[A. CALL TO ORDER AND CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
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          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS 5 P.M. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR AND IT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD. 
          IT IS ELECTION DAY. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE. THIS MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL. AND WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING. SO 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. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN WESLEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH NORTH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. FIRST, WE WILL HAVE THE SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT BY INTERIM FIRE CHIEF BRIAN WHITAKER. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOLLOW YOUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS. GIVE THE FULL SAFETY BRIEFING AT THE REGULAR MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. CHIEF. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.07 FOR DELIBERATE. THE APPOINTMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE CITY MANAGER THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INCENTIVES FOR PROJECT PLEASANTVILLE. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE AND LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY AS IT RELATES TO 825 WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD, THORN TREE GOLF CLUB AND RFP 2025-027. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0893 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF IT EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR ANY OF THESE ITEMS? THERE ARE NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WE WILL RETURN AFTERWARDS WITH ANY ACTION. AS A RESULT. IT IS 5:02 P.M. COUNCIL AND WE WILL 
          [B. REGULAR SESSION AGENDA - CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVE IS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 3RD, 2026, AND AT 6:18 P.M. WE WERE A LITTLE DELAYED. WE HAD EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIOR TO THIS AND IT RAN A LITTLE LATE. WE DID ADJOURN AT 6:15 P.M. AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE ADJOURNMENT OF THIS MEETING. AND THERE WAS NO ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THAT MEETING. AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL THE MEETING, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:19 P.M. AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL HAVE OUR CITY SECRETARY DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WALKER, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN WESLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER. DEBORAH NORTH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. AND MAYOR PRO TEM DID UNMUTE TO STATE THAT SHE WAS HERE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. YES. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. FIRST, WE WILL HAVE THE SAFETY PROTOCOL STATEMENT BY INTERIM FIRE CHIEF BRIAN WHITAKER. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IN CASE OF ANY WEATHER EMERGENCIES, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAY IN THIS BUILDING. STAFF WILL LEAD YOU TO A SAFE, DESIGNATED AREA FOR ALL OTHER EMERGENCIES. YOU'RE GOING TO EXIT THROUGH THE DOORS WHICH YOU CAME ONTO YOUR RIGHT OR THE DOORS TO YOUR LEFT. YOU'RE GOING TO GO THERE. STAY THERE UNTIL EITHER THE MARSHAL, THE POLICE CHIEF, OR MYSELF COME AND GET YOU. WITH THAT, LET'S HAVE A GOOD MEETING. THANK YOU CHIEF. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NOW WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY ELDER SHIRLEY RUSSELL SENT OUT WOMEN'S MINISTRY, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND? PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. DEAR GOD, OUR FATHER IN JESUS CHRIST AS OUR LORD. THANK YOU FOR TODAY. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST, WHO DIED ON THE 
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CROSS FOR OUR SINS. FATHER, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HE'S LEFT WITH US. 
          FATHER AND HIS RETURN. FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU RIGHT NOW FOR EVERYONE HERE IN THIS MEETING. 
          WE JUST THANK EVERYONE HERE FOR THEIR MINDS AND THEIR OPINIONS. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY'S BUSINESS. DEAR LORD, WE JUST ASK YOU THAT WE CAN OPEN OUR EARS AND LISTEN. WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND SEE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY TO MOVE FORWARD. FATHER, AND WE THANK YOU THAT EVERYONE GETS LISTENED TO TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THY WAYS, GET UNDERSTANDING. AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOU, YOU, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOU TONIGHT, FATHER, FOR BEING IN THE MIDST. WE WELCOME YOU. WELCOME YOU HERE IN THIS MEETING, FATHER. 
          AND WE JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR LIVES. LET US EVERYONE MAKE IT HOME SAFELY. AND WE JUST PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS OVER EVERYONE. JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WESLEY, FOR LEADING US IN OUR PRAYER. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL 
          [1.  Presentation of a proclamation honoring National Principals Month ]
MEMBER PARKER, FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH. MAKING A PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL L PROCTOR. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WAIT A MINUTE. AM I ON THE RIGHT CITY? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER SECOND TIME AROUND. AT THIS TIME, I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION. OCTOBER WAS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH. DID YOU ALL THINK A PRINCIPLE LAST MONTH? JUST TWO PEOPLE. OKAY. YOU GOT A CHANCE TONIGHT. YOU GOT YOUR OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME LOCAL CELEBRITIES, AS I CALL THEM, SOME AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN WHO LEAD OUR SCHOOLS EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND OFTENTIMES WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EDUCATION, WE OFTEN DEFAULT TO THE TEACHERS AS WE RIGHTFULLY SHOULD. HOWEVER, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND VISION FOR THESE CAMPUSES, OUR PRINCIPALS DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB AND THEY HAVE SUCH A HEAVY TASK PUT ON THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP THEY PROVIDE. IF YOU HAVE WATCHED ANYTHING OR IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR TELEVISION, YOU KNOW THAT EDUCATION IS VERY TOUGH RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO THANK OUR TO THANK OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN EDUCATION. SO AT THIS TIME, CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THEM RIGHT NOW? AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH. AND I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PRINCIPALS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF THAT IS YOU TO COME UP AND JOIN ME HERE AT THE PODIUM, AND WE WILL DO OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY COME. HEY. AND WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COPIES, AND WE WILL HAVE MORE COPIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT HERE TONIGHT, THAT EVERYBODY RECEIVES THIS COPY. I WANT TO READ FOR YOUR HEARING PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PRINCIPALS ARE AMONG THE HARDEST WORKING YET OFTEN LEAST RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUALS IN EDUCATION, THEY SET THE ACADEMIC TONE FOR THEIR SCHOOLS AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEACHERS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN HIGH CURRICULUM STANDARDS. IT IS THEIR VISION, DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION THAT PROVIDE THE MOBILIZING FORCE FOR ACHIEVING STUDENT SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS SERVE AS EDUCATIONAL VISIONARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, ASSESSMENT EXPERTS, 
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DISCIPLINARIANS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, BUDGET ANALYSTS, FACILITY MANAGERS, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERTS. BUT MOST OF ALL ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. THE ROLE OF PRINCIPAL REQUIRES COMPETENCE AND COMPASSION IN AN EQUAL MEASURE, WITH THE TASK OF EDUCATION DEMANDS BOTH AN IRON WILL AND A HEART OF GOLD, AND WHEREAS THEY CULTIVATE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH TEACHING AND LEARNING AND FORGE POSITIVE, SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE. AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS HAVE TO ESTABLISH A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT FACILITATES LEARNING FOR EVERY STUDENT AND CULTIVATE BOTH A SENSE OF BELONGING AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, THEIR INEXHAUSTIBLE DEVOTION HELPS TO SECURE A BRIGHTER, BETTER TOMORROW BY INVESTING IN THE CHILDREN OF TODAY. AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH HONORS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE PRINCIPALS PLAY IN ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION WITH THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO SUCCEED. NOW. THEREFORE, I, RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE OCTOBER 2026 AS NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SALUTE THESE UNSUNG HEROES FOR THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND WHO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A PROMISING AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. 
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER 2026. SIGNED MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, ATTESTED TO BY SOPHIE AND LOUIS AUBRY, CITY SECRETARY. LET'S GIVE OUR PRINCIPALS ONE MORE GREAT BIG HAND. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? SPEECH, SPEECH. SPEECH. SPEECH. SPEECH. LOOK. THANK YOU ALL. I WAS SICK LAST WEEK, SO I'M GLAD TO JUST BE OUT THE HOUSE THIS WEEK, BEING RECOGNIZED WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND COLLEAGUES IN THE WORK THAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. IT'S BEING A PRINCIPAL NOW FOR TOO MANY YEARS. I THINK IT'S 18 YEARS AT THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL IN DESOTO. AND SO. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF KIDS GROW UP AND GO ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. MY COLLEAGUES ARE A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER IN THE WORK, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS TO WORK WITH, AND I EXPECT THEM TO DO GREAT THINGS. I'M STILL DOING THE WORK. I'M NOT GOING NOWHERE YET, BUT THANK YOU, CITY MAYOR, PROCTOR, COUNCIL PERSONS FOR THIS RECOGNITION. DESOTO. I'M IN DESOTO ISD, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE FACING SOME CHALLENGES. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE DISTRICT CHALLENGE. IT'S A CITY CHALLENGE. AND SO AS I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR DESOTO ISD. I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR 21, 22 YEARS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, WE NEED YOUR HELP. WE NEED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          WE NEED PARENTS. WE NEED THE CITY TO ALL PARTNER WITH US BECAUSE THIS IS A DESOTO THING. 
          YEAH. IF WE DON'T COME TOGETHER, IF WE DON'T ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES TO DO THE TOUGH WORK. WE'VE HEARD HOW OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE LANDED. AND I KNOW THAT THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO ARE A SO I'MT AND SOLICIT EVERYONE'S HELP. OUR STUDENTS NEED YOU. AS I TELL ADULTS WHO HAVE SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO SAY ABOUT CHILDREN, I SAY, WHERE I'M FROM, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. WE BE ABOUT IT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO TELL THE NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT THE CHILDREN. 
          THEY NEED HELP. WE ALSO NEED TO REMIND US THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS ARE DOING WHAT WE ASK THEM TO DO. THAT'S RIGHT. THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO BELIEVE IN THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SOAR HIGHER. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, TALK SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THE FOLKS THAT I RESPECT, THE FOLKS THAT THE CHILDREN RESPECT ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE BEING ABOUT IT. 
          YEAH. AND SO JOIN US IN THE WORK TO CHANGE NOT ONLY THIS DISTRICT, BUT LET'S CHANGE THIS CITY, LET'S CHANGE THIS STATE, LET'S CHANGE THIS COUNTRY, LET'S CHANGE THIS WORLD, BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHERE THAT ONE CHILD IS GOING TO LAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, MR. 
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WEBB, THAT CHALLENGE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU ALL GET SOME ADDITIONAL COPIES. WE'LL GET A PHOTO COUNCIL. CAN YOU ALL STAND? OF COURSE. 
          [2.  Presentation of a proclamation honoring Texas Arbor Day]
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING TEXAS ARBOR DAY, MAKING A PRESENTATION AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WATERS. 
          OKAY, JUST BEAR WITH US. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT PROCLAMATION FOR ME. OKAY. WELL, THEY. OKAY. NO, THEY JUST TOLD ME I WAS DOING THIS. LIKE WHAT? RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED. SO SO ANYWAY, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE IS PROCLAMATION TODAY IS IN REGARDS TO THE ARBOR DAY. AND SO I'M GOING TO READ THE TEXAS ARBOR DAY SUMMARY. THIS PROCLAMATION, AND OUR PARK AND REC DIRECTOR HERE. TYLER, IF YOU COME UP HERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACCEPTING THIS REALLY ON BEHALF OF THE THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF CDB AND THE PARK SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL. OKAY. WE ALL COME ON UP, PARK AND REC. IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE RELATED TO PARK AND REC. COME ON UP. KEEP THE SUBTLE BEAUTIFUL. COME ON UP. YES. GOOD TO SEE YOU, RICHARD. GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. YES. HOW YOU DOING? THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. ON THIS PROCLAMATION. HERE, LET ME JUST READ IT. IT SAYS. WHEREAS IN 1872, J. STERLING MORTON SUGGESTED TO THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A DAY BE DEDICATED TO PLANTING TREES FROM TOWERING PINES TO MAJESTIC OAKS TO RESILIENT MESQUITES, THE DIVERSE TREES OF TEXAS ARE VITAL AND CHERISHED ELEMENTS OF OUR LANDSCAPE. AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN 1889 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, WHEN MORE THAN A MILLION TREES WERE PLANTED IN NEBRASKA, AND TODAY THIS TRADITION IS RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS TREES HELP PREVENT SOIL EROSION, REDUCE HEATING AND COOLING COSTS, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, PROVIDE OXYGEN AND OFFER HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. AND WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE THAT SUPPLY WOOD, PAPER AND COUNTLESS OTHER MATERIALS ESSENTIAL TO DAILY LIFE. AND WHEREAS TREES INCREASE, PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS TREES BRING JOY, ENCOURAGE REFLECTION AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN NURTURING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. NOW THEREFORE, I, RACHEL PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 AS TEXAS 
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ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PLANT, CARE FOR, AND PROTECT TREES TO BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT, ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY, AND INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO, AN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER 2026, SIGNED BY RACHEL PROCTOR, MAYOR AND ATTESTED BY SOPHIE LEWIS AUBRY, OUR CITY SECRETARY. OKAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. FOR COMING. I DIDN'T HAVE MANY COMMENTS, BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, NATHAN BUSBY, THE PARK STAFF, AND THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT THE DESOTO BEAUTIFUL BOARD DOES TO KEEP THIS AFFILIATION AND RECOGNITION YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          IT IS A THANKLESS JOB AND THE WORK DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN THE TREE LINE AND NATURAL RESOURCES THAT THE CITY IS PROVIDED AND ALLOCATED. SO I JUST WANT TO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT, THANK ALL OF THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. 
          SO. AND REAL QUICK, EVERYBODY GET YOUR CALENDAR OR YOUR PHONE OUT. GO TO THE SIXTH. THAT'S FRIDAY 10:00 FREE TREE GIVEAWAY. SO MEET US AT THE BREEZEWAY. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AWAY 100 TREES. SO MAKE SURE YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR CALENDAR. NOVEMBER 6TH TEN TWO UNTIL THEY'RE GONE. 
          THANK YOU. WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE? AT MR. BUSBY BREEZEWAY, IN BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND CIVIC CENTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. AND THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS OF OUR KEEP DESOTO 
          [D. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
BEAUTIFUL BOARD THAT ARE WITH US TONIGHT, ALONG WITH STAFF AT THIS TIME. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.0415, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES. INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDER ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES, I THINK HE HE MUST HAVE BEEN FIRST DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS. CULTURAL ARTS. ANYWAY, THE FIRST THING IS THE NEWEST ART EXHIBIT IS NOW ON DISPLAY IN CITY HALL LOBBY RIGHT OVER HERE. IT OPENED ON NOVEMBER 1ST AND WILL BE ON DISPLAY UNTIL JANUARY 4TH, 2027. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO COME OUT ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, THIS SATURDAY FROM 2 TO 5 AND EXPERIENCE THIS INSPIRING COLLECTION AND MEET THE ARTISTS AT A SPECIAL RECEPTION IN THE CITY HALL LOBBY. OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE IS 211 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD. SO COME ON OUT TO THAT ALSO. NEXT THING HERE IS WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE FOR LOVE LOCK PROJECT COMMUNITY MEETING. IT'S GOING TO BE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH FROM 6 TO 730 IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AT THE DESOTO PUBLIC LIBRARY. OKAY. RIGHT OVER HERE. AND ANYWAY, JOIN THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LOVE LOCK PROJECT, SPONSORED BY THE DESOTO TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION AND GENEROUSLY DONATED TO THE CITY BY C. S FABRICATION LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN DESOTO. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE A SYMBOL OF LOVE, CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY IN DESOTO. SO MEET THE CONTRACTOR, EXPLORE THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION, AND HELP SHAPE THIS EXCITING ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR VOICE MATTERS. REVIEW THE PROPOSED RENDERINGS, CHOOSE THE DESIGN THAT BEST FITS DESOTO, AND ALSO RECOMMEND A CITY PARK FOR INSTALLATION. SO COME BE A PART OF THIS DECISION. OKAY? LAST THING IS, THANK YOU TO SOTO FOR COMING OUT ON OCTOBER 17TH FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE NANCE FARM VETERANS MEMORIAL SCULPTURE SCULPTURE TO EVERY RESIDENT, VETERAN, FAMILY MEMBER AND GUEST WHO CAME OUT TO SHARE IN THIS SPECIAL OCCASION. WE THANK YOU. YOUR PRESENCE HELPED MAKE THE TRIBUTE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL. 
          TOGETHER, WE HONOR THE COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN 
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WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE OUR NATION, ALONG WITH THE FAMILIES WHO STAND BESIDE THEM. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JACOB TYLER OF DESOTO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR HIS HEARTFELT RENDITION OF TAPS, AND TO THE MCCOWAN MEN'S TENOR AND BASS CHOIR FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL, MOVING PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OKAY. IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE VISION OF FORMER CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER MRS. MARY KAY DEWBERRY. AND THEN ALSO KUDOS TO THE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. ONE MEANINGFUL PROJECT AT A TIME. OKAY, SO WE TO TO ALL WHO SERVED AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE, WE HONOR YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND IT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT THE DESOTO VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL BE HOSTING A OUR ANNUAL BREAKFAST, BUT ALSO FAIR ON SATURDAY. WE WILL HAVE FOLKS HERE TO DISCUSS BENEFITS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, AS WELL AS THE BREAKFAST IS COMPLIMENTARY. 
          IT'S NO COST TO THAT AS WELL, SO YOU DO HAVE TO REGISTER. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY MORE ROOM. WE. WE ARE QUITE FULL AT CAPACITY. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO THE FAIR PEACE AND LEARN ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THAT AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I GOT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PRINCIPAL FOR GREAT JOB. IF THEY'RE STILL THERE. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DOCTOR ELEANOR DAVIS AS THE LONE CANDIDATE FOR THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE DISDI THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FIT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CATHERINE JOHNSON TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY BEING NAMED 2027 BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL BY THE US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. AND LASTLY, IF YOU HAPPEN TO MISS THE VETERANS BREAKFAST ON SATURDAY MORNING, THERE IS ANOTHER DINNER AND DANCE FOR VETERANS. IT WILL BE AT THE ARC BY CNBC VETERANS MINISTRY, AND THAT WILL BE FROM 4 TO 8 P.M. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WESLEY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION. THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION FROM THE HANOVER PROPERTY COMPANY ABOUT THE 52 ACRES THAT THE INTERSECTION OF POLK AND PARKERVILLE ROAD THAT THAT MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH AT THE ARC AT 7 P.M. PLEASE COME OUT, GET INVOLVED, SHARE YOUR OPINION, LISTEN TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          AND THAT'S ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 7 P.M. AT THE ARC. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION FOR PLACE TWO. WE HAD SOME GREAT INFORMATION FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT INFORMATION WAS VALUABLE, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY GOT ENGAGED THAT NIGHT AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE. OF COURSE, IT WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE NEW YEAR FOR PLACE TWO, BUT I'M SURE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE ONE COMING SOON WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR LIBRARY FOR PROVIDING A SCREENING OF THE LIBRARIANS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WITH OVER 280 BANNED BOOKS. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE BIBLE IS ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGED BOOKS. SO I'D LIKE FOR ONCE OUR ONCE WE HAVE A NEW DATE, SHE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN, OR THE LIBRARY WILL BE DOING IT AGAIN TO HAVE A SCREENING. AND THERE WERE A FEW OF US THERE. I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF US THERE SO THAT WE CAN SEE FROM THEIR PURVIEW HOW THEY DEAL WITH BANNING OF BOOKS, BECAUSE A LOT OF US DON'T UNDERSTAND JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS REALLY IS. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. I SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS AND I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS MYSELF. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE 
          [E. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager.  ]
CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE US THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE MOVE 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 THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR OR A CITY MANAGER SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026. SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 17TH 2026 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 19TH, 2026. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF GWENDOLYN SPENCER TO THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF LASHONDA BURNETT TO THE BUILDING AND 
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STANDARDS COMMISSION. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF ALVIN DENSON, CULBERTSON JUNIOR TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF DEMETRIA DONALDSON TO THE DESOTO COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF CORE GARNER TO THE DESOTO COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINA HENDERSON TO THE DESOTO COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF RENEE HUGHES TO THE DESOTO COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF TIFFANY MARTIN TO THE DESOTO COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF TIFFANY SPIVEY TO DESOTO COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF DANIEL KRUSE TO THE DESOTO PARK BOARD. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW W DAWSON TO THE DESOTO PARK BOARD. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF PAUL DREYER TO DESOTO PARK BOARD. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF RYAN R BROOKS TO DESOTO, TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF JAMILA SHERMAN TO DESOTO, TEXAS CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF SHANEKA DAVIS TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION. PLACE THREE. 
          CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF CASSANDRA WESLEY TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COMMISSION. PLACE SIX. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF MARY DAVIS TO THE DESOTO BEAUTIFUL WORKPLACE ONE CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF RICHARD ROBERTS TO THE DESOTO BEAUTIFUL BOARD PLACE THREE CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN HUTCHISON TO THE DESOTO. BEAUTIFUL BOARD PLACE FIVE. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF AHMED KAMAL TO THE DESOTO BEAUTIFUL BOARD PLACE SIX. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF ALICIA CASTILLO TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF CALVIN MOFFATT TO THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. PLACE SIX. CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF LASHONDA BURNETT TO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH CDW GOVERNMENT LLC FOR 12 MONTHS. 
          CISCO NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICES AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 REPLACEMENT CYCLE UTILIZING TEXAS DIR CONTRACT NUMBER DIR-CPO-5347, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $251,867. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT LIST. EXHAUSTIVE LIST. I DO HAVE A POOL FOR ITEM ONE B, THE MINUTES FOR OUR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. IN ORDER FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE THE WAY IT IS, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A MEETING. AND THERE ARE SOME ITEMS IN THAT PARTICULAR MEETING MINUTES THAT DON'T MATCH UP WITH THE THE ONE B I'M SORRY, ONE A ITEMS SHOW OPPOSITIONS ONE B DOES NOT AND IT SHOULD IN ORDER FOR THE RECORD TO BE KEPT STRAIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT ONE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. WHICH WHICH ITEM ARE YOU PULLING A OR B1B1B. OKAY. POINT OF INFORMATION. DO WE HAVE TO PULL IT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE OR CAN SHE JUST PULL IT AND BRING IT BACK IF IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECT? I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT NEEDS TO BE PULLED AND BROUGHT BACK WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION IN IT. OKAY. IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE STATED CORRECTED TONIGHT IN MEETING OR HAS IT YOU WOULD TAKE SUBSTANTIVE WORK. IT'LL TAKE SUBSTANTIVE. OKAY, SO WE'RE PULLING THAT ITEM TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE, CORRECT? YES. DO WE NEED TO PUT A DATE CERTAIN OR CAN THEY BE BROUGHT BACK AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING? CAN YOU TAKE IT TO THE NEXT ONE? OKAY. WE'LL WE'LL PUT THAT AS A DATE CERTAIN FOR THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. OKAY. SO WE ARE PULLING ITEM ONE B THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MAY I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS AS MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE B BEING TABLED TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER. EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER THE 17TH. IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED. THANK YOU. 
          IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND TO APPROVE WITH THE PULLING OF ITEM ONE B COUNCIL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, LET'S TAKE A RECORD VOTE. PLEASE VOTE. ABOUT OUR CITY. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KEN WATERS, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER. NO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. BRIAN WESLEY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEBORAH NORTH, COUNCIL MEMBER. CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. YES. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET MAYOR PRO TEM VOTE FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU. FOR THAT. MOTION PASSES 351. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT 
          [I. CITIZEN APPEARANCES]
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ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZEN PARENTS. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADORS TABLE PRIOR PERMISSION. I'M SORRY. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE WHO I DID. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO WAIT FOR HER TO COMPLETE HER. COMPLETE. COMPLETE HER SPEAKING BEFORE I DID THAT. YES, YOU CAN FINISH. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY, OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADORS TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. FOR ATTENDEES WANTING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          THE COMMENT CARDS RELATED TO THAT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM ARE TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THAT AGENDA ITEM. THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAD SEVERAL OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WERE REAPPOINTED OR APPOINTED. IF YOU ARE STILL HERE WITH US TONIGHT, I KNOW SOME OF THEM HAD TO LEAVE. BUT IF YOU ARE STILL HERE, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU? AND IF YOU ARE A BOARD MEMBER, YOU ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAND AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND THANK YOU FOR LENDING YOUR TIME AND TALENTS TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE IN OUR ITEM CITIZENS APPEARANCES. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE CARDS? MR. DANIEL CRUZ. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. DANIEL CRUZ DE SOTO. 
          GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, FELLOW RESIDENTS, FRIENDS. FIRST, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK WADE WILLIAMS, OPERATIONS MANAGER, AND HIS TEAM FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THERE WAS AN UNDERPASS AT I-35 AND WINTERGREEN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE NONE OF THE LIGHTS WERE WORKING, CREATING A SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 
          TODAY I GOT WORD FROM MR. WADE DIRECTLY AND HIS TEAM STEPPED UP, ADDRESSED THE ISSUE, AND GOT THOSE LIGHTS WORKING AGAIN. THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL FIX, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. A BIG DIFFERENCE IN KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SAFE. GOOD WORK DESERVES RECOGNITION, AND I WANT TO THANK WADE AND HIS TEAM FOR THE RESPONSIVENESS AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ON ANOTHER NOTE, I'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY BRING UP OUR ONGOING WATER BILLING ISSUES. I RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY IS WORKING TOWARD A RESOLUTION, AND I APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS. 
          HOWEVER, MANY RESIDENTS ARE STILL CONCERNED AND LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CITY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PUBLIC UPDATE AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL THE WATER BILLING ISSUES ARE FULLY RESOLVED. THESE UPDATES COULD INCLUDE WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, WHAT CHALLENGES REMAIN, AND WHAT RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT NEXT. I BELIEVE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WILL HELP BUILD TRUST, PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND REASSURE RESIDENTS THAT THIS ISSUE REMAINS A PRIORITY. OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE ACCURATE BILLS, CLEAR ANSWERS AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CRUZ. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE NEXT CARD. MISS HOPE STEPHENS. GOOD EVENING, MISS STEPHENS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          HOPE STEPHENS, DESOTO, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. I'M UP HERE FOR TWO THINGS. FIRST THING, I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT CIVILITY. I'M TALKING ABOUT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. SO I AM HERE TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THE PERSONS UP HERE, AND I DID NOT USE THE BEST CIVILITY AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. SO IF I CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND HOLD EVERYBODY ELSE ACCOUNTABLE. IT WAS PRIVATE, BUT IF I CAN TALK ABOUT IT, THEN I HAVE TO BE EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE, SO I APOLOGIZE. THAT PERSON KNOWS WHO THEY ARE NOW. SECOND THING I'M COMING UP HERE FOR IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER. EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU THAT ARE UP ON THIS DAIS IN THESE ROLES, YOUR PRIMARY ROLE IS SERVANT LEADER. WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR PLACE, PLEASE COMMUNICATE 
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WITH THE PEOPLE IN YOUR PLACE. DO NOT MAKE US HAVE TO REACH OUT TO YOU TO FIND OUT ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN YOU ALREADY KNEW IT WAS COMING DOWN THE PIKE. THAT DOES NOT SHOW GOOD TRUST. 
          I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNCIL PERSONS THAT ARE VERY COMMUNICATIVE THAT USE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. HEY, THIS IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE. THIS IS HERE, THIS IS THERE. BUT WE NEED THAT TO BE EQUITABLY ACROSS THE BOARD. LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. NOW. YES, YOU ARE HERE. WE VOTED YOU IN, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE THAT DOES. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS ROLE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU SPEAK FOR OUR RIGHTS, THAT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR OPINION IS THE ONLY OPINION ABOUT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING ABOUT WHERE WE LIVE. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND, BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR YEARS WITH PROPERTY THAT IS COMING ABOUT. DO NOT IGNORE OUR PERSPECTIVES, OUR CONCERNS, BECAUSE OUR CONCERNS MATTER. WE EQUALLY HAVE TO BE SERVANT LEADERS. AGAIN, I TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY. I COULD HAVE SPOKEN BETTER. I SHOULD HAVE NOT, COULD HAVE. I SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN BETTER. WHILE I MEANT EVERYTHING THAT I SAID, THE WAY THAT I DELIVERED IT WAS WRONG. IT TAKES ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER. BUT IF WE DON'T CHOOSE TO WORK TOGETHER, IT'S JUST GOING TO CREATE MORE CHAOS. DRAMA THAT IS UNNECESSARY. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DE SOTO TOGETHER. LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. PLEASE DO NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TITLE, IT MEANS THAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS GREATER THAN THE TAXPAYING RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. OUR OPINIONS MATTER JUST AS IMPORTANT AS YOURS, AND THEY CAN BE DIFFERENT. BUT LET'S TALK TOGETHER ABOUT THAT AND LET'S GET SOME. LET'S GET SOME UNITY INSTEAD OF HAVING DIVISION WHEN WE'RE STANDING UP IN FRONT OF DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. DOCTOR BRANDON NORWOOD. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR NORWOOD, THE GREAT CITY OF DE SOTO THAT I AM NOW PROUD OF TO LIVE IN. HELLO, EVERYONE. CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. SO SENT SOME EMAILS. STILL NO RESPONSES. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS INDIVIDUALITY. SO DEBORAH NORTH IS NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. WE'LL BE LOOKING OUT FOR THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR RE ELECTION. BUT IT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN NICE FOR THE CITY TO HAVE PRESENTED SOMETHING FORMALLY, TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW IN HER PLACE THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE HERE OR IN PLACE. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE REMOTELY ENGAGED, BUT ALL I SEE IS MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. 
          SECONDLY, STAFF THAT'S HERE, I WANT TO EDUCATE YOU ALL, WHETHER YOU'RE IN A DIRECTOR'S ROLE OR NOT. COMMUNICATION SHOULD ONLY BE COMING FROM YOUR CITY MANAGER OR YOUR CITY SECRETARY. IF ANYONE ON THIS DAIS, ANYONE THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR, PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR, WHOMEVER SEATED ON THIS COUNCIL THAT HAS BEEN ELECTED HAS THEY SENT YOU AN EMAIL DIRECTLY? PLEASE LET ME KNOW. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. REGARDLESS OF THE FACT OF YOU BEING A DIRECTOR IN YOUR ROLE, WE CAN REVIEW THE CHARTER AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CONFIRM THAT, BECAUSE I SEE SOME FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, WHICH MEANS TO TELL ME THAT YOU HAVEN'T READ THE CHARTER, YOU'RE NOT UP ON THOSE REGS. 
          AND I KEEP ASKING THE CITY MANAGER, INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING SO THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THOSE RULES, THAT THEY ARE GOVERNED BY, THAT THEY SHOULD FOLLOW. BUT THAT LEADS ME TO ANOTHER CONVERSATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU ALL ARE NOT EDUCATED ABOUT THOSE RULES, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THEM, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHY SOME OF YOU HAVE SENT EMAILS DIRECTLY TO STAFF. I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T RESPOND TO SAY, WELL, I NEVER DID THAT. IT'S ON THE RECORD. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT LOTS OF THINGS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE RECORD. I JUST WANT A REMINDER OF THAT. BUT IT LEADS ME TO AN EMAIL THAT I SENT OVER 14 DAYS AGO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO'S CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 
          NOW, REGARDLESS OF HIS INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND BECAUSE HE'S NOT PRESENT, WE DO HAVE MISS LEN BURKS HERE. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT EMAIL AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE BASED ON OUR CHARTER FOR OUR CITY IN THE CITY OF DE SOTO. IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A PRELIMINARY AUDIT REPORT FROM THE EMAIL THAT I SENT, NOVEMBER 2ND IS NOT TODAY, WHICH MEANS IF THAT REPORT WAS NOT PLACED IN AN EMAIL FORMAT OR DELIVERED TO THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL, WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. WE DON'T FOLLOW 
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THE CITY RULES. WE DON'T FOLLOW THE CHARTER. THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THIS IS WHY WE DON'T HAVE TRUST IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW RULES, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. ALTHOUGH HE IS A CONTRACTED EMPLOYEE, HE'S STILL RESPONSIBLE TO DO HIS JOB WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CITY BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE AT THE TOP. SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT I USE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO 
          [J. CONTINUATION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION (IF NECESSARY)]
MUCH AT THE TIME. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, TO CONTINUE DELIBERATION ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THIS AGENDA IF NECESSARY. 
          THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:02 P.M. AND WE WILL RETURN WITH
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