LIFE METRIC. HOW WILL WE MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF IS IT SUCCESS? THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? IS THE SUCCESS DECREASED DISPARITIES? IS IT HOW WHAT WHAT IS THE SUCCESS IN A HOLE FROM THIS? AND I KNOW IT'S JUST $100,000.
RIGHT. WHY ALL OF THIS? I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S GAPS IN THE INFORMATION. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THE QUESTIONING IS WHAT IT IS TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S LEGITIMATE. I THINK YOU ALL ARE ASKING QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING OURSELVES. IT'S THE REASON I'M STANDING HERE TONIGHT IS WE COULDN'T ANSWER THAT. THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS SHOW ME THE HEALTH DATA OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE DISEASES THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES. AND RIGHT, EVEN THAT TAKES KIND OF AN OLD SCHOOL APPROACH. SHOW ME THE DISEASES. TELL ME WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AROUND A SPECIFIC PROVIDER SET THAT TAKES A VERY OLD SCHOOL APPROACH. THERE'S A HOLISTIC MEDICINE SIDE TO THIS THAT SAYS YOU TREAT THE ENTIRE BODY, NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE WOUND.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLORE ALL THOSE COMPONENTS AND UNDERSTAND. HOW DO WE IF OUR GOAL IS LONGER HEALTH, LONGER LIFE, HEALTHIER LIFE, RIGHT. THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. DOES THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF BEING HEALTHIER, OR DOES IT ENCOURAGE US TO GET IN OUR CARS AND DRIVE EVERYWHERE? BE INSIDE,
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NOT OUTSIDE, NOT ENGAGED IN HEALTHY ACTIVITIES? HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT PARADIGM? HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT VISION? AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY IS TO YOUR POINT, WHAT ARE ALL THOSE COMPONENTS HEALTH. MENTAL HEALTH IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT EVEN THE DELIVERY OF WHAT SPECIALTIES BELONG IN DESOTO, NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME SPECIALTIES THAT WOULD BELONG IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE UNIQUE CHALLENGES, BUT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THOSE ARE. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE DEMANDS ARE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE TO FIND OUT, AND THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO FIND THEM OUT. I HOPE THAT THAT RESPONDS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANYTHING OFF THE TABLE OR EVEN LIMITED IT TO. IT HAS TO BE A BUILDING. WE AREN'T ENTIRELY SURE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. THAT'LL TELL US WHAT WE DO WITH 90 ACRES. IT'LL TELL US WHAT WE DO. WITH SIX AND A HALF ACRES ON HAMPTON ROAD. WILL IT TELL US HOW ALSO. AND WILL IT TELL US HOW DO WE GET HEALTHIER RESTAURANTS HERE IN DESOTO, TOO? BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S LIKE ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A HEALTHY DESOTO, IF I'M NOT A COOKER, WHERE DO I GO TO GET A DECENT MEAL? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO SHOULD BE ENCOMPASSING IN THAT AS WELL FROM A RETAIL STANDPOINT, FROM STAYING IN THE POCKET OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT IF YOU'RE NOT EATING WELL, IS THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT FOOD? IS IT BECAUSE RESTAURANTS AREN'T PROVIDING THAT? I WOULD ARGUE THAT A LOT OF RESTAURANTS WILL TELL YOU, OH, I HAVE A HEALTHY I HAVE A HEALTHY MENU. WHAT DEFINES THAT? THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER DESCRIBE FOR ALL OF THOSE PROVIDERS, NOT JUST DEVELOPERS, BUT PHYSICIANS. EVEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS DON'T COME IN AND BUILD ME THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT YOU WOULD BUILD FOR FRISCO, UNLESS YOU CAN SHOW ME THAT IT'S GOING TO GIVE ME BETTER OUTCOMES FOR DESOTO. THAT'S THE QUESTION WE'RE GETTING ANSWERED. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO ENGAGE THOSE SYSTEMS TO DETERMINE WHAT WHO ARE WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR TO PROVIDE THIS? THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE IN DALLAS TODAY. THERE'S LOTS OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS THAT THAT ARE NOT HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO SOME OF THOSE AS WELL TO GET BETTER ANSWERS, TO HAVE BETTER UNDERSTANDING. TO YOUR POINT, HEALTH DISPARITY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, AND WE NEED TO HAVE IT. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US IF WE EVER HOPE TO SOLVE FOR THE PROBLEM. IF YOU CAN'T DECIDE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, IT'S HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT ANSWER, RIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBER RAFAEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WAS CONFUSED WITH THE PRESENTATION. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MORE DETAIL NOW FROM THE PRESENTATION. I WASN'T SURE WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR, SO FOR ME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE WHETHER IT WAS SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION ON THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, THIS PROFESSIONAL GROUP IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'LL BE PRODUCING. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL FROM A, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PRESENTATION STANDPOINT, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THE PRESENTATION LED ME TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS, BUT I HEARD A LOT OF THINGS OF WHAT YOU SAID. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN LISTENING, IT TOOK ME TO MANY PLACES. AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 90 ACRES, THE SIX AND A HALF ACRES, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE PUTTING THERE. SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT. SO WE'RE INTRODUCING A NEW QUESTION. AND DOES THIS MEAN THAT BIOTECH, YOU KNOW, IN AND OF ITSELF IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT IS AND HOW THAT WAS BEING CONCEPT FOR THE 80 ACRES, IS THAT OFF THE TABLE OR IS THIS ON THE TABLE TO. YEAH, THIS THIS REALLY IS ANSWERING. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BIO LIFE SCIENCES. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THE REAL QUESTION BECOMES WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE THAT REVOLVE AROUND. BECAUSE BIO LIFE LOOKS SORT OF LIKE HEALTHCARE, BUT RIGHT. THE HOSPITAL LOOKS MORE LIKE HEALTH CARE THAN BIO LIFE DOES, BUT THERE ARE COMPONENTS OF IT. OKAY, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE OUTCOME OF THIS DATA THAT YOU RECEIVE, YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR THE CITY, WHAT THE CITY SAYS IT WANTS IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES COMING TO THE CITY. THAT'S THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS. HEALTH CARE BUSINESSES. YES.OKAY. HOW DO WE DELIVER HEALTH CARE IN DESOTO? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING A BETTER OUTCOME? OKAY, SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION. SO IT'S THE IT'S THE SAME QUESTION. THERE ARE JUST MULTIPLE COMPONENTS TO IT OKAY. FOR ME THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE LOOKING YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE OTHER PIECE. BUT HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT IS. SO INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING
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AT THIS AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE INSIDE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR AQUATIC CENTER. WE'RE NOT MAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, NOW WHAT YOU'RE WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND THEN THE WELLNESS. AND SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF PROGRAMING? NOT ASKING YOU TO ANSWER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CONNECT THOSE DOTS IN TERMS OF THE WELLNESS, THAT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE EVEN BRING OUT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, YOU MENTIONED HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS, R&D VERSUS HOSPITALS. SO WHEN THIS WAS CONCEPTED, MAYOR MCALLEN WANTED WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT.WOULD IT BE A PROFESSIONAL PARK, A PROFESSIONAL PARK, HEALTH CARE, THAT KIND OF THING IN THIS AREA? SO THIS IS KIND OF LIVING TO WHAT THAT IS. AND THAT THING NEVER REALLY KIND OF CHANGED IN MY MIND. BIOLIFE HEALTH SCIENCES I'M SORRY. IT WAS NEW TO ME, YOU KNOW, AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST REALLY PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. BUT THEN ALSO JUST NOT REALLY CLEAR AS FAR AS HOW ARE WE INTEGRATING DALLAS COUNTY, BECAUSE DALLAS COUNTY HOLDS OUR RECORD, HOLDS OUR DATA, AND, YOU KNOW, IS THAT ARE THEY A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION OR THEY ARE A PART OF THIS, THIS PROFESSIONAL GROUP, YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE, WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE DATA? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT IN GETTING THE TRADITIONAL DATA AS WELL AS WHEN WE WENT TO NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY IS CONNECTED HERE OR YET, BUT THEY DO HAVE DESOTO WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OUR CITY CALLED THE CITY HEALTH DASHBOARD IN TERMS OF DATA AND INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, AND HOW HOW WE'RE DOING THAT. AND SO FROM THAT PARTICULAR DATA TO KIND OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND PEOPLE THAT WERE BRINGING ON THE FLOOR TO DO THIS WORK AT $100,000 FOR SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, IS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE METRICS, IS THERE A GUARANTEED OUTCOME, NUMBER OF DELIVERY WE'RE DELIVERING, HOW MANY OUTREACH EFFORTS, HOW MANY STAKEHOLDERS WILL WE REACH? YOU KNOW, NOT THE TRADITIONAL I PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE AND SEVEN PEOPLE CAME, YOU KNOW. BUT IS THERE ANY GUARANTEES AS IT RELATES TO THAT? SO I THINK FOR ME, IN TERMS OF SAYING YES, OKAY, TO THIS MONEY, NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS WORK, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WORK ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE I KNOW FOR YOU, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, AND I TOTALLY GET IT, YOU KNOW? BUT THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL. SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT AND WE KIND OF DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ELEMENTS ARE. I HEAR YOUR WORDS, BUT I'M NOT SEEING IT ON PAPER. SURE. WELL, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME ADD THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S BOARD LISTENED TO VERY MUCH THE SAME QUESTIONS.
ASK VERY MUCH THE SAME QUESTIONS. OUR SUBCOMMITTEE OF THAT BOARD SPENT LOTS OF HOURS LOOKING AT AND DISCUSSING WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EASY, LOW HANGING FRUIT. AS MAJEED ALLUDED TO, WAS WHAT BUILDING DO WE BUILD? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED IN IT? FROM A BIO LIFE SCIENCE PLACE? THAT'S A PRETTY EASY DISCUSSION TO HAVE. IT'S WHEN YOU LOOK AND SAY, WHAT ARE THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO FEED THIS SYSTEM, AND WHAT'S THE BENEFIT FOR THE CITY? SO AS IT RELATES TO THE DATA THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING, WOULD ALSO BE PACKAGED IN TERMS OF A MARKETING EFFORT, YOU KNOW, NOW. SO THAT'S A PART OF THAT'S A PART OF THIS AS WELL. IT IS. AND YOUR QUESTION ABOUT INFORMATION FROM DALLAS IN TERMS OF OUR DATA. YES, EVEN BUILDING ON THE SERVICES THAT BEGAN WITH PARKLAND AND CHILDREN'S AND. UT SOUTHWESTERN OVER AT REDBIRD, WE HAVE DATA THERE TO TELL US AND INFORM US AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS COMPONENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS INPUT. WHAT WERE THE LESSONS LEARNED? HOW DO WE DO IT BETTER? AND THEN WHEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS COME INTO A PLACE, HAVE YOU ALREADY APPROACHED THEM TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO BEFORE YOU MOVE INTO AN AREA AT LEAST TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? SO YES. OKAY. YES. WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH WELL, AT LEAST THREE THAT I CAN THINK OF. AND THERE ARE OTHERS I'M SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE BEFORE WE'RE DONE IS WHAT DOES THAT TRADITIONALLY LOOK LIKE. AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO FEED TO THIS THE DATA AROUND HEALTH DISPARITIES, HOW DO WE START TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS? WE DON'T WANT A COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH FROM A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. WE WANT TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN DESOTO IS RESPONDING TO DESOTO. COUNCIL MEMBER BURR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. KHALDUN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I. CARLSON. YES, I, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS. MAY I, MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A OBVIOUSLY THIS THIS COUNCIL APPOINTED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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FOR THE DDC ON THAT BOARD. THERE ARE A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISBURSEMENTS OF ALL FUNDS. MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE, WE PULL THIS AND MAYBE HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH MAYBE THOSE WHO THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT DID GO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH, WITH THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, THAT WE PULL IT AND GIVE THIS COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WOULD THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE. I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK THAT'S A FINE IDEA, THE LARGER PART OF IT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HEALTH SCIENCE, BIOTECH AND BIO LIFE AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER DEALS, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS A CUTTING EDGE INDUSTRY. WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE BEHIND THE CURVE ON THAT INDUSTRY. WE HAVE DOCTOR HARRINGTON AND DOCTOR GP. WE HAVE THESE VERY BRILLIANT PEOPLE, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN WHAT, WHAT THIS WHAT THIS CONSULTANT OR THIS GROUP. I'LL GO ON RECORD. THERE'S A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE UP HERE BECAUSE NOBODY'S ASKED WHAT A CHARRETTE IS. AND THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS WORD, I HAD TO ASK, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A CHARRETTE? SO, SO, SO THAT I WON'T FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY STUPID PERSON UP HERE.WOULD YOU PLEASE. BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT WE DROPPED IT LIKE IT WAS A COMMON WORD. I GREW UP IN OAK CLIFF AND CHARRETTE, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE FRENCH. FRENCH SPEAKING WAS NOT WHAT I LEARNED IN OAK CLIFF. OKAY, SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TALK TO US WHAT A CHARRETTE IS AND MAYBE THAT WILL EXPAND THE CONVERSATION FOR LATER. BUT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY LIKE TO PULL THIS AND, AND MAYBE SET UP A WORK SESSION SO THAT YOUR BOARD AND OR YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEE FROM THE DDC CAN COME SPEAK. I THINK THAT'S A FINE CHARETTE IS A FANCY WORD THAT CONSULTANTS LIKE TO USE. IT SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME PEOPLE IN A ROOM, AND WE'RE GOING TO TOSS THE IDEAS OUT AND FIGURE OUT IT'S A PLACE FOR INPUT. IT'S MEANT TO BE AN OPEN SESSION.
IT'S 4 OR 5 HOURS OF VERY SMART PEOPLE, RIGHT? WE FIGURE OUT WHO WE INVITE TO THAT. IT MATTERS SO THAT YOU'RE GETTING A ROBUST ANSWER OR A ROBUST WORK PLAN. AND SO I, I BRING THAT UP. I KNOW I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A CHARRETTE WAS BECAUSE WE FAIR ENOUGH. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT COLLABORATIVE. ARE WE GOING TO BRING THESE PEOPLE IN? WE'RE GOING TO BRING THESE PEOPLE IN. AND THAT TOLD ME RIGHT THERE THAT MORE THAN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A CHARRETTE IS. SO THE CHARRETTE IS, IS, IS ACTUALLY THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF CONVERSATIONS OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS. THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. IN ADDITION TO INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH TO STAKEHOLDERS. IT'S MEANT TO BE A INFORMATION GATHERING CENTRIC AND GROWING SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INPUT FROM ALL THE IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING OUR CITIZENS. SO, MADAM MAYOR, IF OH, I'M SORRY, I WAS GOING TO SAY MY QUESTION. BEFORE YOU GO.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE? I ASSUME HIS HIS NEXT HIS NEXT COMMENT WILL BE ABOUT TABLING THIS ITEM OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA. COUNCILMAN BURKE. BUT I DO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE FOLKS WHO ALREADY MET, IF THEY'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE FAC THAT IS IN THE DALLAS COUNTY, IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT COMPRISES PEOPLE OF THAT NATURE WHO ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT IS THE WELL-BEING OF THE DALLAS COUNTY. AND THEN ALSO, I BELIEVE GRAND PRAIRIE HAS ONE SPECIFIC COUNCIL, I MEAN, A COMMITTEE THAT WORKS WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. AND THEN ALSO, I BELIEVE GRAND PRAIRIE HAS ONE. AND THAT WAS THE REASON I EVEN BROUGHT IT UP FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS REALLY HOPING WE COULD DO HERE IN DESOTO. SO I'M ASKING, HAS THIS COMMITTEE, I MEAN, THIS BOARD, THE DDC BOARD, HAVE THEY MET WITH OR TALKED WITH ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES IN SOME OF THE WORK AND DATA THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO GO OUT FOR IT? I CAN I CAN DEFINITIVELY ANSWER FOR THE FOR THE BOARD. NO, THEY HAVE NOT. I CANNOT ANSWER FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE WORKED WHO WERE ASKING TO JOIN THIS TEAM AND BROADEN OUR KNOWLEDGE, MY GUESS WOULD BE YES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN. OKAY, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BYRD. THERE WAS A QUESTION. OH, COUNCIL, AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE A JOINT MEETING TOMORROW EVENING WITH, I BELIEVE, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, PLANNING AND ZONING AND A FEW OTHER OF OUR COMMUNITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND SO THIS MAY BE A TOPIC THAT WE ADD TO THE ROTATION ONCE WE ESTABLISH THAT
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REGULAR CADENCE OF THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.ALSO, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. SO IF WE DO THAT, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE WHOEVER MADE THAT MOTION TO RETRACT THAT MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO RETRACT MY MOTION TO APPROVE. THAT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. AND THE PERSON WHO SECONDED. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO THERE IS. WE WILL ENTERTAIN A NEW MOTION. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FROM THE DDC. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO TABLE THIS ITEM. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE HEARING NONE. WE'LL DO A HAND VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, C MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. WE.
COUNCIL MEMBER DINA MARX. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. CARTER. AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. WE WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING. SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SWIFTLY, MIGHT I ADD. AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK
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