Jul 20, 2026 City Council Special Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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COULD GET YOUR ATTENTION. IT IS 6 P.M. AND TODAY IS MONDAY, JULY 20TH. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD GIVE US A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM CRYSTAL CHISM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN WESLEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. WE WILL NOW

[2. SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT BY: FIRE CHIEF BRYAN SOUTHARD]

WE HAVE TWO EXITS. WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT TO MY RIGHT OR YOUR LEFT. OR YOU CAN GO BACK OUT THE MAIN DOORS THAT YOU CAME INTO YOUR RIGHT. ONCE YOU EXIT THE BUILDING, PLEASE REMAIN OUTSIDE UNTIL YOU'RE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. PLEASE. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE INVOCATION BY AARON MOORE EQUIPPING PASTOR CONCORD CHURCH WITH EVERYONE. PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU. CAN WE PLEASE BOW FOR A WORD OF PRAYER? OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU ON THIS EVENING THANKING YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR LOVE, AND YOUR MERCY IN OUR LIVES, AND SPECIFICALLY LIFTING UP THE CITY OF DE SOTO. TO YOU, LORD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HOW YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO THIS CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, LORD, AND WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THIS CITY AND ITS LEADERS. LORD, FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. LORD GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BRING FORTH THE RIGHT TEACHERS, LEADERS, AND ADMINISTRATION, LORD GOD, AND GIVE THEM THE VISION NOT JUST TO TEACH SUBJECTS, BUT TO POUR INTO THE NEXT GENERATION. WE ASK, O GOD, THAT YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. LORD GOD, THAT WE WOULD BE FAITHFUL STEWARDS AND NOT JUST LOOKING OUT FOR OUR OWN INTERESTS, BUT TO SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY, BECAUSE IN IT WE WILL SEE OUR OWN WELFARE GOD. WE ALSO PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO COVER THE FAITHFUL CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. LORD, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD HERE IN THIS CITY, AND WE ASK LORD GOD THAT YOU WOULD BRING THAT GOOD TO THE FOREFRONT AND MOVE THE BACK. MOVE TO THE BACK THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING TO DO THINGS THAT MAY HARM OTHER PEOPLE. LORD, WE ASK LORD GOD, THAT YOU WOULD MOVE OUR CITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BLESS ALL OF OUR LEADERS, LORD, FOR THEY ARE NOT JUST THERE BY HAPPENSTANCE NOR BY ELECTION, BUT BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH. YOU CALLED THEM TO THE VERY ASSIGNMENTS IN THE SEATS THAT THEY HOLD. MAY THEY STEWARD IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT BRINGS YOU GLORY AND HONOR. IT IS IN YOUR SON. JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR MOORE FOR THEIR PRAYER

[a. Presentation of a proclamation in recognition of Parks and Recreation Month]

MAKING A PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES.

GOOD EVENING, DE SOTO. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS SINCE 1985, COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAVE CELEBRATED JULY AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH, RECOGNIZING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE PARKS AND RECREATION PLAY IN STRENGTHENING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND QUALITY OF LIFE. AND IN 2026, CELEBRATING THE POWER OF PARKS AND REC. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION CONNECT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BY CREATING WELCOMING PUBLIC SPACES WHERE RELATIONSHIPS GROW, CULTURES ARE CELEBRATED, AND COMMUNITIES BECOME STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT. AND WHEREAS PARKS, TRAILS, RECREATION CENTERS, PLAYGROUNDS, SPORTS PROGRAMS AND OUTDOOR SPACES INSPIRE PLAY, ENCOURAGE LIFELONG LEARNING, PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, AND

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WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROVIDE PLACES WHERE FAMILIES GATHER, NEIGHBORS CONNECT, TRADITIONS ARE CELEBRATED, AND EVERY RESIDENT IS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE, FOSTERING A GREAT SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, ACCESS TO QUALITY PARKS, NATURAL SPACES, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPROVES PHYSICAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, SUPPORTS EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, REDUCES STRESS, AND CONTRIBUTES TO A HEALTHIER, MORE VIBRANT CITY OF DE SOTO. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DE SOTO PROUDLY RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION OF ITS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND CELEBRATES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER PARKS AND RECREATION HAVE IN BUILDING A CONNECTED, INCLUSIVE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DE SOTO ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE PARK AND RECREATION MONTH BY ENJOYING LOCAL PARKS, PARTICIPATING IN RECREATION PROGRAMS, AND RECOGNIZING THE POWER OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN ENRICHING OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 2026 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THE 20TH DAY OF JULY 2026, RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST. SO FINE. LEWIS AUBREY, CITY SECRETARY CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? THANK YOU TO ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE COME UP. IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP, PLEASE DO SO. AND I'M GOING TO OFFER THE MIC TO ANY OF THEM WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD. SOMEBODY. WELL, THIS IS A FUN.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR DESOTO, WE IS AN HONOR FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE WE CAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE TRULY HOLD THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND DEARLY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOMENT. I WANT TO JUST TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL AND A HIGH STANDARD OF CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICE FOR, FOR, FOR THE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY, ANYBODY GET A PICTURE? WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES, FOR PRESENTING THAT PROCLAMATION, AS WELL AS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL PARKS AND REC STAFF THAT MAKE OUR PARKS

[b. Presentation of Financial Report June 2026]

THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR JUNE FINANCIAL REPORT. AS OF THIS REPORT, WE ARE 75% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUMMARY. AND THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. WE ARE LOOKING AT 85.9% OF REVENUE, WHICH IS VERY COMPARABLE TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. WE WERE AT 86%. OUR MAJOR SOURCES ARE RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR AS WELL. OUR PROPERTY TAX ARE 93%, AS WELL AS OUR SALES TAX AT 68.5%.

SALES TAX LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE BIT DOWN, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS TO ACCOUNT FOR AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT WILL CATCH UP AS WELL. BUT WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD ON GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. YOU HAVE THE EXPENSES THAT ARE LISTED HERE BY DEPARTMENT AND FOR TOTAL EXPENDITURES, WE'VE SPENT 71.2% COMPARED TO 70% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. ALL OF THE CATEGORIES ARE PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET WITH WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE HERE. OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL HAS BEEN UP FOR A MAJORITY OF THE FISCAL YEAR. WE DID DO SOME DEPARTMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND HAD A FEW INVESTIGATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT HAPPENED THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WEREN'T INITIALLY ACCOUNTED FOR, BUT I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE

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IN PUBLIC UTILITIES AS WELL. WE ARE AT 63% COMPARED TO 76% LAST YEAR. WE ARE JUST LOOKING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A BILLING CYCLE THAT STILL NEEDS TO POST TO THE GENERAL LEDGER. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDERGOING OUR ERP TRANSITION AND UTILITY BILLING, SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET SOME OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS TO POST THERE. SO JUST ONE BILLING CYCLE BEHIND WHEN THAT ONE POST THAT WILL CATCH US UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THOUGH, AND THE EXPENDITURES ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE, 71.2% COMPARED TO 73% LAST YEAR. IN SANITATION, OUR REVENUE IS AT 70.7% COMPARED TO 76% LAST YEAR. AS WELL AS OUR EXPENDITURES BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORY. SO IT'S 75% OF THE YEAR. WE'VE ONLY SPENT 64.6% COMPARED TO 61% LAST YEAR. SO THAT FUND IS LOOKING GOOD AS WELL. WE'RE ON TRACK TO HAVE A SURPLUS AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN THAT FUND. THE GOLF CLUB FINANCIAL SUMMARY IS UPDATED THROUGH MAY OF 2026. THE BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THORN TREE GOLF COURSE GOLF CLUB IS 2.938 MILLION. BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE 2.764 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE GOLF COURSE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A SURPLUS OF $54,911 AS OF THE END OF MAY. REVENUE IS UNDER EXPENDITURES BY $34,566, COMPARED TO BEING UNDER LAST YEAR, $37,707. WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST SUMMER MONTH REFLECTED. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE MONTHS THIS SUMMER. I'LL SAY THREE MORE MONTHS OF PROBABLY POTENTIALLY HIGHER REVENUE AT THE GOLF COURSE, JUST DUE TO THE SEASONAL NATURE OF THAT BUSINESS. ALSO, IN YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. YOUR HUD REPORT AND EXPENSE AND REVENUE DETAIL FOR ALL OTHER CITY FUNDS, AN OVERTIME REPORT. YOUR OVERTIME REPORT DOES REFLECT ALL OVERTIME THAT HAS OCCURRED THROUGH JUNE. SOME OF THE CATEGORIES ARE PARTICULARLY. POLICE IS ONE THAT WE LOOK AT. BUT WE DID GO AHEAD AND PULL OUT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WAS RECEIVED. YEAR TO DATE, WE RECEIVED 191,000 IN SRO REVENUE.

SO THAT YOU CAN SUBTRACT THAT FROM THE POLICE CURRENT OVERTIME AND AT THAT AT THIS TIME. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON COUNCIL, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WAS EXCITED WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS FINANCIAL REPORT OVER THE WEEKEND, BECAUSE IT'S TELLING A STORY THAT I LIKE TO HEAR, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M. THERE'S NOT SOMETHING ELSE BEHIND THE CURTAIN. RIGHT. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THE REPORT IS REPORTING THE REVENUE COLLECTIONS OF ABOUT 85.9% OF THE BUDGET, RIGHT? WHICH EXPENDITURES ARE MUCH LESS THAN THAT CURRENTLY. SO LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE ONLY AT LIKE 71%.

SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT VARIANCE BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT HERE WALKING INTO THE LAST QUARTER. WHAT WHY TYPICALLY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE BALANCE SCALE FOR A CITY IS THAT YOUR REVENUE AND YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE LIKE ONE AND ONE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE SEE REVENUE IS WAY AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS GREAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE ALSO IN THAT, I SEE THAT ALL OF OUR REVENUE FUNDS ARE, ARE PERFORMING WELL, AS WELL AS THE INTEREST BEARING STUFF THAT WAS ON THERE THAT WAS ALSO PERFORMING WELL. SOME AREAS THAT IF YOU CAN JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND RATHER IS CARES TEAM IS LOW RIGHT NOW FOR EXPENDITURES. AND THEY'RE AT 54% OF THE BUDGET OF THEIR, THEIR BUDGET. AND THEY HAVE A RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM. WE INVESTED $300,000 FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A REASON FOR THEIR THEM BEING AS LOW ON EXPENDITURES? AND YOU ALSO ADDED QUITE A FEW MORE FORMS, EXCUSE ME, FINANCIAL FORMS WITH THE GOLF COURSE, BUT THERE WASN'T A KEY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE TERMS MEAN. A LOT OF THEM WERE LIKE COST OF SERVICE OR COST OF SALE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT I ASSUME IT WAS ONE OF THOSE COST OF SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO THE IT'S NOT THIS, THIS SHEET, THERE ARE OTHER.

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I CAN SEND YOU HOW THOSE NUMBERS ROLL UP. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON IS THE SUMMARY PAGE. EVERYTHING, ALL OF THE DETAIL PAGE PAGES ROLL UP INTO THE SUMMARY PAGE.

SO LITERALLY IF YOU GO TO THE DETAIL PAGE, YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE 2.917 MILLION IN REVENUE BREAKS DOWN INTO INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES. SO EACH ONE OF THESE LINES WILL BREAK DOWN INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES. AND THAT'S WHY THE GOLF CLUB FINANCIALS ARE ABOUT FIVE PAGES.

AND THAT'S FINE. IT WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME WE WERE SEEING THIS. AND I OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT TO EXPEND THE MEETING GOING THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL, BUT I THINK THAT BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING THIS FINANCIAL REPORT, IDEALLY, IF WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH CATEGORY IT MEANS TO US SO THAT WE KNOW AS WE'RE LOOKING IN THE ROLL UP. SURE. YES.

MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN PULL OUT WHAT THOSE TOTALS ARE ON THE REPORT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PRONOUNCED FOR YOU ALL. AND KEROSENE. KEROSENE. I DON'T HAVE ANY DETAIL ON KEROSENE.

LET ME COORDINATE WITH THE TEAM AND KIND OF SEE IF THERE ARE ANY INVOICING OR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE EXPECTING. BUT YEAH, I DO SEE THAT WE ARE JUST TRACKING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THERE ON EXPENDITURES, BUT I'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. SURE. IF I MAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CITY COUNCIL. MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKLAND, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP REALLY DIDN'T START UNTIL FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY. SO THERE IS THERE'S A LAG ON I WOULDN'T CALL IT A LAG ON PAYMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY IT COULD BE A SAVINGS FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T START THE PARTNERSHIP UNTIL FEBRUARY. SO WE MANAGED WITH STAFF AND WE'RE DOING SOME REORGANIZATION TO A POINT THAT WE'RE WE'RE HIRING A MANAGER FOR THAT, NOT NECESSARILY A DIRECTOR. SO WE'RE KIND OF HONING IN ON THE OPERATION ITSELF. SO JUST WANT TO KIND OF MENTION THAT THAT'S THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF DETAILS, BECAUSE WE REALLY JUST STARTED IN FEBRUARY WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKLAND. NOW NEXT YEAR YOU SEE YOU'LL SEE A FULL FLEDGE REPORT ON EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING THE PARKLAND COST OF SERVICE AS WELL AS STAFF'S.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MISS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS

[c. Update on current CIP Projects ]

WE CAN GIVE HER A HAND CLAP. THAT'D BE OKAY. THANK YOU. AND HER MOTHER? YES, SHE IS IN THE HOUSE. THE QUEEN IS ALSO WITH HER TONIGHT. MISS PRECIOUS. THANK YOU, MR. OKC. WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER, I'M OKC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CIP PROJECTS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS BASICALLY MEANS THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. MADAM MAYOR, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AGENDA WILL BE PRETTY HEAVY. TONIGHT. WE'LL

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IT MIGHT TAKE FIVE MONTHS TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS, MULTIPLE STEPS UNTIL WE GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION. OKAY. THE FIRST SLIDE ON THE ROADWAY PROJECTS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR 2026. WE ARE DEVELOPING THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN. WE COLLECTED THE PCI DATA, WHICH IS PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX. SO NOW WE HAVE LIKE EVERY STREET AND ALLEY IN THE CITY, WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT REPRESENTS THE CONDITION OF THE ALLEY OR THE STREET FROM 0 TO 100. THIS NUMBER WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE A WEBSITE WITH THE RESIDENTS FOR THIS NUMBER. AND THEN SO THE IDEA OF THE I'M P IS BASICALLY WE COLLECTED THE DATA. IF WE DO AND WE HAVE THE TYPE OF TREATMENT, ONCE WE PLUG IN THE BUDGET, WE WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN LISTS OF PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS IN DESOTO.

SO MAYBE YOUR ALLEY IS NOT IN A GOOD SHAPE. AND MAYBE THEN IF WE DEVELOP THE LIST, THEN RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN THIS ALLEY WILL BE WILL BE FIXED. IT'S A VERY TRANSPARENT AND DATA DRIVEN APPROACH BASED ON THE INPUT, BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE PUT IN AT THIS TIME, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE BUDGET. ONCE WE HAVE THE SELECTED BUDGET SCENARIO, WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE LIST OF PROJECTS. IT WILL LOOK LIKE THE TABLE THAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. BASICALLY, WE'LL HAVE LIKE A PROJECT LOCATION, TYPE OF TREATMENT. WHAT YEAR ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT IN. AND THEN THE ESTIMATED COST.

THIS WAY, EVERY TIME WE COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WE CAN PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPAIR, MAINTAIN OR, OR REHAB. OKAY. ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS NEXT PROJECT WESTMORELAND PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S A $23 MILLION PROJECT. I WANT TO ASSURE THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING.

THERE IS $20 MILLION AVAILABLE, AND NOTHING WILL STOP US FROM COMPLETING THE PROJECT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ALMOST THREE MONTHS NOW. IT'S TOO EARLY TO DECIDE, BUT AT THIS TIME WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN MAY 2026. WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION 2028 AND THE REASON WHY MAYBE RESIDENTS WILL ASK, OKAY, WHY DOES CITIES TAKE SO LONG TO BUILD A PROJECT? WELL, IT'S NOT ONLY PAVEMENT, IT WILL BE. SO. CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO LANES ASPHALT, BUT THE ROADWAY WILL BE FOUR LANES CONCRETE. BUT WE'RE NOT ONLY DOING THE CONCRETE, WE'RE ACTUALLY REPLACING THE WATER LINE, THE TRANSMISSION LINE 36IN AND STORM LINE AND SEWER LINE. SO IT'S AND SO IT'S A FULL UPGRADE TO, TO THE UTILITIES AND THEN IN REPLACEMENT UPGRADE AND REPLACEMENT. AND ALSO IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE BUILDING RETAINING WALLS. THERE WILL BE A TRAIL THERE, THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK AND THERE WILL BE TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ONE ON EAGLE DRIVE AND WESTMORELAND, AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE ON PARKERVILLE AND WESTMORELAND. BOTH SIGNALS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH THE WITH THE TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY, WITH RADAR DETECTION SYSTEMS, AND WILL BE WILL HOPEFULLY WILL BE VERY SAFE. OKAY. NEXT PROJECT. OH, SOME PICTURES FOR WESTMORELAND. IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.

YOU SEE THE BOX CULVERT AND STORM STORM LINE. OKAY, NEXT PROJECT WE HAVE DANIEL, THE

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WE'RE WAITING ON ONE MORE PROPERTY THAT WE PROMISED THAT WE. OR ONE MORE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE PROMISE THAT WE WILL GET VERY SOON. WE JUST SECURED TWO RIGHT OF WAYS, AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE WAITING ON. AND IT'S ALMOST COMPLETED. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN IN AUGUST. WE'LL HAVE 100% DESIGN COMPLETION FOR DANIEL VILLE. WE HAVE 17.5 MILLION AVAILABLE FUNDING. AND THAT INCLUDES 6.7 FROM FROM DALLAS COUNTY. SO IF WE PUT IN FIVE MORE WITHIN THE BOND THAT WE'RE WORKING NOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL FUNDING THERE. WITH THE DESIGN COMPLETION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO.

START BIDDING THE PROJECT OUT. SO WE ANTICIPATE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT CYCLE. IT GOES FROM PLANNING AND THEN UTILITY RELOCATION, ALL OF THAT. SO OUR NEXT STEP WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES TO WORK ON THE UTILITY RELOCATION. AND ALSO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE BIDDING. SO WE ANTICIPATE SELECTING A CONTRACTOR. WE STAY COMPLIANT AND START CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL 2027. ANOTHER PROJECT, ANOTHER BIG OR MAJOR PROJECT, $23 MILLION AS WELL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH PROJECT OF THOSE IS $23 MILLION. WE HAVE AN AVAILABLE FUNDING OF 10 MILLION, INCLUDING 1 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY. AND WE'RE WORKING TO ADD MORE FROM FROM THE 2027 BOND DESIGN IS 100% COMPLETE. THIS IS WHAT WE DID. WE SUBMITTED A GRANT THROUGH SS FOR A IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT. WE PUT IN REALLY COMPETITIVE APPLICATION. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD GET SOME MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT, I'M SORRY, SUPPLEMENT THE PROJECT INSTEAD OF RELYING ON TAX DOLLARS. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS IN PLANNING. SO, YOU KNOW, PLANNING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG STEP. BUT ONE OF THE PROJECTS IN PLANNING IS DANIEL D PHASE TWO. AND THAT MEANS IT'S ACTUALLY FROM FROM THE WESTMORELAND ROADWAY ALL THE WAY TO 35. IT'S A HUGE PROJECT. IT'S IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, DALLAS COUNTY, CITY OF DALLAS AND CITY OF DESOTO. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING IS SOUTHAMPTON ROAD. IT'S A FEASIBILITY STUDY. IT'S BASICALLY SOUTHAMPTON FROM PARKVILLE TO BEAR CREEK. SO IT GOES FROM DESOTO TO GLENN HEIGHTS. AND DALLAS COUNTY IS PARTICIPATING. DALLAS COUNTY HAS PUT IN 500 K. WE'RE PUTTING 250. I'M SORRY, DALLAS COUNTY IS PUTTING 250 K. WE'RE PUTTING 250. AND GLENN HEIGHTS IS PUTTING $500,000, A TOTAL OF MILLION DOLLAR. AND THEN ANOTHER PROJECT IN PLANNING, THERE IS A WINTERGREEN ROAD AND WINTERGREEN IS. IT'S A PORTION OF IT IS IN DUNCANVILLE, AND THE OTHER PORTION IS DESOTO, BUT ALSO DALLAS COUNTY IS HELPING US WITH THIS. AND THEN ANOTHER PROJECT IN PLANNING IS DUNCANVILLE. AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH DALLAS COUNTY, CEDAR HILL AND DESOTO. THIS IS NOT A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT THIS TIME. IT'S ACTUALLY A STUDY. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS. TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE HAVE LIKE THE SIZE OF PROJECTS ARE REALLY BIG. I'M REALLY HOPING THAT RESIDENT SATISFACTION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE JUST DELIVERED, IT'S PARKERVILLE AND ACADEMY INTERSECTION NEXT TO THE ARC, OUR BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE TRIED TO MATCH IT WITH THE AREA AND THE FACILITY, AND YOU SEE THE GREEN COATING ON THE POLES. ALSO, WE EQUIPPED THIS INTERSECTION WITH RADAR DETECTION SYSTEMS. I WANT TO ASSURE THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THOSE RADARS DO NOT PICK LICENSE NUMBERS OR ANYTHING. THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE VEHICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETECTING VEHICLES AND THEN ALLOCATE A BETTER TIMING. SO NEW TECHNOLOGY, FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN DESOTO. PROJECT BUDGET IS 535 K. WE DELIVER THE PROJECT UNDER BUDGET. WE HAVE A SAVING OF 32 K. AND WE'LL BRING THIS ITEM NEXT IN AUGUST FOR FOR COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE. ANOTHER PROJECT ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE HAVE PLEASANT RUN. WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS. WE HAVE PLEASANT RUN AND PECAN CROSSING, PLEASANT RUN AND MEADOWS PARKWAY, PLEASANT RUN AND PLEASANT RUN AND CHATTY. WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.

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ANOTHER SIGNAL PROJECT. THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM TXDOT, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR WINTERGREEN AND WESTMORLAND. WE DON'T HAVE A SIGNAL THERE, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON ADDING ONE CURRENT STATUS IS 60% DESIGN COMPLETION. WE ANTICIPATE TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN IN FEBRUARY 2026, WE GOT THE GRANT OF 1.33 MILLION FROM TXDOT. ANOTHER SIGNAL PROJECT, BELTLINE AND COCKRELL INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE. WE JUST GOT A GRANT A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM TXDOT FOR $1.27 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. ACTUALLY, I HAVE AN ITEM TOMORROW TO COVER THIS, WE NEED TO ALLOCATE $200,000 FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. OKAY.

ANOTHER PROJECT IS TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT UPGRADE. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING OUR CABINETS TO TODAY'S STANDARDS. SO WE HAVE 15 INTERSECTIONS TO UPGRADE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU COULD SEE INSIDE THE BLUE BOX IS ACTUALLY THE CONTROLLER.

THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT THE TIMING AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN ALSO WE ARE GOING TO REPLACE TWO OLDER CABINETS WITH THE NEW ONES. AND THEN WE INSTALL RADAR DETECTION SYSTEMS AT HAMPTON ROAD AND EAGLE. SO HAMPTON ROAD EAGLE, WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME DETECTION ISSUES THERE. WE WILL BE INSTALLING RADAR DETECTION SYSTEM, AVAILABLE FUNDING. WE HAVE IT WITHIN OUR OPERATION BUDGET. 141 K AND IT SHOULD COVER ALL THE ITEMS ABOVE. INSTALLATION SCHEDULE IS JULY TO NOVEMBER. WE'RE REALLY ADVANCING ON THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE COMPLETED SEVEN INTERSECTIONS SO FAR. OKAY, THIS IS A VERY GOOD TOPIC. JUST KIND OF LIKE A QUICK UPDATE ON THIS. DESOTO HAS LED AN EFFORT WITH THE CEDAR HILL AND AND DUNCANVILLE TO SECURE A $2 MILLION GRANT TO INSTALL TO DO BASICALLY TWO PURPOSES. THE FIRST ONE IS TO INSTALL MODEMS IN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR AND ADJUST TIMING AND WORK ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS FROM OFFICE, BUT ALSO INSTALLING DEVICES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE SYSTEMS FROM ALL THOSE THREE CITIES. SO THEN IF A IF A FIRE HAPPENS OR SOMEONE NEEDS AN AMBULANCE, THE TRAFFIC WILL TURN INTO GREEN AND THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE. WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM AT THE COMMITTEE THIS FRIDAY. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS. WE HAVE CORKERHILL AND PLAZA ON DANIEL BOONE, EAGLE DRIVE AND WESTMORLAND PARKERVILLE WESTMORELAND. ALL OF THOSE WILL BE INSTALLED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COCKERELL AND PLAZA RON. OKAY, NOW WE'RE DONE WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE'RE GOING TO COVER BRIDGES OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. THE FIRST, THE BRIDGE IS BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. YOU SEE OKC? YES, MA'AM. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT FIRST BEFORE WE HOP INTO BRIDGES. YES, MA'AM. I SEE SOME LIGHTS. COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. OKC. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE MOVEMENT HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

THIS IS GREAT SIGN FOR US AND MUCH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WINTERGREEN PROJECT. IT SAYS APRIL THE 20TH 27. IT ALSO SAYS APRIL 2029. SO I WAS TRYING TO CONFIRM THE CONSTRUCTION DATE ON THAT ONE. IS IT THAT ONE? I'M SORRY. IS THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL? YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS SMART DESIGN IS JANUARY 2020. YEAH. IS THAT THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE? WINTERGREEN. WE HAVE A PROJECT IN PLANNING FOR WINTERGREEN. THIS ONE. BUT THIS IS A ROADWAY. THAT'S THE OTHER WINTERGREEN. THE WINTERGREEN WAS THE TRI CITIES ONE. RIGHT. THE THREE CITIES ARE DOING THE STUDY. YES. WHICH WHICH WOULD BE WHICH WOULD BE THIS ONE. NUMBER THREE. SO IS IT. WHEN ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT TO START. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY. DALLAS COUNTY AND AND

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DANIEL DALE, WHICH IS THIS ONE, THE DESIGN IS ALMOST COMPLETE. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES LIKE ONCOR AND AT&T, ALL OF THEM TO RELOCATE TO. OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD.

YES, MA'AM.

CAN YOU KEEP GOING? YES, MA'AM. SO BACK TO DANIEL PROJECT. THE DESIGN IS ALMOST COMPLETE 98%. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE START BIDDING THE PROJECT WITHIN 2 TO 3 MONTHS, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL 2027, BECAUSE YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS THAT ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION START APRIL 27TH AND THEN APRIL 2029, IT'S THE SAME THING, BUT IT'S WRITTEN TWICE. SO YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A TYPO. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT IT'S SAYING.

IT SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION. OKAY. AND THEN ALL OF THE, ALL OF THESE HAVE LIKE GAPS IN THE, THE, THE COST VERSUS AVAILABLE. SO ARE THOSE COMING BEFORE US IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET FOR BOND? YES, MA'AM. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND MY APOLOGIES FOR THIS. IT SHOULD BE ESTIMATED COMPLETION. OKAY. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, MAYOR PRO TEM THE THE PLEASANT RUN. WE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR IT. SAFE ROUTE FOR ALL. AND SO SAFE. YEAH. SAFE STREETS FOR ALL THAT. KEEP CHANGING THE NAME. AND WE'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR $12.5 MILLION. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HEAR WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS IF NONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY, I HAVE A I HAVE A COUPLE. SO GOING KIND OF BACK TO SOME OF YOUR EARLIER SLIDES, I HAVE I JUST HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING EVALUATED. THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED, IT WAS THE SOUTH HAMPTON ROAD FEASIBILITY STUDY. ARE WE PARTNERING WITH GLENN HEIGHTS ON THAT, OR IS IT JUST THE PART THAT TOUCHES GLENN HEIGHTS? YEAH. SO ON THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE NOT PARTNERED WITH THEM YET, BUT THE IDEA IS DALLAS COUNTY IS WANTING TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIG PORTION OF THAT ROAD. MAJORITY OF THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY IN DESOTO. BUT WE'RE ONLY WE HAVE ONLY COMMITTED IN THE PAST TO PAY. 250 K COMPARES TO GLENN HEIGHTS, WHERE THEY WILL PAY 500 K, AND THEN THE COUNTY WILL PUT IN 250 K. SO WHAT THEY WILL DO, THEY WILL DO ANALYSIS, STUDY AND THE STUDY, DRAINAGE AND FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN THEY WILL USE THAT DOCUMENT TO GO TO NCT OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OBTAIN GRANTS FOR IT. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO PUT MONEY FOR ANY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FROM OUR BOND, BUT IT'S JUST A STUDY TO ALLOW DALLAS COUNTY TO EXPLORE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND THE PROJECT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT WILL BE. AND NOW YOU SAID THAT GLENN HEIGHTS IS PUTTING IN HALF A MILLION. WE'RE PUTTING IN 250 IN DALLAS COUNTY IS PUTTING IN 250. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REASON FOR THE DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT FOR GLENN HEIGHTS? SO I TRIED NOT TO ASK. I WAS HAVING A MEETING WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY. BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY. ALTHOUGH I LOOKED AT THE PROJECT, BIG PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS. BUT GLENN HAS HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED AND MOVED THE MONEY, I BELIEVE, TO THE COUNTY. AND THEN THE COUNTY PUT IN 250. SO AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE PAST THAT POINT. SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE SO THE TOTAL COST OF JUST THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT $1 MILLION. YES, YES. AND, AND IT'S EXPENSIVE

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THE LAST ONE IS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PERCEPTION SYSTEM. CAN YOU GO TO THAT SLIDE. YES, MA'AM. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THIS IS A GRANT THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS THE GRANT AWARDED $2 MILLION. SO THAT'S PUTTING MY MIND FRAME IN. THAT MONEY HAS BEEN AWARDED SOMEWHERE. BUT IT'S SAYING THAT UNDERNEATH IT, GRANT APPLICATION IS INITIALLY ACCEPTED. SO HAS THE HAS IT BEEN AWARDED OR NOT, OR ARE WE JUST STILL IN THE APPLICATION PHASE. SO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. YEAH. NO GREAT QUESTION. THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER STEP. THE NEXT STEP IS ON JULY 24TH, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY FOR US TO AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE, FOR US TO VOTE ON

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IT'S A IT'S A BRIDGE. AS YOU CAN SEE. RETAINING WALL HAS BEEN COLLAPSED. SO WE HAVE A 35 K FOR DESIGN CONSTRUCTION TWO 210 K DESIGN STARTED BACK IN APRIL. DESIGN IS ALMOST COMPLETED. IT'S 9,090% VERY CLOSE TO 100%. SO WE ARE COMPLETING THE DESIGN THIS MONTH. AND THEN WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER. I WANT TO SAY THIS PROJECT IS PART PART OF THE BRIDGE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM. SO AFTER WE FIX THE RETAINING WALL, WE WILL BEAUTIFY IT. OKAY. THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BRIDGE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WINTERGREEN PROJECT OVER TEN MILE CREEK.

I'VE GOT SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTO. WE HAVE EIGHT SELECTED BRIDGES. ON THE LEFT SIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDGES THAT WE SELECTED TO BE BEAUTIFIED UNDER THIS PROGRAM, BASED ON THE DEVELOPED CRITERIA THAT WE CAME UP WITH, I WANT TO MENTION THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE HERE IN HOUSE, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. SO STAFF IS ACTUALLY DOING IT. NEXT PROJECT

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OKAY, THAT WOULD FINISH THE BRIDGES PROJECT. NOW THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS. WE HAVE A WOLF CREEK PROJECT, 2.4 MILLION STOP HERE. SINCE WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER ASSET. DO WE HAVE ANY BRIDGE QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A BRIDGE QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MEADOWS CULVERT PROJECT. YES, MA'AM. WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT BEING LOCATED? BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THIS IS THE ACTUAL. ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS HAS HAD AN ONGOING ISSUE HERE AND BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION. SO I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THIS IS THE THE ONE THAT'S CLOSE TO IS IT PLANTATION? THIS IS THIS IS BETWEEN CASTLEWOOD AND RANCH VALLEY, CASTLEWOOD AND RANCH VALLEY. YES. OKAY. I CAN SEND YOU THE PROJECT LOCATION PICTURE IF YOU DON'T MIND.

THANK YOU. I'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THAT CONCLUDES THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR RESIDENTS AFTER AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE WILL PUT THE PRESENTATION TOMORROW MORNING ON THE ON OUR WEBSITE. RESIDENTS CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE UNDER ENGINEERING, UNDER CIP, THEY CAN PULL A COPY. BUT JUST IN CASE, IF IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A HARD COPY, WE LEFT HARD COPIES ON THE TABLE ALONG WITH THE. WITH THE SHEET THAT SHOWS THE PROJECT LOCATION MAPS. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PICK UP YOUR COPY COPY IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY. DRAINAGE PROJECTS. FIRST ONE IS WOLF CREEK DESIGN ALMOST COMPLETE OR ACTUALLY COMPLETED? THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED HERE IS RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS. AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS VERY PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND WE'RE REALLY ADVANCING, ADVANCING ON THE COORDINATION. WE HAVE ONLY ONE ITEM RELATED REMAINING YET, AND WE'RE WORKING ON RESOLVING IT. SILVER CREEK CONCERN WAS ACTUALLY A CONCERN BROUGHT UP TO OUR ATTENTION FOR FLOODING ISSUES. SO NOW WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO ACTUALLY ANALYZE THE AREA FOR FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING. AND THEN BASED ON THE ANALYSIS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE TO COMPLETE THE ANALYSIS IN OCTOBER 2026. TEN MILE CREEK EROSION MITIGATION. THIS IS A ROYAL TRAIL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE DESIGN. WE HAVE THE AGREEMENTS. WE JUST STARTED THE DESIGN IN JULY 2026. WE ANTICIPATE TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN IN 2027, MARCH 2027. AND THEN WE ARE AT THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DESIGN PHASE. WITH THAT.

MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS DIFFERENT CATEGORY. THIS IS WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING DRAINAGE PROJECTS? COUNCIL OKAY. HEARING NONE. THANK YOU. WE CAN CONTINUE. YES, MA'AM. WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS. WE HAVE 2023 RENOVATION REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS PHASE A, AS YOU CAN SEE, PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE UTILITIES. AND THEN PHASE TWO ACTUALLY NOW IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THERE IS A TYPO THERE. THE PROJECT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO FINISH IN OCTOBER 2026. WE ARE ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT ON OCTOBER 2026. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT, WE CALL IT PHASE B FROM 2023 BOND. AND THIS ONE IS THE ONE B WHICH IS FOR THE SEWER LINES 100% DESIGN COMPLETION. IF I DIDN'T CONFUSE YOU ENOUGH, THERE IS PHASE TWO B AND THEN THE DESIGN IS ALMOST COMPLETED. ANOTHER. WATER WASTEWATER PROJECT. THIS IS WESTLAKE DRIVE. ESTIMATED COST IS 4 MILLION AVAILABLE. FUNDING IS 2.5. I KNOW MR. LACEY IS WORKING ON FUNDING THE PROJECT. THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES. SO ONCE WE HAVE THE BUDGET, THEN, YOU KNOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. SO DESIGN IS ALMOST COMPLETE, ACTUALLY COMPLETED 100%. AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2027. ANOTHER PROGRAM, PUBLIC UTILITIES, IS FUNDING. IT'S 2027 R&R PROJECT.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON IT, AND WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT OF WATER AND

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MISCELLANEOUS. WE HAVE A TRAIL. THIS IS WESTMORLAND, PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL. AS YOU CAN SEE. IT'S ACTUALLY THIS IS A CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVE AND WE ARE TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE ENCORE AREA RIGHT THERE. AND THE BASICALLY THE BLUE LINE IS GOING TO BE THE TRAIL, THE LOOP OF THE TRAIL AND THE RED LINE IS THE EXISTING TRAIL THAT WOULD CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCILMAN WESLEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING? GOOD. QUICK QUESTION ABOUT KIND OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN, TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU ASPHALT, MAYBE A, A POTHOLE VERSUS REDOING A WHOLE STREET RIGHT QUICK. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS IF THEY SEE FLOODING OR IS THERE A ISSUE MAYBE IN THE ALLEYWAY. THEY GO TO? YOU MENTIONED A WEBSITE AND YOU MENTIONED CONTACTING THE OFFICE. WHAT CAN YOU JUST HELP US RIGHT THERE IF WE HAVE CONCERNS THERE? YES, SIR. SO FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO REPAIR THE POTHOLE OR THE OR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THE ASPHALT? SO THAT GOES BACK TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED, THE PCI. AND BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE DATA, IT WOULD TELL US WE BASED ON THE DATA, WE WILL SELECT A TYPE OF A TREATMENT. SO IF IT'S A POTHOLE THEN THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE REPAIR CATEGORY. BUT IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY POTHOLES IN THE STREET, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO FOR RECONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THE NUMBER WILL GO REALLY DOWN, THE PCI NUMBER WILL GO BELOW 40.

AND WE KNOW AT THAT TIME WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE ASPHALT. NOW, IN REGARD TO THE OTHER QUESTION, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES LIKE IN ALLEYS OR STREETS, THE FIRST THING IS IF YOU COULD TAKE A VIDEO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HELP US BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE WATER. SO WE SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WAIT. LIKE WE PUT THAT ON THE LIST AND WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT RAINS, AND THEN WE GO TO THE FIELD AND CHECK IT. BUT IF YOU COULD, IF YOU SEE A DRAINAGE ISSUE, TAKE A VIDEO OF IT, SEND IT TO US. THAT WOULD HELP US TO EXPEDITE THE PROJECT. FEEL FREE TO SEND IT TO US, MYSELF OR WE HAVE ALSO OUR CITY ENGINEER, MR. MD HUSSEIN, HERE IN THE ROOM AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. SO ON THE WEBSITE THERE IS LIKE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND THEN UNDER ENGINEERING THERE ARE NAMES, THE ENGINEER NAMES AND EMAIL AND PHONE CALL ON PHONE NUMBER.

AND THAT NUMBER THAT YOU THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE SURVEY OF, YOU KNOW, POTHOLE VERSUS THEY CAN SEE THAT ON THE WEBSITE TOO, NOT YET, BUT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN LIKE A WEEK OR SO. WE WILL ACTUALLY SHARE A LINK WITH THE RESIDENTS WHERE YOU COULD JUST GO TO THE LINK, TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PULL THE INFORMATION OF YOUR OF YOUR PROJECT. SO OR ROADWAY. BASICALLY, WE WILL TELL YOU THE CONDITION OF YOUR ROADWAY AND IF WE'RE GOING TO REPAIR IT AND WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE REPAIRED AND WHAT TYPE OF TREATMENT WILL BE APPLIED. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MISTER CASEY. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM

[a. Presentation of Certificate of Election to re-elect Councilmember, Place 2 per the Texas Election Code ]

MAKING A PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WAIT, AM I ON THE RIGHT CITY? GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THIS IS A CELEBRATION. EVERYBODY CAN PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT THERE FOR COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. WE ARE JOINED BY HER BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, HER DAD, HER DAUGHTER.

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CORRECT. PARKER HAVING RECEIVED 55.19% OF THE VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 2194 VOTES, THAT BEING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES CAST AT CITY ELECTION FOR ANY CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE HEREIN NAMED WAS DULY ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO, TEXAS, FOR THE OFFICE OF PLACE TWO. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I, RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO STATE OF TEXAS, HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED MY NAME AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO, TEXAS, TO BE AFFIXED TO THIS CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION ON THE 20TH DAY OF JULY 2026. I'M GOING TO SIGN IN. OUR CITY SECRETARY IS ALSO GOING TO ATTEST TO MY SIGNATURE. YOU ALL CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE. GO TO THE

[b. Conduct Oath of Office for re-elected Councilmember, Place 2, per the Texas Constitution ]

OH, YEAH. FIRST, MAY I GIVE YOU A HUG? CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. I STATE YOUR NAME. PEREZ. PARKER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE TWO IN THE CITY OF DE SOTO IN THE CITY OF DE SOTO, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YES, MA'AM. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. KIM, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, EVERYBODY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY SAY SOME THANK YOUS, AND I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY HEAR ME. YOU CAN STAND IF YOU WANT TO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. BUT I WANT THIS CITY TO KNOW THIS IS NOT A ME WIN. THIS IS A WE WIN. AND JUST KNOW THAT THIS ELECTION DEFINITELY WILL BE TESTED. SOME RESOLVES. BUT THE HONORABLE NICOLE RAPHAEL, THE HONORABLE DOCTOR DANA MARKS, THE OLD LADY MARY BONAPARTE, MISS ANNA WILLIAMS, LOUISE DEREK, HER HUBBY, RENE EDWARDS AND GIBSON, BRANDON VANCE, KEN JONES, DOCTOR MONICA LEWIS AND HER HUSBAND JAMES LEWIS, DOCTOR ORLANDO BARBER AND HER HUSBAND ANTOINE, AND HIS WIFE CANDACE. KEISHA NIXON. SHENITA CLEVELAND.

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AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME WHO WERE ON THIS RACE, A LOT OF THEM WERE IN THE BACKGROUND. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE WANTED THEIR NAMES SAID, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE ASHAMED OF HELPING THIS CITY, BUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU COME OUT FRONT, PEOPLE, YOU AUTOMATICALLY GET PERSECUTED. AND SO THIS WAS A MOMENT I WANT THEM TO KNOW, I SEE YOU, I SAW YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOU, HONESTLY. SO LET'S GET TO THE WORDS SO WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE. I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT OPPOSITION WAS FACED, OKAY, WHEN THIS WORK BEGAN, IT NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVED IN THE VISION. THERE WERE DOUBTERS. THERE WERE QUESTIONS, SOME VALID AND SOME WERE NOT. OTHERS BORN OUT OF FEAR OR SKEPTICISM. THERE WERE THERE WERE THOSE WHO WERE ACTIVELY RESISTING. THEY MADE IT MORE CHALLENGING BY THE MYSTERIOUS TACTICS SOME USED TO UNDERMINE PROGRESS, WHETHER THROUGH SUBTLE OPPOSITION, MISINFORMATION OR ATTEMPTS TO SOW CONFUSION. SO BELIEVE ME, THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN THIS PATH SEEMED ROCKY, UNCLEAR, AND FRAUGHT WITH UNCERTAINTY. HONESTLY, MANY TIMES IT HAD ME SECOND GUESSING AND WONDERING IF THE VISION BEING PURSUED, PURSUED, WAS TRULY ATTAINABLE, OR IF THE OBSTACLES WERE TOO GREAT TO OVERCOME. BUT GOD. DESPITE DESPITE THE DOUBTS AND THE RESISTANCE, PRESSING FORWARD WAS THE ONLY OPTION. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING IMPORTANT, SOMETHING TRANSFORMATIVE, THE JOURNEY IS RARELY EVER STRAIGHT, AND IT'S RARELY, EVER, RARELY EVER SMOOTH. IT'S IN THOSE MOMENTS OF DOUBT THAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE ALL CAN FIND STRENGTH TO RECOMMIT TO THE VISION, TO PUSH THROUGH THE NOISE, AND TO PROVE THAT ACHIEVING SOMETHING GREAT IS WORTH EVERY CHALLENGE THAT COMES YOUR WAY. ALL IN ALL, LET'S BE CLEAR I NEVER SAW THOSE OPPOSING VOICES AS ENEMIES. CAN I SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME? I NEVER SAW THOSE OPPOSING VOICES AS ENEMIES.

THEY WERE FELLOW. THEY WERE FELLOW CITIZENS OF DESOTO, CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY JUST AS I WAS. BUT WHILE WE PERSEVERED, THE REASON I DIDN'T BACK DOWN WASN'T JUST BECAUSE OF PLAIN OLD STUBBORNNESS OR EGO, BUT RATHER MY RESOLVE WAS ALWAYS TO CONTINUE PRESSING FOR THE PEOPLE OF DESOTO. EVERY CHILD IN SCHOOL, EVERY FAMILY STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, EVERY SENIOR WHO DESERVES DIGNITY IN THEIR GOLDEN YEARS, EVERY YOUNG ADULT WHO COMES BACK FROM COLLEGE, EVERY BUSINESS OWNER WHO'S MAKING A DREAM RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO. I CONTINUOUSLY WILL FIGHT FOR YOU, BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERY DISODIUM TO HAVE THE SAME FIGHT SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT COLLECTIVELY WHEN WE KEEP THAT FOCUS. WHEN YOU REMEMBER THAT IT'S ABOUT LEGACY, NOT ACCOLADES. OPPOSITION BECOMES CONTEXT, NOT CONCLUSION. BUILDING A LEGACY IS IN THE

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AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THIS NEXT THREE YEARS, I ASK EVERY DESOTO RESIDENT TO BECOME A ROLE MODEL. DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS. GET SET THE STANDARD, GET THE BUY IN AND GO THE DISTANCE. ENCOURAGE CANDOR. BE CANDID. LET'S BE HONEST WITH ONE ANOTHER. CONCENTRATE ON SOLUTIONS AND NOT ONLY PROBLEMS. PRAISE, PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS. AND THAT'S THE LAST PART. SO I SAY THANK YOU, DESOTO. THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ROOM, THOSE THAT WHO COULD NOT COME. GOD BLESS DESOTO. AND NOW LET'S GET TO WORK.

I'M DONE. THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES ALL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.

CORRECT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED. I'LL GIVE THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SINCE IT'S HER NIGHT. AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM GIVE YOU THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. EXCUSE ME. IT'S

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.