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[Ad Hoc Committee on Legislative Affairs on December 11, 2023.]
TODAY IS DECEMBER 11TH, IT'S THREE 17.THIS IS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THE MEETING STARTS WITH, UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO WE HAVE TWO BRIEFING ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE STATUS ON CODE AMENDMENTS BASED ON THE 88TH LEGISLATURE AND CODE SECTION SUGGESTED FOR REVISION OR REPEAL.
SO WE HAD THIS PRESENTATION PREVIOUSLY, UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE CASEY BURGESS IS GONNA BE LEADING THIS DISCUSSION.
CASEY BURGESS, UH, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I'M JOINED BY BERT VANDENBERG.
UH, IF WE COULD SKIP UP A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
SO THE 88TH, UH, LEGISLATURE RAN THIS YEAR BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY.
UM, AND AFTER EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE GET A LIST OF ALL OF THE BILLS.
WE SIFT THROUGH THOSE AND WE SEE WHICH ONES MIGHT AFFECT US HERE AT THE CITY.
UH, THIS YEAR THERE WERE, I BELIEVE, OVER 300 BILLS THAT AFFECTED CITIES.
IF WE CAN SKIP DOWN TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH THOSE AND WE IDENTIFIED 140 THAT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT US HERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE WERE ABLE TO TOSS OUT A LOT OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY WERE THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T AFFECT US.
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE CITIES THAT HAVE ELECTRIC UTILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE PUT TOGETHER A GREAT BIG MEMO FOR YOU GUYS.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS CLOSE TO 80 PAGES, UM, EXPLAINING ALL OF THOSE BILLS AND HOW THEY COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT US.
AND OUT OF THOSE WE IDENTIFIED 17 THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, REQUIRE SOME SORT OF CODE AMENDMENT.
UH, BUT FORTUNATELY WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO DO AN AMENDMENT FOR ALL 17 OF THOSE BILLS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF THOSE, UH, IF WE CAN SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO THE FIRST BILL WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AS SB 9 29.
THIS IS A BILL THAT AFFECTS ZONING NOTICE AND NON-CONFORMING USES.
UM, THIS BILL HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT WAS BRIEFED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO ZAC.
THEY VOTED TO MOVE IT ON TO CPC ON NOVEMBER 14, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS ORDINANCE TO MOVE ON TO CPC IN JANUARY.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, REALLY BIG ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
THIS ONE, UH, AFFECTS PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR MULTIFAMILY AND HOTEL AND MOTEL DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, SO THIS ONE'S BEEN MOVING ALONG TO, UH, THE PARK BOARD IS BRIEFED IN OCTOBER.
UH, THE PARKS TRAILS ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED IN NOVEMBER.
IF WE CAN SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, LAST MONTH THERE WAS A COUNCIL RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE DWELLING UNIT FACTOR AND THE DENSITY FACTOR.
AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY, YOU GUYS WILL BE LOOKING AT, UH, DOING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DESIGNATE AREAS OF SUBURBAN, URBAN, OR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS ONE THAT'S BEEN REQUIRING SEVERAL STEPS.
UH, THEN, UH, AFTER YOUR ACTION ON WEDNESDAY, THAT'LL BE THE LAST STEP, UH, THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO START PUTTING ACTUAL ORDINANCE TOGETHER.
AND, UH, THOSE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ZAC, CEBC AND COUNCIL SOMETIME IN EARLY 2024, UH, HB 1922 AND 34 92.
THESE ARE BILLS THAT AFFECTED BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND PLATING FEES.
UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ALREADY WORKING ON A BIG FEE ORDINANCE THAT'LL BE COMING TO YOU GUYS ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THE CHANGES THAT WERE NEEDED FOR THOSE WERE JUST ROLLED INTO THAT ORDINANCE.
SO YOU GUYS WILL BE VOTING ON THAT LATER THIS WEEK.
THIS IS A BILL, UH, AFFECTING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
AND, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY WORKING ON, A CODE AMENDMENT ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
SO THIS IS BEING ROLLED INTO THAT.
UM, AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE MOVING ON TO ZAC SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS ONE THAT INVOLVES CEMETERIES.
THIS ONE WE HAD TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, UM, IN TEXAS, TRADITIONALLY CEMETERIES HAVE BEEN PROHIBITED WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
AND WE HAD A REALLY OLD CHAPTER IN THE CITY CODE THAT TALKED ABOUT CEMETERIES AND IT SAID THAT THEY WERE
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PROHIBITED.AND, UH, WE ALSO GOT LOOKING AT THE CODE AND 51 A ALLOWS THEM BY SUP.
SO, UM, INSTEAD OF, UM, REQUIRING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, TWO ORDINANCES IN ORDER TO DO AN A CEMETERY UNDER THIS NEW BILL, UH, WE'RE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO COMBINE THE TWO.
WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING TWO ORDINANCES FORWARD ON THAT.
UH, ONE AMENDING OUR CEMETERY CHAPTER OF THE CODE THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU GET THE SUP, YOU ARE GOOD UNDER THAT CHAPTER TWO.
SO THAT'LL BE COMING ALONG SOMETIME HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE 1750 AND 29 47.
UH, THESE ARE BILLS THAT AFFECTED AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.
AND, UH, AS, AS YOU RECALL, I'M SURE FROM THE BRIEFING BEFORE, THOSE BILLS WERE RATHER BROAD.
UM, UH, THESE COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE CODE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL EXACTLY WHY WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE.
'CAUSE AS PART OF THE BILL, IT SAYS THAT THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION WILL BE GIVING GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICES AND WHAT CITIES NEED TO DO WITH THAT.
AND THEY, UH, HAVE NOT ISSUED ANYTHING YET.
CHECK THEIR WEBSITE THIS MORNING.
UM, THIS ONE INVOLVES FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, SO THE CITY'S CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY AND THERE MAY BE A CODE AMENDMENT FOLLOWING THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
BUT, UH, FROM WHAT I HEAR, DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT ON THAT SB 5 77.
THIS IS A BILL THAT INVOLVES, UH, FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST A, A FEE BILL.
UM, THE BILL SAYS THAT WE CAN'T REQUIRE A FOOD SERVICE MANAGER IF THEY HAVE A STATE FOOD SERVICE MANAGER CARD, ALSO GET A CITY ONE.
UH, SO CODE COMPLIANCE IS AWARE OF THAT, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REQUIRING THAT FEE.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING A CODE AMENDMENT, UH, FORWARD TO YOU GUYS PRETTY QUICK.
UH, THIS IS ONE THAT'S DONE AND I BELIEVE EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO ON IT.
THIS IS ONE THAT INVOLVES CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS.
UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY REQUIRE THE CITY TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE'RE NOT ALREADY DOING.
IT JUST SAYS THAT FINANCE SUPPORTS NEED TO BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR FIVE YEARS AND THAT THE CITY'S SECRETARY CAN REDACT CERTAIN INFORMATION OF THOSE, UM, ONLINE.
SO WE PUT A CODE AMENDMENT TOGETHER JUST TO INCORPORATE THAT STUFF.
AND THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS HERE.
AND THEN YOU'RE FUTURE AS WELL.
HB 1819, UH, THIS WAS A BILL THAT SAYS CITIES CAN NO LONGER ENFORCE JUVENILE CURFEWS.
SO WE HAVE A CODE AMENDMENT PUT TOGETHER TO REMOVE THAT SECTION FROM OUR CODE.
AND, UH, IT'S, UH, UNDER REVIEW BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE COMING, UH, TO YOU GUYS SOMETIME HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
HB 14, UH, THIS WAS A BILL THAT INVOLVED THIRD PARTY REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS.
UH, SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS ADDRESSED MUCH OF THIS THROUGH A SERVICE FIRST BULLETIN AND THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED IT.
UH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF TWEAKS WE NEED TO MAKE TO THE CODE TO JUST GET EVERYTHING, UM, CLEAR IN THERE AS FAR AS HOW EVERYTHING WOULD WORK.
SB 2 24, THIS IS A, UH, BILL THAT INVOLVED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.
UH, THIS IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON TO SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY SORT OF CHANGES.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED TO, BUT IF ANYTHING, IT'LL PROBABLY BE JUST SOME CHANGES TO PAPERWORK.
METAL RECYCLERS, UH, NEED TO KEEP HB 31 25.
THIS IS A BILL INVOLVING EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
THIS WAS ANOTHER REALLY SIMPLE ONE.
UH, BASICALLY JUST SAID THAT AMBULANCES AND POLICE CARS CAN USE WHITE FLASHING LIGHTS IN ADDITION TO RED ONES.
SO WE MADE THAT SIMPLE, UH, CHANGE TO OUR CODE.
AND THAT ONE WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS SOMETIME HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SOLAR WAS, UH, AS WE LOOKED INTO THIS ONE, WE MADE A DETERMINATION.
NO CODE AMENDMENT WAS ACTUALLY NEEDED FOR THIS ONE.
AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS ADDRESSED THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH A SERVICE FIRST BULLETIN 36 99.
THIS IS A BILL THAT INVOLVES PLATS AND ENGINEERING PLANS.
UH, THIS IS ONE, ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE ACTUALLY NEED TO MAKE ANY CODE AMENDMENTS, BUT WE'LL LIKELY BE BRINGING SOME FORWARD.
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LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY ONE THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO US, UH, UNDID SOME THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE DID A SECTION OR TWO BACK THAT WE'RE KIND OF PROBLEMATIC.SO WE'LL BE UNWINDING THOSE THINGS.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE BILL THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO MAKE THE PROCESS A LITTLE, LITTLE EASIER AND QUICKER FOR PEOPLE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UH, JUST THREE THINGS WE HAD IN HERE, UM, THAT WERE PARTS OF THE CODE THAT WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISION OR APPEAL.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS CHAPTER 20, EARN PAID SICK TIME.
UH, THIS IS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW AND HAS ACTUALLY BEEN OVERTURNED BY A COURT.
SO YOU WOULD SUGGEST REMOVING THAT FROM THE CITY CODE.
UH, SIMILARLY FOR SECTION 31 35, THAT'S OUR PANHANDLING AND SOLICITATION, UH, SECTION IN THE CODE.
THAT ONE HAS BEEN OVERTURNED BY THE COURTS.
AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE CHAPTER IN THE CODE ON RAILROADS, CHAPTER 39.
AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THAT'S BEEN PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW SINCE ABOUT THE 1980S.
SO THAT'S ONE THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO, UH, EITHER TAKE OUT OF THE CODE OR AMEND.
AND WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY.
UM, SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS IF WE COULD GET A MONTHLY REPORT STARTING IN FEBRUARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON ALL OF THESE.
SO THAT JUST THE COMMITTEE WITHOUT HAVING TO MEET, WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE, UM, HEADED TOWARDS COMPLETION.
AND THEN, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF PENALTY THE CITY COULD, UM, UH, RECEIVE IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER? NO PENALTIES.
SO, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OMAR.
SO MY ONE QUESTION REALLY IS, IS, UM, WHAT IS THE, UM, UNFUNDED COST GOING TO BE FOR US TO IMPLEMENT THESE AND START MAKING THEM HAPPEN, UM, FOR THE CITY? BECAUSE THE STATE DIDN'T FUND ANY OF THESE, I BELIEVE, AND THERE WERE SOME OF THEM THAT ARE GONNA REQUIRE US TO CHANGE.
BUT EQUIPMENT, UH, THE AMBULANCE OR THE PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES IS ONE OF THEM.
SO, UM, ARE THERE OTHERS THAT WE'VE DETERMINED OR SEEN OR CAN IF, IF Y'ALL AREN'T PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT? 'CAUSE SINCE Y'ALL ARE JUST THE ATTORNEYS, UM, IF WE, IF WE CAN AT LEAST GET AN UPDATE OR MEMO FROM STAFF ON THOSE TYPES OF COSTS.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUDGET SOME OF THESE THINGS IN SOON.
YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO, UH, PROVIDE AN ANSWER.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY FROM STAFF WOULD BE, UH, I'M OKAY WAITING ANYTHING FOR THE FUTURE OR WEEK.
WE COULD DEFINITELY WORK ON A MEMO FOR THAT.
SO YEAH, IF YOU CAN ADD THAT TO THE GRID, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT, MADAM CHAIR, IF THAT'S OKAY.
'CAUSE I THINK THE VOTERS NEED TO SEE WHAT OUR STATE LEGISLATURE DID, UM, WHETHER IT'S PREEMPTIONS OR CHANGES THAT ACTUALLY COST THEM DOLLARS.
AND, UM, THEY CHOSE NOT TO FUND US ON ANY OF THESE CHANGES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THE LAST TIME I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT IS, UM, OUR DEATH STAR BILL 2127.
DID YOU EXCLUDE IT BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT? CORRECT.
SO NOTHING HAS BEEN FINALIZED ON THAT AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE UNTIL THAT'S RESOLVED.
SO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS, UM, JUST AN UPDATE ON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
WE ARE NOT EVEN AT OUR DEADLINE, WHICH, UM, FOR SUBMISSION FOR ANYBODY IS FRIDAY.
AND, UM, REALLY WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH AND READ ALL OF THIS
IT WAS REALLY MEANT IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, SO EVERYBODY CAN JUST SEE WHAT'S COMING IN WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, BUT REALLY TO TALK ABOUT IT IN JANUARY, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME BURNING DESIRE TO, UM, TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
KERRY AND LINLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIRWOMAN.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M KERRY ROGERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, AND WITH US, UH, IS LINLEY DERIAN, OUR SENIOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR.
I DO WANNA NOTE THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, CLIFFORD SPARKS HERE, UM, AS WELL AS JAKE ANDERSON, OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER, AND THE WHOLE FUND DEVELOPMENT UNIT IS, IS OVER THERE TO THE LEFT.
UM, WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO TODAY, CHAIRWOMAN, AS YOU NOTED, IS, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
SO I'M GONNA TURN THAT OVER, UM, TO LINLEY.
I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE, AND WE'LL PROBABLY SAY THIS A FEW TIMES, THAT ON THE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE ARE JUST AS THEY WERE SUBMITTED TO US IN
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RAW LANGUAGE.AND SO AS WE WORK THROUGH, UM, THE PROGRAM, WE'LL SEE THAT LANGUAGE POTENTIALLY.
DE UM, WE'LL SEE THAT LANGUAGE REFINED, LINLEY.
UM, LINLEY GERIAN, UH, SENIOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR.
UM, SO PRE-FILING, UM, A LITTLE OVER 300 DAYS AWAY.
UM, SO FAR WE'VE HAD 110 ITEMS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION FROM ALL THE COMMITTEES.
UM, SO AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE.
UM, EACH YEAR WE PUT TOGETHER LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS, UM, STATE AND FEDERAL, AND THESE WILL SERVE AS THE GUIDE WHEN WE'RE IN AUSTIN.
UM, I DO SEE ADVOCATING FOR POLICY.
UM, SO HERE YOU JUST SEE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I'LL KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THIS IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
KIND OF GO OVER INDIVIDUALLY WHAT EACH OF THESE ITEMS ARE LOOKS LIKE.
SO WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WHERE WE ARE, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
BACK IN SEPTEMBER, OUR OFFICE, UM, BEGAN TO CALL FOR PRIORITIES, UM, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, DEPARTMENTS, UM, DIRECTORS, STAFF, UM, TO PUT THIS IN ONE LARGE CHART.
NOW THROUGH OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, WE'VE GONE THROUGH EACH COMMITTEE, UM, PRESENTED WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN TAKEN, FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS, UM, AND NOW KIND OF HERE WHERE WE ARE TODAY, GIVE YOU THAT ROUGH LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE COLLECTED SO FAR.
UM, DEADLINE AS CHAIRMAN NELSON MENTIONED, WILL BE DECEMBER 15TH FOR ALL PRIORITIES.
AND THEN BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, UM, DECEMBER 18TH, OUR OFFICE WILL PREPARE MEMOS FROM EACH COMMITTEE CHAIR TO THEN SEND TO CHAIR MENDELSSOHN AS THIS IS THE COLLECTIVE FINAL LANGUAGE, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, TO COUNSEL AND TO COMMITTEE OR TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING, KIND OF TAKE THE FEEDBACK WE GATHER FROM YOU GUYS TODAY.
UM, A MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF WHAT ALL THE PRIORITIES ARE THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, UM, IF YOU GUYS WANNA MOVE THOSE FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL.
UM, ANY EDITS, WHATEVER YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, AND THEN THE FULL FOR FULL CITY COUNCIL THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.
I THINK JANUARY 24TH WE'VE SAID WOULD BE THE EARLIEST DATE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT JANUARY 8TH COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THEN LOOKING AHEAD, UM, SUMMER 2024, UM, ALL LEGISLATION FROM THE 88TH NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY THE END OF JUNE OF 2024 IN FALL OF 2024, SOMEWHERE IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE PLAN TO HAVE A DALLAS DELEGATIVE, DALLAS DELEGATION LEGISLATIVE LUNCHES SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID LAST YEAR IN DALLAS.
UM, BUT WE WANNA DO THOSE IN DC AND AUSTIN HAVE STAFF, UM, GIVE YOU GUYS THE TIME TO KIND OF MEET AND MINGLE WITH THEM.
NOVEMBER, 2024, AUSTIN PRE-FILING BEGINS JANUARY 25, UM, A HUNDRED 19TH CONGRESS, UM, CONVENES JANUARY TO JUNE, 2025.
UM, TEXAS LEGISLATOR WILL CONVENE.
UM, THOSE WILL BE THE MONTHS PER SESSION.
UM, TESTIMONY WILL BE REQUESTED OF DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SESSION SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID LAST YEAR.
OUR OFFICE WILL HELP PREPARE THOSE.
UM, ALL DIRECTORS STAFF NEEDS TO SEE THOSE.
AND THEN IN JULY, 2025, POST-SESSION, UM, WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT PAST LEGISLATION AND CONDUCT STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, UM, PRESENTATION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST SAW FROM CEO GOING THROUGH EACH OF THOSE BILLS.
SO HERE, UM, KIND PROPOSED SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FOR HOW TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION, OUR PRIORITIES, HOW YOU GUYS WANNA SEE THEM.
UM, REALLY KIND OF TAKING FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS HERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THE FIRST THINGS, IF CARRIE, YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON ANY OF THESE, CATEGORIZE THE PROPOSED SUBMITTED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, UM, KIND HOW WE WOULD ASSUME THEY'D BE TAKEN TO COMMITTEE, UM, WHAT AT THE STATE LEVEL? UM, THE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES AS 'CAUSE OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THEM CATEGORIZED BY OUR EIGHT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
UM, AND SO THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE THOSE CATEGORIZED IN A PROGRAM OF WHERE WE MIGHT SEE THEM GO, UM, IN AUSTIN.
UM, A LINE ITEM TO SHOW COMMITTEE OVERLAP.
A LOT OF FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN IS THAT THESE PRIORITIES TOUCH MULTIPLE COMMITTEES AND DON'T NECESSARILY JUST FIT INTO ONE.
UM, SO HOW DO YOU WANT THOSE PRESENTED? HOW DO YOU WANNA SEE 'EM? DO YOU WANNA SEE A LINE ITEM TO SHOW OTHER COMMITTEES THAT THEY'VE TOUCHED? AND THEN LASTLY, UM, INCLUDE A LINE ITEM TO SCORE THE PROPOSED COMMITTEES OR PROPOSED PRIORITIES, UM, SIMILAR TO HOW IT'S GOING IN THE CHARTER REVIEW.
AND IF YOU WANNA TOUCH ON THAT SCORING A LITTLE MORE.
UM, WHAT LINLEY IS REFERRING TO IS WHEN WE BRING TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IN JANUARY THAT WE WOULD GIVE YOU THE LIST IN TOTALITY AND THEN THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS COULD SCORE, UM, OR YOU KNOW, SELECT WHAT WERE THEIR TOP THREE PRIORITIES.
AND SO THEN WE WOULD TALLY THOSE AND SAY, WELL THIS ITEM RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, FIVE VOTES, THIS ITEM RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO CHARTER, BUT OF COURSE IT'S UP TO THE PREFERENCE OF OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO HERE, UM, SLIDE NINE THROUGH 20, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH COMMITTEE.
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ALL OF THESE THROUGH THE COMMITTEES YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.UM, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR.
UM, AS CARRIE SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE.
UM, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC ONE YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ON, HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE AND ADDRESS THOSE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, ALL THESE WILL BE SENT IN ON THE MEMOS THAT OUR OFFICE PREPARES AND IS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS.
SO YOU WILL SEE THIS AGAIN ONE MORE TIME BEFORE IT GOES TO THAT JANUARY 8TH AD HOC FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 21 AND THEN KEY DATES, WE'VE KIND OF, WE'VE GONE OVER MOST OF THESE AND RECEIVED COMMITTEE FEEDBACK DECEMBER 15TH, THERE'LL BE THE LAST DUE DATE FOR PRIORITIES.
UM, AGAIN, WE KNOW THINGS WILL COME UP NOW BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN SESSION STARTS.
UM, SO OF COURSE CAN MAKE CHANGES.
BUT KIND OF THE DECEMBER 15TH, UM, FOR A ROUGH DATE, DUE DATE FOR NOW JANUARY 8TH, WE'LL REVIEW ANOTHER AD HOC REVIEW.
ALL THESE PRIORITIES IN THE MEMOS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT JANUARY 24TH WOULD BE THE SOONEST, UM, IT COULD GO TO FULL COUNSEL.
AND SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
UM, I DO WANNA, UM, SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH IS, UM, THANK YOU FOR SPECIFYING THAT THE LEGISLATIVE, UM, UH, LUNCHEON WOULD BE FEB, UH, WOULD BE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
UM, NOT FALL, BUT I GUESS IN TEXAS THAT COULD BE CALLED.
RIGHT? UM, UH, THE NEXT THING IS THAT I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR A SCORING WHERE WE ONLY DO OUR TOP THREE.
THERE'S TOO MANY ITEMS WHEN YOU HAVE A HUNDRED ITEMS. THREE IS NOT GONNA BE SUFFICIENT, BUT PERHAPS WE WOULD RANK THEM RIGHT WITHIN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF IT'S THE BOTTOM ITEM FOR EVERYBODY, MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE PRIORITY, BUT IF SOMETHING IS THE TOP PRIORITY FOR MULTIPLE PEOPLE, THAT PERHAPS IT IS.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON HOW THAT PROCESS MIGHT WORK AND WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT AS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO THEN BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNSEL FOR THEM TO TALK ABOUT.
SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT PART OUT THERE.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER THING.
UM, SO WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR GRACIE HERE.
AND THAT WAS JUST ONE I WAS GONNA UH, ASK AND I THINK YOU CLARIFIED IT, CLARIFIED IT FOR ME, BUT I WAS THE SCORING VERSUS RANKING.
UH, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A RANKING SITUATION AND THEN WE'LL GET DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'LL DETERMINE, OKAY, THIS IS THE SET THAT WE WANT TO TAKE TO, OKAY.
THE ONLY OTHER DATE THAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT, UM, I THINK YOU HAD ON THERE THE EARLIEST DATE WAS SOME JANUARY DATE.
AND I DON'T ACTUALLY ANTICIPATE WE WOULD BE READY AT THAT POINT.
I THINK THE, UM, JANUARY 8TH DATE WILL START THIS PROCESS AND IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE FEBRUARY OR POSSIBLY EVEN MARCH BEFORE WE'D BE READY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DO WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL LIKE, AND, AND TO ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE THAT INPUT.
SO COUNCILOR EVAAS, THANK YOU CHAIR.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA PICK JUST THREE.
UM, THERE'S TOO MANY ISSUES AND TOO MANY TOPICS INSIDE OF THOSE ISSUES.
WE'RE JUST PICKING THREE PRIORITIES.
UM, I, I DO HAVE SOME PAUSE ON THE, UM, I I'M NOT SURE HOW, WHAT YOU SAID THE OTHER, THE ALTERNATIVE WAS TO, UH, TO, TO PICKING THREE PRIORITIES.
YOU SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY RANKING.
UM, SO THE, I THINK I'M OKAY WITH RANKING IF IT WAS CITYWIDE ISSUES.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS SOMETIMES THERE'S DISTRICT SPECIFIC ISSUES AND, UM, LET'S SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, MY, MY COLLEAGUE TO THE LEFT OF ME, UM, IS I, I, I MEAN I THAT I HAVE NO IDEA THAT DREDGING WHITE ROCK LAKE IS IMPORTANT TO HER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'D BE HIDING UNDER A ROCK TO NOT KNOW THAT.
BUT, UM, BUT LET'S SAY IT WAS THAT AND THE REST OF US DIDN'T REALLY KNOW IT.
AND THEN, SO NOBODY'S GONNA RANK THAT IN THEIR RANKINGS 'CAUSE SO IS THERE SOMETHING WE COULD DO DIFFERENTLY MAYBE FOR, UM, DISTRICT SPECIFIC TYPE ISSUES? UM, I'M, I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYBODY GET LEFT OUT OF A PRIORITY FOR THEM.
SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD DO THAT IF POSSIBLE.
WELL THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN QUITE FREQUENTLY WILL TALK ABOUT HOW WHITE ROCK LAKE IS A CITYWIDE PROJECT.
AND CERTAINLY I DO THINK OUR COUNCIL IS ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UM, SO LET'S JUST SEE HOW IT GOES.
I MEAN, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
I GUESS, I GUESS MAYBE I'M BEING OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT, UM, BUT WE'LL JUST SEE WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT ARE SUBMITTED, UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE, ARE CITYWIDE.
AND, UM, SO I JUST, I DIDN'T SEE ANY IN THERE THAT I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS REALLY JUST ONE PERSON'S ISSUE.
SO I THINK THAT SAYS SOMETHING GOOD ALSO ABOUT US AND WHAT WE'VE SUBMITTED.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM,
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EVERYBODY KNOWS.IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE LIKE THERE'S NO WAY THAT SOMETHING JUST GETS KNOCKED OFF THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO SCALE DOWN OUR PRIORITIES AND I, THAT'S WHY I LIKE THIS EXERCISE 'CAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SCALE IT DOWN.
BUT, AND THEN ALSO IF, UM, STAFF COULD HELP US, WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS THAT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE.
WE PAY THEM, UM, WE RAISE THEIR FUNDS SO THEY, THEY GET PAID A LITTLE BIT MORE AND I THINK THEY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEM HELPING US AND THEY CAN MAYBE HELP US TAILOR SOME LANGUAGE WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL REALLY THESE EIGHT THINGS GO UNDER, YOU KNOW, THIS PRIORITY VERSUS US LISTING THEM THE WAY WE USED TO.
AND I THINK THAT'LL HELP US AS WELL.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR, OUR LEGISLATORS AND OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, UM, EVERY TIME I HEAR FROM THEM, UM, THEY LOVE AT THE BEGINNING THAT WE CANNED THEM THIS, YOU KNOW, 3, 4, 5 PAGES OF OUR PRIORITIES.
AND THEN IT'S LIKE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR DALLAS VERSUS SOME OF OUR SISTER CITIES THAT KIND OF JUST LEAVE IT UP, YOU KNOW, AS THEY CALL.
SO, UM, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S GOOD WORK THAT ACTUALLY HELPS OUR DELEGATION SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, SO THEY CAN GET SOME THINGS DONE FOR US.
I THINK THE, THE WORK IS WORTH IT AND UM, I DO THINK THERE'LL BE SIGNIFICANT WORDSMITHING THAT'S HAPPENING TO BOTH CONSOLIDATE AND PRIORITIZE.
UM, BUT ALSO I THINK SOME ITEMS WILL END UP BEING VERY SPECIFIC AND SOME ITEMS WILL BE VERY BROAD INTENTIONALLY AND REALLY EVERYBODY'S INPUT IS WELCOME.
UM, BUT PLEASE TRY TO GET IT IN BY FRIDAY.
UM, SO GIVEN ON THE ALLEGED ON THE PROCESS, IF, IF YOU HAVE IT IN SPRING AND WE SET AN AGENDA, CAN WE MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO OPEN IT BACK UP OR TO REVISIT IT IN NOVEMBER? BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE LOCKED IN BECAUSE WE'RE NOW DEVELOPING OUR, FOR OUR FENTANYL STRIKE FORCE AND WE'VE GOT MORE CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, AROUND ADDICTION AND, UM, AND SO IT MAY, IT MAY SOLIDIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN NOVEMBER THAN IT WOULD IN MARCH.
AT A PRIOR MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING SORT OF A LIVING DOCUMENT AND, UM, NEW THINGS UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY WILL COME UP THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED TODAY OR EVEN IN NOVEMBER.
UM, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS SORT OF AN UNUSUAL COMMITTEE AND POSITION IN THAT WE HAVE TO ALWAYS BE READY.
SO, UM, ABSOLUTELY AS THINGS EVOLVE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND UM, WE'LL MAKE 'EM HERE.
WE'LL MAKE 'EM AT THE FULL COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL ALSO MAKE 'EM ON THE FLY.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THIS JOB GOES.
SO, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS MUCH AS A WHOLE GOING INTO IT BECAUSE ON THE FLY IS NOT ALWAYS, I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT'S USUALLY YOURS, IT'S, IT'S THE CHAIR PERSON'S PER PERSPECTIVE OF SOME ISSUES.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN MOVING INTO IT, UH, PRIOR TO SESSION.
SO I THINK, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THIS LEVEL OF PRIORITIES, WHICH I DO THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE POSSIBLY A LOT MORE THAN WE HAVE HAD.
UM, I THINK THAT MEANS THE FULL COUNCIL HAS GIVEN GUIDANCE ON WHERE THEY EXPECT AN ISSUE TO FALL.
AND WHILE HISTORICALLY THIS COMMITTEE, UM, AND, AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CHAIR HAVE SOME DISCRETION DURING SESSION, UM, THAT DISCRETION IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THE COUNCIL'S APPROVED.
SO LET'S JUST SAY THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT YOU AND I PERSONALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY DON'T AGREE ON, BUT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL WAS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THE CHAIR WOULD NOT BE ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO IT IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
BUT I WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW THE BODY TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT IF IT'S WITHIN THE RANGE OF WHAT'S ON THE DOCUMENT.
AND NOT PROHIBIT I CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS FROM MOVING INITIATIVES DOWN IF, IF IT'S IN THE CONFINES OF WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED.
SO I'M, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS.
SO SAY MEDICALLY ADDICTION TO TREATMENT.
WHICH IS A KIND OF A CONTROVERSIAL METHADONE CLINICS.
BUT IT IS BEING SOUGHT AS HARM REDUCTION IN HELPING INDIVIDUALS GET THROUGH THEIR TRAUMA AND BECOME TO RECOVERY.
AND THAT TAKES MONEY AND IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO GO ADVOCATE FOR MORE OF THAT, BUT IT'S IN THE CONFINES OF KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE, RIGHT.
OR WITHIN, I I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT IS.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU MAY NOT PERSONALLY BE FOR IT OR HAVE SOME FEELINGS YES.
PERSONALLY FOR IT JUST SO KNOW OR SOMEBODY HERE WOULDN'T, BUT THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE AS A, THAT
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FEEL THAT IS A HARM REDU IS PART OF THE HARM REDUCTION STRATEGY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.SO THEN LET THOSE INDIVIDUALS BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.
SO WHAT I'M INTERPRETING YOUR QUESTION TO BE IS IF THERE IS A PRIORITY THAT, UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER IS VERY TIED TO, WOULD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BE TAPPED TO THEN ADVOCATE AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL FOR, IS THAT WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS IT IT OR? YES.
EVEN IF IT DOESN'T, EVEN IF SOME, IF THE CHAIR DOESN'T WANT IT OR EVEN THE VICE CHAIR OR WHOEVER IT IS, LIKE YES.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, TO FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE IT FELT SOMETIMES THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS THAT COULDN'T BE HAD BECAUSE IT WAS VERY TIGHT, BUT IT WAS THE BODY'S WILL THAT WANTED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BODY STILL IS PARTICIPATING IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I FIND IT USEFUL FOR MORE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL TO BE INVOLVED.
AND IF SOMEBODY HAS A PARTICULAR PASSION FOR AN ADOPTED PRIORITY, I WOULD INTEND FOR THAT PERSON TO BE INVOLVED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHTYY? WELL, AT 3 48 THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.