[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE 17TH, 2025 AND IT IS 6 P.M. I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. CITY SECRETARY, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH.
COUNCIL MEMBER. LETICIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE ROLE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A QUORUM TO BEGIN. CITY SECRETARY, MAY WE PLEASE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM? AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE MAYOR COMMENDATION TO THE CITY OF DESOTO ISD. PINK WARRIOR T SHIRT. STUDENT WINNER. YOU KNOW WHAT? AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE THAT ITEM DOWN. NEXT WE
[b. Presentation of a proclamation honoring Veterans Day]
WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM RECEIVING THE DESOTO VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEMBERS JAMES HENDERSON, DOCTOR DARREN DANIEL, AND ARTHUR M HOBBS.OR. GOOD EVENING, CITY OF DESOTO. ALL RIGHT, SO MY NAME IS MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM, AND I WILL BE READING THE VETERANS DAY PROCLAMATION. I HAVE THE HONOR OF DOING THIS BECAUSE I SERVE AS THE COUNCIL'S LIAISON FOR THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. I'D LIKE TO ASK IF MR. HENDERSON CAN COME DOWN AND MR. BARRON CAN COME DOWN.
TODAY'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST YEARS WHEN I'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. TYPICALLY WE HAVE OUR VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND MR. HENDERSON WILL BE STANDING UP PROUDLY FOR THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE. WE ALSO HAVE MR. BARRON COME CLOSER. MR. BARRON. MR. BARRON JOINED THE MARINE CORPS AT THE AGE OF 17. HE TRAVELED LITERALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE. AS I WAS READING HIS BIO. BUT WHEN HE RETIRED FROM THE MARINE CORPS, HE WAS AN IBM MAINFRAME SENIOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMING. MR. BARRON ATTENDED OUR VETERAN AFFAIRS EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND, WHERE WE CELEBRATED VETERANS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AT OUR VETERANS GALA. SO I THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THE INVITATION FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER THE 11TH, 1919, PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON ANNOUNCED THE FIRST OBSERVANCE OF ARMISTICE DAY TO HONOR THOSE WHO SERVED DURING WORLD WAR 1 IN 1994. IN 1954, THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS FORMALLY RENAMED THE OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY, RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 11TH AS A DAY DEDICATED TO HONORING VETERANS OF ALL ERAS AND UPHOLDING THE PURSUIT OF PEACE. AND WHEREAS, VETERANS DAY 2025 CENTERS AROUND THE THEME SERVICE TO OUR NATION CELEBRATING THE PATRIOTISM, COURAGE, AND SACRIFICE OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE LAST IMPACTING IMPACT OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ON OUR NATION AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS OUR VETERANS STOOD READY TO DEFEND FREEDOM AT HOME AND ABROAD, DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING COMMITMENT IN TIMES OF CONFLICT AND PEACE, AND MADE PERSONAL SACRIFICES TO PROTECT THE VALUES WE CHERISH AS AMERICANS.
AND WHEREAS, AFTER COMPLETING THEIR MILITARY SERVICE AND MANY VETERANS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESS LEADERS, VOLUNTEERS AND MENTORS, FURTHER DEMONSTRATING THEIR DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP. AND WHEREAS VETERANS DAY REMINDS US OF RESPONSIBILITY TO HONOR, SUPPORT AND UPLIFT VETERANS WHO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES MADE NOT ONLY BY SERVICE MEMBERS BUT ALSO BY THEIR FAMILIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, BY THE
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POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER THE 11TH, 2025 AS VETERANS DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN OBSERVE OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ACTS OF APPRECIATION THAT REFLECT OUR GRATITUDE AND RESPECT FOR THE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES FLAG CODE. FLAGS FLOWN AT ALL CITY OF DESOTO FACILITIES WILL REMAIN AT FULL STAFF. IN HONOR OF OUR VETERANS.IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE CAUSED, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THIS EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025, RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST SOPHIE LEWIS AUBREY CITY SECRETARY I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS. WHILE I AM THE ONLY ONE SERVING ON THE COUNCIL THAT IS A VETERAN, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH A LOVED ONE ON THE COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR MENTIONED HOW FAMILIES IMPACT SERVICE MEMBERS, AND I'M A LIVING WITNESS OF THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER DEBRA NORTH, WHOSE HUSBAND SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, WHO FATHER ALSO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR, AND THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I DO WANT TO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL. BEFORE WE LEAVE, I'LL ALLOW ONE OF YOU TO SAY SOMETHING, OR BOTH OF YOU.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOR BEING ASKED TO BE HERE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. I ENLISTED AT AGE 17, AND WHEN I WAS 19, I WAS SENT OVERSEAS. I DID TIME IN OKINAWA, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA AND CAME BACK AND MY TRAINING IN THE MARINE CORPS, ASIDE FROM BEING A IN COMBAT TRAINING, I ALSO WAS TRAINED AS AN IBM COMPUTER OPERATOR WAS WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE MARINE CORPS, IT TRANSITIONED WELL THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, AND I RETIRED FIVE YEARS AGO AS A SENIOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER. SO MY TRAINING IN THE MARINE CORPS DID DID ME WELL. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR ASKING ME TO BE HERE. SEMPER FI. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION. MY NAME IS JAMES HENDERSON. I'M ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE VETERANS, FOR THE VETERANS COMMITTEE. I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT EACH VETERAN CARRIES WITH THEM A STORY, A NARRATIVE WOVEN WITH THREADS OF RESILIENCE, DUTY, AND COMMITMENT. THEY'VE ANSWERED THE CALL TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS, OFTEN AT GREAT COST, THAT SACRIFICES HAVE MADE, HAVE SHAPED OUR HISTORY AND DEFINED OUR PRESENCE, ENSURING THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PREVAILS. I DID OVER 25 YEARS IN THE MILITARY, STARTING WAY BACK WHEN RETIRED IN 2007. ONE OF THE BEST CHOICES THAT I'VE EVER MADE WENT THROUGH BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE CALL ALL THE PLACES THAT HURT WHAT? I DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTFELT MOMENT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO GET IN THE PICTURE TO. CELEBRATE. OH. YES, MA'AM. OH, YEAH. COME ON DOWN. THIS IS PICTURE. YES. IT'S SPECIAL. THERE YOU GO. OKAY.
ONE, TWO THREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM CHISM, FOR MAKING THAT VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, JUST TO UNDERSCORE, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR VETERANS, INCLUDING YOURSELF, MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO SEE IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR THE DESOTO PINK WARRIOR T SHIRT? I DON'T SEE MISS ANDERSON. AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO RECEIVE IT ON BEHALF. ARE YOU
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HERE? ARE YOU THE STUDENT? YOU'RE THE TEACHER, OKAY. ARE YOU NABAWI, MR. NABAWI? OKAY, GREAT. WELL, WE CAN KEEP MOVING THEN. OKAY, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN WHAT I WILL DO, MISS. SO FINE. IF WE WILL MOVE UP ONCE WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CORPORAL ETHAN VESTAL, WE WILL MOVE THE INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATE AND THE ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT UP AFTER THE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT ONE. SINCE WE HAVE A GUEST HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION, I WILL HAVE THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL[a. Presentation of Mayoral Commendation to DeSoto ISD Pink Warrior T-Shirt Student Winner]
HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE MAYORAL ACCOMMODATION TO DESOTO ISD. PINK WARRIOR T SHIRT.STUDENT WINNER MAKING A PRESENTATION IS MIA PROCTOR. RECEIVING IS DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER MR. NAWABI AND DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS DIRECTOR MISS TOINETTE ANDERSON.
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. OH, WAIT, AM I IN THE RIGHT CITY? NOW? Y'ALL KNOW I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WHEN IT'S A LITTLE DRY. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I'M IN DESOTO, TEXAS AND NOT DESOTO COUNTY. YOU KNOW, IT'S IN MISSISSIPPI, SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. BUT GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. WE ALWAYS LOVE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENTS ANY TIME THEY DO ANYTHING SPECIAL. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ART TEACHER HERE TO HELP ME HOLD THIS IN LIEU. OUR STUDENT AND THAT IS DARIUS HOWARD OF DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S A SOPHOMORE. HE COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MISS SHALONDA WEAVER AND MANY, MANY OTHERS, THEY YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH WAS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND THERE THEY LAUNCHED A STUDENT T-SHIRT CONTEST TO HONOR OUR PINK WARRIORS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. AND DARIUS HOWARD WAS ACTUALLY THE WINNER OF THAT CONTEST. AND SO THEY MADE T SHIRTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A VERY, VERY NICE AND CREATIVELY DONE T-SHIRT. AND SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE IN HIS ART TEACHER, MR. YACINE NAWABI IS GOING TO RECEIVE THAT ON HIS BEHALF. AND I'M GOING TO READ IT FOR YOUR HEARING. AND IT SAYS MAYORAL COMMENDATION PRESENTED TO DARIUS HOWARD ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF DESOTO, I AM HONORED TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING SELECTED AS THE WINNER OF THE DESOTO ISD PINK WARRIOR T-SHIRT STUDENT CONTEST.
YOUR CREATIVITY AND DEDICATION TO USING ART TO RAISE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS ARE TRULY COMMENDABLE. THROUGH YOUR WINNING DESIGN, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED NOT ONLY EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTIC TALENT, BUT ALSO A COMMITMENT TO INSPIRING YOUR PEERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. YOUR CONTRIBUTION HELPS BRING ATTENTION TO AN IMPORTANT CAUSE, AND SERVES AS A MEANINGFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW STUDENTS CAN MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT. THE CITY OF DESOTO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENT, YOUR CREATIVITY, AND YOUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER. WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE IT WILL HAVE ON YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, SIGNED NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025, MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. THANK YOU.
YOU CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE. WOULD YOU LIKE? NO, I PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS, BUT I'M SURE IF HE COULD, WE WE KNOW AGAIN, WE'D ECHO HOW PROUD WE ARE OF
[c. Presentation of a proclamation honoring National Family Literacy Month ]
DARIUS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO RECEIVE THAT ON HIS BEHALF. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROCTOR. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY MONTH. MAKING A PRESENTATION AS COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER RECEIVING IS LIBRARY DIRECTOR HEATHER MCENTEE AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES JACKIE FARMER. GOOD EVENING. DESOTO, THIS IS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THAT. SO TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY ONLY TWO OF YOU. THERE'S ONLY TWO. OKAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILY LITERACY. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO FIRST GIVE A SHAMELESS PLUG AND SAY THESE ARE OUR ESTEEMED LIBRARIANS. THEY ARE A PART OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM HERE IN DESOTO. AND WE ASK EACH OF YOU TO VISIT THE LIBRARY, GET YOUR CARD, YOUR EXPLORATION CARD, SO YOU CAN GO EXPLORE WITH THE LIBRARY. SO LET ME READ THAT PROCLAMATION, OKAY. WHEREAS[00:15:06]
GEOGRAPHIC 00111110. SO LET ME JUST GET ONE OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. CORRECTIONS ALWAYS NEEDED.LET'S GET IT. NATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY MONTH IS CELEBRATED EACH NOVEMBER TO RECOGNIZE THE ESSENTIAL ROLE FAMILIES PLAY IN FOSTERING READING SKILLS, LEARNING AND LITERACY HABITS THAT EMPOWER CHILDREN THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES AND ADULTS AS WELL. WHEREAS CURRENT STUDENTS INDICATE THAT NEARLY 1 IN 4 CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT REACH GRADE LEVEL READING PROFICIENCY, AND CHILDREN WHO FALL BEHIND IN EARLY LITERACY ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF ACADEMIC STRUGGLES AND SCHOOL DROPOUT. AND WHEREAS READING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY STRENGTHENS COMMUNICATION, BUILDS CRITICAL SKILLS AND CREATES MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BONDING WHILE NURTURING A CHILD'S IMAGINATION AND CURIOSITY. AND WHEREAS ENCOURAGING CHILDREN TO EXPLORE BOOKS, STORYTELLING AND INTERACTIVE LITERACY ACTIVITIES AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY HELPS TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. AND WHEREAS, PROMOTING FAMILY LITERACY INITIATIVES INSPIRES CREATIVITY, STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S READING DEVELOPMENT BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, AND AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 25TH AS NATIONAL LITERACY MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND I ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO DEDICATE TIME TO SHARED READING EXPERIENCES, CREATE INVITING HOME READING SPACES, PARTICIPATE IN LIBRARY PROGRAMS, EXPLORE BOOKS, BOOK CLUBS, AND ENGAGE CHILDREN IN ACTIVITIES THAT SPARK CURIOSITY AND A LOVE OF LEARNING. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THIS 17TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025, RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST SO FINE. LOUIS AUBREY, CITY SECRETARY THANK YOU. AND I WANT THESE FOLKS TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR PROCTOR AND, OF COURSE, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, OUR LIAISON TO THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. NATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY MONTH REMINDS US THAT READING AND LEARNING TOGETHER STRENGTHENS NOT ONLY OUR FAMILIES, BUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE EMPOWERING PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND CHILDREN TO GROW, DISCOVER, AND SUCCEED THROUGH LITERACY.
THANK YOU. SHE GONNA PUT ME ON THE SPOT AT THE LIBRARY. WE ARE OUR WHAT? THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER ABOUT CONFIDENCE AND ABOUT CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY. SO WE ALWAYS OFFER FAMILY PROGRAMING. THAT IS FOR EVERYONE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCILMEMBER PARKER IS TALKING ABOUT IS WE HAVE A NEW INITIATIVE WITH THE DESOTO ISD SCHOOLS TO HELP WITH LITERACY.
SO WE SUPPORT THEM AND THEY SUPPORT US AS WE PROMOTE LITERACY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU. MISTER. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, AND THANK YOU TO OUR LIBRARY TEAM. WE KNOW THAT THE INCREDIBLE WORK AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THEY DO THERE IS UNMATCHED. SO WE
[d. Presentation of a proclamation honoring GIS Day]
APPRECIATE YOU ALL AT THIS TIME. IT'S SO FUN. LOUIS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.NEXT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING GIS DAY. MAKING A PRESENTATION AS COUNCIL MEMBER, HUGHES RECEIVING IS GIS MANAGER JERRY HICKMAN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING. DESOTO. WELCOME, MR. STRICKLAND.
PERFECT, GENTLEMEN. OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF GIS SYSTEMS. WHEREAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL TOOLS THAT ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND US BY CONNECTING DATA TO MAPS, REVEALING RELATIONSHIPS, PATTERNS AND TRENDS THAT SUPPORT INFORMED DECISION MAKING. AND WHEREAS GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN MANAGING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY, GUIDING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, IMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERY, AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE STUDY AND USE OF GEOGRAPHY SERVE AS A UNIFYING FRAMEWORK THAT HELPS INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND
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GOVERNMENTS BETTER COLLABORATE, COMMUNICATE, AND SOLVE COMPLEX CHALLENGES BY VISUALIZING INFORMATION IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. AND WHEREAS, GIS EMPOWERS RESIDENTS, EDUCATORS, CITY STAFF, AND POLICYMAKERS BY TRANSFORMING RAW DATA INTO ACCESSIBLE INSIGHTS THAT IMPROVE PLANNING, TRANSPARENCY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DESOTO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INNOVATIVE GIS SOLUTIONS THROUGH MAPPING, DATA ANALYSIS, AND GEOSPATIAL LEADERSHIP THAT ENHANCE MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT LONG TERM COMMUNITY GOALS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 19TH AS GIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GIS PROFESSIONALS AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY IN SHAPING A SMARTER, SAFER, AND MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED.THE 17TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025, RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST SO FINE. LOUIS AUBREY, CITY SECRETARY LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. I HAVE A WORD. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE MANY VALUES OF GIS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. GIS STANDS FOR GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. IT'S A IT'S ROOTED IN THE SCIENCE OF GEOGRAPHY. IT'S A IT'S A MAPPING TECHNOLOGY THAT'S USED TO HELP TURN DATA INTO INFORMATION AND INFORMATION INTO INSIGHTS. AND SO THIS YEAR, AS A GLOBAL EVENT, WE ARE CELEBRATING AND PARTNERING WITH OUR OUR BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES AND PRESENTING AT THEIR GIS DAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HUGHES. THANK YOU, MR. HICKLIN, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AT THIS TIME. WE'LL HAVE
[e. Recognition of the Police Department promotion for Corporal Ethan Vestal]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION FOR CORPORAL ETHAN VESTAL. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS POLICE CHIEF JOE CUSTER. EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER ETHAN VESTAL, COME ON UP. AND HIS MOM, JUDY VESTAL, COME ON UP. WITH ME IS CAPTAIN GRADY KIRKLAND.HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE BADGE TO ETHAN'S MOTHER, JUDY. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONS AND SEEING OUR PEOPLE GO ON TO OTHER THINGS ALWAYS MAKE ME PROUD, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT. THEY CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES. AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO SUPERVISORY AND LEADERSHIP IN OUR DEPARTMENT. SO ETHAN VESTAL TOOK THE CORPORALS EXAM. HE PASSED AND AND WE HAVE A VACANCY. SO WE'RE WE'RE PROMOTING HIM TONIGHT.
HIS MOM, JUDY, IS GOING TO PIN ON HIS BADGE. AND I HAVE A PLAQUE FOR HIM. AND WE'VE GOT A SHORT VIDEO TO SHOW YOU FIRST. NO, I'M ONLY KIDDING. NOBODY GOT EVERYBODY SCARED, DIDN'T I? MOM, GO AHEAD AND PIN ON HIS BADGE AND YOU CAN STAB HIM IF YOU WANT. I'LL JUST SAY, CAN I STAY? VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S GOOD. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD JOB MOM. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU CHIEF, AND
[h. Presentation of FY2025 Annual Investment Report & Investment Policy Update]
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO YOU, SIR. AT THIS TIME, MADAM SECRETARY, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE FY 2025 ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT AND INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATE. MAKING AN INTRODUCTION IS FINANCE FINANCE DIRECTOR LAKITA SUTTON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THIS[00:25:05]
EVENING WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED 930 2025. WE RECENTLY HAD OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HERE TO DELIVER OUR FOURTH QUARTER REPORT, AND WE HAD SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE RESULTS. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY MAKES TO INVEST ITS AVAILABLE FUNDS. WE WORK REALLY HARD WITH VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING. THEY'RE HERE EVERY SINGLE QUARTER TO MEET WITH US, AND WE THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WE HAVE TIM PINON HERE FROM VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING, AND I'LL LET HIM GO AHEAD AND START ON THAT PRESENTATION.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. SO YEAH, THIS IS KIND OF AN ANNUAL TRADITION WE HAVE WHERE WE COME AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE CITY IS FINANCIALLY AND COMPARE IT TO WHERE IT WAS A YEAR AGO. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IS UP $10 MILLION FROM WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR, DUE MAINLY IN PART TO THE BOND ISSUE THAT WAS ISSUED IN 20 AND FUNDED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. AND SO THAT'S THOSE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTED HERE. THAT ALSO INCREASED THE INTEREST THAT THE CITY EARNED OVER THE YEARS. SO THESE HIGHER INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, WHEREAS THESE WERE USUALLY KIND OF ALMOST DEPRESSINGLY SMALL NUMBERS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY NICE, NICE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS NOW. SO IT'S 8.1 MILLION IN 2024, 9.3 MILLION IN 2025.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE GOING DOWN IN THE FUTURE WITH THE THE DIRECTION THAT INTEREST RATES ARE GOING. BUT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN GOOD FOR THE CITY TO EARN THAT KIND OF REVENUE ON THE BALANCES. THIS IS A LOOK AT WHERE RATES WERE LAST YEAR AND WHERE THEY ARE THIS YEAR. AND SO THESE NUMBERS REFLECT AS WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THOSE TRENDING INTEREST RATES THE DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING. SO IN 2024 THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO WAS AT 5.22%.
THIS YEAR IT WAS FOR 2025 IS 4.5%. AS YOU CAN SEE IN A DECLINING MARKET, THE CITY INVESTS FOR SOME OF THE LONGER TERMS TO LOCK UP THOSE RATES. SO YOU'RE SEEING THE BENEFIT OF DOING THAT AND THAT THE CITY'S RATE IS HIGHER THAN THOSE BENCHMARKS OF THE THREE MONTH TREASURY, THE SIX MONTH TREASURY AND TAX POOL. AND THEN THIS IS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE THINGS ARE IN THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. ON THE SHORT END, THE FED FUNDS RATE ON THE LOW END IS CURRENTLY NOW IT'S NOW 3.75%. THE CITY IS EARNING 3.5% ON BALANCES HELD AT PLAINS CAPITAL. SO A REALLY GOOD RATE FOR THE CITY. AND THE TAX POOL IS CURRENTLY AT 4.03. THAT RATE IS GOING TO BE DECLINING JUST WITH A RECENT REDUCTION IN THE FED FUNDS RATE. SO THAT WILL START TO DRIFT LOWER AS WELL. BELOW. THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE THE THE INVESTMENT OPTIONS ARE FOR THE CITY FOR INVESTING FOR THREE, SIX AND 12 MONTH PERIODS. AND SO AGAIN, YOU CAN LOCK THESE RATES UP AT LOWERING. THE CITY HAS YOU CAN LOCK THESE RATES UP FOR A LONGER TERM. AND THE CITY HAS BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND DOING THAT. THIS IS JUST KIND OF A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE FED FUNDS HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE THINK THEY'RE GOING. IN JULY AND JULY OF 2023, WE HIT THE HIGH MARK AT 5.5% ON SHORT TERM RATES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SINCE THEN THEY'VE DRIFTED DOWN. SO WE HAD THREE RATE CUTS LAST YEAR. IN 2024, THEY DID A 50 POINT DROP ON SEPTEMBER OF 2024. AND THEY'VE STARTED JUST DROPPING IT BY 25 BASIS POINTS. EACH OF THESE THREE MEETINGS WHEN THEY'VE MET.
AND THEY'RE ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE REPEATING THAT PATTERN AGAIN IN 2025, DROPPING IT BY 25 POINTS IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN DECEMBER. THERE'S SOME VARIATION ON THAT THAT MAY THEY MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL JANUARY OR POSSIBLY MARCH. SO AGAIN, THEY'RE KIND OF WATCHING THE ECONOMY TO SEE WHAT THINGS ARE DOING TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT LONG TERM. THEY THINK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP IS PROBABLY IN THE THREE AND A 2:45 PERCENT RANGE IN THE SHORT TERM FUNDS. SO UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE INTEREST AMOUNTS COME DOWN BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES ARE ARE DECLINING. JUST A QUICK LOOK AT THE YIELD CURVE. THIS IS STILL A VERY FLAT YIELD CURVE. NORMALLY AS YOU GO OUT FURTHER ON THE CURVE THE RATES ARE HIGHER. WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT FOR 3 OR 3 YEARS OR SO NOW. SO IT'S BEEN VERY FLAT OR SOMETIMES INVERTED, WHERE SHORT TERM IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN LONGER TERM. BUT THAT'S STARTING TO GO BACK TO A NORMAL CURVE IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE, BUT STILL A VERY FLAT CURVE THERE. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO. THE PURPLE IS HOW MUCH OF THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO IS INVESTED IN CITY. SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF THE PORTFOLIO THAT'S LOCKING UP THE HIGHER RATES. THE CITY HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE THE PURPLE OR FROM THE LOCKED UP RATES, JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS GOING ON. FUNDS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
SO THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT FOR THAT REASON. AND THEN THIS JUST GIVES A QUICK LOOK AT MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS WITHIN INVESTMENT POLICY GUIDELINES. AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S PASSING ON THE TWO THINGS. SO SO GOOD LUCK THERE. AND THAT IS THE END OF THE THE FINANCE. AND WE'VE
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GOT THE NEXT THING UP IS THE INVESTMENT POLICY. BUT I'LL PAUSE THERE. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING IN THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO REVIEW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I SEE NO LIGHTS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS NEXT SECTION WILL GO VERY QUICKLY.THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. BUT WE DO THIS EACH YEAR. IT'S REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT THAT EACH YEAR THE CNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE POLICY, THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY, FOR THE COMING YEAR. AND WE GO THROUGH AND JUST DO A LOOK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY REVISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE TO ADDRESS CHANGES COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE, OR JUST TO TWEAK AND IMPROVE THE THE READING OF THE POLICY.
SO JUST A QUICK VIEW OF SOME OF THESE ARE THE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON TOMORROW.
TO APPROVE THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE TO THE POLICY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS FIRST ONE IS JUST ADDING IN SOME VERBIAGE THAT ADDS A LITTLE MORE CLARITY. THE THE WORDING WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR. AND SO JUST AS AN AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT MADE THAT A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE. AND THEN JUST GOT SOME OF THE UNNECESSARY WORDING THERE AS FAR AS THE WRITINGS OF EACH ISSUE OR AS APPLICABLE, WE REMOVED THAT. AND IN THIS SECTION ON PAGE EIGHT, WE JUST ADDED A LITTLE MORE CLARITY AROUND THE STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY WILL USE AND, AND TO DEFINE KIND OF THE LEVEL OF PRIORITY WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, NEXT IMPORTANT, AND SO ON. AND THEN THIS ONE'S FAIRLY MINOR CHANGE ON PAGE NINE, JUST CLARIFYING THAT THE CITY WILL BE USING A THIRD PARTY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO PROVIDE SAFEKEEPING. AND THEN JUST KIND OF SOME WORDSMITHING ON THIS ONE, VERY MINOR CHANGE THERE. AND THAT'S REALLY IT. SO POLICIES IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE CHANGES ARE VERY MINOR. BUT WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE CHANGES. SO YOU KNEW WHAT THE CHANGES WERE THAT YOU WERE VOTING ON. WHEN THAT COMES UP FOR APPROVAL TOMORROW, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING.
THANK YOU MR. PINION. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT I HEAR IS NO, NO REAL MATERIAL CHANGES. JUST SOME MINOR THINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CITY
[f. Presentation on the Management of the Aquatics and Recreation Center ]
SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR CHRIS GLOVER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, I AM GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE JUST TOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS FACILITY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS FACILITY. I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THE MORE RESEARCH IT IS A BEAR AND IT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING. BUT TO REALLY SEE CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, ALONG WITH OUR ENTIRE TEAM AND MY GOOD LOOKING TEAM HERE TONIGHT, THEY SUITS ON. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE THE FEE SCHEDULE. AND A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT IS EXPOSE YOU ALL TO IT EVEN MORE. AND AT THE END OF THIS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SEE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK DECEMBER 2ND, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO TRY TO PUT IT ACTUALLY AN ORDINANCE WHERE WE CAN ENFORCE IT. BUT TONIGHT WE WE KIND OF WANT YOU ALL TO RUBBER STAMP IT IF YOU AGREE WITH IT. AND IF NOT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE WORK SESSION TONIGHT. WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. OKAY. OUR AGENDA. WE WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE FACILITIES IN THE REGION AND HAVE A COMPARABLE FEE ANALYSIS. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TIERS, MONTHLY, DAILY AND OUR FACILITY RENTAL FEES. AND ALSO THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT THE TOWN CENTER, OUR OF HOURS OF OPERATIONS THAT WE WANT TO TRY AND DISCUSS TONIGHT AS WELL.OKAY. WITH OUR FACILITIES, THE FACILITY COMPARISON. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE DESOTO IS AMONG CITIES THAT HAVE A FACILITY THAT IS SIMILAR TO THIS FACILITY. YOU SEE THE POPULATION FACILITY SIZE, AND WE HAVE LANCASTER AND CEDAR HILL AND DUNCANVILLE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. BUT REALLY, AS FAR AS THE THE TYPE OF FACILITY THAT THIS IS, OUR FACILITY REALLY IS MORE LIKE A PERFORMANCE AND WELLNESS CENTER. AND THOSE TWO CENTERS, AGAIN, ARE JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR THOSE THREE ARE BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF THE AMENITIES. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CHECK MARKS WITH WHAT THE OTHER FACILITIES HAVE. AND PLEASE NOTE AT THE BOTTOM WHERE WE HAVE THE RECOVERY ROOM, WE ALSO CALL IT A CRYO LOUNGE. THAT IS ALSO PART OF OUR WELLNESS PACKAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU VERY RARELY SEE IN IN MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. AND SO THAT REALLY, IN MY OPINION, REALLY KIND OF SETS US ASIDE FROM A LOT OF OTHER FACILITIES. OKAY. OUR COMPARABLE FEE ANALYSIS CHART, YOU SEE MCKINNEY, FRISCO COURTS DESOTO IS IN THE MIDDLE NORTH RICHLAND,
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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, AND THEN YOU HAVE GRAND PRAIRIE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL RATE, WE'RE RIGHT KIND OF SORT OF IN THE MIX FOR OUR YOUTH AND FOR OUR ADULTS.ALSO WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL RATES, SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS THAT THAT I THINK THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO KNOW. WE'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED PEOPLE THAT WORK AT BUSINESSES IN DESOTO AS A RESIDENT, OR THEY RECEIVE THE RESIDENTIAL RATE BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY PAY TAXES HERE AS WELL. SO WHEN WE SAY RESIDENTS, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PART OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN DESOTO AS WELL. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CORPORATE RATE AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING. OKAY. AND HERE'S OUR RESIDENT PRICING CHART. AGAIN, IN COMPARISON WITH THE OTHER CITIES, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIX WITH THE REST OF THE CITIES. AS FAR AS OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE A FACILITY THAT IS SIMILAR TO TO OUR FACILITY. OKAY. AND OUR NONRESIDENT, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ALSO YOU JUST HAVE A VISUAL WHERE AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE COMPARABLE TO, TO OUR SURROUNDING CITIES THAT THAT HAVE IT. NOW ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT ON THIS SLIDE AND I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT DUNCANVILLE NOT HAVING A FACILITY OF THIS TYPE. IF YOU NOTICE THERE ARE NONRESIDENTIAL FEE, IT GOES WAY UP THERE. AND THEY MEAN THAT.
THEY MEAN THAT WHEN THEY'RE WHEN NONRESIDENTIAL PEOPLE ARE COMING TO DUNCANVILLE, THAT THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO TAX THEM FOR COMING TO DUNCANVILLE. OKAY, OKAY. OUR PRELIMINARY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TIER AT THE FACILITY, THERE'S TWO SIDES. IF YOU ALL RECALL, THERE'S A DRY SIDE AND THERE'S THE WET SIDE. OKAY. AND SO WE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL PROBABLY WANT TO COME AND THEY'LL WANT TO DO ACTIVITIES ON THE DRY SIDE. SO THEY WANT TO PLAY BASKETBALL, WORKOUT, WALK ON THE TRACK, BUT THEY WON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO TO THE WET SIDE AND VICE VERSA. YOU MAY HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON THE WET SIDE THAT MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN GOING ON THE DRY SIDE, AND SO WE WANTED TO OFFER MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR ONES. AND THAT'S REALLY HOW WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE FACILITY. AND SO YOU SEE OUR MEMBERSHIPS FOR YOUTH, THERE IS A RESIDENT AND A NONRESIDENT FEE. BUT THAT IS STRICTLY FOR THE DRY SIDE. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THE AQUATIC SIDE. AND AGAIN, ONCE WE GET YOU IN THE FACILITY, WE ANTICIPATE THAT ONCE THEY GET IN THE FACILITY, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO PEEP ON THE OTHER SIDE OVER THERE. AND, WELL, HOW DO WE GET TO HOW DO WE GET TO PARTICIPATE OVER THERE? AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR REC AQUATIC DUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO DO BOTH. AND SO WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE FOR THAT AS WELL OKAY. AND OUR ADD ONS. AND WHEN WE GET TO OUR ADD ONS. OH AND SOMETHING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION DURING OUR OUR ANNUALS. NOW FOR OUR SENIOR MEMBERSHIPS WE WILL HAVE WE WILL ACCEPT INSURANCE WITH OUR SILVERSNEAKERS PROGRAM AND RENEW ACTIVE. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT. SO ANY SENIORS THAT WANT TO COME TO THE TO THE THE ONES THAT WANT TO COME TO THE SENIOR TO THE CENTER WILL HAVE WE WILL ACCEPT THEIR THEIR INSURANCE FOR THE RATES AS WELL. SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PARTICULAR ADD ONS. AND HERE IS WHERE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE HAVE THE SAUNA. WE HAVE THE CRYO LOUNGE. WE HAVE MASSAGE CHAIRS. SO AGAIN THAT WELLNESS COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE ALONG WITH SOME PHYSICAL THERAPY OPTIONS. AND SO WHEN YOU REALLY START THINKING ABOUT THOSE OPTIONS THAT'S REALLY REALLY RARE ON, ON, ON IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS. AND SO WE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE FLOODED AT THIS FACILITY.
PLUS IT LOOKS GOOD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO, ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL GOALS FOR THIS FACILITY, WAS FOR IT TO BE UNIQUELY DESOTO. AND I THINK THAT WE REALLY HAVE CAPTURED THAT WITH BEING UNIQUELY DESOTO. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF DESOTO, THEY WILL THINK ABOUT THIS FACILITY BECAUSE IT IS IT IS DIFFERENT. OKAY. OUR MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP TIER. AND IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF Y'ALL WANT TO SLOW ME DOWN, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. BUT THESE ARE MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP TIERS. AND THEY'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT AS WELL WITH THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT THAT WE HAVE SEEN. AS FAR AS THE COST FOR THOSE. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR MEMBERSHIP, OUR AQUATICS MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN
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WE HAVE OUR DUALS AS WELL, OUR DUAL AQUATIC DUAL MEMBERSHIPS. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP ADD ON. SOMETHING THAT I NEGLECTED TO SAY EARLIER IS ALSO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A KIDS ZONE. AND THAT KIDS ZONE IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY GET OUT AND MARKET THAT KIDS ZONE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME OUT, THAT FOR SINGLE PARENTS OR PARENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO COME AND WORK OUT, NOT NECESSARILY SINGLE, BUT PARENTS THAT WANT TO COME OUT, COME THERE AND ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEIR KIDS TO GO. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL. AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT I HAVE FAILED TO MENTION. I HAVE A LOT OF MY NOTES AND A LOT OF MY NOTES I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE, BUT IN OUR FITNESS AREA. THE, THE AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE FITNESS CENTER IS REALLY, REALLY GOING TO BE GROUNDBREAKING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN. IT IS GOING TO MAKE US STAND OUT. AND IN A LOT OF OUR LOCAL GYMS, THEY HAVE SOME NICE EQUIPMENT. BUT THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, WILL BE A STEP ABOVE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AT ANY OF THE GYMS THAT ARE AROUND HERE. AND ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OTHER GYMS, THE THE PRIVATE GYMS THAT ARE HERE, THEIR FOCUS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR FOCUS. YOU KNOW, WE DO PROGRAMING. SO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUTH LEAGUES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SWIM LESSONS, DROWNING PREVENTION. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE PROGRAM FOR A LOT OF YOUTH, MULTI-GENERATIONAL, FOR YOUTH, FOR ADULTS AND FOR SENIORS. AND SO OUR MODEL IS A IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THEIRS. AND I THINK THAT IT WILL BE WELL RECEIVED. AND HOPEFULLY OUR RESIDENTS WILL JUMP ON AND HURRY UP AND GET THEIR MEMBERSHIPS, BECAUSE I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT PEOPLE FROM 15, 20 MILE RADIUS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A HURRY. AND EVEN FURTHER THAN THAT, ONCE THEY SEE THIS FACILITY AND ONCE IT OPENS, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET HERE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS FACILITY, AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO FIND ANYWHERE IN THE IN IN THE DFW AREA. OKAY. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR DAILY MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP COST AS WELL. SO WE'LL YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN DAILY AND GET SOME OF THE TRAININGS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED THE TURF AREA, I PROBABLY DIDN'T. WE HAVE TWO TURF AREAS AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INDOOR TURF AREA, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR TURF AREA FOR A LOT OF RENTALS AS WELL. SO AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AT THIS FACILITY, I AM I AM SO THRILLED WITH HOW IT'S WORKED OUT AND THE IMAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN DESOTO WITH THIS FACILITY. OKAY. AND OUR ADD ON TIER FOR OUR DAILY MEMBERSHIPS, WE HAVE THAT AS WELL FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT ACCESS. AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF I KIND OF CATCH MYSELF. I THINK I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY TODAY AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, A PLETHORA OF THINGS FOR SENIORS TO DO. LIKE, I'M NOT A SENIOR, I'M A SENIOR AS WELL. SO I HAD TO CATCH MYSELF AND LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S ME. AND WHAT I DID NOT MENTION IS A SIMULATOR. I THINK IT'S ON ONE OF THE PAGES THAT ARE COMING UP. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOLF AND BASEBALL SIMULATOR WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY PLAY GOLF AND PLAY BASEBALL INDOORS AND OR OUTDOORS. IT'S GOING TO BE A MOBILE UNIT THAT WE CAN MOVE AROUND. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK FROM A SENIOR PERSPECTIVE AND I'M GOING TO BE PROUD OF IT AS WELL. BUT THERE IS AN INDOOR TRACK. THERE'S PICKLEBALL, THERE'S SWIMMING WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR LAP SWIM. WE HAVE THIS GOLF SIMULATOR. SO IF THERE ARE ANY SENIORS THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SENIORS ALONG WITH ME KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR PROGRAMING, THAT WE DID NOT EXCLUDE SENIORS IN ANY FORM OR FASHION, AND THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME OVER AND STAY AND REMAIN ACTIVE. OKAY. AND ALSO, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENT ROOM RENTAL RATE. AND HERE IS WHERE I JUMPED AHEAD OF MYSELF. AT THE BOTTOM WE HAVE OUR GOLF SIMULATOR. IT'S ACTUALLY A GOLF AND BASEBALL SIMULATOR. TALK ABOUT OUR TURF FIELD. THE TERRACE IS REALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE AREAS.AND AGAIN, WHEN WE DO THE TOURS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT TERRACE AREA. WHEN YOU PARK AND YOU'RE KIND OF SEMI INDOORS, SEMI OUTDOORS. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A REALLY COOL AMENITY AS WELL FOR THIS FACILITY. THAT REALLY KIND OF SETS IT APART FROM FACILITIES OF, OF, OF LIKE KIND. OKAY. NOW TOWN CENTER OPERATIONS, SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WANTED WE, WE WANT TO GET SOME HISTORY ON. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR COST RECOVERY GOALS AT THE ARC. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING
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AT OUR COST RECOVERY GOALS AT OUR CURRENT TOWN CENTER RECREATION CENTER. SO ONE THING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS IS WE ACTUALLY AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BACK IN OCTOBER, LIKE OCTOBER THE 20TH, BUT IT WASN'T A LONG DISCUSSION. I JUST KIND OF MENTIONED IT. SO WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT AT OUR CURRENT TOWN CENTER, OUR OPERATION HOURS. WE WERE WE WERE BRINGING THIS TO YOU ALL TO SEE IF WE COULD ACTUALLY TAKE THESE HOURS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND GO 6 P.M. UNTIL 10 P.M. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE ACTUALLY NOW 6 P.M. 10 P.M.FRIDAY 6 P.M. UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. REGULAR HOURS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW, 7 A.M.
UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND SUNDAY 1 P.M. UNTIL 6 P.M. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE WANTED IT TO BE A RENTAL FACILITY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE PART TIME STAFF BASICALLY HERE. BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR FULL TIME LEADERSHIP THAT IS GOING TO BE HOUSED HERE AS WELL. SO THERE WILL BE SUPERVISION THAT'S OVER HERE, BUT WE WILL BASICALLY RUN THIS FACILITY. AND WITH PART TIME STAFFING AND A LOT OF OUR RENTALS, A LOT OF OUR PAID RENTALS THAT WE HAVE ARE USUALLY ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY RENTING OUT OTHER AREAS AS WELL. BASKETBALL COURTS, DANCE ROOMS, AND POTENTIALLY LEASING OUT OUR FITNESS CENTER. IF THERE'S A GROUP THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND DO THAT AS WELL OVER HERE. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF TOSSED AROUND. SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT TONIGHT AS WELL. AND THEN OUR OUR OPERATING HOURS YOU CAN SEE THOSE. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE ENDED UP CUTTING OUR COST. IF WE DO THIS, THE CHART ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE WE'RE WE START OUR INTERVIEWS FOR OUR RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT TOMORROW. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT STARTS TOMORROW. IT WAS FUNDED IN THE FY 25 BUDGET. AND THEN WE HAVE AS OUR MANAGERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT, WE WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE MR. KEVIN MOORE AND STEVE MOORE ARE CURRENTLY ON STAFF AND THEY WOULD BE OUR ARC AND TOWN CENTER MANAGERS. AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HIRE FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HIRED THOSE TWO POSITIONS. AND SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE BOTH OF THOSE FACILITIES OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ARC TOWN CENTER SUPERVISOR, WHICH I THINK KEVIN AND MARQUIS AND HIS TEAM FINISHED THOSE INTERVIEWS LAST WEEK. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT THAT WOULD ALSO BE AN EXISTING POSITION THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET. AND SO IS THE COORDINATOR POSITION. RECREATION COORDINATOR POSITION OUR NEW POSITION I'LL GO DOWN THE GREEN SIDE FIRST. OUR ARC RECREATION ATTENDANTS. THOSE ARE CURRENT RECREATION ATTENDANTS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE RECREATION CENTER AND AT THE TOWN CENTER. RECREATION. WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO HIRE NINE ADDITIONAL RECREATION CENTERS TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THAT FACILITY WITH THE NEW HOURS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SUMMERTIME ON BELTLINE PROGRAM. SO THOSE ARE THE EXISTING POSITIONS. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'RE YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO HIRE FOR. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR ARC AND AQUATICS SUPERVISOR. THAT WILL BE A NEW POSITION. ARC AQUATIC COORDINATOR WOULD BE A NEW POSITION MOSELEY POOL MANAGER, WHICH IS SOMEONE THAT WE USUALLY HIRE ANYWAY. SO THAT'S NOT A NEW POSITION, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE A MANAGER ANYWAY ON THAT SIDE. AND OUR LIFEGUARDS, THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE NEW POSITIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE MOSELEY POOL ASSISTANT MANAGER, WHICH WE HIRED TWO OF THOSE WHICH WE HIRE EACH YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR 28 SEASONAL POSITIONS AND THAT'S LIFEGUARDS AND CASHIERS. AND SO WE REALLY CUT THE COST BY BEING ABLE TO KIND OF DOUBLE UP IN SOME OF THESE EXECUTIVE LEVEL POSITIONS AND, AND HAVE A HAVE THEM OPERATE IN A DUAL ROLE. OKAY. AND THAT IS THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION. SO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNCIL AS WE KNOW THERE IS A SECOND HALF TO THIS PRESENTATION. CORRECT, MR. GLOVER. CORRECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO TIME ROUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON SCHEDULE TONIGHT AND GET US OUT OF HERE AT A DECENT HOUR. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MISS KIRBY TO SET THAT UP FOR US FOR TWO MINUTES EACH. I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS. I SAW YOURS, COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN WATERS. I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT. COUNCILMAN BYRD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER. THANK YOU. I HAVE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. VERY, VERY GOOD INFORMATION. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU DID THE COMPARISONS TO TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
I LOVE THE CHART, BY THE WAY, WHERE IT SHOWS ALL THE AMENITIES. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE WHAT THEY OFFER IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR POPULATION IS QUITE MORE SIZABLE THAN OURS. THE AND THE POOL AREA, I GUESS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE FACILITY SIZE ARE A LITTLE LARGER. LET ME GET TO MY
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QUESTION ON THE PRELIMINARY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TIER. YOU TALKED ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE'S NUMBERS. DID GRAND PRAIRIE'S NUMBERS INCLUDE THEIR AQUATIC CENTER AS WELL, OR IS THAT JUST FOR THEIR RECREATION? BECAUSE YOU WHEN YOU WHEN I LOOK AT THESE AND THEN YOU ADD AQUATICS OUR NUMBERS CHANGE QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY. SO WHAT ARE WE COMPARING WHEN WE USE THESE OTHER FACILITIES. ARE WE LOOKING AT JOINT DUAL MEMBERSHIP OR JUST ONE MEMBERSHIP OR THE OTHER. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DUAL MEMBERSHIPS AT ALL FACILITIES EXCEPT GRAND PRAIRIE. GRAND PRAIRIE WAS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THERE. THERE ARE PARKS DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY RUN THE THEY OPERATE THE RECREATE THE RECREATION CENTER, AND THEY HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT DOES THE THE EPIC WATERS. OKAY. AND SO IN THEIR CASE IT'S JUST THE RECREATION CENTER OKAY.SO WE DON'T KNOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR DO. WE KNOW THE TOTALITY FOR THEIR FOR THEIR CITIZENS FOR, FOR THE. AND I ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE I WANT TO REALLY BE ABLE TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AND WITHOUT. AND THERE IS A HUGE VARIANCE BETWEEN GRAND PRAIRIE AND EVEN WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING, EVEN WHEN I LOOK AT AT OUR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR SENIORS, OF COURSE, I'M LOOKING AT THE SENIOR LINE. GRAND PRAIRIE HAVE $50. WE ARE SAYING OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE 144, BUT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AQUATICS PART. SO I'M REALLY TRYING TO DISSECT THE NUMBERS. I, I WENT THROUGH IT EARLIER TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE NUMBERS THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. IS MY TIME UP ALREADY? OH I'M SORRY. WELL, LET ME JUST ASK ANOTHER QUESTION TOO. I MEAN, BUT NO, THIS IS AND I CAN WAIT. BUT DID SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO BE BORED, BORED, BORED LED, IF YOU WOULD TO A POINT HAD YOUR HAVE YOUR PARKS AND REC BOARD SEEN THESE NUMBERS AND DO THEY KNOW WHAT YOU'VE WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT? YES, THEY KNOW WHAT I'M PRESENTING. BUT OUR RESEARCHER FOR FEES WAS MR. MARQUIS BUFORD. SO HE CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GRAND. GRAND PRAIRIE. WAS THAT PRESENTED TO THE PARK BOARD AS WELL? SO WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US TONIGHT WAS ALREADY PRESENTED TO THEM. YES, SIR. OKAY. VERY GOOD. YES, SIR. OKAY. MR. GLOVER, YOU WEREN'T KIDDING WHEN YOU SAID EVERYBODY WAS SHARP TONIGHT. IT LOOKED LIKE EASTER SUNDAY IN HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT GRAND PRAIRIE, I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THEM.
AND SO WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, IT WAS ONLY BASED ON ONE SIDE AND NOT ALL INCLUSIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY PROVIDING. SO WE WERE DOING THE DUAL MEMBERSHIP, AND THAT'S HOW WE BASED IT. AS FAR AS LOOKING AT WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED. AND SO WHEN MR. GLOVER SPEAKS ON THE EPIC, THE WATER PARK PORTION OF IT, THAT WAS A SEPARATE ENTITY. AND SO IT WOULDN'T BE APPLES TO APPLES, BUT WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY OFFERING WAS JUST THE REGULAR RECREATIONAL SIDE AND NOT THE AQUATIC SIDE AS WELL. SO GRAND PRAIRIE DOESN'T OFFER CITIZENS A A DISCOUNT FOR THE AQUATIC SIDE OF IT. SO SO THE PACKAGE THAT THEY OFFER, I BELIEVE, IS 4.99, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE I'M SORRY, NINE. IT WAS 949. I HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT THERE IN MY BAG. BUT IT WAS IT WAS DEFINITELY EXTREMELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WERE OFFERING FOR DUAL. SO IT WAS A LOT MORE CORRECT. AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST FOR SELLING POINT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD JUST TO SEE THEM.
BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND REAL QUICK, THE OTHER THING WITH GRAND PRAIRIE IS THEY HAVE MULTIPLE RECREATION CENTERS THAT HAVE NATATORIUM AS WELL. AND SO SO THE EPIC WATERS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THEY SOLD EPIC WATERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE IS THAT THAT WAS A TOURIST ATTRACTION, KIND OF LIKE NARUTO AND THOSE KIND OF PLACES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER RECREATION CENTERS THAT HAVE MORE LOCAL RECREATION CENTERS WITH NATATORIUM. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE REALLY HAD TO COMPARE THOSE RECREATIONAL RECREATION CENTERS OR WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY COMPARE TO WHAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THEY WERE THEY WERE A TOUGHER THEY WAS TOUGHER TO COMPARE WHAT THEY WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT WE DO. SO I'M MORE I'M OKAY, I'M SORRY. SO JUST ONE LAST. SO A MORE APPLICABLE COMPARISON COMPARISON WOULD BE THE MCKINNEY PROPERTY. CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THE REST OF THEM THAT WERE UP THERE MCKINNEY FRISCO FRISCO HAS AN OUTDOOR. NO. THEY HAVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR. SO MCKINNEY, FRISCO AND NORTH RICHLAND HILLS ALSO, THEY ALL HAVE A WATER COMPONENT INSIDE OF THEIR RECREATION CENTER. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN WATER OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, I HAVE A BUNCH
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OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. REALLY. I'LL PROBABLY PUT THEM IN EMAIL BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN 3 MINUTES OR 2 MINUTES. SO I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE SOME OF THIS STUFF. DOES A FAMILY RATE INCLUDE DROPPING OFF A CHILD AT THE KIDS ZONE? DOES WHAT NOW? THE FAMILY RATE WHEN SOMEONE'S DROPPING OFF BECAUSE YOU HAD LIKE A THE KIDS ZONE IS LIKE $2 A DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IF SOMEONE DOES A FAMILY PLAN, DOES THAT INCLUDE DROPPING THE KID OFF ON THE KIDS ZONE, OR DO THEY PAY EXTRA EVERY TIME THEY GOT TO DROP THE KID OFF? WELL, IT SHOULD BE. IT'S INCLUDED IN OUR ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL RATE. AND SO IF YOU PAY THE HIGHER RATE, THEN IT DOES INCLUDE THAT FOR THE FAMILY. YES, SIR. AND THEN ALSO MY MAIN THING WAS WHEN SOMEONE'S 55 YEARS OLD, THEY'RE NORMALLY AT THEIR PEAK HIGHEST INCOME EARNING OKAY.NORMALLY. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SENIORS, I MEAN REALLY IN MY OPINION YOU NEED TO GO UP TO 60. HERE'S WHY. BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE BECAUSE THERE'S WE HAVE A HIGH OLDER POPULATION HERE, SIR. IN MY OPINION. JUST YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO WE NEED TO MAKE MONEY ON THE ARK. I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE NEED TO TREAT IT LIKE A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW? BUT ANYWAY, ALSO, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ON THE FAMILY PLAN, OKAY? I MEAN, FAMILY PLAN TYPICALLY IS LIKE THE HUSBAND, WIFE AND THREE KIDS HERE. SO SHOULDN'T THE FAMILY PLAN BE TWO FULL PRICE FOR TWO FAMILY ADULTS? I MEAN TWO ADULTS. AND THEN THE KIDS GET IN FREE. I MEAN, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ADJUSTING THAT. ANYWAY, I THINK YOU'RE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE THERE ANYWAY. ALSO, DAILY RATES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGH, BUT I DON'T KNOW. SEEMS A LITTLE HIGH TO ME. GOING TO CONSIDER A WAIVER FOR THE KIDS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. BECAUSE ANYBODY UNDER 17 UNDER WEIGHT ROOM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MONITOR THAT IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT. ANYWAY, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. ON THE TIME. WHY IS IT. OH, SORRY. YEAH, I'M WRITING IT DOWN. I'LL COMPLETE THIS ONE, BUT I HAVE OTHERS.
I'LL PUT AN EMAIL. I'LL PUT AN EMAIL. OKAY. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE CLOSING LIKE SIX ON SUNDAYS. A LITTLE EARLY, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN CLOSE AT 10 P.M. SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE EARLY. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT MAYBE OPEN TO MAYBE 11 AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON SUNDAY. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL PUT ALL THIS IN EMAIL FORM. OKAY? OKAY. AND I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION. THESE ARE REALLY SUGGESTIONS. AND I DO HAVE AND I DO HAVE THEM WRITTEN DOWN, BUT ALSO ON THE ON THE SENIOR RATE. AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR ORIGINAL FEES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO UP OR GO DOWN, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT. ONE LAST THING. I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT. OKAY. ONE WAY YOU CAN DO IT AS WELL. PRE SIGNUPS. YOU GET THIS RIGHT HERE. IF YOU WAIT TILL IT OPENS THEN YOU GET THIS. YOU KNOW THE WAY IT IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER RATE. GET THEM AND SEND THEM TO GET IN THE DOOR EARLY. JUST AN IDEA I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I WAS PLEASED WITH WHAT I SAW.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXISTING CLASSES OVER AT THE EXISTING CENTER. YOU HAVE, AND I HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF DESOTO WHO RAVE ABOUT THE ZUMBA AND THE DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY, THE FACILITY THAT'S HERE. AND SO TO MOVE THE TIME WHEN YOU MOVE THE TIME, IS THAT MOVING ANY OF THOSE CLASSES AND SQUISHING EVERYTHING INTO THAT FOUR HOUR TIME FRAME. AND THEN THAT'S ONE QUESTION. AND THEN SECOND, I'VE ALWAYS ASKED THIS QUESTION ABOUT THE CENTER, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT SITS ON THE CUSP OF GLENN HEIGHTS, LANCASTER AND ALL THOSE VARIOUS CITIES. HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THEM FOR THEM TO THEN PARTAKE IN PART OF GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM OR SOMEHOW THE BEST SOUTHWEST RATE OR SOMETHING TO ALLOW SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING CITIES TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS AS WELL. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE MEETING ROOMS, BECAUSE THE MEETING ROOMS ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES JUST THE IDEA THAT IT'S IT'S ON THE SOUTHERN SECTOR ON THE SIDE THAT I LIVE ON. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT IT'S CLOSED. IS THERE GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD A RATE, A RENTAL RATE? IS THERE GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ANY OF THOSE MEETING ROOMS FOR A DIFFERENT PRICE, OR IS IT ALL EVERYBODY IS RENTING AT THAT PRICE, RIGHT? RIGHT. NOW, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT IT'S ALL THE SAME PRICE AT OUR CURRENT RECREATION CENTER. THEY'RE THE SAME PRICE, BECAUSE WHAT WE RAN INTO WITH THAT ONE IS WHEN WE DID A RESIDENTIAL RATE, NON
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RESIDENTS WOULD FIND A RESIDENT TO COME AND RENT IT FOR THEM. AND SO IT WAS SO DIFFICULT FOR US TO REALLY MANAGE THAT PIECE OF IT. AND SO WE WE ENDED UP I THINK WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU ALL.AND THEN YOU ALL CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, LET'S JUST DO ONE RATE. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED BOTH OF THESE CENTERS. AS FAR AS THE RENTALS ARE CONCERNED, PEOPLE WILL RENT THIS FACILITY OVER HERE, ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS AFTER HOURS. AND I THINK THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED WAS LIKE WITH THE CLASSES, WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE INSTRUCTORS TO SEE WHERE THEY ACTUALLY PREFER TO BE, YOU KNOW, DO THEY WANT TO MOVE? AND MOST OF THEM DO WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEW CENTER. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. THE 6 TO 10 IS WHEN WE HAVE MOST OF OUR CLASSES. I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CLASSES DURING THE DAY, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE AFTER 6:00 ANYWAY, SO WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALL THE SPACE WE CAN HAVE FOR CLASSES. WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT PLACE UP, AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO FILL THIS ONE UP ALSO WITH CLASSES AT BOTH PLACES. SO WE JUST HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH OUR CURRENT INSTRUCTORS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TRY AND MOVE THEM OVER THERE OR WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO STAY HERE. AND SO I'M SORRY. OH, OKAY. OH OKAY. SO SO BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CLASSES, THE ZUMBA CLASSES AND STUFF THAT ARE ALREADY HERE WILL ALSO BE IN BOTH PLACES.
WELL, POSSIBLY IF WE CAN IF WE HAVE ENOUGH INSTRUCTORS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOCTOR BUFORD DID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HEARD, BUT THE LA FITNESS IN DUNCANVILLE IS ACTUALLY CLOSING IN DECEMBER, LIKE DECEMBER THE 12TH OR 13TH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND SO ON FRIDAY, DOCTOR BUFORD ACTUALLY WENT THERE TO SAY, HEY, CAN WE CAN WE GET YOUR DATABASE? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? SO WE WENT AND SO WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THAT. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THEY HAD WAS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SEND THEIR INSTRUCTORS TO A NEW FACILITY. BUT THOSE INSTRUCTORS LIVE IN THIS AREA, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO SEND THEM. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM ALSO BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THOSE CLASSES, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THOSE CLASSES, NOT BECAUSE OF LA FITNESS. THEY PARTICIPATE IN THOSE CLASSES BECAUSE OF THOSE INSTRUCTORS. OKAY. THANK YOU LADIES. AND SO WE'RE COURTING THEM AS WELL. AND IF I IF I MISS ONE SEND ME AN EMAIL ON THAT TOO. AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUGHES I WILL I'M SORRY I WAS YEAH I KNOW GREAT PRESENTATION. I'M SO THANKFUL TO SEE THIS ALL COMING TOGETHER. I MEAN, I'M SO EXCITED. YOU CAN FEEL THE EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR AROUND THIS ARC. I HAVE THIS NEED TO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE SENIORS OUT HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US. AND THEN ONE QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE A FLAG FOOTBALL SIMULATOR? IS THERE SUCH A THING? NOT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WORK ON THAT. JUST YET. THANK YOU THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SCHEDULING FEE SHOWED SOME MAJOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 55. YOU ACTUALLY COME CLOSE TO THAT AGE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE ANYBODY UP HERE WHERE I CAN BORROW YOUR ID AND GET A DECENT RATE? SO MY QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED THAT BASED ON THIS NEW MODEL, THAT IT WOULD REDUCE COSTS AS IT RELATES TO STAFFING. DO YOU HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS YET OF WHAT THAT COST REDUCTION WILL LOOK LIKE? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IT WAS ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, 250 AND SOME CHANGE, I THINK. OKAY. 253 THANK YOU. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REDUCING THE HOURS OF THIS REC CENTER, I GET KIND OF ANXIOUS BECAUSE I'M ON THE FAR WEST SIDE, WHICH IS THE BEST SIDE, RIGHT. BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S FURTHER AWAY FROM YOUR ROAD AND PARKERVILLE. I'M TRYING TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS THAT IT WILL TAKE ME TO GET THERE IN. IN THAT CASE, THIS BECOMES LIKE THE THE NEAREST LOCATION. RIGHT BEFORE I GOT FANCY AND HIRED A PERSONAL TRAINER. THIS FACILITY WAS MY BEST FRIEND, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S TRAFFIC IN HERE EARLY IN THE MORNINGS. AND SO MY CONCERN IS LIKE, DID WE CUT THE HOURS AND NOT CONSIDER MAYBE DOING A HYBRID OF LIKE 5 A.M. TO 8 OR 9 FOR THOSE FOLKS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THEN OPENING BACK UP IN THE EVENING JUST TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE GYM RATS THAT REALLY COME IN EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WANT TO GET IT KNOCKED OUT. BECAUSE WHEN I'VE COME IN DURING THE AFTERNOONS, IT IS VERY SLOW. RIGHT? BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A POPULATION THAT VISITED IN THE MORNING. AND THEN MY SECOND THING TO THAT IS THAT WITH THE REDUCED HOURS, I'M THINKING ABOUT A GENTLEMAN WHO'S CONTACTED ME SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT BEING ABLE TO USE THE BASKETBALL COURT AND NOT AND HAVING TO COMPETE WITH
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TOURNAMENTS AND GAMES FOR RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO COME IN AND SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN I'M THINKING ABOUT AND WANTS TO USE THE BASKETBALL, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO PAY A RENTAL FEE? IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? OH, OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S START WITH YOUR 5 A.M.CREW. YOUR 5 A.M. CREW IS MY CREW BECAUSE I'M USUALLY WORKING OUT HERE AT 5 A.M.
ALMOST EVERY DAY. SO. SO I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT. I'M REAL FAMILIAR WITH THAT, WITH THAT CREW. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE OUR COST RECOVERY WILL FALL. AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS I DON'T WANT TO OVEREXTEND THE FIRST YEAR, BUT I DO WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WE LOOK AT AND WE CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, ON A ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. AND THEN AT THE END OF EACH YEAR WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. AND IF WE THINK WE CAN DO MORE, WE CAN DO MORE. WE ANTICIPATE THAT. AS FAR AS THE BASKETBALL GENTLEMAN WITH YOU, I KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT AS FAR AS HE'S CONCERNED, THE ARC, WE HAVE TWO COURTS, AND WITH THOSE TWO COURTS WE HAVE PICKLEBALL, WE HAVE VOLLEYBALL, WE HAVE BASKETBALL. WE'RE GOING TO NEED THESE COURTS OVER HERE. WE ALREADY KNOW IT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A SPIRITED CONVERSATION THIS MORNING ABOUT THE SAME THING. AND WE GOT TO WHERE, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THESE BASKETBALL COURTS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PROGRAM THAT FACILITY WITH PICKLEBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL AND TOURNAMENTS AND YOUTH SPORTS AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE'RE PLANNING ON MAXIMIZING ALL THE FACILITIES WE HAVE, IN ADDITION TO USING SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FACILITIES, BECAUSE WE THINK WE'LL NEED ALL OF THEM. SO I GUESS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE WILL HAVE SPACE FOR FOR RESIDENTS TO GO, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S BASED OFF OF THE PROGRAMING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE ARC. YEAH. FREE 99. WHAT? NO NO NO NO FREEBIES. BUT BUT AFFORDABLE OKAY. DOES THAT HELP? THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCIL I DO HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION. HOW IS THE HOW IS ACCESS TO THE WEST SIDE VERSUS THE DRY SIDE GOING TO BE MANAGED. BECAUSE I NOTICED THERE WERE DIFFERENT PRICES. SO HOW WILL ALL WELL REALLY ALL OF IT TO BE MANAGED? BECAUSE I SEE IT'S KIND OF COMPARTMENTALIZED A BIT. OH BOY. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE STAFF AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ROAMERS. WE'LL HAVE THE THE WRISTBANDS TO SHOW WHO'S SUPPOSED TO GO WHERE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ACCESS WITH THE WITH THE CARDS, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE TO SCAN CARDS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO EACH SIDE. SO IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANUALLY DO AS WELL.
OKAY. AND THE WELL, ANY OF THE PASSES, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE DAY PASSES, THAT'S THEY CAN UTILIZE THE FACILITY FROM OPEN TO CLOSE. IF THEY WANTED TO CORRECT, THEY CAN STAY THERE ALL DAY. OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT. AND WITH THE NEW HOURS AND STAFFING IS THE GOAL. I, I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF PICK UP WHAT YOU WERE PUTTING DOWN WITH, LIKE THE WAY THAT STAFF IS DONE.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT CURRENT STAFF IS IS GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE LION'S SHARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY. SO IS THAT THE GOAL JUST TO SOMEWHAT REASSIGN YOUR CURRENT STAFF THROUGHOUT THERE? AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL HAVE TO HIRE FOR SOME OF THE POSITIONS TO TO FILL EVERYTHING IN. BUT IS THAT THE GOAL JUST TO KIND OF REASSIGN EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN OVER THERE? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. OR WHEREVER WHERE THEY'RE BEST SUITED. YES. AND THEN OVER HERE WITH THE PART TIMERS, IF WE MAKE THIS A RENTAL FACILITY, THE SUPERVISION OVER HERE WILL BE LESS. AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE IT A RENTAL FACILITY HERE TO WHERE WE CAN REALLY FOCUS MOST OF OUR TIME AND ATTENTION OVER, OVER AT THE ARC. BUT BUT WE STILL WILL HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT WILL BE HOUSED OVER HERE, WHERE THERE WILL BE SOME OVERSIGHT HERE AS WELL. SO WITH THE OFFICES OF WILL, THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, SPEAKING OF THAT, BE MOVED OVER THERE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, OR WILL THEY STAY WHERE THEY ARE NOW? THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE. THEY STAY WHERE THEY ARE. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ROUND OF QUESTIONS FOR THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. SO MR. GLOVER I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SECOND HALF. YES. SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH HALF I THINK. AND I'M GOING TO HAND THE BATON TO MISS ESTHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY.
I'LL GET STARTED. SO GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR. TONIGHT I AM PRESENTING THE ARC MARKETING PLAN AND GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE HAVE GOTTEN DONE SO FAR. SO QUICK INTRODUCTION TO THE MARKETING TEAM. WE HAVE TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. I'M SERVING AS THE LEAD. LATOYA FONDREN IS OUR MARKETING PERSON, A MAIN MARKETING PERSON WITHIN THE GROUP. RHONDA FAULKNER IS IN IN INVOLVED WITH THE GRAPHICS. MELISSA JONES AND DRE JARRETT ARE COORDINATING OUR THE EVENTS
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THAT ARE RELATED TO THE OPENING FOR THE ARC, AND ROD TURNER IS THE MAIN GUY FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. HE TELLS US PRETTY MUCH WHAT TO DO. HE GIVES US ALL THE INFORMATION, HE PROVIDES OPERATIONAL DETAILS AND AND ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE INTO OUR GRAPHICS AND INTO THE MARKETING PIECES. AND HE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WEBSITE LANDING PAGE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE. SO THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING THIS TEAM TOGETHER WAS TO REALLY BUILD AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT. LEADING UP TO THE GRAND OPENING. WE ARE COORDINATING OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, OUTREACH AND THE STORYTELLING. WE ARE FOCUSING OUR AREAS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SITE TOURS, REGIONAL OUTREACH. SO I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT OUR BEST SOUTHWEST, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY TARGETING THAT. AND PARTNERSHIPS, ADVERTISING AND CREATIVE MEDIA, AS WELL AS MEMBERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP PROMOTION. SO ON THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND WE'LL GO INTO INTO SOME DETAILS IN THE LATER SLIDES, BUT WE DID START THE EFFORTS WITH SOME VIDEO THAT WE STARTED CREATING WHEN THE ARC FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, BEING ERECTED, AND WE USED THOSE AS LIKE TEASER TRAILERS JUST SO THAT THEY CAN GET A VISUAL. OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE A VISUAL OF THE ARC ACTUALLY COMING UP. SO WE'VE HAD THREE VIDEOS SO FAR, AND THAT WAS STARTED BACK LAST FALL, FALL OF 2024. SO PROGRESS TO DATE, INCLUDING THOSE VIDEOS, WE HAVE STARTED PUTTING OUR GRAPHICS TOGETHER WITH FLIERS AND JOB FAIR PROMOTIONS. WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES HERE. I THINK SOME WERE ALSO SENT TO YOU ALL. WE HAVE OUR HARD HAT TOUR SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER DECEMBER FOR COUNCIL AND STAKEHOLDERS, INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE HAVE ALSO STARTED LOOKING INTO OUR EXTERNAL OUTREACH, INCLUDING BILLBOARDS, RADIO AND CINEMA CAMPAIGN PLANNING, WHICH IS UNDERWAY. LATOYA HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG PART OF THIS AND HAS ALREADY GOTTEN US SOME PACKAGES TOGETHER. WE HAVE REALLY GOOD RATES FROM B&B THEATERS. IF YOU GUYS KNOW, KNOW WHERE THAT IS. I GO THERE PRETTY FREQUENTLY FOR THEIR VIDEO, FOR THEIR VIDEOS, FOR THEIR MOVIES, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE US A RATE OF UNDER $4,000 FOR 26 WEEKS.AND THEY PLAY OUR ADVERTISING TWICE BEFORE EVERY SINGLE MOVIE. SO IF YOU GO TO MOVIES, THAT'S A LOT, AND THEY'LL ALSO SHOW IT ON THE BIG 40 FOOT SCREEN THAT'S OUT IN THE OPEN AREA AS WELL. INCLUDED ALL INTO THE PACKAGE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. AND THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER SITES THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO AS WELL FOR ADDITIONAL CAMPAIGN. THEN WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING TOURS, OUR TOURS, PLANNING FOR OUR THE CHAMBER, OUR ISDS AND REGIONAL LEADERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST NAME, BUT THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF. ARE SOLICITING PARTY ANOTHER GOOD IDEA FROM THE TEAM FROM TOY ACTUALLY, WHO KIND OF WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO SOME OF OUR OTHER FITNESS AREAS. I WON'T NAME THEM, BUT THEY WOULD BE IN THE PARKING LOTS, OR WOULD THEY'D BE IN FRONT OF THE WALMART. AND ACTUALLY IDEA SPURRED ON BY CHRIS TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT REALLY WHERE THEY GIVE OUT LIKE A RAFFLE MAYBE OF IF YOU, IF YOU SIGN UP TO BE A MEMBER, IF YOU IF YOU JUST SHOW INTEREST IN BEING MEMBERS, THEN YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THAT. SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THE EVENT PLANNING WITH THE TEAM. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THOSE TWO. SO SOME OF OUR KEY DELIVERABLES WILL INCLUDE THE LANDING PAGE WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP UPDATING IT AND ADDING MORE TO IT. WE'LL HAVE A COMPLETE MULTIMEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT. AND WE'LL ALSO SHARE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTNER ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME ANALYTIC REPORTS FOR POST-OPENING EVALUATION. SO JUST SOME VERY, YOU KNOW, TOP LEVEL TYPE OF NEXT STEPS. WE ARE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LANDING PAGE. WE WILL START FINALIZING MARKETING MATERIALS AS SOON AS ALL OF THE THE RATES AND EVERYTHING HAVE BEEN FINALIZED. AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN ROLLING OUT THE NEW YEAR NEW YOU MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN. ACTIVATE THOSE BILLBOARDS AND RADIO AND DIGITAL AD PACKAGES AS AS APPROVED AND CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER TOURS OPENING UP FOR THE THE THE COMMUNITY FOR THE REGULAR TOURS. LATER ON IN JANUARY. AND THEN BY MARCH, WE WILL EXECUTE A GRAND OPENING EVENT. THOSE PLANS ARE STILL UNDERWAY, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS AS THEY COME TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO TRACK ENGAGEMENT, MEMBERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP OUTCOMES. AND HERE'S JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT. I KIND OF BLOCKED OFF SOME THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE YET, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP LEFT WE HAVE THE JUST A SNIPPET OF
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OUR OF THE LANDING PAGE. AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT WILL LOOK LIKE OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM GUIDE. AND WE HAVE SOME SAMPLES FOR YOU TONIGHT TOO. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ADDITIONAL PAGES THAT WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER, AND THEN OUR FLIERS, AND THEN JUST SOME OF THE MARKETING EFFORTS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BUILD THAT EXCITEMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, JUST TO KEEP THEM UPDATED ON EVERY SINGLE THING. PARKS ARE DOING REALLY GREAT JOB WITH, WITH THEIR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS, WHICH IS REALLY COOL FOR FOR US IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW I USED TO WATCH IT ALL THE TIME AND OTHER THINGS AROUND MY MY NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD POP UP. SO THESE ARE OUR EFFORTS TO DATE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING MORE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE LAST PART OF THE PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM. MAYOR PRO TEM. WILL YOU? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, DOCTOR. ESTHER. DOCTOR WILLIAMS, WERE THERE ANY I DIDN'T SEE? PRINT. IS PRINT INCLUDED WITH THE MARKETING AS WELL? LIKE FLIERS FOR FLIERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. PRINT MAILERS? YES. YES, MA'AM. WE ARE INCLUDING ALL OF THAT IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEND OVER TO PARKS. BUT YES, MAILERS ARE DEFINITELY INCLUDED IN THAT, LIKE THE SMALL ONES AND AS WELL AS SOME PRINTED MATERIAL TO BE HERE AS WELL.OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE OUTREACH LIKE TO THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND PARENT GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. REGARDING I KNOW YOU SAID EVENTS, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'LL BE LAUNCHING SOME SORT OF SWIMMING LESSONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ATTRACT FOR PARENT GROUPS. OR, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST, HIGHEST GROWING PTA IN ALL OF TEXAS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL. AND THEN I ALSO WAS THINKING ABOUT AND NOT JUST IN DESOTO, BUT JUST AROUND THE THE IMMEDIATE AREA FOR THE PARENT GROUPS AND STUFF LIKE THE SCHOOLS AND STUFF. ALSO, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, WAS THERE ANY OUTREACH TO LIKE SWIM TEAMS WITHIN THE DFW AREA TO INVITE THEM, MAYBE FOR A PRIVATE VIEWING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO MARKET AND AND ACCESS THE FACILITY AS WELL? YES. SO THOSE ARE DEFINITELY IN THE PLANS WITH THE SWIMMING LESSONS AND REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS THAT WILL BE PART OF MORE DETAILS AS FAR AS LIKE MAYBE MEMBERSHIP PROMOTIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE STUDENT RATES. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN INCLUDE, BUT ALSO PARENT GROUPS IS A GOOD IDEA AS WELL.
WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS SPECIFIED, BUT AS FAR AS SWIM TEAMS IN THE AREA, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THEM ON THE LIST. AND WE ALSO HAVE EVEN JUST OTHER ATHLETIC TEAMS BECAUSE THEY CAN STILL GET, YOU KNOW, THEIR CARDIO AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM, FROM A POOL. SO WE'VE LOOKED INTO THAT AND WE WILL WE WILL HAVE A BETTER LIST AND MORE DETAILED LIST OF EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE REACHING OUT. OKAY. AND THEN JUST BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL. MAYBE THERE'S SOME PARTNERSHIP OR COLLABORATION WE CAN DO WITH BUSINESSES. THEY GIVE A FREE MEAL FOR SWIMMING LESSONS OR SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, USING SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE TO HELP US PROMOTE IT AND PARTNERSHIP. I THOUGHT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL. WE DON'T I DON'T THINK AS A CITY WE DO THAT ENOUGH WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CITY. YES. WE'LL ACTUALLY BE INVITING THEM FOR THOSE TOURS, SPECIFICALLY OUR BUSINESSES, SO THAT THEY CAN ONE SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. BUT WE CAN WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE THAT. IS THAT A SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE PARTNERING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHAMBER? YES. THOSE TWO SPECIFICALLY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ENFORCE THE TWO MINUTE TIME. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU'RE ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS. I WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST TO ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AT ONCE AND THEN LET STAFF RESPOND. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON HERE AND WE DON'T WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION TO GO. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO I'M GOING TO ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. AND MAYOR PRO TEM ACTUALLY DID STEAL MY THUNDER ON THAT ONE WITH THE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE SCHOOLS. BUT I'M GOING TO GO FURTHER AND ASK YOU FROM A BOARD OF TRUSTEES PERSPECTIVE.
AND SUPERINTENDENTS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TOURS, HAVE WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE THE NEIGHBORING ISDS, THE RED OAK, DESOTO, LANCASTER, CEDAR HILL, ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THOSE FOLKS ON THE TRUSTEE BOARD, ALL THOSE PEOPLE, HAVE THEY BEEN REACHED OUT TO AS STAKEHOLDERS TO DO TOURS AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE COUNCIL IS DOING TOURS? I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THEM DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, BUT HAVE THEY ALSO BEEN, YOU KNOW, REACHED OUT TO AND ASKED, CAN YOU COME LOOK AT WHAT WE GOT GOING ON? AND THEN ALSO ARE THERE IS THERE SUCH THING AS A BOARD AND COMMISSIONS TOURS FOR THE ONES THAT ARE SITTING IN THE CITY OF DESOTO? EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION SHOULD BE OUR NEXT ADVERTISERS AS WELL. THEY SHOULD BE AWARE BESIDES THE PARK BOARD, OF COURSE, BUT ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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SHOULD BE KNOWING ABOUT IT. AND THEN SHE ASKED ABOUT THE PRINT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANY DOOR KNOCKERS, ANY, ANY, ANY NEIGHBORING ACTIVITIES WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ANY MAYBE ARC AWARENESS DAYS WHERE YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT IN IN THE COMMUNITY ASKING THE PEOPLE, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ARC COMING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? IS ANY OF THAT PLANNED? AND THEN MY LAST THING, WHEN CEDAR HILL PUT TOGETHER HICKMAN LIBRARY, I KNEW ABOUT THEIR OPENING DAY A YEAR OUT. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A YEAR OUT, BUT THEY PUT A PARTY ON BEYOND PARTIES, IF YOU WILL. THEY BROUGHT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OUT. IF YOU SAW THE PICTURES, THEY HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE THE METROPLEX COMING TO SEE THAT LIBRARY. IS EVERYBODY IN THE METROPLEX READY FOR OUR PARTY TO OPEN THIS FACILITY ON ON OPENING DAY? DO ARE WE ARE WE DOING SOME OUTREACH FOR THAT PIECE? THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. SO TOP TWO QUESTIONS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.IS THESE IN LOCAL AREAS. YES. THOSE ARE DEFINITELY ON OUR LIST. WE ARE JUST WAITING I THINK UNTIL TOMORROW. AND THEN ALL OF THOSE ARE GOING TO GO OUT. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL ARE ON OUR LIST. SO YES WE ARE GOING TO WE ARE GOING TO GET THE THE INFORMATION OUT TO ALL OF THOSE GROUPS, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE OTHER CITIES AS WELL. DOOR KNOCKERS.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AS FAR AS GETTING OUT ON THE STREETS, WE'RE HOPING, WELL, WE ARE GOING. THE PLAN WAS WITH THE FOR THOSE SOLICITING PARTIES TO BE OUT AT THE MAJOR SHOPPING AREAS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY WITH OUR WALMARTS OR TOM THUMB, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT GOING OUT AND ABOUT IN THE STREETS, MAYBE GET OUR HOAS INVOLVED, RIGHT, SO WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. AS FAR AS OPENING DAY, AS SOON AS EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED AND FINALIZED, WE ARE WE DO HAVE A DATE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE COME THROUGH AROUND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE APPROVALS OF EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT YES, MA'AM, I'M READY. I'M READY TO START ADVERTISING MYSELF. SO LET ME KNOW, OKAY. COUNCILMAN WATERS OKAY. YOU ALL KIND OF MENTIONED SOME OF THE THINGS I ALREADY HAD MENTIONED, LIKE ALL THE HOAS AROUND HERE, LIKE IN DESOTO, BUT ALSO GLEN HEIGHTS AND ALL THIS HOA. THE PRESIDENTS. OKAY. YEAH. THEY'LL DISTRIBUTE IT OUT TO ALL THEIR PEOPLE. ANYWAY, ALL THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN DESOTO, YOU KIND OF MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT. THE PRESIDENTS THEY DISSEMINATED OUT TO ALL THEIR PEOPLE. AS FAR AS DOOR KNOCKERS, I KNOW THAT'S TOO MUCH TIME FOR Y'ALL TO DO IT, BUT YOU DO PAY.
I HAD IT HERE. PAY DOOR KNOCKERS. NO, YOU PAY THE PEOPLE, LIKE MINIMUM WAGE TO PASS OUT FLIERS OR DOORS. YOU KNOW, THEY CAN PUT FLIERS ON DOORS. I DON'T KNOW, THESE ARE JUST IDEAS. OKAY. ALSO, ANOTHER ONE IDEA IS I'M SURE THERE'S COMPANIES THAT DO THIS. TEXT BLASTS, EVERYBODY CHECKS THEIR TEXTS. AS SOON AS YOU HIT THAT BUTTON, YOU GOT TO, WHAT, 20,000 PEOPLE FOR, LIKE, REAL CHEAP? OKAY, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE ARK OUT. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS. IF I THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, I CAN EMAIL YOU, BUT DEFINITELY THANK YOU BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. OH, AND OH GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. OKAY.
REAL QUICK. AND THEN I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND OUT AT, AT A LA FITNESS WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO SOLICIT THEIR MEMBERS TO COME TO THE NEW CENTER, IF YOU ALL SHOULD HAPPEN TO SEE SOME ADVERTISING FOR THIS CENTER, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET THEM AND KEEP THEM WHEN YOU GOT THEM. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE, AS OF DECEMBER 12TH AND 13TH, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO WORK OUT THERE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ALSO TRY TO DO SOME ADVERTISEMENT TO GET THEM TO COME AND WORK OUT AT OUR EXISTING RECREATION CENTER DURING THAT GAP UNTIL THE ARK OPENS. AND IF WE CAN GET THEM HERE AND HANG ON TO THEM HERE AND GET THEM TO HANG ON, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY JUST TRANSITION THEM OVER TO THE ARK. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. GREAT IDEA.
THANK YOU. AND I'LL BE REAL QUICK AT THE TML CONFERENCE. THAT WAS A SESSION THAT I WAS IN THAT WAS BRILLIANT. THEY TALKED ABOUT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET THE CITIZENS TO COME TO YOU, YOU GO TO THEM. SO FOOTBALL GAMES, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS ACTUALLY MONITORING BUYING TIME ON ON THE MONITORS, BUYING TIME AT THOSE THINGS, BUT ACTUALLY GOING OUT, HAVING ALMOST LIKE A BOOTH IF YOU WOULD A TRAVELING MOVING BOOTH. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHAT MY COLLEAGUES WERE SAYING, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE SESSIONS I WAS IN TALKED ABOUT ACTUALLY TAKING CITY HALL TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE, NATURALLY. SO I KNOW THAT DESOTO, I THINK, IS IN THE PLAYOFFS NOW. AND SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF WE HAD SOMETHING TO GO AND GO
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THERE TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE. BASKETBALL SEASON, ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S LINING UP. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY $0.02 THAT TAKE IT TO THE PEOPLE, NOT NOT JUST TO THEIR HOMES, BUT TAKE IT TO WHERE THEY ARE. AND THOSE PEOPLE, I WOULD THINK THAT GOES TO THOSE FOOTBALL GAMES, THOSE BASKETBALL GAMES ALREADY ATHLETIC, OR AT LEAST THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR CHILDREN'S ARE.AND SO IT MIGHT BE A NATURAL BRIDGE. YES. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY GOOD IDEA. I HEARD THAT ONE TOO. AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD A MOBILE LIKE UNIT LIKE A VAN THAT WENT TO DIFFERENT PLACES. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY PURCHASING A TENT AND TABLE THINGS AND BANNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE LIKE A LITTLE POP UP SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THOSE EVENTS.
AND EVEN THOUGH FOOTBALL IS OVER, SOCCER IS ABOUT TO START. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE PUTTING IN SOME INFORMATION ON THOSE MONITORS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.
[g. Presentation of Financial Report October 2025]
THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. WE WILL HAVE THE I BELIEVE WHAT'S THE THIRD PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION? I BELIEVE BY MISS SUTTON. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TOMORROW EVENING, ROUND ONE. SUPPORT OF OUR OPERATIONS. FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET AMENDMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET ORDINANCE, AND THEN OUR RECOMMENDATION AND NEXT STEPS. OUR CHARTER, OF COURSE, APPOINTS US TO ADOPT A BUDGET. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES WITH THAT BUDGET, IT DOES REQUIRE US TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN THE SAME MANNER THAT IT WAS ADOPTED. SO THAT WILL REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE. THEY ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER AND ENSURE ADEQUATE DEPARTMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. HERE, I WANTED TO JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 OPERATING BUDGET, PARKS AND REVENUE, PARKS AND RECREATION ADOPTED. REVENUE WAS $2,059,896, AND THE ADOPTED EXPENDITURES WERE 8,462,550. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES US AN OVERVIEW OF PARKS AS A WHOLE.AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION GIVES US THE BUDGETED REVENUE AND EXPENSE FOR JUST THE ARC OPERATION. SO ARC OPERATION REVENUE WAS AT 1.5 MILLION AND 2.3 MILLION FOR THE EXPENDITURES. THE EXPENDITURE PORTION WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY WOULD BE OPERATING THE ARC AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER 21ST, CITY COUNCIL ELECTED TO HAVE CITY STAFF TO MANAGE AND RUN THE ARC, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE ARE LOOKING AT BUDGET AMENDMENTS, SOME OF THESE POSITIONS THAT I'M GETTING READY TO SHOW YOU WERE KIND OF ALREADY IRONED OUT BEFORE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
AFTER COUNCIL VOTED TO DO TO NOT PROCEED THAT WAY. HR AND PARKS AND MYSELF GOT TOGETHER TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AS FAR AS BUDGET AMENDMENTS. AND I'M CALLING THIS ROUND ONE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE A FEW OTHER ROUNDS OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE ARC FOR OTHER THINGS OPERATIONS, MARKETING, IT NEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE FIRST PART IS PERSONNEL. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
WE CANNOT EFFECTIVELY ADVERTISE FOR THE POSITIONS UNTIL WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THEM. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 44 NEW POSITIONS AND ONE RECLASSIFICATION, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OF $1,106,953 IN PERSONNEL EXPENSE IN THE GENERAL FUND. WE LISTED THEM OUT HERE BY DEPARTMENT. SO FIRST SECTION UP HERE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES POSITIONS AS WELL TO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS. AND YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER POSITIONS LISTED HERE. AN AUDIO VIDEO TECHNICIAN AND IT A PARAMEDIC IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ONE RECLASS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. FROM AN ACCOUNTING POSITION TO A SENIOR ACCOUNTING POSITION, AS WELL AS
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A PART TIME FINANCE ASSISTANT. HERE GOES. JUST THAT BREAKDOWN BY DEPARTMENT. IT GIVES YOU THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN THE ORIGINAL FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET BY DEPARTMENT. WHAT THOSE CHANGES WILL LOOK LIKE PERSONNEL ONLY AND THEN WHAT THE FINAL AMENDED BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE BY DEPARTMENT. AND SINCE WE KNOW THAT THE ARC OPERATES UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, UNDER PARKS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE WE'VE CREATED ITS OWN PROGRAM. SO JUST LIKE SENIOR CENTER AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS HAVE THEIR OWN PROGRAM WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.THE ARC HAS ITS OWN PROGRAM WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. BUT WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THAT IS COMBINED AND IN ITS COMPREHENSIVE WITH OUR GENERAL FUND. SO JUST A QUICK LOOK BACK AT WHAT WE ADOPTED. FISCAL YEAR 26 REVENUE. WE ADOPTED $69,940,941. OUR EXPENDITURES WERE JUST BELOW THAT AT 69.5 MILLION. AND WE HAD A POSITIVE $359,412 REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURE. WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGE, THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET EXPENDITURES WILL BE 70.6 MILLION AT THIS TIME. THAT GIVES US A REVENUE UNDER. SO WE ARE DIPPING INTO FUND BALANCE AT THAT POINT OF $747,541. SO THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU WILL SEE ON TOMORROW NIGHT'S AGENDA DOES REFLECT THAT THOSE CHANGES. AS I STATED, FUTURE AMENDMENTS, WHAT I WILL SEE PROBABLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS SOME CHANGES COMING FOR MARKETING. I BELIEVE IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE MANAGEMENT PIECE WAS INCLUDED IN WITH THEIR FEE. NOW THAT WE ARE TAKING THAT ON, I DON'T BELIEVE WE BUDGETED THAT MUCH FOR MARKETING, PROBABLY $50,000 OR SO, AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE FOR MARKETING EFFORTS, SO THAT WILL PROBABLY BE IN A FUTURE BUDGET AMENDMENT AS WELL. AS MR. GLOVER PRESENTED HIS PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE, THERE WILL BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FEES AS WELL. SO WE'LL AT SOME POINT BE UPDATING THE REVENUE AS WELL AS THE EXPENDITURES WHEN WE KIND OF GET THAT FEE SCHEDULE IN PLACE AND GET THAT ADOPTED. SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS MONITORING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR AND IT WILL BE A PARTIAL YEAR AT THAT. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF MONITORING AS WE NEED TO MAKE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. WE WILL BRING THEM FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION TO HEAR IT AND APPROVE IT. WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE AN UPDATED PROFORMA FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR FUTURE BUDGETING BECAUSE AS WE KNOW NOW, WE'RE OFF INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 AS FAR AS OUR PLANNING. SO WE WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT IS THAT FUTURE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE GOING TO LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE UPDATED MODEL THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OF COURSE, I THINK KAREN HAS A LIST OF IT NEEDS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY NEED OVER AT THE ARC, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD PRETTY SOON. WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER PML INSURANCE. WE WE DID GET A PRELIMINARY QUOTE. I THINK IT WAS AROUND $200,000 ADDED ON TO OUR ANNUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE BILL. AND SO YEAH, FOR NEXT STEPS, IT WILL JUST BE TOMORROW EVENING LOOKING AT THESE PERSONNEL CHANGES, GETTING THOSE ADOPTED. AND AND UPDATED PROFORMA SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE WITH MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MISS SUTTON. I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS.
COUNCILMAN BURCH, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MISS SUTTON, THE PML INSURANCE, THE 200 K THAT CHANGES IS WILL YOU RECTIFY WHY THAT CHANGE WAS NEEDED? SINCE WE'RE WE KNEW WE WERE ALREADY BUILDING THE ARC. SO IS THAT BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO MANAGE IT OURSELVES? MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS AS FAR AS PERSONNEL, BUT. WHY DO WE NEED TO HIRE A NEW HR OR AN ADDITIONAL HR PERSON, AND WHY DO WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL FIRE PERSON? SINCE WE WERE ALREADY GOING TO ADD THOSE THINGS, WE KNEW THE ARC WAS COMING. SO WHY? WHY WHAT CHANGED THAT MADE US FEEL LIKE WE NEED THOSE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL? TO THOSE QUESTIONS, I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PERSONNEL
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AMENDMENTS. SOME OF THEM MAKE SENSE THE CUSTODIAN, BUT THAT REALLY DOESN'T BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO. MAYBE THE CUSTODIAN EVEN IS THAT A CHANGE WAS THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO SUB IT OUT, WAS THAT GOING TO BE MANAGED BY WERE THEY GOING TO CLEAN IT AS WELL, OR WAS THAT NOT OURS? AND SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS, BUT DEFINITELY THE HR AND THE FIRE, THOSE TWO AND THE FINANCE. YEAH. THE FINANCE I SAW YOU STUCK A LITTLE BIT IN THERE FOR YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER. OKAY. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE FINANCE POSITION, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT I'M PROPOSING FOR. FIRST OF ALL START WITH THE RECLASS.AND DENISE KIND OF EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE BENEFIT OF RECLASS AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOW THAT ACTUALLY CREATES A SAVINGS FOR US IN THE LONG RUN. BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE THE IT'S THE ADDITIONAL RECORDING AND RECONCILIATION RESPONSIBILITIES THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH THE ART. AS YOU KNOW, OUR OUR OPERATION IS A MACHINE. AND SO EVERY DAY WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BANK ACCOUNTS AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RECORDINGS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE. WE NEED ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING THOSE ADDITIONAL TRANSACTIONS ONTO OUR GENERAL LEDGER, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH ACCURATELY REPORTING ON THE ARC, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN A TIMELY MANNER. I DON'T WANT THE ADDITION OF ADDING THIS ON TO MAKE US NOT HAVE OUR OUR FINANCIALS UP TO DATE WHEN WE ARE PRESENTING THEM TO YOU. SO THAT IS THE MAJOR REASON THAT I WANTED TO DO THE RECLASS TO GIVE A STAFFER OR, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW OUR STAFFING STRUCTURE IS ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND THEN JUST TWO ACCOUNTANTS. I WOULD LIKE AN ACCOUNTING MANAGER, A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AND THEN AN ACCOUNTANT. AND IT ALSO CREATES ROOM FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING.
THANK YOU. YEAH. ON THE PART TIME POSITION, KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES, I DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT I HAVE SOMEONE TO HELP OUT IN OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. SO TO, TO KIND OF HELP US TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PIECE AND ALSO TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE VENDOR MANAGEMENT PIECE, AS WELL AS JUST, YOU KNOW, IF IT ENDS UP BEING SEASONAL HELP OR SOMETHING THAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WE MAY NOT NEED HAVE A NEED FOR IN THE FUTURE. I WANT TO KIND OF OVER PLAN THIS THING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING RESULTS TIMELY AND ACCURATELY TO YOU ALL. IF SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO UNFUND, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND DANNY, SORRY. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'LL ADDRESS THE TML PIECE. WHEN WE HAD A MANAGEMENT COMPANY RUNNING THE FACILITY, WE WERE WE WOULD BE THE SECONDARY. WE WOULD NOT BE THE PRIMARY. ONCE WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD TAKE OVER, WE BECAME THE PRIMARY. AND THAT'S WHY OUR INCREASE WENT UP TO 200,000. THAT'S THE ESTIMATE.
IT PROBABLY WILL BE MORE THAN THAT. BUT THEY HAVE TO COME OUT ONCE WE'VE TURNED OVER KEYS TO THE CITY AND LOOK OVER EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE AND MAKE THE ASSESSMENT FROM THERE.
ALSO, WHEN WE DO OUR AUDIT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THOSE NEW EMPLOYEES THAT ADDS ON TO OUR PIECE, OUR BILL AS WELL, OUR TML BILL. SO IT AT A MINIMUM, IT WILL BE 200,000 FOR THE PERSONNEL PIECE, THE HR GENERALIST. I ALSO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING. WE HAVE WILL HAVE INCREASED EMPLOYEE RELATIONS. WHEN YOU HAVE 40 SOME ODD YOUNG PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND HALF CLOTHED, YOU TEND TO HAVE MORE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ISSUES. WE ALSO WILL HAVE INCREASED EMPLOYEE MANDATORY TRAINING THAT WILL NEED TO DO WITH TALENT MANAGEMENT RECRUITMENT. WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO A RECRUITMENT FAIR ON DECEMBER 13TH, A HIRING FAIR ON SITE. WE'RE GOING TO NEED PEOPLE TO MANAGE THAT. WE WILL HIT THAT 500 THRESHOLD EMPLOYEE. AND AS YOU ONCE YOU INCREASE THAT 500 THRESHOLD EMPLOYEE COUNT, YOUR COMPLIANCE LEVEL INCREASES FOR HR. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE WORK REQUIRED IN OUR HR DEPARTMENT THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER OR THE HOURS TO DO. THE SAFETY SPECIALIST IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING ON BOARD TO HELP US MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE. THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASED WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS. THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASED. THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO BE INSPECTED FOUR TIMES A YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO MOSELEY POOL, WHICH IS ONE TIME A YEAR. MANUALS, SAFETY BOARDS, ARB'S ACCIDENT REVIEW BOARDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HOLD. THOSE ALL OF THOSE INCREASE WHEN YOU INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS FOR EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE OTHER POSITIONS BEING ADDED. I DON'T JUST HEARING, I DON'T SEE THEM AS A NECESSITY. BUT MAYBE YOU CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THE BECAUSE MY CONCERN WOULD BE WITH MOSLEY. I WOULD IMAGINE
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MOSLEY IS INSPECTED AS WELL. RIGHT. OR THE REC CENTER IS ALSO INSPECTED. SO WHO'S INSPECTING THOSE NOW FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE? AND THEN WHY CAN'T THEY. LIKE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IT A STATE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A FIVE OR A PARAMEDIC OR THE. YEAH, THAT WAS A PARAMEDIC THAT WAS ON THERE. IS IT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THEM IN THE FACILITY BECAUSE IT'S AN AQUATIC CENTER? BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE IF THERE IS A SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A FIRST RESPONDER THAT THAT CAN BE DISPATCHED AS ANY OTHER ENTITY, LIKE, I MEAN, AS IT WOULD BE FOR MOSLEY OR ANYWHERE ELSE. AND SO THAT WAS ALSO A CONCERN. I GUESS I JUST HAVE TREPIDATION WHEN WE SAY SUCCESSION PLANNING, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SAY TO ME THIS IS NEEDED FOR OPERATIONS. THIS IS MORE SO FOR MY OPERATIONAL NEEDS. AND BEFORE WE PLAN FOR THE SKY TO FALL DOWN, I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO GET IN AND ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE NEED IS, AND THEN COME BACK AND ASK COUNSEL BASED ON EVALUATING THE WORKLOAD IN YOUR TEAMS BEFORE WE MOVE THAT WAY. BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF LIKE THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING OF RIGHT NOW AS IT RELATES TO THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. AND THEN MY COMPUTER FROZE. SO I'M TRYING TO SEE THE OTHER PERSONNEL ROLES. BUT THE GENERALIST, THE FINANCE PERSON, I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT IT. I, I ADDING ADDITIONAL I GET IT'S ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD. BUT WE'RE ASSESSING THIS. WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING WE NEED THESE EXTRA BODIES BEFORE WE'VE ACTUALLY ASSESSED THE WORKLOAD, WHICH SEEMS KIND OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO I WAS JUST REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AROUND THE SAFETY PIECE, TOO. SO THE PARAMEDIC WAS NICE TO HAVE. VIA CHIEF SOUTHARD. HE SAID IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A FIRST AID STATION THERE IN THE FACILITY FOR RESPONSE TIME. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING ON MOST THINGS, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TO SAFETY, I'D RATHER BE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE AND WE REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. WITH THE 75,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND ALL THESE PEOPLE COME IN, Y'ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF OUR RESPONSE TIMES AND HOW BUSY WE ARE. AND MY MY BIGGEST FEAR IS WE GET BUSY AND IT TAKES US LONGER TO GET THERE. NOW OUR PARK STAFF IS WELL TRAINED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAINED IN CPR AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AIDES IN THE BUILDING, SO WE KNOW THAT. BUT THERE'S JUST SO MANY UNKNOWNS WITH THIS BUILDING THAT I WAS ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND SAFETY. NOW, ONCE WE GET GOING AFTER A YEAR AND WE LOOK AT IT, WE'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? REALLY? WE THINK WE OVERDID IT. THEN WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND AND KIND OF BACK UP. BUT ERRING ON PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE, I WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH, LET'S PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT AND BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE ON THAT SIDE OF IT AND THEN RELOOK AT IT AFTER WE GET RUNNING AND OPERATING THIS THING. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE THE PERSONNEL AS WELL. THE LIFEGUARDS. I KNOW THAT MOSELEY POOL HAS LIFEGUARDS. AND SO MY QUESTION IS IS THERE GOING TO BE SHARING. AND I DIDN'T SEE AN ACTUAL LIFEGUARD THAT IS GOING TO BE A FULL TIME LIFEGUARD. AND I KNOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND NECESSARILY THE INS AND OUTS OF HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I KNOW THAT MOSELEY POOL HAS LIFEGUARDS DURING THE TIME THAT THEY ARE OPEN THE FOR WHAT IS IT, 4 OR 5 MONTHS? AND THEN ARE THOSE LIFEGUARDS THEN THEN TRANSPORTED OVER TO THE ARC, OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE SHARED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, AS FAR AS THE PERSON THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE FIRE PERSON, IS THAT PERSON GOING TO BE ACTUALLY ON THE FACILITY AT THE FACILITY? IS IT GOING TO BE A SPACE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PERSON? I ALSO ASKED PREVIOUSLY, WAS THERE GOING TO BE AN OFFICER AVAILABLE FROM THE POLICE PERSPECTIVE? IS THAT ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT FIRST RESPONDER? I KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT HERE, BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE SOMEBODY ON SITE FOR THAT AS WELL? AND SO HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE YOU GOT ALL THOSE QUESTIONS OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE NOW OKAY. ALL RIGHT I GUESS I'M UP HERE. NO WE WERE NOT PLANNING ON SHARING LIFEGUARDS. A LOT OF OUR LIFEGUARDS THAT MOSTLY POOL ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS, SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. AND THEY END UP GOING BACK. SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, LIKE, SUMMER GIGS. WHERE AT THE ARC, THAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL ANNUAL POSITION. AND SO WE WERE NOT PLANNING ON SHARING THEM IN MY PRESENTATION. I THINK THE FULL TIMERS WERE INCLUDED IN MY PRESENTATION AS FAR AS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AQUATIC CENTER. AND SO THERE WERE 3 OR 4 FULL TIME POSITIONS, I THINK, THAT WE WERE HIRING IN MY PRESENTATION, ALONG WITH MR. STEVE MOORE BEING THE MANAGER, AND HE CURRENTLY MANAGES[01:45:01]
MOSELEY POOL NOW. AND SO HE WILL BE OVERSEEING ALL OF ALL OF THE AQUATIC OPERATIONS AT BOTH FACILITIES. OKAY. AND THOSE ARE FULL TIME. THOSE ARE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. THOSE ARE STRAIGHT. THERE'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET. YES. OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS FAR AS POLICE OFFICER OKAY. AND BEFORE HE COMES UP AND ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE WILL UPDATE OUR PROFORMA AND WE'LL INCLUDE THIS ALL OF THIS IN OUR PROFORMA, WHERE YOU ALL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FOLLOW EVERYTHING ALONG IN THE PERFORMANCE. NOW SINCE WE'RE ADDING THESE POSITIONS AS WELL. OKAY. OR REQUESTING TO ADD THAT POSITIONS. OKAY. AND YES, MA'AM, IF WE GO WITH THE PARAMEDIC AT THE FACILITY, THAT WOULD BE MY IDEA AS TO TO LEAVE THEM THERE AT THE FACILITY. THEY WOULD BE THERE AT THE FACILITY AND HAVE A SPACE IN THE FACILITY WHERE IT WOULD BE MARKED, AND EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW IF I GET HURT OR IF I NEED THEM, I CAN EITHER GO THERE OR THEY WOULD CALL HIM AND THAT PERSON COULD GO TO WHEREVER WAS NEEDED IN THE IN THE FACILITY. BUT NO TO THE FIRE. I MEAN TO THE POLICE, RIGHT? NO, NO. THE IDEA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE IDEA IS TO HAVE SECURITY PERSONNEL INSTEAD OF POLICE AT A MUCH REDUCED COST. THAT'S THE GOAL IN THE IDEA. COUNCILMAN WATERS, I JUST REALLY HAD A COMMENT, A COUPLE COMMENTS. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT EVERYBODY. AND THESE ARE GROWING PAINS. WE, YOU KNOW, FOR WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DONE. OKAY. ALL THE HARD WORK AND EXTRA HOURS YOU'RE PUTTING IN TO MAKE THIS WORK. THANK YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU. DANNY. ESTHER. ADRIANA. YOU TOO.YOU PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER, MANAGE ALL THIS STUFF. AND ALSO, CHIEF, I LIKE THE BEARD, SIR.
ANYWAY, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, EVERYBODY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. EVERYBODY OKAY, I JUST WANT TO TELL Y'ALL THANK YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT AS FAR AS WE'RE ASKING Y'ALL TO DO A LOT, YOU KNOW? AND THE CITY HAS NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTS, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE. YOU CAN START MY TWO MINUTES. KAREN, REGARDING THE REVENUE. THERE'S A GAP. I THINK IT WAS AROUND ROUGHLY ABOUT $750,000, MISS SUTTON.
CORRECT. THAT WE WOULD SEE THIS BUDGET CYCLE. AND SO YOU'D BE ASKING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO COVER THAT GAP. ARE WE LOOKING FOR? AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE FEE SCHEDULE, BUT ARE WE LOOKING FOR CHARGES FOR SERVICES TO EVENTUALLY COVER THAT GAP SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO THE HAVING THAT GAP FROM REVENUE OF NOT HAVING THE REVENUE TO COVER THAT IS THAT ARE WE WAITING TO KIND OF SEE, LIKE WE SAID, WHAT THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES WILL BE LIKE, THE FEES. AND YES, INITIALLY WE ARE GOING TO BRING BACK A FEE SCHEDULE FOR TO BE ADOPTED. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE CANNOT ESSENTIALLY CHARGE ANY FEES WITHOUT PERMISSION. SO ONCE WE GET THOSE ADOPTED, THEN WE CAN GO IN AND APPLY THOSE TO THE PROFORMA AND BRING BACK NEW REVENUE RESULTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE REVENUE RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW, BUT AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO KIND OF START CLOSING THE GAP. MORE LIKE RIGHT NOW I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT EXPENSES, RIGHT. SO THE $747,000 GAP WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE PLAN TO BRING IN AS WELL. ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LARGER GAP, AND I KNOW IT LOOKS STARTLING, BUT THESE POSITIONS ARE THIS FIRST, FIRST FISCAL YEAR ARE BUDGETED AT HALF YEAR OR LESS. YOU KNOW, SINCE WE WON'T OPEN UNTIL APRIL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM THERE. THIS AMENDMENT IS JUST GIVES US THE LEGAL PERMISSION TO GO OUT AND GO AHEAD AND ADVERTISE FOR THESE POSITIONS AND HIRE FOR THEM. AND THEN AS TIME GOES ON, IF CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE OR IF WE NEED WE WANT TO DECIDE TO UNFUND SOMETHING, THEN WE CAN DO THAT AT THAT TIME. SO SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, MAYOR, IS THAT IT'S NOT A SWING OF $1.1 MILLION. THIS IS BASICALLY A LEGAL AUTHORIZATION FOR US TO PROCEED WITH THE POSITIONS. ONCE WE KNOW THE PROFORMA, ONCE WE GET THE FEE SCHEDULES, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL START RECONCILING REPLUGGING IN THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE MADE. THE ASSUMPTIONS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THAT AND THAT MAKES SENSE. SO AGAIN, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING INTO THIS TO GET THIS AND MOST OF ALL, JUST WORKING TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER IN THIS. AND CHIEF, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE THE ADDITION OF HAVING SOMEONE ON SITE VERSUS HAVING TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO
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BE CALLED. I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CUT CORNERS ON. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, I'D RATHER BE I'D RATHER HAVE THEM THERE AND NOT NEED THEM THAN NEED THEM AND NOT HAVE THEM THERE. SO WE APPRECIATE THE FORESIGHT ON THAT AS WELL. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE ART. CORRECT? DID AND WE WILL BE TAKING ACTION ON THIS TOMORROW NIGHT. CORRECT, MR. CITY MANAGER? YES, MA'AM. I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE MORE ITEMS I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO COVER FEE, SCHEDULE AND MARKETING. GO AHEAD. SO, YES, FOR THE LAST RECOMMENDATION AND NEXT STEPS, WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR CONCURRENCE FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 ARC FEE SCHEDULE, WITH THE INTENT TO FORMALLY ADOPT THE FINALIZED ARC FEE SCHEDULE UPON APPROVAL OF THE CORRESPONDING ORDINANCE ON DECEMBER 2ND. IF CONCURRENCE IS RECEIVED TODAY, STAFF IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT MARKETING EFFORTS TO BEGIN PRIOR TO DECEMBER 2ND. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT TONIGHT. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR US TO CONCUR THAT YOU ALL WANT WANT WE WANT YOU ALL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE SEE HERE TONIGHT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON IT. YES, YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. AND ON DECEMBER 2ND, WE'LL BRING BACK THE ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION FOR THE FEE SCHEDULE. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE I ALSO DISCLOSED THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SOME ADJUSTMENTS, MINOR ADJUSTMENTS DONE TO THE FEE SCHEDULE. SO WE WILL BRING YOU THE FINAL FEE SCHEDULE ON DECEMBER 2ND. OKAY.SO COUNCIL HEARING THAT IS THERE CONSENSUS TO ALLOW STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MARK, BOTH THE MARKETING AND THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE THAT WE SEE HERE TONIGHT, KNOWING THAT IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR THE OFFICIAL ADOPTION ON THE DECEMBER 2ND MEETING. YES. OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. YES, YES. THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO DO TWO QUICK THINGS I WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET MENTIONED. ROD, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU DO IN THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR THE PARKS AND RECS AS FAR AS MARKETING IS CONCERNED. SO I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE PART OF THAT, THAT WHOLE EFFORT. AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR YOUR WORK AND YOUR EFFORTS THERE AND THEN. SECOND, AS FAR AS THE CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED WHEN DOCTOR WILLIAMS WAS UP, IS THAT GOING TO BE A PART OF DECEMBER 2ND? YOU KNOW, FLOW? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CONCURRING TO, OR ARE WE CONCURRENT TO WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT? YES, WE'VE GIVEN THEM DIRECTION THROUGH OUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. SO THEY BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE OUR CONCURRENCE TO MOVE FORWARD, CONSENSUS RATHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING.
OKAY. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SO THAT CONCURRENCE WILL HELP US WITH, WITH THE MARKETING FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE HIRING PROCESS. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED CONCURRENCE FOR. AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROMOTE THE, THE, THE FEE SCHEDULE. SURE. COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO START TO MY RIGHT TO GET CONSENSUS. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM. CHISHOLM. YES. MAYOR PROCTER IS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES.
COUNCILMAN. WATERS. YES. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL. IS THAT CONCLUDE? THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK UP JUST ONE NOTCH TO THE FINANCIAL REPORT. SO, MISS MADAM CITY SECRETARY, YOU CAN ANNOUNCE THAT ITEM PLEASE. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2025. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR LAKITA SUTTON.
GOOD EVENING. I WON'T BE LONG. AS WE KNOW, OCTOBER IS OUR FIRST MONTH IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
FISCAL YEAR 26. TAKING A LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND, WE ARE ABOUT WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, OUR REVENUE. OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE BEING PREPARED AND PROPERTY TAX DUE DATES AREN'T UNTIL LATE JANUARY. SO CITIZENS HAVE TIME TO GET READY FOR THAT. WE BUDGETED 43.7 MILLION FOR OUR PROPERTY TAX. WE'RE AT 450,000 AS OF THE END OF OCTOBER. OVERALL, IN OUR GENERAL FUND, WE ARE AT 1.4% COMPARED TO 2% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. OF COURSE, OUR SALES TAX, WE BUDGETED 11.6 MILLION. WE WON'T BEGIN TO SEE THAT EXTRA REVENUE POST UNTIL OUR DECEMBER FINANCIALS DUE TO THE 60 DAY LAG IN IN GETTING THE REVENUE TO THE CITY, OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE AT 6.4%. YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S ALLOCATED BY DEPARTMENT, HOW EACH DEPARTMENT IS GOING ALONG AND TRACKING THEIR EXPENDITURES THERE. SO 6.4% COMPARED TO 8.5% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, OUR REVENUE IS ABOUT RIGHT WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT 8.1%. THIS YEAR, WE'RE AT 7.8%. OF COURSE, WE BUDGETED OUR 34.7 MILLION. WE'VE RECEIVED 2.7 MILLION YEAR TO
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DATE. OUR LARGER REVENUE SOURCES, THERE ARE STILL GOING TO BE OUR METERED WATER SALES AND OUR SEWER SALES AT 17.1 MILLION AND 16.3 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY, AND OUR EXPENDITURES IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND, WE HAVE THOSE BY CATEGORY PERSONNEL, UTILITY BILLING, CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS, UTILITY FIELD OPERATIONS FOR THE BILLING WHERE WE PURCHASE OUR WATER, AS WELL AS OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES. YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE SPENT $39,972.THAT PUTS US AT 11%. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE SPENT $3,839,325. PUTS US AT 11%. AND SANITATION, WE HAVE COLLECTED 6.7% OF OUR REVENUE COMPARED TO 6.9% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND OUR CORRESPONDING EXPENDITURES ARE AT 0.5%, COMPARED TO 1.6% LAST YEAR. I INCLUDED SOME INFORMATION AS WELL FROM THE INCOME STATEMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THORN TREE FOR GOLF CLUB OPERATIONS. THESE ARE INCOME STATEMENTS WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THESE LAST YEAR. LAST MONTH WHEN I REPORTED FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. IF YOU LOOK IN THE YEAR TO DATE COLUMN, YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL COLUMN, THE REVENUE COLLECTED IS $1,849,054. AND THAT COMBINES THE REVENUE AND THE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME. SO THESE TWO NUMBERS HERE ARE GOING TO GIVE US WHERE WE ENDED WITH OUR REVENUE, WITH OUR CORRESPONDING EXPENDITURES. ARE THESE FOUR CATEGORIES LISTED HERE. THE EXPENDITURES ENDED AT $1,806,317. IF YOU ADD THESE FOUR NUMBERS HERE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENSE IS OUR GROSS OPERATING PROFIT. AS OF THE END OF AUGUST. AND THAT WAS $42,738. AND IF YOU LOOK OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SEPTEMBER IS LISTED THERE. AND FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, OUR REVENUE ACTUAL WAS $2,077,586. AND OUR FOUR CATEGORIES HERE FOR OUR EXPENDITURES GIVE US A TOTAL OF $2,053,367. THAT GIVES US A GROSS OPERATING PROFIT AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF $24,219.
THORN TREE, OF COURSE, IS ON A A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE. THEY HAVE A CALENDAR YEAR VERSUS OUR FISCAL YEAR THAT RUNS FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW THEY'RE TRACKING TRACKING OKAY, 1.2% GROSS OPERATING PROFIT, THEIR BUDGET. AND THIS DOES THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE EVERY MONTH. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT BUDGET IS LISTED HERE. BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THORN TREE FOR THAT YEAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR IS 2.6 MILLION. SO IF YOU ADD THESE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER YOU'LL GET $2,614,400. AND THEN THE CORRESPONDING EXPENDITURES, $2,521,644. SO THE GOLF CLUB DID BUDGET FOR FOR THEIR CALENDAR YEAR TO END, WITH THE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT OF 83,757. AS OF THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, WE HAD NOT RECEIVED OCTOBER FINANCIALS. WE ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVED THOSE TODAY. SO THOSE WILL BE INCLUDED IN A FUTURE REPORT FOR YOU ALL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. AND WE DO HAVE TWO MINUTE ROUNDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, ON THE ACTUAL BUDGET, THE FUNDS FUND 107 LIABILITY INSURANCE AND THEN FOR 12 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, THE LIABILITY INSURANCE IS AT 90%. ACCORDING TO THIS DOCUMENT. AND THEN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IS AT 54%.
I'D JUST LIKE TO GET A SMALL ANSWER ON THOSE. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THORN TREE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACTUAL MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO TELL THEM ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT THORN TREE. HOW DOES THE HOW DOES THE MARKETING, HOW WILL THE MARKETING BE DONE? I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY ANY DOLLARS FOR THE MARKETING TO MARKET, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT THE AT THE CENTER. THE COMMUNITY MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW
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WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO AT THE CENTER, AT THE THORN TREE. SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW HOW THAT'S ALL BEING DONE. AS FAR AS THE BUDGET IS CONCERNED, WHAT YOU JUST DISPLAYED TO US, I DON'T KNOW THAT I SAW IT IN THAT SAME WAY. SO YOU GAVE NUMBERS AND THEN YOU GAVE TOTALS. WHERE IS THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST GAVE? IS THAT ON A SHEET THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH THE WITH THE COUNCIL OR I MEAN WITH THE COMMUNITY? I'M SORRY. SURE.YEAH. THE NUMBERS THAT I REPORTED, THEY, THEY ARE IN THE ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. SO THE FINANCIAL REPORT, IT'S IN THERE WITH THE LOAN, ALL THE EXTRA STUFF. YES, I JUST DIDN'T I SUMMARIZED IT, I DIDN'T PUT ALL OF THAT IN THERE. BUT IF I ACTUALLY JUST ACTUALLY WENT ON THAT SHEET AND LITERALLY COPIED THE TOP PART AND PUT IT IN THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU, THE TOP PART IS THE SUMMARY PART. THE THE REST OF IT IS THE DETAIL THAT ROLLS UP INTO THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME. I WAS JUST REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO WILL THEY GO INTO A FISCAL YEAR LIKE OURS OR WILL THEY ALWAYS BE EVERY I MEAN LIKE CALENDAR YEAR. SO THEIR BALANCE SHEET AND THEIR INCOME STATEMENT WILL REMAIN THE WAY THAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT IT'S REPORTED NOW, THEIR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES WILL EVENTUALLY BE RECORDED WITH OUR FINANCIALS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT HAS HIT RIGHT NOW, NOT MUCH OF MUCH REVENUE. I CAN SAY PROBABLY A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE DEPOSITING IS THE REVENUE OVER UNDER. AND I WANT TO SAY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED $2,600 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL SEE EXPENSES AND REVENUE ON OUR REPORT FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE MONTHLY BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME STATEMENT IN THE WAY THAT THORN TREE PROVIDES IT TO US. HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS. WELL, IT'S JUST A LITTLE CONFUSING IS THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING, AND I COULDN'T SEE WHERE THEY WERE DOING MARKETING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW IT. LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO FOLLOW IT. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS I HAD AT THE BEGINNING WAS ABOUT THE BUDGETS. YES. LET ME LOOK INTO THE IS IT THE REPLACEMENT FUND? IT SAID. IT'S THE LIABILITY INSURANCE IS THE INSURANCE FUND AND IT'S AT 90%. AND THEN THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND IS AT 54%. AND I ONLY ASKED THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE DID THAT BEFORE THE ACTUAL BUDGET GOT APPROVED. WE DID. ANY REPLACEMENTS OR ANY UPDATES? HOW DID WE GET TO 54% AFTER ONLY 8% OF THE YEAR? YOU KNOW, LET ME LET ME PULL THE DETAIL FOR YOU. I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME TONIGHT, BUT I WILL GET THAT FOR YOU IN THE NEXT UPDATE. I'LL GET YOU THE DETAIL ON THAT ONE FOR THE INSURANCE LIABILITY. I'M SORRY FOR THE INSURANCE LIABILITY THAT IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO WE BUDGETED IT IS AND FOR WE BUDGETED A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR THAT. I BELIEVE OUR OUR BILL WAS 900 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND. AND SO THAT IS GOING TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT US WAY UP THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. OH, OKAY. INSURANCE IS ALWAYS PREPAID, CORRECT. THAT'S THAT'S OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE BILL ANNUAL. SO BUT IS THAT IS IT FINISHED? I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S AT 90% IS WHAT I'M SAYING THAT THAT PART OF IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY 90% OF IT. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ACCIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS MORE OF A REVOLVING THING. SO IF WE NEED TO SPEND FUNDS, WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD RECOUP IT BACK FROM TML AS WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER I SEE NO
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ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE REGULATION OF NUISANCE BUSINESS IN DESOTO.MAKING A PRESENTATION IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MISS JACKIE COLTON. GOOD EVENING, MISS COLTON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PROCTER. DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. I'M JACQUELINE COLTON, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND I AM HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE REGULATION OF NUISANCE BUSINESSES IN DESOTO. SO TONIGHT, I WILL BE PRESENTING A COORDINATED STRATEGY TO ADDRESS AND REGULATE NUISANCE BUSINESSES IN DESOTO. AND SO WE'RE DEFINING A NUISANCE BUSINESS AS ONE WHOSE OPERATIONS DISTURB THE PEACE, SAFETY, COMFORT OR CONVENIENCE
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OF THE COMMUNITY OR NEARBY PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT OPERATES. OKAY. OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT CONSISTS OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS EFFORT, INCLUDING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NUISANCE BUSINESS AND THE BENEFITS OF ADDRESSING NUISANCE BUSINESSES THROUGH REGULATION. I'LL THEN PRESENT A PROPOSED FIVE TRACK STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING THESE BUSINESSES, ALONG WITH ROLLOUT TIMELINES AND IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS. AND OF COURSE, AT THE END OF THAT, WE'LL WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR YOUR YOUR INPUT. OKAY, SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THIS EFFORT IS ACTUALLY PART OF A CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVE LED BY OUR VERY OWN MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM, AND IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD FROM CERTAIN ABOUT CERTAIN BUSINESSES, SUCH AS GAME ROOMS, THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, OF COURSE, THE CITY MANAGER WAS TASKED WITH DEVELOPING REGULATORY OPTIONS TO ADDRESS AND STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND LAND USE. FOCUSING ON THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES. SO WE GOT PRIMARILY THE GOALS OF, YOU KNOW, INCREASING BUSINESS ACCOUNTABILITY, IMPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE CITY RESOURCES SUCH AS PD, CODE BUILDING INSPECTION MORE EFFICIENTLY. SO WITH THESE GOALS IN MIND, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT CHART CHALLENGES THESE BUSINESSES POSED TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO COMMON ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, LATE NIGHT LOITERING, NOISE TRAFFIC, FREQUENT POLICE AND EMS CALLS WHICH PLACED A DRAIN ON OUR ALREADY LIMITED, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES. AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES AND THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT COULD LEAD TO, YOU KNOW, DECLINING PROPERTY VALUES, CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, BEING AFRAID FOR THEIR SAFETY AND JUST FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS IN GENERAL. SO I'VE HIT ON A LOT OF THESE BENEFITS OF REGULATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE PUT IN A COORDINATED PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES IS, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PUBLIC TRUST, YOU KNOW, IN THE FACT THAT THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN ALSO THAT HELPS TO IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF THE CITY AS ONE THAT TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS AND ONE THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERALL PROPOSED APPROACH. WE'VE GOT FIVE TRACKS THAT WE'RE TERMING OUR STRATEGIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS. BUT BASICALLY THIS SLIDE TELLS US THAT WE'RE ON A TIGHT TIMELINE FOR ACHIEVING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ITEMS THAT THAT WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL REGARDING IN THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES. SO TRACK ONE, GAME ROOMS AND GAMBLING TABLES. ACTUALLY, OUR POLICE CHIEF, CHIEF COSTA, IS ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON REGULATIONS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS TRACK NUMBER ONE. AND[02:10:07]
THEN WE'VE GOT TRACK TWO BUSINESS LICENSE. WE DO NOT HAVE A ROBUST BUSINESS LICENSE PROGRAM HERE, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BEEF THAT UP AND ADD MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES. AND THEN WE'VE GOT ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS, OUR ZONING ORDINANCES OR MANY HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN SEVERAL YEARS. SO AND THEN WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BETTER REGULATE OR BETTER ZONE, SUCH AS SMOKE SHOPS, WHICH INCLUDES HOOKAH SHOPS. AND, YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL SALES, PREDATORY LENDING ESTABLISHMENTS, MASSAGE PARLORS, DOLLAR STORES, BEAUTY SUPPLY STORES. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TRACK FOUR, WHICH DEALS WITH NUISANCE PLACES. SO THESE ARE PLACES THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY OPERATE, THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED CALLS AND INVOLVEMENT. WE'VE GOT DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES, EVENT HOSTING PLACES, AIRBNB PLACES AND PARTY HOMES AND STRUCTURES. LAST AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS TRACK FIVE, WHICH IS WHAT IS TERMED OUR GOOD STEWARD PROGRAM. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REWARD THOSE BUSINESSES THAT PLAY BY THE RULES. SO THAT IS WHAT TRACK FIVE IS ABOUT. SO THESE ARE OUR INTENDED TIMELINES FOR THE GAME ROOM, THE TRACK ONE GAME ROOM. AND SO BASICALLY WE SEE HERE YOU KNOW OVER NINE MONTH PROCESS WE HOPE TO GO, YOU KNOW TO DEFINING LIMITS IN ESTABLISHING SPATIAL AND DENSITY RULES, DRAFTING PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT MEASURES, DOING, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH. SO OVER A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS. OKAY. SO BUSINESS LICENSE TRACK TWO, THIS IS ONE WHERE WE WILL DEFINE BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TARGETED USES. WE DO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS. CURRENTLY WHERE WE HAVE BUSINESS LICENSES LIKE FOR MASSAGE PARLORS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE REGULATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED IN MANY, MANY YEARS. SO WE'RE HOPING TO TIGHTEN THAT PROCESS UP. OKAY. SO TRACK THREE ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS. THE CITY WILL BE UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF ITS ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. AND SO THAT IS A PART OF TRACK THREE. IN THIS TRACK THREE WE'RE WANTING TO YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE SMOKE SHOPS, THE PREDATORY LENDING, THE MASSAGE PARLORS, THE NAIL AND BEAUTY SALONS, ALCOHOL SALES. SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OUTLINED A TEN MONTH PROCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRACK. AND THEN THIS PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION ON OUR DIAGNOSTIC REPORTS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE IS THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WILL ACTUALLY TELL US WHERE WE HAVE GAPS. AND SO AFTER IT IS DONE, THEN THERE WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE, YOU KNOW, USING THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AS A GUIDE. THERE'LL BE A COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE OF OUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT REWRITE WILL NOT OCCUR LIKE WITHIN TEN MONTHS. IT WILL BE AFTER THAT. IT WILL LIKELY BE ANOTHER YEAR AFTER THAT. OKAY. SO ON TRACK FOR NUISANCE PLACES, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM, THEY HAVE THE, THE SAME, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN TEN MONTH TIME FRAME. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS WHERE WE'LL DEFINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT A NUISANCE IS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I MENTIONED PD AND CODE AND BUILDING INSPECTION AND PLANNING AND THE CITY[02:15:03]
MANAGER'S OFFICE OR WORKING WITH US ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE NUISANCE BUSINESS ACTIVITY.OKAY. SO THIS IS THE TRACK FIVE INCENTIVE FOR GOOD STEWARDS. WE WANT TO REWARD THOSE THAT COMPLY WITH THE RULES. AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AT DOING THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY SPUR OTHER COMPLIANCE, OTHER BUSINESSES TO COMPLY. OKAY. SO THIS SUMMARY SHOWS HOW ALL FIVE TRACKS ROLL OUT IN SYNC. AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WILL BE COMPLETED OVER APPROXIMATELY TEN MONTH PROCESS.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT ONCE WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ALL OF THESE TRACKS, WE WILL HAVE MONITORING IN PLACE SO THAT WE WILL KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE CHANGES IF WE NEED TO MAKE TWEAKS. SO WE'LL MONITOR LIKE POLICE CALLS, COMPLIANCE RATES AND RESIDENTS COMPLAINTS, ETCETERA. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEFINE, YOU KNOW, OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AS WE GET INTO THE DETAILS. OKAY. SO OUR IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP DEAL WITH PLANNING. YOU KNOW OUR TEAM HAS TO GET TOGETHER AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DEFINE FURTHER CONFIRM THE SCOPE OBJECTIVES. YOU KNOW AND ROLES FOR EACH OF THESE TRACKS. AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFY ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE MIGHT NEED FOR WE ALREADY KNOW YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO NEED GIS. WE'RE GOING TO NEED, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU, MISS COLTON COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE OUR TWO MINUTE ROUNDS. MAYOR PRO TEM CHISM THANK YOU, MISS COLTON. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANK THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL, FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE TO GET THIS INITIATIVE STARTED. AND I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE BECAUSE OUR OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR US TO TAKE A STRONGER STANCE IN BUSINESSES. WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT HARD TO DO BUSINESS IN DESOTO, BUT IF YOU'RE HERE, IT SHOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY. AND THERE ARE CITIES THAT HAVE ALSO TAKEN A LOT OF THIS INITIATIVE, TOO. SO IT'S A LOT TO GLEAM OFF OF. I KNOW THAT ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER BIRD HAVE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS GAME ROOMS IN THE RESPECT OF BANNING THEM. HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT THIS IS KIND OF GOING TO BE COMPREHENSIVE AND GOING ALONG WITH THAT PROCESS. SO HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO CONSIDER WHEN TALKING ABOUT GAME ROOMS. I WAS LOOKING AT MESQUITE'S MOST RECENT ORDINANCE THAT THEY PASSED ON GAME ROOMS, AND THEY REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THE GAME ROOM OWNERS. I'D LIKE THE CITY TO LOOK AT THAT. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS ARE MANDATORY IN MESQUITE, MEANING THAT CAMERAS, LIGHTING, STAFF TRAINING THAT'S ALL REQUIRED AS A AS IT RELATES TO BEING ABLE TO USE THAT. THEY LIMIT OPERATING HOURS AS WELL, MEANING YOU MUST CLOSE BY A CERTAIN TIME OR STOP BY A CERTAIN TIME. AND. I BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO ONGOING LIKE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS IT RELATES TO THEIR GAME ROOMS. NOW, OF COURSE, I'M A I'M A BANNING THEM COMPLETELY, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME LAWS AGAINST THAT. HOWEVER, I LEAVE THAT TO THE DUE DILIGENCE OF THE CITY TO FIND THAT OUT AND TO CONFIRM. AND THEN LASTLY THIS I LOVE THE THE FIVE TRACKS, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE IT WASN'T ACTUALLY CALLED OUT WITH CODE IS CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS OF NOT MOWING THE GRASS. I COULD TAKE THIS BIG LOTS PARKING LOT OUT HERE THAT IS CONSTANTLY A NUISANCE IN THE CITY. SO THAT THAT WAS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YES, MA'AM. CODE IN VIOLATION. CODE VIOLATIONS ARE A PART OF WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TO FOR THOSE YOU KNOW, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE REPEAT VIOLATORS. BECAUSE BASICALLY WE'RE WANTING TO PUT TOGETHER OR PUT INTO PLACE, YOU KNOW, REGULATIONS THAT HAVE SOME TEETH AND YEAH, THAT TRY
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TO PREVENT SOME OF THE REPEAT OFFENDERS OR, AND AND OR OFFENSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AS WELL. WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF THE ITEMS THAT THAT ARE ON THE LIST, I'M GOING TO GET TO THE ONE THAT REALLY IS QUESTIONABLE FOR ME. BUT YOU PUT OUTREACH LIKE WAY DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF EACH OF THOSE TRACKS. WOULDN'T OUTREACH GO AT THE BEGINNING TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING, OR THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS COMING? IS THERE ANY DATA BEHIND ANY OF THE THE INFORMATION, AND IS THAT DATA AVAILABLE ONLINE? IS IT IS IT BEING PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, OR IS THERE A PLACE WHERE IT WILL BE PROVIDED? AS FAR AS OFFICERS ARE CONCERNED, A LOT OF THIS LOOKS LIKE CODE. SO DO WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS, CODE OFFICERS IN ORDER TO HELP THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THESE DIFFERENT TRACKS. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT TRACKS, YOU HAD FIVE OF THEM. PEOPLE CAN GO FROM 1 TO 5 AND THEN GO BACK TO ONE AND THEN GO BACK TO FIVE. I MEAN, IS THIS PROGRAM OVER TIME IS WHAT I'M I GUESS MY QUESTION CAN A PERSON BE AT ONE FOR YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A TIME FRAME, THEY HAVE A CURE PERIOD, OF COURSE. AND THEN ONCE THEY CURE IT, THEY CAN GET OFF THAT ONE AND GO OVER TO FIVE. AND HOW LONG CAN THEY BE ON FIVE TO BE CONSIDERED FIVE AND THEN GO BACK? I MEAN, SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE. AND THE VERY LAST ONE THAT I'D LIKE REAL, REAL INFORMATION ABOUT IS TRACK THREE. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING, ANY CHANGES AND WHAT THAT WHAT IS THAT? I DIDN'T I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS READING ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO. YOUR QUESTION RELATED TO RESOURCES. YEAH THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DETERMINED. THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. SO AS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE WE WILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW THE STRATEGIES. AND YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS TRACK THREE ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS. SO THIS RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE. THE CONCENTRATION OF BUSINESSES AND THAT SORT OF THING BASED ON THE ZONING. YES, MA'AM. AND THE OTHER QUESTION, OKAY. SO AS FAR AS GOING FROM TRACK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, THERE'S NOT REALLY THAT TYPE OF PROGRESSION. IT DEPENDS UPON YOUR OPERATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LIKE TRACK ONE IS GAME ROOMS AND THEN TRACK TWO IS BUSINESS LICENSE. NOW THOSE TWO, YOU KNOW WILL PROBABLY YOU, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR THE THE GAME ROOMS. BUT. YOU KNOW CAN I JUST ASK LET ME LET ME TAKE THAT ON. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THOSE ARE CALLED CATEGORIES. YOU CAN CALL THEM TRACK. YOU CAN CALL THEM CATEGORIES. THERE REALLY ARE NOT TRACKS THERE. THEY'RE THEY'RE DIFFERENT IN DISTINCT SECTIONS. ONE OF THEM DEALS WITH THE GAME ROOMS. ONE OF THEM DEALS WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSE AND THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. ONE OF THEM DEALS WITH WHERE THOSE PLACES SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS, IN TERMS OF WHAT ZONING ARE THEY CLOSE TO SCHOOLS? ARE THEY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER? THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO EVALUATE.
AND ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A GOOD TEN MONTH TO EVALUATE ALL OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES, IF YOU WILL. THE FIFTH CATEGORY BECOMES A PROGRAM, A REWARD PROGRAM THAT THAT A GOOD BUSINESS SHOULD BE REWARDED FOR. KIND OF LIKE WHEN A BAD BUSINESS IS BEING CODE ENFORCED, A GOOD BUSINESS SHOULD BE REWARDED SO WE CAN PROMOTE GOOD BUSINESSES.
CONTINUING ON, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A MOVEMENT. A GOOD BUSINESS CAN STAY AS A GOOD BUSINESS UNTIL THEY VIOLATE. AND THEN THEN, THEN WE GO BACK INTO THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE OR THE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT PIECE AND AND EVENTUALLY, IF A BAD BUSINESS CONTINUES TO BE A BAD BUSINESS, THAT THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE AND C WILL GET REVOKED. AND SO THOSE ARE THE
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THOSE ARE THE GOALS AND THE OBJECTIVES. A BUSINESS CAN BE DEEMED APPROVED, MEANING THAT THEY WILL STAY IN GOOD STANDING UNTIL THEY VIOLATE. ONCE THEY VIOLATE, THEN WE GO INTO THE COURT PROCEEDINGS AND EVENTUALLY INTO INTO TERMINATION OF BUSINESS LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. OKAY. SO YOU I'M SORRY. SO. SO SO YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE ZONING WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ZONING, THAT IF A BUSINESS IS DEEMED NOT TO BE IN THE RIGHT AREA, THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE ASKED TO MOVE. NO, THEY THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED EXISTING BUSINESSES WILL STAY AS EXISTING. THEY'RE CALLED, DEEMED APPROVED UNTIL THEY VIOLATE OR THE BUSINESS TYPE GETS CHANGED, GETS SOLD, GETS DONE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FROM THAT AREA. THEN THAT BECOMES A A NON-CONFORMING USE. SO THE BUSINESS CAN STAY AS A BUSINESS UNTIL IT'S NON-CONFORMING AND THEN A NEW BUSINESS COMES IN. THEY CANNOT BE THE SAME THING. OKAY, GOOD. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC AREA IS REALLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. IT WOULD TAKE THE BUSINESS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING IS WHAT WE GENERALLY HEAR HEAR IT REFERRED TO AS COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. COLTON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION I LOVE IT. AND LET ME JUST TELL MAYOR PRO TEM I LOVE IT WHEN GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. THE NUISANCE IDEA WAS ABSOLUTELY HERS. BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE BUSINESS LICENSES, SO BEING ABLE TO SEE THOSE TWO PROGRAMS COME TOGETHER IS IS IS WONDERFUL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IS REALLY QUANTIFY WHAT BUSINESSES ARE HERE. WE AND SO WITH THE SIMPLE BUSINESS LICENSE, WE'RE ABLE TO TO ASSESS WHAT BUSINESSES ARE HERE. HOW MANY SMOKE SHOPS DO WE HAVE. WE'RE ABLE THEN TO WRITE SOME ORDINANCE TO LIMIT THOSE NUMBERS OF SMOKE SHOPS AND NUISANCE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT ALSO HELP US TO IN RETENTION AS FAR AS KNOWING WHAT BUSINESSES, WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE ARE FOR SALE OR SOMETHING. SO I LOVE THE IDEA WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE TARGETED GROUP, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL BUSINESSES PER SE. IS THAT IS THAT A CORRECT ASSUMPTION? YES.OKAY. THANK YOU. CORRECT, SIR. AND THEN SO THE ABILITY TO COUNT CERTAIN BUSINESSES, MAYOR PRO TEM WAS SAYING SOME OF THE THINGS SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT CAP ADDED INTO SOME OF THESE NUISANCE TRACKS. GAME ROOMS, X, Y, Z. THE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T THINK HAS COME UP YET, BUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WROTE AN EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO THE ATTORNEY WANTING US TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THE SIZE OF BEER AND WINE STORES. SO A VERY SIMILAR MAYOR, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT VERY SIMILAR TO CEDAR HILL TO WHERE ANY STORE THAT COMING TO DESOTO HAVE TO BE 20,000FT■S IN ORDER TO GET A LIQUOR LICENSE OR BEER AND WINE LICENSE HERE. I KNOW WE DON'T SELL LIQUOR, SO I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT AS WELL. THAT WILL GO INSIDE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS TRYING TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO MAKE DESOTO A MORE COHESIVE AND TO KEEP US WHERE WE SHOULD BE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT. I LOVE THE STRATEGY. I LIKE THE PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND IT'S BEEN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DETERMINE EXACTLY WHO WE'RE SPEAKING OF WHEN WE SAY BUSINESS LICENSES. WHO ARE WE REFERENCING? DID YOU ALL DO ANY TYPE OF STUDY THAT THAT YOU PRIORITIZE? I MEAN, BECAUSE THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? SO I DON'T WANT INNOCENT BUSINESSES WHO OPERATE LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO OR, AND ARE IN COMPLIANCE TO BE PENALIZED. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL CAPTURED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS HAS COME ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN NEEDED AND BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DEAL WITH THOSE PROBLEMS FIRST, BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SEE BUSINESSES WHO ARE ESTABLISHED HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THOSE FEW THAT HAVE GIVEN US ALL HEADACHE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WE ALL GET CALLS. PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING PART PARTIES AT HOUSES.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME OUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY ILLEGALLY GETTING BUSSES, YOU KNOW, BUSING PEOPLE IN. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PRIORITIZE.
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AND THEN ALSO, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF STUDY ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING OR ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE? OH, YES. ACTUALLY, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. CITIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY UPDATED THEIR ORDINANCES THAT WE WILL USE AS A AS A GUIDE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE'RE DOING OUR RESEARCH. SO WE'VE GOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT TONIGHT, OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT TONIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS AS AS IT RELATES TO LICENSING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALSO IN COS I SAW THAT COME UP THAT WE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH OF COURSE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BECAUSE WE ALREADY PAY FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR CEOS AND STUFF. SO WE DON'T WANT TO DOUBLE TAX PEOPLE. YOU KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE THESE PROCESSES IN PLACE. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS COLTON. THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED FROM COUNCIL OR DO YOU NEED ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GIVEN YOU ALREADY, YOU PROVIDED GREAT FEEDBACK. AND SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, OF THIS INITIATIVE. AND WE WILL BE MAKING PERIODIC, AT LEAST QUARTERLY UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL. IT'S 8:30 P.M. WE DO HAVE ONE REMAINING[a. Follow-up discussion on the Mobile Food Vendor Policy]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA REGARDING THE MOBILE FOOD VENDOR POLICY. I WANT TO GET YOUR APPETITE FOR GOING AHEAD AND INCLUDING THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS ONE HAS WAS HAS BEEN MOVED AND RESCHEDULED TO THIS AGENDA. SO I DO IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING FROM DOCTOR WILLIAMS AND FROM MR. MALVERN IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF FEEDBACK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT EXACTLY THIS WOULD ENTAIL. YES, MA'AM. IT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FOR CONSENSUS ON THE FINAL VERSION OF THE POLICY, WHICH YOU ACTUALLY HAVE ON YOUR TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU, JUST TO. REVISIONS TO THE ACTUAL POLICY WHERE WE CHANGED THE TITLE OF THE HEALTH SPECIALIST TO HEALTH MANAGER, HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER, AND THE TIME LIMIT FOR THE FOOD MOBILE FOOD UNITS TO BE IN ONE AREA FOR NO MORE THAN FOUR HOURS, AS OPPOSED TO 45 MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I MEAN, I YOU WENT THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLE TO CREATE YOUR PRESENTATION. I MEAN, WE CAN WE CAN SEE IT. I JUST WANTED TO GET COUNCIL'S APPETITE, SINCE WE'RE AT OUR TIME THAT WE NORMALLY TRY TO WRAP IT TO SEE IF THIS WOULD REQUIRE ANY MORE TIME THAN SURE. OKAY. SO JUST PROVIDING ALL OF THE INPUT FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 15TH PRESENTATION, WE DID PUT ALL OF THE INPUT THAT YOU AND FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAD AND CREATED A FINAL VERSION. AND WE INCORPORATED THOSE REVISIONS AND REFINED THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. AND THEN WE ADDED THE 40, THE FOUR HOURS JUST BASED ON OUR MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION, JUST TO GIVE A FAIRNESS TO OUR MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, BUT STILL HAVE THAT RESTRICTION ON THERE TO ENSURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A SAFE AREA. SO THAT'S WHERE THE FOUR HOUR LIMIT IS, IS, IS MENTIONED. AND WE DO PROHIBIT THE OVERNIGHT STAYS FOR ALL MOBILE FOOD UNITS. SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE INCLUDED IN THERE. AND THEN SO AND THEN EVEN FOR THIS SLIDE WE ACTUALLY SIMPLIFIED THE APPEAL PROCESS FOR TEN DAYS. WRITTEN APPEAL TO THE MANAGER. NOT TO THE TO TO THE DIRECTOR OF CSA IN THE IN THE POLICY IT'S CORRECT. BUT ON MY PRESENTATION IS WRONG. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THE REVISIONS THAT WE MADE. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A CONSENSUS SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START INCORPORATING THESE CHANGES IN OUR POLICY. CERTAINLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT BECAUSE IT SAYS CONSENSUS. YOU'RE SEEKING OUR CONSENSUS ON THE UPDATES ABOUT THIS PROPOSED POLICY TO PROCEED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OF THE POLICY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING? BECAUSE I KNOW WE WOULD HAVE TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT THE POLICY CORRECT BEFORE WE COULD DO THAT, BUT CONSENSUS WON'T ACHIEVE THAT. SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT. IF YOU APPROVE THE ACTUAL POLICY, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START LETTING OUR BUSINESSES KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGES WITHIN DESOTO. OKAY. SO AGAIN, IF WE GIVE A CONSENSUS THAT MEANS WE'RE WE'RE OKAY WITH THE DIRECTION THAT IT'S GOING IN, BUT IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO BE OFFICIALLY VOTED ON. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. YES. SO WHAT WE COULD GIVE YOU TONIGHT IS THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH THE DIRECTION OR WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ADDED OR TAKEN OUT. YEAH. WE CAN BRING IT TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ON DECEMBER[02:35:04]
2ND. IT CAN BE A CONSENT ITEM, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE OFFICIALLY VOTED ON. OKAY.COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT, I THINK, MADAM, SHE WAS FIRST MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO WHEN THIS LAST CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, I GOT A LOT OF HITS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BILL THAT WAS PASSED.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD ALSO REVIEWED THIS POLICY AND ACTUALLY REDLINED IT AS WELL. YES, HE HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT IT, AND HE ALSO GAVE ME SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT, THAT SENATE BILL 1008 AS TO HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THIS POLICY. HE DID NOT INDICATE ANYTHING THAT WAS IN HIS CURRENT POLICY THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THAT OF THE CURRENT BILL THAT'S COMING OUR WAY. OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS WITHIN THIS POLICY THAT HAS US, YOU KNOW, GOING ABOVE WHAT THE STATE IS CURRENTLY REQUIRING IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CORRECT? WE CAN GO ABOVE. WE JUST CAN'T GO BENEATH WHAT THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS. OKAY. WHEN YOU SAY WE CAN GO ABOVE, COULD YOU ELABORATE SO WE CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE, BUT WE JUST CAN'T BE ANY LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT THE STATE SAYS WE CAN DO.
SO WE CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE. YES WE CAN. CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THAT'S. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THAT ACTUALLY CONFUSED ME. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT BECAUSE I ASKED ABOUT THE BILL THE LAST TIME AND I WENT BACK AND I REVIEWED IT, AND I'M GLAD YOU PUT A AN ADDITIONAL THREE HOURS, THREE HOURS AND 15 MINUTES ON THAT TIME FRAME BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST KNOW FROM I MEAN, BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THE BILL AND I LOOKED AT IT INTENSIVELY TO THINK IN TERMS OF THE PREEMPTION, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE HAS A STATE LICENSE, THEIR STATE LICENSE SUPERSEDES THE THE LOCAL LICENSE. SO THAT WOULD THEN TELL ME THAT WE CAN BE LESS RESTRICTIVE, NOT MORE RESTRICTIVE. SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT STATE LICENSE SO WE NO LONGER CAN ISSUE AA6 MONTH PERMIT LIKE WE USED TO FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A COUNTY LICENSE THAT'S REQUIRED TO VEND HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND BASICALLY ALL WE DO IS JUST VERIFY THAT THEY HAVE A COUNTY LICENSE. IT HASN'T EXPIRED. AND THEN WE JUST VERIFY THAT THEY HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BE THERE. IF THEY COVERED ALL THOSE, THOSE DOTS, THEN WE PRETTY MUCH LEAVE THEM ALONE. NOW OUR CURRENT POLICY DOES SAY 45 MINUTES. THEY CAN STAY IN ONE LOCATION. THAT'S VERY RESTRICTIVE. I MEAN, IT'S VERY HARD FOR A BUSINESS TO COME AND JUST SPEND 45 MINUTES AND THEN HAVE TO LEAVE.
SO WE HAD TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY AS FAR AS GIVING THEM MORE TIME TO BE HERE. SO THE NEW SENATE BILL, THAT STATE LICENSE CAN COME IN AS WELL, AND IT GIVES THEM EVEN MORE FREEDOM OUTSIDE OF DALLAS COUNTY TO COME IN. IF THEY PRESENT THAT AND IT'S CURRENT, WE HAVE TO HONOR IT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, THEY CANNOT BREAK ANY LOCAL LAWS THAT WE HAVE OR ANY LOCAL ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AS WELL. CORRECT. SO THE FOUR HOURS IS ACTUALLY ONLY IF IF THEY HAVE A STATE LICENSE, THE STATE LICENSE WOULD ALLOW THEM NO TIME. I MEAN, JUST UNLIMITED TIME. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY CAN THEN PRESENT THAT AND BE ABLE TO STAY A LITTLE LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS? NO, WE CAN STILL HAVE IT IN OUR IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE A FOUR HOUR LIMIT, BUT WITH THE ACTUAL STATE LICENSE, MEANING YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE ANYTHING FROM US LOCALLY THAT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE ANYMORE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU ALIGN THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE WITH, OR SHOULD I SAY THIS POLICY WITH THE STATE AS FAR AS FOR THEIR I GUESS IT'S CALLED THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY? YES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. CORRECT. THAT'S OUR FRAMEWORK AND GUIDANCE OKAY.
AND SO THERE'S NO REASON TO PUT IN HERE ABOUT THE STATE'S ORDINANCE. I MEAN, THE STATE'S LAW TO SAY THAT IT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH. WE CERTAINLY CAN, BUT THE SENATE BILL HASN'T COME INTO EFFECT YET. SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO AMEND THAT ONCE THAT COMES. IN FACT, I THINK IT'S JULY 1ST, 26. ONCE IT COMES INTO EFFECT, WE'LL HAVE TO GO INTO AMEND IT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S DALLAS COUNTY. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE PRESENTATION SAYS SEVEN DAYS. THIS ACTUAL DOCUMENT SAYS FIVE WHERE IT SAYS FIVE DAYS. THE CERTIFICATE MUST BE SUBMITTED FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. THAT THAT PRESENTATION THAT WAS JUST SHOWN SHOWED SEVEN DAYS. GOTCHA. RIGHT. YEAH. SO BASICALLY THAT'S AN INTERNAL POLICY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE PERMITS THAT THEY HAVE, AND IT GIVES US TIME TO KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH AND TALK WITH THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE PROPER PERMITS. AND WE ALSO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS WELL TO CHECK COMMISSARY THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE BEFORE WE ISSUE. WE JUST SAY, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND, I'M JUST SAYING, WHICH ONE IS IT? IS IT 7 OR 5 DAYS? BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENT, IT SAYS FIVE DAYS. YOU'RE REFERRING TO LET'S SEE, PRESENTATION THAT WAS BEING SHOWN JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WITH DOCTOR WILLIAMS. IT SHOWED SEVEN DAYS. ARE YOU REFERRING
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TO THE MOBILE? LET'S SEE. WHERE ARE YOU SEEING THE FIVE DAYS? I'M NOT SEEING THAT. WE CAN WE CAN CHANGE. WE CAN AMEND THAT. THE POLICY AGAIN FOR SEVEN DAYS. IT'S ON THE SECOND PAGE. THAT'S WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FEEDBACK. IT JUST WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE. OH GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.WE CAN CORRECT THAT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHT. SO COUNCIL, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GET A QUICK CONSENSUS. AND THIS TIME I'LL START TO MY LEFT.
COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, WITH THOSE CHANGES. YES. COUNCILMAN WATERS. YES. COUNCILMAN. YES, MAYOR. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. WE WENT A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME, HOWEVER, IT WAS TIME WELL SPENT. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHISHOLM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IT IS
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