[Economic Development on June 6, 2023.]
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THE FIRST THING ON AGENDA, UM, GET A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES.
CAN I GET A SECOND? GOT A SECOND.
UH, LET'S, WE DON'T GO WITH C FIRST.
PRESENT TO C WITH JOYCE WILLIAMS. IS SHE AVAILABLE? SHE NOT SHOULD I HEAR YET? OKAY.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO B JULIAN RYAN.
IS SHE, IS SHE AVAILABLE? SHE'S SENIORITIS.
THIS IS THE LAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPED COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE WE GO ON BREAK, SO IT LOOK LIKE WE GOT A SENIOR MOMENT HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
JULIA RYAN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.
AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO BRIEF YOU ON, UH, THIS, UH, CONTRACT THAT'S COMING BEFORE YOU, UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY.
FARLOW, WILL YOU PULL THAT MIC UP TO YOU? SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE, THE PURPOSE AND THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, UH, BACKGROUND AND PROJECT PURPOSE, UH, THAT WE WILL BE WORKING FROM FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE OVERHAUL.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING THROUGH.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BRIEF YOU, UH, JUST ABOUT THE, UH, THE BACKGROUND AND THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE TWO-YEAR CONSULTANT CONTRACT THAT YOU'LL BE RECEIVING ON YOUR AGENDA ON JUNE 14TH.
UH, WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED IS THAT THIS WILL BE, UH, UH, UH, AN EFFORT TO STREAMLINE AND UPDATE AND MODERNIZE THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, SO THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, THE CITY'S ADOPTED PLANS AND POLICIES.
OUR CONTRACT AMOUNT IS JUST A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED VIA MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, UH, LAST MAY.
AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A, UH, THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
AND, UM, I BROUGHT OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE WITH ME.
THIS, UH, VERY LARGE BOOK HERE.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, UH, A CODE THAT'S BEEN LAST UPDATED IN FULL IN 1987 THAT WAS BASED ON A 1960S DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UH, AND SO THIS IS A VERY OLD APPROACH, UH, TO PLANNING.
AND WE HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH THE RESULT OF A NUMBER OF INCREASING PDS PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH HAS HAD A LOT OF, UH, RESULTING ISSUES IN, UH, OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN.
UH, IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, A VERY LONG AND CONVOLUTED PROCESS.
UM, THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, IF YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING IN THE CITY, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT PAGE IS WITHIN THIS CODE.
UM, AND, UH, WE DO HAVE THE OTHER OPTION OF DOING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT, UH, THE, THE ITEMS THAT COME IN THROUGH A PD, SO THERE ARE, THINK OF A PD AS, UH, BASICALLY YOUR OWN, UH, CUSTOMIZED ZONING DISTRICT, AND WE'VE GOT 1100 OF THEM.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE 1100 OF SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THE CITY'S PROCESS, SO THIS BLEEDS OVER INTO THINGS LIKE SANITATION AND CODE COMPLIANCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE YOU'RE IN A PD, UH, BUT ACROSS THE STREET IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND SO YOUR CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER IS GONNA HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IS, IS MODERN AND IT'S SIMPLE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.
SO WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH THIS CODE REFORM IS, UH, FIRST TO PROVIDE CLARITY.
UM, SO MANY OF OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES ARE VERY VAGUE OR COMPLICATED, AND I KNOW I'VE SPENT A NUMBER OF HOURS WITH OUR EXPERTS,
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UH, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND PARSE OUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WITHIN A SPECIFIC, UH, LANGUAGE, UH, ORDINANCE OR SENTENCE, UM, THAT IF WE CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT FOR OUR PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND.WE ALSO WANNA IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IS CLEAR AND REMOVES BARRIERS, REMOVES REQUIREMENTS WHERE NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS QUICKER.
SO, WITHIN THE ZONING PROCESS, WITHIN THE PERMITTING PROCESS, WE ALSO WANNA ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY PROCESS AND THE ORDINANCE.
AND THIS IS A PROCESS AND ORDINANCE THAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN.
AND SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THIS NSO TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VERY COMPLICATED AND THE PROCESS IS COMPLICATED AND, AND, UH, VERY, UM, CONFUSING.
AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS WHO, UH, DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE NSO REQUIREMENTS MEANT, UM, AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN APPLIED, UH, TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
WE ALSO WANNA MODERNIZE THE ZONING DESIGNATION.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS WITHIN AN AREA IS CONTACT SENSITIVE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE SCALE AND THE FORM IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING SCALE AND FORM.
UH, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AREAS OF DALLAS CAN LOOK DIFFERENTLY.
WE DON'T WANT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA BE IN CONTEXT WITH, UH, YOUR ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.
AND THEN FINALLY, ADVANCE THE GOALS OF FORWARD DALLAS, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR ADOPTED POLICIES AND PLANS AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, UH, ARE ALL COORDINATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
AND THIS INCLUDES, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR HOUSING POLICY, WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY, WITH OUR CCAP AS WELL.
SO WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BID IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.
AND SO WE'LL BE GOING, UH, FORWARD ON JUNE 14TH WITH A REQUEST FOR A CONTRACT.
AND THAT IS AGAIN, TO, UH, SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE REFORM OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO AGAIN, UH, COUNCIL ACTION IS JUNE 14TH.
UH, WE WILL BE WORKING THEN FOR A PROJECT KICKOFF, UH, SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS FOR THIS, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE A DRAFT CODE, UH, SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR, AND THEN A FINAL CODE IN THE SUMMER OF 2025.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WITH THAT, I'M GONNA START WITH A VIRTUAL WORLD FIRST, UH, CHAIRMAN, MCGOO, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? CHAIRMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? NO, THANK YOU.
CHAIR RAZA, ADD ANY QUESTION? NOT, NOT AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US TO OUR ATTENTION.
UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LONG OVERDUE.
UM, DISTRICT 13 IS HOME TO PD ONE, AND SO
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THESE WERE, UM, UH, CREATED, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, I MEAN, NEIGHBORS HAVE COME TOGETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS THE MECHANISM THEY USED TO INFLUENCE HOW THEY WANTED TO SEE DEVELOPMENT GO OR NOT GO IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO I'M SURE THIS WILL GIVE CONCERN AROUND SOME OF THOSE, UH, MAYBE THE MORE RECENT ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
UM, SOME THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED JUST DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE IN STEP WITH THE TIMES YET THEY RULE.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THIS, BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE AROUND, UM, I, I'M SURE THE QUESTION WILL COME UP ABOUT GRANDFATHERING PDS.
HOW WOULD YOU BEGIN TO GET AT THIS SO THAT NEIGHBORS CAN STILL FEEL LIKE THOSE WISHES OF THE CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, ET CETERA, WOULD BE RESPECTED? YEAH, THAT'S A, A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, I THINK THAT WHAT WE'LL BE PROPOSING HERE, SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE CODE THAT OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.
UM, THIS UPDATE WON'T PROPOSE TO DELETE OR CHANGE ANY OF THOSE PDS.
NOW, WE'RE, WE MAY SEE SOME OF THAT COME IN AS WITH FORWARD DALLAS, AND IF THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED VIA LAND USE, UM, BUT THROUGH, THROUGH THIS EFFORT, THE DELETION OF ANY PDS IS
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NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS, AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT WITH THIS UPDATE, WE CAN MOVE BACK INTO BASE ZONING, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE, UM, LESS PDS THAT COMPLICATE THE PROCESS.
AND SO BY UPDATING THE CODE AND SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS, MODERNIZING AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE STANDARDS AND FORMS AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PART OF ZONING ARE IN 2025 STANDARDS, THAT THEN WE CAN SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT AS IT MOVES FORWARD.
UM, THE, THE EXISTING PDS ARE LIKELY TO NOT CHANGE, UM, UNLESS THERE IS, UH, SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTHORIZED HEARING WHERE WE OPEN UP THE ZONING AND MOVE THAT FORWARD SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE EXISTING BASE ZONE, UH, UH, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROCESSES THAT WE USE TO DO ZONING CHANGES AND, UM, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT THOSE EXISTING PDS WILL NECESSARILY CHANGE AT THIS TIME.
SO, I MEAN, THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO MAKE THE PROCESS SIMPLER, SMOOTHER TO GET THROUGH.
I MEAN, WE KNOW IT BOGS US DOWN.
UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING THESE 1100 WOULD STAND, I MEAN, WHEN A ZONING CASE COMES BEFORE US, IS THAT GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THIS UP AND RUN IT UP AGAINST WHATEVER OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE IS? OR, I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THIS CONSULTANT TO GIVE US AN POINT OF VIEW ON? SO WHAT, WHAT WE PROPOSE IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH FORWARD DALLAS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER WHERE THE LAND USE AND ZONING, UM, ARE MISMATCHED AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT FROM THERE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH, UH, WITH NEW ZONING CASES, WHAT WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE IS WITH A NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE, THAT MORE APPLICANTS WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A BASE ZONE RATHER THAN A PD.
UM, AND THAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD HELP IMPROVE THAT PROCESS BECAUSE A BASE ZONE HAS A MUCH LESS REQUIREMENTS AND MUCH LESS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAN A PD.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T, UM, EASY WORK AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME, AND THERE ARE FOLKS THAT MAYBE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS TAKES SO LONG, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING TO SCOUR THROUGH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY CODES THERE ARE, BUT, UM, YOU HAVE A BOOK THERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE BIG BINDER THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE BINDERS THAT COME WITH THE BINDER.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE LEGAL, UM, LAWS AND ORDINANCES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THOSE.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
I THINK, UM, YOU STARTED THIS AS SOON AS YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR AT CITY HALLS.
SO TO SEE IT FINALLY GETTING, UM, PUT TO THE TEST AND WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT, I, I HOPE WE, UH, MOVE IT FORWARD AND WE END SOME OF THOSE ANTIQUATED, UM, POLICIES THAT WE HAVE CHAIRMAN, AND HAVING ALL THESE NEW POLICIES, UM, THAT YOU, UM, ALLUDED TO DURING YOUR PRESENTATION IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
AND THAT'S ALSO GAVE YOU THE AMMUNITION THAT YOU NEEDED IN ORDER TO CHANGE, UM, SOME OF THESE ANTIQUATED POLICIES, ORDINANCE, UM, CODES THAT WE HAVE.
AND THAT'S JUST GONNA MAKE US A STRONGER CITY.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE PROBABLY OVER A THOUSAND PDS, UH, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, MY CONCERN IS, UH, FORWARD DALLAS IS NOT COMPLETE.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE NUMEROUS COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT FORWARD DALLAS.
ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETING HAVE EXPIRED.
WE ARE NOT HAVING MORE COMMUNITY ABOUT MEETING ABOUT FORWARD DALLAS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, WORKING TOWARDS THE DRAFT PLAN FOR FORWARD DALLAS.
AND AFTER THAT IS DONE, I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MONTHS, UH, WHERE WE'LL BE DRAFTING THAT PLAN THAT WE WILL THEN GO BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND DO A NUMBER OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO GET COMMENT ON THAT, UH, BAGU, UM, RESUME THAT WILL YOU TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON, PLEASE? WE LOST QUO.
THE CAMERAS ARE ON JEREMY, MY CAMERA'S ON AS WELL.
THEY ARE ON THEY OWN OVER HERE ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, LAPTOP ON THE, THEY OWN OVER HERE.
THEY GOT WE ALL, WE ALL, YEAH.
UM, MY CONCERN IS FORWARD DALLAS, AL ALREADY WENT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY, WE THREW IT FORWARD DOLLAR.
WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FORWARD DOLLAR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE COLD BOOK, WHICH
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IS A BIBLE THAT SAID, THIS IS THE PDS AND THIS IS THE RULE WE GONNA FOLLOW, BUT TRYING TO PUT FORWARD DOLLARS TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID, THIS IS WHAT I WANT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.AND THE PD SAID, THIS IS WHAT YOU GOING TO GET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A, MAYBE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS BECAUSE THE CAMERA'S NOT ON, UM, IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
AND, AND SOON WE GET ALONG, WE GONNA COME RIGHT BACK INTO IT.
IT IS NOW, NOW ONE TWENTY SEVEN.
WE CALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER COMMITTEE BACK IN ORDER FOR THE BRIEFING.
WAS THAT THE ISSUE FORWARD DALLAS? YOU KNOW, WITH THROUGH GOING TO THE COMMUNITY, MY MAIN CONCERN IS WE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT PDS AND WE'RE WAITING TWO MORE YEARS BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THIS BOOK.
AND, AND MY CHAIRMAN, UH, WHAT IS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARTHUR AUTHORIZED HEARING IN MODERN.
SO IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PDS, IT'S KINDA LIKE A WILD WILD WEST NOW, BECAUSE ANY DEVELOPER CAN GO ANYWHERE AND LOOK AT THE PDS.
I CAN PUT WHATEVER I WANT THERE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT RIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH IT DON'T MEAN THAT WE AS RESIDENT RE WE AS CITIZEN DO NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT.
AND THAT'S A CONCERN I HEAR OVER AND OVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS.
SO I GOTTA FIND SOME KINDA WAY LEGALLY THAT WE CAN PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND TELLING THEM WHAT WE WANT OR WHAT A DEVELOPER WANT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, OKAY, THIS BOOK, TWO YEARS AGO, 1987, THIS IS A LAW.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE THE LAW UNTIL TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GONNA BE A WILD, WILD WEST.
AND THAT IS, UM, THAT IS A CONCERN OF OURS AS WELL.
UM, IF, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR DRUTHERS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE AN UPDATED CODE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE VAST CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT HOW THE CODE IS WRITTEN AND HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN GOING, UM, THERE, UH, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BRING IN LAND USE PLANNING WITH FOR DALLAS, THAT THE CITY HASN'T HAD THIS CITYWIDE LAND USE PLAN.
AND WE HAVE ENDED UP WITH A LOT OF AREAS WHERE THERE IS ZONING OUT THERE THAT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USE AND PEOPLE WHO OWN THOSE PROPERTIES CAN DEVELOP BY, RIGHT.
AND THAT IS THEIR RIGHT WITH THE ZONING THAT THEY HAVE ON, UH, ON THE LAND.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IS, IS, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A PHASED APPROACH IS, IS REALLY THE BEST APPROACH, I THINK.
UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT CRAMMING ALL OF THESE THINGS IN AT ONCE WITH THE CODE AND FOR DALLAS AND ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GONNA COME INTO PLAY ONCE THOSE ALL GET ADOPTED.
UM, SO PHASED APPROACH WHERE WE WANNA ESTABLISH WHAT THAT FUTURE LAND USE IS, UH, WHAT KINDS OF USES ARE APPROPRIATE THERE, AND THEN START LOOKING AT THE CODE AND HOW THE CODE CAN THEN MATCH UP WITH THOSE THINGS IN FORWARD DALLAS AND THEN IMPLEMENT THAT CODE, UM, AND THEN FROM THERE START IMPLEMENTING THROUGH AUTHORIZED HEARINGS.
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AUTHORIZED HEARINGS IN ORDER TO, UH, CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ZONING ON A LOT OF THESE CASES.
UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY, YOU KNOW, KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS FRUSTRATING.
UM, IT'S FRUSTRATING FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE THAT THERE ARE IN A LOT OF CASES, LITTLE, LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO, TO REMEDY SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AN EQUITY ISSUE.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF, OF THIS CODE AND, UM, THE
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NUMEROUS THINGS WITHIN THAT CODE THAT DO NOT MATCH WITH OUR CURRENT CITY POLICIES AND OUR CURRENT CITY, UH, PERSPECTIVE.AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DEVELOP THE CODE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS GONNA USE, HOPEFULLY FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS AND WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE DEVELOPMENT, EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE, WE DO IT RIGHT AND WE DO IT WITH AN EYE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, EVERYTHING IN DETAIL AND WE'RE NOT RUSHING THINGS.
UM, SO I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND I SHARE THAT FRUSTRATION.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME.
UM, GIVEN OUR PROCESS, GIVEN THE, THE, THE TIME IT TAKES EVEN TO GET A SMALL CODE AMENDMENT THROUGH.
UM, I THINK THAT, UH, PATIENCE IS GONNA BE OUR BEST FRIEND.
UH, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.
I, I DO UNDERSTAND TIME, BUT, UM, RESIDENT DO NOT UNDERSTAND TIME.
TAXPAYERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND TIME.
UH, SPECIAL COMMUNITY DO NOT UNDERSTAND TIME.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF AUTHORIZED HEARING, YOU KNOW, BEEN ON THE BOOK FOR 15, 20 YEARS.
SO THAT TIME AND THESE NEXT TWO YEARS IS OPEN TO THE WILD, WILD WEST.
AND WHEN IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'D INVEST INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'D INVEST IN MY COMMUNITY, GUESS WHAT? ONE PROJECT CAN DESTROY MY WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, MY WHOLE LIFETIME.
SO THEREFORE, ON ASKING THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENT, WE GOTTA FIND A TOOL IN THAT CODE BOOK THAT PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM THE OTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS GOING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN THOUGH IT IS BY RIGHT, SOMETIMES BY, RIGHT.
BUT SOMETIMES IT, IT MIGHT BE THE, THE PUBLIC ISSUE, A SAFETY ISSUE, A TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT COULD BE MANY THINGS, BUT WE NOT TAKING CONSIDERATION OF THAT.
SO THEREFORE, CAN YOU HAVE SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT RIGHT WHAT STOP IT, WHAT TO WHAT MECHANISM CAN STOP IT? IS THIS PUBLIC SAFETY? IS THIS TRAFFIC IS ANYTHING CAN TRIGGER THAT THEY SAY IS ABOUT RIGHT, BUT BACK UP THE COLD, GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, WE GOTTA GO IN ANOTHER STEP.
SO I THINK IN, IN, IN BROAD, BROAD PICTURE, I THINK THERE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD HELP, UM, MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I, I DO WANNA TAKE AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS OR OTHER HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES, UM, IN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE KINDS OF USES DON'T TAKE ACCESS OFF OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
THAT IS, UM, AN INAPPROPRIATE, UM, USE OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET TO HAVE ACCESS FROM A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL SORT OF, UH, OF TRAFFIC.
AND SO WHERE THAT ZONING MAY BE, YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO TOO, TOO MANY.
I, I, I, I AGREE AND I'M, I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF LEAVE IT THIS, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IN THIS BRIEFING, UH, BEFORE THE 14TH, I WANT LISA HAND SOME KINDA ANSWER TO THE RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S BY, RIGHT? WHAT TYPE OF PROTECTION THAT THE RESIDENT HAVE, MAYBE LAWSUIT OR WHATEVER, BUT WE GOTTA GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF PROTECTION FOR SAFETIES OF THE CHILDREN, THE KIDS, WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT 18 WHEEL TO RUN THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THE 18 WHEELER RUN THROUGH A PART, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THERE IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO BY THE 14TH BEFORE I VOTE MY VOTE.
I NEED SOMETHING IN THAT BOOK THAT HELP OUR RESIDENT BY RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH BY RIGHT.
WE GOTTA PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.
WE GOTTA PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF WE DON'T PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY GONNA MOVE TO THE SUBURB.
SO WE GOT TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY? AND I, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH, EACH SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.
UM, AND, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE TOOL WE HAVE.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, BUT EVERY LAW IS WRITTEN.
THERE IS A BACK DOOR TO FIND A WAY TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY IS A CITY OF DALLAS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS A CITY OF DALLAS.
THEY LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
CAUSE THEY BOUGHT THEIR, THEY BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY.
WE GOT TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE GOTTA PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
IF WE DON'T TAKE OUR PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, WHY SHOULD WE MOVE TO DALLAS? THANK YOU.
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WAS ITEM C I THINK GEORGE WILLIAMS WAS, WAS HERE.CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE DATA EXAMINING PROJECT? GOOD AFTERNOON.
JOYCE WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND, THE DALLAS EXAMINER PROJECT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA COVER, UH, DUE THE TIME, I WILL TRY TO SUMMARIZE.
THE DALLAS EXAMINER HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS, CLOSE OVER 40 YEARS, AND IT IS A BLACK-OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK AREA.
IT HAS HAD NUMBERS OF WARDS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THEM.
UH, IT'S BEEN, IT ACTUALLY STARTED AS A POLITICAL VOICE WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
UH, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE THAT WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UH, MOST OF THE, UM, INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT OF THE DALLAS EXAMINER NOW IS ALSO PRINTED AS WELL AS ONLINE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT, UH, IS THAT WE ASSIST, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK AREA WITH THE SOUTH DALLAS OPPORTUNITY FUND.
AND THIS PROJECT SCOPE FOR 45, THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED AT 45 10 SOUTH MALCOLM X.
THE PROJECT SCOPE FOR IS PROJECT, UH, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS, UH, FOR RESTORATION OF THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING OF GO AGAIN HAS BEEN THERE FOR 40 YEARS AND THE EXPANSION OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO NOW IS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO NOT ONLY, UH, SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS THEY'VE BEEN SERVING IT AS A POLITICAL ADVOCACY IN THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS AND INFORMATION WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES.
BUT THEY ALSO NOW WANNA GIVE BACK TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN NEW AND UP AND COMING JOURNALISTS, MINORITY JOURNALISTS.
BUT THE BUILDING ITSELF NEEDS LOTS OF REHAB AND RENOVATION.
THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT IS $184,448, AND THE DALLAS EXAMINER IS SEEKING A REIMBURSABLE GRANT FOR 170,998.
AND MS. MOLLY BELT IS THE OWNER AND WILL PROVIDE 13,000, UH, $450 OF THAT AS PART OF EQUITY.
UH, FOR THAT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, OF COURSE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND.
AND WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE IS HIRING THREE PART-TIME POSITIONS, NEW PART-TIME POSITIONS.
SO CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY, IS IT WORTH ABOUT $120,000? AND, UH, WITH THE RENOVATIONS IN REHAB, IT'S, UH, LOOKED AT TO BE ADJUSTED AT ABOUT A 20% INCREASE OF THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE SEE THIS AS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, NOT ONLY TO THAT COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS, NEW JOURNALISTS COMING UP, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN THAT COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH DALLAS OPPORTUNITY FUND GRANT.
AND SO THE NEXT STEPS IS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS PUT PLACED ON THE JUNE 28TH COUNCIL AGENDA.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY A WORTHWHILE PROJECT.
MY QUESTION IS AROUND ON, UM, ON THE THREE PART-TIME JOBS.
IS THERE ANY PROJECTION TO HAVE THAT BECOME SOMETHING GREATER? UH, IN LOOKING AT WHAT SHE'S, WHAT SHE'S TALKED TO US.
MS. BETA TALKED TO US A LONG TIME.
WE SIT THERE AND TALK WITH HER A LONG TIME.
CURRENTLY, WHAT SHE HAS NOW IS ABOUT FIVE TO SIX, UH, NEWS DISTRIBUTORS THAT ARE NOW
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DISTRIBUTING LOCAL PRINTED COPIES.THE THREE PART-TIME JOBS ARE COMING IN BASED ON BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT JOURNALISTS, BEING ABLE TO THEN INCREASE THE, THE JOURNALISM PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT SHE'S DOING, AND NOT ONLY DOING THAT, BEING ABLE TO BE ABLE TO WRITE AND DO ONLINE, UH, AS WELL.
SO THAT'S PART OF HER EXPANSION, UH, FOR YEAR ONE.
AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, CUZ USUALLY THE COMMITMENT IS A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT.
HOW WOULD WE LOOK AT, BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT IS CHANGING, YOU KNOW, WOULD OUR WORLD WITH AI, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS ABOUT LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MOVE HER MORE TOWARD TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPING APPS, DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING SHE'S CONSIDERING.
SO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSES LIKE THAT, MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE THE PRINTED PART OF THE NEWSPAPER IS, I WOULD SAY, I WOULDN'T SAY GOING AWAY, BUT HAS DECREASED HOW TO THEN, DO WE HELP SMALL BUSINESSES ALSO THEN CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND GROW? AND ONE OF THOSE IS BEING ABLE TO USE TECHNOLOGY USING APPS AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.
SO WE DO SEE THAT SHE DID AGREE THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YEAR TWO IN YEAR THREE TO LOOK AT HOW SHE CAN THEN MOVE TO SOME MORE TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGICAL PHASES.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED GENERAL GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE A THREE PART-TIME JOBS AS MOVING MANY PEOPLE TOWARDS THAT.
SO YES, I WOULD HOPE THAT SHE WOULD HAVE AN EYE TO MAKING THIS MORE ROBUST ONCE THIS IS COMPLETE OR ON THE WAY TO COMPLETION.
ANYONE IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD HAVE ANY QUESTION? CHAIRMAN MCGOO COUNCIL? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS.
UH, IT'S AN, IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN, IN SOUTH DALLAS.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR ME TO NOT BE A FAN OF THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN COMMUNITIES LIKE SOUTH DALLAS.
JUST WANTED TO, UM, ECHO MY SUPPORT.
JUST LIKE, UM, UM, MR. RESENDEZ JUST MENTIONED, UM, THIS IS, UH, A STAPLE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A HUGE GIGANTIC AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEING REQUESTED OUT OF THE FUND.
UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT MONEY THAT'S NECESSARY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE HAVING THIS STAPLE.
AND IT ALSO FALLS INTO OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO, UM, MAYBE TO HELP WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, NOT JUST THIS OPPORTUNITY FUND, BUT AS CHAIR WILLIS MENTIONED ABOUT HOW DO WE BUMP THAT UP FROM THREE PART-TIME JOBS? UM, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HELP GUIDE THEM IN ORDER TO MAKE, UM, THE DOWS EXAMINER EVEN MORE ROBUST? UM, NOT JUST THE PAPER ITSELF, BUT THE SCHOOL AND THE, THE JOURNALISTIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE.
UM, THAT CAN BECOME A, UM, LIKE A, LIKE A, LIKE AN INCUBATOR AS WELL FOR LARGER PUBLICATIONS AND ET CETERA.
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THROUGH OUT DALLAS, BUT TEXAS AS WELL AS THE NATION.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN, BUT ALSO HOW TO GROW AND DEVELOP, UM, OUR OWN IN ORDER TO BECOME NATIONAL LEADERS IN, IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.
SO, GREAT JOB AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, VOTING ON THIS ON THE 28TH.
UM, JOYCE, UH, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, CONCERN IN A PROBLEM, BUT, UH, MY MAIN CONCERN IS, UM, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING IS THE THOROUGH FOR ALL THE WAY FROM FAIR PARK AND KIND OF BRING IN DISTRICT FOUR, UH, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS A THRIVING, THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN, IT WAS A GATEWAY TO FAIR PARK AND THERE WERE MANY, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WITH VERY DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, PARK ROAD, SOUTH BOULEVARD, UH, THE STREET CON, A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE THE STREET CALM WAS DURHAM MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE SIXTIES, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
DURHAM THEN ALSO GOT DEPRESSED.
NOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW DO WE BRING IT BACK.
WE TALKING ABOUT THE FAIR POINT, THAT THE KEY IS THAT WE AS A CITY GOTTA FIND SOME KIND OF MECHANISM, UH, WITH SM WRIGHT.
WE, WE BRING THE, THE FREEWAY DOWN, AND SO WE BRING THE FREEWAY DOWN.
WE GOT, NOW WE GOT MORE BOULEVARDS.
THE MORE ASSET, YOU KNOW, GOING EAST AND WEST TO THE FAR PARK, ESPECIALLY MARTIN LUTHER KING.
IT'S IS A MAIN THIRD FIRE TO THE FAR PARK.
YOU EVER GO TO THE FAR PARK, YOU GO TO U GAIN THE FIRM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE MAIN THOROUGH FIRM.
AND WE GOT TO INVEST MORE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING.
I KNOW WE GOT MORE, UH, DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND BUSINESS INVESTING THERE, BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING,
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IT'S A START.UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MINOR START, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, IN THE RESIDENCY FROM HERE, THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, A SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD.
TRY TO BRING IT BACK, YOU KNOW, ONCE LIKE, UM, THE UPTOWN OVER THERE IN THOMAS HALL, IT WAS, NOW WE BROUGHT THAT BACK.
SO IF WE INVEST INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER THOMAS HALL, UH, UPTOWN BACK AGAIN.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, NEXT, UH, WHEN I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF BRIEFING MEMOS HERE FROM D ALL THE WAY TO M AND SO, UM, VIRTUAL WORLD, IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT D ALL THE WAY TO M AND AND, AND LOOK AT AND SEE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, THEN, UH, COLLEAGUES AROUND HERE, IF Y'ALL LOOK AT D TO TO M YOU GOT AN INFO QUESTION ON, GET HER ABOUT A COUPLE MINUTES TO DIGEST THAT.
THEN I'M GOING, UH, OPEN UP FOR QUESTION.
JUST LOOK AT IT AND KIND OF DIGEST IT.
I, I THANK, UM, CHAIRMAN DEVI, UH, POINT OF RECORD.
HE GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
ITEM G IS, UM, THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT 25 34 ROYAL LANE.
THIS IS IN THE, UM, THE GATEWAY, THE HEART OF THE NEWLY DESIGNATED KOREA TOWN HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH JUST RECEIVED STATE DESIGNATION AND WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, UM, UH, FOR A TENURE DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA THAT, UM, THE HEART IS, UM, AT 35 IN ROYAL LANE, BUT IT EXTENDS WESTWARD AS WELL AS EASTWARD.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS TO FINALLY GET IT HERE.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND PROUD THAT, UM, IF WE APPROVE THIS AT COUNCIL, THAT H MART, WHICH ALREADY HAS TWO STORES HERE IN NORTH TEXAS, BUT NEITHER ONE OF THEM IS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THAT H MART WILL BE THE HOME OF THE NEWEST H MART HERE IN, UM, THE, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, THEY OPERATE 72 STORES, UM, ACROSS THE NATION, UM, IN 14 DIFFERENT STATES.
THESE ARE, UM, WHAT IS H MART? IT IS, UM, PROBABLY THE LARGEST ASIAN GROCERY STORE, ASIAN GOODS GROCERY STORE IN, UM, THE NATION.
AND, UM, THIS IS THE PERFECT LOCATION.
UM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE JUST EAST OF I 35 ON ROYAL LANE.
MR. CHAIR IN A, UM, SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S ON THE DILAPIDATED SIDE.
IT'S JUST OLDER AND IT'S TIME FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE, THE BUILDING WAS, UM, BY KEEPING IT TWO LEVEL.
UM, BUT WHAT'S REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT H MART, UM, COLLEAGUES AND MR. CHAIR IS IT'S NOT JUST A GROCERY STORE.
IT'S LIKE A SHOPPING EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER.
UM, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE, UM, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT, UM, RETAIL INSIDE OF THE STORE AS WELL, FROM BANKS TO HAIR SALONS TO, UM, SHOE STORES AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE STOP SHOP.
AND THEN THIS ONE'S GONNA BE UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'LL HAVE A SECOND LEVEL, UM, FOR OFFICE SPACE.
AND SO, UM, THE, THE FOLKS THAT ALREADY THERE CAN DECIDE TO EITHER STAY IN THE BRAND NEW BUILDING OR NEW FOLKS CAN COME IN CAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE TO EVEN ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS.
UM, THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THIS, TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT.
UM, I'VE SAID IT AND I KEEP SAYING IT AND I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING IT, THAT KOREATOWN, UM, BRINGS IN NOW THE SAME REVENUE, UM, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS IN TAXES AS NORTH PARK MALL.
SO THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF KOREATOWN TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, JUST LIKE NORTH PARK MALL IS ONE OF OUR MOST EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ASSETS.
KOREATOWN IS THAT EQUAL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I CAN'T WAIT TO, UM, HAVE YOU ALL GET HERE.
UM, I JUST LEFT THE KOREAN, UH, UH, GREATER DALLAS KOREAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON WHERE WE WERE HONORING OUR DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS AND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
SO, TO GET TO DO THAT AND THIS TODAY, UM, AND I'M GONNA LEAVE Y'ALL WITH A QUICK WORD, A WHICH MEANS HELLO IN KOREAN.
AND, UM, AND I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE YOU TODAY
AND I'M GONNA JUST ADD, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, IN KOREAN, UM, TO DALLAS, UM, COLLEAGUES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD AND US VOTING ON IT.
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WORLD, DO ANYONE HAVE INTER QUESTION BETWEEN ITEM A THROUGH M I I HAVE A A QUESTION.WHICH, WHICH ITEM ON ITEM E? OKAY.
YEAH, I WAS JUST HOPING THAT IF, IF WE CAN KIND OF GET A, AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, UH, WITH THESE T POTENTIAL TDS, KEVIN SPA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS NEXT WEEK AT CITY COUNCIL.
THERE'LL BE SIX ITEMS, UH, ON THE AGENDA.
ONE FOR EACH OF THE SIX STATIONS THAT, UH, UH, HAD AN RFP ISSUED LAST YEAR.
UM, WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY SELECT THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSAL FOR EACH STATION, AND ALSO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO EXECUTE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS OF AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO GIVE US THE NECESSARY TIME TO START TO DIVE INTO ALL THE DETAILS WITH THE SELECTED PROPOSERS.
SO THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE FIGURED OUT, ZONING AND PLATTING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES, FINANCING, UM, EVEN WORKING THROUGH THE DART BOARD AND THEIR PREFERRED LEASE STRUCTURE FOR ANY POTENTIAL, UH, UH, DEAL.
SO, SO THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA NEXT WEEK.
SO THERE'S STILL SOME TIME FOR FOR FOLKS TO, TO BE INVOLVED OR EVEN FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF LET US KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF ANYTHING MOVES FORWARD.
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WILL BE PART OF THAT TWO YEAR NEGOTIATION PERIOD.
CHAIRMAN MCGOO, CHAIRMAN MCGILL.
ANY QUESTION? CHAIRMAN WILLIS? YEAH, THANK YOU.
I'VE GOT, UM, ON A FEW OF THESE.
UM, A COUPLE ARE JUST TO NOTE ON, UM, MEMO H ABOUT PEGASUS PARK AND THE PROJECT BRIDGE LABS.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CREATION OF THIS REGIONAL EPICENTER FOR LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY.
UM, I KNOW THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, THE, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE AND, AND I THINK THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR PRESENCE HERE RECEIVED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANT.
SO THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING THING FOR DALLAS TO HAVE THIS LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECH HUB JUST CONTINUING TO GROW.
SO DON'T WANNA LET THAT GO BY.
UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND K, WHICH IS THE T E O F HOTEL LP, UM, AND THIS LOAN FORBEARANCE.
AND, UM, COULD, UH, THANK YOU.
MARIA SMITH, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF DETAIL.
WHAT WENT WRONG ON THIS AND WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO MAKE RIGHT? IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US A LITTLE DESCRIPTION.
SO THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES A LOAN FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT WITH TI HOTEL LP AS A BORROWER.
AND SO IN 2015, THE CITY LENT THE BORROWER FUNDS TO REHAB THE HO THE FORMER HOTEL PLAZA BUILDING INTO A NEW HOTEL, WHICH CURRENTLY OPERATES AS A LORENZO.
SO DUE TO THE IMPACT THAT COVID 19 HAD ON THE TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY, THE BORROWER WAS UNABLE TO MAKE PAYMENTS.
SO NOW THEY'RE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO RESUME MAKING PAYMENTS.
AND THIS LOAN WORKOUT AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO, UM, IT PROVIDES THE CITY ADDITIONAL SECURITY, AND IT PROVIDES A WAY FOR THE BORROWER TO REPAY THE CITY FOR ALL THE FUNDS THAT WERE LENT TO THEM.
SO WE'LL BE MADE WHOLE ON THIS? YES.
AND THEN CARES ACT, IT SAID THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE REPAID.
SO DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE BORROWER WAS UNABLE TO MAKE PAYMENTS, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE USE OF CARE FUNDS TO PAY HUD.
AND SO THOSE FUNDS THAT IT WAS ABOUT 1.7 MILLION THAT WERE USED FROM CARE FUNDS.
AND SO THOSE FUNDS WILL BE, UM, RECOVERED FROM THE BORROWER THROUGH THE REVISED AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE.
I WAS ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WHEN THIS CAME THROUGH, AND WE TOOK MONEY, I THINK, OUT OF CDBG YES.
FROM THE CITY'S CARE ACT ALLOCATION.
I MEAN, OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, WE TOOK IT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, AND WE DIDN'T EXPECT THERE TO BE THIS FAULT, BUT NOW THERE HAS BEEN.
SO THIS IS JUST BRINGING THIS BACK AROUND TO GET IT WHOLE AGAIN.
SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BE IN GOOD STANDING WITH HUD MM-HMM.
IT'LL ALLOW US TO REPAIR THE, THE CITY'S LOAN TO HUD AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE MISSED PAYMENTS ARE PAID BACK THAT THE CITY COVERED.
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L ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE TWO YEAR WAIVER.WHO'S BEST TO TALK ABOUT THAT? UM, MS. RYAN
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAVING THIS ALL TOGETHER THE TWO YEAR.
THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING SOMETHING BACK.
RYAN, DIRECTOR PLANNING AN URBAN DESIGN.
UM, SO THE, THE TWO YEAR WAIVER IS, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND OH, THANK YOU.
ANDREA IS COMING UP TO HELP ME.
UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO, UH, FOR THOSE ZONING ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, TO DELETE THE TWO YEAR WAIVER REQUIREMENT TO COME BACK AGAIN.
UM, AND ANDREA CAN HELP ME OUT.
THE CODE RIGHT NOW SPECIFIES THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AFTER AN APPLICATION IS CONSIDERED APPROVED OR STRAIGHT DENIED, IT CANNOT SUBMIT ANOTHER APPLICATION.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN MANDATED BY CPC TO LOOK INTO THAT.
AND WE DID AN ANALYSIS, WE COMPARED WITH OTHER CITIES, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE PROCESSED AND CCPC MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO NO CHANGE, BUT REFINED THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT.
HOWEVER, STAFF RECOMMENDED TO BOTH, SO I AND CBC TO NOT HAVE A TWO YEAR WAITING PERIOD FOR A CASE THAT IS APPROVED OR FOR AN U BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF RATIONALE IN THERE.
EVERY TIME, FOR INSTANCE, CITY PLAN COMMISSIONER AND COUNCIL DOES DENIAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN COME BACK.
BUT IF A CASE IS APPROVED, IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS.
THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU NEED TO ADJUST YOUR PLANS, OR YOU MAY FIND SOMETHING AT PERMITTING THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK OF, AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN EXTRA PROCESS WITH CITY PLAN COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO RETURN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT TO ELIMINATE THIS HURDLE AND ALLOW THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED, THAT WERE APPROVED TO COME BACK IN CASE THEY NEED AN AMENDMENT.
AND AGAIN, WE ALSO WANTED TO TREAT SUVS DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE BY NATURE LIMITED.
AND YOU MAY HAPPEN TO HAVE IN A RETAIL STRIP MULTIPLE SUVS.
AND WE DON'T WANT, LET'S SAY I HAVE AN U P FOR A CHILDCARE IN THIS SUITE, BUT THEN I'M GONNA TRIGGER THE, THE SUITE THAT'S NEXT TO ME TO WAIT FOR TWO YEARS OR TO DO THE WAIVER
SO, BUT IF IT'S DENIED, THIS WOULD STILL STAND TWO YEAR IF IT'S A STRAIGHT DENIAL YES.
PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION, A STRAIGHT DENIAL WILL STILL TRIGGER THE TWO YEAR WAITING PERIOD.
BUT AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND IT'S VERY RARE WHERE COUNSEL AND CPC ACTUALLY PURSUES THE STRAIGHT DENIAL.
WE USUALLY, WHEN WE SAY DENY WITHOUT PREJUDICE, IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN COME BACK THE NEXT DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, CHAIRMAN.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION SO I GOT CONFUSED THERE.
SO, UM, WALK ME THROUGH THIS LIKE, I'M AN EIGHT YEAR OLD, WHICH IS CPC DENIES AND, AND STAFF DENIES IT COMES TO US.
WE DENY WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S A STRAIGHT DENIAL AND IT'S DENIAL.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR TWO YEARS, OR YOU CAN PURSUE A TWO YEAR WAIVER WITH THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION WHERE YOU MAKE YOUR CASE THAT YOU CAN COME BACK FOR ANOTHER CHANGE WITHIN THAT TWO, TWO YEAR WAITING PERIOD.
SO NOW STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL.
IT'S A MATTER OF, IT'S IT'S FINAL DECISION.
SO IT'S WHATEVER COUNCIL DECIDES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE ELIMINATING, UM, DENIAL WITH PREJUDICE AND EVERYTHING IS NOW WITH PREJUDICE BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A TWO YEAR WAIT.
WELL, WE'RE, WELL, THAT'S WHY I SAID WALK IT THROUGH ME LIKE I'M EIGHT CUZ YOU GOT ME CONFUSED.
SO IF I'M CONFUSED, I KNOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S GONNA GET CONFUSED.
SO THE SITUATION AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, AFTER THE COUNCIL MADE A DECISION, DENIAL OR APPROVAL, YOU CANNOT COME BACK WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS UNLESS YOU PURSUE A WAIVER WITH C P C.
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HAS THE OPTION RIGHT NOW, AND WE USE IT VERY FREQUENTLY FOR THE DENIAL TO NOT KICK IN THE TWO YEAR WAITING PERIOD.COUNCIL DENIAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
SO THAT'S THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, OUR PROPOSAL, THE CPC PROPOSAL WAS NOT TO CHANGE THAT, BUT TO TWEAK A LITTLE BIT THE LANGUAGE FOR THE WAIVER CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE GONNA BRING TO COUNCIL.
THAT'S THE CBC'S RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT I AM BRINGING FORWARD RIGHT NOW IS AN EXPLANATION OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
THAT IS DIFFERENT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS AN APPROVAL WILL NOT EVER KICK IN THE TWO YEAR WAITING PERIOD.
ALSO, A SPECIFIC QUEUE PERMIT WILL NOT EVER KICK IN THE TWO YEAR WAITING PERIOD.
BUT A DENIAL WILL I, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA SAY THAT I'M STILL EIGHT, STILL CONFUSED, BUT I'M GONNA LET MY CHAIRMAN TRY TO WALK ME THROUGH IT.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STOP AND LET HIM GIVE, GIVE A SHOT SO THAT I CAN MAYBE UNDERSTAND BETTER.
WHAT I, CAUSE WHEN WE GO ON HERE, WE GOT STAFF AND CBC ON DIFFERENT PAGES.
WHEN STAFF AND CPC ON DIFFERENT PAGES COME TO THE COUNCIL, WE ARE THE POLICY MAKER.
IT MAY BE TWO THIRD VOTES OR WHATEVER, WE MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
NOW YOU PRESENT SOMETHING TO US THAT STAFF AND CCPC, NOW I'M ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON A WAIVER.
YOU GOT ONE RECOMMENDATION AND CCPC GOT A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION.
SO NOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, CLARIFY THIS IN A NEWSPAPER TURN, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEAR, UH, FOURTH GRADE READER, THAT'S WHAT A THOUSAND MONEY IS.
GIVE US A A A WRITTEN MEMO EXPLAINING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
CAUSE YOU ARE SAYING YOU GOTTA SPLIT DECISION COMING FROM CBC.
STAFF GOT A DECISION AND CBC GOT A DECISION.
Y'ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, Y'ALL ON TWO DIFFERENT PAGES AND Y'ALL COME TO US FOR US TO MAKE THE POLICY.
SO WHO DO WE BELIEVE? DO WE BELIEVE STAFF OR DO WE BELIEVE CBC AND THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO, WE ARE THE POLICY MAKERS.
TECHNICALLY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? TECHNICALLY, TECHNICALLY WHAT WE FOR TO CITY COUNCIL IS THE CCPC RECOMMENDATION.
BUT BECAUSE IN THIS SITUATION WE DID NOT AGREE.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT AGREEMENT STAFF HAVE ONE, CCPC HAVE ONE Y'ALL BRING TO US.
SO ONLY THING I'M SAYING IS TELL ME WHY STAFF MADE A RECOMMENDATION AND TELL ME HOW CCPC MAKE RECOMMENDATION IN WRITING.
GIVE THAT TO THE FULL COUNCIL IN A MEMO BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS.
SO LET'S, LET'S EXPLAIN EVERYBODY WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE MANY TIMES THAT CPC AND STAFF MAKE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION AND WE GOTTA MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, YOU KNOW, WITH PRESSURE AND OUR PRESSURE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A SIMPLE WAY TO DO IT.
AND LET'S MOVE ON AND JUST GIVE US A MEMO CHAIR IF, IF I MAY WITH BOTH.
IF I MAY, WE DO HAVE A MEMO THAT'S PROVIDED WITH, WITH THIS AGEN, WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM.
BUT I, I DO WANNA CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS.
SO FIRST FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE AND, AND, AND REALLY WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM IS, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE STREAMLINING AND AND SIMPLIFYING OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BARRIERS IN DEVELOPMENT.
SO FOR THE TWO YEAR WAIVER, THE APPROVALS, WHEN YOU GET APPROVED FOR A A ZONING CHANGE, THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN TWEAK THAT ZONING.
SO MAYBE AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR BUILDING AND YOU NEED TO TWEAK SOMETHING WITHIN THAT, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO EVEN CONSIDER THAT.
SO WE'RE COMING FROM IT FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE.
AND I THINK CPC WAS COMING FROM IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE CPC PERSPECTIVE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROCESS AND THEM BEING ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, THE FEEDBACK ON WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT PROVIDES A, A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, OF FEEDBACK ON SORT OF WHY WE HAVE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN MOVE CASES THROUGH AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZE, UM, MINIMIZE
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THE NUMBER OF, OF, OF, OF CASES THAT NEED TO COME BEFORE CPC AND CITY COUNCIL.UM, AND SO REALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO ELIMINATE A STEP SPECIFICALLY WITH THE APPROVALS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS A, A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCED THAN THAT.
UH, MOST OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION AND PROBABLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO NOT HAVE A TWO YEAR WAITING PERIOD FOR APPROVALS.
UM, WITH DENIALS, WITH PREJUDICE.
BUT THAT'S USUALLY THE ONLY STANDARD THAT'S OUT THERE IS IF YOU DENY WITH PREJUDICE, MEANING YOU CAN'T COME BACK WITHIN TWO YEARS, UH, FOR A ZONING CASE.
THAT'S, THAT'S GENERALLY THE ONLY STANDARD THAT'S OUT THERE, UH, IN TERMS OF, OF OTHER CITIES, EITHER A ONE YEAR OR TWO YEAR.
UM, AND SO REALLY WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS FAIR, IT'S CONSISTENT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE EXTRA STEPS, UM, THAT AN APPLICANT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
I AGREE EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING, BUT TO BE FAIR, WE HAVE CPC REPRESENTED THAT AREA COUNCIL MEMBER PUT SOMEONE ON THAT BOARD.
I DON'T SEE NO ONE FROM CPC MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAY, WHY DO WE SHOULD DO THAT? AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO CONSIDER A CLARITY.
CAUSE WE POINT PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD AND I HEAR FOR NO CCPC ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION ON HERE IN FRONT OF STAFF.
I DON'T SEE THE OTHER PERSON PRESENT THEIR ARGUMENT FROM THE CPC.
SO I DON'T WANNA SAY IF STAFF IS RIGHT, THE CP CPC IS RIGHT, STAFF IS WRONG, OR CPC, I DON'T KNOW WHO RIGHT, WHO WRONG.
YOU PRESENTED US SOMETHING THAT WE GOTTA MAKE A CHOICE AND I GOTTA LOOK AT ALL THE, IS THE, THE, THE ISSUES IN FRONT OF ME.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING.
I'M JUST GETTING IT FOR STAFF.
SOMETIMES STAFF COULD BE WRONG, SOMETIMES CPC COULD BE WRONG THEN, BUT IT FOLLOWED ON US TO MAKE A DECISION, THEN IT WOULD LAND ON US.
WE MADE A BAD DECISION BECAUSE WE RELIED ON STAFF OR CAUSE WE RELIED ON CBC.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT POSITION.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I NEED AN EXPLANATION TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS ISSUE.
AND THANK YOU TREMOR, WILLIS AND, AND CHAIRMAN RIDE TO BRING THIS UP.
CAUSE IT IS A, A COMPLEX ISSUE FOR WHEN WE, THE POLICY GOTTA MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE EVIDENCE.
I MEAN, BUT I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, LET US, UH, TRY TO GET BY THIS MEMO AND, AND SOMEONE AND WANNA DEFER IT AT THE, AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN DEFER IT, YOU KNOW, BACK TO SOME, BACK TO WHATEVER NEED TO BE DONE.
UM, UM, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTION ON THE MEMBER RUNNING FROM D THROUGH M? OKAY, WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO ITEM A.
HUH? YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY, YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, MY NAME IS VERNON YOUNG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, ALONG HERE WITH SAM, SK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION OVERVIEW TODAY IS GONNA GO OVER OUR TECHNOLOGY, RESIDENTIAL PERMITS, COMMERCIAL PERMITS, AN UPDATE ON SELF-CERTIFICATION, AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE IN HIRING AND RECRUITMENT, THE, UH, STEMS MUNICIPAL CENTER, UPDATE OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLANS, AND THEN NEXT STEPS, SO ARE FULL SWING INTO OUR POSSE SOFTWARE REPLACEMENT, UH, PROJECT, UH, NOW LABELED DALLAS.
OUR OFFICIAL PROJECT KICKOFF WAS HELD ON MAY 1ST, 2023 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AELA ITTS AND OUR VENDOR CONSULTANT ARE WORKING ALONG OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A ROBUST SYSTEM THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT.
THE RANSOMWARE HAS IMPACTED CUSTOMER UPLOADS, PRINTING AND SOME OF OUR GIS, UH, ZONING MAPPING AND SOME, UH, OTHER USER DRIVES.
BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ESTABLISH WORKAROUNDS TO KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING.
A TEMPORARY SOLUTION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT VOLUME, UH, FOR IS, IS IS STILL STEADY.
WE'RE AVERAGING 135 MONTHLY, MONTHLY FOR THE, UH, PHYSICAL YEAR.
UH, WE PROCESSED OR TOOK IN 133, WE'RE ABLE TO GET OUT 135 FOR THE, UH, MONTH OF APRIL.
UH, THE NUMBERS ARE HAVE COMING IN
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FOR MAY, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE ON OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.RESIDENTIAL NEW SINGLE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT TURNAROUND TIME FOR, UH, NEW SINGLE FAMILY, WE'VE DROPPED THAT TIME OR DECREASED IT FROM TWO DAYS FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS REALLY ALMOST, UH, A 2020 5% COMPARED TO, UH, WHAT IT WAS.
AND SO IT'S, WE CONTINUE TO DRILL DOWN ON THOSE NUMBERS.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET, UH, PERMITS ISSUED IN, UH, FIVE MEDIAN DAYS IF THERE'S NO ISSUES, UH, WITH THEM FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT.
THE CURRENT, THE COMMERCIAL PERMANENT VOLUME, UH, IS, IS, IS STILL STEADY.
UH, WE, WE TOOK IN OR, OR THERE WERE FIVE NEW SUBMITTALS THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE Q TEAM.
UH, UH, TIMELINES AND, AND NUMBERS HAVE COME IN FOR, UH, MAY, WHICH WE'LL PRODUCE, UH, WHICH SEEM TO, UH, BE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT FROM APRIL.
COMMERCIAL REMODEL PERMIT VOLUME, UH, CONTINUES TO BE STEADY, UH, WITH 275 COMMERCIAL REMODEL, UH, PERMITS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
HERE'S A, A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN ON ON, ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.
COMMERCIAL NEW, AGAIN, FIVE ADDITIONS.
UH, 28, UH, COMMERCIAL REMODELS ARE ON PAR FOR WHAT THEY WERE LAST PHYS PHYSICAL YEAR.
WE SO FAR, UH, 275 FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, BUT 2,122 FOR THE OVERALL, UH, PHYSICAL YEAR SO FAR.
EXPRESSED Q TEAM, UH, 1 91 FOR THE MONTH AND, AND SO FORTH.
THE AVERAGE DAY FOR NEW COMMERCIAL REMODELS.
UM, IT SLIGHT, IT BUMPED UP SLIGHTLY TO 15.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TRAINING ACROSS TRAINING.
WE, UH, EXPECT TO STEADY THOSE NUMBERS AND BRING THEM BACK DOWN TO THE MANAGE MORE MANAGEABLE.
10 AND 11, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STILL WITHIN OUR GOAL OF, UH, 15 DAYS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE, UH, PROGRESS ON, UH, UH, LOWERING THAT NUMBER.
SO THE FINAL, UH, DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY THE MATRIX GROUP IN APRIL.
UH, WE'VE HAD A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION WITH THEM TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE DYNAMICS AND, AND WHAT THEY'VE NOTED.
UH, A FINAL REPORT SHOULD BE, UH, COMPLETED.
UH, AND MATTER OF FACT, WE WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT ROUGH DRAFT.
UH, D S D STAFF, UH, WILL MEET WITH SHARE WITH THE SHARE, UH, SHAREHOLDERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UH, THAT INCLUDES THE DALLAS HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, TREK, DALLAS AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
OUR DESIRES TO BRING THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN AUGUST RELATED TO SELF-CERTIFICATION UPDATE ON HIRING AND RECRUITMENT.
A TOTAL OF 345 POSITIONS ARE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
58 POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT.
UH, BUT OF THOSE 58 21 ARE CURRENTLY IN THE OR ONBOARDING PROCESS.
DALLAS LIBRARY, CIVIL SERVICE, HR, COMPENSATION, AND DSD HOSTED A HIRING FAIR ON MAY 10TH.
THERE WERE 64 INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED WITH 17 JOB OFFERS, UH, BEING MADE.
WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH HR AND BUDGET.
WE'VE REQUESTED FIVE ENGINEERING INTERN POSITIONS, SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THIS PHYSICAL YEAR, AND THEN INCREASE TO FIVE MORE FOR A TOTAL OF 10 IN THE NEXT PHYSICAL YEAR, TRYING SOMETHING NEW, UH, WITH THE ENGINEERING, UH, RECRUITMENT.
ON THE NEXT PAGES, A DETAILED, UH, LIST OF THE VACANCIES.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE TO KIND OF SEE WHERE THOSE VACANCIES ARE AND, AND WHO WE'RE HIRING.
AND, AND AGAIN, UH, 21, UH, FOLKS HAVE, UH, BEEN PRESENTED JOB OFFERS.
WE DON'T STRIKE 'EM, UH, OR MAKE 'EM VACANT ON THIS LIST UNTIL THEY'VE ACCEPTED AND WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THE STEMS MUNICIPAL CENTER UPDATE PHASE ONE INCLUDES FLOORS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND IT IS PROPOSED COMPLETION DATE.
IT'S SLATED FOR OCTOBER, 2023 AND IN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AS PART OF PHASE ONE, THE FIFTH FLOOR IS SCHEDULED, UH, FOR RELOCATION AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERY, EVERYTHING THERE AND THAT OUR, UH, TECHNOLOGY PIECE IS IN PLACE, FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND FLOOR IN AUGUST OF 2023.
AND THE REMAINING FLOORS, UH, SHOULD BE ALL IN PLACE BY OCTOBER, 2023.
DSD WILL BE OCCUPYING FLOORS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND WILL POTENTIALLY INCLUDE DALLAS FIRE INSPECTIONS, CITY ATTORNEYS, HUMAN RESOURCE PARTNERS, AND OUR NORTHWEST INSPECTION DISTRICT OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'VE HIRED A NEW SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, UH, TO OFFICERS TO HELP US WITH OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS, TO CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT DEPARTMENT INFORMATION TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND TO YOU AS WELL.
DSD IS PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO
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PROMOTE OUR, UH, SATURDAY POP-UP EVENTS VIA RADIO AND TELEVISION VISION ADVERTISEMENTS.WE CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIRECT EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS TO PROMOTE DEPARTMENT EVENTS, TRAININGS, AND OUTREACH.
RECENTLY CREATED A, WE RECENTLY CREATED A NEXT DOOR ACCOUNT TO REACH MORE RESIDENTS.
95% OF OUR CUSTOMER SAT, WE'VE HAD A 95% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATE FOR THE, UH, MONTH OF APRIL, 2023.
OUR NEXT STEPS POP UP PERMIT SATURDAYS EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.
UH, WE HAD IN, IN MAY, WE HAD ONLY 12 WALK-IN CUSTOMERS.
NEXT EVENT WILL BE HOSTED ON JUNE 17TH, UH, 2023.
SO THAT'S, UH, NEXT WEEKEND, LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR POPULAR LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES, UH, SESSION FOUR PROJECT DOC DOCS FOR THE APPLICANTS, SHOWING THEM HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT SYSTEM.
UH, MANDATORY LANDSCAPING TRAINING, UH, FROM OUR CITY ARBORIST.
AND WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP AND SHARE COMMERCIAL PERMITTING DASHBOARD, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 TO RIDE ALONG.
UH, WITH WHAT WE DO CURRENTLY DO FOR THE RESIDENTIAL FOLKS, WE'RE GONNA HOST A, UH, LATE, UH, SUMMER HIRING, UH, AFFAIR TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING ON, UH, TEAM MEMBERS TO HELP PROCESS PERMITS AND TO, UH, CONTINUE THE SPUR DEVELOPMENT ALONG IN DALLAS.
WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO GET FEEDBACK ON THE SELF-CERTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IN, IN ON JUNE OF 15, 20 23.
UM, COLLEAGUES, UM, TR WILLIS, YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
WANNA COME BACK TO YOU,
THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, VERY DETAILED, UM, REPORT.
I, I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION, JUST TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY RESIDENTIAL HAS COME WAY DOWN TO THE FIVE DAY PERIOD.
UM, WHEN I SEE, OH, LET'S SEE.
OKAY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG LINE.
UM, SO ON THESE CUSTOMER REVISION JOBS, I MEAN, ARE THOSE GETTING RESOLVED FAIRLY QUICKLY? IS EDUCATION HELPING WITH THOSE, UH, TO TIGHTEN THAT TIMEFRAME? EDUCATION IS HELPING AND NOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE REDUCED OUR REVIEW TIME, WE'RE ABLE TO DO CALLBACKS ON CUSTOMERS AND KIND OF SPUR THEM ALONG OR FIND OUT IF THERE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE MISSING.
WE KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE, UH, PERMIT REVIEWS THAT ARE MORE THAN 20, 30 DAYS ON, ON HOLD, ON THE CUSTOMER TIME TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED OR IF THERE'S JUST A, A, A GAP IN COMMUNICATION.
SO YES, WE'RE ABLE TO SPREAD THOSE ALONG AND KEEP THOSE MOVING.
UM, YEAH, AND I, I'VE GOTTA SAY, I'M, I'M HEARING A LOT LESS FROM PEOPLE.
I STILL, STILL AM HEARING SOME HERE AND THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT IT USED TO BE, SO THAT IS A GOOD BAROMETER FOR ME.
I GUESS ONE OTHER JUST EDITORIAL POINT, ARE WE CALLING THAT NEW BUILDING THE STEMS MUNICIPAL CENTER? CAN WE NOT CALL IT SOMETHING SEXIER THAN THAT? I MEAN, IT'S JUST, THAT'S REALLY BORING.
WELL MAYBE WE NEED A LITTLE CONTEST.
ANYONE IN THE VIRTUAL ROYAL? OKAY.
UH, WIC THAT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET READY TO POA, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'VE BEEN READY GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND NOW WE SAYING TAKE ABOUT ANOTHER COUPLE YEARS BEFORE WE GET INTO PLACE.
SO THAT'S ALMOST FOUR YEARS BEFORE WE GOT IN PLACE, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACT.
NOW WE DO CURRENT, HAVE A CONTRACT.
MY QUESTION TO YOU, HOW DO WE SPEED THIS UP? YOU KNOW, IS IS THERE A MATTER OF HAVING THE RIGHT PERSON IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? IT SAID, HERE'S A CITY, WE OWN THIS PERMIT AND, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO EVERY DAY TO SPEED THIS UP, NOT TO HAVE A PART-TIME JOB.
SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A, A WAY THAT IT'S FOUR YEARS AND I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO GET THERE.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, THAT WE MIGHT NEED SOME, SOME POSITION OVER THERE WHO IS WORKING ON THIS FULL TIME IN ORDER TO SATISFY THAT THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IS RIGHT, BUT IT'S A HUMAN, UH, FACTOR THAT ACTUALLY GOTTA GET THIS DONE.
WE GOT A TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S A HUMAN FACTOR.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR, UH, MOST,
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UH, TENURED STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION TO, TO THE, UH, VENDOR.AND, UH, AND SO WE'RE, THERE'S A BALANCING ACT.
SOME OF THAT TENURED STAFF, A ACTUALLY, UH, HELP US FACILITATE, UH, PLAN REVIEW.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SLOW DOWN, UH, PLAN REVIEWS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME LEVERAGE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LETTING THE VENDOR, UH, KNOW OUR NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THOSE NEEDS ARE BEING MET THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, VET AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS.
UH, I THINK THE MOST VITAL TAKEAWAY IS TO GET IT RIGHT AND, BUT WE WILL LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE IT.
SIR, WE'RE UTILIZING A, A THIRD PARTY, UH, GARDENER TO, UH, TO KEEP US ON TASK.
BUT, UH, BUT AGAIN, ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO, TO SPEED THIS, UH, PROCESS UP, WE WILL, I'M GOING TO MEET WITH THE, WITH THE VENDOR AND, UH, EXPLORE AREAS THAT THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GAIN TIME.
AND, UH, WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED.
NUMBER ONE, ON PAGE 11, THE HIRING PERSONALITY YOU GOT HERE AND WHAT YOU JUST, UM, EXPLAINED TO ME, UH, WHAT YOU DOING? DO WE HAVE THAT PERSON IN THIS RECRUITING CATEGORY THAT WE NEED TO HIRE, UH, MAKE SURE THEY ARE FULL-TIME DOING THIS EXERCISE? IS THAT IN THIS, UH, HIRING PROCEDURE ON PAGE 11, RECRUITING COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS? UH, YES.
AND SO WE MEET WEEKLY WITH HR AND THEY'VE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER.
WE'VE A BEEN ABLE TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THE PROCESSES.
A AGAIN, IN THIS, UH, HIGHLY DYNAMIC ATMOSPHERE OF, OF, OF, OF HIRING, UH, TRYING TO GET THE PROPER CANDIDATES AND, AND, AND SOMEONE THAT MEETS THE, THE, THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS, IS, IS, UH, PRIORITY ONE, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THE JOB FAIRS, I BELIEVE ENGINEERING IS, UH, MOSTLY, MOSTLY STAFF NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, IN, IN ABOUT, UH, SIX, SEVEN MONTHS.
AND SO WE ARE DOING DYNAMIC THINGS TO ADDRESS HIRING.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, UM, UH, THANK YOU VILAN AND, AND THANK ANDREW, UH, FOR COMING DOWN TO THE STATE TO, TO TESTIFY ON THE BILLS, ON ALL DIFFERENT BILLS.
UH, UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE NEED KINDA HOW DO WE PREPARE OURSELVES THAT A THIRD PARTY REVIEW? UH, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF THIRD PARTY REVIEW? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATOR SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA DO THIRD PARTY REVIEW.
SO HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELF, UH, FROM LIABILITY THAT WHEN WE DO THIRD PARTY REVIEW, WE STILL GOTTA BE RESPONSIBLE TO, TO MAKE SURE WE DO, UM, UH, COVER OUR TAIL? GREAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IS WE LEVERAGE THE THIRD PARTY TO, UH, PERFORM SOME OF OUR MORE CURSORY REVIEWS.
UH, WE'RE EXPLORING, UH, THE COMMERCIAL SEGMENT.
THERE WERE LESSONS LEARNED EARLY ON, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, ALLOWING THEM TO DO THE, THE ZONING.
SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT FACTOR OUT OF IT.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND, AND POCS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE, OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNERS ARE WELL VERSED IN OUR CODES, IN OUR, UH, POSITIONS ON PLAN REVIEW.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE, MONITOR THEM.
WE'VE, UH, ADDED A EXTRA WORKLOAD TO THE FIRE SPRINKLER GROUP.
WE HAVE A EXCELLENT, UH, ENGINEER THAT'S OVER THAT GROUP RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND WE DO CURSOR CURSORY, UM, AUDIT, AUDIT CHECKS ON THEM.
AND SO WE LISTEN TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THE THIRD PARTY IS ADHERING TO OUR, TO OUR STANDARDS.
AND IF THERE'S ANY, UM, AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, UH, WE'LL ADDRESS THEM.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO THIRD PARTY REVIEW AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, WE STILL LI ARE WE LIABLE? I'M, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? OUR THIRD PARTY REVIEW, WE DO THIRD PARTY REVIEW.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL AT THE CITY IS LIABLE WHAT THEY'VE DONE, RIGHT? MOST DEFINITELY.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO THERE'S, UH, PROVISIONS THAT THAT, THAT WE TAKE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE MINIMUM CODE IF THERE, IF A ISSUE DOES ARISE, AND THEN WE LOOK AT IT AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS AND, UH, OF DALLAS AND THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, ARE MEETING THE MINIMUM, UH, LIFE SAFETY CODES IN DALLAS.
AND SO, YES, AND, AND REASON WHY I SAY THAT, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE SAID WE NEED A THIRD PARTY REVIEW.
I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT I DO KNOW WE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF INCIDENT IN FLORIDA WITH THIRD PARTY REVIEW.
WE GOT A LIABILITY, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE OUR ATTORNEYS IS, IS WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THIRD PARTY REVIEW THAT WE END UP WITH FACING SOME DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, ON THERE.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WORK WITH ATTORNEY WITH TAMMY
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PINA ON THIRD PARTY REVIEW.I KNOW THEY DID COME UP, UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHO IS LIABLE, WHO RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, SO THEREFORE MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THAT.
AND, AND THE LAST THING IS, IT SAID WHEN DO WE HAVE TO USE THIRD PARTY, YOU KNOW, A REVIEW? AND SO THAT'S A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, YOU AIN'T GET BACK FROM ME TODAY, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A MANDATE THAT YOU GOT TO DO IT, BUT IT SAID, IF YOU GOTTA CATCH UP, WE NEED TO DO IT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS, VERY VALID POINT AND, AND YOU BRING UP A, UH, EXCELLENT, UH, POSITION.
THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE, UH, THE, THE PIECES THAT'S COME UP QUITE OFTEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SELF-CERTIFICATION IS, IS THE LIABILITY AND, AND HOW DO WE TRACK THAT AND, AND VERIFY AND, AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S A CRUCIAL PIECE TO HOW WE, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WITH THAT, UH, PROGRAM.
COLLEAGUES, UH, ON WILL CHAIR, IF I MAY, IF I MAY ADD IN, VERNON TOOK CREDIT TO VERNON AND, AND SAM AND THEIR TEAMS. THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
THEY DO MEET WITH A THIRD PARTY REVIEW TEAM ON A WEEKLY BASIS, SO THAT'S ANOTHER CHECKPOINT FOR US.
THAT'S THE QUALITY CONTROL CHECKPOINT.
AS FAR AS HIRING, GOING BACK TO HIRING, WE DO HAVE NOW A DEDICATED HR PARTNER FOR THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY KEY IN EXPEDITING A LOT OF THE HIRING PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE WORKFLOW.
UH, THE ADDITION OF THE SECOND Q TEAM HAS PAID DIVIDENDS TO US KNOWING THAT WE HAVE IT AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
UH, SO ON, ON ALL ACCOUNTS, UH, THINGS HAVE, UH, HAVE WORKED, UH, REALLY, REALLY WELL AND, AND IMPLEMENTATION THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE BY ME AND SAM AND THEIR TEAM HAS, HAS, HAS WORKED, UH, VERY WELL FOR US.
JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TO MENTION THAT.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, VERNON AND ANDREW, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MAGIC, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, FOR LETTING THEM, YOU KNOW, SPEND TIME IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
SO IT WAS A, A ADVENTURE FOR THEM.
IT WAS NEW, BUT, BUT THEY DO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT DOWN IN AUSTIN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT LOCAL CONTROL.
I, I THINK THEY DID A GREAT, UH, A STELLA A STELLAR PROJECT.
THEY, THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT THAT WE DID STEER SOME, SOME, UH, SOME ISSUES, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT, UH, WOULD BE FAVORED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND, AND, AND, AND YOUR STAFF DID A MONITOR JOB DOWN THERE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PERSON ON THE RECORD THAT SAID FAIRLY, ANDREW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I KNOW IT WAS ON THERE MANY TIMES.
YOU HAD TO DRIVE DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE, ON THE MOMENTS, UH, OF NOTICE TO GET THERE.
AND, AND WITH WITHOUT THAT, I THINK WE WOULD BE IN A SITUATION THAT WE NOT CONTROLLING OUR PERMITS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'D, UNC CAME, UH, OUT OF THE, THE DARK ASIA TO THE DAYLIGHT AND WE SEE STUFF DIFFERENT FROM THE PERMIT, BUT WE STILL GOTTA MAKE SURE WE MARK AND MAINTAIN THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND THAT WE NOT SHOT AND NOT CLOSED.
I MEAN, TWO YEARS AGO IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT DAY, BUT TODAY IS A NEW DAY AND WE NEED TO TELL A BETTER STORY OUT THERE THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
UH, WITH THAT, IT IS NOW TWO TWENTY NINE.
I CALL THE, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER A AGENDA ADJOURNED.