Mar 27, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

TODAY'S WEDNESDAY, MARCH THE 27TH, 2020 FOR THE TIMES.

[CALL TO ORDER]

AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

THIS MORNING, I BELIEVE WE HAVE.

THERE WE GO. OUR DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN, PASTOR RAYFORD BUTLER, TO PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION THIS MORNING.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, PASTOR. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

LET'S GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER.

FATHER GOD, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS HOUR, THIS DAY, THIS TIME, THIS OCCASION.

LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE.

IT IS IN HEAVEN.

WE ASK THAT WE COME TOGETHER ON ONE ACCORD AND TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE COME TO DO.

BUT IN ALL OF IT, LET US DO IT TO YOUR GLORY, NOT OURS.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG FIRST, AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING FROM MEMBERS, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY.

I DON'T SEE ANY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS EITHER.

SO, MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

[OPEN MICROPHONE ( Part 1 of 2) ]

GOOD MORNING. THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR ITS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON.

FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN PERSON.

SPEAKERS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR ON 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 THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.

PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON.

ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, SERENA NOLAN.

ARE WE ON? QUIET GLASSES.

HOW'S THAT? PERFECT.

WOW. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SINCE THE LAST TIME I ADDRESSED THIS COUNCIL, THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED BY THE MOTHERS AGAINST FLUORIDATION AND THE FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK AND FOOD AND WATER WATCH UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL ACT HAS CONCLUDED.

WAS HOPING TO HAVE THE VERDICT IN TODAY.

THE JUDGE'S RULING ON IT.

BUT I PRESUME BY THE NEXT TIME MY 30 DAYS COMES THROUGH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DURING THIS TRIAL, WHICH WAS SEVEN YEARS IN THE IN THE WORKS, IT IS NOT DISPUTED THAT THE INGESTION OF FLUORIDE IS HARMFUL.

NO ONE DISPUTES THAT WHATSOEVER.

THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO INGESTING FLUORIDE.

NONE. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE'RE GOOD WITH THE TOPICAL TREATMENT OF FLUORIDE, BUT FLUORIDE IN THE WATER IS JUST LIKE LEAD.

THIS IS PULLED, YOU KNOW, OUT OVER YOUR.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY MOST STARTLING ABOUT THIS CONCEPT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS IT'S SO INCREDIBLY RACIST.

YOU CAN TAKE A TEN MILE RADIUS FROM CITY HALL AND GO AROUND.

YOU GOT SOUTH DALLAS, YOU'VE GOT WEST DALLAS.

YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THE LEAD POISONING, WHEREAS DO YOU HAVE IF YOU GO NORTH, YOU HAVE HIGHLAND PARK AND UNIVERSITY PARK.

THEY TAKE THEIR WATER SAME SOURCE AS DALLAS WATER.

THEY HAVE NOT NEVER HAVE PUT HYDROFLUORIC, HYDROFLUORIC ACID.

NOW I THINK I'M SAYING THAT WRONG.

THEY'VE NEVER FLUORIDATED THEIR WATER.

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WHY? LET'S SAY BECAUSE THEY'RE EDUCATED, THEY'RE WHITE, THEY'RE AFFLUENT.

THEY DO NOT FLUORIDATE THEIR WATER AND NEVER HAVE.

YOU'RE SUBJECTING THE CITY OF DALLAS TO WATER FLUORIDATION, AT GREAT RISK TO THE NEUROTOXICITY, ESPECIALLY OF CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

YOU'RE ALSO IT IS A PROGRAM THAT DISADVANTAGES THE POOR, THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE WATER TREATMENT FILTERS IN THEIR HOMES, THOSE THAT DO NOT CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY BOTTLED WATER SOURCES.

AND WHAT REALLY AMAZES ME, IT'S SUCH AN EASY THING TO ADDRESS.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. TURN OFF THE SPIGOT.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

THANK YOU, BENNY WALKER.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY HERE AT THE CITY HORSESHOE.

MY NAME IS BENNY WALKER, AND I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE HORSESHOE AND WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

BUT I THANK Y'ALL FOR CHANGING OUT THE 3500FT², SQUARE FOOT RULE.

VISION IS THE WORLD'S MOST DESPERATE NEED.

THERE IS NO HOPELESS SOLUTION SITUATION AS WELL AS SOLUTIONS.

ONLY PEOPLE WHO THINKS HOPELESSNESS.

WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE WILL PERISH.

IN 10TH STREET THERE WILL BE ANOTHER NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE.

WHICH. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IN LIFE.

BUT THE PEOPLE THERE THAT HAD THE HOMES WAS KIND OF LIKE FRAUDED OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF THIS HORSESHOE THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE THOUGHT THAT THE 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT WOULD BE A PLACE OF CULTURE, A PLACE JUST LIKE BISHOP ARTS, PLACE LIKE TRINITY GROVE.

BUT YET, THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT IN A CERTAIN WAY, THAT IS UNEXPLAINABLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, FROM MY MOTHER'S POINT OF VIEW AND MY FATHER'S POINT OF VIEW, THEY HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 50 YEARS IS HERE TODAY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS STRUGGLING.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

CAN'T EVEN GET OFF THE BRAND NEW HIGHWAY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO LOCATE WHERE IS 10TH STREET? WHERE IS ED? YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS THERE.

SO WE OWE IT TO THE SAME THING AGAIN WITH A NEW HORSESHOE, A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S ROUGH, MAN.

IT'S ROUGH WHEN YOUR MOM TO TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT COMES TRUE, YOUR FATHER TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO COME TRUE.

SO TO THIS BOARD, TO THIS HORSESHOE HERE, I THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT GOING.

BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, DON'T DESTROY THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

LOOK AT IT AS A BLACK CULTURAL PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD TO COME HERE AND SEE, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL BLACK PEOPLE HAVE DONE THINGS HERE. GIVE US SOME HISTORY, JUST NOT WIPE US OUT.

AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE TEN MINUTES ON MY TIME CLOCK.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, NIKITA WILLIAMS. ONCE AGAIN, I'M NIKITA WILLIAMS. ONCE AGAIN HE SAID HORSESHOE.

THIS MADE MY THIRD TIME COMING TO TALK TO YOU.

SO YOU'RE TRYING TO TEAR DOWN THIS BOW FOR THIS TRAIN? I ASKED YOU, I CAN'T THE FIRST TIME I CAME, I ASKED YOU TO STOP DOING STUFF.

YOU'RE TAKING ALL THIS MONEY AND YOU STARTED MESSING UP OUR CITY.

YOU STARTED MESSING UP OUR CITY.

I SAID WHAT? I SAID MY NAME, NIKITA WILLIAMS. THIS MAY MY THIRD TIME.

MY BIRTHDAY WAS JUST MONDAY, AND I JUST LOST MY BABY BROTHER.

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YOU'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING.

YOU STARTED TAKING ALL THIS OUT OF TOWN MONEY AND YOU STARTED TO TURN UP OUR CITY.

WE NOT WE DALLAS, TEXAS.

WE NOT. NO CALIFORNIA, NO NEW YORK, NOT NO LAS VEGAS.

I SAID GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER, HORSESHOE.

GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER.

YOU STARTED TRYING.

SO YOU'RE TRYING TO TEAR DOWN THIS BOW FOR THIS TRAIN.

ALL THESE TRAIN TRACKS THAT WE GOT.

WHAT? YOU STARTED MESSING UP THE STREETS, THE STUFF UP.

JUST LIKE HE SAID.

Y'ALL NOT DOING LADY WITH THE WATER IN THIS, MAN, THAT WHAT HE JUST SAID? Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL NOT DOING NOTHING.

Y'ALL DON'T EVEN STAY IN DALLAS CITY LIMITS.

I'M TIRED OF Y'ALL.

I'M TIRED OF Y'ALL.

I'M 48 YEARS OLD.

I'M A GRANDMOTHER OF SEVEN.

I'M GETTING MY GED.

I'M TIRED OF Y'ALL.

Y'ALL GOT TO GO THIS YEAR.

IT'S TIME Y'ALL, IT'S A WRAP FOR Y'ALL.

YOU WENT FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLIC.

PICK A LINE, YOUNG MAN.

PICK A LANE ON MY MAMA.

BEEN GONE 27 YEARS.

SHE WENT TO THE BALL AND ALL SHE BROUGHT ME BACK WAS A STINKY T SHIRT.

THAT WAS WAY IN THE 80S.

IT'S A WRAP ON MY MAMA.

I'M. IT'S EVERY SEASON.

I'M TIRED OF Y'ALL.

Y'ALL TOO MESSED UP EVERYTHING.

WE CAN'T EVEN. I CAN'T EVEN GET ON THE BUS TO GET DOWNTOWN CORRECTLY BECAUSE YOU GOT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

ALL THIS HOMELESS OUT HERE.

Y'ALL SIT OUTSIDE Y'ALL WINDOWS.

WHAT IS DALLAS COUNCIL THIS DALLAS AUTHORITY MAN FOR A HOUSING AUTHORITY? Y'ALL NEED TO GET YOURSELF TOGETHER.

Y'ALL AIN'T GOT Y'ALL BANK ACCOUNTS ALL TOGETHER.

AND WE I SAID EAST DALLAS ON EHMCKE SFA.

HAGAN'S NOT HAD YOUR STREET BACK IN THE DAY AIN'T SFA I STAY ON AIN'T SFA 503.

Y'ALL NEED TO GET YOURSELF TOGETHER.

YOU DONE MESSED UP A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF.

PICK A LANE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLIC PICK A LANE YOUR MAN BROTHER PICK A LANE.

I SAID WHAT I SAID.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY ON MY OWN.

GOD. THANK YOU.

BRIAN SLAPAHO.

BRIAN SLAPAHO.

IT'S NOT PRESENT.

ADAM MCGOUGH.

GOOD MORNING.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU KNOW, I DO NOT MISS BEING ON THAT SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE.

I MISS SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIPS, THE PEOPLE, AND SOME OF THE WORK WE GET TO DO TO HAVE IMPACT.

BUT IT THERE IS FREEDOM ON THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WELCOME BACK FROM BREAK.

ALTHOUGH I KNOW THERE'S REALLY NO SUCH THING AS BREAK.

THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, BUT I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF JUST MYSELF AND MY FAMILY TO TO MAKE ONE REQUEST.

THERE WAS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT, AS YOU SIT ON THAT SIDE THAT YOU WANT TO GET ACCOMPLISHED AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T.

AND DURING MY TIME STILL SERVING IN PUBLIC SAFETY, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAD ASKED FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING.

AND THERE WAS SOME REASONS WHY WE COULDN'T OR DIDN'T.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE DONE AS MUCH DUE DILIGENCE, DUE DILIGENCE AS I CAN.

IT'S LEGAL, IT'S ETHICAL.

IT'S IT'S APPROVED UNDER THE CHARTER, AND I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO THEN.

AND I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO NOW.

THIS INVOLVES OUR CHIEF, EDDIE GARCIA.

CHIEF GARCIA HAS.

SINCE HE CAME IN, HE HAS DONE WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO.

HE HAS BUILT RELATIONSHIPS AND IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY.

HE HAS PUT FORTH A PLAN TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CITY.

AND HE'S INCREASED MORALE AND HELPED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT IS TIME THAT THESE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE SPECIAL MEASURES, AND I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE THE EFFORT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS, TO CREATE A CONTRACT AND GIVE CHIEF GARCIA THE ASSURANCES THAT WE VALUE HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND IN THIS CITY.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT OTHER CITIES ARE TRYING TO PULL HIM IN, TRYING TO ENTICE HIM WITH OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I BELIEVE THAT HE'S GOT MORE TO DO HERE.

I BELIEVE THE IMPACT IS STILL GROWING.

I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME FOR FOR OTHER.

AND I BELIEVE HE WANTS TO BE HERE.

AND SO THE ASK IS TAKE THE STEPS, GIVE HIM A CONTRACT, GIVE HIM AND HIS FAMILY ENOUGH ASSURANCES THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS VALUES HIS LEADERSHIP.

ADDITIONALLY, TELL OTHER CITIES HOW MUCH WE VALUE HIS LEADERSHIP SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT CHIEF GARCIA IS HOME.

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THIS IS JUST A VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT'S DOING WITH THE TIMES THAT WE'RE FACING, EVEN WITH AND CONGRATULATIONS, THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN LEADERSHIP HERE.

I THINK WE NEED TO TO TELL OUR COMMUNITY, TELL OUR CITY AND TELL OTHER CITIES HOW MUCH WE VALUE CHIEF GARCIA'S LEADERSHIP.

AND WE HAVE THE BEST CHIEF IN THE COUNTRY.

LET'S JUST KEEP HIM HERE AS LONG AS WE CAN.

WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY MEETING.

THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MARK NUNLEY.

YOUR MICROPHONE.

PUSH. THERE YOU GO.

MAYOR, COUNCIL. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

MY NAME IS MARTY NUNLEY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 13 AND DALLAS.

AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT FOCUSED ON COUNTING THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND THE HOMELESS IN THE DALLAS CBD FOR THE LAST YEAR.

THE LAST COUNT WAS WEEK BEFORE LAST, AND WE WERE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE WERE THERE THAT ALL THE ENCAMPMENTS ON SOUTH SAINT PAUL BETWEEN CADIZ AND CANTON WERE REMOVED.

IT WAS GREAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, A FEW DAYS AFTER ALL THE ENCAMPMENTS RETURNED, EVERY SINGLE ONE.

AND TODAY I WENT BY.

THIS MORNING THERE ARE MORE ENCAMPMENTS ON THAT STREET THAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR.

THESE ENCAMPMENTS SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION.

THEY ARE DANGEROUS, UNSANITARY, UNSIGHTLY, HARMFUL TO BUSINESS AND AGAINST STATE LAW.

DUE TO THE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS ISSUE, NOW IS THE TIME TO EXPAND OUR THINKING AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE ON A LARGER SCALE.

HISTORICALLY, DALLAS IS A CITY THAT HAS ALWAYS THOUGHT BIG.

WE NEED A DALLAS SPECIFIC, DALLAS SIZED SOLUTION FOR OUR PROBLEM HERE IN DALLAS.

ONE SOLUTION THAT A GROUP OF CONCERNED BUSINESS LEADERS IS EXPLORING IS A CAMPUS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN, WHERE THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION CAN RECEIVE FOR THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION CAN RECEIVE ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS A HOST OF COMPLEX PROBLEMS, ALL IN A SINGLE LOCATION.

I URGE YOU TO EXPLORE THIS BOLD SOLUTION WITH US.

HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR 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, WE'RE READY FOR YOUR VOTING AGENDA.

WONDERFUL. LET'S MOVE ON.

[MINUTES]

I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA ITEM 12 HAS BEEN CORRECTED, AND AGENDA ITEM 26 HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA IS AS PRESENTED.

ITEMS TWO THROUGH 36.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

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

ANY OPPOSED? EYES HAVE IT.

WE'LL NOW MOVE. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 37.

[37. 24-658 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)]

THIS MORNING YOU ONLY HAVE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS AND YOU HAVE A CHAIR APPOINTMENT.

THE CHAIR APPOINTMENT WILL BE SEPARATED TO ALLOW THE MAYOR TO.

ABSTAIN. YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE BUILDING INSPECTION, ADVISORY, EXAMINING AND APPEALS BOARD.

CITY MANAGER BROADNAX IS NOMINATING ARTURO FLORES.

MR. FLORES MEETS THE FIVE PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ELECTRICAL DESIGN TO THE TO THE CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION.

DORY, RIGHT, IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

MISS RIGHT MEETS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

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MR. MARSHALL MEETS THE REAL ESTATE LAW EXPERIENCE AND GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION.

ANTHONY LYONS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ TO THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION.

ROBERT FREEDMAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MR. FREEDMAN MEETS THE 55 PLUS YEARS OF AGE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND TO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD.

WILLIAM DAWKINS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

MR. DAWKINS MEETS THE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

I HEARD A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

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

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YEAR OFFICER APPOINTMENT.

LINDA A GARNER IS BEING NOMINATED CHAIR OF THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. PLEASE NOTE MY ABSTENTION.

NOTED, MR. MAYOR.

AGENDA ITEM 38 IS A RESOLUTION DETERMINING FINAL SANCTIONS AGAINST ALANDRA GILMER, FORMER EMPLOYEE

[38. 24-908 A resolution determining final sanctions against Alandrea Gormer, former employee, Sanitation Department in connection with the Ethics Advisory Commission Hearing Panel's finding of violations of Chapter 12A, “Code of Ethics,” of the Dallas City Code - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS, THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION DETERMINING FINAL SANCTIONS AGAINST A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE WHO WAS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF ETHICS BY A PANEL OF THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION.

BECAUSE THE RESPONDENT IS NO LONGER A CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEE, THE CODE REQUIRES THE FINAL SANCTION BE DECIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

NEXT TO ME IS LAURA MORRISON FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ADVISE US ON THE PROCEDURE FOR THIS ITEM.

INSTEAD OF TAMMY PALOMINO, WHO HAS A CONFLICT ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE SHE SUPERVISES THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

GOOD MORNING.

ON FEBRUARY 22ND, A PANEL OF THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION CONVENED TO ADJUDICATE THE COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST A FORMER FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SANITATION SERVICES.

THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED BY THE DIVISION OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2023.

THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED FOUR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE OF ETHICS.

THE EAC PANEL, FOUND, BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE, THAT MISS GOMER'S CONDUCT, VIOLATED ALL FOUR OF THOSE SECTIONS WHICH ARE LISTED IN THE WRITTEN DECISION INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.

THE CONDUCT GIVING RISE TO THE VIOLATIONS WERE RECORDED ON VIDEO, AND INVOLVED ALLOWING A MCCOMMAS BLUFF LANDFILL CUSTOMER ACCESS TO THE LANDFILL WITHOUT PAYING, THEREBY DEPRIVING THE CITY OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT PAYMENT AND ON TWO OCCASIONS STEALING CASH FROM THE REGISTER.

WHILE MISS GOMER WAS A CITY EMPLOYEE, ON THE DATES OF THE CONDUCT IN QUESTION, SHE WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND HAS SINCE BEEN TERMINATED.

CODE SECTION 12.

DASH 59 E PROVIDES THE OPTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CHOOSE FROM WHEN SANCTIONING A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE CODE OF ETHICS.

THE OPTIONS RELEVANT TO A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE ARE.

LETTER OF NOTIFICATION.

LETTER OF ADMONITION.

REPRIMAND. RESOLUTION OF CENSURE.

REFERRAL FOR DAMAGES OR INJUNCTION, AND REFERRAL FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

THE EAC PANEL HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE RECEIVE A RESOLUTION OF CENSURE, AND THAT THE MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR DAMAGES.

IN COMING TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, THE PANEL STATED THAT THESE TWO RECOMMENDED SANCTIONS WERE WHAT SEEMED MOST APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE CONDUCT OF THE RESPONDENT.

SECTION 12 DASH 59 A PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN MAKING A DETERMINATION ON FINAL SANCTIONS, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EAC PANEL AND THE FOLLOWING FIVE FACTORS.

THE CULPABILITY OF THE PERSON CHARGED.

THE HARM TO THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INTERESTS RESULTING FROM THE VIOLATION.

THE NECESSITY OF PRESERVING PUBLIC TRUST IN THE CITY.

WHETHER THERE IS EVIDENCE OF A PATTERN OF DISREGARD FOR ETHICAL STANDARDS AND WHETHER REMEDIAL ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN THAT WILL MITIGATE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE VIOLATION, THIS ITEM REQUIRES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL SANCTION.

CHAIR MENDELSOHN YOU RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SANCTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION HEARING PANEL.

BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS COME TO US SINCE WE HAVE STARTED THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE.

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RIGHT? AND I WILL NOTE THAT THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY VOTED FOR ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE MR. MORRIS, YOU GOING THROUGH THE FIVE FACTORS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER THE CULPABILITY.

I MEAN, IT IS ON VIDEO, THE HARM TO THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS.

IF WE'RE KNOWN FOR ALLOWING THIS KIND OF THING TO HAPPEN, THEN WE'RE JUST AS GUILTY.

THE THIRD IS THE NECESSITY OF PRESERVING THE PUBLIC TRUST.

WE HAVE TO ACT.

AND I THINK THE CITY DID ACT IN TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT.

BUT WE HAVE TO GO FURTHER THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES.

THE FOURTH IS WHERE THERE'S EVIDENCE OF A PATTERN OF DISREGARD OF ETHICAL STANDARDS.

THE VIDEO ONLY GOES BACK A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

IT'S PROBABLE THAT THINGS WERE HAPPENING BEFORE THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THE VIDEO FOR.

SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A PATTERN.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ACTION, THE REMEDIAL ACTION THAT'S BEEN TAKEN.

LIKE THIS HAS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND SO I'M AGAIN NOT HAPPY TO SEE IT, BUT ALSO HAPPY TO SEE IT.

SO WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL JOIN ME IN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVING THESE SANCTIONS AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. ITEM 38, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO RECOVER DAMAGES.

WHAT? WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT WE WOULD BE GOING TO COURT OVER IN ORDER TO RECOVER? THE EXACT AMOUNT IS UNCERTAIN.

I BELIEVE THE IG WAS ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE $500.

BUT WE THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE.

COULD YOU COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT, PLEASE? THAT WAS JUST THE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING THAT THE IG WAS ABLE TO UNCOVER THAT IT WAS AT LEAST $500, SO WE WOULD BE GOING AFTER $500.

YES. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE CENSURE ON HER REHIRE ABILITY? DOES THIS FOLLOW HER IN THE FUTURE? SHOULD SHE APPLY FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT AGAIN? THAT CENSURE WILL BE PART OF HER EMPLOYMENT FILE, AND IT WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

NOT JUST THE CENSURE, BUT THE FACT THAT SHE WAS TERMINATED.

THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON HER ELIGIBILITY FOR REHIRE.

SO DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFY HER TO REHIRE? IT DOES. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION ON ITEM 38? SEEING AND HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, AGENDA ITEM 39.

[39. 24-533 Authorize (1) the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire a total of approximately 20 acres from Stephens Pipe Houston, LLC, improved with a multi-building, manufacturing and storage facility, located on Forest Avenue near its intersection with Botham Jean Boulevard for the Dallas Floodway Extension Project; and (2) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $2,125,079.20 in the Trinity River Corridor Project Fund - Not to exceed $2,125,079.20 ($2,113,700.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $11,379.20) - Financing: Trinity Corridor Project Fund (subject to appropriations)]

MR. MAYOR, LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 39.

MAYBE TO PROVE IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THE LANDOWNER IS IN FAVOR OF THIS EMINENT DOMAIN OR IF THEY ARE OPPOSED TO THE EMINENT DOMAIN.

GOOD MORNING. SARAH STANDEFER, INTERIM DIRECTOR, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.

THE LANDOWNER IS WORKING WITH US ON THIS ACQUISITION.

IT IS A TOUGH ONE TO DO GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 39? SEEING HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

A RECORD VOTE, MR. MAYOR.

RECORD VOTE IS REQUIRED BY LAW, SO WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE RECORD.

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

NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, MAYOR JOHNSON.

YES, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.

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COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BAZALDUA.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

BLACKMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDELSOHN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

WITH ALL 15 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTING IN FAVOR.

THE ITEM PASSES. MR. MAYOR.

WONDERFUL. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

AGENDA ITEM 40 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 27485, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY

[40.24-847 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) (This item was deferred on February 28, 2024)]

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 40, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

REDUCING THE TERM FROM 15 YEARS TO FIVE YEARS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE THE COST OF CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF ALL POLES AND OBSTRUCTIONS LOCATED IN SIDEWALKS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND PRESENTING THAT TO THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN WEST? YES, MAYOR. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM 40. EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FOR BRINGING THIS TO COMMITTEE.

AND I WANT TO THANK ANDREA SANDERS AND ONCOR FOR WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WITH STAFF TO MAKE THIS AGREEMENT A WHAT I AT LEAST BELIEVE IS A BETTER AGREEMENT.

THIS WAS A 15 YEAR JUST SORT OF ALMOST LIKE AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT LAST AGENDA.

AND A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON HOW DO WE MAKE SURE OUR SIDEWALKS ARE ADA COMPLIANT, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE ONCOR IS A GOOD PARTNER WITH THAT? AND ONCOR HAS STEPPED UP TO THE TABLE IN THE PAST AND ALSO CURRENTLY TO DO THAT.

THIS FIVE YEAR REDUCED TERM WILL HELP GIVE I WON'T BE HERE, BUT OUR FUTURE COUNCIL, A LOT OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE AND FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MORE RECENT REVIEW OF OF THE PROGRESS AND ALSO TO GET ANNUAL REVIEWS OF ONCOR'S CONTINUED WORK ON MOVING POLES THAT ARE IN VIOLATION OF ADA.

THE SECOND PART OF THIS MOTION REALLY IS IS JUST A YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE IDENTIFY NOT JUST ONCOR'S POLES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES OUT THERE. THERE'S ALSO AT&T, THERE'S THE THERE'S THE UTILITY BOXES.

THERE'S OUR OWN POLES OUT THERE.

WE'VE GOT FIRE HYDRANTS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO CONSIDER THAT ARE VERY NECESSARY TO, TO A FUNCTIONING CITY THAT WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD OF WHAT IS ADA COMPLIANT AND WHAT'S NOT.

IF WE HAD AN OBSTRUCTION THAT WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF CANTON STREET OR BISHOP AVENUE WHERE CARS ARE DRIVING, IT WOULD BE ALL HANDS ON DECK, MOVING THAT OBSTRUCTION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF URGENCY FOR OUR SIDEWALKS, WHERE OUR PEDESTRIANS ARE AT, PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, PEOPLE WITH STROLLERS, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE COST IS FOR IDENTIFYING ALL THOSE OBJECTS I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND IT'S NOT LOCKING US INTO ANYTHING, BUT IT WILL GIVE US A TOOL TO, TO USE TO MAKE A DECISION AS A COUNCIL ON HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO US.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION IS.

ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

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

CAN I HAVE DOCTOR PEREZ COME TO THE PLEASE? AFTER TRANSPORTATION IN THE ONE.

I GUESS THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTING THE MOTION, BUT I HAVE SOME SOME COMMENTS I WANT TO CLARIFY.

TO REDUCE THE TERM FOR 15 YEARS TO FIVE YEARS.

ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANT STAFF TO COME BACK TO US IN FIVE YEARS? I WON'T BE HERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO REPORT BACK.

AND WHAT WHAT IS THEY GOING TO REPORT BACK TO US ABOUT? HONORABLE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL ROBERT BETTIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I THINK I'LL DEFER THE QUESTION TO MISTER FEHRENBACH.

AS FAR AS THE REPORTING BACK.

NICK FEHRENBACH, MANAGER, REGULATORY AFFAIRS THE FIVE YEAR TERM WAS TO ALLOW US TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE ADA, DEFINE WHAT IS ACTUALLY OUT THERE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME CONFLICTS, BUT WE CAN GET THOSE REVIEWED AND IDENTIFIED AND ALSO TO GIVE US TIME TO DO THE RIGHT OF WAY COMPENSATION STUDY.

SO WE HAVE A SUPPORT FOR WHAT SHOULD BE THE FRANCHISE FEE GOING FORWARD.

AND ALTHOUGH IT'S A FIVE YEAR TERM, WE MAY BE BACK BEFORE THE FIVE YEARS IF WE CAN GET AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE ON WHAT THE NEW TERM SHOULD BE.

OKAY. SO THEREFORE YOU BASED ON THE FIVE YEARS, IF YOU CAN GET AN AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THE FRANCHISE, ALTHOUGH IT'S AN ORDINANCE, IS ALSO A CONTRACT.

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SO WHEN WE'RE MAKING CHANGES, WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES AND COME BACK TO THE TABLE WITH THE NEW AGREEMENT FOR ADOPTION AND THEN RATIFICATION BY THEM.

OKAY. SECOND QUESTION, DIRECTOR, CITY MANAGER, TO CONDUCT A REVIEW.

IS THERE A COST? WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT AND WHAT IS THE COST? I DON'T SEE I DON'T SEE A COST CONSIDERATION.

I KNOW WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT.

YEAH. MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE'D HAVE TO DO IS DO A SOLICITATION FOR AN EXTERNAL VENDOR TO COME IN AND DO THAT FOR US.

AND SO WE WOULD SEEK PROPOSALS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD DO THAT.

SO WOULD THAT BE AN RFP? SO DO YOU GOT AN IDEA WHAT'S RFP RFI SOME SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

YES, SIR. AND WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE.

TERM THE TIMELINE BEFORE YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I'D HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR OUR TEAMS AND PROCUREMENT AND GET BACK TO YOU.

I IMAGINE PROBABLY 3 TO 4 MONTHS.

3 OR 4 MONTHS. WITH THAT, I THINK CHAIRMAN WEST WE BROUGHT IT UP, I GUESS THAT SOMETHING WITH BUDGET, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A BUDGET ITEM.

SO THEREFORE I KNOW WE'RE GOING INTO THE BUDGET.

SO WHEN WE START ADDING STUFF TO THE BUDGET, REMEMBER YOU'RE GOING TO COST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT SOMETHING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PAY FOR THIS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE COLLEAGUES THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THERE GOING TO BE A COST WHEN WE DO THIS.

CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I DID, AND THANK YOU FOR DAYLIGHTING.

I THINK THE OBVIOUS QUESTION WE AS STAFF CAN DO AN RFP ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD COME BACK AND HAVE SOME COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO IT WOULD BE AN EXPENSE OF THE CITY.

SHOULD WE BE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY? I WOULD. PROFESSIONALLY RECOMMEND THAT ENCORE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY HAVE A DUTY TO COMPLY WITH ADA.

THEY OBVIOUSLY, I THINK, HAD ALREADY INDICATED THEIR DESIRE AND WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF STUDY AND HAVE TO COME BACK TO US.

IT SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE THAT IF THE DIRECTION IS TO ENSURE THAT THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IS APPROPRIATELY WRITTEN, THAT WE WORK WITH ENCORE TO ENSURE THAT THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IS WRITTEN ACCORDINGLY.

BUT THAT SHOULD BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND EXPENSE TO HIRE THE CONTRACTORS AND THEN FACILITATE THE STUDY.

AS LONG AS WE UNDERSTAND THE PARAMETERS OF THE STUDY, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE RIGHTFULLY THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, I GUESS.

SO IN THE MOTION WHEN MISTER WEST IS CHANGED.

ADDENDUM. SO THEREFORE, I GUESS HE ASKING US TO OVERSEE ENCORE WORK.

I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.

I GUESS, TAMMY, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS MOTION THAT IS ENCORE GOING TO DO THE SCOPE OF WORK, WHY SHOULD WE OVERSEE IT? AND WE GOT TO HAVE OUR TAXPAYERS TO OVERSEE THIS WORK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I BELIEVE THAT THE DIRECTION IS TO DETERMINE THE COST OF CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF THE POLLS.

IF THE CITY DID THE WORK.

IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY. COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? THE MOTION IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE THE COST TO THE CITY OF CONDUCTING THAT.

RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT.

ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE DOING A LIKE ACTUALLY THAT WE JUMP FORWARD AND ACTUALLY BEGIN THE STUDY, BUT IT'S JUST TO CONDUCT THE YOU ON MY TIME.

SO LET ME. THAT'S FINE. FINISH MY PLACE OKAY.

THANK YOU I NEED MY TIME.

SO I GUESS CITY MANAGER BACK TO YOU.

SO ARE WE READING THIS IN THAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THE CITY? ARE WE GOING TO DO THE WORK TO OVER TO, TO OVERSEE ENCORE WORK? OR THERE WOULD BE AN RFP THAT WE GOT TO PUT OUT THERE.

SO SO THE WAY THAT I HEARD THE MOTION RIGHT, THANK YOU, WAS THAT IT WAS DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR STAFF TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND PROCURE A CONTRACTOR.

AND WE ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE STUDY.

SO THEN MAYBE I NEED TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION.

I THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

YEAH. I THINK WELL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE THAT THE MOTION IS JUST TO DETERMINE THE COST FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT.

CORRECT. WELL, WELL, MAYBE I HEARD IT WRONG, BECAUSE I THINK THE STATEMENT AND COMMENTS THAT I THOUGHT I HEARD WAS WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE AS IT RELATES TO MAKING OUR SIDEWALKS ADA COMPLIANT, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT ACTUALLY FACILITATING AND FIXING THAT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE.

SO IF YOU COULD REPEAT THE MOTION, THEN I'M SORRY, SIR, JUST ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE THE COST OF CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL POLES AND OBSTRUCTIONS LOCATED IN SIDEWALKS

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SO IT'D BE A COST ESTIMATE, ESSENTIALLY, OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO GO BEYOND ONCOR'S WORK TO DETERMINE ALL OF THE OBSTRUCTIONS, BUT NOT TO ACTUALLY PUT THE RFP OUT. SO MOUNT ATTORNEY, CAN YOU MAKE SURE WE READ THAT IN THE RECORD CORRECTLY? BECAUSE IT'S NOT READ CORRECTLY.

YOU KNOW, YOU MADE IT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT WHAT IS IN WRITING.

SO CAN WE MAKE SURE WE WRITE THE MOTION CORRECTLY? IT'S WHAT HE READ INTO THE RECORD.

I IT'S DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE THE COST OF CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL POLES AND OBSTRUCTIONS LOCATED IN SIDEWALKS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADA. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WEST.

CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT MEANS, I THINK MR. CITY MANAGER AND STAFF IS THAT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY IN DETERMINING THE COST OF THAT STUDY TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE PARTIES THAT HAVE POTENTIAL ENCROACHMENTS IN THE SIDEWALKS TO POTENTIALLY EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THAT STUDY.

SO. SO YOU COULD GO TO ONCOR AND ALL THE OTHER FOLKS AND SAY, LET'S COME TOGETHER.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A STUDY.

WE WANT EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT COST AND IN THAT EXECUTION, AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO US.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S POSSIBLE.

CORRECT. THAT IS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AS CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED DURING OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THE LAST TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE DID DISCUSS ABOUT DOING THIS TYPE OF STUDY AND LOOKING AT IT THE CHAIR OF GBFM DECIDED TO DO THIS MOTION ON THEIR OWN. THEY DID ATTEND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT WHAT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE.

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE COMMITTEE CHAIR PEOPLE THAT DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ITEM THAT'S NOT IN THEIR COMMITTEE AND DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN IT ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT THE ACTUAL ADVICE FROM THE REST OF A COMMITTEE THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON IT.

SO NOW WE HAVE NOT WE ARE UNSURE WHAT THE COST WILL BE, WHAT THE DETERMINATION WILL BE.

I'M NOT AGAINST I'M NOT OPPOSED TO GETTING THIS DONE AND GETTING THIS DONE CORRECTLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE AND TRYING TO DO TO MAKE SURE HAPPENED.

AND WE HAVE A DISABILITIES COMMISSION THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN RUN THIS BY AND HAVEN'T EVEN GONE THROUGH YET IN ORDER TO GET IT THERE TO SEE WHAT IS THE SCOPE, WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING? I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES THAT WE NEED TO GET THESE POLES OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT NOW IT'S ADDING SOMETHING TO THE SCOPE OF A CONTRACT THAT WE WERE NOT EXPECTING TO HAVE DONE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RFP WILL COST IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AND WHAT WILL WHAT IT WILL COST US.

AND SO NOW WE'RE BEING TIED TO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WITH THIS MOTION.

SO NOT THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THIS MOTION.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT WAS COMPLETELY THOUGHT THROUGH.

AND IT WASN'T THOUGHT THROUGH WITH THE ADVICE OF AN ENTIRE COMMITTEE.

IT WAS THOUGHT THROUGH BY ONE PERSON.

SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I THINK THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS.

THIS IS BIGGER THAN ONE PERSON OR ONE COMMITTEE.

THIS IS A LOT MORE FOLKS.

IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THIS AND GET THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS IMPORTANT AND THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE'VE GOT TO GET FIXED.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF POLES THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE THAT WERE BEFORE THE ADA WAS PUT IN, WAS MADE LAW.

AND WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS.

AND THIS IS GOING TO COST A LOT OF DOLLARS IN ORDER TO MOVE, BECAUSE EACH OF THESE POLES THAT DEPENDING ON WHICH POLE IT IS, COULD COST, WE HAVE NO IDEA.

IT COULD COST A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT COULD COST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

IT COULD COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ORDER TO TO MOVE THAT POLE TO THE RIGHT PLACE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS MOVING A POLE FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER IN ORDER TO GET THE THREE FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO TO BECOME, IN ORDER TO, TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST AND I WISH THAT THE CHAIR WOULD HAVE COME TO ME, GIVEN ME A PHONE CALL, ANYTHING WITHOUT JUST WALKING OVER TO ME. 10S BEFORE WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE THE AGENDA AND THROWING IT IN MY FACE AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS IT.

DO YOU WANT TO GO AND DO IT? I HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH IT.

I HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.

SO FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING IN OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT EACH OF THE UTILITY COMPANIES HAS AN INDEPENDENT OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT INCUR THE COST.

THAT IS RIGHTFULLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH UTILITY COMPANY OF SURVEYING THEIR COMPLIANCE.

I WOULD, THEREFORE, WILL MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS MOTION TO INSTEAD OF THE SECOND PROVISION ABOUT THE

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IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? YOU CAN ASK FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON IT.

YOU CAN, CAN, CAN CAN YOU BRING THAT TO A MORE CONCISE MOTION? CAN YOU SAY THAT BETTER? I'LL BE VERY CONCISE TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO STUDY ADA COMPLIANCE WITHOUT INCURRING THE COST OF A AN RFP OR A STUDY.

SO THAT'S THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? OKAY. CAROLYN KING ARNOLD SECONDED IT.

SO NOW WE ARE ON THAT MOTION, WHICH PROBABLY WILL NEED TO BE CLARIFIED IN THE DISCUSSION OF IT.

BUT YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES NOW, A NEW FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION.

AND I'VE HELD THE CUE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION BY MR. WEST. SO I'VE WRITTEN IT DOWN, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

WELL, THE POINT OF MY MOTION IS MY AMENDMENT IS TO HAVE THE CITY, THE CITY MANAGER, ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO GET THEM TO SURVEY THEIR OWN SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPORT TO THE CITY WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO TO RESOLVE THEM, WITHOUT THE CITY HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE BUSY WORK OF STUDYING THE COST OF THE CITY DOING IT, WHICH I DON'T THINK THE CITY SHOULD HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

THAT. WAS THAT IT? OKAY.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, ARE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK ON THIS MOTION? YES. ON THIS AMENDMENT? YES.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THIS IS EXACTLY.

COLLEAGUES, WHY WE SHOULD ALLOW FOR THINGS TO BE DONE DURING COMMITTEE AND BE WORKED THROUGH DURING COMMITTEE, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE HERE AT THE HORSESHOE AND WE'RE DOING WHAT SHOULD BE COMMITTEE WORK IN ORDER TO GET THIS TO WHERE WE NEEDED IT TO GET.

AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS.

NOW, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, WHICH NOW IS MUDDLING THINGS.

I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THE FOR THIS AMENDMENT, SIMPLY FOR THE FACT THAT I WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET HERE, WHEN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES ARE TRYING TO GET IN ON WHAT ONE COMMITTEE IS TRYING TO WORK ON? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP DURING FOR THE STUDY, SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP EITHER DURING QUALITY OF LIFE OR COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP DURING GBFM AND NOT ATTACHED TO A TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, BECAUSE I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE ENTIRE THING.

BUT JUST SHOWING THE PUBLIC AND THE REST OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHAT HAPPENS, MR. MAYOR, WHEN WE START TO GO INSIDE OF WHAT OTHER COMMITTEES ARE TRYING TO DO WITHOUT ALLOWING THAT COMMITTEE TO FINISH ITS WORK OR DETERMINE WHAT ITS SCOPE OF WORK IS? WE WERE ON ONE SCOPE OF WORK TO CHANGE LIGHTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LIGHT FIXTURES THAT WERE BEING CHANGED WERE GOING TO GET CHANGED APPROPRIATELY, AND IT TURNED INTO AN ENTIRE DIFFERENTLY.

THIS IS TURNING IT INTO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONTRACT, WHICH ISN'T WHICH IS NOT WHAT OUR PURVIEW WAS TO DO AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE LIGHTS BEING FIXED AND CHANGED FROM THE REGULAR LIGHTS THAT THEY ARE INTO LED LIGHTS.

SO FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND.

AND THEN I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE ENTIRE MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, I SEE YOU NEXT IN MY QUEUE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY'S MOTION IS EXACTLY WHAT STAFF WAS GOING TO DO ANYWAY, AND THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MICROMANAGE HOW STAFF WAS GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE THEIR INTENTION WAS TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE PARTIES AND SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE TACKLE THIS PROBLEM TOGETHER? I DO, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THE AMENDMENT IS NEEDED, AND WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY MICROMANAGE HOW THE CITY MANAGEMENT DECIDES TO PROCURE THAT COST ESTIMATE.

SO THAT'S ONE PIECE.

THE SECOND PIECE IS THAT I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE DO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER, BUT THAT WE CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY AROUND THIS.

THAT MAY BE AS FRUSTRATING AS IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY ARE GETTING INCREMENTAL COMMITMENTS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND ITS EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP IN KEEPING THIS ON THE TABLE, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE KEEP IT ON THE TABLE BY BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL, IT DOES PROVIDE A SENSE OF URGENCY.

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I DON'T WELL, IT'S NOT PART OF THE AMENDMENT, SO I WON'T MENTION WHICH COMMITTEE IT SHOULD COME BACK TO.

BUT IN TERMS OF THIS AMENDMENT, I DON'T I THINK IT'S REDUNDANT AND WE DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO MICROMANAGE HOW THE CITY MANAGEMENT DECIDES TO PROCURE THAT COST.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MISS BLACKMON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. AND AND YES, MR. RIDLEY, YOU CAN TAKE SOME OF MY TIME, BUT IS THERE A REPORTING BACK MECHANISM IN YOUR MOTION? SURE. I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD REPORT THE RESULTS OF THEIR EFFORTS TO OBTAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.

THE FULL COUNCIL? YES.

OKAY. AND IS THAT CAN YOU ADD THAT INTO YOUR OR CAN I.

I DON'T KNOW IF I, IF THAT'S.

YEAH. SURE. TO SAY THAT IT COMES BACK TO A FULL COUNCIL VERSUS GOING TO WE HAVE COMMITTEE CREEP IN SOME PLACES AND IT DRIVES ME NUTS BECAUSE I'M NOT ON EVERY COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU THOUGH. AND SO SO AND SO I MISS SOME THINGS EVEN THOUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING 10,000 THINGS.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHICH COMMITTEE IT'S COMING TO.

AND IF IT DOES CROSS OVER INTO TWO COMMITTEES, IT PROBABLY SHOULD COME BACK TO FULL COUNCIL.

AND I THINK PROCESS IS WHAT'S GETTING IN THE WAY HERE.

BECAUSE THE FIRST PART IS, IS FINE.

IT'S ABOUT HOW THE STUDY AND THE LOOK IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

AND WHERE DOES THAT REPORTING MECHANISM HAPPEN.

SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO BRING IT BACK HERE AND SUPPORT YOUR YOUR MOTION.

AND THAT WAS JUST A POINT OF UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU. YEAH I'LL BE GLAD TO ADD THAT TO MY MOTION.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS A MOTION TO AMEND THAT AND TO BE ADDED TO EVERY COMMITTEE IS WHAT I HEARD.

NO. OKAY. NO.

OKAY. JUST THE FIRST PART.

JUST THE FIRST PART. JUST THE FIRST PART.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION HEARING NONE.

OKAY, SO NOW MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT BY ACCLAMATION WILL DO AN AMENDMENT TO HIS ORIGINAL MOTION TO INCLUDE MISS BLACKMAN'S AMENDMENT.

SO NOW WE'RE STILL ON THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT.

THE QUEUE IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR I WILL SUPPORT YOUR MOTION.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE.

IT'S ULTIMATELY ADDRESSING WHAT WE DID HERE IN COMMITTEE WORK.

BUT ALSO, I THINK, IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WEST WAS LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND SO FOR THAT, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

AND I THINK THAT WHERE I STAND IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, THAT WHATEVER ROUTE WE GO THROUGH, THAT OUR WORK COLLABORATIVELY SIDE BY SIDE WITH ENCORE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY INCURRING A COST TO GET THE FEASIBILITY STUDY OR WHATEVER DATA THAT WE ARE COLLECTING TO EXECUTE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO US GETTING BACK AS A FULL BODY.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS MOTION ACCOMPLISHES JUST THAT AND MAKES SURE THAT WE HAVE NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AS A CITY CHAIRWOMAN.

MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT AS AMENDED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST OFF, WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT NEWS, BECAUSE I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY AROUND THIS HORSESHOE THAT ISN'T REALLY IN SUPPORT OF MAKING SURE OUR SIDEWALKS ARE ADA COMPLIANT.

SO THAT'S AWESOME.

THE SECOND PART IS THERE'S PROBABLY MULTIPLE WAYS TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.

AS MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS HAS POINTED OUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS WITHOUT ACTION.

THE QUESTION'S BEEN ASKED REPEATEDLY, WHERE DOES THIS RESIDE? AND THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS, WELL, THE EQUITY OFFICE AND FAIR HOUSING, WHICH HAS HAD AN INCREASE IN STAFFING THIS LAST BUDGET YEAR.

SO I THINK THE THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED IS, WELL, COULD STAFF DO THIS ON THEIR OWN? COULD STAFF HIRE CONSULTANTS? BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH THAT'S THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM AROUND THIS HORSESHOE IS WE HIRE CONSULTANTS.

BUT THE THIRD THING WHICH WAS TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME IS COULD THIS BE CROWDSOURCED? OUR RESIDENTS KNOW WHERE THERE'S A PROBLEM, AND IF, FRANKLY, THEY'RE NOT REPORTING THE PROBLEM, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT WALKING ON THAT STRETCH OF SIDEWALK.

SO IT COULD BE THAT STAFF DESIGNS, THAT SORT OF CROWDSOURCING, MAYBE THEY ENGAGE THE COMMISSION, THEY ENGAGE ALL OF US TO SAY, HEY, WHERE DO YOU SEE PROBLEMS WITH ADA AND OUR SIDEWALKS? BECAUSE TRUST ME, IT'S NOT JUST ENCORE, FOLKS.

WE'VE GOT FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE WAY.

WE'VE GOT TREES IN THE WAY.

WE HAVE TELEPHONE POLES IN THE WAY.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT REPEATEDLY, BECAUSE MY RESIDENTS LITERALLY HAVE THESE PROBLEMS ALL THROUGH DISTRICT 12.

I'M SURE ALL OF YOU DO.

AND THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IF WE ENGAGE THEM FOR SOMETHING THEY CARE ABOUT, THEY'LL STAY ENGAGED FOR OTHER THINGS.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT VOTING BEING LOW AND ONLY THE SAME, TEN PEOPLE COME GUESS WHAT? LET'S GET THEM INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT THEY CARE ABOUT THAT WILL IMPACT THEIR DAY TO DAY LIFE.

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SO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID IS ACTUALLY CORRECT.

BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO DO THIS THROUGH CROWDSOURCING, FRANKLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT I A LOT IN THE LAST MONTH.

GUESS WHAT? I CAN BE LOOKING AT LOTS OF PHOTOS AND THEY CAN SEE THE OBSTRUCTIONS.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO DO.

US WITHOUT SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND TAKING TWO YEARS FOR A STUDY.

AND I HOPE THAT BY SUPPORTING YOUR MOTION THAT WE'RE ALSO SAYING WE NEED YOU TO START THINKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST KEEP SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON CONSULTANTS.

SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR MOTION.

THANK YOU. MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WELL, I WILL BUILD ON THAT.

AND I WAS AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, SO I DID TAKE PART IN THE DISCUSSION.

AND THIS CONTRACT RENEWAL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN LANGUISHING.

AND IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG PLACE.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

BUT WHAT'S LANGUISHING, LANGUISHING IS ADA COMPLIANCE AND PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THEIR OWN CITY, IN SOME CASES RIGHT DOWN TO THE BLOCK LEVEL.

AND SO IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS.

BUT I AGREE THAT THIS MAKES A GREAT POINT OF ENGAGEMENT TO DEPUTIZE EVERYONE.

I ALWAYS SAY LOVE IS BLIND, BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHERE POTHOLES ARE OR WHERE CODE VIOLATIONS ARE, YOU TURN TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THEY CAN LET YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY, AND I'LL TELL YOU'D.

MAGAZINE IS ALSO KEEPING A RATHER NICE ARCHIVE OF SOME OF THESE TELEPHONE POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF A SIDEWALK, ETC..

SO. SO WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING IS THE POLITICAL WILL AND THE ACTION.

AND SO THANK YOU, CHAIR WEST, FOR MOVING THIS TO THE FOREFRONT TO FORCE THE DISCUSSION.

AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, I DO THINK THIS IS STRENGTHENING THE INITIATIVE.

BUT WHAT WE'VE GOT TO SEE IS NOT ONLY DOCUMENTING THIS WITH THE HELP OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO SOME EXPEDIENT ACTION ON HOW WE WORK WITH OUR UTILITY PARTNERS, WHO I THINK WANT TO COME TO THE TABLE AND HELP US ADDRESS THIS.

BUT IF WE COME BACK HERE IN A YEAR AND WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS AND NOT KNOWING WHERE THESE ISSUES ARE AND NOT BEGINNING TO FORMULATE A PLAN OF HOW WE ADDRESS THEM, WHETHER IT'S ON THE CITY SIDE OF THE FENCE OR ONCOR OR WHEREVER, THEN SHAME ON US.

AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

I'M GOING TO HOLD FEET TO THE FIRE SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN WEST RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THE MR. RIDLEY'S MOTION AS WELL, AND I WILL SUPPORT IT.

I THINK ANYTHING THAT STRENGTHENS THIS INITIATIVE, I MEAN, THE SPIRIT OF THIS WAS, WAS REALLY JUST TO BRING A SENSE OF URGENCY BEHIND THE CITY IN, IN RECOGNIZING ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND IN OUR ADA AREAS.

THAT'S WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THIS WAS.

AND SO MY APOLOGIES IF, YOU KNOW, FOR STEPPING ON TOES IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF GBFM IS WE HAVE PROCUREMENT, WHICH DEALS WITH CDBG AND HOUSING STUFF.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT.

WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS COME THROUGH GBFM.

AND SO THERE'S THERE'S THERE IS CROSSOVER.

AT TIMES I'VE SORT OF LEARNED TO JUST LET IT HAPPEN WHEN IT'S IN OTHER COMMITTEES.

BUT I KNOW MY, MY PREDECESSOR, COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN HAS TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT.

LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO CONSTANTLY FIND YOURSELF IN THIS SITUATION AND IN THIS ONE YOU KNOW, MY SPIRIT AND MY MY GOAL WAS JUST TO TO GET EVERYBODY MOBILIZED AND EXCITED ABOUT MAKING OUR SIDEWALKS MORE CLEAR, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR ROADS ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND I APPRECIATE HEARING EVERYONE SAY THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM AS WELL.

AND I LOVE THE CROWDSOURCING, ESPECIALLY OF THE I SUGGESTION AS WELL.

AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN EMPOWER OUR YOUTH COMMISSION TO GET BEHIND AND HELP US WITH, SINCE A LOT OF THEM I KNOW MY YOUTH COMMISSIONER WALKS TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO HIS HOUSE.

SO I SUPPORT IT AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES GETTING ON BOARD.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY, OH, I'M SORRY.

WE CAN YOU CAN SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT OR YOU CAN SPEAK ON IT AT ONCE.

THE AMENDMENT GETS ON. YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT? SPEAKING ON THE AMENDMENT, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE REASON I SUPPORTED THAT THE CONVERSATION ON THIS AMENDMENT IS BECAUSE I NEED TO GET SOME CONVERSATION AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS.

SO HOW DO YOU ALL DEFINE OBSTRUCTION? SO WE DO HAVE A 301 SERVICE REQUEST.

THAT'S OBSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK.

THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM UTILITY POLES TO MAILBOXES TO FIRE HYDRANTS, THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT BASICALLY IS AN OBSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK.

ALL RIGHT. ON THE POLLS, WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE AS OBSTRUCTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT IN THE SIDEWALKS?

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AND WHENEVER OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECEIVES THOSE, THEY GO OUT AND THEY INSPECT IT.

THEY MEASURE FOR ADA COMPLIANCE.

IF IT IS FOUND TO NOT BE AN ADA COMPLIANCE, THEN WE WORK WITH THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY, WHETHER IT BE ONCOR OR AT&T OR WHOMEVER THE POLE BELONGS TO, TO ADDRESS IT. SO THAT I THINK THAT'S MY POINT HERE.

IN TERMS OF ADA COMPLIANT, WHAT WE HAVE CHALLENGES.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF POLL NUMBERS.

WHAT I DO, I'M A POLL WATCHERS SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW AND ANDREA KNOWS THAT TOO, BECAUSE I CALL HER AND LET HER KNOW WHEN I TAKE THE NUMBERS OF THESE POLES THAT ARE OBSTRUCTING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ADA COMPLIANT, THEY'RE NOT REALLY COMPLIANT.

BUT I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THE MISTER RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT THAT I SEE IS THAT YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS WHO ARE ATTACHING THEIR CABLES TO THE ELECTRIC POLES, AND THEN YOU END UP, I'VE JUST SENT YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND SENT MISTER CHAD WEST, WHERE NOW WE HAVE ALL OF THESE.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT A HULA HOOP IS.

SO YOU HAVE CABLES THAT ARE HANGING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK WHEN FOLKS ARE TRYING TO WALK OR NAVIGATE WITH THEIR MOBILE ITEM.

AND HULA HOOP IS AN ITEM WE USED TO PLAY WITH.

YOU HOOP IT AROUND YOU JUST TURN IT AROUND LIKE THAT, OKAY? THE PROBLEM IS IT'S INTERFERING WITH THE PERSON BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE A SIDEWALK.

IT'S SO HEAVY NOW THAT MOST OF THEM ARE PRETTY MUCH DOWN LOW TO WHERE A PERSON IS NOT ABLE TO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK OR WALK.

AND SO THAT IS MY SERIOUS CONCERN.

ALSO FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PORTION.

SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY STARTED REACHING OUT TO MY STATE PARTNERS, WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, WHAT I CALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND THE THREAT TO MOBILITY ON OUR SIDEWALKS.

AND THIS ITEM HERE, POLE NUMBER 72822.

THAT'S THE LAST FEW NUMBERS OF THAT POLE.

IF A PERSON COMES OFF OF THE SIDEWALK, THROUGH THE ALLEY, IT'S YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS MONSTROSITY HANGING DOWN THERE.

AND THEN WHEN WHEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THAT THEFT IS TAKING PLACE.

AND SO AS THEY'RE STEALING THE COPPER FROM THE CABLES, THOSE WIRES ARE HANGING DOWN, TOO.

AND SO WE JUST HAVE A COMBINATION OF CHALLENGES TO NAVIGATING THE SIDEWALKS.

ADA COMPLIANT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

BUT JUST HOLISTICALLY, BEING ABLE TO WALK DOWN A SIDEWALK FOR HEALTH REASONS, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

SO THAT'S MY SUPPORT BEHIND WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE.

BUT I CAN COMMIT TO YOU THAT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY STATE OFFICIALS AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT TO GET A HOLD ON HOW WE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO MAKE OUR LIVES QUALITY OF LIFE IS ALSO NOT IT'S NOT AN OBSTACLE TO QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. SO THAT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO GET TO.

AND I DO SUPPORT MR. RIDLEY, BUT I DO WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ALL OF THESE CABLES HANGING IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SIDEWALKS.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT, AS AMENDED BY MISS BLACKMON? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. ITEM 40 HAS NOW BEEN AMENDED BY THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS AMENDED BY MISS BLACKMON.

SO WE'RE BACK ON ITEM 40.

AND I HAD KATHY STEWART IN MY QUEUE.

IF YOU WANTED TO TO STILL SPEAK, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

NO, I JUST WANTED A WRITTEN COPY OF THE MOTION, AND I GOT THAT, SO I THINK I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 40? HEARING. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT.

AND PLEASE NOTE THE KNOW THAT MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 41.

[41. 24-404 Authorize two concession contracts, each for a term of five years, with three two-year renewal options, with (1) Alto Operations Texas LLC, with an estimated revenue of $287,852.00; and (2) Irving Holdings, Inc., with an estimated revenue of $222,000.00, for the operation of transportation for hire services from designated outdoor curbside and indoor counter spaces at Dallas Love Field Airport - Estimated Revenue: Aviation Fund $509,852.00 (This item was deferred on January 10, 2024 and January 24, 2024)]

EACH FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, WITH THREE TWO YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH ONE ALTO OPERATIONS.

TEXAS LLC, WITH AN ESTIMATED REVENUE OF $287,852 IN TWO IRVING HOLDINGS, INC., WITH AN ESTIMATED REVENUE OF $222,000 FOR THE OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE SERVICES FROM DESIGNATED OUTDOOR CURBSIDE AND INDOOR COUNTER SPACES AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD AIRPORT.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION ON 41? SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 41.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ITEM AND TO STAFF FOR LOOKING AND MAKING THIS MORE EQUITABLE IN THE END.

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THANK YOU FOR ALSO DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO GET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO EXPLAIN THIS.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AT LOVE FIELD WITH THE BEST MIDSIZE AIRPORT IN THE WORLD.

AND THANK YOU TO CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

THANK YOU MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 41? HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 42 AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN THE DEVELOPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS HEAVENLY HOMES LIMITED OR ITS AFFILIATE

[42. 24-706 Authorize an increase in the development loan agreement with Texas Heavenly Homes Ltd., or its affiliate (Applicant), conditioned upon the completion of a third-party underwriting for the development of the Bottom Infill, a 32-unit single-family affordable housing project located in the Bottom neighborhood of Council District 4 - Not to exceed $3,084,427.00, from $500,000.00 to $3,584,427.00 - Financing : Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds (This item was deferred on February 14, 2024)]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION, DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, SIR. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. ITEMS DEFERRED UNTIL WHAT DATE? APRIL 24TH, 2024.

OKAY. APRIL 24TH, 2024.

ALL RIGHT. COOL.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 43.

[43. 24-43 Authorize a contract with Wright Choice Group, LLC for the term of fourteen months for consultant services to include meeting design and facilitation services, plan development, and project recommendations, starting on December 13, 2023, for city-owned property located at 2929 South Hampton Road, Dallas, Texas 75233 for persons experiencing housing instability or homelessness - Not to exceed $110,133.00 - Financing: General Fund (subject to annual appropriations) (This item was deferred on December 13, 2023)]

75233. FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY OR HOMELESSNESS NOT TO EXCEED $110,133.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION ITEM 43.

ANYONE HAVE ONE? MR. MAYOR, I MOVED.

I MOVED TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL JUNE 26TH, 2024.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN GRACEY? YES. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON THE ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.

WHAT'S THE DATE AGAIN? I'M TRYING TO KEEP THESE JUNE 26TH, 2026.

OKAY. ON THIS ITEM, OBVIOUSLY IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VERY CONTROVERSIAL PROPERTY WITHIN DISTRICT THREE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO IS WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE A LONG TIME AGO.

I WAS FAIRLY NEW, BUT I ACTUALLY WANT TO STEP UP AND TAKE THE LEAD ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOST ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS MYSELF.

PERSONALLY, I'VE HEARD THE FEEDBACK AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THAT I UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, BUT ACTUAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE, HAS ONLY BEEN ONE.

SO I WANT TO STEP UP AND GIVE MYSELF AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF WHAT COULD BE DONE.

I UNDERSTAND WE WENT TO HOUSING TO DISCUSS THIS, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BEFORE WE SO I CAN MAKE SURE I STAY ON TOPIC BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PAY A CONSULTANT.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT.

BUT BEFORE WE PAY THIS CONSULTANT, I WANT TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S ALL WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

IT IS THERE IS SOME NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME.

HEY, CAN SOMEBODY TALK TO US IN DECEMBER? I DEFERRED THIS ITEM ON DECEMBER.

DECEMBER 13TH. I DEFERRED THIS ITEM ON DECEMBER 23RD.

I SENT A PLAN AND A PROPOSAL THAT I ASK STAFF TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER AS AN OPTION.

I ASKED THEM TO COME BACK TO US ON MARCH THAT OPTION THREE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE DETAIL AND IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THERE.

SO I REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY.

GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THIS OPTION SERIOUSLY, AND THEN COME BACK SO THAT WE CAN TRULY CONSIDER THE FEASIBILITY OF ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS, NOT JUST BE TOLD THAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE.

THAT WAS AN INCOMPLETE PRESENTATION.

SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK, ACTUALLY GET TRUE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND TAKE THAT FEEDBACK TO THE STAFF SO THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT INCLUDES THEIR FEEDBACK, NOT JUST SOME OPTIONS FROM CITY FROM THERE.

SO I'LL STOP THERE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 43.

THANK YOU. MAYOR I LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE A QUESTION IF HE'LL RESPOND.

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SO I'M CURIOUS WHY THIS WOULD NEED TO BE DEFERRED WHEN IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THE CONSULTANTS BEING PROPOSED SPECIFICALLY FOR AN OPTION. SO WOULDN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, TO HAVE WHO'S GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS FROM DAY ONE, BEING ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS WHAT THOSE GOALS AND THOSE OPTIONS WOULD BE.

SO I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING.

WOULD IT NOT BE HELPFUL TO ACTUALLY HAVE CONSULTANT ON BOARD WITH YOU AND THE.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CHOSEN OPTION RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S. THERE'S TWO ANSWERS TO THAT.

THE FIRST ANSWER IS.

FROM THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE.

THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS BEEN FORWARD FACING COMING TO THEM ONE TIME.

AND THEN THEY HIRED A CONSULTANT TO THEN GO BEFORE THEM.

AND EVEN THEN THEY FORMED A WORKING GROUP AND THEY DID A FINE JOB, HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS.

I DON'T DENY THAT, BUT THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT PRESENTED BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS NOT BEEN FORWARD FACING IN THIS AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS CONSULTANT, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONTRACT WI ME.

I NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS AND REALLY GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE PROPER DIRECTION BEFORE ANY PROPOSALS GO FORWARD.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

THAT'S THE FIRST SIDE OF IT.

THE SECOND SIDE OF IT IS BEFORE WE SPEND MONEY AGAIN, I, I, I'VE ASKED STAFF TO REALLY TALK TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I'VE TALKED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I'VE TALKED TO HOUSING, I'VE TALKED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I'VE TALKED TO ALL OF THEM.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALL TALKED COLLECTIVELY ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT COULD BE.

SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS DISCUSSION, AND WE HAVEN'T.

AND THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO DO.

OKAY. CAN I ASK STAFF TO COME AND JUST EXPLAIN WHAT WHAT WHAT WOULD THE GOAL FOR THE WAY THAT THIS IS WRITTEN BE IN THE FIRST PLACE? IF THERE IT HAS NOT BEEN ANY OPTIONS.

I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY HASN'T CHOSEN ONE AND THE COMMITTEE HASN'T CHOSEN ONE.

WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH ASKING US TO APPROVE A CONSULTING CONTRACT? GOOD MORNING. CHRISTINE CROSSLEY, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.

THE CONTRACT WOULD REVIVE A CONSULTING CONTRACT THAT WAS CLOSED OUT.

LAST LATE LAST YEAR.

THAT WAS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED WORKING GROUP THAT HAD SEVERAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

TO REALLY ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS PUSHED OFF, AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GO BACK AND WE WERE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL AND THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE TO REALLY DRAW UP OPTIONS THAT COULD BE GIVEN AT TO HHS TO REFLECT ON SO THAT A DIRECTION FORWARD COULD BE IDENTIFIED.

SO THE CONSULTANTS TIME IN THE COMMUNITY'S TIME WOULD BE WELL UTILIZED.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED WE CAN GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE OPTIONS AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WERE GIVEN ON MONDAY.

WHICH WOULD NECESSITATE THE CONSULTANT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A VERY IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF THOSE THROUGH THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT. IF IT'S JUST IF THE WISH IS JUST TO DO A COUPLE OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS DIRECTLY WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THAT AREA, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF COULD STAND UP.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST A QUESTION OF WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WHEN? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 43.

THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY THAT I THINK YOU'RE 100% ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD THIS DISCUSSION IN YOUR DISTRICT.

HAVING BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS MYSELF, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU AS A COLLEAGUE THAT YOU GIVE THE PRESENTATION, NOT STAFF.

INVITE STAFF TO BE THERE.

INVITE STAFF TO CORRECT ANYTHING YOU SAY THAT'S INCORRECT, BUT YOU EXPLAIN IT NOT IN SOME OF THE WORD SALAD ANSWERS WE GET AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, BUT IN REAL LANGUAGE FOR REAL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WOULD THIS PROJECT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD THIS PROJECT MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY? THERE'S GOOD THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN FOR DEVELOPMENT.

IF THE COMMUNITY HATES IT AND THEY COME BACK AND SAY IT SHOULD BE SOLD, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOU ON THAT.

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WE NEED THIS ACROSS OUR CITY.

IT'S A FABULOUS PIECE OF LAND FOR IT.

I THINK IT WOULD ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF YOU CAN'T ARTICULATE IT IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND AND REALLY ATTACH TO IT AS PART OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THEN IT WON'T HAPPEN.

IT WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON.

AND SO, NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS ITEM.

THE ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING IS NOT A CONSULTANT.

I DON'T MEAN TO JUST HARP ON CONSULTANTS TODAY, BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON TO CONVENE YOUR COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE A COLLEAGUE ACROSS THE WAY.

SHE'S ALSO THE RIGHT PERSON TO CONVENE THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR DELAYING THAT.

IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH A PROJECT, WHATEVER IT IS, THEN YOU MAY NEED A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST.

BUT FOR THIS, WE HAVE FAITH IN YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB WITH THIS.

SO I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH.

BUT A CONSULTANT CONTRACT NOW IS PREMATURE AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 43.

THANK YOU. I DO SUPPORT YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACEY, YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN PUT IN A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING POSITION WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION LEFT IT AS IT IS NOW.

OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN WRITING US, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN IT, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KEEP REPEATING THIS BECAUSE WE TRY TO SUPPORT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU SUPPORTED THE LAST COUNCIL MEMBER WHO BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, AND I WAS THE ONLY DISSENTING VOTE BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT MY DISTRICT WAS SAYING TO ME.

I KNOW THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT EAST HAMPTON DISTRICT THAT WE SHARE.

AND SO WE MOVED QUICKLY AFTER THE VOTE FOR A MEETING IN DISTRICT FOUR SO THAT WE COULD GIVE FEEDBACK.

SO THE CONCERNS FOR THOSE OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO GOT IN THEIR CAR TO GO OUT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DON'T EVEN NEED ANY MORE TREES IN OAK CLIFF.

THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT OAK CLIFF.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF TREES.

WE DON'T EVEN NEED A NEW TREE CANOPY OR WHATEVER THEY WERE PROPOSING.

WE DON'T NEED THAT.

WHAT WE NEED IS FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER GOES IN THAT FACILITY AND WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED NOW IS AN ENDANGERMENT TO CHILDREN IN A SCHOOL, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF JIMMY TYLER BRASHEAR.

I KNOW, AND I'M VERY CONNECTED TO THAT BECAUSE I KNEW HER DAUGHTER, I KNEW THE MOTHER, I KNEW THE WORK AND THE EFFORTS THAT THEY FOUGHT FOR TO GET A QUALITY EDUCATION.

YOU ALSO ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A REGIONAL PARK THAT I KNOW FOR SURE, IF IT WAS IN A DIFFERENT ZIP CODE AND IT WAS A MAJOR PARK CALLED KLYDE WARREN, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IT WAS AN EMPTY BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THAT IN AN EMPTY BUILDING ACROSS FROM KLYDE WARREN PARK.

SO WE DON'T WANT IT IN KEITH'S PARK EITHER.

SO YOU HAVE THE PARK, YOU HAVE HOMES, YOU HAVE A SCHOOL, YOU HAVE RETIREMENT FACILITIES OVER IN ON ROSEMONT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO ALL OF THESE FOLKS, YOU'RE PUTTING THIS PLAN HERE, AND I'M WILLING TO BET WE HAVEN'T EVEN CONSULTED DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS ABOUT SAFETY.

AND I'M VERY ADAMANT THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT WE INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SO THERE ARE DANGERS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS, IN THIS PROPOSAL.

NOW, ALL THAT I HEARD THE OTHER DAY, IT SOUND GOOD ABOUT LETTING PEOPLE LIVE IN A GOOD PLACE AND DIE PEACEFULLY.

YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, OKAY, JOHN BECKWITH, ARE YOU LISTENING? BECAUSE I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE GOLDEN GATE FOR THAT DIE PEACEFULLY.

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

I WAS INSULTED BY MUCH OF THAT CONVERSATION.

I HEARD DURING THAT DURING THAT BRIEFING.

SO WE RECEIVED NOTES FROM OUR EMAILS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ONCE AGAIN SUPPORTING US.

MISTER GRACEY, YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, ELECTED DISTRICT THREE.

I'M ELECTED FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

AND WE ARE MARRIED TOGETHER, DIVIDED ONLY BY HAMPTON.

SO WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THE POSITION THAT WE WERE SWORN IN TO TAKE TO BE AN ADVOCATE AND A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND WE SHOULDN'T LET ANYONE USURP THAT.

SO I SUPPORT YOU ON THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HOPE THAT AS WE FIGHT FOR QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THIS ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD AS MY CONSTITUENTS

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I WANT YOU TO FIGHT FOR US JUST AS HARD STAFF AS YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR THAT.

FIGHT FOR THOSE THINGS THAT WE ASK FOR.

SO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR IT.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR LAWFUL POSITION.

MRS AARON GRACIE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND I SUPPORT YOU ON THAT.

AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND A CONSTITUENT AND A PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT DISTRICT.

SO, CHAIRMAN, I MEAN, MAYOR, THAT'S MY $0.04 ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, BUT IT IS INDEED.

DISRESPECTFUL FOR FOLKS TO DISRESPECT OUR OUR ELECTED POSITIONS IN THIS CITY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

POINT OF ORDER. YEAH.

STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER. FOR LEGAL I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DEEP INTO THE PROJECT RATHER THAN THE CONTRACT.

THE CONSULTING CONTRACT ITSELF.

HE WANTS US TO TAILOR OUR COMMENTS GOING FORWARD TO DID I HAVE ANY MINUTE SECONDS LEFT? HOW MANY SECONDS LEFT DID I HAVE? THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAY I FINISH MY MINUTE? YEAH. YOU CAN. ALL RIGHT. IT'S GERMANE.

OH, JESSE, TELL US WHAT WE WANT.

TELL US WHAT? WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST ON THE CONVERSATION? IT'S A TALLY. TAMMY PALOMINO, QUESTION ABOUT GERMANENESS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD.

TAMMY. RIGHT.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS ACTUALLY THE CONSULTING CONTRACT, NOT THE UNDERLYING PROJECT AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

AND I THINK THAT THE THE ISSUE IS THE GERMANENESS PLUS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO HOLD THE ITEM UNDER ADVISEMENT.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO LET ME JUST ADD THAT DEBATE ON THE MOTION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO ITS MERITS ONLY, WHICH WOULD BE THE WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS UNDER ADVISEMENT UNLESS YOU NEED TO GO INTO THE IMMEDIATE, UNLESS IT'S NECESSARY TO GO INTO THE CONTRACT TO MAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT.

SO WE DON'T NEED A CONTRACT.

WE DON'T NEED A CONTRACT, A CONSULTANT, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO CAN GUIDE THE CONVERSATION AS OPPOSED TO THIS CONSULTANT, BECAUSE THE CONSULTANT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT HE IS ENTITLED TO AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, MR. MORENO, WHERE I'M GOING? ALL RIGHT, SO THE ELECTED OFFICIAL SHOULD BE DOING WHAT WE'RE PAYING A CONSULTANT TO DO, AND WE'VE ALREADY ELECTED THAT OFFICIAL THERE TO HOLD THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS.

AND IT SHOULDN'T COST US ANYTHING, BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING PAID BY THE TAXPAYERS TO BE AROUND THE HORSESHOE AND HAVE THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND WE DON'T GET PAID FOR THAT. SO THAT IS MY CONVERSATION AROUND THE CONTRACT AT THIS TIME.

WE NEED TO RESPECT THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LET HIM DO THE WORK.

AND IF THERE THAT COMMUNITY BELIEVES THEY NEED A CONSULTANT, THEN IT'S A TIME AND PLACE TO DO THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T SUPPORT THAT.

THE CONSULTANT AND I SUPPORT YOU ON THE DEFERMENT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY IS THERE ANY GERMANE YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF CLOSING IT OUT ON THE ISSUE OF THE DEFERMENT.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ AND I SEE A FEW PEOPLE, I THINK THE POINT OF ORDER HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY SUSTAINED.

AND BASICALLY THE THE ADMONITION GOING FORWARD IS THAT IF YOU COULD RESTRICT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE MERITS OF DEFERRING THE ITEM, THAT'S HELPFUL.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND MY MY ONE QUESTION IS AND IF MY COLLEAGUE WILL ANSWER IS HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAVE YOU HELD SINCE DECEMBER, WHEN WE DID GIVE THE RESPECT OF DEFERRING BECAUSE IT WAS ASKED IN DECEMBER, HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAVE YOU HELD SINCE DECEMBER? AGAIN, NONE.

SO AGAIN, I AND I'LL ADMIT THAT WHAT I SENT WHEN WE DEFERRED IT ON DECEMBER 13TH.

ON DECEMBER 23RD, ON MY BIRTHDAY, I SENT A PLAN AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXPLORED.

SO IN MY MIND, I ANTICIPATED PART OF THAT.

IT WAS A THREE PAGE PLAN.

AND THE REASON I APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING OFF COURSE ON THIS, BUT PART OF THE REASON THIS IS RELEVANT DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE PART OF THAT INCLUDED AN OPTION TO ALSO EXPLORE THE INDEPENDENCE PROPERTY TOGETHER AND NOT HAVE THAT, BECAUSE IF HAMPTON PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAME A DECISION WHERE WE NEEDED TO SELL THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEN WE WOULD TRANSITION THAT DISCUSSION INTO INDEPENDENCE.

THIS CONTRACT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THAT AS WELL.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GRACEY. AND AND AND AND I HEAR A LOT ABOUT RESPECT WHEN WE'RE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE ALL THE TIME.

IT'S SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S JUST AN EMPTY WORD WE LIKE TO THROW AROUND AS A COUNCIL.

AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I'M READY TO GO ON THIS AS FAR AS CONSULTANT AND ALL OF THAT, AND.

BUT THAT'S ME. AND BUT DISTRICT SIX DOESN'T HAVE THE.

I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.

AND I WILL ONE MORE TIME GIVE A DEFERRAL.

BUT I WILL EXPECT TO SEE MR. MAYOR SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO HAPPEN.

BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE JUST KICKING THIS DOWN THE LINE, THE KICKING THIS CAN DOWN THE LINE.

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AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING BECAUSE THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNHOUSED, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF DELAYS AND DEFERRALS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT.

I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL.

THE REASON FOR A CONSULTANT IS BECAUSE THAT CONSULTANT CAN PROBABLY BRING IN TOGETHER WHAT IS BEING HEARD.

BUT IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER ADJACENT WANT TO HAVE MORE TIME ON THEIR OWN, I'M GOING TO RESPECT THAT BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM 30 MORE DAYS OR 90 MORE DAYS.

BUT IF IN 90 DAYS, IF WE'RE NOT HAVING MEETINGS, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY INPUT, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY MORE INFORMATION FROM ANYONE.

THEN AT THAT POINT, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPECT GIVING MORE TIME BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE.

TIME HAS BEEN HAS BEEN WASTED.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE OUR MOST VULNERABLE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT SERVICES, WHAT, ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S WHY THE CONSULTANT WAS THOUGHT ABOUT FOR HAPPENING.

BUT IF MY COLLEAGUES THINK THAT THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, THEY CAN DO THINGS ON THEIR OWN.

SO BE IT. I TRUST YOU GUYS.

Y'ALL WERE ELECTED. THEY WERE DULY ELECTED, MISTER MAYOR, BY THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT.

AND IF THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO REALLY GET INFORMATION OUT TO AND FROM OUT TO AND FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT ELECTED THEM, THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT TIME.

BUT I HOPE IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS THAT THAT TIME IS REALLY USED AND WE GET BACK WHATEVER YOU NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE CONSULTANT OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT LET'S GIVE I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF GIVING THESE FOLKS 90 MORE DAYS OUT OF RESPECT, REAL RESPECT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY AND I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST.

AS FAR AS WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITH THESE TYPES OF ISSUES IN MY DISTRICT OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, IN ORDER TO BRING IN WHAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO TO HELP GIVE ADVICE SO THAT YOU CAN GET A WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED TO GET SO THAT YOU CAN GET IT DONE.

SO, MISTER MAYOR, WITH THAT, I WILL.

I WILL BE SUPPORTING MISTER GRACEY AND HIS MOTION TO DEFER.

THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. CAN I CAN I RESPOND TO MISTER? NO, I CANNOT, ALL RIGHT, NOT RIGHT.

NO, NO, UNLESS YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM YOUR.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM TIME.

NO, HE DOESN'T WANT TO. OKAY, MISTER.

YOU. BUT YOU WILL HAVE A SECOND ROUND AND A THIRD IF YOU WANT IT.

MISTER WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 43.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND I LIKE MY COLLEAGUE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M CLOSE BY. NOT AS CLOSE AS AS AS MISS ARNOLD, BUT WE'RE THREE, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY.

MY LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD IS ELMWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S IT'S AT THE CORNER SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT AREA.

AND SO WE'RE MY NEIGHBORS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL.

AND I KNOW MISTER GRACIE'S SENSITIVE TO THAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO CONTINUE BEING A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

I TEND TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT I, I FEEL LIKE I'D LIKE TO SEE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HAPPEN.

BUT DURING THIS, THIS DEFERRAL PERIOD.

AND I WILL SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE AND HIS EFFORTS.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP TO RUN THEM YOURSELVES.

I THINK THAT THAT SHOWS COURAGE.

I WAS AT THAT COMMUNITY MEETING AT AT KEYS PARK WHERE THERE WAS 300 SOMETHING PEOPLE WITH, WITH THERE WAS, THERE WAS WEAPONS AND AT LEAST ONE WEAPON AND AND SIGNS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE YELLING.

AND I KNOW MISTER BROADNAX WAS RIGHT THERE WITH ME AND, AND A LOT OF CITY STAFF.

AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF GROUNDWORK IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SOME YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME MORE.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEFERRAL OF THIS PERIOD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN JUNE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONSULTANT.

AND I'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT AT THAT TIME.

AND IN THE INTERIM, I'M HAPPY TO ATTEND COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO PROVIDE SOME MORAL SUPPORT, IF NOTHING ELSE, FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND SO WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION AROUND THIS PROJECT AT THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE EXPLORED SEVERAL OPTIONS.

SOME OF US GAVE SOME DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.

AND I HAD A HYBRID OPTION THAT ACTUALLY WAS LISTENING TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY INPUT HAD BEEN TO THIS POINT ABOUT GREENING, ABOUT HOUSING, ETC..

AND SO I WANT TO SHARE MY CONCERN ON THIS IS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THIS TOUCHES HAVE BEEN PRETTY OUTSPOKEN IN AN OPINION.

AND SO WHEN I HEAR ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK IN TERMS OF WANTING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT OPTIONS ARE GOING TO BE EXPLORED WITH OBJECTIVITY.

AND SO.

I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE OPTIONS ARE GOING TO BE EXPLORED WITH OBJECTIVITY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A CONSULTANT CAN DO.

THIS CONSULTANT WAS HIRED THOUGHTFULLY AND CAREFULLY BECAUSE OF THE TIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

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IT'S SOMEONE WHO GREW UP AND HAS FAMILY TIES THERE.

AND SO WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS JUST SOME IDEAS THAT ARE REALLY FAR APART.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES MASTERY TO LEAD THAT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU'RE SAYING, I WANT TO DO THAT, I SUPPORT YOU IN THAT.

BUT COLLEAGUES DISCUSSED THE OPTIONS THOROUGHLY, AND I WANT TO BE SURE THE NEIGHBORS HEAR THOSE AND HEAR THE POSITIVES AND THE CONCERNS THAT WERE SHARED AROUND SOME OF THIS.

THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS KEEP DEFERRING THIS 2017 BOND MONEY AND JUST DRAGGING IT OUT AND DRAGGING IT OUT.

BUT. I'M YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE SOME HOUSING FOR SENIORS, FOR HOSPICE CARE IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT OUR POLICE AND FIRE RESOURCES.

MAYBE FIRE, BUT POLICE RESOURCES AROUND SENIOR LIVING AND HOSPICE CARE, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO EXAMINE OUR PRIORITIES A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY.

BUT I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT YOU ON THIS.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT A 90 DAY TIME FRAME.

I MIGHT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH 60, BUT AGAIN, IF I HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT.

OPTIONS WILL BE EXPLORED WITH OBJECTIVITY, THEN I WOULD SUPPORT THIS.

I'LL TAKE A QUICK COMMENT IF YOU CAN ANSWER ME ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

THIS IS FOR NOT LACK OF DOING ANYTHING, FOR NOT LACK OF HAVING ANY DISCUSSION.

SO TO YOUR POINT, YES, I FULLY INTEND TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS I SENT A PLAN AS AN OPTION THAT WAS NOT EXPLORED THOROUGHLY, AND I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO, TO YOUR POINT, EXPLORE ALL OF THESE OPTIONS THOROUGHLY SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME IN THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN SUPPORT IT, AND THERE ARE SOME WHO DON'T.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE JUST HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO TALK TO THEM.

SO I COMMIT TO THAT PART.

I DO COMMIT TO THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I WANT THE WHOLE THING.

I DON'T WANT A PART OF THAT.

I WANT OPTIONS EXPLORED WITH OBJECTIVITY AND THE INDEPENDENCE PROJECT KIND OF GLOMS ON TO OPTION THREE, WHICH IS INVOLVED WITH A SALE.

AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOME YOU MIGHT WANT FOR THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, I MEAN, A PRETTY ENTRENCHED VIEWPOINT.

AND SO TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WANT MORE TIME TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE HEARING WHAT THAT DISCUSSION REFLECTED.

BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THIS HORSESHOE, FOR A DECISION TO BE MADE, IT'S MORE THAN ABOUT JUST THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT A VERY BIG CITY ISSUE THAT OUR WHOLE CITY IS FACING, THAT WE ALLOCATED BOND MONEY IN 2017 TO RESOLVE.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS.

AND YES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 43.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR GREAT DISCUSSION.

I WANT TO SUPPORT A DEFERRAL IS ONE THING THAT THE REASON WHY I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE FOR THE LAST YEAR OR LAST TWO YEARS, AND I KNOW COMMUNITY CONCERN.

I HAD A SAME ISSUE ON INDEPENDENT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND IT AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? AND IT'S STILL NOT COMPLETED BECAUSE THE LACK OF FUNDING.

AND SO, CHAIRMAN GRAYSON, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

YOU ARE FOR THAT.

YOU'RE AGAINST THAT, TO LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY ONE.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE DEFERRAL IS TO SOMETIME TO CLEAN THE AIR.

TO BRING AN AIR ABOUT IT TO YELLOW AS ONE.

AND MADE SURE EVERYBODY IS AT THE TABLE.

AND AT THE TABLE IS NOT JUST A CITY COUNCIL, IT'S ALSO THE COUNTY IS AT THE TABLE ON.

THIS IS ALSO ABOUT FUNDING.

IT ALSO INVOLVES MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT INVOLVE SURROUNDING DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR, AND ALSO COUNTY SUBCOMMITTEE ALSO.

SO I THINK 90 DAYS AND I WILL PERSONALLY WILL BE AT YOUR TOWN HALL MEETING BECAUSE I DO CARE ABOUT THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED TO DO, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE ONE OR INDEPENDENT THAT WE GOT TO OPEN UP RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE LACK OF HOUSING.

SO YOU GOT MY SUPPORT ON DEFERRAL, BUT ALSO YOU GOT MY SUPPORT THAT I WILL BE AT YOUR COMMUNITY MEETING.

YOU CAN CALL ME AND WE NEED TO GET THIS RESOLVED SOONER THAN LATER.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY, I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY IN YOUR AND YOUR FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

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I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND ADDRESSING IF YOU HOST THIS COMMUNITY MEETING WITHOUT A CONSULTANT OR POTENTIALLY EVEN STAFF, WHAT OPTIONS DO YOU PLAN TO PRESENT TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS? AND IF WE REENGAGE WITH THE CONSULTANT? HOW WILL THEY BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED IN ORDER TO PICK UP WHEREVER WE LEAVE OFF, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE CARRYING ON THAT THAT CONVERSATION THAT'S BEING LED BY THE CITY RATHER THAN THE CONSULTANT.

I'LL START WITH YOUR LAST QUESTION.

IT'S BEEN THE SAME CONVERSATION IN THE CONSULTING CAN PICK UP RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF FROM THERE.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THIS CONSULTANT WILL NOW HAVE THREE OPTIONS TO KIND OF HELP FOCUS THE DISCUSSION.

ONE OF THE PLANS, AND AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMING BACK AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, I WANT TO JUST READ THIS TO YOU TO GIVE YOU A PLAN.

THAT WAS I SENT IN IN DECEMBER, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, DEVELOPED A PLAN TO POTENTIALLY EXPLORE SELLING THE HAMPTON PROPERTY, MINIMIZE POSSIBLE CITY LOSS, ENSURE OUTCOMES, PROTECT QUALITY OF LIFE, ENSURE USE OF THE PROPERTY REFLECTS THE FEEDBACK OF THE COMMUNITY.

HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

FIRST MEETING TO HEAR COMMUNITY IDEAS FOR THE PROPERTY.

SECOND MEETING TO PRESENT OPTIONS BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, STAFF INPUT AND MARKET FEASIBILITY.

AND THE THIRD MEETING IS TO PRESENT A FINAL PLAN TO COME BACK TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT I SENT IN DECEMBER.

THE OTHER PART OF THIS DISCUSSION WAS I WANTED TO EXPAND THIS CONTRACT TO INCLUDE A DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM, TO INCLUDE INDEPENDENCE PROPERTY, BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS, IF WE WERE TO SELL IT, WAS TO MOVE THOSE PROCEEDS INTO THE INDEPENDENCE PROPERTY, WHERE I CREATED AN INDEPENDENCE TRIANGLE.

AND WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CREATING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THIS CONSULTANT WILL HELP US EXPLORE THAT, THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.

THERE ARE SEVERAL MOTELS OVER THERE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PRESENT US WITH MORE HOUSING TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS IN THAT AREA THEN THE HAMPTON PROPERTY ALONE.

SO ALL OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLORED.

SO FUNDS FROM HAMPTON PROPERTY SALE 2017 PROJECT J FUNDS, HOMELESS HOUSING FUNDS FROM THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY USED TO COMPLETE THE INDEPENDENCE BUILD OUT INDEPENDENT PROPERTY CHALLENGE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, EVEN IF THAT WERE OPEN TODAY BECAUSE OF THE CRIME AND ALL OF THAT OVER THERE, THAT'S NOT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

IT'S A SHELTER, BUT IT'S NOT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AROUND THAT, WHICH IS WHY I WAS SUGGESTING REFOCUSING THE RESOURCES INTO THIS AREA.

THIS IS NOT A DELAY TACTIC.

THIS IS NOT ME TRYING TO KICK A CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

THIS IS ME GENUINELY TRYING TO PRESENT OPTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

SILLY ME TO THINK THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THIS OUT AND GET STAFF TO START WORKING ON THIS.

I GOT IT. MY COACH USED TO SAY, I'LL TAKE THE BLAME AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

I'LL TAKE THE BLAME FOR THIS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS EXECUTE THIS PLAN.

THANK YOU. WE RECENTLY HAD A HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE SEVERAL OPTIONS WERE PRESENTED.

I HEARD CONSENSUS ON ONE OPTION WITH ADDING SOME ELEMENTS OF OPTION TWO.

AND SO SO I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD BE PRESENTING OPTIONS THAT WERE NOT.

CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE AND PUTTING IT BACK OUT THERE.

AND SO I'M STILL NOT SURE WHERE I AM WITH THIS, BUT MIGHT COME BACK FOR ROUND TWO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN.

GRACIE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED NOW FOR THREE MINUTES ON THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN AGAIN, THE MOTION HERE IS IS TO DEFER IT.

I'VE I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A COUNCIL MEMBER TRYING TO REPRESENT HIS DISTRICT AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

FROM THE FROM THE DISTRICT, FROM MY FROM MY CONSTITUENTS PERSPECTIVE, ENGAGING IN THIS CONTRACT.

WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING, IT DOES HELP FACILITATE THE DISCUSSION.

BUT ENGAGING IN THIS CONTRACT TODAY SUGGESTS TO A COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY FEELS IGNORED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE PLANS WITHOUT GIVING THEM FEEDBACK.

THIS IS JUST ABOUT GIVING THEM FEEDBACK.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JUST GIVING THEM FEEDBACK.

THE LAST TIME, IT WAS A VERY HEATED MEETING BECAUSE IT JUST POPPED UP ON THEM.

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THIS IS NOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE WANT TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.

WE WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT SAY WE DON'T WANT IT, BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PERHAPS MAKING IT A SENIOR FACILITIES.

WE JUST HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.

MY COLLEAGUE CHAD WEST MENTIONED IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE THE OTHER DAY, HAS THERE BEEN A COMMUNITY SURVEY? AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALARMING.

THERE HASN'T EVEN BEEN A COMMUNITY SURVEY DONE.

TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO BACK THIS UP AND HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION WITH WITH THE FOLKS.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DEFER ON ITEM 43? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 44.

[44. 24-435 An ordinance amending Chapter 51A, “Dallas Development Code: Ordinance No. 19455, as amended,” of the Dallas City Code by amending Sections 51A-1.105, 51A-8.702, and 51A-10.127; (1) moving development services related fees to Section 303 of Chapter 52 of the Dallas City Code; amending Chapter 52, “Administrative Procedures for the Construction Codes,” of the Dallas City Code by amending Sections 303.5, 303.7, and 303.11; (2) amending fees for plan reviews, excavation, signs, sidewalk waiver, certificates of occupancy, demolition, backflow prevention, appeal to the advisory, examining, and appeals board, consultation with staff, pre-development meeting, research, determination letters, table A-I new single-family construction, table A-II new multi-family construction, table A-III new commercial construction, and table B alternations or repairs; (3) adding new fees for miscellaneous plan reviews, plan revisions, post permit resubmittals, certificates of occupancy for dance halls and sexually oriented businesses, temporary residential certificate of occupancy, inspection fee for one-and-two family dwellings, residential and commercial certificate of occupancy move, phased approvals, permit extensions, inspection scheduling, technology permits, notaries, alternative materials, design and methods of construction, and equipment, special plan document handling, and special investigation fees for work without a permit; (4) adding a new Section 303.12, “Zoning Fees”; (5) adding a new Section 303.13, “Subdivision Fees”; (6) adding a new Section 303.14, “Engineering Fees”; (7) adding a new Section 303.15, “Arborist and Landscaping Fees”; (8) adding a new Section 303.16, “Geospatial Information Systems Fees”; (9) adding a new Section 303.17, “Water and Wastewater Fees”; (10) providing a penalty not to exceed $2,000.00; (11) providing a saving clause; (12) providing a severability clause; and (13) providing an effective date - Estimated Revenue: Building Inspection Fund $22,171,984.00 (This item was held under advisement on December 13, 2023 and January 24, 2024)]

MOVING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RELATED FEES TO SECTION 303 OF CHAPTER 52 OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE.

AMENDING CHAPTER 52 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CODES OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 303.5, 303.7 AND 303.11 TWO.

AMENDING FEES FOR PLAN REVIEWS, EXCAVATION SIGNS, SIDEWALK WAIVER, CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY, DEMOLITION, BACKFLOW PREVENTION, APPEAL TO THE ADVISORY, EXAMINING AND APPEALS BOARD.

CONSULTATION WITH STAFF PREDEVELOPMENT MEETING, RESEARCH DETERMINATION LETTERS, TABLES A-1 NEW SINGLE FAMILY CONSTRUCTION TABLE A-2 NEW MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION TABLE A3 NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND TABLE B ALTERATIONS OR REPAIRS THREE ADDING NEW FEES FOR MISCELLANEOUS PLAN REVIEWS, PLAN REVISIONS, POST PERMIT SUBMITTALS, SUBMITTALS, CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR DANCE HALL AND SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY INSPECTION FEE FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS.

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY MOVE PHASED APPROVALS.

PERMIT EXTENSIONS, INSPECTION SCHEDULING.

TECHNOLOGY PERMITS.

NOTARIES. ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS, DESIGN AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT.

SPECIAL PLAN DOCUMENT HANDLING AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATION FEES FOR WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT FOR ADDING A NEW SECTION.

303.12 ZONING FEES FIVE.

ADDING A NEW SECTION 303.13 SUBDIVISION FEES.

SIX, ADDING A NEW SECTION 303.14 ENGINEERING FEES SEVEN.

ADDING A NEW SECTION 303.15 ARBORIST AND LANDSCAPING FEES EIGHT.

ADDING A NEW SECTION 303.16 GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS FEES NINE.

ADDING A NEW SECTION 303.17 WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES TEN.

PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.11.

PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE 12 PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND 13 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 44? MEMBERS. YES, I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

A MOTION IS THERE.

IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A IS THERE A MORE FORMAL MOTION THAN THAT? IT'S JUST APPROVAL.

YEAH, I CAN READ OUT. NOTHING FANCY.

OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED.

WHO WANTS TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION? I'LL LEAVING. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE. TIME OUT.

TIME OUT. OKAY, I WAS THAT.

IS THIS THE MOTION YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ NOW? YOU'RE RIGHT. YES. WELL, I ASKED YOU BEFORE.

WAS THAT THE MOTION? I SAID, WAS IT A SIMPLE MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SOMETHING MORE FANCY. YOU SAID NO, THAT WAS JUST A MOTION OF APPROVAL.

NO. ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO UNWIND THAT, OKAY? AND WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM DO THE MOTION THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO READ THE MOTION.

YEAH. GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL GET IT.

YOU RECOGNIZE ME? SOMEONE READ THE MOTION.

I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT WE HAD A SIMPLE MOTION.

DO YOU HAVE A COMPLICATED. NOT A SIMPLE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. READ THE COMPLICATED VERSION.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY PLAN.

REVIEW A NONREFUNDABLE PLAN.

CHECK FOR THE FEE OF .046 FOR EACH SQUARE FOOT OF BUILDING AREA OF $577, WHICHEVER IS GREATER SHALL BE

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CHECK THE FACTOR IN TABLE THREE FOR THE VALUATION OF WORK.

BETWEEN $200,000 TO $900,000 IS .006325.

THE FEE FOR AN APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL MECHANICAL MECHANISM PARKING INVOLVING 5050 SPECIAL OR MECHANISM PARKING SPACE FOR FUEL IS $375.

FOR ADDITION, SPACE FOR OVER FIVE SPACES IS $12.50.

THE THE FEE FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A RENEWAL OF A SPECIAL MECHANISM PARKING LICENSE IS $375, AND FOR EACH SPECIAL PARKING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT A TERMINATION.

IF I GET SOME QUIET OVER, I CAN READ THIS OUT.

THANK YOU. A NONE FOLLOWED BY A SPECIAL PARKING AGREEMENT.

RECEIVED FEE IS 100 PER HOUR WITH A ONE HOUR MINIMUM CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED.

I BELIEVE THE THE ATTORNEY SHOULD HAVE GAVE THIS TO EVERYONE.

HOLD ON A SECOND. I GOT TO DO SOME WORK HERE FIRST.

ARE YOU DONE? YES.

I'M DONE. I NEED A SECOND.

FIRST. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

NOW GIVE PEOPLE QUIET.

I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT MAINTAINING MORE ORDER DOWN THERE.

MR. RIDLEY'S END OF THE HORSESHOE WHERE HE'S CONDUCTING ALL THAT.

THAT OTHER MEETING DOWN THERE.

IT'S MY FAULT, I APOLOGIZE.

I'M JUST KIDDING. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION.

OKAY, SO SINCE IT'S MOTION TO CLOSE, I GUESS STAFF COME FORWARD.

PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS MOTION.

CAN YOU CONTROL. WELL.

SO GOOD. GOOD MORNING, ANDREW ESPINOSA.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO THE MOTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU WAS TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION.

COULD WE PAUSE FOR A SECOND? CAN EVERYONE GET A COPY OF THE MOTION? AND SO THEREFORE WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REDUNDANT GOING.

THANK YOU. I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY IS MAKING SURE RIGHT NOW THAT EVERYBODY GETS A COPY OF IT, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THE REASON FOR THE MOTION WAS TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THIS PARTICULAR MOTION THAT DID NOT COME FROM THE CONSULTANT AND FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ONGOING WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN? IS THERE A COST INVOLVED IN TABLE THREE? COULD YOU EXPLAIN THOSE TWO ITEMS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL IS ONE PART AND ALSO FOR THE FACTOR IN TABLE THREE THERE IS A COST OR THERE'S A CORRECTION. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER I'M GOING TO ASK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR VERNON YOUNG, WHO OVERSEES OUR BUDGET TEAM, TO WEIGH IN HERE.

VERNON YOUNG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND SO ON.

THE ON THE SECOND ONE, THE FACTOR IN TABLE A THREE FOR THE VALUATION OF WORK BETWEEN 200 AND $1000 TO 900,000, THERE WAS A ADD FACTOR THAT THAT APPARENTLY SHOWED A 0.016325.

THAT'S BEEN CORRECTED TO SHOW 0.0006325.

AND THIS IS A SPECIALIZED MECHANICAL PARKING REVIEW THAT WE DO.

WE DON'T GET VERY MANY OF THEM, BUT WE WANTED TO TRUE UP THE ORDINANCE.

OKAY. I THINK EVERYBODY HEAR THAT.

I HOPE THEY DID HEAR IT.

SO I'M THROUGH, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

BEFORE I RECOGNIZE ANYBODY ELSE, DID EVERYBODY GET A COPY OF THIS? THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR OWN COPY.

OKAY, MR. WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM 44.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR A WHILE, AND I APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING WITH INDUSTRY AND ALSO CHAIR ATKINS FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP THIS HIGHLIGHTED IS LIKE, WE'VE GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO PAY FOR OUR COSTS.

SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME EMAILS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS FROM INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT THE INCREASE IN FEES.

WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO BUILD EFFICIENCIES IN? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO DEEP ON THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS IN COMMITTEE, BUT LIKE HIGH LEVEL, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BUILD EFFICIENCIES IN SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO RECOGNIZE COST SAVINGS OR COST JUST GOING TO ALWAYS KEEP GOING UP? OR ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY BUILD IN SOME SAVINGS FOR THE FUTURE SO WE CAN REDUCE THESE COSTS? COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S A VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTION.

AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MY COMMITMENT IS TO IDENTIFY WORKFLOW DELAYS AND BOTTLENECKS.

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OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT RESPONSE.

AND I KNOW YOU ALSO REALIZE THAT AS COSTS GO UP, THE DEVELOPERS AREN'T JUST EATING THAT, THEY'RE PASSING THAT ON TO OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING THE HOMES AND TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE RENTING COMMERCIAL SPACE.

SO IT'S GOING TO IT'S IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS, OUR VOTERS, OUR TAXPAYERS, ULTIMATELY.

SO I GUESS MY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT AS MY AS WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW THESE AND CHAIR IN A MAYOR PRO TEM COMMITTEE I'M GOING TO BE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS EVERY TIME YOU KNOW HOW.

AND I'M GOING TO BE EXPECTING FOR FOR YOU TO SAY AT SOME POINT, LOOK AT THESE COST SAVINGS WE'VE FOUND, NOT JUST IT'S GOING UP.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER WELL TAKEN.

AND PLEASE HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THESE AMENDMENTS.

WERE STAFF GENERATED OR REQUESTED? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE MOTION? THE ADJUSTMENT? YES.

SO THESE WERE CLEAR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.

ONE OF THEM DID HAVE A TYPO.

AND JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED THIS IS JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT'S ON THE TABLE AND WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.

OKAY, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS SUPPORTING.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND WILL THIS UNDERLYING MOTION RESULT IN FULL COST RECOVERY FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT? YES. THE GOAL IS TO GET FULL 100% COST RECOVERY.

THE DEPARTMENT DID MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS WHERE THE CONSULTANT CAME BACK WITH SOME REALLY HIGH NUMBERS, AND WE JUST COULD NOT SUPPORT IT.

BUT BASED UPON OUR FORECAST, THE VOLUME AND THE AMOUNT OF PERMITS THAT WILL COME IN AND THE FEES WE'RE ASSESSING, YES, THAT IS OUR GOAL, 100% COST RECOVERY.

AND THESE NEW THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE WILL BE EFFECTIVE.

ON WHAT DATE.

WELL WE'RE LOOKING TO THIS POLICY BODY FOR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION.

WE'RE READY TO TO ROLL OUT 100% OF THE FEES AS SOON AS YOU TELL US.

THERE ARE STILL SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT REALLY, WE LOOK TO YOU FOR FOR DIRECTION.

WELL, CAN YOU BE PREPARED TO ROLL IT OUT BY APRIL 1ST? I WILL DEFER TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR YOUNG SINCE HE'S BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR OUR VENDOR TO UPDATE THE SYSTEM, AND SO MAY 1ST WOULD PROBABLY BE BE BEST.

WE COULD ROLL IT OUT SOONER, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO DO THE TESTING ON THE SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT.

SO MAY 1ST WOULD BE PROBABLY THE MOST PRUDENT THING TO DO.

ROLL IT OUT ON MAY 1ST.

OKAY. I SUPPORT THAT DATE.

SINCE YOU'VE TOLD US TECHNICALLY THAT'S THE EARLIEST YOU CAN DO IT.

BUT I'M ALSO MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT EVERY MONTH THIS NEW FEE SCHEDULE IS DEFERRED.

WE LOSE 1,000,008.

AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO MAKE THAT UP.

SO I DO URGE YOU TO KEEP TO THAT SCHEDULE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN SCHULZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER 44.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

I, I DON'T RECALL SINCE I'VE BEEN IN COUNCIL, SO IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED YEARS BEFORE THAT.

WE'VE DONE A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO OUR IN THE REGION OF WHERE OUR FEES STAND COMPARED TO THE CITIES THAT WE COMPETE WITH AND THE CITIES THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME DO EVERYTHING BETTER THAN WE DO AND EVERYTHING.

SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT JUST TO FOR AS WE WANT TO MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY TOWARD THAT FULL FEE RECOVERY TO SEE WHERE WE STAND COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORS ON THIS, AS WELL AS MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER METRICS THAT ARE ALWAYS BEING, YOU KNOW, USED IN THIS DISCUSSION.

AND SO MAYBE THROUGH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE GBFM THAT YOU COULD REPORT BACK TO ON THAT STUDY.

THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

YES, MA'AM. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO.

COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU KEEP UP WITH THAT INFORMATION? SO IT LOOKS LIKE MANAGER WANTS TO COMMENT.

GOOD MORNING. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE DONE THAT AS PART OF THE FEE STUDY.

SO THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

NOT ONLY WOULD WE LOOK AT THE, THE THE FEE INCREASES TO ENSURE THAT IT'S AT FULL COST RECOVERY, BUT WE ALSO GAUGE OUR

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PERFECT. SO IF WE'RE BEHIND IN SOME, THEN THAT'LL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ANY CHALLENGES.

CORRECT. AND WITH THE FEE INCREASES, JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE STILL EVEN WITH THE FEE INCREASES, WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR IN TERMS OF OF FEES CHARGED. GREAT.

AND THEN I GUESS AS WE COMPARE THAT TO OUR EFFICIENCIES IN THAT, I THINK THAT'S HOW WE ALSO BEGIN.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE'RE TURNING THINGS AROUND AS FAST AS THE CITIES AROUND US, THEN TO UNDERCHARGE WOULD BE MISTAKEN.

BUT AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED FULLY AND BE ABLE TO TURN THINGS AROUND AS QUICKLY AS SOME OF OUR COMPETITORS, THEN WE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD PRICE ACCORDINGLY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM FOR US WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED AN UPDATE TO THESE FEES? COUNCIL MEMBER.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SINCE 2015 AND THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA WE HAVE SAYS THAT WE'LL DO THIS EVERY THREE YEARS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF FEES.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN DO IT MORE OFTEN IF WE IF WE NEED TO.

AND WE HAVE THAT DISCRETION.

BUT THE REGULAR SCHEDULE IS THAT EVERY FEE IN THE CITY WILL BE EVALUATED EVERY THREE YEARS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND SO I THINK THAT THE REASON THAT WE AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ARE HAVING HEARTBURN ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE DIDN'T DO THIS.

AND I THINK THERE ARE GOOD REASONS THAT WE DIDN'T DO IT.

BUT WE NEED TO LEARN THIS LESSON BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO CATCH UP TO US AND WE THINK WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TO HELP PEOPLE AT THE TIME, BUT WE'RE REALLY HURTING THEM DOWN THE ROAD. AND WHILE WE DID HAVE A BIG RESERVE AT THE TIME, AND I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO SPEND THAT DOWN.

IT'S PROBLEMATIC IN WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING, AND IT IS A BIG JUMP.

AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S A REACTION.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN'T ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO PAY DEVELOPER FEES.

THIS IS A ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS MEANT TO GET FULL COST RECOVERY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S HESITATION AND CONCERN AND WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

BUT WE NEED TO SORT OF CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE AND SAY, WOW, YOU'VE HAD A BIG BREAK FOR A LONG TIME.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME RESTRAINT ON SPENDING BECAUSE THE COST FOR THIS DEPARTMENT HAS GONE UP ASTRONOMICALLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND SO THERE JUST HAS TO BE THAT BALANCE.

BUT TO COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY'S POINT, WE CAN'T DELAY THIS.

SO I HOPE YOU'RE FIRMLY COMMITTING TO MAY 1ST.

YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

IF YOU NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN WITH YOUR CONSULTANTS TO GET THE PROGRAMING DONE, DO IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO TO NOT HAVE THIS IMPLEMENTED.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.

I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION.

WAS THAT IT? THAT'S.

WHAT. WERE YOU DONE? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A DATE CERTAIN FOR THIS TO GO INTO EFFECT MAY 1ST.

THAT WOULD BE A MOTION.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, IS THAT IT? ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT BEFORE I GET BACK TO THEIR QUEUE ON ADDING THIS DATE? CERTAIN? DO YOU DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? OKAY. YEAH. FIVE MINUTES.

I WAS TRYING TO STEER YOU AWAY FROM IT, BUT GO AHEAD FIVE, FIVE MINUTES.

I CAN HANDLE IT, MAYOR.

I CAN HANDLE IT. NUMBER ONE, I DO AGREE WITH MACPHERSON.

I THINK THE KEY IS THAT WE'RE LOSING $1.8 MILLION EACH MONTH WHEN WE DEFER THIS.

WE DID HAVE STAFF TO GO OUT AND TALK TO ALL THE DEVELOPERS AND SAY, HEY, IS MAY 1ST IS A GOOD DATE, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A MEETING LAST FRIDAY WITH THE DEVELOPERS.

AND DID Y'ALL ACKNOWLEDGE MAY 1ST WAS THE DATE THAT WE WAS LOOKING AT? COUNCIL MEMBER WE'VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY MEETING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH ANYONE WHO HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

WHAT WE'VE ADVISED OUR STAKEHOLDERS WAS THAT THERE WAS TWO OPTIONS ON THE TABLE, A TIERED APPROACH AND THEN ONE THAT WENT EITHER, IN EFFECT, 100%. AND SO BASED UPON WHAT WAS REQUESTED FROM US, THAT'S WHAT WE SHARED WITH THEM.

AGAIN, WHATEVER THIS BODY DECIDES, WE'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT AND COMMIT TO.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE TIERED APPROACH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED BECAUSE ONE MONTH YOU HAD THIS FEE, THE NEXT MONTH ANOTHER FEE, AND WE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF COMPUTATION.

I'D RATHER HAVE A DATE CERTAIN WHICH WOULD BE MAY 1ST.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO MARKET AND LET EVERYONE KNOW? MAY 1ST WOULD BE THAT TIMELINE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? SO A COUPLE OF WAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER WE'RE WORKING AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

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OUR GOAL IS ALSO TO COMPILE ALL THESE FEES AND PUT THEM IN A VERY SIMPLE, USER FRIENDLY KIND OF FORMAT LIKE OTHER CITIES DO, AS OPPOSED TO READING THE ORDINANCE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE AND ADVERTISE AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T CHARGE THESE FEES UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO EFFECT.

AND SO ANYONE WHO SUBMITS PRIOR TO THAT WON'T EXPERIENCE THE INCREASED FEE.

SO SO THEREFORE YOU HAD TO HAVE A PERMIT DONE BY MIDNIGHT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE APRIL 30TH, I BELIEVE.

IF YOUR PERMIT IS NOT IS OUT FOR MAY 1ST, THEN YOU WOULD BE CHARGED FOR THE NEW FEE.

IS THERE AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULES? BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T GET THE THE MEMO.

I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO HOW DO YOU HANDLE THOSE? SAY, HEY, I GOT IT DOWN THERE, I PUT IT THERE.

AND SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A A WAIVER, A GRACE PERIOD, ANYTHING.

COUNCIL MEMBER. THERE IS NO GRACE PERIOD.

AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO WAIVE PERMIT FEES.

AND SO IF THEY SUBMIT, ADD ON, YOU KNOW, MAY 1ST AT 1201, THEY'LL PAY THE NEW RATES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. SO WE WANT GOOD SUBMITTALS.

AND SO THERE WILL BE REJECTIONS IF IT'S JUST AN APPLICATION AND IT'S NOT A COMPLETE SUBMITTAL.

AND SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A RUN ON, ON, ON SUBMITTING PERMITS.

BUT IN THE PAST, WHEN ORDINANCES HAVE CHANGED, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SUBMIT JUST AN APPLICATION WITH, WITHOUT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND STUFF AS A PLACEHOLDER.

AND SO WE WE DO EXPECT IT TO BE A COMPLETE SUBMITTAL AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY KNOW THE CHANGES GOING INTO EFFECT, YOU KNOW, AFTER TODAY.

THEY GOT 30 DAYS AND 30 DAYS SEEMED LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S NOT A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH CONTRACTS.

COME IN DRAWING THE DESIGN ENGINEER PLANS LIKE THAT.

SO I WOULD KIND OF REFER TO THE CITY MANAGER.

CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT, HOW WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO ALL THE DEVELOPERS.

SO NO DEVELOPER CAN SAY, HEY, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR MEETING, BUT BE SURE THAT WE TRY TO REACH ALL THE DEVELOPERS OR SMALL CONTRACTORS OR MAKE SURE THAT, HEY, THEY ARE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 30 DAYS, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MENDELSOHN AMENDMENT.

AND THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GETTING ON THE BACK UP.

CHAIRMAN, I'M HIS VICE CHAIR, AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WE DIDN'T WANT A TIERED APPROACH.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN COMMITTEE.

WE ALL WORKED ON IT. AND THE TIERED APPROACH WE KNEW WAS NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY PAYING THESE BILLS.

THIS IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THIS MONEY IS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOLKS ALSO NEED TO REALIZE AND REMEMBER THAT YES.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE LOSING DOLLARS OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND, BUT IT IS ENTERPRISE.

SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR EVERYDAY GENERAL FUND, BUT MAY 1ST, IF THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY CAN AGREE TO.

AND WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT AND YOU ALL CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUT QUICKLY ENOUGH AND FAST ENOUGH SO THAT OUR THAT OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS, YOUR CUSTOMERS, RIGHT, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PAYING THESE BILLS UNDERSTAND THEM AND KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, THEN SO BE IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT IS TOO FAST AND FURIOUS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY.

BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT JUST WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE EQUITY IN THIS AS WELL, LIKE LANGUAGE.

NOT ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS, ALL THE PEOPLE COMING IN TO GET PERMITS ARE PROFESSIONAL.

DEVELOPERS, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST REGULAR EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO MAYBE I NEED A FENCE REDONE OR I NEED, YOU KNOW, A PERMIT TO FIX SOMETHING UP OR REMODEL.

AND I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW HOW THE WHOLE SYSTEM OPERATES.

SO THAT'S WHERE I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL COMING FROM IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS DONE AND GET IT DONE CORRECTLY.

SO IF WE DO, MAY 1ST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY, VERY YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, COMPONENT PUT IN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPERS COLLEAGUES.

THIS IS ALSO REGULAR EVERYDAY PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND FOLLOW OUR, OUR ORDINANCES AND FOLLOW OUR, OUR PERMITTING RULES THAT WE ARE ALSO AFFECTING.

SO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY MAY 1ST IS OKAY.

I KNOW YOU'LL YOU'LL COMMIT TO ANYTHING WE TELL YOU, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE ASK WE PASS SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT A BURDEN ON YOU THAT'S GOING TO BURDEN OUR REGULAR, EVERYDAY CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO PAYING THESE

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BUT IF MAY 1ST IS GOOD AND CHAIRMAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT, THEN GREAT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL COME BACK AND LET US KNOW THAT THAT TIME IS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED AN EXTRA WEEK OR TWO TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS 1.8 MILLION.

BUT ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AND IS ABLE TO GET THESE PERMITS AND GET THEM DONE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN JUST REGULAR, EVERYDAY FOLKS, MUCH LESS THE BIG DEVELOPERS EITHER.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE EVEN, EVEN PLAYING FIELD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MENDELSOHN AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE MENDELSOHN AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.

WE'RE NOW BACK ON. ITEM 44 IS AMENDED.

AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 44? SEEING. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 45.

[45. 24-1011 Consideration of an appointment of a member to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors for Position 04 (Vacant position for unexpired 2023-2025 Board Term) (Closed Session, if necessary, Personnel, Sec. 551.074, T. O. M. A.) (Name of nominee in the City Secretary’s Office) - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

VACANT POSITION FOR THE UNEXPIRED 2023 2025 BOARD TERM.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

I HAVE EMOTIONS.

YEAH, LET'S HEAR IT. I HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE MOVE, BUT WE HAVE TO READ SOMETHING SPECIFIC.

YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE ALL GOOD. WE'RE ALL GOOD.

AND WE'RE. I THINK WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIS APPOINTMENT.

SO I MOVED TO APPOINT RANDALL BRYANT TO THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT DART BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO TO FILL VACANT POSITION FOR THE TERM OF THE UNEXPIRED VACANT POSITION WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM, MARCH 27TH, 2024 AND EXPIRE JUNE 30TH, 2025.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 45.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANKS TO OUR PREVIOUS DART BOARD MEMBER, JOHN KILLEN, WHO RESIGNED LAST MONTH OR EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR ALL OF HIS SERVICES, DEDICATION TO DART AND TO OUR CITY.

JOHN DID A FANTASTIC JOB, ESPECIALLY IN PUSHING FOR FEARLESS RIDERSHIP FOR STUDENTS.

HASN'T CROSSED THE FINISH LINE YET, BUT HE HAS PUT A LOT OF EQUITY INTO DART AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THINGS, AND THAT THAT WITHIN ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO GIVE APPLAUSE TO HIM.

BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE ON BECAUSE WHEN CASUAL VACANCIES HAPPEN, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE FILLED.

BECAUSE THESE FOLKS REPRESENT THE CITY OF DALLAS ON A REGIONAL ENTITY LIKE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT.

RANDALL BRYANT CAME BEFORE US YESTERDAY IN COMMITTEE.

MR. MAYOR GAVE AN EXCELLENT INTERVIEW.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE ON THE ALL THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE WAS PRESENT, PLUS SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.

MR. MAYOR, IN ORDER TO ASK QUESTIONS AND INTERVIEW MR. BRYANT AND THE PUBLIC IN PUBLIC.

AND MR. BRYANT KNOCKED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION OUT OF THE PARK.

HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

HE WAS PHENOMENAL IN HIS ANSWERS AND HIS PAST EXPERIENCE IN REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DALLAS ON DIFFERENT BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, UNLIKE THE BLACK CHAMBER, BUT ALSO THE THINGS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE AND WHAT HE'D LIKE TO WORK ON AS HE MOVES FORWARD IN IN THIS POSITION, HE IS THE ONLY ONE NOMINATED.

AND SO WHICH ALSO SHOWS THAT FOLKS WERE ABLE TO WORK THINGS OUT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ONE NOMINEE GET THIS POSITION FILLED.

SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE DART BOARD RIGHT NOW, MR. MAYOR, WHY WE NEED TO GET THIS FILLED IS THAT THERE ARE MOVES TO BE MADE TO LESSEN AND WEAKEN DALLAS'S POSITION ON THE DART BOARD, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DART BOARD MEMBERS UNDERSTAND AND KNOW IS THAT THEY WORK AND WORK FOR DART.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY REPRESENT THE REGION ON DART, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE APPOINTED TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO BALANCE AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE THAT THINGS ARE DONE WELL AND DONE CORRECTLY.

RANDALL, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US AND, AND TOLD US OVER THE PAST FEW, NOT JUST HOURS LAST YESTERDAY, BUT MONTHS AND WEEKS THAT GOING INTO THIS THAT HAS BEEN SHARED.

MR. BRYANT IS HERE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT HE DID SHOW UP.

NOT ALL NOT ALL NOMINEES ALWAYS SHOW UP FOR APPOINTMENT DAY.

BUT MR. BRYANT HAS BEEN HERE ALL MORNING, MR. MAYOR. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US GETTING THIS PASSED SO THAT, LIKE, THIS MOTION SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE DART BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE THERE'S WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND THANK YOU, MR. BRYANT, FOR ONE, PUTTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE FOR WANTING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CITY.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS YOUR TERM CONTINUES, BECAUSE I THINK YOUR TERM EXPIRES JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER I EXPIRE ON THIS COUNCIL.

SO MR. MAYOR, I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN FAVOR OF MR. BRYANT. THANK YOU, MR. BRYANT.

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GOOD. WE GUESS WHAT? YOU FIXED IT AT THE END.

OKAY. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM 45. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO TO SAY THAT I'M EXCITED AND PROUD TO SUPPORT MR. BRYANT FOR THIS POSITION.

I'VE WATCHED HIS ADVOCACY IN MANY DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, AS MENTIONED.

BUT ONE OF THE MOST INTEGRAL HAS BEEN HIS ROLE IN THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER AND HIS INVOLVEMENT IN GETTING MORE ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTH DALLAS.

SPECIFIC SEEING THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT HE'S PUT INTO REALLY ENGAGING SMALL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR DISTRICT GIVES ME A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF REPRESENTATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT.

ON THE DART BOARD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DISPARITIES THAT EXIST IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR WITH DART.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THOSE BEFORE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE AN ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION AROUND THAT DAIS AND THAT WE KEEP DALLAS'S PRIORITIES AT THE FOREFRONT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M PROUD AND EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND I WANT TO THANK THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE PUT IN SO FAR TO OUR CITY AND OTHER CAPACITIES.

YOU'RE MY FRIEND AND MY FELLOW GEELONG DAD, AND I WANT TO.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO IN THIS ROLE.

SO THANK YOU AND PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU. MR.. MR. MAYOR.

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

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST I WANT TO THANK JOHN KILLING, YOU KNOW, FOR SERVING FOR DISTRICT EIGHT ON THE DART BOARD FOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.

AND GREAT THAT WE HAVE A, A STAFF PERSON LIKE RANDALL BRYANT THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'D BEEN APPOINTED TO MANY BOARDS, YOU KNOW, THE CHARTER BOARD, THE ABANDONED BOARD UNDER MY LEADERSHIP.

I'VE BEEN KNOWING RONALD FOR OVER 20, 30 YEARS OR PROBABLY OLDER THAN HE IS RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE POINT IS, I THINK THAT YOU WILL SEE A PERSON WHO WILL BE WHO WILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

HE WILL GIVE YOU A PIECE OF HIS MIND.

HE WILL TELL YOU IF HE FEELS LIKE IT'S RIGHT.

I THINK HE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THE DART BOARD, BECAUSE WE DO NEED SOMEONE WHO IS ON THE DART BOARD TO SEE DALLAS FIRST.

I DO WE UNDERSTAND THE REASON, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND DALLAS FIRST, AND WE'RE NOT DALLAS FIRST.

WE WE CAN'T GO FORWARD.

SO, RANDALL, I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR HARD TIME.

I KNOW THE BOARD GOING TO BE FIGHTING YOU, BUT ALSO JUST KEEP THANKING DALLAS FIRST.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GRACIE.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I CONSIDER THIS A PRIVILEGE TO SUPPORT RANDALL AS WELL.

I THINK THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, MORE THAT CAN BE SAID.

I'LL JUST ADD THAT I THINK HE'S GOING INTO THIS ROLE FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE ASSIGNMENT.

AND I'LL SAY THAT IN SUPPORT OF HIM, HE'S FULLY CAPABLE OF EXECUTING THAT ASSIGNMENT AND GETTING THOSE RESULTS THAT WE WANT.

AND THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT DALLAS REMAINS THE FOREFRONT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IN AND AROUND THE AREA.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND GO GET HIM.

MISS WILLIS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN.

I MEAN, FROM THE INITIAL CALL AND DISCUSSION AROUND YOUR INTEREST IN THIS SERVING ON THE DART BOARD, I WAS SUPPORTIVE.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT TODAY TO MAKE IT A REALITY.

I THINK OF YOU AS A MAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND TAKE ACTION, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH DART AND MAKING SURE THAT DALLAS IS WELL REPRESENTED AND THAT THAT PENNY IS WELL SPENT.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ON THIS AND TAKING PART IN LEADING THAT CHARGE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WITH DART IN DALLAS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'LL JUST ADD TO THE ENTHUSIASM AND SUPPORT.

AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID PUTTING DALLAS FIRST, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE TOP OF MIND FOR ME.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TO GREAT THINGS.

AND I KNOW YOU'LL HIT THE ROAD RUNNING.

THANK YOU. AND WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST? ITEM 45.

SEEING AND HEARING. NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OKAY. I'M SORRY. OH. WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA.

HOLD HOLD ON. WE WE HAVE THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MAYOR, FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

AND I DID WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. RANDALL TO THIS POSITION.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH HIM, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING FOR SOME YEARS REGARDING THE LANCASTER CORRIDOR AND THOSE CITIZENS WHO WANT A QUIET ZONE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY

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AND SO I KEEP SAYING THAT AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

AND SO AND ALSO TO OUR DART APPOINTEES.

AND SO TO DATE, WE'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING.

SO HOPEFULLY, MR. RANDALL, YOU CAN GRAB THAT AND LISTEN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THEM WANTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE ESPECIALLY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A PROJECT THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T SUPPORT COMING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF LANCASTER CORRIDOR.

BUT WE WERE NOT ON THE COUNCIL THEN.

AND SO I CANNOT I'M NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.

BUT I CAN BE AN ADVOCATE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FACES.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT'S JUST THE FRUSTRATION THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS RELATES TO DART, IS THAT WE APPOINT THESE FOLKS ON THE DART BOARD, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY PUT A MASK ON AND YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SPEAKING.

AND SO I BELIEVE I DON'T THINK THEY'RE SPEAKING THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE.

AND IF WE APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS, THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO US.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE ANTI THE ANTI VOICE.

AND SO IF THERE IS SUCH A THING.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THESE APPOINTEES HAVE AROUND DART.

THAT IS NOT REFLECTION, NOT A REFLECTION OF THE STRENGTH THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AS A CITY ESPECIALLY WITH THAT $0.01 THAT WE WE ARE GIVING.

AND ALSO ON THE RECORD, I'VE ASKED IN THE PAST THAT WE LOOK AT THAT $0.01 TO SEE HOW WE CAN USE IT IN OTHER WAYS, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE DO HAVE THE LARGE RIDERSHIP, WE NEED A DART BOARD THAT SPEAKS TO THOSE RIDERS WHO NEED THAT, THAT PARTICULAR TRANSPORTATION. SO I WANTED TO SUPPORT MR. RANDALL BRYANT BECAUSE OF HIS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT HE CANNOT DO IT ALONE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT WHO WE'RE PUTTING ON THE BOARD ALONGSIDE OF MR. RANDALL BRYANT. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS IT IS 1141.

AND I'M TRYING TO WAKE YOU UP TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR APPOINTMENT AND MY EXCITEMENT BEHIND IT.

BUT IT IS A CONCERN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT DART BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR US AS A CITY.

SO WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WEIGHED IN ON THAT TODAY, IN THAT VEIN OF NEEDING SOME MORE AGGRESSIVE, ACTIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WOKE.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO BE HONORED FOR AGAINST ITEM 45? SEEING AND HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO MORE BEFORE LUNCH.

THAT IS CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. AGENDA ITEM 46.

[46. 24-813 Authorize a twenty-two-month construction services contract for the 2024 Barrier Free Ramp Improvements along Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Bus Routes that includes water and wastewater adjustments at various locations throughout the City - Estrada Concrete Company, LLC, lowest responsible bidder of two - Not to exceed $33,848,975.00 - Financing: DART Transportation Projects Fund]

THAT INCLUDES WATER AND WASTEWATER ADJUSTMENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

ESTRADA CONCRETE COMPANY, LLC, LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER OF TWO NOT TO EXCEED $33,848,975.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 46 MOVED TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, DO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES? IF YOU NEED QUICKLY. JUST GOING TO SAY THIS IS THE RETURN OF OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS.

AND THIS WAS THE DESIGNATION FOR ADA COMPLIANCE ALONG DART BUS STOPS AND ROUTES.

AND SO I THINK THIS DOVETAILS BEAUTIFULLY WITH OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PASS WITH LITTLE DISCUSSION AND A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM 46.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IF I COULD GET STAFF TO COME UP AND TELL US HOW MANY OF THESE DOLLARS ARE.

SENT BACK TO US FROM DART.

GOOD MORNING. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. FROM DART.

SO FAR, WE HAVE RECEIVED $5 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK CONTRACT AND ALSO $1 MILLION FOR ADA RAMP.

HOWEVER, THIS CONTRACT ALLOWS US TO RECEIVE MORE MONEY AS IT COMES AND BECOME AVAILABLE.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, MISTER MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE DART HAD, YOU KNOW, GIVEN US SOME EXCESS SALES TAX.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE GOT THIS EXCEL SALES TAX.

SOME FOLKS WERE ADAMANT WE WERE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE ANY MONEY FROM DART.

AND WE GOT A LOT OF MONEY, AND WE'VE RECEIVED A TON OF MONEY NOW OF THAT EXCESS SALES TAX THAT WE HAD TO GET INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH, WE COME COMPLIANT.

WE'VE DONE IT AND THESE DOLLARS ARE STARTING TO COME IN, AND THIS IS THE PROPER PLACE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL OF THIS ALL ALONG.

AS FAR AS IT GOES TO ADA COMPLIANCE, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND THANK YOU TO STAFF DOCTOR PEREZ ALI AND EVERYONE FOR TAKING THESE DART DOLLARS AND PUTTING THEM TO WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE

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AND SO BEING ABLE TO DO THE TAKE THOSE AND PUT THEM TO GOOD WORK IS EXCELLENT.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED EARLIER.

AND THIS IS THE PROPER PLACE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIR WATTS, I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T SEE YOU BEFORE.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

NO PROBLEM. MAYOR, IT'S A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE.

SO I WANTED TO JUST SECOND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.

THIS IS THIS ITEM IN THE NEXT COLLECTIVELY IS ABOUT $38 MILLION FOR BARRIER FREE RAMPS.

I MEAN, THAT IS A GREAT INVESTMENT IN, IN OUR ACCESSIBILITY.

AND WHAT A HUGE WIN.

I WOULD JUST HAVE A REQUEST THAT ONCE WE GET THE LAYOUT OF WHERE THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE, WE DISCLOSE THIS AND PUBLICIZE THIS TO THE PUBLIC.

SO WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND TALK AND KEEP PROMOTING ADA AND GETTING AROUND THE CITY AND ALSO GIVE DART SOME KUDOS FOR THAT AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY, SIR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST? ITEM 46.

SEEING AND HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. LAST ITEM BEFORE LUNCH, GUYS.

AGENDA ITEM 47.

[47. 24-913 Authorize a twenty-four-month construction services contract for the 2024 Sidewalk and Barrier Free Improvements at Various Locations that includes water and wastewater adjustments at various locations throughout the City - Vescorp Construction, LLC dba Chavez Concrete Cutting, lowest responsible bidder of five - Not to exceed $4,319,525.00 - Financing: General Fund ($2,000,000.00), 2024 Certificate of Obligation ($999,000.00), Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ($1,158,475.00), Water Construction Fund ($147,050.00), and Wastewater Construction Fund ($15,000.00)]

BEST CORP CONSTRUCTION, LLC, DBA CHAVEZ CONCRETE CUTTING.

LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER OF FIVE NOT TO EXCEED $4,319,525.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. THERE A MOTION.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

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

OKAY. DO WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION SCHEDULED TODAY? I DIDN'T THINK SO. ALL RIGHT THEN WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL STAND AT RECESS UNTIL 1 P.M..

OKAY. IT'S NOW 118.

WE ARE BACK IN SESSION FROM FROM LUNCH.

MADAM SECRETARY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE TO YOUR ZONING AGENDA, MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z 20.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO DEFER ITEM Z 20 TO MAY 8TH, 2024.

SECOND. OKAY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.

WE DIDN'T VOTE, DIDN'T WE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. OKAY.

NEXT ITEM, MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z 26.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO DEFER THE ZONING CHANGE UNTIL APRIL 24TH, 2024.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z 32.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO MAY 22ND, 2024.

ALL IN FAVOR AND OPPOSED.

THAT'S CARRIED. NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

A ITEM Z SIX IS BEING REMOVED, IS BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

ITEM Z 13 IS BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND ITEM Z 20 WAS JUST DEFERRED.

THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z FIVE, Z SEVEN THROUGH Z 12.

Z14 THROUGH Z 19 AND Z 21 THROUGH Z 23.

I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

IF WE MISSING ONE, TWO, THREE.

ITEM Z ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A RENEWAL ON SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2393 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH CORNER OF SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD AND SEAGOVILLE ROAD.

ITEM Z TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN MU 1-D MIXED USE DISTRICT WITH A D LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PRITCHARD LANE AND SCYENE ROAD.

ITEM Z THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2325 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A

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ITEM Z FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN R DASH 16, A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF PARK LANE BETWEEN PRESTON ROAD AND DOUGLAS AVENUE. ITEM Z FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1464 FOR A REFUSE TRANSFER STATION ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF CALIFORNIA CROSSING ROAD, EAST OF WILDWOOD DRIVE.

ITEM Z SEVEN IS A PUBLIC IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AN AMENDMENT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF OLD HICKORY TRAIL.

WEST OF WEST, SOUTH OF WEST WHEATLAND ROAD.

ITEM Z EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2304 FOR A BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH EAST LINE OF HARWOOD STREET, SOUTHEAST OF HICKORY STREET.

ITEM Z NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN RR REGIONAL RETAIL DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF PLANTATION ROAD AND EAST OF HALLS AVENUE. ITEM Z TEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CONVENT OR MONASTERY ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FAIRPORT ROAD AND LONG BRANCH LANE.

ITEM 11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE GREATER THAN 3500FT² ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD AND SAMUEL BOULEVARD.

ITEM Z 12 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2408 FOR A MANUFACTURING LABORATORY ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST LINE OF SOUTH WALTON STREET BETWEEN VIRGIL STREET AND TAYLOR STREET.

ITEM Z 14 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD IN LAKE JUNE ROAD.

ITEM Z 15 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF WEST KEATS BOULEVARD BETWEEN DUNCANVILLE ROAD AND SOUTH WALTON WALKER BOULEVARD.

ITEM Z 16.

IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A MU DASH 3-D MIXED USE DISTRICT WITH A.

D LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF ABRAMS ROAD BETWEEN FISHER STREET AND EAST LOVER'S LANE.

ITEM Z 17 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2066 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS, ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD AND NORTH BRIGHTON AVENUE.

ITEM C 18 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2068 FOR A BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND EXPOSITION AVENUE.

ITEM Z 19 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2367 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A MICROBREWERY, MICRODISTILLERY, OR WINERY ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SUNSET AVENUE BETWEEN SOUTH BISHOP AVENUE AND SOUTH MADISON AVENUE.

ITEM Z 21 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2181 FOR A TATTOO STUDIO ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF ELM STREET, EAST OF NORTH GOOD LATIMER EXPRESSWAY.

ITEM Z 22 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2220 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT WITHOUT DRIVE IN OR DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF PV ROAD, NORTHWEST OF GARLAND ROAD, AND ITEM Z 23 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1933 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF SOUTH ZANG BOULEVARD AND WEST SUFFOLK AVENUE.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS THAT WERE JUST READ INTO THE RECORD? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR.

[02:30:01]

AYES CARRIED. NEXT ITEM BEFORE WE GO TO YOUR PULLED ITEMS. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM Z 25.

[Z25. 24-803 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for a CS Commercial Service District with deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant and with consideration of an MU-1 Mixed Use District on property zoned an A(A) Agricultural District, on the north line of Dowdy Ferry Road, northeast of the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway [I-20]]

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 22 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND TWO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION DUE TO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION VOTE OF DENIAL, THIS ITEM REQUIRES THREE FOURTHS VOTE TO PASS.

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS? I SEE ONE INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD.

YOU WILL LET ME FOR ITEMS YOU 25.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

I'M SORRY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

I'M. YEAH. MICHAEL KOCHER, 857 EAST HIGHLAND ROAD, OVILLA, TEXAS.

MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS A LONG TIME.

AND WHEN WE WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THEY RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF OUR REQUEST FOR CSS.

BUT THE STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED MU ONE, AND WE HAD VOLUNTEERED.

AND WE ARE VOLUNTEERING SOME DEED RESTRICTIONS.

AND WE FULLY CONCUR WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND WOULD APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR MU ONE AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO READ INTO YOU NOW.

WE VOLUNTARILY DEED RESTRICT HOTEL OR MOTEL REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 80 ROOMS. AND WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR A FLAG HOTEL RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT IS 80 ROOMS OR LESS.

AND A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE IN OR DRIVE THRU SERVICE REQUIRES ALL QUEUING TO BE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY, SO THAT THERE'S NO INTERFACE OUT ON DOWDY FERRY TO CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z 25.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, SUBJECT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NONE FOR ME.

I'M JUST COLLEAGUES. THIS IS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR ATKINS RIGHT NOW.

AND SINCE HE'S SITTING AS CHAIR, HE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

SO I MAKING THE MOTION FOR HIM.

BUT I I'M IN SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, YOU KNOW THANK THE APPLICANT AND THANK THEM FOR VOLUNTEERING THE DEED RESTRICTION.

THEY COULD BUILD A WAREHOUSE THERE INSTEAD OF BUILDING A WAREHOUSE.

THEY CAN BUILD A MULTIFAMILY.

SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT SPECIAL PEOPLE IN CLEOBURY RILEY AND PLEASANT GROVE.

THEY WANT MORE HOUSING.

SO THIS WILL ATTEMPT THAT.

THEY VOLUNTEER THE DEED RESTRICTION TO GET THERE.

SO THEREFORE I HOPE WE HAVE SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. SO NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED.

THE EYES CARRY. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM. NOT A SECRETARY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO YOUR FIRST PULL ZONING ITEM.

[Z6. 24-780 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service on property zoned Subarea 1 within Planned Development District No. 366, the Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District, with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the west line of South Buckner Boulevard, between North Scyene Road and Blossom Lane Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a two-year period, subject]

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

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

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 WE HAVE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO REMAND THIS ITEM TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF TO RE NOTICE THIS CASE.

SECOND. OKAY.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO, SIR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM ON THE SECRETARY.

[Z13. 24-791 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and (1) an ordinance granting an R-5(A) Single Family District; and (2) an ordinance granting the termination of a D Liquor Control Overlay on property zoned an LO-1 Limited Office District with a D Liquor Control Overlay and an MF-2(A) Multifamily District, on the east side of Homer Street between North Garrett Avenue and North Henderson Avenue]

AND ONE AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN R5A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, AND TWO AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE TERMINATION OF A D LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF HOMER STREET, BETWEEN NORTH GARRETT AVENUE AND NORTH HENDERSON AVENUE.

[02:35:02]

WE RECEIVED 11 REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

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? OKAY, NO SPEAKERS.

MISTER MAYOR, DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE APPROVAL OF AN R FIVE, A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT AND RETENTION OF THE D LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY IN A DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY.

NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

YES. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING.

INDIVIDUAL ITEMS BEGINNING WITH ITEM Z.

[Z24. 24-802 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for an auto service center on property zoned a CC Community Commercial Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 595, the South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District, on the west corner of Scyene Road and Lagow Street Recommendation of Staff: Denial Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a two-year period, subject to a site plan and revised conditions Z212-281(MP)]

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 20 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA REQUEST.

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

YOU DO HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM.

WILLIE MAE COLEMAN.

MISS COLEMAN, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU MAY BEGIN. TURN THE MIC ON.

THERE'S A BUTTON AT THE BASE OF THE MICROPHONE.

GREEN LIGHTS ON.

HEAR ME. GOOD AFTERNOON TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO OUR PRAYER HOUR.

MAYOR PRO TEM THERE.

I HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD.

DON'T WANT THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS NEAR OUR NEW PARKLAND CLINIC.

I NEW DENTAL CLINIC.

AND WE WANT SOMETHING ELSE, NOT AN AUTOMOTIVE.

WE GOT ENOUGH.

IT'S 12 CHOP SHOPS RIGHT IN THE BACK OF THIS.

I WENT BACK AND COUNTED THEM FOR YOU.

AND THAT'S ALL WE NEED IS ANOTHER AUTOMOTIVE SOMETHING.

WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT THERE.

AND WE DON'T DESERVE THAT.

SO I WISH YOU WOULD NOT LET HIM HAVE THAT RIGHT THERE.

SECOND AVENUE NEED HIM IN.

MARTIN LUTHER KING NEED IT, BUT WE DON'T NEED IT OVER THERE BY PARKING BECAUSE WE LIKE OUR CLINIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLEASE DON'T LET IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z 24.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO DENY THE ZONING CHANGE WITHOUT PREJUDICE IN THE COMMENT.

YES. MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK MISS COLEMAN FOR COMING OUT AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT THE BEST USE, WHICH IS WHY STAFF ALSO DENIED IT.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING IN THIS AREA.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A HATCHER STATION AREA PLAN THAT SPEAKS TO WALKABILITY AND BRINGING IN MORE QUALITY RETAIL.

I AGREE THAT WE HAVE A PROLIFERATION OF AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO TRULY PROMOTE THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE INCLUDING, AS WAS MENTIONED, A&M SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, THAT IS RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND GREAT POTENTIAL FOR THIS PARCEL, ALONG WITH ANYTHING ADJACENT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I ASK FOR SUPPORT IN DENYING THIS.

OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE? RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRIED. NEXT ITEM.

ITEM C 27 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A LATE HOURS.

[Z27. 24-805 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a late-hours establishment limited to a restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service on property zoned Planned Development District No. 842 with an MD-1 Modified Delta Overlay, in an area bounded by Greenville Avenue, La Vista Drive, Hope Street, and Lewis Street]

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 62 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? I SEE AN INDIVIDUAL.

[02:40:07]

I'M SORRY SIR. I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU. THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE AT THE BASE OF THAT MICROPHONE.

AND CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? I'M JULIUS WHITE.

I LIVE AT 5711 LAVISTA DRIVE, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS BLOCK.

I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING ISSUES THAT ALREADY EXIST ON THIS BLOCK.

AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THE PARKING WILL ONLY GET WORSE.

A FEW OF THE PARKING CONCERNS.

ARE THERE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH PARKING AT THIS LOCATION? THUS, THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE PARKING ON THE STREET OF LA VISTA IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCES DRIVEWAYS.

THERE'S REGULARLY PROBLEMS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GREENVILLE AND LA VISTA WITH EITHER AN ACCIDENT OR PEOPLE TRYING TO CROSS ONTO GREENVILLE AVENUE VIA FOOT OR VIA CAR.

THE CONGESTION IS JUST A NIGHTMARE.

DURING THE EVENING.

AND A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS A RESIDENT ONLY SIGN AT THE GREENVILLE END OF LA VISTA.

BUT SOMEHOW, WITHOUT RESIDENTS INPUT, THE SIGN HAS BEEN REMOVED.

PEOPLE ARE ALSO PARKING IN THE INTERSECTIONS, BASICALLY, OF LA VISTA AND GREENVILLE AND LA VISTA AND HOPE STREET.

SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN A VALET USING THOSE SPOTS TO PARK IN, BUT STILL, IT'S IMPROPER.

JUST RECENTLY, THE TRAFFIC THE PARKING TRAFFIC COP TRIED TO GIVE A TICKET TO A CAR PARKED IN THAT INTERSECTION, AND THE GUY RAN, JUMPED IN HIS CAR AND TOOK OFF.

SO. BUT OBVIOUSLY THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, BUT THEY CAN'T SIT THERE CONSTANTLY AND MONITOR.

OF COURSE, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS NOISE IS A SERIOUS CONCERN WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND THE ADDITIONAL FOOT TRAFFIC AS WELL.

THE TRASH TRUCK IS ALREADY CAUSING ENOUGH PROBLEMS. BETWEEN 4 AND 5 A.M..

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS ROB BALDWIN.

I WAS AT 3904 ELM STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS.

THIS REQUEST IS FOR A LATE NIGHT HOURS IN LOWER GREENVILLE FOR VOODOO DONUTS.

THE USE IS ALREADY THERE.

THE USE IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WILL GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC'S ALREADY THERE.

WE'RE JUST ASKING TO BE ALLOWED TO STAY OPEN AFTER MIDNIGHT, SO I HOPE THAT HELPS.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

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

MR. MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, I MOVE APPROVAL FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CPC FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD, SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.

IN A DISCUSSION.

YES. MR. BALDWIN, COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE? COULD YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PARKING AT THIS FACILITY? DOES IT MEET THE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING? YES. IT DOES.

THEY WOULDN'T LET US OPEN WITHOUT CODE REQUIRED PARKING.

THERE'S REMOTE LOTS.

AND THIS LOT IS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE THE OLD GOOD RECORDS USED TO BE.

AND THERE'S A BIG PARKING LOT THERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.

AND THIS ISN'T REALLY A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU PICK UP DONUTS AND LEAVE.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CARS COMING IN AND OUT, BUT THEY DON'T STAY VERY LONG, SO THE SPACES TURN OVER VERY QUICKLY.

THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. I HOPE I DIDN'T MISS THIS, BUT IT SAYS A LATE HOURS ESTABLISHMENT.

COULD YOU REESTABLISH THE HOURS FOR ME? MR.. WHAT ARE THE LATE HOURS? YES, MA'AM. THIS IS INTERESTING.

IN LOWER GREENVILLE, THEY HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT PROHIBITS USES FROM STAYING OPEN AFTER MIDNIGHT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 A.M., UNLESS THEY GET A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR LATE HOURS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A LATE HOURS PERMIT TO ALLOW US TO BE OPEN 24 HOURS.

OKAY. YOU WERE KIND OF GOING KIND OF FAST WHEN I GO TO THIS RESTAURANT.

WHAT ARE THE HOURS THAT I CAN BE SERVED AT THIS RESTAURANT? IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, YOU CAN GET SERVED FROM 6 A.M.

TO MIDNIGHT. WE'RE ASKING TO BE ABLE TO BE SERVED 24 HOURS.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU SAID.

YES, MA'AM. SO LET ME BE JUST CLEAR.

YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE SERVING? WHAT ARE THEY SERVING AGAIN? DONUTS. 24 HOURS A DAY.

YES, MA'AM. AND WHAT ELSE GOES WITH THE DONUTS? I'M SORRY. WHAT ELSE IS SOLD THERE TO ACCOMPLISH?

[02:45:01]

JUST DONUTS.

IT'S A IT'S A IF THERE'S SUCH A TERM.

IT'S A BOUTIQUE DONUT FACILITY BASED OUT OF PORTLAND, OREGON CALLED VOODOO DONUTS.

AND SUPPOSEDLY THEY MAKE VERY, VERY GOOD DONUTS.

AND PEOPLE USE GET THEM ALL DAY LONG.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT HOURS.

SOME PEOPLE WORK DAYS, SOME PEOPLE WORK NIGHTS.

AND PART OF THEIR, THEIR MARKETING AND OPERATION STRATEGY IN ALL THEIR LOCATIONS THAT I KNOW OF IS 24 HOURS, BUT THERE'S NO IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY BEVERAGES SOLD THERE? NO, MA'AM. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? NO, MA'AM. NO.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE? I'M NOT A DRINKER, SO I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? NO WINE COOLERS OR NO ALCOHOL AT ALL.

ALL RIGHT, SO I NOTICE, LIKE IN FAMILY DOLLAR, THEY HAVE THESE LITTLE POUCHES NOW.

THEY SELL WITH SOME TYPE OF LITTLE ALCOHOL IN IT.

SO NO, NO, NO NOTHING WITH A LEAVING A TASTY SOFT DRINKS WATER BUT NO ALCOHOL.

NO SANGRIA EITHER.

NO MA'AM. I JUST JUST DON'T FORGET THOUGH, THEY SELL A LOT OF DONUTS.

YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLEAR BECAUSE I'VE READ A LOT OF LABELS AND I KNOW EVEN WITH FAMILY DOLLAR, WITH SANGRIA, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ALCOHOL.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE WHY THE CONFUSION, THE CONCERN ABOUT THIS.

YEAH. SO IF IT'S OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST SO I KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE OKAY, OKAY.

THAT'S ALL. NO ALCOHOL.

NO. NO FOOD BESIDES DONUTS AND ASSOCIATED TYPE OF THINGS.

DONUTS AND MILK. OKAY, THAT'S LOTS OF DONUTS.

YOU SHOULD GO THERE. IT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING DONUTS.

OKAY, I MAY TRY THAT. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR. RIDLEY. FOR YOUR MOTION.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU SUPPORTING.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I LOVE SEEING VOODOO DONUTS COMING TO DALLAS.

THE MAJORITY OF TIMES I'VE EVER INDULGED HAS BEEN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN VOODOO DONUTS.

AND THEY ARE REALLY GOOD.

AND I THINK THAT THEY COMPLEMENT JUST THE ECOSYSTEM OF SOME OF THE NIGHTLIFE THAT IS, IS REALLY VIABLE.

AND WITH HOW WALKABLE GREENVILLE ALREADY IS AND WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT OUR RESIDENTS PATRON THIS JUST ADDS TO, I THINK, THE AMENITIES OF WHAT MAKES THIS QUOTE UNQUOTE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT SOMETHING TO DESIRE FOR.

SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY AWESOME THING FOR LOWER GREENVILLE, AND I THINK IT WILL HELP WITH JUST ADDING SOMETHING ELSE FOR THOSE WHO PATRON BEING THERE BEFORE I REMEMBER, AROUND THAT TIME, THERE USED TO BE A TACO CABANA THAT WE COULD GO TO.

AND THAT'S NO LONGER THAT'S A STARBUCKS NOW, WHICH IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

SO, MISS ARNOLD, THERE IS NO ALCOHOL, BUT YOU CAN GET A REALLY GOOD CUP OF COFFEE AND SOME REALLY CRAZY DONUTS THERE.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO CHECK IT OUT.

BUT THANK YOU, MR. RIDLEY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? I ASK CARRY.

NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AGENDA ITEM Z 28 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A PLAN.

[Z28. 24-806 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Planned Development Subdistrict for MF-3 Multiple Family Subdistrict uses on property zoned an MF-3 Multiple Family Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, with a D Liquor Control Overlay, on the north corner of Hood Street and Brown Street]

MULTIPLE FAMILY SUBDISTRICT USES ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH CORNER OF HOOD STREET AND BROWN STREET.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 434 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED FIVE REPLIES IN FAVOR AND NINE REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

YOU DO HAVE A FEW REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, TERRY CHRISTMAN.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU.

AND THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I'M A HOME OWNER AT 3625 BROWN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.

I LIVE 50 YARDS FROM THE PROPOSED BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.

I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

I DO SO FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT ON THE CORNER OF WELLBORN AND CONGRESS STREETS, KNOWN AS THE ASTOR, IS ALSO A HIGH RISE OF RENTAL UNITS.

THIS BUILDING HAS BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE AREA WHO ARE TRANSIENT AND WHO ARE NOT INVESTED IN STAYING IN THE AREA.

THEY BRING EXTRA TRAFFIC TO THE AREA, GUESTS, LOUD PARTIES AND DOGS.

DOGS ARE FINE AS LONG AS PEOPLE PICK UP THEIR WASTE.

IT SEEMS THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF DOGS, THERE IS A GROWING PROBLEM OF DOG EXCREMENT ON THE SIDEWALKS, MAKING IT A MINEFIELD OF POOP.

THEY ARE ALSO USED THE ALLEY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING SITE AS A DUMPING GROUND OF UNWANTED FURNITURE AND RUBBISH.

HAVING ANOTHER RENTAL BUILDING IN THIS BLOCK WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM.

BUILDING ANOTHER HIGH RISE WITH NO ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS TOO MUCH FOR THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA.

TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STAY, LOOK TO DEVELOPMENTS LIKE WEST VILLAGE OR KNOX-HENDERSON OR LEGACY WEST IN PLANO, WHERE THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THE RESIDENTS ARE BUILT ON TOP OF COMMERCIAL SPACES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND SERVICE BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

THIS IS ALSO COMMONLY DONE IN MAJOR THRIVING CITIES SUCH AS NEW YORK, LONDON, HONG KONG AND SYDNEY.

[02:50:01]

THESE ROADS ARE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE BUILDINGS HAVE FRIENDS AND PARKING IS ALREADY AT A PREMIUM.

OUR ROADS CANNOT HANDLE MORE TRAFFIC.

PLUS THERE ARE LIMITED STOP SIGNS ON HOOD STREET, SO CARS USE THIS ROAD TO SPEED BETWEEN CEDAR SPRINGS AND MAPLE.

INSTEAD OF USING OAK LAWN THAT IS ALREADY CONGESTED.

THE INVESTMENT BANK GOLDMAN SACHS IS BRINGING 3000 STAFF TO THEIR NEW BUILDING IN UPTOWN.

THE PARKLAND OFFICE DEVELOPMENT ON MAPLE HOUSES OFFICES FOR PEOPLE LIKE FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH.

AND THIS AREA NEEDS EXECUTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THEIR HOME.

PEOPLE WANT PERMANENT HOMES CLOSE TO WORK.

THIS IS THE CLOSEST AREA WITH OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN.

IF YOU PUT UP RENTAL UNITS, YOU ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO LIVE IN NORTH DALLAS, AS THE PROPERTIES IN UNIVERSITY PARK AND HIGHLAND PARK ARE SO EXPENSIVE.

THIS PUTS MORE STRESS ON THE DALLAS NORTH TOLL ROAD, WHICH IS ALREADY AT ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

IF DALLAS WANTS TO BE A SUSTAINABLE CITY, A WALKABLE CITY, A CITY WHERE INNER CITY RESIDENTS FEEL A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, YOU NEED TO STOP BUILDING HIGH RISE RENTAL UNITS AND FOCUS ON OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES OR LOW RISE CONDOS.

LASTLY, SHOULD THE PROPOSAL GO AHEAD, DESPITE MY OBJECTIONS, I HAVE ONE REQUEST.

CURRENTLY THE TRASH IS SITUATED.

TIME WARNER I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. THE TRASH IS IN THE WRONG SPOT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANTHONY. PAIGE.

ANTHONY PAGE.

OKAY. ANTHONY PAGE IS NOT PRESENT.

VICTORIA MORRIS.

VICTORIA MORRIS.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY. ONLINE NOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR ATKINS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TONY PAIGE.

I RESIDE AT 3210 CARLISLE STREET, DALLAS I AM APPEARING HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF BOTH THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE AND THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO OFFER OUR FULL, UNQUALIFIED AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S 20 701 HOOD AT BROWN PROJECT.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S LAND USE PLANS AND POLICIES, INTRODUCING DENSITY IN A THOUGHTFUL, DESIGN CENTRIC MANNER.

AS STAFF CORRECTLY NOTES IN THEIR REPORT, THE PUBLIC REALM WILL BE ENHANCED BY DESIGN STANDARDS THAT INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, ENSURE SAFE AND ACTIVATED SIDEWALKS, REDUCE DRIVEWAY SIZES, AND REQUIRE BELOW GRADE PARKING.

HIS STAFF ALSO CORRECTLY OBSERVES, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVIDENCES A CHRONIC SHORTAGE OF LARGER HOMES, WHICH SERVES TO DISCOURAGE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FROM LOCATING HERE.

THIS TASTEFULLY EXECUTED DEVELOPMENT, PARKED 100% BELOW GRADE, WILL BE DESIGNED TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE ACTIVE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE KATY TRAIL AND WALKABLE RETAIL STREETS, INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FEATURES THAT MEET THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CAP.

ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUEST COMPLIES WITH SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE STATED OBJECTIVES OF THE OAKLAWN PLAN, AS WELL AS THE DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING OBJECTIVES OF THE THREE 60 PLAN.

WE ARE PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY THE DEVELOPER'S DECISION TO WORK WITH GF AND HOCKER TO OF DALLAS PREMIER ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS, RESULTING IN SUPERIOR TREATMENT OF THE GROUND PLANE, INCLUDING SPACE PROGRAMING, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF THE STREET EDGE.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT PROVIDING INCREASED DENSITY IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL DAYTIME FOOT TRAFFIC, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED BOOST TO RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ALONG OAKLAWN AVENUE.

THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE AND THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FULLY SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE.

THANK YOU. THAT SPEAKER WAS ANTHONY PAGE AND VICTORIA MARSH.

YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING.

EVAN BEATTY IS IS.

OKAY, WELL, SUZANNE.

KEDRON. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MEMBERS OF DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.

SUZANNE KEDRON, 2323 ROSS AVENUE.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS CASE.

IT WAS APPROXIMATELY A YEAR IN THE MAKING.

WE STARTED OFF WITH A LUCKY ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE THAT DETAILED THE HIGH POINTS OF THE PROJECT.

IT'S A 104 RESIDENTIAL TOWER, WHICH IS A LOT LESS DENSITY THAN COULD BE BUILT BY WRIGHT.

I WAS ACTUALLY THANKFUL FOR THE FIRST SPEAKER BECAUSE SHE NAMED A FEW THINGS THAT ARE VERY INTERTWINED WITH THIS PROJECT, SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND IT IS A REDEVELOPMENT OF A VACANT LOT.

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WE'VE HAD SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, DID A MAILER, AS YOU HEARD FROM MR. PAGE, WE DID RECEIVE OAKLAWN COMMITTEE SUPPORT AND UNANIMOUS FROM CPC.

AND WITH THAT, I SEEK YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CPC RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVAN BEATTY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z 28.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF CPC FOR APPROVAL.

SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A LANDSCAPE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.

THEY DO HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. IN A DISCUSSION.

NO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OH. OKAY. JESSE.

THANK YOU. I SUPPORT THE PROJECT, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION PERTAINING TO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S IT'S A BIG HURDLE TO GO THROUGH OAKLAND COMMITTEE AND GET THEIR APPROVAL.

I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION AND WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND THE WORKERS WILL BE.

PARKING ASSIST IS AN INCREASING PROBLEM IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE DEVELOPER HAS A PLAN FOR WHERE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WILL BE PARKING.

SO YOU MIGHT MIGHT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO EVAN BEATTY WITH GF ARCHITECTS.

3030 NOWICKI WAY IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

THE OAKLAWN COMMITTEE IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE ISSUES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION STAGING.

WE ENGAGE J.E.

DUNN, A LOCAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT HAS A STRONG TEAM WITH HIGH RISE PROJECT EXPERIENCE.

THEY BUILT THE WEIR'S PLAZA TOWER AND KNOX STREET RECENTLY TO CONSULT WITH US ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, STAGING.

AND THERE'S A PLAN TO STAGE THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS SITE FROM HOOD STREET.

THERE'S A PLAN TO, DURING THE PERIOD OF EXCAVATION, HAVE OFF SITE PARKING FOR CONTRACTORS AND BRING THEM IN VIA VAN SO THAT WE'RE NOT OVERFLOWING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PARKING.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE BELOW GRADE STRUCTURE AS USABLE PARKING FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ONCE WE GET ABOVE THE GROUND.

SO THERE'LL BE A PROBABLY A 7 TO 8 MONTH EXCAVATION PERIOD WHERE WE'RE BRINGING THE WORKERS IN, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO STAGE THOSE WORKERS WITHIN THE BUILDING.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRIED. THE NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, ITEM Z 29, IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A BANK OR SAVINGS AND LOAN OFFICE WITH A

[Z29. 24-807 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a bank or savings and loan office with a drive-through on property zoned a GR General Retail Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, on the southwest corner of Oak Lawn Avenue and Avondale Avenue]

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 13 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

YOU HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

THIS ITEM JIM GALE OR JIM GALL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JIM GALL. I'M AT 3875 REGENT DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75229.

I'M THE ARCHITECT REPRESENTING EVANGEL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, TWO THAT HAS SIGNED A LONG TERM LEASE AND A CURRENT BANK BUILDING.

THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 2006, AND AT THE TIME WAS MADE AS A FULL SERVICE BANK BUILDING.

SO THERE'S A FULL DRIVE THROUGH IN THE BACK AND DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW.

WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS JUST ASK A SIMPLE REQUEST THAT WE CAN STILL USE OUR DRIVE THROUGH AS PER CODE, BUT WE CAN'T USE THE WINDOW UNLESS WE GET THIS SCP.

SO WE'RE REQUESTED A TEN YEAR TERM TO ALLOW US TO USE THAT WINDOW WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWAL FOR TEN YEARS AFTER THAT, THAT MATCHES THE FIRST SCP THAT WAS APPLIED FOR ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO IT'S IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

WE JUST WANT TO OPEN THE WINDOW AND BE ABLE TO SERVICE OUR CLIENTS THROUGH THE WINDOW.

THERE WERE TWO COMMENTS IN THE CPC MEETING.

ONE OF THEM WAS, WE JUST DON'T LIKE YOUR PROPOSAL.

THERE WAS NO REAL REASON GIVEN FOR THAT.

IT SEEMED TO BE ATTACHED TO A POTENTIAL STUDY ON LEMON AVENUE AND IN OUR RESEARCH, TALKING TO PLANNING, LOOKING FOR THIS POTENTIAL STUDY ON LEMON AVENUE, WE CAN FIND NONE.

AND RYAN MULKEY EMAILED ME BACK TODAY AND SAID WE DON'T KNOW OF ONE.

SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH DENYING OUR REQUEST OR ACTUALLY LOWERING OUR TERM OF REQUEST.

THE SECOND STATEMENT MADE WAS, WELL, THIS IS A WALKING PART OF TOWN.

WE DON'T WANT DRIVE THRUS.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTOOD.

THEY CAN'T REMOVE OUR DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

IT'S JUST ABOUT THE WINDOW.

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EVANGEL WENT OUT AND SPOKE WITH MANY OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO GET THEIR SUPPORT AND GOT FAVORABLE SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY.

AND SO ISSUED TO THE WALKING PART OF TOWN, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

WE TOOK TIME TO WATCH AND SEE WHAT IT WAS.

MOST OF THEM ARE WALKING TO A FITNESS CENTER ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTY, AND SO IF YOU'RE THERE DURING THE DAY, AT MORNING AFTERNOONS, IT'S BUSY.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE.

THE STATEMENT MADE A WALKING PART OF TOWN HOW THAT ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCING OUR TERM.

SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO GUYS, IS ASK FOR THE TERMS WE ASK FOR IN OUR PACKET TEN YEAR TERM WITH TEN YEAR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT BECAUSE PAST PRESIDENTS WE RECEIVE NO COMPLAINTS.

WE'VE I DIDN'T TALK TO YOU, BUT BECAUSE I'M SORRY ABOUT THIS.

THE CURRENT IMPACT OF TRAFFIC GOING TO A CREDIT UNION HAS BEEN WILDLY REDUCED BECAUSE OF ONLINE BANKING.

SO WE HAVE MINIMAL TRANSACTIONS THAT FALL WELL UNDER THE GUIDELINES.

SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING THE TEN YEAR TERM WITH TEN YEAR RENEWALS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

JACK LEE. SO.

HELLO, I'M JACK LEE, 8705 HOLLAND AVENUE IN ROWLETT, TEXAS, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M A 29 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE CREDIT UNION. I WORK UNDER BRANCH OPERATIONS.

AND ALTHOUGH TRADITIONALLY WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH TRAFFIC COUNT THAT GOES THROUGH OUR DRIVE THRUS, THE PEOPLE THAT DO NEED THEM REALLY NEED THEM.

AND THESE ARE PARENTS WITH SMALL INFANTS AND CHILD SEATS.

WE HAVE A LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC OF ELDERLY MEMBERS.

AND WHEN THE ELEMENTS ARE BAD OUTSIDE, IT'S HARD TO PARK AND WALK INSIDE.

SO THIS WOULD REALLY CREATE A HARDSHIP FOR US IF WE DID NOT HAVE A DRIVE THRU WINDOW, LIKE A TRADITIONAL BANK OR CREDIT UNION.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z 29.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CPC FOR APPROVAL FOR A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD, SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.

SECOND. IN A DISCUSSION.

CHAIRMAN BLACKMON.

OKAY, SO I'M NOT I'M KIND OF JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS.

WHAT IS THEIR PERIOD RIGHT NOW, ANDREA? BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT'S WHAT THE DISCREPANCY IS, IS A TEN YEAR PERIOD WITH AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL FOR OTHER TEN YEAR, AND THEN CPC IS JUST A SEVEN YEAR. AND THE SPEAKERS HAVE COME AND SAID, AND I HAVE THREE KIDS, SO I UNDERSTAND ABOUT GETTING OUT.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TWO THINGS MEAN AND THE, THE LIKE.

SO IT'S A IT'S A TEN YEAR VERSUS A SEVEN YEAR.

AND WHAT IS AN ODD.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH.

SO THIS IS A NEW SUB.

THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT RIGHT NOW.

THEY NEED THE SUB FOR THE DRIVE THRU.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS MATCHING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.

PLUS TEN YEAR PLUS TEN YEAR AUTO RENEWALS, MEANING IT'S HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY AND CPC.

RECOMMENDED SEVEN YEARS.

MEANING IN SEVEN YEARS, THEY WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL.

WHAT WAS THE REASONING FOR THE INCONSISTENCY IN WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED IN CPC? RECOMMENDED? I THINK IN THIS CASE WE JUST WENT WITH THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, THINKING THAT IT'S NOT SUCH A DISTURBANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING JUST A BANK WITH A DRIVE THRU. SO IT ALREADY EXISTS.

YES, BUT I THINK THEY CANNOT USE THEIR DRIVE THRU UNLESS THEY HAVE THE SUB.

YEAH, THE TELLER, THE WINDOW.

AND SO WITH THE SEVEN YEAR THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING ALL OVER AGAIN.

YES. AND I MEAN IT'S A RENEWAL.

IT'S NOT LIKE A NEW. RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR OPERATION.

HOW ARE THEY DISTURBING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND DID CPC DO THIS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW IT WAS FOR SEVEN YEARS.

SO WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST BRING IT DOWN TO TWO YEARS TO ANALYZE IT? OKAY, I MEAN, I BECAUSE I GET WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING BECAUSE I DO LIKE I SAID, THREE KIDS AND IF THERE'S ALREADY A DRIVE THROUGH THERE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE REALLY SEES NO REASON IN CHANGING AND JUST KEEPING IT UNIFORM.

SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER DRIVE THRUS IN THE AREA? IS THIS WHICH WHAT HOW DO THEY DO THEIR RENEWAL PROCESS? OH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE IN THE AREA.

LET'S SEE. PER OUR ZONING HISTORY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW SUBS IN THE AREA.

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I DON'T SEE ANY AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE AS MANY DRIVE THRUS.

I USED TO LIVE OVER THERE, SO I KIND OF KNOW THE.

YEAH. ON OAKLAWN.

DALLAS. SO. YEP. OKAY.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE? PITCHER MIKE. THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL SUPP APPLIED FOR.

IN 2006.

THERE WAS A TEN YEAR TERM WITH AUTOMATIC TEN YEAR RENEWAL.

THE SECOND TENANT THAT WAS IN THE BUILDING DID NOT KNOW THAT EXISTED, SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW TO RENEW IT.

THEY LET IT LAPSE, SO THEY LET IT LAPSE.

AND SO WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR WHAT WAS PRECEDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.

THIS DRIVE THRU IS BEHIND THE BUILDING.

YOU CANNOT SEE IT FROM OAKLAWN.

JACK SPOKE TO THE ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE MINIMAL TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THEIR BRANCH.

IF IF THE CODE SAYS YOU CAN BEFORE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STUDY DONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A THOUSAND THERE IN THE 300, 200 TO 300 RANGE A MONTH, I BELIEVE, OR SO.

ARE YOU THE OWNER? NO, I'M THE ARCHITECT.

I'M SORRY. ARCHITECT.

YOU'RE THE ARCHITECT. OKAY.

YES. AND SO.

OUR PROBLEM WAS, WAS IN THE CPC, THERE WAS NOT A REAL DEFINITION OF WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.

WE WERE GIVEN STATEMENTS THAT THERE'S A FUTURE PLANNING OF LEMON COMING, AND THEY TRIED TO LINK IT TO OUR PROJECT, WHICH IS NOT LINKED TO OUR PROJECT.

WE'RE HALF A MILE AWAY.

YEAH. AND TWO AND A HALF MILE OR TWO MILES AWAY FROM OTHER PARTS OF LEMON.

AND THEN THE WALKING PART OF TOWN REALLY DIDN'T, DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO US.

ON HAVING DRIVE THROUGH TRAFFIC.

AND SO, AS JACK WAS SAYING, IT ELIMINATES THE ABILITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TRANSACTION AT THAT CREDIT UNION.

IF YOU'RE GETTING OLDER, LIKE ME, I'M ABLE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSITIONS JUST TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.

AND THEN JACK ALSO MENTIONED YOUNG FAMILIES WITH KIDS.

THEY CAN'T BUNDLE UP THEIR KIDS AND GET INTO THE SPACE, SO IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LOGICAL TO US.

IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 2006.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY ACCEPTED.

AND WHY NOW DO WE WANT TO GO TO SEVEN YEARS? THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC RENEWAL.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S WHAT YOU SAID COMPLETELY.

START OVER AND RESUBMIT EVERYTHING.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR TEN YEARS INITIAL WITH THE TEN YEAR RENEWAL, WHICH IT'S MINIMAL SUBMISSIONS TO JUST KEEP THAT GOING.

BUT CAN I GET STAFF BACK UP HERE THOUGH.

BUT IF IF IT'S GOING AWRY WITH THE THE AUTOMATIC THERE IS THAT THERE'S STILL A PROCESS.

SO IF IT IS BECOMING MORE IF IT'S BECOMING TROUBLESOME, THERE IS A PROCESS FROM WHICH PEOPLE CAN THEN COME BEFORE BACK TO THE BODY AND SAY, THIS IS NOT THIS IS A PROBLEM AT THIS IS A PROBLEM. YES.

THERE ARE TWO THINGS.

ONE, ARE THEY STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AND THE SITE PLAN? THAT'S WHAT WE CHECK. AND THEN THE SECOND WE NOTIFY 200FT AROUND IT, AND IF WE RECEIVE 20% IN OPPOSITION IT AUTOMATICALLY KICKS IT TO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

BUT WITH THE AUTO RENEWALS WE DON'T CHECK THE FURTHER COMPATIBILITY OF THE USE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.

SO IF SOMETHING CHANGES AROUND THE USE AND THIS USE DOESN'T FIT ANYMORE, WE DON'T DO THAT ANALYSIS.

WE JUST CHECK COMPLIANCE AND OPPOSITION.

AND MR. RIDLEY, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LOOK AT AUTOMATIC RENEWALS WITH SEVEN YEARS? NO. OKAY.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER.

SO I MEAN, I AGREE WITH I MEAN, IF IT WAS ALREADY THERE, I MEAN, I THINK WE DON'T WE WANT TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR PEOPLE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AREA.

BUT SO MY THE THING IS, IS THEN PUT IT TO FIVE YEAR WITH AN AUTOMATIC BECAUSE SEVEN YEARS, I MEAN WE'RE ALL GONE.

AND SO IF, IF IT REALLY IS GOING TO CHANGE THEN BUT DON'T MAKE IT CUMBERSOME FOR OUR FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS OR FOR OUR RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS FOLKS TO COME THROUGH.

THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.

SO I'M INCLINED NOT TO SUPPORT THIS JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE, BUT SO ANYWAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

REALLY? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IT'S VERY UNCOMMON THAT THIS BODY EVER APPROVES A TEN YEAR PERIOD FOR AN SUP, EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES.

THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THIS USE AFTER SEVEN YEARS, WITHOUT THE IMPERATIVE OF AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL.

WE ALSO ARE CUTTING WAY BACK ON AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

IT'S UNCOMMON THAT WE APPROVE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS ANYMORE, OR THAT THE PLAN COMMISSION APPROVES AUTOMATIC RENEWALS JUST FOR THE REASON THAT IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY

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I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE CPC'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS FOR THE REASONS CITED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND IN THEIR MOTION.

CHAIRMAN BLACKMON.

SO I GUESS I'M ASKING, ARE THOSE STATEMENTS TRUE? BECAUSE I THINK I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT'S AUTOMATIC.

BUT ANYWAY. AND THE THING IS, IS I'M OKAY WITH THAT, MR. RIDLEY. THEN LET'S CUT IT DOWN TO FIVE WITH AN AUTOMATIC AND THEY COME THROUGH LIKE SHE SAID, THERE'S STILL OVERSIGHT OF THEM.

SO IF IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO TEN YEAR, LET'S CUT IT TO FIVE.

BUT MAKE IT AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL SO THAT THERE IS AN EVALUATION.

BECAUSE THERE IS THERE IS AN EVALUATION.

SO I, I THERE'S NOT I MEAN I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE STAFF SAYS THERE IS ONE AND YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NOT.

SO BUT THIS IS MY TIME AND I'M NOT ASKING I'M ASKING STAFF.

YES. AS I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE SITE PLAN AND THE CONDITIONS AND AGAIN, OPPOSITION, IF ANY.

AND AS YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WE DO HAVE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

WE STILL RECOMMEND THEM PRETTY OFTEN.

YES. IT DEPENDS ON THE USE.

IS IT THE FIRST ONE.

IS IT THE THIRD TIME THEY'RE COMING IN? AS LONG AS THE USE IS ESTABLISHED AT THE LOCATION, WE DON'T FORESEE A LOT OF CHANGES AROUND IT AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE.

WE USUALLY RECOMMEND AUTO RENEWALS.

I WILL GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS, DAYCARES I THINK EVEN FOR SOME ALCOHOL USES WITH GAS STATIONS OR OTHER TYPE OF CONVENIENCE STORES, WE STILL DO AND STILL HAVE AUTO RENEWALS PASSING THROUGH.

IT REALLY IS CASE BY CASE BASIS AND DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I SEE NO OTHER QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. NOTED.

NOTED. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

OKAY. AGENDA ITEM Z 30 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN OH ONE OFFICE SUB DISTRICT AND A RESOLUTION

[Z30. 24-808 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an O-1 Office Subdistrict and a resolution accepting deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant on property zoned an MF-2 Multiple-Family Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, with H/115 Talley/Polk House Historic District Overlay, on the west corner of Reagan Street and Dickason Avenue]

MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT 40 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

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? ITEM Z. 30 NO SPEAKERS.

MISTER MAYOR, DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. MOVE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF CPC FOR APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT.

IN A DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRIED.

NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, ITEM Z 31 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TH DASH THREE, A TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF

[Z31. 24-809 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a TH-3(A) Townhouse District on property zoned a CR Community Retail District, on the southwest corner of Genstar Lane and Davenport Road]

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 50 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED THREE REPLIES IN FAVOR AND SIX REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

VICTORIA MORRIS.

OKAY. AND SUZANNE.

KEDRON. OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO I HAVE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

SECOND, IN A DISCUSSION.

NOT UNLESS ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I SCARY.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM FF ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE FY 20 2425 OPERATING CAPITAL AND GRANT

[PH1. 24-905 A public hearing to receive comments on the FY 2024-25 Operating, Capital, and Grant & Trust Budgets - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

THERE AREN'T ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

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? THE MOTION WOULD BE JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY. WE HAD A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL FACE THE EYE.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY.

ITEM FW TWO.

[PH2. 24-763 A public hearing to receive comments on Substantial Amendment No. 3 to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to reprogram unspent prior year CDBG funds in the total amount of $4,500,000.00 from the Home Improvement & Preservation Program to the Residential Development Acquisition Loan Program; and, at close of the public hearing, authorize final adoption of Substantial Amendment No. 3 to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

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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? FX TWO NO SPEAKERS.

MR. MAYOR, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'M SORRY. IT'S ALSO APPROVED THE.

YES. SECOND MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO APPROVE.

OKAY. WE DID HAVE A SECOND.

RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? NO. NEXT.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY, ITEM THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED USE OF A PORTION OF BACHMAN CREEK GREENBELT, LOCATED AT 3900 SHORECREST DRIVE BY DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EIGHT INCH WASTEWATER LINE TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 1682FT² OF LAND AND A 30 INCH STORMWATER LINE TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 1580FT² OF LAND.

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH UWG BLUFFVIEW LP FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF TRAIL AFFECTED BY THE EASEMENT.

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? FX THREE.

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS. THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVING THE ITEM.

DO I HAVE APPROVAL? THAT ITEM? DO I HAVE A MOTION? HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM SECOND.

OKAY, IN A DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED USE

[PH4. 24-715 A public hearing, pursuant to Chapter 26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, to receive comments on the proposed use of a portion of Lawnview Park located at 5500 Scyene Road, by Dallas Water Utilities for the construction of a 16-inch water line totaling approximately 40,846 square feet (0.94 acres) of land and a 30-inch wastewater line totaling approximately 81,664 square feet (1.88 acers) of land, for the public benefit; and, at the close of the public hearing consideration of a resolution authorizing the proposed use of parkland pursuant to Chapter 26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - Estimated Revenue: Capital Gifts, Donation and Development Fund $724.30]

THIS ITEM WAS CORRECTED AND 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? FOR. NO SPEAKERS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

ITEM FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED USE OF A PORTION OF ORBITAL PARK LOCATED AT 9100 ORBITAL DRIVE BY DALLAS WATER UTILITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 16 INCH WATER LINE TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 10,071FT² OF LAND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPOSED USE OF PARK LAND PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE.

THIS ITEM WAS CORRECTED AND 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? YES. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

IN A DISCUSSION.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

NEXT ITEM. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS MEETING.

WE DO HAVE YOUR REMAINING OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

[OPEN MICROPHONE ( Part 2 of 2) ]

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON.

FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

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FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.

PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR ATKINS ONLY.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER IS NAOMI FEELS.

MALI. NAOMI FEELS MORALLY, IT'S NOT PRESENT.

RUTH STEWART.

BOOTH. STEWART IS NOT PRESENT.

FREDDY DELGADO.

YOUR MICROPHONE.

HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING TODAY? I'M FREDDIE DELGADO.

25, 25 PLEASANT DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

I WAS HERE LAST TIME OVER THE DOG ISSUE WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WITH ALL THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW, I WAS HAVING ISSUES. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, I WAS ATTACKED AGAIN IN MY YARD BY A PACK OF DOGS, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBOR'S DOGS.

AND SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WHEN ANIMAL CONTROL CAME AND MET ME HERE, HE SPOKE TO ME AND TOLD ME HE'S GOING TO HANDLE THIS.

AND WELL, ALL THEY DID WAS COME OUT AND TELL THEM, HEY, JUST REGISTER YOUR DOGS, GET THEM VACCINATED.

AND THAT WAS IT. THEY DIDN'T TAKE NONE OF THE DOGS OR ANYTHING.

THEY STARTED OUT WITH THREE PIT BULLS FULL GROWN.

NOW THEY GOT SIX AND THEY'RE ALWAYS IN MY YARD.

AND THAT KID, HE JUST KEEPS SAYING, GO GET HIM, GET HIM, GET HIM.

AND WE USED TO HAVE PEOPLE WALK EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON DOING THEIR MORNING EXERCISE AND EVENING EXERCISE.

AND THEY DON'T DO IT NO MORE BECAUSE THE KID KEEPS LETTING THE DOGS GO AND NOBODY DOES NOTHING.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS ATTACKED LAST NIGHT AND HEARS FROM THE PARAMEDICS AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, I'M HEART PATIENT AND I DAMN NEAR STOPPED BREATHING.

LAST NIGHT. I HAD A FIGHT FOR OUR DOGS OFF LAST NIGHT, AND IT REALLY MESSED ME UP.

THEN THIS MORNING, AS I WAS TAKING MY LITTLE ONES OUT, JUST, YOU KNOW, TO COME HERE, YOU KNOW, LET THEM OUT, USE THE RESTROOM, THEN PUT THEM BACK IN.

THOSE DOGS ATTACKED ME THIS MORNING ON MY FRONT PORCH.

I GOT A GATED PORCH.

AND AS I CAME OUT, THEY CAME AND CHARGED ME.

AND MY HOUSE SITS ON PIER AND BEAM, AND IT'S ABOUT AS TALL AS THIS TABLE HERE.

AND IT KNOCKED ME FACE DOWN FIRST, MAN.

AND THE ONLY THING THE REASON THEM DOGS RAN.

BECAUSE I HAD SOME STUFF I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY HOUSE STACKED UP, YOU KNOW, FOR.

TAKE IT BACK INSIDE, STAND IT DOWN AND EVERYTHING AND PUT IT UP.

WELL, WHEN THAT FELL, IT SCARED THE DOGS.

NOW I'M GETTING TIRED OF THIS.

NOW, I'VE ASKED, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE TO SET AN APPOINTMENT WITH BROADNAX.

AND IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.

YOU KNOW THEY WON'T DO IT NOW.

HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE OF EVERYBODY HERE.

BUT THEN I SINCE THAT LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

I'M TALKING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE, YOU KNOW, THE DA'S OFFICE, SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE TEXAS LEGISLATOR, YOU KNOW, AND THEY TELL ME TO GO TO, YOU KNOW, THE ONE ABOVE HIM, WHICH IS WHAT IS THAT THE.

OH, DAMN. I DON'T FORGOT WHAT IT WAS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT IT ON MY PHONE, MAN.

I'M TIRED. YOU KNOW, I WAS UP THERE THIS MORNING.

I CAME EXTRA EARLY.

HELL, I CAME IN THE BUILDING, AND WHEN I CAME IN, I CAME ALL THE WAY UP IN HERE, AND THERE WAS NO SECURITY.

I CAME THROUGH THE METAL DETECTORS AND EVERYTHING, BUT AS I WAS SAYING, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT INDIVIDUAL ABOVE, YOU KNOW, BROADNAX, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, MR. TOM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANKS, MA'AM. JANICE TENNYSON.

HOW YOU GUYS DOING TODAY? YES. MY NAME IS JANICE TENNISON AGAIN.

I'M WITH RICHMOND LIFE FELLOWSHIP.

YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T SEEN ME HERE.

PROBABLY ABOUT SIX TIMES.

I'M HERE TODAY.

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GO THROUGH A LONG, DRAWN OUT BECAUSE I DON'T HAND OUT PAMPERS CARDS.

WHO IS IT THAT I CAN TALK TO THAT HAVE SOME KIND OF HEART FOR THESE DISABLED MEN AND WOMEN, SENIORS THAT'S LIVING OUT HERE ON THE GROUND, THAT'S BEING DENIED SHELTERS?

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IF THEY'RE NOT SELF-SUFFICIENT OR MOBILE, THEY'RE NOT GIVING THEM A BED.

I MEAN, I'M JUST HERE TODAY TO ASK Y'ALL, WHO IS IT THAT I CAN TALK TO? BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE I GO TO, THEY KEEP SAYING, MISS ZACHARY, YOU WOULDN'T.

YOU'RE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

GO TO THIS PERSON.

GO. I KEEP TRYING I DON'T TRY TO GO WITH ERIC JOHNSON, BROADMOOR, EVERYBODY.

THEY SEND ME, THEY GIVE ME.

THEY SEND ME TO MISS CROSSLEY.

CHRISTINE WHO? BEFORE I EVEN GET ANYTHING OUT, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDINGS WE DON'T HAVE.

CAN I FINISH? BUT TODAY, CAN Y'ALL JUST TELL ME WHO IS IT THAT I CAN SPEAK TO? I'M TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE THAT'S OUT THERE WITH THE DISABILITIES THAT DON'T HAVE NO DIRECTIONS.

YEAH. THEY GIVING VOUCHERS.

WE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THAT CAN'T EVEN BE PUT BEHIND LOCKED DOORS.

WHICH RIGHT NOW I CAN GIVE Y'ALL ABOUT 100 NAMES OF THOSE THAT IS STAND ALONE.

THAT'S PUTTING THE PUBLIC EVERY DAY AT RISK, NEEDING TO BE ON MEDICATION.

BUT AGAIN, SIR, CAN Y'ALL LEAD ME TO SOMEBODY THAT MAY HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HEART OF AUDLEY PEOPLES THAT Y'ALL WALKING BY, Y'ALL, SINCE Y'ALL DON'T JUST GAVE A BLIND EYE GUESS TO IT, IT'S TOO BIG FOR ME.

I HAVE A GROUP HOME, A EIGHT BEDROOM FOR THEM IS UPSTAIRS FOR DOWN.

I CAN'T PUT BUT THREE ROOMS FOR PEOPLES IN DISABILITIES BECAUSE THE FOURTH ROOM YOU GOT TO STILL GO UPSTAIRS.

EVERYWHERE I TRY TO GET A HOUSE OR IT'S TOO CLOSE TO 2000FT FROM ANOTHER ONE.

WERE THEY BEING ABUSED? SO I HAVE LETTERS, EMAILS WHERE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EMAILS FOR OVER A YEAR AGO.

MISS CROSTON, ERIC JOHNSON I CAN GO ON OF HOW I SIT AND TALK TO THESE PEOPLES OUT ON THE STREET.

THE REASON WHY THEY LAYING OUT THERE IS HOW THEY BEING ABUSED IN THESE GROUP HOMES AND THESE NURSING FACILITIES.

BUT AGAIN, WHO IS IT THAT I CAN TALK TO THAT CAN HELP ME? BECAUSE EVERYBODY I TALK TO, THEY SAY, WELL, MISS ZACHARY, ARE YOU TRYING TO HELP HER, MISS TENNISON? BOTH OF THEM. THAT'S MY NAME ON MY LICENSE.

ZACHARY TENNISON. THAT'S YOUR TIME, ZACHARY.

MISS JOHNSON, I'M SORRY THAT'S YOUR TIME, I FIGURED.

BUT AGAIN, IS IT ANYBODY THAT I MIGHT CAN TALK TO THAT CAN GIVE ME MORE THAN 2 OR 3 MINUTES? THAT CAN HELP ME. THAT'S YOUR TIME.

I KNOW IT'S MY TIME.

IT BE MY TIME EVERY TIME.

BUT I'M JUST SAYING, CAN ANYBODY HELP ME GET THESE PEOPLES OFF THE GROUND? THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

MARVIN CRENSHAW.

NOT PRESENT.

CYNTHIA. HE'D.

EMOTIONAL.

HELLO. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA HYDE.

I LIVE AT 6730 BELFORD DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

75214. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT A PROPERTY I OWN AT 4221 HERSCHEL.

DALLAS, TEXAS 75219.

IT IS A SMALL, OLDER, FIVE UNIT BUILDING.

IT'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY SINCE 1961.

THE CITY OF DALLAS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT ON THE FOUR LOTS WEST OF ME.

A 12 STORY NURSING HOME CALLED THE ANTHOLOGY OF HOLLAND PARK.

ALTHOUGH IT IS IN DALLAS, THE BUILDING WAS ALLOWED A ZERO SETBACK TO MY SIDE YARD.

I NOW HAVE A FOUR FOOT DRAINAGE DITCH AT MY FENCE, DRAINING SOMETHING ALL THE TIME.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, MY FRONT YARD AND THE FRONT PATIOS OF MY BUILDING ARE ABOUT TO BECOME A TOXIC EMISSIONS DUMP DUE TO THE BUS SIZE GENERATOR PLACED IN THE FRONT YARD OF THE NURSING HOME BUILDING.

THE ENORMOUS GENERATOR PLACED TEN FEET FROM MY PROPERTY LINE AND ABOUT SIX FEET FROM THE FRONT SIDEWALK.

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IT IS ONLY SIX EIGHT FOOT SIX INCHES FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

EIGHT FEET, TEN FEET, 15FT, 20FT.

THE WIND BLOWS WESTERLY AND IT BLOWS THESE EMISSIONS RIGHT INTO MY YARD, INTO MY BUILDING, INTO MY PORCH, INTO MY DOORS, INTO MY LUNGS, INTO MY TENANTS LUNGS.

DIESEL EXHAUST FUEL CONTAINS MORE THAN 40 TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

EXPOSURE TO DIESEL EXHAUST CAN HAVE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS.

DIESEL EXHAUST IRRITATES EYES, NOSE, THROATS, LUNGS, AND CAUSES COUGHS AND CANCER AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS. EXPOSURE TO FINE PARTICLES PARTICLES CALLED PARTICULATE, AND THE EMISSIONS LODGED DEEP INTO THE LUNGS.

THEY ARE 1,000TH THE WIDTH OF A HAIR STRAND.

THE. THEY ALSO CAUSE LUNG CANCER.

CHILDREN, CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE AND THE ELDERLY ELDERLY ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THESE PARTICULATES.

OSHA HAS CATEGORIZED DIESEL EXHAUST A TOXIC HEALTH HAZARD.

I WORK IN MY YARD NOW.

I HAVE THESE DIESEL FUEL EMISSIONS CARRIED BY AIR JUST A FEW FEET.

THAT'S YOUR TIME? THAT'S YOUR TIME.

OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU. ASHLEY MOLINA.

ASHLEY MOLINA, NOT PRESENT.

JAMES PORTER.

JAMES PORTER IS NOT PRESENT.

TYLER. ARBOGAST.

HELLO. MY NAME IS TYLER ARBOGAST.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEWLY FORMED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION NAMED REFUGE FOR RENEWAL, WHICH WAS STARTED BY A NUMBER OF CONCERNED AND MOTIVATED BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE DALLAS AREA. OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE TO MATERIALLY, MATERIALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING A WIDE BREADTH OF SERVICES IN A SINGLE LOCATION. WE BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THE MOST IMMEDIATE AND EFFECTIVE IMPACT IS A CAMPUS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN THAT WILL PROVIDE TURNKEY SOCIAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.

A TEAM OF DEVOTED PROFESSIONALS WILL BE ON SITE TO ADDRESS A MULTITUDE OF NEEDS, RANGING FROM THE COMPLEXITIES OF VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY TO BASIC HUMAN NEEDS SUCH AS PROVIDING FOOD AND SHELTER.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE GOALS ARE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO EXPANDING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, AND DEDICATING THE APPROPRIATE EXPERTISE IN ORDER TO EFFECT REAL CHANGE IN THESE AREAS.

BY COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, THE STATE OF TEXAS, HUD HOUSING FORWARD, THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION, AND ITS ARMY OF PASSIONATE SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS PRIVATE INDUSTRIES BUSINESS LEADERS.

WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION OF PROVIDING A VULNERABLE POPULATION OF DALLASITES THE VITAL CARE AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED WHILE MAKING OUR DOWNTOWN STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES SAFER, CLEANER AND MORE APPEALING FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR VISITORS OF THIS GREAT CITY.

BOLD ACTS RESULT IN BIG CHANGE.

DALLAS NEEDS IT NOW AND HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DEVONTE PETERS.

DEVONTE PETERS IS NOT PRESENT DOLORES PHILLIPS HAS CANCELED.

BE IN RANDOLPH.

BE IN RANDOLPH IS NOT PRESENT.

DONNA TYLER.

DONNA TYLER IS NOT PRESENT CHERYL TOVAR.

CHERYL TOVAR IS NOT PRESENT.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING.

MR. MAYOR, IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL TODAY, THE TIME IS 2:31 P.M..

THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.