Sep 27, 2023 City Council Agenda Meetings

WHAT IS A IN THREE MONTHS? WHAT IS THE NEW COST OF THE ITEM? BECAUSE IT'LL HAVE TO BE REBID.

DOES IT HAVE TO BE REBID IF WE DEFER FOR THREE MONTHS? DOES THE DOES THE APPLICANT GET TO SAY THAT THEIR COSTS WENT UP? EVERYTHING'S GOING UP. EVERY MONTH WE DELAY SOMETHING, THINGS GET MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO DO WE KNOW WHAT CHANGE ORDER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD IN FROM THE GET GO IF WE GET TO BRING THIS BACK.

BECAUSE IF WE ADOPT A BIKE PLAN AND FOLKS HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT WHAT'S WHAT THE BIKE WORKING GROUP, BIKE PLAN WORKING GROUP AND THE MICROMOBILITY WORKING GROUP HAVE ALREADY RECOMMENDED TO US, WHICH IS CANTON.

THEN IF THAT GETS CHANGED, THEN WE HAVE TO REDESIGN.

IS THAT ACCURATE? SO CHAIR NARVAEZ, I BELIEVE THAT OUR CONTRACTORS HAVE TO HOLD THEIR PRICES FOR SIX MONTHS.

IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. HOW MANY? 150 DAYS.

OKAY, 150 DAYS.

AND SO BUT CHANGE ORDERS ARE ALLOWED.

IS THAT CORRECT? CHANGE ORDERS IF WE CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, YES.

RIGHT. OKAY. BUT BUT THEN AGAIN, IF PARTICULARLY FOR THIS ITEM, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE BIKE LANES GO BACK ON COMMERCE, THEN WE HAVE TO REDESIGN THE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHERE THE YEAR AND A HALF TIME TIMELINE COMES INTO INTO PLAY.

RIGHT? AND IF EVERYTHING STAYS AS IS, THEN, I MEAN, WE BASICALLY HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO SEE IF THEY HOLD THEIR PRICES FOR CONSTRUCTION.

I GOT YOU. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE DELAY, WE HEARD THE COG IS INVOLVED.

I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN HELPING OUT TO GET ALL KINDS OF PLANS IN PLACE FOR TO HELP THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION IN ORDER TO RECONNECT DEEP ELLUM.

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF EXTENSIVE WORK, AND WE'RE GOING OFF OF ONE PERSON WHO WALKED IN ABOUT A CONNECTION TO A TRAIL AND WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD EVERYTHING FOR POTENTIALLY A YEAR AND A HALF.

THAT'S MY PAUSE, IS I DON'T I DIDN'T GET ANY INFORMATION, ANY PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION FROM THAT ONE PERSON THAT CAME UP HERE.

BUT THE ADVOCATES FOR THAT ARE SAYING THAT WE NEED TO DO ALL OF THIS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS ARE BEING BROUGHT IN.

SO IF WE DO ALL OF THIS COLLEAGUES, WHAT I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND IS WE'VE GOT TO HOLD EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT HAS TO DO WITH STREETS, BIKES, ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET A BIKE PLAN.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO GO FURTHER THEN, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHERE NOTHING EVERY SINGLE TRANSPORTATION MODE IS IN THERE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE OR ADOPT ANYTHING.

AND WE HOLD EVERYTHING UNTIL WE GET THAT COMPLETED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW IS BASED ON THAT ONE ONE ITEM THAT WE CAN'T GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE CAN'T WORK AROUND ANYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS ONE WHERE THE PLAN IS IN PLACE, I'M OKAY TO HOLD IT.

I JUST KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY DELAYED ANOTHER ITEM BEFORE AND ANOTHER ITEM AND IT COSTS THE CITY MILLIONS IN ORDER TO DELAY AND DEFER THESE ITEMS. SO THIS IS WHERE WHERE WE WHERE WE GET TO.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

THE VOTERS VOTED FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE DONE BACK IN 2017.

I GET THINGS CHANGE, BUT HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE WAIT AND DELAY? THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF ANOTHER PLAN, BECAUSE I DO AGREE WE SHOULDN'T BE JUST CHANGING PLANS THAT WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE NEXT PLAN THAT COMES IN? BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THE NEXT TECHNOLOGY IS.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.

I THINK I ALREADY KNOW WHERE THE CARDS ARE GOING TO FALL.

I DON'T I DON'T SUPPORT THE DELAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN DEEP ELLUM.

VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THEY THEY'RE NOT JUST DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THEIR BUSINESSES.

THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT THING.

THEY PUT IN YEARS OF DUE DILIGENCE IN ORDER TO GET THE ACCURATE, THE ACCURATE PLAN.

I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE YES FOR THE DELAY, BUT I BUT IF IT DOES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE DO IN TRANSPORTATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.

I'M JUST PUSHING THINGS FORWARD IN THE FUTURE ON OTHER ITEMS IN OTHER DISTRICTS IF SOMETHING IS CHANGING OR IN CONTRADICTION TO ANOTHER PLAN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN ON THIS COUNCIL QUITE OFTEN, IS WE DO ONE THING FOR ONE GROUP AND A DIFFERENT THING FOR ANOTHER.

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SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE DELAY TODAY.

HOPEFULLY Y'ALL DON'T DELAY THIS ITEM JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COST US MILLIONS.

AND IF WE GET BACK TO THE SAME ITEM, IT'S STILL GOING TO COST US HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MORE DOLLARS TO DELAY THIS TILL DECEMBER.

AND IF WE'VE GOT TO REDESIGN, THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE BECAUSE WE PROBABLY ARE SHORT, SHORT DOLLARS AT THAT POINT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT FOLKS IN THE QUEUE, THE CITY MANAGER HAD SOME THINGS HE WANTED TO ADD.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I'M YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL MOTIONS OR SOME CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THIS ITEM.

I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS ISSUE RAISES HIS HEAD A LOT.

AND IN THIS CASE, JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE ON AT LEAST WHERE STAFF AS PEOPLE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DESIGNED A PROJECT DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT PLAN.

WHEN WE'RE UNDERGOING A PLAN REVISION AND A REWRITE TYPICALLY TO WHETHER IT'S THE HOUSING PROGRAM OR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OR WHATEVER POLICY DECISION, I THINK THIS COUNCIL MAKES THE COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT.

I THINK HELPS GUIDE IN THE MOMENT KINDS OF THINGS VERSUS WAITING UNTIL CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN OR AN APPROVAL COMES LATER ON, PARTICULARLY IF WHATEVER WE'RE DISCUSSING AS AN ISSUE OR A POTENTIAL CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH DIRECT STAKEHOLDERS AND OR BROADER STAKEHOLDERS. IF STAFF GETS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS WHERE THE ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF WILL END UP AND IT SEEMS AS IF THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THEIR COLLEAGUES OR STAKEHOLDERS HAVE THE SAME KIND OF UNDERSTANDING, THEN WE PROCEED BEFORE THINGS ARE ADOPTED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DISCERN, WHETHER IT'S TALKING INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COLLECTIVELY OR IN THEIR DISTRICTS ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED AND THE FEEDBACK LOOPS. SO WE PROCEED IN THAT COURSE VERSUS WAITING IF SOMETHING'S OUT, SIX MONTHS WAITING BECAUSE OF THAT TIMELINE, THE VERY NATURE OF THIS ITEM SHOWING UP TODAY THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE EXISTING, BUT ALSO IN THE PROSPECTIVE PLAN FOR WHICH I WILL ADD WE ARE UPDATING, FOR WHICH I WILL ADD THE ORIGINAL WORDS FROM 2011, FOR WHICH I WILL ADD NOT NEARLY ANYTHING HAPPENED WITH THE 2011 PLAN ALL THE WAY UP TO 2018 BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FUNDED AND WE ONLY PUT A HALF $1 MILLION TOWARDS IT AND 200 OF THAT WAS FOR STAFF AND OTHER THINGS.

AND NOW WE'RE AT A NUMBER OF ABOUT $2.5, HOPEFULLY GOING TO $3 MILLION SUCCESSIVELY TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT A PLAN THAT WE ACTUALLY ADOPT.

I'M SAYING THAT'S WHY STAFF IS SO EAGER.

AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE'RE BEHIND EVEN ON THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING.

I THINK WE'VE MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ALONG THE WAY OF THE NEW PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN OPEN TO EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THE STAKEHOLDERS ON THE PROSPECTIVE PLAN.

SO THIS NOTION OF SOMEHOW I GET THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE ANALOGY, BUT THE REALITY IS WE DON'T STAND STILL OFTEN WE MOVE IN PROGRESS AND WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE BODY THAT ULTIMATELY APPROVES THINGS.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE NOT DONE THAT.

THIS IS A BIG NUMBER.

SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS.

BUT THE REALITY IS IF IN FACT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON COMMERCE, THAT'S WHAT THE TECHNICAL PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION STAFF ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY HAS REVIEWED.

AND WHETHER WE PUT BIKE LANES ON COMMERCE OR AND CANTON TOGETHER, THEY WILL BE GUIDED BY THE ALLOWABLE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THIS NOTION THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH A PLAN IN MOTION.

WE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION AGAIN BACK IN APRIL OF 2021 OR 22 WHEN WE WERE ADOPTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THERE WAS SOME HESITANCY TO WANT TO APPROVE IT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT PROCESS AND TIMING, BUT THAT WAS ALL, IN MY OPINION, AIMED AROUND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD A PROBLEM WITH ISSUES WITHIN THE PLAN.

MORE SO THAN THE SUBSTANCE, BECAUSE IT ENDED UP THE EXACT SAME WAY AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED THREE MONTHS AGO.

AND IT WAS I WON'T SAY A DELAYED STRATEGY, BUT IT WAS WHAT HAPPENED AND NOTHING CHANGED OTHER THAN THEIR ISSUE MAY HAVE GOTTEN WORKED OUT.

THAT WAS INDIVIDUAL TO THEM.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY THIS WHILE STAFF IS HERE DEFENDING THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, WE DON'T WAIT IN MOST CASES TO DESIGN A PROJECT ON A PLAN THAT'S NOT CODIFIED.

AND I GET IT.

BUT I MEAN, TODAY'S CONVERSATION, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO APPROVE IT, FINE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THE COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP AND IT WILL BE DELAYED.

AND IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S WILL, THEN THAT'S FINE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO LAY THIS ON A PROCESS ISSUE BECAUSE STAFF MAKES THOSE TECHNICAL DECISIONS.

COUNCIL DOESN'T MAKE THOSE TECHNICAL DECISIONS.

YOU MAY WANT CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN, BUT IF IT CAN'T LOGICALLY HAPPEN AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OTHER AREAS, I THINK LISTENING TO THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA AND EVERYONE ELSE IS

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GREAT, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING A PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION AND THE FACT THAT IT'S HERE TODAY GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO NOT DO IT TO REFLECT THE NEWNESS IN THE PLAN AND THE REVISED THINKING.

AND THAT'S WHAT TODAY IS.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SNEAKING SOMETHING BY YOU.

IF WE'D HAVE GONE AND CONSTRUCTED IT WITHOUT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

BUT TODAY WAS THE STATEMENT OF, HEY, HERE'S BEEN THE CHANGE, HERE'S THE CONVERSATION, HERE'S WHERE THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION AND OTHERS AGREED TO.

AND WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN THE TENOR AND TONE OF THE CONVERSATION FOR TWO YEARS.

DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED? DO YOU EITHER SAY YES OR NO AND WE MOVE ON AND THEN WE JUST REWRITE HISTORY? IF I HADN'T BROUGHT IT TODAY, WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO DESIGN A PROJECT WAITING ON SOMEONE TO TELL ME THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

SO NOTHING'S REALLY BEEN LOST EXCEPT FOR TIME.

IF IN FACT WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR GIVING ME THAT CHANCE.

OF COURSE, CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.

I STARTED OUT LISTENING TO THIS AND WAS WITH YOU GUYS TOTALLY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

I KEPT THINKING THERE WAS A GAP, IT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT, THAT WE HAD THIS COMMUNITY INPUT IN 2011, 2016, AND THEN BOOM, WE'RE HERE AND WE'VE NOT BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IF THERE'S NO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN A PROJECT, I MEAN, THAT'S A HUGE RED FLAG FOR ME.

HUGE. AND SO I WAS WITH YOU AND THEN WE HAD STEPHANIE'S DESCRIPTION OF WHAT SHE AND THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND I WOULD LOVE FOR STEPHANIE TO COME BACK TO THE MIC, BUT I THINK SHE'S ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION.

SORRY. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

AND I HEARD SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS.

RIGHT. I HEARD THAT THEY WERE MEETING TWICE A YEAR AND LOTS OF SOME OTHER INVOLVEMENT.

SO, STEPHANIE, WHY WAS IT DECIDED TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIANS ON COMMERCE STREET? WHAT WAS THE THINKING THERE AND WHO WHOSE INPUT WERE WE LISTENING TO? THANK YOU, KATHY. YES, IT WAS DECIDED TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIANS AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE STRATEGY.

WE THINK IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION OVERALL FOR THE AREA, WE'RE NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT ONE MODE AT THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DO SEE DEEP ELLUM AT THE EPICENTER OF HOW TRANSPORTATION IS TRANSFORMING IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AND WE'VE LED ON THAT FOR YEARS.

WHETHER THAT'S BEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH 345, WHETHER THAT'S HAPPENING WITH SCOOTERS.

AND SO WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HOW WE THINK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

AND FOR US, AS I SAID, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER PROJECTS THAT COME INTO THIS AND HAVE COME INTO PLAY THAT IMPACT COMMERCE.

SO FOR US, PEDESTRIANS IN AN AREA THAT IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE MOST PEDESTRIANS GATHERED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY AT ANY ONE TIME.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN FIRST AND THEIR SAFETY FIRST.

OUR SIDEWALKS IN DEEP ELLUM ARE NOT THAT WIDE.

THEY WERE DESIGNED DURING THE TROLLEY CAR ERA AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MORE DEATHS ON COMMERCE THAN ANY OTHER STREET THAT I'M AWARE OF IN OUR CITY.

WE DO TRACK THAT FROM FEDERAL INFORMATION, WRONG-WAY DRIVERS, THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND SO THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE AND ACTUALLY IS THE ONE THAT ADVOCATED FOR A COMPLETE STREET REDESIGN OF COMMERCE, BUT IN CONTEXT OF THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT IS GOING TO MATCH THE COUPLET ON ELM STREET.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE GOING FAST DOWN COMMERCE STREET.

ELM IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER BECAUSE THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY DONE.

BUT ONCE COMMERCE IS DONE, IT WILL ACTUALLY TURN INTO A TWO WAY STREET ON BOTH ELM AND COMMERCE STREET.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT.

WE CAN'T HAVE A TWO WAY STREET AND A BIKE LANE AND WIDER SIDEWALKS.

THAT WAS THE TRADE OFF.

AND SO THE THOUGHT WAS BIKES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, WE SEE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE ADVOCATED FOR YEARS THAT WE'RE MISSING LINK TO FAIR PARK AND OUR FAIR PARK.

OUR FRIENDS AT FAIR PARK ARE AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE SUPPORTED US.

OUR FRIENDS IN DOWNTOWN HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS AND SUPPORTED US THAT WE DO NEED A BIKE CONNECTION THROUGH DEEP ELLUM.

AND SO THE THOUGHT WAS THE WALKABLE AREA IN DEEP ELLUM IS LARGELY MAIN, COMMERCE, AND ELM STREET.

THAT IS WHERE OUR PEDESTRIANS GATHER OUR BIGGEST VENUE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN DEEP ELLUM THAT 4,000 PEOPLE CAN POUR OUT OF ON A SATURDAY NIGHT.

THEY'RE COMING UP COMMERCE STREET.

THEY COME INTO THE DISTRICT, INTO THE NIGHTLIFE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'VE ADVOCATED FOR CROSSWALKS, WE'VE ADVOCATED FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS ON COMMERCE.

BUT THAT'S WHY PEDESTRIANS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS IMPORTANT ON COMMERCE.

AND THEN ON CANTON STREET, WE THOUGHT THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO THEN INCORPORATE A BIKE LANE THAT'S STILL WALKABLE, THAT'S STILL VERY CLOSE, THAT IS ENGAGING THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES MORE THAN THE STOREFRONTS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING, LIKE YOU SEE ON GREENVILLE AVENUE, LIKE YOU SEE IN OTHER GREAT CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD,

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SIDEWALK CAFES AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS, WHICH ALSO AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THAT AND A BIKE LANE AND TWO WAY STREETS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SO WE VIEW IT AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

WE HAVE THE MAJORITY PROPERTY OWNERS ON COMMERCE STREET THAT HAVE SUPPORTED THIS AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED EACH STEP OF THE WAY.

WE'VE ALSO ALREADY COORDINATED, OF COURSE, WITH THE MAJOR PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL AS, LIKE I SAID, GOING DOOR TO DOOR ON CANTON STREET FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THE BIKE LANE ON THAT STREET ONCE MORE.

THIS IS NOT EVEN JUST FOR MAIN, ELM, AND COMMERCE, BUT IT CONNECTS TO HOW ARE WE INTEGRATING WHAT'S HAPPENING UNDERNEATH.

345 HOW ARE WE INTEGRATING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON 30? HOW DO WE RECONNECT TO EAST DALLAS THROUGH EXPOSITION CIRCLE? AND SO WE'VE PUT IN FUNDS TO REDESIGN AND LOOK AT WHAT DOES EXPOSITION CIRCLE LOOK LIKE.

WE'VE BROUGHT IN OUR OWN RESOURCES TO ASSIST THAT.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH TXDOT AND THE COG AND THE CITY AND DONE AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF LONG PROJECT JUST ON THAT CORRIDOR AND ITS CONNECTIVITY, INCLUDING HOW DO WE GET BIKES MORE SAFELY ACROSS.

I'M A BIKE, I'M A BIKE ENTHUSIAST MYSELF.

I USED TO BIKE TO WORK AND I DO USE THE SANTA FE TRAIL, BUT I USUALLY USE IT TO GO HOME BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUPER FRIENDLY ON THE WAY INTO THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE MAIN COLUMBIA PLAN.

WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE 360 PLAN, THE CURRENT BIKE PLAN AND COORDINATING WITH STAFF ON THAT.

AND SO IT'S AGAIN, IT'S ALL PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT HOW DO WE INCORPORATE ALL THE MODES, WHICH IS THE BEST ROUTE FOR WHICH MODE.

AND IT'S NOT ABOUT PRIORITIZING THE VEHICLE, IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIZING A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AS WELL AS CONNECTING INTO THE REST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT TIME RIGHT NOW AND WE FEEL THE RIGHT TIME TO LOOK AT HOW ARE WE INTEGRATING WITH THE ARTS DISTRICT, WITH FAIR PARK, WITH DOWNTOWN, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE OUR DALLAS CULTURAL TRAIL, WHICH WE'RE COMING TO YOU ALL FOR BOND REQUEST FUNDS, ET CETERA.

AND SO IT'S ABOUT THAT COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

AND SO WE'RE AGAIN GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL ARE FOCUSED ON BIKE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH DEEP ELLUM.

WE WANT TO SEE THAT CONNECTION.

WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DELAY A PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AT THIS POINT AND HAVE DELAYED THEIR OWN PLANS, THEIR OWN BUSINESS PLANS, THEIR OWN CONSTRUCTION PLANS ON COMMERCE, AND IS IMPACTING OUR BUSINESSES EVERY MONTH TO ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING WHERE OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT THEY'RE ON NOW, WHICH IS THAT THE BIKE LANES SHOULD BE ON CANTON STREET.

THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY THAT'S BEEN A VERY THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL PROCESS AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE REFLECT WHAT THE DEEP ELLUM NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOOKING FOR.

SO THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

HAVE BOTH OF YOU GUYS CHAIR MORENO AND SCHULTZ OR HAVE YOU BOTH SPOKEN ON THE MOTION TO DEFER ALREADY? OKAY, THEN THREE MINUTES FOR YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO AND THEN YOU CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ.

THREE MINUTES EACH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO STAND BY MY DECISION TO NOT SUPPORT THE THE MOTION FOR A DEFERRAL.

AND POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IS IT A DEFERRAL OR A DELAY? DO YOU HAVE A DATE CERTAIN? THERE'S NO TECHNICAL THING AS A MOTION TO DELAY.

WE KIND OF USE THAT COLLOQUIALLY, BUT THE MOTION TO DEFER JUST HAS TO HAVE A DATE CERTAIN AND IT CAN BE TIED TO AN EVENT, WHICH IS THE BIKE PLAN ADOPTION.

SO THANK YOU. THE BIKE PLAN.

ROBERT, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE BIKE PLAN WAS GOT PUBLIC COMMENT AND HOW MANY MEETINGS WERE HELD ON THE PUBLIC BIKE PLAN? AND DOES THAT BIKE PLAN CALL FOR THE BIKE LANE TO BE ON CANTON? GUS KHANKARLI, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DATES, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD TWO PUBLIC MEETING ENGAGEMENTS, FORMAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER ONE ON ONE OR LOCAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS.

SO THE CURRENT PLAN, WHEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS POSTED OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, INCLUDED THE ALTERNATIVE THAT SHOWS THE BIKE PLAN ON CANTON.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AGAIN WITHOUT GOING OVER, I'LL JUST SAY THIS.

THERE'S I THINK IT'S BEEN MADE OUT THAT THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OR PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS, AND THAT'S QUITE NOT TRUE.

WE'VE HAD DDI INVOLVED.

WE'VE HAD THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION INVOLVED.

I'VE ALSO ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD THROUGH THE FOUNDATION, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THE CITY OR THROUGH THE FOUNDATION GROUP.

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THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS EFFORT.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SUCH A STRONG PROJECT THAT WE REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN TO STAKEHOLDERS.

WE REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN TO BUSINESS OWNERS.

AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, ON COMMERCE, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT COME OUT OF THOSE RESTAURANTS, BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS, AND WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR PEDESTRIANS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO ALLOWING FOR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE JUST STRAIGHT OVER.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO NOT GO INTO THE FIRST NOTION ON WHY I'M SUPPORTING THE MOTION AT THE TABLE, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH DIALOG, THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PROJECT IN FRONT OF US.

THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I TO ME, THIS IS NOT ABOUT CANTON VERSUS COMMERCE.

I HAVE LIKE, LIKE CHAIR WEST.

I HAVE NO OPINION ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST PLAN.

I THINK THAT WHAT WE THIS IS REALLY ABOUT RESPECT FOR OUR OWN PLANNING PROCESS.

AND SO WHAT I'D BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IN YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE DELAY VERSUS DEFERRAL IS IS IT POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, EXPEDITIOUSLY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PLAN FOR CANTON DRAWN UP FOR THE BIKE PLAN PIECE ON CANTON? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION WANTS AND THE LOOP MAY HAVE TO PIVOT ON THEIR BIGGER ISSUE BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

BUT I'M WONDERING HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE JUST TO DO THAT ONE PIECE THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COUNCIL, OF WHAT WILL ACTUALLY GET SO THAT WE DON'T COME BACK LATER AND GO, OH, WELL, IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK AS WELL.

AND WE GOT TO HAVE CARS BE ABLE TO PARK ON CANTON OR WHATEVER.

JUST THAT ONE STRETCH.

HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE. COULD WE DO THAT EXPEDITIOUSLY? LET ME REPEAT THE QUESTION TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.

IT IS THE QUESTION OF TO SHOW THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE PLANT OF THE ALTERNATIVE ON CANTON.

YES. OKAY.

SO THAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.

AND BUT YOU SAID WHEN I ASKED YOU BEFORE THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO DRAW IT UP AND THINK IT THROUGH AND ALL THAT.

SO I'M ASKING WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

YES, MA'AM. THE CLARIFICATION, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME FOR THE DETAILED DESIGN THAT IS NOT DONE, HOWEVER, THE LOCATION, THE ALIGNMENT WHERE THE PATH IS, THE PLAN, THE MAP SHOWS WHERE THE PATH IS, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET ENOUGH DETAIL THAT WOULD THAT WOULD GIVE CONFIDENCE THAT, IN FACT, THE BIKE LANE ON CANTON IS AS EVERYONE'S AS SERIOUS ABOUT THAT AS THEY ARE ABOUT THIS THIS PROJECT.

I MEAN, I HATE TO KIND OF COMMIT TO A TIMELINE ON THE DETAIL.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

HOWEVER, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A JUST A CONCEPTUAL TYPICAL SECTION PLAN AND THE CONNECTION, WE CAN GET SOME HIGH LEVEL IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO. YEAH.

AND I'M WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WE'RE NOT TO TO CHAIR NARVAEZ POINT, I'M NOT TRYING TO REIMAGINE THE WHOLE WORLD.

I'M TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROJECT SO THAT IT CAN MOVE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY AND WE CAN LEARN OUR LESSON FOR THE REST OF IT AFTER TODAY'S VOTE.

I THINK THIS, BY THE WAY, HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND A GOOD ONE FOR OUR COUNCIL, BOTH PHILOSOPHICALLY AS WELL AS PARTICULARLY TO THIS.

SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS AND WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN THE PAST, RIGHT WHERE WE GO, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT OVER HERE, BUT THEN THAT SORT OF DOESN'T EVER HAPPEN BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER FACTORS COME IN.

AND SO ALL I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A CON OR NOT NECESSARILY SOMEONE ON STAFF.

AND I HEARD STEPHANIE, I THINK MENTIONED THAT THERE'S CONFLICT BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES.

AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT'S THE CONFLICT AS OPPOSED TO PEDESTRIANS AND CARS OR BIKES AND CARS? WHY SPECIFICALLY PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES? I MEAN, I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE CONVERSATIONS, PRIOR CONVERSATION.

WHAT ARE THE PARTICULARS ON THIS PROJECT.

THE ONLY THING I CAN I MEAN, ONE THING THAT I CAN MENTION IS THE THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT FOR COMMERCE TOOK PLACE BACK IN 2012.

SO, I MEAN, AT THAT TIME, AGAIN, WHEN YOU WHEN WE MODIFY THE THOROUGHFARES COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON THE THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT.

SO THE THOROUGHFARE, WHAT IS BEING DESIGNED TODAY IS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BACK IN 2012.

SO, AGAIN, I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE CONVERSATIONS.

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YOU'RE SAYING THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT IN 2012 WAS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ADOPT HERE? I BELIEVE SO. EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.

I BELIEVE SO. AND I WILL I WILL FOLLOW UP ON IT IF IF MY STATEMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I'M SAYING, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS WAS BEFORE MY TIME.

SO I DON'T I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT EXCEPT GO THROUGH THE RECORDS AND SEE WHAT IT IS.

YOU WIN. I DO THAT SOMETIMES.

CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YOU WANT IT? NO.

ANYONE ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DEFER? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? IT'S TOO CLOSE.

I GUESS WE GOT TO ROLL CALL IT.

MADAM SECRETARY, I COULDN'T TELL.

OKAY, ONE SECOND AS I SET IT UP.

THIS IS THE MOTION TO DEFER.

OKAY. COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD, WILL YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE HOW YOU'LL BE VOTING ON THIS MOTION? OKAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE IS TAKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ HOW WILL YOU BE VOTING ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

ONE SECOND.

I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR.

WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A VOICE VOTE.

I'M HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH MY DEVICE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OLD FASHIONED ROLL CALL, GUYS BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY'S DOWN.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, MADAM SECRETARY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE MOTION TO DEFER.

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

NO, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

MAYOR JOHNSON.

YES. YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

YES. DEPUTY MAYOR.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER MORENO.

NO. COUNCILMEMBER GRACEY.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RESENDEZ. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BAZALDUA.

NO COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

NO. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

NO. WITH SIX VOTING IN FAVOR, EIGHT OPPOSED, AND ONE ABSENT VOTE TAKEN.

THE MOTION FAILS.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I KNEW IT WAS CLOSE. I COULDN'T TELL.

SO WE'RE BACK ON ITEM 22 AS IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED.

AND I HAVE ONLY TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN ON THAT SO FAR.

SO ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 22.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YES. QUESTION FOR STAFF.

WHAT DOES THE CURRENT APPROVED THOROUGHFARE PLAN SHOW FOR THE STREET PROFILE OF COMMERCE STREET?

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SO BASED ON THE BEST INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, IT SHOWS BASICALLY WHAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED TODAY, WHICH IS TWO LANES, ONE IN EACH DIRECTION AND THE WIDENED SIDEWALK.

I THINK AND PARKING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, NO PARKING LANES AND PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.

OH, PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.

SO FOUR LANES OF PAVEMENT TWO PARKING TWO TRAVEL LANES.

CORRECT. BI DIRECTIONAL.

CORRECT. AND NO BIKE LANES.

THAT IS CORRECT.

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

THIS IS ITEM AGENDA ITEM 22 FOR THE PUBLIC.

DOES THE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING.

HAVE WE WENT BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THAT IS CORRECT.

MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS, AT LEAST 6 OR 7 PUBLIC MEETINGS.

AND THEN ALSO TO STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED THAT THEY'VE BEEN MEETING TWICE A YEAR WITH THEIR STAKEHOLDERS.

AND DO THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS? SO I THINK TYPICALLY, SIR, THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE OF THE TOPIC WHO ARE SUPPORT AND NOT IN SUPPORT.

BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS DESIGN.

OKAY. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE STAKEHOLDER AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THE DESIGN, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. AND SO DO WE HAVE I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT THE PROCESS.

DO WE HAVE THE POLICY A BIKE LANE POLICY? DO WE HAVE A BIKE LANE POLICY OR DO WE JUST HAVE A PLAN? HAVE WE FINISHED PUTTING IT OUT OUT? SO FROM WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS PART OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S COMMENTS WAS THAT WE DO HAVE A POLICY THAT IS PUT IN PLACE AS A GUIDELINE FROM 2011 AND THAT WILL BE UPDATED AND PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

OKAY. SO YOU SAID BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR SO.

IT'S IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN NARROW THAT DOWN WHEN WE BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL.

YOU SAID BY THE END OF YEAR THAT DECEMBER.

SO IT'S A TIMELINE WHERE WE COULD GET THAT PRESENTED, WOULD BE PRESENT IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL, WOULD WE PRESENTED IT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WHEN IT WHEN IT WOULD BE.

SO THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BRIEFING THAT'S EITHER OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND THEN ALSO BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN DECEMBER. AND WE DID AS PART OF THE LAST TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, BRING A MEMORANDUM, I BELIEVE, TO COUNCIL SHARING THAT INFORMATION OR TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SHARING THAT INFORMATION.

IS THERE ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS SAME TYPE OF SCENARIO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AROUND THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, YOU KNOW, DOWN AT KLYDE WARREN PARK? SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS THE ONLY AREA THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

SO SO NOT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, SIR.

NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA? OKAY, MRS. BLACKMON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE, THREE MINUTES.

HAD YOU ALREADY DOWN ON THE ORIGINAL ONE TOO.

BUT THAT WASN'T SMOOTH.

SMOOTH. I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIKE PLAN ITSELF.

SO THE BIKE LANES ARE GOING TO BE MOVED TO CANTON.

THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT TO US.

CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON THAT? BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING MY EAST DALLAS RESIDENTS MAY HAVE COMMENTS BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE BOMB FACTORY.

RIGHT. AND I SUSPECT YOU DRIVE THAT AT 5:00 AND THERE'S SOMEBODY PARKED RIGHT THERE.

I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT, AND IT IS NOT FUN.

UNDERSTOOD. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE I BELIEVE PEOPLE IN EAST DALLAS NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED THERE BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT THEM NOT JUST THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, BUT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT WALKABILITY.

AND SINCE THE PLAN IS REALLY NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT'S WRITTEN ON IS WHAT I'M HEARING, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME ROBUST DISCUSSION AROUND THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON. YES, WE CAN HAVE THAT MEETING.

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HOWEVER, I WILL ALSO REITERATE DR.

CARLY'S COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE REVISIONS TO THE BIKE PLAN ITSELF AND THE PROPOSED BIKE PLAN IS IS MADE PUBLIC.

OKAY, SO BUT I'M ASKING FOR A PUBLIC MEETING.

OF COURSE, HEARING AND A MEETING ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

YES, MA'AM. UNDERSTOOD.

OKAY. AND THEN SECONDLY, WHEN CAN WE SEE CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING ON COMMERCE? PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS. MA'AM.

IF APPROVED HERE TODAY, WE WILL HAVE OUR CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE TO SIGN WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.

SO PROBABLY, IF NOT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BEGINNING OF 2024.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRACKING TIME MANUALLY NOW, SO WE'RE ALL GOOD.

CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION.

NOW'S YOUR TIME. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS.

OBVIOUSLY, PEDESTRIAN AND MOBILITY IS CRITICAL NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF DALLAS ENTIRELY, BUT DISTRICT TWO IN PARTICULARLY IN THE CBD.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTED WITH THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION, DDI AND MYSELF TO HOST THAT PUBLIC MEETING.

COUNCILMAN BLACKMON WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT ALSO NOTED THAT THAT BIKE PLAN HAS BEEN PUT OUT FOR MULTIPLE CIRCULATIONS ON PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR PUBLIC INPUT.

I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL INPUT AND SO I DO WELCOME THAT.

STEPHANIE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? JUST OUR THANKS.

I APPRECIATE YOU. COUNCILMAN MORENO AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU'VE BEEN WITH US IN COUNTLESS MEETINGS REGARDING COMMERCE STREET DOWN TO EVERY SINGLE TINY DETAIL AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS COUNCILMAN SCHULTZ I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I DO THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC CONVERSATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE ON BIKE CONNECTIVITY.

I CHEER AND AM THRILLED FOR YOU ALL TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS.

AND I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO PHILIP BECAUSE THE LOOP IS AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED BETWEEN US, DDI, FAIR PARK.

WE DO HAVE SOME MISSING LINKS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR AND LUCKILY WE'RE CLOSE.

WE'RE SO CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO MAKE DEEP ELLUM PART OF THAT, BUT ALSO A CITYWIDE LOOP.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PHILIP AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO FIND THAT RIGHT PATH FOR BIKE CONNECTIVITY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO BIKE IT WITH MY FAMILY SOON.

SOON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN SUPPORT ME ON THIS MOTION.

I SEE MISS BLACKMON AT THE TOP OF MY QUEUE.

BUT YOU'RE NOT. YOU JUST SPOKE, RIGHT? OKAY. YES.

SOMEHOW WE'RE FROZEN HERE.

I THINK I NEED TO SKIP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, AND WE DID HAVE A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIKE PLAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT, A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'VE HAD A WEBSITE, WE'VE HAD SURVEYS, WE'VE HAD, I MEAN, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IN ORDER TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN IT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.

AND I THINK THAT WE GOT TONS OF INPUT.

WE CAN HAVE EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, AS MANY AS YOU WANT BEFORE WE ADOPT IT.

AND WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO WHEN WE PLAN TO GET IT ONTO THE AGENDA.

IT SHOULD BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR OR VERY EARLY YEAR OF THE YEAR AT THE LATEST, I WOULD IMAGINE, UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS IN COMMITTEE WHEN WE GET IT ON THE AGENDA.

SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THOSE FINAL THINGS TO PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE ARE STILL COMMENTING AND GIVING US FEEDBACK ON.

AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS OFFERED A MEETING IN ORDER TO LOOK AT THE DRAFT.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF FEEDBACK CAME BACK FROM THAT.

AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLIC OF A MEETING.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS IN COMMITTEE OR IF IT WAS FULL BRIEFING, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE A LOT OF COMMENTS AND WE'RE PUTTING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AS FAR AS MAKING SURE WE GET THE BEST POSSIBLE BIKE PLAN.

AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE A DRAFT BECAUSE THIS IS AN EVER CHANGING THING.

JUST LIKE OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND DIFFERENT THINGS, NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL CAUSE THINGS TO CHANGE.

SO I KNOW THIS IS OFF TOPIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIKE PLAN, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING PART OF THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE OF BIKE LANES.

SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO THESE BIKE LANES.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING THESE HAPPEN.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE'VE PUT IN FULLY FUNDING, EXPANDING AND BUILDING THEM.

SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING LIGHTLY.

SO WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND LET'S GET THE BIKE PLAN DONE SO WE CAN START WORKING ON THAT AND GETTING THAT IMPLEMENTED AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, RECORD VOTE, PLEASE.

YES, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, THOUGH, FIRST WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 22?

[02:10:08]

CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA [INAUDIBLE] FORGET OUR TECHNOLOGY.

I'M SORRY. I'M JUST GOING TO DO EVERYTHING MANUALLY.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, ACTUALLY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE IMPACT ON CANTON.

I TOO DRIVE IT MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

IT'S MY ROUTE TO AND FROM DOWNTOWN.

I WOULD SAY THAT MORE DAYS THAN NOT, THE METERS ALONG THE BOMB FACTORY SPECIFICALLY ARE BAGGED AND PERMITTED.

HAVE YOU ALL INCLUDED IN THE PLAN HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED? ARE WE GOING TO END UP SEEING WHAT SHOULD BE A GOOD THOROUGHFARE FOR EAST DALLAS RESIDENTS TO USE TO ACTUALLY COMMUTE TO WORK DOWNTOWN THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TOUR BUSSES IN EVERY MORNING? BY THE WAY, BEFORE YOU ANSWER, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE GERMANENESS HAWKS ARE ARE OUT TELLING ME WE GOT TO KIND OF TRY THIS IS APPROVING THE ITEM AND THIS IS A THOROUGHFARE OF THE ITEM. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GERMANE TO THE TOPIC.

OKAY. I MEAN, PLEASE GIVE ME A RULING.

OTHERWISE. NO, NO, YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT BEING YOU'RE NOT BEING TOLD TO STOP.

YOU'RE JUST BEING REMINDED TO.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE APPROVING.

AND I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARE AND THE REASONING BEHIND IT AND THE DATA THAT'S GONE INTO THE PARLIAMENTARIAN THEN SAY WHAT SHE WANTS TO ABOUT THAT.

I JUST MAKE A QUICK CORRECTION.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIKE PLAN, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION.

BUT YOU THE QUESTION YOU ASKED WAS ABOUT METERS ON CANTON.

NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT ON COMMERCE.

ON COMMERCE. BUT YOU SAID CANTON.

THAT'S WHY I WAS.

YOU DID SAY CANTON. I KNOW.

I'M TALKING ABOUT CANTON.

AND IT IS GERMANE TO THE TOPIC THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR THE PAST TWO HOURS.

I DON'T AGREE. BUT, YOU KNOW, METERS ON CANTON REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE REASON WHY CANTON WAS CHOSEN OVER COMMERCE THAT BEING PRESENTED TO US TODAY AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE THOROUGHFARE VIABILITY BETWEEN COMMERCE AND CANTON.

AND IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THE CONSISTENCY OF WHEN METERS ARE BAGGED ON COMMERCE VERSUS CANTON, THEN I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S REASONING IN THE CHOOSING.

OKAY. SO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN TOOK PLACE, AMENDMENT ON COMMERCE BACK IN 2012.

AND IN 2012, THEY BASICALLY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME APPROVED THE TYPICAL SECTION THAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED TODAY.

SO WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THE CURRENT BIKE PLAN, THEN THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THE SINCE THE THOROUGHFARE HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THE BIKE LANE THAT WAS INITIALLY SHOWN ON THE 2011 BIKE PLAN TO BE ALONG COMMERCE NOW IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

SO THE STAFF AND WAS LOOKING AT FOR AN ALTERNATIVE AND THE CLOSEST ALTERNATIVE WAS CANTON.

AND AS I STATED EARLIER WHEN I STARTED THE CONVERSATION HERE, THERE ARE DEFINITELY CHALLENGES ON CANTON, IF WE PUT THE BIKE LANE ON CANTON.

NOW HAVING SAID THAT, AGAIN, WE ARE NOT AT THE LEVEL OF THE DETAIL, IF YOU WILL, OF EVALUATING WHAT COULD BE THESE, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES.

BUT DEFINITELY I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CANTON IS A MAIN EAST WEST THOROUGHFARE THAT SERVES DOWNTOWN AND THE MOVEMENT FROM DOWNTOWN. BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THIS REQUIRES THE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT IS AND WHAT COULD BE OTHER ALTERNATIVES. AND JUST LIKE AS CHAIR NARVAEZ MENTIONED, IS THAT ANY TIME THAT WE PUT A PLAN, A PLAN IS A PLAN, AND THE PLAN HAS TO BE NIMBLE AND ADAPTABLE TO NEW INPUT THAT MAY ALLOW US TO MAKE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

SO IT IS CURRENTLY IT IS SHOWN TO BE ON CANTON, BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY SET IN STONE.

AND IF THERE WILL BE A CHANGE, WE'LL COME BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNCIL TO LOOK AND EVALUATE SOME OF THIS DATA THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING.

AND I JUST WANT TO JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND REEMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE ALREADY.

IF THIS IS A PART OF A PLAN AND PLANS HAVE TO BE NIMBLE AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH OTHER PLANS LIKE THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, FOR INSTANCE.

AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND PROTOCOL IN ORDER FOR AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE REALLY FOCUSING ON GETTING SOME TYPE OF CONSISTENCY IN OUR PROCESSES,

[02:15:03]

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I BELIEVE ALL OF THE CONFUSION TODAY HAS COME FROM.

IF WE HAVE IF WE HAVE THAT ABILITY, THEN I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

I LOVE THE WORK THAT THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION DOES.

I LOVE THE THE OVERALL COMPLETE STREET PROJECT, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.

WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE THIS NOTION THAT BIKE LANES ARE JUST AN AFTERTHOUGHT AND THEY ARE THROWN IN WHEREVER THEY CAN BE FIT IN.

KIND OF WHAT YOU ANSWERED ON IT, GOING AWAY FROM COMMERCE BECAUSE WE JUST HAD TO FIND THE CLOSEST ONE THAT IT WOULD WORK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT IT'S OFTEN CLOSED DOWN TO TWO LANES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE MOST FEASIBLE FOR COMMUTER TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO PROMOTING PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF CARS AND USE THESE BIKE LANES SO THAT THESE SERVE A PURPOSE.

BUT IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROCESS TO WEIGH IN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROCESS TO SUGGEST AMENDMENTS.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL SUPPORT THIS.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN.

I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MORENO, AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS ALWAYS A LITTLE DIFFICULT WHEN WE GET HERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE, BUT THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO EMPHASIZE TO STAFF THAT THIS IS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. AND I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR FOR A PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER TO NECESSARILY HAVE TO DEFEND A PROJECT THAT SO MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO BECAUSE THERE WAS A LACK OF PREPAREDNESS FROM THE PODIUM.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ANSWERS HAS GIVEN HAVE GIVEN US PAUSE AND NOT THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE NEEDED TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO, WHO HAS BEEN IN THE MEETINGS, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING.

YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT TRUMPS IT FOR US.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND HEARING FROM STAKEHOLDERS IS GREAT.

BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN POSITIONS THAT ARE PAID TO ADVOCATE ONE WAY OR PEOPLE ARE ADVOCATING AND MENTION THAT THE BUSINESSES WHO WE'VE HEARD FROM, I PERSONALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO PUT THAT AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS.

SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.

SORRY FOR DRAGGING THIS OUT AS LONG AS IT HAS, BUT I TOO LOOK FORWARD TO USING THIS AS A THOROUGHFARE TO COMMUTE.

THANK YOU. OKAY, STOP THAT TIMER.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AGAIN, EVERYONE, WE'RE ON ITEM 22, THE ORIGINAL ITEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO SUPPORT THE ITEM.

I DON'T LOVE THE PROCESS, BUT THE ITEM ITSELF IS STILL A WIN.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AND I DON'T WANT THIS DISCUSSION TO TARNISH THAT THIS IS A WIN FOR DISTRICT TWO.

IT'S A WIN FOR THE CITY AND IT'S A WIN FOR MOBILITY.

I THINK IT'S A IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER, BETTER CONNECTIVITY FOR OUR BIKES AND OTHER FORMS OF MOBILITY.

DESPITE MY DISLIKE OF THE PROCESS ITSELF AND HOW OTHER FORMS OF MOBILITY ARE NOT TREATED THE SAME AS CARS.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 22 ON OUR AGENDA? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 61.

[61. 23-2409 Authorize the endorsement of Councilmember Adam Bazaldua as the City’s candidate for the 2024 National League of Cities Board of Directors - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AGENDA ITEM 61 IS A CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THIS MORNING YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUAL AND FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.

YOU ALSO HAVE 11 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN ONE MINUTE.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.

PAMELA GRAYSON.

OKAY. WE WILL COME BACK TO MRS. GRAYSON. MARVIN CRENSHAW.

[02:20:02]

MR. CRENSHAW YEAH.

IT'S ONE MINUTE FOR EACH SPEAKER.

ONE MINUTE, YEAH.

ON THIS ITEM. MARVIN CRENSHAW 2704 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

DISTRICT 7.

I'M HERE JUST TO ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION AS FAR AS BOARDS AND COMMISSION.

IF YOU REMEMBER TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

AND THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG PROJECT IS GOING ACROSS THE THE UNITED STATES.

SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF ME TAKING OFF TALKING TO THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS REGARDING THAT, ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM? AND THAT IS, IS THAT THERE'S A MOVE GOING THAT REPRESENTATIVES OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ELECTED TO TO SERVE US MUST GIVE US SOME TYPE OF WHEREABOUTS OR WHEREWITHAL.

IF YOU'RE GETTING MONEY FROM ANY OF THE LOBBYISTS THAT ARE ON APARTHEID THAT'S IT. YES.

THANK YOU. SO JUST JUST A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.

I NEED TO I NEED TO FIND OUT.

THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR TIME.

AND I ALSO WANT TO TELL MY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT I HOPE HE GETS ON THE LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVELYN MAYOR GOOD MORNING.

EVELYN MAYO 7732.

VILLAGE TRAIL DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75254.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING DOWNWINDERS AT RISK, A 30 YEAR OLD CLEAN AIR AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NONPROFIT.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF TAMIKA DARROW AS DISTRICT SEVEN COMMISSIONER AND CATHERINE BAZAN AS DISTRICT NINE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER.

THEY'RE VERY UNFIT FOR THIS POSITION.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES WHY MISS DARROW GAVE MYSELF AND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS THE FINGER WHILE WE WERE TABLING AT OAK CLIFF EARTH DAY WHILE REPRESENTING THE CITY.

SHE'S INTERRUPTED SEVERAL PRIVATE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH STUDY AND JOPPA INTIMIDATED RESIDENTS, HARASSED OUR CANVASSERS AND HAS SHOWN UP TO MY BOARD MEMBERS HOMES UNINVITED, ACCUSING THEM OF SPREADING MISINFORMATION.

MISS BAZAN HAS EXHIBITED SIMILAR BEHAVIOR OF INTIMIDATING MY BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF.

THIS INCLUDES THREATENING TO SUE MY ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR BASELESS CLAIMS OF DEFAMATION AND A CEASE AND DESIST THAT SHE DRAFTED HERSELF.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JAYNIE CISNEROS.

JAYNIE CISNEROS.

OKAY. WE CAN SEE YOUR VIDEO.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JAYNIE CISNEROS.

I LIVE AT 2821 BEDFORD STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.

AND FIVE, TWO, ONE, TWO. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CATHERINE BAZAN IS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND SHE SERVES AS CHAIR.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF UNITED UNIDOS.

WE'RE A GROUP OF FRONTLINE RESIDENTS FIGHTING FOR CLEAN AIR.

OUR INTERACTIONS WITH KATHERINE BAZAN REVOLVE AROUND THE IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE OF THE REMOVING [INAUDIBLE] FROM OUR WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S POLLUTION IS POISONING OUR WEST DALLAS FAMILIES.

AT FIRST, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS WERE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO ADVOCATE FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WANT TO SHARE WHAT'S NOW BEEN SHAPING OUR UNDERSTANDING.

IN EARLY AUGUST 2022, A MEETING WITH AND STAFF CITY ATTORNEYS, WEST DALLAS, SWANN, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ AND BOTH KATHERINE BAZAN AND ESTHER VILLAREAL PRESENTED A DRAFT RESOLUTION DOCUMENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS ASKING THE COMMISSION TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO PURSUE AMORTIZATION IN THE EVENT THAT NEGOTIATIONS FELL THROUGH WITH GAF.

WE WERE ASKING FOR ACTION, SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY, AND WE HAD A GOOD PLAN.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

JIM SCHERMBECK .

ONE. THEY GIVE THEM ONLY A MINUTE TO THE THREE.

JIM SCHERMBECK, DOWNWINDERS AT RISK.

I'M HERE OPPOSING THREE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

JUST THE FACT THAT THESE FOLKS ARE HERE TODAY SHOULD RAISE A RED FLAG FOR YOU.

THE CHAIR USES HER OFFICIAL ROLE TO CARRY OUT PERSONAL VENDETTAS, INCLUDING ONES AGAINST DOWNWINDERS AS A GROUP AS WELL AS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL STAFF AND BOARD.

SHE'S ASKED THE EMPLOYERS OF BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL STAFF.

SHE'S FILED FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS AGAINST US THAT WOULD HAVE OBLITERATED FIRST AMENDMENT CASE LAW AND BEEN LAUGHED OUT OF COURT AS A RESULT.

BUT MORE DAMAGING IS THE WAY THIS PETTY BEHAVIOR HAS INFECTED HOW THE COMMISSION DOES BUSINESS.

SHE'S EXTENDED HER OFFICIAL BLACKLISTING TO EDIE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, WORKING OUR LINE WITH DOWNWINDERS.

SINCE THESE GROUPS ARE USUALLY ALREADY THE MOST PUT UPON DEMOGRAPHICS IN DALLAS.

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HER ACTIONS HURT THE MOST VULNERABLE, SINCE THESE GROUPS ARE ALSO THE ONES ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO END ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, HER VINDICTIVENESS IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO DALLAS ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM.

IT SETS BACK THE CAUSE AND THE CITY.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. SOME OF US ARE ALSO TALKING TO HUD ABOUT THESE COMPLAINTS.

THERE ARE ETHICAL AND LEGAL LIABILITY FOR YOU.

CALEB, I DON'T NEED A POLICE ESCORT EVERY TIME.

CALEB ROBERTS.

HI. GOOD MORNING. CALEB ROBERTS 1707 NORTH HALL STREET, CO-CHAIR OF DOWNWINDERS AT RISK.

I'M HERE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF BOTH JIM AND EVELYN TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE COMMISSION IS SET TO BE A LIAISON BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL AND HOW A LOT OF PERSONAL VENDETTAS, UM, YOU KNOW, TENSION BETWEEN THEM AND THE COMMUNITY HAS KIND OF PUT THEIR TASK AND THEIR MISSION AND THEIR PURPOSE AT RISK BASICALLY BECAUSE THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, BEEN SUBJECT TO HARASSING, YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD, OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT TENSION DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOB AND IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, CREATING A SITUATION WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN'T GO TO THE COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS HAPPENING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, MAKING IT EXTREMELY HARD FOR US TO ORGANIZE AROUND THESE ISSUES.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. O'QUINN. MR. O'QUINN, I CAN SEE YOUR.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY. UH, MR. O'QUINN, ADDRESS 1808 SOUTH LATIMER.

DALLAS, TEXAS. 75226.

I, TOO, AM CALLING TO SPEAK AGAINST THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN COMMISSIONER TIMMY CORDERO.

I HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING IN JOPPA FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IN THAT TIME I WILL SAY THAT HER PERSONAL BELIEFS HAVE HINDERED THE WORK THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER COULD BE DOING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I HAVE BEEN THREATENED.

I HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY BOTHERED.

I HAVE HAD MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY DERAILED AND INTERRUPTED BY MR. ROWE'S ANTICS.

AND BASED ON THAT, THERE IS NO REASON SHE SHOULD STILL BE IN THIS ROLE BEING OBSTRUCTIVE.

THERE'S NO GOOD COMING FROM IT.

Y'ALL NEED TO PICK SOMEBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU. CECILIA WAGNER.

CECILIA WAGNER IS NOT PRESENT.

JAMES PERKINS.

SHE GAVE ME. CAN I READ HER STATEMENT? A NOTE? I'M SORRY.

THAT'S NOT ALLOWED. THANK YOU.

OKAY. CECILIA WAGNER.

MY NAME IS ALICIA KENDRICK.

MY ADDRESS IS 47.

SHRINK A LITTLE BIT ON 4741 JOPPA CIRCLE.

DALLAS, TEXAS.

75216. AND I AM ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TAMIKA DARROW AS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.

I'M ON MY WAY HERE.

I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR YOUR VALUES OF ETHICS AND YOUR VALUES OF SERVICE.

AND MS. DARROW DOES NOT IMPLEMENT ANY OF THOSE VALUES, SPECIFICALLY ETHICS, ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY IN THAT TIME.

IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE DONE THE JOPPA ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT, NOT ONLY HAS SHE NOT SHARED THE INFORMATION THAT SHE DOES GET AND RECEIVE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND THAT IS DIRECTLY AGAINST YOUR ETHICS.

EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST QUITE LAUGHABLE.

BUT IT'S DIRECTLY AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL SEEM TO UPHOLD.

AND IF WE DO REAPPOINT HER, YOU WILL BE REAPPOINTING TWO YEARS OF THE SAME ANTICS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EMANUEL DAVIS.

GREETINGS, COUNCIL.

I'M SORRY, MR.. I'M SORRY, MR. DAVIS, YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING.

OKAY. GREETINGS.

MY NAME IS EMANUEL DAVIS.

I'M A. OKAY, MR. DAVIS, WE CAN SEE YOU. OKAY, CONTINUE.

WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

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MR. DAVIS, CAN YOU.

I'M A RESIDENT OF THE JOPPA COMMUNITY.

I'M HERE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE THAT'S GOING ON IN JOPPA, AND WE HAVE A ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FIVE YEARS.

I HAD TO FIGHT TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS BEING DONE, WHERE WERE THE MEETINGS BEING HELD AND STILL SHUT OUT.

I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER WHEN YOU ARE APPOINTING SOMEONE FOR THIS POSITION THAT THEY ARE FOR THE PEOPLE NOT PUTTING UP SIGNS WHERE YOU CAN BARELY SEE THEM, BUT ADEQUATELY REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WHAT IS GOING ON IN JOPPA IS THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING POISONED BY THE POLLUTION THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

AND WE HAVE A RESIDENT WHO IS A WHO IS OVER THERE ENVIRONMENTAL AND IS NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO US ADEQUATELY.

THE TIME THAT I REACHED OUT TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE THE MEETINGS WERE BEING HELD, IT WAS LIKE I WAS TRYING TO JOIN A CLUB.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS A REAL ISSUE THAT IS PLAGUING US AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPOINT SOMEONE THAT IS FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT FOR THE STATUS QUO.

THAT'S YOUR TIME, MR. ROWE. FACE TO FACE.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. ASK HER, MA'AM.

WHY ARE YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS.

THANK YOU. PAMELA GRAYSON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY KEY.

I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE AMOUNT OF LEADERSHIP THAT IS APPOINTED AND ELECTED THAT HAS THE TENDENCY TO BE VINDICTIVE, HATEFUL, AND DOES NOT POSSESS THE CAPACITY TO EMBRACE EVEN THOSE THAT DIDN'T SUPPORT THEM.

BUT STILL, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE THE LEADER.

TO THE POINT I'VE HAD A CITY COUNCIL PERSON CALL ON A NOMINATION THAT I RECEIVED THIS YEAR TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE I DIDN'T SUPPORT THEM AND THEY FELT I DIDN'T DESERVE THE NOMINATION. PETTINESS AT ITS FINEST AND THE APPOINTEES ARE INDICATIVE OF THAT KIND OF PISS POOR LEADERSHIP BREEDING AND RUNNING DOWN THE LINE.

UM, A LEADER IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE, YOU STILL EXERCISE A MODICUM OF LEADERSHIP, ETIQUETTE AND GRACE.

AND MANY OF THE APPOINTEES HAVE BEEN ABJECT FAILURES USING THESE POSITIONS TO VINDICATE VINDICTIVE REVENGE. AND THAT IS YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. TAMIKA DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE.

THANK YOU. THE FOLLOWING NOMINEES ARE BEING NOMINATED TO THE 23-25 BOARD TERM, WHICH BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST, 2023.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, LISA FAULKNER DAWN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MISS DAWN MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

BONNIE HILL IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

MISS HILL MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND RACHEL GERING IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

MS.. GERING ALSO MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

TERESA JACKSON IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.

MS. JACKSON MEETS THE VISUAL ARTS SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND MICKEY BRAGALONE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

MS. BRAGELONNE MEETS THE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, JOSEPH KENT KEENAN IS BEING NOMINATED.

JOSEPH CANNON IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

TO THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION.

LYNDA GARNER IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

MS. GARNER MEETS THE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND MATT JACOB IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MR. JACOB MEETS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

TO THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

ALYA HAQUE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN AND LARRY HALL IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.

ADJUNCT MEMBERS LYDIA APOLINAR IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

MS.. APOLINAR MEETS THE FIVE YEAR EXPERIENCE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

CHAUNCEY LANDER IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

BARRY LACHMAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MR. LACHMAN MEETS THE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

TAMIKA DARROW IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.

MS. DARROW MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND CATHERINE BAZAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

MS.. BAZAN MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

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TO THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION, HOWARD RUBIN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MR. RUBIN MEETS THE POSSESSES A JURIS DOCTORATE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

SARAH RAGGIO IS BEING ALSO NOMINATED TO THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STUART.

MS.. RAGGIO MEETS THE ALSO MEETS THE POSSESS A JURIS DOCTORATE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

ONE. GARCIA IS BEING NOMINATED TO THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

MR. GARCIA MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND JENNIFER STOBAUGH IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON TO THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION.

MS.. STOBAUGH MEETS THE POSSESS A JURIS DOCTORATE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

TO THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION, BARBARA CLAY IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD.

MICHAEL ROSS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN AND KELLY DRAKE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

JESSE JOLLY IS ALSO BEING NOMINATED TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.

TO THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD, HEATHER HORNER IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA AND PATRICK O'BRIAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

TO THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, MARIA HASBANI IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

TO THE PERMIT AND LICENSE APPEAL BOARD.

ROBERT QUINT IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

TO THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MARION WILLIAMS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON, BAZALDUA AND LISA KELLY IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

THANK YOU. BOTH MEETS THE 55 PLUS YEARS OF AGE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

TO THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION, STEPHEN RAMOS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

MR. RAMOS MEETS THE SERVED IN US MILITARY SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.

BRIDGET MITCHELL IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 18 BOARD MAPLE MOCKINGBIRD.

JILL BETH HAYES IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 19 BOARD CYPRESS WATERS.

CLAIRE OLIVER IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 12 BOARD DEVELOPMENT.

EVAN AUGUST IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO AND TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 21 BOARD UNIVERSITY.

SARAH WEYANT IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MS.. WEYANT MEETS THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TIF DISTRICT SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 62.

[62. 23-2462 A resolution authorizing a two-year extension of the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement and a Fee Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association from December 18, 2023 to December 18, 2025, with respect to the Love Field Airport Modernization Corporation Airport System Commercial Paper Notes, AMT Series - Not to exceed $3,700,000 - Financing: Aviation Fund (This item was deferred on September 13, 2023)]

AGENDA ITEM 62 IS AUTHORIZED THE ENDORSEMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM BAZALDUA AS THE CITY'S CANDIDATE FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

YOU DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

LINDA NEWLAND.

MS.. NEWLAND IS NOT PRESENT.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. BAZALDUA. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 63.

[63. 23-2463 An ordinance abandoning a portion of an alley to SCP/OI Good Latimer OZ Owner, LLC, the abutting owner, containing approximately 5,840 square feet of land, located near the intersection of Good Latimer Expressway and Louise Avenue; and authorizing the quitclaim - Revenue: General Capital Reserve Fund ($109,064.00) General Fund ($20,000.00), plus the $20.00 ordinance publication fee (This item was deferred on September 13, 2023)]

ITEM 63 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A TWO YEAR EXTENSION FOR THE LETTER OF CREDIT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AND A FEE AGREEMENT WITH JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FROM DECEMBER 18TH, 2023 TO DECEMBER 18TH, 2025.

WITH RESPECT TO THE LOVE FIELD AIRPORT MODERNIZATION CORPORATION AIRPORT SYSTEM, COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES AMT SERIES.

NOT TO EXCEED $3,700,000.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

THAT ITEM 63, FOLKS.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED.

THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 64 IS AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING A PORTION OF AN ALLEY TO SCPOI, GOOD LATIMER OZ OWNER,

[64. 23-2463 An ordinance abandoning a portion of an alley to SCP/OI Good Latimer OZ Owner, LLC, the abutting owner, containing approximately 5,840 square feet of land, located near the intersection of Good Latimer Expressway and Louise Avenue; and authorizing the quitclaim - Revenue: General Capital Reserve Fund ($109,064.00) General Fund ($20,000.00), plus the $20.00 ordinance publication fee (This item was deferred on September 13, 2023)]

LLC. THE ABUTTING OWNER, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 5840FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GOOD LATIMER EXPRESSWAY AND LOUISE AVENUE AND AUTHORIZING THE QUITCLAIM.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? ITEM 64, FOLKS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE? ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 65, AUTHORIZE THE ONE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH

[65. 23-2502 Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant (Grant No. H79TI086241-01, Assistance Listing No. 93.243) in the amount of $371,771.00, to expand Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in the existing South Dallas Drug Court for the period September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2024, for year one of the five-year project; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $371,771.00 in the SAMHSA-Adult Treatment Drug Court Expansion Project 23-24 Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of grant funds in an amount not to exceed $371,771.00 in the SAMHSA-Adult Treatment Drug Court Expansion Project 23-24 Fund; and (4) execution of the grant agreement and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement - Not to exceed $371,771.00 - Financing: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Grant Funds]

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SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

SAM HSA GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $371,771 TO EXPAND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SUD TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE EXISTING SOUTH DALLAS DRUG COURT FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2024.

FOR ONE YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR PROJECT, TWO ESTABLISHMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $371,771 IN THE SAM HSA ADULT TREATMENT DRUG COURT EXPANSION PROJECT 2324 FUND THREE RECEIPT AND DEPOSIT OF GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $371,771 IN THE SAM HSA ADULT TREATMENT COURT EXPANSION PROJECT 2324 FUND AND FOR EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $371,771.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 66.

[66. 23-2077 Authorize (1) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $29,115,539.00 in the Aviation Passenger Facility Charge - Near Term Projects Fund; (2) a reduction in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $16,405,836.00 in the Aviation Commercial Paper Fund; and (3) a construction services contract to provide construction services for the Runway 13L-31R Runway Safety Area Improvements and Rehabilitate Taxiway A Project at Dallas Love Field - Flatiron Constructors, Inc., only bidder - Not to exceed $60,973,000.00 - Financing: Aviation Passenger Facility Charge - Near Term Projects Fund ($28,894,625.00) and FAA FY23 Grant Fund ($32,078,375.00)]

AUTHORIZE ONE AN INCREASE IN APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $29,115,539 IN THE AVIATION PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE NEAR TERM PROJECTS FUND TO A REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,405,836 IN THE AVIATION COMMERCIAL PAPER FUND, AND THREE, A CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE RUNWAY 13 DASH 31R RUNWAY SAFETY AREA IMPROVEMENTS AND REHABILITATE TAXIWAY PROJECT AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD, FLATIRON CONSTRUCTORS INC.

ONLY BIDDER NOT TO EXCEED $60,973,000.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ITEM 66, SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

THIS WILL BE OUR LAST ONE BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, GUYS.

AGENDA ITEM 67, AUTHORIZE ONE EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH CABANA, SYCAMORE

[67. 23-2506 Authorize (1) execution of a development agreement and all other necessary documents with Cabana Sycamore Development, Inc. and/or its affiliates ("Developer") in an amount not to exceed $41,000,000.00 payable from current and future Design District TIF District funds in consideration of the Cabana Design District mixed-income multi-family redevelopment project (“Project”) currently addressed at 899 North Stemmons Freeway (“Property”) in Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Eight (Design District TIF District); and (2) rescission of the TIF district funding and associated development agreement with Cabana Development, LLC, an affiliate of Centurion American Development Group, previously authorized by City Council Resolution No. 19-1804 on November 13, 2019 for the Cabana Hotel Redevelopment Project, effective upon Developer’s closing on the acquisition of the Property from Centurion American Development Group - Not to exceed $41,000,000.00 - Financing: Design District TIF District Fund (subject to annual appropriations from tax increments)]

DEVELOPMENT INC AND OR ITS AFFILIATES DEVELOPER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $41 MILLION PAYABLE FROM CURRENT AND FUTURE DESIGN DISTRICT TIF DISTRICT FUNDS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE CABANA DESIGN DISTRICT.

MIXED INCOME AND MULTIFAMILY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROJECT CURRENTLY ADDRESSED AT 899 NORTH STEMMONS FREEWAY PROPERTY IN TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER EIGHT DESIGN DISTRICT, TIF DISTRICT AND TWO RESCISSION OF THE TIF DISTRICT FUNDING AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CABANA DEVELOPMENT, LLC, AN AFFILIATE OF CENTURION AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP, PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 19-1804 ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2019, FOR THE CABANA HOTEL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, EFFECTIVE UPON DEVELOPER'S CLOSING ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY FROM CENTURION AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP NOT TO EXCEED $4 MILLION.

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

ED OAKLEY.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK? MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD TO BE HERE. TODAY.

IT'S A LIKE VALETTA.

IT'S A DEJA VU.

THIS DESIGN DISTRICT PD WAS IN THE PLAN AND THE TIFF AND THE PED WAS INSTALLED WHILE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL.

IT THE MISSION FOR THAT WAS TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THAT HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT TODAY, YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS, EWING PROPERTIES QUADRANT, THE MAVERICKS ON A HUGE STAKE AND IT DUNHILL, WHICH IS SOLD TO H CAPITAL TRINITY STRAND TRAIL, HAS BENEFITED FROM THE TIFF CROWE RESIDENTIAL ACTUALLY INITIATED THE ORIGINAL TIF.

IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE I'M OPPOSED TO OR WE ARE OPPOSED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED.

$41 MILLION TO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO COST $116 MILLION FOR 160 UNITS.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE TO ME.

THERE'S THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE 64 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

THE 160 UNITS WILL COST $725,000 PER UNIT TO REHAB A HOTEL INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

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IT'S ON A FREEWAY.

WOULD YOU PUT CHILDREN ON THE FREEWAY IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC.

THE TIF BOARD VOTED AGAINST THIS WITH ONE DISSENTING VOTE AND THAT WAS THE COUNTY.

SO SOMEBODY NEEDS TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE TO US WHY YOU WOULD BE TAKING THE ENTIRE TIF FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S AND IF MY TRACK RECORD ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I AFFORDED A LOT.

I MEAN, I HAVE SUPPORTED A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN WEST DALLAS AND IN OAK CLIFF.

TAX CREDITED MULTIFAMILY AROUND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE HERE.

IT'S YOU'RE NOW TAKING ALL THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IN THE OLDEST INDUSTRIAL PARK IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT EXCEPT FOR THE MONEY THAT'S GENERATED WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE, THERE'S JUST A GREAT DEAL OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE.

PROPERTY VALUES HAVE LOOK AT YOUR TAX ROLLS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ROOF AS PROJECTED.

IT'S TAKEN 20 YEARS, JUST LIKE ANY DISTRICT DOES.

MR. NAVARRO'S HAS BEEN DOWN THERE WITH LOTS OF THE KNOWS A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE.

BUT I JUST WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.

AND NEITHER DID THE TIF BOARD.

AND I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ANYONE OTHER THAN A PERSON THAT HELPED CREATE THIS.

THIS IS LIKE THE CHILD THAT IS NOW IN COLLEGE AND YOU WANT TO SEE HIM DO WELL.

AND I DO OWN PROPERTY DOWN THERE.

I'VE NEVER APPLIED FOR TIF FUNDS, DON'T EVER PLAN TO PUT IT IN PLACE FOR THIS CITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM 67? YES, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE APPROVAL.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR.. YES. FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 67.

IT DIDN'T COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME.

UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A REHAB OF THE CABANA HOTEL, THE OLD HISTORIC CABANA HOTEL. THE CABANA WENT OUT OF BUSINESS MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO.

AND IT ENDED UP BECOMING A JAIL.

AND IT WAS A JAIL FACILITY FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL.

AND IT'S BEEN EMPTY EVER SINCE.

SO FOR OVER A DECADE, THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN EMPTY.

AND THERE WAS A DEVELOPER WHO HAD PLANNED TO REHAB IT AND BRING IT BACK TO ITS OLD GLORY, BUT THAT HAS NOW IS NO LONGER ON THEIR PLANS OR IN THEIR BOOKS.

AND THIS DEVELOPER CAME IN AND WANTS TO CHANGE IT INTO HOUSING.

THE DESIGN DISTRICT, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF HOUSING THROUGHOUT.

HOUSING IS COMING IN.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, BUT WE ARE.

WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS WORKFORCE HOUSING, PLACES THAT THE VAST A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT THAT AREN'T BUSINESS OWNERS OR STAKEHOLDERS TO DO JOBS THAT MAYBE DON'T PAY A FORTUNE TO DO, BUT THEY ARE VERY ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY JOBS.

THIS PROJECT COLLEAGUES, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO SEND TO THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE 9% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION THAT WE SUPPORTED IT.

WHEN IT CAME BACK, IT ENDED UP SCORING NUMBER ONE OF THE 24 APPLICATIONS SENT IN FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, NUMBER ONE.

SO THAT'S A GREAT THING.

BUT IT'S ALSO A BAD THING, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THIS AREA.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALL COMMITTED TO FIXING.

THE NEXT THING IS THE TIF WORKED.

AND THANK YOU, MR. OAKLEY, HONORABLE OAKLEY, FOR GETTING THAT STARTED.

IT DID TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE 20 ISH YEARS THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS TAKE OFF.

AND THE DESIGN DISTRICT IS NOW IS JUST IT'S FLOURISHING.

IT IS ONE OF OUR PROUDEST GEMS IN DISTRICT SIX, SO MUCH SO THAT RESIDENTS ADVOCATE AND FIGHT FOR IT TO STAY IN DISTRICT SIX WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE IT MAY NOT HAVE STAYED IN DISTRICT SIX DURING REDISTRICTING.

THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THERE AND WE'VE GOT TO BRING IN MORE HOUSING.

AND THE LAST THING IS THIS IS WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IN THIS PROJECT.

AND SO THANK YOU TO ZACH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO WORKFORCE AFFORDABILITY.

YOU DID A PROJECT ON FORT WORTH AVENUE.

IT'S ALMOST DONE BEING BUILT AND THOSE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN, HAVING A PLACE THAT THEY CAN CALL THEIR HOME FOR DECADES TO COME.

BUT THIS ONE IS ONE THAT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER DONE IN THE CITY.

WE'RE GOING TO GET 40% OF THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE AT WORKFORCE HOUSING RATES THAT INCLUDE 30% TO

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80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

THIS IS THE MIXING OF INCOME LEVELS AND BRACKETS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.

AND THE CLINCHER, THE BIGGEST WIN AND WHY IT IS EXPENSIVE IS WE GET THIS AFFORDABILITY FOR 45 YEARS.

SO NOT TEN, NOT 15, NOT 20, BUT 45 YEARS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT FAMILIES THAT NEED THAT AFFORDABLE UNIT UNITS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO STAY FOR MORE THAN A GENERATION IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

SO FOR THAT, BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS, I WANT TO LEAVE THEM IN HERE.

AND IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF MR. KINGSTON, HONORABLE KINGSTON, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST.

NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO.

SORRY FOR. LET HIM GO.

LET HIM GO. BUT IF YOU'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND JUST GO OVER IT VERY QUICKLY.

I WOULD HAVE DONE THE OPPOSITE.

I WAS VERY KIND OF YOU.

PHILIP KINGSTON, 5901 PALO PINTO.

I'M REALLY JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP.

YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN TALKING TO ME AND ZACK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A GOOD LEVEL OF MASTERY OVER WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

I DON'T THINK I NEED TO BELABOR THE FACT.

I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT THESE UNITS ARE THE PLURALITY OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE 30% AMI UNITS.

THOSE UNITS, THAT'S THE LEVEL OF HOUSING THAT SOMEONE TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF HOMELESSNESS NEEDS.

AND SOME OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE THREE BEDROOM UNITS ALLOWING FAMILIES IN DESPERATE NEED TO LIVE HERE.

THE THING THAT YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS, THAT'S KIND OF FROM A FINANCE PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS NOT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS IN IT IS APPROXIMATELY $17 MILLION FROM HCA.

HOWEVER YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE THE TIFF AWARD.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE INVESTMENT IS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE TAX CREDITS, AND THEN YOUR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PUT IT THROUGH THE CITY'S UNDERWRITING SO THAT IT BECOMES AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE DESIGN DISTRICT.

SO YOU'RE GETTING THREE OF THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING FOR DALLAS IN ONE PROJECT IT THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE THE NEW MODEL GOING FORWARD.

WHEN YOU SEE TDCA FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN STALWART IN SENDING RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROVAL DOWN TO TDCA FOR DEVELOPERS TO GET THOSE TAX CREDITS.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING YOU MORE JUST LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.

AND I'M AROUND IF YOU ALL NEED ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. KINGSTON. AND WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT THIS.

AND LIKE I SAID, 40% OF THE UNITS REMEMBER, THE OTHER 60% ARE FAIR MARKET.

SO THIS ISN'T LIKE IT'S AN ALL AFFORDABLE UNIT BUILDING.

IT'S 60% IS GOING TO BE AT FAIR MARKET AS WELL, HELPING SUBSIDIZE THOSE UNITS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND WE GET TO SAVE THIS HISTORIC BUILDING WHERE I DON'T KNOW IF ANOTHER DEVELOPER BUYS IT, IF THEY WANT TO KEEP IT OR IF THEY SCRAPE IT, AND THEN WE LOSE SOME OF DALLAS REALLY FAMOUS HISTORY ON TOP OF THAT.

SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 67, EVERYONE.

COULD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COME FORWARD FOR A QUESTION? IS ROBIN AVAILABLE? YES. ROBIN BENTLEY, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, ROBIN. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE $41 THAT WE ARE BEING REQUESTED TO APPROVE IN TIF FUNDS IS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND THAT SUM WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN AUDIT AT THE END OF CONSTRUCTION BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION. AND IF IT IS LESS THAN THE ANTICIPATED $116 MILLION, THEN THE CITY WOULD PAY THROUGH THE TIF FUNDS A AN AMOUNT LESS THAN 41 MILLION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND DOES THAT MONEY COME OUT OF THE TIF? ONLY AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED.

SO THE PAYMENT IS IN THREE TRANCHES.

$5 MILLION IS ON ACQUISITION THAT'S SECURED BY SUBORDINATE LIEN ON THE PROPERTY AND BY GUARANTY BY BOTH OF THE OWNERSHIP ENTITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT ENTITY. ANOTHER $5 MILLION WOULD BE PAID ON 50% COMPLETION AND THEN ALL OF THE REMAINDER WOULD BE PAID AFTER THE BUILDING IS COMPLETED AND 70%

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LEASED AS INCREMENT ACCRUES INTO THE TIP OVER TIME.

AND AFTER THE AUDIT, I TAKE IT AND AFTER THE POST CONSTRUCTION AUDIT, WHICH IS NOT ONLY A REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE THE HISTORIC TAX CREDIT PROGRAM AS WELL. THANK YOU, ROBIN.

THIS IS A MERITORIOUS PROJECT AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 67? MERITORIOUS. I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

MADAM SECRETARY.

MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR AGENDA FOR THIS SESSION.

OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO READ THE REQUIRED STATUTORY LANGUAGE SO WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

IT'S 12:17 P.M.

ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.076 AND 551.089 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON THE TODAY'S AGENDA. DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, INCLUDING SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY TO NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION. THREE THE DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES OR FOR SECURITY AUDIT.

REGARDING A RECENT RANSOMWARE ATTACK SECURITY INCIDENT RELATED TO THE CITY'S INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY AND UNDER SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED IN TODAY'S AGENDA.

SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE TEXAS REGULATORY CONSISTENCY ACT.

WITH THAT, WE'RE STANDING AT RECESS UNTIL 1:00 PM.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS AS YOU GET SITUATED BACK IN THE CHAMBER, IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS COMPLETED.

IT'S CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .076 AND 551.089 AND 551.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND AT 1:17 P.M.

ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023, WE'VE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z THREE AGENDA.

ITEM Z THREE HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM Z, ONE AND Z TWO.

ALL THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD Z.

ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2390 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE, 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CF HAN FREEWAY AND SOUTH SAINT AUGUSTINE DRIVE.

AGENDA ITEM Z TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN MU DASH ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST ILLINOIS AVENUE BETWEEN SOUTHWEST MORELAND ROAD AND SOUTHAMPTON ROAD.

YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z TWO, AFTER WHICH WE'LL BE OPEN TO THE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, SPEAKERS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, ROB RON HOBBS.

RON HOBBS.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M THE CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT, SO I'M REALLY HERE JUST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE OWNER IS ALSO WITH US HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.

SALEM KOYA KOYA.

THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IF THERE IS ANY COMMENTS ON THE ZONING CASE.

223119 HERE ON WEST ILLINOIS AVENUE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM Z ONE AND Z TWO.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.

ITEM Z THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN MMF TO A MULTIFAMILY SUB DISTRICT AND A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE

[Z3. 23-2228 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an MF-2(A) Multifamily Subdistrict and a resolution accepting the deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant on property zoned a CC Community Commercial Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 595, the South Dallas/Fair Special Purpose District, on the southeast line of Birmingham Avenue, between JB Jackson, Jr. Boulevard and Robert B. Cullum Boulevard Recommendation of Staff: Approval Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant at the hearing Z223-182(LG) ]

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APPLICANT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH EAST LINE OF BIRMINGHAM AVENUE BETWEEN JB JACKSON JUNIOR BOULEVARD AND ROBERT B CULLUM BOULEVARD. MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT 22 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE? I SEE A SPEAKER. YOU MAY COME FORWARD.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

I'M SORRY. YOUR MICROPHONE.

THERE'S A BUTTON AT THE BASE.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHNNY SUDBURY.

1023 BIRDS.

FORT ARLINGTON, TEXAS.

I REPRESENT THE OWNERS ON THIS, AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COME UP AND AMEND OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.

WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO AND WE'RE DELETING THE FIRST ONE.

AND STAYING WITH NUMBER TWO, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNITS THAT MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY IS 15.

THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z THREE? THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

MR. MAYOR, THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA CHAIRMAN AS WE HAVE A MOTION ON Z3.

I DO MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, SUBJECT TO THE VOLUNTEER DEED RESTRICTIONS AMENDED AT THE PODIUM TODAY.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? DISCUSSION ANYONE SEEING NONE.

HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM.

Z4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR EMU DASH THREE MIXED USE MIXED USE DISTRICT USES ON PROPERTY ON THE

[Z4. 23-2229 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Planned Development District for MU-3 Mixed Use District uses on property zoned an RR Regional Retail District, an MU-1 Mixed Use District, and Planned Development District No. 804, on the north line of Walnut Hill Lane, between North Central Expressway and Manderville Lane Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a conceptual plan, a development plan, a tree preservation plan, a pedestrian improvement phasing plan, and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to a conceptual plan, a development plan, a tree preservation plan, a pedestrian improvement phasing plan, and conditions Z212-307(RM)]

NORTH LINE OF WALNUT HILL LANE BETWEEN NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND MANDERVILLE LANE.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 4549 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED TWO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD? YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

TOMMY MANN 500 WINSTEAD BUILDING REPRESENTING ASANA PARTNERS, WHO OWNS THIS IS THE HILL SHOPPING CENTER AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WALNUT HILL AND CENTRAL.

AS A TECHNICAL PLANNING ENDEAVOR, THIS HAS BEEN VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S AN EXISTING OPERATING SHOPPING CENTER WITH LOTS OF CONSTRAINTS RELATED TO TREE PRESERVATION, OVERLY VASCULARIZED INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES IN GRADE OPERATING LEASES AS A POLICY PROPOSITION FOR YOU ALL, WE THINK IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE ONE, AND THAT IS TO TAKE A SITE THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A DART STATION ACROSS FROM A MAJOR EMPLOYER, INTRODUCE WALKABLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES, IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND SET IT UP FOR AN EVOLUTION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS IN MULTIPLE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING THROUGH THE TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY OF IT AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN GETTING TO THIS POINT.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.

WELCH LILES FROM ASANA IS HERE, AS WELL AS MICHAEL BLACKWELL FROM MILL CREEK.

MILL CREEK IS PARTNERING WITH ASANA ON THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH WILL BE TO INTRODUCE SOME RESIDENTIAL DENSITY VERY SOON TO THE PROJECT.

AND I'LL LET EACH OF THEM SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE? I SEE AN INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD.

YOU'RE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

I AM WELCH LYLES WITH ASANA PARTNERS 1616.

CAMDEN ROAD, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TODAY TO REVIEW THIS.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND ALSO CITY STAFF AND COMMISSIONER STANNER FOR ALL THEIR HELP.

WORKING THROUGH WHAT TOMMY HAS ALREADY PRESENTED WAS TECHNICALLY DIFFICULT WITH A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CENTER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, ASANA PARTNERS IS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FIRM THAT IS HIGHLY FOCUSED ON RETAIL AND MIXED USE ASSETS AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF THOSE ASSETS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACTIVATION.

I THINK WE CANNOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED HERE TODAY TO TAKE WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT TOO LONG AGO A DECLINING SHOPPING CENTER AND REALLY TRANSFORM IT INTO A POTENTIAL 18 HOUR DESTINATION.

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WE INTEND TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING RETAIL KIND OF AS A TOWN HALL AND CORE TO THE PROJECT AND THEN ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY AROUND THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM DART LINE CONNECTION 75 CONNECTION AND REALLY CREATE AN ACTIVATED 18 HOUR DESTINATION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, MICHAEL BLACKWELL 8845.

FENCHURCH ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.

I LEAD THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR MILL CREEK RESIDENTIAL HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND HONOR TO WORK IN A NUMBER OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

WE'VE GOT THREE PROJECTS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN DALLAS, ALL OF WHICH ARE MIXED USE, MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS.

WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE CORE OF THE CITY TO PARTICULARLY ALONG TRAILS AND NEAR TRANSIT, WHERE WE CAN TRANSFORM UNDERUTILIZED OPPORTUNITIES AND BRING BRING HIGH QUALITY HOUSING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WELCH AND ASANA PARTNERS.

WE'RE WE'RE THRILLED FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK IT'S A CITY OUGHT TO BE THRILLED TO HAVE A SON AS INTEREST IN THIS CITY.

THEY'VE BOUGHT INTO DEEP ELLUM. THEY'VE BOUGHT IN THE VICTORY.

THEY ARE ACTIVELY BUYING IN OTHER PLACES IN OUR CITY WHERE WE WANT TO SEE ONGOING INVESTMENT.

AND WE'VE WE JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ALONGSIDE THEM.

AND A LONG OVERDUE, I'LL CALL IT INTENSIFICATION, BUT KIND OF EVOLUTION OF THIS SHOPPING CENTER.

AND SO WE ARE AT THIS POINT ONLY DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN WHAT REALLY IS INTENDED TO BE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, BUT HAVE WORKED A LOT WITH STAFF, BUT ALSO TOGETHER WITH A GREAT DESIGN TEAM TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE EXTEND THE RETAIL EXPERIENCE, WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO HASN'T BEEN TO THE CENTER TO GO AND TUCK IN BEHIND SNOOZE AND CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S A PRETTY FASCINATING EXPERIENCE, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY HAPPY IN THIS FORUM OR LATER TO SHARE DETAILS OF HOW THE DESIGN HAS EVOLVED.

BUT WE THINK IT'S A FABULOUS AND NEEDED OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE A LOT OF OUR STATED CITY OBJECTIVES TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY HOUSING, MIXED USE, MIXED INCOME PROJECTS, NEAR TRANSIT. SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD AND PUT THIS THING INTO MOTION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z FOUR NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

MR. MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

DELETE THE LAST SENTENCE OF SECTION £0.51 DASH 11 03.

113D. YOU HAVE NO COMMENTS.

I THINK EVERYONE HAS SAID IT PRETTY WELL.

THIS IS AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT AT WALNUT HILL IN 75.

I WANT TO THANK MILL CREEK AND ASANA, ESPECIALLY FOR THE INVESTMENT IN DALLAS.

WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT DAY IN AND DAY OUT AROUND THIS HORSESHOE AND AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS REGARDING HOUSING TO SEE THE MIX AND DEDICATION TO THE 50% AND HIGHER AMI IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS MEANINGFUL TO ME AND MY COLLEAGUES AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN DALLAS AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT HOW THIS WILL TRANSFORM THIS CORNER AND WHAT IT WILL MEAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 20, 40 YEARS.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN SHOES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANTED TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN IN OUR CITY THAT YOU TAKE A SORT OF DATED OFFICE PARK AND TURN IT OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS INTO WHAT REALLY ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT RETAIL AREAS.

AND NOW THEY'RE ADDING THE RESIDENTIAL.

SO FOR THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GOT OFFICE THAT'S NOT BEING USED IN YOUR DISTRICT.

I KNOW I'VE GOT PLENTY OF IT.

THIS IS REALLY A WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

AND IT'S A VERY, VERY EXCITING PROJECT.

IN FACT, I'VE HAD MORE THAN ONE DEVELOPER TELL ME THAT IT WAS THE INSPIRATION FROM THE HILL THAT IS GUIDING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN BOTH IN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.

AND OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS FOR LEADING THIS.

YES, OF COURSE, TO ALL THE PASS IT ON, BUT YOU ALSO LED IT.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO VOTE FOR THIS.

I DON'T SEE ANOTHER. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MEAN, A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED IS CARRIED.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM Z FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

[Z5. 23-2230 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Planned Development District No. 336, on the southwest corner of St. Rosalie Drive and Circlewood Drive Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a revised development plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to a revised development plan and conditions Z223-164(JM)]

DISTRICT NUMBER 336 ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAINT ROSALIE DRIVE AND CIRCLE WOOD DRIVE.

MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT 58 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

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YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, AFTER WHICH WE'LL BE OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE FOR FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOUR SPEAKER, RENEE WHITE.

MS.. WHITE I'M SORRY, YOU'RE MUTED.

CAN YOU UNMUTE YOUR AUDIO? AFTERNOON. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER AND I'M ASKING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PD 336 SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SINCE 1990 AT THAT LOCATION.

ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED IN THE PAST WILL CONTINUE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AGES OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT THE OCCUPANCY REMAINS THE SAME WITH THE CAREGIVERS WHO WILL NO LONGER LIVE ON SITE.

THEY WILL ONLY BE THERE TO PROVIDE 24 HOUR SUPERVISION AND THEY WILL COME IN AND OUT IN SHIFTS.

OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRESS THAT OUR CPS AND DFPS ARE EXPERIENCING WHERE CHILDREN ARE NOW SLEEPING IN OFFICE SPACES BECAUSE OF LIMITED HOUSING.

WE'RE SEEKING TO HOUSE 19 YOUNG LADIES THAT ARE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS BUT ARE NOW PLACED IN COUNTIES SUCH AS BEAR COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY AND ALSO HARRIS COUNTY.

OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY'VE GROWN TO LOVE.

SO THAT WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE 300 GIRLS THAT ARE WAITING IN CARE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

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

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I DO. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

ALL IN FAVOR. IN OPPOSED.

THAT'S CARRIED. NEXT ITEM.

ITEM Z SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

[Z6. 23-2231 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Planned Development District No. 994 on property bounded by South Lancaster Road, Ann Arbor Avenue, South Denley Drive, and Paducah Avenue Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, an amended landscape plan, an amended traffic management plan, and amended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, an amended landscape plan, an amended traffic management plan, and amended conditions Z223-293(DM)]

DISTRICT NUMBER 994 ON PROPERTY BOUNDED BY SOUTH LANCASTER ROAD AND ARBOR AVENUE, SOUTH DENLEY DRIVE AND PADUCAH AVENUE.

MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT A 136 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED TWO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND TWO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

I SEE AN INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD IN THE AUDIENCE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

CARL CRAWLEY, 2201 MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS, REPRESENTING THE DISD IN THIS REQUEST.

THIS IS FOR AN ADDITION TO HOLLAND AT LISBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR GETTING THIS TO YOU IN A HURRY.

WE REALIZED WE WERE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF A MINOR AMENDMENT FOR A COUPLE OF CHANGES, AND THEN IN 2020, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WELL, EVERYONE KNOWS IT WAS CRAZY THEN, AND THERE WAS A CLERICAL ERROR THAT WE NOTICED AND WE HAD TO FIX IT.

SO THEY GOT THIS TO Y'ALL IN A HURRY.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION FOR AN ADDITION THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2020.

BUT JUST I MEAN, LITERALLY WE WENT, OH, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? SORT OF A CLERICAL ERROR THAT FOR A SETBACK THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED ON A PLAN.

SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE STAFF FOR DOING THAT.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

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

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM Z SIX WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CPC.

SECOND IN A COMMENT.

YES, I NEED TO SEE MRS. UDREA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH GETTING CLARITY, BUT I'VE GOT A RECEIVED A QUESTION THAT I NEEDED TO COME BACK ON.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE AMENDED LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SO WHAT IS IN PLACE? WHAT IS BEING WHAT ARE THEY BEING ASKED TO TO DO IN TERMS OF AMENDING THE LANDSCAPE? WHAT IS IT CHANGED TO? LET ME GO TO THE LANDSCAPE SECTION.

THE THE TRIGGER FOR THIS AMENDMENT IS THE APPLICANT WAS SAYING WAS SOME CLARIFICATION ON SETBACKS.

HOWEVER, WE ALSO INSERTED OUR NORMAL LANGUAGE FOR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WIDER SIDEWALKS, MORE TREES.

SO I THINK WE NEEDED TO REVISE THE DEVELOPMENT, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SIDEWALKS.

BUT IF THE APPLICANT HAS MORE CLARITY, I CAN DEFER AND I CAN LOOK AGAIN AT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. I NEED WE NEED CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU'RE DEFINING AS LANDSCAPING BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THAT LANCASTER CORRIDOR, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON, TO

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ENHANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS HOSPITAL, THAT WITH A LITTLE MORE DIGNITY.

AND SO COULD HE SPEAK TO THAT? I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ADDING OTHER THAN BRICK AND MORTAR IS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FRONT YARDS YOU SEE WE PUT IT IN THE REPORT, AN AMENDED LANDSCAPE PLAN TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CORRECTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

SO THERE IS NO LESS LANDSCAPING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN FOR ME.

JUST A MINUTE. YOU MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT TREES.

SO IS THIS GOING TO OR HE CAN SPEAK TO IT.

ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IN TREES OR ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IN BUSHES OR.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.

BUT I JUST NEED COULD YOU COME DOWN TO BE ON THE RECORD? BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT LANCASTER CORRIDOR? WE WANT TO HAVE PARTNERS ON EVERY CORNER BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO RECONFIGURE THAT WHOLE LANDSCAPE THERE.

WE HAVE A VETERANS HOSPITAL IN THAT CORRIDOR AND WE NEED TO CLEAN IT UP AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT.

SO COULD HE SPEAK TO THAT? SO IS IT IN WRITING? CAN WE GET IT IN WRITING? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR AN AMENDMENT.

ANOTHER AMENDMENT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU CAN DO.

WHAT I WANT IS MAYBE.

MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING.

IT SAYS AMENDED LANDSCAPE PLAN AND AMENDED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WHEN YOU'RE AMENDING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT? WHAT IS IN WRITING THAT I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO OR IT'S IN WRITING THAT I CAN RETRIEVE AND PRESENT TO A COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE IN THAT CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE'RE DOING OTHER OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND I'M ASKING OF THEM THE SAME THING.

SORRY. SO ON LANCASTER, YOU'RE AWARE WE'RE PLANTING SOME TREES ALONG LANCASTER THAT WE CAN THERE'S POWER LINES ON OUR SIDE AND THE DARK STUFF. SO THERE ARE SOME LARGE TREES IN FRONT OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL, BUT WE'RE PLANTING SOME MORE DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS ANN ARBOR.

OKAY. THEN ALONG PADUCAH, WHICH IS WHERE THE ADDITION IS, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF LANDSCAPING IN THAT AREA AROUND THE ADDITION.

AND THEN IF YOU'LL DROP BACK TO DENLEY STREET THAT HAS LIKE 1 OR 2 TREES ON IT.

WE'RE PLANTING A WHOLE ROW OF STREET TREES ALONG DENLEY.

SO YOU HAVE THIS IN WRITING? IN THIS REPORT IS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

AND IT'S IT'S ON THE PLAN, TOO.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS.

I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME NOW, ON YOUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHAT IS WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN WRITING? AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN IS ATTACHED.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IS REALLY JUST UPDATING THE PLAN THAT WAS IN THE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO.

WE'VE ALREADY INSTITUTED MOST OF THAT.

BUT WITH THE ADDITION, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOME OF THAT CONSTRUCTION TO BE DONE.

SO THE IDEA IS MOST OF THE CARS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN DENLEY ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET AND WE'VE DENLY'S ALREADY BEEN PUT AN OVERLAY ON AN ASPHALT OVERLAY AND THEN THEY'LL TURN ONTO PADUCAH.

AND THEN IN THE 2015 BOND PROGRAM, IN THAT TIME PERIOD, 2017 ISH, WE BUILT A SORT OF A DRIVE SLIP STREET, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT WE CAN GET THE QUEUING OVER THERE AND THAT THAT'S WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT AND THEN WE'RE MOVING THE BUSSES.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF BUSSES TO SERVE IT OVER TO THE PARKING LOTS OVER OFF OF LANCASTER AND THEN THEY'LL EXIT ONTO ANN ARBOR.

SO YOU KNOW HOW WE LIKE TO KEEP BUSSES AND CARS AND KIDS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER.

SO I GOT THAT.

SO ARE YOU USING DO YOU HAVE POLICE BUILT INTO YOUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OR IS IT THE PRINCIPAL OR DISD SECURITY? HOW ARE THESE BUSSES BEING DIRECTED FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS WHEN THEY DEPLOY? WELL, THE BUSSES, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GOING A SEPARATE DIRECTION FROM THE CARS, SO THERE WON'T BE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING FAST.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TO 4:00.

BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO TELL ME IS CAN I FIND IT IN WRITING SO I DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD? YES. DO YOU HAVE POLICE SECURITY GUARDS? WHO IS THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC? IF THE TRAFFIC IS ON SITE, ON SITE, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR PICK UP AND DROP OFF AND THE BUS LOADING IS ALL ON SITE, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY ON THE STREETS.

IT USED TO BE WE DID, BUT WE PULLED THAT SLIP ROAD SO THAT SCHOOL PERSONNEL, WE DON'T PUT I MEAN, PERSONNEL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS THAT HELP THE KIDS GET IN AND OUT OF THE CARS.

BUT IT'S IN WRITING. YES.

OH, YES, YES. SO IT'S ALL IN HERE ABOUT WHERE THE PERSONNEL ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN WRITING.

SURE. NOT ONLY WE WANT TO GIVE THE SAFETY FOR THE SCHOOL AND WE REGRET WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE UPGRADES, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE WHO COMES TO US WITH THE SAME

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VISION OF UPSKILLING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND ESPECIALLY I PUT MORE PRESSURE ON IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS AND OTHERS APPROPRIATELY, BUT MORE OR LESS THE VETERANS COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE PUT THESE SCHOOLS AND UPGRADES IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE WANT THEM TO BUY INTO THE VISION AND WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THESE LESS THAN FACILITIES THAT ARE USING SOME OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, OUR TAX RESOURCES TO COME IN AND NOT ADD VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO BRING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE TRYING TO BRING FAMILIES TO THESE SCHOOLS.

AND AS WE'RE BUILDING HOMES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROUD OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO I DO SUPPORT THIS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, BUT I DO THAT WITH EVERYONE THAT COMES IN THE DISTRICT AT SCHOOLS AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

AND SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND WE'LL BE READY TO PROCEED WITH THE REST OF THE BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED AS CARRIED NEXT ITEM.

ITEM Z SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ONE AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH DISTRICT TO AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE TERMINATION OF SPECIFIC

[Z7. 23-2464 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and (1) an ordinance granting an IR Industrial Research District; (2) an ordinance granting the termination of Specific Use Permit No. 1861 for an industrial (inside) potentially incompatible use limited to the refining of precious metals; and (3) a resolution accepting the termination of the existing deed restrictions [Z101-223] on property zoned an IM Industrial Manufacturing District on the west line of Gemini Lane, south of Royal Lane Recommendation of Staff: (1) Approval of an IR Industrial Research District; (2) approval of the termination of Specific Use Permit No. 1861; and (3) approval of the termination of existing deed restrictions [Z101-223] Recommendation of CPC: (1) Approval of an IR Industrial Research District; (2) approval of the termination of Specific Use Permit No. 1861; and (3) approval of the termination of existing deed restrictions [Z101-223] Z223-144(LG) Note: This item was deferred by the City Council before opening the public hearing on September 13, 2023, and is scheduled for consideration on September 27, 2023.]

USE PERMIT NUMBER 1861 FOR AN INDUSTRIAL INSIDE POTENTIALLY INCOMPATIBLE USE LIMITED TO THE REFINING OF PRECIOUS METALS.

AND THREE. A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE TERMINATION OF THE EXISTING DEED RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF GEMINI LANE, SOUTH OF ROYAL LANE.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 12 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.