[A. CALL TO ORDER AND CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
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          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. IT IS TUESDAY,
AUGUST 4TH. 
          IT IS 5 P.M.. AND I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ON THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO ASK IF OUR CITY SECRETARY WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL FOR US,
PLEASE. 
          MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES HERE. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER HERE,
COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN WESLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISM HERE. 
          THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. FIRST,
WE WILL HAVE THE SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT LED BY INTERIM LED BY FIRE CHIEF BRIAN SUTTER. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY,
WE HAVE EMERGENCY EXITS TO MY RIGHT. 
          YOUR LEFT OR BACK OUT THE DOOR AS YOU CAME INTO YOUR RIGHT. 
          AND ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE, PLEASE REMAIN UNTIL WE ASK YOU TO RETURN. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          NEXT WE WILL HAVE. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0712, TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING DALLAS COUNTY REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND
THE APPLICATION OF SECTION 15-.17 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE AND LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY AS IT RELATES TO
825 WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD, THORNTREE GOLF CLUB. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THESE ITEMS? WE DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD FROM DOCTOR BRANDON NORWOOD. 
          GOOD. IT'S AFTER 5:00. SO GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR AND EVERYONE HERE. 
          JUST A SMALL COMMENT ABOUT THE DELIBERATION THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON
TONIGHT. 
          SO PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS THAT I'VE REQUESTED AS IT RELATES TO THORN TREE. 
          I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING FOR THE MOST PART, BUT I WANTED TO ADD THE COMMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU ALL ARE THINKING SOMEONE SAY, OH, THAT'S VERY INTRUSIVE OR DISRESPECTFUL TO TELL US TO THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ADULTS. 
          RIGHT? AND SO IT'S MORE OF A THOUGHT PROCESS OF THINKING BECAUSE WHEN THE REVIEW OF THOSE
PUBLIC RECORDS WAS COMPLETED BY MYSELF AND MY TEAM WE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO TYPE OF AUDIT. IF I'M WRONG,
PLEASE CORRECT ME FOLLOWING THIS MEETING TO LET ME KNOW. 
          BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY RECORDS OF AN AUDIT TAKING PLACE. 
          AND SO I HAVE A FOUNDATION AND WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE COUNTRY CLUB JUST TO KIND OF LOOK AND
SEE. 
          AND SO WE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HOST OUR FUNDRAISER THAT'S TYPICALLY
HELD AT THE DALLAS COUNTRY CLUB TO HOLD IT HERE TO HELP OUT WITH FUNDS. 
          RIGHT. AND SO ONE DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM UNTIL I ACTUALLY CALLED,
AND THEN THE GENERAL MANAGER SENT ME A MESSAGE TEXT MESSAGE. BUT THAT'S JUST NOT HOW I DO BUSINESS. 
          EITHER RESPOND TO THE EMAIL OR PICK UP THE PHONE AND ACTUALLY CALL ME TO GIVE ME
INFORMATION. 
          BUT WITH THAT SAID I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF DISCUSSION OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY
CONCERNING THIS PROPERTY. 
          INITIALLY WAS AGAINST IT. I WOULD CAUTION US IN THINKING BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY PIVOTAL
MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE. 
          SO IF IT IS GOING TO BE LEASED, I WOULD SAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NOT MAJOR
ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE PROPERTY TO KEEP IT INTACT AS AN ACTUAL COUNTRY CLUB. IF IT'S GOING TO BE LEASED,
IT SHOULD BE IN A BENEFIT THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND ITS RESIDENTS, NOT JUST TO THE LEASER WHO'S GOING TO BE LEASING IT OR LEASING,
WHO'S GOING TO LEASE IT, AND THAT THOUGHT PROCESS AS WELL. 
          IF THEY PUSH BACK ON DEMANDS, WE PUSH BACK AS WELL. 
          BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THE MOU THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NEGOTIATED PROPERLY BY THE PREVIOUS
CITY MANAGER WHO HAS NOW EXITED, WAS NOT DONE BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE THOSE IN THOSE RECORDS THAT I REQUESTED IN PUBLIC
RECORD. 
          AND WHAT I DID SEE WAS WHAT I DID SEE LOOKED AS IF IT WAS A PIECE OF TRASH,
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOMETHING THAT WAS WRITTEN PROBABLY BY A MIDDLE SCHOOLER OF SOME SORT. 
          BUT I DEFINITELY, AS A BUSINESS PERSON, I WOULDN'T HAVE PERSONALLY SIGNED THE MOU OR HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT AFTER I READ IT, BECAUSE AS A BUSINESS MAN, IT'S NOT IN MY BENEFIT AND IT'S NECESSARILY WASN'T IN THE CITY
BENEFIT AS WELL. 
          SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL ARE ON SOME CRUCIAL TERMS HAVING TO REALLY ACTUALLY PRAY
TO ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE IN DIRECTION. 
          THAT'S MY COMMENT. YOU ALL HAVE A BLESSED AND WONDERFUL CONVENING OF YOUR EXECUTIVE
SESSION. 
          THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL RETURN IF
THERE IS ANY ACTION AS A 
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RESULT. IT IS 5:05 P.M. COUNCIL AND WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT IS 6:16 P.M. 
          AND THE COUNCIL HAS CONVENED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11. 
          EXCUSE ME. 6:11 P.M. THERE WAS NO ACTION AS A RESULT. 
          [B. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL
AT 6:16 P.M., AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. 
          MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES HERE. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          PARKER. COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN WESLEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          DEBORAH NORTH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISM HERE. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CITY SECRETARY. AT THIS TIME,
WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. FIRST, WE WILL HAVE OUR SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT BY FIRE CHIEF BRIAN STOTHERT. GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE NO WEATHER EMERGENCIES EXPECTED
TONIGHT AS WE HAVE NOTHING BUT HOT WEATHER FORECASTED. 
          IN THE EVENT OF ANY EMERGENCIES, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT TO MY RIGHT OR YOUR LEFT. 
          OR YOU CAN GO BACK OUT THE DOOR AS YOU ENTERED INTO YOUR RIGHT. 
          ONCE OUTSIDE, PLEASE REMAIN UNTIL YOU'RE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE INVOCATION BY PASTOR GREGORY DRAKE OF
JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE,
LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES. 
          DE SOTO CITY COUNCIL PLACED SEVEN. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND. 
          THANKFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THIS GREAT CITY TODAY. 
          LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM YOU,
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING. LORD, GRANT WISDOM TO OUR MAYOR AND TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS,
TO OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS. LORD, HELP US TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY,
HUMILITY, AND COMPASSION, MAKING DECISIONS THAT PROMOTE JUSTICE AND PROTECT THE VULNERABLE AND SERVE THE COMMON GOOD. 
          LORD, WE PRAY FOR PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BLESS OUR FAMILIES,
OUR SCHOOLS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WATCH OVER THOSE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT US. 
          COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE HURTING AND PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED. 
          LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD UNITE US IN THE PURPOSE DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES AND GUIDE OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH RESPECT AND GRACE. 
          LORD, MAY WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING SHAPE ALL THAT WE DO. 
          WE ASK IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. 
          THANK YOU, BISHOP DRAKE FOR LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER THIS EVENING. AND THANK YOU,
MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES AT THIS TIME. 
          [C. PRESENTATIONS]
WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION
HONORING CITY HALL SELFIE DAY. 
          MAKING A PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR. 
          HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING? AND SO WE HAVE A CITY HALL. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MISS JANINE REYES,
AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WE ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT
THE CITY OF DE SOTO IS PARTICIPATING IN CITY HALL SELFIE DAY. 
          IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION, AND IT'S A WAY TO SHOWCASE CIVIC PRIDE FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHAT WE DID IS OUR TEAM GOT TOGETHER AND TOOK PICTURES,
SELFIES, IF YOU WILL, SELFIE STYLE WITH CITIZENS, WITH CITY STAFF, WITH CITY LEADERS. WE WENT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND WE HAVE
OVER 137 PEOPLE THAT ARE FEATURED IN OUR CITY HALL SELFIE DAY SUBMISSION THAT WILL DEBUT AUGUST 11TH,
WHICH IS CITY HALL SELFIE DAY ACROSS ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS. 
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AND IF YOU DID NOT GET TO PARTICIPATE IN US TAKING THE PICTURES,
THERE'S STILL TIME. 
          YOU CAN TAKE A SELFIE IN FRONT OF YOUR FAVORITE DESOTO LANDMARK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU
POST IT ON OUR POSTING. 
          THAT HAPPENS ON AUGUST 11TH BECAUSE THERE ARE PRIZES FOR MOST PARTICIPATION,
AND I KNOW DESOTO CAN SHOW UP. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. AT THIS TIME,
I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION TO OUR TEAM. 
          AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS CITY HALL SELFIE DAY IS A CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND CIVIC
PRIDE, SHOWCASING THE VITAL ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN OUR DAILY LIVES. 
          AND WHEREAS THIS ANNUAL EVENT NOW CELEBRATING ITS 11TH ANNIVERSARY,
HAS ENGAGED PUBLIC SERVANTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2016. 
          AND WHEREAS, CITY HALL SELFIE DAY IS ORGANIZED BY ENGAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS,
A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING AND CONNECTING PEOPLE WHO WORK IN AND WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS, PARTICIPANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE SELFIES IN FRONT
OF CITY HALLS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACCESSIBILITY AND IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS THE USE OF THE HASHTAG HASHTAG CITY HALL SELFIE AND TAGGING
ELGL ON SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES ALLOWS COMMUNITIES TO CONNECT, INSPIRE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,
AND PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC TRUST. 
          AND WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FUN AND
MEANINGFUL CELEBRATION BY TAKING PART IN CITY HALL SELFIE DAY AND SHOWING THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF LOCAL PUBLIC SERVANTS. 
          AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR. BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 11TH,
2026 AS CITY HALL DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES,
AND VISITORS TO JOIN THE CELEBRATION AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED THIS FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST 2026 SIGNED MAYOR
RACHEL PROCTOR, ATTESTED TO BY SOPHIE LEWIS AUBRY, CITY SECRETARY. 
          THERE YOU GO. CAN I TAKE A SELFIE WITH COUNCIL BEHIND ME AND THEN COUNCIL THIS WAY AS
WELL? SURE. LET'S DO IT ON OUR POST. YEAH, WE'LL DO IT. 
          COME ON. HERE. COUNCIL. WHY DON'T WE GET IN KIND OF GATHERING IN ON THIS SIDE? COUNCIL. CAN Y'ALL MOVE OVER HERE TO THIS SIDE? OVER HERE. THANK YOU. KAREN. 
          CLAP IT OUT RIGHT THERE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE SELFIES ONLINE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM SECRETARY. WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          WE WILL NOW HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE DRAFT ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES DIAGNOSTIC
REPORT MAKING AN INTRODUCTION IS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AHMED, OKC AND MAYOR. FOR THE RECORD, WE DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD. 
          GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. 
          TONIGHT WE HAVE A REVIEW OR THE BRIEFING FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT FOR THE ZONING
REGULATIONS UPDATE. 
          THERE WILL BE NO CITY COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST TONIGHT. 
          THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE EFFORT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR
CONSULTANT TO DIAGNOSE THE MAIN ISSUES WITH OUR CODE AND THEN DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          OKAY, I'M TRYING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO IF YOU COULD BE PATIENT WITH ME FOR ONE
SECOND. 
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OH, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. APOLOGIES FOR THAT. 
          SO PROJECT SCHEDULE IT'S A FIVE MONTH EFFORT. 
          WE ARE AT THE VERY LAST STEP. SO WE WILL COLLECT OUR FEEDBACK OR INPUT TONIGHT. 
          WE WILL MAKE THE FINAL CHANGES AND THEN WE'LL COMPLETE THIS THIS STUDY. 
          SO AGAIN, THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR ADOPTION OR APPROVAL OF THIS STUDY. 
          IT'S JUST AN INPUT. ACTUALLY THIS IS PHASE ONE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS
UPDATE. 
          AND WE WILL USE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN HERE TO BE BASICALLY THE INPUT FOR THE NEXT PHASE. 
          SO THIS THE OUTPUT OF THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WILL BE BASICALLY THE INPUT FOR THE NEXT PHASE
WHICH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS UPDATE. 
          WHICH CONSISTS OF THE BASICALLY THE SCOPE. IT'S THE ZONING REGULATIONS UPDATE ALONG WITH
IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASING PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S BEEN A VERY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          WE HAD A A WORK SESSION WITH PNC AND THEN BRIEFING WITH PNC COMMISSION AS WELL. 
          WE HAD A WORK SESSION WITH A ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND THEN WE MET WITH 13 DEVELOPERS. WE HAVE MET 13 ACTUALLY 13 MEETINGS,
CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL, TWO SESSIONS THE OUTREACH THAT WE DID, IT WAS TO THE CITY STAFF,
DEVELOPERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE DID THE INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
THE WORK SESSIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL. 
          ZBA. AYE AND PNC COMMISSIONERS. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CONSULTANT HERE,
MR. WILSON, FROM PRESIDENT NICHOLAS, TO COVER THE NEXT SLIDES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WILSON KERR. I'M THE PROJECT
MANAGER FROM FREEZING. NICHOLAS 12270 MERRITT DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 
          SO AS MR. CASEY JUST SAID, WE WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THROUGHOUT
THIS WITH DEVELOPERS, WITH CITY STAFF, WITH YOU ALL TO GAIN A LOT OF INPUT. 
          SO I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE FIRST PART OF THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT. 
          SO BREAKING DOWN THOSE MAIN FINDINGS. SO ON THE FIRST SLIDE HERE YOU CAN SEE CODE
MODERNIZATION, MODERNIZATION AND USABILITY WAS A MAIN THEME THROUGHOUT. 
          THE CODE IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED OUTDATED. SO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S UPDATED SO THAT WE CAN
USE IT EASIER. 
          AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCEDURAL FINDINGS REDUCING UNCERTAINTY AND DELAYS. 
          THAT WAS A MAJOR POINT THAT WE HEARD FROM FROM FOLKS WAS,
WAS DELAYS AND APPROVALS AND THEN STREAMLINING ROUTINE APPROVALS AND THEN PROVIDING CLEAR APPLICATION AND REVIEW REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT,
MAKING SURE THERE'S STANDARDIZED REQUIREMENT PROCEDURES THROUGH FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATION TYPES. NEXT IS REDEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT AND INFILL READINESS. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT THE CODE IS UPDATED TO PROMOTE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN AREAS OF
THE CITY THAT ARE READY FOR IT. 
          COMMERCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND AMENITIES AND THEN EXPANDING
HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          SO ALLOWING FOR WHAT WE CALL MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING OPTIONS MAKING THAT TYPE OF
DEVELOPMENT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 
          AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, ALSO PARKING, TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS. 
          PARKING WAS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE HEARD. THAT'S A HINDRANCE THAT WE HEARD TO REDEVELOPMENT
AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT. 
          BECAUSE THE PARKING REGULATIONS ARE SO STRICT,
IT'S HARDER TO REDEVELOPMENT TO REDEVELOP PROPERTIES TO BE MORE USABLE MOVING FORWARD. 
          PROPERTY APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING AND GREEN CHARACTER. 
          THAT WAS A MAJOR THEME. ALSO, THE PEOPLE LOVE THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY,
LOVE THE GREEN CHARACTER. 
          SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS MAINTAINED AND THEN FOR PROPERTY,
APPEARANCE AND LANDSCAPING, JUST ADDING SOME MORE TEETH AND AND GUIDELINES TO MAKING SURE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS
THE ABILITY TO REGULATE THAT MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THEN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT EXPECTATIONS,
MAKING SURE THAT ALL NEW APPLICATIONS AND THINGS AND PLANS ARE BEING PROMOTED AND BEING DESCRIBED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          SO MOVING ON TO THE OVERALL DIAGNOSTIC OVERVIEW. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE TECHNICAL FINDINGS FROM OUR END. 
          WE LOOK FROM THE INDUSTRY WIDE STANDARDS, OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD,
AS WELL AS HOW THE CODE REACTS TO STATE LAW CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED. SO THE FIRST TECHNICAL FINDING AND FIRST
RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE IS CREATING WHAT WE CALL A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE PUT THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS INTO ONE UNIFIED DOCUMENT SO
THAT THEY CAN SPEAK TO EACH OTHER EASIER. 
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YOU CAN ADD THINGS LIKE CROSS REFERENCES AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ALL WORKING TOGETHER
FOR DEVELOPERS AND FOR STAFF IN ONE AREA. 
          NEXT IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S USER FRIENDLY WITH THINGS SUCH AS GRAPHICS THAT CLEARLY
DESCRIBE WHAT THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CODE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT A RESIDENTIAL ZONE ZONING DISTRICT,
THIS GRAPHIC. 
          SO MAKING IT EASY TO SEE WHAT THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ARE,
WHAT THOSE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. 
          JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT CLARITY IS THERE FOR PEOPLE COMING FORWARD TO,
TO COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN CREATING A USER FRIENDLY CODE. YOU CAN SEE UP HERE WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A REVIEW
FLOWCHART. 
          SO WE RECOMMEND HAVING FLOWCHARTS FOR EACH APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          THAT INCLUDES ZONING APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS PLANNING APPLICATIONS. 
          AND TO MAKE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALL ON ONE PAGE SO THAT IT'S EASY FOR DEVELOPERS TO
COME IN AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS AND HOW THE PROCESS WILL WORK MOVING FORWARD. IT ALSO HELPS YOU ALL UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE WITHOUT HAVING TO FLIP
THROUGH SO MUCH TO, TO REALLY TO, TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESSES FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS. 
          AND THEN INCORPORATING CHANGES TO STATE LAW. THE CITY HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AT ADOPTING
AND ADAPTING THE CODE TO STATE LAW CHANGES, BUT ADOPTING THOSE INTO THE CODE HAS THROWN OFF SOME OF THE THE THE FLOW OF THE DOCUMENT. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S ALL BROUGHT IN AND UPDATED SO THAT IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER AND
SPEAKS TO EACH OTHER. 
          AND THEN ONE THING THAT I BOLDED HERE WAS ADMINISTRATIVE PLAT APPROVAL. 
          YOU ALL THE LAST TIME I CAME TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ASKED ME TO MAKE A PROS AND CONS LIST
FOR YOU ALL ABOUT WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE PLANNING APPROVAL ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE AS COMPARED TO COMING TO YOU ALL. 
          SO WE DID ADD THAT IN THE IN THE DOCUMENT HERE PROS INCLUDING JUST THAT SPEED OF GETTING
THROUGH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THAT, THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE 30 DAY SHOT CLOCK REQUIREMENTS
THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE REDUCES SOME OF SOME OF YOUR WORKLOAD, SOME OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKLOAD ALSO THE,
THE, JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL PLOTS NEED TO BE APPROVED AT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. CERTAIN PLOTS, SUCH AS PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLOTS,
CAN STILL COME TO YOU ALL, BUT THINGS LIKE PLOTS OR MINOR AMENDMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT CAN BE DONE AT THE STAFF LEVEL IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE ALSO DO LIST THE CONS. SOME OF THOSE CONS ARE THAT LESS PUBLIC VISIBILITY,
IF THINGS ARE GETTING APPROVED AT A STAFF LEVEL, THERE'S NOT THAT THERE IS STILL THAT THAT SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC,
BUT IT'S NOT COMING TO YOU ALL FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          AND THEN IT REQUIRES VERY, VERY CLEAR CODE STANDARDS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WHERE THEY
ARE IN THE PROCESSES. 
          AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR SUMMARY OF ANTICIPATED REVISIONS. 
          I WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT 25 OF OUR 52 PAGES IN HERE ARE ALL
OF THESE, BUT WE DO HAVE 156 RECOMMENDED REVISIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THEN 30 RECOMMENDED
REVISIONS TO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. OVERALL, 24 PAGES OF CHANGES. YOU ALL CAN. 
          WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH THOSE AS WELL. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO FINALIZE RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF
THOSE RECOMMENDED CHANGES THAT WE HAVE, YOU ALL CAN DO THAT AND LET MR. CASEY KNOW. AND HE CAN HE CAN LET US KNOW TO FINALIZE THE
DOCUMENT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO END THIS WITH AN OUTLINE OF THE NEW CODE AND WHAT WE CALL AN ANNOTATED
OUTLINE. 
          SO THIS BREAKS DOWN WHAT WE SEE MOVING FORWARD FOR THE UDC. 
          SO CREATING IT AND BREAKING IT DOWN INTO FOUR ARTICLES,
GENERAL PROVISIONS, ZONING, SUBDIVISION, AND THEN MOVING ALL OF THE DEFINITIONS INTO ONE ARTICLE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE COMPETING
DEFINITIONS IN THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. 
          WHAT WE WHY WE CALL THIS AN ANNOTATED OUTLINE. 
          IN THE BLUE COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE THE CURRENT CODE AND HOW THAT ALIGNS TO OUR OUTLINE. 
          IF THERE IS AN N A ON THAT SIDE. THAT MEANS THAT THAT THAT SECTION DOES NOT EXIST
CURRENTLY. 
          BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THOSE SECTIONS COME INTO THE THE NEW UDC. 
          MOVING FORWARD. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NEXT STEP. SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO ACTUALLY UPDATE THE
ZONING REGULATIONS COMPREHENSIVELY? WE NEED THE BUDGET, WHICH IS YOU ALL APPROVED LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY ON PHASE TWO. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE. 
          PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED. PHASE TWO IS WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE ARE WE AT TODAY WITH OUR
ZONING REGULATIONS? SO WHAT YOU SAW, WHAT MR. WILSON COVERED IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR
THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH IS THE ZONING REGULATIONS UPDATE. SO AFTER TONIGHT,
THEN WE WILL HEAD TO PHASE THREE OF THE 
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TIMELINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE,
YOU KNOW, SECURE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSULTANT. 
          WE HAVE AN RFP ADVERTISED ALREADY. AND THEN AFTER THAT,
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2027, FISCAL YEAR 2027, WHICH IS FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO JANUARY OF 2027. 
          AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          AGAIN, THERE WILL BE NO ACTIONS TONIGHT, BUT WE'LL HAVE WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR
COMMENTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THEM ON THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT BEFORE THE REPORT IS COMPLETED. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CASEY. AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COMMENT CARD FOR THIS ITEM. 
          DOCTOR BRANDON NORWOOD. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD,
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. MAYOR. DOCTOR. BRANDON NORWOOD, THE CITY OF DESOTO. HELLO, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. 
          NOT EVEN GOING TO UTILIZE THE WHOLE ENTIRE TWO MINUTES. 
          BUT I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR INITIATIVE FOR THE DOG PARKS,
PARTICULARLY WITHIN THIS THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED TO JUST ADD A COMMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT SPEAKS TO THE
FUTURE, BUT IN THOUGHT THAT ONCE AN APPROVAL IS MADE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY
ADDING SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE CURRENT LOCATIONS OR CURRENT HOMES, SUBDIVISION AREAS THAT HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT WANTING TO
HAVE A POTENTIAL DOG PARK IN SOME OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND MAYBE THEY DON'T. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ADD IN MY COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. THAT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM IS COMING UP LATER IN OUR
AGENDA. 
          IT IS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, BUT WE WILL KEEP THOSE COMMENTS IN MIND. 
          THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE SOME LIGHTS, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHO HAD THEIR LIGHT ON FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ACTUALLY, I WAS FIRST. NO. 
          IT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CASEY, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS RELATED TO THE THE 156 RECOMMENDATION UPDATES. 
          WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW? I'M ASSUMING TOGETHER. RIGHT. AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE? THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AS WELL. THAT'S SUCH A GREAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP. SO THIS IS JUST TO GIVE US AN IDEA ABOUT WHERE
WE'RE AT TODAY WITH THE CODE, THE IMPLEMENTATION. WE HAVE TWO MAJOR STUDIES. 
          WE HAVE THIS ONE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. 
          SO WHEN WE SECURE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSULTANT,
THIS IS WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, GET THEIR INPUT, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, DO SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS,
AND WORK A LOT WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO UPDATE THE TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS
STUDY AND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE STUDY AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE IN THE NEXT QUARTER. 
          THAT'S THE 150 THAT WE AGREED TO WITH THE GRANT. 
          SO ALL OF THIS ENCOMPASSES THAT 150. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          REALLY. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW,
A QUARTER MAYBE IT'S GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR A YEAR AND A HALF. WE DON'T KNOW YET. 
          WE'LL HAVE A FULL IDEA WHEN WE SECURE SECURED THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSULTANT,
WHICH IS NEXT MONTH. 
          AND THIS IS THE UPDATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK TO YOU IN Q1 2027. 
          SO MAYBE ANY TIME BETWEEN OCTOBER AND JANUARY,
I'LL COME BACK WITH DETAILED TIMELINE SCOPE AND THEN YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS. SO WE DON'T HAVE A FULL IDEA YET,
BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL IN ONE MONTH. 
          OKAY. AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT,
YOU SAID PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES ZBA AND ALL THOSE FOLKS,
RIGHT? YES. SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO VARIANCES,
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH CPOA AND DO WORKSHOPS WITH THEM. 
          AND ALSO WE'LL DO LIKE SOME JOINT MEETINGS BETWEEN CPOA AND PNC AND POTENTIALLY WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL TOO. 
          OKAY. OUTSTANDING. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WATERS. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME,
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU. WATERS. THE BACKUP TO THE BACKUP. THANK YOU. 
          [00:30:03]
SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WE PRESSED FOR TIME BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE NATIONAL
NIGHT OUT. 
          SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE I HAD A COUPLE THINGS. CAN I STILL SEND AN EMAIL FOR ANY
KIND OF ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS? YES, ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU COULD SEND ME LIKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE BY NOT THIS
FRIDAY, THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THESE COMMENTS ARE INCORPORATED. 
          OKAY. TO THE TO THE REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET. 
          THANK YOU. MISTER CASEY, I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK
ON THIS ITEM, SO WE WILL WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THAT PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME,
MADAM CITY SECRETARY, 
          [D. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON. 
          ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0415. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ONE EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES TO INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY
SCHEDULES. 
          THREE RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS FOR REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS FIVE. 
          INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SIX ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREATS TO
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DO HAVE A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
          IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO'S DEALING WITH ANY TYPE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES. 
          YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AT (469) 658-3089. THEY ARE BUSY,
VERY ACTIVE AND READY TO HELP. 
          AND THEN I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DISD SCHOOL DISTRICT ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL
CONVOCATION ON YESTERDAY. 
          HAD A VERY HEARTWARMING, HEARTWARMING WELCOME TO OUR TEACHERS. 
          BACK TO THE SCHOOLS. VERY HEARTFELT GREETING FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT,
MISS KAREN LACEY. 
          ALSO, OUR MAYOR DID A VERY NICE TRIBUTE, AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP THEM LIFTED IN PRAYER AS
THEY START BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          THEY WILL ALSO HAVE SOME OPEN HOUSES. MEET THE TEACHER THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK
BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH AT 115 WEST BELTLINE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, OR FOR. MEET THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT,
MR. BRANT MITCHELL. WE WANT TO MAKE HIM FEEL WELCOME AND RALLY BEHIND HIM AS WE STRIVE TO HAVE
A VERY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANKS. I FOUND A WAY. 
          FOUNDATION WILL BE HOSTING A BLITZ. FOR THOSE IN NEED OF SUPPORT WITH YOUR GAS BILL. 
          THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AUGUST THE 15TH FROM 9 A.M. 
          TO 1 P.M. AT COMMUNITY CHURCH, LOCATED AT 115 WEST BELTLINE ROAD IN DESOTO. 
          ALL YOU WILL NEED IS A COPY OF YOUR GAS BILL AND YOUR IDENTIFICATION. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S AUGUST 15TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M.. 
          ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO I THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT TO COMMEND THE ARK. THE PROGRAMING DOESN'T CEASE TO AMAZE ME. 
          THEY'RE STARTING AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WILL BE FOR AGES 6 TO 16 FROM 3 TO 6 P.M. 
          ANYBODY THAT HAS KIDS UNDERSTANDS THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THAT. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WAS SENT THIS BY ADVOCATE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND I JUST WANT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS
THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND IN DESOTO. 
          AND THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH OUR DEBATE TEAM,
IF YOU WERE UNAWARE. 
          THE DESOTO ISD HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY WENT TO STATE THIS PAST MAY. 
          MAY 18TH AND 19TH AND THEY WON A COUPLE OF PLACES IN THIS ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THEY WON DISTRICT AND REGIONALS. AND SO JUST TAKING OUT THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE
THE ISD FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN OVER THE SUMMER AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY DISCUSS THIS,
BUT JADA, CHRIS EASTER IS ONE OF THE FINALISTS IN THAT THAT DEBATE TEAM THAT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WESLEY. 
          YES. GOOD EVENING. DO YOU WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES? DO YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOURSELF? DO YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY? THE BEST SOUTHWEST EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR. 
          AGAIN, THE BEST SOUTHWEST EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH,
2026 FROM 9 A.M. 
          TO 1230. NOW IT'S IN AT THE LANCASTER RECREATION CENTER AND YOU SAY,
WELL, WELL, WHY IT IS. 
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I THINK WE HELD THIS FAIR LAST YEAR. DE SOTO IT'S THE BEST SOUTHWEST. 
          WE HELD IT LAST YEAR. SO THIS IS THE REGION MEETING. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE TAKE HOME SOME SAFETY INFO WIN SOME PRIZES WITH THE GIVEAWAYS. 
          THIS IS THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL AGES. IT'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY
AND HOW OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHERS HELP IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. YOU CAN VISIT WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AT THE INDOOR INFO BOOTH,
AND YOU CAN ALSO EXPLORE FIRE AND POLICE EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE. 
          SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SEPTEMBER 19TH, 9 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M.. 
          THE BEST SOUTHWEST EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR AT THE LANCASTER RECREATION CENTER. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WESLEY. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I SAY HELLO TO DE SOTO. 
          I CAN SEE SO MANY VOLUNTEERS SITTING OUT IN THIS AUDIENCE. 
          AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU KNEW THAT THERE'S A VOLUNTEER FAIR THAT IS GOING ON THIS WEEK. 
          IT STARTS ON THURSDAY. AND SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ARE,
THAT'S HOW YOU FIND OUT. 
          COME ON OUT. COME ON, BE WITH US AND FIND OUT WHERE YOUR PLACE IS IN DE SOTO IS AT THE
DESOTO CIVIC CENTER, STARTS AT SIX, AND I HOPE TO SEE SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT I SEE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT
NOW. 
          READY TO GO? COME ON OUT. LET'S VOLUNTEER TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID THAT'S TOMORROW EVENING,
CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. THAT IS THAT IS. NO, THAT IS THURSDAY. 
          THURSDAY. SORRY. TODAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN. EXCUSE ME. I HAVE TO GET USED TO THIS. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR. PRESIDENT. I GOT TO PUT SOME RESPECT ON YOUR NAME. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM
WATERS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I GOT SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS I'M GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION EVENT. 
          TOWN HALL STYLE EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 17TH FROM 7 TO 830. 
          LOCATED AT THE ARC AT 1400 ACADEMY WAY. ANYWAY,
COME ON OUT AND HEAR THE PROGRESS REPORT FOR PLACE THREE. 
          LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST HAPPENINGS. PLACE IN PLACE THREE LEARN ABOUT THE VISION FOR PLACE
THREE AND LEARN ABOUT UPCOMING PROJECTS SLATED FOR PLACE THREE AND LEARN WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO. AND ALSO COME READY WITH SOME IDEAS FOR INPUT AND IDEAS SESSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE IN PLACE THREE SUCH AS SHOPPING, DINING, ENTERTAINMENT,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH FROM 7 TO 8:30 P.M. 
          AT THE ARC 1400 ACADEMY WAY. OKAY. I DO HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. OKAY, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT LONG. 
          IT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE CITY OF DESOTO'S ARTS,
CULTURE, CULTURE AND HERITAGE DEPARTMENT INVITES ALL ARTISTS TO ANSWER OUR CALL FOR ART. WE'RE SEARCHING FOR ORIGINAL ARTWORK TO BE FEATURED IN THE UPCOMING
EXHIBITION IN DESOTO CITY HALL. 
          THIS YEAR'S THEME IS ART THAT INSPIRES AND WE INVITE ARTISTS OF ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS TO
SHARE THEIR CREATIVITY, PASSION, AND UNIQUE ARTISTS ARTISTIC VOICES WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE YOUR TALENT AND BECOME A PART OF DESOTO'S
GROWING ARTS MOVEMENT. 
          THROUGH OUR ROTATING ART EXHIBITS, ARTISTS HELP TRANSFORM PUBLIC SPACES,
SPARK MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS, AND INSPIRE EVERYONE WHO WALKS THROUGH THE DOORS OF CITY HALL. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SUBMITTING YOUR ARTWORK,
PLEASE CONTACT OUR ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE MANAGER AT OUR BRIGHAM, WHICH IS BRIGHAM AT DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV. AND SPEAKING OF INSPIRING ART,
WE ARE WAIT. 
          WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME VISIT CITY HALL AND EXPERIENCE THE AMAZING ARTWORK CURRENTLY ON
DISPLAY. 
          WE'RE PROUD TO FEATURE THE JAZZ SERIES BY MR. DAN O'BANNON, A RESIDENT OF DESOTO. HIS. HIS DYNAMIC COLLECTION BRINGS MUSIC,
MOVEMENT AND ENERGY TO LIFE THROUGH ART. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST ARTWORK YOU LOOK AT. IT IS AN EXPERIENCE. 
          WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR PHONE UP TO THE ARTWORK, IT LITERALLY BEGINS TO SING AND DANCE RIGHT
BEFORE YOUR EYES. 
          SO COME TO CITY HALL RIGHT OVER HERE. EXPERIENCE THE CREATIVITY AND DISCOVER THE MAGIC OF
ART THAT INSPIRES. 
          BUT THE CELEBRATION DOES NOT STOP HERE. OKAY,
NOW ONE LAST THING. 
          ANNOUNCEMENT. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL DESOTO ARTIST
LAB SHOWCASE FESTIVAL AT DESOTO TOWN CENTER AMPHITHEATER IN CORNER THEATER OVER HERE. 
          ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, FROM 4 P.M. TO 8 P.M.,
THE SHOWCASE FESTIVAL GATES OPEN UP AT THREE. 
          THE FESTIVITIES START. PROGRAM STARTS AT FOUR,
SO COME EARLY. 
          ENJOY. ENJOY ALL THE EXCITEMENT. THIS INCREDIBLE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL,
NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR, 
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IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE DESOTO TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. 
          BOARD. IT IS A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY,
HIGHLIGHTING THE AMAZING TALENTS OF OUR 2026 DESOTO ARTISTS LAB RESIDENTS ARTISTS WHILE PROVIDING A FUN FILLED EXPERIENCE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 
          THE DESOTO ARTISTS LAB RESIDENCY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BRING FREE,
ENGAGING ARTS, EXPERIENCING DIRECTLY TO OUR EXPERIENCES DIRECTLY TO OUR COMMUNITY, CONNECTING RESIDENTS WITH TALENTED ARTISTS AND INSPIRING CREATIVITY THROUGH DESOTO. 
          IT SAYS. FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A SPOKEN WORD CONTEST,
A PLEIN AIR PAINTING CONTEST, MODERN CAJUN LIKE CAJON JAZZ ENSEMBLE FEATURING INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SAXOPHONIST TOM
BRAXTON, A HEADLINING PERFORMANCE BY THE INCREDIBLE ROB HOBART BAND,
EXCITING FASHION SHOW BY DESIGNS BY DESOTO ARTIST LAB RESIDENCY ARTIST MRS SHALITA MCDUFFIE, INTERACTIVE ART ENGAGEMENTS,
FREE FACE PAINTING, RAFFLE PRIZES, DELICIOUS, DELECTABLE FOOD FROM VENDORS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SPOKEN WORD
CONTEST, PLEASE REGISTER BY EMAILING OUR BRIGHAM BRIGHAM@TEXAS.GOV. 
          BRING YOUR FAMILY, INVITE YOUR FRIENDS, AND COME CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE CREATIVITY,
TALENT, AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT MAKE DESOTO SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CALL FOR ART,
THE DESOTO ARTISTS LAB, UPCOMING ART EXHIBITS, AND PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE VISIT DESOTO,
TEXAS.GOV AND CLICK ON ARTS IN DESOTO. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO DISCOVER BECAUSE IN DESOTO THERE'S SO MUCH TO LOVE. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 26TH, AT DESOTO TOWN CENTER, 211 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD, DESOTO. ADMISSION IS FREE. THE FUN IS ENDLESS AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME. 
          IT WAS A LOT. THAT'S IT. COUNCILMAN. THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S IT. YES! HOPEFULLY Y'ALL GOT ALL THAT. 
          BACK TO YOU, MADAM. SURE. BECAUSE, YOU SEE, IT WAS A LOT. 
          IT WAS A LOT. BUT WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? THEY GOT IT ALL. OKAY, I'M GOING TO TRY TO ADD ON JUST A LITTLE BIT,
AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF ABOUT IT. 
          HOWEVER, I WANTED TO DON'T WANT THAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS ALTHEA BURTON,
WHO IS A DESOTO RESIDENT BUT ALSO A VETERAN ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND SECURING HER DEGREE. YOU CAN PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT THERE. THAT'S AMAZING. 
          WE HAD A CHANCE TO WE HAD A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE HER AT HER GRADUATION PARTY. 
          SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE THEIR WAY THERE,
AND I WAS ABLE TO SEND A COMMENDATION FOR HER TO LET HER KNOW HOW PROUD OF HER THAT WE ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF DE SOTO. ALSO, KEEPING IN THAT SAME VEIN,
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE NEW GOLDEN VOICES CHOIR AT OUR DE SOTO SENIOR CENTER. 
          THEY HAD THEIR APPRECIATION TODAY, NEARLY TWO DECADES OF OF SINGING AND BRINGING JOY THERE
AT THAT FACILITY. 
          THEY STARTED IN ABOUT 2009. SO THAT'S AGAIN,
ALMOST TWO DECADES. 
          AND SO I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE HAVING THEIR CHOIR CONCERTS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS,
IF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW AND SO WE ARE GLAD THAT THEY ARE STILL GOING STRONG THERE AS WELL. 
          WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE NEW GOLDEN VOICES. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND COMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH ON HER
APPOINTMENT TO SERVE ON THE TML MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL POLICY SUMMIT. SHE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT ANDREA BAREFIELD,
WHO IS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF WACO, TO SERVE AS THAT DELEGATE. SHE WILL JOIN DELEGATES FROM ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE SUMMIT,
WHICH IS AN INTENSIVE TWO DAY WORKSHOP TAKING PLACE ON AUGUST 27TH THROUGH THE 28TH OF THIS YEAR IN AUSTIN. DURING THE SUMMIT, DELEGATES WILL LEARN ABOUT THE WIDE RANGE OF
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES FACING TEXAS CITIES AND HELP SHAPE THE LEAGUE'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AHEAD OF THE 2027 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH, FOR REPRESENTING DESOTO. 
          I KNOW YOU'LL I KNOW YOU'LL REPRESENT OUR CITY WELL. 
          AND THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE IS REGARDING THE BRIDGE TO ART IN DESOTO. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF DESOTO'S 2026 BRIDGE ART CONTEST. 
          SO WE'RE INVITING RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL FIVE BY SIX INCH PIECE OF
ARTWORK INSPIRED BY THE THEME DESOTO. 
          SO MUCH TO LOVE. SO SELECTED ARTWORK WILL BE FEATURED ON DECORATIVE BRIDGE PANELS
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, CREATING A LASTING PUBLIC ART DISPLAY. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP
SHOWCASE THE CREATIVITY AND PRIDE THAT MAKES DESOTO SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. 
          FOR COMPLETE CONTEST RULES, THE ARTWORK, TEMPLATE AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION,
YOU CAN GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND YOU CAN WRITE THIS DOWN DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV/BRIDGE ART CONTEST. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE SUBMISSIONS COME IN. 
          THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A FLIER THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE,
WHICH GIVES YOU AGAIN, MORE DETAILS FOR THIS. 
          AND SO WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS MADE TO
THE COMMUNITY IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC ART THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. 
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AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT DOING THAT TO BE VERY INCLUSIVE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND
THEIR CREATIVITY AS WELL. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM. YES,
MA'AM. 
          THE GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY. OH, YEAH. GOOD. WELL GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD. WELL, NO, WE. WELL WE HAVE GOOD. YOU MEAN AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? YEAH. YOU WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT. 
          WELL, I MEAN I'M ALWAYS I'M ALWAYS ON BOARD TO TALK ABOUT A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY HAS GOOD NEIGHBORS. EVERY LAST ONE OF US SITS NEXT TO GOES TO COFFEE
WITH, TALKS ABOUT, MEETS AND GREETS. WE DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO NOW THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF THERE BEING ONE GOOD NEIGHBOR,
THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVEN OF THEM OR SIX AND SEVEN. 
          THERE WILL BE SEVEN OF THEM. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL GET INVOLVED. 
          AND YOU CAN SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I'M PLACE TWO AND GOES DOWN THE LINE, AND EACH OF US WILL HAVE SOMEBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY
THAT WE WILL COMMEND. 
          AND WE WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY,
WHICH IS SEPTEMBER THE 28TH EVERY YEAR. 
          AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY TIME TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR,
BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS ALL YEAR LONG, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. SO AS SHE SAID,
YOU CAN LET YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING SOMEONE FROM THEIR PLACE. TO BE COMMENDED HERE AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. AT THIS TIME, MADAM SECRETARY, 
          [E. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager.  ]
          [F. Consent - Other Items]
WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL. 
          AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A
COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER. FIRST, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          JULY 13TH, 2026. SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 17TH,
2026, AS WELL AS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2026 2027 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN CONSIDER
APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING BANK SIGNATORIES ON ALL CITY OF DESOTO BANK ACCOUNTS. 
          CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET IN THE
AMOUNT OF $14,540 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE RELATIONS INVESTIGATION. 
          CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET TO
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE NEO GOV POWER D MS PLATFORM, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET TO
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE WORK SHIELD EMPLOYEE RELATIONS INVESTIGATION PLATFORM,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026
ADOPTED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALSO, FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE COMMENT CARD. 
          OKAY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND RECEIVE THAT COMMENT CARD BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE OR TO
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS. DOCTOR. BRANDON. NORWOOD. NORWOOD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. DOCTOR. BRANDON
NORWOOD, CITY OF DESOTO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND HELLO AGAIN TO EVERYONE. 
          SO VERY SHORTLY WITHIN THIS TWO MINUTE TIME SPAN THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN JUST SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER. 
          SO I REVIEW THE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED THAT WERE THERE. 
          AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF IT IS NORMAL TO BE ADDED ON AT THE END OF A FISCAL
BUDGET YEAR OR ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR. 
          BUT AS RESIDENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THESE ITEMS WERE
ANTICIPATED. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, IT BRINGS ABOUT THE QUESTION WHAT PATTERN DO THESE AMENDMENTS REVEAL
ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING? WE ASK FOR TRUST. WE ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY. WE ASK FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION. 
          BUT IT SPEAKS TO A MORE BROADER CONCEPT HERE. 
          AND THAT IS THAT RECENTLY I FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW,
I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET WAS BALANCED. 
          SO I THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WESLEY, BUT WITH THAT,
THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN IN A PREVIOUS MEETING WHICH CAUSED MISTRUST 
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WITHIN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED. AND SO I BRING ABOUT THE QUESTION ABOUT OUR
FINANCIAL PLANNING, BECAUSE HERE IT IS THAT WE, WE THOUGHT OUR ASSUMED RATHER BASED UPON THAT INFORMATION,
THAT WE WERE ON THE BRINK OF A DEFICIT TO FIND THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE NOT RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT US TO CONSIDER IN OUR THOUGHT PROCESS OF THINKING AGAIN,
THE WORD THINKING, RIGHT? TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING AT THE END OF THE
FISCAL YEAR, AND TRY TO DO OUR BEST WITH THE BUDGET THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR 2627,
THAT IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT, MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS NOW FOR THE FUTURE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SCURRY
AND BRING THEM IN ON THE END. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY ITEMS OR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE CALL
FOR A VOTE? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IF
THREE, FOUR AND FIVE. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK A QUESTION IF IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          JUST A QUESTION. ARE YOU WANTING THE ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE? WELL, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON IF MY QUESTION IS,
IS GOING TO CAUSE MORE QUESTIONS. 
          JUST GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. THAT'S FINE. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THESE BEING
INVESTIGATION ITEMS THAT WE'RE MAKING A CHANGE IN THIS, YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET. WHEN I THOUGHT JUST A FEW COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,
WHEN WE WERE IN OUR MEETING, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS. 
          AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THESE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING DONE HERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS,
BUT THEY'RE NOT ASSESSMENTS. CORRECT? YES. GOOD EVENING,
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO THANKFUL TO BE HERE. BUT YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          THE ASSESSMENTS AND THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE TWO DIFFERENT AVENUES OF OUR HR DEPARTMENT. 
          A CULTURAL ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE IN DEPARTMENTS TO PREVENT EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND SO THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT PART. 
          SO THE INVESTIGATION PIECE THAT'S HERE THESE ARE ALL INVESTIGATION ITEMS. AND SO I'M ASKING, ARE WE DOING INVESTIGATIONS AND THEN DOING ASSESSMENTS IN THE NEW
FISCAL YEAR? NO. SO INVESTIGATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS. SOMETIMES THEY CORRELATE,
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. 
          THE PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS INVESTIGATION THAT YOU SEE HERE IS NOT ONE OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING AN ASSESSMENT FOR. 
          IT JUST IS FOR AN EMPLOYEE RELATIONS INVESTIGATION THAT CAME ABOUT DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR
THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY REALLY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FORECAST FOR. 
          THEY'RE SORT OF LIKE OUR TML CLAIMS IT'S VERY HARD TO FORECAST WHAT THOSE INVESTIGATIONS
ARE GOING TO BE. 
          AND DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE INVESTIGATION,
IT MAY BE AT THE DECISION OF CITY MANAGEMENT TO GET A THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATOR, WHICH IS IN THE CASE OF WHAT YOU SEE WITH ITEM F THREE. 
          THAT WAS WHAT WAS DECIDED. IT WAS DECIDED THAT INSTEAD OF OUR INTERNAL HR DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATING, A THIRD PARTY WOULD BE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THAT PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION. 
          OKAY, SO THE L3 AND L5 ARE NOT INVESTIGATIONS. 
          THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYEE INVESTIGATIONS. F FIVE IS AN EMPLOYEE RELATIONS INVESTIGATION
PLATFORM. 
          SO WORK SHIELD IS A THIRD PARTY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS INVESTIGATIONS PLATFORM THAT EMPLOYEES
ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT COMPLAINTS VIA A SYSTEM. 
          THOSE ARE NOT INVESTIGATED BY THE HR DEPARTMENT WORKSHEET IS SPECIFICALLY FOR TITLE SEVEN
COMPLAINTS. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGEMENT AND MY PREDECESSOR WERE REALLY WANTING
TO GET FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO AS OF TODAY, WORKSHEET HAS COMPLETED TWO INVESTIGATIONS FOR US THAT WERE TITLE SEVEN
COMPLAINTS. 
          SO WE HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE SAVED THE HR DEPARTMENT TIME AND FUNDS AS WELL,
BUT IT'S A PLATFORM THAT INVESTIGATES EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COMPLAINTS SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE ARE NOT BACK NEXT FISCAL YEAR ASKING FOR AN AMENDMENT FOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS,
THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND YOU JUST HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK,
DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'LL BE BACK HERE NEXT YEAR ASKING THE SAME QUESTION, BUT I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES,
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AS PRESENTED. 
          COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MADAM SECRETARY,
WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          [1.  Case No. Z-1545-26 - Conduct a Public Hearing and consider adoption of an Ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow for the construction and operation of a Minor Automobile Repair Shop on property located at 1027 E. Belt Line Road, DeSoto, Texas Applicant: Yazen Elhamad of White Dove Capital Property Owner: Baker Ghanim of Tire Store Service Center AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NO. 318 (SUP-318) TO ALLOW FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 0.809± ACRE (35,250 SQ. FT.)TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE VALENTINE WAMPLER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1546, CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1027 E. BELTLINE ROAD), PRESENTLY ZONED AS GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT (GR) TO BE USED FOR AUTO REPAIR, MINOR USE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. CASE NUMBER Z-1545-26. 
          CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE
PERMIT. 
          SUP TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP ON
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1027 EAST BELTLINE ROAD, DESOTO, TEXAS. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS HERE FOR. AMENDED BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER
318SUP-318 TO 
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ALLOW FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.89 ACRES 35 250FT². 
          TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE VALENTINE WAMPLER SURVEY. 
          ABSTRACT NUMBER 1546. CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS,
TEXAS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1027 EAST BELTLINE ROAD, PRESENTLY ZONED AS GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT GR TO BE USED FOR AUTO REPAIR MINOR USE,
PROVIDING A CONFLICT CAUSE. 
          PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. 
          PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000
FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          MAKING A PRESENTATION IS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AHMED AL CASEY. 
          AND FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL FILLING IN FOR MISS JORDAN,
MISS COLTON, TONIGHT. 
          AND WE HAVE AN SOP REASON WHY THIS DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES AN SOP BECAUSE IT RESIDES IN A
GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT AND IN THE GR OR THE IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT. 
          BASICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE,
THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE PNC AND CITY COUNCIL AND GET THE APPROVAL FOR THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THE LOCATION IS YOU SEE A BELT LINE AND THEN YOU HAVE BELT LINE,
THEN CROSS CRESTWOOD, AND THEN LOCATION IS BASICALLY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION. 
          OUR APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT, MR. YASMIN ALHAMAD. 
          AND THIS IS ALMOST A ONE ACRE DEVELOPMENT. PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS. 
          WE DID MAIL 23 LETTERS AND WITHIN 200FT PERIMETER AND THEN 200 TO 400,
WE MAILED 36. WE ONLY GOT ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION. I HAVE A COPY OF IT HERE. 
          THEY DID NOT SPECIFY WHY, BUT WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY THE START THAT YOU SEE ON THE ON THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. 
          SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE THE DEVELOPMENT IS IN RED,
HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND THEN THE OTHER COLORS. 
          THIS IS BASICALLY THE PARAMETERS FOR 204 HUNDRED. 
          AND THEN THE STARS WHERE WE GOT THE OPPOSITION LETTER FROM. 
          THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ABOUT THE PROPERTIES. 
          THERE ARE 23 PROPERTIES WITHIN THE 200 PARAMETER. 
          AND THEN JUST LIKE AND MORE ANALYSIS TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS,
THE SUBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OR THE SITE IS ACTUALLY IN GRAY. 
          YOU COULD SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE ON THE WEST AND EAST,
THAT'S A GENERAL RETAIL. 
          AND THEN NORTH AND SOUTH, IT'S RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. 
          ELEVATIONS. THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEVATIONS AND LANDSCAPING TOO,
WHICH IS GREAT. 
          IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT. THE ONLY REASON WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A DENIAL TONIGHT,
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBILITY. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USE,
WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF A MEDIUM DENSITY IN THAT AREA. 
          BUT THIS ONE IS AUTOMOBILE. IT'S DIFFERENT FROM FUTURE LAND USE. 
          SO STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL TO PNC. PNC DENIED THE REQUEST 5 TO 0. 
          AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT. I BELIEVE HE'S GOT A PRESENTATION AND HE WANTS TO IS
REQUESTING AN APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE APPROVED. IT WILL REQUIRE SUPERMAJORITY VOTE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST
NAME, SIR. ALHAMAD. DID YOU SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD AS WELL? TO SPEAK, WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY IF THAT'S YOUR COMMENT CARD OR IF IT'S FROM SOMEONE ELSE
IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY REDUNDANCY IN YOUR PRESENTATION TO PLEASE ELIMINATE THAT. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT MR. AL CASEY HAS PRESENTED, WE WOULD GLADLY ENTERTAIN THAT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE COMMISSION AND STAFF FOR THEIR CAREFUL REVIEW. 
          I'M YASMIN AHMAD, RESIDENT OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS. 
          I'M A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE TIRE STORE SERVICE CENTER,
A FAMILY OWNED TEXAS BUSINESS. 
          AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO BUILD OUR STORE AT 1027 EAST
BELTLINE ROAD. 
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OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT IS SIMPLE ON THIS CORNER,
A CLEAN, FAMILY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS WILL SERVE DE SOTO BETTER THAN THE LOW DENSITY, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DEPICTS,
SUCH AS A TRIPLEX OR QUADPLEX, AND A PERMIT WRITTEN ON YOUR CONDITIONS TO KEEP THIS COUNCIL IN CONTROL. 
          THREE THINGS THAT SUPPORT THAT IS ONE, WHO WE ARE,
WHAT THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS SAY AND WHY THIS SPECIFIC CORNER FIRST. 
          I HAVE A VIDEO. IF YOU CAN CLICK PLAY ON THE VIDEO,
IT'S BASICALLY A POINT OF VIEW OF A CUSTOMER AS THEY WALK OUT OF THEIR, THEIR CAR INTO OUR SHOP. SO LIKE I SAID, UNEDITED CUSTOMER VIDEO INTO OUR SECOND BEDFORD LOCATION. AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO PLAY. 
          SO IT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE PICTURE WHEN THEY HEAR TIRE SHOP. 
          AND THAT'S THE POINT AND POINT ONE. WE'RE A PROVEN OPERATOR,
FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS SINCE THE EARLY 2000, 14 TEXAS LOCATIONS AND ONE WRITTEN STANDARD FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          LANDSCAPE FRONTAGES, MAINTAIN EXTERIORS, A QUIET SITE LAYOUT,
AND SHOWROOMS INSPIRED BY MODERN COFFEE SHOPS. 
          WHAT YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO ISN'T MARKETING, IT'S OUR POLICY. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S THE FRONT OF OUR SECOND BEDFORD LOCATION. 
          THIS IS A STORE IN COPPELL, AND IT MIMICS THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE DEPICTING HERE IN
DESOTO. 
          SO A PROVEN OPERATIONAL LAYOUT. AND THIS IS A SHOWROOM OF OUR SECOND BEDFORD LOCATION. 
          IT'S WELCOMING, COMFORTING AND IT'S INSPIRED BY MODERN COFFEE SHOP POINT TWO. 
          OUR REPUTATION IS VERIFIABLE, NOT CLAIMED. WE HAVE 4.9 STARS ACROSS NEARLY THOUSANDS OF
GOOGLE REVIEWS AT OUR TWO LARGEST STORES. 
          GOOGLE'S OWN REVIEW TOPICS CLEANLINESS 13 MENTIONS,
KIND STAFF, 27 MENTIONS, NO UPSELLS, AND THE REVIEW WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO GET OVER ON YOU. DOT,
DOT, DOT. 
          I'M A SINGLE LADY, SO WOMEN AND FAMILIES TRUST US. 
          WE INVEST WHERE WE OPERATE. WE BROUGHT MARCO FABIAN,
A MEXICAN WORLD CUP SUPERSTAR, TO A MEET AND GREET IN EULESS, TEXAS DURING THE WORLD CUP. ALSO, WE SUPPORTED PALESTINE'S DOGWOOD FESTIVAL WITH FREE KIDS
GAMES AND A TIRE GIVEAWAY. 
          AND THERE'S MANY MORE WE DO MULTIPLE. A MONTH IN DESOTO GETS THE SAME. 
          AND THIS IS OUR POINT THREE THE CORNER ITSELF. 
          CORNER OF CRESTWOOD AND BELTLINE. AND TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION'S CONCERNS,
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS DEPICTS LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH COULD MEAN A TRIPLEX. 
          THREE REASONS WE RESPECTFULLY BELIEVE THAT OUR STORE IS A BETTER OUTCOME. 
          ONE EAST BELTLINE IS A HIGH TRAFFIC ARTERIAL,
A HARD PLACE FOR FRONT DOORS AND CHILDREN'S BEDROOMS, AND A NATURAL PLACE FOR A BUSINESS THAT BUFFERS THE NEIGHBORHOODS BEHIND IT. 
          TWO THIS IS A DAILY NEEDS AMENITY FOR THE VERY REASONS THE VERY RESIDENTS THAT THE MAP
ACTUALLY SERVES. 
          SO THINK OF OIL CHANGES, BRAKES, TIRES WITH NO MAJOR WORK BEING DONE WITH A PLAYGROUND AT
THE FRONT TO WELCOME FAMILIES. 
          THREE AND MOST IMPORTANT, TRIPLEX IS BY RIGHT. 
          OUR STORE IS BY PERMISSION. SO OURS SCREENING,
LANDSCAPING, UPKEEP. 
          RIGHT. THE CONDITIONS. AND WE'RE WILLING TO,
YOU KNOW, HEAR THEM OUT. 
          WE CLOSE AT SEVEN. NO, OVERNIGHT. I SAW OUTDOOR STORAGE. 
          YOU STAY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND YOU GUYS ADD TAX DOLLARS TO THE CITY. 
          SO WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT. 
          WE'RE A PROVEN OPERATOR. WE HAVE A VERIFIED REPUTATION AND A CORNER THAT WORKS HARDER FOR
DE SOTO ON YOUR TERMS. WE'RE PROUD TO BUILD HERE. AND THANK YOU AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME,
COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR,
PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          MADAM CITY SECRETARY, YOU SAID WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS PARTICULAR
ITEM. WE DO NOT. 
          OKAY. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE DENY THIS ZONING CASE. 
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SECOND. A POINT OF INFORMATION. ARE WE ARE WE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DENIAL? BECAUSE THE DENIAL IS THE DENIAL IS WHAT CAME OVER. 
          YES. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO A MOTION. 
          YES. THE DENIAL WAS A RECOMMENDATION. HOWEVER IT PUTS THE SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT ON
THERE TO APPROVE IT. 
          CORRECT. THANK YOU. YES. SO COUNCIL THE DENIAL WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM PNC. 
          SO JUST FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS OF THE SUPERMAJORITY. 
          SO NOW IT PUTS A SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT, MEANING SIX OUT OF SEVEN CORRECT. 
          MEANING SIX OUT OF SEVEN MUST VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 
          THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A MOTION TO DENY THE ITEM. 
          SO COUNSEL AGAIN. MR.. LET ME MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON ON THAT,
BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY TO DENY IT. 
          CORRECT. OR JUST TO APPROVE IT, JUST TO APPROVE IT. 
          APPROVE IT ONLY REQUIRES THE DENY THIS WOULD NOT REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY FOR THIS ONE TO
DENY IT. 
          SIMPLE MAJORITY. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE THE ITEM. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO RESCIND MY QUESTION. I'LL KEEP MY QUESTION TO
MYSELF. 
          IT'S OKAY. YES, COUNCILMAN. WESLEY. OKAY. MY MY QUESTION IS SO IN OUR 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
THIS THIS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE SUP WE'RE DOING THE SCP BECAUSE
THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY IN A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. AND THEN FOR THEM TO HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE IN A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT,
THEY NEED TO HAVE AN SUP. 
          SO THAT'S WHY. BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE DENYING IT'S NOT A EXCUSE ME FOR I'M SORRY. 
          THIS AUTOMOBILE THIS REPAIR SHOP DOESN'T FALL UNDER GENERAL RETAIL. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? NO. THAT'S CORRECT. IT DOES NOT. 
          OKAY. IT DOES NOT. AND AND WE HAVE IT THAT WAY FOR A REASON. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT'S THE GENERAL. SO YEAH, USUALLY WITH THE GENERAL RETAIL THOSE KIND OF
SHOPS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE MANAGED BY PNC COMMISSION RESIDENTS AND THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, YES, WE WANT THIS PRODUCT TO BE IN THIS PLACE OR WE WANT
TO DENY IT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW KIND OF BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE ABILITY TO APPROVE OR DENY FOR SUCH
DEVELOPMENTS. 
          OKAY. SO I'M SORRY, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS,
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT BY RIGHTS. 
          IF THEY'RE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT COINCIDES WITH GENERAL RETAILERS AND,
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BEFORE PNC OR CITY COUNCIL, BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PULL AN S P,
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE COMING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. AND AND THIS BOARD IS TWO TWO NEIGHBORHOODS,
CORRECT? YES. THERE IS ONE TO THE NORTH SIDE. IT SAYS RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE SOUTH SIDE AS WELL. OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. 
          THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO TELL THE APPLICANT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I CAN DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND DYNAMICS OF THAT,
BUT I WONDERED IF THERE WAS EVER A CONSIDERATION FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHMENT THERE. YEAH. IF I MAY ANSWER THIS QUESTION,
WE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE LIKE THE PRODUCT HE'S CONNECTED WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO
HOPEFULLY SEE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM AND THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WATERS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WELL MY QUESTION SO THIS IS MORE LIKE DISCOUNT TIRE LEVEL,
YOU KNOW, SO FOR WHAT YOU SAID, THE APPLICANT WAS SAYING THEY CLOSE AT SEVEN AND IT'S NOT ANY
MAJOR WORK, SO THERE'S NO OVERNIGHT CARS THERE. AM I CORRECT IN THAT ASSUMPTION. 
          OKAY. YES. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE OVERNIGHT CARS. 
          BAYS ARE CLOSED AT NIGHT AFTER SEVEN AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE BARBER SHOP AND AUTO BODY
SHOP. 
          OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MENTION, THE AUTO BODY SHOP IS ACTUALLY FROM,
I THINK FROM THE 90S OR SOMETHING. 
          SO IT'S GRANDFATHERED. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S THE 80S. 
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THE AUTO BODIES 80S. SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE BARBERSHOP CAME IN. 
          YEAH. OKAY, I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          I HAD A QUESTION SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE THE CURRENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE
SURROUNDING THE FACT THAT IT'S ON BELTLINE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, BELTLINE IS CONSIDERED A AYE HIGHWAY. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WHAT BORDERS THE AREA IN QUESTION IS ALREADY,
LIKE YOU SAID, A BARBER SHOP, THERE'S AN AUTO BODY SHOP SIMILAR, WHICH IN MY MIND READS SIMILAR TO THIS PARTICULAR
REQUEST. 
          AND THEN I THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE IS SOME. 
          THERE IS SOME LAND THERE. BUT THEN THE SUNSHINE,
I THINK IT'S SUNSHINE, PEDIATRICS. 
          AND THEN THE REST OF THAT IS RETAIL. I THINK THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE HIGHWAY. 
          SO WHEN WE UPDATED THE COMP PLAN IN 2024. MR. OKC, DO YOU ALL KNOW IF THAT PARTICULAR AREA WAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THE COMP PLAN
UPDATE? THAT PARTICULAR THAT PARTICULAR CORNER, THAT AREA? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP AND LET YOU KNOW IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW. THANK YOU. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. 
          I, I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I CAN LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND I CAN UNDERSTAND BOTH
SIDES IN TERMS OF WHY PEOPLE MAY HAVE SOME CONCERNS THERE. 
          HOWEVER, IT'S THE CONTINUITY OF IT. AND TO PUT TO ME IN MY MIND,
TO PUT RESIDENTIAL THERE OR SOMETHING LOWER, YOU KNOW, MEDIUM DENSITY WOULD BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY THERE,
CONSIDERING WHAT'S BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN AND SO FORTH. 
          SO I STRUGGLE WITH SEEING RESIDENTIAL OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SOMETHING A SIMILAR USE. 
          ON THAT CORNER, I GUESS MY QUESTION AT THIS AT THIS TIME WOULD BE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC AND
STACKING. 
          I WENT BY AND I LOOKED AT THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN THE CORNER FEELS A LITTLE SMALL FOR
WHAT I SAW, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF VISUALLY SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT STACKING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE THAT WON'T,
WE DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING A CONCERN STACKING MEANING FOR THOSE LISTENING, STACKING MEANING CARS AS THEY'RE GOING IN OR,
YOU KNOW, PARKING OR POSSIBLY GOING OUT INTO THE STREET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE HAVE NOT GONE THERE YET. BUT YOU KNOW, ME LOOKING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT,
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE AN ISSUE AS FAR AS STACKING IS CONCERNED. 
          YEAH. I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH SEEING SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT'S ALREADY KIND OF GOING
THERE IN TERMS OF, OF IN TERMS OF JUST ANOTHER TYPE OF USE AND YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T. 
          YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE AN IDEA OF LIKE THE, THE CHANGE OF THE COMP PLAN OR IF IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THE UPDATE. 
          YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP TO SEE LIKE,
WHAT WAS THAT LAND ZONED FOR BEFORE 2024? THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 
          AND I ALSO I WAS GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION EARLIER. 
          I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ABOUT OTHER
LOCATIONS. 
          I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE THE, THE CORNER ITSELF. 
          IT IS VERY, IT'S BUSY. IT'S VERY BUSY AND I CAN GET,
I CAN GET, I CAN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO BE AROUND A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BRING MORE TRAFFIC. IN MY OPINION TO THAT CORNER. 
          IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS IS MORE SUITED FOR, FOR THE 35 OR THE I 35 TYPE OF THING. 
          SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS WHY WAS THIS? THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION DOESN'T SEEM BIG
ENOUGH FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS. IT REALLY DOESN'T EVEN. 
          I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY JUST BUILT SOMETHING LIKE A,
A DAYCARE, RIGHT? LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, ON THIS ALMOST IN THE SAME SPOT. 
          IT JUST SEEMS VERY BUSY FOR US TO BE THINKING OF PUTTING AN ACTUAL BUSINESS OF THIS TYPE
AT THAT CORNER. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT REASON, I'M, I'M STRUGGLING QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD THINK IN TERMS OF SOMEWHERE ELSE IN DESOTO,
MAYBE OFF OF A HIGHWAY WHERE IT'S IT SEEMS MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE TRAFFIC PIECE. 
          I MEAN, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC. WAS THERE A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE? I
DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS IT WAS DONE YET. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL. 
          SO WE DID NOT GO VERY FAR IN THE PROCESS. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE APPLICANT WITH YOUR HAND UP. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY OFF OF 183 IN EULESS BOULEVARD AS WELL. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY OPERATE ON A SMALLER LOCATION WITH A BIGGER BUILDING AND WE HAVE NO
STACKING, NO CARS LEFT OVERNIGHT. EVERYTHING'S KEPT INSIDE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S LIKE BIGGER BUILDING SMALLER SIZE LOT. 
          [01:15:01]
WE HAVE NO ISSUES. YEAH. BUT THE, THE, THE, THE ACTUAL VIDEO THAT YOU JUST SHOWED I WAS
LOOKING THAT UP IS ACTUALLY ON A CORNER THAT IS RIGHT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. 
          SO THAT'S IN, THAT'S IN DOWNTOWN BEDFORD IS WHAT YOU SAW. 
          THAT'S A DIFFERENT LOCATION. YEAH, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT LOCATION. OKAY. SO THAT'S,
THAT'S IN DOWNTOWN BEDFORD. THAT'S I WOULD SAY ADJACENT TO MAYBE DOWNTOWN DESOTO. 
          AND THAT'S EVEN SMALLER LOT. IT'S EVEN A SMALLER LOT. 
          BUT YEAH, WE, WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL THE TRAFFIC. 
          I THINK WE ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF OUR USAGE, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. 
          YES, I REMEMBER BECAUSE OF YOUR WHAT OUR USAGE AND YEAH,
YEAH, NO, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE TRIP GENERATIONS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS DOES NOT EXCEED A CERTAIN LIMIT. 
          WE DON'T DO THE T I AYE. SO WE HAVE NOT DONE THE TIA YET,
BUT SOMETIMES WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BASED ON AN ENGINEERING JUDGMENT, WE CAN ALSO REQUEST A TIA. 
          ANYWAYS, SO AGAIN, WE JUST DID LIKE A VERY, VERY SIMPLE ANALYSIS OF THE TRAFFIC. 
          IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE FULL IDEA. BUT THEN WE CAN GO BACK ANY TIME AND DO THE TIA
BASICALLY THE OUTCOME OF THE TIA WOULD BE LIKE EITHER ADDING A DIESEL LANE OR AN ACCELERATION LANE OR SOME WIDENING TO THE INTERSECTION,
WHICH YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IN A LOT OF TIMES DEVELOPERS DO. 
          AND IT DOESN'T LIKE REALLY, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL BREAKER FOR,
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE OPPOSITION LETTER ITSELF WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE TO THE PACKET. 
          I JUST WONDERED, WAS THAT A, THAT WAS A HOMEOWNER IN THE AREA THAT OPPOSED IT? YEAH. I CAN GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE OPPOSITION LETTER. 
          I HAVE IT HERE. YEAH. WE DIDN'T GET A REASON WHY DIDN'T GIVE A REASON. 
          NO. OKAY. BUT IT WAS JUST STATED THAT, YOU KNOW,
I'M OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE GET THOSE AFTER WE SUBMIT THE PRESENTATION AND AFTER WE
ADVERTISE AND AFTER WE ADD THE ATTACHMENTS. 
          SO NOT ALL THE TIME THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTACH THIS TO THE,
TO THE AGENDA. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. 
          THANK YOU. I THE HOME THAT OPPOSES THE HOME LITERALLY RIGHT ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. 
          SO I CAN IMAGINE WHY THEY WOULD HAVE. THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE NOISE. 
          I'VE NEVER KNOWN A TIRE SHOP THAT DID NOT CREATE SOME SORT OF NOISE. 
          WHETHER IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE THE CAR MOUNTING OR,
YOU KNOW, JUST THE NUANCES OF THE DIFFERENT MACHINERY THAT THEY'RE USING, THERE IS SOME SORT OF NOISE THAT'S CREATED WITH THAT ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT ELSE HAVE
BEEN MENTIONED IS REGARDING THE LOT. 
          I THINK THE INTENTIONALITY ABOUT THAT BEING A GENERAL RETAIL WAS CONSIDERATION FOR THE
COMMUNITY THAT SITS RIGHT BEHIND THAT AREA, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO WHATEVER TRAFFIC IT ACQUIRES. 
          AND SO MY NOTE IS SIMPLE. ONE IS STAFF, WHO ARE THE EXPERTS LOOKED AT THIS AND SAID,
THIS DOESN'T ALIGN WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          I WOULD SAY I WOULD IF I LOOKED AT THIS ANY OTHER WAY AND I SAID,
WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DOLLAR STORE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER DOLLAR STORE NOT TOO FAR AWAY. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS AN AREA FOR DOLLAR STORES. 
          WHY NOT PUT A DOLLAR STORE THERE? I WOULD SAY NO. 
          WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? RIGHT. YES. I SEE THE THE THE COMMONALITY OF BUSINESSES IN THAT
AREA. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S ALL THE MORE REASON FOR THE INTENTIONALITY ON NOT TO FLOOD THAT AREA
WITH THE SAME TYPE OF BUSINESSES. 
          IN ADDITION TO WHAT THIS DOES DOES NOT ALIGN WITH WHAT WE INTENTIONALLY TALKED ABOUT FROM
OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE. 
          I, I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN DESOTO AND THAT YOU HAVE A STRONG BUSINESS MODEL THAT HAS
EXCEEDED TO THE TUNE OF 14 PLACES AROUND OUR METROPLEX. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EDC TO FIND A LOCATION THAT'S MORE
SUITABLE. 
          UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WESLEY. 
          WE DID DO ROUNDS OF COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH HAS NOT USED HER TIME. 
          IF SHE WANTS TO DEFER HER TIME TO A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          OR DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SURE, SURE. 
          OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER WESLEY, YOU CAN HAVE HER TIME. 
          OKAY. I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM SPOKE ABOUT. 
          I DID TO HEAR FROM SOME NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I THINK WE SHOULD PUT OUR TRUST IN OUR PLANNING AND ZONING. 
          I MEAN, THEY DID. IT WAS 5 TO 0. AND WE SHOULD PUT OUR TRUST IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS
WELL. 
          [01:20:07]
AND THEN I JUST, I THINK WE SHOULD, WE HAVE ZONING LAWS FOR A REASON AND WE WANT TO
PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF MY,
MY MY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I JUST. I DON'T THINK OUR FAMILIES FOR FOR THE REASON I DON'T THINK OUR FAMILIES WANT AUTOMOTIVE SHOP THERE. AND ALSO I BELIEVE IN OUR,
IN OUR ZONING, IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON RECORD. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY WE'LL USE OUR VOTING PADS TONIGHT. 
          COUNCIL. I KNOW OUR SCREENS ARE NOT WORKING. HOWEVER,
I BELIEVE OUR SCREENS UP TOP ARE WORKING. 
          OH, THERE THEY ARE. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED. 
          ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VOTING PADS. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DENY. 
          SO IF YOU VOTE YES TO DENY. YES. IF YOU VOTE YES,
THAT MEANS YOU WANT TO DENY. 
          THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. 
          [2.  Conduct a Public Hearing and consider public comment regarding the approval of an agreement with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP for collection of delinquent property assessments for the Danieldale Homestead Public Improvement District (PID)]
MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE
APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH LINEBARGER, GAUGUIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON LLP FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS FOR
THE DANIEL DALE HOMESTEAD PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. 
          P I'D MAKING AN INTRODUCTION AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER. 
          I AM CAMERON. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO IF THIS ITEM SOUNDS FAMILIAR, IT'S BECAUSE YOU DID HEAR AN ITEM SIMILAR TO THIS. 
          A FEW MEETINGS BACK AND WHERE YOU GUYS PASSED A RESOLUTION APPROVING LINEBERGER TO COLLECT
DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS FOR DANIEL DALE PIT. 
          BUT WE LEARNED AFTER THAT THAT WHEN WE HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH LINEBERGER WAS THAT
BECAUSE LINEBERGER IS A LAW FIRM DOING THE COLLECTIONS, THERE'S CERTAIN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MET FROM STATE STATUTE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DID WHILE WHILE WHAT WE DID LAST TIME WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WITH THE
ACTION THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SEEK, IT JUST DIDN'T SATISFY THE THE FULL LEGAL REQUIREMENT THE STATUTE REQUIRES BECAUSE IT'S
BECAUSE IT'S A CONTINGENT FEE BASED CONTRACT. 
          IT REQUIRES THE PUBLIC, IT REQUIRES THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IT'S A CONTINGENT FEE BASED
CONTRACT. 
          THAT'S WHY IT REQUIRES THE PUBLIC HEARING. CAN YOU PUT THAT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE,
MR. CITY ATTORNEY CONTINGENT FEE BASED ON THEIR FEE IS BASED OFF OF WHAT IS COLLECTED. 
          SO IN THE CONTRACT, IT'S 20% OF X. SO THAT'S A CONTINGENT FEE BASED. 
          IT'S NOT AN HOURLY SET HOURLY RATE FOR PERFORMANCE. 
          SO THE LEGISLATURE ADDED THAT A COUPLE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC
HEARING. 
          SO THE TAXPAYERS ARE AWARE OF THE CITY ENTERING INTO A CONTINGENT FEE BASED CONTRACT. 
          OKAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR JUST FOR SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE. DANIEL DELPIT THE DANIEL DELPIT AS A PART OF THE PITT DEBT WAS
ISSUED IN ORDER TO REPAY THE DEVELOPER FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS INSTALLED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THE ASSESSMENTS IS TO REPAY THE THE BOND,
THE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED, REPAY THE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED. AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MECHANISM TO COLLECT THE
ASSESSMENTS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TEXAS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS THAT COLLECT THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENTS,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE FOR COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS. 
          AND SO SIMILAR TO PROPERTY TAXES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THOSE IN ORDER
TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU COVER THE COSTS. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM G TWO IS TO
ALLOW FOR ANY, ANY COMMENT REGARDING THE LINEBARGER BEING UTILIZING LINEBARGER TO COLLECT THE PIT
ASSESSMENTS AS WELL AS THAT THE 20% FEE THAT THEY THEY WILL BE CHARGING AND THAT 20% FEE IS,
IS, IS THAT'S USED TO PAY FOR THE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, RIGHT. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COLLECTION ACTIVITIES SIMILAR TO,
AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, PROPERTY TAXES, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PROCESS AS WELL. AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BY STATE LAW TO CHARGE UP TO
20% FOR THE COLLECTION OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS. AND THAT'S ADDED ON TOP OF ANY OUTSTANDING PIT PIT ASSESSMENTS,
SO THAT THAT THAT PORTION WILL BE REMITTED TO LEIMBACH AS THEIR FEE. AND SO WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO THIS ITEM,
THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM. 
          [01:25:04]
MAYOR. BUT WHEN WE CLOSE OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING,
WE HAVE ITEM H ONE AND H2H1. 
          IS THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WITH LINEBARGER AND THEN H TWO WILL BE THE
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TO 20% ARE FEE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO MOVED. I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH TO OPEN THE PUBLIC
HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MADAM CITY SECRETARY,
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL,
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR,
PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          COUNCIL. THERE IS NO ACTION AS A RESULT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          [1.  Consider and take action to approve a Resolution approving an Agreement to Collect Delinquent Property Assessments for the Danieldale Homestead PID with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, and authorize the Interim City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents]
SO WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE A
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT TO COLLECT DELINQUENT PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE DANIEL DALE HOMESTEAD. P I'D WITH LINEBARGER GOERGEN. 
          BLAIR AND SAMSON LLP AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL, BEFORE WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS,
SINCE THIS ITEM IS DIRECTLY CORRECT, AM I CORRECTING THAT? MR. CAMERON, THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ITEM WE JUST REVIEWED
IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. OH EXCUSE ME. 
          MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          COUNCIL. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I SEE YOUR LIGHT. YES,
MADAM MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. DEPUTY. I'M SORRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER,
I AM. 
          I YOU KNOW, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. I'VE ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WAS A
LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS ALREADY IN PLACE WHEN THE PIT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2023 BECAUSE THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS WOULD USUALLY GIVE CREDENCE TO ANY PENALTIES
AND HOW THEY ARE THEN ENFORCED. BUT WHAT I DID DO WAS I LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED ON
THIS, ON I BELIEVE TODAY. AND SO I WAS WONDERING IN MY WANDERINGS,
I'M, I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS THERE A INDEMNIFICATION IN THERE FOR THE COUNCIL OR FOR THE CITY WHERE IT PERTAINS TO
THIS PENALTY BEING ASSESSED AS WELL AS IS THERE ANY PERCENTAGES FOR LATENESS AND ALSO HOW MANY
PEOPLE, I MEAN, HOW LATE IS LATE? I MEAN, WHERE'S THE FEE SCHEDULE INSIDE OF THESE DOCUMENTS? I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. SO I'M JUST WONDERING,
WHERE IS THAT? WHERE IS THAT INFORMATION HELD SINCE WE'RE NOW PUTTING THIS IN PLACE? SO COUNCIL WE I'M GOING TO WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HERE WHO CAN HELP US ANSWER
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. 
          BUT SO REMEMBER, IT'S IT'S JUST LIKE IF THIS WERE LET ME GO BACK,
GO BACK. 
          SO WHEN THE KID WAS BROUGHT TO US INITIALLY WE,
WE ATTEMPTED TO GET DALLAS COUNTY TO COLLECT JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO PROPERTY TAXES, BUT BECAUSE THE KID HAS MULTIPLE ASSESSMENT RATES BASED
ON THE PROPERTY LOT SIZES, DALLAS COUNTY KIND OF DECLINED TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO DO THAT
AS OPPOSED TO ONE ASSESSMENT RATE WHERE IT'S JUST BLANKET. 
          AND SO, AND SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS IDENTIFY SOMEONE TO COLLECT THOSE,
THOSE ASSESSMENTS. 
          SO, BUT STILL THE PEOPLE THAT COLLECT THE ASSESSMENTS STILL FOLLOW THE SAME PROTOCOL THAT
THAT DALLAS COUNTY WILL FOLLOW FOR TAX COLLECTION PURPOSES BECAUSE IT'S COLLECTED THE SAME WAY FALLS UNDER THE STATUTE AS WELL AS THE TEXAS
TAX CODE AS WELL. 
          BUT I'LL DEFER TO MISS POPE. I UNDERSTAND PAMELA LEE WITH 3500 MAPLE AVENUE,
DALLAS, TEXAS. 
          INTERIM CITY MANAGER. ANSWER CORRECTLY. THE PENALTY AND INTEREST IS THE SAME PENALTY AND
INTEREST IMPOSED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE. 
          SO WHEN IT BECOMES DELINQUENT ON FEBRUARY 1ST IS WHEN THE PENALTY AND INTEREST BEGIN TO
ACCRUE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1% PER 1.5% PER MONTH. 
          OKAY. WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION? THAT WAS PART OF MY QUESTION. 
          SO YOU KNOW THAT IN MY BAILIWICK, I ACTUALLY DO HOA MANAGEMENT. 
          AND SO WHENEVER I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF PPIS,
I KNOW I KNOW THE MECHANISM ITSELF. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS AROUND USUALLY IN HOA DOCUMENTS,
THERE'S A GOVERNING DOCUMENT THAT HAS ALL THE PENALTY INFORMATION, HOW IT'S ENFORCED, WHO CAN ENFORCE IT HAS A SCHEDULE AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING. 
          [01:30:02]
AND IT ALSO HAS AN INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE FOR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AGAINST,
YOU KNOW. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE THE THE
ATTORNEYS. 
          RIGHT. SO IS THERE AN INDEMNIFICATION FOR THE CITY OF THIS PENALTY NOW BEING PUT IN PLACE? IS THERE A CLAUSE INSIDE OF ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS NOW THAT'S OUTSIDE OF MY SPECIALTY. 
          I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST REALLY. AND IT'S REALLY JUST ME ASKING SO WE CAN. 
          I'M ASKING, ARE WE COVERING US? CORRECT. UNDERSTOOD. 
          UNDERSTOOD. BUT IN TERMS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PIT AND THE ASSESSMENTS,
THAT'S CERTAINLY OUTSIDE OF WHAT I WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO ANSWER. 
          WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. CITY ATTORNEY,
DO YOU HAVE ANY. 
          I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE INDEMNIFICATION,
BECAUSE WHAT'S BEFORE US IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN BETWEEN THE CITY AND BETWEEN LOMBARD TO COLLECT THE DELINQUENT FEES. SO THE CITY HAS IMMUNITIES IN PLACE. 
          SO WHAT IS YOUR CONCERN ABOUT? AS LONG AS IT'S WRITTEN SOMEWHERE THAT INDEMNIFIES US,
BECAUSE USUALLY THE 20% IS PUT IN PLACE AT THE INCEPTION OF THE ACTUAL PIT. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER THIS EARLIER. 
          AND I'M ASKING ONLY BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY PUT IN PLACE AHEAD OF TIME WITH THESE TYPES OF
THINGS. 
          AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, HOW IT'S ENFORCED, WHO ENFORCES IT,
AND HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD. 
          BECAUSE THERE'S USUALLY A PIT MANAGER, THAT MANAGER KNOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
THEY NEED TO DO. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING WITH THE PIT MANAGER. WE'RE GOING WITH A SEPARATE
ENTITY TO DO IT. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING. I THINK THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK THERE IS A
PIT MANAGER THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY OF THE NO, NO, THEY NORMALLY DON'T WRITE IN IN THE OTHER CITIES. 
          WE HAVE A SEPARATE FIRM THAT DOES THE COLLECTIONS. 
          MISS BURKS HAS SOME COMMENTS THAT MAY HELP CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. YES. AS STATED IN H TWO. IT'S ASSESSED THROUGH THE TAX CODE SO IT WOULDN'T BE
ASSESSED AT THE INCEPTION OF THE PYD. 
          OKAY SO THAT'S WHERE THE 20% COMES FROM. I REALLY THINK IT'S TWO DIFFERENT. 
          I DON'T THE 20% IN THIS AGENDA ITEM IS A 20% TO DEFRAY THE COST OF COLLECTIONS. 
          BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING, ANOTHER FEE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YEAH. AND I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. YEAH. I'LL GO FORWARD,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ASKED THE QUESTION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT IT THAT WE MAKE SURE,
YOU KNOW, TO COVER THE CITY. 
          I JUST WAS ASKING. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. COUNCILMAN WESLEY. 
          I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. THE THE 20% IS STANDARD,
RIGHT? THAT'S STANDARD PRACTICE FOR COLLECTING OF THESE TYPE OF FEES. 
          YES. IT'S A STANDARD UP TO 20%. YES. 20. AND THEN ARE WE PAYING 20% OR THE 20% IS BEING
ADDED TO THE TO THEIR FEE. IT'S AN ADD ON FEE THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED ON TO THE DELINQUENT ACCOUNT. 
          AND SO THE DELINQUENT PROPERTY OWNER WILL PAY THE 20%. 
          OKAY. NOT THE CITY. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE PAYING NOTHING. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. THANK YOU,
MISS LEE. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. 
          THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL,
WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          [2.  Consider and take action to approve a Resolution imposing a 20% penalty on delinquent property assessments for the Danieldale Homestead PID as authorized by Tex. Tax Code §§33.07 and 33.08, and authorize the Interim City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents]
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION IMPOSING A 20% PENALTY ON DELINQUENT
PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE DANIEL DALE HOMESTEAD PAD, AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS TAX CODE THREE, 3.07 AND 33.08,
AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THE PREVIOUS ITEM, AGAIN WAS FOR THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HERE H TWO
IS FOR THE 20% THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR. 
          I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND,
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. 
          SECOND, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM BEFORE WE TAKE
A VOTE? SEEING NONE. 
          COUNCIL, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PAD. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ONE. 
          [3.  Consider adoption of an Ordinance amending Chapter 3, "Building Regulation," Article 3.1300, "Park Land Dedication Fund," of the Code of Ordinances by adding subsections (f) and (g) to authorize park land dedication credits for tracts between 0.5 and 2 acres that are developed as dog parks  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3 “BUILDING REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE 3.1300 “PARK LAND DEDICATION FUND BY ADDING NEW SUBSECTION (F) AND (G) ALLOWING FOR THE INCLUSION OF DOG PARKS IN PARKLAND DEDICATION AND STANDARDS THEREFORE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00); AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER THREE BUILDING REGULATION. 
          ARTICLE 3.13.1300 PARKLAND DEDICATION FUND OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING SUBSECTIONS
F AND G TO AUTHORIZE PARKLAND DEDICATION CREDITS FOR TRACKS BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2 ACRES THAT ARE
DEVELOPED AS DOG PARKS. 
          [01:35:05]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING
CHAPTER THREE BUILDING REGULATIONS. 
          ARTICLE 3.11300 PARKLAND DEDICATION FUND BY ADDING NEW SUBSECTION F AND G,
ALLOWING FOR THE INCLUSION OF DOG PARKS AND PARKLAND DEDICATION AND STANDARDS,
THEREFOR PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
$2,000 AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          MADAM MAYOR ANOTHER ITEM TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE PETS AND UNIQUE PLACES IS THE
MAYOR'S INITIATIVE. 
          WE WILL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR THIS INITIATIVE. 
          APPROACH NUMBER ONE WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS TO. 
          AMEND THE PARKLAND IS A POLICY OR ORDINANCE APPROACH. 
          YOU WILL AMEND THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE CREDITS FOR DOG PARKS. 
          THE GOAL IS TO KEEP EVERYTHING CONSISTENT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS INITIATIVE FOR
NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVING DEVELOPERS TO BUILD TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S VISION APPROACH NUMBER
TWO IS THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THE IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENT WILL BE PARKS AND RECS,
WHICH BASICALLY INTEGRATING DOG PARKS WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN IN APPROACH NUMBER THREE. 
          SO IT WILL BE A COMBINATION BETWEEN PARKS AND REC AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT,
AND ACTUALLY TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY BASED VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 
          IN REGARD TO THE ORDINANCE. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. 
          THIS ORDINANCE RESIDES IN CHAPTER THREE, WHICH IS THE BUILDING REGULATIONS. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE IS TO ENSURE DEVELOPERS HAVE ENOUGH LAND FOR PARKS. 
          AND THEN THE REQUIREMENT IS BASICALLY TWO ACRES PER PARK LAND. 
          TWO ACRES OF PARKLAND PER 100 DWELLING UNITS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY ALLOWS CREDIT FOR PRIOR DEDICATION AND MONEY IN
LIEU OF LAND. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS NOT DIFFERENT. 
          BASICALLY WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER WAIVER IN THE REQUIREMENT. 
          WE'RE SAYING WE CAN ADD A SECTION TO ALLOW CREDIT FOR DOC PARKS. 
          SO BASICALLY AND ACTUALLY IT WILL BE FROM 0.5 ACRES TO TWO ACRES. 
          SO BASICALLY DEVELOPERS, IF THEY PUT DOC PARKS BETWEEN 0.5 TO 2 ACRES,
THEY CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT. 
          AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEDICATE THAT AMOUNT OF LAND TO PARKLANDS. 
          BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUILD IT TO THE CITY STANDARDS. 
          AND WE LISTED THE STANDARDS HERE AND WE HAVE THE STANDARDS AND THE SPECIFICATIONS AND THE
ORDINANCE AS WELL. 
          THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE FENCING ENTRY, WATER SEATING,
ALL THE WAY TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          CITY COUNCIL ACTION IS TO APPROVE. DOCKS APPROVES. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CATS. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL GOT THE INPUT OF THE DOGS BEFORE
TO INCLUDE WITH THIS PRESENTATION. COUNCIL, BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN COMMENTS. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM MAYOR,
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND,
TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          COUNCIL, ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I SEE LIGHTS,
I'M NOT SURE WHOSE LIGHT LIFE WAS FIRST. 
          FIRST? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH. FIRST OF ALL,
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I DON'T SEE MOCA'S PICTURE ON HERE. I'M SURE SHE WILL APPROVE THIS VERY MUCH. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING BECAUSE WE HAVE RESIDENTS,
FAMILY, NEIGHBORS THAT ARE TRUE PET OWNERS. 
          SO I AM JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I HOPE THERE'S A SECTION WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT FUTURE
PROGRAMING, ESPECIALLY PET OLYMPICS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU,
MR. CASEY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY THE DOG PARK WILL ONLY OCCUR WHEN THERE'S A NEW
DEVELOPMENT COMING THAT WOULD TRIGGER FOR THE DEDICATION OF LAND. THIS WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE DOING ANY OUTSIDE DOG PARKS
WITH THIS POLICY, JUST IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S LAND THAT DUE TO DEVELOPMENT. 
          YES, MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND WITH THIS,
SO I GUESS IT'S UNDERSTOOD AND IT WILL BE OUTLINED 
          [01:40:03]
IN, IN, IN ANY ARRANGEMENT THAT THE HOA AND DEVELOPER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MAINTENANCE UPKEEP AND ALL OF THAT. 
          EXACTLY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I ACTUALLY WAS GOING DOWN THE LINE OF THE HOA AS WELL. 
          MY QUESTION IS FOR THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION,
WHICHEVER ROUTE IS DECIDED OR BECAUSE BECAUSE I SEE YOU HAVE THREE CHOICES THERE. 
          SO WE NEED TO CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE CHOICES. NO MA'AM. 
          THOSE ARE THE APPROACHES THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE. 
          OKAY. BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THE FIRST DIRECTION IS THE POLICY. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. SO WHEN THE DEVELOPER COMES AND THEY'RE
TALKING WITH THE ACTUAL HOA OR THE HOA THEY PUT IN PLACE, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE HERE'S THE QUESTION BECAUSE A NEW DEVELOPER OWNS THE HOA AT THAT
POINT. 
          SURE. IS THERE SOMETHING THE CITY IS GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THAT THE HOA OR THAT THEY HAVE
SOMETHING PUT IN PLACE TO HELP MAKE CERTAIN THAT IF YOU HAVE AN HOA, THAT THERE'S VOTES TAKEN BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT IT? BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IN HOA MAY BE OKAY WITH IT. 
          I'M JUST SAYING. AND NOT THAT I'M SAYING IT IS A BAD THING. 
          I'M JUST SAYING HOA HAVE THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON. 
          AND ONCE THEY'RE PUT IN PLACE, WHEN THE DEVELOPER PUTS IT IN PLACE,
THEY OWN IT. 
          AT THAT POINT, IT HASN'T BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE HOMEOWNERS. 
          SO IF WE'RE DOING THIS AT THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE,
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO GO IN. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. ALWAYS ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES B HAPPENS BEFORE THE HOA. 
          IT HAPPENS AT THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE. YES, MA'AM. 
          THIS IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH THEM ON THE PRE DEV MEETING AND THEN THE ONE STOP SHOP. 
          AND THEN WE TELL THEM OKAY, SO YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DEDICATE LET'S SAY TEN ACRES
FOR PARKLAND. 
          BUT BY THE WAY, IF YOU PUT A DOG PARK OF ONE ACRE OR TWO,
YOU CAN DEDUCT THAT TWO ACRES OR ONE ACRE FROM THE TEN ACRES. 
          SO ALL OF THAT HAPPENS EVEN IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THIS,
IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT MONEY INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND, IT WILL BE THE SAME CASE. 
          LIKE ALL THOSE HAPPENS BEFORE. ACTUALLY THE HOA COMES IN. 
          THOSE ARE THE THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE AND PLAN REVIEWS EVEN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION. 
          OKAY. I CAN SEE THAT BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A,
A TRICKY ONE BECAUSE ONCE THE HOA IS IMPLEMENTED, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE IN THE HOA THAT DOESN'T WANT THAT THERE. 
          BUT JUST MY THOUGHT PROCESS, I SEE THE CONCERN. 
          IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM WHEN COMMUNITIES HAVE PARKLANDS,
OR HAVE SWIMMING POOLS, OR HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE PUT IN AT THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. 
          AND WHEN A PERSON BUYS A HOME IN THAT COMMUNITY,
THEY ARE AWARE OF THE AMENITIES OF THE HOA. 
          SO IT'S NO DIFFERENT. IT'S IT'S A SWIMMING POOL OR IT'S A DOG PARK. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR IN NATURE. NO. 
          AND I, AND I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU. AND THAT'S NOT WHY I SAID IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE
CERTAIN THAT WE UNDERSTAND EVERY AMENITY THAT'S PUT IN PLACE THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE, ALL THOSE THINGS WITH AN HOA, IF A PERSON COMES INTO THAT COMMUNITY,
THEY'RE TAKING ON ALL OF THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I WAS SAYING. SO THE VOTE WOULD NOT BE THE HOMEOWNERS. 
          IT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPERS, RIGHT? SO YES, BASICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE EITHER A PART OF A PD OR, YOU KNOW, ZONING AMENDMENT. SO THIS IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO BACK TO P AND Z AND CITY
COUNCIL AND YOU WILL GET TO APPROVE IT. 
          SO OKAY, I YIELD BACK. COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. 
          YES. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE WITH THE DOGGIES RIGHT THERE. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I RAISED FOUR CHILDREN,
SO A DOG WAS NEVER AN OPTION. 
          BUT WHEN I SEE THIS PICTURE NOW THAT I'M AN EMPTY NESTER,
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO GET A DOG. 
          I'M SO PROUD OF YOU IN THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          LILY CAN HAVE SOME PLAYMATES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YES. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, CAN YOU GO BACK TO ANOTHER SLIDE THAT SAID 100 DWELLINGS
RIGHT THERE? NO, 100 DWELLING UNITS RIGHT THERE. YES. OOPS. 
          OKAY. SO CURRENTLY, LET'S SAY A DEVELOPER COMES IN WITH 100 DWELLING UNITS. 
          CURRENTLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO ACRES OF PARKLAND. 
          CURRENTLY YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY CAN SUBSTITUTE INSTEAD OF,
LET'S SAY, A POOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR A DOG PARK IF THEY WANT. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO BASICALLY PERFECT. 
          I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. BUT MY POINT IS THIS IS NOT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRING THEM TO DO THE DOG
PARK, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION. OKAY. SO A PERFECT EXAMPLE WOULD BE,
YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY DEVELOPER IS BUILDING 100 UNITS ONLY. 
          THEN THEY HAVE TO DEDICATE TWO ACRES OF THEIR LAND FOR PARK LANDS. 
          BUT IF THEY PUT A DOG PARK INSTEAD, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT,
RIGHT? 
          [01:45:01]
JUST MAKE SURE IT WASN'T REQUIRED. BUT IT'S OPTIONAL. OKAY? IT'S MORE OF AN INCENTIVE.
YEAH. YEAH. 
          IT'S MORE OF AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO USE THEY CAN USE THAT
ADDITIONAL LAND FOR, I'M ASSUMING MORE DWELLING UNITS MAKE THEIR MAKE THEIR DEVELOPMENT MORE PROFITABLE WITH
MORE UNITS. 
          OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE. 
          ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOW THAT I AM A DOG LOVER. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BEGIN TO REALIZE AND WE,
WE DID A PRESENTATION ON IT, ONE OF OUR RETREATS IN TERMS OF WALKABILITY AND IN CREATING WALKABILITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PEOPLE WERE MORE LIKELY TO USE A PARK IF IT WAS WITHIN A
CERTAIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THEIR HOME. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING THE NODES WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES OF LIKE THE POCKET PARKS. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE I'VE LEARNED WITH MY DOG IS THAT IT'S EASIER FOR ME
TO WALK HER SOMEWHERE THAN PICKING HER UP, PUTTING HER IN HER CAR, STRAPPING HER IN, TAKING HER ACROSS TOWN TO ONE BIG DOG PARK WHERE
SHE MAY NOT KNOW THE DOGS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO HAVING SOMETHING THAT WILL BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD
BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE FEASIBLE AND JUST MORE ENJOYABLE OF AN EXPERIENCE WITH HER. AND SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO THE COUNCIL AND THANKFULLY,
WITH THEIR SUPPORT. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MOVED THIS ITEM FORWARD. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST PHASE. 
          I KNOW ONE OF THE RESIDENTS MADE COMMENTS ABOUT SOME SUGGESTIONS. 
          AND SO IF YOU READ IN THE MANAGEMENT REPORT,
IT TALKS ABOUT THIS BEING A PHASED APPROACH OR AS THEY USE JUST THE THE THREE DIFFERENT APPROACHES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO,
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONCE, WE KIND OF GET THE POLICY IN PLACE, WHICH POLICY DRIVES EVERYTHING. 
          SO HAVING AN INITIAL POLICY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE BEST FIRST
APPROACH. 
          BUT HOWEVER, WE DID WANT TO CREATE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE EXISTING
ALREADY, BUT MAY HAVE LAND WITHIN THEIR THEIR DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OR LIKE WE SAID, EVEN WITH THE PARKS LOOKING AT WAYS TO INTEGRATE THOSE AND DEVELOP A
PROGRAM WHERE THERE'S SOME ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING THE DOG PARKS, A LITTLE POCKET DOG PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THEM. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD AT ADDING DIFFERENT WAYS FOR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET
THESE DOG PARKS AS WELL. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO TAKE IT FIRST WITH THE POLICY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT HAS BEEN PLACED INTO THIS POLICY. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE COUNCIL SUPPORT TONIGHT,
BE ABLE TO KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS,
WE'LL USE OUR VOTING PADS. 
          THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I KNOW LILY WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR IT. 
          AND MOCHA. I HAVE TWO DOGS AS WELL. WHAT'S HER NAME? THEIR NAME IS BUDDY AND CARTER. BUDDY AND CARTER. 
          OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL. 
          GOOD NEWS. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE,
I BELIEVE, THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING. 
          [4.  Consider adoption of an Ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Adopted Budget relative to the utilization of excess reserve funds as identified by DeSoto's Fund Balance Policy  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 ADOPTED BUDGET; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET
RELATIVE TO THE UTILIZATION OF EXCESS RESERVE FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED BY DE SOTO'S FUND BALANCE POLICY,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026 ADOPTED
BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE
FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET, RELATIVE TO THE USE OF RESERVE FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025. 
          THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A POLICY IN 2021 THAT ESTABLISHES THE USE OF EXCESS RESERVES EACH
YEAR. 
          AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRIOR YEAR'S AUDIT,
THE POLICY IS APPLIED IN A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS MADE TO TRANSFER EXCESS RESERVE TO BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY IN 2025. 
          AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT AUDIT, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THREE MAJOR FUNDS EXCEEDED EXCEEDED
ITS MAXIMUM FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT AS OUTLINED IN THE MANAGEMENT REPORT. IT IS BEING RECOMMENDED THAT 2.2 MILLION OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED IN FISCAL YEAR 2027. 
          IT IS ALSO BEING RECOMMENDED THAT $2 MILLION BE TRANSFERRED IN EXCESS FUNDS TO THE
DRAINAGE CAPITAL FUND FOR PROJECTS RELATED TO SILVER CREEK, THE WOLF CREEK PROJECT,
AS WELL AS YOUNG BOULEVARD. 
          THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO ANYTHING LISTED IN THE MANAGEMENT REPORT OR AS IT
RELATES TO THIS ITEM. 
          [01:50:02]
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          BEFORE WE CALL FOR QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL. 
          MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND,
TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. 
          COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS FOR STAFF? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON. 
          WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          THE CITY IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE WITH EXCESS IN THEIR FUNDING,
THEIR RAINY DAY FUND. 
          MOVING MONEY. I'M BEING SARCASTIC HERE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW TODAY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE
LIKE, AT SOME POINT WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THE EXCESSIVE NESS THAT WE SEE EVERY
MONTH, EVERY YEAR. FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THESE, THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO SPEND TAXPAYER
DOLLARS INSTEAD OF CONVERTING IT OVER TO OTHER ACCOUNTS. 
          RIGHT. BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME RIGHT NOW,
WHAT I'M SAYING, OKAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST LOOKING LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? BUT WITH RESPECT TO THIS WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE OVER OUR FUND BALANCE,
MEANING THE MONEY THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR OUR RAINY, RAINY DAY. THIS IS THE EXCESS OF IT. CAN YOU ACCOUNT FOR,
FOR JUST FOR ME AND MY KNOWLEDGE, WHAT THAT EQUATES TO AS IT RELATES TO RAINY DAY FUNDS. 
          BECAUSE WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH ON THIS, MOST CITIES IN THIS AREA HAVE ABOUT TWO,
MAYBE THREE MONTHS OF RESERVE FUNDS, BUT YOU JUST QUOTED OFF $4 MILLION TO TRANSFER INTO OTHER ACCOUNTS,
WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE EQUALS MORE THAN JUST 2 TO 3 MONTHS OF EXCESSIVE FUNDS. WHAT DOES THAT WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT EQUATE TO AS IT RELATES TO OUR RAINY DAY FUND IN OUR FUND BALANCE? AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FY 2025 AUDIT, WE HAD MORE A LITTLE BIT OVER 33 MILLION IN OUR
GENERAL FUND AND FUND 101, OUR CHIEF OPERATING FUND. THAT IS MORE THAN NINE MONTHS OF RESERVES. 
          AND YOU'RE CORRECT THAT MOST CITIES POLICIES REQUIRE 60 DAYS,
90 DAYS, SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT. 
          AT THE END OF OUR AUDIT, WE HAD FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025,
WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION IN EXCESS. 
          AND SO AS A RESULT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE POLICY ONLY ALLOWS FOR A COUPLE OF OPTIONS AT
THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF YOU HAVE ANY EXCESS OVER YOUR MAXIMUM,
THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WE CAN DO. 
          AND SO WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS DEDICATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO PAY FOR ONE
TIME EQUIPMENT. 
          ONE TIME VEHICLE PURCHASES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN FUNDED
FROM A FUTURE BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THE NEW PEOPLE WOULD HAVE REALLY
ENJOYED THAT AS WELL. 
          DO WE SAY DO WE FOR ANYTHING IN THE POLICY. DO WE TALK TO A SHIFTING THE MONEY TO TO,
TO BALANCE THE RATE INCREASES THAT WE ARE SEEING? LAST WEEK WE DISCUSSED THE INCREASES IN THE WATER
BILL AND I KNOW WE'VE TAKEN MONEY OUT OF THE RESERVE 300,000 TO GIVE TO FOLKS WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR BILLS. 
          RIGHT. ALL IS WELL. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT. RIGHT. 
          HOWEVER, WE'RE HAVING A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT A 9% INCREASE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN YEAR
OVER YEAR. 
          AND WE'RE MOVING EXCESS FUNDS TO OTHER AREAS WHEN WE COULD STOP THE BLEEDING THERE TO SOME
CAPACITY. 
          RIGHT. AS STAFF THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT ALL EITHER. 
          SURE. FOR EACH FUND, IT HAS ITS OWN FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT. 
          SO THERE'S A POLICY TO APPLY TO THE GENERAL FUND,
THE WATER SEWER FUND, THE DRAINAGE FUND, ALL OF THE MAJOR FUNDS SWRCC THIS YEAR. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT,
THE PUBLIC UTILITY FUND DID NOT HAVE EXCESS FUNDS OVER ITS MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT. AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION IN
THIS ITEM. 
          THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAD EXCESS IN PUBLIC UTILITIES IN PRIOR YEARS,
BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. 
          AND SANITATION, THERE WAS NO RATE INCREASE. SO WE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING RIGHT THERE AT
THIS MOMENT. 
          CORRECT. SO WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING MOVEMENT FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DRAINAGE FUND
THIS YEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WAS UP LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. 
          THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. 
          [I. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          [01:55:03]
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE CITIZEN APPEARANCES. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY
SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE
CITY SECRETARY OR RETURN IT TO THE AMBASSADOR'S TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. 
          IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT,
THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR
RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. 
          FOR ATTENDEES WANTING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          THE COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ARE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY
SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THAT AGENDA ITEM. 
          THE STANDARD LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S
DISCRETION TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING. 
          PLEASE NOTE COMMENTS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. 
          CITIZENS SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT,
PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR BECOMING BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          IF SUCH CONDUCT OCCURS AND IS NOT CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY,
THE CITIZEN MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THE REMAINING SESSION OF THE MEETING, AND THE CITIZENS SHALL BE BARRED FROM APPEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT SESSION. 
          CITIZENS SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY,
DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MISS MARY BONAPARTE. 
          THANK YOU, MISS MISS BONAPARTE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. ONLY. FOR THE RECORD,
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. 
          MARY BONAPARTE, DESOTO, TEXAS. DESOTO. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THE CITY. THIS CITY HAS DECLINED TO THE POINT WHERE MANY RESIDENTS NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN
THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WITH THE PRESENT POLICE SHORTAGE, WE NOW HAVE LIMITED POLICE VISIBILITY,
RISING AUTO THEFTS, ASSAULTS, RANDOM SHOOTING AND STREET WALKERS,
NOT TO MENTION A POORLY MANAGED CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WHICH HAS WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS NOW FEEL ABANDONED AT TIMES AS FEEL
AS THOUGH I'M SAFE FOR LIVING IN GUANTANAMO BAY. 
          WHAT'S EVEN MORE DISTURBING IS LEARNING THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CRITICALLY
UNDERSTAFFED. 
          SINCE LAST WEEK'S MEETING, THERE HAVE BEEN AN EMERGENCY. 
          THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN EMERGENCY DISCUSSION REGARDING AN IMMINENT PLAN OF ACTION OUTLINING
HOW THIS CRISIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IF STAFFING SHORTAGES HAVE REACHED THIS LEVEL AND WE CONTINUE TO LOSE SWORN PERSONNEL. 
          YOU SHOULD BEGIN BY REVIEWING EVERY AVAILABLE SOLUTION TOWARDS A RESOLUTION. 
          SOME, SUCH AS CONSIDERING PAYING SENIOR OFFICERS MORE MONEY,
OR MAYBE CREATING A TIERED BONUS FOR EACH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICES WITH THE DEPARTMENT. 
          MAYBE EVEN CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL SUBSTANTIAL PAY TO
OFFICERS CHOOSING TO LIVE IN DE SOTO, OR EVEN SECURING ASSISTANCE FROM AN OUTSIDE ENTITY FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO PROVIDE A
CLEAR PLAN AND SOLUTION TOWARDS OFFICER RETENTION. 
          THE CONTINUED LOSS OF SWORN PERSONNEL MAY REQUIRE YOU TO CONSIDER REQUESTING ASSISTANCE
FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, OR EVEN SEEKING THE GOVERNOR'S ASSISTANCE FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES. 
          THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE TREATED AS AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION,
RATHER THAN AN URGENT PRIORITY FOR ACTION. 
          MEANWHILE, WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN GROUP AND BOARDING HOMES CONTRIBUTING TO A
LOT OF THE PROBLEMS. THIS CITY HAVE MORE RENTAL HOUSES, BOARDING HOUSES AND ROOM LEASING THAN THE OCEAN HAVE
SHARKS. 
          YET THE CONVERSATION FROM SOME ON THE DAIS CENTERS AROUND EXPANDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          I AM APPALLED THAT WE DIDN'T GET THREE MINUTES TONIGHT AND TWO,
BUT I'LL FINISH THIS UP DURING THE NEXT MEETING. 
          THANK YOU, MISS BERNADINE HARRISON. AM I ALLOWED TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL? I WONDER WHY WE HAVE ONLY TWO MINUTES WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY SPEAKERS. 
          GOOD EVENING, MISS HARRISON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE
RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS. 
          OKAY. WHY THREE MINUTES? WHY TWO MINUTES? JUST SO THAT YOU CAN QUIET US AND SHUT US DOWN. 
          IS THAT YOUR OBJECTIVE? I JUST WANT TO KNOW. JUST CURIOUS. 
          I'M BERNADINE HARRISON, A 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. 
          WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, I WAS VERY PLEASED AT BLACK PEOPLE,
OUR FINANCIAL ENGAGEMENT, AND RECIPIENTS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM DOING VERY WELL. MY SON WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. 
          HE DID VERY WELL. SINCE THAT TIME, EVERYTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED AND IT HAS BEEN A
DOWNHILL SPIRAL. 
          IT'S BEEN AWFUL. OKAY. NOTHING SEEMS TO IMPROVE. 
          IT SEEMS TO BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS. 
          [02:00:03]
OKAY? AND WE NOW SPEAK AT THE END OF THE MEETING. 
          THAT WAY EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE HAS GONE HOME. 
          NO ONE WILL BE HERE TO LISTEN TO US. THANKFUL TO SOCIAL MEDIA,
BECAUSE WE DO PARTICIPATE ON THAT QUITE VIVIDLY. 
          AND I HAD MY 80TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, AND I WAS VERY DISTURBED TO LEARN THAT SOMEONE HERE
IN THE CITY COUNCIL GIVING ACCOLADES ABOUT BEING MAYOR PRO TEM WHEN THAT POSITION WAS STOLEN FROM DOCTOR MARKS
IN A VERY, VERY EGREGIOUS WAY, VERY NASTY. NOTHING THAT WAS DONE WAS,
IN MY ESTIMATION, IN A NICE MANNER. 
          BUT TO GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BRAG ABOUT BEING MAYOR PRO TEM WHEN YOU'VE STOLEN THAT
POSITION FROM SOMEONE ELSE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR CITY. I THINK IT'S AWFUL. 
          OKAY. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE LIKE MISS PARKER ON THE PANEL HERE SO
THAT WE CAN TURN OUR CITY AROUND. 
          AND IT CAN BE A CITY THAT I CAN AGAIN BE PROUD OF SINCE LIKE. 
          UNLIKE MY MY DAUGHTER, MY SON. I CANNOT AFFORD TO LEAVE. 
          OKAY. I'M TOO OLD TO DO THAT AT 80 YEARS OLD. 
          BUT WE NEED TO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. DOCTOR. B NORWOOD. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN MAYOR. CITY RESIDENTS FOR BRANDON NORWOOD,
DESOTO, TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY OF MY LEGAL RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. SO WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION IS DECORUM AND GOOD BEHAVIOR,
BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT. 
          AND SO WHILE I WAS IN THE MILITARY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING SEVERAL DIFFERENT
JOBS. 
          ONE OF THOSE WAS MONITORING AND BEING THE LINGUIST AND SITTING ASIDE AND LOOKING AT BODY
MANNERISMS AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, DECORUM. 
          AND I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IT. AND SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ME UPSET BECAUSE I DON'T ALLOW ANYONE
TO GET ME UPSET. 
          IT MAKES ME DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THEIR ELECTED OFFICES
HAVE JOBS. 
          AND SO IF I SEE THE LACK THEREOF, DECORUM AND GOOD BEHAVIOR THAT SHOULD BE EXHIBITED BY
RESIDENTS THAT STAND IN FRONT OF THIS PODIUM. 
          MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT YOUR BEHAVIOR ON YOUR CURRENT JOBS. 
          THE QUESTION I ASK ON TONIGHT IS THAT CHIEF COSTA,
A FEW MONTHS AGO, DURING THE TIME THAT A GRANT WAS REQUESTED TO BE SUBMITTED THERE WAS DATA THAT WAS ASKED FROM, I BELIEVE AT THE TIME,
MAYOR PRO TEM CHISM REQUESTED THE INFORMATION. 
          I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION AS WELL REGARDING CATALYTIC
CONVERTER THEFT DATA. 
          MY QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL HAS ACTUALLY EVEN RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION,
BECAUSE I MADE A PUBLIC A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR IT, AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT. IF ANYTHING, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHETHER MY AFFORDABILITY, WHICH I HAVE AN AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD, A PLATINUM WITH WHETHER OR NOT I COULD ACTUALLY
AFFORD THE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND SO THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND SO THAT REQUEST WAS MADE BACK IN APRIL,
AND IT IS CURRENTLY NOW AUGUST. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT WE MAY BE SOMEWHERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT OUR CITY SECRETARIES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? WE DO NOT AT THIS TIME. THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. 
          COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES,
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL IS 8:15 P.M.. 
          WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.