[a. The City Council will convene into Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 to consult with the City Attorney regarding pending or contemplated litigation, or a settlement offer, concerning: Cause No. DC-25-23114, City of DeSoto, Texas v. Tortugas Hospitality LP d/b/a Wyndham Dallas South-DeSoto and Patelo Investments LLC, in the 101st District Court in Dallas County, Texas]
[b. Reconvene into Regular Session ]
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WE HAVE RETURNED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IS 5:53 P.M. WE CONVENED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:50 P.M. AND THERE WAS NO ACTION AS A RESULT. SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO INTO
[a. Consider approval of a Resolution of the City Council of the City of DeSoto, Texas, establishing the City’s legislative agenda for the 90th session of the Texas Legislature]
OUR SPECIAL CALL SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. AT THE TIME OF 5:53 P.M. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD 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 HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN WESLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER. DEBORAH NORTH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 90TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. AFTER ANNOUNCING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 90TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, STATE LEGISLATORS BEGIN FILING LEGISLATION THAT COULD IMPACT CITY OPERATIONS, FINANCES AND CITIZENS ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026. AND WHEREAS, BEGINNING JANUARY 12TH, 2027, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WILL CONVENE FOR A 140 DAY SESSION TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION. AND WHEREAS IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT MANY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES AFFECTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED, AND WHEREAS, CITY STAFF HAS PREPARED THE RECOMMENDED 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A FOR THE REVIEW BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL IS OF THE OPINION THAT SUCH 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AND COMMUNITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE CITY AND SHOULD BE ADOPTED AND FORWARDED FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE LEGISLATURE AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO THAT SECTION ONE, THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A, IS HEREBY ADOPTED AND APPROVED. SECTION TWO THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE ARE AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THIS RESOLUTION TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND TO COLLABORATE WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LEGISLATORS OR STATE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S POSITION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SECTION THREE. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THIS ITEM. LET'S SEE. MR. CITY MANAGER, DID YOU WANT TO LEAD US INTO THIS ITEM? I KNOW WE[00:05:03]
HAVE. YES, MA'AM. SEVERAL ITEMS BEFORE US. YEAH. SO, MADAM MAYOR, YOU GOT, AS YOU MAY RECALL, AT THE SUMMER RETREAT, WE WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WE WANTED TO PUT FORTH. AND SO BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, AS CITY ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVE MISS BURKS PUT TOGETHER THIS DRAFT RESOLUTION, WHICH INCLUDES EXHIBIT A, EXHIBIT A IS PAGE THREE OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION. AND SO THESE THESE REPRESENT THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE RETREAT. WE REPRESENT. WE WE WE DISCUSSED THAT THE CITY WILL SUPPORT LEGISLATION RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS AS FIRST RESPONDERS. COMMUNITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AS GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS, AND THAT WE WILL OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD. IMPOSE FURTHER REVENUE AND OR EXPENDITURE CAPS, IMPOSE NEW PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS SUCH AS OPERATION DOUBLE NICKEL, AND IMPOSE STANDARD PERMIT STANDARDIZED PERMITTING, SHOULD I SAY, PROVIDE FOR STATE, STATE, PRE EXEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND ANY ITEMS THAT STRIP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY SPECIFICALLY REGARDING DATA CENTERS, ZONING, ADUS BY RIGHT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND USE BILLS. AND THEN THERE WAS ONE ITEM REGARDING GENERAL OBLIGATIONS AND CEOS THAT WE SAID THAT AT THAT AT THAT TIME WE WOULD TAKE NO POSITION ON. SO THIS IS THIS IS THE THESE ARE THE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING. NOW, COUNCILWOMAN NORTH ALSO DOES A SECOND ITEM THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING WHAT WAS PROVIDED AT THE TML SUMMIT THAT SHE ATTENDED. THESE ARE JUST ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DISCUSSED AT THE TML SUMMIT. MANY OF SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WE DRAFTED AS OUR OUR EXHIBIT A TO OUR RESOLUTION.BUT. YES, MA'AM. THE SECOND SHEET THAT JUST SAYS THIS JUST HAS A LIST OF ITEMS FOR SUPPORT AND OPPOSE. YES, MA'AM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADOPT WHAT COUNCIL DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY AT THE RETREAT OR IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY OF THESE TO THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL. ONE ITEM IN PARTICULAR THAT WAS MENTIONED IS IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE ON, ON THE ON THE OTHER SHEET, ITEM EIGHT, IT SAYS REQUIRE NURSING HOMES, ASSISTANT ASSISTED FACILITIES, LICENSED GROUP HOMES AND APARTMENTS ADVERTISED TO SENIORS AS INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES TO HAVE GENERATORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING BACKUP POWER TO MEET ALL NEEDS OF THEIR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING AIR CONDITIONING, HEAT AND REQUIRE NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES TO HAVE GENERATORS OR COMPARABLE POWER SOURCE AND FUEL TO RUN FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS DURING A POWER OUTAGE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER IT PARTICULARLY IMPACTS A VULNERABLE POPULATION WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, SENIORS AT NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT. GO AHEAD. POINT OF INFORMATION. SURE. ON OUR DOCUMENT, THE ONES WE LOOKED AT AT THE RETREAT. ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE DID NOT LOOK AT THIS ONE? OR WHAT IS EXACTLY WHAT BEING SAID TONIGHT? NO, MA'AM, WE DID NOT. WE DID NOT DISCUSS THIS ONE AT THE.
BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THIS THIS VERBIAGE AT ALL. NO WE DIDN'T. IT WAS BEING DISCUSSED THAT SAME DAY AT THE ML SUMMIT. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION AT THE RETREAT BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY BEING SHARED AT THE SUMMIT THAT DAY. THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH WAS AT THE SUMMIT. RIGHT. THE REASON SHE ARRIVED LATE TO THE RETREAT, AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION SHE BROUGHT BACK. SO NO, WE DID NOT HAVE IT AT THE RETREAT, BUT AS A MATTER OF INFORMATION, JUST ASKING, WAS THERE A REASON IT WASN'T DISCUSSED AT OUR RETREAT? WELL, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT ITEM. IT WASN'T IN OUR DOCUMENTATION. NO. NO MA'AM. BUT I DID INCLUDE THE THE REPORT AS A PART OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT I THAT WE UPLOADED FOR THIS ITEM TONIGHT. OH, I JUST PULLED IT OUT. OKAY. SO YOU CAN HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. MADAM. INFORMATION. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS RESOLUTION? BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DIDN'T PAY FOR A LOBBYIST THIS YEAR OR AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT US DOWN IN AUSTIN IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO ADDING MORE OR ADDING MORE TO THE LIST WE ALREADY HAVE WILL PRODUCE A RESOLUTION, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE WE GO IN LONG TERM WITH THIS, RIGHT? A RESOLUTION. YES. WE THEN POST THAT RESOLUTION. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT. JUST SENDING IT DOWN TO TML AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE WAY WE THINK. YEAH. WELL MOST OF THESE. SO THESE ITEMS CAME OUT OF TML RIGHT. SO I'VE
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DONE TWO SUMMITS. SO WE'LL BE BASICALLY SAYING WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE THINGS AT TML PROPOSING TO PUT FORWARD. AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A PAID QUOTE UNQUOTE PAID LOBBYISTS, TML KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SERVES AS KIND OF SERVES THAT FUNCTION AS WELL FOR US. WELL, YEAH, TML TAKES ALL THAT THEY DISCUSS AND THAT BECOMES THEIR LEGISLATIVE. THAT BECOMES THEN THEIR WALKING ORDERS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY WHAT US DOING A RESOLUTION AND ADDING ALL OF THIS DOES FOR US BECAUSE TML HAS ALREADY SAID THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER. YEAH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE OTHER PART TO THIS IS OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS WILL KNOW WHAT WE WHAT WE STAND FOR AS WELL. SO IF IT'S NOT ON HERE, THEN THEY WON'T KNOW THAT. THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO BRING FORTH FOR FOR CONSIDERATION. GOTCHA. AND WE'VE ALSO DONE THIS TO BE IN CONJUNCTION, ESPECIALLY ANYTIME THERE'S THEY'RE GOING IN SESSION TO GIVE TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS SO THAT THEY'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS WHERE THE CITY OF DESOTO STANDS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOT HIRED A LOBBYIST FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS MANAGED TO DO A RESOLUTION, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW WHERE THE CITY OF DESOTO STANDS ON THESE ITEMS. SO AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE POLICY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MOVES OUR CITY FORWARD, AS WELL AS LETTING OUR STATE LEGISLATORS KNOW WHERE WE STAND AS A CITY. MISS BROOKS? YES. SO THE CITY IS ALSO ABLE TO MAKE A RESOLUTION AND SUBMIT THAT TO TML FOR REVIEW OF ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S ALREADY LISTED IN TML POLICY SUMMIT MATERIALS. SO FOR PREVIOUS YEARS, CITIES HAVE SENT IN FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THE CITY IS FACING. AND THEN TML WILL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OR REVIEW IT. AND SO THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION IF YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S ALREADY LISTED HERE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORTH AS WELL, FOR CLARIFICATION, BEING THE DELEGATE REPRESENTING US AT THE POLICY SUMMIT, ALSO, THE DATES OF THE RETREAT, AS WELL AS THE SUMMIT END UP BEING ON THE SAME DAY. SO WHAT YOU ALL HAD AT THE RETREAT WAS ALSO STILL BEING DISCUSSED AT THE AT THE SUMMIT.SO I WAS JUST BRINGING BACK WHAT TML HAD DISCUSSED, JUST TO GIVE YOU FURTHER INFORMATION AND CLARIFICATION WHAT WAS BEING PRESENTED IN ADDITION TO THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING WITH REGARDS TO THE RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS AS FIRST RESPONDERS RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME, TML HAS DECIDED TO PULL THAT ITEM AND CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. BECAUSE OF THE WORDING, FIRST RESPONDERS. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT USUALLY COMES UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THROUGH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THEY REALLY THEY DO RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS ARE THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO AN INCIDENT AS WELL. BUT IT'S REALLY THAT WORDING FIRST RESPONDERS, BECAUSE OF WHAT THE TRAINING THEY GO THROUGH AS FAR AS MEDICAL AND ETCETERA. AND I'M GOING TO ASK, CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD MIND COME UP SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT FIRST RESPONDERS UNDER. I SAY, UNDER YOUR PURVIEW, IF YOU CAN KIND OF ELABORATE ON THAT FOR US, PLEASE. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FIRE SIDE, WE GET WE HAVE TO HAVE THREE CERTIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO DO WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE A FIRE CERTIFICATION, AND WE HAVE TWO EMS CERTIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO WRITE AN AMBULANCE. IT'S A NEARLY TWO YEARS WORTH OF TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO BE FULLY FLEDGED FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC AND RUN AND RESPOND. POLICE HAVE ONE CERTIFICATION THAT THEY'RE T CO, WHICH IS LIKE A TEN MONTH PROCESS TO GET THROUGH ALL THEIR CERTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO GO OUT AND PROVIDE THE POLICE SERVICES THAT THEY DO.
SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST THE TRAINING WE HAVE TO GET OUR STATE CERTIFICATIONS PLUS STATE LICENSING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, THAT WE AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION ALONG WITH THAT FIRE AND POLICE. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WHAT I WANTED TO BRING OUT AS WELL, BEING A PART OF THAT NEWLY FORMED SUBCOMMITTEE, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT IS FLUSHED OUT, I'LL BE GLAD TO BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS AND HOW THEY WILL MOVE THAT FORWARD. SO, COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, YOU IF I'LL WAIT TILL YOU FINISH RESPONDING TO HER BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK SOMETHING ELSE. SO THANK YOU. SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING, COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH THAT WE REMOVE IT? BECAUSE WHEN WHAT IS THE
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TIMELINE ON THE DISCUSSION FOR THE. THEM AS FIRST RESPONDERS, THE THE ISSUE WITH FIRST RESPONDERS. BECAUSE IF THEY FORM A COMMITTEE THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT MAY REQUIRE SOME TIME, THAT MAY PASS BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT'S NEEDED TO PASS A RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME.THE FIRST MEETING, I THINK IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 30TH REGARDING THE SUBCOMMITTEE. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL RECOMMEND REMOVING THIS UNTIL FURTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THE RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS AS FIRST RESPONDERS. OKAY. SO AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY WENT INTO MY NEXT QUESTION. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT IT WASN'T A MATTER OF A GOTCHA. IT WAS MORE OF A LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING ACTUALLY IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING. WHEN WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION, WE SAT AND TALKED ABOUT THESE ITEMS, HAD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK THROUGH THEM, HEAR YOU AND UNDERSTAND TONIGHT WE'RE RUSHING THROUGH WHAT WE'RE HEARING BECAUSE WHAT SHE WENT AND TALKED ABOUT, WE GOT IN AN EMAIL LITERALLY WITHIN THE LAST DAY OR SO TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CONFLATE THESE TWO OR BRING THESE TWO, CONVERGE THESE TWO TOGETHER. IT FEELS A LITTLE RUSHED TO ME. AND I'M JUST THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION THAT MAYBE JUST LIKE YOU SAID, TO REMOVE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. IS THAT THE ONLY ONE? HAVE WE GONE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THEM BASED ON YOUR DISCUSSIONS? YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I'M REALLY SAYING THAT FOR. I REALLY WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE NOT RUSHING THROUGH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE DOING AND AGREEING ON SOMETHING THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT REALLY AGREE ON. I YIELD BACK. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? I WAS GOING I WILL SHARE THAT FROM DA'S OFFICE, THAT THERE WAS AN INITIAL WHERE THE INFORMATION WAS SENT OUT. AN EMAIL WAS SENT OUT A PLENTY. THESE RESPONSES THIS RIGHT HERE WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE RETREAT, WHAT YOU DISCUSSED AT THE WHAT YOU DISCUSSED AT THE SUMMIT IS THIS THIS INFORMATION, THIS IS THIS. YES. AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BRIEFING MATERIAL LINK THAT'S PART OF THIS PACKAGE, WHICH IS INCLUDED. SO SO BASED ON WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY, NUMBER EIGHT IS NOT ON OUR IT WASN'T ON OUR LIST. WHAT ELSE IS NOT ON OUR LIST? WHAT ELSE DID WE NOT DISCUSS? SO ALL I'M SAYING, FOLKS, I'M NOT TRYING. LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I SAY YES TO A THING I'VE SAID YES BASED ON WHAT WE DID, WE SAT AT A RETREAT AND WENT THROUGH THINGS THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY SOMEWHERE ELSE DISCUSSING. WE DIDN'T GET A BRIEFING BACK AFTER SHE GOT BACK. WE JUST GOT IT. AND I'M HEARING FROM WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAID. NUMBER EIGHT ISN'T EVEN ON THERE, SO I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. SO ALL I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT SOMETHING BECAUSE I MEAN, DO WE HAVE EVERYTHING AND HAVE WE CONVERGED THE TWO. DO WE KNOW WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. WE CAN WE CAN APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE OR SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT ANY MANNER OF THINGS.
THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO EVEN DO THIS RESOLUTION. AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM SOMEWHAT STATED IN HER COMMENTS, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO A RESOLUTION, RIGHT? THIS IS.
WELL, I'M SAYING TO THE DEGREE OF THAT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY THE CITY DOES THIS AS ANOTHER STEP, BUT THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT OR A MANDATE THAT THE CITY ADOPT A RESOLUTION AT ANY POINT IN TIME. RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS SHOULD THE CITY NOT ADOPT ANY OR ALL OF THESE THINGS TONIGHT? SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THERE WAS FOLLOW UP GIVEN AFTER THE RETREAT ON THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD IN OUR POSSESSION. THESE ARE JUST ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT I SUPPOSE WERE DISCUSSED IN THE IN THE TML SUMMIT THAT YOU WERE SHARING WITH THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS AS A POINT OF INFORMATION SHARING, AS A POINT OF INFORMATION SHARING, THESE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD ANYWAY, IT'S JUST BRINGING OUT WHAT TML WILL SUPPORT. AND I LIST THE LISTED ITEMS HERE. WHAT THEY WILL OPPOSE THE LISTED ITEMS HERE. THIS IS GOING TO GO FORWARD EITHER WAY. EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY. BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT INTERIM CITY MANAGER HAS SUGGESTED WITH ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY FOR DE SOTO, BECAUSE THERE WERE MANY CITIES THAT DO HAVE GROUP HOMES AS WELL AS LICENSED GROUP HOME, THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY OR A POWER OUTAGE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVE THE POWER THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE WITH DISABILITIES OR LIFE OR MEDICAL DEVICES THAT ARE NEEDED, THAT THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT THEY'RE NOT OVERLOOKED. SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT.
AND DE SOTO DOES HAVE GROUP HOMES OR LICENSED GROUP HOMES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT IS REGULATING THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE DO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS
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OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE. BUT FOR THIS INTENDED PURPOSES, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LICENSED GROUP HOMES WERE INCLUDED, BECAUSE DE SOTO DOES HAVE THOSE IN THIS PARTICULAR.RESOLUTION IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS INFORMATION SHARING. WHAT WAS SHARED AT THE POLICY SUMMIT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COUNCIL RETREAT WAS IN PLAY, AND COUNCIL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR EVEN TO THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING, JUST BECAUSE WE SUPPORT SOMETHING ON THIS LIST, IT MAY NEVER SEE PASSING, RIGHT? LIKE SOMEBODY COULD DO A BILL AND BILLS GET, YOU KNOW, BILLS GET CUT, MAKE THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SAY WE WOULD SUPPORT REQUIRING GROUP HOMES TO HAVE THESE REQUIREMENTS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT WILL EVER BECOME LAW. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SENDING SOMETHING IN, THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE LAW AT SOME POINT. IT'S JUST STATING THAT WE SUPPORT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT REQUIREMENT A LAW. BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OR NO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE LAW. IT'S JUST SAYING THE CITY OF DE SOTO SUPPORTS THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. TO THAT POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A COUPLE OF THESE ON HERE FOR SUPPORT. THE NUMBER TWO ON THE ON THE TML POLICY SUMMIT LIST THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH PROVIDED. AND I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THESE TO ADD TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT. NUMBER TWO IS TREATING BROADBAND BROADBAND SERVICE SIMILAR TO OTHER CRITICAL UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE STATE WIDE AVAILABILITY. ALSO MODERNIZING THE TEXAS UNIVERSAL FUND THROUGH REVENUE SOURCES THAT ENSURE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR BROADBAND SERVICES. I HAVE A QUESTION. AND THEN NUMBER NINE, LIMITING AND REGULATING THE ACQUISITION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON NUMBER SIX AND EIGHT. IF IF I WOULD I WOULD ASK THAT THEY BE SUPPORTED. HOWEVER, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR LEGAL COUNCIL OR OUR CITY MANAGER CAN SPEAK TO THESE. NOW, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER, I'LL START WITH NUMBER EIGHT WITH THE GROUP HOMES. AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, I THINK IN OUR CONVERSATION, CHIEF, AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS, I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DE SOTO HAS WHERE IF THERE IS A RESIDENT THAT'S ON SOME SORT OF A LIFE SAVING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, THEY CAN REGISTER WITH THE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT STILL AN OPTION FOR THEM? SO THAT IN THE INSTANCE OF A, YOU KNOW, A POWER OUTAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MAY IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO USE THEIR EQUIPMENT, YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE AND CAN COME TO PROVIDE AID AT THE TIME, AT THAT TIME. IS THAT CORRECT, CHIEF? THAT IS CORRECT. THEY CAN REGISTER WITH US. OF COURSE, THE NEW COMMUNITY CONNECT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REGISTER WITH THAT. AND ALONG THOSE LINES ON NUMBER EIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS YOUR FAVORITE STORM, YOU KNOW, STORM URI, ONE OF THE THINGS WE RAN INTO IS WE WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR A LONG TIME. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT RAN OUT OF POWER, OXYGEN BEING A BIG ONE, AND STARTED CALLING US. AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO PROVIDE THEM OXYGEN. SO IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT KEY PIECE WITH WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL NECESSITY AND ALL THE LIVING HOMES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY, IN THE EVENT WE LOSE POWER FOR EXTENDED TIME, WHICH WE KNOW CAN HAPPEN. HOWEVER, I WOULD SUPPORT NUMBER EIGHT. AND SO I'M ASKING THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER THAT AS WELL. AND THEN THE THE NUMBER SIX IS PROHIBIT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC FACILITIES FROM TAKING ACTION THAT WILL REMOVE PROPERTY FROM THE TAX ROLLS WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE CITY GOVERNING BODY OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALREADY THE CASE. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. TAKE PROPERTY OFF THE ROLLS WITHOUT THAT APPROVAL.
YES, MA'AM. WE WELL, NOT NECESSARILY WITHOUT APPROVAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN IN A FORMAL APPROVAL PROCESS. SO WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THEM, PARTICULARLY THOSE TAX CREDIT HOUSING TYPE DEALS THAT COME THROUGH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT NOT HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES. BUT I DO REMEMBER ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD AS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE WE WERE REQUIRING THEM TO PAY TO MAKE A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. SO NO, YOU DON'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES, BUT YOU DO MAKE A PAYMENT TO THE CITY ANNUALLY. YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO OR EQUIVALENT TO WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE PAID IN PROPERTY TAXES. BUT THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FORMAL APPROVAL BY COUNCIL TO SAY YES OR NO. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT OFF THE OFF THE OFF THE TAX ROLLS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST BEING STRUCTURED AS PART OF THE DEAL ITSELF. OKAY, POINT OF INFORMATION. CAN YOU CUT YOUR MIC OFF SO WE CAN HEAR YOU? POINT OF INFORMATION? THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME I EVER DID THAT. I FEEL SPECIAL. POINT OF INFORMATION, MAYOR. I'VE SLEPT SINCE THESE. WE'VE READ OVER THESE SINCE THAT LAST RETREAT. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN JUST
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READ ONE THROUGH 13 AND LET'S GO. NAY. OPPOSED? NO. IT WAS NO NO POSITION OF SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING. YES. SO WE CAN NOW GET A CONSENSUS AND TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S THERE'S MORE THAT WE AGREE WITH THAN THE ONES THAT WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH. POINT OF INFORMATION. ARE YOU SAYING GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF HER RESPONSES? I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH ONE. THIS CAME FROM NORTH, RIGHT? YES, YES, YES. OKAY. I THOUGHT BECAUSE, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, YOU WANTED TO YOU WANTED TO GO THROUGH THESE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOU YOU JUST SEE ME. SO I JUST SAY, I, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I'M JUST SEEING IT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SINCE THE RETREAT. SO CAN WE JUST I THINK MAJORITY OF THEM, WE WOULD EITHER AGREE OR OPPOSE OR WE AGREE WITH. SO CAN WE RUN THROUGH THEM AGAIN? IT SAYS 13 OF THEM. WELL, I'M SAYING WE HAVE. SO HERE'S HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE GO THROUGH THE. 13 THAT COUNCILWOMAN NORTH PROVIDED FROM THE TML POLICY SUMMIT AS THE. 13 OF THEM. AND WE CAN GIVE OUR. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE LIMIT DISCUSSION AND JUST SAY WHETHER I'M FOR IT OR AGAINST IT. BUT THE. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ALREADY ON HERE THAT WE SUPPORT OR POSSIBLY MAY NOT SUPPORT. SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE I, I DO HEAR SOME DISSENSION ON 1 OR 2 OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE DID PREVIOUSLY SAY WE SUPPORTED. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL SUPPORT THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY PRELOADED INTO THIS OR TO THIS RESOLUTION RATHER. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE FIRST. OKAY. IF YOU COULD GO TO PAGE THREE OF THE RESOLUTION YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH AND CURRENTLY IS STATING THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD, NUMBER ONE, RECOGNIZE PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS AS FIRST RESPONDERS. I'M GOING TO ASK I'M GOING TO ASK THOSE IN FAVOR OF. PLEASE. I'M WELL, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO HELP US OUT OF INFORMATION. I THOUGHT SHE JUST SAID THAT'S THE ONE THEY WANT TO REMOVE.WHY? WHY DO WE HAVE TO REMOVE IT? WHY WE CAN'T JUST KEEP IT. WE. BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT FOR GOING BACK THROUGH THESE. BECAUSE I SAID THERE WAS DISSENSION ON THESE.
AND ONE COUNCIL MEMBER CANNOT TELL US TO REMOVE IT. THE COUNCIL HAS TO AGREE TO REMOVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING BACK THROUGH THESE TO VOTE ON THESE FIRST WITH THE ONES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FROM THE RESOLUTION FOR THE WORKSHOP. SO IF I COULD JUST GET EVERYBODY'S COOPERATION WITH GOING BACK THROUGH THE LIST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY STILL STANDS BECAUSE SHE, SHE HAS HER OPINION AND HER THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. BUT OTHERS MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET EVERYBODY'S CONSENSUS AGAIN FOR EACH OF THE ITEMS POINT OF INFORMATION. SO IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT TML WANTS TO MOVE IT. IT'S THE FACT THAT WE LIKE IT, WE LIKE IT OR DON'T LIKE IT. YES, WE SUPPORT IT OR DON'T SUPPORT IT. SO TML CAN RECOMMEND THESE ARE SIMPLY RECOMMENDATIONS ALL ALL AROUND IN TERMS OF THAT. SO LET'S LET'S START WITH NUMBER ONE. OKAY. LET'S START WITH NUMBER ONE. AND I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD LOOK AT OUR PULL IT, PULL UP THAT AND RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS AS FIRST RESPONDERS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
KEEP YOUR HAND RAISED, PLEASE, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE COUNT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE TWO, THREE SO THAT ONE STAYS. THAT'S FOUR THREE. A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AS A GOVERNMENT FUNCTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THAT ONE ON THE LIST. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO KEEPING THAT ONE ON THE LIST, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. WE HAVE. ARE YOU VOTING ON THAT ONE, COUNCILMEMBER NORTH? YES. SO YOU ARE OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. SO SIX ONE OKAY. OPPOSITION. THE CITY CURRENTLY OPPOSES LEGISLATION THAT WOULD, NUMBER ONE, FURTHER IMPOSE FURTHER REVENUE AND OR EXPENDITURE CAPS. IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THAT ON THE LIST UNDER OPPOSITION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE, TWO RAISE YOUR HAND UP HIGH, PLEASE, SO I CAN MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYBODY COUNTED. THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
THAT'S EVERYBODY. THAT ONE IS SEVEN OH. IMPOSE NEW PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS SUCH AS OPERATION DOUBLE NICKEL. IF YOU ARE A POLE, IF YOU ARE A POLE, IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING IT UNDER THE OPPOSITION. IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THIS ONE UNDER THE LIST OF THINGS WE OPPOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. WE'RE STICKING WITH OPPOSE, RIGHT? YES. IF YOU IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT WHERE IT IS. OH, YEAH. YEAH. 1234567. THAT ONE IS SEVEN OH.
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IMPOSE STANDARDIZED IMPOSED STANDARDIZED PERMITTING. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THAT ON THERE RAISE YOUR HAND 123456. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED. THAT'S SEVEN. OH YES. OKAY. PROVIDE FOR STATE PREEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY. IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT WHERE IT IS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. STRIPPED MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY SPECIFICALLY REGARDING DATA CENTER ZONING, ADUS BY RIGHT AND IMPLICATION OF LAND USE BILLS. IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT WHERE IT IS, THAT LOOKS LIKE A SEVEN ZERO AS WELL. OKAY, SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING ON THE RESOLUTION AS IT STANDS, STILL STAYS WHERE IT IS AND THEN NO POSITION. THE CITY TAKES NO POSITION ON LEGISLATION THAT RELATES TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. ARE WE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THAT WHERE IT IS? NO POSITION.PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. YES, THAT'S SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. NOW LET'S GO THROUGH THE LIST OF TML POLICY SUMMIT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NORTH PROVIDED. LET ME GET A DRINK OF WATER. GO TO THE SAME THING. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. BUT IF YOU. HOW DOES IT WORK? IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. OKAY. I MEAN, WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE THAT WE LIMIT THE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, STRICTLY TO TO THAT ITEM.
HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU LIMIT THE QUESTIONS. ALLOWING FOR FURTHER ALLOWING FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY BY CITIES TO FUND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AMEND OR OTHERWISE MODIFY STATE LAW TO HELP CITIES FUND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OR PROVIDE CITIES WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPTIONS AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAIL TO ADDRESS. IF YOU WOULD SUPPORT THAT, PUTTING IT ON THE SUPPORT LIST, RAISE YOUR HAND. SIX. 770 NO, WE HAVE SEVEN TREAT BROADBAND SERVICE, SIMILAR TO OTHER CRITICAL UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE STATE WIDE AVAILABILITY, EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY FOR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES. IF YOU SUPPORT THAT AND WANT TO PUT IT ON OUR SUPPORT LIST, RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE, TWO, THREE. THAT ONE IS FIVE TWO. I'M ASSUMING THAT THE HANDS THAT ARE NOT UP ARE IN OPPOSITION TO IT. MODERNIZE THE TEXAS UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL FUND THROUGH REVENUE SOURCES THAT ENSURE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE PROVISION OF BROADBAND SERVICES. I WILL SUPPORT THAT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX. THAT ONE IS SIX ONE INCREASE EXISTING OR CREATE NEW GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING THAT PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES, INCLUDING LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORTS THE USE AND PURCHASE OF BODY CAMERAS AND ASSOCIATED DATA STORAGE COSTS. 345. THAT WAS SEVEN ZERO. REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL CONSENT FOR A HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OR PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY. YES, FOUR. THAT'S SEVEN 0 OR 6 161.
PROHIBIT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION'S HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND OR PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS FROM TAKING ACTION THAT WILL REMOVE PROPERTY FROM THE TAX ROLLS WITHOUT APPROVAL OF CITY GOVERNING BODY OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. THAT ONE IS SIX ONE. I DON'T THINK IT'S SIX ONE. AUTHORIZE CITIES TO USE LOCAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE DERIVED FROM SHORT TERM RENTALS ON ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES PROVIDED TO SHORT TERM RENTALS. THAT ONE IS SIX ONE. REQUIRED NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, GROUP HOMES AND APARTMENTS ADVERTISED TO SENIORS AS INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES TO HAVE GENERATORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING BACKUP POWER TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF THEIR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT, AND TO REQUIRE THAT NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES HAVE GENERATORS OR COMPARABLE POWER SOURCE AND FUEL TO RUN FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS DURING A POWER OUTAGE AND REQUIRE RENTAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS WHEN GENERATORS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. ALSO, REQUIRING THIS OBLIGATION TO BE PLACED ON ALL NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, LICENSED GROUP HOMES AND APARTMENTS ADVERTISED TO SENIORS AS INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES BY A DATE CERTAIN AND REQUIRING INSPECTIONS TO BE CONDUCTED TO ENSURE THE OPERATION OF THE
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REQUIRED REQUIREMENT. THAT ONE IS SIX ONE LIMIT OR REGULATE THE ACQUISITION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS. DOUBLE HANDS THAT ONE IS EIGHT ONE. YEAH. SEVEN OH. ALL RIGHT. CREATE NEW GRANT PROGRAMS TO ASSIST RURAL CITIES WITH COSTS RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OR UPGRADING OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY FACILITIES REQUIRED DUE TO THE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, OR BE ALTERNATIVELY. ALTERNATIVELY, EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF IN NEED COMMUNITIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE WATER. TEXAS DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS. PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE THOSE CITIES WHOSE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS MORE THAN 75% OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF THE STATE, BUT NONETHELESS NEED LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT TO ALLEVIATE THE STRAIN ON THEIR RESOURCES IMPOSED BY TEXAS'S RAPID POPULATION GROWTH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. ALL IN FAVOR? I WOULD SUPPORT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY GERMANE TO DESOTO, BUT SIX ONE, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT IT FOR OTHER CITIES. YEAH, I WOULD BE OKAY. MY GREAT AUNTIE LIVES IN THE RURAL. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 11 INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS. INCREASED STATE AND LOCAL OVERSIGHT OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS. IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF MATTERS RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, NATURAL RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND USE, AND ENSURE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS PAY A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF ALL INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, AS WELL AS ACTUAL COST OF ONGOING SERVICES REQUIRED TO SERVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT OF THAT. THAT ONE IS SEVEN. AU NUMBER 12, CLARIFY THAT MUNICIPAL CLARIFY THAT MUNICIPALITIES PERFORM A GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION WHEN ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS TO PASS THROUGH CDBG FUNDS, AND IMMUNITY IS NOT WAIVED WHEN ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS TO PASS THROUGH FEDERAL OR STATE DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS ON GOODS AND SERVICES THAT BENEFIT QUALIFIED PRIVATE CITIZENS AND DAMAGED PROPERTY, AND DOES NOT BENEFIT THE MUNICIPALITY. I DON'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE. ISN'T THAT NUMBER TWO? YEAH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, MAYOR. THAT'S THE SAME AS NUMBER TWO, THE SAME AS NUMBER TWO ON OURS. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. OKAY. THAT'S I THINK I'M I'M THINK I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, THIS SECOND PART OF IT. YEAH. THE LAST TWO ARE, ARE THE TWO NUMBER ONE AND TWO ARE WHAT WE HAD ON THIS PAGE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE THAT ALREADY NOW ARE WE? LET'S LOOK THROUGH QUICKLY THROUGH THE OPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING WE WANT TO ADD ON THERE. COME ON, COME ON. IT'S NOT A POINT INFORMATION, BUT ONE THROUGH FIVE IS ALREADY ON, ONE THROUGH FIVE FOR THE OPPOSITIONS ARE ALREADY ON THERE. YES. SO IT WROTE THE ABILITY OF A CITY TO ISSUE DEBT. DO WE WANT TO. THAT ONE IS NOT ON THERE ALREADY. CORRECT.CORRECT. SIX THROUGH EIGHT IS NOT ON. IT'S FOR TO OPPOSE IT. YES. DO WE WANT TO ADD THAT TO OUR LIST OF THINGS TO OPPOSE IT. OPPOSED. RIGHT. YES. TO KEEP IT. OPPOSED. YES. THAT ONE IS COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM, WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS ONE? THAT ONE IS SEVEN. OH, SO WE'RE ADDING THAT TO THE LIST OF OPPOSITE THINGS WE OPPOSE NEGATIVELY EXPAND APPRAISAL CAPS, BUT TAKE NO POSITION ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE A COUNCIL OPTION REDUCTION IN THE CURRENT 10% CAP ON ANNUAL APPRAISAL GROWTH. OPPOSED. KEEP IT OPPOSED. WE WANT TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST. YES. TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF THINGS WE OPPOSE. YES, SIR. AND THIS ONE ALSO ADDING IT TO THE LIST OF THINGS WE OPPOSE. LIMIT THE TYPE OF INCENTIVES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY, OR THAT WOULD LIMIT ANY USE OF INCENTIVES BY CITY. OPPOSE PROPOSED. THAT ONE ALSO WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE OPPOSE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ALREADY ON OUR LIST. YES, MAYOR, IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE MY VOTE ON RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS AS FIRST RESPONDERS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT THE WORDING AND SEMANTICS OF IT. IF IF WE WANT TO SIMPLIFY IT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, I WOULD SAY EVEN FOR ME, WHEN I THINK ABOUT FIRST RESPONDERS, AGAIN, I'M THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, WHEN, WHEN THEY RESPOND TO AN INCIDENT, THEY ARE THE FIRST ONES THAT ARE THERE ON THE SCENE. SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE MY VOTE TO SUPPORT IT. SO YOU WERE IN THE THREE THAT DID NOT SUPPORT IT INITIALLY, AND YOU WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SUPPORTING IT. SO NOW THE VOTE FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR NUMBER ONE
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IS FIVE TWO. YES. AND I WILL ALSO STILL LIKE TO STATE WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE AS THEY PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. I WILL BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE IN ALIGNMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL STAFF, DO YOU ALL HAVE CLARITY ON WHICH ONES WE WANT TO BE NOW INCLUDED INTO THE RESOLUTION? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN WE WILL GET THIS RESOLUTION UPDATED AND BACK IN. SIGNED AND FILED BY WHEN? YEAH. MONDAY. MONDAY. YES, MA'AM. SO BASICALLY THIS LIST THAT WE HAVE, THIS ALTERNATE PACKET THAT I PROVIDED IS EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE RESOLUTION. WE JUST DON'T MOVE IT, MOVE IT OVER. POINT OF INFORMATION. DOES IT DOES A MOTION HAVE TO BE MADE TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION LIKE THAT WITH ALL THIS? IS THAT WHAT WE NEED TO WE CAN MAKE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE. I MEAN A MOTION. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL? SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.WITH THE CHANGES, CHANGES TO TO IMPROVE WITH THE CHANGES. COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR FINAL ITEM FOR TONIGHT. IT IS 6:32 P.M. COUNCIL. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. SECOND, BY. I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WATERS TO ADJOURN.
COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. IT IS
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