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YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC L.
JOHNSON. MAYOR PRO TEM TENNELL ATKINS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, JESSE MORENO.
KATHY STEWART. JAYNIE SCHULTZ.
BROADNAX. CITY SECRETARY BILIERAE JOHNSON.
AND CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY PALOMINO.
[CALL TO ORDER]
WE HAVE A QUORUM.TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2020.
AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
SPEAKER RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME.
SPEAKER IS THIS MORNING IS RABBI ANDREW PALEY.
HE'S A CHAPLAIN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT TURNING IT OVER TO HIM FOR OUR INVOCATION.
THANK YOU. RABBI. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
DEAR FRIENDS, AS WE GATHER THIS MORNING IN THIS HALLOWED CHAMBER, LET US PAUSE, AS WE DO, TO RECOGNIZE THE SACREDNESS OF OUR COLLECTIVE ENDEAVOR.
IN THE SPIRIT OF RABBI HILLEL'S TIMELESS WISDOM, LET US STRIVE TO FIND UNITY IN OUR DIVERSITY, TO BUILD BRIDGES WHERE THERE ARE WALLS, AND TO SEEK UNDERSTANDING IN THE FACE OF DIFFERENCE.
HOLY ONE OF BLESSING GOD OF MANY NAMES.
AS ALL OF YOU THIS DAY EMBARK ON THE JOURNEY OF GOVERNANCE.
MAY YOU BE GUIDED BY THE LIGHT OF JUSTICE, COMPASSION AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL LISTEN WITH OPEN HEARTS.
SPEAK WITH INTEGRITY AND ACT WITH CONVICTION.
AND IN MOMENTS OF DISAGREEMENT, MAY WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL, WHO REMINDED US THAT IN A FREE SOCIETY SOME ARE GUILTY, BUT ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE. WITH HEARTS UPLIFTED AND MINDS ATTUNED TO THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
WE BEGIN THIS MORNING, WE PRAY WITH THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS AND SACREDNESS.
MAY YOUR EFFORTS BE BLESSED WITH WISDOM.
AMEN. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG FIRST AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG SECOND.
NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.
[OPEN MICROPHONE (Part 1 of 2)]
MADAM SECRETARY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING.THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR ITS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON.
FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.
INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
YOU NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
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JOHNSON ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, REGINA IMBURGIA.OKAY. I'M REGINA IMBURGIA FROM THE 14TH DISTRICT.
THE LONG AWAITED FLUORIDE TOSCA TRIAL ENDED FEBRUARY 20TH.
NOW, JUDGE CHEN WILL RULE ON WHETHER FLUORIDATION IS AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH.
THE JUDGE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD.
NOT ONCE DID THE EPA SCIENTISTS UNDER OATH CLAIM THAT FLUORIDATION IS SAFE, BUT THEY ACKNOWLEDGED DOZENS OF HIGH QUALITY STUDIES LINKING FLUORIDE WITH LOWER IQ AT SEVERAL AT LEVELS THAT EQUAL OUR DALLAS FLUORIDATED WATER.
SO IF ANYONE TELLS YOU THAT FLUORIDATION IS PROVEN SAFE FOR EVERYONE, THEY'RE MAKING A FALSE CLAIM AND THEY'RE THERE, IT'S AGAINST SCIENCE ITSELF. THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL HAS ALERTED HAS BEEN ALERTED TO THE HARM FROM INGESTING FLUORIDE FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.
AND NOW TESTIMONY UNDER OATH CLEARLY CONFIRMS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING.
OR YOU CAN CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE SCIENCE AND CONTINUE THE FLUORIDATION PROGRAM, AND YOU WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR ALLOWING A KNOWN NEUROTOXIN TO PENETRATE THE BRAINS OF EVERY UNBORN CHILD, POTENTIALLY DAMAGING THEM FOR LIFE.
FROM MOTHERS INGESTING DALLAS TAP WATER.
YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR TAKING AWAY THE CHOICE OF EVERY LOW INCOME FAMILY, FORCING THEM TO INGEST A DRUG THEY DON'T WANT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD AN EXPENSIVE FILTER OR BOTTLED WATER, HARMING THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.
AND YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IGNORING THE HISTORY OF OTHER SUBSTANCES ONCE DECLARED SAFE, ONLY TO FOUND OUT LATER THEY WERE CAUSING MASSIVE HEALTH FARMS SUCH AS LEAD AND TOBACCO, AND OTHERS TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED.
YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STOP A PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED IN 1965, 12 YEARS AGO.
WE WOULD SAY, WHEN IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT.
TODAY WE ARE SAYING THERE IS NO DOUBT INGESTING FLUORIDE IS A HARM.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, WILLIAM HOPKINS.
YEAH. MY NAME IS WILLIAM HOPKINS.
WHAT THEY'RE GIVING OUT IS THE LAWSUIT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THE FIRST SHEET IS WHERE THE CITY SAID THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED IN IT, AND AND THE NEXT SEAT IS WHERE THE CITY SUED THE PEOPLE IN WEST DALLAS DYING. ERIC.
THE CITY SUED AND GOT THE MONEY.
IT'S CORRUPT OR THE PEOPLE ARE DYING.
I GO DOWN THERE TO THE COUNTY AND I TELL JOHN HE DIDN'T SOUL OUT HIM.
AND THE PREACHERS CAME CAME TO WEST DALLAS, HIM AND JESSE JACKSON.
THEM CAME AND TOLD THE PEOPLE, DON'T TELL NOBODY AND GET SOME KIND OF MONEY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PREACHERS GOT THE MONEY FROM.
I GUESS THEY GOT IT FROM THE CITY.
AND THE STATE SUED THE SECOND STREET WHERE THE CITY AND THE STATE SUED THE PEOPLE DYING.
AND YOU RUN AROUND WITH TAKING WOMEN OVER YOUR WIFE HOUSE, HAVING SEX AT YOUR WIFE HOUSE.
MAN, I DON'T, I DON'T. I DONE WENT THROUGH THAT.
THE CITY MANAGER THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER IT'S A BLACK WOMAN.
I GUESS THE ONLY WAY A BLACK WOMAN CAN PROGRESS DOWN HERE.
IF SHE GO OVER YOUR WIFE HOUSE AND HAVE SEX WITH YOU OR YOUR WIFE HOUSE.
SO THE CITY MANAGER IS A BLACK WOMAN.
BEEN HERE 30 YEARS, AND YOU VOTED FOR HER NOT TO DO IT.
SO THE TWO WHITE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HER NOT TO BE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, IF YOU GO TO SAY IF SHE HAVE SEX WITH YOU OVER YOUR WIFE HOUSE WITH THE TWO WHITE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HER NOT TO BE THE CITY MANAGER INTERIM CITY MANAGER, WOULD THEY VOTE FOR IT? AND ERIC, YOU YOU VOTED FOR HER NOT TO BE THE CITY MANAGER.
IF SHE GO OVER YOUR WIFE HOUSE AND HAVE SEX WITH YOU OVER YOUR WIFE HOUSE, WILL YOU VOTE FOR HER TO BE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER? I'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
SO WE DON'T ALLOW OUTBURSTS HERE.
SO IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE, I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU OF THE RULES.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, JOE STOKES.
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YOU MAY BEGIN.JOE STOKES, DISTRICT NINE, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN DALLAS AMERICAN SCHOOL TEACHER, OPENED THE DOOR TO A DARK, HIDDEN HISTORY.
PRIOR TO WORLD WAR TWO, NO ONE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT SWALLOWING FLUORIDE.
A PEST CONTROL IN JULY OF 1992, EILEEN WELSOME, A JOURNALIST FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, CALLED A DALLAS SCHOOLTEACHER BY THE NAME OF MAUREEN ALAN WHITFIELD.
HER FATHER, ELMER ALAN, HAD BEEN EXPERIMENTED ON AND INJECTED WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PLUTONIUM DURING THE TOP SECRET CLASSIFIED MANHATTAN PROJECT. MARINE ALAN WHITFIELD LIVES IN WAXAHACHIE TODAY.
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT WAS THE WORLD WAR TWO SECRET PROGRAM TO DEVELOP THE ATOMIC BOMB.
IT INVOLVED MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, MOST MAJOR UNIVERSITIES, AND HUGE INDUSTRIAL GIANTS LIKE DUPONT, GM, AND ALCOA IN ORDER TO REFINE URANIUM FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB, MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FLUORIDE WERE NEEDED.
THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION, INJURIES, AND DEATH AS A RESULT OF FLUORIDE TOXICITY WAS CATASTROPHIC.
GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY WAS INVOLVED.
EXPERIMENTS WERE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DOCTOR HAROLD HODGE, WHO ALSO LED MANY FLUORIDE HUMAN EXPERIMENTS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THOSE INSTITUTIONS FROM PUBLIC OUTCRY. THE LAWSUITS AGAINST FLUORIDE TOXICITY.
HI. MAYOR LINDA NEWLAND, DISTRICT SEVEN.
YOUR SCHOOL AGE FRIEND, DOUGLAS FOOTRACER WANTS ME TO TELL YOU HI FROM HIM.
I AM SPEAKING AS MYSELF TODAY, AS I USUALLY DO.
I MUST ADMIT, I NEVER ATTENDED COLLEGE.
WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM THOSE ON THE COUNCIL WHO WANT TO CONTINUE FLUORIDE IS I HAVE COMMON SENSE.
BUT DALLAS BELIEVES THEY SHOULD KEEP ON ADDING THAT TOXIN TO OUR WATER.
AFTER CLEANING, THOSE TAX DOLLARS COULD BE USED TO PURCHASE SOMETHING BETTER THAT BENEFITS DALLAS NOT USE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY TO PAY FOR THAT TOXIN, AND TO LET DISTRICT SEVEN BE IN CHARGE OF HAVING DIFFERENT PRESENTATION OF PROS AND CONS OF FLUORIDATION WAS A GREAT BIG MISTAKE.
THEY DECIDED THEMSELVES THAT THE DOCTOR MUST BE WRONG AS HE DID NOT PROVIDE THE NOTES.
HOW RIDICULOUS IS THAT? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEST TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE FIRM, AND MADE SURE THAT FIRM WAS NOT BIASED ON EITHER SIDE.
AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT'S YOUR TIME.
NOT EVERYBODY SITS IN YOUR SEAT WHEN SPEAKERS SPEAK.
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MY NAME IS MICHAEL SIMMONS.I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO START OUT TO SAY.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. IF I CAN GET THIS THROUGH THIS THREE MINUTES THAT THAT ALLOWED OR TWO MINUTES THAT ALLOW FAILED OATH OF OFFICE BY THE MAYOR AND EACH ONE OF YOU.
I WILL READ OUT THE OATH OF OFFICE.
SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL DO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PROTECTION THAT WE ARE BEING PROTECTED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY NOTE.
I'VE SPOKE DOWN HERE SEVERAL TIMES AND AT THE COUNTY AS WELL.
THE RECENT RANSOM ATTACK THAT WE WERE ATTACKED.
WE THE PEOPLE, TAXPAYERS WERE ATTACK.
AND AND WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE YOU ALL GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? YOU ALL ARE HERE TO PROTECT AND TO DEFEND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
THAT'S YOUR TIME. THAT'S YOUR TIME.
THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR, THANK YOU.
BLESS YOU. THIS CONCLUDES THE FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
THE REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA.
AGENDA ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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SECOND, I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ON YOUR SPEAKER LIST.IT'S TITLED THREE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AGENDA ITEM SIX, LOUIS DEROSSETT.
OUR ORGANIZATION NOW HAS 130 MEMBER COMPANIES THAT EMPLOY 10,000 RESIDENTS.
DO YOU WANT YOUR TAXES TO INCREASE NEXT YEAR? YES OR NO? AS I IMAGINE MOST WILL ANSWER, NO.
INFLATION HAS BEEN MADE THE PAST TWO YEARS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE.
YOUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED $1 BILLION OVER THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS, YET WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE ARE LEAVING.
IF YOU OVER TAX PEOPLE, THEY LEAVE.
WE WANT TO SEE THE CITY'S BUDGET REDUCED IN A MATERIAL WAY TO INCLUDE A SIGNIFICANT TAX CUT.
WE WANT THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER TO BE THOROUGH AND EXHAUSTIVE.
YOU HAVE UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED.
PUBLIC SAFETY PERMITTING AND ZONING IS BACKLOGGED AND LADEN WITH UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRACY.
BE CREATIVE AND PLAN THIS BUDGET WITH INTENTION.
FOCUS ON THE CORE CITY SERVICES THAT YOU ARE PAID TO GET ACCOMPLISHED.
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COLONISTS. IF YOU WANT OR NEED OUR HELP.I PROMISE YOU, THE BUSINESS LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY WANT THIS CITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH 68.
AGENDA ITEM TWO WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FIVE WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
AGENDA ITEM EIGHT WAS CORRECTED.
AGENDA ITEM TEN WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS WEST AND MENDELSOHN.
AGENDA ITEM 20 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
AGENDA ITEM 44 WAS PULLED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.
THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS.
AGENDA ITEM FOUR IS CORRECTED AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON JANUARY 27TH, 2021, NOT JANUARY 21ST, 2021. ITEM 57 IS A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER THREE, NOT TWO, AND AGENDA ITEM 61.
THE AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN TRINITY FOR PUBLIC LAND IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS FOUR, SIX THROUGH NINE, 11 THROUGH 1921 THROUGH 43, AND 45 THROUGH 68.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THOSE MOVE APPROVAL? IS THERE A SECOND? DO I HEAR A SECOND? OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS CONSENT, FOLKS.
MISS BLACKMON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
SO I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO ITEM NUMBER 61.
AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR BRINGING YOUR GREEN INITIATIVE, BECAUSE D9 IS IN THE RUNNING TO GET A NEW DISTRICT, TO GET A NEW PARK IN DISTRICT NINE AT QUINTILLION DRIVE.
AND WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING TEN PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
THEY'RE EXCITED. THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED BY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
AND SO WE'RE INVITING EVERYBODY TO 3749 COTILLION DRIVE AND TELL US WHAT YOU WANT IN YOUR PARK.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
JOHN STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU. I JUST I WANTED TO TO SECOND WHAT PAULA WAS SAYING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE WIN FOR DISTRICT TEN AS WELL.
OUR POP UP IS I NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT'S COMING SOON.
YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS CONSENT.
THIS CALLS FOR THE REJECTION OF PROPOSALS ON THE DIGITAL KIOSK SCHEME.
THAT HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO START THE PROCESS OVER AGAIN WITH THE INPUT OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
SO I AM STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS ACTION.
CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE ITEMS. ONE IN PARTICULAR IS AGENDA ITEM 16.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AWAITED LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING FERGUSON ROAD AT LAKELAND AND HIGHLAND.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED UNDER MY PREDECESSOR'S TENURE.
SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE WHEN SOME THINGS TAKE ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO, TO SEE THEM COME TO FRUITION.
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AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY IN FAR EAST DALLAS.IT'S A GREAT ASSET FOR OUR CITY.
BUT IT'S ALSO IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND THERE'S A $7 MILLION TRANSACTION WITH A NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT THAT IS GOING TO INCREASE SERVICE TO MORE THAN 1300 LOW INCOME WOMEN ANNUALLY.
THE NEXUS CENTER IS A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMBATANTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ENHANCING THEIR MEDICAL DETOX PROGRAM, THEIR MEDICAL ASSISTED TREATMENT, AND CO-OCCURRING PSYCHIATRIC SUBSTANCE DISORDER SERVICES THAT ARE MUCH NEEDED.
OF COURSE, MR. RESENDEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
THANK YOU. I'D, I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 61.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
HAS A POTENTIAL NEW PARK AS WELL AT 7327 LAKE JUNE, AND OUR POP UP PARK EVENT WILL BE ON MARCH 23RD.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN DISTRICT FIVE TO CHECK IT OUT, YOU SHOULD.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 62.
THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAIL ALONG 175 AND A NEW BRIDGE AT LAKE JUNE ROAD, CREATING ANOTHER SECTION OF THE LOOP TRAIL ALONG 175 BETWEEN SECOND AVENUE AND LAKE JUNE ROAD, WHICH WILL CONNECT THIS SECTION OF THE TRAIL INTO AN EXISTING TRAIL CONSTRUCTED ON PEMBERTON HILL ROAD.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS RECOGNIZES THE EMERGING EVOLUTION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT BALANCES THE NEEDS OF PEDESTRIANS, TRANSIT, BICYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES.
SO TEXDOT IS LEADING WILL BE LEADING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT, AND THE CITY AGREES TO MANAGE THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHICH MAKES THIS MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT NECESSARY.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 59 WHERE WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST BEGINNING STAGES OF THE REMODEL OR RENEWAL OF THE COTTON BOWL IN FAIR PARK.
AND WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS TO POINT OUT IS THAT IT'S GOT ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF MWB PARTICIPATION AND ALSO THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE EQUITY BUILT INTO IT THAT'S GOING TO NOT JUST BENEFIT FAIR PARK, BUT ALL AROUND.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. BAZALDUA, EVEN THOUGH FAIR PARK BELONGS TO ALL OF US.
BUT I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS AND JUST ONE MORE TIME, SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS THAT WORKED ON GETTING THE BREMER BILL CHANGED OUR DELEGATION DOWN IN AUSTIN, OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, EVERYBODY WHO HELPED ON THIS, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, BUT ESPECIALLY I'VE GOT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT ONE MORE TIME TO THE DISTRICT SIX PARK BOARD MEMBER WHO FIGURED OUT ABOUT DOING THE BREMER BILL AND ALL OF THIS AND KEPT TELLING AND KEPT TELLING AND DID NOT QUIT TALKING ABOUT IT UNTIL ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR LIGHT BULBS WENT OFF HERE AND THE REST WAS HISTORY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT MORE HISTORY AT THE COTTON BOWL AND WANT TO MAKE SURE SHOUT OUT TO PARK DIRECTOR ONE OF OUR PARK DIRECTORS, RYAN O'CONNOR, WHO ALSO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO GET GOING SO THAT WE CAN GET GET BACK TO HAVING A LOT OF FUN AT THE CLASSIC COTTON BOWL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OF COURSE YOU WANT TO GET YOUR HOOK UP ON THE RECORD OR.
NO, YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR HOOK.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR HOOK EM HORNS ON THE RECORD TODAY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING MAYOR, THERE'S BEEN A LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO THE CONSENT.
OKAY, I NEED THE. THEN WE NEED THE CONSENT AGENDA RESTATED BEFORE WE VOTE.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD HAS PULLED AGENDA ITEM 46.
THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS FOUR, SIX THROUGH NINE, 11 THROUGH 1921 THROUGH 43, 45 AND 47 THROUGH 68.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOT THAT THAT WAS JUST A RESTATEMENT OF IT.
SECONDED. AGAIN. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST CONSENT SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
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MADAM SECRETARY CAN WE BEFORE WE TAKE UP OUR NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS, WOULD BE TO TAKE UP THE WHOLE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.BUT I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
I SEE ONE COMMISSIONER PRICE AND SOME OTHERS MAYBE ARE HERE.
AND FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO WORK.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, MAY WE TAKE UP ITEMS 7677 BEFORE WE TAKE UP OUR POLL ITEMS?
[76. 24-703 Authorize a thirty-one month professional services contract in the amount of $7,682,340, with a $300,000 contingency for potential scope enhancement, and one one-year renewal option, as detailed in the Fiscal Information section, for project management services and owner’s representation for the implementation of Component Three of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas master plan, which includes project management of the process for the renovation and reconstruction of Dallas Memorial Arena using either the Design-Build Bid or Construction Manager At-Risk Delivery Model - McKissack & McKissack of Washington, Inc., most highly qualified proposer of nine - Not to exceed $7,982,340 - Financing: Convention Center Construction Fund (to include reimbursements from Brimer Bill Bonds) (subject to annual appropriations)]
I DON'T SEE ANY OBJECTION.SO IT'S SO ORDERED. SO, MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S DO THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
AGENDA ITEM 76 IS AUTHORIZED A 31 MONTH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,682,340, WITH A $300,000 CONTINGENCY FOR POTENTIAL SCOPE ENHANCEMENT AND ONE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION, AS DETAILED IN THE FISCAL INFORMATION SECTION FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND OWNERS REPRESENTATION.
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER DALLAS MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THE PROCESS FOR THE RENOVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF DALLAS MEMORIAL ARENA USING EITHER THE DESIGN, BUILD BID OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK DELIVERY MODEL.
MCKISSIC AND MCKISSIC OF WASHINGTON INC MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROPOSER OF NINE NOT TO EXCEED $7,982,340. YOU DO HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE SPEAKING ORDER.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES.
YOUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE COMMISSIONER JOHN WILEY PRICE.
COMMISSIONER PRICE, YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 76 AND 77.
SO WE'LL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ON BOTH ITEMS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
MR. MAYOR, MR. MANAGER, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS A LEAP YEAR AND I'M GOING TO LEAP RIGHT INTO IT.
THIS IS A JACKIE ROBINSON MOMENT.
AND I JUST FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND WITHOUT MAKING ANY OTHER COMMENT ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THIS COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR AN APPROPRIATION AND A COMMITMENT, PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS FOR THE COMMITMENT OF EQUITY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO IN THIS JACKIE ROBINSON NUMBER 42 MOMENT, I CAME DOWN ON THESE TWO ITEMS TO SAY, AS I LEAVE HERE AND GO TO THE LITTLE CENTER WHEREIN I AM GOING TO CELEBRATE 60 YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC AND ANGLO YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF TEN AND 16, IN THIS STATE THAT ARE DETAINED IN CUSTODY, NOT OFTEN FOR ANY REALLY EGREGIOUS OFFENSES, BUT I GET A CHANCE TO TELL THOSE YOUNG LADIES THAT PRIMARILY THE CITY OF DALLAS, ON THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION, CHOSE TWO VERY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL FIRMS WHO HAPPEN TO BE FEMALE, WHO HAPPENED TO BE AFRICAN AMERICAN, TO BE PROJECT MANAGERS, TO BE OWNERS REPS.
SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT THIS CITY.
AND I LIVE IN THIS CITY AND I'M PROUD TO LIVE IN THIS CITY.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE THE VIRTUE OF COURAGE, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
MCKISSICK. I WANT TO START WITH MOSES MCKISSICK, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, SLAVE ARCHITECT NAMED STILL ON BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS, DARYL AND SHARON.
THEY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST IN A LOT OF THINGS IN REGARDS TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
SO THEY DON'T NEED NO ACCOLADES.
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ONLY THING I NEED TO SAY IS, THANK GOD FOR CHOOSING SOMEONE THAT HAS GOTTEN THAT BUSINESS FROM SLAVERY TO TODAY, AND IT'S IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH GENERATION. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CITY COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU TO STAFF TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THAT.I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I WANT TO GO TO TEE BALL.
START WITH LUCY WILLIAM BLACK, BASEBALL PLAYER, POLICE OFFICER.
STARTED WITH A COMPANY CALLED HNTB.
I MEAN, IN THIS FAMILY, THIRD GENERATION, FIRST BLACK PM AT DISD, OVER $1 BILLION, MANAGING IT TREMENDOUSLY.
Y'ALL HAVE MADE A DECISION TODAY.
STAFF AND I CALLED IT THE THREE PLUS ONE THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY GOING ON 75 YEARS.
I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU, MR. BROADNAX, FOR ALLOWING THEM THE LATITUDE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHOOSE SOME QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
AND I, I JUST I JUST GIVE ACCOLADES FOR COURAGE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE CEO OF K STRATEGIES, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 76 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.
AND WE'RE A LONG TIME LOCAL DALLAS FIRM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBERT STOWE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE TEXAS REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR MCKISSICK AND MCKISSICK.
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 76 FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT NUMBER THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.
IT IS MY HONOR TO BE PART OF SUCH AN ICONIC TEAM.
OUR TEAM AND I ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND SOLVING COMPLEX CHALLENGES, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMPLETION OF SUCH A HISTORICAL PROJECT AS THIS FOR THE CITY.
THANK YOU AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS ITEM.
CHANDRA. COLON OR COLON? SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED.
ERIC JOHNSON, YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO IGNORE US AND SILENCE US FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU ARE COMPLICIT. GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS.
JUST GIVE US. JUST GIVE US A MINUTE.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 76 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHENS CONVENTION CENTER.
OUR COMPANY IS THE PRIME ON THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PATRICK WILLIAMS. OKAY. GOOD MORNING.
MOST HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M DOCTOR PATRICK WILLIAMS, AND I'M ONE OF THE CERTIFIED PMP PROJECT MANAGERS FOR EJS INCORPORATED.
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COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.MY COMPANY IS A SUBCONTRACTOR ON THE MCKINSEY AND MCKINSEY OF WASHINGTON INCORPORATED TEAM.
AND WE'RE HERE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR AGENDA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GARRETT MONTGOMERY.
HI. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A DIRECTOR WITH CBRE HEERY, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 76 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
MY COMPANY IS A SUBCONTRACTOR ON MCKISSACK AND MCKISSACK TEAM.
MY COMPANY SPECIALIZES IN PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BILL CORREIA WILLIAM BY MY MOM'S PERSPECTIVE, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PARAGON PROJECT RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING FIRM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, I ESTABLISHED IN 1989 AFTER LEAVING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THE DESIGN INDUSTRY.
WE ARE A PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.
WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS HERE FOR 35 YEARS, AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT ON THE COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT, WHERE A SUB CONTRACTOR TO MCKISSICK.
AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT PROJECT.
IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR FIRM AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MONICA BAILEY JACKSON.
OKAY. MONICA BAILEY JACKSON IS NOT PRESENT.
HELLO. MY NAME IS TIERRA HALL.
I'M A EXECUTIVE WITH LEVY'S CONSULTING GROUP.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 76 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.
MY COMPANY IS A SUBCONTRACTOR ON THE MCKENZIE AND MCKENZIE OF WASHINGTON INCORPORATED TEAM.
MY NAME IS DONALD VESTAL, AND I'M A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LEVIS GROUP.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 76 FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.
MY COMPANY IS A SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE MCKISSICK.
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JEN FAN.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF CASSIDY GROUP.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MR AND ASSOCIATES.
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 76.
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OF THE FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.MY MY COMPANY IS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO MCKISSACK AND MCKISSACK TEAM.
WE ARE A CERTIFIED LATINA OWNED FIRM.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MANY CITIES, AND THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR ME TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HELLO. MY NAME IS DARYL MCKISSICK.
I AM THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF MCKISSICK AND MCKISSICK, AND I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 76, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER. AND MY COMPANY IS THE PRIME FOR THIS PROJECT.
I AM DEEPLY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO REPRESENT MCKISSICK AND MCKISSICK IN OUR BID FOR THIS RENOVATION OF THE MEMORIAL ARENA.
MY JOURNEY TO THIS MOMENT IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE AMERICAN STORY.
MY LINEAGE TRACES BACK FIVE GENERATIONS TO MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER, WHO WAS BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY AS A SLAVE. AND IN 1912, MY GREAT UNCLE, CALVIN MCKISSICK, OPENED HIS DOORS HERE IN DALLAS AS AN ARCHITECT.
SO TODAY I AM A TESTAMENT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, STANDING BEFORE YOU AS THE OWNER OF A COMPANY THAT WILL BEAR MY FAMILY'S NAME.
IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT WE FIND OURSELVES HERE DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, A TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
YET MORE THAN JUST A SYMBOLIC NARRATIVE MCKISSICK AND MCKISSICK BRINGS TO THE TABLE OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, OVER $50 BILLION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, OVER PROJECTS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE IN DALLAS FOR ALMOST OVER A DECADE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MANY PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AIRPORTS, PARKS AND RAIL.
I'M THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE GREATER DALLAS HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 76 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS TEAM POSSESSES THE EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERTISE TO DELIVER PREMIER SERVICES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND TO ENHANCE TOURISM TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
THE GREATER DALLAS HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.
HELLO. MY NAME IS DEVIN COLLINS.
I AM THE ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT WITH K STRATEGIES.
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 76 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT THREE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HELEN GIDDINGS.DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MADAM SECRETARY FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICES THAT I KNOW THAT YOU MAKE TO SERVE THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND I JUST WANT TO STRAY FOR A MOMENT AND TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE MAKING GOOD HISTORY THIS WEEK.
AND TODAY, YOU'RE AWARDING MAJOR CONTRACTS TO TWO BLACK OWNED FIRMS WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE AS THEIR CEOS, BLACK FEMALES. SO YOU'RE ON THE SIDE OF GOOD HISTORY.
I AM VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH MCKISSACK AND MCKISSACK AND ITS RICH HISTORY AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS ON WHICH MCKISSACK HAS PROVIDED MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
ITS CEO, DARYL MCKISSICK, IS SOMETHING OF A FIXTURE HERE IN OUR GREAT CITY.
I MET HER ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND AT THAT TIME SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLIENTS IN NORTH TEXAS, AND TODAY SHE ENJOYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO QUITE A FEW EVERY YEAR SINCE 2018, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, SHE HAS BEEN A PRESENTER OF THE AT THE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, WHICH I CHAIR.
WHILE SHE COMMANDS A HEFTY SPEAKER'S FEE, SHE WAVES HER SPEAKER'S FEE AND SHE PAYS HER OWN TRAVEL TO BE HERE TO HELP US AS WE ATTEMPT TO ELEVATE AND EMPOWER WOMEN.
YOU'RE AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS WHICH SHE HAS BEEN A PART OF, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL STADIUM, AND LOCALLY, SHE'S DOING DISD SCHOOLS, THE TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
YEAH. MR. BLAIR, YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 76 AND 77.
SO YOU MUST SPEAK ON BOTH ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
YES, MA'AM. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR.
AND I, I WORK IN THE LINE OF WORK WHERE WE DON'T GET TO WORK WITH MANY BLACK PRIMES.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BLACK PRIMES.
AND THIS MORNING IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S PRIME TIME.
WE HAVE TWO BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE LEADING THESE MAJOR COMPANIES.
ONE IS ACTUALLY FROM DALLAS AND HAS MADE HISTORY.
THE OTHER HAS MADE HISTORY ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH GOING THROUGH THOSE DETAILS, BUT KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES FOR COMPONENT THREE AND COMPONENT FOUR, AND IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE REALLY GET TEE BALL UP TO DATE, BECAUSE THAT'S A PLACE THAT I'VE ONE ACTED IN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN IMAGINE ME AS A THESPIAN, BUT MANY EONS AGO MY WIFE AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT THESE FACELIFTS ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY CONVENTION TOURISM.
SO THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO ISSUE OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A MOTION.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
DISCUSSION. MR. MAYOR PRO TEM.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES.
WE WE LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF MCKISSICK.
MCKISSICK, YOU KNOW, GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1905, YOU KNOW, WITH A GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER.
AND IF YOU YOU GOOGLE HER AND YOU SEE THE HISTORY OF WHAT WHAT SHE BRING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WHEN I WAS MAYOR PRO TEM BACK IN 2012, 2013, I DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP WITH MY OWN MONEY TO GO TO DC. AND I MET MCKINSEY.
MCKINSEY. AND I SAID, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME IN DC, YOU NEED TO COME TO DALLAS.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT'D TAKE TEN YEARS BEFORE SHE GET HERE.
SO, BY THE WAY, WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS WHO THERE, WHO'S SITTING THERE.
BUT THE POINT IS, MAYOR, THIS IS A COMPANY THAT GOT CREDIBILITY.
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THIS COMPANY CAN DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY CAN DO.SHE HAD DFW AIRPORT AND NOW SHE IN DALLAS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR ALL THE BLACK WOMEN OUT THERE.
I WAS RAISED WITH A PERSON, A SINGLE PERSON, MY MOTHER, FIVE BOYS AND ONE GIRL.
AND I ALWAYS RESPECT FEMALE, BLACK FEMALES, BLACK, ESPECIALLY IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
BUT THE STRUGGLE THEY GO THROUGH AND THE STRUGGLE THEY HAD TO PUT UP WITH.
BUT ALSO WHEN YOU COME TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT YOU KEPT HISTORY, YOU KEPT IT IN THE FAMILY.
MANY TIMES WE SAID, DON'T SELL THE LAND, KEEP THE LAND, DON'T SELL THE BUSINESS, KEEP THE BUSINESS.
AND FOR GENERATIONS, GENERATION, YOU SEE, WE KEPT THE BUSINESS.
AND THE NEXT ITEM COMING UP, YOU SEE ANOTHER GENERATION OF GENERATION.
KEEP THE FAMILY IN THE BUSINESS AND DON'T THROW AWAY THE LEGACY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS ITEM 76.
EVERYONE FOR THE PUBLIC. YES, SIR.
AND MY COMMENTS WILL APPLY TO 77.
I KNOW I CAN'T YET. I KNOW IT'S JUST LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON BOTH.
YOU SAID THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S INDEED A MOMENTOUS DAY.
AND IT'S A AND IT'S AN AUSPICIOUS TIME TO BE CELEBRATING THIS.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT WITH THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEGUN IN DALLAS THAT IN, I HOPE IT'S BEFORE THE NEXT GENERATION, WHEN THIS IS NOT A MOMENTOUS DAY, WHEN THIS IS JUST DIRIGER AND PART OF BUSINESS.
AND WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY CELEBRATE THE FACT, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH BUSINESS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH WOMEN AND SO MUCH BUSINESS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ABSOLUTELY.
CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 76.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED A WHILE BACK, AND WHEN WE FIRST KIND OF STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE HAD THREE MINORITY WOMEN THAT WERE SITTING RIGHT THERE, AND ROSA, DANIELLE AND JOYCE AND MISS GIDDINGS, YOU YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD OR SOMEBODY THE COURAGE TO.
DO THAT. DNI IS A HARD, TOUGH FIGHT.
REPRESENTING A MAJORITY ON A CONTRACT LIKE THIS.
SO YOU HAD THOSE THREE MINORITY WOMEN YESTERDAY.
WE HAD A MINORITY WOMAN AGAIN PUT INTO THE INTERIM SPOT.
THE END OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, MOVING INTO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
MR. BROADNAX, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS, BUT THIS IS HIS LEGACY.
HE KICKED IN THE DOOR AND SAID EQUITY.
AND ON A DAY LIKE THIS, YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT, AND I'M EXCITED AND PROUD AND HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE A PART OF THIS DECISION.
SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT IS INVOLVED.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, ESPECIALLY TODAY.
CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 76.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT.
OKAY. Y'ALL BROUGHT BIG BINDERS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT HARD.
MY QUESTION IS IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM, BOTH FOR THIS AND FOR 77, YOU INCLUDE THAT THERE'LL BE OWNERS REPRESENTATION FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
AND I THOUGHT WE ALREADY AWARDED THAT CONTRACT TO INSPIRE MATTHEW SOUTHWEST FOR 71 MILLION.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.
SURE. SO THERE'S SEVEN COMPONENTS ON THE RFP, RFQ, RFP THAT WE SOLICITED FOR PROPOSALS. AND SO WHAT WE AWARDED TO INSPIRE DALLAS WAS COMPONENT ONE, WHICH IS THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE DECKING OVER I 30 AND THE TAKEDOWN OR DEMOLITION FUTURE DEMOLITION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THESE ARE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR OR COMPONENTS THREE AND FOUR.
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AND SO WE TOOK THEM APART BECAUSE THE MASTER PLAN, IF YOU RECALL, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING FOR IT, INVOLVED A LARGER DISTRICT.SO EVERYTHING FROM UNION STATION DOWN TO FARMER'S MARKET WAS INCLUDED IN THAT STUDY AREA.
AND SO THERE ARE VARIOUS DIFFERENT COMPONENTS RELATED TO GETTING THAT DISTRICT TOGETHER.
AND SO AS WE BROUGHT TO COUNSEL PRIOR TO LETTING OUT THAT SOLICITATION, EACH OF THOSE REQUIRED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SKILL SETS AND DIFFERENT. WE DID NOT WANT TO CLUMP ONE TOGETHER AND THEN NOT GET THE KIND OF QUALITY PROJECT AND PRODUCT THAT DALLAS DESERVES.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT COST? SO THE ENTIRE PROJECT COST IS STILL GOING TO BE AROUND THE 2 BILLION MARK.
THESE PROJECTS ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
AND THESE ARE SMALLER PROJECTS, THOUGH NOT INSIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF GENERATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AS IT RELATES TO TOURISM AND BRINGING IN NEW LIFE TO THE DISTRICT.
WELL, THESE ARE MY TWO FAVORITE PARTS OF THE PROJECT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 76.
JUST I WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN? OR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE COMMITMENT THAT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE SO FAR.
ONE, TWO AND THREE COMING UP, THAT THE COMMITMENT TO EQUITY TO MWB THAT WE'VE PROVEN AND WE'RE PROVING THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
SO I THINK WE'VE TAKEN SOME PRETTY BOLD AND DIFFERENT STEPS FOR DALLAS.
AND I'LL GIVE DANIELLE AND AND JOYCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL HOW WE PROCURE THINGS IN DALLAS AND THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF IT, THE DEPTH OF IT, THE VARIATION OF THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE IN IT, AND THE TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES GIVE US A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.
AND SO WE HAVE AND WE'VE COME FORWARD.
AND SO I THINK OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS IS, IS LONG LASTING.
JOYCE WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE WE HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD ON THE COMMITMENT NOT ONLY FROM THE CITY, BUT ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE PREPARE PRIMES, AS WE PREPARE OUR SUBS TO BECOME PRIMES.
TODAY, YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MISS MISS RODRIGUEZ, WHO TALKED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY DELIVER THINGS TO AND CONTRACTS AND SERVICES TO OTHER CITY MUNICIPALITIES AND BEING ABLE TO NOW HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH DALLAS.
SO BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SUBCONTRACTORS AND PROVIDE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH, THROUGH CONNECTIONS, THROUGH NETWORKING, AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND WORK WITH PRIME CONTRACTORS THAT COME TO THE TABLE TO SAY THAT THIS IS A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT EQUITY.
DANIELE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.
AND, MR. MAYOR YOU KNOW, IT'S THE ARENA IS AN IMPORTANT ICON OF OUR CITY THAT I UNFORTUNATELY THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGOT ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T USED IT FOR SO LONG, FOR DECADES.
RIGHT. AND TODAY, BECAUSE THE VOTERS SAID AND YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE BOND ELECTION, I MEAN PROPOSITION A ELECTION EARLIER AND THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THAT.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE VOTERS BECAUSE THEY SAID YES TO THE COMMITMENT TO THIS AREA.
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IT IS AS ZARRIN SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY SAID EARLIER, I WAS LIKE, I STOLE MY THUNDER.AS WE'RE ENDING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WE'RE GOING INTO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, THAT WE SEE THAT WOMEN AND BLACK WOMEN IN THIS CASE CAN DO.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT ITEM, THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENING IS WHEN WE GIVE A CHANCE TO FOLKS THAT HAVE NEVER HAD THAT CHANCE TO THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE, AND THEN THEY GET THAT CONTRACT, THEY GET TO BE A PRIME HOW IT SHOWS THE WORLD THAT, YES, WE CAN AND WE CAN GET IT DONE.
AND I LOVE THE DIVERSITY THAT WE'VE DONE AS WELL IN ALL OF THESE.
AND I'M JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT SOFTBALL SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT WE HAPPEN TO ALSO HAVE THREE WOMEN OF COLOR DOWN HERE AND THAT WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER TO ADVANCE OUR CITY.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS ALL OF DALLAS WINNING FROM EVERY SINGLE AND ONE TO THE OTHER.
SO, MR. MAYOR I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP AND SAY PLEASE VOTE FOR THIS AND LET'S CONTINUE TO MAKE HISTORY HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WHEN IT COMES TO RACIAL EQUITY.
BECAUSE, MR. BROADNAX, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS BEFORE, AND YOU'VE WORKED HARD AND WE'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THESE TYPES OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS NOW.
OF COURSE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU WANT TO FINISH THE OR DO YOU WANT TO GO NOW? YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO BE THE LAST WORD.
YOU WANT TO GO NOW? EXCUSE ME? I CAN BE THE FIRST AND THE LAST.
NO, IT WAS OKAY. WE'RE TRYING TO.
WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID YOU. DOUBLE DIPPING IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. REALLY? I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN.
AND THE PRIME TIME ALONG WITH THE CELEBRATION OF WHERE THIS GROUP IS, IS THE PRIME TIME IS THE DALLAS RIGHT NOW IS PRIME TIME, AND IT STANDS WITH EQUITY.
AND SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO WILL ALSO BELIEVE THAT BLACK HISTORY IS 365 DAYS IN A YEAR.
AND SO EVERY DAY IS BLACK HISTORY DAY.
AND EVERY DAY WE CELEBRATE ALL RACES.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO CONTINUE TO STRESS AND CITY MANAGER, WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE YOU.
I'M ALWAYS I'M GETTING MORE AND MORE OUTSPOKEN, I GUESS, ON THE FACT THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ADD EXTRA INFORMATION AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO JUSTIFY AND, AND ADD ADD ADDITIONAL DATA TO EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE QUALIFIED TO BE AT THE TABLE.
AND SO THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPANY, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF AND PROUD TO HAVE MET MRS DARYL JUST BY AN ACTIVITY, AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HER. SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND ASK FOR ALL OF HER EXTRA CREDENTIALS TO SEE IF SHE WAS QUALIFIED.
HER, HER, HER DATA AND HER WORK SPOKE FOR ITSELF.
AND SO I THINK SOMETIMES MAYBE, PERHAPS MISS HELEN GIDDINGS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF MY STRONG MENTORS TOURS AND I THINK MODELS FOR US IN THIS CITY. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING ALONG UNTIL WE GET TO THE FACT THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND WE HAVE WE MADE STRIDES, AND THEN SOMETIMES WE GO BACKWARDS.
BUT EQUITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE IN THIS CITY, TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
I WAS SHOCKED IN MY CONSTRUCTION.
I'M LIKE, I'M THIS IS A BAD SISTER.
AND SHE HAS A TWIN, SO IT'S DOUBLE TROUBLE.
SO I BELIEVE IN TROUBLE IN THE SENSE THAT IT MAKES WAVES.
AND FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT WE TOO CAN DO THIS JOB.
AND SO I WILL ASK YOU JUST FOR A MOMENT, WHAT DOES IT FEEL FOR YOU TO BE HERE IN THE MIX? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONVENTION CENTER THAT WE ASK THE VOTERS TO SUPPORT, AND SO WE CAN TAKE BACK A REPORT TO SAY, LOOK, IT'S NOT JUST ALL MEN.
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IT'S NOT ONLY JUST WHITE MEN, AS WE'VE SEEN TRADITIONALLY, IT'S A GOOD BLEND.SO TELL ME JUST QUICKLY, HOW DO YOU FEEL EACH ONE OF YOU, IN TERMS OF YOUR ROLE AND WHAT IT HAS MEANT TO YOU TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER A PRODUCT BASED ON EQUITY? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT QUESTION, I.
AND I'M ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION EVENT SERVICES.
AND WE WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY BY CITY COUNCIL, BY OUR CITY MANAGER, TK BROADNAX, TO BRING FORWARD A PROJECT THAT WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
AND WITH THAT CAME A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL TO HAVE, WHICH IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE LASTING CHANGES, NOT JUST IN A BUILDING, BECAUSE THE BUILDING WILL NEED TO HAVE RENOVATION LATER IN THE FUTURE.
BUT LASTING CHANGES IN HOW THE CITY OF DALLAS LOOKS AT PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE DOING BUSINESS, AND THAT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO I THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US WITH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY.
PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING, HISTORICALLY AND EVEN CURRENTLY, HAS A LOT OF STRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES FOR TRUE DIVERSITY TO MANIFEST. AND SO, AGAIN, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY MANAGER, TC BROADNAX, AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR ACMS, YOU, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BREAK RECORDS EVEN FOR OURSELVES AS LEADERS.
AND IT SPEAKS TO THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN US TO DO OUR JOBS AND DO IT WELL.
AS WE ARE WOMEN AND OF MINORITY POPULATION, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE OURSELVES YET AGAIN THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE DO IT, BUT WE WILL DO IT, AND WE WILL HAVE PRODUCTS THAT REFLECT OUR VALUES, WHICH IS EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
I WAS VERY ELATED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT ON THIS PROJECT.
WE HAVE 83.16% MWBE, BUT THAT WASN'T JUST TO HIGHLIGHT.
THERE'S 60.2% WOMEN THAT'S ON THIS PROJECT.
SO BEING ABLE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT AND LOOK WITHIN MYSELF TO SAY, WOW, IT IS AMAZING THAT WE CAN BRING THIS TYPE OF NOT ONLY CALIBER TO THE TABLE, NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES AND THE QUALITY THAT COMES WITH THIS, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE COMMITMENT FROM THIS COUNCIL, FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, AND ALSO FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, AND TAKE IT SERIOUS.
AND SO I AM JUST HAPPY TO BE EVEN SITTING HERE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS TO YOU.
AT 83.16% PARTICIPATION AND 60.2% WOMEN.
THANK YOU. AND I WILL WRAP UP, WRAP UP BY SAYING, IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THE THE PATH THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING AND THAT WE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KEEP REMINDING YOU, WE ALL SIGNED UP ON THAT EQUITY RESOLUTION, AND SOME OF US HAVE A TENDENCY TO MOONWALK ON THAT RESOLUTION AND THE LANGUAGE OF BUT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND I JUST EVEN THIS BRIEF LESSON TODAY, IT'S JUST AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE WOMEN WHO ARE NOT IN THE NON THE NON TRADITIONAL NON TRADITIONAL ROLES, YOU KNOW TEACHERS AND I'M A TEACHER MYSELF.
BUT WHEN SHE SAID I'M A CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION YOU KNOW THAT'S A MAJOR.
IT WAS A MAJOR EYE OPENER FOR ME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT HONORABLE HELEN GIDDINGS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH WOMEN AS YOU CONTINUE TO EXPOSE US AND BRING WOMEN TO THE TABLE.
THIS IS DALLAS HAS MADE HISTORY WITH OUR PLACE IN THIS SPACE.
ONCE AGAIN. AND I AM JUST HAPPY AND I'LL QUOTE PASTOR HEINZ, HAPPY AS A PEACOCK, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
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AND WE KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THE INTERIM WHO'S COMING IN AT JUNE 4TH, KIMBERLY TOLBERT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT PLATFORM AND THAT AGENDA ON EQUITY AS WE IMMERSE IT IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S BOND, BUDGET, CHARTER, DELIVERY OF SERVICES WILL ALL BE ABOUT EQUITY.YOU MADE ME FIVE BUCKS WITH THAT MOONWALK REFERENCE.
JUST SO YOU KNOW CHAIRMAN MORENO YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE A PLACE MAKER FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
EARLIER TODAY OR EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR A BRIEFING AND PRESENTATION AT THE GPF MEETING ABOUT HOW CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED. AND WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MWBE PARTICIPATION, NOT ONLY AS SUBS, BUT AT THE PRIME LEVEL AS WELL.
AND SO I WANT TODAY IS A MILESTONE OF ACHIEVEMENT, AND I WANT TO THANK THE TWO FIRMS BEFOREHAND FOR GIVING THOSE SUBCONTRACTORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEY TOO, ONE DAY WILL BECOME THOSE PRIMES.
AND I WANT TO CHALLENGE STAFF TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
THIS IS, AS MENTIONED, A HISTORIC DAY FOR OUR BLACK COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO ECHO CHAIRMAN'S NARVAEZ IS ENCOURAGEMENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE LATINO REPRESENTATION OF OUR GREAT CITY OF DALLAS.
AND CAN WE SPEAK TO THE NEXT COMPONENT OF THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THOSE WILL BE COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
DANIELLE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.
SO AGAIN, THERE WERE SEVERAL COMPONENTS IN THIS RFQ.
THE FIRST COMPONENT, THE CONVENTION CENTER WE AWARDED LAST YEAR.
TODAY WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU COMPONENTS THREE AND FOUR.
COMPONENTS TWO, SIX AND SEVEN ARE TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
AND DIRECTOR FLEMING WILL GIVE BACKGROUND.
AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BRING BEFORE YOU.
AND WE WILL DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION.
SO THE TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS AND THE LARGER COMPONENT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 30 ACRES ARE TWO THAT WE ARE GOING TO BIFURCATE FROM THE PROCESS AND LOOK AT THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, THAT SINCE WE WROTE THE RFQ, THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND TRANSPORTATION.
WE WANT TO BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT 30 ACRES.
BEFORE WE GO, PUT THAT BACK OUT AS A AS A SOLICITATION.
SO AS DANIELLE SAID, AS DIRECTOR THOMPSON SAID, WHAT WE WILL DO IS BRING YOU BACK PIONEER PARK AND PIONEER CEMETERY, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE OTHER TWO.
I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE TWO ITEMS, 76 AND 77.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HARD WORK.
MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S WORK.
I'M A BIG FAN OF ALL OF Y'ALL.
THAT IS BEFORE US AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT IN.
JUST AS IT'S MENTIONED, I WON'T BELABOR, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS AGENDA ALONE, NOT JUST WITH THESE TWO ITEMS, BUT ALSO WITH THE COTTON BOWL ITEMS, IS SHOWING THAT THEY GAVE US THE APPROVAL AND WE'RE PUTTING THEIR MONEY TO WORK. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S OF COURSE, ALWAYS SKEPTICISM.
THERE'S ALWAYS YOU KNOW, SOME DEVIL'S ADVOCATE KIND OF RESPONSES.
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DISCUSSION AND TALKING ABOUT SUCH A MILESTONE.IN ADDITION TO THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF VERY HEARTFELT COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY TO THESE MILESTONES AND REACHING MWB EXCEEDING MWB GOALS.
AND THESE VALUES THAT WE STAND ON IS PROMOTING INCLUSIVITY AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LEADERS AT OUR STATE LEVEL THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO TAKE OUR DEI INITIATIVES OUT OF THE FOREFRONT FOR THIS TO REMAIN A STANDARD OF WHAT OUR CITY BELIEVES IN IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT AND SIT ON THIS BODY WITH.
THIS RIGHT HERE SHOWS THAT WITH THESE INITIATIVES INCLUSIVITY IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEM.
IT'S JUST PLAYING INTO THE POLITICS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET PAST THAT AND LOOK AT HOW THESE TYPES OF VENTURES HAVE PROVIDED TRUE SUCCESS AND OPPORTUNITY GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BROWN AND BLACK COMMUNITY.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PRIORITIZING THAT.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE SEEING THE TRAIN GOING.
OF COURSE, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 76.
ROSA, I, TOO, AM GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE EXPEDITIOUSLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE NECESSARY CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER COMPLEX.
BUT I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT WILL THE MECHANISM BE TO COORDINATE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PACKAGES? SO THAT YOU MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION IS A PART OF PACKAGES TWO, SIX AND SEVEN THAT COULD BE INFLUENCED BY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE 30 ACRES.
AND SO IF THESE ARE ALL UNDER SEPARATE CONTRACTS, WHO'S GOING TO BE COORDINATING THAT? SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AGAIN.
ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION EVENT SERVICES.
AND IT IS A STANDING 7:30 A.M.
WE GET ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED WHO ARE WORKING ON ANY COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT COURT NEEDS TO COORDINATE TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
WITH FIFA, WITH TEXDOT, WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
AND SO WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE ALL DO THAT IN A COORDINATED WAY.
AND IT HAS WORKED THUS FAR AS WE'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF THE UTILITY COMPANIES THAT YOU SEE ARE CURRENTLY DIGGING UP THE SIDEWALKS AND STREETS AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
IT'S WORKED WELL AND EFFECTIVELY.
WE GO BACK AND WE AUDIT OURSELVES TO SEE IF WE'VE MISSED ANYTHING IN THOSE MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDE A QUARTERLY IN-PERSON MEETING BECAUSE THOSE FRIDAYS ARE VIRTUAL, WE'LL DO A QUARTERLY IN PERSON MEETING THAT INCLUDES STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, WORKED REALLY HARD WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MATT GODFREY HELPING US TO PULL TOGETHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT INCLUDE BOTH INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH IS 14 CITY DEPARTMENTS EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, WHICH INCLUDES THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH US, ALONG WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND LANDOWNERS AROUND US AND THE PEOPLE WHO DIE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO WORKS IN THE AREA DOWNTOWN.
AND SO WE BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY OF THE CONNECTIONS.
WE THEN HAVE A MEETING WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY LEADERSHIP, AND WE TALK THROUGH.
SO THOSE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 76.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AS WELL.
AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT WITH THE TEAM WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY AND ALSO WITH OUR OUR NEW PARTNERS HERE MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, BUSTING THROUGH THE GLASS CEILINGS FOR, YOU KNOW, WOMEN, MINORITIES IS IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE CITY TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL EVERY TIME.
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AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS FROM THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.YOU KNOW, ABOUT HOW YOU FILL UP HERE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WOMEN AND JUST YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, SO I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD AND A EIGHT YEAR OLD, AND MY SIX YEAR OLD IS MY BOY.
MINTWOOD IS BUILDING A NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT RIGHT AT THE ENTRY TO DISTRICT ONE.
AND EVERY DAY WE DRIVE BY IT WITH MY DAUGHTER.
SHE IS ASKING ABOUT IT, WATCHING IT, AND WANTS TO TAKE A TOUR OF IT, AND IT'S JUST COOL.
IT'S JUST COOL TO WATCH THE INSPIRATION THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OTHERS, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, ACTUALLY, CHAIRMAN WEST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 76? YES, SIR. WE'RE I'M IN A I'M IN A THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM 77 AND PICK UP ANY SPEAKERS THAT NEEDED TO SPEAK ON BOTH.
OH. RECALL VOTES BEEN REQUESTED.
OF COURSE. AND IT WILL BE GRANTED.
AND WITH THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND INITIATE THE VOTE.
OKAY. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
YES. WITH ALL 15 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTING IN FAVOR, THE ITEM PASSES.
MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GO AHEAD. IT'S FINE AT THIS POINT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM NOW.
[77. 24-704 Authorize a forty-nine months professional services contract in the amount of $9,252,031, with a $300,000 contingency for potential scope enhancement, and one one-year renewal option as detailed in the Fiscal Information section, for project management services and owner’s representation for the implementation of Component Four of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas master plan, which includes project management of the process for the renovation and reconstruction of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters and the temporary relocation and re-establishment of the existing lease holder - Dikita Enterprises, Inc. dba Dikita Enterprises, Inc., most highly qualified proposer of nine - Not to exceed $9,552,031 - Financing: Convention Center Construction Fund (to include reimbursements from Brimer Bill Bonds) (subject to annual appropriations)]
THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM 77.AUTHORIZE A 49 MONTH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF 9,252,000, $31 WITH A $300,000 CONTINGENCY FOR POTENTIAL SCOPE ENHANCEMENT AND ONE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION, AS DETAILED IN THE FISCAL INFORMATION SECTION FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND OWNERS REPRESENTATION.
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER DALLAS MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THE PROCESS FOR THE RENOVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, AND THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION AND REESTABLISHMENT OF THE EXISTING LEASE HOLDER TO KEITA ENTERPRISES, INC., DBA DOKITA ENTERPRISES, INC..
MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROPOSAL OF NINE NOT TO EXCEED $9,552,031.
YOU DO HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SPEAKERS WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES.
YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, BODINE SLAUGHTER.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU WHY DICHAETA IS QUALIFIED.
I'M STANDING HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN OLD CLICHÉ ABOUT.
DON'T JUDGE THE BOOK BY THE COVER.
BUT WHAT'S INSIDE? AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE FOUNDER, LUCIOUS WILLIAMS. LUCIOUS WILLIAMS, A MAN THAT FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY.
A MAN THAT WAS A FIRST RESPONDER.
A MAN THAT MENTORED YOUNG MEN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LOOKED LIKE ME AND DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ME.
AND I HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THOSE YOUNG MEN.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE TEEING OFF IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN A PLACE CALLED HOPE SOUND, FLORIDA.
GOOGLE IT. IT'S GROVE 23 GOLF COURSE OWNED BY MICHAEL JORDAN.
I WAS INVITED DOWN, BUT I'M HERE TODAY FOR THE REAL GOAT.
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THE REAL GOAT.AND THAT'S MR. LUCIOUS WILLIAMS. WE KNOW THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE AT T-BALL, BUT I AM SO PROUD THAT I'M FROM THIS TOWN.
I'M SO PROUD THAT I'M FROM THE GREATEST DISTRICT IN THIS CITY, WHICH IS DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND IF YOU EVER GO TO THE QUITA, YOU CAN SEE WHAT LUCIOUS HAS DONE FOR THAT COMPANY.
AND. GUESS WHAT? THE CITY SECRETARY? BECAUSE THEY ARE HAPPY.
WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, NOBODY'S MAD.
THEY'RE GLAD THAT THEY HAVE THE BOSSES THAT THEY DO.
I AM SO PROUD OF THIS COUNCIL.
SO EVERYBODY MAKE ME PROUD AND DON'T HOLD THIS UP.
MAYOR DEPUTY MAYOR AND MADAM CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ALLOWED TO COME TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM.
I MET CURTIS KING SOME YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS THE JUNIOR BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE A SUPPORTER, CURRENT SUPPORTER AND HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER SINCE THEN.
I'VE KNOWN LUCIOUS WILLIAMS FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND SO THE KEY TO DOES EXTREMELY WELL.
AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE EXCELLENT FIRM TO HANDLE THIS, BUT I, I CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE JUST IN FOUR DAYS TO NOW, ALLEN BROOKS WAS LYNCHED HERE IN DALLAS IN 1910.
ON MARCH 3RD, 1910, ALLEN BROOKS WAS LYNCHED RIGHT HERE ON MAIN STREET IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
I JUST BURIED MY MOTHER AT 102.
SO THAT'S THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE COME FROM.
ALAN BROOKS WAS LYNCHED DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
BUT MY MAMA, I JUST BURIED HER.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BE DONE.
CIVILITY AND PARITY IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
IT'S JUST A THIMBLE OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
BUT REMEMBER ALAN BROOKS? MARCH THE 3RD.
EVE WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING MAYOR.
GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.
MY NAME IS EVE WILLIAMS, AND I AM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DOKITA ENTERPRISES AND THE SECOND GENERATION OF THE 45 YEAR OLD FAMILY BUSINESS.
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE AGENDA ITEM 77 FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF COMPONENT FOR T-BALL AS A PART OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.
MY COMPANY WILL BE THE PRIME SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS AGENDA ITEM.
THE KITA IS A LOCAL FIRM AND WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MANAGING OVER $1 BILLION WORTH OF BOND PROGRAMS RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS, MOST NOTABLY DISD, SINCE 22,002.
WE ARE PASSIONATE, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS HAD, HAS HAD ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE CHILDREN THAT WERE GIVEN THE EXPERIENCES TO EXPERIENCE OR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE THEATER, DANCE AND ART THROUGH THE TEBOW LEGACY.
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YOU. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MANAGE THIS PROJECT AND MAKE US ALL EXTREMELY PROUD OF A CLASS A FACILITY THAT WILL ATTRACT NATIONAL ATTENTION AND INCREASE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS DESERVES.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
LUCIOUS WILLIAMS. 95, I THINK.
I'M LUCIOUS WILLIAMS, AND I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE KEITH ENTERPRISE INCORPORATED.
HAVE BEEN DELIVERING QUALITY SERVICES FOR OVER 45 YEARS.
WE REPRESENTED A STELLAR TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE SECOND TO NONE IN THE INDUSTRY.
THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH DOT, THE ISD, AND MANY OTHERS.
I AM PROUD AND EXCITED TO HELP FURTHER THE LEGACY OF TIBOR DE KEITA FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. WITH THAT WILL FULLY SUPPORT AN AGENDA NUMBER 7 TO 7 FOR PROJECT MANAGER SERVICES FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CENTER.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS WHITNEY WARREN, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO VOICE MY WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 77, PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER, THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, FONDLY KNOWN AS TEE BALL.
I AM THE PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR THIS COMPONENT.
I'M A PROUD FORMER TEE BALL STUDENT.
I AM A PROUD ALUMNI OF BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM THE THIRD GENERATION OF DOKITA.
THE PRIME COMPANY LEADING THIS PROJECT.
IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR THE DALLAS ARTS, PARTICULARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS, TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT TRULY CAPTURES AND REFLECTS THE SOUL AND RICH CULTURE THAT EMANATES FROM WITHIN.
IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT OUR BABIES, OUR YOUTH, HAS THE TOOLS AND SPACE TO SUCCEED SO THEY CAN COMPETE, PERFORM AND REPRESENT DALLAS ON A NATIONAL STAGE.
IT IS OUR LEGACY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IS NOW A PART OF YOUR LEGACY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVE ZOBRIST.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.
MY NAME IS DAVE ZOBRIST, AND I'M THE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AT DICHAETA.
I HAVE OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A PROJECT MANAGER OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 77 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.
I'M DEDICATED TO BEING THE PROJECT MANAGER, OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, THE TEAM LEADER FOR THE BLACK ACADEMY ARTS AND LETTERS PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS T-BALL.
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THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE THE T-BALL HOME INTO A STATE OF THE ART THEATER COMPLEX. PERFORMING ARTS HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AS MY DAUGHTERS GREW UP IN THIS FIELD.TWO ARE DALLAS MAVERICK DANCERS, ONE OF WHICH CURRENTLY IS A PROFESSIONAL ACTRESS AND CHOREOGRAPHER FOR MOVIES AND THEATER, AND YET ANOTHER DAUGHTER THAT IS TALENTED RECORDING ARTIST AS A SINGER, SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN.
I, TOGETHER WITH THE AKITA'S MEMBERS, APPROACHED THIS PROJECT WITH A TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM, PASSION AND DEDICATION TO ADVANCING DALLAS ARTS AND THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY AND ITS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROJECT CONTROLS AT THE CHEETAH ENTERPRISE.
CAN YOU GET CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 77 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
WE ARE KNOWN FOR OUR TAILORED CLIENT BASED CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE EXCEL IN PROJECT SUPPORT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING TO BEING A PART OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS PROJECT.
WITH THAT, I ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER.
MY NAME IS BRIAN SOLOMON AND I AM PRINCIPAL AT PBC.
I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER 77, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPONENT FOUR FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.
MY COMPANY IS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO TAKEDA ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED TEAM PBC IS A NATIONWIDE FIRM WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KEN CARTER.
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM KEN CARTER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FOCUSED COMMUNICATIONS.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 77.
FOR THE COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON PROJECT.
I'M A SUBCONTRACTOR WITH THE DICTA ENTERPRISES TEAM.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS.
IN THIS PROJECT, WE BRING OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO THE PARTY, AND IT IS MY HONOR AND I'M HUMBLED BY BEING ABLE TO BE INCLUDED.
THANK YOU. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY MANAGER.
I'M A QUALIFIED COMMISSIONING PROVIDER, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SWASEY ENGINEERING.
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FOUR FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.I'M A SUBCONTRACTOR TO THE AKITA ENTERPRISE TEAM, AND I'VE WORKED WITH AKITA FOR OVER 20 YEARS, WHERE WE'VE BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PART OF HIS MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM, WHERE WE'VE NOT ONLY EXPANDED CAPACITY AS WELL AS OUR SERVICES, BUT INCREASED REVENUES AS WELL.
FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WILL BE PROVIDING DESIGN REVIEW, COMMISSIONING SERVICES FOR YOUR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M OPEN TO TAKE THEM.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF.
CITY MANAGERS. PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
WE ARE A CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FIRM FIRM HERE IN DALLAS.
WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE AS PART OF THE TEAM AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 77.
WE ARE A NATIVE AMERICAN OWNED FIRM.
WE'VE BEEN IN DALLAS SINCE 1953, IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS OR OWNERSHIPS.
AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO BE OR PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MISS TALBOT AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CRAIG DAVIS. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VISIT DALLAS.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR BOTH ITEMS 76 AND 77.
HEARING THE CONVERSATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE BEFORE THIS, I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH ALL THESE PRIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER THE BEST PARTICULAR CONVENTION CENTER AND SURROUNDING AREA FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PROCESS.
I'M GOING TO BE HERE SEVERAL TIMES, ESPECIALLY NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE CITY COUNCIL AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT AFTER 2029, WE HAVE 40 CONVENTIONS BOOKED DEFINITE WITH ANOTHER 90 PLUS THAT ARE WAITING FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
SO IT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REMAIN ON TASK AND HOPEFULLY CAN HAVE YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING AND THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON TIME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE TO THE FUTURE OF DALLAS.
MAYOR PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MADAM CITY MANAGER.
I AM HERE SPEAKING IN THE CAPACITY OF MY COMPANY.
I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF MASTEC ENGINEERING.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE CELEBRATING 30 YEARS IN SERVICE.
OUR BUSINESS WAS FOUNDED IN DALLAS.
AND WE STILL RETAIN OUR OFFICE LOCATION IN DALLAS AS WELL.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF COMPONENT FOUR FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
THE PROPOSED PRIME THE KEY TO ENTERPRISES, THE FOUNDER OF DOKITA ENTERPRISES, MR..
LUCIOUS WILLIAMS. MR.. LUCIOUS WILLIAMS HAS BEEN A MENTOR OF MINE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PERFORMED SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN THE PAST.
GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, MAYOR. THANK YOU, YVONNE DAVIS.
I'M THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF AKITA ENTERPRISES.
I ALSO SERVE AS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE ICONIC 2020 DALLAS ISD BOND PROGRAM, THE LARGEST BOND PROGRAM EVER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, $3.2 BILLION.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE BUILDING FIVE SCHOOLS.
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WE'RE ALSO BUILDING ADDITIONAL OR ADDING.I'M ALSO HERE TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 76 AND 77.
NOT ONLY WILL IT ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT MORE VISITORS TO OUR CITY, IT'S GOING TO ALSO PROVIDE VIBRANT NEW DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY. WE ENCOURAGE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS OVERALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND TO KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING ON TIME.
GOOD MORNING, I'M ROB KINMONT.
I'M PRESIDENT OF MARR AUTOMATION AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 77 PERTAINING TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF COMPONENT FOUR AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER. AS A SUBCONTRACTOR WITH DAKOTA ENTERPRISES, I SPECIALIZE IN TECHNICAL THEATER CONSULTING.
IN THIS REMARKABLE 130,000 SQUARE FOOT THEATER, I CONTRIBUTED BY DESIGNING CUTTING EDGE FEATURES INCLUDING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, STAGE AUTOMATION, PERFORMER FLYING AND SCENIC FLYING RIGS, SAFETY PYROTECHNICS, AND WATER EFFECTS.
ADDITIONALLY, I ACTED AS THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE DURING THE BUILD, ENSURING SEAMLESS COORDINATION BETWEEN THE OWNERS, THE BUILDER, THE SUBCONTRACTORS TO AVOID COSTLY CONFLICTS.
I AM EAGER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.
GOOD MORNING. HELLO EVERYONE! I AM KACEY UDY WITH MARR AUTOMATION.
IT'S AN HONOR TO LEND MY SUPPORT TO AGENDA NUMBER 77, PERTAINING TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND FOR THE EXECUTION OF COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER AS A SUBCONTRACTOR WITH DAKOTA ENTERPRISES, I SPECIALIZE IN DESIGNING AND CREATING ENTERTAINMENT AND THEATRICAL SPACES.
I UTILIZE MY EXPERIENCE AS A PIVOTAL DESIGNER IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH CENTER THEATER.
AS A LEAD DESIGNER FOR HELL, I FOCUSED ON INCORPORATING CREATIVE STAGING CONFIGURATIONS BREADTH, BREATHTAKING THEATRICAL FUNCTIONS AND CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL ESTHETIC AND DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF PMG PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP.
WE DO PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES SPECIALIZED ON PUBLIC FACILITIES.
WE ARE A SUBCONTRACTOR TO THE KIRA ENTERPRISES.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM.
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SUPPORTING ITEM 77 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPONENT NUMBER FOUR FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER. IT TAKES A TEAM WORK TO GET THIS JOB DONE, AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND PROUD AND HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS GREAT TEAM.GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I AM ALSO WITH PMG AND I SERVE AS A PROJECT DIRECTOR IN THAT COMPANY.
I AM ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 77 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OF COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER. THANK YOU.
I'M REPRESENTING THE DART BOARD, WHERE I WAS A MEMBER FOR OVER 19 YEARS, SERVED AS CHAIR FOR TWO YEARS, AND ALSO REPRESENTED THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 77, AND I'M HERE TO ATTEST TO THE HISTORY THAT WE HAD DOWN AT DART.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE KEITA ENTERPRISES.
DICHAETA PERFORMED IN AN EXCELLENT MANNER FOR OVER THE 19 YEARS I WAS THERE.
THEY WERE PERFORMING WHEN I GOT THERE, AND THEY WERE THERE WHEN I LEFT.
THEY WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRIME FARM FOR THAT LOCATION.
THEY PROGRAM MANAGED FROM 1985 TO 2012.
THEY'VE DONE VEHICLE INSPECTIONS FROM 92 TO 2012, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING DATA COLLECTIONS, WHICH THEY'VE THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT'S BEEN RENEWED FOR SIX TIMES. SO SINCE 1991, THEY SINCE 1986, THEY'VE HAD THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
I I STAY POSITIVE AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE KEITA WILL DELIVER AT BUDGET AND ON TIME.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LUIS FRISBEE.
LUIS FRISBEE, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
I AM THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE MINORITY DESIGN PROFESSIONALS COUNCIL, AN ORGANIZATION THAT I WILL ADD WAS ESTABLISHED BY LUCIOUS WILLIAMS AND SEVERAL OTHER OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES IN THE MID 80S.
I WILL SAY THAT IN THE ROUGHLY 40 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN AROUND WE'VE MADE A GREAT EFFORT TO TRY TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR SMALL, LOCAL, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND INTERACT WITH AGENCIES SUCH AS THE CITY OF DALLAS, DART, DFW AIRPORT, ETC..
THE POINT IS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS LIKE LUCIOUS WILLIAMS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THAT ORGANIZATION CREATED AND KEEPING IT ALIVE AND FOSTERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE 40 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN AROUND IN AN EQUITABLE AND FAIR MANNER, AND ESPECIALLY IN AN ENVIRONMENT, AS YOU KNOW TODAY, WHERE DEI INITIATIVES ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
SO KUDOS TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
KUDOS TO THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, ESPECIALLY ROSA FLEMING AND HER FOLKS, FOR BRINGING TOGETHER OUTSTANDING COMPANIES THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED.
THAT HAPPEN TO BE WOMEN OWNED OR BLACK OWNED OR MINORITY OWNED.
YOU'RE GETTING THE CREAM OF THE CROP.
THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE AFRICAN AMERICAN OR WOMEN OWNED.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL.
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LUCIOUS WILLIAMS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND FOUNDER OF THE KEITA ENTERPRISE, FORMED OVER 40 PLUS YEARS AGO TO ADVOCATE AND BE A VOICE FOR MINORITY DESIGN PROFESSIONALS IN THE DALLAS METROPLEX AREA.MY FIRM AND MANY LIKE MIND, WOULDN'T HAVE THE CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES WITH ENTITIES IN THE DFW AREA IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FIGHTS THAT LUCIOUS WILLIAMS TOOK ON WHEN HE STARTED THE KEITA ENTERPRISES.
THIS SELECTION SPEAKS TO THE MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATION WHEN IT COMES TO MINORITY DESIGN PROFESSIONALS NOT ONLY HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BUT FOR THESE FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO HAVING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD AS A PRIME.
WE ALSO HOPE THE CITY CONTINUES THIS, THE SAME SENTIMENT OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION OF A MINORITY DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND CONTRACTORS WHEN WE MOVE TO THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONAL PHASES OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER AND MY COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.
AND GRACIE. I'M WITH THE REGIONAL HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION AND I WAS ASKED, WHY WOULD I COME AND SPEAK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF 76 AND 77? AND I'M GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE HISTORY.
I GREW UP IN A PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY MOTHER HAD A SIXTH GRADE EDUCATION.
WE WENT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
WE WENT BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN THAT SAY, HEY, I CAN BE FRIENDS WITH THIS WOMAN.
WE DON'T HAVE THE EDUCATION, THE BACKGROUND TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN BE FRIENDS.
AND WHAT WE'RE NOT MENTIONING TODAY IS THAT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING TODAY.
YOU SEE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE.
I'M NOT GETTING THE SPONSORSHIP.
THE KEY TO PARTNER WITH BANNER, A HISPANIC WOMAN OWNED COMPANY AT DALLAS ISD, AT ONE POINT.
THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WANT AND I WILL CLOSE WITH THE HISTORY IS NOT THAT WE HAVE TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPANIES, THAT WE HAVE TWO MULTIGENERATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPANIES.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SMART PEOPLE IN THE MINORITY, HARDWORKING PEOPLE.
THE HISTORY IS THAT WE HAD SOME LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT SAID, WE KNOW YOU'RE READY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION AFTER MAYOR PRO TEM? YES, SIR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU. ON ITEM 77, I WILL BE IT'S HARD TO STAY WITHIN THAT FIVE MINUTES.
SHARE WITH THE HALLS AND WITHIN THE HALLS OF CITY HALL.
AND AS MISTER JOHN SAID, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE SPACE, BUT WE HAVE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS WE HAVE HAD NOW. MISTER CITY MANAGER MRS CITY MANAGER, TO BE A MAJOR PLAYER IN MAJOR PROJECTS.
AND SO IT IS JUST I'M JUST TINGLING OVER THE FACT THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS.
A WOMAN WHO IS A PRESIDENT OF A BLACK, OF A, OF A BUSINESS THAT IS WAS CREATED BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN AND A VETERAN WHO PUT HIS LIFE ON THE COUNTRY.
BUT IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, HE HAD TO FIGHT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE, AND THEN HE STILL HAS TO FIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED, TO BE INCLUDED FOR HIS WORTH, HIS VALUE IN HIS CAPABILITIES.
AND SO I SALUTE YOU TODAY, MISTER LUCIOUS WILLIAMS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
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AND SO YOU HAVE THE ENGINEERING EMPIRE THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE.EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE FREEWAY AND I SEE THOSE LETTERS ON THAT BUILDING, THE AKITA.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IT JUST TO SAY IT.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT, AND PROUD OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TODAY ON THIS PROJECT, AND THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE PARTNERS HERE ACROSS ALL LINES.
I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING HERE ON WHAT IS ON THE PIECE OF PAPER TODAY.
AND SO TODAY, I THINK MR. BROADNAX AND MISSUS TOLBERT AND STAFF, WE SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED, AFFECTED, BUILT BY, TRAINED, QUALIFIED, BONA FIDE.
SO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE COME HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY, WE APPRECIATE THAT CURTIS KING AND HIS WORK DESERVES ALL OF OUR EFFORTS BECAUSE HE HAS HAD TO STAND AND FIGHT MANY, MANY YEARS FOR THAT PROGRAM TO SHOWCASE TALENT THAT IS VERY DESERVING TO BE SHOWCASED IN THIS CITY.
AND SO AS I COME DOWN, BECAUSE I AM MORE THAN JUST EXCITED, MR. WILLIAMS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, AS A VETERAN, YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE AND NOW YOU'RE CONTINUING TO WORK TO PUT YOUR WORK ON THE LINE TO SHOW THIS CITY WORK CAN BE DONE.
AND SO YOU'VE BROUGHT ABOUT A GREAT A LOT OF TEAM PLAYERS.
AND I CONTINUE TO PUT MY HAT, PULL MY HAT OFF TO MISTER CRAIG DAVIS BECAUSE HE WAS ANOTHER ONE WHO CAME TO THE TABLE AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN SUPPORT EQUITY.
HE DOESN'T MIND COMING ACROSS THE TRINITY.
I'M TELLING EVERYBODY WHO'S SITTING HERE, HE'S NOT SCARED.
AND HE COMES TO OUR EVENTS, HE WORKS WITH OUR BUSINESSES, HE COMES TO OUR CHURCHES.
AND SO YOU SHOULD KNOW, THIS IS I'M NOT HERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO TALK ABOUT.
BUT, SIR, THEY DON'T WANT TO COME ACROSS THE TRINITY.
SO MAYBE WHEN WE GET THIS PROJECT ACROSS, WE CAN BRING THE OTHER FOLKS, ALONG WITH THE MONEY AND THE BANKS, SO THEY CAN BECOME ACROSS, COME ACROSS THE TRINITY AND BEGIN TO INVEST IN THESE BUSINESSES.
BUT TODAY, THIS ITEM, MISTER LUCIOUS WILLIAMS DICHAETA, I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT DICHAETA WE SHOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO BRING ALL OF THESE FOLKS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE WORTHY.
BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE ACTION PLAN AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN WITH IT.
MISTER WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR BEING A VETERAN SERVING THIS COUNTRY.
AND THANK YOU NOW FOR SERVING THIS CITY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S PRIME TIME IN DALLAS.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT 365 DAYS.
NOT JUST TODAY, NOT JUST IN FEBRUARY.
MAYOR, WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL WHEN I VOTE TODAY.
AND WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET 15 ZERO ON THIS ITEM.
THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR.
AND I GOT A LITTLE EXTRA JUST IN CASE.
I WAS GOING TO GET $5 OUT OF IT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO MOONWALK.
OH, THAT'S MY FIVE. THERE IT IS.
MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 77.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
ARE YOU MAYOR PRO TEM? THANK YOU, I APOLOGIZE, I USED TO BE.
YOU WERE, YOU WERE. YOU WERE AT THE TOP OF THE CUBE.
BUT DO YOU WANT TO LET HIM? DON'T LET HIM GO.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO YIELD TO YOU FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I ONLY SAW MY NAME HIGHLIGHTED, SO I WASN'T CHEERING WHEN YOU SAID SPEAK.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT TO GO OFF OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, AND IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO HONORING THE GREAT MICHAEL JACKSON AND MOONWALKING ALL ACROSS.
THAT'S AN EASY ONE TO CELEBRATE.
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IS SO MUCH HISTORICAL VALUE THAT WE HAVE NEGLECTED AS A CITY, LIKE WE HAD ALL OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES ACROSS THIS ENTIRE CITY.AND WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2017 AND WE WERE UPDATING OUR CULTURAL PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND NOBODY ELSE WAS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO IT, AND I SAW SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE I CAN SNEAK THIS IN OR SNEAK THAT IN, RIGHT, SO WE CAN GET IT TO BE A BETTER POLICY, A BETTER PLAN.
AND I, WE WERE ABLE TO PASS AND APPROVE A LOT OF WHAT ENDED UP BECOMING KIND OF THE PLAN THAT GOT US TO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T REALLY ABOUT GETTING ALL THE WAY THERE, WHICH I'M GLAD WE DID.
BUT IT WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO ARTS AND CULTURE.
THANK YOU FOR ALSO LIVING AND BREATHING EQUITY, BECAUSE THE VISIT DALLAS IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET OTHERS HERE AND PEOPLE TO SEE THAT DALLAS IS A WELCOMING CITY AND THAT WE, WE ARE JUST KNOWN FOR SO MUCH AND THAT INCLUDES THE ARTS.
THE REASON THAT I SUPPORT THE ARTS IS BECAUSE THE ARTS SAVED ME AS A KID, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO DO THINGS AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO BE WANTED AND KNOWN.
RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT, THEN YOU ADVANCE AND YOU GET OLDER AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, I CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TICKETS TO A SHOW AND NOT HAVE TO BE THE VOLUNTEER USHER SO THAT I COULD SEE IT FROM THE BACK CORNER STANDING THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THE CULTURAL PLAN WAS MISSING.
AND SO FAR THIS YEAR OVER THESE LAST SIX YEARS, THIS COUNCIL HAS DEVOTED ITS ENERGY TO MAKING SURE ARTS AND CULTURE IS LIFTED UP IN THIS CITY.
AND WE'RE SENDING A BOND ELECTION TO THE VOTERS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
AND WE INCLUDED THIS BUILDING AS WELL, AND THE ONE BEFORE.
RIGHT. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, MR. MAYOR, IS YOU HEAR NOT JUST THE DEDICATION THAT THIS COMPANY IS GOING TO COMMIT TO DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT IT'S PERSONAL AS WELL.
NOW, YOU HEARD THE STORIES, AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT BECAUSE THANK YOU TO OUR NATIVE AMERICANS AND OUR LATINOS THAT CAME DOWN TO SPEAK, BUT ESPECIALLY THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IN 20 I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER NOW, BUT I WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIGENOUS FOLKS HERE IN OUR CITY WERE ALSO REPRESENTED.
AND MISTER ZIRIN, GRACIE WAS ON STAFF HERE.
AND WHEREVER HE IS, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT NATIVE AMERICANS AND WERE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE MWB PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND SO WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR STARTING TO HAPPEN AS WELL.
THERE WAS A MUSICAL CALLED WORKING BY STUDS TERKEL.
MR. MAYOR, THAT I GOT TO PERFORM IN, IN HIGH SCHOOL AND RECENTLY WAS AT HERE AT AT&T PARK.
AND IN IT, ONE OF THE SONGS SAYS EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING TO LOOK TO, SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
AND IN THE SONG, THE CHARACTERS ARE POINTING TO BUILDINGS, AND IT'S CALLED SEE THAT BUILDING AND EVERY SINGLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF JOB YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WAS IN THERE.
ONE OF THE LINES SAYS, THAT'S MY NAME ON THE 14TH FLOOR, THIRD FROM THE TOP.
AND HE'S TRYING TO TELL HIS SON.
I BUILT THAT, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING GREAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AND VOTING IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.
AND SOMEBODY PLEASE TRACK DOWN THAT VIDEO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST, I GUESS.
DID YOU WANT TO GET YOU GET YOU YIELDED, BUT DID YOU WANT TO GET IN? MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY COMING DOWN.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE KEY TO YOU THINK ABOUT LUCIA.
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HOW DID HE GET STARTED? YOU THINK ABOUT A COMPANY WHO STARTED BACK IN 1979.AND HOW DID HE GET STARTED WITH A 90 DAY LOAN? HE PAWNED HIS CAR TO GET A MONEY TO GET STARTED, TO KEEP HIM.
AND WHEN SOMEONE DO THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAVE A HEART.
HE HAD A LEGACY THAT HE GOING TO DREAM OF AND MAKE SURE HE BE ABLE TO PASS THAT DOWN TO EVE.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE PERSON THAT YOU LOOK AT.
YOU LOOK AT IT EVERY TIME YOU SEE HIM.
HE HAD THE HAT ON. HE GOT DRAFTED TO TO THE WAR AND HE STILL WEARING THAT HAT.
AND MANY TIMES PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO GET DRAFTED.
THEY RAN AWAY WHEN DRAFT TIME CAME.
I KNOW IN 1974 THEY STOPPED THE DRAFT AND I DID NOT GET DRAFTED.
BUT ONE THING HE DID, YOU LOOK AT DALLAS.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT ALSO MANY BUSINESSES THAT HE SUPPORTED T BALL HE SUPPORTED T BALL BEFORE CURTIS KING GOT HERE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
BUT ONE GREAT THING HE DID, LIKE EVERY FATHER, THE DAUGHTER IS THE FIRST CHILD, THE LOVED ONE, AND HE GREW A COMPANY THAT HE WANTED TO BE PROUD THAT HE CAN PASS SOMETHING DOWN TO HIS DAUGHTER, AND SO HIS DAUGHTER CAN PASS ON DOWN TO HER DAUGHTER, TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, PASSING DOWN HISTORY OVER HISTORY.
AND YOU SEE TODAY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT YOU ALSO SEE THE DAY THAT HE IS PROUD.
I BELIEVE IN THE CITY AND I BELIEVE IN THIS.
WE WENT TO THE BOND PACKAGE ON A BRAND-NEW BILL THAT WE SEE THAT HE IS STILL HERE OVER 50 YEARS AND STILL STRIVING AND STILL DOING GREAT WORK. AND PLUS, HE'S PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE OF THE ONLY OLDEST BLACK ENGINEER FIRM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HE BEEN THE FIRST.
BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT NIKITA HAD DID A GREAT, MARVELOUS JOB.
BUT ONE THING YOU CAN SAY HIS BUSINESS, HIS COMPANY IS IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
IT ALWAYS HAVE BEEN IN DALLAS, TEXAS, ON MOCKINGBIRD.
HE NEVER MOVED OUT OF DALLAS, TEXAS, AND HE HIRED DALLAS EMPLOYEES.
SO THANK TEQUILAS AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A RECORD VOTE.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA.
YOUR REQUEST FOR RECORD VOTES HAVE BEEN NOTED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 77? SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S INITIATE THE THE ROLL CALL.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, MAYOR JOHNSON.
YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.
WITH ALL 15 MEMBERS VOTING IN FAVOR.
THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.
GET THROUGH AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO, MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S JUST GET THROUGH AS MUCH AS WE CAN BEFORE BEFORE NOON.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO YOUR PULLED ITEMS, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2. 24-520 An ordinance amending ordinance No. 27485, an ordinance granting a franchise to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, by extending the term and providing for its renewal with minor modifications - Estimated Annual Revenue: General Fund $50,000,000 (see Fiscal Information)]
AGENDA ITEM TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 27485, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC BY EXTENDING THE TERM AND PROVIDING FOR ITS RENEWAL WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS.THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.
IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM TWO? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM TWO.
THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
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YEAH YEAH YEAH.HI. HOW'S IT GOING? ACTUALLY, I I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THE QUESTIONS AND DO THAT.
SO QUESTION ON THIS THIS AGREEMENT.
WHY IS THE CONTRACT CONTRACT FOR 15 YEARS WITH ENCORE? HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE DONE NEARLY ALL OF OUR FRANCHISES FOR 15 YEAR TERMS DUE TO THE LENGTH OF TIME TO NEGOTIATE THEM AND TO GIVE THE COMPANY SOME CERTAINTY ABOUT HOW LONG THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT THAT NUMBER.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM LEGALLY, I GUESS, FROM DOING A FIVE YEAR OR TEN YEAR AGREEMENT WHERE WE COULD COME BACK? I MEAN, WE'RE LOCKING IN OUR SUCCESSORS TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WILL BE HERE, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS FROM NOW.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, BUT LEGALLY, ARE WE PREVENTED FROM DOING A 5 OR 10 YEAR AGREEMENT? NO. WE CAN DO A TERM FOR ANYTHING WE LIKE, AS WE CANNOT DO A TERM MORE THAN 40 YEARS, BUT THERE'S NO MINIMUM TERM.
GREAT. I WANT TO GIVE STAFF AND ENCORE ALSO CREDIT FOR IN THIS AMENDED ORDINANCE, ADDING IN LANGUAGE. THAT ENCORE WILL COMPLY WITH THE ADA MOVING FORWARD.
AND ALSO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL, WHICH PUSHES FORWARD OUR GOALS OF A CITY FOR VISION ZERO WALKABILITY. YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE SIDEWALKS ARE CLEAR SO WHEELCHAIRS AND STROLLERS CAN GET THROUGH.
I APPRECIATE ENCORE BEING A PART OF THAT.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THE GRANDFATHERED IN POLLS THAT ARE LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY? PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ENCORE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW TO REMEDIATE THOSE EXISTING POLLS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THE RESULTS OF THOSE.
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT FOLKS HERE TO HELP US.
GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE DISCUSSION WITH ONCOR HAS ALREADY STARTED.
WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A PLAN TO IDENTIFY WHAT LOCATIONS ARE IN NOT COMPLIANT WITH ADA REQUIREMENT.
AGAIN, IDENTIFYING EVERY SINGLE LOCATION IN THE CITY OF DALLAS PROBABLY TAKES SOME TIME.
BUT ALSO THERE ARE LOCATIONS THAT RELOCATING OF THE UTILITY POLES ARE VERY CHALLENGING DUE TO THE LACK OF RIGHT OF WAY AND SOME OTHER CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH ONCOR TO IDENTIFY THAT PLAN.
I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE REMEDIATION PLAN TO BRING EVERYTHING INTO COMPLIANCE IS PROBABLY COMPLICATED AND GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, BUT WHAT I DON'T GET IS HOW WE DON'T ALREADY KNOW THE POLES THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
WHEN WAS THE ADA PASSED? WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE LEGAL.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THE ADA WAS PASSED? REMEMBER IT WELL 1990.
WHEN? 1990? 1990. SO WE KNEW THE ADA WAS IN EFFECT IN 1990.
WE KNOW TODAY THERE ARE AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF UTILITY POLES THAT ARE OUT OF CREATING AN OUT OF COMPLIANCE SITUATION FOR THE CITY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY POLES, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
THERE'S THERE'S LITERALLY NO DATA.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT.
AND I YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS I THINK IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO, TO RESPOND TO THAT.
BUT I CERTAINLY HEAR, HEAR YOUR CONCERN AND FRUSTRATION.
WHAT DO WE KNOW IN TERMS OF HOW MANY POLES ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, ARE CREATING AN OUT OF COMPLIANCE SITUATION? COUNCILWOMAN AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY POLES ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME POLES OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
AND ALSO WE KNOW THAT ANY NEW POLES SHOULD NOT BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T ALLOW THAT.
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THAT THE FUNDING HAS TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR THAT.ALSO, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND SINCE 1990.
THERE'S BEEN NO COLLECTION OF DATA ON THESE POLLS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
LIKE, WHAT DOES ENCORE HAVE TO SAY FOR THAT? I MEAN, THEY SHOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT, TOO.
ENCORE, SIR, I DON'T KNOW, BACK IN 1990S WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY? THERE WAS NO DATA.
BUT GOING BACK TO 30, 40 YEARS AGO, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE DEAL AT THE TIME? BUT AGAIN, WE WILL GET WITH ENCORE TO SEE IF THEY CAN RESPOND TO THAT.
AND IF THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS AND ALL THE LOCATIONS.
AND WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
I DON'T PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE AGREEING TO THIS CONTRACT FOR 15 YEARS.
THE REMEDIATION IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
I MEAN, ENCORE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US.
I DON'T I'M, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, OF COURSE, BUT THEY CAN SPEAK IF THEY'D LIKE TO.
I MEAN, IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH IDENTIFYING.
THE POLES AND AT LEAST GIVING US THE DATA.
ALSO HAVE MY COLLEAGUE HERE, DANIEL TALAMANTEZ.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE OUR POLES? OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WHERE ALL OF OUR POLES ARE, BUT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE ONES THAT MAY NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WOULD BE CHALLENGING.
WE DON'T KEEP A LIST OF THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE PULL PERMITS.
SO WE PUT THE POLE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
BUT SOMETIMES THAT CAN CHANGE DURING OTHER SIDEWALK POURINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT CAN CHANGE THE LOCATION OF HOW THAT POLE MAY IMPACT ACCESSIBILITY.
THEY'RE NOT ALL ON COURT POLES.
SO YES, THAT DOES TAKE SOME TIME, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WE CAN'T HAVE A PLAN ON WHEN THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED.
WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE NOW BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THAT.
NOT JUST HERE, BUT IN ALL OF OUR SERVICE TERRITORY WHERE THERE WHERE THERE'S AN ISSUE.
IT'S A MATTER OF DETERMINING WHERE THERE IS SPACE.
IF THAT SPACE CAN BE PROVIDED US BY THE CITY OR THE THE PROPERTY OWNER IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT.
ANDREA. THE, THE THE ISSUE OF THE REMEDIATION, I'M COOL WITH THAT NOT BEING IN HERE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS TO GET IN COMPLIANCE CITYWIDE.
HOWEVER, THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM AREAS SHOULD NOT TAKE 15 YEARS, AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT AS A TIMELINE OF THREE YEARS OR FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER IS DEEMED REASONABLE BY THIS COLLECTIVE BODY TO TO BE IN THIS CONTRACT WHERE YOU REPORT BACK TO US AND IF THAT IS NOT MET. THEN THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW SOME A TRIGGER IN THE CONTRACT WHERE WE, WE BRING IT BACK UP TO REOPEN IT OR SOMETHING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COLLEAGUES CHIMING IN HERE.
AND I'M GOING TO JUST RESERVE MY TIME.
COME BACK ON THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU.
MISS WILLIS. RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM TWO FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS BEING DIFFICULT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUR DUTY TO ASK THIS QUESTION.
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SO I'VE BEEN LISTENING AND I'M NOT SURE AN ACTUAL COMPLETE COMPILATION HAS STARTED ON THIS.I MEAN, HAS HAS A LIST STARTED.
I MEAN, WHETHER IT'S AI OR OLD SCHOOL EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
I MEAN, TELL ME ABOUT KIND OF HOW WE'RE HOW THESE ARE BEING DOCUMENTED.
SO WHEN WE MET INITIALLY WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE MET WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WE DID HAVE A KIND OF A, A, A LIST OF THEY WEREN'T ACTUAL LOCATION.
WE HAD SOME PICTURES, SOME HAD ADDRESSES, SOME DID NOT.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHAT THE CHALLENGES WERE.
SO WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW IS KIND OF A A, A LIST OF PICTURES.
SOME HAVE ADDRESSES. AND WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS IDENTIFY.
SO THESE ARE ENCORE LOCATIONS.
THEN CAN WE GO BACK AND DETERMINE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND IN, IN WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THAT DONE? AND IF IT ISN'T AN ENCORE LOCATION, THEN TO GET BACK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARTNERS AND AND SEEING WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET THE RIGHT OWNERS OF THAT PARTICULAR POLL.
SO THAT I GUESS THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE DON'T HAVE A A COMPREHENSIVE LIST RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE NOW TO PREVENT THAT.
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ENCORE.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO CAPTURE THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS SO THAT WE GET THIS MASTER LIST GOING SO WE CAN BEGIN TO GET A PLAN TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST IS AND MAYBE WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS IN A PARTICULAR AREA.
SO WE CAN HELP DETERMINE SOME CRITERIA TO PRIORITIZE THIS.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU? PEOPLE ARE DYING, AND YOU WANT TO STAY IN A POSITION OF POWER TO CHANGE THAT.
SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ABOUT EASEMENT PAYMENTS BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AMOUNT THAT HAD BEEN, I THINK, A PAYMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM ONCOR. I ASKED ABOUT IT AT THE BRIEFING ABOUT THE VALUE OF EASEMENTS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT THAT AMOUNT WAS LAST SET.
HOW WE COMPENSATE ON THAT, HOW MANY YEARS AGO THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? OH, IT WAS A QUESTION I ASKED AT THE BRIEFING AS WELL.
I JUST SORT OF WENT INTO THE ETHER AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, THERE'S IT'S ONE OF THE I THINK THAT THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BUY CERTAIN PROPERTIES TO CONVEY SERVICE, THERE'S A PAYMENT FOR THE CITY GRANTING THAT EASEMENT.
END OF THE LAST CENTURY OR EARLY 2000.
IT WAS DURING THE TIME WHEN WE WERE IN LITIGATION WITH TELECOM COMPANIES, AND AS PART OF THAT LITIGATION, WE HAD A CONSULTANT WORKING ON VALUING THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THAT WAS 24 PLUS YEARS AGO.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING RECENTLY.
I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT PUBLIC WORKS CAN TELL ME HOW MANY LANE MILES WE HAVE OF STREETS, BUT AS FAR AS EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY OUTSIDE OF THE STREETS, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF THAT.
WELL, WHEN SOME COMPENSATION IN THIS CONTRACT IS 24 YEARS OLD, SEEMS LIKE IT'S TIME TO REVISIT IT.
AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT EXERCISE IS BEING GONE THROUGH BEFORE WE VOTE ON A CONTRACT FOR 15 YEARS.
AND SO I DON'T WANT THAT INQUIRY TO GO AWAY.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MIGHT DO TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
IS IT APPROPRIATE BEFORE WE VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS? MISS WEEDEN. SO IF IT'S THE BODIES, WILL WE CAN DELAY THIS ITEM UNTIL THE THE 27TH TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING
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OF IF THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH TO INVENTORY, IF WE CAN FIND A CONSULTANT TO DO SO, WE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO THE CONTRACT WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW FOR SIX MONTHS.SO WE CAN COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
I MEAN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IDENTIFYING WHERE THESE POLES ARE, AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO WE'VE GOT 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE HAPPY TO LET US KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BLOCKING A SIDEWALK.
I KNOW I'VE GOT FOLKS WHO WOULD LOVE TO LET ME KNOW AND SOMETIMES DO YOU KNOW WHAT? WHERE AN OBSTACLE MIGHT LIE, IF THAT HELPS GET US TO RESOLUTION ON THIS.
BUT I'M INCLINED TO WANT TO IRON THIS OUT BEFORE WE GO TOO MUCH FURTHER.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM TWO.
I WHOSE JOB IS IT TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE FOR ADA.
A COMPLIANCE WITH THE FRANCHISE FALLS UNDER MY OFFICE.
WELL, TECHNICALLY, IT'S THE CITY MANAGER, BUT THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS SORT OF HANDED TO ME.
SO TECHNICALLY, IT'S THE CITY MANAGER.
THE FRANCHISE MAKES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING COMPLIANCE.
SO I LOVE WHERE THE DISCUSSION IS, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
I, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE IRONED OUT, QUITE FRANKLY, UNTIL WE CONTINUE JUST.
THE STATUS QUO OF OF WHAT THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES.
I KNOW ONE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT HAS GONE THROUGH FERGUSON ROAD SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THE.
CHANGE TO THE LOCATION OF THESE POLLS WASN'T INCORPORATED.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE BRAND NEW SIDEWALKS, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT THEY CAN'T BE USED BY THOSE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
AND AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A MISSTEP HERE, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR I GUESS, A LEGAL OPINION OF OUR ABILITY TO WORK IN SOME CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT SO THAT AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD, THAT THERE ARE NO NEW JOBS TAKEN UP WITHOUT.
THIS BEING ADDRESSED BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE THERE IS.
YEAH. I LOVE THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AND AND MOVING FORWARD.
BUT AS, AS, AS FAR AS THE TOPIC THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AND ACTUALLY APPROVING THIS CONTRACT, HOW WE CAN WHILE BUILDING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THIS, MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE WHAT IS HARMING THE OVERALL MISSION OF WHAT THIS IS TO PROVIDE.
SO COULD CAO WEIGH IN ON OUR CAPABILITIES AND CONTRACT, PLEASE? THEY'RE DONE AT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
YOU'RE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE POLE LOCATION AND CAUSING ADA NONCOMPLIANCE? I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT WAS JUST MY EXAMPLE, BUT ADA COMPLIANCE OVERALL AS THE SUBJECT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE CONTRACT.
I THINK THE THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NOW CAME BEFORE THAT PROCESS WAS IN PLACE.
SOME OF THESE POLES HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, EVEN PRIOR TO THE ADA.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUES ARE HAPPENING.
WE WE FROM TALKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WE HAVE A PROCESS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING CURRENTLY.
WELL, I'M TELLING YOU, THE PROCESS IS NOT WORKING, OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S I THINK MORE FRUSTRATING WITH THIS CONVERSATION THAN ANYTHING.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THIS.
AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TO TO PIN THAT DOWN.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE AND IT'S NOT WORKING, THEN WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE.
OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SAY FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, IF YOU HAVE A PROCESS AND IT'S NOT BEING FOLLOWED, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO WORK ON WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE.
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AND THERE ARE I THINK THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR FOR DIFFERENT EMERGENCIES AND OTHER LOCATIONS.BUT I'LL LET ALI ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION.
I NEED TO LOOK AT IT FOR ANY CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE HAVE.
WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH ALL THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO RELOCATE THEM.
MAKE SURE THE ADA COMPLIANCE MAKE MAKE SURE THE ADA IS IN COMPLIANT.
RIGHT. FOR JUST BECAUSE HAVING A POLE IN THE SIDEWALK DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S OUT OF THE COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE PER THE ADA REQUIREMENT, YOU NEED TO HAVE MINIMUM OF 36IN CLEARANCE TO BE ABLE FOR THE WHEELCHAIR TO PASS.
OUR PRACTICE IS NOT 36IN OF CLEARANCE.
USUALLY FOR WHEN WE BUILD A SIDEWALK, THE MINIMUM IS LIKE 4 OR 5FT.
DEPENDS ON THE I GUESS THE LOCATION OF THE SIDEWALK AGAINST THE CURB OR NOT.
BUT AGAIN, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT LOCATION PER SE TO SEE WHY IT'S OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
IF IT IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND GET BACK WITH YOU, SIR.
AND BASED ON THAT, BASED ON THAT REVIEW, WE ISSUE THE PERMIT.
AND THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE.
FOR THAT, I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME HISTORICAL DATA OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK FROM OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND HOW THAT'S BEEN DEALT WITH, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE JUST MORE OF WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE NEWER PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE PAST THE PROCESS AND STILL BEEN CONSTRUCTED THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING ONCOR ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY THROUGH POLICY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH ANY OF OUR PARTNERS SO THAT IT'S MORE OF OUR CITY STANDARD THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED, INSTEAD OF PASSING THE BUCK AND SAYING THAT IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S ISSUE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE THAT'S HAPPENING.
A LOT OF I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL MARCH 27TH.
YOU HEARD THE MOTION? IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, ON YOUR MOTION TO DEFER? NO, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S BEEN CLEAR WITH THIS DISCUSSION AND EVERYTHING YOU SAY FROM HERE ON OUT.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT TO WORK OUT BEFORE WE JUST MOVE BACK INTO A 15 YEAR CONTRACT.
ENCORE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PARTNER.
THIS ISN'T AN ATTACK ON Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS A GOOD CATCH ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND CLEAR PROCESSES IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS ANY OF OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TODAY.
AND I WILL VOLUNTEER TO GIVE ANY FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AS MENTIONED, THAT COULD ALSO PROVIDE SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SEE EVERYBODY DROPPED OUT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY PROCEDURALLY, WE'RE NOW IN THE MOTION TO DEFER.
IF YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE BEFORE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO DEFER, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.
SO CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO DEFER? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ORIGINAL? OKAY. THE FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.
THANK YOU. SIR, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION TO DEFER.
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A CONTRACT ISSUE, I GET THAT.
BUT JUST IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL ADA CHALLENGES WITH THROUGH OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE THIS COULD BE PART OF A PROJECT FOR THEM.
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY AM SORT OF APATHETIC.
WHETHER WE DEFERRED OR WE PASS IT NOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I THINK THE REAL ISSUE IS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS THIS TOPIC, BUT I LOVE HOW THIS DISCUSSION HAS CHANGED TO REALLY BE AN ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUE, AND IT'S LONG OVERDUE.
I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
ALI, I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO YOU MANY, MANY TIMES ABOUT THE POLES AND THE SIDEWALKS AND YOU SAID SOMETHING AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE IT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, THAT YOU ALWAYS ARE TELLING ME IT'S ONLY A 36 INCH CLEARANCE.
RIGHT? SO JUST BECAUSE THE POLE IS IN THE SIDEWALK DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT ADA COMPLIANT.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.SO THE SIDEWALK WIDTH IS AT LEAST 48IN.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO HAVE 36IN FOR ADA COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE.
SO HAVING IT THERE NOW, IF IT'S IN THE MIDDLE IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.
AND I LITERALLY HAVE GONE WITH A TAPE MEASURE.
AND I KNOW I'VE SHOWED YOU PLACES WHERE IT'S NOT COMPLIANT AND WHERE IT IS.
SO I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ACTUAL LAW SAYS IS IMPORTANT.
BUT THIS IS A 33 YEAR OLD LAW.
I MEAN, IT'LL TURN 34 LATER THIS YEAR.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY FOLLOWING IT.
THE ISSUE IS NOT JUST PEOPLE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
IT'S LITTLE TRIKES THAT ARE ON THE SIDEWALK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT DOES FOR YOU, BUT THE SIDEWALKS ARE GENERALLY IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WALKING IN STREETS THAT ARE NOT LIKE FRANKFURT OR COIT AND BUT NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
SO I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE JUST GENERALLY AN ADA DISCUSSION.
AND I LOVE YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHO IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE WHILE YOU ARE FOR THE FRANCHISE ELEMENT OF THIS, FAIR HOUSING IS ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THE GROUP THAT WHEN I HAVE ASKED PREVIOUSLY BEEN SAID TO US THAT THEY ARE THE ONES OVER THIS WE DON'T NEED TO CONFIRM THAT, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE THIS AS A BROADER BRIEFING ITEM TO DISCUSS.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF INCLUDING OUR COMMISSION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE WORK THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THESE ITEMS, RIGHT.
IT'S ALSO IF YOU'RE HEARING IMPAIRED OR SIGHT CHALLENGED AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CROSS A STREET.
AND HOW DOES ALL OF THAT WORK TOGETHER? SO I THINK THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THAT ARE IMPACTFUL.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD IN ONE MORE GROUP, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY, I ATTENDED A REALLY FANTASTIC MOBILITY FOR SENIORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
IT SHOULD BE PART OF OUR DESIGN STANDARDS, SO THAT WE ARE TIMING CROSSWALKS SO THAT SENIORS CAN ACTUALLY GET ACROSS, OR A MOM WHO'S GOT A HAND OF A KID AND A STROLLER AND MAYBE A DOG ALL THESE THINGS SHOULD BE PART OF HOW WE ARE SAFELY MAKING OUR CITY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.
SO I HOPE THAT PART OF OUR DIRECTION IS TO ASK CITY STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFING ON HOW WE'RE DOING IT, LIKE FROM THE GOVERNANCE SIDE, AND THEN WHAT OUR PLANS ARE.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS YOU DO HAVE THE LIST OF ALL OF THE POLLS.
AND OF COURSE, THEY HAVE NUMBERS.
THIS COULD ALL BE CROWDSOURCED.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT THIS.
SO I DO THINK IT'S DAUNTING TO SAY, WOW, 384MI².
THAT'S A LOT OF POLLS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE FOR YOU ALL TO DO, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY GET AT LEAST A THIRD OR A HALF OF IT DONE IF YOU PUT THAT OUT THERE ON A MAP. AND I COULD GO AND SAY, OKAY, THIS NUMBER, THIS ONE IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR 36IN THIS MEETS IT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS SOMETIMES IT'S NOT RELOCATING THE POLL.
IT'S ADDING A LITTLE MORE CONCRETE SO THAT IT MEETS THE 36.
RIGHT. SO YOU MIGHT JUST NEED 12 MORE INCHES.
AND THAT'S A MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE.
THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO DEFER? WE GOT OUR CUES MIXED.
OR THE ORIGINAL? YES, SIR. I'M. WHICH MOTION? MOTION TO DEFER FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. I SUPPORT THE MOTION TO DEFER.
ALSO THANK WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WEST FOR CATCHING THIS ITEM.
I'VE SPOKEN TO MR. SANDERS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, JUST ABOUT MY CONCERNS, JUST WITH SOME POLLS IN GENERAL.
SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD TIME FOR US TO GET CAUGHT UP.
AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS QUICKLY, I'M GOING TO ADD, WHETHER WE'RE DEALING WITH ADA COMPLIANCE, I'M ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY SUBSCRIBERS NOW ON THOSE POLLS IS, IN MY OPINION, IN MY COMMUNITIES.
I SEE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH THE THE POLLS AS THEY'RE HEATED AND THEY ARE SO LOW.
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ALSO YOU HAVE THIS IS ADDING ALL THESE POLLS AND THESE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE POLLS ADDING TO BLIGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY.SO IT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT.
AND IT HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR SOME TIME.
SO I'M. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AGAIN COUNCIL MEMBER WEST FOR ME, JUST MAKING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SLOW MY ROLL AND GET BACK WITH THE PARTNERS WHO CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THIS. YES, SIR.
BUT THE SATURDAY, I THINK IT WAS, I WAS COMING DOWN ON OAK PARK IN MY COMMUNITY, AND I SAW THIS LONG CABLE OR WIRE JUST LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND THEN I WENT UP ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
THERE WAS THIS BIG SILVER ALUMINUM.
IT WAS A CASING. IT APPEARED TO BE ALUMINUM, BUT I WAS AFRAID TO TOUCH IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF AT THIS POINT IT WAS INTERNET OR WHAT, BUT I DID SEND THAT TO MR. GUS THIS WEEKEND.
AND SO THE PROBLEM, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE YOU YOU HAVE INTERNET OUTAGES AND AND FOLKS, THE THE LINES ARE SO LOW ON THESE POLES, IT IS ENABLING FOLKS TO COME AND STEAL THE COPPER FROM THOSE WIRES AND, AND JUST WE JUST HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BLIGHT AND CONFUSION WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
SO AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALSO IMPORTANT, AS I STATED, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ELECTRIC OR WIRE OR WHAT, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION TO DEFER.
OUR OTHER PARTNERS ARE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ALSO ON A STATE LEVEL, TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ATTACHMENTS THAT WE SEE TO THESE POLES THAT ARE ADDING REALLY WHAT I CALL MORE BLIGHT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, MAYOR, BUT THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, MISS ANDREA SANDERS, FOR ALWAYS RESPONDING TO US AS WE CALL ABOUT THOSE POLES.
YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I'M WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT I KNOW OF.
I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF DEFERRING DESIGN.
SO WE'RE THEY'RE IN THEIR MIX OF WHAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO GET THAT COMPLETED.
SO JUST SO FOLKS KNOW THAT THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED AND STARTED AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT ONCOR HAS BEEN REQUESTED, THEY PRESENTED IN THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE ASKED THEM TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH.
BUT LIKE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING STAGES OF YOUR PLANS, I MEAN, THEY MIGHT BE VERY BASIC AND, YOU KNOW, DRAFT LIKE, BUT JUST IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED THESE CONVERSATIONS, HOW CAN WE ASSIST AND WORK? BECAUSE WE ARE PARTNERS. SO WE HAVE A ISSUE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE PART OF IT.
MEANING HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT MAKE IT HAPPEN? BECAUSE THIS IF IT'S A LOT, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND GOING TO TAKE TIME.
AND IF AS WE HEARD WHEN IT COMES TO ADA, BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS WELL, SYLVAN AVENUE, WE REDID AND BETWEEN CANADA DRIVE AND I-30, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAID WAS ALL THESE FOLKS STARTED MESSAGING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR NOW THERE ARE POLES, BUT THAT WE PUT THESE LITTLE SIDEWALK POLES IN THE CENTER OF THE SIDEWALK.
AND WE DID. BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING, YOU DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THERE'S LITTLE BULB OUTS ON THE EDGE OF IT AND IT BECAUSE IT IS ONLY 36IN. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW IT'S A YARDSTICK.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY A LOT OF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT DON'T MEET THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU KNOW, AMUSEMENT PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE 42IN.
SO AND, YOU KNOW, THE KID GETS THERE AND YOU'RE THINKING LIKE, THEY'RE NOT THAT LITTLE, ARE THEY? AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH SPACE.
SO WE MAY BE EVERYBODY MAY BE IN COMPLIANCE.
BUT THEN I DO LIKE I LIKE THE IDEA OF US PUTTING TOGETHER THAT YOU KNOW, JUST THE LIST.
I MEAN, WE SHOULD HAVE A LIST SO THAT WE CAN ALSO RECHECK.
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WHATEVER IT IS SPREADSHEET OR AS A CITY FOR OUR OWN, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH ENCORE, SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, MAYBE.SO IF WE'RE IF WE CAN DO THAT IN THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING I'D APPRECIATE IT.
AND I'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET IT ADDED IN SO THAT FOLKS CAN COME.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS ENOUGH TIME.
SO IT'S NOT A YOU DIDN'T COME PREPARED TYPE THING.
IT'S A, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
AND SO I COMMIT TO THAT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AS THE CHAIR.
MISTER MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.
I THINK WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR BETTER.
AND I KNOW OUR STREET AND STREET DESIGN MANUAL IS PUSHING FOR BETTER.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE AS WE'RE RELOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE IN HERE, IF WE CAN SAY, YEAH, WE NEED TO MEET THE ADA, BUT YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY STRIVE FOR FOUR FEET WHEN YOU WHENEVER YOU CAN. AND I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THAT OUT AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTERWARDS.
WE'D NEVER PUT A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, RIGHT? BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S OKAY TO PUT IT IN THE SIDEWALK.
WELL, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
IT'D BE RIDICULOUS TO PUT A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF SYLVAN AVENUE OR COMMERCE STREET OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
YOU JUST WOULDN'T DO IT. RIGHT.
BUT IT'S IT'S THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN THE SIDEWALKS AND THAT'S BEEN DEDICATED FOR PEDESTRIANS.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DEFER ON ITEM TWO? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MADAM SECRETARY THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST ITEM WE CAN GET TO BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ FOR A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENT.
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT.
DID WE MISS A ANYTHING? YEAH. DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE A DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TODAY? OH, Y'ALL ATE THAT ALREADY.
NEVER MIND. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL RECONVENE AT 1 P.M..
THIS MEETING IS BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL GO BACK TO YOUR.
[3. 24-543 An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 32554, previously approved on September 20, 2023, authorizing certain transfers and appropriation adjustments for FY 2023-24 for the maintenance and operation of various departments, activities, and amending the capital budget; and authorize the City Manager to implement those adjustments - Not to exceed $4,898,376,958 $3,840,232,585 - Financing: General Fund ($1,678,260,711 $1,837,576,470), General Obligation Debt Service Fund ($420,687,511), Enterprise Funds ($1,401,626,306), Internal Service and Other Funds ($268,266,846), and Employee Retirement Fund ($6,673,227) and Grants, Trust, and Other Funds ($325,742,911 $332,762,963), Capital Funds ($797,119,446)]
CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2324.FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACTIVITIES, AND AMENDING THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS NOT TO EXCEED 3,840,000.
PAUL. MR. RIDLEY RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.
TO DEFER THE REPROGRAMING OF $24,888,142 TO SELECT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS UNTIL MAY 8TH, 2024, AS PART OF THE OVERALL MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT AND PAUSE ANY EXPENDITURES THAT ARE PART OF THE $24,888,142.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY? YES. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
I'D LIKE STAFF TO FROM THE BOND OFFICE TO COME FORWARD.
AND THAT HAS THE ANSWERS ON BUDGET.
DONE WITH THAT? YES, YES, I GOT IT.
OKAY. JEANETTE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THE INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THIS MOTION.
WELL, THIS MOTION IS THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE REPROGRAMING OF THE $24,888,142, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE 3 MILLION, $3.2 MILLION THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED, REPROGRAMING FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE FIRE STATION ALARM SYSTEM WOULD BE LEFT INTACT.
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CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT WILL HAPPEN? JEANETTE WEEDEN, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AS DIRECTED BY THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION STAFF, WILL PAUSE THE 24 MILLION THAT WAS PART OF THE 28 MILLION AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,237,908.SO WE WILL FOLLOW THE DIRECTION IF IT'S THE BODY'S WILL.
CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
MISS WEEDEN, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT IS THE IMPACT? WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME FUNDS ALSO HAVE TO WAIT.
SO DON'T SOME OF THESE FUNDS HAVE TO BE SPENT BY SEPTEMBER OR ENCUMBERED? WILL THIS IMPACT THAT BY DELAYING FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS? NO. SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR SPLITS THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED.
SO THERE WERE TWO ACTIONS IN THE ORDINANCE.
THE FIRST ACTION WAS TO REALLOCATE 159.3 MILLION.
SO THERE'S NO IMPACT TO PROJECTS THAT WERE PLANNED.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE MOVING THOSE PROJECTS TO A NEW MULTI YEAR FUND.
NO DELAY. THE MOTION THE SECOND PART OF THE ITEM AND THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO REPROGRAM 28.1 MILLION OF THE 159.
AND SO THERE'S NO IMPACT TO DELAYING THIS UNTIL MAY 8TH.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS LIKE THE FOURTH TIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
SO MY QUESTION IS ARE WE GOING BACK TO COMMITTEE OR IS IT GOING TO STAY HERE IN THE REPROGRAMING OF DOLLARS? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S VARIOUS OPTIONS TO, TO LOOK AT.
SO I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO REPROGRAM IT AS A BODY FOR THE MID-YEAR? WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THAT.
SO WE CAN BRING THE REPROGRAMING BACK TO GBFM AS PART OF A DISCUSSION AT COMMITTEE.
SO KEEP IN MIND, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED THE MIDDLE MILE.
IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE LAST MILE.
I THOUGHT THAT THE IDEA WAS TO FULFILL THE LAST MILE AND FOREGO THE MIDDLE MILE, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG IT'S BEEN A QUITE A FRAGMENTED OPERATION.
AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT HERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
BUT WE PROBABLY NEED A BRIEFING.
BUT I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MORE IF WE COULD DO IT WITH THE FULL BODY, BUT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE COMMITTEE, BUT I GUESS WE SHOULD JUST WRAP UP WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN COMMITTEE INTO A MEMO TO SEND TO THE FULL BODY SO THAT EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO FOR THE FIFTH TIME OR THE SIXTH TIME. CORRECT.
THAT'S THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW.
CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM THREE.
THANK YOU. SO THESE ARE THE DOLLARS FROM 2021 FROM THE ARPA FUNDS.
CORRECT. SO THERE ARE DOLLARS FROM WE RECEIVED THE 355.4 MILLION IN THE SECOND TRANCHE IN 2021.
THE PLAN LAID OUT A SPENDING PLAN OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS, SO 22, 23 AND 24.
SO TO MY RECOLLECTION, WE HAD A BRIEFING IN JANUARY.
AND THEN LAST WEDNESDAY Y'ALL DID A BRIEFING.
I'M SORRY I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 28 MILLION ORIGINALLY ABOUT BEING REPROGRAMED.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE EXEMPTED THE FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM.
THANK YOU. BUT ACTUALLY THERE'S A LOT MORE DOLLARS THAT COULD BE REPROGRAMED.
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IS THAT CORRECT? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BRIEFING FROM THE 21ST, WE INCLUDED AS APPENDIX B ALL OF THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH ARPA.SO IF IT IS COUNCIL'S WILL TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE STARTED OR HAVE STARTED AND TO REPROGRAM THOSE FUNDS, THAT'S CERTAINLY AN OPTION. WELL, I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PROGRAMED THOSE PROJECTS, WE WERE UNDER CONSTRAINTS OF THE ARPA GUIDELINES, AND NOW THAT WE HAVE SWAPPED THESE DOLLARS WITH GENERAL FUNDS THAT WE PAID FOR STAFFING FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE SINCE THAT SWAP HAPPENED, THESE FUNDS NOW HAVE NO GUIDELINES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY.
SO THE FUNDS ARE NO LONGER TIED TO THE REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH US TREASURY, BUT YOU STILL HAVE GUIDELINES ASSOCIATED WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. SO YOU STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW PROCUREMENT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE NOTION THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR ANYTHING.
SO THEY HAVE THE SAME SORTS OF RESTRICTIONS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE THAT A GENERAL FUND WOULD HAVE.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.
WE COULD USE MONEY FOR A BIG PENSION PAYMENT.
WE COULD USE MONEY TO DO LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS SHOULD WE DESIRE.
AND SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN'S POINT ABOUT WHERE WILL THIS DISCUSSION HAPPEN? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AS A BIG GROUP LATELY, AND I WOULD ASK CHAIR WEST THAT WHEN THIS COMES TO GBFM, IF THAT'S INDEED HOW Y'ALL WISH TO PROCEED, THAT YOU INVITE EVERYBODY BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY ONCE IN A LIFETIME MONEY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN 2021.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISTRACTIONS THIS WEEK.
WE CAN START WITH ALL THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS LIKE THAT.
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH THIS MOTION.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY TO SAY WE'VE SPENT IT ALL.
PLEASE INCLUDE EVERYBODY IN HOW WE DO THIS, BECAUSE WE ARE A LOT MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE TODAY THAN WE WERE IN 2021 ABOUT THE CITY'S NEEDS, RIGHT? WE'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH BOND.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT PERIOD.
SO I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ROBUST CONVERSATION.
IT'S UNLIMITED ON THE THINGS THAT WE COULD USE THIS MONEY FOR.
CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM THREE.
SO I IF IF I'M ALLOWED TO ASK MR. RIDLEY A QUESTION ABOUT THE MOTION, YOU CAN ASK HIM.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. RIDLEY AND YOUR MOTION.
MY PAUSE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE SEND THIS BACK TO A COMMITTEE, A BODY OF THE WHOLE WHATEVER IS DECIDED THAT IT TURNS INTO A HUNGER GAMES FOR THIS MONEY FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL IN THE APPENDIX.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS CUT, WHAT WASN'T.
YOU KNOW I WOULD BE I FEEL MUCH BETTER IF TO MAKE THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, END EASILY.
OH, HERE'S YOU KNOW, OH, THERE'S $28 MILLION.
LIKE, I'M GOING TO GO GET ME THIS AND I'M GOING TO GO GET ME THAT.
WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE AGREED TO.
SO KIND OF STILL KEEPING THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT THE MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR WHICH IT IS BEING USED FOR BUT JUST IT KEEPS US STAYING IN THOSE EQUITY TYPE ISSUES AND THOSE ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON IN HISTORICALLY DIVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS THAT REALLY NEEDED THESE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED ON OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST ADD ON. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THAT OR NOT.
WELL, IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THE $24 MILLION NOW THAT IS A SUM THAT CITY STAFF HAS SUGGESTED REPROGRAMING FROM THE ORIGINAL ARPA EXPENDITURE ITEMS. AND SO WE ONLY HAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE SAME THINGS.
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UNIVERSE, IF YOU WILL, AND LOOK AT OTHER PRIORITIES SUCH AS COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN MENTIONED THE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO CITY HALL THAT ARE NOT WELL, THERE'S A CERTAIN ALLOCATION IN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL THE NEEDS AT CITY HALL.I DOES IT INCLUDE THE 8 MILLION THAT WAS ASKED FOR REPROGRAMING FROM IT FOR CITY HALL STILL, OR DOES THE MOTION PUT THAT ON THE LINE? SO THE MOTION PAUSES THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO THE ORIGINAL AGENDA ITEM INCLUDED A REALLOCATION AND A REPROGRAMING.
THE REPROGRAMING WAS 28.1 MILLION.
THAT INCLUDED SIX, 7.6 MILLION OF FUNDING FOR CITY HALL.
SO 6.8, 6.5 MILLION FOR A GENERATOR, 1.2 MILLION FOR ELECTRICAL.
SO THE AMENDED MOTION PAUSES THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR REPROGRAMING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM.
GOTCHA. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO PAUSE ON THAT ONE.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TO ALSO KEEP GOING FORWARD WITH THE 7.6 MILLION THAT'S RECOMMENDED FOR ALLOCATION FOR CITY HALL REPAIRS. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
SO WE'RE NOW ON THE MOTION BY CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ TO AMEND MR. RIDLEY'S MOTION.
CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION, IF YOU'D LIKE IT.
WELL, SEVERAL OF US MADE A COMMITMENT TO GET AND WORK TO FIND MONEY FOR CITY HALL.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TRANCHE THAT WE COULD WITH THAT 7.6 MILLION.
SO I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THAT UP IF WE CAN.
NOT AND WE'RE JUST WORK ON THE PART THAT WE KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT PART, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE 7.6 MILLION.
SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE WITH CITY HALL AND JUST MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S ALL THIS IS ON THAT ONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. NARVAEZ MOTION TO AMEND, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON.
OR DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION? BOTH. I'LL SAY ON THIS ONE, MAYOR.
OKAY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THIS ONE.
I DO SUPPORT THE AMENDED MOTION.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD, GOOD USE OF FUNDS.
I'M SORRY I PULLED MYSELF OUT OF THE QUEUE.
OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT BY MR. NARVAEZ. I DO I DO SUPPORT THIS MOTION RIGHT HERE TO AMEND, BECAUSE WE DID COME ABOUT AND DOING THE BUDGET PRIORITY TO REALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS OR THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE KNOW WE COULD USE A FUND TO REDUCE TO TO TO REPAIR OUR CITY HALL.
SO WHAT IS THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY WHEN WE TAKE THIS OUT OF CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ MOTION, WHAT IS THE BALANCE? WE GOT LEFT.
SO WE STARTED WITH 28.1 MILLION.
WE BACKED OUT THE FIRE STATION ALERT SYSTEM AND THEN BACKING OUT THE 7.6 FOR CITY HALL.
THE NEW BALANCE IS 17,228,000 617,217 MILLION.
17 MILLION. SO 17 MILLION OUT OF 17 MILLION.
SO DO WE KNOW WHAT ALLOCATION WE CAN USE, THAT ARPA FUND THAT WE CAN SPEND MORE ON CITY HALL IF WE CHOOSE TO DO WHAT IS THE THE GUIDELINES? SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS LAID OUT IN THE FEBRUARY 23RD MEMO.
SO THE USE OF FUNDS INCLUDED COMPLIANCE MONITORING.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE REALLOCATING ARPA FUNDS, WE STILL HAVE FUNDS IN ARPA.
SO THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE A CONSULTANT COME IN AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT RELATED TO COMPLIANCE.
THERE'S ALSO A PROJECT RELATED TO A RESTROOM RENOVATION.
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS USED FOR SHELTERING.
AND SO THERE'S A PROJECT THERE.
THERE'S FUNDING FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOSPITAL.
THERE'S FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A LIST OF OF PROJECTS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE REPROGRAMING, I GUESS, WITH THIS MOTION.
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THAT IS NOW ON HOLD PENDING FURTHER DISCUSSION, EITHER AT COMMITTEE OR THIS FULL BODY.SO THE STAFF HAD A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE OTHER 17 MILLION.
YES. STAFF PROVIDED A WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT WAS THAT? SO THERE'S COMPLIANCE MONITORING CONTRACT SERVICES 1.7 MILLION.
RESTROOM RENOVATION AT 240,000.
ANOTHER COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING 100,000 DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND RESILIENCE AT MLK AND CITYWIDE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AT 6.4 MILLION. DEMOLITION AT 1.2 MILLION.
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 2.5 MILLION.
SO WHAT IS SO THE 17 THAT REMAINING? I MEAN, YOU GOT TO COME BACK TO A COMMITTEE TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TO REPROGRAM THAT TO THE SAME ALLOCATION THE STAFF RECOMMEND.
ARE THEY GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL OR COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO TO CONFIRM THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF? THE DIRECTION THAT I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL IS THAT THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO COMMITTEE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE REMAINING 17 MILLION, AS WELL AS LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT MAYBE WERE NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE REPROGRAMING, BUT I GUESS CONSIDER FOR A DISCUSSION.
OKAY, SO WHAT COMMITTEE WOULD THAT COME TO? SO RIGHT NOW, I GUESS THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE FLOOR IS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
GBFM YOU DO HAVE A BRIEFING DATE ON MAY THE 1ST.
SO IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S WILL TO COME BACK TO FULL COUNCIL, WE CAN DO SO.
SO WE WHATEVER DIRECTION THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE WE WILL FOLLOW.
SO I THINK IT'S IT IS A BODY OF THE FULL COUNCIL.
SO WE DO HAVE A FULL BRIEFING ON MAY 1ST.
THERE'S A BRIEFING DATE ON MAY 1ST.
SO IT'S ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS URGENCY THAT WE NEED TO GET A REPAIR BEFORE MAY 1ST? NOT AT THIS TIME.
OUR RECOMMENDATION, OUR ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION, ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD BRING THE REPROGRAMING TO AS PART OF THE MID-YEAR APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE. SO THE MAY 1ST ALIGNS WITH THAT TIME TIME FRAME.
SO IF WE BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE THE CHAIRMAN, WEST COMMITTEES, HOW SOON WOULD IT GET BACK TO THE COMMITTEE? WHEN WOULD IT GO TO COMMITTEE FOR BRIEFING? THE GBFM DATE IS APRIL THE 22ND.
23RD. SO CAN I SPEAK TO CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ? YOU KNOW, ON YOUR MOTION.
I STILL THINK WE STILL GOT TO GET RID OF THE 17 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, THEY GOT TO GO TO SOME KIND OF COMMITTEE OR GO TO FULL COUNCIL.
SO THEREFORE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, THE REMINDERS.
SO MY CONCERN IS THE REMINDERS.
SO IF WE NEED TO DO THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THIS MOTION YOU DON'T MIND TO PUT A MOTION THAT THEY GOT TO COME TO SOME KIND OF COMMITTEE AND COME BACK TO FULL COUNCIL TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
IT GOT TO BE REALLOCATED. RIGHT NOW, IF WE DON'T KNOW, FUNDS GOING TO BE SITTING DORMANT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUND IS GOING TO GO, BUT THE STAFF HAVE MADE A RECOMMENDATION WHAT THEY WANT TO GO TO.
BUT WE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT WE WANT TO AGREE ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH WHATEVER DIRECTION THIS BODY WANTS.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT GO TO GBFM AND THEN COME BACK TO FULL BRIEFING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GOT THESE $17 MILLION WHERE WE THINK IS THE BEST PLACES FOR THEM.
SO THE COUNCIL HAD A FULL OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WE AGREE, WE WANT TO SPEND THOSE MONEY AND THOSE TWO ALLOCATE THOSE MONEY IN THOSE CERTAIN ITEMS. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT.
IF IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO AMENDING THE A MOTION WITH THAT? BUT THE FM PORTION HERE.
NONE. AND THE. AND THE FULL BODY.
YEAH. THE. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
SO THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN AMENDED IN THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DEBATING NOW.
STILL THE SAME AMENDMENT BUT RIGHT.
AND MAYOR, IF I MAY, THE CORRECT DATE FOR GBFM IS APRIL 22ND.
CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT BY CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.
I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING THIS AMENDMENT THAT THE SPECIFIC EXPENDITURE THAT IS THE SUBJECT TO THIS AMENDMENT, $6.5 MILLION FOR CITY HALL HVAC EQUIPMENT IS NOT AN URGENT NEED.
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YEAR 2030.THIS IS A LONG TERM PROJECT, AND THE INTENT OF MY ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO ALLOW THIS BODY THE FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE JUST WHAT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS ARE TO USE WITH THIS $24 MILLION.
IF IT WANTS TO SPEND THE MONEY ON AIR CONDITIONING, IT CAN.
WE ALSO HAVE NEEDS TO COMPLETE THE ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT CITY HALL.
SO UNDER MY MOTION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO, THROUGH GBFM, INVESTIGATE THE RELATIVE PRIORITIES OF THESE NEEDS AND OTHER NEEDS FOR THIS MONEY WITHOUT HAVING OUR HANDS TIED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT REALLY ISN'T URGENT.
MISS WILLIS IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. NARVAEZ AMENDMENT.
AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS WHAT YOU'VE OFFERED HERE AND GO ON AND MOVE FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO GO ON AND GET THESE ADDRESSED.
BUT IT IT LIVED IN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT ARPA WOULD WOULD.
PUT UPON US. AND SO OPENING IT UP TO WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT OUR MASSIVE NEEDS INVENTORY LIST AND REVISIT THAT WITHOUT SOME OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS DOES MAKE SENSE. SO I THINK TAKING WHAT WE NEED FOR CITY HALL TO GO ON AND ADDRESS THAT, IT SOUNDED LIKE WE HAD HEART FOR THAT TO ADDRESS IN THIS NEXT BUDGET CYCLE ANYWAY.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I SUPPORT THIS.
CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ AMENDMENT.
CAN YOU TELL ME THE NUMBER THAT THIS PUTS THE AMENDMENT AT? I KNOW IT WAS. IT WAS ASKED TO INCLUDE CITY HALL.
HAVE YOU DONE THE MATH YET? YES, INCLUDING CITY HALL AT 17,228,000.
WE RUN THE CLOCK WHILE THEY'RE DOING MATH.
IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M OKAY WITH THE CLOCK RUNNING.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO REFLECT THE AMOUNT BEING DEFERRED.
AS DISCUSSED TO BE 10 MILLION.
$828,600 SO THAT THE WHAT STICKS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF THE 6.4 FOR THE RESILIENCY HUB.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK IF IF Y'ALL COULD I WASN'T AWARE THAT UNTIL YOU JUST SAID THAT AT THE PODIUM BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SAY HIM OKAY, HERE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT I'M GLAD THAT I DID CATCH THAT. AND I SPOKE WITH JACK JOHNSON.
FOR A RESILIENCY HUB AT MLK CENTER.
DO YOU CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, BY THE WAY? YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT ON YOUR MOTION YET, BUT YOU WILL BE THE MINUTE YOU ALLOW SOMEONE TO SECOND IT.
DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? THANK YOU. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
SO NOW YOU'RE ON. WE'RE ON GUYS, WE'RE ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO THE NARVAEZ AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. NOW FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AT MLK FOR 1.4.
SO IF YOU'RE ADDING IF YOU'RE AMENDING THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THE 6.4, YOUR NEW TOTAL IS 10,828,600.
THANK YOU. JEANETTE I WILL JUST SAY THAT AGAIN.
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I ASKED FOR Y'ALL'S SUPPORT.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT WE'VE SEEN THE NEED FOR RESILIENCY HUBS ACROSS OUR CITY.
AND AND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES NOW ON THE ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. JOHN, JOHN JOHNSON, CAN YOU COME UP AND EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE PURCHASING WITH THE MONEY, THIS MONEY FOR CITY HALL? BECAUSE I'M KIND OF I'VE GOT CONFUSED JOHN JOHNSON BUILDING SERVICES AT WHICH SPECIFIC PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK THEY'VE BEEN CHANGED QUITE A BIT SINCE THE ORIGINAL.
THE GENERATORS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
YES. SO WE'RE BUYING GENERATORS, NOT HVAC.
OR IS THERE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT COMPONENT IN THERE? NO, I THINK WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY WAS DISCUSSING THE 2030 DEADLINE, THAT COMPONENT, YES, HE IS CORRECT.
IT IS REPLACEMENT OF REFRIGERANT THAT'S NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO MECHANICAL UPGRADES INCLUDED IN THAT AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM UPGRADES AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE ARE BUYING FOR THE BULK OF IT GENERATORS, AS THE AMENDMENT LAID OUT TODAY.
SO THAT WAY IT DOES WEDDING WITH THE ELECTRICITY GOES DOWN, WE CAN STILL FUNCTION.
CORRECT. IT PROTECTS THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TAKES PLACE IN THIS BUILDING.
OKAY. THAT WAS JUST I'M JUST JUST CONFUSED.
THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. WELL, IT APPEARS WE HAVE DEVOLVED INTO COMMITTEE WORK, AND I THINK THE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS WAS TO MOVE IT TO A COMMITTEE WHERE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THIS AMENDMENT, I THINK THERE'S WIDESPREAD SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROJECT GOES FORWARD AT MLK. BUT BEFORE THIS THIS SWAP WITH THE FUNDS FOR BFR THAT WE PUT IN WITH GENERAL FUND AND REPLACED.
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A MATCH FOR THAT.
IT JUST WASN'T GOING TO COME FROM THIS SOURCE.
THE MANAGER ALREADY HAD A PLACE THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOUR PROJECT'S NOT AT RISK EVEN IF THIS AMENDMENT DOESN'T PASS.
AND WHEN WE PASS THE BUDGET, THERE WAS A PLACE FOR THESE FUNDS.
I'M I CAN SEE YOU'RE WANTING TO SPEAK.
IF I CAN FINISH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND SO I RECOGNIZE THAT I RECOGNIZE THE INTEREST IN CITY HALL.
I WOULD SAY THAT BEYOND THE DOLLARS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE 7.6, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON AND I TALKED ABOUT A MUCH LARGER NUMBER FOR CITY HALL POSSIBLY HAPPENING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE ITEMS THAT ARE SUGGESTED FOR REPROGRAMING WITH THIS 28 MILLION ORIGINAL.
BUT WE DID TAKE OUT THE FIRE ALERTING BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING TO US, I THINK.
IS IT IN TWO WEEKS COMING TO US FOR THAT CONTRACT? IT'S IN MY. THE FIRE ALERT SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE IT'S COMING ON MAY THE 8TH OR 22ND IS WHAT IT IS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT THAT WAS EXEMPTED IN THE AMENDMENT.
BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE 159 MILLION THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, THIS SUMMER.
MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS AND I WROTE A MEMO TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE MIDDLE MILE FIBER NETWORK.
I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THERE'S STILL $18 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT PROJECT.
I WOULD BE ADVOCATING TO SAY THAT PROJECTS NOT OF INTEREST.
WELL, NOW WE HAVE 18 MILLION MORE.
MAYBE 18 MILLION GOES TO CITY HALL.
MAYBE IT GOES TO, AGAIN, AN INFINITY NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT THERE'S MORE DOLLARS FOR US TO CONSIDER.
AND I JUST THINK THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT DATE FOR US TO DO IT.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK AGAINST ADDING ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ON JUST SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IT TO COMMITTEE.
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LOOK AT IT IN A BIG PICTURE.PLEASE INVITE THE FULL COUNCIL TO COME, AND PERHAPS WE CAN DO SOME PREPARATION TO SAY, HERE'S IDEAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SUBMITTED OF DOLLARS AND WHERE THEY CAN GO. AND THEN MAYBE WE ASTERISK THINGS THAT.
ANYHOW, I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT SOME IDEAS ON WAY TO DO IT.
I'M SURE YOU CAN COME UP WITH YOUR OWN, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK AGAINST IT JUST SO WE CAN MOVE THE WHOLE BIG PICTURE TOGETHER TO A COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE KIND OF DISCUSSION WE SHOULD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A POINT THAT WAS RAISED AROUND THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A MATCH FOR THE RESILIENCE AND OTHER TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE MLK CENTER.
I WOULD JUST CLARIFY, WE DO NOT HAVE A MATCH THAT IS NOT BUDGETED.
THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE REPROGRAMING OF THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY ALLOW THAT PROJECT TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE BUILDING, WON'T ALLOW FOR THE RESILIENCE CENTER TO MOVE FORWARD UNLESS WE HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND I THINK BACK TO IT, I THINK EVEN THE CONVERSATION OR THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE MEMO THAT WAS SENT THIS SUMMER, I BELIEVE THAT'S PRIMARILY ONE OF THE BIGGER PIECES OF RESOURCES, $18 MILLION THAT I THINK IS AT A SUBJECT OF INTEREST TO DO ANYTHING WITH.
I WOULD JUST SAY WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROCUREMENT, I THINK, AS COUNCIL HAD ASKED US TO BE ON THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY AND HAVE SEVERAL PROPOSALS THAT INCLUDE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND RESOURCES TO EXTEND THE MIDDLE MILE.
AND ALSO, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IDENTIFYING AND SHARING THE ONGOING REVENUE GENERATION BACK TO THE CITY THAT MIGHT SUPPORT AT LEAST THE STAFF'S ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION ON THAT PROJECT, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO AND REVIEWING CURRENT PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, THAT IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION AROUND THE MIDDLE MILE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF COMPLETE THAT EVALUATION AND THEN COME FORWARD TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL AT SOME POINT THE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND SCOPES OF THOSE PROJECTS TO SEE IF, IN FACT, IT DOES ADVANCE WHAT WE BELIEVED WAS IMPORTANT TWO YEARS AGO.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ONE POINT ABOUT THE MLK CENTER, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT RESOURCES UNLESS BUT AND, BUT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPROGRAM THESE DOLLARS. THANK YOU.
YOU STILL HAD A MINUTE AND 51.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU THEN SO HAD WE NOT RECEIVED THE ARPA FUNDING.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? I MEAN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE LOST THIS CONGRESSIONAL.
EARMARK, RIGHT? HAD WE NOT RECEIVED THE OPERA FUNDS, WHAT WOULD WE HAVE DONE OR RELATED TO WHAT? WELL, FOR THE MATCH, I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE FOUND THIS MONEY SOMEWHERE.
OR PULLED IT FROM CONTINGENCY, RIGHT? WELL, WE WOULDN'T LET A MATCH OPPORTUNITY GO BY US.
SO AS WE TYPICALLY DO, WE DO AND CAN IDENTIFY RESOURCES.
IN SOME OCCASIONS I WOULD SAY WE'VE NEVER LOOKED AT AND SPENT RESERVES, AT LEAST IN MY SEVEN YEARS HERE TO FUND A PROJECT OF THAT SIZE.
QUITE HONESTLY, THE DEFICIENCIES WERE RESULT OF A REVIEW AND A EVALUATION OF ACTUALLY INSTALLING THE RESILIENCE RELATED GENERATORS AND THINGS IN THAT FACILITY.
BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LOCATION BEING THE LOCATION THAT IT SHOULD BE IN, BASED ON ITS CENTRAL LOCATION IN HIS DISTRICT, THAT WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD PUT IT ON PAUSE AND NOT MOVE FORWARD JUST TO SPEND THE RESOURCES UNTIL WE COULD IDENTIFY FUNDS.
AND SO THAT IS IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FUNDED AND HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPEND HIS ARPA DOLLARS, AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE IT IN TIME FOR WHEN, IN FACT, WE BELIEVE WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED A RESILIENT CENTER BY DECEMBER.
SO THERE WAS NO FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT.
WELL. YES, TO THE EXTENT THAT I DON'T KNOW, PRIOR TO US RECEIVING ARPA FUNDS AND PRIOR TO US MAKING A COMMITMENT AS A COUNCIL TO PUT IN GENERATORS AT FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE FOR THE RESILIENCE AND THE WARMING AND THE COOLING IN TIMES OF ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY LOSS.
THAT WAS A GOAL OF COUNCIL WITHOUT SITES IDENTIFIED ONCE.
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IN FACT, SITES IN DISTRICTS WERE SELECTED.THEN THE EVALUATION PROCESS BEGAN.
SO THAT IS HOW WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
YES. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.
AND BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SHARED, THEN I'M GOING TO SUPPORT HIS MOTION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. HOW WE WERE BRIEFED EARLIER ON THIS, WHEN WAS THAT BRIEFING TO FULL COUNCIL? ON THIS RECOMMENDATION FEBRUARY 21ST, FEBRUARY 21ST, AND THEN BEFORE THAT WE HAD SEPTEMBER 20TH WAS THE ORIGINAL.
SO THE ORIGINAL BRIEFING WENT TO GFM ON JANUARY 22ND.
SO. AND THEN BEFORE THAT, THEN WE HAD ALREADY APPROVED AN ORDINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
YES. SO THE BUDGET ORDINANCE IS JUST THE VESSEL, I GUESS, FOR THESE AMENDMENTS TO TAKE PLACE.
SO THE BUDGET FOR ARPA WAS APPROVED OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS, FISCAL YEAR 22, 23, AND 24.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT SO MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME.
MISS WEEDEN IS LIKE, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS SO MANY TIMES.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO DELAY THIS FURTHER.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THAT.
IT'S ACTUALLY OUT ON PROCUREMENT.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK IN HISTORY AND REDO THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL HAD LOTS OF TIMES TO DO HOMEWORK OVER, LOTS OF TIME TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT, LOTS OF TIMES TO DISCUSS WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS THE PURPOSE OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS IS.
SO I'M HAPPY TO YIELD MY TIME TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT WANT TO JUST EXPLAIN WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK, TO UNDERSTAND THIS, AND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED, WE'VE STUDIED IT, WE'VE APPROVED THINGS, WE'VE DONE THIS AND DONE THIS.
AND NOW IF IT'S ABOUT BEING OPPOSITIONAL TO DIGITAL DIVIDE, THEN LET'S SIMPLY PULL THAT MONEY OUT, HAVE A HAVE A BRIEFING AND REDEBATE THE ISSUE OR DEBATE IT IF WE HAVE IT YET ENOUGH HERE, AND LET'S LET EVERYTHING ELSE GO FORWARD AND NOT REVISIT THE ENTIRE ARPA.
I MEAN, I JUST TO ME IT SEEMS REALLY, REALLY REGRESSIVE AND POOR LEADERSHIP.
MAYOR, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO I WONDER IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANY TAKERS.
AND YOU HAVE A TAKER, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY.
WHAT'S CHANGED? MISS SCHULTZ, IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BY STAFF WITH THIS REALLOCATION OF $159 MILLION TO BFR, SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT IN THE ARPA PROGRAM.
THAT ISN'T WHAT WE HAD ON THE TABLE BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
AND AS THAT IS A CHANGE THAT AFFECTS OUR DECISION MAKING BECAUSE WE ARE NO LONGER BOUND BY THE TREASURY REQUIREMENTS FOR ARPA FUNDING SPEND, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WE HAD THIS THIS WAS BRIEFED TO US A WHILE AGO LAST WEEK.
SO THE INITIAL IF IT WAS THEN I GO AHEAD.
SO WE PRESENTED THE REALLOCATION TO CITY COUNCIL OR TO GBFM ON JANUARY 22ND AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WITH GFM, THE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REALLOCATE TO SIMPLY TAKE THE EXISTING PROJECTS AND MOVE THEM INTO A MULTI YEAR FUND.
WE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM GFM THAT THEY WANTED TO RE EVALUATE PROJECTS, RELOOK AT PROJECTS, AND THEY ASK STAFF TO BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE FULL BODY ON FEBRUARY THE 21ST.
BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THAT PARTICULAR DISCUSSION, WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAD A WHOLE WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THIS.
WE'VE HAD TWO BITES. THANK YOU AT THIS.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AGAIN OKAY.
YES, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.
SO I'M HEARING THE SAME THING THAT THIS IS ABOUT DIGITAL DIVIDE AND LAST MILE.
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BUT THAT'S NOT THE MONIES THAT ARE IN THIS MOTION ABOUT THE PROJECTS.AND THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE MISSING.
IF YOU, YOU KNOW, I CALLED A FEW OF YOU ABOUT BLACK BOX THEATERS THAT WERE REMOVED.
BUT THE REASON I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT WAS BECAUSE THESE ARE SMALLER PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BACHMAN LAKE AND.
HAMPTON, ILLINOIS AND DISTRICT ONE.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE PLEASANT GROVE LIBRARY.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO I BUT WE TALKED ABOUT CITY HALL TO NAUSEAM THE OTHER DAY, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND WE SEVERAL OF US MADE A COMMITMENT TO FIND THOSE DOLLARS AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THAT'S WHY I'M PUTTING IT BACK IN THERE, BECAUSE I MADE THAT COMMITMENT PUBLICLY.
AND THEN AND, YOU KNOW, MR. BAZALDUA HAS NOW ADDED THIS OTHER ITEM, WHICH IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.
LOOK, IN 2021, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? ABOUT THE GRANT.
THE GRANT PROBABLY DIDN'T EXIST APPLICATION IN 2021.
SO THAT'S IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ASK OF OUR CITY MANAGER.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE WHEN WE DID WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE? BECAUSE WE WERE IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THESE DOLLARS DID COME AVAILABLE? SO I DO I DO SUPPORT MR. BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO MY AMENDMENT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE ALSO IN 2021, WE DIDN'T HAVE A RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IN 2021.
SO IF THIS IS ABOUT DIGITAL DIVIDE, I WOULD PREFER THAT BE PUT ON HOLD AND MOVED.
THEN ALL OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS AND SEE HOW WE CAN INCLUDE SOME OF THESE OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN RYDELL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.
SO WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR COMING UP WITH A MATCH FOR THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM? SO WE HAD ASSUMED THAT ONCE WE LEARNED OF THE GRANT, THE PLAN WAS TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
NOW. WELL, THAT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER MY QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE DEADLINE UNDER THIS GRANT PROGRAM FOR US TO MEET THE $2 MILLION MATCH? IS IT BEFORE OR AFTER MAY 8TH? WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE TODAY, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
WELL, IF THE PLAN WAS TO INCLUDE THAT 2 MILLION MATCH IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH WE WOULDN'T DECIDE UPON UNTIL SEPTEMBER, I MUST ASSUME THAT WE WOULDN'T LOSE THE MATCH IF WE WAITED TO DO THIS AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IF WE WE ASSUMED WE WOULD MAKE IT PART OF THE DISCUSSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
IF WE RESERVE THIS AS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF REPROGRAMED ITEMS, I GUESS MY RESPONSE WOULD BE WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FUNDING SOURCE AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.
BUT THE POINT IS WE AREN'T GOING TO SACRIFICE THAT $2 MILLION GRANT MATCH IF WE TAKE A BREATHER FOR 60 DAYS FOR THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OUR PRIORITIES FOR THIS MONEY.
WHICH IT'S BEEN ON FOR AGAINST THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.
SO WE'LL GO TO A VOTE ON THAT FIRST.
CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ AMENDMENT IS NOW AMENDED BY THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.
SO WE'RE BACK ON THE NARVAEZ AMENDMENT AMENDMENT, AS AMENDED.
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MR. RESENDEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.I'D LIKE TO AMEND THIS CURRENT MOTION AND CHANGE THE AMOUNT FROM 10,828 10,000,828.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND SO NOW MR. RESENDEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION, WHICH WOULD AMEND CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ MOTION.
THANK YOU, MR.. MR. CHAIR. IT'S FOR SIMILAR REASONS AS MR. BAZALDUA. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND AND SOUTHEAST DALLAS AS WELL.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS.
AND IF AND I THINK MISS MENDELSOHN IS CORRECT, WE'RE DOING COMMITTEE WORK RIGHT NOW.
AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST Y'ALL'S SUPPORT ON THIS.
AND SO IF IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE BITES AT THE APPLE, I MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR THE FIRST ONE.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT DONE WITH THE FIRST BITE OF THE APPLE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE RESENDEZ AMENDMENT TO CHAIRMAN ADVISOR'S AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AMENDMENTS AMENDED. WE'RE BACK ON THE NARVAEZ AMENDMENT.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST NARVAEZ AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NAY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT.
NOTED. ITEM THREE HAS NOW BEEN AMENDED AS CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOMMENDED.
SO NOW WE ARE ON THE AMENDED VERSION OF ITEM THREE.
CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON ITEM THREE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NOW THAT AS AMENDED, I'M, YOU KNOW, CAN SUPPORT IT.
BUT I DO WANT TO ASK STAFF TO WHEN IF THIS GETS APPROVED, LIKE IT IS THAT THOSE BLACK BOX THEATERS AND THOSE THREE LIBRARIES IS LOOKED AT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT COMPARED TO ALL THESE OTHER VERY MAJOR PROJECTS, BUT THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO THESE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE SPACE DESERTS THAT THEY'RE IN.
BUT ALSO FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE EQUITY ISSUE WITH IT IS IN VERY HISTORICALLY DIS DISADVANTAGED AND DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO INVEST INVESTMENTS.
SO I CAN I CAN EVEN GO WITH AN EXAMPLE AND MR. RESENDEZ DISTRICT IN PLEASANT GROVE THEY HAD A REALLY AMAZING EVENT LAST YEAR THAT OVER 200 CHILDREN ATTENDED.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AMAZING.
AND WE'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER PLACES AND HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS AS WELL.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION DURING COMMITTEE.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR A MOTION ON THIS.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS LOOKED AT.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IN THIS.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT SET OF PROJECTS.
SO PLEASE, IF Y'ALL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT 400,000 ACROSS THE BOARD SO WE CAN KEEP CONTINUING OUR COMMITMENT TO WHAT THE ECONOMIC DRIVER IS OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CALL THE QUESTION.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM THREE, AS AMENDED.
SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THANK YOU. NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM FIVE.
[5. 24-535 Authorize initial support of the approach for development of the new 5-Year Consolidated Plan, covering the period of FY 2024-25 through FY 2028-29 for the four U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant funds: Community Development Block Grant; HOME Investment Partnerships Program; Emergency Solutions Grant; and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, as prescribed by federal regulations - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]
AGENDA ITEM FIVE.AUTHORIZE INITIAL SUPPORT OF THE APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, COVERING THE PERIOD OF FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 THROUGH FY 20 2829.
FOR THE FOR US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUNDS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS AS PRESCRIBED BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED.
DISCUSSION. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN YES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AGAIN, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
YES. SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
FOR THE COMMUNITY COURTS FROM CDBG, AND I REALLY BELIEVE IT BELONGS THERE.
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I THINK IT WAS BRIEFED TO US.IT MAY HAVE BEEN SAID AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT IT WAS REALLY SAID TO US AS CHILD CARE.
BUT I'VE SEEN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT IT'S REALLY DRIVERS OF POVERTY AND THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR ANYHOW, THAT THAT IS THE HIGHEST NEED.
SO I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF DRIVERS OF POVERTY FUNDING.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT USE FOR CDBG.
I THINK I HAVE MULTIPLE TIMES IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS SAID THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE BUDGETING FOR.
ARE THESE POVERTY ISSUES? SO I SUPPORT THAT.
BUT I STILL THINK IT'S A BAD FISCAL PRACTICE TO HAVE TAKEN OUT THE COMMUNITY COURTS.
AND THE REASON IS THAT THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY IS ELASTIC AND.
AND SO FOR ME, I DON'T THINK IT'S IT'S PROPER TO HAVE DONE THAT.
AND SO I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT, BUT I AM GOING TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE FLOOR IS THE CITY MANAGER'S APPROACH TO DEVELOPING THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND THE USE OF CDBG.
PUBLIC SERVICES WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY.
SO THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
I RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK THAT YOU DO NOT WANT THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE MOVING COMMUNITY COURTS OUT OF CDBG.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
AND AS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD WILL SAY, I WANTED IT ON THE RECORD, BUT I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE I THINK CONSOLIDATED PLANS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK A LOT OF THESE ASPECTS HAVE BEEN VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND VETTED, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT I STILL I STILL HAVE HEARTBURN ABOUT THAT IDEA.
AND I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
SO I AM GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.
MAYOR, I JUST I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU KNOW.
IT'S A IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT IT'S A BAD THING THAT WE GOT FEDERAL DOLLARS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE CAN HEAR THAT SAID IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THERE ARE MUCH MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS ON FEDERAL DOLLARS.
I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING COMMUNITY COURTS OUT OF MORE STRINGENT REQUIRED, STRINGENTLY REQUIRED POT OF MONEY AND INSTEAD ALLOWING FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW THE COMMUNITY COURTS CAN BE EXPANDED, HOW THIS CAN TOUCH DIFFERENT AREAS THAT MAY BE HINDERED FROM THE USE OF FEDERAL DOLLARS. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS BEING HAD WITH CAO RIGHT NOW.
ON WHAT EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY COURTS COULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT KNOWING HOW VIABLE OF A TOOL COMMUNITY COURTS ARE TO EVEN ADDRESSING POVERTY IN THE END IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE INNOVATIVE WITH DIFFERENT DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY COURTS. SO FOR THAT, I WOULD JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT PERSPECTIVE DIRECTLY TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE IN THAT I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THAT BACKING THE COMMUNITY COURTS OUT OF CDBG AND PUTTING THAT BURDEN IN OUR GENERAL FUND AFFORDS US THE ABILITY TO REALLY DIG IN AND SEE HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY COURTS PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.
SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM FIVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE IN WEST DALLAS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND I ALWAYS HEAR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES SAY, WE WISH WE HAD ONE IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE WISH WE HAD ONE IN OUR AREA.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SO WELL DONE AND REALLY GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CHANCE WHEN IT COMES TO CODE ISSUES AND OTHER TYPES OF ISSUES THAT YOU DON'T WANT THEM HAVING TO GO TO REGULAR CIVIL COURT OR TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD GET THEM.
YOU JUST HEARD MR. BAZALDUA MENTION QUITE A FEW OF THEM, BUT ALSO THEN WE CAN TAKE A PILOT AND REALLY SHOW THAT WE'RE MAKING IT PERMANENT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
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AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THE CDBG GRANT DOLLARS TO OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE OF THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY, IS PUSHING THEM INTO HAVING TO GO TO COMMUNITY COURTS.WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE REASONS THAT WOMEN AND STUDENTS AND MENSTRUATING PEOPLE MISS WORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A PLACE THAT THAT WOULD WORK OR NOT, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES BY OPENING UP THESE CDBG GRANTS FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMING COULD BE DONE. SO THIS IS A GOOD THING THAT I'M SUPPORTING.
AND LIKE I SAID, MR. MAYOR, I'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE THESE THINGS WERE FIRST BROUGHT TO DALLAS, AND WE'RE NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR COMMUNITY COURTS, AND WE'RE THE LEADERS.
AND AND THAT'S TO A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT MADE THEM HAPPEN.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM FIVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I KNOW THE CDBG, THE COMMUNITY COURT AND CDBG.
TO MOVE THIS FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS A BENEFIT.
THAT WHEN YOU MOVE THIS TO THE GENERAL FUND, THE THE FUND IS NOT RESTRICTED.
IS THAT CORRECT? GIVE MORE BENEFIT.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE FUND WOULD BE NOT MORE RESTRICTED VERSUS IN THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE VERSUS THE IN THE GENERAL FUND? SO THIS IS REALLY A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
IT JUST GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO DO MORE PROGRAMING.
THAT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF SORT OF THE RULES OF, OF HUD.
DO WE GET OPPORTUNITY TO TO TO GET MORE MATCHING FUNDS? YOU COULD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S FEDERALLY FUNDED.
AND SO IF THEY GO OUT FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MATCH FEDERAL FEDERAL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM FIVE? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[10. 24-199 Authorize the annual adoption of the City’s Investment Policy and investment strategies regarding funds under the City’s control and management - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]
AUTHORIZE THE ANNUAL ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES REGARDING FUNDS UNDER THE CITY'S CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT.THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU HAVE A MOTION.
YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL APRIL 10TH, 2024.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
DISCUSSION. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
THIS ITEM WAS SET FOR GBFM ON MONDAY OR EARLIER THIS WEEK ON MONDAY, AND IT WAS A LONG MORNING.
WE DIDN'T GET TO THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO BE GONE FOR AGAINST THE MOTION, SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION PREVAILS.
[20. 24-197 Authorize payment to Dallas Area Rapid Transit for operation and maintenance costs for the Dallas Streetcar System from Union Station to Bishop Arts District for FY 2024 - Not to exceed $1,887,492.00 - Financing: Dallas Streetcar System Fund ($1,565,760.00) and Streetcar Developer Fund ($321,732.00)]
AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 20.
THANK YOU. IS STAFF AVAILABLE? HELLO. SO THIS MOTION IS ALLOCATING $1.887 MILLION TO DART IN ADDITION TO THE 425 MILLION THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM LAST YEAR.
GUS KINKELDEY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THIS IS THIS THESE FUNDS ARE WHAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET.
THIS MOTION IS JUST TO RELEASE THE ALLOW US TO TO PAY.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE RIDERSHIP WAS FOR THE LAST FULL FISCAL YEAR?
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SO I GUESS THAT'S FISCAL YEAR 23.SO ACCORDING TO THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM DART FOR FY 23, WE HAD 163,900 RIDERSHIP AND YEAR TO DATE FOR FY 24, 50,000.
AND ON THE REVENUE SIDE, JUST I'LL ADD THAT FOR FY 23 WAS 94,000 AND YEAR TO DATE FOR FY 24 IS 39,000.
OKAY. SO IF OUR REVENUE WAS 94,000 AND WE CHARGE $1 A RIDE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO HOW COME THE RIDERSHIP IS 163,000? I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO DART OR I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
BECAUSE THERE IS IT'S NOT A 1 TO 1 CORRELATION.
SO BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE RIDING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
I MEAN, THEY'RE COUNTING IT AS A RIDERSHIP BUT NOT AS A.
WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT DOLLAR.
I MEAN, AGAIN, I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO GET YOU EXACTLY HOW THAT FORMULA WORKS.
OKAY. SO WHEN I LOOK AT $1.88 MILLION AND I LOOK AT A RIDERSHIP NUMBER THAT SAYS 163,000. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUBSIDIZING $11.51 FOR EVERY RIDER, EACH SEGMENT.
SO A WRITER WHO GOES TO WORK JUST IN ONE WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, GOING THERE, COMING HOME.
WE'RE SUBSIDIZING $115 A WEEK FOR THEM TO RIDE THE STREETCAR.
AND IF THAT PERSON RODE THE STREETCAR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVERY WEEK FOR A YEAR, WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THEIR TRANSPORTATION $5,985 FOR THAT STREETCAR.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED BY OUR GRANT TO DO THIS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING THE STREETCAR.
AND I KNOW THAT THE ARGUMENT IS, WELL, IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH SO WE DON'T HAVE THE RIDERSHIP, BUT ARE WE SURE THAT'S WHAT THE REASON IS? SO AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY FOR NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YEAH. MY COMMENT IS SIMILAR TO MY EARLIER COMMENTS THAT WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IS THE FACT THAT FOR US TO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MODEL FOR THE STREETCAR.
BUT AT THE CORE OF IT IS THE EXPANSION OF THE SYSTEM THROUGH AT LEAST THE DOWNTOWN AS THE FIRST STEP IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SYSTEM VIABLE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE DONE OR WILL BE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THAT WILL BE THE CONNECTION OR INTERFACE, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE MCKINNEY AREA TRANSIT. AND THAT WOULD INCREASE AND ENHANCE THE, THE RIDERSHIP IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION.
I WILL BE, AS I STATED BEFORE, I WILL BE COMING BACK LATER ON WITH THE AWARD OF AN RFP A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, BASICALLY TO LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE ON THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BEFORE ABOUT THE CURRENT CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS TO THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETCAR.
WELL, I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT RELIABILITY.
AND ONE OF THOSE WAS FOR A FULL DAY DURING RUSH HOUR.
I MEAN, WE JOKE ABOUT IT AND I IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.
BOTH RELIABILITY, RIDERSHIP, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
AND IS THIS REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO SPEND ALMOST $2 MILLION IN A YEAR? WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT RAISING THE COST OF RIDING IF WE'RE ONLY GETTING LET'S SEE.
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REVENUE $94,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 23, YOU'RE NOT PAYING YOUR FAIR SHARE.SO WE TALK ABOUT COST RECOVERY A LOT.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING WITH TRANSIT.
THIS NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE MIX.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT OBLIGATION TO FUND THIS.
BUT I JUST. I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THIS.
CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AND I DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL, BUT IT FEELS LIKE EVERY.
IT'S JUST LIKE THE PIT ON THIS ITEM EVERY TIME.
AND WE WE COULD JUST PUT THIS CONVERSATION ON REPEAT.
AND WE NEED TO LOOK INTO WHY THE LINE IS DOWN FREQUENTLY.
A COUPLE COMMENTS. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU THROUGH THE RINGER ON THE QUESTIONS, GUS, BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE TO RESPOND TO THIS IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THIS BEING A FEDERAL TIGER GRANT REQUIREMENT, THAT WE ACTUALLY FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS.
YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT IF WE DON'T FUND THIS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PROBLEMS WITH EXTENDING THE STREETCAR LINE, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY HELP WITH RIDERSHIP IN YOUR THEORY.
THAT'S WHAT I STATED. HOWEVER, AGAIN, I WILL GO BACK TO MY INITIAL MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT ON THIS IS THE FACT THAT WHILE THIS WILL HELP IT, BUT I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY EXPANSION UNLESS WE HAVE A GOOD MODEL IN PLACE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
WOULDN'T YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I WOULD SAY AGAIN LET THE PROCESS MY RECOMMENDATION, LET THE PROCESS WORK ITSELF.
LET US GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS AND SEE WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO COME FROM.
SO IT MAY BE A COMBINATION OF THE RIDERSHIP IN ADDITION TO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FROM ENTITIES OR BUSINESSES OR PEDS OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND THAT IS THE INTENT FOR US TO GOING TO GO INTO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, LOOK AT IT, AND COME BACK WITH A GOOD, VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE REVENUE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A GOOD OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MODEL FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND LET ME MENTION ONE THING ALSO ON THE RELIABILITY, AGAIN, THE THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN USE ARE STARTING TO GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.
AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE ALLOCATED ABOUT $3 MILLION FOR CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FROM THE SALES TAX REVENUE TO UPGRADE, MAKE THOSE UPGRADES TO THE STREETCAR.
THANK YOU. I THINK ONE PIECE THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WITH THE STREETCAR, WHICH I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS GETS THIS IS THE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT SPURRED FROM AROUND THE STREETCAR DOES ADD TO THE TAX BASE.
NOW, A LOT OF THAT IS IN THE TIF, THE GATEWAY TIF.
AND SO IT'S SPURRING ADDITIONAL GROWTH THERE.
BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE EITHER IN TRANSPORTATION OR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
A BRIEFING ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUES HAVE COME OUT OF THE STREETCAR AREA SINCE THAT LINE HAS BEEN BUILT, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE THE STREETCARS COME IN.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO BACK THAT UP.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
YES, SIR. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 20? MR. MAYOR, IF IT'S OKAY TO ALLOW MR. BAZALDUA TO GO BEFORE US.
THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OUT OF ORDER.
GOT FOLKS. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 20.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL BE BRIEF, I JUST I THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN GOOD DISCUSSION.
IT IS SOMEWHAT REPETITIVE, BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING TO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY CRACKED INTO, WHICH IS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT BROKEN DOWN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST ACCURATE DEPICTION TO SAY THAT IT'S A SUBSIDY FOR THE RIDERSHIP ALONE.
WHEN WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
YOU KNOW, THIS THING OPERATES 365 DAYS A YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES INTO IT THAN JUST THE RIDER ITSELF.
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AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT ASSET IS BRINGING AS A RETURN OVERALL AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER INSTEAD OF JUST IN THE RIDERSHIP.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, YES, WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED.
THAT'S COME UP EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION.
BUT THEY SHOULD IN TURN BE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO SOME LEVEL OF SERVICE.
IF NOT, THEN THIS CONTRACT WAS NOT WRITTEN VERY WELL.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR DART AND WHAT ABILITY DO WE HAVE OR FLEXIBILITY DO WE HAVE IF THEY HAVE BREACHED THEIR AGREEMENT IN THIS CONTRACT? AND IF THERE'S NOT IF THERE'S NO RELIABILITY CLAUSES SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND HOW WE PLAN TO HOLD DART ACCOUNTABLE.
AND AND THEN I WOULD JUST, I GUESS, BLANKETLY SAY THAT ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS MOVING FORWARD, NOT JUST WITH DART, BUT WITH ANY OTHER ENTITIES, I HOPE WOULD GIVE US COVER SO THAT WE COULD AT LEAST HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE, MAKE SURE THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL IS BEING ADHERED TO, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT, KNOWING THAT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN RETURN FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO YOU.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GUS, DOCTOR WHO OWNS THE STREETCAR AND THE LINE? THE CITY OF DALLAS OWNS THE STREETCAR.
THERE ARE TIGER GRANT OBLIGATIONS STILL LEFT IN THIS STREETCAR.
HOW OLD IS THE STREETCAR NOW? I THINK WE STARTED IN 2016 ISH TIME FRAME.
AND THESE ARE THE THINGS WHEN WE'RE APPROVING THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T NONE OF US WAS HERE.
BUT IS YOU HAVE TO ALSO LOOK AT THE LIFESPAN AND THE STREETCAR THAT WE STARTED WITH.
AND SO YOU'RE STARTING TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF ISSUES.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT THROUGH THE DARK EXCESS SALES TAX DOLLARS TO BE APPROVED.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS THING BUILT AND DESIGNED AND MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE EXPECTATIONS OR CUSTOM.
AND SO THE REASON THAT THIS COMES UP ALL THE TIME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YES, THIS IS WHAT DART DOES, BUT THEY DON'T OWN THIS.
WE OWN IT. AND SO WE HAVE TO PAY THEM EXTRA TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE ANY OTHER ENTITY WOULD CHARGE US BECAUSE THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR REVENUE AND THEY HAVE TO WE HAVE TO CHARGE THEM.
THEY HAVE TO CHARGE US ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING EXTRA.
AND NOW WE HAVE PLANS AND IDEAS THAT ARE COMING OUT, WHICH WE'RE STARTING TO WORK ON.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER WEST IS VERY CORRECT ABOUT THIS STREETCAR.
THE STREET THAT IT'S ON, THERE WAS LIKE NOTHING THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY MR. ATKINS AND I ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HOSTING, YOU KNOW, JOINT MEETINGS AND DOING THINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, 1.8 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I'M SORRY. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE RELIABILITY.
AND YES, WE AGREE, BUT DURING THAT BRIEFING, THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH OUR JOINT MEETING AND COMMITTEE WITH DART, THE STREETCARS ACTUALLY AT THE HIGHER LEVEL OF THE STANDARD FOR RELIABILITY IN THEIR NETWORK.
SO IT'S IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHER NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S UNFAIR SOMETIMES TO SAY LIKE, OH, IT GOES DOWN SOMETIMES IT'S LITERALLY FOR 30S, BUT THEY HAVE TO REPORT IT. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT CHART.
SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US WILL KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND ASK IF IT'S POSSIBLE OR HOW DO WE GET TO SEE THINGS, BECAUSE IT'S UNFAIR TO TRY TO USE DATA THAT'S NOT FULL DATA THAT WE REALLY WOULD NEED IN ORDER FOR THIS.
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AND AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE TIME I'M GOING TO SIT HERE AND DEFEND THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE WITH IT.WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE PLANS ON HOW TO FUND THE EXPANSION OF IT.
WE HAVE PLANS. THERE IS THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT CAN POSSIBLY HELP US BY PUTTING THESE PLANS TOGETHER AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF WHAT IS OR IS NOT THE STREETCAR, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT AS WE START MOVING FORWARD.
DEFINITELY SUPPORTING THE STREETCAR.
IT'S GREAT FOR DISTRICT ONE, TWO, 14 EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF SIX.
AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT FOR US, WHICH MEANS IT'S GREAT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 20.
THE STREETCAR. I THINK STREETCAR IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I REMEMBER THAT ON FOREST AVENUE IN WHICH IS NOW THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, IT WAS A STREETCAR, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE FIRST PART THROUGH OAK CLIFF AND, AND AND KIND OF REMEMBER THAT WHEN COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON AND MYSELF HERE WHEN WE WAS THE PRISON TO GET A TIGER GRANT AND WE GOT WHAT'S CALLED A TIGER GRANT, YOU KNOW MATTER OF FACT, THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS GOING TO GET A TIGER GRANT AND ALSO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
AND THEY SAID THEY TIGER GRANT BACK.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT $37 MILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
WE KNOW IT SHOULD SEND WE NEVER SHOULD SIGN THE CONTRACT.
BUT WE DID SIGN THAT CONTRACT.
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT FEDERAL MONEY.
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH SAID WE DIDN'T WANT A STREETCAR, SO THEY SEND THEIR MONEY BACK.
NOW YOU SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE STREETCAR.
AND WHEN MORE DEVELOPMENT COME AND MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COME, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE RIDERSHIP, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THE CONVENTION CENTER BUILT, REBUILT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED RIDERSHIP COMING DOWNTOWN.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE CHEAPER WAY TO GET BACK AND FORTH.
AND YOU LIVE IN A SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS, ESPECIALLY IN A SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS.
THERE'S ALL ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CAR IN DALLAS, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
SO SO THEREFORE, THOSE WORKFORCE HOUSING, WORKFORCE APARTMENTS OVER THERE IN THE ART DISTRICT IS THE FUTURE TO BRING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S A TRANSPORTATION, IT'S A IT'S AN OPTION FOR THEM TO TRANSFER TO TRANSPORT TO DOWNTOWN.
SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT DART.
CAN REDO A CONTRACT? THEY SAID THEY CAN HELP MAINTAIN THE STREETCAR.
AND HAVE WE EVER TALKED TO DARDEN AND SAID, HEY, DARDEN, YOU KNOW, THE RIDERSHIP IS KIND OF BAD.
THE MAINTENANCE IS KIND OF UP, UP UPBEAT ON MAINTENANCE.
BUT IS THERE A WAY CAN DON'T PAY FOR MAINTENANCE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, AS IT'S WRITTEN NOW, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO MAINTAIN THE STREETCAR.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
IF YOU RECALL IN THE D2 RESOLUTION, WE HAD A PROVISION IN THERE THAT IF D2, IF COUNCIL CHOOSES AND AGREES THAT D2 IS NO LONGER IN THE 20 YEAR PLAN, THEN THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH DART ABOUT THE STREETCAR AND OTHER PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT DISCUSSION YET, BUT IT IS IN THAT RESOLUTION.
SO AT D2 STILL IN THAT 20 YEAR PLAN.
THE LAST I CHECKED, I THINK DART REMOVED IT FROM THE 20 YEAR PLAN.
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CONTRIBUTION OF ALMOST $600,000, $690,000 ANNUALLY.OKAY TOWARDS THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO D2 IS NOT IN DART 20 YEAR PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THEREFORE THEY CAN PUT MORE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE STREETCAR.
IS THAT CORRECT? AGAIN THIS IS UP.
THIS IS WHY WE PUT IT IN THE RESOLUTION.
OKAY. TO, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF WHERE TO GO FROM THERE.
OKAY. SO, SO I JUST WANT TO PUT ON RECORD THAT THE D2 IS NOT IN DART 20 YEAR PLAN.
SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY AND PUT A POSSIBILITY THAT DART CAN HELP US MAINTAIN THE STREETCAR BECAUSE IN THE RESOLUTION DART IS NOT D2 IS NOT IN DART 20 YEAR PLAN.
IF THIS IS IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THEN CERTAINLY IT'S AN OPTION.
OKAY. OKAY. I GUESS COUNCIL, THIS IS NOT A VOTING AGENDA ITEM THAT I CAN SAY THAT COUNCIL SAID, HEY, SINCE THE D2 IS NOT IN THE 20 YEAR PLAN, THAT WE WOULD SAY TO DART TO PAY FOR PART OF THE MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT'S NOT A QUESTION TO ME RIGHT NOW.
SO THEREFORE THEY WILL GET SOME OF THAT MONEY OFF OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
HOW ARE WE FUNDING THE MAINTENANCE THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND OR ENTERPRISE FUND? HOW WE WOULD THAT MONEY COME FROM THE MAINTENANCE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETCAR? YEAH, IT IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR OUR PORTION OR THE BALANCE OF WHAT THE ANNUAL COST IS.
OKAY. SO I WILL ASK COUNCILMAN ATKINS I WOULD ASK DART, SINCE THE, THE D2 IS NOT IN THE 20 YEAR PLAN, ASK THEM FOR SOME MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETCAR.
AND THEY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR 20 YEAR PLAN.
SO THEREFORE COLLEAGUES, THAT ANOTHER WAY THAT WE GET SOME BENEFIT TO HELP PAY FOR THE STREETCAR.
AND Y'ALL WORRYING ABOUT HOW CAN YOU GET MONEY? WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR OUR GENERAL FUND TO MAINTAIN THE STREET CAR THAT CAN PAY FOR IT? BECAUSE D2 IS NOT IN A 20 YEAR PLAN.
SO IF YOU READ THAT RIGHT, IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME.
BUT I DON'T THINK I WAS WRONG, I THINK I WAS RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU TO DO TO GO BACK TO ZARIN AGAIN.
WE'LL WE'LL FACILITATE THE THE CONVERSATION BASED ON WHAT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION.
SO THEREFORE YOU, YOU KEEP SAYING THAT IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL AND WE ARE THE COUNCIL ON JUST ONE.
AND I KNOW I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION, BUT IF IT'S A MOTION I GOTTA MAKE AND SAY YOU GO BACK TO DART TO ASK THEM SINCE D2 NINE AND 20 YEAR PLAN ON THAT MOTION, BECAUSE I SEE THE COLLEGE SAID, WHY ARE WE PAYING ALL THE MONEY AND THE DART? THE D2 IS NOT IN THE 20 YEAR PLAN.
I KEEP SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER.
MR. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? SURE, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
SO I SAID OVER AND OVER AND SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST LOOKS FORWARD TO THIS AGENDA ITEM EVERY YEAR.
AND SO I KNOW I HAVE INFORMALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND RESPONSIBILITY. AS GUS SAID, THEY DO PAY FOR A PORTION OF I THINK THE MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW EITHER LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR US RELATED TO SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INSPECTIONS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE NORM.
WE CAN DEFINITELY ENGAGE WITH DART TO AGAIN, ASK THE QUESTION.
IT WOULD BE MY IMPRESSION, THOUGH, THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY DECLINE TO WANT TO PAY MORE ONE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY PROBABLY DO IN OTHER CITIES. AND THEN THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE DOOR FOR THEM IN OTHER CITIES TO WANT SIMILAR TYPES OF TREATMENT, WHICH IF I WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DART, FOR WHICH I AM NOT, I WOULD PROBABLY DECLINE THAT REQUEST.
BUT WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO DO AND GO BEYOND FORMAL AND SEND A WRITTEN REQUEST IF THAT IS THE CASE.
BUT ALL THAT WOULD DO IS PUT THEM IN A POSITION TO DECLINE US PUBLICLY.
YEAH. I THINK WE HAVE SEVEN DART POINTS ON THE BOARD.
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SO AS OUR BOARD TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO HAVE SEVEN POINTS.SO I THINK IT'S A WILL OF MINE MYSELF AS ONE TO TALK TO OUR DART BOARD.
SO CHAIRMAN OMAR NARVAEZ WHEN WE HAD THAT MEETING.
LET'S BRING IT UP BECAUSE HE'S COME UP OVER AND OVER.
I HEARD YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DART.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DART.
THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? THAT'S WHAT I SAID. THANK YOU.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT RIGHT.
OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 20.
AND THIS IS JUST VERY INTERESTING.
BUT I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHEN I CAME TO THE COUNCIL, MR..
GUS. AND I HATE YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
I FORGOT WHICH ONE OF THE LOCAL MEDIAS USED TO TALK ABOUT ME ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE I WOULD GO TO EL FENIX AND LOOK AT THE BUS AND NOBODY WAS ON THE BUS, BUS, THE BUS DRIVER AND MAYBE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT IN LOOKING AT THOSE REPORTS, IT'S PROBABLY DOWN MORE THAN IT IS UP.
AND SO I REMEMBER HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT INEQUITY FROM MY JUST COMPARISON TO MY COMMUNITY IN THE 10TH STREET VERSUS ACROSS IN THE BISHOP ARTS, WHERE MY FOLKS HAVE TO PAY $2 TO RIDE TO WORK, SINCE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT WORKFORCE AND THE PEOPLE THAT'S RESIDENTS OVER IN THAT AREA WERE RIDING THE BUS FOR FREE.
THEN AT THAT TIME, IT WAS COUNCILWOMAN GRAYSON WHO ALSO SUPPORTED ME IN PUSHING FOR THE $1.
SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO DO THE RESEARCH ON IT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS HERE IN 16 AND MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE BEFUDDLED BY THE TIGER GRANT.
SO I THINK IF WHAT IF I COULD ADVOCATE, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR, NUMBER ONE, A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET TO A GOOD PLACE WHERE WE'RE BETTER USING OUR FUNDS. I HAVE RESIDENTS IN WORKFORCE HOUSING, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CALL IT, IN THE LANCASTER COURT LEDBETTER CORRIDOR, WHO NEED A RIDE TO THE INLAND PORT WHERE THE JOBS ARE THAT WE'VE CREATED, THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GETTING EXCEPT FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO WHO WE SERVE.
AND SO THAT'S A MORE MEANINGFUL PROJECT, I BELIEVE.
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR SOME TIME TO HOW DO WE GET THE FOLKS TO THE JOBS THAT WE CREATE WITH OUR WHEN WE VOTE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE? AND THEN THEY CAN'T GET THERE FOR THREE DAYS BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONSISTENT STRONG ENOUGH GRID TO GET THEM TO WORK.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION COMING HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE INHERITED THIS HEADACHE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, YOU HAVE ALSO INHERITED INHERITED THIS PROJECT.
SO IT REALLY TO ME FOR FOR WHAT WE'RE INVESTING, WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH.
AND I'M SURE DART, IF WE PUT OUR REAL SERIOUS PUT, PUT A REAL CONVERSATION AROUND IT IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS, WE CAN COME UP WITH A GREAT OUTCOME FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, KEEP ON, KEEP IT ON.
IF WE'RE NOT PICKING ON, YOU JUST INHERITED THIS, BUT IT'S A GREAT PARTY BUS.
I WILL SAY THAT IT'S PROBABLY A GREAT PARTY BUS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO EVEN PAY MUCH FOR UBER.
THEY JUST PAY A DOLLAR AND GET BACK HOME.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOR SHARING THAT WITH ME AND ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, COUNCIL.
BUT I'M VERY SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
IF YOU GET ON THE I GUESS, NOTIFICATION, YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW OFTEN.
AND AS YOU SAID, THE BUS MAY BE OFFERED AT ONE AT 101 AND AT 101.2, IT'S ON AGAIN.
AND THE OTHER REASON I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS WITH YOU, MR. WEST. I HAVE A SON THAT RIDES THAT PARTY BUS BECAUSE HE'S YOUR RESIDENT.
SO I KNOW WHEN HE HITS ME UP AND I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BUT WE REALLY DO. I REALLY DO WANT TO GET WITH YOU SO WE CAN TALK.
THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON ITEM 20.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD ON TO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM SAID ABOUT WRITING A LETTER TO DART.
TO HELP PAY FOR THAT, I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
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AND THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE ITEM NUMBER TWO IN THAT LETTER THAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK.THERE'S FABULOUS JOB OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
THE LAST ITEM IS SOMETHING I ALREADY MENTIONED, WHICH IS ABOUT POSSIBLY INCREASING THE FARE.
IF I'M GOING TO GO HOP ON THE BUS, IT'S GOING TO COST ME $3 FOR A RIDE.
WHY IS THE STREETCAR ONLY $1? WHEN WE HAVE THIS KIND OF A DEFICIT SITUATION WHERE WE'RE TAKING IN, AGAIN, FISCAL YEAR 23 REVENUE IS $94,000.
SO I THINK THAT PERHAPS CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ CAN ADD THAT TO THE TRANSPORTATION AGENDA IF HE WANTS.
OR MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE A FULL COUNCIL DECISION.
I DO THINK TRANSPORTATION IS VERY CLOSELY RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A TIFF AND THE TIFF IS NOT WHAT'S PAYING FOR THIS.
THIS IS COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS.
NOW. AT ONE TIME, THE TIFF WAS PAYING FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT.
WHAT IS THE GENERATOR FOR BISHOP ARTS? THEY SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM.
BUT THE REALITY IS, BISHOP ARTS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OR WITHOUT THE STREETCAR.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME THERE AT VARIOUS TIMES.
THE STREETCAR TO GET TO THE REAL FUN STUFF.
ON BISHOP ARTS. YOU'RE WALKING UP A VERY BIG HILL.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S RUNNING THROUGH THE HEART OF IT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ONCE AGAIN.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 20? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 44.
[44. 24-531 Authorize a tax increment financing (“TIF”) development agreement and all other necessary documents in an amount not to exceed $1,778,000.00 (“TIF Subsidy”) payable from current and future Transit-Oriented Development (“TOD”) TIF District funds with UCR Development Services LLC and/or its affiliates, in consideration of the Lancaster-Corning Retail Development Project on property currently addressed at 3011 through 3039 South Lancaster Road in Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen (“TOD TIF District”) - Not to exceed $1,778,000.00 - Financing: TOD TIF District Fund (subject to annual appropriations from tax increments)]
ITEM 44 AUTHORIZE A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, TIF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,778,000 TIF SUBSIDY PAYABLE FROM CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSIT ORIENTED TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TOD TIF DISTRICT FUNDS WITH UCR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LLC AND OR ITS AFFILIATES IN CONSIDERATION OF THE LANCASTER CORNING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON PROPERTY CURRENTLY ADDRESSED AT 3011 THROUGH 3039 SOUTH LANCASTER ROAD AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 17 TOD TIF DISTRICT NOT TO EXCEED $1,778,000.THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.
IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 44? YES, SIR. I MOVED TO APPROVE.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
DISCUSSION. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
YES, SIR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. I PULLED THIS ITEM.
IT IS A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US ON LAND THAT WE PREVIOUSLY OWNED.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A LIBRARY THERE YEARS AGO.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THERE.
I HAD SOME CONCERNS THIS MORNING THAT WE NEEDED TO IRON OUT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.
SO I HAVE THOSE ANSWERS FROM LEGAL NOW.
AND JUST SO THE FOLKS KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN AND IT HAPPENS AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SO I HAVE THOSE ANSWERS THERE.
WE'RE WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT APPROVED SO WE CAN GET IT ROLLING AND THAT WE CAN BEGIN WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE A IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PLAN DOWN THAT CORRIDOR, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, YOU WILL HEAR ME SAY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT IS THE CORRIDOR THAT HOUSES THE VETERANS.
WE HAVE THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN THAT CORRIDOR, AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN JUST TO THEIR LEGACY TO THANK THEM BY MAKING SURE THAT THAT CORE SERVICES, NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, ITS SERVICES, ALSO THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT THE VETERANS IN THE HOSPITAL.
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INTO THAT IS CLOSED ITS DOORS TO THAT COMMUNITY.AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE PARTNERS WHO WANT TO BE WITH US WHEN WE PUT OUR MONEY IN THE PROJECT FOR THE LONG HAUL, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT THERE FOR A TEMPORARY HEADLINE. SO I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT TODAY, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE FIRST STEPS DONE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO IRON OUT SOME OF THE OTHER EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY.
SO MAYOR, WITH THAT, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT NEW LIFE ON THAT PIECE OF LAND THAT HAD BEEN PLAGUED WITH BONES FROM RUDY'S CHICKEN PAPER DEBRIS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE JUST LINGER ON A VACANT PROPERTY THAT CAUSES US TO HAVE BLIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 44? YOU. I DIDN'T MEAN TO.
WERE YOU? OH YES, SIR. I'M WONDERFUL.
ANYONE ELSE SEEING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU.
[46. 24-466 Authorize a three-year cooperative purchasing agreement, with two one-year renewal options, for professional marketing services for the Department of Aviation with The Voice Society LLC through an interlocal agreement with Dallas Independent School District - Estimated amount of $1,707,246.62 - Financing: Aviation Fund (subject to annual appropriations)]
AUTHORIZE A THREE YEAR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL MARKETING SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION WITH THE VOICE SOCIETY, LLC, THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $1,707,246.62.
THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.
IS THERE A MOTION ON 46? YES, SIR. MOVED TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, DEPUTY MAYOR? YES, SIR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 46.
WE HAVE A NEED TO HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION.
IF I COULD GET. IS IT AVIATION SUPPOSED TO COME UP? THIS ITEM HAS BEEN LISTED IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND IT IS NOT IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND SO I WANTED TO DECLARE THAT CLEAR THAT UP FOR THE RECORD.
BUT COULD YOU JUST TELL US WHAT THIS PROJECT IS? AND I NEED TO PUT IT IN THE RIGHT DISTRICT.
GOOD AFTERNOON. ANGELA ATKINS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.
THERE'S AN ERROR ON THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT WAS LISTED.
AND THEN I'LL ADD. AS THE AVIATION DIRECTOR TO COME DOWN AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
PATRICK MORENO, DIRECTOR OF AVIATION.
THIS IS FOR MARKETING SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.
WE USE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS FROM MARKETING THE AIRPORT JOB HIRES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO IT'S SENT THROUGH THE DALLAS.
SO IT'S AN INTERLOCAL WITH DISD.
SO HOW DOES IT WORK? I'LL HAVE ANGELA EXPLAIN THAT PART.
AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE A CONTRACT THAT DISD HAS ALREADY DONE.
HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT AVIATION? BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES THAT WERE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY PROCURED THROUGH THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
AND THEN THEY CAN USE THAT THAT CONTRACTOR THROUGH THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT APPROVAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY THEY HAVE A SUBCONTRACTOR CALLED THE VOICE WHO WILL FACILITATE THE SERVICES.
BUT THE ISD IS THE ONE LISTED ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE WHAT IS THE ISD MARKETING.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON? CAN I CLARIFY? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU. SO AS COUNSEL OFTEN REQUESTS US TO PROCURE SERVICES, WE ULTIMATELY, IN SOME CASES HAVE TO DEVELOP OUR OWN SPECIFICATIONS AND THEN ADVERTISE AND BID IT.
AND THEN WE ULTIMATELY CAN SELECT FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
CORRECT. IN THIS CASE, THE ISD HAS ALREADY DONE A PROCUREMENT AND A BID TO GET MULTIMEDIA AND OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES.
SO SINCE THEY ALREADY BID IT, WE CAN ACTUALLY TAP INTO THEIR BID THAT THEY ALREADY DID.
AND SO OTHER CITIES SHARE OTHER CITIES THROUGH ILAS THEIR COMPETITIVE PROCESSES.
IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? THAT'S CORRECT. THERE WAS AN ERROR ON THE ORIGINAL PRINTOUT.
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I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE BOOKS SO THAT WE WOULD ON THE RECORD, SO THAT I WOULDN'T GET SURPRISED LATER ON BY SOMETHING THAT IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE TO THIS PROJECT AS TO ANOTHER TO DISTRICT FOUR THAT I CANNOT EXPLAIN.THAT'S ALL. AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
I'M JUST GOING TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST SAID IS WE'RE GOING TO WORK FOR ME.
IT'S IN DISTRICT SIX, AND WE'LL LET YOU CORRECT THE RECORD ON THAT.
AND THEN I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTEMPTING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO US FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
BUT IF WE DO ANY MARKETING AND WE ACTUALLY END UP THROUGH VOICE HIRING AND PUTTING OUT MARKETING MATERIAL THROUGH SOME LOCAL VENDOR, IT MAY ACTUALLY SHOW UP IN ONE OF THEIR NEWSPAPERS IN AN ADVERTISEMENT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, PROMOTING WHATEVER IT IS WE WANT TO MARKET, AND IT MIGHT ACTUALLY END UP IN THE HANDS OF SOMEONE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR DISTRICT FOUR, IT'S FOR MULTIMEDIA SERVICES THAT ANYONE IN THE CITY WILL PROBABLY PICK UP AND READ THAT MIGHT PROMOTE ANYTHING WE'RE DOING AT THE AIRPORT.
IT COULD BE SOMEONE THAT READS A PAPER, PARTICULARLY ONE OF OUR MULTICULTURAL PAPERS, WHICH I'M HOPING WILL EXTEND THESE RESOURCES INTO USING SOME OF THEIR SERVICES AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
NOW THAT SOUNDS BETTER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO DO MORE IN DISTRICT FOUR AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH CITY MANAGER, FOR MAKING THAT PLAIN.
AND AND I'M GLAD YOU STATED THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MOONWALK FROM THAT.
SO. OKAY, THAT'S FIVE TIMES, MAYOR.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.
YOU'LL CATCH THAT BY THE TIME WE YOU, THE MAYOR AND I MEET YOU AT GREEN DOOR.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 46? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.
[69. 24-403 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 69.AGENDA ITEM 69 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
YOU HAVE YOU ONLY HAVE FULL COUNCIL, TWO FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 17 BOARD.
SHERRY MIXON IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA DUA.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE NOMINEES ARE APPROVED.
THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 7070.
[70. 24-270 Authorize (1) the quitclaim of four properties acquired by the taxing authorities from the Tax Foreclosure Sheriffs Sale that will be sold to the highest qualified bidders; and (2) the execution of release of liens for any non-tax liens that may have been filed by the City and were included in the foreclosure judgment (list attached to the Agenda Information Sheet) - Estimated Revenue: General Fund $70,000.00 (see Fiscal Information) (This item was held under advisement on January 10, 2024)]
AUTHORIZE ONE.THE QUIT. CLAIM OF FOUR PROPERTIES ACQUIRED BY THE TAXING AUTHORITIES FROM THE TAX FORECLOSURE SHERIFF'S SALE THAT WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED BIDDERS, AND TWO, THE EXECUTION OF RELEASE OF LIENS FOR ANY NON TAX LIENS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE CITY AND WERE INCLUDED IN THE FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT. THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 70? IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. AGENDA ITEM 71 IS AUTHORIZE A 30 YEAR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE USE, CONSTRUCTION,
[71. 24-406 Authorize a thirty-year Interlocal Agreement with the Dallas Independent School District for the use, construction, operation, and maintenance at Moore Park Baseball Field located at 1900 East 8th Street - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information) (This item was held under advisement on December 13, 2023 and February 28, 2024)]
OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE AT MOORE PARK BASEBALL FIELD LOCATED AT 1900 EAST EIGHTH STREET.I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CORRECT FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS ITEM WAS HELD UNDER ADVISEMENT ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2023 AND JANUARY 24TH, 2024. THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 71, PERHAPS FROM THE.
LEADERSHIP. THINK OF A DEPUTY SORT.
GO AHEAD. SORRY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF HAS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH DISD AND THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. SECOND.
SO, MOVED IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR PRO TEM, ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING.
ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.
YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 72.
[72. 24-667 A resolution authorizing (1) a joint elections agreement and election services contract between the City of Dallas, Dallas County, and various other jurisdictions within Dallas County, for the conduct of a special election to be held Saturday, May 4, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $595,279.67; and (2) legal advertising in connection with the Saturday, May 4, 2024 Special Election, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 - Total not to exceed $745,279.67 - Financing: General Fund]
ITEM 72 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ONE A JOINT ELECTIONS AGREEMENT AND ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, AND VARIOUS OTHER JURISDICTIONS WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY FOR THE CONDUCT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2024, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED[04:45:04]
$595,279.67, AND TWO LEGAL ADVERTISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2024 SPECIAL ELECTION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $745,279.67.
IS THERE A MOTION 70 SO MOVED IN SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 73.
[73. 24-668 A resolution authorizing a joint elections agreement and election services contract between the City of Dallas, Collin County, and various other jurisdictions within Collin County, for the conduct of a special election to be held Saturday, May 4, 2024 - Not to exceed $28,000.00 - Financing: General Fund]
AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A JOINT ELECTIONS AGREEMENT AND ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS, COLLIN COUNTY, AND VARIOUS OTHER JURISDICTIONS WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY FOR THE CONDUCT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2024, NOT TO EXCEED $28,000.SECOND. IS THAT THE ITEM WAS GOOD.
ALL. IS THERE ANY MOTION IN THE SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[74. 24-669 A resolution authorizing a joint elections agreement and election services contract between the City of Dallas, Denton County, and various other jurisdictions within Denton County, for the conduct of a special election to be held Saturday, May 4, 2024 - Not to exceed $17,000.00 - Financing: General Fund]
JURISDICTIONS WITHIN DENTON COUNTY FOR THE CONDUCT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2024, NOT TO EXCEED $17,000.IS THERE A MOTION? THERE WE GO. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. AGENDA.
[75. 24-670 A resolution authorizing the Mayor to appoint an Ad Hoc City Council Canvassing Committee to review the returns of the May 4, 2024 special election, and submit a canvass report to the full City Council on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 City Council meeting or at a special called city council meeting - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]
SPECIAL ELECTION AND SUBMIT A CANVASS REPORT TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH, 2024.CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR AT A SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.
NEXT ITEM. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING AGENDA, MR.
[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]
MAYOR. YOURS IS YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.I'M SORRY. YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z THREE.
THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM Z1 AND Z2.
I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM Z ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING A CITY PLAN COMMISSION AUTHORIZED HEARING TO DETERMINE THE PROPER ZONING FOR THE AREA TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS IN AN AREA GENERALLY ALONG BOTH SIDES OF EDGEFIELD AVENUE FROM TENNESSEE AVENUE TO THE ALLEY SOUTH OF NEWPORT AVENUE, BOTH SIDES OF BALBOA DRIVE BETWEEN PIONEER DRIVE AND BERKELEY AVENUE.
BOTH SIDES ARE BRUNNER AVENUE BETWEEN BALBOA DRIVE AND EDGEFIELD DRIVE, AND BOTH SIDES OF NEWPORT AVENUE BETWEEN BALBOA DRIVE AND EDGEFIELD DRIVE, AND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 14 ACRES, AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A WMU DASH, WALKABLE URBAN MIXED USE DISTRICT, AND A SHOP FRONT OVERLAY ON A PORTION, AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE AMENDMENTS.
ITEM Z TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO AND A RENEWAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1898 FOR A LATE HOURS ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE, 3500FT² OR LESS, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF GREENVILLE AVENUE AND RICHMOND AVENUE. YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ZONING ITEM 1Z1.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU. OWNER OF MY NAME IS MATTHEW GLENN.
I RESIDE AT 1115 SOUTH STREET.
I'M A PART OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 1809 BALBOA PLACE IN DOWNTOWN EDGEFIELD.
AND WE ARE, AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
IT WOULD MAKE IT A SAFER, MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE BY BY CAR AND DEFINITELY BY PEDESTRIAN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES LIVING IN THIS AREA WHO WANT ACCESS TO AMENITIES AND TO USE TO
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USE THIS DOWNTOWN AREA.ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE BUSINESSES.
THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT COULD OPEN AND PROVIDE AND GAIN ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS. COULD GAIN ADDITIONAL PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES.
HI. YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ANDREW WALLACE.
I LIVE AT 14 07A MELBOURNE AVENUE WITHIN THE AREA OF IMPACT.
THE CURRENT ZONING HAS PUT ELMWOOD IN A STATE OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LAST 80 YEARS.
NOTHING SEPARATES THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS IN THE CITY MORE THAN SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
THIS ZONING CHANGE TO THREE WMU THREE WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING, TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF THE DEMAND AND PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SHELTER NOT ONLY TO THOSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO WANT TO MOVE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO.
ALSO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LET US BE A LITMUS TEST FOR ABOLISHING RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY ZONE.
SLOPE OR PS NEGATIVELY IMPACTS MY HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE BY DISALLOWING PEOPLE TO LIVE CLOSER TO JOBS AND AMENITIES AND FORCES THEM TO DRIVE AND PUTS THEM IN CONFLICT WITH ME AS A PEDESTRIAN AND SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
HI. THANK YOU. I'M CALLING IN.
I'M WHITNEY MARSH, I AM I'M SORRY, MISS MARSH.
YOUR VIDEO NEEDS TO BE DISPLAYED.
SORRY. I'M WORKING ON IT AS WE SPEAK.
MISS MARSH, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, YOUR VIDEO MUST BE DISPLAYED.
I'M SORRY. CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? YES, WE CAN SEE YOU.
YES, I AM ACTUALLY WORKING IN DOWNTOWN ELMWOOD AS WE SPEAK.
I ALSO OWN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN ELMWOOD.
AND WE I AM IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING GOING THROUGH.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS WHO'VE JUST SAT EMPTY AND ARE DECREPIT, ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE REHABILITATED BECAUSE OF THE ZONING HOLDING THEM BACK.
OUR, MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT THAT KIND OF NEGLECT WILL DO TO AN OLD BUILDING.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THIS REZONING GOING THROUGH THE PASSIVE REZONING, PLEASE.
YOUR VIDEO NEEDS TO BE DISPLAYED.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE REZONING.
WHITNEY'S HUSBAND ALSO OWNED PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN ELMWOOD, LIVE IN ELMWOOD.
AND JUST WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS AND THEN ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO CITY COUNCIL, LIKE THE CITY COUNCILMEN AND CITY STAFF FOR THE LITERAL, LITERAL YEARS OF WORK ON THIS, HELPING US PUT TOGETHER AN AREA PLAN SO THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF RESTRAINTS IN PLACE AND PROTECTIONS IN PLACE.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I THINK I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH SORT OF OVER COMMUNICATION ON A TOPIC IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH GOVERNMENT.
SO I FOUND THAT TO BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISING AND APPRECIATE ALL OF.
THANK YOU, JC GLEN, AND THE TIME TO LISTEN.
SO CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
OKAY. I JUST STARTED MY VIDEO.
YES. MY NAME IS JESSE GLEN AND I LIVE AT 1115 SOUTH POLK STREET AND ALSO OWN PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN ELMWOOD, 1809 BALBOA.
AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS ZONING CHANGE AND THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND I'M CONSTANTLY WALKING IN DOWNTOWN ELMWOOD AND YEAH, JUST AM HOPEFUL THAT MORE BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE DOWN THERE.
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AND WE HAVE MORE WALKABILITY, AND I HAVE ACCESS TO SIDEWALKS.AND I AM A MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST AND HOPE TO EVENTUALLY MOVE MY BUSINESS TO DOWNTOWN ELMWOOD.
SO I'M HOPEFUL AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, LIKE CALEB SAID.
MY HUSBAND WAS ON THE TASK FORCE, AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND JUST GLAD THAT WE COULD FINALLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND YEAH, JUST REALLY THANK EVERYONE BEING HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT US.
THANK YOU. JOSE MUNOZ JUNIOR IS NOT PRESENT.
THOSE ARE YOUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEP. CHAIRMAN WHITE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.
IT HAS BEEN. I FILED THIS, LIKE, MY FIRST WEEK AS A PLAN COMMISSIONER.
AND IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS TO GET HERE TODAY.
MOST OF YOU WERE ON COUNCIL WHEN WE DID THE WEST OAK CLIFF AREA PLAN.
AND YOU WERE VERY KIND AND SAID A LOT OF KUDOS WITH THAT.
SO I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO DO THE SAME TODAY.
IT'S THE BIGGEST ONE, HAD THE MOST NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
AND IT IS IDEAL TO PRESERVE I MEAN, LOTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT TO CRAFT WHAT WILL PRESERVE DOWNTOWN ELMWOOD AND ALSO GIVE IT THE BEST CHANCE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN A GENTLE WAY THAT BLENDS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I WANT TO REALLY GIVE STAFF A CREDIT FOR THE SETH OKOTH AND MEGAN WEIMER AND PUD AND LAURA MORRISON FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.
AND THEN LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS WHO CAME OUT IN DROVES TO, TO SUPPORT THIS AND TO, TO TO CARVE, CARVE THROUGH A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES TO MAKE THE COMPROMISES NECESSARY TO HAVE NO OPPOSITION TODAY HERE AT CITY COUNCIL.
SORRY. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.
YOU REALLY ARE A TREMENDOUS LEADER FOR DISTRICT ONE.
ELMWOOD IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE COOLEST PLACES IN DALLAS, AND THAT'S TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
BUT ALSO WITH THIS PLAN AS IT GETS EXECUTED, IT'S IT.
IT'S TO THE DESIGN OF THIS PLAN.
SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR FOR LEADING AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO TO SAY I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT TOO.
ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, OPENED UP A A PET STORE IN ELMWOOD.
THEY ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE BUILDING, NOT LEASED IT, SO IT'S THEIRS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT WAS JUST REALLY EXCITING TO BE BACK THERE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD JUST KIND OF DISCOVERED IT.
SO AFTER I DROVE AROUND AND WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS.
SO GREAT JOB. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[Z3. 24-528 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Planned Development District No. 729, on the southeast line of Romine Avenue, between Latimer Street and Atlanta Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, an amended landscape plan, and amended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, an amended landscape plan, and amended conditions Z234-163(TB)]
ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF ROMINE AVENUE BETWEEN LATIMER STREET AND ATLANTA STREET.MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 279 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.
WE RECEIVED THREE REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE? I SEE TWO INDIVIDUALS COMING FORWARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
JUST ME. KARL CRAWLEY, 22, OH ONE MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.
REPRESENTING THE YMCA ON THIS PROJECT, I REALLY WANTED TO JUST.
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WE HAVE A Y REPRESENTATIVE.I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF FOR EXPEDITING THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THIS IS A WELL ON THE ROAD TO GETTING THAT.
KURT HAZELBAKER 601 NORTH ANCHORED ON THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE YMCA, METROPOLITAN DALLAS.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO CARL'S COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION ON Z3? YES. MISTER MAYOR, CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.
THANK YOU. SIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
SUBJECT TO THE REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND REVISED LANDSCAPE PLAN AS CIRCULATED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ? NO, SIR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.
[Z4. 24-434 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an MU-3 Mixed Use District and a resolution accepting deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant on property zoned a CR Community Retail District, on the northeast corner of South Lancaster Road and Simpson Stuart Road Recommendation of Staff: Approval Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant at the hearing Z223-254(LG) Note: This item was deferred by the City Council before opening public hearing on January 24, 2024 and is scheduled for consideration on February 28, 2024.]
VOLUME VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH LANCASTER ROAD AND SIMPSON STEWART ROAD.ONE SECOND. MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 15 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA.
REQUEST WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.
YOU DO HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL PAUL CARDIN, 2007 HARLANDALE AVENUE.
THERE WAS A PRESENTATION SENT OUT TO THE COUNCIL WITH PREVIOUSLY.
BUT JUST TO GO OVER THIS PROJECT A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS THE OLD APOLLO MOTEL.
AND IT IS A, YOU KNOW, HAS LONG BEEN A CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO REPURPOSE THIS.
TO ALLOW FOR STUDENT HOUSING FOR UNT DALLAS.
BUT TO DO THIS WITH JUST A THIRD OF AN ACRE TO TAKE THIS MOTEL INTO ABOUT 18 STUDENT HOUSING UNITS, PRIMARILY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FULL TIME STUDENTS STAYING YEAR ROUND.
WE THINK THIS, THIS ZONING WILL BE THE BEST FIT TO ALLOW FOR THAT USE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z4.
NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON Z4? MOVE TO APPROVE IT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, YES. MR.. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM Z4, Z4.
THANK YOU. FOR THE APPLICANT, THE DEVELOPERS COME HERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO WORK WITH UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS.
AND BOB, I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT AND HE DO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
ALSO FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH DISTRICT EIGHT ON THE CORNER OF LANCASTER AND CAMP WILSON IS AN OLD MOTEL, APOLLO MOTEL. BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND EVERYONE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT MOTEL? SO WE COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE MOTEL.
IT HAD BEEN ACQUIRED BY MANY DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO SAVE WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WITH IT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WITH THEIR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENT HOUSES THERE FOR, FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TO BE THERE.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY, WITH THIS DEVELOPER, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GO OUTSIDE THE CAMP, BUT ALSO JUST TO CLEAN UP OUR SOIL ON THE CORNER.
SO IT'S A GREAT TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP.
SO WITH THIS FIRST STEP, GETTING THIS ZONING CHANGES, THEY HAVE MET WITH UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
THEY HAVE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEVELOPER IS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
I MEAN, THE FOUR YEAR COLLEGE AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
BUT I WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR FOR THE PATIENT.
YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DONE OVERNIGHT.
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IT'S BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR YEARS.YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T GET THE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY UNTIL NORTH DALLAS OR WITH BOB MOND.
THE STUDENTS SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE THEY ARE SHORT OF HOUSING RIGHT NOW.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY GOT TO BACK UP FOR HOUSING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
AND I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM Z4? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.
[PH1. 24-529 A public hearing to receive comments regarding consideration of amending Chapter 51A of the Dallas Development Code, Subsection (i), “Certificates for demolition for a residential structure with no more than 3,000 square feet of floor area pursuant to a court order,” within Section 51A-4.501, “Historic Overlay District,” and related sections with consideration to be given to remove this Subsection and other appropriate standards and an ordinance granting the amendments Recommendation of Staff: Approval Recommendation of CPC: Approval DCA189-001(KS)]
FOR DEMOLITION FOR A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH NO MORE THAN 3000FT² OF FLOOR AREA PURSUANT TO A COURT ORDER WITHIN SECTION 51, A-4.501 HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT AND RELATED SECTIONS, WITH CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN TO REMOVE THIS SUBSECTION AND OTHER APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE AMENDMENTS.YOU DO HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
YOUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TAMISHA RUD RIDGE.
OKAY. YOU'LL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
CAN YOU? I'M SORRY. IT'S A BUTTON AT THE BASE OF THE MICROPHONE.
THERE YOU GO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
I'M TAMISHA RODRIGUE, CO-FOUNDER OF KENCO.
WE BUILD TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS BLACK FOLKS UNCOVER AND PRESERVE OUR FAMILY'S STORIES.
AS A PROUD SIXTH GENERATION DALLAS NATIVE, MY ROOTS RUN PRETTY DEEP.
I'M A DESCENDANT OF GENERATIONS OF FOLKS WHO'VE CALLED WEST DALLAS ROSELAND STATE.
THOMAS ROOSEVELT ADDITION, WHEATLEY PLACE, OAK CLIFF, THE BOTTOMS, AND 10TH STREET HOME.
IT'S A SYMBOL OF RESILIENCE AND VISION, BUILT BY DREAMERS AND FREEDOM SEEKERS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE THRIVED AGAINST ALL ODDS.
TODAY, I DRAW STRENGTH FROM THE LEGACY OF DOCTOR MAMIE, A MCKNIGHT WHOSE EFFORTS LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR PRESERVING OUR CITY'S BLACK HISTORY AND CELEBRATING THE LEGACIES OF OUR ANCESTORS. WE CURRENTLY STAND AT A CROSSROADS, AND I THINK WE MUST MAKE A CHOICE EITHER REPEAT PAST MISTAKES BY ALLOWING THE 3000 SQUARE, THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT RULE TO CONTINUE TO STAND, OR TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAVE A NEW PATH FORWARD.
SO I STRONGLY URGE YOU ALL TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND REMOVE THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT RULE.
IT'S VITAL AND URGENT THAT WE PRESERVE 10TH STREET, WHEATLEY PLACE AND OTHER HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
LET'S ALL PLAY A ROLE IN ENSURING THAT PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE, LEARN ABOUT, AND BE INSPIRED BY THE LEGACIES OF DALLAS HISTORIC COMMUNITIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
EVELYN MAYO, 2833 PROVINCE LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
75228. I'VE WORKED WITH THE 10TH STREET RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS TO PRESERVE THEIR HISTORIC FREEMAN TOWN AND ADDRESS MANY OF THE RACIAL INEQUITIES THEY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE.
SORRY, MISS MAYO. YES? I'M SORRY YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, MISS MAYO.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR JOHNSON AND DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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MY NAME IS JENNIFER AND HIM.ADDRESS 1441 WESTMONT AVENUE, APARTMENT 2224, DALLAS, TEXAS 75211.
AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REOPENING, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT THAT WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES TO CREATE COOL PLACES BY FIGHTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
ELIMINATING THIS ORDINANCE, PRESERVING BLACK HISTORY INDEX BECAUSE WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS ORDINANCE HAS DISPARATE IMPACT ON HISTORIC BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN CREATED NOR APPROVED BY THIS BODY BY ANY CHANCE.
THIS ORDINANCE IS A THREAT TO THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF BLACK AND BROWN HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO MANY DEMOLITIONS OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT ARE NO LONGER INTENSITY.
BUT THE DEED IS DONE, AND I URGE YOU TO ONE APPROVE THIS ITEM.
TWO FOR THE CITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE ASSOCIATION TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES BY THIS VERY MUCH ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THE SEEING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THEY HAVE ALSO ALREADY OUTLINED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
HOWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM CAROLYN HOWARD, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION DALLAS.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK, AND I RESIDE USUALLY AT 2922 SWISS AVENUE.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF RESCINDING THIS ORDINANCE.
NUMBER 27922 FOR TWO BIG REASONS.
ONE. THE DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ON HISTORIC PLACES, INCLUDING WHEATLEY PLACE AND 10TH STREET.
THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST THAT CANNOT BE REGAINED.
AND THE EFFECT? THE DAMAGE THAT HAS ON NEIGHBORHOODS, ON SCHOOLS, ON PROPERTY TAXES, EVERYTHING.
PLEASE, I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
EVELYN MAYO, 2833 PROVIDENCE LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75228.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE 10TH STREET RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC FREEDMEN'S TOWN AND ADDRESS MANY OF THE RACIAL INEQUITIES THEY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE.
THIS INCLUDES THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE DISPROPORTIONATE DEMOLITION OF THEIR HISTORIC HOMES COMPARED TO PREDOMINANTLY WHITE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AND SUPPORTING THE DRAFTING OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD LED LAND USE PLAN.
IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HIGHLIGHTED THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT RULE THAT FACILITATES THE DEMOLITION OF SMALLER HISTORIC HOMES COMPARED TO HOMES OVER 3000FT².
CSRA AND ALLIES HAVE ADVOCATED FOR YEARS TO REPEAL THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF THE RACIALLY DISPARATE IMPACT IT HAS, ENABLING THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST INTACT FREEDOM TOWNS.
THIS IS PROGRESS, BUT IT'S JUST ONE SMALL STEP.
THE HOMES IN 10TH STREET NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
CITY OWNED LAND BANK LOTS SHOULD BE DEDICATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW, HISTORICALLY COMPATIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S A HUGE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HOPE THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY STEPS THE CITY WILL TAKE TO UNDO THE HARM DONE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SEAN MONTGOMERY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, SEAN MONTGOMERY, 1024 CHURCH STREET.
IS IT OKAY TO CONTINUE? YES, YOU MAY CONTINUE.
COUNCIL. ANY OTHER STAFF? I'M HERE STANDING ON BEHALF OF 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT AS A RESIDENT.
REMOVED. I'M HAPPY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M.
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IT'S BITTERSWEET.DOCTOR MAMIE MCKNIGHT, WHO IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE WHO 10TH STREET WAS PLACED AS A LANDMARK CITY LANDMARK AND ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES.
MINNIE FLANAGAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP IN OAK CLIFF.
THESE TWO WOMEN BOTH LIVED IN 10TH STREET.
WHEN WE WHEN OUR RACE WAS NOT ABLE TO COME HERE TO ENTER THE DOORS OF CITY HALL, THESE WOMEN FOUGHT.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LIBRARY, OR WE COULD GO TO A LIBRARY.
AND WITH THIS BEING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT'S COMING ALL FULL CIRCLE.
AND IF I WAS TO INTERVIEW THOSE TWO WOMEN TODAY, I WONDER HOW THEY WOULD FEEL TO KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY WERE IN, THE FREEDMEN'S TOWN THAT OUR PEOPLE COULD GO TO THE ONLY AREA? HOW WOULD THEY FEEL TO KNOW OVER 200 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM FF ONE? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR, I HAVE A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CODE AMENDMENT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE APPRECIATE MOST DEFINITELY.
TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE RESIDENTS WHO IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SPEAK UP, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE PUBLIC LISTENS AND THE STAFF LISTENS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I THANK, FIRST OF ALL, THIS COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING US WHEN WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THE INITIATIVES THAT THAT IMPACTED 10TH STREET.
CITY MANAGER BROADNAX, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT.
WHEN REQUESTED TO GET STAFF TO HELP US TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE OBSTACLES.
AND I KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES WE'VE HAD OTHERS FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT HAVE COME AND SPOKEN, BUT WE DON'T HEAR THE WAY WE WANT TO THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ACTUALLY LIVE THERE.
SO I KNOW THAT THE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN IN THE PAST AND EVEN RECENTLY, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BOND PROPOSAL THAT I WILL SUBMIT TO IMPACT AND THE HISTORY AND THE ART AND THE ABILITY TO ARCHIVE THE HISTORY SO IT WILL BE SHARED FROM YEARS TO COME.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR EVERY MEASURE WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR SUPPORTING US.
AND MOST OF THE TIME, I SHOULDN'T SAY MOST OF THE TIME YOU ALL.
WE ALWAYS HAD A 15 ZERO IF POSSIBLE SUPPORT ON THAT.
SO WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THAT AND JUST KNOW WE CONTINUE TO NEED YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT AS MUCH AS WE CAN THAT COMMUNITY FROM RAPID GENTRIFICATION.
IT TAKES IT'S A PROCESS, PROCESS AND PROCEDURES, AS THE MAYOR LIKES TO SAY.
SO IT TAKES EIGHT OF US TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
AND YOU'VE BEEN THERE 100% EVERY TIME.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CAROLYN KING ARNOLD ON THIS VICTORY.
THIS IS A VICTORY OVER SOMETHING THAT WAS SO WRONG FOR WAY TOO LONG.
AND THANK YOU FOR LEADING THIS CHARGE TO GET THE THE THE GET THIS ENDED, GET THIS DEMOLITION ENDED NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF HISTORIC 10TH STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN ABUSED FOR TOO LONG BY TOO MANY PEOPLE, BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT ARE SMALL IN OUR CITY THAT DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED. SO THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US.
CHAIRMAN TAVARES. THANK YOU, MAYOR ATKINS.
I WANTED TO RISE AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION AND ALSO OFFER MY THANKS TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KING ARNOLD FOR HER LEADERSHIP TO TRY TO PROTECT AND SAVE WHAT'S LEFT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU HEARD THE HISTORY FROM ONE OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS FROM HERE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT HISTORY AND FOR FOR LIFTING UP THOSE TWO AMAZING BLACK FEMALE LEADERS.
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AND YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL.BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO PROTECT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE AS LATINOS ALSO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE LITTLE MEXICO IS NO MORE.
AND THANKFULLY, BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST PROTECT THIS PIECE BECAUSE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE MENTIONED, STATE THOMAS.
RIGHT. AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS GETS TO RIGHT A WRONG.
BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE, LIKE OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN LIKE HOUSING POLICIES AND WHATNOT.
THANKS TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR THE SEVEN YEARS OF GETTING THOSE IN PLACE AND WORKING WITH US.
BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND WITHOUT THIS, AND 10TH STREET MAY BE NO MORE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY I'M DONE.
ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK RECOGNITION.
I SEE MR. ROBERT SWANN IS UP THERE.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE IN THE TOP, BUT I HAVE TO CALL OUT MR. ROBERT SWANN, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR HISTORIC 10TH STREET HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BECAUSE I HAD TO, EVEN THOUGH WHEN I MET HIM, HE HAD ALL OF THIS HISTORY. I MEAN, YOU JUST BE SURPRISED OF THE HISTORY THAT HE HAS OF 10TH STREET AND A LOT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND I REALLY HAD TO KIND OF BEG HIM.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THANK YOU.
AND CONTINUED YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THE WALK THROUGH THIS JOURNEY TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL SAW MR. ROBERT SWANN UP. AND DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE STATEMENT.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
PUT A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CITY MANAGER, TK BROADNAX.
YOU REALLY DO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE GOES THROUGH? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE PUT HIM THROUGH.
AND WE HAD THIS IN PLACE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
WE WOULD STILL HAVE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT FOR YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, TO GO THERE AND SPEAK AND LISTEN AND STAY THERE.
AND IT REALLY SHOW A DIFFERENCE IN THIS CITY AND HOW WE CHANGE EQUITY AND HOW WE CHANGE IN HOW WE SEE THROUGH THE VISION THAT WHAT HAPPENED, THE HISTORY.
AND YOU LOOK AT UPTOWN AND PEOPLE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT UPTOWN.
THOMAS AND HALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE GREAT BUSINESS AND STUFF GOING ON.
MCSHANN. PEOPLE DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT MCSHANN.
THERE WERE MORE DOCTORS LIVE ON MCSHANN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOCTOR ANYWHERE IN AMERICA.
AND PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT DOCTOR KIDD OR DOCTOR PRINCE.
THAT WAS A GUY, A CAMBRIDGE WHO PRESERVED THE HAM IN A CAN.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU, THE CITY MANAGER, PUT A TASK TOGETHER AND BRING THIS QUALITY TO DEAL.
SO WE WOULD NOT FORGET OUR HISTORY BECAUSE WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT OUR HISTORY.
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LITTLE MEXICO, WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, HOW WE WOULD GO FORWARD IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS PRINT AND OUR EVERYDAY LIVING.THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A HISTORY, AND YOU CANNOT GROW WITHOUT HISTORY.
YOU GOT TO HAVE A HISTORY IN ORDER TO GROW WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT? EVERYBODY SAY I AND OPPOSED.
AYES. CARRIED. THE NEXT ITEM I.
[PH2. 24-534 A public hearing to receive comments on the adoption of Reprogramming Budget No. 1 (Substantial Amendment No. 2) to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan to use unspent Community Development Block Grant CARES Act Relief Funds in the amount of $2,023,222 for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program; and, at the close of the public hearing, authorize final adoption of Reprogramming Budget No. 1 (Substantial Amendment No. 2) to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)]
20 2324 ACTION PLAN TO USE UNSPENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT RELIEF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,023,222 FOR THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZED FINAL ADOPTION OF REPROGRAMING BUDGET NUMBER ONE, SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE FY 2020 2324 ACTION PLAN.THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM FF TWO? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR.
[PH3. 24-530 A public hearing to receive comments on the proposed amendments to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan (“Plan”) for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, the Deep Ellum Tax Increment Financing (“TIF”) District (the “TIF District”) to: (1) increase the total budget for the Deep Ellum TIF District from $29,992,935.00 net present value (approximately $57,641,077.00 in total dollars) to $46,408,080.00 net present value (approximately $93,519,023.00 in total dollars); (2) redefine and reallocate budget categories; and (3) make corresponding modifications to the TIF District’s Plan; and, at the close of the public hearing, consider an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 26043 previously approved on June 22, 2005, and Ordinance No. 26304 previously approved on April 12, 2006, as amended, to reflect these amendments - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]
PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 12, THE DEEP ELM TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TIF DISTRICT.THE TIF DISTRICT TO ONE INCREASE THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE DEEP ELM TIF DISTRICT FROM $29,992,935, NET PRESENT VALUE TO $46,408,080.
NET PRESENT VALUE TO REDEFINE AND REALLOCATE BUDGET CATEGORIES, AND THREE MAKE CORRESPONDING MODIFICATIONS TO THE TO THE TIF DISTRICTS PLAN AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 26043, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON JUNE 22ND, 2005, AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 26304, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON APRIL 12TH, 2006, AS AMENDED TO REFLECT THESE AMENDMENTS. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
[PH4. 24-436 A public hearing to receive public comments on the adoption of Substantial Amendment No. 1 to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan for HOME Investment Partnerships Program American Rescue Plan Act Grant Funds for Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to reallocate funds from Tenant Based Rental Assistance to Supportive Services in an amount not to exceed $2,468,564.00 and to Administration and Planning in an amount not to exceed $31,436.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00, to continue supportive services and administration for the expanded R.E.A.L. Time Re-Housing Program - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (This item was held under advisement, with the public hearing open on January 24, 2024)]
2324 ACTION PLAN FOR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT GRANT FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FROM TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,468,564, AND TO ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $31,436, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,500,000.TO CONTINUE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION FOR EXPANDED REAL, REAL TIME REHOUSING PROGRAM.
THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NONE, NO SPEAKERS.
MR. MAYOR, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THIS ITEM UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL APRIL 24TH, 2024.
OKAY. WELL, WHO WAS FIRST? DO. WE DID NOT HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I. I'M CURIOUS TO WHY WE'RE HOLDING IT, MAYOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHRISTINE CROSSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR.
THE REASON THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS BE HELD IS TO GATHER ADDITIONAL MARKET INFORMATION ON THE RENTAL COSTS, TO SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN LEAVE WITH DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OTHER, TO IDENTIFY OTHER RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF CITY FUNDING, TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT WE CAN BRING ON TO SOURCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FUNDING TO WORK
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WITH THE RENTAL AMOUNT.THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY HI.
AND OPPOSED. AS CAROLYN NEXT ITEM.
MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR ITEMS FOR THIS AGENDA.
[OPEN MICROPHONE (Part 2 of 2)]
WE DO HAVE OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS REMAINING.I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON, ANY VIRTUAL SPEAKERS YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.
INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.
I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.
ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR ATKINS ONLY.
WE'LL BE YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, JEANETTE JESSUP.
I APPRECIATE YOU FORCING US TO WAIT SEVEN, EIGHT HOURS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TODAY, BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THE GREATER DISCONNECT THAT A LOT AMERICANS HAVE ABOUT THE ONGOING GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE.
I WANTED TO DEDICATE MY PRESENTATION TODAY TO MY DEAR FRIEND AZRA ABDUL, WHO TOLD ME IN OCTOBER THAT THE BEST WAY THAT I COULD HELP HER, HER FRIENDS AND HER FAMILY IN GAZA WAS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.
AND TO DO THAT, I HAD TO EDUCATE MYSELF.
I LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE ZIONISTS COLLABORATED WITH NAZIS IN SOUTH AFRICA TO CREATE AN APARTHEID STATE, SO EGREGIOUS THAT SOUTH AFRICAN SURVIVORS OF APARTHEID SAID THAT THE ISRAELI MODEL IS WORSE THAN ANYTHING THEY EVER ENDURED.
I LEARNED ABOUT THE MASSACRE AT SABRA AND SHATILA.
I LEARNED ABOUT THE HOME DEMOLITIONS, ABOUT THE CHECKPOINTS, ABOUT THE SETTLER VIOLENCE.
EDUCATING MYSELF PROVED TO BE SUPER EASY.
IT WAS TRYING TO REACH OTHERS WHERE I FOUND MY GREATEST CHALLENGE.
ALL OF THE INFO IS IN THE BOOKLETS THAT I PROVIDED EARLIER.
THERE'S 15 QR CODES THAT YOU CAN EASILY SCAN FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND NUANCED INFORMATION.
ISRAEL ONLY BECAME A COUNTRY BY MURDERING PALESTINIANS AND STEALING THEIR LAND.
YOU CANNOT DISCUSS OCTOBER 7TH WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE 100 YEARS THAT PRECEDED IT.
THE AMERICAN BACKED GENOCIDE THAT HAS COME IN THE WAKE OF OCTOBER 7TH SHATTERS THE CONSCIENCE.
ISRAEL CAN KILL PEOPLE, BUT IT KILL, NOT KILL.
THE TRUTH HERE IS TODAY THAT GENOCIDE IS EVIL.
I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A STAND AGAINST IT.
THANK YOU. PRECIOUS SOULS HAS CANCELED.
IT'S NOT NOT PRESENT NOR ZAIDEN.
I HAD A SPEECH PREPARED TODAY FOR THE MAYOR, BUT HE'S NOT HERE.
Y'ALL SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.
DID YOU NOT HEAR ABOUT AARON, ABOUT THE US FORCE WHO MURDERED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY IN FRONT OF THE ISRAELI BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC? Y'ALL ARE DESPICABLE HUMAN BEINGS.
I CANNOT BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE IN POWER.
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THEY ARE NOT SPEAKING FOR YOU.THEY ARE SPEAKING BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING PAID BECAUSE AIPAC IS FUNDING THEIR MONEY.
I AM FROM DISTRICT TWO AND I'M NOT SURPRISED.
MY REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT OUT HERE AND HE HAS NOT SPOKEN ONE WORD FOR ANY OF US.
YOU ARE DISGRACEFUL HUMAN BEINGS.
AND FOR AARON, WHO? THE VIGIL IS HAPPENING TONIGHT.
I SWEAR TO GOD, I HATE ALL OF YOU.
I AM ASHAMED JING SHUANG XIANG IS NOT PRESENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL HAVE THAT.
Y'ALL SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.
YOU DON'T HEAR ME. NOT REPRESENT DISTRICT.
EMILY, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS EMILY SNYDER.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE DO NOT BAN DALLAS FORCED MARRIAGES.
I'M A THIRD GENERATION EQUESTRIAN, SO TO SAY IT RUNS IN MY BLOOD IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
I STARTED WORKING WITH THREE.JS CARRIAGES ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
THIS UPCOMING SEASON, THESE HORSES SHOULD BE RANKED AS PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND WITH THAT, US AS OWNERS SHOULD BE HELD TO HIGHER STANDARDS WHEN CARING FOR THESE ANIMALS.
THESE HORSES ARE TRAINED AND DRIVEN BY SOME WELL RENOWNED HORSEMEN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME AGAIN? YES WE CAN.
I SAID, THESE HORSES ARE TRAINED AND DRIVEN BY SOME WELL KNOWN HORSE MEN AND WOMEN.
THEY PUT THEIR TRUST AND RELYING ON US TO KEEP THEM OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
TEACHING A CHILD HOW TO RIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME, OR ENJOYING A LONG TRAIL RIDE WITH THEIR OWNERS.
THESE HORSES ARE TREATED WITH THE UTMOST CARE AND ARE CONSIDERED FAMILY TO ALL OF US THAT ARE.
THAT ARE ALL OF US THAT ARE INVOLVED.
WE DO NOT DISCARD THEM AND MAKE THEM DEFEND THEMSELVES.
HORSES WERE CREATED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PULL TRIPLE THEIR WEIGHT.
GENTLE ENOUGH TO LOVE A CHILD.
SMART ENOUGH TO PROTECT THOSE WHO THREATEN THEIR MASTERS.
PASSIONATE ENOUGH TO LOVE THEIR FAMILY.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR Y'ALL'S TIME.
THANK YOU AARON, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PRESENT.
WE CANNOT HEAR YOU, MISS FOWLER.
I'M SORRY, MISS FOWLER, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WELL, OKAY.
I. LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS ASSEMBLY ROOTED IN MISS FOWLER.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR. YES, YOU MAY CONTINUE.
I LIVED IN COURT STREET FOR 40%.
OF THE TIME. MISS FOWLER, I'M SORRY YOUR VIDEO KEEPS GOING OUT.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE CITY.
LET ME BEGIN BY INVITING YOU TO MAKE OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING THE ENCHANTING EXPERIENCE
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FOR VISITORS, ALLOWING THEM TO SCHOOL OUR CITY IN A MANNER UNLIKE OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION, CARRIAGES OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY IMMERSE ONESELF IN THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE OF DALLAS.BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CREATING MAGICAL MEMORIES FOR OUR VISITORS.
CARRIAGE HORSES ALSO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BOOSTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
THESE RIDES ATTRACT TOURISTS FROM FAR AND WIDE, YEARN FOR A NOSTALGIC AND ROMANTIC EXPERIENCE, AND WHILE ENJOYING THE CARRIAGE RIDES, THESE TOURISTS OFTEN PATRONIZE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THE RESTAURANT, SHOPS AND THE ATTRACTIONS MAKE UP THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW LET'S ADDRESS THE CONCERNS REGARDING ANIMAL WELFARE.
HORSES ARE NOT DISPOSABLE TOOLS.
THEY ARE CHERISHED AND CARED FOR DEEPLY.
THESE HORSES ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO HARSH WORKING CONDITIONS.
INSTEAD, THE RECEIVE TOP NOTCH CARE AND PROTECTION.
IN CONCLUSION, CARRIAGE HORSES ARE NOT JUST ANIMALS.
THAT'S YOUR TIME. THAT'S YOUR TIME.
AFSHEEN KHAN IS NOT PRESENT AND JOHN MARTINEZ IS NOT PRESENT.
MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY? THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MR. MAYOR. SEEING NONE. THE TIME IS NOW 43.
AND THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.