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          FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM, COUNCIL 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER AND CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
MEMBER. PARKER, COUNCIL MEMBER. KEN WATERS, COUNCIL MEMBER. ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LETICIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. FIRST, WE WILL HAVE THE SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT BY FIRE CHIEF BRIAN SUTTER. HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SAFETY PROTOCOLS, SO WE'LL GET MORE IN DEPTH DURING THE REGULAR SESSION. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 5:01 P.M. AND WE WILL RETURN ONCE WE CONCLUDE FROM GOOD EVENING 
          [2. SPECIAL SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
EVERYBODY. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT. IT IS 6 P.M. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO OPEN US UP WITH THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, COUNCIL MEMBER. KEN WATERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER LETICIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL DID CONVENE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:56 P.M. AND THERE WAS NO ACTION AS A RESULT. SO 
          [3. SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT BY: FIRE CHIEF BRYAN SOUTHARD]
WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT BY FIRE CHIEF BRIAN SUTTER. HELLO, EVERYONE. IN CASE OF A WEATHER EMERGENCY, WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN INSIDE THIS BUILDING. ANY OTHER EMERGENCIES? WE'RE GOING TO EXIT THE BUILDING, EITHER IN THE DOORS THAT YOU CAME IN OR THE DOORS TO MY RIGHT OR YOUR LEFT. GO FIND A PLACE THAT'S SAFE UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES AND GETS YOU. OTHER THAN THAT, LET'S HAVE A GOOD MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE 
          [a.  Presentation of a proclamation honoring Administrative Professionals Day]
AGENDA. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION HONORING ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD, SENIOR TO TASHA WILLIAMS. ELSA C TWANA. LAVOIE TRIMBLE, ANISSA DAVID ROSS AND BECKY LEWIS. 
          MADAM MAYOR. AND TO THIS COUNCIL AND TO OUR CITIZENS OF DE SOTO. IT IS MY HONOR TO MY PRIVILEGE TO HONOR THESE THAT STAND BESIDE US AND STAND WITH US OFTEN TIME. ALL OF THE WORK THAT GET DONE GET DONE SECRETLY. BUT TODAY, AT THE REQUEST OF OUR MAYOR, WE GET TO HONOR THEM PUBLICLY. IT IS MY NOW MY HONOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONS BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE, ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION SKILLS. AND WHEREAS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS ARE OFTEN THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT AND SERVE AS THE BACKBONE OF DAILY OPERATIONS, ENSURING EFFICIENCY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND CONTINUED AND AND CONTINUITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE WORKPLACE. AND WHEREAS THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS, ADAPTABILITY AND RESOURCEFULNESS WHILE MAINTAINING MULTIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES, SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. AND WHEREAS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS CONSISTENTLY EXHIBIT PROFESSIONALISM, DISCRETION, AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, HELPING TO FOSTER PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS. AND WHEREAS, THE CONTRIBUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS ARE DESERVING OF RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION FOR THE INTEGRAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY AND 
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SUPPORTING OUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND SUPPORTING PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE CITY OF DE SOTO. NOW THEREFORE, I, RACHEL PROCTOR. BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 22ND, 2026 AS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS AND TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND SERVICE. AN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION THEREOF. I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED THIS 20TH DAY OF APRIL 2026. RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR, ATTESTED SO FINE. LOUIS AUBRY, CITY SECRETARY CAN YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THESE VERY DESERVING LEADERS? THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN WATCHING BRIDGERTON. THANK YOU. ONE, TWO. 
          THANK YOU. WHY DON'T YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. OR GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM ANISA DAVID FROST. I AM THE HR ONE OF THE HR GENERALIST HERE AT THE CITY OF DE SOTO. AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, EXCUSE ME. AND THE COUNCIL. WE DO A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY. SO IF YOU EVER SEE US RUNNING LIKE THIS, THERE'S A PROBLEM. BUT NO, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS 
          [b.  Presentation of a proclamation honoring National Assistant Principals Week]
TO YOU ALL. AGAIN, MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK. 
          MAKING A PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES TO MISS WASHINGTON. MISS HOLLAND, DOCTOR. GARDNER, MISS. ADOBE. MISS. PETERSON. SMITH. MISS. JONES. MISS. JACKSON. MR. THOMAS, MISS. SMITH, MISS. WEST AND MR. MITCHELL. GOOD EVENING, DE SOTO. IF YOUR NAME WAS CALLED, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WEEK. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND THE PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS THE ROLE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CONTINUES TO BE ESSENTIAL IN SHAPING A POSITIVE AND HIGH ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, STAFF AND FAMILIES TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS SERVE AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, MENTORS AND ADVOCATES WHO INSPIRE STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL WHILE FOSTERING A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, AND EXCELLENCE. AND WHEREAS ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PROMOTING SAFE, INCLUSIVE, AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT ADDRESS THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS. AND WHEREAS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS DEMONSTRATE STRONG LEADERSHIP BY IMPLEMENTING POLICIES, SUPPORTING CAMPUS OPERATIONS AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, WHILE ADAPTING TO THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. AND WHEREAS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS EXHIBIT DEDICATION, RESILIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION, MAKING A LASTING IMPACT ON THE SUCCESS OF SCHOOLS AND THE FUTURE OF THE STUDENTS THEY SERVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DE SOTO. NOW THEREFORE, I, RACHEL PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 6TH, 2026 TO APRIL 10TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED THIS 20TH DAY OF APRIL 2026. RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST. SOPHIE LEWIS AUBRY, OUR CITY SECRETARY. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL? I JUST FEEL FREE. ALL RIGHT. 
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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS DOCTOR CORY GARDNER. I'M ONE OF THE MANY ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS SERVING DESOTO ISD SCHOOLS WHO YOU SEE BEHIND ME ON MY COLLEAGUES, AND THEY WORK RELENTLESSLY EVERY DAY TO OPEN THE BUILDING AND CLOSE IT. THEY NEVER LEAVE UNTIL EVERY STUDENT HAS BEEN SERVED SAFELY. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILY IN DESOTO ISD. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOLARS AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. WE 
          [c.  Presentation of the DeSoto Community Champions Award to Paula Glenn, Chuck Burch, and Rosa Hernandez]
WILL NOW HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AWARD TO PAULA GLENN, CHUCK AND ROSA HERNANDEZ. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS METRO MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. 
          NOW, ALL OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. Y'ALL SEE WHO DIDN'T FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, DIDN'T YOU? I'M JOKING. THEIR NAMES WERE CALLED. CAN WE GIVE OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS FOR THIS QUARTER? A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW. AND WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE THIS ROOM FULL OF COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, BUT THESE WERE SOME VERY SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE NOMINATED FOR THEIR WORK AND THEIR TIRELESS EFFORT THAT THEY PUT IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND SO THIS IS VERY SPECIAL. AND SO I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME, ONE BY ONE, TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, AND THEY WILL RECEIVE A DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPION CHALLENGE COIN FROM MYSELF AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND FROM REALLY FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO, BECAUSE IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE. I ALWAYS SAY THAT PROGRESS MOVES AT THE SPEED OF RELATIONSHIPS. AND SO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THE CITY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE ROTARY CLUB, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE INVOLVED IN, IT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND I KNOW AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY A LONG TIME, AS MY COLLEAGUES CAN ATTEST TO WITH THEIR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES THE WORK THAT WE DO IS VERY THANKLESS. AND SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER ONE MORE TIME JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. TO OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, THE FIRST CHAMPION THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS MISS PAULA GLENN. MISS PAULA GLENN IS A MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN WHO ARE RAISED IN DESOTO AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FOR OVER A DECADE, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING FOR HER CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS IN THE DESOTO AREA BY SERVING AS A DESOTO EAGLES BOOSTER CLUB MEMBER DURING THE 2009 2013 SCHOOL YEARS. HER DEDICATION TO HER COMMUNITY WAS ALSO FEATURED BY MCDONALD'S CORPORATION IN 2007 THROUGH 2009, WHILE BEING FEATURED ON ALL OF MCDONALD'S PACKAGING WORLDWIDE. NOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A MODEL WITH US TONIGHT, TOO. A COMMUNITY CHAMPION AND A MODEL, AND THIS WAS DONE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS FOR HER VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY WORK. MISS GLENN IS ALSO THE 2026 MISS TEXAS SENIOR AMERICA PAGEANT AWARD, RECIPIENT OF THE MARY HANSON COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD. WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THAT ALSO. SHE IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH SCHEDULING FREE RIDES TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE PROVIDERS. SHE SPENDS APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 HOURS A WEEK DEDICATED TO HER COMMUNITY. LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR MISS PAULA GLENN, AND I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CHALLENGE COIN, MISS GLENN. AND I WANT TO SAY, DO YOU HAVE JUST A FEW REMARKS YOU WANT TO SHARE? OKAY, OKAY. COME ON UP. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO SAY LITTLE THINGS MEAN BIG THINGS. AND I LOVE THIS. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL AWARD FOR ME AND I LOVE SERVING MY COMMUNITY. I LOVE DESOTO EVEN WHEN I TRAVEL, I SAY, I DON'T SAY I'M FROM DALLAS. I SAY I'M FROM DESOTO. AND THEY GO, OH, WE HEARD ABOUT THIS. THAT'S THE BEVERLY HILLS OF DALLAS. HONESTLY, THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME. SO I'M 
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HONORED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO MY COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TO SERVE. YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. YES. WE ALSO HAVE THIS FOR YOU. MY. YOU HAVE FAMILY? YES. IF THEY WANT TO COME UP. YES. YOU CAN GET A PHOTO. YOU. ONE TWO, THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE MR. CHUCK BURCH. CHUCK BURCH IS THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DESOTO BASED CHUCK BURCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THAT'S CHUCK BURCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THE FUND HAS GRANTED OVER CATCH THIS $400,000 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS. YOU CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE. AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, MANY OF THE AWARDEES HAVE GRADUATED AND BECOME LEADERS AND CONTRIBUTORS IN SOCIETY. THE FUND, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN IN THE YEAR 2000, PROVIDES COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, COLLEGE FUNDING, INFORMATION, MENTORING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES TO A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR MR. CHUCK BURCH, COMMUNITY CHAMPION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME REMARKS? CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR YOU. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROCTOR. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL. AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT SINCE 1990, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HONORED BY FAMILY BECAUSE DESOTO IS FAMILY TO ME. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHUCK BURCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF CONTRIBUTION TO OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. YES, SHE'S GOOD. THANK YOU. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE MISS ROSA HERNANDEZ. ROSA HERNANDEZ IS A DEDICATED EDUCATIONAL LEADER AND EDUCATOR OF OVER 27 YEARS, CURRENTLY SERVING AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF SCHOOLS IN DUNCANVILLE ISD, WHERE SHE LEADS EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN CAMPUSES, DEVELOP LEADERS, AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR ALL SCHOLARS. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SHE HAS REMAINED STEADFAST IN HER COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, ACCESS, AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. 
          BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL ROLE. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ROSA UNDERSTANDS THAT HER HEART FOR SERVICE RUNS DEEP. SHE IS FULLY INVESTED IN OUR BELOVED DESOTO COMMUNITY, WHICH SHE AND HER FAMILY PROUDLY MADE HOME FOUR YEARS AGO. SHE SERVES AS SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE DESOTO ROTARY CLUB AND IS THE PRESIDENT ELECT FOR THE 20 2627 TERM. HER LEADERSHIP IN SERVICE EXTENDS ACROSS NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THE DESOTO ROTARY CLUB, THE DESOTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CONCERNED DESOTO CITIZENS, TEXAS COUNCIL OF WOMEN SCHOOL EXECUTIVES, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, TEXAS ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS, AND THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. ROSA'S IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND TITLES. SHE HELPS ORGANIZE FOOD DRIVES, VOLUNTEERS AT LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES SUPPORTS AT RISK STUDENTS THROUGH TUTORING MENTORS. ASPIRING EDUCATOR LEADERS, PARTICIPATES IN A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, FEEDS THE HOMELESS, AND SERVES HER CHURCH BY COUNSELING MARRIED COUPLES, DEMONSTRATING HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS WITH COMPASSION AND PURPOSE. ABOVE ALL, ROSA IS A PROUD WIFE AND A MOTHER OF TWO AMAZING TEENAGERS, AND SHE BELIEVES TRUE LEADERSHIP IS NOT IS MEASURED NOT BY POSITION BUT BY SERVICE, COMPASSION AND THE LIVES WE IMPACT ALONG THE WAY. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPION, MISS ROSA HERNANDEZ? THIS IS FOR YOU. MISS HERNANDEZ. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME REMARKS? SURE. THANK YOU. CAN I GIVE YOU THAT? YES. OF COURSE. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. YES, MA'AM. JUST WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING GOD AND ALLOWING THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN MY AMAZING HUSBAND AND MY TWO KIDS CAN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT AN AMAZING FAMILY THAT BACKS ME UP EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND THEN TO OUR AMAZING DESOTO COMMUNITY. I TRULY BELIEVE IN SERVICE ABOVE SELF. I WANT TO THANK THE ROTARY WHO IS INVITING ME INTO 
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THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY AND DESOTO CONCERNED CITIZENS. THOSE ARE THE FIRST TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND HAVE DONE AMAZING JUST BRINGING ME INTO THE DESOTO FAMILY AND TO THE ALL THE DESOTO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY EACH AND EVERY DAY BECAUSE SERVICE IS A THANKLESS JOB SOMETIMES. SO I DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS AS MUCH AS A COMMUNITY AWARD. WE DO IT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TO. CAN I. I LOVE MY KIDS F I I MY KIDS WERE FROM K J. SO CATHERINE JOHNSON. AND BUSINESS OWNER AND LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER. YES, YES. YES. I THINK MY FAMILY. AND I LOVE YOU ALL. GIVE ME. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. COME ON. WEAVER, GET UP HERE. OH, COME ON. TIME. WE DIDN'T DRESS FOR PHOTOS. PLEASE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS. IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT IS DOING GREAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          LOOK UP DESOTO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS TO GET THE FORM AND GET MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN 
          [d.  Presentation of Financial Report February 2026]
NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR THAT PARTICULAR AWARD. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE US THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. WE WILL NOW HAVE PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR FEBRUARY 2026 AND MAY MARCH 2026. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS FINANCE DIRECTOR LAKITA SUTTON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OKAY, TO START WITH OUR FEBRUARY MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT. SO AS OF FEBRUARY 2026, WE WERE 42% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, FIVE MONTHS. AND HERE WE HAVE LISTED OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET AND OUR REVISED BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE LOOKING AT 69.8 MILLION OF REVENUE AND 50.6 MILLION HAS BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR. SO THAT'S 72.4%. SO OUR REVENUE IS COMING IN REALLY NICELY. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT ABOUT 70% ON OUR REVENUE. THE NEXT SECTION IS OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AND THOSE ARE LISTED HERE BY DEPARTMENT. THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS HERE ARE OF THE DEPARTMENTS. I'M SORRY, OUR LESS THAN THE 42% THAT WE'RE INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. THEY ARE ALL TRACKING. WELL 35.5% ON TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND, COMPARED TO 36% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          NEXT IS THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES. THE BUDGET 34.7 MILLION YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS FOR REVENUE AND PUBLIC UTILITY 12.7 MILLION. THE MAIN SOURCES THERE, OF COURSE, ARE OUR WATER AND SEWER SALES AT 17.1 MILLION AND 16.3 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY. THOSE ARE AT ABOUT THE MID 30S PERCENTAGES RIGHT NOW. THAT'S NORMALLY WHERE WE ARE THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE KNOW THAT DURING THE WINTER, WATER SALES AND SEWER SALES. 
          ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THEY'RE TYPICALLY GOING TO BE IN THE SUMMERTIME. SO IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE, WE DO EXPECT FOR THAT TO EVEN BACK OUT AGAIN. WE'RE AT 39, 36.6% COMPARED TO 39% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE ON THAT SIDE IS THE 
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22.6 MILLION, MOSTLY THAT WE PAY FOR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES FOR OUR WATER. AND 34.7 MILLION IS WHAT WAS BUDGETED ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, VERSUS 15.2 MILLION IS WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR. THAT PUTS US AT 43.7%, COMPARED TO 38.9% LAST YEAR. IN THE SANITATION FUND IS TRACKING VERY WELL AS WELL. WE ARE AT 41%. THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN THE SANITATION FUND. OUR REVENUE IS CURRENTLY AT 3.2 MILLION. OUR EXPENSES. THIS IS WHERE WE PAY THE MOST THE EXPENSES FOR THE SANITATION FUND, PERSONNEL, SUPPLIES, SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL FEES AND TRANSFER TO OTHER FUNDS. AND WE CAN SEE WHERE THOSE ARE TRACKING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WAS 22%. THIS YEAR 33.7%. AND WE'VE INCLUDED THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2026 FOR THE THORN TREE GOLF CLUB. AS WE KNOW, THE GOLF CLUB STARTED ITS FISCAL YEAR IN CALENDAR YEAR. AT THE SAME TIME IN JANUARY OF 2026. IF WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR CATEGORY, THE FIRST TWO LINES GIVE US THE REVENUE THAT THE GOLF COURSE IS EXPECTING FOR THEIR CALENDAR YEAR. AND THESE FOUR LINES HERE REPRESENT THE EXPENDITURES. THEY ARE LOOKING AT A GROSS OPERATING PROFIT FOR THE BUDGET YEAR OF 5.9%. AFTER MANAGEMENT FEES ARE SUBTRACTED, THEY ARE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 59 54,000,900. I'M SORRY, $54,911, NOT $54,054,911 FOR BUDGET. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUALS. SO WE HAVE OUR MONTH TO DATE ACTUALS AND THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS. OF COURSE SINCE THIS MONTH ONE THOSE TWO COLUMNS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME. SO FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY THE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT WAS DOWN 26.2%. AND THAT GAVE US EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUE OF $44,454. THE SAME COLUMN IS GOING TO REPRESENT YEAR TO DATE AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST DATE IN THE FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS, THIS TELLS US WHERE THE GOLF COURSE STOOD EXACTLY THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS WAS THE GROSS OPERATING PROFIT OF -52.4%, AND THAT WAS A DEFICIT OF 64,000. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT MANAGEMENT FEES AGAIN, OF THE 4950, THAT WAS $70,209. SO $70,209 EXPENSES OVER VERSUS THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL OF 44. 454. SO IT IS PERFORMING BETTER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE EXPENSES ARE MORE THAN REVENUE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. WITHIN THIS PACKET, YOU ALSO HAVE THE HUB REPORT, AS WELL AS THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES FOR ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY TAX REPORT. AND WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO CALL YOU DIRECTOR SUTTON. JUST TO BE REAL SPECIFIC ABOUT IT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE THE LAST SLIDE YOU JUST DID, I DON'T I'M IT'S ELECTION SEASON. 
          IT'S BUDGET SEASON. TWO THINGS ARE TRUE WHEN THOSE SEASONS ARE OCCURRING IS DRAMA, RIGHT? SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE WAS A DEFICIT IN THE SALES FOR THORNTREE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE EXPENDITURES EXCEEDED THE REVENUE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CITY HAS TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE DEFICIT, OR IS THAT OKAY? SO CAN YOU TALK? NO. SO NORMALLY IN THE GOLFING COMMUNITY, THE WINTER MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE THE LOW REVENUE MONTHS. SO THIS HAPPENS HISTORICALLY. WE LOOKED AT FIVE YEARS OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION FOR THORNTREE AND THE SAME WAS TRUE. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS BY MID-SUMMER IT WILL EVEN BACK OUT. THE THORNTREE HAS RESERVES, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO TAP INTO ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CITY SIDE. IT'S JUST A KNOWN THING THAT IS SEASONAL. 
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GOTCHA. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION. THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO HIT A BALL IN THE WINTER MONTHS, RIGHT? I CERTAINLY DON'T, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE RESERVES AT THIS TIME THEN COULD YOU SHARE THAT? I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW. 
          SURE WILL. I'LL WORK WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO GET THAT, I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU ACTUALLY WAS READING MY MY BRAIN. AND IF WE LOOK AT THE ACTUALS COMPARED TO YEAR OVER YEAR LAST YEAR, AT THE SAME TIME IN JANUARY, THERE WAS A $64,000 LOSS IN THAT PARTICULAR MONTH. WHICH TO YOUR POINT, GOLF IS DOWN IN THE WINTER MONTHS. JANUARY, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY. THEN IT BEGAN. THE SEASON BEGAN TO PICK UP. BUT EVEN PRIOR TO THE CITY OWNING AND OPERATING THORNTREE, THEY LOST 64,000 COMPARED TO 38,000. SO THAT'S A IMPROVEMENT OF ABOUT 26% BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS. OUR LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR. SO I WANT YOU TO BRING THAT UP AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS MOVING WITH THORNTREE, BUT THE NUMBERS HAVE ALREADY IMPROVED BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY ALREADY SEES IT AS AN ASSET. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. MISS SUTTON. WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT ITEM. DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION FOR FEBRUARY? YES. THAT CONCLUDES 
          [e.  Presentation of Financial Report March 2026]
ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, MISS LEWIS. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE MARCH FINANCIAL REPORT BY DIRECTOR SUTTON. ON OUR MARCH 2020 FINANCIAL REPORT. WE ARE HALFWAY INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WE CAN KEEP THAT 50% IN MIND THERE AS WELL. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS ONE, OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AT THE END OF MARCH WERE AT 94%. WE'VE JUST ABOUT COLLECTED THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTY TAX, OTHER THAN SOME PENALTY OR DELINQUENT TAX, THAT STILL MAY BE COMING IN OUR SALES TAX, 39.2% AND OUR VARIOUS OTHER CATEGORIES LISTED HERE. SO WE'RE DOING VERY WELL WITH REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE'RE WE'RE 2% AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. OUR EXPENDITURES AS WELL ARE TRACKING ABOUT THE SAME 46% FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND. THERE ARE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT CATEGORIES LISTED HERE, ONE THAT IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT'S BEEN TRACKING SLIGHTLY ABOVE IS OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL. AND WITHIN THAT WE HAVE A FEW RETIREMENTS, SOME FINAL PAY ATTORNEY'S FEES, CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. AND WE KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME STAFF VACANCIES AS WELL. AND WHEN WE ACQUIRE A SEARCH FIRM FOR THOSE, WE DO PAY FOR THAT OUT OF NON-DEPARTMENTAL AS WELL. SO 46.1%. UTILITY FUND. WE HAVE COLLECTED 42.9% VERSUS 46.6% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE HAVE SPENT 49.1% VERSUS 44.5% IN FISCAL YEAR 25. AND THE SANITATION FUND, OUR VARIOUS REVENUE CATEGORIES ARE LISTED HERE. THE MAJORITY IS GOING TO BE FROM OUR SANITATION FEES THAT WE BUDGETED 6.9 MILLION. WE ARE RIGHT ON TIME WITH THAT AT 50%, WE'VE COLLECTED 3.4 MILLION TOTAL. COLLECTION IN THE SANITATION FUND IS 50.2% VERSUS 42.1%. ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. AND HERE IS THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL SUMMARY THAT WE HAVE FOR THORNTREE. AND WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING HERE. JUST LISTED THE REVENUES HERE AT THE TOP BUDGETED REVENUE. THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE THE SAME EVERY MONTH UNLESS THEY HAVE A BUDGET REVISION. BUT THIS COLUMN IS GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME, THE BUDGET ITSELF. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURES AGAIN FOR THE YEAR. 
          SO BY DECEMBER OF 2026, WE'RE EXPECTING A 5.9% REVENUE PROFIT, G O P PERCENTAGE. IF YOU SUBTRACT MANAGEMENT FEES FROM THAT, 54,911 IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO PROFIT $54,911 
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YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS. SO NOW WE HAVE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF BUSINESS LISTED HERE. WE HAVE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTED $340,573 IN REGULAR REVENUE, $3,223 IN MISCELLANEOUS INCOME. IF YOU SUBTRACT THE SUSPENSION, THE EXPENDITURES FROM THAT, WE HAVE 65,600 THAT WE'RE OVER IN EXPENSE YEAR TO DATE. AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SEASONAL TRANSACTIONS. AGAIN, WE WILL CATCH UP WITH THAT IN THE SUMMERTIME. THAT HAS BEEN THE TREND. SO THE BUDGET OF $54,911 OVER YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL IS 79,351 WITH OVERAGE IN EXPENDITURES. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN WHERE WE'RE AT FROM YEAR TO DATE. ACTUAL FROM THE 79,000 THAT WE CURRENTLY ENDED VERSUS THE 105,000 THAT WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO AGAIN, THAT IS STILL AN IMPROVEMENT. ALSO WITH THIS REPORT, YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FINANCIALS FOR ALL OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, OTHER FUNDS, BOND FUNDS, A HUB REPORT AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS REPORT. AND WITH THAT I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE EXPENSES FOR. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE. PAGE 1212 IS THE PAGE. 12. PAGE 12. YEAH. OKAY. CAN WE. AND I DID WANT TO ASK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAD ON THERE, BECAUSE WE'RE AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD BE 50% OF THE BUDGET. AND SO ITEMS LIKE THE PARK DEVELOPMENT CORP IS RIGHT AT 100% THE LIABILITY INSURANCE. I KNOW THAT WE DO LIABILITY INSURANCE. I THOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END, I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO LET YOU TELL ME. IT SAYS IT'S 123%. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO KNOW, IS THE AQUATIC CENTER INSURANCE INCLUDED IN THAT LIABILITY INSURANCE? I DON'T BELIEVE THE AQUATICS IS INCLUDED IN THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN BILLED ANYTHING FOR THAT SO FAR. NOW THE 800,000 IS THE THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE NOW. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT BUDGET WAS FUNDED UPFRONT. AND THEN THE YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES 984,000, MORE THAN 800,000 OF THAT WAS JUST OUR ANNUAL COST THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR TML INSURANCE. AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS THAT COME IN AND OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT ARE INCIDENTS AS THEY HAPPEN. SO IT'S MORE OF A REVOLVING, A REVOLVING FUND IN THAT WAY. OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ONE 123%. YES. AND DO YOU SEE THAT? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE TREND ON THAT? HOW DOES IT EVEN OUT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S 23. IT WILL MOSTLY EVEN OUT BY THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE BACK IN FROM REIMBURSEMENTS FROM TML. SO IF WE FILE A CLAIM AND WE END UP HAVING TO PAY SOMETHING FOR AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, IT COMES OUT OF THIS FUND, BUT THEN WE MAY TURN AROUND AND GET REIMBURSED A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. OKAY. AND THAT WILL COME BACK INTO THE FUND JUST A COUPLE MORE. THE NEW DIRECTIONS GRANT IS AT 4,764%. JUST WANTED TO KNOW FIRST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE NEW GRANTS AND HOW DID WE GET TO THAT LEVEL? I WILL HAVE TO, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. YEAH, I SEE THAT WE. YEAH, WE DID BUDGET $2,000, AND I SEE THAT WE RECEIVED 109,000. LET ME RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT THAT WAS. I CAN ADD TO THAT. OKAY. SO THE NEW DIRECTIONS GRANT IS FOR THE CARE TEAM. AND SO I THINK WE BUDGETED. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY, BUT WE BUDGETED. I DON'T THINK THE NUMBER THAT WE BUDGETED ACTUALLY CAPTURED WHAT WE THE GRANT AMOUNT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE GRANT. THROUGH THE COUNTY'S PERMISSION. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT NUMBER LARGER THAN WHAT IT WAS THAT WE BUDGETED FOR. OKAY. BUT IT IS AN EXPENSE, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. 
          IT IS AN EXPENSE. NEW DIRECTIONS GRANT. WELL, WE RECEIVED THAT MONEY FROM THE COUNTY AND THEN WE USE IT FOR THE CARE TEAM. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST AND FINAL QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ACTUAL POLICE AND FIRE OVERTIME. NOW, I SEE POLICE IS RIGHT AROUND THE 50%, BUT THE FIRE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE OVER 50%. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE. 
          I HAD A FEELING I MIGHT GET CAUGHT UP ON THIS ONE. SO AS IT SHOWS, WE'RE AT 101% CORRECT. 
          SO AS YOU KNOW, WE DO DEPLOYMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, RIGHT? SO WE'VE ACTUALLY 
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GOT 12 DEPLOYMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THOSE ARE REIMBURSABLE. SO ACTUALLY, THE OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING IS $363,587.04. WE'VE ACTUALLY SPENT AS FAR AS DEPARTMENT WISE IS $264,350.68, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 45% OF THE BUDGET. OKAY. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE IN THE FIELD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I NOTICED THAT THE FORM, PAGES 11 AND TEN HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. SO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THIS IS THE ONE REFERENCING THE OVERTIME REPORT. THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WHICH I DON'T RECALL, YOU KNOW, LAST FIVE YEARS SEEING THAT ONE BEFORE. BUT IN IT, IT HAS CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT'S ALSO ZEROED OUT. THERE'S NO NUMBERS IN IT ANYWHERE. SO I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT SOMETHING NEW COMING THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT YET? BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS LISTED THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO LISTED UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS NOT AN EXISTING DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS GOING TO BE STARTED FROM A PRIOR ADMINISTRATION CITY MANAGER. THAT WAS. SO AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ALSO GOING THROUGH IMPLEMENTING OUR NEW ERP SYSTEM. AND AT THE TIME WE WENT AHEAD AND ADDED IT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NO BUDGET AND NO ACTIVITY. SO IT GOT ADDED. BUT IT'S NOT THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THERE. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IT'S CURRENTLY NOT ITS OWN DEPARTMENT. OKAY, GREAT. I THOUGHT I WAS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THE PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS $1 MILLION LEFT IN THEIR. WELL, IT'S LISTED AS $1 MILLION EXPENDITURE. I'M. IT WAS. IS THAT IN RELATION TO THE 2 MILLION THAT THE CDC ASKED FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT CORP FOR OR FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER? BECAUSE. AND THE REASON. LET ME GIVE YOU THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS. I'M ASKING BECAUSE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT PARK DID AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THEY MENTIONED THAT WE WERE $1 MILLION UNDER THE BUDGET. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, SINCE THEY WENT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR, EXCUSE ME, THE PARKS BOARD FOR $2 MILLION, IF THEY'RE UNDER THE BUDGET FOR $1 MILLION, DOES THAT DOES THE PARKS BOARD GET THEIR MILLION BACK, OR IS THIS WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO IF THEY'RE UNDER? SO WHEN I SAW THAT MILLION DOLLARS, I THOUGHT, THIS PROBABLY IS A GOOD TIME TO ASK THAT. NO. SO THAT MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU SEE IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT IS NOT RELATED TO THE FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN OVER FOR PARKS. IT'S NOT RELATED. SO THAT THAT MILLION IS $1 MILLION THAT THE DESOTO PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OWES TO DEBT SERVICE. SO THAT IS THEIR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT. OKAY. THEY'RE ON THE HOOK FOR I BELIEVE IT'S 15 YEARS OR MORE. WHENEVER WE DID THAT ONE BOND SALE THAT RELATED TO THAT. SO EACH YEAR YOU WILL SEE A BUDGET TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE FOR 1 MILLION. OKAY. AND SO THE OVERAGE FOR THAT THEY'RE UNDER FOR THE BUDGET FOR MCCOWAN. DO YOU HAVE HAVE YOUR OFFICE DETERMINED WHERE THAT MONEY GOES NEXT? NOT NOT YET. NOT YET. WE'RE YOU MEAN AT THE ARC FOR THE ARC? YEAH. LIKE THE 2 MILLION THAT THE BOARD DID KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YES, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YES. I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDS THAT WERE THAT WAS ADDED WHEN WE DECIDED TO DO THE OLYMPIC SIZE POOL. YEAH. LAST YEAR. YES. LAST YEAR. YES. WE HAVE NOT DECIDED TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS ANY OVERAGE OR WHERE WE CAME IN UNDER THAT. YET WE'RE STILL ROUNDING OUT ALL OF THE EXPENSES FOR THE ARC, OKAY. WITH CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, SO WE STILL HAVE SOME SOME ENDS TO TIE UP THERE, BUT WHENEVER THAT FUND IS READY TO BE CLOSED OUT, THAT PROJECT, THEN WE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL OR AT LEAST GIVE YOU ALL A MEMO REGARDING THAT. OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CITY 
          [f.  Presentation on the City’s application to the Texas Commission on the Arts Cultural Districts Program]
SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS CULTURAL DISTRICTS PROGRAM. 
          MAKING A PRESENTATION IS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. DOCTOR ESTHER WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. I'M JUST TRYING TO 
          [00:45:01]
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING OKAY. GOOD. SO I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT JUST A PROPOSAL FOR AN APPLICATION FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES TO BE DESIGNATED AS CULTURAL DISTRICTS. AND TONIGHT IT'S JUST A VERY HIGH OVERVIEW PRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT IS AND HOW THAT CAN AFFECT THE CITY OF DE SOTO AND WHERE WE CAN BENEFIT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THEIR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE OF BECOMING A DISTRICT OR OF BEING CALLED A DISTRICT, OR FINDING A SPACE IN OUR CITY TO CONSIDER A CULTURAL DISTRICT IS TO, TO PROVIDE SOME FUNDING AND SOME AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS. SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M GOING TO SHOW HOW IT COULD POSSIBLY ALIGN WITH THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR STRATEGY, AS WELL AS PROPOSE A PHRASE, A PHASED APPROACH. AND THE BIGGEST ASK FOR TONIGHT IS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION AS FAR AS COMPLETING THE APPLICATION. AND IF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT KIND OF FITS WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE CITY. SO ANOTHER BIG PICTURE. LOOK AT THIS OPPORTUNITY. I DID WANT TO SEE WHAT CITIES AROUND US HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS DISTINCTION. SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS CHART JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE LARGE CITIES BUT ALSO SMALLER CITIES. 
          I DID TAKE OFF WAXAHACHIE BECAUSE I FOUND OUT LAST WEEK WHEN I DID MY FINAL CONSULTATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TCA, THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR DISTINCTION YET, BUT KERRVILLE HAS, AND THEY ARE ALSO A SMALL CITY. SO HE WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW ABOUT THEM AS WELL. SO WHAT THIS DOES, WHAT THE CULTURAL DISTRICT DOES, IT DOES HELP US HAVE ANOTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. IT SUPPORTS CORRIDOR ACTIVATION AND PLACEMAKING. AND I'LL GET, YOU KNOW, MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          AND WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR CITY IDENTITY AND BRANDING. AND IT ALSO POSITIONS DESOTO FOR EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. SO THOSE PICTURES AT THE BOTTOM, THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AFTER USING SOME OF THEIR GRANT FUNDING. SO WHAT IS A CULTURAL DISTRICT. SO THIS IS A DESIGNATION THROUGH THE COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. IT IS ACTUALLY ALSO IT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE HB 2208. THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS DESIGNATES CULTURAL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS, AND THESE DISTRICTS USE ARTS AND CULTURE TO DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AND BUSINESS GROWTH AND COMMUNITY VITALITY AND CIVIC PRIDE. THESE ARE STATE RECOGNIZED CULTURAL AREAS, AND IT ALSO UNLOCKS GRANT FUNDING, TOURISM PROMOTION THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE TCA, AS WELL AS PLACEMAKING INVESTMENTS. AND JUST FOR BECAUSE I NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT PLACEMAKING MEANT. PLACEMAKING IS ACTUALLY, WHENEVER YOU DECIDE TO ACTIVATE AN AREA WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS PRIMARILY USED FOR CREATIVE MAKING. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, AS AN ARTIST AT HEART, THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. SO AS FAR AS CULTURAL, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT IN DESOTO IS READINESS WHEN WE APPLY TO FOR THIS DISTINCTION, THEY LOOK FOR APPLICATIONS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY ASSETS IN PLACE. WE DO HAVE THAT HERE AT THE TOWN CENTER. WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR ART PROGRAMS COMING FROM HERE BETWEEN OUR DESOTO ARTIST LAB AND OUR AND OUR LIBRARY AND OUR PARKS, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT PROMOTE THE ARTS AND IN OUR CULTURE AND CELEBRATE OTHER CULTURES AS WELL. WE HAVE AN ACTIVE HAMPTON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. EVEN. WE. 
          I INTRODUCED THE HAMPTON ROAD PLANS AND LIKE JUST SHOWED OUR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TCA LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING. WOULD THIS BE A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE THIS DISTRICT. WE HAVE ADOPTED OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL MASTER PLAN, AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMING FOUNDATION THROUGHOUT. AGAIN, BETWEEN THE LIBRARY OF PARKS AND TOWN CENTER, WHICH PUTS US IN A COMPETITIVE ROLE FOR THE APPLICATION. OKAY, SO AS FAR AS ALIGNMENT WITH HAMPTON ROAD, I DID WANT TO JUST PUT THAT IN THERE AS WELL. THIS IS HOW WE KIND OF DISCUSS THIS OPPORTUNITY, WHAT SOME OF THE THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS REQUESTS THAT WE SHOW HOW WE SUPPORT WALKABILITY AND DESTINATION CREATION. THAT'S PART OF THE, THE GOALS FOR THE HAMPTON ROAD CORRIDOR EVENTS AND PROGRAMING. IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WELL WITH WHAT OUR PURPOSE FOR THE HAMPTON ROAD PLAN, IT ENCOURAGES SMALL BUSINESSES AND VENDOR ACTIVITY AND ENHANCES PUBLIC SPACES AND GATHERING AREAS AND REINFORCES CORRIDOR IDENTITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE, THE, THE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS DISTINCTION ALSO ALLOWS US TO USE THEIR FUNDS FOR LIGHTING, FOR SIGNAGE, FOR MURALS AND 
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THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT COULD DEFINITELY HELP WITH, WITH MAKING HAMPTON ROAD THE PLACE TO BE HERE IN DESOTO. SO HERE'S MY PROPOSAL. OKAY. AND I DID RUN THIS THROUGH MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE TCA REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S REALLY VERY HELPFUL IN IN THIS APPLICATION. SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE TWO TWO BIG PHASES. ONE, THE FIRST PHASE WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST APPLICATION. AND WE WOULD ANCHOR THE DISTRICT AT TOWN CENTER BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A LOT OF OUR, OUR PROGRAMING NOW AND THEN COME DOWN TO HAMPTON ROAD ALL THE WAY TO BELTLINE BELTLINE BECAUSE OF THE DESOTO DANCE COMPANY, THEY, THEY'RE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, THEY'RE WELL KNOWN. AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW. LIKE THERE ARE PROGRAMS AND BUSINESSES ALREADY HERE THAT PROMOTE THE ARTS. AND THEN THE FUTURE EXPANSION WOULD INCLUDE THE NORTH, YOU KNOW, PHASE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE OUR NANCE FARM SPACE. SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA. SO BREAKING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FOR THE SOUTH DISTRICT IS KIND OF WHAT I STARTED CALLING IT. IT WOULD EXTEND TO BELTLINE. IT'S WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IT IS THE STRONGEST AREA FOR INITIAL DESIGNATION JUST BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE GOING ON AT TOWN CENTER. AND THEN THE CURRENT ART PROGRAMS AT THE DESOTO DANCE AS WELL AS THE DESOTO MARKET, THEY HAVE THE HUBS. WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE? THE, THE INCUBATORS FOR LIKE THE ART, THE ARTISTIC BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE MENTIONED. AND HE IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE REALLY APPROVED THAT. AND THEN ANOTHER THOUGHT TOO WAS, SINCE WE OWN A PROPERTY DOWN ON BELTLINE ROAD, WHEN I INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF A VILLAGE GREEN SOMEWHERE ALONG HAMPTON ROAD, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A GRANT FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          $1.6 MILLION GRANT TO CREATE A VILLAGE GREEN, THEN THAT WOULD REALLY SPUR SPUR ON ANOTHER VERY STRONG PART OF OUR APPLICATION, THAT IT WOULD BE ANOTHER SPACE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND, AND HAVE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, FESTIVALS. FARMERS MARKETS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL BRING OUTSIDE VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN THE FUTURE EXPANSION WOULD INCLUDE THE NANCE FARM AS THEIR HERITAGE AND, AND HISTORICAL CULTURE. I MEAN, HISTORICAL DISTRICT. AND THEN THAT WOULD CONNECT THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO IT'D BE ALONG PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF OUR HAMPTON ROAD AREA. NOW, I WANTED TO GO BACK THOUGH, BECAUSE AFTER WE SPOKE THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, HIS NAME IS MICHAEL. SO MICHAEL SUGGESTED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND JUST DO THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE AND NOT DO TWO SEPARATE APPLICATIONS AND JUST CALL IT A FRAGMENTED DISTRICT. SO PLACES LIKE LET ME SEE WHERE IT WAS. LUBBOCK THERE. LUBBOCK CULTURAL DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED A FRAGMENTED DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY AREN'T ALL CONNECTED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ONE DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK. SO THAT'S THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WE COULD GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR BECAUSE HAVING NANCE FARM AS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY PLANNED, IT'S ALREADY IN OUR BUDGETS AND ALREADY IN THE WORKS THAT WOULD MAKE OUR APPLICATION A LOT STRONGER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING ADDITIONAL THAT I GOT AFTER I CREATED THE PRESENTATION. OKAY, SO WHAT THIS UNLOCKS ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE COULD USE THE SPACES AND THAT DESIGNATION AND RECOGNITION TO BRING IN MORE PEOPLE, MORE, MORE EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE DAY FESTIVALS, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS REALLY BIG. AND I CAN GET YOU THE WHOLE LIST OF CURRENT GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO CITIES. SO THAT'S A REALLY BIG THING AS FAR AS ACCESS TO ARTS, PLACEMAKING, AND TOURISM GRANTS. 
          THIS DOES ALIGN WITH THE FUNDING STRATEGIES, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER GRANT, THERE'S A STIPULATION TO HOW MUCH WE CAN REQUEST. SO IT IS A MATCHING GRANT. AND THEY NEED TO SEE THAT A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDS FOR, THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY BUDGETING FOR 75%, AND WE CAN ASK FOR 25%, UP TO 25% OF THAT TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT. SO I DID ASK AND I'M NOT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT QUESTION THE ANSWER YET, BUT FOR THAT $1.6 MILLION GRANT FOR THE VILLAGE GREEN, WE COULD ASK FOR, WE COULD POSSIBLY ASK FOR 25% OF THAT TO CONTINUE TO ALSO EXPAND THAT AREA. ONCE WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THAT THAT 
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PROJECT, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WE. THAT WE SET ASIDE WITH FUNDS FOR THE ARTS PROGRAMS OR CULTURAL PROGRAMS, WE CAN ASK FOR UP TO 25% OF THOSE OF THOSE FUNDS FROM THESE GRANTS. OKAY. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, IT'LL UNLOCK THE COMMUNITY IMPACT AS WELL AS PROVIDING A STRONGER IDENTITY AND SENSE OF PLACE, EXPANDED PROGRAMING AND EVENTS, AND ENHANCE PUBLIC SPACES. SO TONIGHT, THIS IS A WORK SESSION FOR INITIAL FEEDBACK. DO YOU WANT ME TO PURSUE THIS APPLICATION? DO YOU WANT US TO JUST THINK ABOUT IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR? THE DUE DATE FOR THE APPLICATION IS IN JUNE 15TH. AND AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, THAT'S A LITTLE SOON. BUT MICHAEL REALLY, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGED US TO APPLY. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A PROGRESS UPDATE AFTER YOU GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT AND SUGGESTIONS BY MAY 1ST, AND THEN BY MAY 18TH. I DO WANT TO BRING THIS BACK FOR A FINAL PRESENTATION TO SEE IF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL PRESENTATION I HAVE WOULD BE THE DIRECTION YOU WANT US TO GO. 
          AND THAT WAY I WOULD NEED A RESOLUTION BY JUNE 2ND SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION BY JUNE 15TH. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M READY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS NOW. THANK YOU. I DO SEE LIGHTS. DOCTOR WILLIAMS, IS JUNE 15TH THE THE LAST DAY THAT IT CAN BE SUBMITTED OR IS THAT THE DEADLINE WE'RE GIVING OURSELVES? NO, THAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION. SO IF WE GET YOU THE RESOLUTION YOU SAID BY JUNE 2ND, THEN YOU CAN GET IT IN BY THE 15TH. OKAY. COUNCIL, PLEASE FRAME YOUR QUESTIONS AROUND THAT. THE DIRECTION SHE'S LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IS IF WE WANT HER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURSUIT OF THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. SO PLEASE FRAME YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AROUND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE DISTRICT THOUGHT PROCESS OR THE CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT. I DO HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE GRANT, YOU SAID THE GRANT IS 1.6 MILLION. SO NO, THAT'S JUST A GRANT THAT WE CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE. WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR A VILLAGE GREEN. OKAY. THIS WAS A GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR A COUPLE YEARS AGO. UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. IT WOULD BE THE GRANT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKER'S OFFICE. YES. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE TIMING ON THE USAGE OF THAT GRANT, IS THAT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TIMING OF THIS PARTICULAR THING HERE? IT CAN BE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, I MEAN, WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT. WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR IT YET, BUT WE DO NEED TO EXPAND THAT SOON. GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. SO IF YOU. I'M SORRY. OH. OKAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING. THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE OF THIS TYPE OF THING. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START SAYING, OKAY, IT'S A CULTURAL DISTRICT, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE DID TALK ABOUT HAMPTON, WHERE WE'VE HAD EXHAUSTIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HAMPTON ROAD. BUT FOR THIS KIND OF DESIGNATION, THE PUBLIC HAVE. 
          AND WHEN WOULD THEY BE INVOLVED IN ANY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT INTO THIS TYPE OF DESIGNATION? THEY MAY HAVE IDEAS. I'M YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING, IS THERE A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE SOME INPUT IN THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW THE TIME IS SHORT, I GET THAT. I DEFINITELY GET THAT. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF DOLLARS THAT GRANT HAS BEEN THERE FOR. TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS. YEAH. OKAY. AND IS THERE A TIME FRAME THE GRANT HAS TO BE USED THAT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE TIME FRAME. I CAN GET THAT BACK TO YOU THOUGH. OKAY. AND THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, THIS PARTICULAR DESIGNATION WOULD THEN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A GRANT. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY? YES, MA'AM. 
          DOES IT ENSURE THAT YOU WILL GET THE GRANT? NO, NOT ENSURE AND BUT YOU CAN APPLY FOR MULTIPLE GRANTS AND EVEN OUR OUR NONPROFITS IN THE AREA CAN ALSO APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS. 
          AND IF WE HAVE ANY LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD APPLY FOR THE GRANT AS WELL. SO THERE'S, IT OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO FRAME THIS QUESTION JUST BASED ON THAT MAP YOU GAVE. CAN YOU. YES. CAN I GO BACK TO THE MAP THAT. 
          YEAH. WELL THAT ONE OKAY, SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I SEE IT. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS ISSUE WITH HAMPTON ROAD BECAUSE WE START TALKING HOW FAR OUT THAT LINE ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES, THE STREET AS WELL AS HOMES WOULD BE IN THAT THAT CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, IT'D BE DESIGNATED. YES. OKAY. BUT IN THE HAMPTON ROAD, WE HAD SPECIFIC STREET NEIGHBORHOOD TYPES. DOES THAT CONTRADICT THIS? NO. OKAY. AND THEN UP HERE WHERE NANCE FARM IS, WE 
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WOULD ACTUALLY CUT OFF RIGHT AT PLEASANT RUN AND THEN START AGAIN CLOSE TO MANTLE BROOK. IS THAT WHAT I'M SEEING. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSAL DOWN INTO MANTLE BROOK YES, OKAY. 
          BUT NOT SO IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT JUST THAT FORM. BUT THOSE HOMES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE, I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO AFFECT THE HOMES AT ALL. IT WOULD JUST BE CONSIDERED THAT HISTORICAL DISTRICT OR PART OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, IS FROM A CHARACTER PERSPECTIVE, SINCE THE CHARACTER CODE IS, HAS, HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN APPROVED, DOES ANY OF THIS CULTURAL ART THOUGHT PROCESS CHANGE ANYTHING AS FAR AS. OKAY, THANK YOU WON'T AFFECT ANY OF THAT. I YIELD BACK NOW WHAT MANTLE BROOK COULD DO IS THEY COULD APPLY FOR ONE OF THOSE GRANTS AT THAT POINT, SINCE THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A DISTRICT, THEY COULD HAVE A BEAUTIFICATION GRANT, ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AT THAT POINT. BUT BASED ON THIS RIGHT HERE, IT'S ONLY LIKE TWO STREETS. BUT MANTLE BROOK IS IS INCLUSIVE OF SEVERAL. YEAH. SO IT WOULD ONLY BE THESE RIGHT HERE AT THE BEGINNING. IT'S JUST THE WE CAN INCLUDE THE WHOLE THING HONESTLY. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK MAYOR PRO THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND BEING THOUGHTFUL IN AN INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY. I WAS. THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE FOR BIG PICTURE REALLY RESONATED WITH ME. SO THAT'S THE ONE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT BIG PICTURE WAS THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, WHICH WE NEED THAT IT WOULD SUPPORT CORRIDOR ACTIVATION, WHICH WE NEED TO HELP STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S IDENTITY AND BRANDING, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED AND POSITION US FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. RIGHT. ALL GREAT. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF HAVING A DISTRICT LIKE HAVING ONE. YOU KNOW, HAMPTON ROAD AS A DISTRICT INCORPORATING THAT INTO HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. IT DOES. I GUESS MY MY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS WITH THAT AND WOULD LOVE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT IS, WELL, WHY DIDN'T WE CONSIDER THAT WITH I-35 OR EVEN NORTH DESOTO AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES? OR IS THAT WOULD THAT HAVE JUST BEEN TOO MUCH OR. YEAH. OKAY. SO THERE'S A LOT. SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT I LEARNED ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, BUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS ONE, A SPACE THAT'S ALREADY BEING USED OR BEING ACTIVATED AS A CULTURAL AND ARTS PLACE. SO THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS THE TOWN CENTER. AND THE NEXT THING THAT THEY SEE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS WALKABILITY. SO UNLESS THAT 30 BY 35 AREA WAS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO WALK. THEY EVEN HAVE LIKE 1.26 MILES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TYPE OF DISTANCE. AND THAT IT AFFECTS OUR SCORING FOR THE APPLICATION. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS EVEN HESITANT ABOUT INCLUDING NANCE FARM IN THE INITIAL PROJECT, BUT I WAS ENCOURAGED TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS AND BECAUSE OF THE VERY STRONG HISTORIC TIES TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ACTUAL REQUEST IS FOR. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE CENTERED AROUND TOWN CENTER AND THEN WENT DOWN HAMPTON. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE, I APPRECIATE YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCIL. WE KNOW THE ASK TONIGHT IS TO GET A CONSENSUS ON WHETHER OR NOT DOCTOR WILLIAMS AND HER TEAM CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURSUIT OF THIS I'M GOING TO START TO MY RIGHT WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN. GIVE ME YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRANT. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD. SO YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M A YES COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN PARKER. NO I'M A YES. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO. I THINK I DIDN'T HEAR THE COMMUNITY INPUT PIECE. WHAT WAS THE ANSWER TO THAT? I HAVEN'T SO WE HAVE I PLAN ON COMING BACK IN MAY. MAYBE WE COULD DO A PUBLIC HEARING THE DAY AFTER FOR THAT. I MEAN, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? THEN? I'M A YES. MADAM MAYOR, CAN I GET CLARITY ON SOMETHING? I WANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS ASKING FOR, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS JUST A GRANT APPLICATION. DID I MISS SOMETHING? IT'S AN APPLICATION. 
          IT'S AN APPLICATION WHICH IS COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CITIES. AND SO IT IS NOT IT IS NOT MONEY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED YET. IT'S IS AN APPLICATION TO APPLY. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND YOUR 
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REQUEST. GETTING PUBLIC INPUT AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE JUST APPLYING TO SEE IF WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE. I DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR CLARITY. WELL, I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. THAT'S REALLY ALL IT WAS, JUST ASKING IF THEY CAN BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. AND WHAT WAS ENCOURAGED ALSO WAS TO PUT A SURVEY OUT THERE AS WELL, JUST TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ARTS PROGRAMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND TO SEE AS WELL TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE. 
          AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT PREPARED TO GO OUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S MORE OF LIKE ENGAGEMENT THAT HAPPENS ONCE THE MONEY IS AWARDED. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. 
          WELL, ALSO, AS YOU'RE PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, MAYBE AFTER THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN GIVEN BY COUNCIL OR APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WE CAN ALSO ENGAGE AT THAT POINT. OKAY. SO YOUR REAL ASK TONIGHT IS DO WE WANT YOU TO GO AFTER FREE MONEY? YEAH. IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT THE QUESTION? SO YOU WILL ALWAYS GET A YES FROM ME. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR. WE ARE ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S BLESSING TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. YES. PURSUE THE DESIGNATION. AND ALSO IF THAT THAT SPACE THAT I SHOWED WAS WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO. YES. NOT NOT THE GRANT RIGHT NOW. NO. NO GRANTS RIGHT NOW. JUST THE APPLICATION BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED. AND I THINK I THINK, I THINK THERE'S RELATIVE CONSENSUS FOR THE SPACES BECAUSE THE SPACES ARE THE ONES THAT BASED ON YOUR RESEARCH AND BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FUNDING, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE ACTIVATED IN DESOTO. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, MA'AM. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO YOU HAVE HEARD IT HERE FIRST. DOCTOR WILLIAMS, WE ARE OKAY WITH YOU PURSUING FREE MONEY? THANK YOU. ALWAYS. AT 
          [g.  Update on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program activities for FY2025-2026]
THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, DOCTOR ESTHER WILLIAMS, ON THE UPDATE OF DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. CDBG PROGRAM ACTIVITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. TONIGHT I'M GIVING YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SO FAR SINCE OCTOBER WITH OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR ALLOCATIONS WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, OR CDBG FUNDING. JUST AS TO TO REITERATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT CDBG IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS A A GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR. WE TYPICALLY GET ABOUT $270,000 AND CDBG FUNDS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, WHICH PRIMARILY BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS EARNING LESS THAN 80% OF THE AMI AREA. MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THE 80% AMI LIMIT FOR A FOUR PERSON HOUSEHOLD IN DE SOTO IS 93,850, WHICH MEANS IF THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT THAT HOUSEHOLD BRINGS IN, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR CDBG PROGRAM. THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. SO WHAT IS ELIGIBLE? WE HAVE PUBLIC SERVICES UP TO 15% AND PUBLIC SERVICES INCLUDE SERVICES FOR SENIORS, CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS, SHORT TERM EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND IN ALL OTHER ELIGIBLE CDBG ACTIVITIES WOULD BE ABOUT 65%, WHICH IS ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, HOUSING REHAB PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WE BUDGET UP TO 20% FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION. BASED ON LAST YEAR'S FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN WE DID A YEAR. 
          WELL LAST YEAR, WE DEDICATED THE TIME TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THIS IS WHERE WE FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS IS IMPORTANT AND WHERE WE NEED TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS. THREE MAIN TOPICS WERE FOUND FROM THE SURVEYS, WHICH INCLUDES CREATING SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENTS, PROVIDING DECENT, SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. AND THOSE WERE THE AREAS THAT POPPED UP THE MOST DURING THE SURVEY. SIDEWALKS AND ALLEYS ENHANCED NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. ADA IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR AS CREATING SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENTS AND THEN PRESERVING EXISTING HOUSING THROUGH HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OR REHAB, REHABILITATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS SUCH AS SENIORS, 
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AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE FAIR HOUSING, AND THEN AS WELL AS THE ACTIVITIES TO ADDRESS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LIKE EMERGENCY RENTAL, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED PERSONS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OR CHILDREN, YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND THEN ACTIVITIES FOR OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS, INCLUDING ADDRESSING OUR HOMELESS SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SO FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR AND SO OUR FISCAL YEAR IS ACTUALLY CALLED FISCAL YEAR 2025. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OUR FINANCE YEARS, BUT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, WHICH IS THIS YEAR UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 26, WE WERE ALLOCATED $271,460. AND THE WAY WE ALLOCATED THOSE, THOSE THAT AMOUNT IS IN THE CHART BEFORE YOU 110,000 FOR HOME REPAIR, 90,000 FOR THE DESOTO SENIOR CENTER, WHICH IS AN ADDITION TO PAST ALLOCATIONS. AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE. AND THEN 21,460 FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THEN UP TO 50,000 FOR ADMINISTRATION. SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE. SO FOR ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN EXPENDED SO FAR AS OF LAST WEEK. AND I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. SO FOR OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, THIS HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET STARTED. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. A TOTAL OF 12 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WITH NINE APPLICATIONS APPROVED TO DATE. SO THAT MEANS THAT THE APPLICATIONS NINE APPLICATIONS OUT OF THE 12 ACTUALLY HAD ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTS. THEY WERE SEEN AS WITHIN THE THE THE LIMIT, THE CDBG LIMIT, AND THEY ARE READY TO GO FOR INSPECTION, COMMON REPAIR, REPAIR REQUESTS FOR THOSE NINE APPLICATIONS ARE THOSE THAT ARE LISTED BELOW. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALSO ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT WHILE THOSE ARE THE REQUESTS, WHEN OUR INSPECTORS GO OUT TO THOSE HOMES, THEY STILL LOOK FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY THINGS THAT THEY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS. IF, IF THEY SEE ANY, THEN WE WOULD ADD THAT TO THEIR LIST OF WORK THAT THAT WE WOULD DO FOR THEM. AND THEY STILL HAVE THE CAP OF $10,000. AM I STILL ON? I'M STILL ON. OKAY. 
          THEY WOULD STILL HAVE THE CAP OF $10,000 FOR EACH HOME. BUT AGAIN, IF WE SEE THINGS THAT THEY NEED AND IT'S STILL UNDER THE 10,000, THEN WE WOULD ADD THAT TO THEIR LIST OF, OF REPAIRS. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS. WE HAD A ROADBLOCK WITH OUR THE APPLICATION SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEM, BUT THEY, WE, WE, IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR INSPECTORS TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM. SO, BUT NOW WE'RE READY TO GO AND WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN SCHEDULING THOSE INITIAL INSPECTIONS. AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY MAY, WE'LL HAVE CONTRACTS WITH OUR, OUR CONTRACTORS AND THE HOMEOWNERS AND, AND CITY MANAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON THE WORK BY NO LATER THAN JUNE. SO NONE OF THE FUNDS FROM THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXPENDED TO DATE FOR OUR SENIOR CENTER FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. NOTHING HAS BEEN EXPENDED YET. AND I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT 90,000 IS ACTUALLY IN ADDITION TO PRIOR YEAR'S ALLOCATIONS, WITH A TOTAL OF $327,310 SINCE 2021, THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE SENIOR CENTER FACILITY. WE'VE EXPANDED TO DATE $82,135 FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, WHICH WE FINISHED LAST YEAR. SO THE REMAINING BALANCE IS GOING TOWARDS THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, THE ACTUAL WORK. SO INCLUDED IN THAT IS THE SENIOR CENTER ROOFING REPAIR. 
          AND THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL RENOVATION SCOPE, BUT WHEN THEY WERE GETTING READY TO START THAT, THEY SAW THAT THAT AS A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST. SO WHENEVER WE HAVE CDBG REPAIRS, IF WE SEE A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE WE DO ANY OTHER KIND OF RENOVATION FOR FOR THAT SPACE. AND MR. AHMED FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME THAT WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING WITH THAT AMOUNT. RIGHT. OKAY. SO SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THE ROOFING FIRST AND THEN WE WILL ADDRESS THE, THE, THE RENOVATIONS TO THE RESTROOMS. AND IF THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE, THEN WE WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE NEEDS FOR THE EXIT DOOR IMPROVEMENTS. FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. THIS IS THE 
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TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT PROVIDES A RESIDENTS $80 A MONTH FOR FREE TRANSPORTATION USING OUR TRANSIT AND THEIR AFFILIATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS AND THIS CURRENT. TO DATE, WE HAVE 35 RESIDENTS THAT HAVE APPLIED AND ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED. 
          THEY DON'T USE ALL OF THEIR MONEY EVERY MONTH, BUT THEY ARE. THEY HAVE IT THERE FOR THEIR DISPOSAL. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF REFERRALS BY WORD OF MOUTH, SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT THAT WAY THEY CAN GET TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OR EVEN DO REGULAR EVERYDAY GROCERY. THOSE ARE CONSIDERED NEEDS GROCERY SHOPPING SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THAT NEED MET. AND THEN AS FAR AS ADMINISTRATION, WE'VE EXPENDED $27,300. THAT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE OF OUR THE LAST YEAR'S CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AS WELL AS THE ACTION PLAN AND THE CORRESPONDING SERVICES THAT WE NEEDED TO GET ALL OF THAT APPROVED BY HUD. AND SO THAT'S ALL COMPLETE. AND NOW WE'RE JUST DOING ONGOING ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS. WE ARE GOING TO BE TRANSITIONING TO A NEW CDBG ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED. SO WE PUT OUT AN RFP LAST TWO MONTHS AGO TO TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR A NEW CDBG ADMINISTRATOR. AND OUR THE RESULTS SHOW THAT CDBG ADMINISTRATOR PARADE ON MAIN WAS CHOSEN AND THEY ARE VERY STRONG IN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH I WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR IN. IN OUR NEXT ADMINISTRATOR. THE STRATEGIC SHIFT IN SUPPORT WILL HELP OUR DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENT AND ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY MORE, MORE, BETTER. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS OUTREACH, JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST A VISUAL OF HOW WE TYPICALLY DO THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DO RECEIVE COMMUNITY VOICE. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A TABLE OUT AT THE ART OPENING AND JUST EXPLAIN TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME THROUGH THAT WE NEED YOUR, YOUR INPUT ON HOW WE CAN DIRECT OUR COUNCIL ON WHAT NEEDS WE HAVE IN THE CITY. SO THERE WAS A QR CODE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME AT THE TABLE NOW THAT YOU CAN SCAN AND, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT. AND THEN THOSE PROGRAMS, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WE PRESENT TO YOU WHEN IT'S TIME TO DO OUR ACTION PLAN IS FROM THOSE ARE FROM THOSE SURVEYS. AND THEN ONCE THOSE ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THEN WE CAN START TO DELIVER OUR SERVICES. AND THEN WE PROVIDE PUBLIC REPORTING AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, AND THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH INTERNALLY, ONCE WE GET OUR, OUR CONSULTANTS ON, YOU KNOW, ON BOARD, THEN THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HELP US ENHANCE THIS EVEN MORE. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR REGULAR EDUCATIONAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN, THE SURVEYS, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DISTRIBUTING, AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE. AND THEN WE'LL DO DIRECT OUTREACH EVENTS. WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ALREADY WITH OUR LIBRARY AND OUR SENIOR CENTER, AND THEN ALSO SOME Q&A AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. MAYOR PRO TEM I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER WAS ON FIRST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND I, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE GOOD INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE FOR CDBG. I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO WHERE THE SENIOR CENTER IS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO FORWARD. AT THAT POINT, IT SAYS THAT THERE'S 90,000 ALLOCATED FOR THE YEAR, BUT WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL ALLOCATION IS $327,310, AND THAT'S FOR THE YEARS 2021 TO 2025. WE'RE IN 2026. SO IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S 245,000 LEFT THAT WE'RE SAYING 90,000 FOR THIS YEAR? NO. SO 90,000 WAS ALLOCATED FROM LAST YEAR'S TOTAL AMOUNT. SO REMEMBER FISCAL YEAR 2025 IS ACTUALLY THIS CURRENT YEAR. THEY JUST CALL IT 25 EVEN THOUGH WE CALL IT 26, 25, 26 YES. YES MA'AM. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE EITHER IN 2021 OR ACTUALLY 2022. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE REALLOCATED SOME FUNDING TOWARDS THAT WASN'T USED IN A PREVIOUS PROGRAM, AND THEN WE REALLOCATED IT TOWARDS WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. ONCE WE DID MORE, MORE STUDY AND MORE WE, I THINK WE BROUGHT IN OUR ARCHITECTURAL OR WE WERE ABOUT TO BRING IN OUR ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS. AT THAT POINT, WE REALIZED WE NEEDED MORE. SO WE CAME BACK THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR 
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ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE ALLOCATED FROM OUR CDBG FUNDS TOWARDS THE SENIOR SENIOR CENTER FACILITY IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN EACH YEAR AFTER THAT, WE ALLOCATED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. I THINK LAST YEAR WE ALLOCATED 50,000 BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE MEETING THE NEEDS THAT WE WERE FINDING THROUGH THAT DESIGN PROCESS. AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE, WE, WE'RE FINALIZING IT WITH 90,000. AND THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST REQUEST FOR THE SENIOR CENTER FACILITY. AND THEN WE'LL FINISH THAT OFF. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. BUT THAT'S HOW THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SO THE ACTUAL ROOF ITSELF, THE TIMELINE IS, IS WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE WHEN WILL IT BE? WHEN WILL IT BE? BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IT'LL GET STARTED. HOPEFULLY IT'LL GET STARTED SOON. LIKE TOMORROW. OKAY. COME ON. YEAH. I'M SORRY. LET ME LET AHMED ANSWER PROPERLY. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. SO WE BROUGHT THE ITEM LAST MEETING. IT WAS TABLED, BUT WE'RE BRINGING THE ITEM BACK AGAIN TOMORROW. SO IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THEN WE ANTICIPATE TO DO THE WALK THROUGH THIS WEEK AND HOPEFULLY START DOING THE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. OKAY. AND WITH A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE ACTUAL FINISHING PRODUCT OF THE ROOF IS LOOKING LIKE A MONTH. I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF MONTHS. OKAY. AND THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT, THE ACTUAL BATHROOMS WILL GO. IT'LL BE PHASE TWO. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. BUT IT'S LITERALLY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING. YEAH. SO WE'LL DO PHASE ONE. WE'LL DO THE ROOF AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE REST OF THE BUDGET AND DESIGN AND EVERYTHING. AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON PHASE TWO. WE DO HAVE AN ON SITE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS AT THE SENIOR CENTER. WE WANT TO COLLECT THEIR FEEDBACK AND THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS PHASE TWO. I DON'T HAVE A TIME FOR PHASE TWO AS AS OF THIS MOMENT, BUT IT WILL BE IDENTIFIED AFTER WE COMPLETE THE ROOF. OKAY. AND THEN THE ITEM, THE NEXT ITEM. 
          ARE YOU ON THAT TOO? THE TRANSIT? NO, NO. OKAY, SO THE THING ON THE TRANSIT, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION NOW THAT WE HAVE THE ARK OPEN, PEOPLE WANTING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE ARK, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE EXIT OR ENTRANCE IS NOT OPEN EVERY DAY. AND SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROBABLY WALKING AND THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET AROUND THAT SITUATION. I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE PROVIDED A MAP FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WALK FROM THEIR HOMES TO THE ARK. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. BUT AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION IS CONCERNED, DOES THIS TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ALSO INCORPORATE PEOPLE GETTING TO AND FROM THE ARK? SO THE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS REALLY USER BASED. WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN. SO THE USER HAS TO BE HAS TO BE WITHIN THE CRITERIA OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. SO DEFINITELY IF THEY WANT, IF THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK TO AND FROM THE ARK, THEY CAN, I MEAN, JUST, THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE REALLY, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THAT CRITERIA. SO IT'S NOT REALLY DESTINATION BASED, BUT MORE SO USER BASED. SO THIS WOULD GO TO THE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN YOUR LAST ONE NEXT TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE ONE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE OUTREACH, YOU GO DOWN TO THE OUTREACH, THAT PART RIGHT THERE. SO DOES THE ARK HAVE A STANDING. AND I WOULD SAY ALSO THE LIBRARY. DO THEY HAVE A STANDING PLACE WHERE INFORMATION ABOUT CDBG, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT. IS ANY OF THAT POSTED IN ANY OTHER BUILDING EXCEPT THIS ONE? IT WILL BE TOMORROW. OKAY, I YIELD BACK. 
          YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF SAD WHEN YOU GO TO A FAMILY DINNER AND YOU'RE A PAWPAW AND YOUR DAD ARE ASKING YOU. SO WHEN Y'ALL GET IN THE ROOF DONE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE PREDICAMENT I FIND MYSELF IN ON FAMILY DINNER NIGHTS. SO I WOULD ECHO MY COLLEAGUE AT THE END, WHAT MY CONCERN IS, IS THE TIME THAT HAS LAPSED. I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A TIME RESTRICTION ON CDBG FUNDS. CAN YOU TALK TO WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR TIME FRAME? AND IF WE'RE COMING INTO AN AREA WHERE WE MAY, BECAUSE IT'S A LOSE USE OR LOSE SITUATION, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO THAT IS I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY USING ALL OF THE FUNDS, BUT A PERCENTAGE OF THE FUNDS BY A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD. SO IF WE DO THE ROOFING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO BEFORE ACTUALLY BEFORE JULY, THEN WE ARE ALL GOOD WITH THAT. WITH THAT PROGRAM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT RISK FOR OUR TIMELINESS ISSUE THAT WE HAD A COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. AND IT'S PER PROGRAM. SO IF IT'S A NEWER PROGRAM WE STARTED MAYBE LAST YEAR, THEN WE DO HAVE A MUCH LONGER TIME, USUALLY ABOUT 
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THREE YEARS. BUT FOR THE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER, BECAUSE IT WAS STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, WE DO HAVE TO SPEND, I THINK IT WAS LIKE $74,000, WHICH IS ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT THE QUOTE WOULD BE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. ACTUALLY, I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE QUOTE IS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE NEED TO SPEND IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT GRANT FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, AND I, I KNOW WHY THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHERE IS THIS VISIBLE IN THOSE AREAS FOR FOLKS TO LOOK AT? BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE WEBSITE IS BECAUSE WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IS THAT THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH A UPDATE OF WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF LIKE FOR THESE, THAT IF WE COULD HAVE THAT ON THE WEBSITE TO REFERENCE FOR FOLKS SO THAT WE CAN REDIRECT THEM THERE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR EACH PROJECT AND OR OPEN DATE. GOT IT. IS THAT, IS THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY FEASIBLE. OH, OKAY. OKAY. AND I CAN'T HAVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OUTDO MY DEPARTMENT. SO SHARING IS CARING. YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NORTH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GO TO THE SLIDE REGARDING HOME REPAIR? OKAY. THANK YOU. I SEE THAT A TOTAL OF 12 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, WITH NINE APPLICATIONS APPROVED TO DATE, WHICH WOULD LEAVE THREE OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS. MY QUESTION IS. I'M JUST CURIOUS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO TAKE A ANOTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE THREE APPLICATIONS AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO BE INCLUSIVE IN THE REPAIR? YES, MA'AM. SO THOSE THREE APPLICATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN DECLINED. THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY'RE PROBABLY STILL MISSING SOMETHING. THEY HAVEN'T TURNED SOMETHING IN. SO DRE ACTUALLY WORKS REALLY WELL WITH CALLING THEM UP, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S MISSING. IF THEY NEED TO COME UP HERE AND MAKE COPIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY CAN DO THAT. BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DECLINED OR DENIED YET. BASED ON EVERYTHING WE SEE, THEY SHOULD BE THEY SHOULD BE APPROVED ONCE THEY COMPLETE THEIR APPLICATIONS. I THANK YOU FOR THAT OUTREACH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE REPAIRS AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, FOR SURE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. YOU'RE WELCOME. POINT OF INFORMATION. SO BEING THAT THERE'S ONLY 20,000 LEFT, THOSE THREE APPLICATIONS WOULD HAVE TO FIT IN THOSE THAT 20,000, 20,000. BECAUSE IF YOU GOT 90,000 ALREADY THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. AND THEN THE 110 WOULD BE FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. OKAY. SO I THOUGHT THEY WERE UP TO 10,000 EACH, 10,000 EACH. OKAY. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE. NO. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCTOR WILLIAMS, WHAT TYPE OF DIRECTION ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM US WITH THIS ITEM? NO DIRECTION. JUST JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE. AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE BACK FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY SO WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION, MORE UPDATES BY THEN. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. WE DID WE DID CHANGE THIS TO WHERE THEY CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR STAFF. CORRECT. SO STAR IS OUR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. YEAH. INSTEAD OF THE CAB. SO PREVIOUSLY THIS ONE WAS THE TAXI CAB PROGRAM. CORRECT. NOW THEY CAN USE THOSE FUNDS AND IT GOES TO STAR. CORRECT. CORRECT. 
          [h.  Update on the Brush and Bulk Program ]
OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR WILLIAMS. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE UPDATE ON THE BRUSH AND BULK PROGRAM. MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ISSAM KAMRAN. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME THE CLICKER. 
          THANK YOU. SO GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WHAT WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE BRUSH AND BULK PROGRAM. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BRUSH AND BULK PROGRAM. WE'LL TALK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS. SO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WE DID THE PILOT PROGRAM. WELL LET ME GO BACK. WE WERE PREVIOUSLY WE WERE UNDER A ON CALL BRUSH AND BULK PROGRAM WHERE YOU WOULD RESIDENT WOULD CALL AND LET US KNOW THEY HAVE BRUSH TO PICK UP. 
          WE WOULD SCHEDULE THEM WHEN TO PICK UP WITHIN FIVE DAYS. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GOOD PLAN. IT SOUNDED GOOD WHEN WE WHEN WE HEARD IT, BUT IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T WORK THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. AND SO WE, WE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON RESIDENT'S INPUT, COUNCIL INPUT, WE HAD TO PIVOT. AND SO WHAT WE WOUND UP DOING WAS WE WENT WITH WANTED TO GO WITH A QUADRANT BASED PROGRAM WHERE EACH WHERE YOU GOT FOUR SECTIONS OF THE CITY AND EACH CITY HAS ITS OWN WEEK DESIGNATED WEEK FOR BRUSH AND BULK PICKUP. AND SO. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE WENT TO. AND WE 
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DID A PILOT PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER, FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER, TO KIND OF SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK. AND THEN WE KIND OF WENT INTO THE ROLLOUT IN JANUARY. AND SO JUST A REMINDER, RESIDENTS CAN SET OUT UP TO TEN CUBIC YARDS OF BRUSH OR BULK PER WEEK. AND WE DID SELECT QUADRANT TWO FOR THE THE PILOT. WE DID, WE WERE ABLE TO NOTIFY ALL THE RESIDENTS FROM AUGUST 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 30TH. WE USE THAT PERIOD FOR NOTIFICATION. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF TOWN HALLS LEADING UP TO THE PILOT PROGRAM AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE PILOT WAS TO TEST THE OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATION TO THE RESIDENTS AND GET GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT WOULD WORK. THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WE HAVE. WE'VE HAD REGARDING BRUSH AND BULK. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENGAGEMENTS, DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, MORNING, AFTERNOON, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS. 
          AND SO AND THEN JANUARY 1ST, WE DID AGAIN, ROLL OUT THE NEW QUADRANT BASED PROGRAM. AGAIN, EACH EACH EACH QUADRANT HAS ITS DESIGNATED WEEK PER MONTH. AND WE ALSO OUR GIS DIRECTOR, I MEAN, GIS, GIS MANAGER ALSO CREATED AN INTERACTIVE MAP, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS RESIDENT CAN GO IN AND TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND IT WILL TELL THEM WHICH QUADRANT THEY'RE IN. SO THEY'LL KNOW WHICH WEEK THEY NEED TO SET OUT THAT BRUSH FOR THE FOR THAT PARTICULAR MONTH. SO TO SET OUT WINDOW FOR BRUSH IS THEY CAN BEGIN. RESIDENTS CAN BEGIN SETTING OUT BRUSH AND OR BULK AS EARLY AS. THAT SAYS 12 A.M. THAT'S. WELL, YEAH, AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. MIDNIGHT ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THAT DESIGNATED WEEK. 
          BUT THE BRUSH BULK HAS TO BE OUT NO LATER THAN 7 A.M. MONDAY MORNING OF THAT WEEK. BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOU COULD TECHNICALLY SET IT OUT LATER THAN THAT AND STILL GET GET PICKED UP, BUT YOU TAKE A CHANCE IF WE COME DOWN YOUR STREET. 701 AND IT'S NOT OUT, YOU KNOW, THEN OH, OKAY. SEE, I CAN ATTEST TO THAT. IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THIS WINDOW, IF YOU SET, IF YOU SET BRUSH OR BULK OUT BEFORE THAT FRIDAY OF YOUR, PRIOR TO YOUR WEEK, THEN THAT'S, THAT MEANS YOU'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. YOU'RE SETTING IT OUT OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED TIME FRAME. SO FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ENFORCING THIS, RIGHT? SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO GET ACCLIMATED TO IT, AS WELL AS LET STAFF TO GET ACCLIMATED TO. WE'VE GOT CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WHO, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE CALLS AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO HELP EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AND ALL OF THAT, AND SO AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE RULES. 
          AND IT'S BEEN WORKING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE DID HIRE OUR NEW YOU GUYS APPROVED US TO HIRE A SANITATION COORDINATOR. AND SO WE DID HIRE THAT POSITION, MISS KIMBER. KIMBER HENDERSON, WHO'S DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB. SHE CAME IN AND REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AND WE STILL HAVE HELP FROM MISS BECKY LEWIS, AS WELL AS THE LADIES AT THE ACTION CENTER AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO WE'RE STILL RUNNING THAT THAT GRACE PERIOD, HELPING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT ENFORCING. BUT WHEN THEY CALL AND SAY THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T PICK UP MY, MY BRUSH OR MY BULK AND WE GO BACK TO SEE, WELL, WE WERE ON YOUR STREET ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY AND IT WASN'T OUT. SO THIS IS HOW YOU NEED TO SET IT OUT. 
          THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE ABLE TO HELP TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM A TICKET. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO KIND OF HELP COUNCIL TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS BOOKING PROCESS. SO YOU REMEMBER, WE STARTED BACK, I GOT MY LITTLE NOTES HERE. SO FROM JUNE AND JUNE 2024, JUNE 2024 WAS WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THE ON CALL PROCESS, RIGHT? SO FROM JUNE 24TH TO SEPTEMBER 2025, WE WERE ON THE ON CALL PROCESS AND THAT WASN'T GOING SO WELL. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THESE, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE, OH, YOU CAN SEE IN MAY 2025, LOOK AT ALL THE CALLS THAT WE WERE GETTING OR REQUESTS THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM BRUSH AND BULK. AND THEN IN JUNE, IT SPIKED UP. WELL, JUNE, WE HAD THE THE RAIN AND ALL THAT TO HAPPEN. SO THAT SPIKED UP THE THE REQUEST. BUT YOU SEE, WHEN YOU AS YOU GO FURTHER INTO THE YEAR AND YOU GET TO LOOK AT JANUARY, YOU SEE HOW THE CALLS ARE FALLING OFF. NOW WE'RE IN THIS QUADRANT BASED PICKUP CALLS ARE FALLING OFF. THAT TELLS US THAT IT'S WORKING. AND WE STILL GET SOME CALLS, BUT WE'RE NOT IN THE THOUSANDS. WE'RE NOT IN THE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT HUNDREDS. SO IT'S WORKING. 
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BUT A LOT OF THE CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING NOW ARE FROM PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EITHER GETTING CALLING FOR INQUIRIES TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM OR THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, YOU DIDN'T, YOU MISSED MY PICKUP. AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, OH, WE DIDN'T MISS IT. YOU WASN'T YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT OUT IN TIME. BUT WE'RE STILL GOING BACK AND GETTING IT. SO WE'RE NOT LEAVING IT OUT. WE'RE GOING BACK AND GETTING IT. 
          SO BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS CLEAN AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT GETTING THOSE CALLS RIGHT THAT YOU WERE GETTING FROM THE RESIDENTS. SO IT'S WORKING. NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE WANT TO. AND I THINK YOU SEE APRIL HAS ZERO. THIS CHART WAS CREATED BEFORE WE UPLOADED IT TO THE PRESENTATION FOR FOR THE AGENDA. BUT I THINK AS OF APRIL THE 15TH, WE HAD LIKE 60 CALLS OR SOMETHING, 60 REQUESTS FOR BRUSHING. SO IT'S, IT'S WORKING, I THINK. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT WE WANT TO TRY TO START THIS IN MAY. SO WHAT WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING IS COMING BACK AT THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY WITH A PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN GET GET IT IN THE IN THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME TEETH TO THIS THING. AND SO BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF OUT OF COMPLIANCE REPUBLIC WILL TAG THE OUT OF COMPLIANCE PILES. THEN THAT NOTIFIED THE CITY. AT THAT POINT, THE RESIDENT WILL HAVE TWO OPTIONS. THEY CAN REMOVE THE PILE FROM THE PROPERTY FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY UNTIL THEIR DESIGNATED WEEK, OR THEY CAN CONTACT REPUBLIC, OR WE CAN HELP MAKE THAT ARRANGEMENT, AND THEY CAN SCHEDULE AN OUT OF COMPLIANCE PICKUP. AND REPUBLIC CHARGES $25 PER CUBIC YARD. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ONGOING. NOW WE'RE DOING THAT. NOW, IF SOMEBODY HAS A PILE THAT WHETHER IT'S OVER TEN CUBIC YARDS OR IT'S OR THEY MISSED THE SETUP, REPUBLIC WILL PICK THAT UP NOW FOR $25 PER CUBIC YARD. AND SO THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT. HOWEVER, THE CHALLENGE IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T REACH OUT TO REPUBLIC TO MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS. WE STILL DON'T WANT TO BRUSH OR BULK JUST SITTING THERE. AND SO AT THAT POINT, WE WANT TO STEP IN AND REMOVE IT FOR THEM. GO AHEAD AND GIVE REPUBLIC THE APPROVAL TO REMOVE IT, AND THEN WE'LL BUILD THEM. THIS POINT. WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING THEM IF WE HAVE TO REMOVE IT AND WE'LL REBUILD THEM $35 INSTEAD OF 25, THAT REPUBLIC CHARGES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE WATER BILL. AND THAT HAS SOME EXTRA EFFORT ON STAFF'S PART AT THAT POINT. AND AND IF WE JUST CHARGE THEM THE SAME AMOUNT, THEN THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO GET REPUBLIC TO DO IT OR, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WAIT AND LET US PICK IT UP. AND SO THAT'S THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL FOR TONIGHT. WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS I'LL BRING BACK A REVISED ORDINANCE KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STEPS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE FOR COMPLIANCE AND THEN GET YOU GUYS, GET YOU ALL'S APPROVAL ON IT. SO WILL WE SEE THIS ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE STATING? NO, MA'AM. I DIDN'T PUT IT ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA. I'LL HAVE IT ON THE MAY 5TH AGENDA. OKAY. SO YOU'RE JUST GETTING CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SHARING TONIGHT. LET ME GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TO WHERE WE ARE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON BOARD WITH WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DIRECTION YOU'RE HEADED. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          UNDERSTOOD. I'M NOT SURE WHOSE LIGHT WAS ON FIRST. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I'M SORRY, CITY MANAGER CAMERON, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU PUT IN TOGETHER HERE BECAUSE TRUST ME, I HAVE HEARD MANY A DISCUSSION ABOUT BULK AND TRASH THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE SOME ENFORCEMENT BEING LEVIED AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME. I, HOWEVER, DO WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE THREE BUSINESS DAYS, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHEET THAT YOU PUT ON THERE, YOU SAID 7 A.M. 
          OR MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY, SO THE BUSINESS DAYS WON'T EVEN COUNT FOR THE SATURDAY. AND THEN ON MONDAY, 7 A.M. FROM MONDAY TO THREE DAYS LATER, IF THAT IS OUT THERE ON MONDAY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE THREE DAYS START THAT MONDAY, OR DOES IT START THAT THURSDAY IN THREE DAYS FROM THAT THURSDAY? SO THREE DAYS START FROM THE DATE. WE IDENTIFY IT AS BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO THAT COULD HAPPEN ON MONDAY. IT COULD HAPPEN ON MONDAY IF WE IF, WHEN WE WHEN WE ARE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH REPUBLIC ALSO AS THE AS THE DRIVERS DRIVE THE STREET, YOU KNOW, THEY SEE THESE PILES AS WELL AS. CODE ENFORCEMENT MAY SEE THEM AS WELL WHEN THEY. WE NOTIFY WHEN WE WHEN WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE'S A BRUSH PILE THAT IS OUT ON WEEK ONE AND THEIR WEEK IS INTO WEEK FOUR. ONCE WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT, THAT THAT THREE DAYS START BECAUSE THOSE PILES ARE BEING TAGGED. SO ONCE THAT TAG IS ON THAT PILE, THAT'S WHEN THAT THREE DAY PERIOD STARTS. OKAY. AND THE 25 CUBIC CUBIC YARDS ARE ACTUALLY 25YD■T OVER THE THREE CUBIC YARDS. SO IF WE PICK UP SOME OF IT AND WHATEVER IS LEFT, THEY 
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THEN SAY 25 PER CUBIC YARD, RIGHT. SO TWO THINGS. SO ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE CORRECT. WE HAVE THE TEN CUBIC YARD LIMIT. YES. SO THEY PUT OUT 12YD■T. REPUBLIC IS GOING TO PICK UP TO TEN. AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY $25 PER CUBIC YARD FOR THE TWO ADDITIONAL. OKAY. OR IF THEY ARE, IF THEY SAY IF THEY SET OUT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE $25 PER CUBIC YARD. OKAY. AND THEN THIS ACTUAL NOTICE ITSELF WILL SAY WHETHER THEY CAN EVEN PICK IT UP OR NOT, BECAUSE SOME BULK TRASH YOU GUYS WON'T PICK UP BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OH, ABSOLUTELY. IF IT'S IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT ALLOWED, THEN THE TAG WILL SAY THAT AS WELL. AND WE WON'T, WE WON'T. WE DON'T PICK UP ITEMS. THAT'S THAT THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS THE, THE OUTREACH. I SEE THAT WE'RE ON A TIMELINE FOR ONE MONTH OUT. THE COMMUNITY KNOWING THAT THEY'RE THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A CHARGE THAT'S GOING TO BE LEVIED. WHERE WOULD THAT OUTREACH COME AND HOW WOULD THEY BE EXPLAINED WHAT THE SITUATION IS? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE COMING IN MAY FOR AN APPROVAL. SO FROM THAT, WHEN WOULD THEY GET RIGHT? SO SO WHEN WE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WHEN WE WERE LAYING OUT THE PILOT PROGRAM AND ROLLING OUT THIS PROGRAM, WE GOT SEVERAL, SEVERAL WAYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO OUTREACH. ONE, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THE UTILITY BILLS ACCOUNTS. 
          AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE CALL PHONE TREE CALL. AND WE DID A CALL OUT TO EVERY RESIDENT WHO NOW YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR PHONE NUMBER HAS TO BE CORRECT. IF THEY DON'T HAVE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT PHONE NUMBER, THEN YOU WON'T GET THE MESSAGE. BUT WE SENT OUT A PHONE CALL TO EVERY RESIDENT WHOSE PHONE NUMBER WE HAD EXPLAINING THE PROCESS. SO WE CAN DO THAT. AGAIN. THAT'S IMMEDIATE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING. YOU KNOW, WHETHER I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T DECIDED. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO PUSH IT OUT, SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ALSO PUSHED OUT. HAD DRAFTED A LETTER, SENT A LETTER TO EVERY ADDRESS THAT WE HAD IN THE UTILITY. SO PEOPLE CAN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION RIGHT. SO WE CAN DO SOME OF THOSE SAME SAME THINGS TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR. CAMERON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING QUITE A BIT OF ENGAGEMENT, RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH BLOCK WALKING AND JUST TALKING TO RESIDENTS. AND ONE THING IS THAT I NOTICED AS I WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN PLAY SIX IS THAT WHILE I THINK THE CALLS HAVE DROPPED, PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVE A LOT OF CONFUSION ON ON BULK PICKUP DAY. AND I, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GAVE US ALL A POP QUIZ, WE COULD ARTICULATE IT TO YOU EFFECTIVELY. NOT SHAMING MY MY COLLEAGUES. I JUST THINK THAT IT'S BEEN SO AMBIGUOUS ON HOW IT HAPPENS. WELL, A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS THAT IT'S THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THE PROCESS. I THINK ALSO, IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU WILL SEE STILL LIKE THE TREE TREE CUTTINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE TIME SPAN THAT HAS THAT WAS GIVEN. 
          RIGHT. AND I SEE THIS MOSTLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE THE HOA. SO I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME CORRELATION THERE. AND I'M NOT KNOCKING Y'ALL'S EFFORTS. I JUST THINK THAT TO, TO THE POINT OF WHERE COMMUNICATION STILL LIKE WHEN IT FIRST Y'ALL DID FIRST DID THIS PILOT PROGRAM, IT SEEMED LIKE WE WENT FULL FLEDGE IN THE COMMUNICATION. BUT AS TIME HAS GONE ON AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE BASING THIS ON THE NUMBERS TRENDING LOWER, THAT THE COMMUNICATION HAS NOT BEEN AS LOUD AS IT WAS IN INITIATION PHASE. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS THE FIRST FEE THAT GOES OUT IS GOING TO BE DISASTROUS. AND WITH THE COST INCREASE FOR TRASH HAS ALREADY INCREASED. I JUST SEE THIS AS BEING CONSIDERED AS ONE MORE TAXATION FROM THE CITY. SO AND THE THREE DAYS IS CONCERNING, CONCERNING EVEN FOR ME AS A WORKING ADULT OR A WORKING CITIZEN WHO CLOCKS IN EVERY DAY FOR A JOB, IS THAT THREE DAYS? I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S, TO ME, IN MY OPINION, LONG ENOUGH TO COMPLY WITH BULK BROAD BRUSH BECAUSE LIKE I WOULD FIRST THINK, YOU KNOW, OKAY, SO IF I'M WRONG AND OUT OF ORDER AND I GOTTA MOVE IT, THEN WHERE DO I, WHERE DO I MOVE IT TO? DO I MOVE IT TO THE BACK TO THE LIKE? AND IT'S BULKY. SO I GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO COORDINATE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AROUND THAT. OR DO I PAY SOMEBODY TO DO IT? I DON'T THINK THAT'S LONG ENOUGH. I 
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PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP OR SYNERGY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. LIKE IF IT'S, IF IT'S IF IT'S TAGGED OR SOMETHING LIKE, IS THERE A WAY CODE CAN BE TIED INTO IT? BECAUSE I THINK A WARNING IS DUE BEFORE A CHARGE IS DUE, LIKE A PINK SLIP. YOU FAILED. TRY AGAIN. BUT FURTHERMORE, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENCY IN OUR OUR OUR FINES AS THIS. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT IS AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION TO SOME EXTENT, RIGHT? YOUR YOUR THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE STREET OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT. IT'S IT'S AROUND CODE ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? I GET IT'S BULK TRASH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ENFORCE THE CODE OF WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU PUT ON THE STREET. SO WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S A BIGGER WINDOW, THERE'S A WARNING WITH IT. AND I JUST THINK THAT TO SOME EXTENT, RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY PROGRAMED. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOING TO ADD IN ANOTHER LAYER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WELL, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM CODE. THIS IS BULK, AND YOU GOT THREE DAYS AND THEN THE FINE, IT'LL ADD TO YOUR WATER BILL. I JUST SEE THIS AS I DON'T SEE THIS AS GOING OVER WELL. AND I, I AGREE THAT THE OUTREACH NEEDS TO INCREASE, BUT THAT'S ALSO CONSIDERING AND LEVERAGING. YOU HAVE NUMBERS FOLKS READ THE MAIL. THEY'RE ON FACEBOOK. I THINK IT NEEDS SOME MORE INTENTIONALITY. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS BIGGER THAN WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT CONSIDERING THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE ISSUE THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM AND ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT CAME IN FLOODING ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE TRASH CAN, WE CHANGED THE WHOLE PACKAGE. THEN THEY NOTICED IT ON THEIR WATER BILL. AND NOT TO MENTION THE WATER SYSTEM IS CHANGING AND THE BILL STRUCTURE IS CHANGING. 
          IT'S JUST A LOT OF CHANGE HAPPENING. AND I HATE TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS WITH THAT, BUT I COULD JUST SEE THIS GOING KIND OF. SO I APPRECIATE THIS TIME TO TALK AND DISCUSS. AND I GUESS MY REAL QUESTION IS, ARE, ARE WE IS THE CITY MARRIED TO THIS ONE MONTH OUT DATE? BECAUSE IT GIVES ME A HEADACHE THINKING ABOUT IT AND YOU KNOW, IS WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION IN ANY SYNERGY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO JUST KEEP THINGS SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT AS IT RELATES TO THE FINE PERIOD AND JUST ALL THIS OTHER STUFF? YEAH. SO THE WHOLE PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GOT TO THIS, THIS POINT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS SOLUTION FOR ENFORCEMENT WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU GOT 16,000 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND I'M NOT OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE BRUSH AND BULK OUT AT THE SAME TIME. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHEN THEY GO OUT, THERE IS A WHEN THEY NOTIFY YOU THERE'S A TEN DAY TIME PERIOD TO COMPLY. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T COMPLY, THEN THEY COME OUT AND THEY ABATE IT. AND THEN WE PUT A LIEN ON YOUR PROPERTY. AND WHO KNOWS WHEN YOU COLLECT THAT LIEN. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AS EFFICIENT AS IT SOUNDS BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE IT'S STILL TEN DAYS THAT YOU GOT THIS PILE SITTING THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF IT'S, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, AND SO THE OTHER THING IS, I DON'T ANTICIPATE IF, IF FOR, FOR ME, IF I, IF I'M OUT OF COMPLIANCE ONCE AND I GET A $25 PER, PER CUBIC YARD BILL, I'M NOT GOING TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE NEXT TIME BECAUSE I'LL MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR SETTING OUT. SO IT WON'T YOU WON'T SEE PEOPLE BEING CONTINUOUSLY UNLESS THEY'RE JUST OUTRIGHT DEFIANT AND SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. YOU WON'T SEE PEOPLE BEING CONTINUOUSLY HIT WITH THIS, WITH THIS FINE, BUT NOT A FINE. BUT THIS, THIS COST FOR PICKING UP THIS BULK THAT'S OUT OF COMPLIANCE. FINE. WELL, NO, IT'S NOT FINE. NO, IT'S NOT FINE. IT'S THE CHARGE FOR SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE EITHER WAY. SO WHAT I HEAR AND I DO SEE YOUR LIKE COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILWOMAN NORTH, IT'S NOT A FINE. IT IS THE COST FOR THE SERVICES. CORRECT. SO IF THE CITY REMOVES IT, IT'S A COST. IF REPUBLIC REMOVES IT, IT'S THE COST. IF REPUBLIC REMOVES IT, IT'S THE COST BEYOND THE TEN CUBIC YARDS IS WHAT I SEE. RIGHT. SO YOU I THINK YOU MENTIONED WHEN YOU MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR REPUBLIC, THEY'LL PICK UP THE FIRST TEN CUBIC YARDS AND THEN ANY CUBIC YARDS BEYOND THAT IS $25. DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? ALMOST. SO. SO ONCE MONTHLY YOU GET YOUR WATER BILL, WHAT'S YOUR RATE THAT YOU PAY AS A RESIDENT? YOU GET TEN CUBIC YARDS PER MONTH. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL US FOR THAT. YOU JUST, YOU JUST, YOU JUST PUT IT OUT DURING YOUR WEEK. 
          WE'LL PICK IT UP. BUT IF YOU PUT OUT MORE THAN TEN CUBIC YARDS DURING YOUR WEEK OF THE MONTH, THAT IS WHERE THE EXCESS COMES IN. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT A FINE. THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. 
          YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE SERVICES BEYOND WHAT YOU BEYOND THE AMOUNT THAT COMES IN YOUR WATER BILL. SO I DON'T I, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM IS STATING IN TERMS OF JUST 
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THIS, BUT I ALSO KNOW ANYTIME YOU'RE ROLLING OUT ANYTHING NEW, I DON'T CARE IF WE GET A GOOD YEAR BLIMP TO RIDE AROUND THE CITY 24 OVER SEVEN, YOU'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET THE MEMO. THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA THOUGH. SO I MEAN, HEY, DID WE CHECK THE BUDGET TO SEE IF WE CAN DO BUT BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THERE'S GOING TO LITERALLY ALWAYS BE PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET THE MEMO. AND I THINK SOMETIMES IT MAY TAKE GETTING THAT TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, BUT IT'S NOT. WE ARE NOT FINDING RESIDENTS FOR PUTTING OUT THE WRONG THING. I EVEN, LIKE YOU SAID IT, COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE COMPLIANCE RULES EVEN BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR THING. 
          COMPLIANCE MEANING HAVING STUFF, SETTING OUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, OR HAVING THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T PICK UP, SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, ETC. THOSE THINGS ARE NOT THAT'S NOT CHANGING THAT THAT LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE IS STILL EXPECTED FROM RESIDENTS. AND SO THAT'S NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, ALL OF IT IS NOT NEW. THESE ARE JUST IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT IN TERMS OF THE WAY THAT IN TERMS OF THE PICKUP. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT COMPLY OR DON'T COMPLY. I DON'T I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU, BUT I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO WE CAN STAY ON A HAMSTER WHEEL ALL YEAR LONG TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS HEARD IT AND FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW MANY WAYS YOU DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION. THEY'RE JUST UNTIL IT IMPACTS THEM. THEY DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION. IT JUST GOES OVER THEIR HEAD OR THEY SEE IT, BUT THEY DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT THEM IN THE MOMENT. AND WHEN IT DOES, THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE CALLS AND THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A THING, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DISAGREE, BUT I ALSO KNOW THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, IN MY OPINION, IS NO MATTER HOW MANY WAYS YOU PUT IT OUT, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT MAY NOT KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM WELL. MAYOR, EVEN WITH WITH THAT, COULD WE GIVE CONSIDERATION? COULD WE COULD WE GET EVEN WITH THAT? COULD WE GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THOSE TO TO THE SENIORS THAT ARE GETTING LIKE A DISCOUNT ON THEIR BILL BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME? SO THAT ADDITIONAL CHARGE, LET'S SAY THEY HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST PAY SOMEBODY TO CUT THEIR TREES, EVEN IF THEY EXCEEDED, I MEAN. I JUST IS THERE. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT SENIOR WHO'S ON THAT FIXED INCOME. AND THEY SEE THAT $25 IS GOING TO BE HARD TO TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM. IS THERE NOT LIKE SOME GRACE WITH OUR SENIORS THAT HAVE ALREADY DISCOUNT WATER BILL. WELL, THEY GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT ALREADY IN THEIR WATER BILL. THEY GET THE TEN CUBIC YARDS ALREADY, THE 25. AND ALL OF THAT IS IF THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY'LL BE CHARGED THAT IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE ANYTIME THEY HAVE IT, THAT THEY ALREADY GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TECHNICALLY BE PAYING THE $25. 
          IT'S LET'S JUST SAY IT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR BILL. YOU'RE CORRECT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU GET THREE. YOU GET UP TO THREE CUBIC YARDS PER WEEK OF BRUSH AND OR BULK THAT YOU CAN SET OUT TO TEN CUBIC YARDS IS ONCE A MONTH, BUT EVERY WEEK, YEAH, THREE IS IN THE BACK, RIGHT? THE, THE THREE IS NEXT TO YOUR CART, WHEREVER THAT IS. YES. SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SET OUT, YOU KNOW, BRUSH AND OR BULK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK, 19YD■T. YEAH. YES. SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS MYSELF, BUT I'M GOING TO. COUNCILMAN BYRD, IS IT OKAY IF I LET COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN. YES. SHE'S BEEN CUTTING IT LIGHT ON AND OFF THIS WHOLE TIME. SO I'M GOING TO LET YOU SAY WHAT'S BURNING ON YOUR HEART TONIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN, AND IT IS A PASSION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I'M NOT EXPECTING A PERFECT SYSTEM, BUT I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE WITH THIS BULK AND BULK BRUSH AND BULK PROGRAM. I WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT, BEING NEW TO PLACE FIVE WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, THE PILOT ROLLED OUT. YES, THERE WAS THOSE CALLS THAT WAS JUST BLOWING UP MY PHONE AND EMAILS. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHAT I HAVE SEEN REPUBLIC DO IN THE CITY IS BE RESPONSIVE IN TERMS OF THEY DIDN'T. I THINK MY RESIDENTS ARE REALLY, REALLY PLEASED THAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AT FIRST, BUT THEY WERE PATIENT. AND I THINK THE COMMUNICATION WAS VERY KEY IN THE DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE RELAYED THAT. 
          AND EVEN BEING NEW TO COUNCIL, I FOUND WHAT WAS HELPFUL WORKING WITH THE HOA AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION DIRECTLY WITH THEM REALLY HELPED BRING THE MESSAGING AND MAKE IT MORE CLEARER. SO I WOULD SAY WITH REPUBLIC, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS TIMES WHEN I WOULD SAY LAG TIME, 
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BUT WHEN THERE WAS DELAYS IN ACTUALLY PICKING UP, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CITY STILL RESPONDED, THAT REPUBLIC STILL RESPONDED. SO I WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, DEPUTY MAYOR. 
          CITY MANAGER, I I'M TRYING TO PUT YOU AS MAYOR. I WOULD SAY THANK YOU TO REPUBLIC AND THE STAFF FOR BEING RESPONSIVE, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN I SEE JUST REGULAR TRASH PUT OUT MY COMMUNITY, THEY'RE RESPONDING. I'VE EVEN SEEN REPUBLIC STOP WHEN IT'S BEEN WINDY DAYS AND THERE'S BEEN TRASH. THEY'LL COME BACK AND PICK IT UP. SO I WOULD SAY, YES, WE STILL GOT A HICCUPS. YES, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH IT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TRYING IN MAKING THIS WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. WITH THAT, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. JUST A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. DEFINITELY EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE. IN THOSE MOMENTS WHERE THERE MAY BE A HICCUP OR TWO. COUNCILMEMBER, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES. OKAY. I DO HAVE A I DO HAVE A WELL, IT'S REALLY NOT A QUESTION. I'M JUST THINKING IT THROUGH. AND MAYBE IT'S BEEN STATED AND JUST STATED IN A WAY THAT I DIDN'T, DIDN'T PICK UP ON IT. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR ME WITH WITH THIS IS, AND I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT WITH THE NATURE OF SOME OF WHAT'S BEING PICKED UP. SO LET'S JUST DEAL SOLELY WITH WHAT'S IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS RUSH. 
          SO THE SEASON, I FORGET WHAT TIME OF YEAR THAT WAS. WE HAD A LOT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, A LOT OF TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN, AND SOME OF THOSE TREES AND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE RELATIVELY LARGE TREES. I'M GOING TO JUST AGAIN, TALK FROM A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. MY MOTHER HAD A VERY LARGE TREE. IT COST HER ALMOST $1,800 JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE TO CUT THE TREE DOWN, TO SAW IT DOWN INTO WHATEVER PIECES YOU KNOW, IT NEEDED TO BE SO THAT IT, BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A LARGE TREE, THAT TREE WAS FELL DOWN ON THE OFF CYCLE FOR HER, RIGHT? IT WASN'T THE CYCLE THAT HER WEEK, YOU KNOW, WASN'T HER WEEK. HOWEVER, WITH SUCH LARGE BRUSH OR, YOU KNOW, A TREE THAT SIZE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR A RESIDENT TO SAY, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH THIS UNTIL IT'S MY WEEK? SO I MEAN, ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO MAKE AN OFF CYCLE CALL TO GET IT? BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE SAYING AND BECAUSE TO ME THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE OUT OF COMPLIANCE ISSUE. IF RESIDENTS ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN, IF IT IS AN OFF CYCLE WEEK, BECAUSE SOME STUFF YOU CAN'T CONTROL, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT TO CUT THE TREE DOWN. YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO GET THE ITEMS OUT. AND THERE'S REALLY NOT A WAY FOR THEM TO KIND OF MOVE THAT STUFF BACK AND FORTH, DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE IT IS AND SO FORTH. SO IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO STILL MAKE AN OFF CYCLE CALL, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING BEYOND THEIR NORMAL ALLOTTED AMOUNT, THEY CAN JUST PAY TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT PICKED UP. AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THEM BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE. YES, MA'AM. YOU ARE CORRECT. SO THE THE OUT OF COMPLIANCE SIMPLY MEANS THAT. SO IF YOU WANT TO SET OUT BRUSH AND OR BULK OUTSIDE OF YOUR WEEK, THEN YOU CALL US AND SCHEDULE AND MAKE THAT PAYMENT AND WE'LL REPUBLIC WILL PICK IT UP YOU OUT OF COMPLIANCE IF YOU DON'T DO THAT. COMPLIANCE. YES, MA'AM. SO A LOT OF THE EDUCATION JUST NEEDS TO BE AROUND. IF YOU IF IT'S A WEEK THAT'S NOT WITHIN YOUR WEEK, YOU NEED TO CALL AND SCHEDULE. BUT MY QUESTION IS STILL IF IT'S IF, IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF MY WEEK AND BUT I HAVE NOT USED MY ALLOTMENT OF PICKUP FOR THAT MONTH. DO I STILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT OR CAN THAT BE MY ALLOTTED PICKUP? AND IT'S JUST PICKED UP EARLIER THAN NORMAL? NO, MA'AM. IF IT'S OUTSIDE, IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR WEEK, THEN IT'S A PAYMENT. IT'S EXTRA PAYMENT BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES THEM OUT OF, I GUESS FOR THE COST OF SERVICE. CORRECT. OKAY. NOW LET ME SAY THIS. IF WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE HIGH WINDS OR STORM OR RAIN OR WHATEVER, AND IT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE CITY, THEN WE, WE, WE, WE BRING IN EXTRA CREWS AND WE GET THE CITY CLEAN. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE IF IT'S A ONE OFF WHERE IT'S JUST MY HOUSE, MY TREE FELL DOWN, NOBODY ELSE'S, THEN YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO PAY. BUT IF IT'S IF IT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF, OF NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTED BY HIGH WINDS, STRONG WINDS AND, YOU KNOW, TREES DOWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPECT THE RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR THAT EXTRA. WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE BUILD UP THE RESERVE FUND AND SANITATION FUND, SO WE CAN BRING IN EXTRA RESOURCES TO GET THAT STUFF CLEANED UP. SO I, I HAVE ONE LAST, I GUESS JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THE THREE DAYS AS WELL, BECAUSE I AGAIN, TO MAYOR PRO TEM POINT THREE DAYS IS NOT A LOT. HOWEVER, RELATIVE TO IT BEING A WEEK OR YOU. WELL, AND YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO THE, THE 
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IT BEING A WEEK DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY PUT IT OUT BECAUSE IT COULD BE 3 OR 4 WEEKS DEPENDING ON HOW FAR AWAY THEIR, THEIR WEEK IS. THREE DAYS SEEMS VERY, VERY LIMITED, ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS IN WHAT WAY THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. I'M JUST WONDERING, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A WARNING. NOW, IF YOU HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS, THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING. 
          HOWEVER, AGAIN, THE NATURE OF BULK PICKUP DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO REPEAT OFFENDERS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE YOU JUST IT'S ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BULK PICKUP LIKE THAT, UNLESS YOU JUST GOT A LOT GOING ON. BUT IT DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO REPEAT OFFENDERS. SO I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF A GRACE PERIOD, IF YOU WILL. TO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE FIRST TIME FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO NOT LIKE WE SAID, AND NOW I'M NOW I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY A FINE. AND I JUST SAID, IT'S NOT A FINE. IT'S NOT A FINE. BUT GIVING THEM SOME TIME TO GET THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST I DON'T KNOW IT. MAYBE IT'S THE EDUCATION AGAIN, MAYBE IT GOES BACK TO THE EDUCATION, TO THE. BECAUSE EITHER WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER WAIT UNTIL THEIR STUFF GETS PICKED UP OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR OFF CYCLE PICKUP OR SOMETHING TO THAT DEGREE. SO IT'S ONLY SO MANY WAYS YOU CAN RECTIFY SOMEBODY BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO I GUESS I, I GUESS AS IT'S WRITTEN, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT. I JUST STILL FEEL LIKE THAT THREE DAYS IS, IS A SHORT WINDOW FOUR DAYS WORK FOR YOU? I'M JUST SAYING JESUS DID A LOT IN THREE DAYS. HE DID DO A LOT IN THREE DAYS. NOW IT CAN BE DONE. BUT HE DID GIVE US A WEEK. BUT I GUESS I GUESS, CAN I SAY THIS, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THE THREE DAYS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE THE BRUSH AND OR BULK DOESN'T STAY OUT THERE, RIGHT? SO IF WE GO, IF WE GO FOUR DAYS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A DEAL BREAKER. YOU KNOW, WE GO FOUR DAYS, WE GIVE THEM FOUR DAYS TO REMOVE IT OR DO WHATEVER. AND AT THAT POINT, AFTER FOUR DAYS, WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO. VERY RARELY DO I DISAGREE WITH THE DIAS, BUT TODAY I WANT TO DISAGREE JUST A LITTLE BIT. THERE WAS A HOLE FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER. THERE WAS A PILOT WE'RE NOW SETTING HERE IN APRIL. AND EVEN THOUGH WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT HANDLE EVERY POSSIBILITY. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BURDEN CODE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL STUFF BECAUSE OUR CITY HAVE REAL PROBLEMS WITH CODE. AND I THINK THAT THE THE CHARGING I'M OKAY WITH THE THREE DAYS BECAUSE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT. AND WHAT WE CAN TELL THE RESIDENTS, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO OR GIVE UTILITY SERVICES OR WHOEVER THE FREEDOM TO WORK WITH THEM AROUND IT. BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS THE MOST DIRECT. SOLUTION. I THINK THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BRING CODE IN BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ROLLING OUT A PROGRAM, THE CODE AMBASSADORS, BUT WITH CODE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A TIME. WITH CODE, YOU HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS AND THIS JUST GET IT IN THE QUICK MIRE OF, OF THE PROCESSES. AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHY WE'RE DOING IT, WHY IT WAS A PROBLEM AT FIRST, IT WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE WERE DOING IT IN OUR CITY WAS ALREADY ALWAYS TRASHY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING OUT. AND THIS HAS ALREADY CLEANED UP THE CITY. WE'VE GOTTEN POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT. I THINK THAT AND I SAID IT IN YOUR DISSERTATION WITH THE MAYOR, IF THE ON DEMAND IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, WHAT'S WRONG REFERRED TO IT AS A DISSERTATION. AND YOUR DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR IF ON IF ON DEMAND IS STILL AVAILABLE, THEN THOSE THOSE RESOURCES ARE RECOURSES ARE THERE. I LIKE WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. I THINK THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T FIND AN ORDINANCE FOR EVERY POSSIBILITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE, THE, THE, THE, THE MOST SUCCINCT I AM WELL, I'M NOT I'M A JUNIOR SENIOR, SO I'M NOT REALLY THERE. I GET IT FOR FREE YET. BUT, BUT I THINK THAT WE. NO, NO, I'M NO NOT YET. BUT I THINK THAT WE. KEEPING IN MIND THAT THERE ARE SOME WHO STRUGGLE WITH PAYMENT AND ALL OF THAT, WE'LL HAVE SOME LEEWAY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WE CREATE 
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WE BUILD IN THAT LEEWAY INTO THE ORDINANCE. I THINK THE ORDINANCE NEED TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD, STRAIGHTFORWARD, STRAIGHTFORWARD. AND BECAUSE I THINK ULTIMATELY WE WANT A BEAUTIFUL CITY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER AND I KNOW WE WERE GOING WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON GOING INTO ROUNDS, BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I RARELY EVER NECESSARILY COMPLETELY AGREE WITH BERT, MY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUE, BUT I THINK I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH HIM. YOU. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF CLARITY AROUND THAT FIRST DAY, THE THREE DAYS ACTUALLY WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO A DAY, MEANING IF THEY SEE THE ISSUE ON MONDAY, YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE WEEK TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE. BUT IF YOU SEE IT ON WEDNESDAY, THAT THREE DAYS ACTUALLY GOES TO ANOTHER MONDAY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON THE TIMING. SO THAT COULD GET KIND OF PROBLEMATIC WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF QUADRANTS, BECAUSE IF I'M ON QUADRANT A OR JUST B, HYPOTHETICALLY QUADRANT A, AND THAT'S THE FIRST WEEK, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. AND IF I GET THIS ISSUE AND MY ISSUE IS NOT SEEN UNTIL WEDNESDAY, I LITERALLY AM GOING INTO QUADRANT B'S BULK AND TRASH, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IT ON WEDNESDAY. PUT ME THAT NOTICE OUT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH ON QUADRANT A WHILE QUADRANT B IS GOING ON. SO THE TRUCK IS HAVING TO GO IN TWO DIFFERENT QUADRANTS AT THE SAME TIME, IS WHAT I'M ASKING. SO THE TRUCK IS GOING IN QUADRANT A. IT'S ROLLING THROUGH ALL OF THE STREETS IN QUADRANT A, AND IT SEES AN ISSUE ON DAY THREE OF THAT WEEK. WEDNESDAY. WELL, THREE DAYS FROM WEDNESDAY IS MONDAY, WHICH MEANS QUADRANT B STARTS THAT FRIDAY. SO YOU'RE GOING BACK TO ALL THOSE STREETS THAT HAD AN ISSUE ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK. THE NEXT WEEK. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY HOUSE ON EVERY STREET IS GOING TO HAVE BRUSH. I GET IT. BUT IT'S YEAH, IT COULD HAPPEN. AND THEN WE HAVE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE TRUCKS. SO THEY OH WE DO. OH, I THOUGHT WE HAD SPECIFIC TRUCKS FOR BULK AND ALL THAT FOR THAT SORT OF THING AND NOT FOR REGULAR TRASH. RIGHT. BUT THEY, BUT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE TRUCKS HELPING OUT. SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BURN DOWN ONE TRUCK IS WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M STILL IN AGREEMENT THOUGH, THAT THERE HAS TO BE A DEADLINE. AND AND I GET AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M THE, I'M THE PERSON THAT'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. IN THIS CASE, THOUGH, WE HAVE A CITY THAT IS GOING DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO TRASH BECAUSE TRASH IS EVERYWHERE. AND I JUST, I REALLY HONESTLY BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A HARD LINE ON THIS ONE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE TRASH UNDER CONTROL. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE OUTREACH IS OUR MAIN FOCUS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, BECAUSE IF THEY DO THE MAKING THE ARRANGEMENTS WITH REPUBLIC, THEY WON'T HAVE THE $35 CHARGE ON THEIR WATER BILLS. SO THEY MAY NEVER SEE A WATER BILL CHARGE. THEY WOULD ONLY BE DEALING WITH REPUBLIC IF I'M IF I'M HEARING THIS CORRECTLY. SO THAT KIND OF OUTREACH HAS TO BE CLEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEN YOU MAKE THE ARRANGEMENT WITH REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC WILL LET THE CITY KNOW, RIGHT? YES. SO IT STOPS EVERYTHING WITH YOU. 
          ALL CORRECT. OKAY. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD TOO, IS A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HIRE SOMEBODY TO, TO CUT UP A TREE OR CUT DOWN BUSHES OR WHATEVER, THEY'LL GIVE YOU A PRICE AND THEY WON'T ALWAYS TELL YOU THAT THAT PRICE PROBABLY ALREADY INCLUDES HAULING AWAY, BUT THEY'LL PUT IT OUT FRONT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LET THEM. WELL, I ALWAYS USE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY SHRED THE TREE UP BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T REALLY WANT IT TO BE OUT THERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY, HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. MAYBE YOU NEED TO GO WITH THAT KIND OF SERVICE, AS OPPOSED TO ONE WHERE THEY JUST DUMP A BIG WHOLE TREE OUT THERE. BUT I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN HEALTHY DIALOG FOR FOR US. I THINK WHAT I AND IF I'M NOT CORRECT IN MY ASSUMPTION, PLEASE COUNCIL, FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME. WHAT I THINK I HEAR AT THIS POINT IS THAT WE ARE OKAY WITH IT, AS IS. HOWEVER, HEAVY ON THE EDUCATION, HEAVY ON EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS. WHAT IS WHAT? BECAUSE I MEAN, I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS FAIR. I HONESTLY 
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FEEL LIKE IT'S FAIR IN TERMS OF, AGAIN, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP TRASH UNDER CONTROL. I WILL SAY THAT I'VE EVEN NOTICED WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON STREETS, THERE IS LESS TRASH BECAUSE THE TRASH IS NOT SITTING OUT IN BAGS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. DOGS ARE NOT TEARING INTO THE BAGS BECAUSE THEY'RE INSIDE OF CONTAINERS AND CONTAINMENT. 
          SO I BELIEVE THAT IS EVEN HELPING AS WELL. AND SO I KNOW THAT OVER TIME, ONCE WE GET THE RESIDENTS ACCLIMATED TO HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS, THAT WILL ALSO LEND ITSELF, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME. SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, I THINK THIS IS FAIR. AND I THINK IT IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S JUST GETTING THE RESIDENTS EDUCATED ON WHAT IT IS. AND SOMETIMES THEIR EDUCATION MAY COME WITH A TAG, RIGHT? AND THEN THEM LEARNING AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR AND MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE EASIEST WAY OUT OF COMPLIANCE IS JUST TO SCHEDULE A CALL, TO HAVE REPUBLIC TO PICK IT UP FOR $25 PER CUBIC YARD, CORRECT? YES. YES, COUNCILOR. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM OKAY, SO I JUST SO THE TENT IS THE $10 DIFFERENCE JUST A CITY BECAUSE IT ADDS ADMINISTRATIVE WORK TO THE CITY'S CITY'S PLATE. SO IS IS THAT WHAT FUND IS THAT GOING TO GO THAT EXTRA $10 BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE 25 TO REPUBLIC. RIGHT. OR, OR YEAH, THAT THAT THAT FUND WILL GO, THAT SANITATION REVENUE WILL GO INTO THE SANITATION FUND. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, MR. CAMERON, DID YOU HEAR WHAT YOU NEEDED TO HEAR TO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? OUTREACH. OR OUTREACH? OUTREACH. WE WANT TO WE WANT YOU SINGING IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE WE'LL SIT DOWN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, THE USUAL WAYS WE CAN DO IT, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME OTHER WAYS AND THEN SCHEDULE SOME, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND HEAR ABOUT OR, YOU KNOW, HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WE CAN EXPLAIN IT IN DETAIL SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE MESSAGING OUT SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND. AND MAYBE THERE IS SOME WAYS IN IN OUR FACILITIES. SO OF COURSE, AT THE SENIOR CENTER, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A DIGITAL. I THINK THEY DO HAVE TVS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, I THINK THEY DO SOME DIGITAL ADS ROLLING ON THE TV AND THE SENIOR CENTER. I KNOW IN THE AQUATIC CENTER THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES FOR DIGITAL ADS. SO THAT MAY BE A GOOD SPACE TO. ALSO JUST ONE MORE, YOU KNOW, ONE MORE THING THAT WE CAN BE PUSHING THE MESSAGE TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE WHILE THEY'RE WORKING OUT. THEY'RE SEEING THESE TYPES OF MESSAGES. SO I'LL BE OUT HERE. YES. SO ANYWHERE WHERE WE HAVE SOME DIGITAL CAPABILITY, I WOULD STICK STICK THIS HERE, EVEN A QR CODE WHERE THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND READ ABOUT IT MORE IN THEIR OWN TIME. AND JUST A QUICK, QUICK, THE, THE NEW INFORMATION STAND THAT'S GOING TO GO AT THE AQUATICS CENTER THERE TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S AND THAT'S WHAT I, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT I STATED THE AQUATIC CENTER. SO ANYWHERE IN THERE DEFINITELY WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE, BUT ANYWHERE I WAS MAINLY MAINLY EMPHASIZING WHERE THERE ARE DIGITAL DIGITAL CAPABILITIES TO HAVE IT KIND OF CONSISTENTLY ROLLING. OKAY, COUNCIL, ARE WE IN AGREEMENT OR IN CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, WITH IT AS IT IS NOW? OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR. CAMERON. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE OUR 
          [i.  C.A.R.E. Team Update ]
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, MADAM CITY SECRETARY. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE CARE TEAM UPDATE. 
          MAKING A PRESENTATION IS INTERIM CARE TEAM MANAGER KIMBERLY BRONNER. GOOD EVENING, MISS BONNER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THE REVAMPED DESOTO CARE TEAM APPROACH. THE DESOTO CARE TEAM EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT REVAMPING IN OCTOBER OF 2025 AND TRANSITIONED TO A DIRECT CRISIS RESPONSE MODEL. WE COLLABORATED WITH PD AND RCC TO INTEGRATE WITHIN DISPATCH A SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME RESPONSE, WHICH ALLOWED US TO HAVE A MORE COORDINATED RESPONSE AND A FASTER RESPONSE. WE ALSO CONTINUED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH THAT PARTNERS A SOCIAL WORKER AND PARAMEDIC. THIS ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS BOTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. I'M SORRY, AND MEDICAL NEEDS ON SCENE. IN ADDITION, WE INTEGRATED TO DATE 176 COMMUNITY RESOURCES INTO OUR ELECTRONIC RECORDS SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENCY AND TRACKING. THIS ALLOWS US TO BETTER IDENTIFY REFERRAL OPTIONS, TRACK SERVICE CONNECTION, AND BETTER DOCUMENT OUR OUTCOMES. WE ALSO DEVELOPED AND 
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IMPLEMENTED NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO SUPPORT THE UPDATING MODEL, INCLUDING HOW WE INTERACT WITH SE, CC, AND PD NUMBER FIVE. THERE WAS AN APPROVAL OF THE PARKLAND HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP IN JANUARY OF 2026. THE PARKLAND PARTNERSHIP REFLECTS CONTINUED GROWTH AND A STRONG INVESTMENT IN THE CARE TEAM TO MEET RESIDENTS NEEDS. WE WILL HAVE AN EXPANSION OF SERVICE HOURS FROM 8 TO 5 TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALSO OFFER A UNIQUE HYBRID MODEL OF CITY AND PARKLAND STAFF WE HAVE HIRED IN. PARKLAND IS CURRENTLY ONBOARDING THEIR SOCIAL WORKER AND PARAMEDIC FOR OUR TEAM. AGAIN, WE COLLABORATED DIRECTLY WITH PARKLAND MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A NEW SET OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR CONSISTENCY AND SERVICE DELIVERY, AND SMOOTH COORDINATION BETWEEN ALL PARTNERS. KEY OUTCOMES FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST, WE HAVE SEEN 120 CLIENTS, WHICH DEMONSTRATES STEADY UTILIZATION OF THE PROGRAM AND A CONTINUED NEED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CRISIS RESPONSE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE'VE HAD 889 CONTACTS, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE OF 7.4 CONTACTS PER CLIENT. THIS, AGAIN, JUST SHOWS THAT THIS EXTENDS BEYOND JUST A ONE TIME INTERACTION AND INVOLVES CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT, FOLLOW UP, AND SUPPORT OVER TIME. WE'VE ALSO ASSISTED 24 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE UNHOUSED. AGAIN, WE'RE ADDRESSING COMPLEX SOCIAL NEEDS, CONNECTING VULNERABLE RESIDENTS TO HOUSING, SHELTER, HEALTH CARE, AND OTHER CRITICAL RESOURCES. OF THOSE 120 CLIENTS, 73 WERE FIRST TIME CONTACTS. 
          THIS INDICATES CONTINUED OUTREACH, NEW REFERRALS, AND GROWING AWARENESS OF THE CARE TEAM AS A TRUSTED COMMUNITY SERVICE, I BEGAN TRACKING HOW MANY HOURS WE SAVE PD IN FEBRUARY, AND TO DATE, IT'S BEEN 38 HOURS FROM THE TIME WE BEGAN TRACKING, AND THIS REFLECTS WHERE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO PATROL OR AVOID EXTENDED INVOLVEMENT DUE TO CARE TEAM ENGAGEMENT. REFERRAL SOURCES. AT THIS POINT, 911 IS OUR PRIMARY ENTRY POINT WITH 57 REFERRALS. WE ALSO HAVE 63 REFERRALS THAT WERE FROM OTHER SOURCES SUCH AS MUNICIPAL GROUPS, SCHOOLS, OUTREACH TEAMS, SELF-REFERRALS AND FAMILY OR FRIENDS. THIS IS AN INDICATOR THAT THE PROGRAM IS BEING RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE OF EMERGENCY CALLS AS A VALUABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND ALSO DEMONSTRATES A GROWING TRUST AND VISIBILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THIS SHOWS OUR REFERRAL CATEGORY, AND THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ARE USING A DIVERSE NETWORK OF TRUSTED ORGANIZATIONS. OF THE TOP TEN REFERRAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TWO OF THOSE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO. SO THE CARE TEAM IS NOT ONLY IDENTIFYING NEEDS, BUT SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO THE RIGHT SUPPORTS KEY INSIGHTS AND NEXT STEPS. THE HIGHEST DEMAND THAT WE SEE IS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES. SO RESIDENTS ARE NOT ONLY SEEKING HELP FOR MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES SUCH AS RESOURCE NAVIGATION, FAMILY STRESSORS, AND STABILIZATION NEEDS. WE ALSO SEE CONSISTENT NEEDS IN HOUSING AND FOOD INSECURITY. OFTEN, THESE PRESENT THEMSELVES ALONGSIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS. AND THIS AGAIN, JUST REINFORCED THE IMPORTANCE OF US HAVING A HOLISTIC APPROACH WHEN WE'RE HELPING OUR CLIENTS. THE CARE TEAM EFFECTIVELY DIVERTS CALLS FROM PD AND OTHER EMERGENCY SYSTEMS, SO WE ARE ABLE TO RELIEVE PD A LOT OFTENTIMES, AND ALSO FIRE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS AS WELL. FULL INTEGRATION OF THE EVENING TEAM SHOULD BEGIN THE WEEK OF MAY 4TH, DEPENDING UPON PARKLAND'S ONBOARDING AND THEN COMPLETE VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS AND DEPLOYMENT. WE DO HAVE THE VEHICLES. HOWEVER, THERE'S SOME NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AND FINALIZED AT THE PROCESS OF THE MODIFICATIONS ARE COMPLETED, AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. AND ONCE DEPLOYED, THESE VEHICLES WILL IMPROVE VISIBILITY AND FEEL RESPONSE OPERATIONS. OVERALL, THE DESOTO CARE TEAM CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE MEASURABLE IMPACT THROUGH TIMELY CRISIS RESPONSE, STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, EFFECTIVE DIVERSION FROM EMERGENCY SYSTEMS, AND EXPANDED SERVICE CAPACITY. POSITIONING THE PROGRAM AS A TRUSTED, INNOVATIVE MODEL THAT IMPROVES RESIDENTS STABILITY, SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS BONNER. WE DO HAVE SOME LIGHTS. MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU. YES, MRS. BONNER, YES, WE ARE HERE. YES. THAT SMILE ON YOUR FACE DOES A LOT FOR ME BECAUSE THIS TRANSITION I WAS. I KNOW THAT IT WAS VERY A ROLLER COASTER, BUT I WANT TO 
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GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR STICKING IT OUT, FOR BEING PATIENT, FOR BEING RECEPTIVE TO POSSIBILITIES THAT YOUR THE CARES TEAM COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST THE JUST YOU PRESENTING TODAY IS JUST, I COULD JUST FEEL THE ENERGY AND THE REFRESHING JUST IT'S A NEW DAY IN DESOTO. AND AS I WAS SITTING HERE, I DON'T MEAN TO GET SENTIMENTAL, BUT THIS THIS ONE WILL I COULD, I COULD BE WHAT IS THAT, THAT TERM THAT THEY LIKE TO CALL RECALL. I COULD LEAVE TODAY AND THIS WILL BE ENOUGH FOR ME. THIS IS SPECIAL. 
          AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT AJ, WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHERS, I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS NOT JUST LISTENING, BUT WE'RE INVESTING. AND THIS MEANS I CAN'T EVEN. THIS GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS BECAUSE WE'RE ANSWERING A CALL THAT NOT EVEN THE SURROUNDING CITIES AROUND US HAVE THE CAPACITY OR EVEN THE THE FUTURE THOUGHTFULNESS TO EVEN GET WHERE THIS IS. AND THEY WILL GET THERE WHEN THEY SEE THIS IN THE END. BUT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS. AS I WAS TOURING CITIES THAT HAD A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED, YOU SAW THAT THERE WAS SOMETIMES NOT SYNERGY BETWEEN 911 AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS TEAM. 
          AND SO THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THOSE THREE ENTITIES AND THE FIRE CAN LEAVE YOU ALL OUT IS IT HAS TO BE LOCKED IN OR IT DOESN'T WORK. RIGHT. AND SO I KNOW 911 HEY, I KNOW INITIALLY THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS, RIGHT? BECAUSE. 911 IS A VERY INTENSE ENVIRONMENT AND HAVING TO DEVIATE FROM YOUR SCRIPT TO RUN UP YOUR HANDLE TIME, RIGHT? TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS A NEED THAT WOULD BE IN YOUR WORLD OR IN THE POLICE WORLD CAN BE. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TALK, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE. BRIEFLY IS WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE? WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME SUCCESSES THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN? AND WHAT COULD I MEAN? HOW IS THAT WORKING WITH JUST THE REFERRAL FROM THE 911? BECAUSE THAT'S PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. LIKE THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE FOR 911 CALL CENTER TO HAVE TO DEVIATE FROM AND THEN HAVE A REFERRAL FOR CARES TEAM. THAT'S NOT A EASY OVERLOAD. HAVING THE POLICE BE COMFORTABLE WITH GOING AWAY FROM THE SITE IS NOT AN EASY THING. POLICE OWN IT TO THE END TO THEM. THEY KNOW IT ALL AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. 
          RIGHT? BUT YOU ALL ARE SPECIALIZED SO IT MAKES IT MUCH DIFFERENT. THAT'S HOW YOU. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW UNIQUE THIS PROGRAM IS TO THE CITY OF DESOTO AND WHAT IT'S DOING. LASTLY, I'VE BEEN BEGGING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THESE SEATS HIGHER THAN US AT THE ESPECIALLY AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY. AND ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR MENTAL HEALTH? AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS THEY START DOING THIS BUDGET, I REALLY HOPE THAT IF IT'S YOU OR THE CITY OR WHOEVER NUDGES DISTRICT THREE OFFICE, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. IF THEY CAN SEE THE NUMBERS, THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. SO WHILE I'M APPRECIATIVE OF Y'ALL PRESENTING TO US, I HOPE THAT THERE'S A HUSTLE GAME IN THE LONG END TO GO. GO TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, GO AND EVERYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE OUT OF THE COMMISSIONER'S MOUTH HE NEEDS TO SEE THE NUMBERS. BUT THERE IS FUNDING THERE. SO BUDGET SEASON STARTING ALL OVER FOR EVERYBODY. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD TELL YOU. BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSE. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE FIRST THING IS THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DOABLE WITHOUT TAMARA AND HER TEAM THROUGH RCC, AS WELL AS CHIEF COSTA, CHIEF NICK, AND ACTUALLY ALL THE PATROLMEN THAT REACH OUT TO US AS WELL. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO INTEGRATE DIRECTLY INTO OUR CC SO THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDED ON CALLS THAT WE GO OUT TO. AND THEN WE ALSO SELF INITIATE. SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE HEAR CALLS ON THE RADIO AND WE MIGHT NOT BE CALLED OUT, AND THEN WE'LL LET THEM KNOW, HEY, CARE TEAM IS GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT CALL AS WELL. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE DIRECTLY DISPATCHED OUT TO THOSE CALLS OUTSIDE ALONG WITH PD. SO WANTED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. AND IT'S IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT US ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN HOW WE DO THAT. WELL, KUDOS TO YOU. AND I 
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DIDN'T KNOW THAT Y'ALL WERE JUST LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND GOING OUT. THAT'S PRETTY GANGSTER JUST TO SAY I'M PULLING UP. YEAH, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT. AND THE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THE RAP OF THE VEHICLE. SO ONE CITY THAT I STILL HAVE A PICTURE OF IS CHICAGO. WHEN WE DID THE TOUR OF THEIR PROGRAM, ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME IS THAT THEY TOOK A VAN, AN OLD VAN, BUT THEY TRANSFORMED IT. IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE AN EMT VEHICLE INSIDE BECAUSE IT HAD THE BENCH AND IT HAD ALL THE COMPARTMENTS WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE STUFF LIKE THE AIDS AND STUFF THAT THEY HAVE. AND IT WAS TWO SEATS FOR THE LICENSE SOCIAL WORKER AND THEN THE EMT. BUT WHAT IT WAS THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE WRAP. SO THE COLORS THAT THEY USED WERE LIKE TURQUOISE OR SOMETHING LIKE THEY USED CALMING COLORS TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF. AND AS YOU GO INTO THAT PLANNING PHASE FOR YOUR WRAP, ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT THE INTENTIONALITY ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO THAT IT IS CENTERED IN OUR CITY, AND PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY SEE IT. IT'S NOT THE POTHOLES ROLLING UP, IT'S HELP. FOR OUR MENTAL AND OUR. WHO ARE HAVING MENTAL CRISIS AS WELL AS OUR UNHOUSED, YOU KNOW, SO THEY WILL DEFINITELY NOT THINK IT'S THE PO PO ROLLING UP ON THEM WHEN THEY SEE IT. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND YOU, YOU KNOW, A PICTURE OF WHAT THE VEHICLES WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY ARE WRAPPED, BUT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. ANY. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. ON THIS PAST FRIDAY, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WITH A RESIDENT THAT, OR SHOULD I SAY, WELL, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WITH THE RESIDENT. I'M NOT SURE WHO THE PERSON THAT THEY HAD THE INCIDENT WITH. AND IT WAS AN OLDER LADY WHO HAD MENTAL DECLINE. SO THE PERSON SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF DOES EITHER NOT LIVE IN OUR CITY, OR SHE JUST COULDN'T REMEMBER WHO THE PERSON WAS. AND I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE THERE WERE LIKE THREE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE WITH HER. AND THE PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT WENT ON ABOUT THEIR WAY BECAUSE THE CAR THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS STILL HER CAR WAS STILL IN SHAPE WHERE SHE COULD GO. SHE STILL TOOK THE NUMBER AND ALL THAT INFORMATION. BUT THE POLICE ENDED UP TAKING THE YOUNG, THE LADY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL, I THOUGHT WE HAD A CRISIS TEAM. SO LET ME ASK THE QUESTION, BASED ON THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT TONIGHT, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE POST AND THE TO MIDNIGHT. SO THAT WOULD HAVE LOOKED DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THREE POLICE OFFICERS OF POLICE CARS AND SEVERAL OFFICERS ON SITE WITH AN OLDER LADY THAT IS THEN BEING TAKEN TO THE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT? THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WOULD HAVE WORKED. SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC SITUATION. SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FIRST. BUT WE'RE WE'RE A TEAM OF THREE RIGHT NOW, AND I'M DOING THE SOCIAL WORK ROLE AND THE INTERIM CARE TEAM MANAGER ROLE AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PARAMEDIC AND A Q P ON STAFF. SO ONCE OUR TEAM IS ALREADY INVOLVED IN A CRISIS, IT MAY BE THAT WE COULD NOT GET OUT TO THAT CALL. SO I CAN'T SPECIFICALLY ANSWER IF WE WEREN'T AVAILABLE. SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT MAY BE, THEN PD WILL NORMALLY SEND US A REFERRAL, WHETHER THAT'S EMAIL OR SOME OTHER WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. SO IF YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY AND LET ME KNOW. WE CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW UP ON THAT SITUATION. I HOPE THE LADY WAS ABLE TO GET HELP, BECAUSE THEY TOOK HER CAR TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY TOOK HER IN A SEPARATE CAR, WHICH KIND OF GAVE ME A LITTLE HEEBIE JEEBIE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THE POLICE WOULD DO SOMETHING, BUT SHE'S AN OLDER LADY AND SHE WAS KIND OF ALONE. SHE WAS REALLY ALONE. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL AFTER MAYBE THE NEXT DAY OR SOMETHING TO TRY TO HELP THE LADY, BECAUSE SHE'S IN A CITY WHICH SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS. SHE DOESN'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMED ODD A LITTLE BIT TO ME. SO I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DID HAVE THAT IN THE MIDNIGHT IN PLACE. SO MOVING FORWARD, THAT WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT THOUGH. OKAY, SO YOU WERE SAYING IT WAS AFTER HOURS? IT WAS AFTER HOURS. OKAY. YES. SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE A, WHAT WE CALL CARE TEAM TWO, WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE EVENING TIME FROM 330 TO 12 A.M. OKAY. 
          OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MISS BONNER, FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. IN. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR REALLY CHAMPIONING THIS INITIATIVE IN TERMS OF MEETING THE NEED, THIS PARTICULAR NEED REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING THIS. 
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ALSO, I AM REALLY NOT SO MUCH EXCITED, BUT I'M REALLY JUST EVEN ENCOURAGED WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO IN SERVING AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BEING PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH PARKLAND AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN MEETING AGAIN, COMING TOGETHER TO MEET THIS NEED FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY HERE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKLAND EXPANDING, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? AND I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT THE COUNTY HAS FUNDING AVAILABLE. SO THAT CAN REALLY FUND THIS INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINABLE. SO COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH US? SO THE CONTRACT WITH PARKLAND WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN JANUARY. AND SO THEY WILL BE SUPPLYING THE EVENING TEAM, WHICH WILL ALSO CONSIST OF A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER IN THE EVENING AS WELL AS A PARAMEDIC. AND SO THEY WILL BE FUNCTIONING THE SAME WAY WE DO IN THE DAYTIME AS WELL. AND THE ABILITY TO EXTEND. I'M SORRY, MISS BONNER. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU. AND THOSE WATCHING ONLINE WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU. CAN WE GET THE MICROPHONE? CAN YOU KNOW? OH. 
          IS IT? I'LL TRY IT AGAIN. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP IN THE EVENING. OF COURSE, PARKLAND ACTUALLY UTILIZES A LOT OF THE SAME RESOURCES THAT WE UTILIZE WHEN IT COMES TO ASSISTING CLIENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM. AND MISS BONNER, CAN YOU USE SEE IF SOFTENS? YOU'LL HAVE TO KIND OF TALK FROM THERE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PICK YOU UP ONLINE. SURE. AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT PARKLAND MAY HAVE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MISS BONNER. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. AND JUST TO TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WHEN YOU SEND THOSE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, BE SURE TO SEND THAT TO ALL COUNCIL. EITHER SEND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY AND SHE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL COUNCIL IS ABLE TO, TO GET THAT INFORMATION, DID YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE FROM US OR ANY OTHER DIRECTION, OR WAS THIS JUST SIMPLY AN UPDATE? IT WAS SIMPLY AN UPDATE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO. WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IT'S 8:32 P.M. COUNCIL
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