[A. CALL TO ORDER AND CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION:  The City Council will convene into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.072, Real Estate to: 	Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property located within the city limits of the City of DeSoto, Texas 	Reconvene into Regular Session 	Take any necessary action as a result of Executive Session 	Authorize the City Manager to execute Company Agreement of Thorntree Golf Club Venture, LLC]
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          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. IT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR REGULAR SESSION. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK MISS THOMAS, OUR CITY SECRETARY, IF SHE WOULD OPEN US UP WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AND WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. FIRST, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55 1.072, REAL ESTATE TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND TAKE ANY ACTION AS NECESSARY. BUT FIRST MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD. CERTAINLY MR. MARK JONES, CAN WE GET THE TIMER SET UP, PLEASE? KAREN. GOOD EVENING, MR. JONES. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK LATER. ALLOW HER. SHE'S GOING TO GET THE TIMER SET UP FOR YOU SO YOU CAN GET ALL OF YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY. THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN BEGIN. MARK JONES, DESOTO, TEXA. TODAY'S DATE. OKAY, SO TO THE BEST CITY COUNCIL IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 24 YEARS AGO, MY FAMILY AND I BOUGHT OUR DREAM HOME IN THE GREAT CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. AND WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD AND ELATED AND EXCITED TO HAVE DONE THAT. AS MANY FOLKS WHO ARE MOVING TO DESOTO BELIEVES THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY GIVES THEM THE DREAM. WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE AND THOUGHT WE WERE THE JEFFERSONS. WE HAD MOVED UP. WE WERE SO ELATED TO BE TO MOVE INTO A COMMUNITY AND THE FOLKS WHO LOOK LIKE US ONE WERE LEADING, BUT TWO, THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE WERE HAVING AND HAVE HAD WAS MORE THAN WE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. I HOPE I STILL LIVE THERE WHEN I LEAVE HERE TODAY UNLESS DOCTOR JILL PUTS ME OUT, BUT IT IS THE HOUSE THAT SHE WANTED. IT'S THE HOUSE THAT MY CHILDREN GREW UP IN. IT GAVE US ALL THE AMENITIES. IT HAS A SWIMMING POOL, 48 TREES IN THE FRONT, 38 TREES IN THE BACK. LISTEN TO THIS GROUP. WE HAVE A REGIONAL PLAY. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT OUR CITY, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE BEST SOUTHWEST AND OUR WHOLE REGION. WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE THAT MANY OTHER CITIES WISH AND DESIRED THAT THEY HAVE. YOU ALL ARE THE BEST AT WHAT YOU DO. WE SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS WELCOME. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL TO OUR ESTEEMED VETERANS. YOU ALL MAKE OUR CITY GO. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU ALL. WE SUPPORT YOU. THE BEST IS YET TO COME. HANG IN THERE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JONES. THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT CARDS, SO WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 5:03 P.M. AND AGAIN WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND ONCE THAT HAS CONCLUDED, WE WILL RETURN WITH ANY ACTION IF THERE IS ANY, AS A RESULT. GOOD EVENING, MR. ELAM. PLEASE TURN THAT MICROPHONE ON TO WHEN YOU SEE THAT RED LIGHT, PUNCH THAT BUTTON ON YOUR MICROPHONE THERE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. YES. TOM ELAM, 1841 MASTERS DRIVE, DESOTO, TEXAS. WELL, MY WIFE PAT AND I LIVE IN THE ENCLAVE AT THORNTREE, ADJACENT TO THORNTREE GOLF COURSE. OUR ADDRESS IS 1841 MASTERS DRIVE. WE MOVED HERE IN 2012 FROM CEDAR HILL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME. TO SPEAK TODAY CONCERNING THORNTREE GOLF COURSE. THORNTREE GOLF CLUB. 
          I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THORNTREE GOLF CLUB SINCE ARRIVING HERE IN THIS AREA IN 2000. PLAY GOLF REGULARLY AND PAT AND I DINE IN THE THORNTREE RESTAURANT SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, INCLUDING MANY 
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TIMES ON SUNDAY AND ON SUNDAY WE BRING GUEST WITH US AND SOMETIMES HAVE 9 TO 10 PEOPLE THERE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE THORNTREE RESTAURANT IS THE BEST IN THE AREA. PAT AND I ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE SUPPORT THIS ORDER HAS GIVEN THE CLUB THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT, AND THAT THE CITY OF DESOTO MAY BE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE SITE IN THE SALE OF THE CLUB. WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE ENCLAVE AND ENJOYED LIVING THERE THE LAST 13 YEARS. WE'RE ACTIVE IN THE ENCLAVE, HOA AND HAVE SERVED IN SEVERAL POSITIONS IN THAT CAPACITY. WE'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE UPKEEP OF THE CLUBHOUSE AT THORNTREE AS WELL AS THE GOLF COURSE IN RECENT YEARS, UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP. HONESTLY, THIS CONCERN HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS MOVING FROM THE ENCLAVE AND OUT OF DESOTO. THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. 
          HOPEFULLY YOUR INVOLVEMENT WILL END THAT TREND. WE WILL WELCOME NEW OWNERSHIP, AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS TAKING OR MAY TAKE THIS ACTION TO ALLOW THE SALE TO PROCESS, TO PROCESS, TO FULFILLMENT. AND WE WILL WE WILL WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THAT DECISION. IN ADDITION, YOU JUST CAN'T HARDLY FORGET THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF HAVING THORNTREE GOLF CLUB IN THE AREA, NOT ONLY TO LOCAL MERCHANTS, BUT TO CITIZENS IN THIS AREA THAT. DINE THERE, THAT THAT ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE CLUB, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DINE THERE AT THIS POINT AND ALSO PLAY THERE. IN ADDITION, THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND ALSO, I THINK, MR. ELM, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BOB BENJAMIN. AND AFTER HIM WILL BE JIM JOHNSON. HELLO THERE. SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY ONLY FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. BOB. BENJAMIN, I'M PRESIDENT OF DESOTO, MOVED HERE IN 1987. MY WIFE AND I HAVE, OVER THE TIME WE'VE LIVED IN DESOTO, LIVED IN THREE DIFFERENT HOUSES IN DESOTO. SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY WE'RE COMMITTED MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND CITY. WE ENJOY LIVING HERE. IN 1990, I JOINED THORNTREE COUNTRY CLUB AND HAVE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE THAT TIME. 
          I'VE SEEN FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERSHIP THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ITERATIONS OF OWNERSHIP. THE CLUB DID VERY, VERY WELL IN THE BEGINNING YEARS THAT WE WERE THERE. I THINK REALLY WHAT STARTED THE DECLINE WAS 2008, WHEN THE ECONOMY WENT DOWN, THE WHOLE GOLF INDUSTRY WENT WITH IT, AND THAT STARTED THE DECLINE OF, OF THORNTREE. OUR CURRENT OWNERSHIP BOUGHT THE CLUB, I THINK, IN THE 2015 RANGE. AND I'VE SEEN THROUGH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, I SAW AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE CLUB VIABLE AND OPERATING ON A ON A GOOD BASIS, SINCE THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP HAS TAKEN TAKEN OVER, WE'VE SEEN A STEADY DECLINE IN THE FACILITIES AND THE SERVICE IN THE JUST THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE CLUB. I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF PREMIER GOLF ORGANIZATIONS LOOK AT TAKING IT OVER, AND BECAUSE OF THAT DECLINE, YOU'VE SEEN THEM WALK AWAY FROM THE OPPORTUNITY IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHEN THE GOLF GOLF BUSINESS, TWO OF MY BEST FRIENDS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM DESOTO BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE. DECLINE OF THE CLUB, THEY MOVED TO OTHER CITIES, ACTUALLY WENT INTO WAITING LISTS TO JOIN OTHER PLACES BECAUSE BECAUSE OF HOW BAD IT HAD GOTTEN HERE. SO I THINK THE ONLY THING LEFT IS FOR THE CITY TO. MAKE A CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP, TO START THE TURNAROUND OF THE CLUB. AND I HOPE YOU ALL DECIDE TO DO THAT. 
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THANK YOU. JIM JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING, MR. JOHNSON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. JIM JOHNSON, CITY OF DESOTO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M RECOVERING FROM THE HEAD AND NECK CANCER AND GOT A VOCAL CORD ISSUE, BUT MICROPHONE HELPS. WE'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DESOTO FOR 20 YEARS. I'VE BEEN PLAYING GOLF AT AT THORNTREE COUNTRY CLUB SINCE THE 80S. AND MANY OF YOU WERE AROUND WHEN THORNTREE WAS ONE OF THE PREMIER GOLF CLUBS AND OF THE METROPLEX, AND THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE COURSE WERE AMAZING IN THE 80S AND THE 90S. SINCE THEN IT WENT THROUGH SEVERAL OWNERS AND THE OWNER OF THE PRESENTLY HAS IT THERE IN HONG KONG. THEY'VE HAD IT, I THINK, LIKE BOB SAID, SINCE 2015, THEY HAVE NOT PUT ANY THEY PUT $0 BACK INTO THE MAINTENANCE. I'M A HIGH END CUSTOM HOME BUILDER. I HAVE WATCHED THAT CLUBHOUSE DETERIORATE AND THE GOLF COURSE, BUT IT IS NOT BEYOND REPAIR. IT WILL IF WE LET THEM KEEP CONTROL OF THE CLUB. IT WILL GET BEYOND REPAIR AND THAT THAT WILL BE BAD FOR THE CITY OF MANY, MANY WAYS, THIS WAS THE GEM OF DESOTO. THIS WILL BE THE GEM OF THE OF DESOTO AGAIN. AND THE GOOD THING IS, NO OTHER CITY AROUND US HAS THIS POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THE LIKE THE DESOTO, THE DESOTO GOLF CLUB, DESOTO COUNTRY CLUB BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE IT NOW AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE LAND TO BUILD IT. I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING, AND I KNOW WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL NEVER HAVE. AND LIKE IN THE 80S AND 90S, IT WILL DIFFERENTIATE US FROM OTHER CITIES AND BRING PEOPLE TO THIS CITY AND BUSINESSES LIKE CRAZY, LET ALONE I LIVE ON 14. I KNOW OUR HOUSE VALUE IS GOING TO GO UP, WHICH IS TAX BASE FOR THE CITY. IT'S A WIN WIN DEAL. I THINK IT'S GREAT WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TO DO TO TAKE CONTROL OF, OF, OF THORNTREE COUNTRY CLUB AND FIND A GOOD BUYER FOR IT. AND THOSE BUYERS ARE OUT THERE. THIS CLUB IS BEAUTIFUL. I JUST WENT AND PLAYED ONE OF THE PREMIER CLUBS UP IN PLANO, WHERE IT'S 70,000 TO JOIN AND OUR CLUB IS PRETTIER, OUR LAND IS PRETTIER. WE HAVE THE HILLS AND THE TREES, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY IS WILLING TO DO. YOUR VOTE YES, TONIGHT IS HUGE TO GET CONTROL OF THIS CLUB AND LET'S MAKE IT THE GEM OF DESOTO AND GET. KNOW WHAT? IT'S WHAT IT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? YES, MA'AM. THERE ARE. I HAVE ONE THAT REQUESTED TO SPEAK. 
          HOWEVER, I DID RECEIVE IT AFTER THE CUT OFF TIME. JAMAL. MADISON. THERE IS NO POSITION STATED. WOULD JAMAL MADISON, ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE ITEM? YOU'RE FOR IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL NOTE THAT IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD. THANK YOU, MARY CROW. I SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF THORN TREE. STEVEN CROW I SUPPORT ALL. BEVERLEY JOHNSON I SUPPORT THE PURCHASE. CHARMAINE BAYLESS I SUPPORT THE PURCHASE. CAROL FOWLER I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE CITY AND ALL INHABITANTS WILL BENEFIT IF THE CITY PURCHASES THORN TREE. ALICE REYNA THORN TREE IT DOESN'T STATE FOR OR AGAINST OR. THANK YOU. HELGA CLARK I SUPPORT THE PURCHASE AND LORRAINE HALE I SUPPORT THE PURCHASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL AS PERTAINING TO ACTION AS A RESULT OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          COUNCIL. THE FLOOR IS OPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE FORMATION OF THORN TREE COUNTRY CLUB VENTURE, LLC. I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BIRD. IT HAS BEEN SECOND. EXCUSE ME. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WATERS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST. 
          SECOND, COUNCILMAN WATERS. AND COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? HEARING? NONE. WE WILL USE OUR VOTING PADS, I BELIEVE. LET'S SEE. PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. I 
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KNOW MINE WORKED. LET'S SEE. THERE WE GO. OKAY, THAT MOTION PASSES. FOUR. FIVE SIX. SIX ONE. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL. OH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THORN TREE GOLF LLC AND RUSSELL GLEN, LLC FOR THE THORN TREE GOLF CLUB. I FURTHER AUTHORIZE I FURTHER MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING REAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ON TRACK 7-1 THROUGH SEVEN, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 157 ACRES AND FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 825 WEST WHEATLAND. I'M SORRY, WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD, DESOTO, TEXAS, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2.7 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDE THE PURCHASE PRICE AND OTHER COSTS NECESSARY FOR PURCHASING AND INCLUDE PAYMENT FOR ALL RELATED COSTS, CLOSING COSTS FOR THE PROPERTY. I LASTLY MOVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY SUCH ADDITIONAL CLOSING DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SUCH AGREEMENT IN THE TITLE COMPANY AS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THIS TRANSACTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU, MR. WATERS. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BIRD. WE HAVE A PROPERLY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WATERS COUNCIL. PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO I WILL ENTERTAIN. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. 
          SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BURR TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [B. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 6:08 P.M. AND NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE'RE GOING INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING AGAIN. I'M MAYOR RICHARD PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. IT IS 6:08 P.M. AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. FIRST WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR CHRIS CHRIS HENDERSON WITH THE STAR OF HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD. IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PRAYER FROM THE LORD JESUS COMING FROM SAINT JOHN 17 VERSES 20 AND 21. THE BIBLE SAYS, NEITHER PRAY I FOR THESE ALONE, BUT FOR THEM ALSO, WHICH SHALL BELIEVE ON ME THROUGH THEIR WORD, THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE. AS THOU, FATHER, ART IN ME, AND I IN THEE. AND THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US, THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT THOU HAST SENT ME. OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, MOST HOLY IS YOUR NAME. WE PRAISE YOU, LORD, AND HONOR YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. LORD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS CITY, UPON THESE LEADERS, UPON THESE CITIZENS IN THE PLACE THAT WE LOVE AND THE PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME. I THANK YOU, LORD JESUS, FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO PRAY. AND I ASK HOLY SPIRIT THAT YOU WOULD ENDOW THESE LEADERS WITH THE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM WITH WISDOM, AND THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM, LORD, INTO WHAT IS RIGHT. LORD, I PRAY THAT THE ACTIONS THAT THEY TAKE AS A BODY WOULD BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS CITY. I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU BLESS US AS WE SEEK YOUR FACE AND DO YOUR WILL. I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD TURN OUR HEARTS TO YOU, SO THAT TRULY THE WORDS IN THIS PRAYER MAY BECOME REAL, THAT WE MAY BE ONE IN JESUS NAME, AMEN, AMEN. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND JOIN WITH ME IN PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 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. 
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HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR HENDERSON, FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER. AND THANK 
          [C. PRESENTATIONS]
YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY MAKING. THE PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR RECEIVING OUR DESOTO'S MR. AND MRS. JUNETEENTH FOR 2025. MISS AURA FOSTER AND MR. TROY JOHNSON. I DID SEE MR. JOHNSON WALK IN IF I DON'T SEE MISS FOSTER, BUT THERE SHE IS. SHE'S SITTING IN THE BACK. SHE LIFTED HER HAND UP SO YOU ALL CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 
          SEE, HE SAID HE KEEPS HIS SASH ON HIM AT ALL TIMES, MISS FOSTER. THEY HAD THEY RECEIVED. 
          THIS IS OUR MR. AND MRS. JUNETEENTH, MISS FOSTER. MR. TROY JOHNSON, CAN WE GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE? AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS, I WANT TO FIRST THANK OUR CITY STAFF AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AND THE ENTIRE BEST SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY, ALL OF OUR PARTNER CITIES THAT WE HOST THIS EVENT. IF FOR YOUR FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING, DESOTO, CEDAR HILL, DUNCANVILLE AND LANCASTER ROTATE EVERY FOUR YEARS, EACH CITY TAKES A TURN AT HOSTING THIS EVENT. AND SO THIS WAS DESOTO'S YEAR TO HOST IT IN OUR CITY. AND WHEN I SAY YOU ALL SHOWED UP AND YOU SHOWED OUT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID. WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME. THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR PARKS, NO INCIDENTS, EVERYBODY THERE HAVING A GOOD TIME ENJOYING THE ZAP BAND AND ALL OF THE, THE, THE PERFORMANCES WE HAD THERE, ALL OF THE VENDORS. IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE TIME. 
          AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE GOT TO CELEBRATE OUR MR. AND MRS. JUNETEENTH. AND I'M GOING TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM. MR. TROY, COME ON THIS SIDE. I'M HERE. I FEEL YOU FEEL FAR AWAY FROM ME. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO READ FIRST ABOUT MISS AURA FOSTER. AND SHE WAS BORN MARCH 6TH, 1949, AS A DEVOTED COMMUNITY LEADER AND RETIRED QUALITY CONTROL OPERATOR WITH 26 YEARS OF SERVICE, SHE'S A PROUD MEMBER OF THE TRUE FOUNDATION, FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THE DALLAS CHAPTER OF GMWA FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE WITH PASSION THROUGH MINISTRY AND MUSIC. HER JOURNEY OF FAITH LED HER BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER 50 YEARS, EARNING BOTH AN ASSOCIATE AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. I THINK THAT DESERVES A HAND CLAP. AMAZING. 
          NOW FOR MISS JUNETEENTH, THAT IS MR. TROY JOHNSON. HE IS A LIFELONG EDUCATOR AND MENTOR, HAS DEDICATED OVER SIX DECADES THAT 60 YEARS Y'ALL, TO UPLIFTING HIS COMMUNITY THROUGH FREE TUTORING, FINANCIAL LITERACY SUPPORT AND MENTORING FUTURE TEACHERS. FROM HIS HOME IN DESOTO, TEXAS, HE HAS EMPOWERED GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, LEAVING A LEGACY ROOTED IN EDUCATION, SERVICE, AND ADVOCACY. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR OUR 2025 MR. AND MRS. JUNETEENTH? AND NOW I'M GOING TO DO THE HONORS OF READING THE PROCLAMATION FOR YOUR HEARING, AND I WILL PRESENT EACH OF YOU WITH A COPY OF THAT AS WELL. AND IT SAYS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ON JANUARY 1ST, 1863, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, DECLARING ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES IN CONFEDERATE STATES TO BE FREE. 
          AND WHEREAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER, ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, UNION GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND ISSUED GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE, OFFICIALLY FREEING THE LAST ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE STATE, THUS MARKING A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH, SHORT FOR JUNE 19TH, BECAME A SYMBOLIC DATE REPRESENTING AFRICAN AMERICAN FREEDOM AND HAS GROWN INTO A NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF CULTURE, RESILIENCE AND PROGRESS, AND WE CAN THANK THE MOTHER OF JUNETEENTH. WE CAN THANK HER FOR THAT. OBSERVED THROUGH FAMILY GATHERINGS, PRAYER SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS. AND WHEREAS THE LEGACY OF JUNETEENTH REMINDS US OF THE STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE OF THOSE WHO ENDURE SLAVERY AND ENCOURAGES ONGOING EFFORTS TOWARDS JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND UNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS IN 2021, JUNETEENTH WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS A 
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FEDERAL HOLIDAY, AND IN 2025, WE COMMEMORATE THE 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS HISTORIC DAY IN TEXAS, WHICH MARKED THE FINAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2025, AS JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THIS DAY AS A TIME TO REFLECT ON OUR SHARED HISTORY, CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE, AND RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM AND EQUALITY FOR ALL. IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 14TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025, SIGNED MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, ATTESTED TO BY ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY. 
          [D. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE MOVE INTO OUR 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. RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS. REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS. INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. DESOTO. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT CELEBRATION THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ALL OF OUR SISTER CITIES, JUNE 28TH COMING UP. 
          THEY HAVE JOKES AND JAZZ RIGHT HERE BEHIND US. IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN NIGHT FILLED WITH. HOSTED BY COREY EPPS. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. YOU CAN GET TICKETS AT DESOTO EVENTS DOT EVENTBRITE.COM. THE SHOW STARTS AT 7:00. PRESALE TICKETS IS $25 AT THE DOOR. IT'S COVERED UP. 
          MR. GLOVER, HOW MUCH ARE THEY AT THE DOOR? 30, 30, 30 AT THE DOOR. THANK YOU. AND THEN ON JULY 26TH, THERE'S A STAGE PLAY BROUGHT TO YOU, BROUGHT TO US BY SNOOP ROBINSON. IT'S CALLED WHEN THE TABLES TURN. THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTRIGUING. AND PRESALE TICKETS ARE $35. AND AT THE DOOR THERE ARE $45. THAT IS JULY 26TH, 2025, AND THE SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 PM. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WATERS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE FOR 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. TODAY IS MY 25TH MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY. 
          THANK YOU. TANYA. LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WATERS, DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST YOU WANTED TO PRESENT? YES, YES, YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA LATER ON. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS MONTH IS THE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. 
          ANYWAY, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, EVERY CITIZEN OF DESOTO, YOU CAN GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, GO UP TO THE COUNTER. AND IF YOU HAVE A FIREARM IN THE HOUSE, HAVE ANY FIREARMS YOU HAVE GO UP THERE AND GET YOU SOME GUN LOCKS. YOU GET FREE GUN LOCKS. WE HAVE A FREE GUN LOCK PROGRAM HERE IN DESOTO FOR EVERY CITIZEN. SO TO KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE OR WHOEVER YOU KNOW IS AT YOUR HOUSE. HOWEVER MANY FIREARMS YOU HAVE, GET THE GUN LOCKS FREE PROGRAM COST THE CITY $0. BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOURS TRULY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WE WANT TO THANK MR. CHARLES AND KESHA WILLIAMS, THE FOUNDERS OF. ORGANIZATION. 
          IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO WILL GIVE AWAY $50,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TOMORROW. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE TEN HIGH SCHOOL DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING. SO $10,000 WILL COME TO OUR CITIZENS HERE IN DESOTO. MR. WILLIAMS AND HIS LOVELY WIFE LIVE IN THE GREAT 
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CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, BUT THEIR BUSINESS IS HERE IN DESOTO. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU, CHARLES AND KEISHA, FOR YOUR FOR BEING SO LIBERAL AND SO GIVING TO OUR CITIZENS, TO OUR CITIZENS AND TO OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA? OKAY. HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES. ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE MAYOR. WE HAVE ONE MORE. IT'S ON YOUR IN FRONT OF YOU. WE DO? ABSOLUTELY. WE'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS AROUND HERE. AND I'M GOING TO GET MY NOTES TOGETHER BECAUSE. 
          LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES. GIVE ME A SECOND. YES, WE DO HAVE THAT. SO WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY THAT IS COMING AROUND THE CORNER AND WE WON'T BE HERE GATHERED TOGETHER TO DO THAT. SO BEFORE WE RELEASE FOR THIS MONTH, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER HAS A BIRTHDAY COMING UP ON JULY THE 3RD. IS THAT RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, AM I ACCURATE? THAT IS ACCURATE. OKAY. IT'S AMAZING THE THINGS YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR NOTES, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT. SO YOU LET US KNOW WHICH VERSION THAT YOU WANT. AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CHOIR WILL SING THAT TO YOU ON TONIGHT. ALWAYS STEVIE WONDER, ALWAYS STEVIE WONDER. OKAY, ON THE COUNT OF THREE, CLEAR YOUR THROAT. ON THE COUNT OF THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YAY. 
          THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE KNOW IT'S A FEW WEEKS AWAY. HOWEVER, WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED BIRTHDAY. WE ALWAYS BIRTHDAYS, ALWAYS A GREAT THING. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS THE 
          [E. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
NEXT DAY. ON THE NEXT DAY ON JULY 4TH. I KNOW WE'LL PARTY THEN. ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. NOW WE MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY 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 ON 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. CITIZENS SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I DO HAVE A FEW. FIRST, I HAVE RICHARD ROGERS. FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE MISS BERNADINE HARRISON. GOOD EVENING, MISTER ROGERS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. ONLY. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR RICHARD ROGERS, DESOTO, TEXAS. AND MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT WITH NEIGHBORS ACROSS EVERY PART OF OUR CITY. I LISTENED TO THEIR HOPES, THEIR FRUSTRATIONS, AND THEIR IDEALS, AND ONE THING BECAME CLEAR. THE PEOPLE OF DESOTO ARE READY TO SEE ACTION, NOT JUST TALK. SO TONIGHT I WANT TO SHARE A FEW, BRIEFLY, A FEW OF THE GOALS THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRIORITIES THAT I THAT THAT REFLECT WHAT I HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS. FIRST, WE NEED TO SEE WE NEED MORE OPTIONS, MORE PLACES 
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TO GATHER, MORE PLACES TO SHOP AND MORE PLACES TO EAT. OUR FAMILIES SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO ANOTHER CITY JUST TO ENJOY A GOOD RESTAURANT. THE DESOTO DESERVES MORE VARIETY AND MORE VIBRANT LOCAL DINING CHOICES. THIS IS ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SHOWING THAT OUR CITY CAN COMPETE. THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO HAMPTON ROAD. IT'S TIME WE REIMAGINE WHAT HAMPTON ROAD CAN BE RIGHT NOW. IT'S ONE OF THE VISIBLE PARTS OF OUR CITY, AND ALSO ONE OF THE MOST UNDER USED REDEVELOPMENTS ALONG HAMPTON ISN'T ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S ABOUT BRINGING NEW LIFE TO OUR COMMUNITY, ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, CREATING JOBS AND RESTORING PRIDE IN THE AREA THAT HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL. SECONDLY, WE NEED TO DELIVER THE BASICS AND DO IT BETTER. THAT MEANS FIXING OUR STREETS, MAINTAINING OUR PARKS, AND RESPONDING TO ISSUES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST A FEW PEOPLE. NOTICE WHEN THEIR SIDEWALKS ARE CRACKED, WHEN THE TRASH GOES UNCOLLECTED, WHEN STREET LIGHTS ARE OUT. THESE AREN'T SMALL THINGS. THESE ARE SIGNS OF HOW WELL WE'RE SERVING OUR RESIDENTS. AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY WITH FULL VIEW. YES, WE SHOULD CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE HAVE TO INVEST IN PREVENTION THROUGH YOUTH PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT BUILDS TRUST. BEFORE THERE'S A CRISIS, DESOTO IS READY TO GROW, READY TO RISE, AND I'M READY TO WORK WITH EACH OF YOU TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD. NOT FOR POLITICS, BUT FOR PEOPLE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR. AND MAY WE KEEP BUILDING THIS TOGETHER. 
          AND MAKE IT A TOWN WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ROGERS. BERNADINE HARRISON. 
          AND FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE DOCTOR JANINE KAY. JANINE. GOOD EVENING, MISS HARRISON. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. CAN YOU CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON, MISS HARRISON DOESN'T STILL STAY ON? NO, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. AND I WANT TO ALSO WELCOME THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS. HOWEVER, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DO THIS WITH THE SINCERE RESERVATIONS, SINCE RUMOR HAS IT. AND THE THING ABOUT DESOTO, WHEN THERE RUMORS, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE VERY TRUE. BUT RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE NEW MEMBERS ARE MERELY REPLICAS. REPLICAS OF THE CURRENT STATUS QUO, WHICH I FIND TO BE VERY DISTURBING AND HOPE THAT I AM WRONG AND HOPE THAT THE RUMORS ARE WRONG. BECAUSE IN ACTUALITY, WE NOW HAVE ONLY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO FEELS A DIRE NEED FOR CHANGE IN OUR CITY. I JUST SAW THIS IN ACTION A FEW MINUTES AGO. EVERYONE BUT ONE MEMBER VOTED FOR THE THORN TREE. NOW I REMEMBER THORN TREE MY SON USED TO WENT TO WHAT IS IT? ROTC BANQUET. MY HUSBAND AND I WENT. MY QUESTION A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. WE SEEM TO RUBBER STAMP EVERYTHING. WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM THAT? HAS THAT ISSUE BEEN ADDRESSED? WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM? AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE ONE MEMBER THAT SAID NO TO THIS IDEA IS POSING THE SAME QUESTION. WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? IN MY ESTIMATION, DESOTO IS BECOMING A SHIP OF FOOLS, AND I'M FRANTICALLY TRYING TO DO WHAT MANY PREVIOUS DESOTO RESIDENTS HAVE DONE. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MOVE OUT OF THIS CITY. YES, I'M TIRED OF THE CITY WHERE CITIZENS WHO DARE CALL IT CONSPIRACY, OR CITIZENS WHO EXPOSE THE LYING, THE CHEATING, THE GROSS INCOMPETENCE THAT IS COSTING DESOTO TAXPAYERS A FORTUNE. AND HERE, RECENTLY, A DESOTO CITIZEN WAS ACTUALLY HIT BY A MEMBER OF THE STATUS QUO, WHICH I FEEL WAS TOTALLY OUT OF ORDER. BUT THEN I GUESS ALL IS WELL ON THE WESTERN FRONT. SINCE DESOTO'S DISSENTING VOICE, OR HELLRAISERS, IF YOU WILL, ARE CONSIDERED NEGATIVE INDIVIDUALS, SOUR GRAPES, COMMUNITY TROUBLEMAKERS, RABBLE ROUSERS WHO COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME ABOUT EVERYTHING. NOW, GRANTED, I'M PERSONALLY SEETHING AND VERY ANGRY AT THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENTS. THEIR COMPLETE FAILURE AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF DUE DILIGENCE AND CRITICAL THINKING WHEN THEY ARRESTED ME, PUT ME IN JAIL ON A VERY FRIVOLOUS CHARGE WITH LITTLE MERIT, FOLLOWED BY A TWO DAY HOLDOVER. I COULDN'T GO TO MY OWN HOME FOR 30 DAYS. THEY DID THIS TO APPEASE A VINDICTIVE, 
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PETTY AND SELF-SERVING MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE WHO HAS BEEN ON THE BENCH NOW FOR 30 SOME YEARS. 
          MISS. MISS HARRISON, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR REMARKS. IS MY TIME UP? THAT CONCLUDES YOUR REMARKS. THANK YOU. DOCTOR. JANINE. JANET. KAY. IS SHE HERE? SHE'S OKAY. I APOLOGIZE IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. ONLY. 
          FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. DOCTOR. JANINE KAY, DESOTO, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE. I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, NOT JUST AS A RESIDENT, BUT A 25 YEAR ENTREPRENEUR WHO HAS SPENT HER LIFE HELPING PEOPLE HEAL, RISE AND RECLAIM WELLNESS. WHEN I MOVED HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, I DECIDED TO BRING THAT SAME COMMITMENT BY BUILDING A WELLNESS CENTER RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO, ONE THAT WOULD SERVE THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT OF THIS COMMUNITY WHILE CREATING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS. LIKE MANY ENTREPRENEURS, I FACED FUNDING ISSUES. I SUBMITTED PROPOSALS TO NEARLY SIX CITY ENTITIES WITHIN DESOTO, TOTALING AROUND $56,000. THAT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE BUILD OUT. INSTEAD, I LOST $40,000 IN MY OWN INVESTMENTS, ALONG WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE GONE BECAUSE I COULDN'T PROCURE A SINGLE SERVICE TO HELP STRENGTHEN MY BUSINESS. AND THAT KIND OF LOSS ISN'T JUST FINANCIAL, IT'S PERSONAL. AND THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SHOW UP TO SERVE THE CITY. I FACED EVICTION, REPOSSESSION AND FOUND MYSELF, DESPITE HOLDING FIVE DEGREES AND BEING A BOARD CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER, NEARLY BEGGING FOR A JOB JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN THE SAME CITY. I DESIRE TO UPLIFT WITH WELLNESS. 
          AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I'M NOT ASKING FOR A HANDOUT OR PITY. I'M ASKING FOR ACCESS. ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS TO CONTRACTS, ACCESS TO SERVE. AND HAVING THAT ACCESS TURN INTO TIMELY ACQUISITION. AND I'M NOT ALONE. THERE ARE COUNTLESS ENTREPRENEURS ALL OVER THIS CITY WITH THE VISION, THE TRAINING AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. BUT WITHOUT ACCESS, WE CANNOT CONTRIBUTE. WE DON'T JUST NEED APPLAUSE, WE NEED OPPORTUNITY. WE NEED PROCUREMENT. WE NEED THE CITY TO PARTNER WITH US NOT JUST IN WORD, BUT IN ACTION. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS SIMPLE DON'T OVERLOOK THE PEOPLE ALREADY HERE, ALREADY BUILDING, ALREADY COMMITTED. MY BUSINESS, COULD HAVE EMPLOYED OTHERS, COULD HAVE CREATED HEALING PROCESS, COULD HAVE MADE DESOTO A MODEL FOR HOW WE CARE FOR OUR PEOPLE IN WILL AND WELLNESS. BUT I CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT CONTRACTS, WITHOUT SUPPORT, WITHOUT THE CITY STANDING BEHIND THOSE OF US WHO NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING IN ITS PROMISE. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO KNOW JUST ABOUT EVERY SIGNIFICANT PERSON IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, BECAUSE I SHOW UP AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING TONIGHT, SHOWING UP FOR EVERY ENTREPRENEUR WHO'S EVER BEEN DENIED, REJECTED, OR FELT LESS THAN WHO THEY REALLY WERE BECAUSE SYSTEMS WEREN'T IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THEM. I'M STILL HERE, STILL BELIEVE. BUT BELIEF NEEDS BACKING. I'M ASKING THAT THE SYSTEMS THE CITY HAS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS BE LOOKED AT CLOSELY TO ENSURE THEY ARE EQUITABLE AND TIMELY, OR IT COULD COST SOMEONE'S LIVELIHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I TRULY HOPE THIS IS WHERE TRUE ACCESS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BEGINS. TAMARA. TAMARA. MARTIN. TAMARA. MARTIN. TAMARA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          HOPE IT STAYS ON FOR ME. HI, I'M TAMARA MARTIN FROM DESOTO, TEXAS. 26 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF DESOTO, TEXAS. AND MY CONCERNS MAY BE KIND OF SMALL COMPARED TO ALL THESE BIG PEOPLE. MY CONCERNS DEAL WITH THESE THE FOLLOWING THINGS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY ARE FOLLOW UP ON AFTER I PRESENT THEM, BUT I WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HEAR IT. THEY ARE AS FOLLOW. OKAY, FIRST IS THE BULK TRASH PICKUP, SO THE BULK TRASH PICKUP HAS NO CERTAIN SET DATES. YOU CAN JUST CALL THEM, TELL THEM I GOT MY BULK TRASH OUT AND THEY GIVE US, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN DAYS AND THEY'LL COME PICK IT UP. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AT ANY GIVEN DAY I'M DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND I'M SEEING BULK TRASH, BULK TRASH THAT DAY. SO IT REALLY IS AN EYESORE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEANED UP ALONG WITH THE BULK TRASH, THE TRASH RECEPTACLES AND RECYCLE. THOSE THINGS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT THEY'RE HUGE AND THEY'RE AN EYESORE AS WELL BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE SPACE TO PUT THEM AWAY OR THEY DON'T PUT THEM AWAY. SO NOW I'M DRIVING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND I'M SEEING ALL THESE TRASH CONTAINERS HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. IT'S AN EYESORE. IT HADN'T BEEN THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, 26 YEARS. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN EYESORE. CURB APPEAL AND PROPERTY VALUE DOESN'T LOOK GOOD LIKE THAT. OKAY. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS. OUR NEXT THING IS LOCAL 
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BUSINESS. THAT IS IN THE SUPER WALMART AREA. OKAY. THE NOISE LEVEL THERE, PATRONS LEAVING GLASS LIQUOR BOTTLES IN THE PARKING LOT. WE HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THAT WHEN WE GO INTO THE OTHER BUSINESSES ARE THERE. I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE DJ IN MY BEDROOM WINDOW AT NIGHTTIME, SO THAT HAS TO BE TOO LOUD WHEN THE PATRONS ARE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT USING THE BATHROOM IN THE PARKING LOT, THEY ARE DRINKING IN THE PARKING LOT. IT'S LIKE A BLOCK PARTY OUT THERE. OKAY, THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT ME AS A TAXPAYER WANTS TO BE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU GET ALL THAT. LAST THING IS STRAY DOGS. I'M ALWAYS SEEING SOMEBODY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD RING OR WHATEVER. APP. DO YOU SEE MY DOG? YOUR DOG IS LOST. IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DOGS. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES CARS FROM 
          [F. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager.  ]
INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. MISS THOMAS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. 
          NEXT, WE'LL 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, ITEM, OR ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER. AND FIRST, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR SPECIAL MEETING APRIL 16TH. REGULAR MEETING MAY 6TH AND SPECIAL MEETINGS MAY 12TH AND MAY 19TH OF 2025, AS WELL AS RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING BANK SIGNATORIES ON ALL CITY OF DESOTO BANK ACCOUNTS. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH PRIORITY DISPATCH FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCH SOFTWARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $82,726. 
          CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET ASIDE TO GRANT THROUGH TXDOT FOR THE DESOTO, DUNCANVILLE, AND CEDAR HILL TRAIL CONNECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. CASE NUMBER P35025. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PARKS SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAT, CREATING 11 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THREE COMMON AREAS. THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING TRACT TEN AND CURTIS PARKS. ABSTRACT NUMBER 1124, PAGE 3369 541 SOUTH PARKS DRIVE. 
          THE APPLICANT IS WILL BOSELLI OF VIEWPOINT LAND SOLUTION AND THE OWNER IS ZACH LOFTON OF LONE RANGER CAPITAL. AND RECONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM'S APPLICATION TO SERVE ON THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM G SEVEN FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. 
          ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION HEARING? NONE AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF NOTING THAT ITEM G SEVEN IS PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION ITEM G SEVEN SECOND. THANK YOU. 
          SO IT HAS BEEN. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE, AS PRESENTED REMOVING ITEM G SEVEN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE ITEM G 
          [7.  Reconsider approval of a resolution in support of Councilwoman Chism’s application to serve on the Texas Municipal League's (TML) Board of Directors]
SEVEN. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, DID YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS OR. YES, I'D LIKE TO VOTE YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE NOTES THAT THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BACK WITHIN RECORD TIME TO BE BACK ON THE AGENDA AS OF MAY 20TH OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ONE, ONLY ONE MEETING AGO THIS WAS VOTED DOWN. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO OR JUST MAKE MY REMARKS THAT IT SHOULD THE VOTE SHOULD BE UPHELD. AS I SAID BEFORE, AND I THINK THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS I HAVE A 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AT HOME, AND SHE HAS JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, AND SHE'S OUT HERE IN THIS MARKET, IN THIS WORLD SHE'S TRYING TO NAVIGATE, AND SHE'S ALWAYS ASKING ME QUESTIONS. SO SHE MAKES ME LOOK AT MYSELF. SHE MAKES ME SEE HER THROUGH HER. SHE MAKES ME SEE MYSELF THROUGH HER PERSPECTIVE. AND SO AM I, LIVING UP TO THE PROMISES THAT I'VE MADE TO THIS SEAT. AM I LIVING UP TO THE COMMITMENT TO THE SEAT? AND I ASK MYSELF, AM I TREATING EVERYONE WITH THE SAME RESPECT THAT I EXPECT THEM TO TREAT ME? AND UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN ANSWER YES TO THOSE 
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QUESTIONS. BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE SAY YES AS A COUNCIL TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD, YOU'RE SAYING THE THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. AS I SAID BEFORE, THEY STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. THIS WOULD BE REWARDING SOMEONE FOR THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR. AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. SO I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. SO I WOULD BE VOTING NO TO THIS, AND I CAN LOOK AT MY DAUGHTER AND SAY, I HELD TO WHAT I SAID I WOULD DO, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE HAVE A WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM G SEVEN SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE ITEM G SEVEN AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. 
          [1.  Zoning Case No. Z-1530-24 - Conduct a public hearing and consider an Ordinance to amend Planned Development No. 193 (PD-193) with a base zoning of Single Family-8 (SF-8), Single Family-9 (SF-9), and Single Family-10 (SF-10), with deviations, to an amended PD-193 with a base zoning of Single Family-8 (SF-8) and Single Family-9 (SF-9), with deviations. PD-193 regulates the use and development of a 50.354 ac. tract of land located at the northeast corner of S. Polk Street and East Parkerville Road and addressed as 800, 803, 811, 819, and 901 East Parkerville Road. The applicant is John McKenzie of M&A Devco, and the property owner is Legacy Grove Development, LLC]
THAT ITEM PASSES SIX ONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. ATTENDEES MAY SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA DURING THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, FOR TOPICS NOT SCHEDULED, ATTENDEES WILL SPEAK DURING CITIZEN APPEARANCES. 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. COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE DUE PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AGENDA ITEM. HOWEVER, COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES PORTION OF THE AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, AND FIRST, WE HAVE ZONING CASE NUMBER Z. DASH 1530 DASH 24. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 193 WITH A BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY EIGHT, SINGLE FAMILY NINE, AND SINGLE FAMILY TEN WITH DEVIATIONS TO AN AMENDED PD 193 WITH A BASE ZONING OF A SINGLE FAMILY EIGHT AND SINGLE FAMILY NINE WITH DEVIATIONS. PD 193 REGULATES THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A 50.354 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH POLK STREET AND EAST PARKERVILLE ROAD, AND ADDRESSED AS 800 803, EIGHT, 11, EIGHT, 19 AND 901 EAST PARKERVILLE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS JOHN MCKENZIE AND M AND A DEVCO, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LEGACY GROVE DEVELOPMENT LLC. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS JACKIE COLTON, ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MISS COLTON. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE DE SOTO CITY COUNCIL. I AM JACKIE COLTON, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HERE TO PRESENT ZONING CASE 1530 DASH 24. OKAY, SO THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND PD 193 WITH BASED ZONINGS OF SINGLE FAMILY EIGHT, NINE AND TEN WITH DEVIATIONS TWO AND AMENDED PD 193 WITH BASE ZONING OF EIGHT AND NINE WITH DEVIATIONS. THE LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT IS 800 803 811, EIGHT, 19, AND 901 EAST PARKERVILLE ROAD, APPROXIMATELY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF POLK STREET AND EAST PARKERVILLE ROAD, AND IT IS A 50 A LITTLE OVER 50 ACRE SITE. THE APPLICANT IS JOHN MCKENZIE, WHO IS WITH US TONIGHT OF DEVCO, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LEGACY GROVE. 
          OKAY, SO I PROVIDED HERE THE CURRENT PARAMETERS FOR THE PD 193. JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 
          BASICALLY IT'S A SPLIT OF S EIGHT, NINE AND TEN. THERE IS A DEVIATION ON SF EIGHT OF SIX 6500FT■S. AND THERE ARE DEVIATIONS FOR MINIMUM LOT WIDTH MINIMUM SIDE YARDS. THERE IS NO ALLEY REQUIRED. AND FRONT ENTRY GARAGES ARE PERMITTED. AND THE CURRENT PD CALLS FOR MINIMUM 
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DWELLING SIZE OF 2000FT■S. SO THAT'S WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED. SO WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, MISS COLTON, GIVE US ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. CAN I INTERRUPT? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICANT AND COUNSEL, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THIS COUNCIL CONSIDER REMANDING THE CASE BACK AND PLANNING AND ZONING FOR FURTHER FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THEY HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THEIR CONCEPTUAL PLAN AS A RESULT OF THEIR MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE REMAND THIS CASE BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MISS COLTON. COUNCIL, IS IT YOUR DESIRE TO HEAR THE REMAINDER OF THIS PRESENTATION, OR SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT BACK TO PNC? I AM LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT BACK TO PNC. OKAY. I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION. I ACTUALLY SAW THE REMAND ON THERE AND I WAS WONDERING WHY WE WERE REHEARING THIS. WHY DID IT NEED TO COME HERE TO BE REMANDED BACK? WHY? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THEY'VE ALREADY COME BEFORE COUNCIL. SO WHY IS THIS? BECAUSE IT REQUIRES YOUR ACTION TO REMAND IT BACK. STAFF CAN'T REMAND IT BACK. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO REMAND IT BACK. SO PREVIOUSLY WHEN THEY CAME BEFORE IT DIDN'T GET REMANDED. I THOUGHT IT DID. I'M SORRY. WELL, I WAS READING THAT. I WAS READING THE REPORT. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT IT I THINK IT WENT BACK ONCE AND THEY CAME BACK. THEY'RE NOW BACK BEFORE US BECAUSE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REMANDED. NOW THEY'RE ASKING THOSE THREE AGAIN WITH THESE WITH CHANGES WHICH WILL SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE PROBABLY FROM THE LOT SIZE FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY. TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. THAT SAID COUNSEL AGAIN DOES IT REQUIRE A MOTION FOR US TO REMAND IT BACK. YES. SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE A MOTION. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. AND, MISS COLTON, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO I THINK YOU CAN BE SEATED. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO REMAND THIS BACK. AND THEN HOWEVER, WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. SO I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS HEARING THAT BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION AND VOTE, IF THEY STILL WANT TO HAVE THEIR COMMENTS AND HAVE THOSE ON RECORD AS FAR AS WHERE THEY STAND WITH THE PROJECT, I'M I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT COUNCIL. I WILL TAKE THAT EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO MAKE THAT DECISION HOWEVER WE CAN HERE. YOU CAN CALL THE NAMES OUT IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK. WE CAN HAVE THEM TO COME UP NOW. ABSOLUTELY. SHARON TEMPLE. SINCE THEY DID TAKE THE TIME TONIGHT TO COME OUT. SO I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND NOT GIVE US THEIR COMMENTS. YES, PLEASE CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON MISS TEMPLE. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MY NAME IS SHARON TEMPLE AND MY RESIDENCE IS DESOTO, TEXAS. SINCE THIS IS GOING BACK TO P AND Z, BUT I WANT TO ALSO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT WE MET WITH SARAH LAMB, WHICH WAS ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES SEVERAL TIMES. AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ADJUSTMENTS HAD NOT BEEN MADE TO THE SATISFACTION OF SOME OF THE CITIZENS THAT MET WITH HER, AND I WANTED TO LET COUNCIL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I STAND WITH THE. THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW THAT I DO NOT APPROVE OF IT. WE HAD ASKED FOR CERTAIN THINGS TO TAKE PLACE, AND RIGHT NOW THE FSA IS 6500FT■S AND IT DOESN'T READ WITHOUT ORDINANCE. NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME INTO OUR HOME AND DICTATE TO US AND JUST GIVE US ANYTHING THAT HAS TO STOP. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THE CITIZENS THAT MET WITH SARAH LAMB AND THOSE OF US THAT I HAVE TALKING WITH IN MY COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PLAN AS IT STANDS TODAY. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. HOPE STEPHENS. AND FOLLOWING THAT IS DENISE VALENTINE. GOOD EVENING, MISS STEPHENS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. HOPE STEPHENS, DESOTO, TEXAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING THIS BACK TO P AND Z, BUT I DO I DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE IT ON RECORD THAT I DO OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THUS FAR. I HAVE A STRONG CONCERN THAT THE CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITIES AROUND WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE, THAT THE PLANS THAT THEY'RE SUBMITTING ARE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. IF RIGHT NOW OUR SFA, THAT'S 8000FT■S, THEY ARE LOOKING TO THEY WANT DEVIATIONS TO CHANGE. THEIRS TO BE 6500FT■S, WITH SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF SPACE BETWEEN THE HOMES AND ALL FRONT FACING GARAGES. NOW, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD SPOKEN WE HAVE I 
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KNOW MYSELF AND WITH LADY DENISE, WE HAD WORKED WITH THE FIRST DEVELOPER THAT WAS LIKE 2022 AND I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT. BUT WHEN WE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER, HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THEM, WE HAD MEETINGS ON THE PROPERTY, WE HAD MEETINGS, TOWN HALLS, MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 4 TO 5 TO WHERE WE FINALLY GOT TO A PLACE TO WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME COMPROMISE, SOME AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD COME TO. AND THEN THAT DEVELOPER DID NOT GO FORTH BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL PURPOSES. THE WHAT IS BRINGING WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH TO US RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT COMPLIMENTARY TO THE CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITIES. IT IS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAR, ANY FRONT FACING GARAGES. WE HAVE REAR GARAGES. I RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE SAYING NO ALLEYS. BUT WHEN I CONSIDER WHAT THAT COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH HAVING FRONT GARAGES WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT EVERYONE PARKS THEIR CARS IN THEIR GARAGE. A LOT OF PEOPLE PARK THEIR CARS ON THE STREET, AND THEY USE THEIR GARAGES AS STORAGE. AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL HAVE THEIR GARAGE DOORS OPEN. I EVEN SEE THAT AT TIMES, EVEN IN MY REAR FACING COMMUNITY, I HAVE VERY STRONG PAUSE FOR WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED. I AM TRULY HOPING THAT THEY WILL HEAR OUR CONCERNS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING UP NOW TO MAKE CONSIDERABLE CHANGE. SFA THAT IS ACTUALLY MORE LIKE A SIX AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SF EIGHT, SF TEN AND SF 12 THAT THEY ARE CONTIGUOUS TO. I AM TRULY HOPING THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL TAKE THE CONCERNS THAT THEY ARE HEARING, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP TALKING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHUT OUR VOICES DOWN. 
          AND THAT AND EXACTLY AS SHE SAID, JUST BECAUSE THAT THAT THEY HAVE THAT LAND AVAILABLE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN COME AND PUT ANYTHING IN THERE, AND IT CANNOT BE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN. YOU NEED TO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD DESIRE TO LIVE IN. SO THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR SENDING THIS BACK TO P AND Z, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT THERE. APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS STEPHENS. DENISE VALENTINE. GOOD EVENING, MISS VALENTINE. I KNOW YOU KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THIS GOES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. CUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON FOR ME, PLEASE, MISS. DENISE VALENTINE, DESOTO, TEXAS. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND ONCE AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN EXISTING. I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE JUST EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE IN ORDER TO MANAGE OUR CITY. I REALLY WOULD RATHER RESERVE MY COMMENTS UNTIL THIS CASE COMES BACK. COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I AM HOPING THAT IN THE MEANTIME, AS WE GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING, THAT WE CAN WORK OUT SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE SAID. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. 
          COUNCIL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. REMEMBER, THE MATTER ON THE FLOOR IS REMANDING IT BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING. YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO REMAND ZONING CASE Z-1530-24, AMENDING PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 193. BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION I SECOND. THAT HAS BEEN MOVED MOVED BY COUNCILMAN WATERS. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN NORTH TO REMAND THIS BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING COUNCIL MEMBER WATERS. I APPRECIATE THE ELEVATION. HOWEVER, YOU CAN TAKE ME DOWN A FEW NOTCHES TO MADAM MAYOR. WHAT DID I SAY, MADAM PRESIDENT? TAKE ME DOWN JUST A FEW NOTCHES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THAT HAS BEEN MOVED. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WATERS BY COUNCILMAN WATERS AND THEN SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN NORTH TO REPRIMAND COUNCIL. WE WILL USE OUR VOTING PADS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES 
          [2.  Zoning Case No. Z-1537-25 - Conduct a Public Hearing and consider approval of a requested zone change from Single Family 10 (SF-10) to Two-Family (2F) for a duplex residential development. The property is located on the northeast corner of Mockingbird Lane and E. Parkerville Road, legally known as Park Ridge Estates, Blk 7, Lot 5, 5 E. Parkerville Road. The applicant and owner is Asif Effendi of Effendi Holdings LLC]
UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ALRIGHTY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, MISS THOMAS. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE HAVE ZONING CASE NUMBER Z, DASH 1537, DASH TWO FIVE. 
          CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A REQUESTED ZONE. CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY 10 TO 2 FAMILY FOR DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MOCKINGBIRD LANE AND EAST PARKERVILLE ROAD, LEGALLY KNOWN AS PARK RIDGE ESTATES. BLOCK SEVEN, LOT 55E PARKERVILLE ROAD. THE APPLICANT AND OWNER IS A SEIF EFFENDI OF EFFENDI HOLDINGS LLC, COMING BACK AS JACKIE COLTON, ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          WELCOME BACK, MISS COLTON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS ZONING 
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CASE Z 1537 DASH 25 EFENDI HOLDINGS. SO MY PURPOSE FOR TONIGHT IS TO BRIEF THE COUNCIL ON THIS ZONING CASE AND THEN REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE. SO THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, 10 TO 2 FAMILY FOR A LITTLE OVER FOUR ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE EAST PARKERVILLE ROAD. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS EFFENDI HOLDINGS. IF WE LOOK AT THE ADJACENT ZONING TO THIS AREA TO THE NORTH, WE FIND TWO FAMIL. TO THE SOUTH WE FIND A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 66 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN TO THE EAST SINGLE FAMILY EIGHT AND THEN TO THE WEST TWO FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY TEN SO THE REQUESTED CHANGE TO TWO FAMILY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT ZONING. WHEN LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, COMPATIBILITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOT, IT EXPRESSES MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH THE TWO FAMILY FITS INTO THIS CATEGORY. SO THIS PROPOSED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. SO THE CITY DID ADHERE TO THE REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE. AND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE MAILING TO THE NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 AND 400FT. THIS CASE WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON MAY 13TH, AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ZONING CASE. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN FOR THE TEN DUPLEX PROPERTIES. AND SO, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND STAFF, BASED UPON OUR CASE ANALYSIS, WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MISS COLTON. AT THIS TIME, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I. I ALL OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT THIS TIME. MISS THOMAS, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK? HAVING NONE AT THIS TIME? COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I. I ALL OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED SECOND. OH, YES. THAT THAT WILL COME SOON. EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. YOU MOVED. I'M SORRY. YES. THAT WILL BE READ BY OUR CITY SECRETARY. I WAS LOOKING FOR WHO DID THE SECOND. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE. WE HAVE THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND CALL FOR A VOTE. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE THAT THIS ACTUALLY SITS IN PLACE TOO. SO I AM ESPECIALLY WATCHING AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PLACEMENT OF THESE TOWNHOUSES OR DUPLEXES. MY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND THE FACT THAT THIS IS A ZONING CASE. HOWEVER, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED, SO IS THERE ANY ALIGNMENT ISSUES IF WE APPROVE THIS ZONING AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT CAUSES IT TO BE NEEDING TO BE REZONED AGAIN, IS THERE ANYTHING AROUND THAT, ANY RISK TO THAT? MY 
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ANSWER NO. BUT PLANNING, PLOTTING FIRST YOU DO. ZONING COMES. PLANNING COMES AFTER THE ZONING PROCESS. SO PLANNING AND ZONING AREN'T AREN'T RELATED. SO IT DOES COME AFTER OKAY. YES. 
          FIRST ZONING THEN PLANNING OKAY. THIS IS DISCRETIONARY. THE PLANNING IS NOT DISCRETIONARY OR MINISTERIAL OKAY. AND SO THIS PART IS MINISTERIAL. THIS IS DISCRETIONARY. THE PLANNING PART IS MINISTERIAL OKAY. GOOD. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. SO THE PORTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DETENTION ZONE OR THE DETENTION POND SITTING WHERE IT SITS, THAT ISSUE, WILL ANYBODY BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT PART OR BECAUSE ONCE YOU REZONE IT YOU'RE REZONING IT. AND THEN IT HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT DETENTION POND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THOSE HOUSES? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EVEN DISCUSS HERE? NO, BECAUSE YOU DISCUSSED. YEAH. YOU'RE DISCUSSING ZONING AT THIS AT THIS AT THIS TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW. WILL THEY BRING THE SITE PLAN? COME BACK. YES, YES. 
          SITE PLAN COMES BACK. OKAY. SITE PLAN WILL HAVE EVEN MORE INFORMATION THAN THE PLAT. AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WHAT'S ON THAT SITE PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE THE DETENTION, THE DRAINAGE. OKAY. ALL OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT ENDS OUR DISCUSSION. MISS THOMAS WILL HEAR THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, BE FURTHER AMENDED BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 10,000 TO 2. FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DUPLEX DISTRICT TWO F FOR LOT FIVE, BLOCK SEVEN PARK RIDGE ESTATES ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE. PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. WE WILL USE OUR VOTING PADS. ONE MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT SET FOR YOU. COUNCIL. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION 
          [1.  Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Amendment to the agreement with WRG, LLC to an amount not to exceed $52,250 for the purchase and installation of furniture in association with the Aquatic and Recreation Center Construction Project]
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MISS COLTON. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH G. LLC, TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $52,250 FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF FURNITURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 
          MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHRIS GLOVER, PARKS DIRECTOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CONGRATS TO OUR TWO NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MISS PARKER. THIS PROJECT IS A. WHEN WE STARTED IT, IT WAS A GUARANTEED MAX PROJECT AND WE'RE AT $55 MILLION. WE HAVE WHO'S OUR OWNER'S REP THERE REPRESENTING OUR THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY AND IN MANAGING THE PROJECT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION FIRST, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KIND OF GIVE SOME CONTEXT. AND AFTER THE PRESENTATION, I'LL COME BACK UP AND PRESENT THE MANAGEMENT REPORT. AFTER WE GIVE THE CONTEXT. AND THE CONTEXT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IS ALSO GOING TO BE RELEVANT ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS AS WELL. SO I GUESS WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE WILL BRING UP THE. SYLVIA WITH IPS. 
          YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE. YEAH, YEAH. GOOD EVENING. AS HE STATED, I AM SYLVIA JOHNSON. I REPRESENT YOU GUYS FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A BRIEF PROJECT TIMELINE AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO BUDGET MANAGEMENT OKAY. ALRIGHTY. SO FOR PROJECT TIMELINE, WE STARTED THIS AROUND 2010 IN WHICH WE DID PRE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. WE DISCOVERED WHAT THE MISSION AND THE VISION OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE, WHICH IS TO BE UNIQUELY DESOTO. THEN WE MOVED INTO MASTER PLANNING AND DESIGN AROUND 2022, IN WHICH YOU HIRED YOUR ARCHITECT AS WELL AS YOUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. IN 2023, WE BEGAN DESIGN, AND THEN YOU GUYS HIRED US, YOUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE $9 MILLION OVER BUDGET, SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH SOME VALUE ENGINEERING, MEANING WE TOOK A LOT OF THINGS OUT OF THE PROJECT. THEN WE MOVED INTO DESIGN, BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION IN 2024, IN WHICH WE DEVELOPED OUR GMP, WHICH WAS $42.86 MILLION. WE HIT OUR 30% GOAL AND THEN WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE ABOUT 12 MONTHS WITHIN THAT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, AND WE ARE 
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CURRENTLY ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. SO WE ARE IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION ON THIS PROJECT IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO ADD THINGS RATHER THAN TAKE THINGS AWAY AT THIS TIME. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. NOW WE ARE ADDING THINGS WITHOUT ASKING YOU FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. SO EVERYTHING FITS WITHIN THAT $55 MILLION. HERE, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, WHICH WAS A 25 METER OLYMPIC POOL. WE HAVE A QUARTER FIELD THAT WILL NOW BE AT THE FACILITY, AS WELL AS A FULL RECOVERY SPACE. NOW INTO BUDGET MANAGEMENT. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW. OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS $53 MILLION. IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, WHICH IS HARD COST, WHICH IS YOUR CONSTRUCTION COST. 
          AND THEN SOFT COSTS. HARD COST IS MANAGED BY MANHATTAN. COASTAL. SOFT COST IS MANAGED BY IPS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. THIS IS JUST A FLUCTUATION. AT GMP, YOU'LL SEE $42.86 MILLION, WHICH THEN ADDED SOME MONIES TO OUR SOFT COSTS. AND THEN YOU HAVE OUR CURRENT BUDGET, WHICH IS THE $55 MILLION. NOW, THE FLUCTUATION OF THIS BUDGET IS BECAUSE OF THAT 25 METER POOL. 
          WE DID HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR $2 MILLION AT THAT TIME, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER CHANGE REQUEST THAT HAS RESULTED IN A BOTTOM LINE ADDITION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE GO THROUGH A QUICK PROCESS OF WHAT THAT CHANGE MANAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE, WHICH IS A CHANGE REQUEST COMES TO US. WE GO THROUGH PRICING. WE GO THROUGH EVALUATION. THEN WE GO THROUGH APPROVAL. WE TRACK THESE THINGS WITH DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT IPS UTILIZES, IN WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO THEM THROUGH POWER BI. 
          AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS IN HERE. SO ANY INVOICE, ANY BUDGET CHANGE, AS WELL AS ALL THE POTENTIAL CHANGE REQUESTS ARE ALLOTTED THERE. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT? SO THANK YOU MISS JOHNSON. I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS. I SEE A LIGHT OR TWO FOR THAT. NOW I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS. THE REASON THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS IS BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE TO APPROVE IT. IS THIS COMING OUT OF CONTINGENCY OR WHERE WOULD IT BE? YES, MA'AM. SO THIS WILL BE COMING OUT OF CONTINGENCY. THERE IS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TODAY. AND THERE'S ABOUT THREE ITEMS THAT ARE OVER THE APPROVAL AMOUNT FOR PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS WE JUST WANT YOU TO APPROVE THEM FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. SO THERE'S A THRESHOLD THAT LIKE THERE PROBABLY HAVE BEEN OTHER THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN BECAUSE IT WAS WITHIN CERTAIN AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THAT CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT UP TO THAT AMOUNT. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, DID YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON? I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE UP FRONTNESS AND THE FACT THAT YOU ACTUALLY SAID IT, I THINK WHAT TWICE THAT IT WILL NOT IT WILL NOT CHANGE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE TO PAY. YES. THANK YOU. YES, WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN OUR GUARANTEED MAX ON THAT COUNCIL. NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. I THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON. AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? COUNCIL OKAY. HEARING NONE. THERE IS NO ORDINANCE TO BE READ. COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME. WE WILL USE OUR VOTING PADS AND WE WILL VOTE. 
          [2.  Consider approval of a Professional Services Agreement with IMEG for 3rd Party Commissioning Services for the new Aquatics and Recreation Center in the amount of $85,000 to ensure that all systems are properly installed and operating as designed. ]
THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH IMG FOR THIRD PARTY COMMISSIONING SERVICES FOR THE NEW AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,000 TO ENSURE THAT ALL SYSTEMS ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND OPERATING AS DESIGNED. COMING BACK IS CHRIS GLOVER, PARKS DIRECTOR. 
          OKAY. AND NOW THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED THAT CONTEXT, THIS WAS A LINE ITEM AS WELL. THAT WAS PART OF OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET. AGAIN, IT'S OVER $50,000, SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL. AND I THINK WE STARTED OFF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OVER $120,000 THAT WE HAD OTHER QUOTES FOR LIKE 120. SO WE ENDED UP GETTING THIS, THIS QUOTE FOR $85,000. AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH FOR ALL THE SYSTEMS TO BE TESTED. SO WE HAVE TWO POOLS, WET AND DRY LOCKER ROOMS, DEHUMIDIFYING SYSTEMS, HVAC, PLUMBING SYSTEMS. SO YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A LOT OF SYSTEMS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING PROPERLY. AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AROUND NINE MONTHS, 9 TO 10 MONTHS LATER TO COME BACK TO 
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AFTER THE FACILITY IS OPENED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE FUNCTIONING THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. SO THIS IS A PRETTY STANDARD PRACTICE AS WELL. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH AMAG FOR THIRD PARTY COMMISSIONING SERVICES AT THE ARC AT MCCLELLAN PARK IN AMOUNT OF $85,000, TO ENSURE THAT ALL SYSTEMS ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. GLOVER. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. OKAY. HEARING NONE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING PAD. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. YES. YES, MA'AM. YES. I'M SORRY, CITY MANAGER HAS A COMMENT. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOING BACK TO ITEM ONE, I THINK WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DON'T RECOGNIZE INTEGRATED PROJECT SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR EFFORT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS ACTUALLY $115,000, IF I RECALL, FOR THE INCREASE IN THE FURNITURE PRICE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RENEGOTIATE THAT WITH THE VENDOR DOWN TO $52,000. SO IN IN REALITY, WE SAVED OURSELVES ABOUT $67,000. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 
          [3.  Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute Change Order #72 with Manhattan/Post L Construction in the amount of $501,153 for the procurement and installation of Audio/Visual and IT equipment for the Aquatic and Recreation Center Project.]
THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND TO THE PUBLIC ATTENTION. MR. CITY MANAGER, MR. GLOVER. OH, WE'RE ON NEXT ONE. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 72 WITH MANHATTAN POST L CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $501,153 FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF AUDIO, VISUAL AND IT EQUIPMENT FOR THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER PROJECT. COMING BACK. CHRIS GLOVER OKAY, SO FOR THESE FIRST TWO, I THINK WE KIND OF GOT Y'ALL'S ATTENTION WITH WE'RE NOT GOING OVER $55 MILLION. SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE THAT TREND ON THIS ONE AS WELL. THIS THIS PART OF IT WITH THE AVETT. ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE NEGOTIATED A CONTRACT WITH A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, COMPANY MANHATTAN AND POSTELL, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR INSTALLATION FROM A CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WE WERE DOING PART OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO ORDER, LIKE ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND DO THE INSTALLATION, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY PROVIDING A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THAT THAT KIND OF WORKED FOR US. BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES, BECAUSE WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE WARRANTIES, I THINK WE BROUGHT SOMETHING TO YOU ALL EARLIER THAT WAS KIND OF IN THE SAME SITUATION. SO NOW WE'RE BASICALLY WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HARD COST AND SOFT COST, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MONEY IS JUST TRANSFERRING. AND SO WE'RE TAKING MONEY FROM OUR SOFT COST AND PUTTING IT ON THE, THE HARD COST FOR MANHATTAN AND POST DEAL TO DO ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION AND THE EQUIPMENT AND ONE OF THE MAJOR BENEFITS FROM THAT IS REALLY STAYING ON TIME AND KEEPING THE PROJECT ON TIME, AS OPPOSED TO US HAVING TO GO IN AND ORDER EQUIPMENT AND DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO THAT'S A MAJOR BENEFIT. BUT THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST PUTTING ALL OF THIS BASICALLY IN MANHATTAN SCOPE. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO WE'RE REQUIRED TO AMEND THEIR CONTRACT. AND AGAIN WE'RE JUST MONEY'S FLOWING. 
          WE'RE JUST MOVING IT FROM OUR SOFT COST TO THEIR HARD COST. BUT IT IS ALL BUDGETED. AND WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 72 WITH MANHATTAN POSTALE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $501,153 FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF AUDIO VISUAL AND IT EQUIPMENT FOR THE AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTER. YES, IF I MAY. ALSO, WE ACTUALLY GOT AN INDEPENDENT QUOTE TO DO THE WORK OURSELVES. NOT ONLY WOULD HAVE DELAYED US A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT ALSO THE QUOTE ON IT WAS $526,000. IF I RECALL. KAREN. YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT 60 K MORE. SO YEAH. SO DEFINITELY THE WORK THROUGH MANHATTAN WOULD WOULD SAVE US TIME AND MONEY AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER. WE KNOW THAT EVERY EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS. COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION. WELL A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO YOUR LEFT. WE CALL FOR A MOTION FIRST AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION AFTER THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR. MADAM MAYOR, I ACTUALLY WILL MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE. I'VE FORGOTTEN THE LINE ITEM, BUT ON JUST A SECOND, LET ME MAKE SURE I GET IT. ITEM 
          [01:25:07]
I THREE THE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 72, IN THE AMOUNT OF 501,001, $153. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND? THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? YES. COUNCILMAN WATERS. OKAY. GOOD. GO AHEAD. NO. GO AHEAD. OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION. IT MIGHT BE KIND OF GOOD TO YOU, BUT WITH THAT, THAT OUTSIDE QUOTE, WE'RE GOING TO BE SAVING APPROXIMATELY $59,000, APPARENTLY, BY HAVING NO MANHATTAN POLES. SO DO IT RIGHT. HOWEVER, I SEE SOME CONFLICTING WORDING IN THE CHANGE ORDER REQUEST. OKAY, SO COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY LOOK AT THIS IN THE BACKGROUND SECTION IF YOU CLICK ON THIS. ON THIS AGENDA ITEM HERE. ANYWAY IN THE BACKGROUND SECTION, SECOND PARAGRAPH, THE LAST SENTENCE, IT SAYS THE CHANGE ORDER PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHEDULING, PROCUREMENT, INSTALLATION AND WARRANTY UNDER MANHATTAN WHOLESALE GROUP'S CONTRACT. I'M SORRY CONTRACT REDUCING THE CITY'S RISK AND BECOMES A PART OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. ELIMINATING FUTURE PRICE INCREASES FOR THE DESIGN SCOPE TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE. OKAY, YOU AGREE WITH THAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. HOWEVER, UNDER THE FINDINGS, IF I CLICK ON THE FINDINGS SECTION UNDER THE COST PREDICTABILITY PARAGRAPH, THE LAST SENTENCE OF THAT PARAGRAPH SAYS THIS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL PLACE THE. 
          SCOPE WITHOUT A VISUAL SCOPE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS, MEANING THE PRICE CAN INCREASE FOR THIS SCOPE UNLESS THERE IS AN OWNER INITIATED CHANGE ORDER. SO IS THAT IS THAT A TYPO? BECAUSE IT SAYS IT CAN INCREASE. BUT I THOUGHT THE I THOUGHT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE SAYS IT ELIMINATED FUTURE PRICE INCREASES. BUT DOWN HERE YOU KNOW NOW IT SAYS MEANING THE PRICE CAN INCREASE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE $59,000 EXTRA OR WHAT. NO, SIR. IT SHOULD SAY CANNOT CORRECT WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CORRECTED BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING ON IT BASED ON AT LEAST IF WE GO BY THIS, IT SAYS IT CAN BE INCREASED ON ON STAFF'S REPORT. IF THERE'S ERRORS, WE CAN DO IT WITHIN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OKAY. ONLY IN A RESOLUTION IS WHEN WE NEED TO CORRECT IT. OKAY. SO AS LONG AS WE GOT THAT ON RECORD, IT'S GOING TO GET CORRECTED. OKAY. 
          THAT WAS MY QUESTION OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND SINCE THIS IS IT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ALWAYS ASK SOME QUESTIONS. I DID SEE THE PART ABOUT IT ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE AUSPICES OF THE MANHATTAN GROUP, WHICH IS GREAT, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING IS THERE. AND YOU SPOKE OF WARRANTY. DOES IT DOES IT GO INTO THEIR HANDS IN, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT WARRANTY BACK IN PLACE SO THAT SHOULD THERE BE ANY ISSUES, THEY ACTUALLY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. AND HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY FOR? TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, YES. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE WANTED TO COMBINE THEM, WHERE WE WOULDN'T GET INTO A FIGHT, WHETHER IT'S THE EQUIPMENT OR NO, IT WAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO HAVING THEM DO IT ALL, IT WILL WARRANTY THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S A YEAR. YEAH. IS IT. AND IS THAT A RENEWABLE WARRANTY. SO PART OF THE CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS THAT WE'LL GIVE TO THE CITY OF DESOTO WILL INCLUDE ALL SPECIAL WARRANTIES. SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ABOVE A YEAR THAT WILL BE LISTED IN THERE, SO THAT COULD COME TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. OKAY. AND THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE ANYTIME WE TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL WARRANTIES, WE TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL MONEY. YES. SO IF THAT GUARANTEED MAX HAS MONIES OR CONTINGENCY HAS MONIES TO TAKE CARE OF ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTIES, IS THAT NOT A DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE NOW WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WARRANTIES AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE HEARING? NONE. COUNSEL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL 
          [4.  Consider authorizing the City Manager to disburse a total amount not to exceed $12,000 in available funds to seventeen (17) eligible Homeowner's Associations (HOAs) and Neighborhood Associations for the 2nd Round of the FY2025 Neighborhood Matching Grant Program]
HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPERSE A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $12,000 IN AVAILABLE FUNDS TO 17 ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS DOCTOR ESTHER WILLIAMS, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU OUR SPRING 
          [01:30:02]
2025 GRANT. AND JUST KIND OF GIVING SOME EXPLANATION OF HOW THE PROCESS WAS DONE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF OUR SPRING 2025 NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW, AND TO SEEK COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO DISBURSE $12,000 IN MATCHING GRANT FUNDS TO 17 ELIGIBLE HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE. AND ALSO JUST TO TIE IN TO OUR STRATEGIC GOAL. OBJECTIVE FIVE PROMOTE DESOTO'S PRIDE AND APPEARANCE. INITIATIVE FIVE SEVEN STATES THAT MARKET ENHANCE THE HOA MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE HOAS TO MAINTAIN CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS. SO JUST IN SUMMARY, 17 HOA OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WERE APPLIED AND WE RECEIVED THEIR APPLICATIONS. ALL APPLICANTS MET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND THERE'S A TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS OF $12,000 THAT CAN FOCUS ON THE LIST THERE ENTRANCE, BEAUTIFICATION, MINOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENTS. SO THE FUNDING WAS REWARDED, AWARDED BASED ON A PROCESS WITH A COMMITTEE AND THEIR SCORING ON A POINT SYSTEM. THE COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF FIVE RESIDENTS NON APPLICANTS FROM NON APPLICANTS NEIGHBORHOODS AND TWO STAFF MEMBERS AND THE GRANTS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE END OF JUNE. SO HERE'S SOME PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS. AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE WHOLE LIST IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT PACKET AS WELL. BUT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE OUR THREE TOP AWARDED PROJECTS. AND YOU'LL SEE THE AMOUNTS THERE FOR KINSDALE FARMS, SILVER CREEK ESTATES AND HAMPTON MEADOWS. AND THOSE INCLUDE BEAUTIFICATION, GRANT PLANNING, POND CLEANUP, FLAG REPLACEMENT, SOLAR LIGHTS, ENTRANCE MAINTENANCE. WE HAD SOME MODERATE AWARDS TO FOR SAINT ANDREW'S PLACE, SAINT GEORGE'S PLACE AND DESOTO RANCH FOR OUTDOOR CONCRETE, TABLE GATE PAINTING AND POWER WASHING, AS WELL AS ENTRY UPGRADES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME MINIMAL AWARDS FOR FENCE AND WALL REPAIRS AT $200 PER PROJECT. AND WE HAVE EXAMPLES FROM FROST FARM TWO, CRYSTAL CREEK RIDGE, AND STILLWATER CANYON. WE DID WANT TO NOTE THAT ALL DECISIONS WERE GUIDED BY PROJECT VISIBILITY, COMMUNITY IMPACT, AND BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BASED ON THAT SCORING SHEET. SO IN CONCLUSION, THERE ARE 17 HOA'S THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO AWARD THESE GRANT FUNDS TO. THESE ARE MATCHING GRANTS. SO THE HOA HAD TO SHOW HOW THEY WOULD MATCH THE AMOUNT THAT THEY REQUESTED. THE ESTIMATED BUDGET COST IS $12,000, AND WE HAVE THOSE LISTED THERE AS STAKEHOLDERS. RIGHT NOW WE THIS IS JUST A REVIEW OF OUR TIMELINE. THEY REVIEWED ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS ON THE 30TH OF APRIL. THERE WAS ONE SCORING IMPACT THAT WE HAD TO REDO BY ON, AND WE DID THAT ON MAY 7TH. AND SO NOW WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL, AND HOPEFULLY THE GRANTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE END OF JUNE. SO IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE DISBURSEMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT FUNDS TOTALING $12,000 TO THE 17 QUALIFYING APPLICANTS AS OUTLINED BY THE SPRING 2025 GRANT COMMITTEE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO FILL THEM. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE AWARD AS PRESENTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? YES. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DISCUSSION, I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I TELL THE COMMUNITY I AM AN ACTUAL HOA MANAGER. I DO NOT MAKE ANY MONEY AT ALL FROM THESE GRANTS. AND BUT EVEN IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I HAVE RECUSED MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE. SO THAT IS WHY I WILL BE ABSTAINING. I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT COMMUNITY MANAGERS DO NOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF THESE GRANTS AT ALL. SO THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I SAID THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR RECUSING HERSELF. AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAVE. IS THAT THE FOR ONE, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND THIS THIS PROGRAM. WHAT I ENJOYED WAS SEEING THAT IT WAS LISTED ONLINE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, VERY THOROUGH. KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR THAT. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS THE AWARDEES LISTED AS WELL? AS LONG AS ALONG WITH THE 
          [01:35:02]
RUBRIC SCORING THAT WAS PROVIDED SO THAT THAT KNOWING ALSO THAT THAT CAN BE ALSO IN FUTURE ITERATIONS INCLUDED IN OUR BUSINESS REPORT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SO BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS ONE WAS A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS. SO I THINK UNDERSTANDING THAT TOO, AND THE RUBRIC PROCESS JUST WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US. AND THEN SECONDLY, I THINK THAT FOR THE SAKE OF LIMITING ANY LIABILITY OR RISK FOR THE CITY OR ANY OF US FOR THAT MATTER, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BEST THAT IF YOU ONLY ACCEPTED THE APPLICATION FROM THE ACTUAL HOA BOARD OR PRESIDENT, AND THAT THE ONLY POINT OF CONTACT THAT COULD BE PROVIDED IS PROVIDED FROM THE HOA BOARD OR PRESIDENT, MEMBER, OR WHOEVER THEY DESIGNATED FROM THE ACTUAL BOARD, SO THAT THE CITY IS ONLY DEALING WITH CITIZENS AND NOT ANY THIRD PARTY ENTITY. AND. I THINK THAT THAT IS ALL OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT CONTRACTUALLY, THE HOA IS CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO ALLOW THEIR CITY, THEIR COMMUNITY MANAGERS TO DO WORK FOR THEM. THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT CANNOT THE CITY CANNOT ACTUALLY GOVERN HOA'S IN ANY FASHION. SO THAT THAT REMARK ABOUT WHO PROVIDES DOCUMENTATION TO THE CITY THAT WOULD THEN INFRINGE UPON THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE ACTUAL HOA. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HEARING. 
          NONE. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BYRD, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THERE IS NO ORDINANCE. SO COUNCIL WE WILL USE OUR VOTING PADS. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ONE ABSTENTION. THANK YOU, MISS THOMAS. WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL 
          [5.  Consider the selection of a Mayor Pro Tem for a one (1) year term as prescribed by the City Home Rule Charter]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. FROM YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU. FINAL ITEM IS CONSIDER THE SELECTION OF A MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A ONE YEAR TERM AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY HOME RULE CHARTER, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AS CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS. 
          I'M GOING TO READ THE HOME RULE CHARTERS SECTION. EXPECTATION OF THAT SELECTION PROCESS WITH YOUR PERMISSION. SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1B2 OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES AND PROCEDURES AND ARTICLE TWO, SECTION SEVEN OF THE CITY'S HOME RULE CHARTER, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL ELECT ONE OF ITS MEMBERS TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THIS SELECTION OCCURS AT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING FOLLOWING THE GENERAL ELECTION OR ANY SUBSEQUENT RUNOFF ELECTION. THE MAYOR PRO TEM, ONCE ELECTED, SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE MAYOR IN THE EVENT THE MAYOR'S ABSENCE OR DISABILITY. FOLLOWING THE JUNE 7TH RUNOFF ELECTION, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SELECTION HAS BEEN PLACED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. SO FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS ITSELF, THE MAYOR WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, AND EACH NOMINATION MUST BE SECONDED BY ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER. NOMINATIONS WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL ALL NAMES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, AND EACH NOMINEE WILL BE ASKED IF THEY ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. FOLLOWING THAT, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SUBMITTED A NOMINATION MAY PROVIDE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THEIR NOMINATION, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO, AND VOTING WILL OCCUR IN THE ORDER NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED. 
          THE FIRST NOMINEE TO RECEIVE AT LEAST FOUR VOTES WILL BE CONFIRMED AS MAYOR PRO TEM WHEN I SHARE ALSO ADDITIONAL NOTES, AND THAT IS, A COUNCIL MEMBER MAY NOMINATE THEMSELVES AND MAY VOTE FOR THEMSELVES, AND ONLY ONE NOMINEE MAY BE CONFIRMED ONCE THAT NOMINEE RECEIVES THE REQUIRED MAJORITY VOTE, THEN THE PROCESS CONCLUDES. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER GODFREY WITH THAT STATED, I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS, I DO SEE MY LIGHT. WAS YOUR LIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE LETICIA HUGHES ONCE AGAIN FOR OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. IS 
          [01:40:01]
THERE A SECOND? THAT MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF SECOND. IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION? YES, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL ANYONE IN THIS ROOM. THE PASSION WITH THIS YOUNG LADY HAS FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. SHE'S RECEIVED HER CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL OFFICER DESIGNATION. SHE SERVES AS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LEADERSHIP SOUTHWEST. SHE SERVED ON NUMEROUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, MOST NOTABLY THE VETERANS COMMITTEE. SHE'S AN ARMY VET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. SHE SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS COALITION OF BLACK DEMOCRATS, THE DALLAS COUNTY DIVISION, AND SHE HAS SERVED ON THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND ALSO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SHE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB AS MAYOR PRO TEM, SO IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO PASS THE TORCH TO COUNCIL MEMBER KRISTAL CHISHOLM. YOU'RE MAKING THE NOMINATION. MAYOR PRO TEM NOMINATE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR THAT HAS RECEIVED A SECOND. AND THAT IS FOR COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MAYOR PRO TEM, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS. THEREFORE, WE STILL MUST TAKE A VOTE. CORRECT. WE STILL MUST TAKE A VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU SO ELOQUENTLY GAVE YOUR RATIONALE FOR YOUR NOMINATION, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING SO. COUNCIL, THERE IS A NOMINATION, A SOLE NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO BE SELECTED AS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE COUNCIL. PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. YES. I STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE SHE ACCEPTS. I'M MAKING A BIG ASSUMPTION. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM, DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU ALL FOR KEEPING ME ON TRACK. YES, WE DO HAVE A NOMINATION. SHE DOES ACCEPT AND WE HAVE HEARD COMMENTS. AND SO WE WILL USE OUR VOTING PADS. WELL YOU HAVEN'T HEARD COMMENTS FROM EVERYBODY. COMMENTS FROM THE NOMINATOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING PADS COUNCIL. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES ALL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY. WELL I GOT TO GET OUT OF SAYING MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ADJOURN TONIGHT AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. 
          THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY IS 7:34 P.M. THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG. ENJOY YOUR EVENING, COUNCIL AND CIT
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