Apr 10, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO BONTON FARMS. THEY'VE DEFINITELY BEEN A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH, WITH ALL OF THE RESOURCES AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT TO SOUTH DALLAS, SOUTHERN DALLAS AND STARTED FROM FOOD INSECURITY ENDED WITH SECOND CHANCE JOBS.

AND THEN THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR PORTFOLIO TO NOT ONLY BRING MORE GROCERY OPTIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH GROCERY CONNECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KROGER ALSO WORKING WITH METHODIST.

AND WE HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED FOR OUR MEDICAL CLINIC DOWN IN BONTON.

AND NOW THIS IS GOING TO BRING 36 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND SO I JUST CAN'T PRAISE BONTON ENOUGH.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT CITY STAFF.

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AND I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN.

INTERIM CITY MANAGER KIM TOLBERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALSO HELPING US GET THROUGH SOME OF THE HURDLES AND OUR AWESOME CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT IN TO HELP GET THIS TO THE FINISH LINE.

SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW AWESOME OF A PROJECT THIS IS AND HOW PROGRESS CONTINUES IN SOUTH DALLAS.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 38.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COULD WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM HOUSING DEPARTMENT? COME TO THE PODIUM.

GREAT. SO MY QUESTION IS WE'RE WITHDRAWING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SALE TO NOTRE DAME PLACE, INC., AND INSTEAD, WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THESE LOTS TO CITY BUILD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE DOING THIS? CYNTHIA ELLICKSON, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER, WITHDREW FROM THE PROJECT, AND CITY BUILDS STEPPED UP. SO WE HAVE TO DO A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE NEW DEVELOPER.

OKAY. IS THE NEW DEVELOPER IN ANY SENSE RELATED TO NOTRE DAME, OR IS IT ALL NEW PEOPLE, ALL NEW, ALL NEW ENTITY? BUT THE PROJECT IS THE SAME.

THE PROJECT IS CHANGED.

THAT'S WHY SEVERAL THINGS ARE BEING RESCINDED.

THEY NO LONGER WANT 17 LOTS.

THEY WANT ONLY TWO.

WE'RE NO LONGER GIVING THEM GRANT FUNDS.

WE'RE WITHDRAWING THAT OUR CONDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS.

AND AND THEY'RE DOING STILL DOING 36 UNITS, WHICH WAS THE FIRST PHASE THEY WERE DOING.

BUT AND THE DEVELOPER'S DIFFERENT.

SO SEVERAL THINGS HAVE BEEN RESCINDED.

OKAY. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER 15 REMAINING LAND USE.

LAND TRANSFER LOTS.

THEY'RE BEING REVERTED.

THEY'RE REVERTING BACK TO THE CITY.

OKAY. SO THE CITY WILL RETAIN CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF THOSE LOTS UNTIL WE FIND SOME OTHER USE FOR THEM.

CORRECT. UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY? YES, SIR. I DO SUPPORT THIS.

I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON WHY THIS STEP WAS NECESSARY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 38.

AND VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND THE WORD BOND TENDS TO GRAB MY ATTENTION MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT PLACE I NEED TO GO.

WOULD LOVE TO GO FOR MORE IN DEPTH TOUR.

BUT I DO ENJOY THE TREATS THAT I GET FROM MONTAN.

BUT THE BUT THE MORE SERIOUS CONVERSATION AROUND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO ASK.

THE RIGHT OF REVERTER CLAUSE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE CLEAR, BUT WHAT TROUBLES ME MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAS THIS CLAUSE.

AND THE QUESTION TO ME IS, IS THERE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS HERE WHERE YOU ALL WHERE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CAN MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT THE COUNCIL OF REVERTING WHAT TRIGGERS THE REVERTING REVERSION PORTION OF THE DEAL? SO LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT.

WE INTEND TO BRING A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE ON HOW WE MANAGE RIVERS WHEN DEVELOPERS NEED FINANCING, BECAUSE THAT'S BECOME A VERY STICKY SITUATION FOR OUR DEVELOPERS.

BANKS DON'T WANT REVERTER SITTING ON THEIR WHEN THEY'RE FINANCING.

SO WE'RE PLANNING TO BRING BACK A DISCUSSION THIS MONTH, IN APRIL TO OUR HHS ABOUT SOME SOME, SOME CURES TO HOW WE MANAGE OUR RIVERS, NOT RELEASING COMPLETELY AND NOT MAKING IT GO AWAY, BUT HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THAT BETTER SO THAT IT'S A POLICY CHANGE AND NOT A ONE OFF CHANGE.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT, LIKE I SAID, IN THIS MONTH'S HHS COMMITTEE.

SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE SOME DEALS THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE WITH PROPERTIES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVERTED AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON REVERTING OUR OUR PROPERTIES.

IS IT A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS? YES, MA'AM. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AN INVENTORY OF RIVERS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

RIGHT. AND SO THE REASON I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT HERE, AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THIS PROJECT, WHICH WE JUST VOTED ON IS THE FACT THAT I'VE SEEN PROJECTS AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED AND I'M TARGETING IN ON DISTRICT FOUR BECAUSE WE SEE THESE PROJECTS COME TO US, WE APPROVE THEM, AND THEN THE LAND JUST SITS THERE AND IT BECOMES BLIGHT.

AND SO THE MORE I BEGIN TO ZERO IN AND BECOME A LASER FOCUS, I'M WATCHING THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME TO US AND GET THE BENEFIT. AND THEN THEY SIT ON THAT PROPERTY.

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AND SO I THINK IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE COUNCIL WHEN WE INVEST IN THEM.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO HAVE ADDRESSED CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE IT'S MUCH EASIER TO, TO, TO DO THAT IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THE LAND TRUST AND THE LAND SURPLUS, THEY'VE GOTTEN IT CHEAP THOUSAND DOLLARS A LOT, AND THAT COMMUNITY DOESN'T COME OUT IN NUMBERS TO ADDRESS IT.

AND SO I WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE BOOKS SO THAT ALL OF US CAN STAY WOKE ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.

BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO STAY WOKE BECAUSE WE ARE BEING VICTIMIZED BY DEVELOPERS WHO COME TO US AND LEAVE US.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I MAY BE THERE MAY BE PUBLIC MEMBERS WHO ARE LISTENING, AND I NEED TO BE CLEAR ON GIFTS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JELLY.

AND WHAT ELSE DO I JELLY AND HONEY AND BUTTER.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLEAR THAT UP IN CASE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIFTS.

I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT ON THE RECORD.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

BUT THE REVERTER THE REVERSION IS VERY SERIOUS FOR US IN THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO ARE WAITING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND WE GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

BAZALDUA. IN THAT COMMUNITY.

BUT I THINK IT'S JUST EXCITING ABOUT BONTON.

AND SO I JUST I CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHERE I CAN.

BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNEW I WAS WOKE ON THIS TOPIC.

THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD? UNDERSTOOD. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 38? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEMS 39 AND 40 MUST BE CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY.

[Items 39 & 40]

JUNE ITEM 39 AUTHORIZES A DECREASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH VEST CORP CONSTRUCTION, LLC, DBA CHAVEZ CONCRETE CUTTING BY REDUCING THE CORONAVIRUS, STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CAPACITY NOT TO EXCEED $3,031,696.07 FROM $13,887,150 TO $10,855,453.93.

AGENDA ITEM 40 AUTHORIZED A 24 MONTH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE 2024 DALLAS SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, IMPROVEMENTS THAT INCLUDE WATER AND WASTEWATER ADJUSTMENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THIS CORE CONSTRUCTION, LLC, DBA CHAVEZ CONCRETE CUTTING, LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER OF SIX NOT TO EXCEED $3,932,862.50.

THESE ARE YOUR ITEMS, MR. MAYOR. SIR, IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR CHAIRMAN? YEAH. I'M SORRY HE FELL OUT OF THE QUEUE.

ARE YOU STILL WANTING TO SPEAK? YEAH. YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

SO A QUESTION FOR STAFF ABOUT THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO ITEMS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE INTERRELATED? GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL MEMBER.

THE FIRST CONTRACT DIDN'T HAVE THE FEDERAL LANGUAGE IN IT.

AND SINCE THIS PORTION OF THE FUNDING IS THE FEDERAL FUNDING, WE HAD TO REMOVE THAT FROM THIS CONTRACT AND ADD IT TO THE OTHER CONTRACT THAT HAS THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IN IT.

SO IT'S TO PERFORM THE SAME WORK.

THAT'S THE SAME WORK. SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.

YES, SIR. OKAY. IT'S JUST TO CORRECT THIS TECHNICAL ISSUE.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OF COURSE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEMS 39 AND 40? SEEING. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

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

MAYOR, MAY I BE RECOGNIZED? FOR WHAT PURPOSE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND HEAR THE REMAINING SPEAKERS THIS MORNING BEFORE WE ADJOURN FOR LUNCH.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND BEFORE WE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACTUALLY DONE WITH WHAT WE HAVE FOR THIS MORNING FIRST.

AND I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS FIRST SESSION.

OKAY. IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION.

HEARING NONE. IT'S SO ORDERED.

AND WE'LL HEAR ALL THE REMAINING SPEAKERS AND THEN WE WILL RECESS TILL ONE.

OKAY. MADAM SECRETARY, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. I WILL REREAD THE SPEAKER RULES.

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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, 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.

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

INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIMER ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

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 WILL BE G.

JACKSON.

HELLO, CITY OF DALLAS.

I'M HERE TO FINISH WHAT I STARTED HERE A MONTH AGO.

I SPOKE OF A VERY DEADLY AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS THAT HAS IDENTIFIED BY STARK RAVING AND TORMENTING SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS.

THAT IS ALL OF OUR OWN UNDENIABLE SELF EVIDENCE.

FOR YEARS, MY CLAIM OF THIS DEADLY AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS WAS DISMISSED AND IGNORED AS NONSENSICAL LUNACY.

THIS IS NOTHING BUT RUTHLESS OFFICIAL COVER UP.

NOW THE SAME EXACT TORMENTING SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS SUCH AS INTENSE HEADACHE, PAIN AND OVERWHELMING SENSE OF SLEEPY DROWSINESS, CHRONIC URGENT URINATION AND INSOMNIA, ETC.

HAS BEEN COMPLAINED OF BY US EMBASSY STAFF IN MANY WORLD CAPITALS.

THIS DEADLY PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IS BEING CALLED THE HAVANA SYNDROME.

IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE US CONGRESS AND IT HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF MANY NEWS REPORTS, INCLUDING TWO CBS 60 MINUTES NEWS REPORTS.

THIS DEADLY CRISIS IS MUCH WORSE IN MOST CITIES, ESPECIALLY NEW YORK CITY AND THE NATION'S CAPITAL, ETC., WHERE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE THERE WOULD ENDANGER THE PUBLIC SAFETY MUCH WORSE THAN IT ALREADY HAS.

THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IS NOT AS BAD HERE IN DALLAS AS IN MOST OTHER CITIES, BECAUSE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAINST IT TO RESOLVE IT, AND ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN UNTIL THIS RESOLVED.

OCCURRING IN THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL AND THE TDC, J HUDSON UNIT STATE JAIL.

NOTHING OTHER THAN MASS PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IN A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS CONFERENCE WILL START THE PROCESS FOR THE PERMANENT RESOLUTION OF THIS MAN MADE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX IS WHERE I LIVE.

THIS DISTRICT SIX COUNCILMAN IS WHO WE NEED TO SPONSOR THIS PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX OFFICE STAFF HAVE STOPPED ANSWERING MY TELEPHONE CALLS.

STOP RETURNING MY TELEPHONE CALLS.

I HAVE SENT DOCUMENTS AND NEWS ARTICLES ON THIS CRISIS TO TO THE CONTACT FORM OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE.

TO ALL YOU CITY COUNCIL PERSONS, PLEASE READ THEM AND GIVE ME AN ANSWER.

THIS IS NOT A COMMENT.

THIS IS A REQUEST IN THE VITAL INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE DEPENDING ON DALLAS PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.

IT WOULD SURELY PUT DALLAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD.

I AM WAITING TIME IS OF VITAL ESSENCE.

JACKSON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SHIRLEY LANGLEY.

TRULY SINCERE.

AND MY NAME IS G.

HELLO, I'M SHIRLEY LANGLEY, DISTRICT FOUR AND MAYOR.

I COME TO YOU THIS MORNING TO PLEASE ASK FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ANIMAL CONTROL IN OUR AREA.

THERE'S A HOME ON THE CORNER OF COLWICK AND MARJORIE THAT HAS WILDLIFE, ANIMALS, WHICH CONSISTS OF GHOST GOATS, GEESE, DOGS, ROOSTERS.

AND THEY ARE A NUISANCE.

THEY ARE TOO LOUD.

THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA WE HAVE TALKED TO.

TRY TALKING TO ANIMAL CONTROL.

ANIMAL CONTROL SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

I ASK THE YOUNG LADY FOR HER NAME.

SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO ME.

SHE TOLD ME SHE WOULD HAVE A SUPERVISOR TO CALL ME.

AS OF THIS DATE, WE'VE HEARD NOTHING.

THE LITTLE LADY THAT LIVES DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE HOME IS 92 YEARS OLD.

SHE COMPLAINS THAT SHE CANNOT SLEEP AT NIGHT.

THEY ARE CONSTANTLY CALLING OUT 911.

WE'RE ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS PROBLEM I WORK WITH.

I DO WORK WITH MY DISTRICT FOUR OFFICE, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL.

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BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED.

WE NEED SOME HELP WITH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EACH OF YOU TO PLEASE ASK YOURSELF, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THIS WAS GOING ON NEXT DOOR TO YOU? MOST OF US HAVE RETIRED AND TRYING TO LIVE OUR LAST DAYS AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND CLEAN.

AND FOR US TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS LOUD NOISE.

THESE GEESE MAKE SUCH LOUD NOISES.

I LIVE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS OVER.

YOU HEAR THESE GEESE MAKE THESE LOUD NOISES.

THESE GOATS.

IT'S JUST UNFAIR TO US, MAYOR.

WE'RE DESPERATELY ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

FOR YOU. ALL'S ASSISTANCE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYOR JOHNSON.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE? THANK YOU.

JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE SUPPORT TO MISS LANGLEY.

I DID WANT TO SINCE SHE'S NOT IN PERSON, THE STAFF CAN'T MEET WITH HER NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN STATE LAW, YOU SEE SOME CHANGES GOING IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FOLKS ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING, THAT YOU CAN HAVE ALMOST A WHOLE FARM IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE APPROPRIATE STAFF SO WE CAN MEET WITH HER AND PERHAPS TALK TO HER VIRTUALLY IN PERSON.

THAT WAS GOOD THAT THOSE CHANGES CAME AFTER I LEFT THE LEGISLATURE.

YES THEY DID. I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED THAT.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES SURE I WOULDN'T. YEAH.

AND ALSO I DO WANT TO ADD, MA'AM, THAT, THAT THAT WE.

DID SHE HAVE ANY TIME LEFT.

YOU GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD. I DO WANT TO ADD THAT THERE IS A BARN THAT SITS IN THIS BACKYARD WITH OPEN DOORS.

AND IF YOU RIDE BY THERE, YOU WILL NOT ONLY HEAR THESE ANIMALS, YOU WILL SEE THEM.

THERE ARE GOATS. THEY'RE GEESE.

THEY'RE DOGS THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S AND THEY ARE LOUD.

THEY ARE SO LOUD.

THIS IS THE 75216 AREA.

AND THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THESE THINGS ARE LOUD AND I LIVE LIKE A BLOCK OVER.

THANK YOU. AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOME HELP.

THANK YOU ALL.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, MICHAEL GUERRERO.

I'M HERE ON DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE DO OUR AZTEC DANCE.

WE ARE NATIVE AMERICANS FROM MEXICO, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT MAKES A CITY OR A NATION IS THE DIVERSITY OF THE CULTURES.

HOWEVER. WE'VE BEEN PUT ON A SITUATION WHERE.

WE ARE BEING NEGLECTED OR THEY'RE TRYING US TO BLOCK FROM FROM EXERCISING OUR CULTURE.

THIS GOES TO MARTIN WOODS PARK.

IN MY DISTRICT WHERE THEY ARE.

RECENTLY THEY DECIDED THAT WE ARE NO LONGER WELCOME.

IN FOR US DOING OUR OUR CULTURE.

THEY TOLD US THAT ARE THE RULES HAVE CHANGED AND THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PRACTICES THAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MY WIFE AND I, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS OR SOMETHING AROUND THAT.

WE DON'T CHARGE ANY MONEY.

WE DO IT FROM OUR BELIEF THAT OUR OUR CULTURE SHOULD NOT, CANNOT BE SOLD OR CANNOT BE SOLD, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU ARE NEGLECTING OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS.

HOWEVER, THAT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE.

WE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH TEACHING OUR CULTURE, OUR TRADITION TO OUR PEOPLE.

SO I'M HERE.

MR. JOHNSON, DID YOU TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE AND INTERVENED FOR US IN THIS SITUATION? WE PAY.

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$4,801.38 ON TAXES.

AND THE PEOPLE ON MARTIN WHIST PARK SAYS THAT WE WANT TO GET BACK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE USAGE OF THE FACILITIES. WERE IN THE PAST BECAUSE OUR VOLUNTEERING WORK, WE WERE ALLOWED TO DO IT FOR FREE.

SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE TOTAL COMMUNITY FARM.

IF OUR CULTURE IS DENIED TODAY, THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OTHER CULTURES TOMORROW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EDWARD GARDELLA.

CHAIRMAN WEST. FOR WHAT PURPOSE? JUST A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS THE SPEAKER.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YES, SIR.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS COULD STICK AROUND.

WE HAVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT COME AND TALK WITH THIS.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE A VERY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN THE MARTIN WEISS RECREATION CENTER, SO IT'S A VERY CONCERNING.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE I BELIEVE LIZ PEREA, OUR CITY MANAGER OVER.

THAT DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO BE HERE IF YOU CAN JUST HANG OUT.

THANK YOU. EDUARD CAUDELLA, YOU MAY THINK.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

SO I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

THIS IS JUST REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH.

AND A LOT OF THIS IS COMMON SENSE, AND PROBABLY EVERYONE'S TRACKING KIND OF EVERYTHING I'VE SAID BEFORE, BUT I'LL REITERATE NONETHELESS, THIS MOMENT IS NOT NEARLY A DECISION POINT, BUT A CHANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR OUR CITY TO BE BETTER.

THE CITY MANAGER ROLE IS PIVOTAL, DEMANDING MORE THAN ADEPTNESS MANAGING AND AND MANAGING THE STATUS QUO.

THE. THIS INDIVIDUAL MUST BE THE EMBODIMENT OF STEWARDSHIP, INNOVATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRITY.

SOMEONE WHO WILL FORGO FORGE A FUTURE FOR DALLAS AS LUMINOUS AS THE CITY ITSELF.

OUR MAYOR HAS PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED THESE INDISPENSABLE QUALITIES FOR THIS ROLE A CHAMPION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AN ALLY TO OUR TAXPAYERS, A PROVIDER OF INDISPENSABLE SERVICES, A BEACON OF ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A MASTERFUL COMMUNICATOR.

THESE ARE NOT OPTIONAL, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE.

THEY ARE IMPERATIVE FOR OUR CITY'S PROGRESSION.

THE CITY MANAGER WE DESIRE MUST BE AN ARCHITECT OF CHANGE, ADEPT IN CONFRONTING AND NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF URBAN GOVERNANCE.

SOMEONE WILL PROACTIVELY ADDRESS OUR GROWING PERMIT BACKLOG, BOLSTER OUR CYBER DEFENSES, ENHANCE OUR CORE CITY SERVICES, AND REPLENISH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND AND THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON.

WE FIND OURSELVES AT A CROSSROADS, CONFRONTING MANY CHALLENGES THAT NECESSITATE A BOLSTERED DALLAS POLICE FORCE AND THE PERSISTENT SPECTER OF HOMELESSNESS THAT REQUIRES COMPASSIONATE RESOLUTION.

IN THE SPIRIT OF THOROUGHNESS AND EXCELLENCE, WE ADVOCATE FOR A NATIONAL SEARCH TO IDENTIFY THIS TRAILBLAZER, ONE WHO WILL NOT ONLY FULFILL BUT EXCEED THE FIVE QUALITIES CHAMPIONED BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

LET'S BROADEN OUR HORIZONS AND WELCOME A LEADER CAPABLE OF HARNESSING DALLAS UNIQUE ENERGY AND POTENTIAL.

I SAY LET US PLEDGE TO SELECTION PROCESS MARKED BY DELIBERATE AND STRATEGIC DISCERNMENT, ONE THAT ASPIRES NOT TO FILL A VACANCY, BUT TO EMPOWER A VISIONARY CAPABLE OF PROPELLING DALLAS TOWARD A FUTURE AS BRIGHT AND AS BOLD AS THE CITY ITSELF.

IN CONCLUSION, THE MANTLE OF THE CITY MANAGER IS A CALL TO SERVICE, TO INNOVATION, AND TO VISIONARY LEADERSHIP.

I URGE THE COUNCIL TO EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MANIFEST THE COLLECTIVE VISION OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR A THRIVING AND RESILIENT DALLAS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT AND FOR CHAMPIONING THE FUTURE WE ALL BELIEVE IN.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DAVID HILL.

GREETINGS EVERYONE.

I WAS TOLD BY A SECRETARY IN CHIEF GARCIA'S OFFICE THAT I NEEDED TO BRING THESE ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

LAST YEAR, I WENT TO THE DALLAS POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING TO REPORT SOME INDIVIDUALS I KNOW THAT ARE FRAUDULENTLY USING OTHER PEOPLE'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO COMMIT VARIOUS ACTS OF FRAUD, SUCH AS TRYING TO OBTAIN TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, FOR ONE EXAMPLE.

THIS IS A VIOLATION OF TEXAS STATE PENAL CODE SECTION 32.51.

THIS IS A STATE JAIL FELONY UP TO FIRST DEGREE FELONY, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF ITEMS USED.

I WAS TOLD BY THE OFFICER AT THE FRONT DESK THAT I COULD NOT MAKE A REPORT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MY INFORMATION THAT WAS STOLEN, AND THAT I WAS ONLY A WITNESS AND NOT THE VICTIM.

I CALLED INTERNAL AFFAIRS TO ASK IF THIS WAS STANDARD PROCEDURE AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS.

IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE I WAS JUST A WITNESS.

I ASKED IF I WAS IF I WAS ONLY THE WITNESS TO A CRIME BEING COMMITTED AGAINST A CITIZEN OR OFFICER, SHOULD I REPORT THAT EVEN THOUGH I WOULD JUST BE A WITNESS AND NOT THE VICTIM? I WAS TOLD YES, I SHOULD REPORT THAT.

I WAS THEN TOLD I COULD FILE THE COMPLAINT AS A MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENT REPORT ONLINE.

I FOUND NO SUCH OPTION HERE IN DALLAS.

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ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, A FRIEND OF MINE WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.

MY FRIEND FOUND INFORMATION ON THE PERSON WHO SHOT HIM AND SHOWED THE DETECTIVE A FACEBOOK PROFILE OF THE PERSON.

MY FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THE DETECTIVE TOLD HIM THAT BECAUSE HE LOOKED THAT UP, THE DETECTIVE COULD NOT USE THAT INFORMATION.

THAT SUSPECT IS STILL LOOSE ON OUR STREETS HERE IN DALLAS.

ANOTHER PERSON AND HER FAMILY WERE VIOLENTLY ATTACKED IN A HOME INVASION BY THEIR NEIGHBORS DURING THE HOME INVASION.

HER THEN 15 YEAR OLD SON WAS BITTEN BY ONE OF THE ASSAILANTS.

HER OTHER SON SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS FACE.

SHE ALSO SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER PERSON.

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS TOLD BY THE DETECTIVE HANDLING HER CASE SHE NEEDED TO PROVIDE NAMES OF THE SUSPECTS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ARRESTED.

THESE SUSPECTS ARE STILL LOOSE ON OUR STREETS.

THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE INCIDENCES TO WHETHER YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE NAMES OF YOUR ATTACKERS OR NOT.

THESE ISSUES I HAVE LISTED SEEM TO BE HOT POTATOES NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH.

DO YOU FEEL SAFE KNOWING THESE SUSPECTS ARE STILL LOOSE IN OUR ON OUR STREETS? THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN ATTACK ON OUR POLICE.

THE LAST THING I WANT IS FOR THERE TO BE REPRIMANDS OR PUNISHMENTS FOR OUR POLICE, WHO ARE IN PROBABLY ONE OF, IF NOT THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB THAT EXISTS WITHOUT MUCH, IF ANY, THANKS. BUT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOME SORT OF CONFUSION ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE SOME OF THESE SERIOUS CRIMES BEING COMMITTED IN OUR CITY.

MY CONCERN IS WITH CRIMES LIKE THESE GOING UNPUNISHED, IS THAT IT LEADS TO EMBITTERMENT AND FRUSTRATION THAT CAN LEAD TO VIGILANTISM.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE DALLAS POLICE FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE.

IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH ME FURTHER, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO SO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANTHONY LOZANO.

AND.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU WHY WE'RE WAITING ON THE SPEAKER TO COME UP.

DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO COME SPEAK WITH YOU, MR. HILL? YEAH. SOMEONE'S COMING.

LET. THERE WE GO.

MY NAME IS SANTANELLA, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE.

AND ALTHOUGH I WASN'T BORN IN THIS CITY OVER THIS COUNTRY, I HAVE GROWN TO CALL THIS CITY MY HOME.

I STARTED VOLUNTEERING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AT THE AGE OF 17, AND HAVE CONTINUED WORKING WITH COMMUNITY EVER SINCE.

THROUGHOUT ALL THE YEARS OF INVOLVEMENT, ONE ISSUE HAS BEEN PREVALENT AN ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED PAIN AND IRREPARABLE SUFFERING WITHIN OUR BLACK, BROWN, AND POOR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS CITY. THE PRESENCE AND THE STORIES OF POLICE VIOLENCE, AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO ACT WITH IMPUNITY.

STORIES THAT, IF NOT FOR THE RESILIENCY AND STRENGTH OF FAMILY MEMBERS PLEADING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, WOULD NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.

STORIES SUCH AS THE ONE OF DIAMOND ROSS, A 34 YEAR OLD BLACK WOMAN WHO DIED AFTER POLICE OFFICERS FAILED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE.

DIAMOND COULD BE HEARD ASKING HER ARRESTING OFFICERS FOR WATER AND ALERTING THEM SHE COULDN'T BREATHE WHILE BEING ARRESTED.

SHE WAS DRAGGED INTO THE DALLAS DETENTION CENTER AS OFFICERS WATCHED.

THE HORRIFYING VIDEO OF HER ARREST SHOWS DIAMOND'S HEAD VIOLENTLY SNAPPING BACK AS SHE IS PLACED ON A WHEELCHAIR.

DIAMOND HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT DPD OFFICERS ON SITE WERE AWARE OF, AND RATHER THAN OFFERING AID, THESE OFFICER OFFICERS CALLOUSLY IGNORED HER. D HALL DIED IN AN AMBULANCE ON HER WAY TO THE HOSPITAL ON MAY 26TH, 2022, FOLLOWING A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE.

D D WAS A BLACK TRANS WOMAN WHO WAS RESTRAINED, PLACED IN A SPIT HOOD, AND DIED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PARAMEDIC AND POLICE OFFICER STOOD AT HER SIDE, BANTERING AND FAILING TO RENDER THE AID SHE DESPERATELY NEEDED.

21 YEAR OLD GENEVIEVE DOSS WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER, CHRISTOPHER HESS.

IN 2017.

PRIOR TO GENEVIEVE'S KILLING, OFFICER HESS HAD GONE THROUGH TEN DIFFERENT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ALLEGATIONS INTO ALLEGATIONS OF BRUTALITY.

THE VIOLENCE AND CAVALIER APPROACH THAT OFFICER HAS DISPLAYED IN BOTH GENEVIEVE'S KILLING, AS WELL AS THE BEATING OF A MAN FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP, CATEGORIZED AS THE MENTALITY OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PERFECTLY ENTITLED, ARROGANT, POWER HUNGRY THUGS.

MORE TRAINING WILL NOT FIX THIS.

50 YEARS AGO, 12 YEAR OLD SANTOS HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE DALLAS POLICE OFFICER.

BUT I WOULD SURELY HOPE THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT STORY BY NOW.

I AM URGING ALL RESIDENT VOTERS IN THE CITY TO VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION F THIS MAY 4TH.

THANK YOU, OLA ALLAN.

OLA ALLAN IS NOT PRESENT.

TAMARA FAYE NEEL.

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GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TAMARA NEAL, A VOTER, HOMEOWNER AND BUSINESS OWNER AND MOTHER TO A BLACK TEENAGE CHILD IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, BASED ON THE SENTIMENTS THAT AREN'T.

LISTEN, LET YOU KNOW ABOUT.

I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DATA AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING IN OUR CITY.

I AM HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DATA, WITH THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL AND DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS ONGOING ISSUE HAS GONE ON FOR YEARS.

EVEN THOUGH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE CONSISTENTLY SAYS THAT HE IS A 21ST CENTURY POLICE CHIEF.

BUT THE DATA DOESN'T MATCH, THE FRONT FACING DATA DOESN'T MATCH.

I HAVE GIVEN YOU A GUIDE ON A REPORT THAT WAS DONE BY THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT AND MANY COALITION MEMBERS AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN 2023, ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

OUR FRONT FACING DATA IN THE CITY OF DALLAS SHOWS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS REPRESENT 24% OF THE POPULATION, BUT 60 PLUS PERCENT OF THE ARRESTS.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR VOTER BASE NEEDS TO REJECT, AND I IMPLORE ALL OF OUR VOTERS ON MAY THE 4TH TO REJECT A VOTE THAT SAYS YES TO PROPOSITION F, BECAUSE PROPOSITION F IS BASICALLY TELLING US THAT WE NEED TO AUTHORIZE $90 MILLION IN BONDS TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.

WE DO NOT WANT TO PAY $140 MILLION FOR CHIEF GARCIA TO OPEN UP A NEW FACILITY AND SIT ON TOP OF A COMMUNITY IN THE ZIP CODE 75241 DISTRICT EIGHT. WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE DPD FUELING THE CRIMINALIZATION OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE THAT ARE ENTERING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN DISTRICT EIGHT EVERY DAY.

I NEED YOU TO ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HELP ADDRESS GENERATIONAL HARM THAT HAS BEEN INFLICTED ON BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN OVERPOLICED FOR FAR TOO LONG. IT'S DISPROPORTIONATE AND IT'S UNFAIR.

WE DON'T WANT YOU PLAYING GAMES WITH OUR DEMOCRACY.

YOU DO NOT TELL US THAT WE HAVE NO BUY IN, AND THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE IS TO VOTE ON, ON MAY 4TH, $90 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT IS NOT COMMUNITY BUY IN.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

SINGING HILLS, HIGHLAND HILLS, OAK CLIFF.

DID YOU MEET WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS? WHERE'S THE DATA? DID YOU TALK TO OUR PEOPLE BEFORE? YOU'RE TELLING US THE ONLY OPTION WE HAVE IS TO SHOW UP TO A MAY 4TH MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND VOTE ON A BOND PACKAGE FOR $90 MILLION.

MY TAX DOLLARS WON'T GO TO THAT.

AND I'M TELLING EVERY VOTER IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND IN DISTRICT EIGHT, VOTE NO, OPPOSE PROPOSITION F, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY COME TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO TELL YOU HOW WE WANT TO BE POLICED, BECAUSE DISTRICT EIGHT HAS FAR TOO LONG BEEN OVERPOLICED, AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THAT DISTRICT KNOWS THAT.

THANK YOU, DOLORES PHILLIPS.

DOLORES PHILLIPS.

YOU DO HAVE HAND OUT 17 PAGES AND ONE OCR QUERY.

HONORABLE CHIEF MR. JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS JR OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

HONORABLE MERRICK B GARLAND OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

HONORABLE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE CHAD YARBOROUGH SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

YOU INTERNALLY OPERATE METHODICALLY AND STRATEGICALLY INTERNALLY AS A CRIMINAL AND CIVIL RICO.

INTIMIDATING AND BULLYING.

IN 2013, LET'S GO BACK.

MARCH 25TH, A USB WAS STOLEN OUT OF DALLAS WEST LIBRARY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE 2017 PRIOR TO 2017.

IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED ON THE OCR QUERY.

IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW YOU BULLY AND INTIMIDATE AND NO MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, IF THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS AN OUT AGAINST YOU, THEY USE YOUR YOUR THE VERY PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU AND COME FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM TO INTIMIDATE.

THEY USE LAWLESS LEVERAGES.

LET'S GO BACK TO SCOTT GRIGGS.

SCOTT GRIGGS WAS TARGETED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE TRINITY AND TOLD PROJECT HE WAS TARGETED, ACCUSED OF ABUSE OF POWER.

THAT WAS METHODICAL.

MISS HONORABLE JUDGE STACY WILLIAMS, WHO IS OVER MY CASE RIGHT NOW.

DC DASH 21-06299 WAS TARGETED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR REPORTING HARASSMENT.

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SHE WAS WRONGFULLY TERMINATED.

SHE WANTED TO CALL OUT THE PEOPLE THAT LOOKED LIKE HER.

COME FROM WHERE SHE COME FROM.

SHE WANTED DISPOSED, DEPOSED ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOUR COVER UP IS METHODICAL.

NOW STAY WITH ME.

BEFORE THEY MADE ANY ARRESTS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THE CAPITOL BEFORE ANY ARRESTS WERE MADE, I SAID THAT YOUR INTERNAL OPERATIONS.

IF YOUR INTERNAL OPERATIONS ARE REFLECTION OF HOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OPERATE IN AMERICA, AMERICA IS IN TROUBLE.

NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOING TO THE CAPITOL WITH YOUR DECEPTION.

STAY WITH ME.

NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU BE INTERNALLY INVESTIGATED, TURNED INSIDE OUT FOR BATTLING FIRST RESPONDERS FOR 20 YEARS, PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR 20 YEARS, YOU SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HONORABLE JUDGE WILLIAMS, WHO NOW HAS OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE, INTENTIONAL OR NOT, WITH THE REMOVING OF THE CDS, THE SEALED ENVELOPES WITH EXHIBITS, MEDICAL RECORDS, DPD FILES, FBI FILES. I'M GOING TO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE FABRICATED POLICE REPORT OF OCTOBER 25TH, 2013 THAT WAS MET, THAT WAS FABRICATED TO FURTHER OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.

YOU DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO UPLOAD THE VIDEO CLIPS FOR ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE THAT ARE NEW ON THE BOARD.

THEY WILL BE UPLOADED AND YOU WILL GET THE COPIES OF THE 2009 911 CALLS, AND YOU'LL GET THE COPIES OF THE 2011 911 CALLS FROM YOUR VERY OWN. OPERATOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS MORNING SESSION? NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECESS UNTIL 1:00 AND THEN TAKE UP OUR ZONING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO WE STAND RECESSED UNTIL ONE.

SEE YOU GUYS THEN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND THE TIME IS NOW 1:14 P.M.

AND WE ARE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY, WHERE ARE WE? MR. MAYOR, WE ARE NOW ON YOUR ZONING AGENDA.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

BUT BEFORE WE MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z ONE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

I MOVE TO DEFER THE ZONING CHANGE UNTIL MAY 22ND, 2024.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? NO, SIR.

NOT AT THIS. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? EYES HAVE IT. NEXT.

YES, MISTER MAYOR.

COUNCIL. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM C1, C2 ONE A DAY, ONE DEFERRAL A DAY.

NO. GO AHEAD. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU.

ON C2, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ZONING MATTER UNTIL MAY 2022 AND MAY 22ND, 2024.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SO MOVED. SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE HEARING. NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDED YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THOSE WERE THE DEFERRALS.

RIGHT? RIGHT. SO YOUR YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEM Z1 AND Z2 WHICH WERE BOTH DEFERRED.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL ZONING ITEMS BEGINNING WITH ITEM Z4 OKAY.

PERFECT. GOOD. ITEM Z FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER

[Z4. 24-1019 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2278 for an extended hours historic house museum and meeting space and fundraising on property zoned Area G within Planned Development District No. 63, the Swiss Avenue Historic District, with H/1 Swiss Avenue Historic District Overlay, on the east corner of Swiss Avenue and Parkmont Street]

2278 FOR AN EXTENDED HOURS, HISTORIC HOUSE, MUSEUM AND MEETING SPACE, AND FUNDRAISING ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST CORNER OF SWISS AVENUE AND PARKMONT STREET.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 30 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED EIGHT REPLIES IN FAVOR AND 16 REPLIES IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST DUE TO OPPOSITION THAT EXCEEDS 20%.

THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A THREE QUARTERS VOTE TO PASS.

YOU DO HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

AFTER THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SPOKEN, IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE FOR FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, MARIANNE HOWELLS.

MARY ANN HOWELLS IS NOT PRESENT.

LARRY OFFUTT. NO. MARY ANN HOWELLS.

IS THAT IS SHE HERE, MARY ANN HOWELLS? YES. YOU WANT TO COME DOWN? I'M SORRY. YEAH, YEAH.

COME ON, COME ON DOWN.

DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN.

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I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL ALL FOUR SPEAKERS THAT HAVE REGISTERED DOWN.

YOU MAY COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER.

ONE OF THE TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER SECTION, MARY ANN HOWELLS WILL BE FIRST.

LARRY ALFORD, TERESA MOBLEY, AND HARRIET EARNHARDT.

EARHART. YOU HEAR YOUR NAMES, EVERYONE LARRY OFFUTT, MARY ANN HOWELLS, LARRY OFFUTT, TERESA MOBLEY, AND AND HARRIET EARHART.

MISS HOWELLS, YOU MAY BEGIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY NAME IS MARY ANN HOWELLS.

MY FAMILY AND I LIVE AT 6005 SWISS AVENUE AND HAVE FOR 40 YEARS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN TO ALDRICH HOUSE MUSEUM OVER THE YEARS.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS A MUSEUM HOUSE ON SWISS AVENUE.

THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING TO DALLAS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR LIVING HISTORY THEATER PRODUCTION, WHICH TELLS THE THE STORY OF THE ORIGINS OF THE ALDRICH HOUSE ON SWISS AVENUE AND THE HERITAGE BOOK CLUB, WHICH JUST STARTED, HAS 25 MEMBERS.

AND WE ARE STUDYING DALLAS AND TEXAS HISTORY THROUGH FICTION AND NONFICTION, AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO SHARE A HISTORIC HOUSE WITH DALLAS AND WITH DALLAS, TEXAS.

DOES THAT BELL MEAN? STOP? NO.

IT MEANS SOMEONE DIDN'T TURN THEIR PHONE OFF.

IT'S ALL OKAY, BUT WE WON'T HOLD IT.

WE'LL PAUSE YOUR TIME. YOU'RE FINE.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. ANYWAY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HOUSE MUSEUM OF THIS CALIBER.

IT LIFTS UP THE STREET, AND WE HOPE THE STREET LIFTS UP THE HOUSE.

AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, LARRY ALFORD.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LARRY OFFUTT.

6038 BRYAN PARKWAY.

DALLAS 75214.

I'VE LIVED 75 YEARS.

WITHIN 1500 TO 2500FT² OF THE ALDRICH HOUSE.

IT WAS MY PAPER ROUTE.

SO THAT TELLS YOU MY FAMILIARITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE TALK ABOUT THIS AS THOUGH IT'S JUST A HOUSE.

5500 SWISS AVENUE.

THIS WHOLE ISSUE IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST THIS ADDRESS.

THE ALLIANCE, WHICH HAS WAS OVER 100 YEARS OLD, THAT OPERATES AND MAINTAINS THIS MUSEUM HOME, HAS BEEN AN OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS AND CONTINUES TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN THE 5500 SWISS AVENUE, BETTER KNOWN AS THE ALDRICH HOUSE, FOR OVER FIVE DECADES.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT GET PLANNED AND THE IMPLEMENTATION TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT ADDRESS INCLUDES THE HEALTH CHECK, WHICH ARE SATELLITE LOCATIONS THROUGH THE THROUGHOUT DALLAS, INCLUDING THE CHARLES RICE LEARNING CENTER.

NEAR QUEEN CITY, WHICH HOPEFULLY QUEEN CITY WILL BE OUR DALLAS CITY NEXT DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICT.

SOUTH DALLAS LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, WOODROW WILSON.

THE ALLIANCE HAS ALSO ASSISTED IN THE LATINO WELLNESS FAIR AND HAS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF VISITING NURSES.

EDNA GLADNEY CENTER.

SPONSORSHIP OF THE JUVENILE DIABETICS.

RESEARCH. ON AN ONGOING BASIS, NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL.

THE ALLIANCE FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS ON WEST AVENUE, HELPED SPONSOR AND PROVIDE VOLUNTEER NURSES AND DOCTORS.

THAT HELP WITH THE PHYSICALS FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS THERE THAT ALLOW THEM TO THEN PARTICIPATE IN THOSE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. SO IT'S MUCH MORE THAN AN ADDRESS.

IT'S AN OPERATION AND PLANNING HEADQUARTERS AT WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE ON.

WOULD ASK YOU NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT THIS SOUP, BUT CERTAINLY CONSIDER AMENDING IT TO INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS TO TEN YEARS.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS NOT JUST THE WASTED TIME AND EFFORT THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN THESE SHORT TERM SUPPERS, THE FACT IS, IS

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THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS US IN TERMS OF CAPITAL FUNDRAISING.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE COMMITMENT TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THIS HOUSE GOING IS DIFFICULT.

SORRY. THANK YOU.

THERESA MOBLEY.

YES. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.

I'VE BEEN A PERMANENT RESIDENT IN DALLAS SINCE 2019, AND BEFORE THAT I WAS A COMMUTING DALLASITE SINCE 2008. AND DURING THAT ENTIRE TIME, I'VE BEEN WHAT I CALL A CLOSE NEIGHBOR OF THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE.

AND I THINK CLOSE IS MAYBE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, MY HOME.

THE FRONT WINDOW LOOKS AT THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE.

I CAN CROSS THE STREET, BRYAN STREET, CROSS SAVAGE PARK.

ACROSS THE STREET ON SWISS, AND I WOULD BE IN THE YARD AT ALDRICH HOUSE.

DURING THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN EITHER COMMUTING OR PERMANENT RESIDENT DALLAS I.

I LOOK UPON THE ALDRICH HOUSE AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AND I THINK THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S IT'S USED AS A MUSEUM.

IT'S BROUGHT, IN MY OPINION, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT IT PRESENTS, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL NOT ONLY APPROVE, BUT PLEASE TAKE IN MIND THAT WHAT THE ALDRICH HOUSE ADDS TO THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE GENERALLY OF TEXAS, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY OF DALLAS. AND I ENCOURAGE AND URGE THE COUNCIL TO RENEW THE LICENSE AS REQUESTED HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS HARRIET EARHART.

HARRIET EARHART.

HELLO, COUNCIL.

I LIVE AT 3525 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD 75219.

BUT FOR OVER 50 YEARS I LIVED ON SWISS AVENUE AND ALONG WITH LARRY AND NINE OTHER PEOPLE, WERE THE FOUNDERS OF THE SWISS AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

YOUR FIRST HISTORIC DISTRICT.

WITHOUT THE ALDRICH HOUSE, THERE WOULD NOT BE A SWISS AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THE ALDRICH HOUSE HAS MEANT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, TO OUR ENTIRE CITY.

ALDRICH HOUSE IS SWISS AVENUE'S LIVING ROOM.

FOR YEARS AND YEARS, ALL OF THE SWISS AVENUE MEETINGS WERE HELD IN OUR LIVING ROOM, AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE AGAIN.

I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THE ALDRICH HOUSE BELONGS TO EACH ONE OF YOU.

EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE WELCOME TO OUR HOME.

ANY TIME YOU NEED TO TAKE VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN, OR ANY TIME YOU WANT TO SHOW OFF DALLAS BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I URGE YOUR POSITIVE VOTE.

THOSE ARE YOUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS I SEE? OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT.

ALSO, IN THE FIRST TWO SECTIONS, I MEAN FIRST TWO ROWS OF THE CENTER SECTION AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS ROB BALDWIN.

I OFFICE AT 3904 ELM STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS.

AND I'M HERE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE RENEWAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE ALDRICH HOUSE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE SUP FOR THIS IS TO ALLOW LATE HOURS, WELL, AFTER HOURS MEETINGS AT THE FACILITY.

VERY REGULATED.

WE ONLY ALLOWED CERTAIN TIMES TO DO IT A YEAR.

AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THIS TO BE RENEWED.

WE ASKED FOR NO CHANGES WHEN WE APPLY FOR THIS.

SUP? THE AGREEMENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR NO CHANGES AT THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

THERE WERE TWO CHANGES MADE.

ONE ARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NORMALLY BEEN SENDING TO PRESERVATION DALLAS AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICE.

WE NEED TO NOW PUT THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE OTHER CHANGES THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CHANGED OUR THREE YEAR SUP TO A FIVE YEAR SUP.

THOSE ARE THE CHANGES.

SO WHEN YOU SEE IN YOUR YOUR DOCKET THAT THERE'S AN AMENDMENT, THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

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

I'M MELANIE VANLANDINGHAM 60 311.

LAKESHORE DISTRICT 14.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF ALDRICH HOUSE, THE COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFIT PARTNERING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION, WHO ARE THE OWNERS OF THE ALDRICH HOUSE MUSEUM.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ALLIANCE TO HELP OFFER UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT LOCAL AND TEXAS HISTORY, AS WELL AS ASSIST IN FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC GROUNDS AND STRUCTURE.

I'M HERE, OF COURSE, TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE SUP RENEWAL FOR ALDRICH HOUSE.

EXTENDED HOURS AND FUNDRAISING ARE VITAL TO MEET CHARITABLE GOALS AND THE INTENT OF THE CITY, STATE AND COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE THE THE HOUSE AND OFFER IT AS A UNIQUE AND HISTORIC MUSEUM, HOME AND MEETING PLACE.

FUNDRAISING SUPPORTS PRESERVATION OF THIS TREASURED PROPERTY, ITS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND KEEPS THE DOORS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC.

THE MUSEUM RECEIVES NO CITY FUNDING.

THE ALLIANCE IS A NONPROFIT DOING CHARITABLE WORK AND PROVIDING INVALUABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE.

BY DEFINITION, FUNDRAISING IS BASIC AND ESSENTIAL FOR ALL NONPROFITS TO MEET THEIR GOALS.

SCP EXTENDED EVENING HOURS ARE BASIC AND ESSENTIAL FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE MUSEUM AND ITS PROGRAMS FOR EVERYONE.

FAMILIES, STUDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NON PROFIT GROUPS.

ENJOY THE MUSEUM TO LIMIT ACCESS TO TIMES TO ONLY BEFORE 5 P.M..

TO ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE, DO NOT WORK, OR JUGGLE FAMILY SCHEDULES WOULD BE INCONCEIVABLE AND WOULD NOT FULFILL GOALS AS A MUSEUM FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND VISITORS TO THE CITY.

SUP RULES ARE RIGOROUSLY FOLLOWED AND IN FULL COMPLIANCE.

THE OWNER OF THE ALLIANCE HAS STRINGENT RULES FOR GROUPS, VENDORS, MAINTENANCE CREWS AND VISITORS TO FOLLOW TO MEET SUP RULES.

INDEED, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CITATIONS, NO VIOLATIONS IN THE LAST 50 YEARS THAT THE ALLIANCE HAS OWNED THE HOUSE.

IF YOU EVER WANTED THE MOST CONSIDERATE, SUPPORTIVE, WELCOMING AND QUIET NEIGHBOR, YOU'D WANT THE ALDRICH HOUSE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

PLEASE SUPPORT FUNDRAISING AND EXTENDED HOURS AT THE ALDRICH HOUSE MUSEUM.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS DOCTOR SANDY BROTHERS.

THIS IS MY HUSBAND, DOCTOR MIKE HOLUB.

WE LIVE AT 950 BROOKDALE PARK ROAD, LUCAS, TEXAS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SANDY AND I ARE BOTH PHYSICIANS, AND WE'RE THE CURRENT CO-PRESIDENTS OF THE DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ALLIANCE.

AS YOU'VE HEARD, THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE IS THE HOME OF THE ALLIANCE.

THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE SCP DELINEATES HOURS OF USE, NUMBER OF EVENTS, AND ALLOWS OUR NONPROFIT TO TO FUNDRAISE TO PRESERVE THE HOUSE.

AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF TALK FROM THE OTHER SPEAKERS ABOUT EXTENDED HOURS, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EXTENDED HOURS ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF DAYS PER YEAR, ONLY UP TO 10 P.M. THIS ISN'T UNTIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME LIMITATION AND A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF A NUMBER OF DAYS.

WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE SCP RULES.

WE'VE HAD NO VIOLATIONS OR COMPLAINTS, AND SINCE THE INSTITUTION OF THE SCP SIX YEARS AGO, THE HOUSE IS A CULTURAL ASSET.

IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS ROLES AS A HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM, FROM MEDICAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS CELEBRATING HISTORY.

SO WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO RENEW THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE SCP.

THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE MUSEUM IS A JEWEL TO BE SHARED WITH ALL OF DALLAS.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR DEVOTION TO OUR CITY AND ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY WHO'S HELPED US SO MUCH WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND ON THIS ISSUE.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z4.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT THEN.

IS THERE A MOTION ON Z4? YES, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, SUBJECT TO AMENDED CONDITIONS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO REFER BACK TO SOMETHING THAT LARRY OFFIT SAID ABOUT THE ALDRICH HOUSE, THAT IT IS NOT JUST A HOUSE. INDEED, IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

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IT IS A TIME CAPSULE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO.

IT IS THE ONLY STRUCTURE THAT I KNOW OF THAT IS PRESERVED IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH MANY OF ITS ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS, AND THAT TELLS THE STORY OF ITS CONSTRUCTION AND THE EARLY LIFE OF ITS OCCUPANTS THROUGH THE HISTORIC REENACTMENTS OF THEIR ALLIANCE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED.

PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN DALLAS HISTORY AND PARTICULARLY RESIDENTIAL ABODES LIKE THIS ONE.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED IN ITS PUBLIC INTEREST AND CHARITABLE WORK.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CONSCIOUS OF ITS LOCATION IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, AS MIKE HOLUB MENTIONED, HAS NOT BEEN THE SOURCE OF ANY COMPLAINTS OR CITATIONS BY THE CITY IN THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THEY HAVE OPERATED UNDER THE ICP.

AND THEREFORE, I ASK FOR YOUR CONCURRENCE IN APPROVING THIS RENEWAL OF THE SOUP.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM Z. FOR JUST A VERY QUICK NOTE, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE ALDRICH FAMILY MEMBERS.

CHRIS ALDRIDGE IS HERE TODAY.

I BELIEVE HE IS ONE OF NINE, EIGHT BROTHERS.

NINE BROTHERS.

ANYWAY, JUST JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE ALDRICH FAMILY WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON SUCH AN AWESOME PROJECT FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL Y'ALL'S ADVOCACY.

YOU DEFINITELY KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR YOUR CAUSE, AND YOU'VE DEFINITELY SOLD ME FOR SURE ON NOT JUST ITS CAUSE THAT THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO ITS SIGNIFICANCE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT.

I DO WANT TO ASK STAFF, THOUGH, IF YOU COULD COME AND JUST ANSWER.

IT SEEMS I THINK THIS MAY BE THE THIRD TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL THAT THIS HAS COME UP.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE ARE NOT ENTERTAINING AUTO RENEWAL AND HOW ONEROUS OF A PROCESS THIS IS.

INCLUDING ANY COST, OCCURRENCE, ETC..

SURE. THE APPLICATION, THE SUP WAS FIRST INSTATED IN 2018 AND WAS RENEWED IN 2021.

THE MOST RECENT APPROVAL WAS FOR THREE YEAR PERIOD.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER RENEWALS.

I THINK WE DIDN'T PROPOSE ONE BECAUSE THE APPLICANT DIDN'T REQUEST ONE.

IT IS OBVIOUSLY UP TO THE BODY TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

THE SUP PROCESS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, LIKE IT'S A PROCESS.

IT'S AN APPLICATION WITH STAFF GOES THROUGH CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.

THE WAY YOU SET UP IS A FOUR MONTH PROCESS, BUT IT REALLY DEPENDS.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO NO BACKLOG LEVELS.

I WOULD SAY AN SUP TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE YOU DO FACTOR IN SOME UNEXPECTED THINGS.

IF WE NEED TO DO MORE REVIEW, IF WE NEED TO CHECK OTHER THINGS, OR EVEN CPC OR COUNCIL MAY HOLD IT.

SO IT IS BY ITSELF.

IT'S A DISCRETIONARY PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL AND IT GOES THROUGH SO MANY LEVELS.

AS FAR AS HOW MUCH IT COSTS, I THINK IT'S AROUND $1,000.

THAT'S JUST THE APPLICATION FEE.

SURE. BUT IT'S IT INCLUDES, AGAIN, CONSULTING FEES SITE PLAN AND ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALSO THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT THIS IS FOR THE HOURS OF 5 TO 10 AND THAT THIS DOESN'T TAKE THE ENTIRE OVERSIGHT COMPONENT OUT IF THERE WAS AN AUTO RENEWAL. THIS JUST ALLOWS FOR THIS PIECE TO STICK WITH WHAT IS EXISTING IN ITS ZONING OR LAND USE CURRENTLY.

RIGHT. YES, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

I WAS GOING TO GO TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE SUP INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

THAT IS VERY CORRECT.

THIS IS NOT FOR THE USE.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE ABILITY TO KEEP THE MUSEUM OPEN BETWEEN 5 P.M.

AND 10 P.M..

THE SUP CONDITIONS ARE QUITE ADJUSTED FOR THIS TYPE OF OPERATION.

IS NOT ONLY THAT IS BETWEEN 5 P.M.

AND 10:10 P.M.

IS MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

IT'S A MAXIMUM OF 30 DAYS PER CALENDAR YEAR, SO IT'S NOT EVERY NIGHT.

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THE EXTENDING HOURS MAY NOT OPERATE MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN A ROW, WHICH IS AGAIN, A LOT IS NOT EVERY DAY.

IT'S WAY MORE REGULATING FUNDRAISING MAY TAKE PLACE ONLY ALLOWABLE HOURS OF OPERATION, BUT FUNDRAISING TAKING PLACE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 COUNT AGAINST THE MAXIMUM 3536 CALENDAR YEAR.

SO IT'S IT'S VERY WELL REGULATED.

IT'S VERY LIMITED.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS A CONDITION TO REQUEST OR REQUIRE A MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT THAT IS FILED WITH DISTRICT 14.

COUNCIL OFFICE AND CPC ADDED A CONDITION TO ALSO BE FILED WITH PRESERVATION DALLAS AND BE POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE.

SO I THINK THE CONDITIONS HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL EXACTLY OVERSIGHT AS TO THE ORDER RENEWAL PROCESS.

I THINK I'VE SAID IT MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT ORDER RENEWALS, WE DO CHECK IT IS A STAFF LEVEL TYPE OF REVIEW.

WE DO SEND NOTIFICATION LETTERS.

IF IT'S 20% OPPOSITION, IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.

BACK TO YOU.

AND THEN WE CHECK AGAINST COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS.

AND IF THEY DON'T THERE IS NOTHING MINISTERIAL.

THERE IS NO FLEXIBILITY FOR THE DIRECTOR.

WE MUST SCHEDULE IT WITH CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, THE AUTO RENEWAL.

THE ONLY THING THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS CHANGES AROUND THE SITE.

BUT THIS BEING A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT ARE THE CHANGES CAN OCCUR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR DREA.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.

YES. YEAH. GO AHEAD.

MR. RIDLEY, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU WOULD ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD AUTO RENEWAL TO YOUR MOTION.

ABSOLUTELY, YES. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HEARING? NONE SO ORDERED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. I'M TOLD THE Q'S A LITTLE OFF.

SO SOMEHOW WE GOT THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM REVERSED.

SO I NEED TO GO TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR FIVE MINUTES, AND THEN THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.

BAZALDUA. YOU KNOW,.

SO THEREFORE, YOU TOOK MY MOTION.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL IN A WAY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN THERE.

A GREAT HISTORIAN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS ON SWITCH.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE HOUSE, FOR ALL THE HISTORY THAT YOU SERVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WHO REALLY NEED TO BE THERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER 5:00, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.

SO IT'S STILL DAYLIGHT.

SO WE STILL NEED TO SEND IN THE TIME.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT EVERY DAY.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH OR TWICE A MONTH WHEN IT OCCUR.

BUT THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT STEWARD TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THERE HAVE BEEN A GREAT BENEFIT, BUT ALSO THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO THE MUSEUM TO KNOW THE HISTORY.

WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEY CAN GO TO SWITZER AVENUE, GO TO AND LEARN THE HISTORY.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THEY ARE A MARKER, A HISTORICAL MARKER PIECE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO.

AND ALSO AGAIN, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN RITTER, FOR ACCEPTING THAT AMENDMENT FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL BECAUSE THEY WELL DESERVE IT.

I WISH MOST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS DO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SAFE.

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

WE ARE ON ITEM Z FOUR.

THANK YOU. I DO SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO ACCEPT WITH THE AUTOMATIC, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I THREW A LITTLE BIT THIS IN.

I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED.

AS A, AS A RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS TO BE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND OFTENTIMES THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I WANT TO FIGHT FOR, EVEN IF I'M NOT A REPRESENTATIVE.

AND SO I FIRST RECOGNIZE THE HONORABLE HARRIET EARHART THAT I MET YEARS AGO.

BUT I MET HER AS AN EDUCATOR AT WOODROW WILSON AND ALSO HAD THE HONOR OF TEACHING KATIE HER DAUGHTER.

AND SO WHEN I CAME TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, OF COURSE, I LOVED THE HISTORIC FEELING.

I JUST IT'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I LOVE IT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT THE HONORABLE EARHART WAS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO INVITE ME TO HER HOME AS SWISS AVENUE, AND I THOUGHT I HAD ARRIVED.

BUT WHEN YOU WENT INTO HER HOUSE, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS YOUR HOUSE.

YOU MADE US FEEL AT HOME.

I MEAN, THERE WAS NO BOUNDARIES WHERE YOU COULDN'T GO.

IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT FAMILY AND FRIENDLY AND JUST WARMTH.

AND IS THIS SOMETHING ABOUT.

AND I KNOW THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT, MR. RILEY, BUT I ABSOLUTELY.

IS THIS SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT I REALLY JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE IN? AND SO WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST HAVE JUST A SHORT TERM OUT THERE ABOUT TEN YEARS.

BUT I DO KNOW THE COMMITMENT AND THE DEDICATION AND THE PRIDE.

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I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT, THE PRIDE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS ALWAYS HAD THAT PRIDE WHEN THEY CAME TO TO WOODROW FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO.

BUT JUST TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE THE HISTORIC THE LESSONS, THE MEMORIES, THE SHARING, YOU HAVE A A PLACE, A MAGNET WHERE YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PASS THE HISTORY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT AROUND SOME.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS I FEEL A LITTLE COMFORTABLE HERE WITH THIS SOUP, BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH SOME SOUPS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY MORPH INTO SOMETHING ELSE AND IT KIND OF SCARES YOU. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU VOTE AROUND THE HORSESHOE, YOU JUST HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED AT THAT TIME, WHO COMMITTED TO THAT SOUP, THAT ADDED VALUE AT THAT TIME, WILL BE RESPECTED BY THOSE WHO COME AFTER YOU.

I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS MY FEAR.

BUT KNOWING WHAT I'VE KNOWN FROM THE HISTORY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE PRIDE.

AND WE WOULD ALWAYS SAY AT WOODROW WOODROW.

ENOUGH SAID.

SO THAT MEANS A LOT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD THAT IN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSCORED MY RESPECT AND MY SUPPORT FOR THE HONORABLE HARRIET EARHART, BECAUSE SHE MOVES REGARDLESS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO GO TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WORK WITH ANY GROUP OF FOLKS THAT AIN'T EVEN YOUR PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HER.

SHE JUST WORKS.

AND SO SHE HAS MADE A STRONG IMPACT ON MY LIFE IN THIS ARENA AND AS WELL AS WHEN I WAS AN EDUCATOR.

BUT JUST KNOW THE HISTORIC.

MARK THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO I DO SUPPORT YOU TODAY ON THAT.

BUT I DID WANT TO THROW MY LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUPS BECAUSE I DO I DO BELIEVE IN THAT.

SO WITH THAT MAYOR, I LOOK I'M ONE MINUTE AND 35 SECONDS LEFT.

I DIDN'T GO TOO LONG, BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DO APPRECIATE THIS VOTE TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MISS BLACKMON, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE HORSESHOE FOR PUTTING THE AUTO RENEWAL, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE WE WERE JUST HERE DOING THIS THREE YEARS AGO.

AND AND MISS EARHART, I DO HAVE THE LILY THAT YOU SENT ME FROM BACK THEN, AND IT IS STILL ALIVE.

SO SO THANKS TO MY STAFF.

SO. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN AND KEEPING US CONTACT, AND AND MISS MISS ARNOLD, I WORKED FOR MISS EARHART FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, SO SHE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST CALL HER.

SO ANYWAY.

BUT I'M HAPPY THAT WE WORKED THIS OUT BECAUSE WE WERE OVER HERE WONDERING, DIDN'T WE JUST DO THIS IN AN AUTO RENEWAL, ADDING THE ECONOMICS? IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND THE TIME AND IT IS A GOOD COMMUNITY ASSET.

AND SO WE SHOULD BE, AS MISS ARNOLD SAID, PROUD OF IT AND HAVE PRIDE IN IT.

SO I APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR COMING UP WITH THAT AND GETTING IT GETTING IT DONE.

THANK YOU, MR. RESENDEZ. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I JUST WANTED TO ALSO BRIEFLY EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM.

EVEN THOUGH I REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS, I ALSO VIEW THE ALDRICH HOUSE AS A ASSET TO TO THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND EVERY TIME MY FAMILY AND I HAVE HAVE BEEN THERE, WE'VE BEEN ACCEPTED WITH OPEN ARMS. AND SO I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE AMENDMENT, FOR THE AUTO RENEWALS.

I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS.

I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL SEVEN YEARS NOW, AND I THINK THIS IS OUR FOURTH TIME, I CAN'T REMEMBER.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO IT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY PROVEN THEMSELVES WITH ALL THE OTHER SUPS.

SO AUTO RENEWALS I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA.

AND I DON'T SEE THEM ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT POLICING THEMSELVES AND POLICING THE WAY THEY DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBOR INSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN AMBER ALERT OR SOMETHING NOW.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO.

HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND READY TO VOTE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM Z4? ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, CAN I ASK A CLARIFICATION, PLEASE? YES. SO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR IS COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY WAS FOR CPC, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS.

AND THEN IT WAS AMENDED TO INCLUDE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

BUT CAN WE GET A TERM FOR THE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS AS WELL? I WOULD PROPOSE THAT IT BE THE SAME FIVE YEAR TERM.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE CLARIFICATION? WE CAN. I THINK WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO FOR MATH PURPOSES ANYWAY.

I MEAN, I MEAN, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY CALCULATE WHAT'S THE VOTE PERCENTAGE WE NEED FOR IT TO PASS.

12 VOTING IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT FOR ANYWAY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL OKAY I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME.

PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, MAYOR JOHNSON.

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YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACEY.

RESENDEZ. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON.

BAZALDUA. YES.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

WITH ALL 15 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTING IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION PASSES.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING, IF YOU WANT.

OR IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE NOW.

YOU CAN LEAVE NOW. AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO CLEAR THE CHAMBER.

OR YOU CAN STICK AROUND AND WATCH YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT IN ACTION, MADAM SECRETARY.

GO AHEAD. WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO ITEM Z3.

[Z3. 24-1018 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Planned Development District No. 514, on the east line of Hillcrest Road, between La Bolsa Drive and Arapaho Road]

ITEM Z3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 514 ON THE EAST LINE OF HILLCREST ROAD BETWEEN LA BOLSA DRIVE AND ARAPAHOE ROAD.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 225 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED 20 REPLIES IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND 17 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? ITEM Z THREE.

NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR.

WONDERFUL. IS THERE A MOTION ON Z3? YES, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN SCHULZ, GO AHEAD.

I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SUBJECT. IT'S OKAY.

IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST KNOCKING OVER FURNITURE.

BUT IT'S ALL GOOD.

ALL GOOD? IT'S POSITIVE.

I MOVE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CPC OF APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO AN AMENDED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR THE NATATORIUM AND AN AMENDED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND AMENDED CONDITIONS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THE SCHOOL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THAT THE SCHOOL IS DEDICATED TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING, AND THE SCHOOL HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE THIS PLACE A PLACE OF PRIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

THANK YOU SIR. OF COURSE, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST Z3? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM C5 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1982 FOR

[Z5. 24-1020 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 1982 for a bar, lounge, or tavern and an inside commercial amusement limited to a Class A dance hall on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the southwest corner of Elm Street and North Crowdus Street]

A BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN AND AN INSIDE COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT LIMITED TO A CLASS A DANCE HALL ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ELM STREET AND NORTH CROWDER STREET. MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT 12 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

THE SAME OPERATOR. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS? YES. WE SEE AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE AUDIENCE.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

ANDREW RUIG, 2201 MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.

HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.

RODEO DALLAS, FOR THIS SUP REQUEST.

THE RODEO DALLAS HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE SPRING OF LAST YEAR.

THEY TOOK OVER THE PREVIOUS EXISTING SUP.

CERTIFICATE FOR THE WIT'S END, WHICH WAS THE FORMER OPERATOR HERE.

WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO CPC AND HAD SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION, WHO KIND OF LOOKS AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SUPS. AND THE DEEP ELLUM AREA RECOMMENDED A ONE YEAR TIME PERIOD.

SINCE THIS IS A NEW OPERATOR AT THIS LOCATION WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TIME, BUT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY RESPECTFUL OF THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION'S POSITION AND ARE AGREEABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

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? ITEM Z5 NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO FOLLOW KPC'S RECOMMENDATION.

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

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, EVERYONE.

WE'RE ON ZEE FIVE.

THANK YOU. I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE APPLICANT AND TO THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION, AND THEY'RE BOTH AGREEABLE TO THE SUP ESTIMATE OR AS RECOMMENDED BY CPC.

I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK CHIEF GARCIA AND OUR ENTIRE PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER IN THE DEEP ELLUM AREA. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM WHERE WE WERE TWO YEARS, JUST TWO YEARS AGO.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE ON THAT TRAJECTORY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WE HAVE A GOOD BALANCE OF THOSE BUSINESSES AND THAT WE HAVE GOOD

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OPERATORS.

AND JUST WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR BEING AGREEABLE TO THE RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S ALL, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ZEE5.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, MR. MORENO, FOR YOUR YOUR MOTION.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK STAFF IF YOU COULD ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS SO I UNDERSTAND THE REPORT PROPERLY.

I JUST HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT.

NOT ONLY DID I HEAR THAT, OF COURSE THEY WISH THAT IT WAS A LONGER TERM.

BUT I ALSO HEARD THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME SWITCHING HANDS IN OPERATION.

HOWEVER, THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS CARRIED AN SUP THERE FOR OVER TEN YEARS NOW.

YES. THE FIRST SUP OR THE SUP STARTED IN 2012.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, JUST AS I ASKED YOU LAST TIME WITH THE ONEROUS PROCESS FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN, IN MANAGING RESTAURANTS AND BARS THIS, I BELIEVE, TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY ONEROUS, EXPENSIVE, AND ONE THAT CAN HINDER THE SUSTAINABILITY AND SUCCESS OF YOUR BUSINESS.

I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE SETTING PRECEDENT, AND I THINK A ONE YEAR SUP IS A PRECEDENT THAT I DON'T LIKE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HEAR FROM YOU AS FAR AS HOW ONEROUS THIS PROCESS CAN BE WHEN YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE AN ESTABLISHMENT LIKE THIS AND HAVING TO START THE PROCESS BACK OVER, AND THEN IF WE COULD JUST DISCUSS THAT FIRST AND THEN I COULD ASK MORE.

YES. THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW ANY AGAIN.

AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME, AS I SAID, FOR THE FIRST ONE, ANY DISCRETIONARY PROCESS IS ONEROUS BECAUSE IT'S UNEXPECTED.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE.

OR IT TRIES TO BE PREDICTABLE, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

THAT IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS.

SUP? IS THAT IT'S A FIFTH RENEWAL.

THE SUP STAYS WITH THE LAND AND THE SUP CONTAINS CONDITIONS TO ENSURE THAT WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE THE OPERATOR COMPLIES WITH THE CONDITIONS. IT IS DRIVEN BY A LAND USE RATIONALE, AS I WAS SAYING, ESPECIALLY IN RENEWALS, WE NOT AUTO RENEWALS, RENEWALS THAT COME IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE LOOK AT THE CHANGES AROUND THE SITE.

OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK DID THEY COMPLY WITH THE OPERATION? WITH THE CONDITIONS, WITH THE SITE PLAN BEING DEVELOPED, A SMALL A SMALL LOT, IT COMPLIES WITH THE SITE PLAN QUESTION IN FRONT OF US.

IS THIS STILL A GOOD USE OF LAND AT THAT LOCATION? ARE THEY CHANGES AROUND IT THAT WOULD WARRANT A DIFFERENCE IN TIME FRAME AND CONDITIONS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE COULDN'T FIND ANY.

THEREFORE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS DIFFERENT.

THANK YOU. AND AS FAR AS OVERSIGHT GOES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE REPORT CORRECTLY.

IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT YOU ALL PULLED CRIME STATS FOR.

CORRECT? WE PULLED THE CRIME STATS FROM THE LAST RENEWAL.

LET ME SEE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT SINCE JUNE 2022, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST THE FIRST TIME THE SUP WAS AWARDED WAS FOR ONE YEAR.

AND THEN EVERY RENEWAL WAS FOR THREE YEARS.

SO WE PULLED THE CRIME STATS FROM THE LAST RENEWAL.

OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO BE AN APPROVAL FOR TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF ONE.

AGAIN, I'M ONE THAT NEVER APPROVES AUTO RENEWAL.

HOLD ON. YOU GOT TO GET THE MOTION OUT THERE FIRST.

HEARD. SO HAVE YOU.

YOU WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN? SURE.

I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO INCLUDE A TWO YEAR APPROVAL FOR THE SUP.

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

NOW WE ARE ON THIS AMENDMENT BY MR. BAZALDUA AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES NOW ON YOUR AMENDMENT.

WE'RE ON EVERYONE. WE'RE ON ZEE5 STILL, BUT WE'RE NOW WE'RE ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

WITH MY EXPERIENCES IN MANAGING HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, I KNOW THAT BY AND LARGE THESE TYPE OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE FACILITATED BY THE MANAGEMENT.

VERY, VERY RARELY DO YOU HAVE OWNERSHIP THAT IS ACTUALLY DOING THEIR ROLE, WHICH IS JUST ADDING TO THEIR ABILITY TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PARTNER.

I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE OVERSIGHT BUILT IN.

I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT SUPPORT AN AUTO RENEWAL FOR AN SUP OF THIS NATURE.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS PROCESS TO NOT ONLY SET PRECEDENTS ON BUSINESSES ON ON WANTING TO DO BUSINESS WITH OUR CITY, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT HOW ONEROUS THIS PROCESS CAN BE, HOW THERE IS AN ABILITY TO COMPROMISE.

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I SEE STAFF HAS ASKED FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I SEE CPC HAS RECOMMENDED ONE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO PROVE THEMSELVES, AND NOT HAVE TO JUST JUMP RIGHT BACK INTO THE ZONING APPLICATION PROCESS WITHIN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE WITH THIS LAND USE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRIME STATS, THERE'S NOT ANY OUTLIERS.

IF THIS IF THIS WAS A CASE THAT REQUIRED A HIGHER THRESHOLD TO PASS BECAUSE WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION FROM NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES AND OR RESIDENTS, THAT'S ALSO NOT THE CASE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP HERE TO SPEAK.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AND BALANCING, OF COURSE, WHAT'S BEST IN OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY AND TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THESE OVERSIGHT AND SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE PUT INTO THE ZONING PROCESS AREN'T ONES THAT HINDER THEM IN BEING SUCCESSFUL IN SUSTAINABLE GOING FORWARD. SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER THIS.

I'M SPEAKING MOSTLY FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT WE'RE SETTING UP, ESPECIALLY A NEW OPERATOR THAT HAS, WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, PROVEN TO BE A PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY THE ABILITY TO PROVE THEMSELVES FURTHER.

CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT? OR DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ON THE UNDERLYING Z5 IF AND WHEN IT'S AMENDED OR NOT? I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE I HAVE I ACTUALLY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WILL IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED THE TWO YEAR.

OKAY. I'LL RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUP GOES WITH THE PROPERTY AND GOES WITH THE OWNER.

MY QUESTION IN THIS CASE, IF I HEARD, IS THAT THE CURRENT OPERATOR WHO INHERITED THIS SUP, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR HOW LONG? I THINK ANDREW SAID SINCE SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR OF 23, 23, 23.

SO THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR SIX MONTHS OR NINE MONTHS, WHATEVER THE MATH IS ON THAT, RIGHT? SIX MONTHS.

OKAY. SO THEY'VE HAD SIX MONTHS OF THE EXISTING SUP.

AND, AND THE CRIME STATS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE FROM THE PREVIOUS MANAGER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YES.

SO. SO NOW THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

MY MY CHALLENGE WITH THE TWO YEAR PIECE IS THAT IF THEY'VE HAD SIX MONTHS AND THERE'S CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL STATISTICS BECAUSE THE DATA IS OLD FROM THIS MANAGEMENT, THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN SUPP WITH A TIME PERIOD ON IT IS THAT IT IT ENABLES US TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR GOOD AND BAD OPERATORS BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE USE.

RIGHT. AND SO IN THIS CASE, IF THIS PARTICULAR OPERATOR IS NOT THEY'VE HAD SIX MONTHS.

SO THE YEAR ALREADY, IT'S NOT LIKE A BRAND NEW ONE TO THEM.

AND IT'S ALSO NOT A BRAND NEW ONE TO THIS LANDOWNER.

SO IT'S A REPETITIVE.

SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IF IN FACT THERE'S INDICATORS THAT THEY'RE NOT A GREAT OPERATOR, IT ACTUALLY GIVES THE PROPERTY OWNER THE OPPORTUNITY TO RID THEM OF THE BAD OWNER AND HAVE TO START OVER.

AND SO I DON'T MIND BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY ENDS UP BEING AN 18 MONTH SUP.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT MOTION.

I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THE ONE YEAR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THE AMENDMENT BY CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA ON THE FIVE BEFORE I GO BACK TO HIM? CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON YOUR AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MISS SCHULTZ.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE VALID.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT IF THERE WAS REALLY AN ISSUE WITH OPERATOR AFTER SIX MONTHS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TO RENEW THEM.

SO WE HAVE WE HAVE SEEN THEM WITHIN THREE, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OPERATE AT A LOCATION THAT AGAIN, THE CRIME STATS DO OVERLAP. THEY DO OVERLAP THE TIME PERIOD.

AND, AND SO I AGAIN, THE, THE POINT OF THIS IS SETTING A PRECEDENT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN SET BEFORE.

SO I'VE NEVER HEARD NOT JUST YOU, BUT ANY COLLEAGUE CHIME IN THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE A ONE.

IN FACT, I'VE ONLY HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THESE THIS BODY THAT ONE YEAR WOULD BE NOT GOOD.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM ZONING, SPECIFICALLY FROM SEVERAL OF YOU ALL WHO SAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND I'VE HEARD A GREAT DEAL OF INPUT FROM YOU ALL ON ON NOT ONLY WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, BUT HOW THERE IS DISCREPANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION SOMETIMES AT CPC LEVEL WITH STAFF AND HOW TO REALLY NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT.

SO I'M SPEAKING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO FROM VALID FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM YOU ALL WHO ARE MUCH MORE

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VERSED IN ZONING.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A TWO YEAR PERIOD IS DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN ALLOWING FOR THE OPERATOR TO FURTHER PROVE THEMSELVES, NOT ONLY TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO THIS BODY AS WELL WHEN THEY COME BACK.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT IS MOST FAIR.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AN APPLICANT SHOULD JUST HAVE TO IN THE NEXT 30, 60, 90 DAYS, START THIS PROCESS ALL BACK OVER.

BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, WHEN THEY'RE GETTING BACK IN FRONT WITH THEIR PRELIMINARY STAGE OF THIS APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY HAVEN'T PROVEN ANYTHING EXTRA TO US.

THEY HAVE TO ALREADY START THIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO I WOULD LOVE FOR WHEN THAT PROCESS TO STARTS BACK UP THAT IF WE DO NEED TO USE OVERSIGHT AND REVOKE THAT SUP THAT THAT HAS GIVEN US ENOUGH ADEQUATE TIME TO POOL DATA SUFFICIENT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ONE YEAR WOULD WOULD ALLOW US THAT LUXURY.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT.

I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT.

AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF, I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY INVESTMENT INTO REOPENING THE RODEO UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP, BUT THERE WAS THERE WASN'T SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FROM A STARTUP.

THERE WAS FRESHENING UP OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.

FOR ME IN DEEP ELLUM, SUMMERTIMES IS WHEN WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO GET THE REAL DATA.

THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE INCREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING.

THIS OPERATOR IS TIED TO FORT WORTH, WHERE THEIR COUNCIL HAS BLOCKED THEIR TABC LICENSE.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THIS OPERATOR TO PROVE THEMSELVES TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY TO ENSURE THAT DEEP ELLUM STAY SAFE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR PROCESS TO, TO VET OUR LAND USE.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO Z FIVE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE THE PERMITTING THING, PERMITTING PROCESS DOES TRIGGER SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME.

ON ON THE ITEM SOMEONE JUST MENTIONED ABOUT TRIGGER IF IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND I KNOW SUP HAS CLEARED BENCHMARKS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE? THAT WILL RAISE A RED FLAG.

THAT WILL CAUSE THIS YOU TO TAKE ACTION, TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL OR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, TO GET IT BACK TO, TO BRING IT BACK OR TO COME TO YOU.

WHAT WHAT IS THE PROCESS? BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE ARE SOME TRIGGERS THAT ARE MISSING AND IT HURTS OUR COMMUNITIES WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING.

SO THE TRIGGER IS OBVIOUSLY THE EXPIRATION OF THE RENEWAL OF THE TIME FRAME THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THAT'S THE AUTOMATIC TRIGGER.

THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE CODE THAT CPC AND COUNCIL CAN OPEN AN AUTHORIZED HEARING TO RECONSIDER AN SUP AT ANY POINT. WE'VE HAD A FEW IN THE PAST.

I THINK WE'VE HAVE ONE ACTUALLY COMING ALONG.

NOW, COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS, THIS CONDITIONS FOR THIS LAND USE AT THIS LOCATION, FOR INSTANCE, IT HAS HOURS OF OPERATION, OUTDOOR SPEAKERS ARE PROHIBITED.

AND MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA FOR THE USE.

I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY? MAXIMUM.

WHAT MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA FOR THE USE FOR AN UNCOVERED ROOFTOP PATIO.

SO THOSE WOULD.

IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THOSE, IT'S BASED ON COMPLAINTS.

NOW AS IT COMES TO PERMITS, UNLESS THEY DO INTERNAL WORK, THE USE AGAIN, IF THE USE IS ALLOWED BY THE SUP, THEY CAN GO AND DO AND PULL PERMITS IF THEY NEED TO.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CHANGES ON THE OUTSIDE THAT WOULD TRIGGER ANY CHANGE ON THE ON THE SITE PLAN, BUT INTERNAL WORK FOR SURE WILL NEED WILL NEED PERMITS. SO THIS IS WHAT I'M REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON.

SOUP IS IS A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION FOR SOME.

IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND, AND WE KIND OF GO OUTSIDE OF THE LEGAL PARAMETERS OF WHAT SOUP ACTUALLY MEANS.

BUT WHEN A BUSINESS OWNER VIOLATES THE SPIRIT OF THIS, THE, THE, THE VOTE THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US? WHEN? WHEN A COMPLAINT IS FILED, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US TO TO ACT AND WHERE DOES THE ACTION START? SO WE CAN SHUT IT DOWN? BECAUSE I'M SAYING THAT ONCE AGAIN AS I SPOKE THIS MORNING, THAT HAPPENS A GREAT DEAL IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT WHERE YOU COME IN, IT'S A BAIT AND

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SWITCH AND THEY'RE OFTEN RUNNING IT BEFORE YOU CATCH IT.

IT COMES BACK HERE, IT'S TEN YEARS GONE.

SO ALL I'M ASKING, DO WE NEED TO TIGHTEN SOMETHING UP ON YOUR END? WELL, MAYBE THAT'S NOT A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONFESS TO THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME LET ME KEEP IT SO IT'S GERMANE OKAY.

SO IF IT'S GERMANE, ALL I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS IF, IF THE HEAD IF IF, IF THE, IF WE'RE EXTENDING IT TO TWO YEARS, WHICH SHOULD TO ME THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO AT LEAST START TO BREATHE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A VOTE AND CONTINUE TO GIVE VOTES TO A PROCESS THAT IS IS ULTIMATELY KILLS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO GET TO.

SO I THINK I BETTER JUST LEAVE THAT PART ON THE RECORD AND SIT HERE AND TRY TO REFLECT.

IS THIS GOING TO BE THE VOTE I GIVE TODAY FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S GIVING HIS TESTIMONY? AND WHILE I TRY TO READ SOME OF THE HEADLINES ON WHAT HAS BEEN PRINTED.

SO BUT I DID WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOU AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND HOW DO WE, THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, SO THAT THE BENEFITS THAT WE GIVE TO ACCESS OF THIS CITY ARE NOT ABUSED THROUGH THE PROCESS OR BY THE PROCESS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

I KNOW YOU WORK VERY HARD, BUT THERE'S MORE WORK TO COME BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WORKING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND MAKE DALLAS WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

THANK YOU. I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT OF THE QUESTION.

IT IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE VIOLATION IS.

IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE BUILDING PERMIT, IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF OTHER CODES AND OTHER RULES, COUNCIL AND CODE COMPLIANCE.

AND THE ENFORCING DEPARTMENTS DO HAVE THEIR MECHANISMS. SO I WOULD SAY COUNCIL THE COMMUNITIES WOULD WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY, THE CONFINES, AND YOU WERE SPOT ON OF THE SOUP IS THE ONLY QUESTION WE ALWAYS ASK OR ASK OURSELVES IS, IS THIS A GOOD THING? IS THIS A GOOD USE OF LAND AT THIS LOCATION? AND THAT'S IT.

IT'S JUST THE LAND USE ITSELF.

IT HAS SOME PARAMETERS OF OPERATION THAT ARE RELATED TO THAT LAND USE DIRECTLY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S THE OPERATOR.

THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS YOU MUST COMPLY IS THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER CODE.

THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS YOU MUST COMPLY.

BUT THIS IS ONLY ONE PART OF COMPLIANCE.

THEY HAVE TO ABC COMPLIANCE.

THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW INTERNAL SANITATION A LOT OF OTHER COMPLIANCE SAFETY A LOT OF OTHER COMPLIANCE.

SO TO ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACP, WE WILL CHECK COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THE ORDINANCE.

WHEN IT COMES TO US IS A RENEWAL.

BUT AS FAR AS OTHER TYPE OF VIOLATIONS, IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATION.

AND DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING COMPLIANCE.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO Z5.

I ACTUALLY LIKE THE TWO YEAR SUP.

BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE ONE YEAR BUSINESS HAS TO COME BACK SO FAST AND THE INVESTMENT THAT THESE BUSINESSES MAKE IN ORDER TO OPEN AND GET STARTED, I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT.

AND THEN TO HAVE TO YOU'RE JUST STARTING BUSINESS AND THEN IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.

IT'S JUST TOO QUICK.

AND WE'VE DONE ONE YEAR BEFORE TYPICALLY IT'S LIKE SOMETHING PRETTY EGREGIOUS OR IT'S SOMETHING BRAND NEW IN AN AREA THAT HAS NEVER HAD THAT YOU KNOW, TYPE OF FACILITY BEFORE.

AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD REASON.

BUT I THINK THAT I DO AGREE WITH MR. BAZALDUA, AS FAR AS THE TWO YEAR IN THIS AREA DOES HAVE THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES AND HAS HAD THEM IN THE PAST, IS THAT CORRECT OR AM I? YES, IT'S IN THE PELHAM.

IT IS CONSIDERED AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

IT DOES HAVE THIS ADDED LAYER FOR SUP FOR THIS TYPE OF USES, BUT IT IS PRETTY COMMON IN DECATUR.

YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

YEAH. SO I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT GOING TO TWO YEAR.

AND I, I TYPICALLY DON'T LIKE TO GO AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CPC, BUT WITH THIS ONE, STAFF RECOMMENDED FIVE YEARS AND CPC SAID ONE.

SO I THINK DOING TWO IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPROMISE.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE DO TWO AND A HALF YEAR.

SUP? I'M SURE WE COULD, BUT I DON'T WANT TO START THAT HAPPENING.

BUT SO TWO YEARS I THINK IS IS A IS A DECENT COMPROMISE.

SO I WILL SUPPORT THE TWO YEAR.

SUP. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO Z5.

THANK YOU. AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION AND HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THIS ABOUT SUP AND A ONE YEAR SUP AND BEING ONEROUS ON OUR BUSINESS AND I YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE WANT THAT AT ALL WITH REGARD TO OUR BUSINESS CLIMATE.

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HOWEVER, AFTER GIVING THIS SOME THOUGHT, I AM.

SUPPORTING THE ONE YEAR SOUP.

TO THE POINT MADE ABOUT THIS IS ESTABLISHED WITH CERTAIN KINDS OF BUSINESSES.

AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AND BE ABLE TO EXTEND THIS AND HAVE IT BE A LONGER SOUP.

I WOULD FLIP THAT AND SAY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS AREA AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

WE'VE HAD CRIME, WE'VE HAD MURDERS.

AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT JUST SORT OF FUELS THAT AND CAN FOSTER THAT, UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING AND TAKE SOME MEASURES WE MIGHT NOT TAKE IN OTHER AREAS.

I'M RETHINKING THIS.

I ALSO AM VERY CONCERNED WHEN WE ARE WORKING SO HARD ON PUBLIC SAFETY, AND WE ARE SEEING OUR NUMBERS COME DOWN AND WE ARE SEEING THIS TYPE OF CRIME COME DOWN. I THINK IT'S OKAY TO BE MEASURED IN THIS INSTANCE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HATE HAVING ANYTHING ONEROUS ON A BUSINESS.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND CRIME AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT, I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE PROVE THE CASE.

LET'S GO THROUGH A SEASON AND THEN COME BACK, AND PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING MORE GENEROUS AND TIME IN TERMS OF THE TIME ON THIS.

SO I AM I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.

MISTER RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO Z5.

I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.

I'VE HEARD MISS WILLIS'S COMMENTS, AND MY PREFERENCE IS GOING TO BE TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN COMMISSION THAT HAD A PERSONAL HEARING ABOUT THIS, THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS DISTRICT.

THOSE THREE, TO ME, ARE CONVINCING ME TO GO WITH THE ONE YEAR, SO I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO Z5.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND WILLIS ACTUALLY JUST SUMMED UP MY THOUGHTS.

BUT THIS ISN'T ANY OTHER CASE THAT'S COMING BEFORE US.

AND I HAVE VERY OFTEN SPOKEN ABOUT EXTENDING ESPECIALLY SCHOOLS THOSE SUPS GENEROUSLY BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY WE HAVE THEM.

BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT A BAR IN DEEP ELLUM WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT ALCOHOL SALES, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A FINANCIAL IMPACT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY PROFITABLE BUSINESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M OUT ON EX CELEBRATING OUR DECREASE IN CRIME AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO BACK.

I WANT DEEP ELLUM TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN SAFELY.

AND SO LET'S TRUE IT UP AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN A YEAR.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE NIGHTLIFE AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN DEEP ELLUM WITHOUT IT BECOMING A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS AND PULLED BACK TO THE ONE YEAR, AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL COME BACK NEXT YEAR AT COUNCIL, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXTEND IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I SEE THE QUEUE FILLING UP AGAIN THERE.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES BEFORE I GET TO YOU FOR ONE.

CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA. SO THREE MINUTES FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY.

THIS IS IN THE DISTRICT THAT REPRESENTS BY MR. COUNCIL MEMBER. JUST MORENO.

IS THAT CORRECT? OR COULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT YOUR POSITION, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I JUST.

YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO. YEAH.

OKAY. YES.

I'M SUPPORTING KPC'S RECOMMENDATION, ALONG WITH THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION AND THE APPLICANT FOR A ONE YEAR SUP.

THANK YOU. I JUST NEED TO GET MY CLARITY TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE ON YOUR AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COULD CAN DOCTOR COME BACK, PLEASE? AND DO YOU MIND? I THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH LAND USE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAY GERMANE TO WHAT WE'RE LEGALLY BOUND TO ON THESE DECISIONS. SO DO YOU MIND JUST TALKING ABOUT, I GUESS, CORRELATION TO CRIME AND LAND USE SPECIFICALLY? ESPECIALLY WITH THE DATA THAT WE'VE SHOWN TO KIND OF DEBUNK THOSE THEORIES.

MY FIRST LOOK WAS AT THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WE DON'T SPEAK TO THAT.

LAND USE IS AGAIN, LAND USE, REGARDLESS OF THE OPERATOR, REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING.

IS THIS A GOOD USE OF LAND AT THIS LOCATION? IT IS TRUE. WE'RE INCLUDING INCLUDING THE CRIME STATS IN THE STAFF REPORT AS A COURTESY.

HOWEVER, IT'S UP TO THE BODY TO MAKE A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT USE AND THE CRIME.

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STAFF IS NOT MAKING THAT CORRELATION.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO BE REAL CLEAR, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY CONVERSATIONS THAT WENT AWAY FROM WHAT THE DECISION IS THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE MAKING HERE.

AND THIS IS AN APPLICATION FROM A BUSINESS OWNER THAT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US NOT BREAK PRECEDENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET.

AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW FREQUENT WE HAVE? ONE YEAR SUPS AT THIS BODY? WELL, I DON'T RECALL RECENTLY WON.

EVEN WITH STAFF, WE USUALLY LOOK AT TWO YEARS, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT TO ALLOW WE FACTOR IN.

IT TAKES A FEW MONTHS.

IT ALLOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT TO OPERATE.

I DON'T RECALL A LOT.

I DO RECALL TO COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.

COMMENT. WE DID HAVE SOME FOR SOME INDUSTRIAL USES.

JUST WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO PHASE THEM OUT AND ALLOW THEM TO BASICALLY FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

EVEN FOR THE FIRST SUP, AGAIN, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SO NEW, IT'S IT WILL CAUSE SO MUCH ATTENTION OR SO MUCH FRICTION.

WE REALLY NEED TO REASSESS IT WITHIN ONE YEAR.

IT'S NOT PRETTY COMMON, I WOULD SAY FOR THESE ONES, THEIR ALCOHOL SALES BARS THIS THESE ARE VERY FREQUENT.

WE USUALLY FOLLOW.

THE FIRST ONE IS TWO YEARS.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT IT LOOKS AS IF THE MINIMUM, EVEN WITH ANY OF MINE, IF IT'S A C STORE, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS.

AND SO NOTHING ABOUT THIS APPLICATION LOOKS OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THE TWO YEAR AND HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL SUPPORT AND NOT SET A NEW PRECEDENT FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WANTING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE BAZALDUA AMENDMENT TO Z FIVE? AND IF THERE ISN'T, THEN I THINK WE I HEARD ENOUGH DISCUSSION TO THINK WE PROBABLY GOT TO DO A ROLL CALL BECAUSE IT SEEMS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OKAY, IF IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, THEN WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE MAYOR JOHNSON.

NO. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WEST.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MORENO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACEY.

COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ NO COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA COUNCIL MEMBER.

BLACKMON NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

WITH THREE VOTING IN FAVOR, 12 OPPOSED.

THE MOTION FAILS, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, SO WE'RE BACK ON ZEE5 AND THE ORIGINAL QUEUE WE HAD DISTRICT TWO AND SEVEN HAD SPOKEN.

SO ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOUR AGAINST ZEE5? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS PH ONE.

[PH1. 24-895 A public hearing to receive comments on the adoption of the City of Dallas Historic and Cultural Preservation Strategy; and, at the close of the public hearing, consideration of a resolution authorizing the City of Dallas Historic and Cultural Preservation Strategy - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

PH ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION STRATEGY AND, AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF DALLAS HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION STRATEGY.

YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SHALONDRA GALLIMORE.

YOU'D BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU MAY BEGIN. YOUR MICROPHONE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M ANDREA GALLIMORE, 79, 16 IVORY LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75216 DISTRICT SEVEN.

I AM HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT IN SUPPORT OF THE STRATEGY.

STRATEGY DESIGNED FOR HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION.

THROUGH STUDYING HISTORY, WE CAN LEARN HOW PAST SOCIETIES, SYSTEMS, IDEOLOGIES, GOVERNMENTS, CULTURES AND TECHNOLOGIES WERE BUILT, HOW THEY OPERATED, AND HOW THEY HAVE CHANGED.

THE RICH HISTORY OF THE WORLD HELPED US, HELPS US TO PAINT A DETAILED PICTURE OF WHERE WE STAND TODAY.

DEVELOPING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY MEANS DEVELOPING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE.

I AM FOURTH OF FIVE GENERATION RESIDENT FROM THE HISTORIC FREEDMEN'S TOWN OF JOPLIN, FOUNDED 152 YEARS AGO.

SERVING ON THIS COMMUNITY FINALLY ALLOWED ME A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATION AND POSSIBLY PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS WITH DIFFERENT

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CULTURES, VALUES, AND RESOURCES FACING VASTLY DIFFERENT PRESSURES FROM GENTRIFICATION TO DISINVESTMENT.

IN OCTOBER 2023, REACHING THE FINAL STAGES OF APPLYING FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY, THE JOB COMMUNITY FAILED BECAUSE OF THE MEASURES PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS ALMOST UNATTAINABLE.

A SOLUTION COULD BE CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL DESIGNATION THAT IS FOCUSED ON HELPING A COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ACCESS NON ZONING CITY RESOURCES THAT WILL MOST EFFECTIVELY ASSIST THEM IN PRESERVING THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE.

ADDITIONALLY, DALLAS HAS AN INFORMATION SORRY INFORMATIONAL SIGNAGE IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

A CITY INITIATED SIGNAGE PROGRAM WOULD PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE, LOWER COST ALTERNATIVE TO STATE AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS, WHILE ALSO GIVING THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURATE PUBLIC HISTORY AND EMPOWER RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHARE THEIR STORIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

HIGHLIGHTING THE STORIES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY FORGOTTEN, LIKE JOPPY.

I ASK YOU TODAY TO ADOPT THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION STRATEGY AND BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

RONNIE MAESTAS.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR RONNIE MAESTAS, 32, 15 RUT STREET, WEST, DALLAS, TEXAS.

I'M HERE TO STRONGLY ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS STRATEGY, THIS NEW DALLAS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION STRATEGY PLAN THAT I HEARD.

ACTUALLY, I HEARD IT IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS ITEMS, THE EMOTION AND THE JUST THE LOVE FOR FOR THINGS THAT THAT WE GREW UP, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A BUILDING OR CHURCH, YOU KNOW, A PARK, WHATEVER IT IS THAT MADE US A LITTLE BETTER.

YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

AND WHETHER IT'S JP, MOUNTAIN, WEST DALLAS, LAKE HIGHLANDS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S IN THIS PLAN.

I JUST I HEARD, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EXACT SAME WORDS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REPEAT, BUT CULTURE ALSO COMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST FOOD OR CLOTHING OR THE WAY YOU TALK OR THE WAY YOU WALK.

YOU KNOW, CULTURE ALSO COMES FROM A MILITARY.

I HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND.

I'M THE CHAIR FOR YOUR COMMISSION, SO I I'M ADAMANTLY SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT PRESERVES A MILITARY HISTORY. AND WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S GETTING WIPED OUT.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A PROTECTION PROJECT OR AN OVERLAY TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS JUST DONE AWAY WITH.

SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING IN PLACE THAT PROTECTS OUR OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND I WAS ON THE TOUR THIS MORNING OF A WELCOMING INTERACTIVE.

THIS IS A WELCOMING THE NEW IMMIGRANTS TO DALLAS.

DALLAS IS GOING TO BE THE THE HUB OF EVERYTHING NOW, YOU KNOW, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IN THE FUTURE.

BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THIS MORNING IS WHAT NOW? YOU KNOW, WE BUILT HOMES.

WE BUILT AFFORDABLE HOMES THROUGH VECINOS UNIDOS.

I'M THE CHAIR FOR THAT.

AND NOW HOW DO WE PRESERVE THOSE HOMES? HOW DO WE KEEP THOSE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES? AND THIS PLAN, I THINK, COVERS ALL OF THAT.

AND I JUST HIGHLIGHTED A FEW THINGS, BUT ACTUALLY, YOU'VE ALREADY REPEATED AND THERE'S NO SENSE IN REPEATING IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ALL OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT ESPECIALLY IN WEST DALLAS.

WE'VE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A WHILE.

WE WERE THROWN IN WITH GROWTH SOUTH AND A SOUTH GREW, BUT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW.

SO WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING OVER HERE ON THIS WEST SIDE OF DALLAS.

AND I JUST.

I JUST HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS WITH THE SAME ENTHUSIASM THAT I SAW EARLIER AND THE SAME WORDING.

THE SAME JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM THE HEART WHAT YOU FEEL IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND ACCEPT AND ADOPT THIS PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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

MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION ON FOYE ONE? YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MATTER WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FOR THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION.

PROGRAM REPLACEMENT WORD DESIGNATION WITH THE WITH WITH THE RECOGNITION IN THE SOLUTION FOR GOAL 2.3.

INCLUDE THAT THE. CRITERIA FOR THE RESIGNATION VACANCY WOULD BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT THROUGH ZONING OVERLAY.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR.. ATKINS YES, ON ONE FIRST, YES, A FEW.

OKAY. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ, YOU KNOW, FOR HER STEADFAST NEIGHBORHOOD, GETTING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

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AND ALSO ALSO THANK DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN FOR THE BILL.

AND ALSO THANK ALAN BAZALDUA FOR JOCKEY DISTRICT A FOR FIVE MILES.

ALSO, YOU CAN THANK MANY MORE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO DO HAVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TODAY, IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, THAT WE LOOK BACK IN OUR COUNTRY AND LOOK BACK AT NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW THEY CHANGE, AND THEY ARE CHANGING CONSTANTLY.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO SOME TYPE OF STANDARD THAT THEY LOOK BACK AND SAY, HOW DO YOU CHANGE NEIGHBORHOOD? THE REASON WHY I KIND OF LOOK BACK AT THIS SORT OF PRESERVATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN AND WENT TO SCHOOL WAS SAINT PETER'S ACADEMY, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S CALLED UPTOWN.

IT WAS A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND YOU SEE THE HISTORIC CHANGE OF GENTRIFICATION THERE, THAT THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WAS THERE 50 YEARS AGO NOW, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD MOVED AND SPRAWLED BACK OUT TO FIVE MILES, DEBORTOLI AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT I BELIEVE EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS SOME TYPE OF HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU JUST PROBABLY DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE IT BECAUSE YOU JUST HADN'T REALIZED AND AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE HERE THAT, HEY, WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS, AND NOW IT TOOK 20 YEARS, TWO DECADES TO MAKE SURE. NOW IT BRINGS TO YOUR FUTURE, BRING TO PRESENT TIME.

BUT BY SAYING THAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? ARE WE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AND, AND PASS THIS AND SIT BACK AND JUST LET IT FLY? ARE WE REALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT EQUITY COME IN PLACE.

THAT'S WHAT WHAT ALL WE DO AS A POLICY MAKERS NOW WHEN WE DO THIS AND GO INTO THE ADMINISTRATION.

BUT IF POLICYMAKERS, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT CHANGING WORDS AND PUT THE WORDS SOUND GREAT, BUT THE WORDS DON'T SOUND GREAT IF YOU DON'T DO THE WORK.

SO YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE WORK AND FOLLOW THE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE POLICY AND MAKE SURE THE STAFF FOLLOW OUR RECOMMENDATION, NOT GO OUT THERE ONE OFF.

AND DON'T COME BACK TO THE POLICY TO DO THIS.

I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

THEY HAVE SOMEBODY FROM STAFF.

APOLOGIES ANDREW GILL'S PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN IN BULLET NUMBER TWO.

WE ARE CHANGING THE WORDS, RIGHT? CORRECT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY? WHAT IS THE WORDS WE'RE CHANGING? YES. SO THERE WERE TWO THINGS.

WE NOTICED THAT FOR THE SECOND BULLET IN THE MOTION, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SENTENCE IN THE DRAFT THAT WAS POSTED ONLINE THAT HADN'T BEEN INCLUDED.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED.

AND IT JUST HELPS.

DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THE LEGACY PROGRAMS ARE.

THEN THE OTHER OR THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM IS AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE WAS TO CHANGE SOME OF THE REFERENCES FROM DESIGNATION TO RECOGNITION.

AND PART OF THAT IS, IS BECAUSE THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A ZONING PROGRAM.

AND SO THERE WAS WE WANTED TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION FOR WHEN YOU SAY USE ZONING, YOU DESIGNATE THROUGH ZONING.

SO WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THIS WOULD BE A RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

IT COULD LEAD TO ZONING.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS AS A LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS A RECOGNITION PROGRAM NOT TIED TO ZONING.

DO THIS TIE INTO OUR FORWARD DALLAS PLAN.

IT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY TIE INTO FORWARD DALLAS BECAUSE IT IS NOT WELL FROM A LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD STANDPOINT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ZONING.

HOW IT TIES IN IS THAT THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT THROUGH FORWARD DALLAS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY'RE READY TO IMPLEMENT.

A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE READY TO IMPLEMENT.

THEY'RE READY TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

SO PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS THINKING ABOUT THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WHAT OTHER THAN ZONING TOOLS DO WE POTENTIALLY HAVE TO HELP OUT SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO IT'S SORT OF INDIRECTLY RELATED TO FORWARD DALLAS.

WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT SAYS PER SE THAT WE AS THE COUNCIL, YOU AS STAFF HAVE BEEN HAVING A DIFFERENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEIGHBORHOOD. DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY DALLAS HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW? 21 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU THE RIGHT NUMBER, 21, 21.

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AND THEY ARE SPREAD OUT KIND OF EQUALLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? I THINK THEY'RE LARGELY SPREAD OUT CENTRAL AREAS IN THE MOST OF THEM IN THE CENTRAL AREA.

RIGHT. AND WE WE SAID CENTRAL AREA.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN TO THE EAST OF DOWNTOWN, A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH OF DOWNTOWN.

OKAY. OKAY.

WEST OF DOWNTOWN. WEST.

YEAH. ONE. WEST. SOUTH.

WEST. RIGHT.

AND SOUTH. YES. YOU? SOME SOUTH. SO I'M TRYING TO.

YEAH. COULD YOU COME AND COUNT AND EXPLAIN TO WHERE THE LOCATION IS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU SAID 21, BUT THERE WAS 21 THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A HISTORIC PRESIDENT HAD BEEN STUDIED.

THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OUT THERE THAT IS NOT ON THE MAP.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? SO OUR OUR DISTRICTS WE HAVE SEVERAL OVER IN EAST DALLAS.

WE HAVE I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE TWO BIG ONES IN OAK CLIFF AND WE HAVE 10TH STREET.

THEN WE HAVE WHEATLEY, SOUTH BOULEVARD, PARK ROWE.

ARE THOSE ARE THE BIGGER ONES THAT ARE SPREAD AROUND.

PLEASE REMEMBER, SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE ONLY 4 OR 5 BUILDINGS, LIKE THE SEARS COMPLEX, WHICH IS NOW SOUTHSIDE ON LAMAR IS ACTUALLY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ONLY FOUR BUILDINGS, SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE THEM SPREAD AROUND PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE CITY.

OKAY. CAN YOU ADD A HISTORIC PRESERVATION? CAN YOU ADD TO THAT NUMBER? YES OF COURSE.

OKAY. AND SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO ADD IT.

SO IT'S A ZONING PROCESS AND WHICH WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT.

SO SAY QUEEN.

QUEEN CITY WANTS TO BECOME A HISTORIC DISTRICT.

WE GO OUT AND WORK WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PROCESS, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE DESIGNATED THAT YOU WILL HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS AND HOW IT WILL BE REVIEWED, AND THAT IT'S A REAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PLANNING STAFF, THE PRESERVATION STAFF.

OKAY. SO IS IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU DO HAVE A HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO GET IMPROVEMENT TO THE TO THE PROPERTY? NOT REALLY, BECAUSE I WILL SAY FROM THE STANDPOINT WHEN WE DEVELOP THE DESIGN STANDARDS, A IT'S ONLY THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSES THAT OR BUILDINGS THAT WE WORK WITH AND SOME OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS, SAY, PLACEMENT OF GARAGES.

A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE ARE BASIC MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH.

AND SO THAT GETS BAKED INTO THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON STREAMLINING AND ADDING TO WHAT WE CALL THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

SO MORE OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE ADDED THAT ARE JUST STAFF REVIEW.

OKAY. SO TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER.

SO SO THEREFORE YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR HOUSING REPAIR PROJECT PROGRAM, REPAIR HOMES, I HEAR SOMETIMES VERY HARD TO WORK ON THE HISTORIC HOUSES OR PROPERTY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO PRESERVE THAT.

THEY THEY DON'T QUALIFY.

THE LONG. SO I HEAR THAT.

AND SO THEREFORE THERE'S AN ISSUE.

AND AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND WHICH IS STATED BY THE WAY, IN THIS REPORT, BY ADDING STAFF WILL HAVE A BETTER ABILITY TO TO DO OUTREACH AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, LIKE PRESERVATION DALLAS, TO DO THINGS LIKE HOW TO REPAIR YOUR WOOD WINDOWS AND HOW TO, YOU KNOW, HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR HOUSE AND YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL WHEN YOU NEED HELP.

SO WE FEEL THAT BY ADOPTING THIS PLAN WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A WAY FORWARD TO DO MORE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WITHIN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

SO DO WE HAVE STAFF NOW WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REPAIRS AND THE WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE TO GET THIS RESOLVED.

WE WORK PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND IN THEIR PROGRAMS, AND TRY TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS THEY HELP US AND THE PEOPLE WHO APPLY, SO WE TRY AND WORK WITH THEM.

I WILL SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE IF WE HAVE MORE STAFF, WE CAN BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH PEOPLE AND WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE WORD I DON'T LIKE THE WORD WE TRY.

SO I THINK STAFF, WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TRY TO WORK TOGETHER.

I THINK WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER.

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WE WE AND I WILL SAY WE JUST HAD FROM HOUSING, WE JUST HAD A BIG TALK ABOUT OUR PRESERVATION INCENTIVE, THE TAX EXEMPTION THAT CAN BE USED FOR HISTORIC HOMES ESPECIALLY FOR SOME INTENSE STREET WHERE THE HOUSING DIVISION HAS USED FUNDING TO REPAIR HOUSES IN 10TH STREET AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO WE SAID, OKAY, SO LET'S USE THAT THAT FOR THE TAX EXEMPTION.

SO THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.

SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH THEM ON THAT TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE COMPANION PROGRAMS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THOSE HOMES AND GARDENS.

MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN HSU FOR THE HARD, DILIGENT WORK WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

I KNOW SHE'S BEEN AT EVERY MEETING.

THE MEETING WHICH I CANNOT ATTEND.

SHE PROBABLY ATTEND MORE THAN ME.

I HAVE, BUT SHE HAD DID A DILIGENT JOB, AND.

EMERGENCY. THANK YOU.

SUE. THAT'S MY CUE.

ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON SWANN.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE GET SUCH AN EASY WIN FOR THE CITY, THE WHOLE CITY AND ALL OF HER RESIDENTS.

BECAUSE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN DALLAS HAS A LEGACY TO SHARE.

AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PLAN IS IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, WHAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE, WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL, EVEN IF IT'S THE PEOPLE, NOT THE BUILDINGS.

AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR NEWER PARTS OF TOWN FEEL MAYBE FEEL LIKE THEY AREN'T HISTORIC, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO QUALIFY IN TERMS OF THIS LEGACY MOVEMENT.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF WORK AND OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND THIS.

IT'S AN EXCITING PLAN.

I THINK THAT AS WE SAW FROM MR. MAESTAS POINT THAT THERE'S EVERY NEIGHBOR SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FIGHTING FOR THIS.

AND MR. ATKINS POINTS ARE EXACTLY PART OF THIS PLAN ABOUT CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY.

IT DOESN'T ALL HAVE TO BE DESIGNATED.

IT CAN ALSO BE ABOUT CELEBRATION AS WELL.

THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY PRESERVATION DALLAS WITH LETTERS OF SUPPORT BY PRESERVATION DALLAS.

THE 14 MEMBER STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DID.

THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, 100 RESIDENTS, 100 OR MORE RESIDENTS WERE ENGAGED AND WORKSHOPS ACROSS EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN THE CITY.

THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 30 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED.

12 CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE INTERVIEWED AND ENGAGED IN THE RESERVATION.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION DESIGN WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ADVOCATES HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN THIS THIS HAS BEEN BRIEFED BY WE BY ECO DEV.

IT WAS LAUNCHED 18 MONTHS AGO.

IT'S TIME TO GET THIS ADOPTED.

IT WAS BRIEFED BY US AT COUNCIL LAST WEEK.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DALLAS, NO MATTER HOW NEW OR HOW OLD YOU ARE TO SAY, I AM SPECIAL AND HERE'S WHY.

AND PART OF THIS PLAN INCLUDES THE TOOLS TO DO SO.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ANYONE ON THAT.

WE'RE HEARING LOTS OF IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE PRESSURE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CONNECTION TO FORWARD DALLAS IS THIS IDEA OF THIS PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS PLAN IS ABOUT, IS IDENTIFYING THAT AND CELEBRATING THAT.

SO I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY, BUT I HOPE ALL MY COLLEAGUES WILL VOTE FOR THIS.

I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS MOMENT IN DALLAS HISTORY AS A WHOLE, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR CONSULTANTS, HRA, THAT HELPED WITH THIS SO MUCH, AS WELL AS, AGAIN, ALL OF THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE SO DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO CALL JEANETTE WEEDEN FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. YES, SIR.

JEANETTE, THE STRATEGY THAT IS BEFORE US AT THIS POINT CALLS FOR OR CONTAINS A REQUEST BY STAFF FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING. AND I HAVE HEARD FROM MORE THAN ONE COLLEAGUE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER PASSING THIS STRATEGY WOULD COMMIT THE COUNCIL TO FUNDING THOSE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.

THREE IN NUMBER.

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NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT STARTED OUR ACTUAL BUDGET DELIBERATIONS YET.

AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT CONCERN AS TO WHETHER THIS IN ANY WAY COMMITS THE COUNCIL TO THAT FUNDING FOR THE BUDGET? JEANETTE WEEDEN, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AND THE ANSWER IS NO.

APPROVAL OF THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT COMMIT THE CITY TO APPROVE OR FUND ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WERE BRIEFED ON APRIL THE 3RD.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE BIENNIAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526.

AND SO ANY REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IS A SEPARATE ACTION, AND IT WILL BE BALANCED AGAINST OTHER COMPETING PRIORITIES.

THANK YOU. JEANETTE.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION STRATEGY.

HOWEVER, I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT.

FIRST IS FUZZY LANGUAGE.

THERE ARE TERMS THAT ARE USED THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS DEFINED, SUCH AS LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE IS A CONCERN IN MY MIND THAT WE WILL BE RAISING PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS THAT THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL, WILL SOMEHOW PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS FROM GENTRIFICATION OR OTHER THREATS, WHEN IN REALITY IT WILL NOT.

IT PROVIDES NO NEW TOOLS TO ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL PRESERVATION OF LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANY OTHER CULTURAL FACILITIES. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN BY ALSO TALKING ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND LANDMARKING OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES, THAT THERE WILL BE SOME CONFUSION AS TO JUST WHAT PROVISIONS PROTECT LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS. IN ADDITION, THE MOTION THAT WAS READ, I THINK, ADDRESSES SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST BULLET POINT ABOUT FOR THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION PROGRAM TO REPLACE DESIGNATION WITH RECOGNITION.

I THINK, AS STAFF HAS TESTIFIED, THIS IS REALLY A RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT SHOULD BE PERCEIVED AS SUCH. THE SECOND BULLET POINT STATING IN THE SOLUTION FOR GOAL 2.3 INCLUDE THAT THE CRITERIA FOR RECOGNIZING LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE QUALITIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

IT'S THE FOLLOWING PHRASE, NOT THROUGH ZONING OVERLAYS THAT I THINK IS SURPLUSAGE, AND IT DOES NOT EVEN GRAMMATICALLY RELATE TO THE FIRST PART OF THE SENTENCE.

THIS SENTENCE TALKS ABOUT DEVELOPING CRITERIA FOR RECOGNIZING LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS.

ZONING OVERLAYS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CRITERIA FOR RECOGNIZING LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT THAT LAST FOUR WORDS BE DELETED FROM THE MOTION.

IF CHAIRMAN ATKINS CAN TELL ME WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT LAST FOUR WORDS IS.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I'LL GET STAFF TO DO THAT.

SO I DIDN'T WRITE THE WORDS OFF THAT'S COMING UP.

I HAVE TO POINT OUT I HAVE NOT HEARD THE WORD SURPLUSAGE SINCE LAW SCHOOL, AND IT JUST BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF VERY SCARY MEMORIES.

USUALLY THE WORD MERELY MERE IS RIGHT BEFORE MERE SURPLUSAGE IS WHAT WE SAY.

OKAY, SO THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD, TALK ABOUT THE SURPLUSAGE.

WE COULD ADD THAT INTO THE MOTION.

SO I THINK SO WHAT THAT LAST PART OF IT IS, IS TO CLARIFY THAT THIS ISN'T A ZONING OVERLAY.

THAT IT IS A DISTINCTION WE'RE DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN A ZONING PROGRAM AND THEREFORE DESIGNATION VERSUS A NON ZONING AND THEREFORE RECOGNITION.

BUT IT COULD JUST END AT NEIGHBORHOODS.

WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU IN YOUR STATEMENT THAT THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM WILL NOT INVOLVE ZONING OVERLAYS.

AND WE SHOULDN'T CONFUSE THE TWO.

BUT I THINK IT'S CONFUSING TO THROW IN THIS NOTION OF ZONING OVERLAYS IN A SENTENCE THAT TALKS ABOUT CRITERIA, BECAUSE ZONING OVERLAYS ARE NOT CRITERIA. IF WE COULD PHRASE THIS AS PERHAPS A THIRD BULLET POINT TO EMPHASIZE THAT RECOGNITION OF LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS DOES NOT INVOLVE ZONING OVERLAYS, I AGREE WITH THAT.

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THAT WOULD SEPARATE THESE TWO INTO RECOGNIZABLE THOUGHTS.

BUT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE CONJOINED, I THINK IS CONFUSING.

AND I AND AND I WOULD CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO, TO PLAYING WITH SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE.

I THINK IF ANYTHING, I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS.

IT. I WOULD HESITATE TO SAY IT DOESN'T INVOLVE ZONING OVERLAYS BECAUSE IT COULD ULTIMATELY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A ZONING OVERLAY.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE STATED THAT, BUT WE'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT THE CRITERIA FOR RECOGNIZING LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THOSE CRITERIA DOES NOT INVOLVE ZONING OVERLAYS.

YES, THAT IS ACCURATE.

OKAY. SO WE COULD JUST PUT A PERIOD AT THE END OF BEHIND NEIGHBORHOODS.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REQUIRE.

THE CLEANEST AND EASIEST.

YES, EXACTLY.

SO IF STAFF IS ON BOARD WITH THAT, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I WOULD NOT AGREE ENGLISH, BUT A PERIOD MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO MR. MAYOR, CAN WE CONSIDER THE MOTION? SO AMENDED.

WAIT A MINUTE. SO ARE YOU SAYING HE'S YOU? HE WAS. HE'S AGREEING THAT YOU'RE.

THOSE LAST FOUR WORDS ARE MERE SURPLUSAGE.

NO. WELL, THAT WE.

NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE.

HE'S NOT AGREEING THAT THOSE LAST FOUR WORDS ARE MUNICIPAL.

SO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? WELL, YES, I WILL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE SECOND BULLET POINT TO END AFTER THE WORD NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A PERIOD.

YES. THE MOTION IS TO STRIKE.

THE LAST FOUR WORDS OF THE SECOND BULLET POINT TO ELIMINATE THE MERE SURPLUSAGE.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR ANTI SURPLUSAGE AMENDMENT.

WELL, I THINK I'VE ALREADY STATED THE CASE STAFF HAS AGREED WITH IT.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? YES.

MR. WEST, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE.

OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT, OR ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT? WELL, THE QUESTION I'VE HAD HERE IN MY NOTES HAS TO DO WITH CLARIFICATION ON THE TERM LEGACY.

OKAY, THEN THAT'S NOT ON THE STRIKING OF THE LAST WORD.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD ON THEN.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE STRIKING? YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT.

THIS IS FUN.

AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ELIMINATING THE SURPLUSAGE OF WORDS.

I JUST LOVE OUR VOCABULARY LESSONS THAT WE GET HERE THROUGH MR. RIDLEY. THANK YOU, PROFESSOR RIDLEY.

AND AND I DO AGREE WITH STAFF'S EXPLANATION.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COULD BE GIVEN RECOGNITION RECOGNITION MAY EVENTUALLY END UP WITH SOME TYPE OF A ZONING OVERLAY OR SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH ZONING THAT THEY WOULD NEED.

AND SO BY STRIKING THOSE FOUR WORDS STILL WOULD ALLOW FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE ABLE TO GO THAT ROUTE IF THEY NEED TO IN ORDER TO GAIN THE BETTER SAFETY, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THEIR, THEIR RECOGNITION TO BE TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

SO I WILL SUPPORT THE PERIOD AT THE END OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND STRIKING THOSE FOUR WORDS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT TO STRIKE THOSE LAST FOUR WORDS? OR DO YOU WANT TO HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET BACK TO.

PAGE ONE. AMENDED OR NOT AMENDED.

WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT? YEAH. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT, OR YOU WANT TO WAIT TO SEE IF IT GETS ON OR NOT? YEAH, I'M GOING TO SPEND I'M GOING TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT.

YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE OKAY.

YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT. YEAH.

THE LAST FOUR IS NOT THROUGH ZONING OVERLAY.

THERE IS OBJECTION THOUGH ALREADY.

SO I CAN'T DO IT BY EYE.

NO ACCLAMATION BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY BEEN AN OBJECTION EXPRESSED.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION.

I GUESS PEOPLE BACKED DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE BACK ON PAGE ONE.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THERE'S A PERIOD AT THE END OF NEIGHBOR AFTER NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE SURPLUSAGE IS GONE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK ON PAGE ONE.

MISTER WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND I WANT TO JUST JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

DISTRICT ONE IS THE HOME FOR TWO HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND NUMEROUS CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LIVING IN TWO OF THEM.

I LIVE IN ONE RIGHT NOW.

OUR CITY, DALLAS HAS A VERY SOLID RECORD OF SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A VERY GOOD TRACK RECORD OF ENCOURAGING OUR

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PRESERVATION OF OUR PAST.

TODAY THAT CHANGES.

WE'VE HAD SMALL WINS IN THE PAST AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, RIDLEY AND CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ AND I WERE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN WE AND I THINK CHAIR ATKINS WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN WE PASSED THE DEMOLITION DELAY OVERLAY TO TRY TO PRESERVE SOME OF OUR STRUCTURES THANKS TO ADVOCACY OF MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD 10TH STREET AND EVERYTHING GOING ON IN 10TH STREET AND YOUR ADVOCACY, WE SAW A CHANGE TO THE DEMOLITION THRESHOLDS SO WE COULD PRESERVE SOME OF OUR SMALLER STRUCTURES.

WE COMPLETED A SURVEY OF THE DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT BUILDINGS WE MIGHT WANT TO TRY TO SAVE WITH TAX INCENTIVES AND OTHER THINGS.

AND ONCE IN A WHILE, WE SEE AN OLD BUILDING LIKE THE ONE THAT SENDS THOSE PIZZAS IN IN NORTH OAK CLIFF THAT GET ADAPTIVELY REUSED INTO SOMETHING COOL AND PRESERVE THE STRUCTURE.

BUT UNTIL TODAY, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACTUAL STRATEGY THAT PRIORITIZES AND PLANS FOR OUR CITY'S RICH CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THE LANGUAGE ITSELF IN THE PLAN, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GONE THROUGH, I THINK, YEARS AT THIS POINT, AT LEAST MONTHS OF OF WORK. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE.

HNA THE TASK FORCE AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, MR. MESTAS AND OTHERS WHO CAME AND SPOKE TODAY DIANE SHERMAN, WHO JUST WALKED IN OUR LANDMARK COMMISSIONER AND THE QUEEN OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR D1 AND POSSIBLY THE CITY PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN AND OF COURSE, KATE SINGLETON FOR HER WORK MOVING FORWARD.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

I THINK THIS IS MOSTLY FOR PUD WHO IS GOING TO BE TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF ROLLING OUT THE STRATEGY AS WE MOVE FORWARD? IS THAT STAFF, IS THAT RHNA? WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR THAT? AND HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR IT? HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CAN I TAKE CAN I TAKE ON THAT QUESTION? YEAH. FOR THE RECORD, MAJADELE GAFFREY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

IT WILL BE THE OWNERSHIP OF CITY STAFF UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR ARTURO, WHO IS ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO HANNAH IS A SUPPORTIVE TEAM TO US.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON COURSE, AND THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HELP US WITH THIS, BUT THE OWNERSHIP IS GOING TO BE 100% CITY STAFF.

HOW IS IT GOING TO BE AUDITED THROUGH COUNCIL? WHAT COMMITTEE WILL IT COME TO? WILL IT COME TO FULL COUNCIL? HOW OFTEN ARE THE CHECK INS GOING TO BE? WE DO THIS FOR HOUSING AND CHAIRMAN MORENO'S COMMITTEE.

WE SEE UPDATES TO THE HOUSING POLICY.

WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR UPDATING US ON THIS? SO WE WE ARE WE HAVE BRIEFED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SEVERAL TIMES.

OKAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT TO HER COMMITTEE.

SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN COORDINATION WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

I WOULD JUST ASK MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS, IF THIS IS ON YOUR COMMITTEE FOR THE ROLLOUT.

I MEAN, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST YEARLY, I WOULD SUPPORT TWICE A YEAR TO, TO JUST HAVE A CHECK IN.

AND I'M GLAD I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE.

SO I PREFER IT GOES THERE PERSONALLY, BUT I DON'T CARE IF IT GOES TO WE ALL GO TO THAT ONE.

AND THEN I MENTIONED THE SURVEY THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR DOWNTOWN.

WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR SURVEYING THE REST OF THE CITY? SO KATE SINGLETON, CHIEF PRESERVATION PLANNER.

SO WE RECEIVED GRANTS FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION THROUGH THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY WILL BE DOING SOME RESURVEYS OF THE AREAS COMING UP VERY SOON, AND THOSE ARE MAINLY IN THE SOUTH DALLAS AREA.

TO RESURVEY THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'LL PUT IN FOR MORE GRANTS, TO DO MORE SURVEYING TO BRING US UP TO DATE.

MANY OF OUR SURVEYS DATE BACK TO THE 1980S AND EARLY 1990S, SO WE'RE SYSTEMATICALLY GOING BACK AND RE SURVEYING, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GO OVER INTO WEST DALLAS AND TO NEAR NORTH DALLAS TO START LOOKING AT AREAS WE MAY HAVE MISSED OVER THE YEARS.

REMIND ME ON THE SURVEYS.

ARE THEY JUST JUST RESIDENTIAL OR ARE THEY ALSO COMMERCIAL? THEY'RE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

AND WHAT THEY ARE IS WHAT WE CALL THEM HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEYS.

SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS AND DOING ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, MATERIALS, WHETHER THEY MEET THE SEVEN

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ASPECTS OF INTEGRITY.

SO THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING OR NONCONTRIBUTING TO A POTENTIAL DISTRICT, TO AN EXISTING OR POTENTIAL DISTRICT THAT MAY BE BROUGHT FORWARD.

CAN YOU AS A SUPPLEMENTAL, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS TODAY, BUT AFTER TODAY PROVIDE US WITH A BUDGET.

AND IF THIS IS ALREADY EXISTS, SEND IT TO ME, PLEASE, OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO SURVEY ALL OF THE AREAS YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE GRANTS THAT YOU ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LET US KNOW WHAT THE GAP IS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN SORT OF ON AS A SIDE NOTE, DOES THIS PLAN ALSO ENCOMPASS THINGS THAT ARE NOT BUILDINGS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOME STATUES IN MY DISTRICT THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE, AND THEY'RE LITERALLY ALONG POLK AVENUE NEAR JEFFERSON.

AND WOULD IT ENCOMPASS IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE ARE AND COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR THOSE? IF I COULD ANSWER THAT IN THE SENSE THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEYS, THEY WILL PICK UP OBJECTS AND SITES, BE IT A CEMETERY OR A STATUARY OR WHATEVER.

THEY WILL I MEAN, WE EVEN BECAUSE IN MY FORMER LIFE, I USED TO DO THESE, WE EVEN WOULD PICK UP THE TILES THAT WERE USED FOR ADDRESSES ON BLOCKS.

WE WOULD PICK THOSE UP AS FEATURES FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO YES, THINGS LIKE THE COLUMNS OVER ON JUNIUS AND SWISS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE PICK UP ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

OKAY. AND AND HOW WILL WE GET INFORMATION ON NEWLY DISCOVERED OBJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PLAN TO PRESERVE HOW TO HOW DO WE LEARN ABOUT THIS? WE'LL JUST BE COMMITTEE UPDATES OR WHAT? YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE I THINK WHAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IS WHEN SURVEYS ARE COMPLETED, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE SURVEY REPORTS MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC.

QUITE FRANKLY, WE DO GET, BY THE WAY, WE DO GET A GIS LAYER FROM THE CONSULTANTS WE USE.

SO WE WILL HAVE THOSE ALL MAPPED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WHILE YOU'RE HERE, COULD YOU, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIENCE, THE PUBLIC LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW DO YOU, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, ADDRESS THAT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WHERE THE CONSTITUENTS WANT TO KNOW? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THEM? WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE SOME OF THAT CAME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS IS TERMED AND WHAT LANGUAGE WE USE. IT'S ALSO THERE ARE LEGACY, NEIGHBORHOOD OR LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAMS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS.

SO I THINK IT IS IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, AND WE HAVE TO STILL DEVELOP THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA COMING OUT OF THE STRATEGY, BUT SORT OF AS SIMPLEST FORM, THAT THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MEANS SOMETHING AND HAS SIGNIFICANCE TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, AND IT'S A DISCUSSION WITH THEM.

WHAT IS THAT THAT YOU FEEL THAT MAKES THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL TO YOU? SO SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE WE CAN POSE OPTIONS.

I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS ALSO GOT TO COME FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZING WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO TELL US.

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT MAKES THAT NEIGHBORHOOD UNIQUE? ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BONDS.

THEY'LL TELL US, DON'T COME IN HERE TALKING OVER OUR HEADS BECAUSE YOU JUST LOST US.

SO YOU NEED TO.

NOW TELL ME, WHAT EXAMPLE WOULD YOU GIVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET TO SPUR THAT CONVERSATION? IS IT THE STREETLIGHTS? IS IT ARCHITECTURE? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING BEFORE I GO INTO FOR DALLAS.

SO YES, IT COULD BE STREETLIGHTS.

IT COULD BE THE WAY IT COULD BE CERTAIN LANDSCAPING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS VERY UNIQUE.

IT COULD BE A GROUPING OF PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED THERE.

HISTORICALLY, THEY'RE NO LONGER THERE.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THOSE STRUCTURES AREN'T EVEN THERE.

BUT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD LIVED THERE.

THERE COULD BE SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC ART THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WELL DEFINED OR DESCRIBED IN THAT AREA THAT PEOPLE FEEL A CONNECTION TO THAT NEEDS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF RECOGNITION.

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THERE ALSO COULD BE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE COME TO US.

THEY HAVE NATIONAL LANDMARK STATUS, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE TEETH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SO THERE COULD BE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE NATIONAL LANDMARK STATUS, BUT ON SOME OF THE PROPERTIES.

BUT MAYBE THEY WANT TO EXPAND ON THE DISCUSSION OF THAT.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT MEANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WHY, AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING MORE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK FOR ME TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TERM, YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE, AND YOU HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN, BECAUSE WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS THAT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THE STANCE THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE RIGHT NOW AGAINST FORWARD DALLAS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU, LIKE, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS SOME 62 YEARS OLD, AND WE HAVE CERTAIN ARCHITECTURE STYLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THAT WE'RE SEEING AS THE AS THE PRIMARY OWNER OF THE HOME DIES OFF, THE HOME IS SOLD.

AND THEN YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE THE YOUNGER, NEWER MINDSET OF, WE NEED TO PAINT THIS AUTHENTIC BRICK HOUSE PAINTED WHITE, BLACK OR GRAY, TEAR DOWN ALL THE BUSHES AND PUT IN WHETHER WHAT IS IT, WHETHER WHETHER RESISTANCE OR WHATEVER PLANTING.

AND THAT'S IT. IT'S KILLING OUR VALUES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THE QUESTION WE WOULD HAVE IS AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A TRIPLEX OVER HERE NEXT TO THIS CUSTOM BUILT HOME, BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OAK CLIFF, WHERE WE LIVE IN SEVEN, FIVE TWO, THREE, TWO, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED CUSTOM BUILT HOMES.

AND I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE THAT HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT, BUT WE DO.

AND SO WHEN YOU BRING THIS IN LEGACY, I'M WONDERING NOW IF WE NEED TO JUST STOP THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT PLACEHOLDERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT THIS WHOLE NOTION ABOUT PROTECTING WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WELL, IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THIS FORWARD DALLAS DOES NONE OF THAT.

SO THAT IS NOT FORWARD.

DALLAS IS SEPARATE AND APART.

FORWARD DALLAS IS AND ABOUT TRIPLEXES FORWARD DALLAS ISN'T ABOUT ANY OF THAT DESIGN PIECE THAT'S ACTUALLY NOW TO PRESERVE SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE TENANTS AND ONE OF THE THE REASONS TO HAVE THIS STRATEGY, BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED NUMBER OF TOOLS TODAY.

ZONING CANNOT EXCUSE ME, ANDREA, BUT ZONING CAN'T SOLVE EVERYTHING.

CORRECT. SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A ZONING OPTION FOR PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS OR THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WHAT ELSE CAN WE ADD INTO THE TOOLBOX THAT GIVES SOME RESOURCES TO SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT CHANGE IN THOSE AREAS.

SO LOSS OF HISTORY, SO THAT IF THAT PROPOSAL COMES, IS IT COMING BACK TO COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM SPECIFIC CRITERIA, JUST LIKE YOU DO WITH SUP SO THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING SOME, SOME ARM, SOME ARTILLERY TO FIGHT WITH.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS THERE ARE GOING TO BE THERE IS GOING TO BE A RETURN TO COUNCIL AS SOME OF THESE THINGS GET FURTHER FLESHED OUT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING PERHAPS WE CAN TOUCH BASE WITH.

THE OTHER PIECE HERE HAD TO DO WITH EDUCATION BEING KEY BECAUSE WHEN I ARRIVED ON.

A COUNCIL REPRESENTING 10TH STREET SOME KIND OF WAY.

THE INFERENCE WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THAT THE CITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF THOSE HOMES, LITERALLY.

AND SO I HAD TO TELL THEM, NO, NO, NO, NO, THAT'S THERE'S NO OPRAH EFFECT HERE.

WE YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE DISINVESTMENT, WE DID SUPPORT THEM.

SO EDUCATION IS VERY KEY.

SO I AM GLAD TO SEE US MOVING TOWARD GIVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PROTECTION.

BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE EDUCATION.

SO THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON AND I'M KIND OF LIKE MR. WE KIND OF HAVE THE HEART.

SAME HEARTBEAT ON THAT.

MISTER WEST. I DON'T LIKE FOR THINGS TO TAKE FOREVER AND A DAY TO GET TO GOING.

I WANT TO GET MOVING.

BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY I LEARNED THIS FROM MY FORMER COWORKER COLLEAGUE MISTER KLEINMAN.

I USED TO LAUGH ALL THE TIME.

HE SAID, WELL, EVERYTHING OLD AIN'T HISTORIC.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I SAID, COME ON, MISTER KLEIMAN.

BUT IT'S A POINT.

BUT IT'S VALUABLE.

SOME THINGS ARE JUST THEY HAVE SOME VALUE.

SO I THINK ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DO.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

AND I WILL ALSO DROP A I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE I HAVE THE TIME, I COMMEND US, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR FIGHT, BECAUSE IT WAS WHEN

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THE COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG WAS HERE THAT I BEGAN TO SEE MORE OF THAT FIGHT, TO BE RECOGNIZED AND TO BE RESPECTED.

SO TO TO THE JOB OR JOB, WHICHEVER SIDE YOU'RE ON, THE DEFENSE, WE APPRECIATE THE FIGHT.

BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR TAKING THIS STEP TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO FIGHT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO PROTECT WHAT BECOMES THE PROPERTY VALUE IN MANY INSTANCES THAT WE LOSE WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS WHO FROM THE GENERATIONS WHO COME AFTER US, WHO WHO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AND NO RESPECT FOR WHAT WAS PUT IN PLACE.

AND I THINK THIS MAY MIGHT BEGIN TO HELP US, BUT HAVE TO GIVE HATS OFF TO TO MISTER RIDLEY.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FUNDS, THE BUDGET AND THE PROCESS IN PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS SINGLETON, FOR FOR BEARING WITH ME, BECAUSE I STILL HAVE ABOUT 20 MORE DAYS TO KEEP.

KEEP PICKING YOUR BRAIN.

THANK YOU. SIX WEEKS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ALL RIGHT.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO I'M SORRY, MAKE I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION BY ADDING A BULLET POINT THAT SAYS THIS STRATEGY WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE PROPER COMMITTEE OR FULL COUNCIL FOR ANY CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY EVERY TWO YEARS.

SECOND MEMBERS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ MR. MAYOR, JUST THAT I JUST SPOKE WITH STAFF ASKING IF THERE WAS YES.

IS THAT A YES? OH, YES. OKAY.

SORRY. OKAY. SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

I JUST SPOKE WITH STAFF AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A REVIEW PERIOD ALREADY IN HERE.

I'M KIND OF LIKE WE DID WITH CAP, AND WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER DIFFERENT PLANS AND STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE ADOPTED, AND THERE ISN'T ONE.

AND SO THAT WAY THIS PLAN CAN STAY LIVING AND DOESN'T GET STALE, OR WE END UP WITH AN ANTIQUATED STRATEGY THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN TWO YEARS YOU DON'T NEED ANY CHANGES, BUT IN TEN YOU MIGHT.

AND SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S CONTINUOUSLY BEING REVIEWED.

AND IT'S NOTHING THAT WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO WITH OTHER POLICIES OR STRATEGIES.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE.

AND STAFF I'LL LET YOU SPEAK.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR THIS STRATEGY? WE SUPPORT THAT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE NARVAEZ AMENDMENT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON.

OKAY? YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL.

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

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

SO NOW FF ONE HAS BEEN AMENDED WITH THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT AND THERE NARVAEZ AMENDMENT.

SO THERE ARE THREE BULLET POINTS ON IT NOW.

AND THE THIRD ONE IS WHAT MR. NARVAEZ JUST SAID. WE'RE BACK TO FF ONE, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I THINK THIS PLAN IS ACTUALLY A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW BIG AND DIVERSE OUR CITY IS.

AS I'VE LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT THEY HAVE, CONSERVATION DISTRICTS THAT THEY HAVE, AND EVEN HISTORIC STATUES, I'LL POINT OUT THAT THERE'S NONE OF THOSE IN DISTRICT 12, NOT EVEN ONE.

AND IN FACT, THERE'S A ONE HISTORIC LOCATION WHICH IS A HISTORIC CEMETERY AND SMALL CHURCH.

AND ACTUALLY A HISTORIC BUILDING WAS REMOVED FROM DISTRICT 12.

AND SO IF YOU GO VISIT FAIR PARK, YOU'LL SEE OLD RUNNER SCHOOLHOUSE, WHICH WAS TRANSPORTED OLD.

I'M SORRY, OLD SCHOOLHOUSE APOLOGIZE.

THAT WAS TRANSPORTED THERE AND IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.

SO HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AS WE LET THAT BUILDING FALL APART.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THERE'S A DEFINITION EVEN OF HISTORIC.

HOW OLD MUST SOMETHING BE? PICK UP AT THE MICROPHONE ON KATE SINGLETON, CHIEF PRESERVATION PLANNER.

YES, THERE IS A HISTORIC WE FOLLOW THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GUIDELINES AND USE 50 YEARS OLD.

BUT THEN ALSO FOR OUR CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF IN OUR ENABLING ORDINANCE FOR THE ZONING OVERLAY.

OKAY. SO I JUST GUESS I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WHEN MY CHILDREN TELL ME I'M HISTORIC NOW, I'M THEIR RIGHT.

OKAY. SO THERE IS A SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO A NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS TO SAY, I THINK THAT THE STAFFING RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WERE

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PRESENTED WERE AT BEST ASPIRATIONAL BUT PROBLEMATIC FOR ME.

WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO ADD IN THREE ADDITIONAL STAFF IN THIS AREA, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE PLAN.

I THINK THE PLAN SHOULD SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

HOW IT ENDS UP BEING IMPLEMENTED REALLY IS, I THINK, A BUDGET AND OR STRATEGIC DECISION.

SO I WOULD LOVE THAT SECTION TO BE REMOVED.

I DOUBT THAT THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THAT, BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK CAREFULLY BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.

LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND EVEN PEOPLE AT COUNCIL ARE GOING TO MAKE A VERY IMPASSIONED SPEECH THAT WE PASS THIS UNANIMOUSLY.

AND LOOK, IT SAYS IN THERE THREE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, WE MUST FUND IT.

AND GUESS WHAT? WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.

AND WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP TO DISAPPOINT THE COMMUNITY AND TO JUST CAUSE ANOTHER FIGHT.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BUDGET TO PUT IN THOSE THREE.

SO WHAT I WOULD SAY TO STAFF IS, PLEASE DO YOUR VERY BEST TO ENGAGE SO MANY PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT CARE ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO BE YOUR TO BE YOUR STAFF, TO BE YOUR WORKERS.

THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WILL DEVOTE THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND TIME TO DO THAT WORK, AND YOU CAN COORDINATE THAT.

BUT I JUST DO NOT SEE HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD IT.

MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOME GENIUS BUDGETING COMING IN THE FUTURE, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT.

THE NEXT THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VERY INTERESTING COMMENTS THAT STAFF HAS MADE ABOUT PRESERVING WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT MAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL, AND TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENT ABOUT FORWARD DALLAS IN THAT INTERSECTION, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

WHAT MAKES SOME NEIGHBORHOODS SPECIAL? WHAT MAKES WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, ARE SOME OF THE VERY ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED WITH FORWARD DALLAS ABOUT PRESERVING A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AS EXCLUSIVELY SINGLE FAMILY? AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL INDEED BE LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS THAT CONVERSATION CONTINUES, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PRESERVATION THAT DISTRICT 12 WOULD LIKE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON PH ONE.

I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.

I THINK THAT FOR A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS A STRATEGY THAT'S NECESSARY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE HAPPEN.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT STAFF AND ALL THE OTHER GROUPS HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW IT TOOK A LONG TIME, BUT IN ORDER TO GET GOOD POLICY, SOMETIMES IT TAKES YOU KNOW, EXTRA TIME.

AND ALSO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT.

OUR RESIDENTS ASKED FOR THIS.

THIS IS A PRIORITY TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO STAFFING MIGHT BE DIFFICULT.

IT MIGHT BE HARD. AND THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER TO DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

AND THEY HAVE DONE COUNTLESS MEETINGS, HOURS, INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS POSITIVE AND WE SHOULD KEEP IT AT A POSITIVE LEVEL IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS GET TAKEN CARE OF THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

IS IN THIS STRATEGY WE HAVE WOULD IT BENEFIT A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE ELM THICKET, NORTH PARK AND THE LA BAJADA NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ALREADY HAVE ZONING OR AN OVERLAY, RESPECTIVELY? I THINK SO BECAUSE I THINK IT EXPANDS THE CONVERSATION BEYOND THE ZONING OVERLAY PERSPECTIVE.

AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM BOTH OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WE'VE GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE PD PROCESS WITH ELM THICKET, YOU HAVE THE NSO PROCESS WITH LA BAJADA.

THE ISSUE WITH LA BAJADA IN PARTICULAR IS THAT THE NSO IS NO LONGER SERVING ITS PURPOSE THERE.

IT'S ITS ORIGINAL INTENDED PURPOSE.

SO EITHER WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE ANOTHER ZONING OPTION THERE, AN AMENDED ZONING OPTION, OR POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE DISCUSSION INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I THINK THIS STRATEGY SUPPORTS DOING THAT AND AND THINKING EVEN MORE BROADER AND DEEPLY ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS WERE TEXTING, ASKING FROM BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THAT THERE ARE ISSUES IN ONE VERSUS THE OTHER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ISSUES IN THE OTHER STILL BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE SERVING THEIR COMPLETE PURPOSE ANYMORE, AS YOU JUST STATED, BECAUSE, AGAIN, POLICY SOMETIMES BECOMES ANTIQUATED OR THINGS CHANGE, THINGS HAPPEN.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY WHAT FORWARD DALLAS CAN HELP US WITH IN ORDER TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE STANDARD TYPE OF POLICY.

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BUT SPEAKING ON THIS THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS DONE.

I'M, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS.

AND NOW WITH THE REVIEWS THAT WILL HELP US OUT.

AND DEFINITELY LET'S KEEP ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TOGETHER.

THAT HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER, BECAUSE I LOVE WORKING GROUPS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WORKING GROUPS HELP STAFF A LOT TO GET THINGS DONE CORRECTLY. AND THE WAY THEY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE THAT MAKE DALLAS THEIR HOME THAT THEY HAVE THEIR INPUT INTO WHAT POLICY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT'S WRITTEN, BECAUSE THEY KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE WHAT THEY WANT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OR ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.

SO MR. MAYOR, I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS STRATEGY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WONDERFUL.

CHAIRMAN. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON FX.

ONE QUESTION WITH HRA CONSULTANTS.

ARE THEY WORKING ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION? THEY WORKED, THEY WERE SPECIFIC TO WORK ON THIS STRATEGY.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS STRATEGY.

BUT THEY ALSO WORKING ON THE HEALTHCARE WITH STAFF BECAUSE WE JUST AWARDED THEM A CONTRACT, RIGHT? CONSULTING RIGHT TO WORK IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE PERSONNEL, SO THERE IS STAFF THERE TO HELP YOU.

AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? HNA HAS NOT BEEN HAS NOT BEEN CONTRACTED TO HELP WITH THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

SO MANAGING WHAT'S IN THE CODE? IT IS BEEN TO SUPPORT STAFF IN DEVELOPING THIS STRATEGY.

ARE THEY AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU IN THIS? WE? IT'S POSSIBLE.

WE JUST HAVEN'T MADE THAT REQUEST.

BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.

SO I GUESS IF THE CITY MANAGER CAN ASK THE CITY MANAGER RESPONSE BECAUSE WE JUST WE JUST GAVE THEM OVER $1 MILLION CONTRACT TO HELP OUT FOR FOR THE STAFF.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MAJID AL JAFFREY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

PART OF THEIR CONTRACT FOR THIS YEAR IS SUPPORT ON THE ON THE STRATEGIC HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN SLASH STRATEGY.

SO, YES, THEY WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH US TO SUPPORT US.

OKAY. ARE YOU GOING BACK? I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE SPEND SOME MONEY.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME STAFF.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST PH ONE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD THE HOW IT'S BEEN AMENDED.

A RECORD VOTE'S BEEN REQUESTED.

MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

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

NO, IF YOU OPPOSE.

MAYOR JOHNSON. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

MORENO. COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

NARVAEZ. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BAZALDUA.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BAZALDUA WAS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKE.

NO. I SEE HIM ON THE MONITOR.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

NOTED COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

YES. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDELSOHN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, WITH 14 MEMBERS VOTING IN FAVOR, ONE ABSENT, ZERO UNOPPOSED, ONE ABSENT, ONE VOTE TAKEN.

THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. NEXT ITEM.

NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS PH TWO.

[PH2. 24-1027 An appeal of the City Plan Commission’s decision to approve a minor amendment to an existing development plan on property zoned Planned Development District No. 1053, on the northeast corner of Skillman Street and East Lovers Lane - M234-003(DM) - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

CH2 IS AN APPEAL OF THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION'S DECISION TO APPROVE A MINOR AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1053, ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SKILLMAN STREET AND EAST LOVER'S LANE.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER.

I READ THIS FIRST.

OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN APPEAL OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TEN FIVE THREE ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2020, FOR A PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA OF THE MINOR AMENDMENT APPEAL IS APPROVED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

MISS PALOMINO WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURE OF THIS ITEM.