[C. 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. ]

[D. Consent - Other Items]

THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT, WE'RE 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'LL HAVE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 20TH, 2026, AS WELL AS THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 21ST, 2026. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2026 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN UPDATE AND ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE DANIEL DALE HOMESTEAD PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372 TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED, MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, APPROVING THE 2026 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, INCLUDING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE DANIEL DALE HOMESTEAD PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372 TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, CONSIDER AN APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FORMALLY ADOPTING THE CITY OF DESOTO DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, 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. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A COST SHARING ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO'S. 50% SHARE OF THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF THE STOLEN WIRING AND REPLACEMENT OF THE LUMINARY LIGHTS ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE OF APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY STEERING COMMITTEE A, C, S, C AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP. MID TEXAS DIVISION. REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2026 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE ATMOS 50 STEERING COMMITTEE A, C, S, C AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP. MID TEXAS DIVISION. REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2026 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING. DECLARING EXISTING RATES TO BE UNREASONABLE, ADOPTING TERRORISTS THAT REFLECT RATE ADJUSTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT. FINDING THE RATES TO BE SET BY THE ATTACHED SETTLEMENT TARIFFS TO BE JUST AND REASONABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, APPROVING AN ATTACHMENT, ESTABLISHING A REQUIRED BENCHMARK FOR PENSIONS AND RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS.

REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO REIMBURSE REIMBURSE A REASONABLE RATE, MAKING EXPENSES. DETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. ADOPTING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND REQUIRING THE DELIVERY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THE COMPANY AND THE A CSCS LEGAL COUNCIL. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $144,528.66 WITH THE PROFESSIONAL TURF PRODUCTS LP UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 806-26 FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO TORO GROUNDS MASTERS 7214444 HP. YANMAR TURBO DIESEL MOWERS WITH 144 INCH TURBO FORCE REAR DISTRICT DECKS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. I DO SEE A LIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CC3. WHICH ITEM IS IT? I'M SORRY, D3D3, THE ONE ABOUT THE COST SHARING ARRANGEMENT. WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT TO PULL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. WELL I HAVE QUESTIONS YES, MA'AM. OKAY. FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE LIGHTS ALONG 35, WHICH IS GREAT. HOWEVER, I LOOK BACK THROUGH THE THROUGH THE PAST AGENDAS AND WE HAVE FIXED THESE LIGHTS ALREADY FOR DAMAGE THAT

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HAPPENED IN 2025. AND THEN WE PUT THEM IN, IN 2023, AND THEN WE FIXED THEM IN 2025 FOR THE FOR DAMAGE. AND NOW WE'RE FIXING THEM AGAIN FOR STILL, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF DAMAGE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT, WHAT WAY ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO MITIGATE THIS FROM HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND OVER EVERY OTHER YEAR? OKAY. SO WHAT WHAT DAMAGE WAS THAT WAS THEFT OF THE COPPER WIRING. WE DON'T KNOW WHO. SOMEBODY PULLED UP AND THEY PULLED ALL THE COPPER WIRES. I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY. OKAY, SO IT WAS THEFT OF THE COPPER WIRING THERE ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS LAST 6000FT IS THE LAST SECTION THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE AFTER WE HAD MADE THE REPAIRS. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH ALUMINUM WIRING, WHICH IS NOT AS LIKELY TO BE STOLEN AS THE COPPER WIRING. WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS ON PATROL, IF THEY SEE ANYONE ON THE HIGHWAY WHATSOEVER WITH LIGHTS FLASHING TO CHECK AND INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THAT LOCATION. OKAY. AND JUST LIKE I'M JUST ASKING. OH, NO, YOU'RE FINE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU REPLACE WITH ALUMINUM. WELL THAT'S GREAT. IT'S JUST LIKE SITTING WITH YOUR CAR AND YOU HAVE A PURSE SITTING IN THE, IN THE SEAT, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE NO MONEY IN IT, THE PERSON DOESN'T NECESSARILY KNOW. YOU DON'T. SURE. SO WHAT WAY WILL THE LIGHTS INDICATE THEY DON'T HAVE COPPER? THE ONLY WAY FOR SOMEONE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT COPPER WIRING IN THERE IS TO TRY TO ATTEMPT TO KNOCK THE GUARD OFF THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE WALL, WHICH HOPEFULLY THE SECURITY MEASURES WE HAVE TAKEN WITH THE THE BOLTS AND SUCH WILL AVOID THEM BEING ABLE TO TAMPER WITH IT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY WORK AT IT, TO TAMPER WITH IT, TO GET THAT COVER OFF, TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND SEE WHAT WIRING IS ACTUALLY IN THERE. OKAY, I THANK YOU. YES. I DO SEE YOUR LIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR ITEM YOU WANTED TO BE PULLED? HE ANSWERED IT AS IT WAS FINISHING.

SO YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM D FOR THE. REGARDING THE ATMOS ENERGY RATE REVIEW ITEM FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS REGARDING THE REMAINING ITEMS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM D FOR BEING PULLED. A SECOND. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN. OH, EXCUSE ME, I APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE A COMMENT CARD FOR ITEM D3I APOLOGIZE, COUNCIL, PLEASE HOLD YOUR VOTES. WE DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD FROM DANIEL CRUZ. GOOD EVENING, MR. CRUZ. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

DANIEL CRUZ DE SOTO. SO ON THIS ITEM D THREE COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, YOU TOUCHED TOUCHED ON WHAT I WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME THAT WE'RE REPLACING WIRING, WHICH COSTS MONEY, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE TAXPAYERS. AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT SECURITY MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT I'M HOPING WHAT I WANTED TO ALSO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT THERE'S LIGHTING UNDER THE BRIDGES ON THE UNDERPASS, SPECIFICALLY WHERE I TRAVERSE ALL THE TIME, THE I-35 AND WINTERGREEN. I KNOW THERE'S LIGHTS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ON FOR MONTHS, PROBABLY YEARS.

AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CONSIDER WORKING WITH LANCASTER AND FIXING THAT. THOSE LIGHTS AS WELL IN THE UNDERPASS FOR SECURITY MEASURES. RIGHT. SO I'M DRIVING AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M I'M BEING ABLE TO SEE PEDESTRIANS, OTHER CARS, WHAT HAVE YOU, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, LENDS TO MORE SECURITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CRUZ. I WANTED TO HAVE WADE, IF YOU COULD COME BACK ABOUT THE PARTICULAR LIGHTS THAT HE MENTIONED. YEAH. THANK YOU. THE LIGHTS THAT HE MENTIONED, THE LIGHTS ON THE UNDERPASS. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THOSE OF OF THERE THAT BELONG TO TEXDOT, ETCETERA. CAN YOU CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YES, MA'AM. WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN HAVE STAFF INVESTIGATE ALL OF THE LIGHT SENSORS TOMORROW MORNING AND PLUS CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO THAT NONE OF THE BREAKERS HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF. WE WERE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SOME PEOPLE GOING AROUND AND TURNING ALL THE BREAKERS OFF. WE REPLACED ALL THE LOCKS. SO WE'VE WE'VE PREVENTED THAT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T CUT A LOCK AND TURN THEM OFF, BUT WE'LL CHECK THEM OUT AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE

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DONE TO GET THEM REPAIRED. THANK YOU. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR ALREADY THAT WAS MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WATERS TO APPROVE THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED.

COUNCIL, WE WILL DO ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION

[4. Consider approval of an Ordinance approving a negotiated settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (“ACSC”) and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex division, regarding the company’s 2026 rate review mechanism filing with an effective date of the Ordinance on or after October 1, 2026 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE ATMOS CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE (“ACSC”) AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP., MID-TEX DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY’S 2026 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING; DECLARING EXISTING RATES TO BE UNREASONABLE; ADOPTING TARIFFS THAT REFLECT RATE ADJUSTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT; FINDING THE RATES TO BE SET BY THE ATTACHED SETTLEMENT TARIFFS TO BE JUST AND REASONABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST; APPROVING AN ATTACHMENT ESTABLISHING A BENCHMARK FOR PENSIONS AND RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS; REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO REIMBURSE ACSC’S REASONABLE RATEMAKING EXPENSES; DETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; ADOPTING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND REQUIRING DELIVERY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THE COMPANY AND THE ACSC’S LEGAL COUNSEL.]

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I, I, I KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A ROUTINE AND I SEE OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF SHE COULD NECESSARILY SPEAK TO THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK HER IF SHE COULD COME FORWARD. AND I ASKED FOR INFORMATION FROM OUR STAFF ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY YEAR IN TERMS OF THE RATE INCREASE. AND WE KNOW THE PROCESS IS WE WE JOINTLY WORK WITH OTHER CITIES TO NEGOTIATE THOSE RATES. HOWEVER, I NOTICED AND I SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT JUMP. I ASKED FOR THE LAST, I GUESS THIS IS THE LAST 6 OR 7 YEARS, AND EVEN JUST FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, IT WENT FROM 9.27%. AND THEN IT WAS A 14.1% JUMP THIS YEAR, CONSIDERING IN 2019, IT WAS ONLY LIKE A 3.7% INCREASE. SO DO WE UNDERSTAND AND KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY DRIVING THAT? AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS EVEN NEGOTIATED DOWN FROM WHERE IT ORIGINALLY WAS. SO DO WE KNOW WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING THAT COST UP? YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I AM NIRA MCNEELY WITH ATMOS ENERGY AND 2025. OUR INVESTMENT AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS $1.9 BILLION, WHICH IS A 20% INCREASE. THAT'S REFLECTING THE INCREASE IN THE RATES. SO SO INFRASTRUCTURE.

YES, MA'AM. COST IS WHAT'S DRIVING THAT. YES, MA'AM. THAT SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. BUT THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR INDULGING MY QUESTION. SO WE'LL CALL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR? OH EXCUSE ME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I APOLOGIZE. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM D FOR SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH TO APPROVE ITEM D FOUR AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT

[1. Case No. Z-1557-26 - Conduct a Public Hearing and consider approval of an Ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow the conversion of an existing structure used as a garage and bathroom (toilet and sink only) to a Garage/Accessory Dwelling on property located at 1213 Hanna Circle, DeSoto, Texas Applicant: Frank Villarruel of Enchant Design Property Owner: Sherri Ross 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. 319 (SUP-319) TO ALLOW FOR LOT 20, BLOCK N, HAMPTON PLACE ESTATES, FOURTH INSTALLMENT, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1213 HANNA CIRCLE), PRESENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT - 10,000 (SF-10) TO BE USED FOR GARAGE/ACCESSORY DWELLING; 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.]

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. CASE NUMBER Z-1557-26. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SUP TO ALLOW THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE USED AS A GARAGE AND BATHROOM, TOILET AND SINK ONLY TO A GARAGE ACCESSORY. DWELLING ON A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1213 HANA CIRCLE, 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 TO AMEND IT BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING. BY GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 319SUP-319 TO ALLOW FOR LOT 20 BLOCK. NORTH HAMPTON PLACE ESTATES FOURTH INSTALLMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS, TEXAS COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1213 HANA CIRCLE PRESENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET. SF DASH TEN TO BE USED FOR GARAGE ACCESSORY DWELLING, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER, CAMBRIA JORDAN. GOOD EVENING, MISS JORDAN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR CITY MANAGER CAMERON. THIS EVENING I'M BRINGING FORWARD FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION A REQUEST TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING GARAGE STRUCTURE TO A GARAGE SLASH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. SO SPECIFICALLY, OUR APPLICANT, MR. FRANK VALERIO OF ENCHANT DESIGN AND OUR PROPERTY OWNER, SHERRY ROSS, THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING FOR THE CONVERSION OR GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING GARAGE WITH A BATHROOM THAT INCLUDES A SINK AND TOILET ONLY TO A GARAGE ACCESSORY UNIT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE BATHROOM, THE GARAGE AND A LIVING QUARTERS AT A PROPERTY.

CURRENTLY THE EXCUSE ME, THE SUBJECT SITE IN QUESTION IS CURRENTLY ADDRESSED AS 1213 HANNA CIRCLE AND SITS AT JUST OVER POINT OR 0.21 ACRES IN SIZE AND IS CURRENTLY IN A ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISION THAT IS ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 10,000, WHICH DOES

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REQUIRE THAT ANY SUCH STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THAT IS A GARAGE OR ACCESSORY DWELLING, ONLY BE ALLOWED THROUGH THE GRANTING OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AREA OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE ZONING MAP TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. SO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION ON JULY 8TH OF THIS YEAR, STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF NOTICED THE THE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLICATION IN THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD, AND WE ALSO NOTICED 25 LETTERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND 35 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 201 TO 400 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT SITE. AS A COURTESY, THE 200 FOOT RADIUS IS THE STATE STATUTE. SO THAT WAS MET THERE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE VICINITY MAP, THERE IS ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR AND THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE VICINITY MAP TO THE FAR RIGHT, THAT LETTER OF OPPOSITION IS SYMBOLIZED BY THE RED STAR, AND TO DATE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT OF THE CASE. RIGHT. NEXT UP IS ZONING. AGAIN, THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 10,000, WHICH AGAIN DOES REQUIRE THAT ANY GARAGE SLASH ACCESSORY DWELLING ONLY BE GRANTED THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT BY THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN ALL AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST, SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ARE ALSO ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 10,000. SO HERE IS OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE FAR LEFT OF THE SCREEN, IT POINTS OUT THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY DWELLING. AND I DID WANT TO CALL OUT THE FACT THAT THIS THE SUBJECT SITE OR THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY GARAGE ACCESSORY DWELLING IS EXISTING, SO THE FOOTPRINT WILL NOT CHANGE. IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. IT JUST EXISTS AS A GARAGE AND A BATHROOM WITH A SINK AND TOILET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO TO ADD A DWELLING, EXCUSE ME, A LIVING QUARTERS TO THE AREA. SO THE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SUBJECT SITE WILL NOT BE CHANGED. AND ALSO WANTED TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS SPECIFIC TYPE OF STRUCTURE WILL BE. THE SITE PLAN FOR THIS STRUCTURE WILL BE REVIEWED FULLY BY OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION. PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF HAS BROUGHT THIS CASE BEFORE YOU TO GET THE. THE PROPOSED USE ESTABLISHED. NEXT UP ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATION PLANS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWANCE IS TWO AND A HALF STORIES. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CONVERT INTO A GARAGE SLASH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS EXISTING AS ONE FOOT AND WILL NOT EXCEED OR WOULD NOT BE INCREASED. RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBILITY. SO PER OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2020 FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES DESIGNATE THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED SUBJECT SITE AS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DOES SUPPORT SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED STRUCTURES AS WELL AS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WHICH IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE THE REQUEST DOES ALIGN WITH OUR COMP PLAN AND STAFF CAN SUPPORT THE REQUEST. SO IN CONCLUSION, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL GIVEN BY THE PLANNING AS GIVEN BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THE JULY 28TH REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND APPROVE THE CASE AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, MISS JORDAN. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YES, MA'AM. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKING. I WENT AND I DROVE THE AREA AND WHILE THE BUILDING ITSELF IS STILL IS THERE, THE PARKING LOOKS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING AT THE CUL DE SAC. AND SO IS THIS GOING TO BE USED FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY MORE CARS IN THAT AREA? I'M GOING TO

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REPEAT BACK THE QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO ARE YOU ASKING ME WHETHER OR NOT THE THE CUL DE SAC WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE REQUIRED PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED PER THE, THE REGULAR BUILDING REGULATIONS FOR THE DETACHED GARAGE? NOT REALLY. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THE EXISTING BUILDING IS A GARAGE. SO IT HAS ITS OWN PARKING. THAT'S CORRECT.

FOR THE ACTUAL PRIMARY UNIT. YES. RIGHT. BUT NOW I SEE CARS THAT WERE PARKED IN THE CUL DE SAC. SO I'M ASKING ONCE THIS HAPPENS, IS THAT GOING TO ALLOW FOR MORE CARS TO BE PARKED? BECAUSE THE ONES THAT ARE FOR THE PRIMARY ARE FOR THE PRIMARY, BUT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL PARKING BEING SET ASIDE FOR THE NEW POSSIBLE CARS. UNDERSTOOD. SO PART OF OUR ZONING REGULATION, ANY, ANY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED STRUCTURE HAS A PARKING REQUIREMENT OF TWO ENCLOSED SPACES. SO THE THERE WILL NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL PARKING ADDED TO THIS TO THE ENTIRE LOT. SO IT'LL JUST BE THE TWO PARKING SPACES. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL PARKING PROVIDED FOR THE THE INDIVIDUAL LIVING AT THE LIVING QUARTERS. AND THERE'S NONE REQUIRED. NO, THERE'S NOT ANY REQUIRED. OKAY.

IT'S JUST THE TWO MINIMUM OR THE TWO. YEAH. THE TWO MINIMUM REQUIRED. YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE MORE THAN TWO ENCLOSED PARKING SPACES, BUT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS TWO FOR TWO DIFFERENT LIVING SPACES. YES, MA'AM. OH, OKAY, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

AND MY SECOND QUESTION WAS RELATED TO IS, IS THIS A A TRUE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OR IS IT A BOARDING ONE OF LIKE A BOARDING OR HOME OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT? NO. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL. SO ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS, ONE OF THE RELATIVES OF THE CURRENT MAIN STRUCTURE WILL BE LIVING THERE. SO IT WON'T BE A BOARDING HOME. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT ZONING REQUIREMENT. SO IT WOULDN'T BE A BOARDING HOME. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH. YES. THANK YOU. TO FOLLOW UP ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTIONS, I'M JUST CURIOUS, SINCE A FAMILY MEMBER IS GOING TO BE LIVING THERE, IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE A SHORT TERM RENTAL PURPOSE? DID THE OWNER EXPRESS THE REASON FOR THIS TYPE OF REQUEST? SO I WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANT TO MAYBE GET UP AND ANSWER THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE RENTING PART, OUR ORDINANCE, THAT THE SECTION OF ORDINANCE THAT SPEAKS TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OF ANY SORT, THEY ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED TO BE SUBLET OR RENTED IN THE CITY OF DESOTO IN. THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THAT. I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE A POINT OF INFORMATION IF I CAN GET IT FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. ARE YOU OKAY TO GIVE ME. YES. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. SO YOU JUST SPARKED MY OTHER QUESTION. I KNEW IT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD. SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE POLICED? I MEAN, AND I DON'T MEAN THAT TO BE CRUEL, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO THE REVIEW WILL HAPPEN THROUGH OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY DO HAVE THEIR INSPECTORS TO CONFIRM THAT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS APPROVED VIA THEIR SITE PLAN PROCESS IS WHAT IS OUT THERE. AND THEN WE ALSO RELY ON CODE COMPLIANCE. OKAY. AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING IN THIS CASE. ONCE THIS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS MADE, THAT THERE IS NOT A RENTAL REGISTRATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE TYPE THAT'S NECESSARILY RENTAL, BUT SOME TYPE OF REGISTRATION TO SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEING USED FOR. THAT'S INSPECTIONS HAPPEN. SO I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE REVIEW OF THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE IS HANDLED STRICTLY BY OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION. BUT I'LL LET OUR LET OUR DIRECTOR, MR. CASEY, COME UP AND ANSWER THE REST OF THE QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE LICENSE OR THE LICENSE PROGRAM FOR REGISTRATION FOR BUSINESS. THIS IS JUST RESIDENTIAL. IT'S NOT COMMERCIAL. SO IT'S NOT APPLIED. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO TO THE RENTALS. OKAY. BUT THEN SINCE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A RENTAL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT OF IT ALL FOR THE RENTAL REGISTRATION, THERE IS THAT INSPECTION PIECE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. BECAUSE I'M ASKING, I'M, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE THE MINUTE ONE PERSON DOES IT, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE GOING TO START DOING IT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND SO I'M ASKING, HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THAT? IT SHOULD NOT BE A RENTAL. THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THIS IS JUST THE VERY FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS, WHICH IS ALLOWING THEM TO PERMIT, ALLOWING THEM TO PULL THE PERMIT FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. BUT THE NEXT STEP IS WHEN THEY SUBMIT THE FULL PLANS, THE TEAM WILL REVIEW IT, THEY WILL ISSUE THE PERMIT, AND THEN WE WILL GO AND DO THE INSPECTIONS, AND THEN WE FINALLY ACCEPT THE PROJECT. SO WE'RE JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, STEP A IN THE PROCESS. BUT BUT THEN TO MAKE SURE LIKE FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE PLANS, DO THE INSPECTIONS, MAKE SURE

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THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE PLANS. AND THEN UNTIL THE, TO THE FINAL INSPECTION OF THE PROJECT.

NOW AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEN IT COULD BE AN ISSUE IN FUTURE, NOT ONLY WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY, IT COULD BE WITH ANY PROPERTY IN THE CITY. THIS IS WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE BRING IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEN WE ENFORCE IT THROUGH OUR ORDINANCES WITH, WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNSEL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REGARDING THIS ITEM? WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE QUESTION THE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. CAN WE REPEAT THE QUESTION THAT THAT SHE MENTIONED HE WOULD ASK, ANSWER OR COULD SPEAK TO? MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ANSWERED. MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED. OKAY. I THINK MINE WAS TO THERE WAS A QUESTION I THINK YOU MENTIONED. I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY WHO ASKED THAT. YOU SAID THERE WAS A SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION. WAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH? YES, MA'AM. AND YOU SAID YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL THEN, NO NEED. SEE BEHIND YOU. THERE YOU GO. HOW YOU DOING? YOU CAN COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, FRANK VILLARREAL, PILOT POINT, TEXAS. JUST HERE TO REITERATE WHATEVER THEY ALL WENT OVER.

AND FOR SURE, WHEN WE SUBMIT THE PLANS, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT A RENTAL. THE OWNER IS AWARE OF THAT, AND THEY'VE TAKEN STEPS TO PRETTY MUCH JUST BE ABLE TO LEASE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY STAY THERE AND IT'LL BE PRIMARY RESIDENCE, AND THEN IT'LL BE PRETTY MUCH JUST THERE'S A LITTLE CONNECTION TO IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A ACCESSORY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, YOU KNOW, BY CHANCE, IS IT GOING TO BE ON ONE METER OR WILL THERE BE TWO METERS, ONE FOR THE PRIMARY, ONE FOR THE SECONDARY? VERY GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK IT I KNOW THERE'S A SEPARATE PANEL AND ALL THAT I CAN. I'D HAVE TO VERIFY IF THERE IS A SEPARATE METER. IT PROBABLY IS JUST JUST THE ONE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A GARAGE RIGHT NOW. JUST MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH THE CODES TO ENSURE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND METER, THAT THAT'S THAT THAT'S EVEN PERMISSIBLE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MADAM MAYOR, I JUST IT KEEPS SPARKING QUESTIONS. SO I HEARD YOU SAY PILOT POINT. I'M NOT THERE'S NO DISCRIMINATION OR ANYTHING. I'M JUST ASKING. YOU'RE THE OF WHO? THE DESIGNER OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER. YOU'RE THE DESIGNER. DRAFTSMAN OF THE PLANS. YEAH. REPRESENTS THE OWNER. HE REPRESENTS THE OWNER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL. AND THE OWNER DOES LIVE IN DESOTO.

YES, TOTALLY. OKAY. THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING. I'M SORRY. LIVING THERE FOR MANY YEARS.

YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY.

COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, WE KNOW THAT OUR VOTING MACHINE IS NOT. ACTIVE TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A HAND VOTE. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, CAN WE GET YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT, PLEASE? MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PARKER. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRIAN WESLEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEBORAH NORTH, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. NO. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO. THANK YOU.

[2. Case No. Z-1556-26 - Conduct a Public Hearing and approve an Ordinance amending Planned Development 109 (PD-109), to allow the use of a Park or Playground (Private) Non-Commercial, relating to the development and use of 159.45 ± acres generally bounded by W. Belt Line Road to the south, N. Westmoreland Road to the west, Spinner Road to the north, and N. Hampton Road to the east Applicant: Dr. Jehad Matariyeh of DeSoto House of Peace & Community Center Owner: DeSoto House of Peace & Community Center AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, ARE FURTHER AMENDED BY AMENDING THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT NO. 109 AS SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE NO. 2159-19; 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.]

COUNCIL. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. CASE NUMBER Z-1556-26.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PLAN DEVELOPMENT 109 PD DASH 109 TO ALLOW THE USE OF A PARK OR PLAYGROUND. PRIVATE, NONCOMMERCIAL, RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF 159.45 ACRES, GENERALLY BOUNDED BY WEST BELTLINE ROAD TO THE SOUTH NORTH WEST MORELAND ROAD TO THE WEST, SPOONER ROAD TO THE NORTH AND NORTH HAMPTON ROAD TO THE EAST. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS HERE FOR TO AMEND IT, ARE FURTHER AMENDED BY AMENDING THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 109, AS SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2159-19, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER CAMBRIA JORDAN. THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE. THIS EVENING I'M BRINGING FORWARD FOR YOUR

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REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION A REQUEST TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 109 TO ALLOW FOR THE FOR LOT EXCUSE ME. TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A PRIVATE PLAYGROUND OR PARK. SPECIFICALLY, THE APPLICANT, DOCTOR JIHAD AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, DESOTO HOUSE OF PEACE AND COMMUNITY CENTER ARE REQUESTING THAT THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN AMENDMENT OR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PLAN DEVELOPMENT 109 TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A PRIVATE PARK OR PLAYGROUND ON AN AREA CURRENTLY ADDRESSED AS 531 WEST BELTLINE ROAD AND SITTING AT JUST OVER TEN ACRES IN SIZE. BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS PAGE, YOU CAN SEE OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT ON THE ZONING MAP THAT THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED, AND THIS SPECIFIC TRACT OF LAND WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 109 DOES HAVE A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES THAT WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW A PRIVATE PARK OR PLAYGROUND BY. RIGHT. SO THE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLICATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY COMMERCIAL ON JULY 8TH OF THIS YEAR. IN TOTAL, STAFF NOTICE 45 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT SITE AS REQUIRED PER STATE STATUTE. AND WE ALSO NOTICE 57 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 201 TO 400 FOOT RADIUS AS AS A COURTESY. IN TOTAL, WE RECEIVED ONE LETTER OF SUPPORT, AS WELL AS ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THE LETTER OF OPPOSITION IS SYMBOLIZED BY THE RED STAR ON THE VICINITY MAP TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, AND THE LETTER OF SUPPORT IS SYMBOLIZED BY THE GREEN STAR ON THE. AGAIN ON THE VICINITY MAP TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. RIGHT. SO ADJACENT ZONING. AGAIN, THE PROPOSED SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 109. THE SPECIFIC AREA IN QUESTION IS THE DESOTO HOUSE OF PEACE, WHICH DOES HAVE A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WHICH AGAIN DOES NOT ALLOW A PRIVATE PARK OR PLAYGROUND BY. RIGHT. AND WHICH IS WHY THE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF IS BRINGING THIS CASE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST ARE ALSO ZONED AS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 109, BUT THEY HAVE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE RELATED TO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE SOUTH ARE OR PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH ARE ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 81, WHICH ALSO HAS A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN PROPERTIES TO THE WEST, IS ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 15000 SF 15. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE ZONING MAP TO THE FAR RIGHT THAT THE AREA OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS SHADED IN A GRAY. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT UP IS OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY DEVELOPED WITH THE CURRENT EXISTING DESOTO HOUSE OF PEACE. TO THE FAR LEFT OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A GREEN ARROW POINTING TO THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS FENCED PER STATE REGULATIONS. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT THE EXISTING AREA ALSO. IT HAS. IT TAKES ACCESS SOLELY OFF OF EAST BELTLINE ROAD AT TWO ACCESS POINTS. AND AGAIN, THIS SITE PLAN IS CONCEPTUAL OR NOT AGAIN. BUT THIS SITE PLAN IS CONCEPTUAL IN THIS REVIEW, BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, WILL BE REVIEWED SOLELY THROUGH OUR BUILDING INSPECTION DIVISION. PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF HAS BROUGHT THIS CASE BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO GET THE USE SITUATED. ALL RIGHT.

SO NEXT UP IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBILITY. SO THE AREA OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS DESIGNATED AS MEDIUM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH DOES SUPPORT SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED STRUCTURES AS WELL AS TOWNHOMES, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. PER OUR CODE, ANY RELIGIOUS CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE DESOTO HOUSE OF PEACE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN EVERY SINGLE ZONING DISTRICT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE PRIVATE PARK OR PLAYGROUND, IF GRANTED OR APPROVED HERE AT CITY COUNCIL TODAY, WOULD ALIGN WITH THE COMP PLAN. FOR THAT REASON, BECAUSE CHURCHES ARE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN EVERY SINGLE ZONING DISTRICT. AND THIS WOULD JUST BE BE AN ACCESSORY TO THAT USE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, STAFF CAN SUPPORT THE REQUEST. AND IN CONCLUSION, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE CASE AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, MISS JORDAN. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVE. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH. I'M SORRY. TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MAYBE IT

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WASN'T NOTED WHICH ITEM THAT YOU WERE WANTING TO SPEAK ON. WHAT'S THE NAME FOR THE ITEM, MA'AM? YOUR NAME THAT ON YOUR CARD, ANGELA IRVINE. AND YOU SAID THERE WAS TWO CARDS. JUST ONE. ANGELA IRVINE I HAVE A CARD FROM MISS ANGELA IRVINE THAT SHE WOULD WISH TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN APPEARANCES. SHE DID NOT CHECK. I WISH TO SPEAK ON AGENDA NUMBER. I ASKED FOR INSTRUCTIONS. OKAY, SURE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COME SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. HI, I'M ANGELA IRVINE, DESOTO, TEXAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS BEHALF, ON THIS NATURE. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE PRIVATE NATURE OF THIS PARK SLASH PLAYGROUND. I AM AWARE OF LOTS OF HOUSES OF WORSHIP, HAVE PARKS THAT ARE PUBLIC. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD BE PRIVATE IN NATURE. THAT'S REALLY ALL THE QUESTIONS AND CURIOSITY THAT I HAD ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY. AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. MISS IRVINE POSED A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT. I DO SEE MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF PEACE THAT ARE HERE AS WELL. IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK TO HER QUESTION. DID YOU WANT TO DO SORRY? DID YOU HAVE. TO MAKE SURE IT'S PROBABLY THE GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS FOR THE QUESTION IT IS CURRENTLY ON PRIVATE. I'M SORRY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, I APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS DOCTOR JIHAD MATURI. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DESOTO HOUSE OF PEACE. IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IT'S PLANNING ON BEING AS A PRIVATELY PRIVATE PLAYGROUND. THANK YOU. I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PROGRAMS THERE THAT INVOLVE YOUTH AND CHILDREN. IS IT GOING TO BE USED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROGRAMING THERE FOR THAT? ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY FOR THAT PURPOSE. EXCLUSIVELY FOR THAT PURPOSE? YES, SIR. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID YOU DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO. YOU KNOW, I DRIVE I DRIVE BY THE THE FACILITY, THE HOUSE OF PEACE. AND. SO IT'S IT'S ONLY FOR IT'LL ONLY BE FOR FOR YOUR. I WANT TO SAY THE RIGHT WORD. YOUR WORSHIPERS. WE HAVE WE HAVE A WE HAVE A YOUTH THERE THAT PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY WITHIN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OF THE MOSQUE. YES. SO COULD ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY COME. THEY WOULD HAVE TO JOIN. WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVELY. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET, NOR HAVE WE DISCUSSED IT. CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUR GYMNASIUM THAT IS OPEN FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE DO RENT IT OUT FOR MEMBERS AS WELL AS NONMEMBERS. SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN MADE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT. IT JUST WHEN WE SAY PRIVATE, IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE PLAN ON PUTTING A FENCE ON THERE JUST TO MAINTAIN SECURITY FOR IT AS WELL AS EVERYBODY'S SAFETY. OKAY. WELL, WE WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU DO YOUR GYM AND IT'S OPEN. SURE, SURE. IT HAS BEEN AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEFINITIVE, DEFINITIVELY CLOSED. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO RESERVE OUR QUESTIONS FOR OUR TIME AFTER WE CREATE A MOTION. BUT. DOCTOR. YEAH. DOCTOR. JIHAD STAY STAY NEARBY. BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE. COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT POINT OF INFORMATION. WE DID HAVE ONE MORE CARD. CAN WE JUST NOT READ IT INTO THE RECORD? WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE IT, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CARDS TURNED IN BEFORE THE START OF THE ITEM. I UNDERSTAND, BUT CAN WE DO IT WHILE WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? THAT ITEM WAS NOT FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY, WE CAN READ IT INTO THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND,

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IT'S BEEN MOVED. EXCUSE ME. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

COUNCIL, IS THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SHE.

SHE WAS FIRST. NO. YOU WERE. GO AHEAD. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YOU ALL. YOU ALSO HAVE LIKE A SCHOOL? YES. OKAY. OKAY. NO, NO NEED TO COME UP. I JUST NEEDED TO CONFIRM THAT. SO THERE'S A SCHOOL NOW. HE DID MENTION THAT HE WANTED TO ADD A FENCE. ARE YOU ALL TRACKING THIS FENCE SO THAT IT'S IN WITHIN OUR POLICY? YES, MA'AM. SO ONCE THE SO WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE YOU ON THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN IS CONCEPTUAL. SO ONCE THE. IF THIS DOES GET APPROVED, IT'LL BE SUBMITTED AS A FULL APPLICATION THROUGH OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION. SO AND THEN EXCUSE ME NOT, BUT YES, THE FENCE PERMIT WILL ALSO BE SEPARATE FROM THE ACTUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND, AND IT WILL BE REGULATED AND REVIEWED ACCORDING TO THE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO. GOTCHA. AND I KNOW THERE'S TWO THERE'S A VACANT LOT, BUT THAT PICTURE SPECIFICALLY SHOWED THAT PLAYGROUND BEING CONNECTED TO THE WORSHIP CENTER IS THAT I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT AS WELL.

YES. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO HERE'S MY COMMENTS. I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT I LIVE IN DESOTO AND NOT MCKINNEY OR FRISCO. I WANT TO START THERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. AND SO I'M HAPPY AND I LOVE THE CITY THAT I LIVE IN BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REALLY MEANS IN OUR CONSTITUTION. SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT IT BEING PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC.

I INITIALLY WAS WHEN I HEARD THIS ITEM AT THE P AND Z, I WAS THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF ALL THOSE KIDS THAT HAVE TO PASS THAT, THAT LIVE IN THAT SUBDIVISION AND SEE THAT AND THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN IT. BUT THEN I HAD TO REMEMBER THAT I ATTEND A CHURCH THAT HAD A PLAYGROUND THAT WAS ON PROPERTY. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THAT CHURCH. I TRY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THAT PROPERTY. AND SO FOR ME, THIS IS A I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A TO ME, THIS IS SIMPLE FOR THAT VERY REASON THAT THEY'RE EXTENDING THEIR CURRENT WORSHIP CENTER TO ADD SOMETHING NOT ONLY FOR THEIR MEMBERS WHO COME TO WORSHIP SERVICE, BUT ALSO FOR THE SCHOOL THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS IN THE MOSQUE. SO FOR ME, THIS IS SIMPLE, YES, BUT I GET THAT THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS AROUND IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS. I, TOO, HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRIVATE NATURE OF IT, AND I'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE DROVE DROVE THE AREA JUST TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF HOW THAT WOULD LOOK, SINCE THERE'S A PARKING LOT THAT ACTUALLY SEPARATES IT FROM ANYTHING ELSE. THERE'S ANOTHER PARKING LOT ON THE SIDE THERE. MY ONLY QUESTIONS ARE BECAUSE, I MEAN, I HAVE A I HAVE A CONSTITUENT THAT LIVES NEAR AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, SHE LIVES SHE'S A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DE SOTO, AND SHE LIVES NEAR A PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND AT NIGHT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. NOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF SIGNAGE EVERYWHERE ON THOSE PARKS, AND THOSE ARE OPEN. MY ONLY QUESTION ABOUT THIS IS, FIRST, IS THE FENCE GOING TO BE LOCKED? AND IS IT GOING TO HAVE PROPER SIGNAGE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY? YOU CANNOT, BECAUSE AT NIGHT IT JUST KIND OF LENDS ITSELF TO BE OPEN FOR FOLKS TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE NOISE LEVEL. AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE GOING TO BE A CERTAIN TIME FRAME THAT THEY'RE STAYING WITHIN THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE AT 11 AT NIGHT IN THE PARK OR, YOU KNOW, OR WE OR WE OR THE OR THEIR PARK ARE WE ARE, WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE ANY SAY ON THAT PART OF IT AS WELL TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DON'T GO OVER THE NOISE LEVEL FOR THIS AREA. YES, MA'AM. SO I DO WANT OUR APPLICANT, DOCTOR JIHAD MARIA, TO GET UP AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I DID WANT TO ANSWER IT FROM A STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE. GRANTED, AGAIN, THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU BY PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE USE ONLY. SO WE'RE NOT OUR MY DIVISION IS NOT REVIEWING THE PLANS THAT WOULD BE HANDLED BY BUILDING INSPECTIONS. SO TO DATE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FENCE ELEVATIONS SHOWING WHERE THERE ARE WHERE THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ANY ELEVATIONS, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF OUR APPLICANT. AND THEN AS FAR AS SIGNS, ANY SIGN REQUIREMENTS, OF COURSE, WOULD BE FULLY MET THROUGH THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS, REVIEW OF THIS OF THE SITE PLAN. BUT WHETHER OR NOT, I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT THE TYPES OF SIGNS, IF THERE IS ANY REQUIRED FOR ANY TYPE OF PLAYGROUND, OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE COMMUNICATED. IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED, THAT WOULD AGAIN, BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF OUR APPLICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. YES. FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR A FENCE

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IN THE CITY OF DE SOTO. WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH ERECTING A FENCE AROUND IT.

CERTAINLY BECAUSE OF SAFETY AS WELL AS SECURITY. AND. YES, MA'AM. AFTER WE DO AFTER WE COMPLETE THE FENCE, WE DO PLAN ON HAVING IT LOCKED WITH PLENTY OF SIGNAGE, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A LOT OF LIGHTING THERE IN TERMS OF NOISE POLLUTION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

CURRENTLY, OUR MOSQUE OPENS UP FOR PRAYER, WHICH IS ABOUT 5:30 A.M. AND IT CLOSES AT LATE RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY ABOUT 945, BECAUSE WE HAVE PRAYER, OUR SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON USING IT DURING THAT SCHOOL TIME FROM JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL, FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 3 P.M. SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. THE MAIN USE IS GOING TO BE, WILL IT BE EXCLUSIVELY ONLY FOR THAT? I WOULD BE LYING TO YOU IF I SAID YES. WE DO PLAN ON HAVING IT AFTERWARDS ALSO. BUT CERTAINLY ONCE PRAYERS ARE FINISHED BY 930, 10:00, PERHAPS EVEN IN THE WINTER TIMES OR EVEN LATER ON IN THE SPRING, DURING RAMADAN, WHEN IT'S EXTENDED, IT WILL NOT BE OPEN PAST 10:00, 1030 IN THE EVENING. POLLUTION, NOISE POLLUTION. I ASSURE YOU, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL AND REGULATE THAT OUT OF RESPECT FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH. CORRECT TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL WILL DO A HAND VOTE. MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU ASSIST US WITH THAT? EXCUSE ME. A YES VOTE MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR YES, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

BRIAN WESLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER. DEBORAH NORTH, COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

[1. Consider authorizing the Interim City Manager to negotiate and execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase of approximately 5.000± acres out of the Jeptha May Survey, Abstract No. 860, City of DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas, and generally located at 1400 Bolton Boone Drive, DeSoto, Texas, in consideration of a purchase price of $1,045,440.00, plus payment of all related closing costs, and further authorizing the Interim City Manager to execute on behalf of the City such additional closing documents as may be required by such agreement and the title company as necessary to close this transaction in a not-to-exceed amount of $1,100,000.00]

GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE REGULAR AGENDA. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 5.00 ACRES OF THE JOPPA MAY SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 860. CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 1400 BOLTON BOONE DRIVE, DESOTO, TEXAS. IN CONSIDERATION OF A PURCHASE PRICE OF $1,045,440, PLUS PAYMENT OF ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. SUCH ADDITIONAL CLOSING DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SUCH AGREEMENT AND THE TITLE COMPANY AS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THIS TRANSACTION AND A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1,100,000. AND FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A CARD FROM MR. ANTHONY LUCKY. THANK YOU, MR. LACY. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A REQUEST FOR AN APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT FOR FIVE ACRES OF LAND FOR A FUTURE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY. I NORMALLY SAY I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE LENGTHY. SO IF Y'ALL CAN BEAR WITH ME THIS EVENING A LITTLE BIT, HOW HOW WE GOT TO THIS DESIGNATION. IN 2022, THE CITY CONTRACTED THE MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE FIRE STATION NEEDS STUDY. THAT STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN 2023, AND FROM THAT STUDY YIELDED A VALIDATED EXPERT OPINION CONFIRMING THAT A FOURTH FIRE STATION WAS NECESSARY IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE CITY THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN 2024, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONED GARBER LLC FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE BOLTON BOOM PRESSURE ZONE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS. THIS PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN OUR 2021 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MASTER PLAN, AND WAS DEEMED AS A NECESSARY PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S LONG TERM WATER STORAGE AND CAPACITY WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE'S REGULATORY AUTHORITY, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AS PART OF THE STUDY, EVALUATED THREE SITES FOR THE WATER TANK LOCATION AND SCORED THEM BASED ON SEVERAL CRITERIA, INCLUDING LAND AVAILABILITY, LOCATION, ELEVATION, PROXIMITY TO EXISTING UTILITIES, ETC. AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SITE, LOCATED AT 1400 BOLTON BOONE DRIVE, WAS THE MOST DESIRABLE LOCATION FOR THIS SITE, ALTHOUGH THAT THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE SEPARATE BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT BOTH ARE CRITICAL TO THE OVERALL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE VISITORS. FOR THE CITY OF DE SOTO, AND SINCE BOTH THE FIRE STATION AND THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK ARE NEEDED IN THE SAME NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CO-LOCATING BOTH FACILITIES, AS WELL AS INCLUDING AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH, OR 911 CENTER, AS WELL AS OFFICE SPACE FOR A POLICE SUBSTATION. THE APPROACH OF CO-LOCATING BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES ALLOWS THE CITY TO PURCHASE ONE PROPERTY, AS OPPOSED TO THE SEPARATE SITES, THUS MAXIMIZING THE USE OF CITY FUNDS AS WELL AS MAXIMIZING THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY. SHOULD YOU APPROVE

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THIS EVENING, THE FUNDING WOULD BE SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN FUND 486, THE BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND, AS WELL AS FUND 508 OF THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND.

INTERIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CAN SPEAK TO THIS, BUT THE COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER THAT APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION WAS BUDGETED IN FUND 486 FOR THE RENOVATION OF STATION FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON COCKRELL HILL AND PLEASANT RUN ROAD. STAFF IS ACTUALLY PROPOSING TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE THAT RENOVATION AND USE A PORTION OF THOSE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO FACILITATE THIS LAND PURCHASE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THEY WILL BE RECEIVING A COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANT THROUGH CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT'S OFFICE, AND ONCE THOSE FUNDS ARE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY, THE FUNDING WILL ACTUALLY BE REIMBURSED TO FUND 486 TO TO REPLENISH THE FUNDS FOR THE RENOVATION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE. SO SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS EVENING, THE BREAKDOWN WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $522,722 FROM BOTH FUND 486 AND 508. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION OF FIVE ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1400 BOLTON BOONE DRIVE, INCLUDING CLOSING COSTS FOR A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1.1 MILLION. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF ME AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. SUBJECT THANK YOU, MR. LACEY.

WE DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD FOR THIS ITEM. WE'LL RECEIVE THAT NOW. ANTHONY LUCKY. MR. LUCKY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. ANTHONY LUCKY, 1408 HERITAGE HILL, DESOTO, TEXAS. HE MAY HAVE ADDRESSED WHAT MY CONCERN WAS. WHEN I LOOKED AT IT. IT SEEMED LIKE $1 MILLION FOR FIVE ACRES OF LAND SEEMED A BIT EXCESSIVE. BUT I THINK YOU SAID ONLY 500,000 IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF DESOTO. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID, SIR? I'M SORRY. JUST PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. AND WE'LL WE'LL ADDRESS IT AFTER YOU. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. I'M JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT. BECAUSE IF HE WAS SAYING $1 MILLION HERE, I THINK THAT'S A BIT EXCESSIVE TO PAY FOR FIVE ACRES OF LAND ON BOLTON. BOONE. HOWEVER. SO MAYBE YOU GUYS OR HE COULD ADDRESS MY CONCERNS WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YES, SIR. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE SOME LIGHTS. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS OUT OF THE GATE. I NORMALLY TRY TO POSTPONE MY QUESTIONS, BUT I COULDN'T WAIT. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE RENOVATIONS FOR THE FIRE STATION. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND HAVE VERY HEALTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEED FOR RENOVATIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY. I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. HOWEVER, MY CONCERNS IS THAT WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, WHICH I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING IDEA AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. I GUESS MY CONCERNS IS THAT IT'S VERY STILL VERY CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE, AND WE DON'T HAVE TIMELINES. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT TELL US WHEN WE COULD ANTICIPATE, IF WE POSTPONE THE RENOVATIONS FOR THE FIRE STATION, RIGHT? WHEN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A DATE CERTAIN WE DON'T KNOW WHEN. ALSO, WITH THE FUNDS BEING RECEIVED FROM CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT, AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE OUR. CONGRESSWOMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY RECEIVE IT, BECAUSE WHAT I WHAT MAY BE A SOLUTION TO IT IF IF I'M HEARING WHAT WAS PROPOSED CORRECTLY, IS THAT ONCE THAT 3 MILLION IS RECEIVED, WE WOULD THEN REIMBURSE THE FIRE STATION FUNDS AND GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RENOVATION. SO IT MAY BE SOONER THAN HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX IS COMPLETED. I KNOW I GAVE YOU A LOT CHEAP, BUT I HAD TO GET IT OUT. YOU'RE FINE, THANK YOU. I'LL KIND OF BACK UP AND GO A LITTLE BIT BACK IN TIME. SO WE HAVE COMPLETED THE DESIGN TO REMODEL FIRE STATION THREE, THE PROBABLE CAUSE FROM THE ARCHITECT COME IN AROUND 4.5 MILLION. WE ONLY HAD 3 MILLION BUDGETED PRIOR. CITY MANAGEMENT AT THAT TIME SAID, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. WE CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW. SO WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. WE LOOKED AT TRYING TO REDUCE THAT AND THERE'S JUST NO REDUCTION. A LOT OF Y'ALL BEEN OUT AT FIRE STATION THREE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1989. IT IS IN BAD NEED OF REPAIR. SO WE HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON. AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. AND THAT'S WHEN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX IDEA CAME INTO PLAY. AND THE IDEA WAS, SINCE WE KNOW WE NEED MORE MONEY TO REMODEL STATION THREE, TO GO AHEAD AND PURSUE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, GET IT BUILT. ONCE IT'S BUILT, MOVE THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM STATION THREE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX OR STATION FOUR, THEN REMODEL STATION THREE. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE RAN INTO, NOT ONLY IS

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IT ABOUT A $4.5 MILLION REMODEL, WE ALSO HAVE TO RELOCATE THE FIREFIGHTERS. WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT HALF $1 MILLION JUST TO HAVE A FACILITY TO RELOCATE THEM. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE GETTING THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING. SOMETHING TO COVER THE FIRE APPARATUS AS WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM OUT IN THE OPEN. WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM PLUGGED IN.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM COVERED FOR BAD WEATHERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL COST THAT WAS GOING TO COME INTO TRYING TO REMODEL WHILE WE WERE STILL OPERATING OUT OF THAT FIRE STATION. SO THAT'S WHAT ALL LED TO THE DECISION TO LOOK AT DOING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, MOVING THE FIREFIGHTERS THERE, THEN COMING BACK AND REMODELING STATION THREE. AND THEN THEN WE WOULD HAVE ALL FOUR FIRE STATIONS OPEN AND RUNNING. SO AS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT A TIMELINE, MAYOR, YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE. WHAT WE ARE ARE OUR GOAL REALISTICALLY, IS PROBABLY 2030 BEFORE WE COULD GET THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX OPEN. 2029 WOULD BE AGGRESSIVE WITH ALL THE PROCESS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. WE DO HAVE AN RFQ OUT. ALL THE PROPOSALS ARE IN. WE HAVE 13 PROPOSALS COME IN, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. WE ARE GRADING THOSE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NEARING THE END OF GETTING ALL THE GRADES IN. WE WILL SEND THAT BACK TO FINANCE THE PURCHASING TEAM. ONCE WE GET THAT, THEY WILL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE START THE DESIGN, AND THAT'S STILL A LENGTHY PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. AND I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDS FROM CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY COME INTO PLAY IN THE RIGHT. SO WE'RE ONLY HALF $1 MILLION. SO WE HAVE 3 MILLION IN THE. FOR 86 FOR THE REMODEL, WE ONLY NEED 522,000 TO DO THAT. AND WE'RE GETTING 3 MILLION BACK FROM CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT. THE WHOLE ALL THAT WHOLE 3 MILLION WAS FOR THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. SO THE GOAL WAS TO USE THAT TO HELP PURCHASE THE PROPERTY THAT WE NEEDED AND PAY FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL FEES ONLY. AND WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THAT 3 MILLION WILL COVER THOSE TWO AREAS, THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND AND THE ARCHITECTURAL FEES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE, THE, THE FUNDS FROM CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, CAN ONLY BE USED FOR A CERTAIN PART OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE STAY WITHIN.

YEAH. WELL, THE ACTUAL LETTERS HAS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. SO IT HAS TO STAY WITH THAT. SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT PROJECT I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF. I ALMOST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT, CHIEF. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN YOU OUT OF UNIFORM. YEAH, I HAD TO GO BY THIS. YEAH, I KNOW, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER. AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN YOU. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN YOU. NOT IN A FIRE UNIFORM. HE DID THIS YESTERDAY, TOO. I KNOW IT LOOKS GREAT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I HEARD THAT THE MOVING FUNDS FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M AT A COMPLETE PAUSE. I WANT THIS PROJECT TO HAPPEN, BUT I HAVING SEEN WHAT I SAW, I DON'T I, I AM CONCERNED OF ANY SLOWDOWN WITH THAT, THAT FACILITY BEING REMODELED FOR THOSE FIREMEN, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE LONGER IT DELAYS, THE MORE OF A RISK FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE THAT WE PUT THEM IN. AND THAT IS VERY CONCERNING.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. I THIS PROJECT, ON THE OTHER HAND, NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IMPACTED OR CITIZENS THAT ARE IMPACTED ARE IN A PIT. AND ANYONE WHO'S UNAWARE OF WHAT A PIT IS, IT'S A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AND SO THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A LEVEL OF SERVICE FROM THIS CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING EXTRA TAXES THAN WHAT EVERYONE ELSE. RIGHT. AND IF YOU'RE IN A NEW SUBDIVISION, I MEAN, BRICK AND MORTAR, REALLY NEW, AND YOU DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER PRESSURE, WATER POWER, WATER PRESSURE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL BENEFIT OF YOUR INVESTMENT. RIGHT. AND WE ALSO KNOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. I WANT TO COMMEND MR. LACY, BECAUSE HAVE YOU BEEN HERE TWO YEARS YET? THREE AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF YEARS. WHEN HE STARTED, ALL WE HAD WAS THE LOCATION ON SPINNER, AND I REMEMBER TOURING THAT AND IT IS A HUGE FACILITY, AND SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE ADDED THE WATER LOCATION THAT'S ON HAMPTON, AND WE'VE DONE THE RIBBON ON THAT, AND WE'RE STARTING NOW. ON ADDRESSING OUR NORTH DESOTO DEFICIENCIES. SO I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. BUT AT WHAT COST? AND WHAT I WHAT I WRESTLE WITH IS WHY ARE WE NOT JUST GOING TO THE VOTERS AS WE DID THE LAST TIME WE BUILD A FIRE STATION FOR YOU SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER? I GET WE'RE TRYING IT. AND I DON'T MEAN THIS DISRESPECTFULLY.

HOWEVER, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN,

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WHEN AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO JUST SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO IMPROVE AND THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO DO IT AT. CAN WE DO IT SO THAT THAT'S MY IS THERE. YOU CAN STILL PURCHASE THIS LAND WITHOUT TAKING THAT, THAT FUNDING FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO START THIS PROJECT? OR IS THIS ALL BECAUSE AGAIN, THE MAYOR MADE A GREAT POINT. WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE OR A PLAN, JUST THE CONCEPTION OF THIS PROJECT DOES THAT YOU. BUT YOU THREW A KABOOM IN THE ROOM. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, LIKE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR FUNDING, YOU HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO PURCHASE THIS LAND WITHOUT THE US SAYING THAT WE AGREE TO THIS COMPLEX AND TAKING MONEY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RENOVATIONS. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? PARTIALLY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND YOUR. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, THE WATER FUND DOES HAVE THE MONEY TO FACILITATE THE PURCHASE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF, SINCE THIS IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, COMMINGLED AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TWO CITY FACILITIES LOCATED ON THE SAME PROPERTY, IF THE WATER FUND WERE TO PURCHASE THE THE PROPERTY, THEN WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY NEED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ALONG WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION. THAT WAY, THE GENERAL FUND. AT SUCH A TIME WHEN INTERIM CITY MANAGER MOVES FORWARD WITH HIS DESIGN FOR THE FOURTH FIRE STATION. THAT WAY THAT MONEY ACTUALLY GETS PAID BACK TO THE WATER FUND. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE THE THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU KIND OF SAY, I HATE TO USE THE TERM ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE FUND IS ONE FUND IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REIMBURSED, WHETHER THAT'S FUND. YOU KNOW, 46 WHEN HE GETS HIS THE GRANT FROM COUNCIL OR CONGRESSWOMAN, EXCUSE ME, OR THE WATER FUND, I THINK WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT'S FUNDING FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. IF I'M NOT LIKE IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE SHE ANNOUNCED THIS FUNDING. AM I WRONG OR RIGHT? NO, THAT'S NOT THE THAT'S NOT THE. OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT FUNDING? SEVERAL. THIS ONE WAS ANNOUNCED OVER THE SUMMER, AND I ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER THE STATE OF THE ART. THE STATE OF THE CITY. AND I HAVE AN EMAIL IN REQUESTING AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON GETTING THAT FUNDING. AND I'M WAITING FOR AN ANSWER BACK FROM FROM HER OFFICE. YEAH, THAT WAS ANNOUNCED. SHE ANNOUNCED THAT AT THE STATE OF THE CITY. SO DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE? SO I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE YET, BUT I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO ONE THING THAT YOU DID SAY. SO I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW I WENT TO EVERY FIREFIGHTER BEFORE I GOT BEHIND THIS IDEA. AND I GOT THEIR OPINION ON THE DELAY OF STATION THREE, AND THEY WERE 100% IN SUPPORT OF LET'S, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL IDEA, WHEN WE KNEW WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, WAS TO TRY TO SCALE BACK THE REMODEL. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SCALE BACK. WE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THEIR INPUT ON DESIGNING THE STATION THREE REMODEL SO THAT IT WOULD FIT OUR FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR CURRENT FIREFIGHTERS FOR NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. NOT JUST WE WEREN'T JUST LOOKING AT NOW WE WERE LOOKING AT FUTURE GROWTH AS WELL AS WE NEED MORE FIREFIGHTERS THERE. SO THEY WERE ALL IN SUPPORT OF WE CAN DELAY, WE CAN MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT. IF WE KNOW IN THE END WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE NEED. AND IN THE INTERIM, WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING THERE. WE'VE JUST ORDERED THEM ALL NEW FURNITURE. WE ORDERED THEM ALL NEW RUGS. WE'RE LOOKING AT PAINTING, WE'RE WORKING ON CLEANING THE DUCTS. SO WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TENABLE FOR THEM WHILE WE GO THROUGH THIS, THIS PROCESS. AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE. I AM WORKING ON THAT. WE AGGRESSIVELY 2029. I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX ON THE GROUND. REALISTICALLY, I THINK 2030, BY THE TIME WE RUN THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GET THROUGH THE BUILD, IS MORE IS MORE OF A REACHABLE GOAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. WE STILL HAVE A QUESTION FROM OUR FROM A RESIDENT THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS REGARDING THE COST OF IT. HOWEVER, I SEE TWO LIGHTS. COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU FRAME YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY AROUND THE PROPERTY PURCHASE SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS ITEM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THREE THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO SAY I, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS. I LIKE THE WAY YOU ALL STRATEGIZED THAT SO THAT YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND BUILD A NEW FACILITY. I LIKE THE WAY THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THAT. AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU CONSULTED WITH THE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS. MY QUESTION IS, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THE PRICE FOR THIS PROPERTY? DID YOU ALL HAVE AN APPRAISAL DONE? CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU GOT TO THE MILLION 45,000? YES, MA'AM. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I THINK THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE RESIDENTS QUESTION AS WELL. WE DID HAVE A EVALUATION OR PROPERTY EVALUATION PERFORMED BY JLL EVALUATION. AND IF YOU NOTICED IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKAGE, THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION THAT STAFF GAVE JLL WAS TO PERFORM AN APPRAISAL ON FOUR ACRES OF PROPERTY. AS WE KIND OF KICKED THIS ITEM AROUND THE CANNON AND SPOKE INTERNALLY, WE. WE DETERMINED THE STAFF THAT IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE ACRES OF LAND. SO WE WENT BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. IF YOU NOTICE, WE'RE PAYING, HE AGREED TO ESSENTIALLY GIVE US AN EXTRA ACRE OF LAND. SO WHAT WAS VALUED AT THAT MILLION 45? THAT'S IN THE MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR FOUR ACRES. WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING FIVE ACRES. SO. AND IF I MAY ADD TO MADAM MAYOR AND

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COUNCIL, IF YOU REMEMBER THE THE INITIAL NEGOTIATION FOR THIS PROPERTY WHEN WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE DIDN'T GET AN APPRAISAL. WE GOT KIND OF HAD AN AGREEMENT OF COST OR VALUE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND THEN COUNCIL SAID, NO, WE NEED AN APPRAISAL. SO WE WENT OUT AND GOT AN APPRAISAL. SO I JUST WANTED TO AT THAT POINT, THANK YOU COUNCIL. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED MR. LUCKY'S QUESTION REGARDING THE COST. HE HAD A HE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING BASED ON WHAT YOU SHARED, THAT THE. OF A DIFFERENT COST FOR THE PROPERTY. YES. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SPLIT FUNDED SINCE THE WATERFRONT IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND SELF-FUNDED. SO THE SPLIT THE $522,720 WILL BE ESSENTIALLY EACH FUND'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TO THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND. SO MULTIPLY THAT BY TWO. THAT'S HOW WE GET ARRIVE AT THE MILLION 45. SO IT WOULD BE 520,720 446 AND 5000 520,720 508 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, BUT I, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENT WAS ASKING ABOUT THE VALUE. I DON'T KNOW THAT HE NECESSARILY MEANT JUST WHERE THE MONEY WAS COMING FROM, BUT ABOUT THE VALUE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I THINK I WAS HEARING. HE WAS SAYING THAT HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT WAS FIVE. IT WAS A MILLION FOR FIVE ACRES. CORRECT IT. AND YES, MA'AM. AND THAT WAS TO THE POINT THAT WAS MAKING ABOUT THE THE APPRAISAL THAT WE RECEIVED. THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE MILLION AND 45,000. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY FOR FOUR ACRES OF PROPERTY. BUT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GETTING FIVE BECAUSE WE NEGOTIATED THROUGH THE PROPERTY OWNER. I THINK THE THE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THAT WAS BY APPRAISAL. THAT WAS JUST THAT STAFF OR SOMEBODY'S BEST GUESS. IT WAS AN APPRAISAL BY JLL, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.

AND THE CITY. THE CITY DOESN'T PURCHASE PROPERTY WITHOUT GETTING AN APPRAISAL. SO.

CORRECT STAFF IS IN THE PRESENTATION STAFF INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF. IT IS IN OUR PRESENTATION. MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WAS SAYING THAT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS TRYING TO HEAR THAT PART. WE WENT ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO PULL OUT. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT WASN'T WHAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE 522,000. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A MOTION. THANK YOU, MR. LACEY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL WILL DO. MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU ASSIST US WITH THAT, PLEASE, MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR YES, MAYOR PRO TEM LETITIA HUGHES, YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN WESLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEBORAH NORTH, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

CRYSTAL CHISM. YES. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL COUNCIL, WE HAVE THREE REMAINING ITEMS, AND WE ARE ABOUT 40 MINUTES INTO OUR TIME. WE TRY TO STAY UNDER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING GOOD TIME IN OUR MEETINGS. I'M GOING TO ASK IF FOR THE NEXT REMAINING THREE ITEMS THAT WE DO ROUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR COMMENTS CONCISE AND QUESTIONS CONCISE SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THESE TONIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR MADAM CITY SECRETARY IF

[2. Consider approval of a Resolution expressing intent to redeem certain of the City's outstanding obligations]

YOU WOULD GIVE US THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT TO REDEEM CERTAIN OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE BRINGING A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT EXPRESSING INTENT TO REDEEM CERTAIN OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE MANAGEMENT REPORT. THIS ACTION IS NEEDED TO PREVENT THE CITY'S TAX RATE FROM DROPPING APPROXIMATELY $0.04, ALLOWING THE TAX RATE THE I AND S PORTION OF THE TAX RATE TO FALL IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WILL REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN FUTURE YEARS, WHEN THE CITY CONTINUES TO FINANCE ITS $141 MILLION CIP AS CURRENTLY PLANNED. WE INITIALLY BEGAN SPEAKING WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS ACTION ON MAY 11TH. AS PART OF THAT FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE CONTINUED THE DISCUSSION ON MAY 19TH, WHEN WE INVITED THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO COME OUT AND ESSENTIALLY PRESENT US WITH FOUR OPTIONS OF ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO PREVENT THAT INS RATE FROM DROPPING $0.04. THERE WAS ANOTHER MEMORANDUM THAT WENT OUT TO CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 12TH, ALSO ADDRESSING THE ITEM. AND FINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ITEM IN OUR JULY 31ST BUDGET WORKSHOP. THE FOUR OPTIONS WERE PRESENTED TO DO NOTHING AS THE FIRST OPTION. THE SECOND OPTION WAS TO ELIMINATE TRANSFERS, REALLOCATING PORTIONS OF SELF-SUPPORTED DEBT OVER TO DEBT. THE THIRD OPTION WAS TO

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PREPAY EXISTING DEBT, AND THE FOURTH OPTION WAS TO ISSUE A TAX NOTE. STAFF, ALONG WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, RECOMMENDED OPTION THREE PREPAYMENT OF DEBT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE TO EFFECTIVELY STABILIZE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR FY 26. I'M SORRY, FY 2027 TO EXECUTE THIS TAX STABILIZATION EFFORT AND LOCK IN AN INITIAL TAX RATE AT THE RATE THAT WE DESIRE. OF THE 0.165003 PER $100 OF VALUATION, THE CITY SEEKS TO REPAY A COMBINED TOTAL OF 3.2 MILLION ACROSS SPECIFIC DEBT OBLIGATIONS. THOSE DEBT OBLIGATIONS ARE LISTED HERE.

THESE DEBT OBLIGATIONS WERE CHOSEN DUE TO THEIR INTEREST RATES THAT ARE DUE ON THEM. SO WE SELECTED ONES WHERE WE COULD SAVE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOST SAVINGS ON INTEREST. THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THIS ACTION. PRE-PAYING 3.2 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING DEBT OBLIGATIONS WILL GENERATE AN ESTIMATED TOTAL INTEREST SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $440,000 THROUGH THE FINAL MATURITY OF THOSE BONDS, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT TO REDEEM CERTAIN OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PART, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I DO SEE SOME LIGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. LET ME GET STARTED BEFORE THE CLOCK GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM BECAUSE ACTUALLY, MY SUGGESTION WAS TO PAY OFF DEBT. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR AS A NEW DIRECTOR IN FINANCE, YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS IN BRINGING THIS TO US VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR WHILE DOING NOTHING OFFERS A DECREASE IN DEBT, IN THE DEBT TAX RATE. WHAT THAT DOES IS SET UP OUR CITY FOR FAILURE LATER ON, BECAUSE WHEN WE HIKE UP THE TAX RATE AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT A TAX RATE, WHICH IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE EVENTUALLY. AND SO GOING THROUGH THE HISTORY OF DE SOTO, I FOUND A LITTLE OF OUR TAX RATE INCREASES AND DECREASES. I FOUND BETWEEN LIKE THE YEAR 2000 TO LIKE 2007, WE WENT THROUGH LIKE AN INCREASE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY EVERY 6 TO 8%, WHY ARE WE AT 0.68 AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS SO MUCH LOWER.

SO WE WENT THROUGH A HUGE INCREASE, LIKE IN THAT SEVEN YEAR SPAN. AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO KIND OF BALANCE THIS OUT, I WILL. AND SO FOR ME, PAYING OFF THIS DEBT IS PROBABLY THE MOST FRUGAL AND RESPONSIBLE THING THAT WE CAN DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE DECREASE EQUALS INCREASE. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. COUNCILMAN WESLEY, JUST REAL QUICK, HOW YOU DOING? YOU AND THE CONSULTANTS AND THE ACCOUNTANTS RECOMMEND THAT WE WE PAY OUR DEBT OFF, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. YES. CORRECT. STAFF AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS ARE RECOMMENDING THIS ACTION. THE PROFESSIONALS. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE THE PROFESSIONALS? THIS ONE AND AND KAREN, YOU CAN START MY TIME AS WELL. THIS IS A QUESTION THAT MAY BE FOR A LATER DATE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S I'M TRYING NOT TO GET TOO OFF TOPIC BECAUSE I'LL GET A TAP ON MY SHOULDER. I KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH SB TWO AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING AND CAUSING CITIES TO HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS, RIGHT? WE'VE SEEN THIS LIKE THIS 3 MILLION ISH NUMBER THAT WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF HAVE A FIX FOR. AND MY QUESTION TO YOU IS FOR A FUTURE MEETING IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADJUST SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO ALWAYS COME BACK EACH YEAR WITH THE ACTUAL FIX, RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN FUTURE YEARS IN TERMS OF WHEREVER THIS GAP IS BEING CREATED, THAT WE NEED TO FEEL RIGHT IN SOME WAY? WHAT IS THE FIX FOR THAT FINANCIALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AND YOU MAY HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CUT YOUR LIGHT ON. YOU MAY HAVE A RESPONSE FOR THAT. I'D WELCOME AND ENTERTAIN IT.

THANK YOU. WHAT WE DO ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. WE ARE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. WE HAVE TAKEN OUR TIME IN BEING CAREFUL ABOUT ADDING TO OUR FUND BALANCE. EVERY YEAR. WE ARE IN OUR WITHIN OUR TARGET FUND BALANCE LEVELS. ACTUALLY, WE'RE ABOVE WHAT THEY ARE. WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WHICH IS HAVE BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND BEING CAREFUL WITH OUR EXPENDITURE

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PROJECTIONS. SO THE I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CALL IT A GAP THAT'S THERE. THE WAY THAT IT WAS PRESENTED THIS YEAR. THAT ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE WE DID NOT TAKE OUT A BOND SALE IN FY 2026. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO STAY AHEAD, ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE WHEN WE TAKE ONE OUT IN FY 2027, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A $40 MILLION BOND SALE. AGAIN, JUST TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THINGS. THERE'S NOTHING BIG AND MAJOR IN THAT BOND SALE. THIS IS JUST MAINTENANCE OF THE CIP PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, EVENTUALLY WE WILL HAVE A TAX RATE INCREASE, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST THE REAL THING NOW THAT SB TWO IS IN PLACE. BUT WE WANT TO PREVENT HAVING $0.03 AT A TIME. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE. AND I BELIEVE ITEMS LIKE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US STAY ON TRACK FOR FUTURE BUDGETS. MAYOR POINT OF INFORMATION. SHE USED JARGON THAT I THINK THAT WE'RE MORE ACCUSTOMED TO THAN THE AUDIENCE OR THE RESIDENTS. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU SAID THIS IS TO MAINTAIN OR MAINTENANCE OUR CIP. COULD YOU ELABORATE THERE, PLEASE? SURE. AND SB TWO. YES, YES. WHAT SENATE BILL TWO DID WAS PUT A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE CAN RECEIVE FROM PROPERTY TAX. RIGHT. CITIES WERE USED TO GETTING UP TO AN 8% INCREASE EACH YEAR. IF IF EVEN IF ALL THINGS REMAIN THE SAME WITH THEIR ASSESSED VALUES ALONE, THEY WERE GETTING UP TO 8% INCREASE. AND SB TWO CAME IN AND CAPPED THAT AT 3.5%. SO NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, RIGHT? SO NOW CITIES ARE REALLY WORKING VERY CLOSE WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO GET AHEAD AND FIND TOOLS BECAUSE THIS THIS IS ALL THIS IS, IS AN INS TAX RATE MANAGEMENT TOOL. THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN DO ON THE NO SIDE BECAUSE ON THE MAINTENANCE OPERATION SIDE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX CALCULATION IS GOING TO BE. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR ASSESSED VALUES ARE GOING TO BE. THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 12% OR AS LOW AS 3%. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE. AND SO THAT WAS THE LIMITATION THAT SB TWO PUT IN PLACE FOR US. CIP, CIP, AND THE CIP. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE AS A CITY TO HAVE A SIP. WHAT YOU'LL FIND WITH CITIES WHO DON'T HAVE A SIP IS THAT I WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT KNEE JERK, BUT WHAT WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL, THEY'LL PLAN A PROJECT AND THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, WELL, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A FIRE STATION. BUT THERE WAS NO PLAN FOR OTHER THINGS, SUCH AS THE ASPHALT THAT'S NEEDED ON THE STREETS OR THE CONCRETE OR THE I'M P OR ANY OTHER OTHER WATER SEWER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CIP. SO THAT PRESENTS A CHALLENGE FOR THOSE CITIES. AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE FOR THOSE CITIES WHO DON'T HAVE A SIP WHEN THEY IMPLEMENT THAT BOND SALE THAT NO ONE'S USED TO, THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD IN FIVE YEARS, THEIR TAX RATE IS GOING TO INCREASE ANYWHERE BETWEEN $0.03 TO UP TO $0.06, JUST TO FUND THAT CIP FOR THAT YEAR. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR CIP, AND WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT MAINTAINING OURS, WE HAVE A CIP THAT STRETCHES UP TO TEN YEARS.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT KEEPS OUR FACILITIES AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE RUNNING PROPERLY.

IT KEEPS IT IN PLACE FOR THE FOR THE NEXT BOND SALE. WHEN I SAID THERE'S NOT A HUGE TICKET ITEM, THERE'S NOT A BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT AN ARC OR ANYTHING. IN THEIR PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HAD THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN FY 2027 IS NOT NECESSARILY ANY BIG TICKET ITEMS. IT'S SPREAD OUT ACROSS ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HILLSIDE HERE THIS EVENING? I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, HILLTOP, THEY THEY COULDN'T BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. I'M SURE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR US WHEN WE WHEN YOU REFERENCE BOND SALE FOR THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINOLOGY AS IT RELATES TO FINANCE, BUT FOR JUST THE SIMPLE LAY PERSON TO KEEP IT SIMPLE IN REGARDS TO BUDGET, WHAT HOW IS THAT BOND SALE EFFECTIVE FOR US AS A CITY? THANK YOU. BOND SALES ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AND THEY'RE VERY NECESSARY FOR CITIES. THERE'S NOT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S IN PLACE WITHOUT A BOND SALE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MONEY AE

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OUR FUND MONEY. THAT IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH MONEY TO FINANCE THE TYPE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE FINANCED. THE CITY'S ROAD WORK IS VERY EXPENSIVE. ANYWHERE CAN GO UP TO $15 MILLION FOR ROAD WORK, AND CITIES MUST TAKE OUT BONDS. SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL MUST TAKE OUT BONDS TO FINANCE THAT TYPE OF TICKET ITEM. AND ONCE THIS DEBT IS PAID OFF, THE OUTCOME IS VERY POSITIVE BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT COST SAVINGS. CORRECT? SO YEAH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR DAY, YES. FOR THIS PARTICULAR DAY. YES, YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISM. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD ASSIST MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRIAN WESLEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEBORAH NORTH, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISM. YES. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE THE

[3. Consider approval of a Resolution accepting the 2026 Tax Year Appraisal Roll submitted by the Dallas Central Appraisal District]

NEXT ITEM. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2026 TAX YEAR APPRAISAL ROLL SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS OF ONE OF OUR VERY ROUTINE ITEM AS WELL THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. WE DID RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FROM DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT ON JULY 24TH, IT REVEALED IN CTV WITH AN ESTIMATED TAXABLE VALUE. I'M SORRY, IN ETB OF 8,331,106,485. THAT GAVE US ABOUT A 4% INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR. THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE 465 MILLION APPROXIMATELY CURRENTLY UNDER PROTEST BY PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE DCAD FOR THE FY 2627 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE USE THE TAXABLE VALUE OF 8.5 BILLION. THIS FIGURE, WHEN MULTIPLIED BY THE ADOPTED RATE, DETERMINES THE PROJECTED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR FY 2020 627. FOR THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THIS ITEM, OUR BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS REQUIRES THE FORMAL ACCEPTANCE OF THIS APPRAISAL ROLL FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. CERTIFIED VALUES ARE UTILIZED TO CALCULATE THE PROPERTY TAX NUMBERS FOR THE BUDGET, AND I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THIS ITEM. COUNCIL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

EXCUSE ME. DO WE NEED TO TAKE WE NEED TO TAKE A HAND VOTE FOR THIS ONE BY LAW. RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE. THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOOD ON THIS ONE TO TO DO IT AS. OKAY.

[4. Take a record vote on the proposed tax rate of $0.684934 (68.4934 cents per $100 of valuation) for FY 2026–2027 and set a Public Hearing on the Budget to be held on September 1, 2026, and set a Public Hearing on the Tax Rate to be held on September 15, 2026]

THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. TAKE A VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.68493468.493 $0.04 PER 100 OF $100 VALUATION FOR THE 2026 2027, AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026. THANK YOU AND WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS TO. LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE AND TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WE ARE SETTING FOR FY 2027. OUT OF THE MOST RECENT BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WE HAVE RESULTED IN A PROPOSED BUDGET TAX RATE REQUIRING A TAX RATE OF 0.684934 PER $100 OF VALUATION. ON THE NO. SIDE, THAT IS 0.519931. ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, THAT IS 0.165003, WHICH WILL FUND STREETS, PARKS, VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES. AND TONIGHT WE ARE REQUESTING A RECORD VOTE ON THE TAX RATE AS WELL AS A RECORD VOTE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, AND A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON THE TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026. THOSE NOTICES WILL APPEAR IN THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD

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