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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE DESIGN
[Dallas Design District TIF District Board Of Directors Meeting on December 4, 2023.]
DISTRICT TIFF BOARD MEETING TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2023 AT 2:02 PM AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CHAIR.UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TODAY IS THE DESIGN DISTRICT TIFF ANNUAL REPORT, BUT, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RE UH, THAT PERTAIN TO ANY OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, UH, WE'LL TAKE THEM NOW.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PUBLIC FOLKS ON.
OKAY, SO, UH, LET'S THE MEETING, UM, THE MEETING MINUTES FIRST.
ALSO, UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE, UM, LAST MEETING MINUTES? I'LL ENTERTAIN A, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THEM.
SO PAM MADE THE MOTION OR WAS IT PETER? UM, GO AHEAD.
I THINK, I THINK PETER MADE THE MOTION.
REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THE, UH, DESIGN DISTRICT TIP ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2223.
UM, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS APPROVAL.
UM, HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A PEEK AT IT? AND, UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? I THINK SUE DID A NICE JOB.
UM, AND I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE MEETING SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR.
DO Y'ALL HAVE THAT ON THERE? UH, ON YOUR, IN FRONT OF YOU? FEBRUARY 12TH WILL BE THE FIRST QUARTER.
MAY 13TH, SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND DECEMBER 9TH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, ISSUES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PLACEHOLDERS ONLY WHO ACTUALLY HAVE BUSINESS, ALTHOUGH I WAS TELLING MIKE BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED THAT I'M HOPING THAT, UM, THE TRINITY STRAND HIGHLINE SPAN THE TRAIL AND BRIDGE PROJECT.
I'M HOPING THAT THAT'LL BE AT A POINT OF COMING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A DESIGN WRAP UP, HOPEFULLY AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
WELL I HAVE TO VOTE ON NATHAN ON THAT.
YES, WE DO NEED ADOPT THAT TOO.
UM, SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE, UH, QUARTERLY TENTATIVE MEETING DATES.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
WELL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WANNA BRING UP? ANY, ANY NEW BUSINESS? ANYTHING YOU WANNA DISCUSS? JUST SINCE WE'RE ALL GATHERED? UH, AND, YOU KNOW, APOLOGIES IF I JUST MISSED SOME OFFLINE CHAT.
UM, I SAW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, UH, CABANA PROJECT AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE, THE RECEPTION OF THAT AND ARE PEOPLE FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, HOW SOON DO WE EXPECT THINGS TO MOVE TOWARDS GROUNDBREAKING AND, AND ALL THAT? I WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR THE FOLLOW-UP, GIVEN HOW MUCH OF A DISCUSSION THAT ONE WAS.
WELL, PROB I'LL LET SUE AND I TALKED ABOUT IT JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE THE MEETING AND I'LL LET HER GIVE YOU A QUICK BRIEFING ON, ON WHERE WE STAND.
UM, AS FAR AS PEOPLE IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT THAT ARE IN THIS GIFT DISTRICT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HOW THEY STAND AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS IT WAS A UNANIMOUS, UH, VOTE, UH, AT THE COUNCIL, WHICH I THINK HAD TO DO PROBABLY WITH THE FACT THAT IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF A, HAD ALREADY BEEN KIND OF DISCUSSED.
UM, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S THAT QUICK.
BUT ANYWAY, PAM, UM, SUE, SO, UM, YEAH, THE CITY COUNCIL DID UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THE PROJECT.
I THINK RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A BIG PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL.
UM, SO I THINK THAT HAD A LOT OF TO DO WITH IT, PARTICULARLY ITS LOCATION, UM, IN MORE LIKE DOWNTOWN NORTH DALLAS.
'CAUSE SEE THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT CONCENTRATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
SO, UM, SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WENT AHEAD AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IT.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS TRYING TO KIND OF CLOSE ON, UM, PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AND THEIR FINANCING BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
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AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE I THINK THINGS STAND AT THE MOMENT.AND WE'LL CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD, KEEP THE BOARD, UM, UP TO DATE.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, DONATING YOUR TIME AND, AND, AND HELPING ON THIS BOARD.
IT, UH, IT, IT'S APPRECIATED, UM, BY ALL INVOLVED.
AND, UH, SO HAVE A, HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON AND WE WILL BE SEEING YOU, UH, FIRST PART OF THE YEAR.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME EXCITING BRIDGE STUFF TO TALK ABOUT AND MOVE FORWARD THERE.
I THINK THE TRAIL IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME IDEAS TOO TO MAYBE ENHANCE THEIR, UM, UH, GUESS THEIR, THEIR, THEIR FUNDRAISING WITH MAYBE DOING SOMETHING AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD AT AT SOME POINT.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
LIKE WE JUST UNANIMOUS DI HERE.
WELL THANKS EVERYONE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.