[2. An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 32308, previously approved on September 28, 2022, authorizing certain transfers and appropriation adjustments for FY 2023-24 for the maintenance and operation of various departments, activities, and amending the capital budget; and authorize the City Manager to implement those adjustments - Not to exceed TBD - Financing: TBD]

ITEM TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 32308.

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR FY 2022-23 FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACTIVITIES AND AMENDING THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, NOT TO EXCEED $4,651,236,410.

THIS ITEM WAS CORRECTED AND IT WAS ALSO PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MENDELSOHN. NO.

I MOVE TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO BRIEF THIS ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE MAY 3RD, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM UNTIL THE MAY 10TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MADAM CHAIR? YES. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AS CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE,

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ALL SEVEN MEMBERS, AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OUR TYPICAL BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PROCESS, BUT WHAT'S UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS ITEM IS THE DOLLARS INVOLVED.

SO WE HAVE A VERY LARGE INCREASE IN SALES TAX THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE, WHICH IS TYPICAL, BUT WHAT'S NOT TYPICAL IS THE ARPA MONEY, AND SO THE CITY MANAGER IS JUST REBALANCING THAT.

BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND THE WILL OF THE COMMITTEE WAS THAT ALTHOUGH WE COULD JUST CONSIDER IT AND HAVE MOVED IT FORWARD, IT WAS ONLY POSTED ON FRIDAY AND OUR MEETING WAS MONDAY AND WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DIG INTO IT, AND AS OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOOD FISCAL GOVERNANCE, WE REALLY FELT LIKE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.

SO IN FAIRNESS, WE'VE ASKED FOR THIS TO JUST BE DELAYED TO A FULL BRIEFING.

SO EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN ATKINS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSON'S MOTION.

YES. COULD I GET SOMEONE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT WHO BRIEFED US ON MONDAY? SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, AND I'M TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY OF WHAT WE'VE SPOKEN ON MONDAY AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS. COULD YOU LET THE COUNCILMEMBER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED? SURE. JEANETTE WEEDON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

THE PROPOSED ITEM INCREASES OR APPROPRIATES $20 MILLION DOLLARS OF EXCESS REVENUE $15 MILLION OF IT IS SALES TAX, AND IT ALLOCATES THAT FUNDING PRIMARILY TO DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE FORECAST TO BE OVER BUDGET.

YOU'VE GOT DFR FIRE OVERTIME.

THERE'S THE ITEM 11 ON YOUR AGENDA FOR 1.6 MILLION, THERE'S HVAC REPLACEMENT AT CITY HALL.

SO THOSE ARE PRIMARILY THE ONE TIME ITEMS THAT WE'RE FUNDING WITH THE $20 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU'VE GOT SOME CHANGES IN ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND CAPITAL WHERE FOR BOTH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES WE'RE APPROPRIATING ABOUT 73 MILLION AND THEN 10 MILLION IN STORMWATER, AND SO WE'RE APPROPRIATING FUND BALANCE, SENDING THAT OVER TO CAPITAL FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES. YOU HAVE $27 MILLION DOLLARS OF ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BODY.

SO THE ORDINANCE JUST COMPLETES THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSACTION.

YOU HAVE 47 MILLION THAT YOU'RE ADVANCING FROM FISCAL YEAR 24 TO 23 FOR VEHICLES, PRIMARILY FLEET FOR FIRE, GENERAL PURPOSE FLEET, AS WELL AS STORMWATER AND SANITATION.

SO WHILE THE NUMBERS APPEAR TO BE BIG, THEY'RE TRANSACTIONS THAT WE'RE APPROPRIATING IN ONE FUND, TRANSFERRING IT OVER TO THE OTHER , AND ARPA YOU HAVE ABOUT $13 MILLION DOLLARS OF REALLOCATIONS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH WE ASSUMED BACK IN 2021 WE WERE SORT OF THE UNKNOWNS OF COVID AND SO WE ASSUMED $10 MILLION DOLLARS FOR TESTING AND VACCINATION.

WE SPENT ABOUT 22.2 MILLION, AND SO WE'RE REALLOCATING THE BALANCE OF THAT TO PROJECTS THAT NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION? THERE'S A TRANSFER OF FUNDS THERE? THAT IS CORRECT. SO WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE LEARNED RECENTLY THAT ARPA IS PROBABLY NOT AN APPROPRIATE USE OF FUNDS, AND SO WE ARE REALLOCATING THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE FOR THE CORPORATION.

IT WAS $7 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'RE REALLOCATING THAT TO FIRE FOR FIRE OVERTIME AND THEN WE'RE TAKING $7 MILLION DOLLARS OF EXCESS REVENUE AND GIVING IT TO THE CORPORATION. SO IT'S A COMPLICATED TRANSACTION, BUT THE NET EFFECT IS ZERO.

RIGHT, AND YOU SEE WHY WE DEFER THIS? BECAUSE IT IS COMPLICATED AND I THINK THE FULL COUNCIL NEEDS TO HEAR THOSE ITEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WE JUST SET UP IN THE FUND THAT WE HAVE, THERE IT'S NOT AN ADEQUATE PLACE FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE PARKED THERE.

THEY NEED TO BE PARKED SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST REAL QUICK QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO BE YOU OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE TC THAT NEEDS TO ANSWER THIS , BUT THIS.

SORRY.

I MEANT THE SORRY.

I MEANT OUR SPEAKER EXCUSE ME.

SO WITH THIS DEFERRAL, I DIDN'T HEAR A DATE CERTAIN FOR WHEN IT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO US.

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SO AT WHAT POINT DOES THE HOLD HURT THE I MEAN, NOT HURT, BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES THE HOLD SLOW DOWN US DOING THE OVERTIME FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, PUTTING THAT INTO PLACE AND REPLACING HVAC SYSTEMS? WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SUMMER, AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET THOSE REPLACED QUICKLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE FIRE STATIONS, CITY HALL, ALL THOSE OTHER BUILDINGS DELAYED, AND SO. OKAY, I GOT IT.

I GOT IT NOW. THANK YOU.

I SEE IT. I DIDN'T I JUST DIDN'T HEAR IT.

MAY THIRD. WILL THAT HURT ANYTHING AS FAR AS GETTING THINGS DONE WITH THE DELAY TO MAY 3RD? BECAUSE THEN WE'D HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AGAIN FOR APPROVAL.

SO I'M JUST ASKING.

SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWS? NO, SIR, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO IN TERMS OF OVERTIME, THEY'VE SPENT ABOUT 56% OF THEIR BUDGET YEAR TO DATE, IF YOU COUNT ACTUALS AND ENCUMBRANCES.

SO A DELAY TWO WEEKS DOES NOT CREATE A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.

IN TERMS OF THE HVAC CITY HALL WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS TO AWARD THE CONTRACT.

SO THE CONTRACT ITSELF IS PART OF MAJOR MAINTENANCE, AND SO IF COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY JUST REBALANCE OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING'S OKAY AND I'M VERY GOOD WITH US GETTING A FULL BRIEFING, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE WERE SPEAKING ON OVERTIME AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE VERY ESSENTIAL TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO IF IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, THEN I'M OKAY WITH THE DEFERRAL AND HAVING A FULL BRIEFING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRWOMAN WILLIS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF DEPTH, I THINK ONE THING THAT WAS CONCERNING ABOUT THIS JUST FOR COLLEAGUES WAS THAT IT WAS JUST A VERY QUICK TURN BETWEEN GETTING THIS PROPOSAL AND BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON IT.

SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT GAVE US PAUSE.

ANOTHER THING WAS IT COVERED SO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WE FELT WE NEEDED TO DIG INTO SOME OF THAT.

ANOTHER THING WAS ABOUT THE EDC TO CHAIR ATKINS POINT WAS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY AGREED ON THE WAY THAT FUNDING WOULD BE GATED THERE, AND THIS IS LUMPING IT ALL IN AND MOVING IT AROUND, AND SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY WE WERE ASKING FOR THIS.

SO I THINK WE'RE JUST BEING PRUDENT, BUT ALSO VERY TIMELY.

SO I'M SUPPORTING THIS.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSON'S MOTION.

NOT SEEING ANYONE REMOTELY SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PREVAILS.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM 11.

[11. Authorize (1) a developer agreement with UCR Development Services, LLC, (Developer), or an affiliate thereof in an amount not to exceed $5,957,631.00 with $3,612,358.00 in American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund and $2,345,273.00 in Homeless Assistance (J) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund), of which $100,000.00 will be eligible for reimbursement upon City Council approval of the Agenda item and prior to contract execution for pre-development expenses, design, and redevelopment of the Miramar Hotel located at 1950 Fort Worth Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Property), into supportive housing for formerly unsheltered individuals; and (2) a ground lease agreement with the Developer for the duration of the design and redevelopment of the Property in a total rent amount of $5,000.00 to be paid by the Developer and conveyance back to the City upon acceptance of improvements pursuant to the lease - Total not to exceed $5,957,631.00 - Financing: Homeless Assistance (J) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund) ($2,345,273.00) and American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ($3,612,358.00)]

AUTHORIZE ONE, THE PARTIAL RESCISSION OF SECTION ONE AND SECTION TWO OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-1124 TO REMOVE A AUTHORIZATION OF A CONTRACT FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND RENOVATIONS FOR TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS WITH CITY SQUARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,291,666 AND B AUTHORIZATION TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO DISBURSE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,291,666 CITY SQUARE FOR CONTRACT AND TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WITH UCR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LLC DEVELOPER OR A WHOLLY OWNED AFFILIATE THEREOF IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,957,631, WITH $3,612,358 IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, ACT CORONAVIRUS, LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND AND $2,345,273 IN 2017 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM PROPOSITION J FUNDS FOR A TURNKEY PROJECT, INCLUDING THE DESIGN AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MIRAMAR HOTEL, LOCATED AT 1950 FORT WORTH AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS PROPERTY, AND TWO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FORMERLY UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $5,957,631.

THIS ITEM WAS CORRECTED.

IT WAS ALSO PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

WHO'S GOT THE MOTION ON THIS ONE? DEFERRED TO WEST. MR. WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CHAIRWOMAN.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO REALLOCATE $3,657,631 OF ARPA APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE.

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SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AN SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION, MR. WEST.

JUST QUICKLY. SURE. FIVE MINUTES.

THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE OF THE LAST ITEM.

WE THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GOING TO HOLD A LOT OF THE FUNDING BACK TO HAVE THE FURTHER DISCUSSION, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. SO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY, THANK YOU.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YES. AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, WE HAD A DISCUSSION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ITEM AND HAD ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SPECIFIC FUNDING. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WEST, FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.

MR. RIDLEY RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. NOGUERA, COULD YOU COME TO THE MIC? MY QUESTION IS, AND I PRESUME THIS IS UNDER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE CHRISTINE'S, WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO RESCIND SECTIONS OF THE RESOLUTION 21-1124, AND I'M ALSO AS A RELATED QUESTION, I'M UNCLEAR WHETHER THAT IS STILL PART OF THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

CAN YOU INFORM ME ON THOSE ISSUES? I'M NOT SURE IF I'M THE BEST PERSON TO ASK.

ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

LET ME DEFER TO CHRISTINE.

GOOD MORNING. CHRISTINE CROSSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR, AND I DON'T HAVE THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT THE ORIGINAL ONE MADE TWO YEARS AGO WITH CITY SQUARE.

YES. SO THAT ONE IS BEING RESCINDED TO ALLOW FOR THIS NEW MOTION BECAUSE CITY SQUARE IN HAVING AN INTERNAL CHANGE UP, INCLUDING HAVING THEIR CEO LEAVE FOR ANOTHER POSITION, DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PULL BACK TO JUST DOING KIND OF THEIR CORE MISSION, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THIS BUILDING, AND SO WE PARTED WAYS, WHICH WE WERE BOTH SAD ABOUT, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD AND RE PROCURE FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD BY THAT POINT WAS STALE.

OKAY, THANK YOU, AND IF I MAY ASK COUNCIL MEMBER WEST ABOUT THE INTENT OF HIS MOTION, DOES IT INCLUDE THE RESCISSION ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE AGENDA? DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT DOES, YEAH.

AND BUT I WOULD ASK STAFF IF THEY COULD CLARIFY THAT.

JEANETTE WEEDON DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

IF YOU'RE ASKING IF THIS MOTION IS RELATED TO THE ITEM NUMBER TWO.

IT IS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TAKING THE REALLOCATION THAT WE PROPOSED IN THE MID-YEAR AND MAKING IT A SEPARATE ITEM.

SO WHEN I TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE REALLOCATION OF ARPA, WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED $10.2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR TESTING AND VACCINATION, AND SO WE'RE TAKING THE SAVINGS FROM THAT LINE ITEM AND REALLOCATING IT TO THIS PROJECT.

OKAY, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHETHER THE FIRST PART OF THIS ITEM, THE PARTIAL RESCISSION OF SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS PREVIOUS 2021 RESOLUTION, IS GOING TO BE STILL NECESSARY, AND WHETHER THAT'S PART OF THIS MOTION.

JACK, I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IT IS PART OF THE MOTION.

IT'S MOVING TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH ONLY ONE CHANGE, WHICH WOULD BE THE FUNDING.

OKAY, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEAR ON THAT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM 11? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE MOTION PREVAILS. THANK YOU.

AGENDA ITEM 12 AUTHORIZE THE ONE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, DPFC OR ITS AFFILIATE TO

[12. Authorize the (1) Dallas Public Facility Corporation (DPFC) or its affiliate to purchase, using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds, and own property located at located at 9999 West Technology Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75220 (the Property); (2) City Manager to negotiate and execute a development agreement and security instruments with the DPFC, each as approved to form by the City Attorney, and in compliance with 24 CFR 570.201(a) and (b), in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 in CDBG Funds to acquire and own, and facilitate the development of a mixed-income affordable multifamily complex known as The Park at Northpoint to be located at the Property; and (3) DPFC to enter into a 75-year ground lease with the LDG The Park at Northpoint, LP (Developer) and/or its affiliate, for the development of the Project at the Property - Not to exceed $10,000,000.00 - Financing: Community Development Block Grant Funds]

PURCHASE USING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG FUNDS AND OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9999 WEST TECHNOLOGY BOULEVARD DALLAS, TEXAS 75220.

THE PROPERTY TO CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND SECURITY INSTRUMENTS WITH THE DPFC, EACH AS APPROVED TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH 24 CFR 570.

201A AND B IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION DOLLARS IN CDBG FUNDS TO ACQUIRE AND OWN AND FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF A MIXED INCOME AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX KNOWN AS THE PARK AT NORTH POINT TO BE LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY AND THREE DPFC TO ENTER INTO A 75 YEAR GROUND LEASE WITH LDG THE PARK AT NORTH POINT LP OWNER AND OR

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ITS AFFILIATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT AT THE PROPERTY NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION DOLLARS.

YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, JAKE BROWN.

MR. BROWN, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

JAKE BROWN LDG DEVELOPMENT.

I'M THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY.

I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY.

THANKS. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM WAS CORRECTED ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS ALSO PULLED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM NARVAEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM YOU HAVE A MOTION.

YES, MR. MAYOR, PLEASE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

AWARD CDBG FUNDS TO AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DPFC, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND OR ITS AFFILIATE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY IN PREPARATION FOR HOUSING, WHICH PROPERTY THE DPFC WILL SUBSEQUENTLY LEASE TO ONE OR MORE PRIVATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS FOR A MIXED INCOME AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX TO BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES.

THE MIXED INCOME AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX WILL BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES.

THE OWNER FOR PHASE ONE IS LDG NORTH POINT ONE LP AND THE OWNER FOR PHASE TWO IS LDG NORTH POINT TWO LP WHICH OF EACH OF WHICH ARE PRIVATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND AUTHORIZE THE DPFC TO ENTER INTO A 75 YEAR GROUND LEASE WITH THE LDG NORTH POINT ONE LP FOR PHASE ONE AND A SEPARATE 75 YEAR GROUND LEASE WITH LDG NORTH POINT TWO LP FOR PHASE TWO.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS.

YES, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

THIS IS AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS AREA AND WEST TECHNOLOGY BOULEVARD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET THAT IT'S EVEN IN OUR CITY, THAT IT'S ANYWHERE IN OUR AREA.

IT'S WEST OF IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, GOING WEST AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE THE CITY OF DALLAS, THERE'S THIS REALLY GREAT AREA.

THERE USED TO BE A MOVIE THEATER THERE AND ALL THESE REALLY GREAT RESTAURANTS.

WE CALL IT OUR RESTAURANT ROW UP IN THAT AREA, WHICH THOSE RESTAURANTS ARE VERY VIBRANT, BUT THE BIG GIANT BOX THINGS THAT WERE ENTITIES THAT WERE UP THERE ARE GOING DARK.

THEY'RE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

THEY'RE JUST NOT THE SAME NEED FOR BIG BOX THINGS TO BE OUT THERE, AND SO TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT'S NO LONGER NEEDED AND TO CHANGE IT TO HOUSING IS A PERFECT PLACE FOR US TO DO THIS.

THIS IS ADJACENT TO A LAKE, AND SO THESE FOLKS ARE GOING TO ALSO HAVE APARTMENTS THAT ARE NEXT TO A LAKE.

THERE'S ALREADY A TRAIL SYSTEM.

THERE'S RESTAURANTS, THERE'S SCHOOL CLOSE BY, PARKS.

THERE'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED IS THERE, EXCEPT IT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED TO BE A COMMERCIAL AREA, WHICH IT NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE THAT FULL COMMERCIAL AREA THE WAY IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY, AND SO MIXING IN RESIDENTIAL IS GOING TO BE THE KEY FACTOR FOR US TO START TO REDEVELOP THIS AREA AS WE'VE ALREADY DONE AT WALNUT HILL AND 35 ROYAL LANE AND 35, WHERE THE INFAMOUS [INAUDIBLE] MOTEL TOWN WAS, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO CHANGE THESE THINGS OVER TO RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED IN THESE MIXED INCOME HOUSING FACILITIES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FAMILIES COME IN, AND I CAN TELL YOU, MR. MAYOR, THAT THIS IS WORKING IN NORTHWEST DALLAS, WHICH I'M PROUD OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE UP THERE THAT HAVE A YIMBY ATTITUDE AND NOT A NIMBY ATTITUDE, BECAUSE EACH OF THESE FACILITIES, AS THEY OPEN, LITERALLY SELL OUT.

THE LAST ONE THAT WE DID WITH PALLADIUM SOLD OUT.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE 90 DAYS.

IT SOLD OUT IN 30 DAYS, AND SO I KNOW ONCE THIS GETS DEVELOPED IN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF THING HAPPEN, AND FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BE IN MIXED FAMILY HOUSING ADJACENT TO ALL THE AMENITIES, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE AMENITIES READY TO GO THAT YOU CAN BRING HOUSING IN, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S WORKING IN NORTHWEST DALLAS, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THIS AND SEE ONCE THE DEVELOPERS THAT DON'T NEED THESE TYPES OF INCENTIVES TO COME UP, BECAUSE THE HARDEST PART FOR THESE DEVELOPERS, MR. MAYOR, IS NOT HAVING THE COMPS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST AROUND IT.

SO NOW GETTING THE COMPS IN THERE, THESE ARE THE FIRST.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FAIR MARKET AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT START TO COME AROUND ARE GOING TO DEVELOP.

SO THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPERS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND I KNOW THE RESIDENTS IN NORTHWEST DALLAS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'VE HAD SOME OF THEM CALL ME TO SAY THAT, OH GREAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME AND WORK HERE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CLOSER PLACE TO LIVE.

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THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE SO FAR AWAY, WHICH THEN ADDS TO FOLKS NOT COMING TO WORK BECAUSE MAYBE THEY DON'T FEEL WELL THAT DAY AND THEY'RE TOO FAR OR SOMETHING JUST HAPPENS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAN JUST EITHER WALK TO WORK OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST A HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP ON A SCOOTER OR ANYTHING IN THIS AREA BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED SO WELL, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HAPPENING, AND COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I PULLED THIS ITEM TO NUMBER ONE REQUEST A RECORD VOTE, AND THEN I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

MY FIRST IS, WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT, BOTH PHASES WHAT IS THE EXPECTED VALUE OF THE DEVELOPED PROPERTY? KYLE, YOU GET SOME LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU LEAVE US.

I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY FOR MY LAST.

GLAD I CAN HELP. [LAUGHTER] MY LAST SPIN AROUND THE HORSESHOE HERE.

DO YOU? KYLE HINES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.

I'M GOING TO ASK DARWIN WADE, WHO WILL BE THE NEW INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR STARTING TOMORROW.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE THE VALUE UPON COMPLETION.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DARWIN WADE, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE VALUE OF THIS PROJECT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY ALMOST $200 MILLION IN DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS PROJECT IN OUR PIPELINE AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR CITY.

SO WHERE DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO END UP ON THE ON DCAD? WHAT WILL THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BE? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND JUST KIND OF CHECK MY SOURCES, BUT KIND OF THING.

SO GENERALLY WHEN WE ARE CREATING OUR LEASE RATES FOR THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, WE GENERALLY TAKE 80% OF THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE AND THEN SET THE LEASE RATE BACK TO THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION AT 25% OF THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH CAN COVER MOST OF THE CITY'S FOREGONE PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NUMBER OF WHAT THE VALUATION WOULD BE.

I CAN QUICK DO THE MATH.

I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL VALUE OF WHAT IT WILL BE IN DCAD OFF HERE, BUT.

SO I NOTICED THAT IT'S NOT LISTED.

THIS IS MY SECOND QUESTION.

WHAT THE REVENUE FOREGONE WOULD BE, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S A 75 YEAR EXEMPTION, YOU GENERALLY WILL LIST AT LEAST THE FIRST 15 YEARS AND THAT NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS ITEM THAT I SAW ANYHOW.

IF THAT FIGURE WAS OMITTED, DO WE KNOW, I CAN ASK THE DEVELOPER IF HE KNOWS THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THERE.

WELL, IT JUST SEEMS. IT SEEMS INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE APPROVING AN ITEM WHERE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT OUR REVENUE FOREGONE WOULD BE.

JAKE BROWN, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE CURRENT CITY TAX BILL ON THE PROPERTY? NO, I DON'T, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE LEASE PAYMENT COMING TO DPFC IS GOING TO EXCEED WHATEVER THE PROPERTY TAX BILL IS RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEING PAID.

OKAY, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX BILL IS TODAY.

WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS KNOWING WHAT THIS DEVELOPED PROPERTY TAX BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN AND WHAT REVENUE WE'RE FOREGOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS EXEMPTION TO GET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN IMPORTANT ITEM TO CONSIDER.

GENERALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR AND OVER 75 YEARS, OBVIOUSLY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND WE WEREN'T PROVIDED WITH THAT INFORMATION. EXCUSE ME.

UNLESS I MISSED IT.

SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, DAVID NOGUERA, DIRECTOR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.

YOU'RE ASKING FOR A HYPOTHETICAL NUMBER.

THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $200 MILLION.

PROPERTY TAXES IN DALLAS ARE, WHAT, 2.65%? SO WE CAN DO THE MATH AND ASSUME THAT WHAT THE PROPERTY TAXES WOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE IS 2.65% OF 200 MILLION, BUT FOR ALL OF THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION DEVELOPMENT DEALS, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE EXISTING REVENUE OF THE CITY AND WHAT THAT WOULD BE AS FAR AS REVENUE FOREGONE, AND THAT'S THE CALCULATION THAT WE HAVE DONE.

WE HAVEN'T PROVIDED OR ESTIMATED WHAT THE VALUE WOULD BE OF THE PROPERTY BEYOND WHAT OUR CALCULATION IS FOR NEGOTIATING THE LEASE PAYMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER, BUT YOU'RE NOT CALCULATING REVENUE FOREGONE BASED ON VACANT LAND, ARE YOU?

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IN THIS CASE, THERE'S A VACANT OFFICE BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO BE TORN DOWN AND ACTUALLY REVITALIZE THE ACTUAL SITE.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS PROPERTY TAX BILL IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN VACANT LAND, BUT NOT BY MUCH.

OKAY, BUT ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT PRIOR REVENUE FOREGONE ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON ON PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD RAW LAND, THAT YOU'RE DOING IT BASED ON THAT COMPARED TO WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE? THAT IS HOW WE HAVE STRUCTURED THESE AND THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN REQUIRED OF OUR VARIOUS PROCESSES FOR BRINGING ITEMS FORWARD TO THIS BODY. OKAY, WELL, I KNOW ON MONDAY I'D ASK YOU FOR A SPREADSHEET OF THE PRIORS, AND SO IF BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF WE CAN GET A MEETING, I'D LOVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE.

SURE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS AREA, ARE YOU USING THIS AS THE LAUNCH FOR A REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS WHOLE AREA SO THAT HOPEFULLY OTHER PARCELS AND OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO MAY BE BUILDING DIFFERENT STYLES, NOT USING ANY KINDS OF CITY PROGRAMS WILL BE DEVELOPING OR WILL THIS BE A STANDALONE AND THE ONLY PLACES, THE ONLY RESIDENTIAL IN THAT AREA AS FAR AS THE OVERALL PLAN FOR THE AREA, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SORT OF AREA PLAN OR STUDY ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT ADDING RESIDENTIAL TO AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW BUT DOES HAVE A LOT OF OTHER USES, OFFICE PROPERTIES JUST AREN'T DOING AS WELL IN TODAY'S MARKET.

SO THIS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN HAS BEEN VACANT.

IT'S AN OFFICE BUILDING.

THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BUILD AS AN OFFICE BUILDING NOWADAYS, AND SO TO BE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT AND ACTIVATE THAT SITE FOR HOUSING, WE THINK IT'LL BE GREAT AS A REVITALIZATION OF THE AREA TO MAKE IT MORE OF A 24 HOUR COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT IS NOW.

THANK YOU. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT LOCATION.

I KNOW THE AREA AND I THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO BE THE CATALYST TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THAT WHOLE AREA BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE SOME AMENITIES THERE, SUCH AS THE LAKE AND THE OTHER RETAIL OR RESTAURANTS AND THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY OVER THERE.

SO HOPEFULLY OTHER DEVELOPERS WILL SEE THIS AS THE START, AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, AS ARE MOST OF THESE PFC DEALS THAT MAY BE GOING INTO AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER RESIDENTIAL, BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, LIKE I SAID, TO SORT OF BE THAT CATALYTIC CHANGE AND THE CITY HAS TO INVEST TO CREATE THAT KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH USUALLY HISTORICALLY WE'VE WAITED FOR THESE THINGS AND NOW IN INFILL AREAS, WE HAVE TO BE THE LEADER ON THAT.

SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE AND I JUST WANT TO USE A LITTLE BIT OF MY TIME THAT'S LEFT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, KYLE.

YOU HAVE REALLY TRANSFORMED OUR CITY.

I THINK THAT YOUR YOUR YOUNG CHILD AND HOPEFULLY CHILDREN TO BE WILL COME BACK HERE AND SAY, MY DAD DID THAT AND THAT AND THAT, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HEART AND SOUL AND TIME THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO OUR CITY, AND MR. WADE, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MR. WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST STATED, AND ANYTIME YOU CAN CAN PRODUCE DENSITY WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT, I THINK IT'S A HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY.

WE CONSTANTLY IN OAK CLIFF AND I THINK OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING DISPLACED AND WE EXPERIENCE IT AND IT MAKES A LOT OF FINANCIAL SENSE AT TIMES FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN, BUY UP AND ASSEMBLE A BUNCH OF LOTS AND THEN THROW UP SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER AND MORE DENSE, BUT HERE YOU'VE TAKEN A BUILDING THAT'S NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY CONVERTING IT AND USING IT, AND I THINK THAT'S CREATIVE, AND WE JUST TOUTED IT WITH DDI WHEN THEY PRESENTED THE 360 PLAN THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT IN DOWNTOWN, AND IT'S A GREAT USE OF THESE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND I LOVE SEEING IT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS WELL.

SO I SUPPORT THIS.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS PROJECT THAT YOU THINK MAKES SENSE AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, YOU CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT. APART FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM'S THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS ON IT THAT COVERED A LOT OF MY THOUGHTS AND AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE A TIRED PROPERTY THAT'S NOT ACTIVATED RIGHT NOW IT'S VACANT.

IT'S NOT CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING TO THE CITY.

BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND USE CDBG FUNDS TO AFFECT THAT CHANGE?

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I MEAN, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT IN HOUSING, AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO OFFER THIS PRODUCT TO THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS BECAUSE IT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE UNITS, MIXED INCOME UNITS TO RESIDENTS OF DALLAS.

IT'S A TWO-PHASED PROJECT, SO TOTAL IT'S AT 615 UNIT MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 314 UNITS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSEHOLDS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT MIX OF INCOMES AND HOUSEHOLDS THERE.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT AND WE WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER LBG FOR COMING TO US WITH THIS GREAT PROJECT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED WITH CDBG FUNDING, WE WILL ENSURE THAT THOSE UNITS REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR 20 YEARS.

THAT IS THE RESTRICTION FOR THE USE OF CDBG FUNDS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN VETTED OUT BY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, WHICH WE APPOINT, CORRECT? CORRECT, AND SO THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS CORPORATION COUNCIL OF THE DPFC HAVE REVIEWED IT.

AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE CDBG FUNDS, THAT ALSO TRIGGERS OUR NOFA REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A THIRD PARTY UNDERWRITER GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE THE PROPERTY BY USING ALSO THE PROPERTY TAX ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AND THE REVENUES OF THE PROJECT TO CONFIRM THAT THERE'S A FINANCIAL GAP OF THE $10 MILLION THAT YOU SEE HERE.

SO IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY AN OUTSIDE PARTY OUTSIDE THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THE UNDERWRITING IS THEY'VE UNDERWRITTEN IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS ALL PENCIL OUT IN TERMS OF BENEFIT VERSUS COST TO THE CITY.

CORRECT, AND THAT'S OUR STANDARD PROCESS FOR NOFA PROJECTS AND FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MR. WADE AS WELL, AND I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU, KYLE, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND YOU'VE TAKEN MY CALLS DAYS, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS ON A LOT OF THESE UNDERSTANDING THE PFC EARLY ON AND HOW THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION WORKS, AND JUST LIKE WHAT CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ SAID, I MEAN, YOU'VE MADE A REAL IMPACT ON THE CITY.

I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT HOUSING AND PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN IS YOU REALLY GET TO SEE YOUR MARK ON THE CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COMES FROM THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU. WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS, [CHUCKLING] SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MESS ANYTHING UP HERE.

AND A MEETING WITH CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHAIRWOMAN WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THE REVENUE FOREGONE ASPECT.

IT IS TYPICAL FOR US TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED HERE.

SO WHY IS THAT NOT LISTED? I THINK IT WAS AN OMISSION WHEN THE ITEM WAS BEING DRAFTED AND PRESENTED BECAUSE THIS HAS TAKEN THE FORM MORE OF AUTHORIZING THE PFC TO ENTER IT, BUT THE MAIN CRUX OF THE ITEM WAS THE $10 MILLION CDBG FUNDS, AND SO THE TERMS OF THE NOFA HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN HERE, AND I THINK IT WAS JUST AN OMISSION OF THE ESTIMATED REVENUES FOREGONE, BUT WE CAN PULL THOSE.

WE'LL GET THAT SHORTLY.

ALL RIGHT, ALSO MR. WADE, GOING FORWARD, WELCOME TO THIS ROLE IN AN INTERIM CAPACITY.

SO I THINK WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SORT OF THING GOING FORWARD.

SO IF YOU COULD MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

THANK YOU. WE WILL DO THAT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 12 REMOTELY? ANYONE HERE. AM I MISSING ANYONE? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

WELL, WE'VE DONE THIS DANCE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE MANY TIMES, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW HOW EXACTLY THE VOTE WILL GO, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IF THERE WAS A WILL OF THE BODY TO DEFER UNTIL YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION SO THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON AN AMOUNT THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET IN REVENUE FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT 75 YEARS, THEN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, BUT IF IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WASTING TIME TO DO IT, I'M HAPPY TO NOT.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT IDEA FOR SOMEONE IF THEY WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION.

OF COURSE I'D BE HAPPY TO SECOND IT, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS TO VOTE ON SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE GIVING UP.

CHAIRWOMAN WILLIS RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE SOME DISCUSSION GOING ON HERE, AND SO I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE SOME RESOLUTION.

I'M SORRY. DAVID NOGUERA, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.

WE WERE JUST DOING SOME BACK OF THE ENVELOPE MATH.

IT WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT 4 MILLION A YEAR OVER 15 YEARS.

IT'S ABOUT $60 MILLION IN REVENUE FOREGONE, AND THEN THE COUNTERBALANCE TO THAT ON THE REVENUE FROM THE LEASE OR WHAT'S THE OTHER SIDE THAT YOU WERE REFERENCING? YEAH. HOW MUCH THE CITY WILL MAKE BE MAKING.

WHAT I WAS REFERENCING WAS THE LEASE PAYMENT FOR THE PFC THAT WILL MAKE TO THE PFC, FORGIVE ME, IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE CURRENT CITY OF DALLAS PROPERTY TAX BILL IS.

NOT WHAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THAT'S A HYPOTHETICAL NUMBER THAT I DON'T KNOW.

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CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME? ALL I WAS SAYING IS THAT THE LEASE PAYMENT IS GOING TO EXCEED WHAT THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX BILL IS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THAT'S IT. I DON'T KNOW THE I MEAN, THE PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE NUMBER TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN BECAUSE IT'S CALCULATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL FOR THAT NUMBER, UNFORTUNATELY.

WAS THAT A MIC DROP THERE? WERE YOU DONE? OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 12? HEARING NONE, A ROLL CALL VOTE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS TIME BECAUSE OF ALL THE VIRTUAL PEOPLE.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO REQUEST A ROLL CALL VOTE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES.

IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. NO, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

THANK YOU, WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR TWO OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR. GREAT.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 16 AUTHORIZE THE DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE AND OWN FITZHUGH URBAN FLATS, A

[16. Authorize the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to acquire and own Fitzhugh Urban Flats, a multifamily development located at 2707 North Fitzhugh Avenue - Estimated Revenue Foregone: General Funds $11,762,667.00 (15 Years of Estimated Taxes)]

MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 2707 NORTH FITZHUGH AVENUE.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION? MR. MORENO? MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, MR. MORENO> SURE.

FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR.

ADD THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF AMENITIES, THAT HAS WALKABILITY, AND IT'S GOING TO BRING SAVINGS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO $400 FOR SOME OF THESE APARTMENT UNITS, FOR THOSE FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DAILY ESSENTIALS THAT THEY NEED AND BE ABLE TO BUY AND ADD TO OUR SALES TAX, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK FROM STAFF ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE SURE IT ALSO INCLUDES MICRO UNITS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS STARTING OFF COMING INTO THE HOUSING MARKET, AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL CAN SUPPORT ME ON THIS ONE.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 16? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO NOT VOTE FOR THIS AND I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO FOREGO $632,000 EVERY YEAR, WHICH OF COURSE, WILL INCREASE OVER TIME, AS THE PROPERTY APPRECIATES , BUT THE ENTIRE FOCUS OF THE DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION REALLY SHOULD BE CREATING NEW UNITS AND THE STRATEGY OF ACQUISITION OF EXISTING UNITS WHERE WE'RE GIVING UP SO MUCH REVENUE AND WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY CREATING ANYTHING IS VERY PROBLEMATIC TO ME AND SO IN GENERAL, I BELIEVE I HAVE VOTED FOR ALMOST EVERY DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PROJECT.

HOWEVER, THOSE ARE WHEN THEY'RE CREATING NEW HOUSING, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF GIVING UP THAT TAX EXEMPTION IS WORTHWHILE IN THAT SITUATION, BUT WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY REMOVING OR WE'RE JUST SHUFFLING THE DECK SO THAT WE'RE TAKING MARKET RATE AND MAKING IT PARTIALLY AFFORDABLE, I JUST DON'T SEE THE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WHEN IT'S SO MANY DOLLARS THAT WE WILL BE MISSING FROM OUR GENERAL REVENUE.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE A RECORD VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 16? WERE YOU IS THAT DOES [INAUDIBLE] HAVE HIS HAND UP.

OKAY, NO, HE DOESN'T. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, SO A ROLL CALL VOTE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO FOR ITEM 16.

SO, MADAM SECRETARY, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

NO, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

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CALL] THANK YOU.

WITH 14 VOTING IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES, MR MAYOR.

GREAT. LET'S MOVE ON.

AGENDA ITEM 17 AUTHORIZE THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP AND OWN LARKSPUR FAIR PARK, A MIXED

[17. Authorize the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to acquire, develop, and own Larkspur Fair Park, a mixed-income, multifamily development to be located at 3525 Ash Lane (Project) and enter into a seventy-five-year lease agreement with Fair Park Holdings, LP, or its affiliate, for the development of the Project - Estimated Revenue Foregone: General Fund $361,038.00 (15 Years of Estimated Taxes)]

INCOME MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED AT 3525 ASH LANE PROJECT AND ENTER INTO A 75 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FAIR PARK HOLDINGS LP OR ITS AFFILIATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? MOTION TO APPROVE.

GREAT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION.

MR. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT ALL? NOPE. ANYONE.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE STAFF ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO IN THIS CASE, THE REVENUE FOREGONE IS $361,000.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, AND CAN YOU TELL US.

SO THIS IDEA IS TO I MEAN, IT'S AN EXISTING PROPERTY, AND WITH THIS ACQUISITION, YOU'RE LOOKING TO LOWER THE RENTAL COST FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF THE UNITS, CORRECT? SORRY. AARON QUINTO I'M THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE PFC.

NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

CAN YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? YEAH. SORRY. THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY IS NOT EXISTING.

IT'S AN ASSEMBLAGE OF MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PARCELS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT A BRAND NEW BUILDING HERE.

OKAY, SO CAN YOU TELL US THE DIFFERENCE IN RENT FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THE NOT AFFORDABLE? THE MARKET RATE FOR THE STUDIO STUDIO IS ABOUT $6.

SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE IS $6.

ON THE STUDIO. ON THE STUDIOS.

OKAY, HOW MANY STUDIO UNITS ARE THERE? LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE 108 STUDIO UNITS.

108 UNITS, AND FOR THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE UP $361,000, AND THAT'S JUST THE FIRST 15 OF THE 75 YEARS.

CORRECT, BUT THERE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, 290 TOTAL UNITS IN THE PROJECT, AND SO OVER THE ONE BEDROOM AND THE TWO BEDROOM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $200 SAVINGS FOR THE ONE BEDROOM AND THEN ABOUT $350 A MONTH FOR THE TWO BEDROOMS. DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE MIC, GUYS.

GO AHEAD AND LEAN ON INTO IT.

SORRY. THERE WE GO.

THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER. LEAN IN AND PULL IT TOWARDS YOU.

[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

HOP ON ONE LEG.

I THINK IT'S HARD FOR TALLER FOLKS.

YEAH, I THINK JUST THAT DISTANCE.

SO, YES, I AGREE THAT THERE'S A LESS THAN $200 DIFFERENCE FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THE ONE BEDROOM, AND YOU SAID 350.

I THOUGHT IT WAS 250 FOR THE TWO BEDROOM, BUT I'LL STAND CORRECTED IF THAT'S THE CASE.

AGAIN, I THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BALANCE WHAT IS THE PUBLIC GOOD VERSUS THIS MASSIVE TAX EXEMPTION, AND I YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE REALLY ASKING IS TO RAISE TAXES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, AND EVERY ONE OF THESE IS A TAX INCREASE ACROSS THE CITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO I AM CLEARLY NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS MODEL AS WE ARE PROVIDING SUCH AN EXTENSIVE EXEMPTION.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST ASK FOR MY LAST TIME TODAY FOR A RECORD VOTE.

THANK YOU. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I WANT THE CITY MANAGER TO JUMP IN NOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HOLDING HIM AT BAY FOR A WHILE AND HE'S READY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I KNOW DAVID AND KYLE AND HIS TEAM WILL GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT I WANT TO SAY, PARTICULARLY ON THIS ONE, OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THIS IS AN ASSEMBLAGE AND NEW UNITS, I'D SAY WHEN WE LOOK AT $361,000 ACROSS 15 YEARS, ARGUABLY THAT'S A BIG NUMBER, BUT IT ROUGHLY BREAKS OUT TO ABOUT $24,000 A YEAR FOR UNITS THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY, AND I THINK ONE OF THE STATED GOALS AND POLICIES AND I GUESS DESIRES OF THIS COUNCIL IS TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCREASE DENSITY AS WELL AS HOUSING PRESERVATION, AND SO THE PFC IN THIS MODEL DOES THAT ALL AND IN FACT IN ITS ENTIRETY IN HOW WE APPROACH IT, AND SO WHETHER WE'RE GIVING AN INCENTIVE FOR NEW UNITS SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT ARE NON

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PFC IS REALLY THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND WHERE THEY COME FROM THAT EQUATE TO HELP LOWERING THE COST OF THE HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT AGAIN, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT TODAY, BUT ALSO IN THIS CASE, 75 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AND I'M SURE FUTURE COUNCILS WILL BE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY, AND QUITE HONESTLY, WE'RE NOT FORGOING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T TECHNICALLY EXIST TODAY, AND BUT FOR US DOING THIS, IN SOME CASES IT WILL BE EITHER A LONGER TIME BEFORE ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN ON CERTAIN PARCELS OR IN SOME CASES, AS WE SEE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR CITY, LOTS SIT VACANT FOR 30, 40 AND 50 YEARS AND THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT ON THEM AND SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS IN THE SPIRIT AND THE TOOL WE'RE USING IS A PFC TO REALLY ACCOMPLISH THE COUNCIL'S STATED GOALS, AND SO AS WE TALK THROUGH THAT, EVERY TIME WE COME TO AN ITEM AS IT RELATES TO SPENDING MONEY OR FORGOING TAXES, WE'VE GOT TO REALIZE EITHER WE'RE GOING TO PAY IT FROM FUTURE COSTS AND ACTUAL REAL DOLLARS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING TODAY AND/OR FOREGO CERTAIN DOLLARS FOR THE HOPE THAT WE CAN INVEST AND REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS IN THOSE PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY MAKE THEM MEANINGFUL AND ACTUALLY EXIST, AND SO RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO UNITS ON A MULTITUDE OF PROPERTIES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR CITY, AND THERE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE, TO COUNCILWOMAN SHULTZ'S POINT, UNLESS THE CITY IN SOME CASES IS THE PIONEER, AND WE'VE GOT TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS BECAUSE WORDS WITHOUT US ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING ARE JUST WORDS, AND SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK KYLE IN MY LAST OPPORTUNITY HERE TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR US OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND I THINK UTILIZING THIS TOOL AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO HELP REALLY EMPOWER THE DIVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT AND WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAS REALLY HAD TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FOR US.

SO THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LOSING ANYTHING.

WE'RE ONLY GAINING AND WE'RE GOING TO ENRICH THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE ALL SOUGHT TO ENRICH.

SO THANK YOU WITH THAT, AND AGAIN, KYLE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MR. WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 17.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE CHIMED IN ON THESE FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT I CAN'T LET SOME OF THE COMMENTS JUST GO WITHOUT A RESPONSE.

SO REGARDING THE UNITS IN GENERAL, THIS FINANCING PACKAGE LOCKS IN AFFORDABILITY FOR HOW MANY YEARS? 75 YEARS.

75 YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS I THINK THE EXAMPLE WAS USED OF A $6 DIFFERENCE IN THE STUDIO COST NOW VERSUS THE MARKET RATE OF THE STUDIO COSTS NOW, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT NUMBER UP THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO ALWAYS STAY $6.

LIKE IN THE FUTURE, WE ASSUME THIS AREA IS GOING TO INCREASE IN MARKET VALUE, WHEREAS THE MARKET RATE RENTS WOULD ALSO GO UP.

CORRECT. YEAH, AND I THINK ONE OF THE POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO STATE, I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS JUST JUMPING I-30 ACROSS THE STREET IS DEEP ELLUM AND THIS IS SETTING A NEW MARKET, AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AND YOU SEE THAT THERE IS, YES, ONLY A $6 DIFFERENTIAL ON WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING IN THEIR UNDERWRITING OF THE PROJECT.

AT A CERTAIN POINT, THAT DELTA, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY AS THAT WHOLE FAIR PARK AREA IS REDEVELOPED.

I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER CITY INVESTMENTS INTO THE AREA, SUCH AS THE REDOING OF FAIR PARK, PROVIDING AND LOCKING IN AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE, MIXED INCOME HOUSING.

NOW, BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, WE WOULD MISS OUR OPPORTUNITY.

SO, YES, WE DO HAVE TO BE THE FIRST ONES IN THERE TO SET THE NEW MARKET COMPS AND CREATE A 24 HOUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS A CITY ACTUALLY ATTEMPTING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT SOMETHING TO GET AHEAD OF THE MARKET, TO PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

ONCE THE DELTA BETWEEN THE STUDIO APARTMENT GETS, YOU KNOW, $300, $400 THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, COVER THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND THEY DON'T COME TO US AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BUILD. THEY DON'T NEED TO CONTEMPLATE A WORKFORCE HOUSING SOLUTION.

SO US BEING ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND LOCK IN THIS AFFORDABILITY IS IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR FOR AN AREA THAT COULD BE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, AND THEN ON THE $200 ROUGHLY DIFFERENCE IN THE BIGGER UNITS, THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A HUGE NUMBER TO O SOME FOLKS, BUT THAT REALLY CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON WORKING FAMILIES THAT ARE TRYING TO STAY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND NOT MOVE TO GRAND PRAIRIE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

RIGHT? CORRECT.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S YOU CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN DALLAS AND STILL PAY YOUR STUDENT LOANS OR WHATEVER MEDICAL COSTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR FURTHER EDUCATION.

SO IT'S CERTAINLY THAT'S NOT PENNIES.

THAT'S REAL MONEY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE, AND IF WE DON'T SUBSIDIZE OR OTHERWISE FINANCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS METHOD HOW ARE WE DOING IT LIKE GENERAL FUND OR THE BOND RIGHT YEAH.

I MEAN THIS IS, YOU EITHER WE CAN EITHER PROVIDE THE SUBSIDY FOR THIS PROJECT THROUGH A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO MAKE UP THE DELTA FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS

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OR WE CAN PAY $25 MILLION IN BONDS TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK TO COVER THE LOST REVENUES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FOR HAVING HALF THE UNITS BEING INCOME RESTRICTED BECAUSE DEVELOPERS AREN'T BUILDING IT FOR FREE.

YES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

MR. RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

KYLE, WHY IS THE DELTA ON STUDIO APARTMENTS ONLY $6? AND DO YOU FIND THAT A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE? AND IF NOT, WHY DON'T WE MAKE MORE ONE AND TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS INSTEAD OF OVER 100 STUDIOS? WE HAVE THE POLICY THAT WE'VE CREATED FOR THE PFC IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE SPREAD PRO RATA THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE UNIT MIX SO THAT AS THAT GROWS.

YES, I KNOW THAT $6 ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY AND THE STUDIO APARTMENTS GENERALLY HAVE THE SMALLEST DELTA BETWEEN AFFORDABLE AND THE MARKET RATE.

HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO LOCK THOSE IN NOW BEFORE IT DOES BECOME INCREASE, THE RENTS PER SQUARE FOOT BECOME HIGHER AND THEN WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PRODUCT TYPE TO ALLOW A SINGLE PERSON TO LIVE HERE AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE BASED ON 30% OF THEIR INCOME.

SO YOU'RE ANTICIPATING THAT ONCE THE BUILDING IS BUILT, THE MARKET FOR STUDIOS WILL INCREASE THE RENTAL RATES FOR THE MARKET RATE UNITS? YES, AND THAT WILL BE SPREAD OUT OVER THE ENTIRE UNIT MIX THAT THE MARKET RATES WILL INCREASE AT A MUCH HIGHER PACE THAN THE WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS BECAUSE THOSE ARE SET BASED ON 30% OF THE AMI FOR THE VARIOUS FOR THE 80% RENTS IN THIS PROJECT. HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THE UNIT MIX BY TYPE? THE UNIT MIX IS BASED ON WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS CREATED THROUGH THEIR MARKET STUDY.

THEY FELT THAT THEY COULD LEASE--THIS IS ALL MARKET DRIVEN.

THE UNIT MIX AT THE PROPERTY IS DRIVEN BY WHAT THE DEVELOPERS THINK THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WHAT THE MARKET DEMAND, WHAT THE ABSORPTION RATE SPEAKS TO AT THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S HOW THEY SET THIS.

OKAY, THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

UNLESS SOMEONE HASN'T SPOKEN YET.

WHO WANTS TO GO, WHO IS REMOTE OR ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. SO AS THE PFC WAS BEING BUILT, BEING DEVELOPED AS A TOOL, I CERTAINLY SUPPORTED IT, WORKED ON IT.

HOWEVER, I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD BE A 75 YEAR EXEMPTION.

SO HAD THE PROPOSAL BEEN FOR A 30 YEAR EXEMPTION, I'D BE SUPPORTING THIS.

75 YEARS, TO ME IS JUST COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS.

I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE'RE EXEMPTING OTHER JURISDICTIONS SO BOTH COUNTY FUNDS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE INTEREST AND SINKING ACCOUNT FOR THE SCHOOL OF WHICH A GIANT BOND FOR DISD WENT THROUGH, THEY CALCULATE THIS.

THIS IS MONEY THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR DEBTS, AND SO WE ARE TAKING A VOTE THAT IMPACTS THEM AS WELL, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN BOTHERING TO ASK THEM. SO I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF RAMIFICATIONS FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND 75 YEARS, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE ANY CHILDREN AROUND THIS HORSESHOE THAT WILL EVEN BE ALIVE WHEN THIS EXPIRES, LET ALONE US.

THIS IS A LONG TIME.

SORRY. LOOK AT LIFE SPANS.

SORRY. I KNOW YOU HAVE CUTE KIDS.

[CHUCKLING] OKAY, WELL, SHE MIGHT JUST GET UNDER THEN.

OKAY, SO ALL THAT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ANOTHER RECORD VOTE.

I APPRECIATE IT. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND I'M RISING TO SUPPORT THIS.

AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE SAID WHAT WE WANT, WHICH IS AFTER PUBLIC SAFETY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE HEAR IN MY DISTRICT.

I'M SURE IT'S IN THE OTHERS, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE SEE HOW THESE VOTES GO AND YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY IT ONCE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

PEOPLE OVER DOLLARS, AND WHY I SAY THAT ISN'T BECAUSE THAT ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF THESE UNITS, BECAUSE THEY NEED IT, AND IT'S BEEN SAID EXACTLY WHY THESE FOLKS NEED IT IS BECAUSE FOLKS ARE JUST GETTING PRICED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN DALLAS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A WORKFORCE, Y'ALL.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A WORKFORCE.

IF WE DO NOT HAVE A WORKFORCE AND TAKE CARE OF THAT WORKFORCE AND PROTECT THAT WORKFORCE, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TO WORK, AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMPANIES WILL

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EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO TO FOREGO WHAT IS A PITTANCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL GRAND BUDGET IN ORDER TO BRING IN THESE UNITS, IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE AS FOLKS DON'T HEAR AND MAYBE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE, IS THAT THIS IS NEW DEVELOPMENT.

WHEN THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN, THEN IT TRIGGERS MORE DEVELOPMENT, AND WHERE WE'RE NOT FORGOING TAX DOLLARS, WHERE WE'RE NOT FORGOING UNITS, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT, AND IF YOU ARE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS, WHICH MANY ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE AND DO, THEN YOU MAKE MORE MONEY, AND SO THAT'S THE SAME THING FOR THE CITY.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO INVEST IN ORDER TO BRING IN MORE REVENUE.

SO TO BLINDLY SIT THERE AND SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THESE REVENUES, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF X AMOUNT OF YEARS, IT DOESN'T EQUATE.

IT DOES NOT EQUATE, AND THIS IS ALSO ABOUT OUR EQUITY IN THIS CITY, WHICH WE PASSED A PLAN, MR. MAYOR, AND WE PASSED A HOUSING POLICY, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SIT THERE AND GO.

WE JUST SAW WHAT EQUITY MEANS AT THIS TABLE.

WHERE THESE GENTLEMEN ARE SPEAKING FROM.

ONE IS A LOT TALLER THAN THE OTHER, AND WE HAVE A MICROPHONE THAT IS ADJUSTABLE AND BUT THE MICROPHONE DIDN'T GET TALL ENOUGH FOR THE TALLER GENTLEMEN TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK BY RAISING THAT STAND.

IT MADE IT EASIER FOR THE GENTLEMAN TO SPEAK WHO WAS HAVING TO LEAN OVER AND MAKE THINGS TO HAVE HIS VOICE HEARD.

OUR NOT AS TALL GENTLEMEN WAS ABLE TO BRING THE MIC DOWN SO THAT HE COULD SPEAK.

THAT RIGHT THERE WAS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF EQUITY LIVE AND IN OUR FACES, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY IN OUR CITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO NEED IT, THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO CALL DALLAS HOME OR WANT TO MAKE DALLAS THEIR HOME, HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET KICKED OUT OVER THE PRICE OF THAT UNIT.

SO THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROJECT, MR. MAYOR. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AS THEY MAKE SENSE IN THE RIGHT AREAS AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WHICH, KYLE, YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW HOW THESE TOOLS WORK.

YOU'VE ALSO HELPED BRING NEW TOOLS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WITH OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, IN THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH THE RIGHT DEVELOPERS, AND KYLE, I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.

BECAUSE OF YOU, DISTRICT SIX CONTINUES TO BRING IN A VAST AMOUNT OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING IN THAT MIXED INCOME, WHICH A LOT OF US TALKED ABOUT, AND OVER SIX YEARS I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT MIXED INCOME HOUSING WORKS.

I PERSONALLY GREW UP IN A MIXED INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I AM BETTER FOR IT BECAUSE I GOT TO SEE ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE AT ALL DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF JOBS, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE INVESTING IN, COLLEAGUES.

YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE, THE FUTURE SO THAT THE MAYOR'S DAUGHTER, WHEN SHE IS A SENIOR CITIZEN, HAS A CITY THAT SHE CAN LOVE AND BE PART OF AND BE AROUND IN AND SIT THERE AND ONE DAY LOOK BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, MY DAD WAS THE 60TH MAYOR OF THIS CITY AND HE SET UP THESE KINDS OF THINGS SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THIS CITY FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS TO COME.

I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM 17? REMOTE FOLKS? NOT SEEING ANYONE.

OKAY, I THINK WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE ONE MORE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OR HOWEVER MANY WE NEED.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

NO, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

CALL] WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE THE MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR.

I DON'T THINK OUR RULES ALLOW FOR EDITORIALIZING DURING OUR VOTE.

SO, GUYS, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO SAY YES OR NO.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TO SAY HOW ENTHUSIASTIC IT IS.

I'M JUST SAYING I THINK THAT'S JUST A RULE.

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ALL RIGHT, GUYS, NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 18 IS AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING A PORTION OF A DRAINAGE AND DETENTION AREA EASEMENT TO UPLIFT EDUCATION.

[18. An ordinance abandoning a portion of a drainage and detention area easement to Uplift Education, the abutting owner, containing approximately 11,465 square feet of land, located near the intersection of Hampton Road and Beckleymeade Avenue; and providing for the dedication of approximately 20,474 square feet of land needed for a detention area easement - Revenue: General Fund $7,800.00, plus $20.00 ordinance publication fee]

THE ABUTTING OWNER, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 11,465FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAMPTON ROAD AND BECKLEYMEADE AVENUE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE DEDICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 20,474FT² OF LAND NEEDED FOR A DETENTION AREA EASEMENT.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS.

MR ATKINS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? YES. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO JUNE 22ND, 2023.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

COULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT ITEM NUMBER THIS IS? 18. 18, OKAY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE. ITEM 18, FOLKS.

REMOTE. NOBODY.

ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 34 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM STATEMENT RACIAL EQUITY PLAN FUND, HOUSING STABILITY THROUGH RENT SUBSIDIES

[34. A resolution authorizing approval of the program statement Racial Equity Plan fund - Housing Stability through Rent Subsidies and Relocation Assistance Program, as shown in Exhibit A, to provide assistance to residents at risk of housing instability and/or displacement - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS AT RISK OF HOUSING INSTABILITY AND OR DISPLACEMENT.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SO MOVED.

SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN? YES. FIVE MINUTES.

A SIMPLE QUESTION OF IF THIS ITEM WAS BRIEFED TO A COMMITTEE.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

MENDELSOHN. JESSICA GALLESHAW, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, AND YES, WE BRIEFED THIS ITEM TO THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE ON MARCH 7TH, 2023, AND HOW WAS IT DECIDED IT WOULD GO TO [INAUDIBLE] INSTEAD OF HOUSING WHEN IT'S A HOUSING STABILITY AND RENT SUBSIDY AND ASSISTANCE BECAUSE IT'S A RACIAL EQUITY PLAN PROJECT, IS THERE A QUALIFICATION IN THERE THAT A PERSON WOULD HAVE HAD TO LIVE IN DALLAS FOR ANY SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME? IT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF DALLAS, SO THEY WOULD BE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING AND WHEN WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM, NOT NECESSARILY TO RELOCATE SOMEONE FROM OUT OF DALLAS TO INTO DALLAS. BUT IF THEY HAD ONLY LIVED IN DALLAS FOR A MONTH, WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE? WE DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR HOW LONG THEY HAVE TO HAVE LIVED IN DALLAS, AND HOW DO YOU FEEL THIS FITS IN WITH OTHER HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND RELOCATION EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE? SURE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND THANKS FOR ASKING.

SO THIS PROJECT IS YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S PRETTY NARROWLY DEFINED AND HIGHLY SPECIFIC AND IT'S ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS THROUGHOUT OUR SEVERAL YEARS OF IMPLEMENTING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AT A HIGH LEVEL IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE'VE EVER DONE HISTORICALLY IN THE CITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED IS CONTINUALLY, AS RENTS HAVE RISEN, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 15% YEAR OVER YEAR IN THESE PAST FEW YEARS IS THAT WE ARE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF INVESTORS THAT ARE COMING IN AND BUYING UP SOME OF THESE SMALL PROPERTIES WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE HAD KIND OF GRANDFATHERED RENTS FROM MANY, MANY YEARS AGO THAT ARE MARKET RATE THEN, BUT WAY OUTSIDE OF THAT NOW AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE SEEING PEOPLE THAT WERE PRICED OUT.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY WOULD COME FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD BECAUSE WE WOULD KNOW THAT IN THE LONG TERM WITHOUT SOME SORT OF A CHANGE IN THEIR ACTUAL SITUATION WITH WHERE THEY'RE LIVING, WHERE THEY'RE RESIDING AND THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE PLACE THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN, THAT IT WOULD BECOME A CHALLENGE FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THAT AND SO WHEREAS RENTAL ASSISTANCE SERVES SOMEBODY WHO'S HAD THAT DRASTIC ECONOMIC IMPACT, THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOB, THEY'VE HAD THOSE OTHER ISSUES KIND OF COME UP TO CAUSE THEM TO SUDDENLY BE IMPACTED, AND MOST OF OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE HAS ALSO BEEN TIED TO COVID IMPACT AS WELL.

THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE INTO SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY MORE AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FOR THEM FOR A SHALLOW KIND OF SUBSIDY.

SO THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING INTO THIS.

THEY'RE ALSO PAYING A PORTION OR A LARGER PORTION OF THEIR RENT THAN WE ARE.

WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM FILL THE GAP.

SO THIS SHALLOW SUBSIDY MODEL, IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON MODEL IN SOME WAYS, LIKE HOPWA KIND OF USES THAT TYPE OF APPROACH AS WELL, AND THE IDEA IS TO KEEP IT AFFORDABLE FOR FOLKS, AND THEN WE ALSO WOULD HAVE THEM WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT COACHES OVER THE PERIOD OF THE TERM THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE LONG TERM.

SO AS FAR AS HOW IT FITS INTO THE OTHER PROGRAMS, I KNOW THIS IS A LONG RESPONSE AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT AS FAR AS HOW IT FITS, IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO BE COMPLIMENTARY AND JUST REALLY KIND OF SERVE THIS GAP KIND OF AT THE THE TOP OF THE MIDDLE, THE LOWER END OF THE MIDDLE OR THE TOP OF THE BOTTOM IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY IN NEED.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE MOST IN STABLE.

IT'S GOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T QUITE GET THERE ON THEIR OWN AND NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AND NEED HELP BEYOND JUST A FEW MONTHS

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OF 100% ASSISTANCE, BUT RATHER IT'S UP TO A YEAR OR A LEASE WORTH OF A SMALLER LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE TO HELP THEM TO STABILIZE.

NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR LONGER DESCRIPTION AND I'M SORRY I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE , AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO GO TO HOUSING.

SO IT JUST SORT OF SURPRISED ME.

WAS THERE AN ITEM IN THERE THAT SAID THAT THEY NEED TO BE SIGNED UP FOR THE DALLAS HOMEBUYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? NO, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE SIGNED UP FOR THE HOMEBUYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BUT I WAS TALKING TO FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE CITY TO GET INSIGHT ON THEIR OWN EXPOSURE AND WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF NEED FOR HOUSING SUPPORT AS WELL.

WHEN I TALKED TO THOR AND HIS TEAM IN HOUSING, ONE AREA THAT HE HIGHLIGHTED IS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE HOMEBUYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT'S GROWING AND WE'RE ENROLLING PEOPLE.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT CAN TAKE MANY, MANY MONTHS AND IT CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEM TO ENTER A NEW LEASE WHEN THEY'RE APPROVED FOR THAT PROGRAM AND COULD POTENTIALLY COST THEIR APPROVAL OR THEIR ULTIMATELY THEIR MORTGAGE AND SO WHEN WE DECIDED THAT IF SOMEBODY CAME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY APPROVED FOR THE HOMEBUYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND MET THE OTHER CRITERIA THAT WE COULD ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS UP TO THE 12 MONTHS, BUT WITHOUT HAVING TO ENTER A LEASE SO THAT THEY COULD MAINTAIN HOUSING WHILE THEY COMPLETED THE PROCESS TO GET APPROVED THROUGH THAT.

WELL, THEY ARE APPROVED, BUT WHILE THEY COMPLETED THE PROCESS TO ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT NEW HOME AFTER THEIR APPROVAL.

SO IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY BE APPROVED.

IT IS JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR IN THE EVENT WE HAVE A CLIENT THAT IS APPROVED FOR THE PROGRAM BUT NEEDS A FEW MONTHS OF HELP UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO MOVE INTO THIS NEW HOME THAT THEY'VE BOUGHT SO THAT THEY DON'T PUT THEMSELVES.

IN A PRECARIOUS FINANCIAL SITUATION, ENTERING A LEASE OR TAKING OUT LOANS OR DOING SOMETHING THAT'S HIGHER COSTS THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD AND THEN MOVE IN AND STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY WOULD NEED TO HELP SOMEBODY PAY RENT, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PAY A VERY LARGE DOWN PAYMENT TO HELP THEM GET THE HOUSE.

IT COULD I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SPECIFICS OF THE LEVEL OF DOWN PAYMENT, BUT IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO BE FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS SO THAT THEY DON'T ENDANGER THEIR OWN ABILITY TO GET THE HOUSE BY HAVING TO ENTER A LONG TERM LEASE OR PAY MUCH HIGHER MONTH TO MONTH RATE SO THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD THAT MORTGAGE ANYMORE.

ULTIMATELY, IT'S ABOUT THE LONG TERM STABILITY, AND WE DON'T REALLY EXPECT IT'S GOING TO IMPACT A LOT OF CLIENTS, BUT IT WAS A SPECIFIC KIND OF USE CASE THAT WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING ALL THESE CLIENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP A FEW TIMES OF CLIENTS THAT ARE END UP IN THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO PURSUE HOMEBUYER'S ASSISTANCE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THE INTERIM.

IT'S NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR A LEASE.

IT'S NOT SHORT ENOUGH FOR AFFORDABLE MONTH TO MONTH OR OTHER ALTERNATIVES, AND SO THAT WAS AN ISSUE.

IF THOR WANTS TO SPEAK MORE TO THAT OR IF YOU'D LIKE HIM TO, HE'S HERE.

WELL, I GUESS THE QUESTION FOR YOU, THOR, IS WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE WE PROVIDE FOR A FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER? THANK YOU, THOR ERICKSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

THE DHA PROGRAMS ALLOW UP TO $50,000 IN ASSISTANCE.

I'LL HAVE TO GET TO YOU THE AVERAGE COST ACROSS THE BOARD AS A FOLLOW UP, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE WHEN WE HAVE 60 TO 80% AMI HOME BUYERS IS THAT EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS AND WHEN THEIR LEASES ARE STARTING TO GO UP 10 TO 15%, THOSE EXTRA COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS IS ARE GETTING READY TO SAVE FOR THAT DOWN PAYMENT TO CLOSE ON A HOME CAN BE THE MAKE OR BREAK TO GET INTO THAT MORTGAGE AND WE KNOW THAT MORTGAGES ARE OFTEN CHEAPER THAN THAT RENT THAT'S GOING TO GO UP.

SO HELPING A HOMEOWNER IN THAT MONTH TO MONTH SO THEY DON'T BREAK A LEASE AND PUT THEIR CREDIT IN JEOPARDY SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR THE CLOSING IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BRING OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN PROGRAMS TOGETHER.

WE ENVISION THIS BEING A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS SERVED BY THIS PROGRAM, BUT ONE WHERE WE CAN LINK PROGRAMS TOGETHER FOR APPLICANTS THAT ARE TRYING TO BUY WITHIN OUR CITY BUT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO SUSTAIN THEIR THEIR CURRENT BALANCE AND BE QUALIFIED TO CLOSE ON A HOME.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT GAP AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WILL SAY THAT MY CONCERN REALLY IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES THAT WE'RE SEEING EVEN IN THIS CHAMBER, PEOPLE COME FORWARD THAT REALLY HAVE NO OTHER HOUSING ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PAYING A VERY LOW RENT, THE PROPERTIES BEING BOUGHT OR REDEVELOPED, AND THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER PLACE THAT HAS THAT VERY LOW RENT, WHETHER IT'S $600, $800, AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE WERE GOING TO SEE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD THEN FILL THAT GAP.

IT WOULD BE A LONGER TERM PROGRAM, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TOP OR SOME SORT OF MIDDLE INCOME LEVEL, AND I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT A LOWER LEVEL, AND THIS MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED.

I RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS IDEA WHERE WE KEEP FUNDING 80 TO 120% AMI AND MY INTEREST IS

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IN A MUCH LOWER PERCENT THAN I THINK HAS NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES, AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE US TRY TO FUND THAT 30 TO 60% AMI WHERE THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN A HOUSING VOUCHER THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR.

CHAIR MENDELSOHN I MUST ADMIT, AFTER HEARING YOUR QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT I PROBABLY MISSPOKE WHEN I DID MY INITIAL INTRODUCTION.

IF I LED TO THAT EXTENT.

I THINK THAT I'M USED TO DEALING WITH VERY, VERY LOW INCOME AND NOT NECESSARILY DEFINED BY HUD AS 30% IS EXTREMELY LOW INCOME, BUT CONCEPTUALLY PEOPLE WITH ALMOST NOTHING TO THEIR NAME.

SO WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE INCOME, I'M REALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE INCOME IN THAT SAME CONTEXT, AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE USED THAT LANGUAGE, BUT THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY EXPLICITLY FOR THE 50% AMI AND BELOW WE WOULD TARGET THE 30, BUT IT'S REALLY FOR THOSE 50% PEOPLE.

THE 30 MAY HAVE A HARDER TIME WITH THE AFFORDABILITY ON THE LONG TERM, BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE SERVED AND TARGETED, AND AGAIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, I THINK BEYOND THE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT COACHING, ONE OF THE GOALS WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD HOPE WE CAN GET THEM ON THOSE VOUCHER WAITLISTS AS WELL DURING THAT YEAR THAT THEY'RE BEING SERVED AND AS FAR AS LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DESIGNED AS A PILOT RIGHT NOW AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE AND LEARN FROM THAT, BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN FIND WAYS THROUGH FEC TO BUILD STABILITY, THROUGH THE VOUCHERS OPPORTUNITIES AND THROUGH OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, RELOCATION, OR JUST HELPING THEM TO IDENTIFY OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO AFFORDABILITY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM, BOTH WHEN WE HELP THEM TO RELOCATE AND ALSO DURING THOSE 12 MONTHS THAT THEY'RE BEING SERVED.

SO I BELIEVE I CONTRIBUTED TO THAT CONFUSION AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT YES, MA'AM, THIS IS INTENDED FOR THE LOWER INCOME FOLKS.

TO ME, THEY'RE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOLKS TO THE FOLKS I'M USED TO SERVING, BUT RELATIVE TO THE CITY AND TO THE BROADER CLIENT POPULATION THEY'RE DEFINITELY THE LOW AND THE VERY LOW INCOME FOLKS, AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE LOWEST INCOME BANDS, ARE YOU PROPOSING ONE OF THE OPTIONS OF SHARED HOUSING? WE WOULD ALWAYS BE PROPOSING SHARED HOUSING.

SO I MEAN, WE WOULD NOT REQUIRE THAT, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO RECOMMEND THAT AS A CONSIDERATION FOR FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATCHING SYSTEMS THAT ARE STARTING TO KIND OF BUBBLE UP.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO PUT OR FORCE SOMEBODY INTO THAT, BUT WE WILL ALWAYS RECOMMEND IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO THIS COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THEIR AFFORDABILITY.

I MEAN, THESE ARE THE EXACT FOLKS THAT HAVE INSPIRED THIS THIS PROGRAM STATEMENT.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE EXEMPLARS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHO WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE.

SO, YES, SHARED HOUSING.

THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME HOUSING FOR OLDER ADULTS WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT ROOMS AND THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AND WE'VE SENT AND REFERRED SOME CLIENTS TO THOSE, AND SOME OF THEM ARE VERY RECEPTIVE AND SOME OF THEM REALLY DO NOT WANT THAT, AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, ARE OBVIOUSLY RESPECTFUL OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL WISHES AND DESIRES, BUT IN TERMS OF HELPING PEOPLE TO FIND STABILITY, WE ARE WILLING TO EXPOSE THEM TO ALL MANNER OF OPTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE.

THANK YOU, JESSICA.

MR. RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THIS RESOLUTION JUST AUTHORIZES THIS PROGRAM, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS MERIT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHERE IS THE FUNDING COMING FROM? THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE FUNDS THAT WERE APPROPRIATED THROUGH THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE IN SEPTEMBER TO ADDRESS THE RACIAL EQUITY PROJECTS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PILOT RACIAL EQUITY PROJECTS THAT WAS APPROPRIATED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 34.

SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.

AGENDA ITEM 38 AUTHORIZE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONFRONTING AND COMBATING ANTISEMITISM IN OUR COMMUNITIES RESOLUTION THAT

[38. Authorize the adoption of the Confronting and Combating Antisemitism in Our Communities Resolution that directs the City Manager to (1) prepare a briefing for the Workforce, Education, and Equity Committee on potential code amendments and updated City policies considering the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism and its anti-bias examples; and (2) to use the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism and the eleven examples as an educational tool for identifying and addressing antisemitism and as part of City employee discrimination and anti-bias training - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)]

DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO ONE, PREPARE A BRIEFING FOR THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE ON POTENTIAL CODE AMENDMENTS AND UPDATED CITY POLICIES CONSIDERING THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE IHRA WORKING DEFINITION OF ANTI SEMITISM AND ITS ANTI BIAS EXAMPLES, AND TWO, TO USE THE IHRA WORKING DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM AND THE 11 EXAMPLES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING ANTISEMITISM AND AS A PART OF CITY EMPLOYEE DISCRIMINATION ANTI-BIAS TRAINING.

YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SAMMIE BERRY.

MR. BERRY, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

MAKE SURE THAT, MIC IS TURNED ON, BROTHER BARRY.

I CALL HIM BROTHER BERRY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE CALL BROTHER BERRY.

THAT'S MY CHILDHOOD PASTOR, Y'ALL.

[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, I AM MINISTER SAMMIE BERRY.

OUR BROTHER BERRY, AS CO-CHAIR OF THE MAYOR'S ANTI-HATE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

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I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING AND ADOPTING THE IHRA RESOLUTION TODAY.

IHRA STANDS FOR INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE.

ITS FORMATION INITIALLY WAS IN 1998, IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, WHILE IN 2016 THE DEFINITION WAS PERFECTED AND CREATED AS A TOOL TO FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM IN A WAY THAT WOULD STANDARDIZE A DEFINITION TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY TO COMBAT HATRED.

IHRA HAS BEEN ADOPTED GLOBALLY BY GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

THE GOAL IS TO GET MORE GOVERNMENTS, CITIES AND STATES TO ADOPT IT.

MORE THAN HALF THE UNITED STATES OF THE STATES IN THE US, INCLUDING TEXAS, HAVE ADOPTED THE STATEMENT TO SHOW ITS CONSTITUENTS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM.

IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF ANTI-SEMITISM.

THERE MUST BE CLARITY ABOUT WHAT ANTI-SEMITISM IS.

THE DEFINITION BEGINS WITH ANTI-SEMITISM IS A PERCEPTION OF JEWS, WHICH MAY BE EXPRESSED AS HATRED TOWARD JEWS.

IS THE PREMISE FOR FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM GLOBALLY? IN OUR WORLD TODAY, OUR GREATEST CHALLENGE IS TO FIGHT HATRED IN EVERY FORM.

STATISTICS HAVE SHOWN THAT WHEN HATRED IS DIRECTED DIRECTED AT ANY ONE GROUP, IT IS THEN ALSO DIRECTED AT EVERY OTHER MINORITY GROUP AS WELL.

THIS IS OUR CHALLENGE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ.

I HOPE IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO MENTION HER NAME FOR TAKING THE FIRST STEP THROUGH YOUR WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT ADOPTION TO OUR GREAT CITY OF DALLAS, AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL REALIZE THE POSITIVE EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS WE THEN ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE MAYOR'S ANTI-HATE ADVISORY COUNCIL THANKS YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

THANK YOU, BROTHER BERRY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THE ANTI-HATE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING TO REPRESENT THE COUNCIL AND TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

I JUST APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR SERVICE, AND I'M NOW GOING TO RECOGNIZE CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ ON THIS ITEM.

FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO DO I MAKE THE MOTION.

YOU MAKE THE MOTION FIRST.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THIS DEFINITION AS PASSED THROUGH THE COMMITTEE.

BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND YOU CAN KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, PASTOR BERRY.

YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY.

IT'S COMMONLY SAID THAT JEWS ARE THE CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN ANTI-SEMITISM IS ALLOWED TO GO UNCHECKED AND UNCHALLENGED, EVERY OTHER GROUP THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY ABUSED WILL SOON FEEL THE SAME PAIN.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT TRUTH TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM THE INTERTWINING OF RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI LGBTQ PLUS AND ANTI-SEMITISM, MISOGYNY AND ANTI-SEMITISM.

THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO STAND FIRM IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST HATE AND BIGOTRY.

OUR MAYOR HAS LED THE WAY TOWARD THIS ACTION BY FORMING THE MAYOR'S ANTI-HATE COALITION.

ARE WE COMMITTEE HAS VOTED TO MOVE THIS VOTE TO THE BODY OF THE WHOLE, AND NOW I ASK YOU, MY COLLEAGUES, TO JOIN ME IN ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL HELP DALLAS BE THE CITY IT SHOULD BE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. FIRST, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR FORMING THE ANTI HATE COALITION.

REVEREND BARRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU AND YOUR CO-CHAIRS FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT LEADERSHIP.

I WANT TO THANK CHAIR SCHULTZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL RESOLUTION IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN WIDELY TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS, AND YOUR SUPPORT OF IT WILL BE MEANINGFUL.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND FIRST, I'M GOING TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR CREATING THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON ANTI HATE, AND THERE WAS NO BETTER CO-CHAIR THAN REVEREND BERRY, AND I KNOW HE WAS YOUR CHILDHOOD PASTOR, BUT I CONSIDER HIM OUR PASTOR OF WEST

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DALLAS OUT OF THE DALLAS WEST CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT PASTOR BERRY DOESN'T JUST COME AND TALK.

HE ACTUALLY PRACTICES WHAT HE LITERALLY PREACHES, AND ME AS AN OPENLY GAY PERSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMED BY HIM AND HIS CHURCH, AND SO I KNOW HAVING A CHRISTIAN PASTOR COME UP AND SPEAK IN FAVOR AND MAKING SURE THAT A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS ON BEHALF OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND FOR JEWS ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS IS PARAMOUNT OF EXACTLY WHO PASTOR BARRY IS AND WHAT HE PREACHES AND WHAT HE SAYS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING TO IT TODAY, AND CHAIR SCHULTZ, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD IN OUR COMMITTEE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND OUR DIFFERENCES IN OUR CULTURES AND EVERY TIME WE COME TO COUNCIL, SHE'S ALWAYS SHARING SOMETHING WITH ME, WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT CULTURAL FOODS OR WHY SOMETHING MEANS SOMETHING AND EDUCATING ME SO THAT I CAN BE A BETTER ALLY AS WELL AND I THINK AND WE LEARNED FROM THE THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM WAS THE UPSTANDERS, AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE AN UPSTANDER FOR YOURSELF AS WELL AS WE BE UPSTANDERS FOR YOU, AND WE SEE THIS IN THIS COUNCIL CONSTANTLY, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, THE LATINO COMMUNITY, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WE CAN JUST KEEP NAMING AND NAMING AND NAMING WHERE ALL DALLAS SITES.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL TALK ABOUT BEING ONE DALLAS, AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD TO ACHIEVING THAT GOAL OF ONE DALLAS AND BEING A FULLY WELCOMING CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS AGAIN, CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ AND I WILL, SINCE I CAN'T SAY IT WHEN I VOTE, I WILL ENTHUSIASTICALLY BE SUPPORTING THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT AS WELL THIS RESOLUTION AND CONTINUE PRACTICING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PASS TODAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING AND THEN I WANT TO SAY JUST A BRIEF WORD, BUT SO, YES, THE DEBATE IS THE TIME TO EXPRESS ALL YOUR ADVOCACY FOR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE AND EVERYTHING BUT ONCE WE'VE THE RULE THAT I WAS CITING EARLIER IS JUST THE RULE THAT SAYS THAT ONCE WE'VE COMMENCED THE VOTING PROCEDURES, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AT THAT POINT BE ENGAGING IN ANY MORE ADVOCACY.

YOU'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO CAST YOUR VOTE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I WANT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS, AND I HOPE WE ALL UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THIS, BECAUSE I DO THINK, THESE THINGS ARE ALL INTERTWINED.

THE SUCCESS THAT WE ARE ALL HAVING IN OUR DISTRICTS AND CITYWIDE IN DALLAS RIGHT NOW, THAT IS SORT OF THE NATIONAL STORY OF EVERYBODY COMING HERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD THAT WE NOT LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT MADE US GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH IS OUR OPENNESS TO EVERYBODY AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE CAN'T TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS, SO TO SPEAK.

ON BEING THAT FRIENDLY CITY THAT OPEN, WELCOMING CITY.

I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, LITERALLY, I'M NOT EXAGGERATING.

IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON THING I HEAR ABOUT OUR CITY WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT THIS HOW FRIENDLY WE ARE, HOW JUST HOW OPEN OUR PEOPLE ARE.

THIS KIND OF A RESOLUTION IS REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, JUST PART OF THAT WHOLE PERSONALITY OF OUR CITY.

WE JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW AROUND THE WORLD THAT WE DON'T DO ANTI.

WE DON'T DO DISCRIMINATION HERE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE HATE, DISCRIMINATION, MISTREATMENT OF ANYBODY.

WE WANT THIS TO BE A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS OR WHAT RELIGION THEY PRACTICE OR ANYTHING ELSE, CAN COME AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND CAN THRIVE, AND IT'S WORKING, AND DALLAS IS A GREAT STORY, AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT STORY, BUT IT ONLY DOES THAT IF WE CONSCIOUSLY TEND TO OUR BUSINESS OF MAKING THAT OUR BRAND, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IN PART IS ABOUT.

IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT IT'S JUST WHO WE ARE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR INDULGING US TODAY.

THANK YOU, PASTOR BERRY.

PASTOR BERRY, BROTHER BERRY.

THEY CALL YOU A LOT OF THINGS NOW; YOU'RE STILL BROTHER BARRY TO ME, AND MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, MR. MAYOR.

WHO IS THAT? PLEASE JUMP IN.

OKAY, YES, CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT WE'RE ALSO PASSING THIS ON.

CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY IN ISRAEL AND 75 YEARS.

SO PROUD TO SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

ANYONE ELSE WHO'S REMOTE? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO NOW HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE, YES, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

NO, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MORENO? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMAS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RESENDEZ. ABSOLUTELY.

CALL] WITH ALL 15 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTING IN FAVOR, THE MOTION PASSES.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT. MEMBERS NEXT ITEM WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR VOTING YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[48. Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

FIRST ITEM AGENDA ITEM 48 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THIS MORNING YOU ONLY HAVE A CHAIR APPOINTMENT IN WHICH, PER THE CITY CHARTER, THE MAYOR IS REQUIRED TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING YOUR CHAIR APPOINTMENT.

WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN IS BEING NOMINATED CHAIR OF REINVESTMENT ZONE 16 TIF BOARD DAVIS GARDEN BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR CONSIDERING MR. ZIMMERMAN FOR THIS ROLE AND FOR FOR NOMINATING HIM, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 48? HEARING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE DON'T NEED THAT. CHAD, YOU DON'T WANT THAT? DO YOU WANT THAT? OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT, AND PLEASE NOTE MY ABSTENTION FROM THAT VOTE NOTED.

MR. MAYOR. AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 50.

[50. Authorize an amendment to the 2023 City Calendar to (1) move the Mayor & City Council Election Runoff (if needed) from June 3, 2023 to June 10, 2023; and (2) move the NCTCOG Regional Transportation Council meetings from September 7, 2023 to September 14, 2023 and December 7, 2023 to December 14, 2023 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

WE'LL CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM 50 AT THIS TIME.

AGENDA ITEM 50 AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2023 CITY CALENDAR TO ONE MOVE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ELECTION RUNOFF IF NEEDED FROM JUNE 3RD, 2023 TO JUNE 10TH, 2023, AND TO MOVE THE NCT COG REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETINGS FROM SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023, AND DECEMBER 7TH, 2023 TO DECEMBER 14TH, 2023.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

AGENDA ITEM 50.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN.

THIS WAS CONSIDERED AT GPFM AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THERE'S SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE COG MEETING FOR THE RTC MEETINGS WHICH WERE JUST POSTED INCORRECTLY ON OUR ORIGINAL ONE AND SOME DATE CHANGES FOR RUNOFF.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 50? YES. CHAIRMAN THOMAS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE RATIONALE FOR CHANGING THE DATE FOR THE RUNOFF.

THE CHAIR DID NOT SPEAK TO THAT, IN HER FIRST ROUND.

SO YOU WANT HER TO ANSWER THAT ON YOUR TIME, IS THAT SHE CAN RESPOND TO THAT IF SHE'S WILLING OR IF STAFF JUST SOMEONE WHO CAN JUST TELL ME WHY.

I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT IT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR BILLIE RAE TO DO THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, THE DATE WAS JUST LISTED INCORRECTLY ON THE CALENDAR.

JUNE 10TH, 2023 HAS ALREADY WAS ALREADY THE SET DATE FOR THE RUNOFF.

IT WAS JUST LISTED INCORRECTLY ON THE CITY CALENDAR.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 50.

HEARING AND SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

[49. An appeal of the City Plan Commission’s decision to affirm the director’s apportionment determination associated with Plat No. S178-288 to improve Los Angeles Boulevard on the property located at Los Angeles Boulevard if extended south of Blue Ridge Boulevard with an approved all weather paving material to a width of 20 feet; dedication of an alley easement; construction of a detention pond that will serve the drainage needs of the development; and construction of new off-site water and wastewater extensions that are necessary to adequately serve the development - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)]

AGENDA ITEM 49 IS AN APPEAL OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO AFFIRM THE DIRECTOR'S APPORTIONMENT DETERMINATION ASSOCIATED WITH PLAT NUMBER S178-288 TO IMPROVE LOS ANGELES BOULEVARD ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT LOS ANGELES BOULEVARD IF EXTENDED SOUTH OF THE BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD WITH AN APPROVED ALL WEATHER PAVING MATERIAL TO A WIDTH OF 20FT.

DEDICATION OF AN ALLEY EASEMENT.

CONSTRUCTION OF A DETENTION POND THAT WILL SERVE THE DRAINAGE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OFFSITE WATER AND WASTEWATER EXTENSIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION OR NO?

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YES, I DO.

OKAY, PLEASE MOVE TO AFFIRM THE DIRECTOR'S APPORTIONMENT DETERMINATION.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO CONFER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THE PROCEDURE HERE FOR THIS ITEM IS A LITTLE UNIQUE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M TOLD THAT THE A MOTION AT THIS TIME IS NOT IN ORDER, THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A HEARING PROCEDURE BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

SO, MR. THOMAS, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD ON TO YOUR MOTION, AND I HAVE TO BE A JUDGE SORT OF RIGHT NOW AND SAY SOME THINGS THAT I WOULD NOT NORMALLY SAY IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE THIS IS SO BEAR WITH ME, EVERYBODY.

I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE THIS IS INTERESTING.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS AN APPEAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, APPORTIONMENT OF EXACTIONS DETERMINATION.

THE APPELLANT IS REPRESENTED BY ROBERT [INAUDIBLE] AND THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS REPRESENTED BY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY GARY POWELL.

ARE THE PARTIES HERE? ARE THEY PRESENT? [INAUDIBLE] IS THE OPPOSING PARTY PRESENT? GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A HEARING WITHOUT THE OTHER PARTY.

I HAVEN'T BEEN A JUDGE FOR 30 SECONDS, AND I THINK I KNOW THAT MUCH.

[CHUCKLING] OKAY, SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY? THE APPELLANT HAD THE BURDEN OF PROOF TO SHOW UP AND ARGUE THEIR APPEAL.

THEY'RE NOT HERE. SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS CASE UNDER OUR CHARTER RULES WHATEVER NOT THE RULES CHARTER.

I MEAN, DO THEY ARE THEY WHAT HAPPENS? I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING SITUATION BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GO TO DISTRICT COURT, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AT THIS LEVEL ARE APPEALING, AND SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEXT REQUEST IS.

SO THERE'S NO MOTION I'M NOT TRYING TO STEER THE LITIGATION HERE, BUT IS THERE NO MOTION OR ANYTHING THAT THE PARTY THAT DID SHOW UP CAN DO TO BRING THIS TO TRY TO ATTEMPT TO BRING IT TO A CONCLUSION? IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S JUST NOT SHOWING UP AT A HEARING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP TO JUST SORT OF AN OPTION.

YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THINGS ALONG OR IS THERE A POTENTIAL RAMIFICATION OF THAT? THEY HAD THE BURDEN OF PROOF ON THIS APPEAL.

SO IF THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP TO ARGUE THEIR APPEAL, THE APPORTIONMENT STANDS.

SO THEN IS THERE A MOTION THAT COULD BE MADE TO DO SOMETHING OR WHAT HAPPENS NOW? JUST ARE WE JUST SAYING-- POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. OVERRULED! I'M JUST KIDDING. [CHUCKLING] WHAT'S YOUR POINT OF ORDER? FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, DOES THE FAILURE OF THE APPELLANT TO APPEAR HERE TODAY AND ARGUE THEIR CASE PRECLUDE THEM FROM LATER APPEALING A NON FAVORABLE DECISION TO THE DISTRICT COURT? OR ARE THEY STILL FREE TO DO THAT? I DON'T THINK IT WOULD PRECLUDE THEM, BUT I'M SURE WE WOULD ARGUE THAT THEY DID NOT EXHAUST THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS.

SO WHAT AM I DOING NOW? I MEAN, JUST TO BUTTON IT UP, I SUPPOSE WE COULD MOVE TO AFFIRM THE DIRECTOR'S DETERMINATION, BUT BECAUSE HE'S A NO SHOW, IT'S AFFIRMED. OKAY, I'M GOING TO ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? HOLD ON. JUST CAN I? PLEASE? HEY, WE'LL STAND AT EASE FOR TWO MINUTES.

THAT'S NOT. WE'RE NOT AT RECESS.

JUST STAND AT EASE.

MEANING EVERYBODY JUST SORT OF GIVE US TWO MINUTES.

SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE NOTIFICATION FOR THE APPELLANT WAS THAT THE HEARING WOULD START AT 1:00 AND SO WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL 1:00, AT LEAST 1:00, TO HEAR THE APPEAL.

DOES THAT REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF MOTION TO DEFER OR JUST

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AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE MEETING, CAN I JUST SAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP AT 1:00? YES, YOU CAN. OKAY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP AT 1:00.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO FURTHER ITEMS FOR THIS SESSION.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, AT THIS TIME, THEN, WE'LL STAND AT RECESS AND WE'LL RECONVENE AT 1 P.M..

OKAY, IT'S 1:38 AND WE ARE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY, WHERE ARE WE ON THE AGENDA HERE? MR. MAYOR, WE ARE STILL AT AGENDA ITEM 49.

THE ITEM WAS READ INTO THE RECORD.

COULD YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD ONE MORE TIME JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'VE SINCE THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE ITEM, LET'S MAKE SURE WE BUTTONED EVERYTHING UP.

OKAY, THANK YOU. I WILL.

AGENDA ITEM 49 IS AN APPEAL OF THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION'S DECISION TO AFFIRM THE DIRECTOR'S APPORTIONMENT DETERMINATION ASSOCIATED WITH PLAT NUMBER S178-288 TO IMPROVE LOS ANGELES BOULEVARD ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT LOS ANGELES BOULEVARD IF EXTENDED SOUTH OF BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD WITH AN APPROVED ALL WEATHER PAVING MATERIAL TO A WIDTH OF 20FT.

DEDICATION OF AN ALLEY EASEMENT.

CONSTRUCTION OF A DETENTION POND THAT WILL SERVE THE DRAINAGE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OFFSITE WATER AND WASTEWATER EXTENSIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS THE ITEM, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE'RE NOT DOING MOTIONS JUST YET.

I WANT TO ESTABLISH THAT THE PARTIES ARE ACTUALLY PRESENT FIRST.

SO COULD THE PARTIES TO THIS MATTER ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES? I PREFER YOUR HONOR IN THIS SITUATION, [CHUCKLING] BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR.

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ANNOUNCE THEIR PRESENCE HERE? OKAY, IT APPEARS THEN--MR. MAYOR.

I'M SORRY, WHO'S SPEAKING IN MY COURTROOM.

WHO IS THIS? [CHUCKLING] ADAM.

OKAY, MR. BAZALDUA.

YES, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE CAN'T HEAR.

YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM ANNOUNCING THEMSELVES.

YEAH, THEY'RE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I'M SORRY. I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. BAZALDUA. GO AHEAD AND SAY IT FOR THE MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

YOU HAVE TO TURN IT ON, THOUGH, FIRST.

YEAH. OKAY, YOUR HONOR, GARY POWELL HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

DID YOU HEAR THAT? HE CALLED ME, YOUR HONOR. DID YOU HEAR THAT? OKAY, NO, SERIOUSLY, COULD YOU HEAR HIM? [CHUCKLING] CAN YOU HEAR? YES, SIR.

OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, IT APPEARS WE ONLY HAVE ONE OF THE PARTIES.

SO I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MR. RIDLEY FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BECAUSE THE APPELLANT HAD THE BURDEN OF PROOF AT THE HEARING AND DID NOT APPEAR.

THE DIRECTOR'S APPORTIONMENT DETERMINATION BE AFFIRMED.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS NEEDED? YES. GO AHEAD.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE APPELLANT APPEARING TO ADVANCE THEIR BURDEN OF PROOF THAT WE HAVE NO OTHER ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE HERE, BUT I DO HAVE A POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO RAISE WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEY WITH REGARD TO THEIR BRIEFING IN THIS MATTER THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED. SHOULD THIS MATTER BE APPEALED TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY? AND THAT IS ON PAGE TEN OF THE CITY'S BRIEF.

THE FOURTH LINE FROM THE TOP OF THE PAGE, THERE IS A SENTENCE THAT I BELIEVE HAS OMITTED THE WORD NOT, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE, AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ON RECORD AS ADMITTING THAT THEIR ACTION OR THE CITY'S ACTION IS A TAKING.

THANK YOU, AND I DID NOTE THAT UNFORTUNATELY, I NOTED IT ABOUT TWO HOURS AFTER THE BRIEF HAD ALREADY BEEN SENT AND NOTED, AND I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR OBSERVATION THAT YOU NOTED THAT.

SO FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE IT TO APPEAR THAT CORRECTION IS BEING MADE IN THE CITY'S BRIEF.

THE BENCH WILL TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF THAT CORRECTION.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

YOU'RE WELCOME, COUNSELOR.

PROCEED. PROCEED, COUNSELOR.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. PROCEED! I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING.

I REST. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ON THE MOTION? THERE IS AN ACTIVE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

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HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION PREVAILS.

IS THIS A MATTER CONCLUDED? YES, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE IN COURT TODAY, AND YOU ALL, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS MATTER, YOU'RE NOW HEREBY DISMISSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR.

YOU'RE DISMISSED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.

I'LL GO BACK TO BEING MAYOR NOW.

OKAY, THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING AGENDA.

THERE IS NO ZONING CONSENT DOCKET.

JUST ZONING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON.

.. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z2.

[Z2. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for a D(A) Duplex Subdistrict on property zoned an R-5(A) Single Family Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 595, the South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District, on the southeast line of Sidney Street, northeast of 2nd Avenue Recommendation of Staff: Denial Recommendation of CPC: Denial Z212-354(RM) 23-996]

GO AHEAD, CHAIRMAN. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL JUNE 14TH, 2023.

THANKS. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

CITY SECRETARY.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS Z1.

[Z1. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a community service center on property zoned Planned Development District No. 765, on the southeast corner of Mapleshade Lane and Oxford Drive Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a ten-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional ten-year periods, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a ten-year period, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions Z212-326(MP) 23-995]

ITEM Z1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAPLE SHADE LANE AND OXFORD DRIVE.

MADAM MAYOR, WE SENT 11 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

I SEE A SPEAKER COMING FORWARD IN THE AUDIENCE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

CARL [INAUDIBLE] 2201 MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS REPRESENTING THE PLANO ISD IN THIS REQUEST.

FIRST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY CASUAL ATTIRE, BUT IT WAS RAINING WHEN I GOT HERE AND I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GET ALL WET.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN SUP FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER FOR A PLANO WRAP-AROUND SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW AND I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ALL DO KNOW, IT'S A CENTER THAT WILL PROVIDE SERVICES: COUNSELING, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, A WHOLE MYRIAD OF SERVICES FOR PISD STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THERE ARE A SERIES OF THESE THAT THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BUILDING OUT THROUGHOUT THEIR DISTRICT, AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT FACILITY THAT WILL BE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM Z1.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MADAM MAYOR.

IT'S READY FOR A MOTION.

I'M SORRY, CITY SECRETARY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

THE SUP IS APPROVED FOR 20 YEARS WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR 20 YEAR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST SAY THIS.

ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN PLANO ISD THAT RESIDE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS ARE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, AND THE ONES THAT FEED THE DALLAS RESIDENTS ARE ALSO ALL TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, AND I THINK THIS OFTEN SURPRISES PEOPLE.

THE COMMUNITY HAS LONG ADVOCATED FOR THIS WRAPAROUND CENTER THAT WILL PROVIDE FOOD SERVICES, LANGUAGE SERVICES, TUTORING AND AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SPACE, AND SO THE COMMUNITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND IT'S GOING TO INTEGRATE WITH A TRAIL THAT'S HAPPENING.

SO FOLKS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH MOBILITY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO WALK AND BIKE TO THIS LOCATION.

SO THIS IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD FOR PLANO ISD AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU.

I SEE NO FURTHER NAMES IN THE QUEUE.

ANY ONLINE COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? ANY OPPOSED? THE ITEM PASSES.

MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM Z3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL OTHER THAN AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER

[Z3. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a public school other than an open-enrollment charter school on property zoned an R-5(A) Single Family District, on the northwest line of East Kiest Boulevard, between Kellogg Avenue and Sunnyvale Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a permanent time period, subject to a site plan, a traffic management plan, and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a ten-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional ten-year periods, subject to a site plan, a traffic management plan, and conditions Z223-107(JA)]

SCHOOL ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST LINE OF EAST KEYS BOULEVARD BETWEEN KELLOGG AVENUE AND SUNNYVALE STREET.

MADAM MAYOR, WE SENT 180 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 400FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED THREE REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST.

YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ELSIE THURMAN.

MISS THURMAN, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

[02:15:03]

I'M SORRY YOUR MICROPHONE.

ELSIE THURMAN 9406 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD.

DALLAS, TEXAS, 75218.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ACTING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HAVE A SHORT VIDEO I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU TO INTRODUCE YOUR NEW JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY IN DISTRICT FOUR.

THEY HAVE IT. IS IT READY TO GO? GOOD. I'M SORRY [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY YOUR VIDEO.

YEAH, THEY HAVE IT. I ALSO HAVE IT ON MY LAPTOP IF SOMEONE CAN GET CONNECTED UP HERE.

I DON'T KNOW, WILL ONLINE BE ABLE TO SEE IT? ALL RIGHT, SO BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

YOUR TIME IS. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND START YOUR PRESENTATION? BECAUSE IF WE WAIT FOR THE VIDEO, THE VIDEO ON THE LAPTOP.

OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE YOUR NEW SCHOOL.

I'M SO PROUD OF IT.

WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO JUST LIMIT OURSELVES TO THE SUP AT THIS TIME AND THAT.

OKAY, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP, AND PRINCIPAL JACKSON IS HERE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON JACKSON.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHARON EVANS JACKSON.

THESE ARE NICE SPEAKERS.

I CAN HEAR IT.

TRY TO KEEP MY PRINCIPAL VOICE IN CHECK.

SO LET ME WORK ON THAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING THIS EFFORT.

I GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE GET TO DO THIS PROJECT.

I'M MOSTLY HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR ME.

AS MY CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE IN THIS PROJECT, I WANTED TO BE HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DOCUMENT ALL OF THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING SOMETHING NICE AND BEAUTIFUL ON [INAUDIBLE] BOULEVARD AND GIVING OUR CHILDREN HOPE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO DO.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU IN THIS PROCESS.

I DON'T WANT TO MISS A MINUTE OF IT.

THIS IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL I ATTENDED AS A CHILD, SO I GET TO EXPERIENCE EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I MADE MYSELF AVAILABLE IN CASE YOU HAD QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WILL PRESENT THE MOTION.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, SUBJECT TO A REVISED SITE PLAN AND A REVISED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN STATING THAT A LICENSED PEACE OFFICER OR STAFF PERSON MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH STUDENT LOADING AND UNLOADING.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. YES.

YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY.

SORRY. SORRY. MOVING FAST TODAY.

I HAVE A QUICK POINT OF INFORMATION AND THEN A COMMENT.

HOLD ON. LET ME LET ME TAKE MYSELF OUT OF THE QUEUE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WAS THE MOTION FOR STAFF OR CPC'S RECOMMENDATION? CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. IT SAYS, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY PLAN COMMISSION.

OKAY, THANK YOU. I WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO SEE MAYBE WE COULD GET THAT VIDEO EMAILED TO US BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS NEW SCHOOL, AND I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE DISD FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD.

YOU ALL DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND YOU RAN OUT TOO FAST LAST TIME WHEN WE GOT TO VOTE ON ITEMS, AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, JUST CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY ROCKING IT, AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED AND HAVE SO MUCH OF THE DISD IN MY DISTRICT, AS WELL AS, OF COURSE.

RICHARDSON THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ.

COUNCILMEMBER WEST.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I WANT TO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE ITEM, OF COURSE, AND WANTED TO THANK MISS JACKSON AND EVERYONE FOR COMING DOWN HERE AND BEING SO PASSIONATE ABOUT HAVING GOOD FACILITIES FOR OUR KIDS.

A COUPLE THINGS. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT AND THEN A QUESTION.

I LOVE THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES THAT STAFF ADDED IN HERE OR CPC DID.

I'M NOT SURE WHO DID IT, BUT I LOVE THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THESE AROUND OUR NEW CAMPUSES WITH BENCHES, BIKE RACKS AND TRASH CANS, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT

[02:20:07]

WE SEE THAT ON ALL NEW SUPS IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE JUST HAPPENED TO NOTICE GOING A COUPLE NIGHT MEETINGS AT SOME OF THE OLDER CAMPUSES IS THEY'RE NOT WELL LIT AROUND THE PERIMETER, AND SO IF YOU'RE PARKING AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE SIDEWALKS AND YOU'RE YOU'RE HAVING TO WALK IN AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE STREET LIGHTING FROM THE CITY, BUT ON THESE HUGE CAMPUSES, ESPECIALLY THE BIGGER ONES, DO WE EVER REQUIRE LIGHTING OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD REQUIRE IN THE FUTURE? [INAUDIBLE] USUALLY EVERY PROPERTY MUST PROVIDE LIKE THEY LIKE THEIR PARKING LOTS, THEY LIKE THEIR BUILDINGS.

WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS THERE, THE LIGHTING ON THE PROPERTY, NOT TO OVERFLOW OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINES.

WE HAVE SEEN CONDITIONS WHERE WE SAY THAT THE LIGHTING STREET LEVEL LIGHTING MUST BE PROVIDED ALONG THE SIDEWALKS.

I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY WE CAN ADD IT IN HERE FOR SCHOOLS AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT LAST MINUTE UP HERE FOR THIS CASE, BUT I'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT IN THE FUTURE, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP ASKING ABOUT THAT.

I'D LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO START LOOKING AT THAT.

THANK YOU. NOTE TAKEN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ACTUALLY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AT THIS TIME.

OMAR NARVAEZ.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU DISD AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THIS COUNCIL IS OVERWHELMINGLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERALLY, AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE AS WELL, AND I HAPPEN TO REPRESENT THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS INSIDE OF SIX, BUT IT'S LIKE 90% OF IT IS DISD, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR PARENTS RISE UP AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF DISD ON A DAILY BASIS IN ORDER TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR HOWEVER THEY CAN.

SO THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR BRINGING SOMETHING THAT'S POSITIVE AND GOOD THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE, AND I ALSO WANT TO ASK THAT YOU EMAIL US THE VIDEO. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT TODAY, BUT I WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE PUBLIC RECORD, BUT IF YOU CAN GET IT TO US SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET TO ENJOY IT AND CELEBRATE IT, AND IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A PLACE WHERE IT CAN BE PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR SOMETHING, SO EVEN THE GREATER PUBLIC CAN MAYBE SEE IT, IT WOULD BE GREAT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, A MINUTE, MINUTE AND A HALF TO GIVE SOME OF THE EXCITEMENT THAT YOU WERE WANTING TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE ABOUT IT, AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY TIME.

KEEP THE CLOCK GOING.

PART OF THAT VIDEO HAD THEM AS MAYOR PRO TEM HAD SEEN ALREADY.

IT HAD THE THREE FIELDS, TWO BASEBALL, ONE FOOTBALL, 800-1,000 SEAT GYM.

YOU HAD EXTRA PARKING FOR MY WORKFORCE COMMUNITY.

IT WAS JUST IT'S AMAZING.

THE LIBRARY. I JUST REALLY WANTED YOU AND I WILL SEND IT VIDEO LINK TO ALL OF YOU.

IT REALLY WAS THAT AMAZING.

IT WAS MY HIGHLIGHT TODAY.

WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SHARING THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SO YOU CAN AT LEAST GIVE US THOSE HIGHLIGHTS AND AND SORRY WE COULDN'T GET IT ON THE RECORD FOR YOU, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY I'M SURE I'LL WATCH IT AND CELEBRATE WITH YOU ALL, AND I'M GOING TO BE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTING YES FOR THIS, AND THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS ELSIE.

THERE ARE NO OTHER--MADAM MAYOR--IN THE QUEUE, BUT WE'RE GOING VIRTUAL NOW, SO I DO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHO THAT WAS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

YES, I AM SUPPORTIVE AS WELL.

THIS IS EXCITING.

I JUST WOULD LIKE SOME CLARITY ON THE MOTION.

WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PEACE OFFICER IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CITY FUNDED.

CROSSING GUARDS.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

ANDREA, WITH PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.

THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY ARE PART OF A DIFFERENT CHAPTER OF THE CODE, AND THEY ARE PROVIDED SUBJECT TO AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS AND POLICY, AND THEY DO NOT COVER MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR THIS SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR.

THE MOTION SAYS THAT THE SCHOOL MUST PROVIDE A PEACE OFFICER OR A DESIGNATED STAFF TO HELP WITH THE OPERATIONS DURING TRAFFIC PEAK HOURS, WHICH IS DROP OFF AND PICK UP.

SO THIS WILL BE A DALLAS ISD-PROVIDED OFFICER OR DESIGNATED STAFF TO HELP WITH THE OPERATIONS.

NOT A CITY FUNDED CROSS GUARD.

THANK YOU, ANDREA. I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY.

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER STAFF OR THE SUPPORTIVE STAFF OR DESIGNATED STAFF.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE AND WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY FINANCIAL IMPACT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.

[02:25:04]

ANY OTHER VIRTUAL COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

MADAM SECRETARY. WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT BUSINESS ITEM.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM Z4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE RENEWAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2389 FOR A COMMERCIAL

[Z4. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting the renewal of Specific Use Permit No. 2389 for a commercial amusement (inside) on property zoned a CC Community Commercial Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 595, the South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District, at the southeast corner of South Malcolm X Boulevard and Birmingham Avenue Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a three-year period, subject to revised conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a three-year period, subject to revised conditions Z212-313(RM) Note: This item was deferred by the City Council before opening the public hearing on March 8, 2023 and is scheduled for consideration on April 26, 2023.]

AMUSEMENT INSIDE ON PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH MALCOLM X BOULEVARD AND BIRMINGHAM AVENUE.

MADAM MAYOR, WE SENT 29 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.

YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AFTER WHICH IT WILL BE OPEN TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBER.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, ADINA STARKE.

HELLO EVERYONE. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME PROPERLY.

I SEEK YOUR SUPPORT IN RENEWING MY ZONING CHANGE SO THAT I CAN EXTEND THE USE OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO TO INCLUDE EVENTS.

THE COVID PANDEMIC HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT ON MY BUSINESS AND DELAYED MY PLANS FOR EVENTS.

SO I RETURNED TO YOU INVIGORATED AND EXCITED TO EXPAND OUR OFFERINGS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND AS A PART OF THE RENEWAL PROCESS, NOT ONLY DID WE REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING OUR PROPERTY AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD, WE ALSO HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE LOCAL LIBRARY, AND WE ALSO CONDUCTED A BROADER OUTREACH TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY GROUPS INFORMING THEM OF OUR PLANS AND GAINED SUPPORT.

WE VALUE BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND HOPE THAT YOU SUPPORT AND APPROVE OUR REQUESTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, AXEL STARKE.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM HERE, OF COURSE, SUPPORTING THIS AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z4.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL MEMBER? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANTS FOR DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A SMOOTH APPROVAL PROCESS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I SEE NO OTHER INDICATIONS ONLINE THAT THERE IS FURTHER COMMENT.

SEEING NONE IN THE QUEUE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

PASSED. MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS PH1.

[PH1. A public hearing to receive comments on the proposed City of Dallas FY 2022-23 Urban Land Bank Demonstration Program Plan and upon the close of the public hearing, approval of the City of Dallas FY 2022-23 Urban Land Bank Demonstration Program Plan in accordance with Chapter 379C of the Texas Local Government Code - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

TH ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED CITY OF DALLAS FY 22-23 URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PLAN AND UPON THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, FY 22-23 URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 379C OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM PH1.

NO SPEAKERS, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO NEEDED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? YES, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

APPROVING THE SALE OF SPECIFIC VACANT LOTS TO A LIST OF SPECIFIC DEVELOPERS UNDER THE SPECIFIC TERMS AND ATTACHMENTS C, D, AND E OF EXHIBIT A AUTHORIZING THE DHADC TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE SPECIFIC VACANT LOTS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO RELEASE ANY NON TAX CITY LIENS ON SPECIFIC VACANT LOTS, SPECIFYING THE EVENTS AND APPROVALS THAT MUST OCCUR BEFORE THE SALE OF VACANT LOTS CAN TAKE PLACE, STATING THAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT CREATE ANY BUILDING AGREEMENT, LIABILITY OR OBLIGATION ON THE CITY OR THE DHADC UNTIL A TRANSACTION IS APPROVED AND ALL DOCUMENTS ARE EXECUTED BY ALL PARTIES AND REPLACING THE CURRENT EXHIBIT A WITH THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A.

THANK YOU, MR. MORENO.

IS THERE A SECOND? YOU MOVED, SO WE NEED A SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. FURTHER DISCUSSION.

[02:30:03]

COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.