Apr 24, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

AND WHO'S THE SUPER FAN? YOU KNOW, THE DALLAS WINGS AND MYSELF HAVE HAD A PHENOMENAL RELATIONSHIP OVER THE OVER MANY YEARS.

AND I HAVE TO THANK MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, BUT ALSO MY BEST FRIEND ADAM MEDRANO, WHO'S OUT THERE BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED ME TO THE DALLAS WINGS.

AND HE'S THE ONE WHO FIRST TOOK ME TO MY FIRST DALLAS WINGS GAME.

AND BECAUSE HE'S JUST A BASKETBALL GUY LIKE BASKETBALL AND HE'S HE'S IN.

AND AS I KEPT GOING TO THE GAMES, IT'S LIKE I JUST FELL IN LOVE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU WATCH THE WINGS PLAY.

BUT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL IN GENERAL, BUT ESPECIALLY THE WINGS, IT'S LIKE YOU ARE PART OF THE GAME.

YOU'RE PART OF THE FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S I DON'T CAN'T TELL YOU A GAME THAT I DON'T GO INTO AND I DON'T RUN INTO GREG.

AMBER, YOU KNOW DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS.

LADAWNDRA LIKE, THAT'S MY GIRL OVER THERE.

YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I NEED SOMETHING LIKE, I WANT THE WINGS TO COME HELP YOU KNOW, TO BE A PART OF.

BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T LIKE LIGHTNING? I MEAN, YOU BRING LIGHTNING TO SOMETHING, AND THEY FORGET ABOUT EVERYBODY, RIGHT? AND AND THE DALLAS WINGS HAVE ALWAYS COMMITTED TO THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE.

AND I GUESS IT'S WHAT JUST ALWAYS RESONATED WITH ME WAS NOT JUST AMAZING ATHLETES LIKE SACHSE WHICH WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.

IT'S LIKE, BUT LIKE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK UP TO HER, YOU KNOW, AFTER A GAME OR, YOU KNOW, SHE'S OUT, YOU KNOW, DOING STUFF AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU.

SHE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.

AND IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S BUT DON'T BUG THEM WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING GUYS, OKAY? JUST FYI, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING PAID TO PLAY THAT GAME.

SO THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS.

SO AND THEY'RE AMAZING.

THEY'RE ALWAYS STELLAR.

HOLD THEMSELVES UP WITH SO MUCH PRIDE.

BUT IT HIT ME, MR. MAYOR ONE DAY I WAS TALKING TO GREG, AND I WAS LIKE, I KID YOU NOT.

I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO BRING THE DALLAS WINGS TO DALLAS? AND I. IT WASN'T MEANT TO DO ANYTHING.

IT WAS JUST KIND OF A LIKE, I'M GOING TO JAB YOU A LITTLE BIT.

AND HE GOES, WELL, FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT.

AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT? YOU KNOW, AND NEXT THING I KNOW, HE'S WORKING.

HE'S TALKING TO YOU. HE'S TALKING TO ROSA, TALKING TO KIM.

YOU KNOW I GOT TO GIVE SOME THANKS TO ADAM BAZALDUA, WHO ALSO WORKED WITH THE WINGS, AND SO DID OUR CHAIRMAN, JANELLE ATKINS, AND ZARA AND GRACIE AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL.

IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT TO WORK TO BRING THE TEAM, THE DALLAS WINGS, TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

NOW, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IS THIS THE WORK THE GAME IS AMAZING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A TROPHY.

I KNOW WE ARE. WE'RE GOING TO GET A TROPHY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG OLD PARADE HERE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS FOR OUR DALLAS WINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE WAS SOME UNFAIRNESS THAT I NOTICED, WHICH WAS WE LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN FOR EVERY OTHER ALL OUR MEN'S SPORTS TEAMS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, BUT NOT THE DALLAS WINGS. AND I REACHED OUT TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER TOLBERT, AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, YOU KNOW, KIM, IT'S THIS IS UNFAIR.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.

AND WE SHOULD BE LIGHTING UP OUR SKYLINE WHEN THE DALLAS WINGS PLAY AS WELL.

AND WE STARTED DOING IT.

WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT RIGHT NOW, AS A I DIDN'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.

NONE OF US DID TO SEE THAT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WAS GOING TO EXPLODE THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

BUT THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME, THE PERFECT TEAM, THE PERFECT PARTNERS.

MR. MAYOR, AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD NOT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THOSE FOLKS OVER THERE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY BECOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE MY FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S JUST SO COOL BECAUSE THAT'S MY TEAM JUST LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE DALLAS TEAMS. BUT IT'S LIKE, THIS IS MY TEAM FOR WHATEVER REASON.

AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, YOU KNOW, I'M A GUY, BUT US MALES HAVE TO UPLIFT THE SPORT FOR WOMEN BECAUSE THE MEN ALREADY GOT THEIRS.

THEY'RE GETTING THEIRS.

BUT THE WOMEN AREN'T.

AND IT'S NOT RIGHT.

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IT'S NOT FAIR. BUT WE GOT TO HELP WITH REVENUE.

WE'VE GOT TO BUY TICKETS. WE'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP TO THE GAMES.

WE'VE GOT TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS AS WELL AND GET MORE VIEWERSHIP.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT NCAA FINAL FOUR, WHICH I WAS THERE IN THE ARENA, THAT'S HOW MUCH I'M COMMITTED TO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOW THAT THE RECORD BREAKING THAT IT WAS.

AND I SEE OUR DALLAS WINGS DOING THE SAME THING.

SO, MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH WE ARE THE GREATEST SPORTS CITY IN AMERICA.

NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT FROM US.

AND WE'RE ABOUT TO BRING THE GREATEST WNBA TEAM TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

GO, WINGS! VOTE UP! ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM TO NOW ATKINS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

YOU KNOW, HE'D BEEN BRAGGING Y'ALL, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DRAG US OUT TO THE GAMES, YOU KNOW, AND SAY, NUMBER ONE, YOU NEED TO GO TO ARLINGTON.

YOU NEED TO GO TO ARLINGTON. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COME? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COME? YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU HEAR IT NOW.

TODAY IS THE BEST DAY.

YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY AND AS CHAIRMAN SAID, AS THE MAYOR SAID THAT WE ARE THE BEST SPORTS CITY IN AMERICA.

WE ARE THAT. AND WE MISSING ONE THING.

THE FIRST LADY, THE QUEEN, THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM.

WE NEED YOU HERE.

AND TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THAT MYSELF AND AND CHAIRMAN GRAYSON HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A JOINT VENTURE MEETING TOGETHER WITH THE AD HOC SPORTS COMMITTEE THAT AMERICA FUND.

SO I GUESS HE HAD A VISION.

THE CRYSTAL BALL, AND KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

SO HE FORMED THIS COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO. BUT YOU LOOK AT ONE THING.

I LOOK AT MARKETING AND I OWN A MARKETING GUY.

AND HOW DO YOU SELL THE CITY OF DALLAS? HOW CAN YOU SELL THE CITY OF DALLAS WITHOUT SAYING NO TO FEMALE TO THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM? WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE NEXT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS? AND WE'VE BEEN MARKETING ALL OTHER CITIES ALL OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SPORTS THAT ARE NOT IN DALLAS.

BUT NOW WE DO HAVE ONE THAT WILL BE IN DALLAS AND PLAYING IN IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK, LIVE, EAT, WORK, ENTERTAINING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION.

JUST IMAGINE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN CAN WALK TO THE BASKETBALL GAME, WALK TO THE RESTAURANT, THOSE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THE LONG TIME I CAN REMEMBER THAT WAS OLD DALLAS CHAPARRALS WAY BACK A LONG TIME AGO WITH ABA.

SO. SO NOW, YOU KNOW, TOOK 30 YEARS TO COME BACK TO REVITALIZE SPORTS DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND WITH A TRUE CITY OF DALLAS SPORTS TEAM. BUT THE WOMEN'S SPORT.

I HAVE A PASSION FOR SPORTS AND I WAS A FORMER FOOTBALL AGENT MANY YEARS AGO.

BUT ONE THING I REALIZED THAT.

IT'S IN THE HEART.

OF THE VISITING IS IN THE HEART OF THE SPECTATORS WHO GO AND WATCH YOU PLAY.

YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU DO ON A FRIDAY? ON A WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY THAT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TO GO TO THE BASKETBALL GAME? AND YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, I KNOW CHAD HAS A LITTLE GIRLS AND I KNOW THEY LOVE TO GO SPORTS AND BRING THEM TO THE GAME.

YOU SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S GO SEE A PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME.

AND THAT'S A MEYERS THAT WHEN YOU GO AND LOOK UP WOMEN, WOMEN TODAY IS THE WORLD.

LOOK AROUND THE HARTSFIELD, ALL THE WOMEN WE GOT HERE.

BUT IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN, SPORTS AND YOU SEE THEM, WHAT THEY DO INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT AN NBA PLAYERS, YOU KNOW.

BUT LOOK AT FEMALE Y'ALL TAKING OVER.

BUT BUT THE POINT IT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT ALSO IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WHERE WE CANNOT.

DO WE BRAGGING ABOUT THE SUBURB.

BUT NOW YOU ARE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE CAN BRAG ABOUT A SPORTS TEAM THAT LIVE WORK, PLAY JOBS IS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, AND OUR TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING TO A BUSINESS THAT IS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND I WANT TO KNOW QUESTION WITH JOB CREATIVITY.

ROSA BEDS.

YOU KNOW, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT JOB CREATIVITY, ECONOMIC IMPACT? SO THE USER AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TODAY WITH THE DALLAS WINGS MAKES THEM A PRIMARY USER OF THE FACILITY.

WE LEVERAGE THAT IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND IT, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER TEAMS AND OTHER SPORTS TO LOOK AT DALLAS AS A AS A LOCATION TO COME.

WE WORK VERY WELL WITH VISIT DALLAS AND THE SPORTS COMMISSION, AND THEY'VE ALREADY BROUGHT TO US SEVERAL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'LL WORK THROUGH WITH OUR INCOMING CITY MANAGER TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU AS WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THOSE.

TERM SHEETS AND LOOK AT HOW THEY INTERPLAY WITH THE CITY.

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AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A BRAND WITH THE DALLAS WINGS, BUT ALSO TO LEVERAGE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OTHER TEAMS HOW DALLAS HAS A LARGE FAN BASE FOR MOST SPORTS.

AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, BUT ALSO FOR US IN TERMS OF THE ACREAGE THAT WILL FREE UP AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

ONCE THE CONVENTION CENTER IS FULLY EXPANDED AND WE'VE FREED UP SPACE, IT ENCOURAGES INVESTMENT AROUND THE CENTER IN TERMS OF RESTAURANT AND RETAIL AND IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEVERAGE THAT.

I THINK I'LL ADD IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TIMELINE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

OUR TIMING WOULD BE FOR THE 2026 SEASON.

SO BASICALLY TWO YEARS FROM TODAY WILL BE THE EARLY ARRIVALS TO THIS DISTRICT, AND WE WILL BE HELPING EDUCATE.

AND CONDITION CITIZENS OF DALLAS TO COME TO THAT PART OF THE CITY AT A TIME WHEN THEY DON'T TYPICALLY DO SO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HELP SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS FOR THAT ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

REALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT, IT IS A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE THAT IS GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY, BUT IT REALLY IS MORE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER THAN ANYTHING. THE WINGS ARE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER AS WELL, BUT WE TRULY ARE AN ASSET FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY, AND WE'LL BE THERE FIRST TO HELP THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT FIND SUCCESS.

AND THE ONE THING I WANTED YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT TV VIEWING.

HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCH THE GAME? OVER 19 MILLION PEOPLE.

BUT ALSO YOU LOOK AT THEY BE WATCHING THE GAME THAT IS PLAYED IN, IN ALL OF THEM.

BUT REALLY TALKING ABOUT DALLAS.

SO TELL ME, HOW DID THE FRANCHISE WORK? WHEN YOU LOOK AT TELEVISION REVENUE, ADVERTISING, HOW MANY DIFFERENT BRANDS? SO IN TERMS OF TELEVISION, IN SPORTS, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BROADCAST AGREEMENTS.

THERE ARE NATIONAL DEALS AND THERE ARE LOCAL DEALS.

THE NATIONAL DEALS ARE DONE AT THE LEAGUE LEVEL, AND THOSE ARE THE ABC'S AND THE CBS AND ESPN'S.

THE LOCAL DEALS ARE DONE AT THE TEAM LEVEL.

FOR US, THAT'S BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST AND BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST EXTRA.

BUT THIS YEAR WE WILL PLAY 40 GAMES.

ALL 40 GAMES WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE.

OF THOSE 40 GAMES, 12 ARE NATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCASTS.

THAT MEANS 12 TWO HOUR ADVERTISEMENTS THIS SUMMER FOR THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, BUT HOPEFULLY FOR THE NEXT 15 TO COME FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

ALSO WITH THAT, MARY.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I NEVER WENT TO THE GAME, BUT I WILL GO TO THE GAME THIS SEASON AND I KNOW IT'S THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE GOING THIS YEAR.

BUT THE KEY IS NUMBER ONE, I DON'T WANT TO TELL THE CITIZEN OF DALLAS AND THE TAXPAYERS THIS IS A GOOD INVESTMENT WITH YOUR DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE REGION.

WE TALK ABOUT OTHER TEAMS THAT DO NOT LIVE IN DALLAS, DO NOT HAVE THE JOBS IN DALLAS.

BUT NOW WE ARE INVESTING IN A BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO BE INTO DALLAS.

YOU LOOK AT 19 MILLION VIEWERS AROUND THE THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 38 MILLION PEOPLE.

IT'S GOING TO GROW.

THEY'RE NOT HERE YET. THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY GET HERE.

BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE FUTURE.

THIS IS A FUTURE.

THEY WOULD NOT CHOOSE DALLAS.

IF ANYTHING, DALLAS WAS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR BASKETBALL, ESPECIALLY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL.

YOU KNOW, WE WE PLAYED BASKETBALL GREAT HERE, ESPECIALLY FEMALE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND MANY CHAMPIONSHIP ALSO.

BUT AGAIN I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, A GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND THAT'S WHY I WILL VOTE FOR IT.

THANK YOU. AGAIN.

I'LL ASK YOU GUYS TO GIVE ME AN ALLOWANCE HERE.

I'M GOING TO GO.

HE WAS ACTUALLY FIRST, BUT HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO DEFER TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND TO SUPERFAN.

SO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SPORTS IS THERE.

AND, GRACIE, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE YOU FOR FIVE MINUTES NOW.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO NICE.

AND AGAIN, JUST THIS IS A HUGE CELEBRATION, A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS.

AND AGAIN, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S COME IS JUST PROVES TO CONTINUES TO PROVE WHAT A TREMENDOUS ASSET THE CONVENTION CENTER IS GOING TO BE.

AND NOW ADDING THE DALLAS WINGS TO THIS ASSET IS JUST ANOTHER PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE THING I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT AGAIN, YOU START TO SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, YOU START SEEING YOUNG LADIES WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AT THAT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TO BEGIN TO SEE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE THEMSELVES IN PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE.

AND AGAIN, THE CITY THAT DALLAS IS BECOMING IN TERMS OF IT BEING A CITY SURROUNDED BY SPORTS, SURROUNDED BY

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OPPORTUNITIES, SURROUNDED BY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVEN THESE YOUNG FELLOWS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY TO SEE THIS.

THESE TYPE OF THINGS SHOULD EVEN EXCITE Y'ALL BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING AND THE BENEFIT IN TERMS OF WORK.

SO AGAIN, FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

WELCOME HOME.

WELCOME HOME. AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN CHAD WAS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THE THE WINGS IN ARLINGTON A FEW TIMES, NOT NEARLY AS MANY TIMES AS CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, BUT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND I PARTED WITH WITH THE FANS UP IN VICTORY PARK A COUPLE TIMES, AND THEY HAVE A CRAZY LOYAL FAN BASE.

IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE HOW LOYAL THE FANS ARE FOR THE WINGS.

AND THE GAMES ARE SUPER FUN TOO.

I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF AND OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.

THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHO I DON'T GIVE ENOUGH RECOGNITION TO BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS AND THE MAYOR FOR REALLY ALMOST EVERY TIME I TALK TO HIM, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO BRING SPORTS INTO DALLAS AND THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DALLAS TEAM, AND IT'S COMING HOME TO DALLAS.

I APPRECIATE CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ BECAUSE HE HAS MADE SURE WE NEVER FORGET ABOUT THE WINGS OF THE WINGS.

WOMEN'S SPORTS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS MEN'S SPORTS.

THEY DESERVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

AS MY COLLEAGUE JUST SAID.

AND. AND THEY'VE GOT ONE TODAY.

AND ALSO MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

LOVE HAVING THE TEAM IN DOWNTOWN.

LOVE HAVING THEM RIGHT HERE.

MY COLLEAGUES HAVE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT TOO.

THE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS FOR VENDORS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS, ENTERTAINMENT RIGHT HERE IN OUR DOWNTOWN.

YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE A CATALYST FOR THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER AREA.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ADAPTIVELY REUSING AN OLD FACILITY.

WE'RE NOT SCRAPPING IT.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT USEFUL.

AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PLACEMAKING RIGHT THERE IN DOWNTOWN.

TO KIND OF KICK OFF THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND IT.

AND CHAIR ATKINS MENTIONED THIS, LIKE THE REVENUE POTENTIAL ON THIS.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IS THOSE OF US ON THE COMMITTEE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH THE REVENUE GENERATION FOR THE CITY, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WITH OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS, WITH STREETS AND ROADS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SALARIES OF POLICE AND FIRE AND ALL OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES.

AND SO I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED TO SEE OVER TIME HOW WE CAN SHOW A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HERE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, BUT THE ROI FROM SALES TAX REVENUE INCREASES THAT ARE GENERATED HERE FROM EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES OUT OF THIS.

SO I WOULD JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE UPDATES AS WE ROLL THIS OUT.

AND I GUESS MY ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT THE MASCOT'S NOT HERE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER LOVES YOUR MASCOT, AND SO I HOPE TO SEE THE MASCOT REALLY SOON.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THIS BLACKMON YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THE DALLAS WINGS IN DALLAS.

I WISH MORE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS THAT USED OUR NAME WERE HERE, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE DALLAS HERE.

I'M A BASKETBALL MOM.

I HAVE THREE BOYS THAT PLAY.

I'VE SPENT MORE TIME, I THINK, IN A GYM THAN I HAVE HERE AT CITY HALL.

AND I SPENT A LONG TIME AT CITY HALL.

SO I APPLAUD ALL THAT THE WOMEN ARE DOING.

BECAUSE WHEN I GET A TEXT FROM MY SON, WHO'S PLAYING IN IRELAND AND HE'S COMMENTING ON THE WOMEN'S GAME, IOWA VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA, AND I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING ABOUT THE MEN'S GAME ON MONDAY.

THAT IS EXCITING WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEVEL OF PLAY HAPPENING AT A FEMALE, AT A FEMALE LEVEL, THAT'S EXCITING.

AND THEN HE TEXTS ME AND SAYS, ARE THEY COMING TO DALLAS? ARE THE WINGS COMING TO DALLAS? AND I SAID, I KNOW NOTHING BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

SO IT'S EXCITING WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR BOYS TALKING ABOUT THE WOMEN AND THE PARTICIPATION AND THE LEVEL OF PLAY, BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT TO A WOMAN WHO WHO DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

SO AND HE DID ASK IF HE COULD GET A PICTURE WITH LOU LOPEZ SINCE Y'ALL, BECAUSE THEY PLAYED IN DUBLIN AT NABA.

AND SO IT'S EXCITING.

AND I SAID, I THINK I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO WELCOME TO DALLAS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DRIVING ONLY TEN MINUTES VERSUS 30 MINUTES TO YOUR GAMES.

WELL, LET ME JUST INTERJECT HERE.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT PICTURE HAPPENS.

SO I HAVE TAKEN A LIST.

WE HAVE LIGHTNING AND LOU SO FAR.

BUT I DID WANT TO COMMENT ON ON WHAT YOU HAD SAID ABOUT YOUR SON, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NOTE THAT I DIDN'T SHARE EARLIER.

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BUT I WANT TO SHARE TODAY.

I WANT TO TAKE EVERYONE BACK REALLY BRIEFLY TO AUGUST THE 6TH, 2007.

I GOT A CALL TO INTERVIEW TO BE THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE WASHINGTON MYSTICS.

AND I KNOW THAT DAY AND THE DAY'S IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY BECAUSE AUGUST 5TH, 2007, MY WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO OUR DAUGHTER, ADALYN.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS I DECIDED TO TAKE THAT INTERVIEW WAS I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT COULD BE REALLY COOL FOR MY DAUGHTER TO GROW UP AROUND WOMEN LIKE SATOU SABALLY AND THE POSITIVE FEMALE ROLE MODELS THAT THEY ARE.

AND I WAS RIGHT.

BUT WHAT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT AT THE TIME, AND NOW I KNOW TWO YEARS LATER WE HAD OUR SON KAIDEN, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, AS GOOD AS IT'S BEEN FOR ADALYN TO BE AROUND SATOU AND ENRIQUE AND THE DALLAS WINGS, IT'S BEEN EVEN BETTER AND MORE IMPORTANT FOR MY SON.

SO TO HEAR THOSE REMARKS FROM YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE MEN THAT SEE SEE, SEE GOOD PLAY AND RECOGNIZE IT AND APPLAUD IT AND THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE WHOLE SPORTS ECOSYSTEM EVEN BETTER.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, WELCOME TO DALLAS.

ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, IT'S EXCITING.

AND MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND EVERYBODY AROUND THIS HORSESHOE AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.

IT'S EXCITING. SO THANK YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

EXCUSE ME. AND TO THE MAYOR FOR HIS WORK CITY MANAGER ROSA AND YOUR TEAM OF COURSE, TO THE WINGS.

AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO INCLUDE STAFF.

I THINK TODAY IS A IT'S A GREAT DAY.

EXCUSE ME. AND I'M VERY EXCITED, AND I'M.

I'M LOSING MY VOICE BECAUSE TODAY WE HAVE SEVERAL CHAMPIONS HERE IN THE ROOM.

THIS IS A CHAMPIONSHIP DAY HERE.

IN THE CITY, WE HAVE SOUTH OAK CLIFF BEING REPRESENTED AND AND FAITH FAMILY REPRESENTED ALONG WITH THE WINGS.

AND SO IT'S A GREAT IT'S SYMBOLIC OF HOW MEN AND WOMEN CELEBRATE IN THE SAME SPACE AT THE SAME TIME IN THIS GREAT CITY OF DALLAS.

BUT MORE MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE TODAY THE UNDERLYING THEME OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

IT'S ALL ABOUT EQUITY.

AND WE KNOW THAT EQUITY AND THE EQUITY LENSES HAVE BEEN APPLIED ON EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IN THE CITY.

AND I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT MR. TSE BROADNAX BROUGHT THOSE LENSES TO THIS CITY, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO THANK HIM.

I KNOW I THANK HIM FOR HIS WORK AND HIS EMPHASIS THAT EQUITY PERMEATES THROUGH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THROUGH OUR ACTIONS, NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT, BUT BE ABOUT IT.

HISTORICALLY, WOMEN IN SPORTS HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGE, A CHALLENGE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

A CHALLENGE OF BEING VALUED.

AND SO WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY.

AND I SAY WE BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO DIGRESS.

JUST A MOMENT.

COUNCIL KNOWS I ALWAYS HAVE A STORY.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE GIRLS WHO PLAYED SPORTS.

I PLAYED BASKETBALL, BUT DURING MY TIME WE WERE LIMITED TO HALF COURT.

YOU ALL PROBABLY CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND WE HAD TO PUT ON THESE CUTE LITTLE PENNIES WITH OUR NUMBERS ON IT, BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND PROBABLY THE MEN WERE MAKING DECISIONS.

THEY DIDN'T THINK WE HAD ENOUGH OXYGEN TO GO FULL COURT.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'VE MADE STRIDES.

IN THE SPORTS, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP KEEPING ON.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I UNDERSCORED TODAY EQUITY.

WE CAN DRIBBLE THE BALL.

WE CAN SHOOT. I KNOW ABOUT THAT WRIST.

OKAY, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT MAINTAINING WHO WE ARE AND THAT GOAL OF INCLUSIVITY BUT EQUITY.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW I HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

THE MAYOR PROBABLY KNOWS WHAT I'M GETTING READY TO SAY.

THE CITY MANAGER KNOWS WHAT I'M GETTING READY TO SAY.

AS WE TALK ABOUT THE EQUITY LENSES, MY CONCERNS WAS THAT THIS MOVEMENT AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE MADE WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER.

DID NOT MINIMIZE THE CONVERSATION AND INVESTMENT AROUND EQUITY.

AND SO WITH THIS PROGRAM AND WE'VE TALKED, I HOPE THAT WE SEE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

WE HAVE TWO ZIP CODES HERE TODAY THAT NEED YOU (752) 247-5216.

AND SO WE NEED YOU.

WE NEED THAT BOND.

WE NEED THE INTERNSHIPS.

WE NEED THE CAMPS.

WE NEED THE MODELING.

WE NEED YOU TO STAND UP SO THAT YOU CAN CARRY ON THE STRUGGLE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT STRUGGLE AND THE BENEFITS THAT YOU'VE REAPED FROM BEING IN

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THAT STRUGGLE. WE ALSO WANT TO SEE A PRESENCE OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AT THAT CONVENTION CENTER.

WE WANT TO SEE SMALL BUSINESSES AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE THEM THERE.

IN TERMS OF BEING VENDORS, WE WANT TO SEE THEM HERE BECAUSE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING AS WELL TO OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES, JUST AS THE WINGS AND THE OTHER WOMEN'S SPORTS HAVE DONE.

SO WE HAVE A CHALLENGE.

BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO AND WE HAVE SHOWN TODAY TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE, OR AT LEAST.

FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT.

WE'RE AT THE GOAL.

SO WILL WE GET ALL NET OR WE WILL HIT THE RIM? AND SO TODAY I HOPE WE ARE NOTHING BUT NET OKAY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO ME TODAY TO HAVE THIS FANTASTIC TEAM.

BUT IT IS TO ME IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC OF THE HARD WORK.

AND DEFINITELY I HAVE TO SAY, I THINK I SAID THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, I WANT YOU ALL TO GET UPSET IF I LEFT THAT OFF, BUT IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC OF THE HARD WORK OF DALLAS.

BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WINGS FOR FOR CONSIDERING US AS A LANDING PLACE.

BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW EQUITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT WALKING THE TALK AND ALSO LIVING UP TO THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED UNDER EQUITY.

THANK YOU. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT FLICKING THAT WRIST? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE TO.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.

CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I JUST WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT A WOMEN'S SPORTS TEAM COMING TO DALLAS AND ESPECIALLY ANCHORING THE DALLAS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM.

THAT IS SUCH GOOD NEWS.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOUR FOCUS ON WORKING WITH GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN CHALLENGED TO COME TO A COUPLE OF ZIP CODES AND CONTINUE THAT WORK.

AND I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON A TEACHER'S LOUNGE.

IF I HEARD THAT RIGHT IN YOUR IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS OUR TEACHERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND THEIR, THEIR SPACES AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK.

I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT NEW TO THIS JOB, BUT I'M LEARNING THAT SOMETIMES THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS, AND I'M LEARNING THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR AGREEMENTS ARE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND ARE REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF BOTH PARTIES.

SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY.

NOW, ONCE THE EXCITEMENT WEARS OFF, I KNOW THAT THE HARD WORK WILL BEGIN OF ROLLING UP YOUR SLEEVES AND AND PREPARING THOSE AGREEMENTS SO THAT EVERYBODY IS WELL REPRESENTED AND THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP CAN THRIVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT.

WE WANT THIS TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS.

AND SO I ENCOURAGE THAT.

WE GIVE IT A GOOD FOUNDATION WITH THOSE AGREEMENTS.

AND I WILL ALSO SAY I HAVE TWIN GRANDSONS NOW.

THEY ARE ONLY LIKE FOUR WEEKS OLD.

SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY BRING THEM TO THE GAMES.

THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. TODAY IS INDEED A GREAT DAY, AND IT'S A GLIMPSE INTO OUR FUTURE AS WE BECOME RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST SPORTS CITY IN AMERICA.

BEFORE I BEGIN, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MAYOR JOHNSON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS VISION AND THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT WORKED THROUGHOUT THE RECRUITMENT AND NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

ROSA, THIS PLAYS A BIGGER ROLE INTO OUR CONVENTION CENTERS.

IF YOU CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE JOB CREATION, THE LOCAL JOB CREATION THAT IT WILL BE BRINGING TO OUR CITY.

SURE. THANK YOU. SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT THIS BEING AN EARLY CATALYST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACREAGE THAT WILL BE FREED UP ONCE WE CAN, ONCE WE DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING CONVENTION CENTER.

BUT LAYERED INTO THAT IS A COMMITMENT FROM THE WINGS.

FOR OUR LIVING WAGE, FOR OUR WAGE FLOOR, AND FOR HIRING 40% OF THEIR PART TIME BECAUSE OUR GAME DAY STAFF FROM THE DALLAS MARKET.

NOW PART OF THAT IS, IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THOSE POSITIONS COME FROM THE VENDORS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE CONVENTION CENTER MANAGEMENT COMPANY STAFF.

RIGHT. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PARTNER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND MORE THAN LIKELY, AS WE DO WITH A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL EXCEED THAT GOAL.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS SPURS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VENDORS IN DALLAS.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF COLLATERAL INDUSTRIES THAT TIE INTO THE SPORTS MARKET, AND SO THERE'S A T SHIRT MAKING OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE'S OTHER MERCHANDISE MAKING OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.

THERE'S ALSO INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING AND WILL BRING TO COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER AT ANOTHER, AT ANOTHER TIME.

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BUT WRAP WITHIN THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WINGS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND THAT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM GOES FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF WHAT WE BRING TO THOSE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST CURRENT BUSINESSES, BUT THE FUTURE BUSINESSES AS WELL.

SO IN TERMS OF IMMEDIATE ECONOMICS, WHEN THEY MOVE HERE, THERE'S CONCESSIONAIRES, THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARKING STAFF, ETC..

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE COLLATERAL JOBS.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO ALWAYS FOCUS ON THOSE THOSE JOBS THAT ARE BASELINE JOBS.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE INTERNSHIP PARTNERSHIP, THAT'S A MUCH LARGER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM COMES IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKPLACE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS WITHIN THE CITY, AND WITH THE WINGS TO ENSURE THAT WE WE SPUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS IN ALL THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE CAN.

WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER TO OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT.

WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CORPORATE GIVEBACK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMITMENT CONTINUES.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THUS FAR.

THE DALLAS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IS IN DISTRICT TWO.

IT'S AN ICONIC VENUE.

I ACTUALLY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM THAT VENUE.

AND SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING ADAPTIVE REUSE.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WILL PLAY INTO THE VIBRANCY OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOVERING CLOSE TO ABOUT 20,000 RESIDENTS NOW IN THE CBD IN THE CEDARS.

AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT WHEN SOMEONE GOES TO A WINGS GAME AND HAS DINNER BEFORE OR AFTERWARDS.

IF YOU COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VIBRANCY THAT THIS WILL BRING TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THAT'S RIGHT. NOW, REALLY A SLEEPING PART OF DOWNTOWN SHARON THAT TAKES US, I GUESS, TO THE BROADER GOALS OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN, WHICH ARE NOT JUST TO BUILD BUILDINGS BUT TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WALKABILITY.

AND SO OUR CONCENTRATION IS NOT ON JUST REFURBISHING A BUILDING AND BUILDING IT INTO A GREAT MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA, BUT ALSO IN MAKING SURE THAT THE WALKABILITY AROUND THE CENTER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, OUR CHOICES OF BUSINESSES AND AS WE BRING FORWARD OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE CENTER AND AROUND THE AUDITORIUM LOOKS LIKE.

BUT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FOR RESTAURANT AND RETAIL, BUT FOR HOTELS, FOR SOME MIXED HOUSING, ETC.

TO BE THERE. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU START TO GET THE THE DENSITY THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE AND BUILD A SUCCESSFUL, A SUCCESSFUL AREA.

SO MORE TO COME WITH THAT.

BUT THE AGAIN THEY'RE A CATALYST.

AND SO WE HAVE.

SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BROKE IN, THE PAPERS GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF CALLS ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF ENTITIES THAT WANT TO NOW COME TO DALLAS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND SO THE THE PERSPECTIVE OF THEM AS AN ECONOMIC CATALYST IS ALREADY FULFILLING ITSELF.

I'M A GIRL DAD, MYSELF.

BABY GIRL PLAYS BASKETBALL.

SO IT'S PROMISING TO SEE WOMEN'S SPORTS BEING PRIORITIZED BY THIS DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE DALLAS WINGS TO DISTRICT TWO TO OUR AMAZING BASKETBALL COMMUNITY.

LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING WNBA GAMES HERE IN OUR VIBRANT DOWNTOWN.

LET'S GO WINGS. AS WILLIS YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD FOR TAKING COUNCIL MEMBER STUART AND I DOWN TO WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.

WE HAD KIND OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT THOSE HALF COURTS AND THOSE KIND OF FRILLY, SILLY LITTLE UNIFORMS THAT GIRLS WORE TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

SO IT'S A NEW DAY IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

AND I KNOW THAT OVER THE PAST, WELL, CERTAINLY THIS PAST SEASON AT THE NCAA LEVEL, IT REALLY WAS A SPORT THAT MY FAMILY WATCHED TOGETHER AND WATCHING ANGEL REESE AND CAMILA CARDOSO AND CAITLIN CLARK AND JUST REALLY ELEVATING THE SPORT.

AND SO IT'S JUST SO EXCITING TO SEE THIS, THIS COMING TO DALLAS.

AND WE MAY NEED TO MOVE MAY DAY TO MAY 3RD THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEND A MISS CLARK HOME WITH A LOSS.

SO LET'S GO WINGS.

BUT BUT ONE THING THAT REALLY HAS STOOD OUT TO ME IN GETTING TO KNOW THE WINGS IS THE BRIGHT LIGHT YOU HAVE BACK THERE IN THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN JACKET WHO'S JUST SLIGHTLY ECLIPSING OUR OTHER BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE BLUE JACKET.

MONICA. PAUL. TODAY.

BUT TODAY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT BEYOND THE SPORTS, BEYOND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST SHOWN EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

AND THANK YOU FOR RUNNING THROUGH THOSE PILLARS, BECAUSE I JUST SEE THE DALLAS WINGS DELIVERING ON IT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT A BRAGGADOCIOUS WAY JUST OUT

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DOING THE WORK. AND SO, MISS LEANDRA WILSON, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO WHAT WHAT YOU DO AND HOW I'M JUST PROUD TO HAVE YOU ALL AS A PARTNER IN THIS CITY, LITERALLY IN THIS CITY.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL SET SUCH AN AMAZING EXAMPLE, NOT ONLY IN YOUNG MEN AND, AND WOMEN SEEING THE SPORT, BUT ALSO IN SEEING WHAT GREAT COMMUNITY SERVANTS YOU ARE. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SCHULTZ.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT IN ANY WAY.

SO LET ME JUST ADD THAT, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL OUT THE FACT THAT IT'S A WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL TEAM.

WE WOULD NOT SAY A MEN'S PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM.

AND SO I HOPE THAT THIS MOVE TODAY BEGINS TO TAKE US AS A CITY TO THE PLACE WHERE OUR GENDER ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED, ARE ACKNOWLEDGED, ARE CELEBRATED, BUT ALSO NOT NOT NECESSARILY AS THE HIGHLIGHT OF IT, THAT IT'S OUR NBA TEAM.

AND OF COURSE, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR NARVAEZ, AS ALWAYS, REMINDING US.

AND THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THANKING OUR MAYOR FOR LEADING THIS AND THE CHAIR OF OUR COMMITTEE, I WANT TO THANK THE THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC FAN OF THE DALLAS WINGS, PAM GERBER, WHO HAS BROUGHT RAISE YOUR HAND IF SHE'S BROUGHT YOU TO A GAME, FOR SURE.

SO REALLY, THANK YOU.

AND I HOPE THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY OF YOU OUT IN DALLAS WHO NOW CAN GET ALL OF US OUT THERE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BUYING SEASON TICKETS SINCE THEY'RE SOLD OUT, I HEARD FOR THIS YEAR, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BUYING THEM NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON, FOR OR AGAINST FOR THE PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33.

RECORD VOTES BEING REQUESTED.

RECORD VOTES BEEN GRANTED. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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. YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MORENO. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACEY.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ IS ABSENT.

ONE VOTE TAKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA IS ABSENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

YES. WITH ALL 13 PRESENT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTING IN FAVOR.

NO. OPPOSED TO ABSENT VOTE TAKEN.

THIS ITEM PASSES.

MR. MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS, DALLAS.

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

IT'S. IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL.

THANK YOU GUYS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.

I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR TWO RECOGNITIONS.

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AND THEN AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN MORENO BEFORE WE GO BACK ON TO CONSENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE RECOGNITIONS LATER, SO.

OR AT LEAST ONE MORE. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE PUBLIC, I'M SURE, IS LISTENING.

AND THOSE, OF COURSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE GALLERY WITH US THIS MORNING, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING MORNING.

TO HAVE A MORNING OF CHAMPIONS HERE AT 1500, MARILLA.

SO WE WILL BE BRIEF, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE YOUNG PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE MORE ENERGY, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE LESS PATIENCE.

BUT THEY HAVE BEEN WITH US THIS MORNING THE BASKETBALL TEAM, THE THREE PEAT TEAM OF FAITH FAMILY, SCHOOL OF THE THREE.

PETER'S WITH CHIEF WITH COACH THOMAS'S WITH US TODAY, AS WELL AS THE 604 PEAT TEAM FOUR PEAT, FOUR PEAT TEAM SCHOOL OF SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

OUR COACHES WITH US HERE THIS MORNING.

BASKETBALL COACH, 600 GAME WINNER.

MR. MAYS.

SO WHAT I WILL DO, I JUST QUICKLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

AS I STATED EARLIER TODAY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE COMMENDATIONS ARE RECEIVED BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE CITY, BUT IN THE

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SOUTHERN SECTOR.

SO I WILL START OFF WITH THE AGE AND THE RESPECT OF OUR ELDERS.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH AND IF YOU WOULD COME DOWN SO THAT WE CAN, CAN, CAN ALSO BE RESPECTFUL OF TIME.

COACH JAMES C MAYS NUMBER TWO.

THE SECOND JAMES C MAYS AS HE COMES.

THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO JUST MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND I DO I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR BEING A STRONG SUPPORTER OF NOT JUST DALLAS, BUT WE HAVE TO HONE IN ON OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE THANK HIM FOR MAKING AN EXCEPTION TODAY.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'VE GIVEN US THE SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS WHO ARE ALL ABOUT DALLAS AND BRINGING AND BRINGING THE VALUES THAT WE SO MUCH ADVOCATE FOR AROUND THIS HORSESHOE.

SO, MISTER JAMES C MAYS NUMBER THE SECOND HE'S WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS FATHER, HIS MOTHER HIS WIFE, WHO'S STANDING BESIDE HIM, AS WELL AS HIS BABY SISTER.

WHEREAS COACH MAYS HAS INVESTED 33 YEARS IN DALLAS ISD AND 31 YEARS AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.

HE HAS BEEN HE HAS WORKED AS THE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH COACH FOR 24 YEARS, AND HE'S NAMED 14 TIMES, AND I GET IT 14 TIMES AS DISTRICT COACH OF THE YEAR, COACH OF THE YEAR TWO TIMES, AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES COACH OF THE YEAR IN 2005.

AND WHEREAS COACH MAYS IS PRESENTLY CELEBRATING HIS 13TH YEAR AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.

UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS TEAMS HAVE MADE UIL STATE PLAYOFFS 25 YEARS, HAVE WON FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, HAVE MADE A TOTAL OF FIVE STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES, AND HAVE APPEARED IN NINE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS.

AND SO IT'S WITH THAT PLEASURE AND HONOR.

IT IS AN HONOR TODAY TO HAVE A HARD WORKING INDIVIDUAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, WHO PROUDLY SERVES DISTRICT FOUR, MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THIS DAY, DO HEREBY EXTEND THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO COACH JAMES MAYS, THE SECOND FOR HIS OVERALL COACHING RECORD OF MORE THAN 600 WINS.

THAT'S 600 WINS, REPRESENTING FOR.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO MORE IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.

SO THEREFORE WE GIVE YOU THIS RECOGNITION AND SALUTE YOU.

BUT COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. AS THEY SAY TO US AROUND THE HORSESHOE SOMETIMES, BUT JUST KNOWING THAT YOU ARE HERE MEANS A GREAT DEAL.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

COACH, I'M GOING TO ASK IF IF WHERE IS IT? DOCTOR SOLIS WOULD COME HERE.

YOU ALL COME AND PRESENT THIS TO COACH MAYS.

AND I WOULD IMAGINE I HAVE TO PROBABLY COME DOWN AND WE'LL DO THAT.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TIE UP TOO MUCH TIME.

WE'LL. WE'LL ALSO GET A CHANCE TO TAKE OUR, OUR PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL.

DID YOU HAVE FOUR SECONDS THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, COACH MAYS? YEAH, BRIEFLY.

FIRST OF ALL MY DAD'S A DALLAS WINGS FAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK MY FAMILY MY WIFE, ESPECIALLY I COULDN'T DONE THIS.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS JOURNEY WITHOUT HER.

SHE'S A BIG, INTRICATE PART OF WHAT WE DO.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL FOR YOU GUYS RECOGNITION.

THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THIS HONOR.

AND THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IF, IF, IF, IF WE CAN HAVE THE GUYS TO COME UP COACH TO COME UP.

IF THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO COME UP WITH THE COACH, THE COACHES WANT TO COME UP.

Y'ALL COME ON DOWN. I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT ENERGY.

IF YOU WANT THE GUYS TO BE WITH YOU, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST COME ON DOWN.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

I'M SURE YOU ALL MAYBE HAVE SEEN THE BILLBOARD THAT HIGHLY PRONOUNCES THE THREE PEAT HERE IN 75.

WAS IT (752) 216-5232? I'M NOT GETTING ALL MY ZIP CODES MIXED UP TODAY.

I'VE GOT SO MANY OF THEM THAT I'M PROUD OF.

75 TWO.

GIVE IT TO US AGAIN.

224752. COME ON UP TO THE.

COME ON UP TO THE MIC. BECAUSE I'M UP HERE REALLY GETTING NERVOUS.

THANK YOU. I JUST SAID THAT, BUT I'M MAYOR ONCE AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS TODAY AND WE HAD A LOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO YOU DID MAKE A SACRIFICE FOR US.

YOU ALL WANT TO COME ON AROUND AND GET IT BALANCED UP A LITTLE BIT, OR DOCTOR SOLIS AND CINDY WILL LET Y'ALL DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

BUT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY MADE WITH THIS CITY.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS TO STRENGTHEN THIS RELATIONSHIP.

HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

THEY HAVE TO LISTEN A LITTLE BIT FIRST BEFORE THEY GET ALL THESE GIFTS.

SO SO SO.

BUT THE SCHOOL THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT IT'S THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HERE IN OUR DISTRICT THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AND

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GROWING. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALSO KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT CHIEF KUNKLE MADE DURING HIS TIME IN THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN THE SCHOOL AND THE PROGRAMING. AND SO WE HAVE SO MUCH SUPERINTENDENT MOLLY, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE WITH ALL YOUR STAFF, AND WE CAN'T CALL ALL THE NAMES, BUT JUST KNOW THIS.

WE BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

I HAD THE WRONG IN MY HAND HERE.

COACH THOMAS, YOUR LEADERSHIP, HEAD BASKETBALL COACH FOR THIS FANTASTIC TEAM AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS SCHOOL.

YOU'VE HAD THE HONOR COACH THOMAS OF SERVING FOR 14 SEASONS AS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT FAITH FAMILY ACADEMY.

YOU HAVE AMASSED A RECORD OF MORE THAN 350 WINS.

AND COACH THOMAS HAS LED HIS TEAMS TO VICTORY AS A FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPION WITH NINE APPEARANCES IN STATE FINALS.

IN THE FINAL FOURS, HE'S PRODUCED WINNING TEAMS WITH 14 RECOGNIZED AS TOP 25 STATE RANK AND EIGHT TOP 25 NATIONALLY RANKED, AND TEAMS WINNING MULTIPLE U-I-L FOUR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND WHEREAS, COACH THOMAS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS STATE COACH OF THE YEAR SIX TIMES NOW.

THEREFORE, OUR CAROLYN KING ARNOLD PROUDLY SERVING DISTRICT FOUR IN THIS POSITION OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS ON APRIL 24TH, DO HEREBY EXTEND THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO COACH BRANDON THOMAS FOR LEADING FAITH FAMILY ACADEMY TO THE AND THE OAK CLIFF BASKETBALL TEAM TO ACHIEVE THE THREE PEAT DESIGNATION AS WINNERS OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES.

NOW, I KNOW HE'S ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS WIFE MR. MILLER, WHO DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL.

BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NOW, IF CINDY AND DOCTOR SOLIS, WOULD YOU ALL DIRECT? THEY ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY INVEST IN IN OUR EMOTIONAL EXCITEMENT AND AND APPRECIATION.

THEY WANT TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW? COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.

COACH, WHILE WE ARE GETTING READY.

JUST HONORED. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR.

YOU CAN RAISE A MY MIC.

THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE JUST HONORED TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING US AND AND ALWAYS SUPPORTING US LIKE YOU DO.

WE'RE HONORED TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AND WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL LEAVE A LASTING IMPRINT ON THESE KIDS LIVES FOREVER.

THESE ARE A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH THEM.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE JUST COMPETED, COMPLETED A THREE PEAT.

WE HAVE TWO GUYS ON THE TEAM THAT WERE A PART OF ALL THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THIS IS JAZZ HENDERSON HERE AND DORIAN CHEKWA RAISE YOUR HAND.

DORIAN. THEY THEY THEY WERE A PART OF ALL THREE.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THE CORNERSTONES FOR OUR PROGRAM.

OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE KIDS GO ON TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS.

I THINK AROUND NINE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THESE GUYS WILL BE ATTENDING SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

OUR THREE SENIORS WILL BE GOING ON TO TEXAS A&M, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TECH, AND DORIAN IS GOING TO GEORGIA TECH.

SO WE LOVE WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE LOVE TO SEE THESE GUYS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND OPEN UP DOORS FOR LIFE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YEAH, YOU GUYS CAN COME ON DOWN FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.

ALSO WE HAVE A SPECIAL ONE.

ONE MORE GIFT.

OH SHE'S COMING DOWN.

OH I'M SORRY SHE'S STANDING UP ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. GO ON DOWN.

MAYOR PRO TEM, THEY GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH.

OH, WE CAN ALL COME IN HERE.

OKAY? SHE CAN HAND IT TO HER.

SHE'S DONE. SHE'S GOT A LOT GOING ON.

SHE. OKAY, THAT PUT ME ON THE SPOT.

WOW. OH, THAT IS SO CUTE.

THANK YOU. SEE YOU.

ALL THAT WRIST FLICKING IS FINALLY PAYING OFF.

YOU'RE A STATE CHAMPION NOW.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

Y'ALL CAN. COME ON. Y'ALL CAN COME INSIDE THE HORSESHOE FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

THAT'S THE ONE FOR THEM, RIGHT?

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NICE TO SEE YOU.

AGAIN. COME ON.

OVER HERE. OH! OH! COME DOWN! OKAY? YEAH. YOU GUYS.

ALL TIED. I KNOW, I KNOW, THIS IS A VERY NOT NORMAL DAY FOR US.

TURN YOUR. TURN IT AROUND.

GIVE THEM THEIR PROTEIN. TURN AROUND.

HERE WE GO. LOOK UP.

WE'RE GOING TO COUNT ON FOUR.

ONE. TWO. THREE.

FOUR. ONE.

TWO. THREE. FOUR.

GOT YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

HE'S GOING TO KILL THAT FOR ME.

GOT. RIGHT.

COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE.

IT'S JUST THE WRONG ONE. ONE.

TWO. THREE. FOUR.

LOOK THIS WAY. ALL RIGHT.

HEY. LET ME. CAN I GET JUST THE THREE OF YOU OUT REAL QUICK? YEAH. NO. MISS ARNOLD.

NO. YOU. YEAH.

LET ME JUST GET THOSE THREE RANDOM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YES. THANK YOU.

PERFECT. THANKS. THERE WE GO.

OKAY. PERFECT. YES.

YES, YES. YOU'RE GOOD.

YES.

OKAY. IT'S 1105.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE.

YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT DURING THIS TECHNICAL RECESS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS FROM 1105 TO 1110 TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE DALLAS WINGS.

AND WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW BY CHAIRMAN MORENO.

SO MR. MORENO, GO AHEAD AND MAKE AND MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE'LL COME BACK.

THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS FROM AUSTIN.

WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, TITO VILLA, JOSEPH VELASQUEZ AND VANESSA FUENTES.

IF WE CAN PLEASE ALL JOIN IN WELCOMING THEM TO DALLAS.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE.

WE'RE AT RECESS UNTIL 1110.

BUT WE'LL ASK THE WINGS FOLKS TO COME ON DOWN, AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT NOW WITH THE TEAM.

OKAY. 1110 WAS KIND OF LIKE A SUGGESTION, I GUESS, BECAUSE.

1116 AND NOW WE'RE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

I SEE A QUORUM HERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF YOUR AGENDA, BEGINNING WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE.

[1. 24-922 Approval of Minutes of the April 10, 2024 City Council Meeting]

ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE APRIL 10TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

OUR MOTION. AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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YOUR CONSENT? AND THERE HAS BEEN A LAST MINUTE CHANGE.

AGENDA ITEM 12 HAS BEEN PLACED BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH 29.

AGENDA ITEM TEN HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN AND AGENDA ITEM 23 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.

AGENDA ITEM 29 WAS DELETED.

THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH NINE.

11 THROUGH 22.

AND 24 THROUGH 28.

THE MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

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

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR FIRST PULLED ITEM.

[10. 24-673 Authorize a professional services contract with WSP USA Inc. to provide construction material testing services during the construction of a portion of Street Reconstruction Group 17-5001 (Rosemont Road from Hillburn Drive to North Jim Miller Road) identified as PB17V997 - Not to exceed $232,475.00 - Financing: Street and Transportation (A) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund)]

AGENDA ITEM TEN.

AUTHORIZE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH WSP USA, INC.

TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TESTING SERVICES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PORTION OF STREET RECONSTRUCTION GROUP 17-5001 ROSEMONT ROAD FROM HILBURN DRIVE TO NORTH JIM MILLER ROAD, IDENTIFIED AS PB 17997, NOT TO EXCEED $232,475.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

A MOTION ON ITEM TEN.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MOVED TO APPROVE.

I'VE HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND AT THIS POINT.

ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN? MENDELSOHN.

ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE.

I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS GOT PULLED.

THEN YOU GOT PULLED BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO VOTE NO.

OH, GOTCHA.

OKAY. ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST ITEM TEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT AND YOU NOTE THE NO, MR. MAYOR. WELL, NOW, MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 23.

[23. 24-1208 Authorize a three-year service contract, with the option of one two-year renewal option or two one-year renewal options, for Owner Controlled Insurance Program broker services for the Office of Risk Management - Marsh USA, Inc., most advantageous proposer of five - Not to exceed $2,242,000 - Financing: Owner Controlled Insurance Fund (subject to annual appropriations)]

AGENDA ITEM 23 AUTHORIZE A THREE YEAR SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE OPTION OF ONE TWO YEAR RENEWAL OPTION OR TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM BROKER SERVICES FOR THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.

MARSH USA, INC..

MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSAL OF FIVE NOT TO EXCEED 2242.

I'M SORRY $2,242,000.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.

YOU DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM? HERMAN ROSS THE SECOND.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

EXCUSE ME.

MY NAME IS HERMAN ROSS AND I'M THE FOUNDER AND COO OF NATIONAL INSURANCE CONSULTANTS.

I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 23 FOR OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM BROKER SERVICES.

MY COMPANY, NATIONAL INSURANCE CONSULTANTS, INC., FOUNDED ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, 30 YEARS OF SEPTEMBER IN NEVADA.

WE NOW HAVE OFFICES IN IRVING AS WELL AS FOUR OTHER STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS OSEP ADMINISTRATION BY HAVING THE ADMINISTRATION FLOW THROUGH OUR OFFICE ON SITE, NECESSARY FOR THE OSEP CONTROL INSURANCE PROGRAM.

WE'VE BEEN PARTNERS WITH MARSH FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND SERVICES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. AGAIN, THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.

IS THERE A MOTION ON 23? MOVE. APPROVAL. SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN.

GRACEY? YES. YEAH. FIVE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM AGAIN.

IN THE SPIRIT OF EVERYTHING THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS DOING AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAVING.

AND THE SPIRIT OF JUST ALL THE WONDERFUL WOMEN THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE OUTCOMES OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND REALLY, IN THE SPIRIT OF EQUITY, THIS IS YET ANOTHER TOOL THAT'S BEING INCLUDED IN WHAT IS AN HISTORIC IN TERMS OF MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED PARTICIPATION FOR THIS CONTRACT? BUT THIS OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT I SEE MY FRIEND CALVIN STEVENS.

AND WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR THE CITY, I SAT DOWN WITH HIM, AND I CONSIDER HIM THE KIND OF THE OG OF ARCHITECTING.

WHAT IS ARCHITECTING? WHAT IS MANY THE BUSINESS INCLUSION MODEL.

BUT I REMEMBER SITTING DOWN WITH HIM YEARS AGO TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM WAS, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO AGAIN,

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IN THE SPIRIT OF ALL THE EQUITY AND THE THINGS THAT TC HAS DONE TO TO BRING EQUITY TO THE CITY.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP DURING THE AVAILABILITY AND DISPARITY STUDY.

SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING GREAT.

AND IT GIVES RONDA JUST A MOMENT TO REALLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM IS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES IF SHE'S AROUND.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS RHONDA SMITH, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.

AND TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS REALLY DON'T COME A LOT FOR RISK PROFESSIONALS.

AND COMING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND BEING HERE, BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES I'VE HAD PROFESSIONALLY.

AND I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, BUT PROFESSIONALLY, IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES I'VE EVER HAD IN MY 30 YEAR CAREER AS A RISK PROFESSIONAL.

WHAT THIS OSEP PROGRAM WILL MEAN TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND WOMEN MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES, IS THAT IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THE THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT OBSTACLE THAT SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES EXPERIENCE.

IT WILL PAVE A PATHWAY TO ACCESS TO PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE.

THEY GET THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PIECE OF THE PIE, BUT NOT JUST A PIECE OF THE PIE, A BIGGER PIECE OF THE PIE.

SO IN A CIP PROGRAM THE CITY WILL PURCHASE THE INSURANCE ON BEHALF OF THE PROGRAM AND THE CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS.

SUBCONTRACTORS WON'T HAVE TO BE BOTHERED WITH THIS INSURANCE REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S A WIN WIN FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

MEANING THAT BECAUSE WE WILL BE UTILIZING A MAJOR AND I'M TALKING ABOUT A MAJOR INSURANCE BROKER THAT HAS LARGER, HAS MORE LEVERAGE IN THE INDUSTRY AND INSURANCE INDUSTRY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH BETTER QUOTES ON THE ON THE DIFFERENT LINES OF INSURANCE.

AND WE'RE NOT REQUIRED AND WE'RE NOT RELYING ON A CONTRACTOR OR A SUBCONTRACTOR WHO'S ONLY USING AN AGENT TO COME BACK WITH THOSE PREMIUMS, BECAUSE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THE CITY IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS INSURANCE, AND IT'S USUALLY EMBEDDED IN THE QUOTE THAT COMES FROM THE CONTRACTOR.

AND THIS WAY WE CAN CONTROL THESE POLICIES, AND WE CAN CONTROL THE SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.

SO IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE.

AND THESE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS.

AND IN ALL THE CITIES THAT I SURVEYED LAST YEAR, AND WHEN I PRESENTED TO GTFM, THE USUAL OUTCOME AND THE EXPECTATION IS IS JUST WHAT I SAID. IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE.

WE GET LOWERED, WE HAVE COST AVOIDANCE, THE PROGRAM PAYS FOR ITSELF.

AND AGAIN, WE GIVE SMALL BUSINESSES AND MWBES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECTS THAT NORMALLY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

I JUST WANTED TO COLLEAGUES JUST TO SAY THAT THIS IS A BARRIER THAT IS BEING REMOVED FOR MANY OF OUR MINORITY WOMEN OWNED CONTRACTS, WHETHER IT'S INTENTIONAL, WHETHER IT'S SYSTEMIC, PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE SAYS THAT REMOVES THAT EXCUSE TO SAY, I CAN'T USE YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET BONDED.

WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE IN THIS SITUATION, WE HAVE FORMER COMPETITORS WHO ARE NOW PARTNERING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THIS.

SO AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS CONTINUES TO BE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

WE GET THE WINGS, WE GET HISTORIC MINORITY PARTICIPATION, AND WE GET A PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT CREATES EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND AS WE GO ON TURNS INTO A ROLLING OWNERS INSURED PROGRAM THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO APPLY TO OTHER PROJECTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THIS.

AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

AND THANK YOU TO TC FOR, AGAIN SHOWING US WHAT EQUITY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT CAN SHOW ITSELF IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 23? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 30TH JUNE.

[30. 24-1232 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

ITEM 30 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THIS MORNING YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL FULL COUNCIL AND OFFICER APPOINTMENTS.

THE OFFICER APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SEPARATED.

TO ALLOW THE MAYOR TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THAT ON THAT ITEM.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT.

TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.

NANCY AMMERMAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

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MISS AMMERMAN MEETS THE COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY OF DISABLED PERSONS SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

I'M. I'M SORRY.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

PHILIP GLOBIN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

GREGORY MICKELSON IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

MR. MICKELSON MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION.

JAD. MESO IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

MR.. MESO MEETS THE POSSESS A JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.

TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE THREE BOARD OAK CLIFF GATEWAY.

CHRISTOPHER ASLAM IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR JOHNSON TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE EIGHT BOARD DESIGN DISTRICT.

PETER HAHN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR JOHNSON TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE EIGHT BOARD.

DESIGN DISTRICT AMANDA MORENO LAKE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE NINE BOARD.

VICKERY MEADOW L.C.

THURMAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR JOHNSON TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 19 BOARD.

CYPRESS WATERS DEREK SANDLER IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR JOHNSON TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 20 BOARD.

MALL AREA REDEVELOPMENT OSCAR JOYNER IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. HOWEVER, I DID OVERLOOK YOU DO HAVE A SPEAKER THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SO MARVIN CRENSHAW.

BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE ITEM I.

YOUR MICROPHONE? YEAH. PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE MIC.

PLEASE. WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.

YOUR MICROPHONE. PLEASE SELECT THE BUTTON AT THE BASE OF THE.

WILL YOU PLEASE. ARE YOU GOING TO GET SOME HELP? SORRY. THANK YOU.

OH, OKAY. SO CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, I JUST SAID I BROKE MY GLASSES, SO I WANTED TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT EVERYONE BEFORE I START SPEAKING.

SO IN CASE SOMEONE THREW A ROCK OR ANYTHING.

BUT MARVIN CRENSHAW, 2704 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

NUMBER TWO BE.

MISTER MAYOR, I HAVE SPOKEN.

LAST YEAR CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I REQUESTED THAT ON THE AIRPORT BOARD.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS WHAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT IS THAT THERE BE AN ORDINANCE PASSED OR A RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER, THAT ANYONE THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE APARTHEID GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COME INTO THE INTO THE CITY.

AND WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WAS ESCORTED OUT AT THAT TIME AND CONSIDERING WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW AND WHICH MOST OF US WHO WILL NOT EVEN LISTEN TO ME TALK OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE SEE, THAT THERE'S A VERY THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, I THINK, STATED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STAND UP WITH ISRAEL.

REMEMBER THAT? AND RIGHT AFTER THAT, OVER 30,000 PALESTINIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE MURDERED, IN MY OPINION, IN GAZA, AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SUGGEST TO YOU IS THAT ON THE AIRPORT BOARD THAT YOU SAY NOT APPOINT A CHAIR OF THE BOARD BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HOPEFULLY THAT THE WAY THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ACTING, WE MIGHT HAVE JOE BIDEN AS CHAIR OF THE DALLAS AIRPORT. MISTER CRENSHAW I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE AIRPORT BOARD, YOU CAN PAUSE THE TIME REAL QUICK.

THE AIRPORT BOARD IS ACTUALLY NOT UP.

OH, IT'S NOT UP. IT'S NOT.

YEAH, IT'S NOT ONE IT'S NOT ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED TODAY.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. BUT I'LL SAVE THAT UNTIL MY NEXT PRESENTATION.

BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU I'LL SAY THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, AND THE NOMINEES HAVE BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD, MR. MAYOR, FOR A MOTION. IN A SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

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NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR OFFICER APPOINTMENTS.

DEREK SANDLER IS BEING NOMINATED CHAIR OF THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 19 BOARD.

CYPRESS WATERS BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

AND CHRISTOPHER ASLAM IS BEING NOMINATED CHAIR OF THE REINVESTMENT ZONE THREE BOARD, OAK CLIFF GATEWAY BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM LOOKING FOR A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 31 AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN THE DEVELOPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS HEAVENLY HOMES LIMITED OR ITS AFFILIATE

[31. 24-1233 Authorize an increase in the development loan agreement with Texas Heavenly Homes Ltd., or its affiliate (Applicant), conditioned upon the completion of a third-party underwriting for the development of the Bottom Infill, a 32-unit single-family affordable housing project located in the Bottom neighborhood of Council District 4 - Not to exceed $3,084,427.00, from $500,000.00 to $3,584,427.00 - Financing : Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds (This item was deferred on February 14, 2024 and March 27, 2024)]

APPLICANT, CONDITIONED UPON THE COMPLETION OF A THIRD PARTY UNDERWRITING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOTTOM INFILL, A 32 UNIT SINGLE FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT LOCATED IN THE BOTTOM NEIGHBORHOOD OF COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, NOT TO EXCEED $3,884,427 FROM $500,000 TO $3,584,427. YOU DO HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

FIRST, SPEAKER KEN MONTGOMERY.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KEN MONTGOMERY.

I RESIDE AT 8217 LULLWATER DRIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.

RECENTLY, I WAS HONORED TO BE A PART OF THE HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUB TASK FORCE ON THE BOND.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AS PART OF THAT WORK, I LISTENED VERY INTENTLY TO WHAT THIS BODY ASKED FOR AND WHAT THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE ASKED FOR.

AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR ON THREE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, YOU WANT SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED OWNER, OCCUPIED HOUSING.

IN OTHER WORDS, FOR SALE HOUSES.

NUMBER TWO, THEY SHOULD USE EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES.

NUMBER THREE, THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING.

THIS PROJECT ON THE BOTTOM ACCOMPLISHES ALL THREE OF THOSE.

NUMBER ONE, ALL 32 HOUSES IN THE PROJECT ARE SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED AND FOR SALE, AS WAS REQUESTED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ORIGINALLY.

WE HAVE A RANGE OF PRICES SERVING HOUSEHOLDS AT BOTH 60% AMI AND BELOW AND 80% AMI AND BELOW, AND THOSE.

THE PRICING ON THE HOUSES WILL START AT 185 AND GO UP TO TWO $270,000.

THE FUNDING SOURCE.

SO THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS NUMBER TWO, USE WHAT WE HAVE.

THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY CDBG-DR.

IT'S PART OF AN EXISTING ALLOCATION.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DEPLOY THESE FUNDS UNLESS THEY GO BACK TO HUD.

AND NUMBER THREE, I HAVE A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE ADDRESSES.

AND THIS IS PART OF A ALMOST 200 PAGE NOFA APPLICATION.

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HOUSE WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON, WHAT ADDRESS, WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE FOR THOSE.

I CAN GO LINE ITEM TO TELL YOU WHAT CABINETRY COSTS, TELL YOU HOW MUCH THE WINDOW COVERINGS ARE GOING TO COST.

IT'S VERY SPECIFIC AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ASK FOR.

FINALLY, AND AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM POINTED OUT EARLIER, IT'S ALL ABOUT EQUITY.

AND THIS ALSO LIES IN ONE OF THE THREE EQUITY TARGET EQUITY STRATEGY TARGET AREAS.

WE'RE IN TARGET AREA NUMBER TWO.

AND BASICALLY IN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AT THE NORTH END OF TARGET AREA TWO.

SO THIS ITEM CERTAINLY ACHIEVES THE GOALS THAT YOU'VE SET OUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING.

AND I TRUST THAT YOU'LL LOOK FAVORABLY ON IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, WALTER GRAY.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? MY NAME IS WALTER GRAY.

I MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THE BOTTOM AREA FOR ABOUT MAYBE FOR TWO GENERATIONS, ABOUT MAYBE 150 YEARS.

MY GRANDMOTHER LIVES THERE NOW.

HER GRANDMOTHER LIVED THERE.

JUST RECENTLY, I WAS.

I PURCHASED A HOUSE ON THE BOTTOM ON REALLY CLOSE TO THE RECREATION CENTER.

SO IT'S GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE CLOSER TO MY FAMILY, TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MY FAMILY LIVES IN AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN.

AND I THINK THAT IT DOES PROVIDE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GAIN EQUITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'VE LIVED IN AND MY FAMILY'S LIVED IN.

WE ALL WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.

AND I JUST HOPE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MORE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT GOING THROUGH THE REHAB PROGRAM, THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE THAT WAS PROVIDED WITH IT, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE EQUITY IN MY MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD HAS

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BEEN A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.

I LOVE TO SEE THAT OPPORTUNITY EXTENDED TO OTHER PEOPLE.

SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT FOR THAT AREA.

DICK LEBLANC. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND COUNCIL.

I'M DICK LEBLANC, AND I'M PRESIDENT OF TEXAS HEAVENLY HOMES.

WHERE THE HOME BUILDER DOWN IN THE BOTTOMS. I'M HOPEFUL THAT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN ON THE BOTTOMS. THERE'S A REVITALIZATION GOING ON THAT TOOK A LONG TIME COMING, AND IT TOOK THE EFFORTS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, SOME OF YOU SITTING HERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE RIGHT NOW, FOR THAT TO OCCUR AND TO GET A PUBLIC WORKS AND DALLAS UTILITIES INVOLVED SO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE IMPROVED FOR HOMES COULD BE BUILT DOWN THERE.

WE HAVE BUILT 15 HOMES DOWN THERE IN THE LAST SINCE JANUARY OF 22.

I THINK ALL ALL 14 OF THEM ARE SOLD.

AND THE LAST ONE AS A CONTRACT PENDING, THE MARKET'S REALLY ACCEPTED WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WE AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM DOWN IN THE BOTTOM.

THE WE HAVE PLANS TO PICK IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

THAT IS TO ACCELERATE OUR CONSTRUCTION.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THIS AGENDA ITEM FAVORABLY BECAUSE IT'LL BE HELPFUL IN, IN PICKING UP THE PACE A LITTLE BIT.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.

SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S IT WAS BOY, IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY, BUT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JOY PORTION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HAPPY HOMEOWNERS.

AND WE HAVE GOOD DEMAND.

AND THE BOTTOMS HAS BEEN REDISCOVERED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PAUL BAUCUS.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR JOHNSON.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PAUL BACCHUS.

I'M THE OWNER OF URGO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH TEXAS HEAVENLY HOMES TO CONSTRUCT A FEW OF THESE HOMES IN THE BOTTOMS. AND BY APPROVING OF THIS FUNDING, IT ALSO ALLOWS US NOT ONLY TO KEEP BEAUTIFYING THE CITY, BUT ALSO EMPLOY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'VE ALSO NOTICED IN CONSTRUCTING ON INFILL LOTS IS THE DRUG, PROSTITUTION AND OTHER THINGS THAT OCCUR BY JUST HAVING THESE LOTS SIT VACANT, PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE CALL TO 311.

IT'S EMAILS TO YOU GUYS.

IT'S POLICE PRESENCE.

IT'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THAT WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTED AND ALSO ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. AND THANKFULLY AND GRATEFULLY, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY VIOLENT ACTS IN BUILDING IN THESE AREAS.

BUT BY SUPPORTING FUNDING IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, IT WILL ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM AND MAKE DALLAS THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT WE LOVE SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 31.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

ITEM 31. I MOVE TO DENY THIS ITEM.

SECOND. THE QUESTION.

OH. ONE SECOND. WERE YOU TRYING TO GET IT? OKAY. POINT OF INFORMATION WAS THAT WAS THAT DENIED WITH PREJUDICE OR WITHOUT? CAN YOU TELL THEM IT'S ONLY PARLIAMENTARIAN TO JUMP IN WEARING MY ZONING HAT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THINGS RIGHT HERE.

GO AHEAD. THERE IS NO COMPONENT OF WITH OR WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR THIS APPLICATION I OKAY, SO MEMBERS YOU HEARD THE MOTION, IT WAS SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WHAT COUNCIL WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO DO IS TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT IN THE BOTTOM.

I WANT TO YOU ALL TO KNOW IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR VOTE IN SUPPORT THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE BOTTOM, BUT WE WANT TO MOVE STRATEGICALLY AND WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE.

NOW, MR. DICK LEBLANC HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE, POSITIVELY WONDERFUL PARTNER HE HAS TAKEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTS ME TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT HE HAS TAKEN SOME OF HIS OWN MONEY TO PUT IN SOME OF THOSE, THOSE HOMES SO THAT THE WE COULD GET THE MODEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. EXCUSE ME, FOR THIS IS WHERE WE I AM FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE DONE.

NOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE WAS A COUNCIL VOTE, I BELIEVE, IN 2019 TO MAKE SURE THAT TEN HOMES WERE BUILT.

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THOSE HOMES WERE BEING BUILT DURING COVID.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LEGAL THERE'S AN OBLIGATION TO GET THOSE COMPLETED.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NINE THAT I HAVE HAVE, HAVE GOT SOME PAPERWORK ON, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE 10TH ONE.

AND SO WE WERE BOUND, I THINK WE GAVE A DIRECTIVE TO, TO BE RESPONSIVE BY 2021 WITHIN THE YEAR OF OUR VOTE.

AND SO WE KNOW COVID HIT AND THERE WERE SOME EXTENSIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN COME BACK WITH A REPORT THAT THAT GAP HAS BEEN CLOSED.

NOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A STEWARD, GOOD STEWARD IN TERMS OF TAX DOLLARS.

NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE SOME OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH TIMELINES.

AS I'VE DRIVE THROUGH AND WE DO OUR REGULAR DRIVE THROUGH, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, SOME DESIGNS, SOME OWNERSHIP OF LOTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO ME AS BEING OWNED BY BY HEAVENLY HOMES.

AND ONE OF THOSE AND SOME OF THOSE LOTS WERE BEING REPRESENTED AS A COMMUNITY BUILD.

NOW, ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY TO MR. DICK LEBLANC AND HE'S HERE, ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE TOLD ME IN THE BEGINNING HE WANTED TO BUILD A COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST HOMES, BUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS WE CANNOT LET A PROJECT GO WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE DESIGNS ARE ALL TOP NOTCH AND THAT THOSE DESIGNS SPEAK TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S MY VERY, VERY BIG CONCERN.

BUT GETTING ALL OF OUR PAPERWORK AND DUCKS IN A ROW IS VERY IMPORTANT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A MAJOR TEAM MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER MEMBERS THAT THAT IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FIRE FIRE HYDRANTS.

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THE POLICE CAN NAVIGATE WHEN THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE.

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN DRIVE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THAT NO CARS ARE KISSING UP TO SO CLOSELY TO THE LIGHT STREETLIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

SO THESE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WE MUST ADDRESS.

AND SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TO I TRY MY BEST TO WORK WITH LEGAL AS MUCH AS I CAN.

AND SO WE UPON THEIR ADVICE AND I'M PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION, ASK THE QUESTION.

AND WE DEFERRED THIS TWICE.

ONE DEFERMENT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DENIAL.

THE DENIAL AND MISS TAMMY PALOMINO CAN SPEAK TO.

THIS GIVES ME NOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO MISTER DICK LEBLANC SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND IRON OUT ALL OF THESE CONCERNS.

THERE'S ALSO DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT WERE VOTED ON FOR THE HOMES DOWN IN THE BOTTOMS THAT WERE APPROVED BEFORE I ARRIVED ON THE COUNCIL.

I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BILLS, NOT BY NOT BY HEAVENLY HOME, BUT ANOTHER BUILDING THAT WE APPROVED THROUGH THE COUNCIL THAT ARE VERY CONCERNING TO ME.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS THE VALUE OF THE BOTTOMS GOES UP, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $250,000 HOMES.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S A HOME THAT A RESIDENT IS VERY PROUD OF, AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE BEGINNING.

SO I ASK YOU TODAY, GIVE ME THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE OWNER.

I COULDN'T DO THAT.

AND LET ME EXPLAIN THAT.

ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL TEAM, THIS PROJECT, THIS REQUEST WAS IN THE HOPPER.

AND IT'S HOT. IT'S WIDE.

YOU CANNOT TALK DURING THAT TIME.

SO I RESPECT THE LEGAL PROVISIONS.

AND NOW, IF YOU SUPPORT US TODAY, WE CAN SIT DOWN WITH MISTER DICK LEBLANC AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND. DO IT LEGALLY BECAUSE I DON'T DO ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SHORTCUTS AND UNDER THE TABLE AND ROUND THE CORNER.

IT'S ABOUT ME TALKING DIRECTLY WITH MR. DICK, MR. DICK LEBLANC.

SO PLEASE GIVE ME SUPPORT ON THAT TODAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS LEGAL REQUEST IS TODAY.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM 31, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. IN READING THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR HOUSING, PLEASE.

I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACH OUT TO YOU PRIOR, SO I APOLOGIZE.

THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IS ACTUALLY ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2008, AND THERE WAS AN AUTHORIZED LOAN FOR $500,000 AT 0% INTEREST.

AND IT SAID THAT THE INTENT WAS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES IN THE BOTTOMS AND DEVELOP AND SELL OR LEASE THE HOUSING ON ALL THE LOTS FOR 140% AMI OR LESS.

DID THOSE HOUSES GET BUILT? THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CYNTHIA ELLICKSON, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.

KNOW THOSE HOUSES DIDN'T GET BUILT.

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IT WAS ACQUISITION AND CLEARING OF THE PROPERTIES WHEN THAT HAD TO HAPPEN.

BUT IT WAS MOSTLY ACQUISITION.

THAT WAS A $500,000 GRANT.

IT'S IT'S A CONDITIONAL LOAN WITH BOND FUNDS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES.

SO DID WE GET THAT MONEY BACK? BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY SAID THEY HAD TO SELL OR LEASE ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE LOTS? NO, MA'AM. WE EXTENDED THE CONTRACT FROM THAT TIME ON, IT'S BEEN EXTENDED OKAY MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THAT.

WELL, I CAN SEE THAT.

SO THEN THERE WERE 36 LOTS THAT WERE ACQUIRED.

THERE'S A TOTAL OF 36.

YES. AND DO THEY ALL HAVE HOUSES ON THEM NOW? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

SO THEY, THEY HAVE NINE NOW.

NO NO NO NO THEY HAVE NINE NOW.

ONE OF THEM IS STILL NOT BUILT, COMPLETED YET.

AND THIS WAS THE SECOND PART, SECOND PHASE OF SOME HOUSES THEY WANTED TO BUILD.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO NOW GIVE THEM $3 MILLION MORE WHEN THEY DIDN'T PERFORM ON THE HALF MILLION DOLLARS? IT WAS NOT JUST FOR ACQUISITION AND CLEARING, AS YOU'RE SAYING.

IT WAS ACQUISITION AND BUILDING ON EVERY LOT.

THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.

AND NOW YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY, AND THEY HAVEN'T FULFILLED THE FIRST THING.

DARWIN WADE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE DEVELOPER HAS RAN INTO ISSUES BUILDING IN THE BOTTOM.

A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES WERE AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH HINDERED AND DAMPERED A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT WAS AGREED UPON.

SO AND THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT THE CITY MADE WITH THIS DEVELOPER.

WE PHASE ONE, WE TIED IT TO PHASE ONE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IT WAS A TWO YEAR TIME FRAME AFTER THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE IN PHASE ONE.

SO THERE WAS, I THINK A TOTAL OF TEN LOTS FOR THAT.

SO DARWIN, HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEEN COMPLETED FOR PHASE ONE? YES. SO HAVE THEY BUILT THE HOUSES FOR PHASE ONE? THERE'S A TOTAL, I BELIEVE, OF THE TEN.

I THINK WE HAVE NINE THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD.

AND THEN FOR PHASE TWO THERE'S, THERE'S PHASE TWO LOTS THAT ARE ALSO TIED TO THE PHASE TWO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THERE'S A TWO YEAR WINDOW AFTER THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED ON WHEN THOSE HOMES WILL BE BUILT AND COMPLETED.

SO ALL I KNOW IS I WAS ELECTED BEFORE I WAS EVEN SWORN IN.

DAVID TOOK ME DOWN TO THE BOTTOMS TO SHOW ME THIS, TO EXTEND THIS TIME FRAME, WHICH CERTAINLY I DID.

AND I SUPPORT THE BOTTOMS AND I SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, NOT TRYING TO ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD EVEN ENTERTAIN OR THAT IT WOULD EVEN BE POSSIBLE TO ENTERTAIN GIVING ADDITIONAL MONEY WHEN WE HAD A FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THIS IS WHAT THE PERFORMANCE IS, AND WHEN THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT, THE CITY ACTUALLY SAID, WELL, LOOK, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BAD, WHICH I THINK ANYBODY IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU GO, WOW, THIS IS REALLY TERRIBLE. BUT THEN WE INVESTED NOT DIRECTLY TO THEM, BUT WE DID GO IN AND DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEY STILL HAVEN'T PERFORMED ALL THE WAY BACK FROM 2008.

AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING WHICH I UNDERSTAND WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IS DOING WITH TRYING TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE.

BUT NO MATTER WHAT THAT NEGOTIATION LOOKS LIKE IS HOW EVEN LEGALLY COULD WE ENTERTAIN GIVING ANOTHER $3 MILLION WHEN THEY NEVER FULFILLED THE FIRST CONTRACT? THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT POINT OF VIEW, AND WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT.

WE WANT OUR DEVELOPERS TO MOVE TIMELY AND GET THE DEVELOPMENTS DONE.

WE SUPPORT IT BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THINGS HAPPEN IN CONSTRUCTION ALL THE TIME, BEING THAT THIS IS A VERY HARD TO DEVELOP AREA WITH A FLOODPLAIN ISSUE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT GO ON WITH IT, HAVING HAVING TO HAVE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN BECAUSE THERE WERE NO STREETS AND GUTTERS AND FLOODING.

AND SO HAVING TO ADDRESS ALL OF THAT, STILL NEEDING TO ADDRESS THE FLOODPLAIN ISSUE DOWN THERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF LOTS THAT WE CAN'T DEVELOP BECAUSE THEY SIT IN THE FLOODPLAIN. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR YOUR CONCERN WITH TIMELINES.

WE'RE CONCERNED TOO, BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A VERY HARD TO DEVELOP AREA, BUT IT'S STILL WORTHY OF TRYING TO DO IT.

WELL. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN YOU MAKE A CONTRACT, YOU HAVE TO LIVE UP TO IT.

AND DEVELOPERS ARE PAID VERY HANDSOMELY FOR DEVELOPING, BUT THEY DO TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RISK.

AND, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO GOES TO VISIT YOU CERTAINLY IMMEDIATELY UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE TAKING ON.

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AND I JUST.

FROM FROM A LEGAL AND A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND EVEN WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO US.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS BROUGHT TO US.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVEN'T REQUIRED CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN OF THEM, AND INSTEAD IT'S JUST MORE MONEY.

NOW, WE DO HAVE THIS MONEY FROM COVID, FROM FROM THE ARPA MONEY THAT'S HOME RELATED.

AND WE DO NEED TO SPEND IT AND WE NEED TO SPEND IT TIMELY, AND THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO SPEND IT.

I'M JUST NOT SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT DEVELOPER WHEN THEY HAVEN'T EVEN PERFORMED FROM 2008, SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS.

I APPRECIATE THAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IS GOING TO WORK ON IT.

LIKE I SAID, NOT REALLY TRYING TO GET INVOLVED, BUT WHEN I READ IT, I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? AND TO ME THIS LOOKS LIKE A HOT MESS.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.

EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. CAN YOU TELL US WHY THE 10TH HOUSE HASN'T BEEN BUILT? I'M SORRY. YOU ASKED WHY THE 10TH HOUSE OF THE ORIGINAL TEN THAT THEY CONTRACTED TO DO.

THEY'VE ONLY BUILT NINE.

THERE'S ONE LEFT. WHY? IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

I THINK IT'S JUST TIMING OF COMPLETION.

WE CAN ASK THE DEVELOPER WHY THAT LAST ONE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.

IT'S. WAS IT STARTED OR WILL IT BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE TWO YEAR WINDOW AFTER THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS COMPLETED? I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. I'M NOT SURE.

OKAY, I DON'T THINK SO.

WE WOULD THINK SO.

BUT WE'LL LOOK AT THE EXACT TIMING OF THE COMPLETION OF THAT HOUSE.

WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING WHETHER THEY ARE IN BREACH OF THE CONTRACT OR NOT.

ISN'T IT? YES.

KEN IS COMING DOWN TO SPEAK TO THAT LAST UNIT.

COUNCILMAN THAT THAT LOT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

AND PART OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS WOULD GIVE US ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, AND THAT'S WHY THAT ONE HASN'T BEEN BUILT.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

AND ALL OF THE ALL OF THE HOUSES OR ALL OF THE LOTS WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE HAS BEEN DONE WHERE THE OTHER LOTS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

ALSO, THERE ARE OTHER LOTS IN THE FLOODPLAIN THAT ARE IN PHASE TWO, BUT NOT PART OF THE PHASE ONE.

AND SO YOU'VE RUN OUT OF MONEY TO BRING THIS 10TH LOT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.

SO HOW CAN YOU EVEN COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT, THAT PARTICULAR ONE? YES. WE JUST HAVE TO RAISE IT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL DIRT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO AS PART OF THE SUMP PERMIT, WE CAN'T HAVE A NET RAISE IN THE FLOODPLAIN, SO WE'LL HAVE TO PUT THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

PUT THAT DIRT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF YOU KNOW, WE WE HAD ALREADY STARTED THIS PROCESS.

WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN JUNE FOR THIS FUNDING.

AND IT JUST IT MADE SENSE BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL COST OF BUILDING A BUILDING IN THE FLOODPLAIN TO PUT IT AS PART OF THIS PACKAGE.

SO WAS THE ORIGINAL GRANT FOR THE TEN HOMES NOT SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE FLOODPLAIN ISSUE IN THE SLOT? WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY MONEY FOR BUILDING THE FIVE.

THE ORIGINAL $500,000 LOAN WAS FOR LAND ACQUISITION, AND SO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY FUNDING FOR BUILDING.

IN FACT OUR MOST RECENT BUILD, WALTERS HOUSE IT'S GOT ABOUT AN 18, $19,000 LOSS.

AND THAT'S JUST I KNOW MR. LEBLANC VIEWS THIS AS, AS A GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I DO, TOO.

THAT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THIS ITEM DOES NOT PASS IN TERMS OF COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION OF THIS 10TH HOUSE SUCH THAT IT'S PROTECTED FROM THE FLOODPLAIN? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

SO YOU HAVE NO FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN UNLESS THIS ITEM PASSES? WELL, WE COULD DO IT AT A LOSS THAT.

WHAT WOULD AT THAT POINT BE A ROUGHLY ABOUT $12,000 ADDITIONAL LOSS.

SO IT WOULD BE AT A LOSS OF ABOUT 30, $35,000 ON THIS ONE HOUSE AND THAT ONE HOUSE.

CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE?

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BEFORE I GO BACK TO MAYOR PRO TEM AND CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN FOR THREE MINUTES EACH.

OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THIS IS WHAT I NEED TODAY.

THIS IS WHAT THE BOTTOM NEED TODAY.

WE NEED TO TALK TO MR. DICK LEBLANC, THE OWNER.

YOU CAN'T.

YOU. WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND TIME SPEAKING TO FOLKS WHO CAN SPEAK ON HIS MONEY.

I WANT HIM TO SPEAK ON HIS MONEY AND THE TIMELINES AND THE COMMITMENT.

I BELIEVE IN MR. DICK LEBLANC. I'VE HEARD ABOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN WE ALL CAME BACK IN, I BELIEVE, 2019, WE VOTED AS A COUNCIL TO GIVE THEM THE REPRIEVE FROM THAT BOND THAT WAS NOT SPENT DURING THAT TIME TO BUILD A TEN, THEN COVID HIT, AND THEN WE GOT AN EXTENSION.

I SIMPLY WANT TO BRING THAT EXTENSION CLARITY SO WE'LL KNOW IF WE NEED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE REASON.

THERE ARE TWO DEVELOPERS IN THE BOTTOM THAT WE HAVE VOTED ON AS A COUNCIL.

AND SO THEY'RE I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER IN TANDEM, BUT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT THE I'VE LEARNED THAT THE FLOODPLAIN IS A BEAST.

AND AS WE SIT HERE, IT KEEPS CHANGING AND IT DOES IMPACT CONSTRUCTION.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET THERE'S THIS IS NOTHING TO THROW ANY SHADE ON.

MR. DICK LEBLANC AND HEAVENLY HOMES.

IT IS ABOUT US BEING KEPT IN THE LOOP AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THE EYES ARE ON THE BOTTOM.

AND SO AS WE BUILD OUT THAT SOUTHERN GATEWAY IS COMING, YOU HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HOUSING AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE IN THE BOTTOM, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT SURE IT'S A SOUND PRODUCT.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MISTER DICK LEBLANC.

AND WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING NEW DESIGNS SO THAT WE CAN GET OPTIMAL LEARNING LIVING EXPERIENCE IN THE BOTTOM.

SO ALL WE'RE ASKING YOU TODAY IS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE TODAY.

A DENY IS NOT A BLACK MARK.

OR THROW SHADE ON MISTER DICK LEBLANC AND HEAVENLY HOMES.

IT IS TO GIVE US A LEGAL OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO HIM.

IF I SPOKE TO HIM YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, I WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

AND SO IT SIMPLY SAYS, YOU CAN NOW SPEAK TO HIM BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER HOT, IT'S NO LONGER ACTIVE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME.

SO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK EVERYTHING LEGAL SO THAT WE CAN BE LIVABLE IN THE BOTTOM.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WAS WONDERING IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE BACKGROUND ON ALL OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND SO THAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IS NOT HAVING TO TRY TO GIVE THE LEGAL ON HER OWN.

IF YOU COULD DO IT FOR US, PLEASE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

UNDER 12 A HOUR LOBBYING.

CODE OF ETHICS.

IT SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE RECEIVING, IF YOU'VE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A PUBLIC SUBSIDY, YOU CANNOT LOBBY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER UNTIL IT'S EITHER BEEN APPROVED OR DENIED DURING THAT PERIOD.

VERY GOOD. EXACTLY.

AND SO WE JUST HAD TOOK A HUGE VOTE EARLIER, AND IT WAS THE SAME THING.

AND WE COULDN'T SPEAK TO THEM.

WHILE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DALLAS WINGS WHILE THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THAT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IS HOPING TO GET DONE IS NOT REHASH EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, BUT LET'S DENY THE CONTRACT, WHATEVER THE APPLICATION, SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER, GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER AND GET IT RIGHT.

AND SO WE DON'T NEED TO REHASH.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GET IT RIGHT FOR BOTH FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE DEVELOPER, WHICH WILL GET THE HOMES TO THE PEOPLE THAT DESPERATELY NEED THEM. WE NEED TO KILL THIS THING AND GET IT DONE, VOTE IT DOWN.

AND THEN LET MAYOR PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY STAFF DO THEIR WORK.

SO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE SO THEY CAN BRING THIS BACK TO US.

HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US LATER.

SO WE JUST NEED TO VOTE NO AND BE DONE WITH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT MR. RIDLEY'S RUNG IN. I DON'T THINK HE'S SPOKEN ON THIS YET.

HAVE YOU? NO. HE DID. YOU HAVE.

I'M SORRY. OKAY, SO I'LL SAY AS A CONCEPT, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER IS GOING TO MAKE A BETTER PROJECT.

AND I SUPPORT THAT HAPPENING, AND I'M GOING TO ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT DENYING THIS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MISS PALOMINO ON THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE AGENDA.

IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE LOAN WAS ACQUIRING IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTIES IN THE

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BOTTOM NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE ASSOCIATED RELOCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, OR DEMOLITION, AND THAT THE LOAN TERMS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP AND SELL OR LEASE HOUSING UNITS ON ALL PROPERTIES ACQUIRED WITH THE LOAN FUNDS.

AND IT GOES ON.

SO IS THAT AN ACCURATE PROVISION? I DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WILLOW SANCHEZ, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? WILLOW, IF YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP, THAT'S FINE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, EITHER ON YOUR FRIDAY EMAIL.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT WAS A REQUIRED PROVISION.

AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT FOR NOT HAVING DONE THAT AND DOES THAT.

AND THIS IS NOT EVEN SPECIFIC REALLY.

IT OBVIOUSLY APPLIES TO THIS.

BUT ACROSS THE CITY WHEN WE HAVE ANY VENDOR THAT'S NOT FULFILLING THEIR OBLIGATION, WOULDN'T THAT INVALIDATE THEM FROM ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS? I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S A LONG HISTORY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS, THERE WERE CITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE NOT GETTING DONE.

AND SO THAT COMPLICATED THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE AND DEVELOP.

AND SO WE IT TOOK US HOW MANY YEARS, CYNTHIA, TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ON THE MICROPHONE.

IT TOOK ABOUT THREE AND A HALF FOUR YEARS TO GET THAT COMPLETED, WHICH EXTENDED THE OF COURSE, EXTENDED THE TIME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ROADS OR THE OTHER REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUILDING HOUSING.

RIGHT. BUT IN THIS CASE, SHE IS SAYING THAT SHE BELIEVES THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALL COMPLETED.

WOULDN'T THIS PROVISION THEN BE REQUIRED BEFORE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PROVIDED? WILLOW SANCHEZ FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN.

SO AFTER THE 2008 AGREEMENT, IT BECAME CLEAR, AS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED, THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS WERE THERE.

SO THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A CONTRACT TO HAVE THOSE THE SEWAGE AND THE UPGRADED PUBLIC WATER INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLETED. AND THEN THE AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED.

AND IN THAT AMENDMENT, THE PARTIES CAME TOGETHER AND NEGOTIATED BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT HAD NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED, TIMELY BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS. AND THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO AN AMENDMENT OF THAT ORIGINAL LOAN AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH THE CITY RECEIVED ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION OR CONSENT CONCESSIONS.

SO THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS WERE LOWERED TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE TO A LOWER ARMY.

THERE WERE SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES THAT WERE PUT IN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WAS THE REQUIREMENT THAT WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS DONE, THERE WAS A TWO YEAR WINDOW FOR THE HOMES TO BE COMPLETED, AND THE DIRECTOR WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THAT BY ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS.

SO THE INITIAL PROBLEMS THAT SURROUND THE SITUATION WHERE YOU SAY THERE WAS NONCOMPLIANCE WAS THAT THEY WERE BUILDING IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THE LACK OF UPGRADED PUBLIC WATER AND SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY WANTED TO DEVIATE FROM CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF THE GUIDELINES AND THEN THE SMALL LOT SIZE OF THE PROPERTIES.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS THE CONVERSATION TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT OF THE AGREEMENT.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I HEARD FACTUALLY IS THAT THERE WERE SOME EXTENSIONS GRANTED TO THE DEVELOPER BEYOND THAT TWO YEAR WINDOW, BUT THAT TWO YEAR WINDOW WAS SUPPOSED TO START WHEN THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WAS DONE ON A PER LOT BASIS.

I DON'T HAVE THE FACTS BEYOND WHICH ONES WERE DONE, BUT THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO AMEND AS OPPOSED TO FINDING THEM IN BREACH BECAUSE OF THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD, TO ACTUALLY GET THEM THE ITEMS THE HOUSES CONSTRUCTED. AND CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT THE THAT HEAVENLY HOMES JUST SAID IT WOULD COST $12,000 EXTRA TO COMPLETE THE HOME? IS THAT WHAT THE NUMBER THAT HE SAID? 12,000. TO BRING IT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, THAT THAT FIGURE WAS 12,000? YES. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR A $3 MILLION CONTRACT TO DO A $12,000 PROJECT.

THE THE $3 MILLION ASK HERE IN THIS PROJECT IS FOR A 32 UNIT SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT $3 MILLION WILL BE SUBSIDIZING ALL 32 OF THE UNITS IN THE BOTTOM.

WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE WHEN THIS IS RENEGOTIATED, ASSUMING IT IS THAT ALL THE HOMES WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE ANY DOLLARS ARE GIVEN TO

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THEM. THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON ITEM 31, EVERYONE.

SO WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR COMMITMENT OR SPENDING OF THE CDBG BLOCK GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS ITEM? IT'S CDBG-DR.

IT'S FUNDING AND THE DISASTER RECOVERY.

IT EXPIRES IN 2026.

THE EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT IS THROUGH 2020 6TH DECEMBER 2026.

SO IT HAS TO BE SPENT BY THEN.

IT HAS TO BE SPENT BY THEN.

YES. OKAY. SO IS THERE STILL TIME IF NEGOTIATIONS PRODUCE AGREEMENT ON ANOTHER CONTRACT TO GET THAT MONEY SPENT, OR ARE WE PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN? NO, THERE'S STILL TIME.

THERE'S STILL TIME. WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT SPENDING THE MONEY WITH.

IF THIS ONE DOESN'T MEET THE TIMELINE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOTION ON ITEM 31.

SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION PREVAILS.

NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 32.

[32. 24-1314 Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant upon receipt from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program Grant Fund for the federal share of the eligible capital improvement project for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at Dallas Love Field (Grant No. 3-48-0062-071-2024, Assistance Listing No. 20.106) in the amount of $13,563,479.00 for the construction of Aircraft Rescue and Firefighters Building Project for performance period shall be 4-years (1,460 calendar days) from the date of acceptance; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $13,563,479.00 in the FY24 FAA AIG Grant Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of grant funds in an amount not to exceed $13,563,479.00 in the FY24 FAA AIG Grant Fund; and (4) execution of the grant agreement and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the grant agreement - Not to exceed $13,563,479.00 - Financing: FY24 FAA AIG Grant Fund]

AUTHORIZE THE ONE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT UPON RECEIPT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FAA AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT FUND FOR THE FEDERAL SHARE OF THE ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD, IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,563,479 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTERS. BUILDING PROJECT FOR PERFORMANCE PERIOD SHALL BE FOUR YEARS 1460 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ACCEPTANCE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $13,563,479 IN THE FY 24 FAA, AIG GRANT FUND THREE RECEIPT AND DEPOSIT OF GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $13,563,479. AND THE FY 224 FAA AIG GRANT FUND, AND FOR EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE GRANT AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $13,563,479. THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION ITEM 32 ANYONE.

THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.

OH, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

I GOT MR. CHAIRMAN REALLY GOT IN THERE BEFORE WE STARTED THE VOTE.

OKAY, I HAD A QUESTION. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM STAFF? GREAT. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE NATURE OF THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTERS BUILDING PROJECT IS? PATRICK MORENO, DIRECTOR OF AVIATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

THIS IS A FACILITY AT DFR FACILITY THAT'S LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT.

THE FACILITY RIGHT NOW IS FROM THE 1960S, AND IT'S BEING UPDATED TO CURRENT STANDARDS IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW EQUIPMENT.

THIS THIS GRANT FUND PAYS FOR A PORTION OF THAT.

THESE THIS IS USED SPECIFICALLY SPECIFICALLY TO MAINTAIN OUR INDEX FOR AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING.

THAT'S PROVIDED BY CFR FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRCRAFT AT THE AIRPORT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MAINTAIN AN INDEX? WE HAVE AN FAA REQUIREMENTS FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL OPERATING CERTIFICATE FOR PART 139 IN THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS A MINIMUM INDEX LEVEL BASED ON AIRCRAFT SIZE AND NUMBER OF FLIGHTS PER DAY.

THAT WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT AND STAFF TO MAINTAIN THAT INDEX.

SO THIS IS IS NOT FOR FUNDING A BRAND NEW BUILDING.

THIS IS FOR RENOVATING AN EXISTING BUILDING.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING.

THE IN A NEW LOCATION.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE AS WELL WITH THE OLD FACILITY IS THE LOCATION.

THERE'S SPECIFIC RESPONSE TIMES TO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE AIRFIELD THAT ARE CHALLENGING BASED ON THE OLD LOCATION.

SO WE HAVE A NEW LOCATION, NEW FACILITY.

AND WE'LL BE RETURNING TO THIS COUNCIL MOST LIKELY IN MAY OR JUNE TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT TO THE CONTRACTOR.

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SO THIS IS TO HOUSE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.

THIS IS EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND 24 HOUR GFR STAFF THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THAT LOCATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GREEN. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 32? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 34.

[34. 24-1402 Authorize (1) the acceptance of the specific goals and recommendations set forth in the Dallas Public Library Strategic and Facilities Plan (Plan), which consists of a five-year strategic plan and a 20-year facilities plan; (2) the adoption of the Plan to serve as a guideline for the Library’s provision of services for the next five years and development of facilities for the next 20 years; and (3) the City Manager to guide and support the Library’s efforts to advance the goals and implemented the recommendations provided for in the Plan - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal information)]

AUTHORIZE ONE.

THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SPECIFIC GOALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH IN THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY STRATEGIC AND FACILITIES PLAN PLAN, WHICH CONSISTS OF A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND A 20 YEAR FACILITIES PLAN TO ADOPTION OF THE PLAN TO SERVE AS A GUIDELINE FOR THE LIBRARY'S PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, AND THREE THAT THE CITY MANAGER TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT THE LIBRARY'S EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE GOALS AND IMPLEMENTED AND IMPLEMENTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THE PLAN.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND.

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

OH, SORRY. SORRY SORRY, SORRY.

Y'ALL ARE A LITTLE LATE TODAY ON THE ON THIS SIDE.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM 34. THANK YOU.

SO I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY.

I'M SO GLAD THERE'S A NEW MASTER PLAN.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AS I SAID DURING THE BRIEFING, THAT THE PLANS NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTING THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT 12.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE DOWN FOR TIMBER GLEN AND RENNER, FRANKFURT ARE NOT ACTUALLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TOLD ME OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT.

AND SO I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS ROBUST CONVERSATION AT THE TOWN HALL.

WE DID HAVE A LIBRARY TOWN HALL, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE TOPIC.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN THERE FOR YOU TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE NOT THE EXACT PATRONS THAT I DO THINK YOU TALK TO, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ACCESS, ESPECIALLY AROUND OUR FRANKFURT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND SO THE COMMUNITY IS DESPERATE FOR A BLACK BOX THEATER, A PLACE TO MEET AND BE ABLE TO HEAR.

YOU GUYS ARE SO WELCOMING AND SO WONDERFUL TO ALLOW SO MANY OF OUR TOWN HALLS TO BE IN PERSON AT RENNER, FRANKFURT.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE PHYSICALLY MOVING LOTS OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT AND THERE ISN'T ANY KIND OF AUDIO VISUAL.

IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR OUR SENIORS TO HEAR.

WE'RE GENERALLY USING A LITTLE AMPLIFIER AND MICROPHONE, KIND OF BAD KARAOKE.

AND ESPECIALLY FOLKS WITH HEARING AIDS ARE SAYING THEY'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HEARING, BUT WE LITERALLY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

AND SO THIS BLACK BOX IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND IT MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY TIED TO THE LIBRARY, I THINK IT MAKES THAT PROPERTY VERY VIBRANT.

AND AND THERE IS A CONNECTION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARTS AND, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GO TO A SHOW AND THEN GO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO WROTE IT AND ALL THOSE THINGS IN ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU DO CO-LOCATE THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK TO DISTRICT 12, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RENNER, FRANKFURT AND TIMBER GLEN AND HOW THOSE COULD BE USED.

HEATHER LOWE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

ABSOLUTELY. ANY NOT JUST IN DISTRICT 12, BUT ANY LIBRARY THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR RENOVATION OR EXPANSION.

WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY UNDERGO EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SESSIONS AND VISIONING SESSIONS TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS.

AND IN REALITY, THE THE FACILITIES PLAN.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LARGELY PRETTY BROAD, AND SO IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE GETTING MORE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FOLLOWING THE COMMUNITY'S WILL.

THANK YOU. I DO THINK IT WAS BROAD ENOUGH THAT IT COULD BE INCLUDED, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE SAID HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE LITERALLY HAVE HOAS IN THE AREA THAT ARE MEETING AT A MCDONALD'S PLAYLAND BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO.

AND SO WITH ONLY EIGHT CITY FACILITIES IN THE ENTIRETY OF DISTRICT 12 OUT OF 807 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT MOST OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE.

AND WHILE IT WILL NEVER BE BUILT WHILE I'M THE COUNCIL MEMBER WITHOUT A DISTRICT OFFICE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LOCATION THAT IT SHOULD BE.

AND IN THE FUTURE, THERE MAY BE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISTRICT OFFICE, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK.

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AGAIN, ASK AND REITERATING MY COMMENTS FROM FROM LAST TIME THAT WE ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THAT NONTRADITIONAL LIBRARY USER OR THAT USER THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT UTILIZING OUR LIBRARY, AND THAT WE HAVE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE AND WHAT THEY AREN'T.

AND LOOKING AND I KNOW THIS IS LOOKING AT OUR FACILITIES, BUT AS WE'RE DOING THAT, PROGRAMING IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN THE IN THE WAY THE FACILITIES LAID OUT. AND SO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENGAGE OUR WITH D IN PARTICULAR TO OUR DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 34? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED EYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 35.

[35. 24-1308 Adoption of a resolution appointing Kimberly Bizor Tolbert as Interim City Manager, effective at the close of business on May 2, 2024, to serve until the City Council selects and appoints the City Manager - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information) (Part 1 of 2)]

ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER, EFFECTIVE AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MAY 2ND, 2024, TO SERVE UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL SELECTS AND APPOINTS THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT ITEM.

SO WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO SECOND AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS BLACKMON, FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.

AND SO, MADAM SECRETARY, IF THERE IS.

IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? THERE ARE NO FURTHER ITEMS FOR WE CAN TAKE UP BEFORE 1:00.

OKAY. NOTHING ELSE WE CAN TAKE UP BEFORE 1:00.

ALL RIGHT THEN.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

IT'S 1218.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND, AND HAVE SOME REMARKS

[Additional Item 2]

ABOUT A PRETTY IMPORTANT EVENT HERE AT THE CITY AND OR OCCURRENCE, I GUESS.

AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECESS UNTIL 1:00.

SO WE WON'T TECHNICALLY GO INTO RECESS YET.

SHOULD WE DO THAT YET? SHOULD WE? SHOULD WE JUST STAY ON THE RECORD FOR NOW? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON THE RECORD, AND I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR SOME REMARKS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR JOHNSON.

I HAVE BEEN TASKED, TAPPED AND TASKED TO READ THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

AND TODAY IS A DAY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR QUITE A FEW ENTITIES TODAY.

BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT.

AND SO I WILL READ THAT THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS REQUESTED.

OF COURSE, THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO MANY WHO WHO GIVE GREAT SUPPORT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF DALLAS STANDS AS A BEACON OF COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND PROGRESS, AND THE CITY MANAGER PLAYS AN INTEGRAL PART IN AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN GUIDING THE CITY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, MISTER TK BROADNAX HAS SERVED THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND COMPASSION.

MISTER BROADNAX VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC THINKING HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVANCING THE CITY'S GOALS, ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

AND WHEREAS MISTER BROADNAX HAS EXEMPLIFIED A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO EMBEDDING VALUES OF SERVICE BASED ON EMPATHY ETHICS.

EXCELLENCE, ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY AS GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN SERVICE DELIVERY AND MR. BROADNAX HAS STRIVEN HAS MOVED TOWARD ENSURING THE NEEDS, CONCERNS AND VOICES OF ALL RESIDENTS ARE HEARD, VALUED, ADDRESSED WITH CARE AND UNDERSTANDING.

HIS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAS ELEVATED THE PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CITY SERVICES PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES, DRIVING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION IN MEETING THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

HE HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, EMPOWERING RESIDENTS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY OF DALLAS, FOSTERING MEANINGFUL DIALOG, COLLABORATION, AND PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS MR. TK BROADNAX HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR.

THE PROMOTION AND THE DEDICATION TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

IT HAS HELPED TO ADVANCE INITIATIVES AND POLICIES THAT PROMOTE FAIRNESS, JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO IT IS MY HONOR TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TODAY TO DELIVER THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO MR.

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TSE BROADNAX, AS I PROUDLY SIT HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, REPRESENTING A DISTRICT THAT HAS BENEFITED, BENEFITED FROM MANY OF THOSE INITIATIVES WE DO RECOGNIZE TODAY.

AND WE THANK YOU, MR. BROADNAX, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

PINNED AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN KING ARNOLD TWO MR. BROADNAX MR. TK BROADNAX, OF WHOM, I WILL ADD, MAYOR, THAT I THINK I AM THE AUTHOR AND THE CREATOR OF HIS TAGLINE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS. THANK YOU.

NOW, WE KNEW NO ONE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF TEEING UP TODAY THAN YOU, SO WE'RE GLAD YOU TEED THINGS UP.

BUT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK TODAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

WE WON'T PUT ANYBODY ON THE CLOCK.

AND THEN WE WILL ALLOW THE MAN HIMSELF TO BRING IT HOME AND LAND THE PLANE ONE LAST TIME.

BUT I WANT TO GO FIRST AND SAY THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

BUT I JUST CELEBRATED ON APRIL 20TH, MY 14TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FOR SURE.

BUT I HAVE LEARNED A FEW THINGS.

I'M NOT THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE WORLD, BUT I'M NOT.

I'M NOT CRAZY.

EVEN IN IN 14 YEARS, EVEN, I HAVE FIGURED SOME THINGS OUT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE, I'VE LEARNED.

IS THAT? PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR JOBS SERIOUSLY AND PEOPLE WHO CARE.

PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD AT THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS GOING TO AGREE.

SO I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH 800 POUND ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OR WHATEVER PEOPLE CALL IT RIGHT UP FRONT, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I AM.

AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.

THIS MAN AND I HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED THAT'S NOT A SECRET.

AND IN A TOWN THIS BIG AND A CITY THIS LARGE AND DYNAMIC, THE MEDIA IS GOING TO.

FEAST ON THOSE TIMES WHEN WE'VE NOT AGREED.

THEY'LL NEVER TELL YOU THAT 90% OF THE TIME WE DO.

THAT'S NOT A NEWS STORY.

NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT.

THEY CARE ABOUT THE 10% OF THE TIME WHEN WE DON'T.

BUT I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHEN WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT 10% IS REAL.

WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO ON SOMETHING OR HOW WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'LL SAY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE THE TIMES THAT WE'VE DISAGREED HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH OVERBLOWN AND VERY MUCH EXAGGERATED AND PLAYED UP FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHAT YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I FIGURED THIS OUT OVER 14 YEARS, YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THE RESULTS.

YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH WITH THE SCOREBOARD.

PEOPLE CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY.

BUT I LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND I SEE A LOT OF WS, I SEE A LOT OF WINS.

I SEE A CITY THAT I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO BE BEING VERY DISHONEST AND DISINGENUOUS.

AS CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA LOVES TO SAY THAT'S HIS WORD, DISINGENUOUS.

HE'S NOT HERE. I'M GOING TO SAY IT IN HIS ABSENCE.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT DALLAS IS WORSE OFF TODAY.

THEN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.

THIS CITY IS UNDOUBTEDLY BETTER OFF TODAY THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THAT COULD NOT BE THE CASE IF WE SPENT ALL OF OUR TIME DISAGREEING AND WE WEREN'T GETTING ANYTHING DONE AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.

I GET WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO WRITE TO GET PEOPLE TO CLICK ON STORIES IN A DYING INDUSTRY.

I GET THAT.

YOU GOT TO WRITE WHAT YOU GOT TO WRITE TO TRY TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, FOOD ON YOUR FAMILY'S TABLE.

BUT I DEAL IN THE REALITY OF PUBLIC POLICY MAKING.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 14 STRAIGHT YEARS.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, I PUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THIS CITY, ME AND THIS MAN AND ALL OF YOU UP AGAINST WHAT ANY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS DONE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

I DON'T YOU TELL ME THE METRIC YOU WANT TO USE.

I PUT DALLAS RESULTS UP AGAINST IT.

PUBLIC SAFETY.

I PUT OUR RESULTS UP AGAINST IT.

FORTUNE 500 CORPORATE RELOCATIONS.

I PUT OUR RESULTS UP AGAINST IT.

PARKS AND GREEN SPACES AND ENHANCING PEOPLE'S ACCESS.

I PUT OUR RECORD UP AGAINST IT.

ADDRESSING HISTORICAL INEQUITIES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I PUT OUR RECORD UP AGAINST IT.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO DEAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, PASSING A SEA CAP CHAIRWOMAN BLACKMON AND NARVAEZ, RESPECTIVELY.

I PUT OUR RECORD UP AGAINST ANYBODY'S.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS.

WE DON'T GET NEW STORIES WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT ABOUT ALL THOSE WS.

WE GET THE NEWS STORIES ABOUT THE TIMES WHERE WE HAVE DISAGREED ON HOW TO GO ABOUT SOMETHING.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES FOR SURE.

FOR SURE.

BUT THIS MAN IS A PROFESSIONAL.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.

AND I KNOW HE'S SMART BECAUSE THERE'VE BEEN TIMES I'VE HAD TO STAY UP LATE AT NIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OUTFOX HIM, AND I HAD TO STAY UP A LITTLE LATER THAN I WANTED TO TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.

I HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO SUCCEED.

HE'S A SMART MAN, AND HE'S A AND HE'S A TENACIOUS MAN.

HE HE FIGHTS HARD FOR WHAT HE BELIEVES IN, WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

SO YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON.

THAT'S UP TO YOU.

I ALREADY KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WITH HOW THE MEDIA LIKES TO FOCUS.

BUT I CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON SCOREBOARDS AND RECORDS.

AND I THINK THE CITY OF DALLAS IS BETTER OFF TODAY FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, TC, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

I JUST HAVE NOTHING BUT THE BEST OF WISHES FOR YOU IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.

BUT FOR THE CHAPTER THAT I WAS A PART OF, OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER, THE OVERLAP THAT WE HAD, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THAT WE GOT SOME REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS DONE FOR WHAT I FEEL.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAID VERY SOON TO SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BUT IN MY OPINION, THE GREATEST CITY THAT GOD'S EVER BLESSED THE GOD'S GREEN EARTH TO HAVE.

DALLAS, TEXAS. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO FOR DALLAS.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO JUST GO DOWN THE LINE AS I SEE PEOPLE AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

SO, MISS BLACKMON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

THANK YOU. AND TC, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING FIVE YEARS.

I THINK WE CAME IN IN 2019 AND WE DID SOME BUDGET WORK, AND YOU QUOTED THE CHARTER AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME INTERESTING ON ONE OF MY AMENDMENTS, AND IT WAS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING RIDE.

AND WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT IS YOU ARE A STUDENT OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND ESPECIALLY A COUNCIL MAYOR, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

AND SO I RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN YOU'VE TAUGHT ME THINGS IN THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND I THAT YOU DO, AND THAT YOU BRING YOUR STAFF TO THE TABLE TO DO AND WORK WITH US.

AND I WISH YOU WELL.

I WISH YOUR FAMILY WELL.

AND AUSTIN'S ONLY THREE HOURS AWAY BY CAR, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL SEE YOU.

AND SO I WISH YOU THE BEST.

AND GOOD LUCK.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, TC BROADNAX, FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE.

I REMEMBER THAT I RETIRED AND I CAME BACK AND YOU WAS HERE IN 2017.

AND AS THE CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPER OVER THE LAST DECADE, I HAVE SEEN THIS CITY GROWING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

OVER $14 BILLION WORTH OF NEW TAX BASE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

BUT ALSO SEEING THE TIME THAT WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE IN 2007, TALK ABOUT A TALE OF TWO CITIES, THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, WHY YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

IT IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, AND I CTC THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT A NOT A LINE THAT IS DRAWN IN A SIGN IN THE SAND, BUT A LINE THAT YOU CAN CROSS FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH TO GET TO, TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EQUALITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TOWN.

AND EQUITY AND EQUITY MEAN A BIG THING TO ME, THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NORTH, YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTH, YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION, YOU LOOK AT THE TAX ADVANTAGE IN THE NORTH VERSUS THE SOUTH.

I SEE THE GREAT GOOD THING THAT THE INLAND PORT IS GROWING NOW WITH THE KROGER'S KEHE AMAZON THAT IS IN THE SOUTH.

I LOOK AT REDBIRD MALL, THEY CALL IT DEAD MALL.

YOU KNOW, NOW IS NOT A MALL.

IT'S A DIFFERENT IT'S A IT'S A MEDICAL DISTRICT.

WE THINK ABOUT UT SOUTHWESTERN PARKLAND HOSPITAL NOW CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND METHODS.

YOU THINK ABOUT A MEDICAL CONDITION MOVING THE SOUTH, BUT YOU ALSO LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW, WE THINK THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS A BIG DEAL.

YOU LOOK AROUND YOU.

WE USED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, LBJ AND I-20, BUT 20 IS LBJ.

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BUT NOW THE NAME DOESN'T CHANGE.

IT'S NOT OUR 20, IT'S LBJ SOUTH, YOU KNOW, LBJ NORTH OR LBJ EAST OR LBJ WEST.

IT'S A LOOP. SO THEREFORE YOU NOT SEEN IT.

BUT YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE BRANDED.

YOU LOOK AT THE NEWSPAPER, THEY WILL SAY NORTH DALLAS OR SOUTH EAST DALLAS.

BUT NOW THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEIGHT OR HIGHLAND PARK OR TWIN CITY.

YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE GROWN.

AND I ALSO LOOK AT FREEDOM TOWN, THE TOWN THAT YOU THINK ABOUT, THE HISTORY.

DALLAS AND PEOPLE REALIZE THAT.

WHAT IS FREEDOM OF TOWN? FREEDOM. YOU LOOK AT UPTOWN, WHICH WAS THE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY USED TO CALL THOMAS AND HALL, BUT THAT WAS A FREEDOM TOWN.

AND YOU LOOK AT FIVE MILES THE BOTTOM AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF THAT WE DONE CHANGED, AND PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT DIFFERENT.

AND YOU LOOK AT STREETS AND, AND I LOOK AT ONE THING THAT I KEPT GOING BACK AND THINKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE LITTLE COMMUNITY CALLED FIRE MILES, A FREEDOM TOWN THAT DO NOT HAVE STREETS, DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS.

NOW, THEY DO HAVE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE PARKS, THE TRAILS CONNECTING THE CONNECTIVITY OF UNT DALLAS ALL THE WAY TO AT&T TRAIL. BUT BUT ALSO THE EMPLOYEES.

YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY COME FROM EVERY PART OF THE CITY, EVERY PART OF THE REGION.

BUT THEY DO WORK AND THEY AND THEY ARENA THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE CITY OF DALLAS IS THE BEST PLACE TO WORK.

BUT IN CLOSING, WHAT DO WE DO NOW? THE PAGE IS TURNED, THE BOOK IS CLOSED.

IT'S THE NEXT CHAPTER. BUT THERE IS A FOUNDATION.

HOW DEEP DID YOU BUILD THE FOUNDATION? THE DEEPER THE FOUNDATION, THE HIGHER YOU CAN GROW.

AND. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD LEARN.

YOU GOT TO HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION AND TO GROW.

IF YOU GOT TO WAIT, FOUNDATION.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU THAT YOU DID BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THE CITY TO GROW.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I THINK I'M ON CHAIRMAN GRACIE NOW FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. TC, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU'VE SERVED HOW YOU'VE REPRESENTED BOTH YOURSELF, HOW YOU'VE REPRESENTED THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU'VE REPRESENTED THOSE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND HOW YOU'VE LED THERE ARE MANY NAMES OF BLACK LEADERS THAT ECHO THROUGH CITY HALL.

RON KIRK, JOHN, WHERE YOU HAVE FOLKS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, YOUR NAME WILL ECHO AND CONTINUE TO ECHO THROUGH CITY HALL FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THOSE FOLKS WHO HAD THOSE EXAMPLES AND AND YOU MANEUVER AND YOU, YOU GO THROUGH CITY HALL, AND I'M GONNA TRY TO DO WHAT JOHN WARE DID THAT ONE TIME, OR I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO EMULATE SOME OF THE MOVES THAT YOU'VE MADE AS THEY EVOLVE IN THEIR CAREERS THROUGH CITY HALL.

YOU'VE BEEN A PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE.

YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT LEADER.

AND I GOT JUST STORIES ON TOP OF STORIES OF BEING INTRODUCED TO THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS, FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS, AND AND THE AMOUNT OF RESPECT THAT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE HAVE FOR YOU JUST IN THAT SPACE YOU ARE TRULY A TREASURE.

YOU'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE'VE RAN THE LIST OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT JUST AS A STUDENT, A TRUE STUDENT, BOTH ACADEMICALLY OF PUBLIC SERVICE, I WANT TO TELL YOU PUBLICLY, THANK YOU FOR HOW THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU'VE SET FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.

THE EXAMPLE YOU SET FOR PEOPLE SITTING OUT THERE IN THIS HALLWAY AND HOW TO LEAD, HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF, HOW TO PERSEVERE IN THE MIDST OF THE GUNFIRE AND STILL COME BACK AND LEAD ANOTHER STAFF EVEN IN THE MIDST OF IT.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME YOU STOOD UP AND SPOKE UP AT A COUNCIL MEETING ON BEHALF OF STAFF.

I THINK YOU WERE STILL FAIRLY NEW.

I SAID, THAT'S EITHER GOING TO WORK WELL FOR YOU OR I RESPECT YOU ON YOUR WAY OUT THE DOOR.

BUT YOU BUT YOU DID THAT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HADN'T EXPERIENCED AS EMPLOYEES.

WE HADN'T EXPERIENCED THAT IN A LONG TIME.

SO AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE, AS A FORMER YOU KNOW, YOU BEING MY FORMER BOSS, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXAMPLE.

SINCERELY. COMING IN AT THIS LEVEL AND NOW ALSO BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW YOU'VE CONDUCTED YOURSELF AGAIN IN THE MIDST OF THAT HAD AN IDEA. BUT THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU'VE REPRESENTED YOURSELF.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU SET, NOT JUST, AGAIN, THESE FOLKS HERE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WATCHING AND SEEING HOW YOU'VE REPRESENTED YOURSELF, AND YOU'VE BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT ALL OF IT, DESPITE WHAT CAME YOUR WAY.

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SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU'VE MADE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND ALL OF THAT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND SERVE WITH EXCELLENCE SO SINCERELY. THANK YOU SIR.

SO STRANGE. Y'ALL DO BETTER WITHOUT TIME LIKE WE DON'T WHEN WE DON'T TIME YOU.

YOU TALK. MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST GET RID OF THAT WHOLE 531 THING.

THIS IS AMAZING. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

THANKS, MAYOR. I DON'T THINK I'LL TAKE UNLIMITED.

I THINK WE'RE HUNGRY, AND BUT I DO HAVE I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON TK.

YOU KNOW, I WAS WRITING DOWN WHAT I, YOU KNOW, MY MY MAJOR FEELINGS ON, ON THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THREE THINGS CAME TO MIND.

I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AS A COUNCIL WITH YOU.

I WASN'T HERE DURING THE EBOLA SITUATION, BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM KIM YOU WERE.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE EARLIER THINGS YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH.

BUT WHILE A LOT OF US WERE HERE, WE HAD WE ALL GOT THROUGH COVID 19 TOGETHER AND HAD TO NAVIGATE THAT.

AND YOU LED US THROUGH THAT PROCESS? THE, THE PROTESTS AFTER THE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND, AND ALL OF THE THAT SITUATION AND TRANSITIONING OF OUR POLICE CHIEF TORNADOES.

CERTAINLY. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN TO THE CITY THAT WERE NOT CAUSED BY US, BUT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A COUNCIL. AND YOU LED THAT.

YOU LED THE CHARGE IN A VERY CALM, PROFESSIONAL WAY WITH THESE UNEXPECTED THINGS, IN ADDITION TO JUST DOING CITY BUSINESS.

AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A GUIDING HAND THAT'S THAT'S HELPED US NAVIGATE THAT AS A CITY.

I WOULD SAY, SECONDLY, YOUR I MENTIONED YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR COOL, CALM DEMEANOR I THINK IS A WITH ONLY A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

I DO REMEMBER ONE TIME YOU TELLING ME SOMETHING WAS AS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AS A UNICORN COMING OUT OF THE CEILING.

THAT WAS PROBABLY DURING BUDGET TALKS.

BUT OTHER THAN THAN THOSE FEW TIMES WE WE WE MANAGED TO GET UNDER YOUR SKIN AND IT THEY'RE PRETTY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

YOU HAVE DONE AMIDST A LOT OF CRAZINESS UP HERE, YOU'RE ABLE TO BE THAT PROFESSIONAL, CALM ADULT IN THE ROOM. THAT IS A VOICE OF SANITY MOST OF THE TIME.

ALMOST ALWAYS. AND I WOULD JUST SAY, LASTLY EMPOWER.

I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE WHO'S IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF LOT OF YOUR TEAMS HERE.

AND I DON'T THINK THEY WERE TOLD TO COME HERE.

I THINK THEY WANT TO BE HERE.

AND AND THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOU HAVING THEIR BACK AND EMPOWERING THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY NEED TO BE, BUT ALSO HAVING THEIR BACKS WHEN THEY'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, ATTACKED MAYBE UNNECESSARILY BY US.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WISH YOU WELL IN AUSTIN.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO JUMP TO CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA REMOTELY BEFORE I COME BACK TO FOLKS WHO ARE HERE.

GO AHEAD. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I I'LL JUST SAY I DON'T WANT TO GET EMOTIONAL.

BUT I AM EMOTIONAL.

THIS IS DEFINITELY A ENDING OF A CHAPTER THAT I THINK IS ONE TO BE BOOKMARKED FOR OUR CITY.

AS A TEACHER WHO WAS A NERD AND LOVED TO WATCH COUNCIL MEETINGS ON MY SPARE TIME I WAS INSPIRED BY YOUR LEADERSHIP AND A HOPEFUL FOR A TRAJECTORY OF WHAT YOUR VISION WAS GOING TO GIVE OUR CITY.

IN FACT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE STORIES OF MAYBE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS OR OR LEADERS IN THE LIMELIGHT, IF YOU WILL, THAT ACT AS AN INSPIRATION TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

AND IN THIS CASE YOU AS AN ADMINISTRATOR WERE WAS A LARGE REASON WHY I DID CHOOSE TO I BELIEVED IN WHAT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD DO, AND I BELIEVED IN THE PLAN TO RIGHT WRONGS FROM THE PAST.

AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY HAS REALLY TAUGHT ME YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AS REALLY HELPED ME GROW YOUR MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND THE MORALE THAT YOU KEEP WITH SUCH A LARGE ORGANIZATION OF OUR CITY, TO ME, IS SECOND TO NONE. AND IT SPOKE VOLUMES.

ON YOUR LEADERSHIP, I LEARNED THAT A LEADER IS MEANT TO BUILD UP THE NEXT GENERATION, IF YOU WILL.

AND I LEARNED THAT LEADERSHIP DOESN'T MEAN MICROMANAGEMENT.

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AND YOU EXEMPLIFY WHAT A TRUE LEADER IS.

AND YOU MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO BE THEIR BETTER, THEIR BETTER OR BEST SELVES.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALSO BEING A COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEING.

YOU CARED ABOUT OUR FAMILY LIFE, OUR PERSONAL LIFE, OUR WORK LIFE BALANCE.

AND TO THAT NOTE, THANK YOU TO MISS BROADNAX FOR HER SACRIFICE AND THE ROLE THAT SHE'S PLAYED.

BUT ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW, YOUR FIGHT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT FAIR PARK WITH ITS PRIVATIZATION WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INSPIRING TO ME AND SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED, AS I MENTIONED, THE TRAJECTORY OF SOUTH DALLAS SPECIFICALLY, NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT THEN JUST SEEING THE EMPHASIS IN EQUITY AND INVESTMENT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN OUR CITY TO NOW HAVE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN SOUTHEAST TO HAVE OUR OWN ILLEGAL DUMPING PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR BECAUSE WE KNEW WHERE IT WAS AN ISSUE TO ADDRESS ANTIQUATED INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WITH WATER LINES SPECIFICALLY THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN DALLAS AND PUTTING DOZENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TOWARDS ENSURING THAT INEQUITY UP.

THE LOOSE DOG ISSUE WAS WAS ONE THAT WAS REAL, VERY REAL IN, IN SOUTH DALLAS AND AND SOUTHEAST DALLAS AND JUST SEEING SOME OF THOSE BASICS BE ADDRESSED WITH SUCH INTENT AND AGGRESSIVENESS.

SHOWED YOUR EFFECTIVENESS ON IMPLEMENTING YOUR VISION.

SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT MY TIME WITH YOU, I THINK THAT ALL THINGS COME TO AN END, AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A GOOD RUN.

FOR WHAT? YOUR POSITIONS.

I THINK TENURE LIFE IS.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S TIME TO TURN THE CHAPTER.

AND I THINK THAT THIS NEXT CHAPTER FOR YOU AND AUSTIN IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THEIR CITY, FOR THEIR COUNCIL.

I THINK Y'ALL WILL MESH WELL TOGETHER.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY.

CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME WHY I DO THIS WORK, AND I ALWAYS ANSWER THAT IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT I GET TO WORK WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE HERE, NOT ONLY MY ELECTED COLLEAGUES, BUT THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK HERE AT THE CITY.

AND THAT STARTS AT THE TOP.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND ASK EVERYONE WHO HAS HIRED DURING TC BROADNAX LEADERSHIP TO PLEASE STAND.

AND THANK YOU AND PARTICULARLY FOR GIVING OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DALLAS WINGS.

IF YOU'RE A WOMAN IN LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, COULD YOU PLEASE REMAIN STANDING? I THINK THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.

IT'S A TESTAMENT.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK, THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU MADE TO THE PROFESSIONALS THAT YOU WORK WITH.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME PERSONALLY AS WELL.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING ME THE HONOR OF CHAIRING THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, WHICH ENABLED ME TO WORK ON WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK IN THIS CITY. TC, YOU BROUGHT THAT WORK, THAT THAT PHILOSOPHY, THAT WORLDVIEW HERE TO DALLAS.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM HERE.

YOU KNOW, THE THERE'S AN OLD STATEMENT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLETE THE WORK, BUT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DESIST FROM IT.

AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK.

BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT EXEMPLIFIES THAT FOR US.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CEDED THAT YOU'LL SEE GROW HERE.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

I WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY AS WELL.

MY COLLEAGUES SAID ALL OF THE ACCOLADES.

BUT I DO WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER THING, AND THAT IS THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I KNOW IN CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AMONG OURSELVES, THAT EACH OF US, IN OUR REGULAR MEETINGS WITH YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SAY, THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT I'M WORKING ON.

THESE ARE THE THINGS I REALLY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH DURING THE TIME THAT I'M ELECTED.

AND YOU WORKED SO HARD TO HELP EACH OF US ACCOMPLISH THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT GOALS THAT WE HAD.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE, AS YOU OFTEN SAY, 15 BOSSES.

I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT THAT MUST BE LIKE IN THE TEXT THAT YOU GET AND THE EMAILS AND THE CALLS.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID FOR ALL OF US AND FOR ME PERSONALLY.

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SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

SO, MR. BROADNAX, YOU'RE A REALLY SMART MAN, AND I LOVE THE WAY YOU TURN A PHRASE, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS FOLK WANT.

THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, I FELT LIKE YOU COULD BE ORNERY AND STUBBORN.

BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE I WAS BEING ORNERY AND STUBBORN.

AND SO MAYBE WE COULD RELATE TO EACH OTHER ON SOME LEVEL THAT WAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN BE TOUGH IN THIS CITY, IN THIS BUILDING AND AROUND THIS HORSESHOE AND SOMETIMES TOUGH WHICH IS PART OF OUR JOB, CAN TURN TO UNFAIR.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS APPRECIATED ABOUT YOU AND APPRECIATE, AND THAT I'M SURE YOU'LL TAKE TO AUSTIN, IS HOW YOU STICK UP FOR YOUR PEOPLE, HOW YOU STICK UP FOR YOUR TEAM. YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T LET IT GO TOO FAR INTO THOSE WEEDS.

AND SO I, I REALLY RESPECTED AND ADMIRED THAT YOU WOULD NOT LET THAT JUST SAIL PAST.

SO THAT MEANS A LOT NOW, I'M SORRY YOU WON'T BE HERE WHEN MY SPECIAL ITEM IS COMING UP LATER THIS MONTH WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON SOME PARKLAND THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED IN DISTRICT 13. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TO THE POINT OF COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

YOU KNOW, LISTENING AND HEARING ON SOME THINGS AND HELPING MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A LEGACY FOR DALLAS AND FOR DISTRICT 13, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY MUCH A PART OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I WISH YOU WELL.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

TC, I CAME IN LIKE WE WERE, LIKE, THREE MONTHS APART.

I THINK TC GOT HIRED AND STARTED HERE, WALKED IN THE BUILDING, AND I GOT ELECTED AND SWORN IN AND I, I THINK I, I WON'T SAY SCARED HIM, BUT I DIDN'T THINK HE HAD THOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY BRAND NEW HERE WOULD HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THE WAY I DID AND BE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I WANTED AND EXPECTED FOR MY COMMUNITY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK A WHOLE LOT AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS TALKING TO KIM, AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, I KIND OF NOTICED, LIKE HE WOULD ALWAYS GO, WELL, KIM, KIM, KIM, YOU KNOW? SO I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHY AM I TALKING TO HIM? I JUST NEED TO GO TO KIM.

SHE'S GOING TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE HE'S JUST GOING TO TELL HER TO DO IT ANYWAY.

AND SO THERE WAS THIS IT'S A JOKE, BUT IT WAS LIKE MY, ONE OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES, I HIGH, HIGH RESPECT FOR HER.

SANDY GRAYSON.

ONE TIME WE WERE HAVING A DEBATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, AND SHE WAS UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING.

AND SHE GOES, I WANT MORE HIM AND LESS KIM.

AND I LOOKED AT HER AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I WANT MORE KIM AND LESS HIM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE, BUT NOW I'M GETTING THAT AND I'M LIKE, NO, I DON'T WANT I MEAN, I DO WANT KIM, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

BUT BUT I WAS LIKE, BUT I STILL WANT MORE HIM, YOU KNOW BUT YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO IT'S LIKE AND IT'S BECOME OUR JOKE, RIGHT? BETWEEN THE THREE OF US AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS I REALLY DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP WITH TC OF HIGH RESPECT, BECAUSE TC IS SO SMART AND REALLY WOULD GUIDE ME THROUGH SOME OF THE REALLY TOUGH ISSUES THAT SOMETIMES I WAS JUST SCREWING UP AND, YOU KNOW, HE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOMETIMES WHEN HE WAS JUST SCREWING UP, NOT HE REALLY WASN'T.

BUT I'D BE LIKE, OKAY, TC, LIKE, CALM DOWN.

IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. LIKE IT WAS LIKE WE'D COACH EACH OTHER AND IT WAS JUST THIS BOND WE CREATED OVER THOSE YEARS.

AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS TC LIKE, YOU CAN SEE IT LIKE IN THE STAFF.

LIKE WHAT YOU WHAT YOU EXUDE, WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, WHAT YOU WHAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE ABOUT.

I SEE IT REFLECTED IN EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER AS I WORK WITH THEM.

LONGER AND LONGER AND LONGER.

YOU KNOW, MY MY TIME IS ALMOST UP HERE AS WELL.

AND I TOLD YOU I WAS LIKE, NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE TOGETHER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO A REALLY GREAT CITY.

SOME SOME OF YOUR NEW BOSSES ARE SOON TO BE NEW BOSSES WERE HERE IN THE CHAMBER, AND THERE'S SOME OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE THAT I'VE ALSO HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH AS WELL.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO A GREAT CITY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE GREAT WHEREVER YOU GO, BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. MAYOR, YOU KNOW, TO TO TRAVEL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND MEET A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND EVERY TIME I SAY, I'M FROM DALLAS, IF THEY'RE PART OF CITY MANAGEMENT OR CITY GOVERNMENT, THEY GO, YOU HAVE TC BROADNAX, YOU'RE LUCKY.

LIKE WE WISH WE HAD.

TC EVEN THE MAYOR OF TACOMA, WHO USED TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER I WAS GIVEN AN AWARD FOR THE ARTS, AND SHE WAS AT THE STAGE AND WE WERE TALKING BEFORE SHE WENT BACK OUT. AND I TOLD HER, I GO AND, YOU KNOW, TC BROADNAX HE'S IN DALLAS WITH ME.

AND SHE GOES, YES, YOU GOT HIM.

AND SHE GAVE ME THIS WHOLE STORY, YOU KNOW YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY, AND SHE RAN FOR COUNCIL.

MAYOR SHE HAD TO LEAVE HER SEAT.

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SHE RAN FOR MAYOR.

AND THEN WHEN SHE GOT ELECTED, SHE GOES.

AND THEN I CAME BACK AND HE WAS GONE.

AND SHE WAS LIKE. AND I'VE NEVER FORGIVEN HIM FOR THAT, LIKE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW.

AND I WAS LIKE, I WAS LIKE, HA HA HA.

WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM BACK. YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLAYING AROUND.

AND AND THAT WAS BUT IT WAS LIKE JUST TO SEE HER IN THE WAY SHE REACTED ABOUT YOU.

AND I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PROUDLY WORK WITH YOU FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND I'VE TOLD YOU THIS MORE THAN ONCE IS THAT I BELIEVE IN YOU, AND I STILL BELIEVE IN TC BROADNAX.

AND AND I HATE THESE KIND OF THINGS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE YOU'RE, LIKE, DYING OR SOMETHING.

IT'S LIKE. AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE YOU'RE VERY GOOD TO GO OFF TO DO SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS IN A CITY THAT HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES AS WELL, DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAN WE DO.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES ARE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY DONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE ALREADY HANDLED THOSE.

SO HE'S GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH LIKE SOME REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.

THERE'S A BOOK THAT WAS WRITTEN BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN.

IT'S CONTROVERSIAL IN SOME WAYS, BUT I SEE IT AS A VERY POSITIVE IN SOME WAYS AS WELL.

AND IT'S CALLED THE GIVING TREE.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT, YOU NEED TO AND I'M JUST GOING TO END IT LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING MY TREE, TC.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

THANK YOU. I SIMPLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE THIS RESOLUTION TO MR. T.C. BROADNAX.

WE ARE BEING WATCHED.

AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT, I THINK, FOR US, IN TERMS OF BEING A COUNCIL I KNOW THAT AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON SOME PEOPLE COME INTO A SITUATION FOR A REASON AND A SEASON.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THAT HERE WITH THIS CITY MANAGER.

BUT I WANT TO JUST I'M GOING TO MOVE ON BECAUSE AS MR. WEST SAID, I KNOW WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO TO THE FOOD, BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT.

BUT FOR THE MAYOR AS I SAID, FOR US TO HAVE THIS MOMENT SO WE CAN DOCUMENT IT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. BROADNAX FOR AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE HIM IN THIS SPACE DURING THIS SEASON AS WELL.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO A LOT OF TIMES AROUND THIS HORSESHOE IS VERY TRAUMATIC.

AND, AND ALL OF US HAVE THOSE FAMILIES.

AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE START GETTING WE START HEARING THINGS ABOUT OUR LOVED ONES, WE START REACTING A CERTAIN WAY.

AND WE GET DEFENSIVE SOMETIMES WHEN IT DOESN'T ALWAYS SEE THE HEADLINES.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE.

BUT YOU'LL AND YOUR FAMILY HAS SUSTAINED THAT.

AND WE ALWAYS SAY IN, IN, IN THE, THE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT THAT THAT DOESN'T KILL YOU WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THIS CITY WILL PREPARE YOU FOR WHEREVER YOU NEED TO GO.

AND I DO KNOW, COMING FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THERE.

I SAW A HEADLINE AND I SAID, I KNOW HE'S GLAD HE MISSED THAT VOTE, SO.

BUT SERIOUSLY, I THINK, MAYOR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AS I SAID, TO GIVE THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE INDEED TAKE CARE, TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS. AND AS YOU SAID, SOMETIMES IT WILL BE GOOD, SOMETIMES IT WILL BE NOT SO GOOD, SOMETIMES WE'LL LOOK STRONG, SOMETIMES WE WILL LOOK WEAK.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MAYOR, AS YOU SAID, WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TODAY THAN WE WERE WHEN WE ARRIVED.

AND SO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT OBSERVATION.

BUT I CONTINUE TO STAND ON THE PREMISE NO MATTER HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, EQUITY IS GOING TO BE THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GO.

AND I BELIEVE THAT AS YOU TAKE THAT SAME PRINCIPLE TO AUSTIN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND, MAYOR, YOU'VE ALSO BEEN DOWN IN AUSTIN TOO, JUST THROUGH YOUR SERVICE.

BUT I'VE LIVED IT.

I'VE LIVED THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TO THAT WE'RE FACING WITH THE EQUITY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THAT IN AUSTIN.

AND SO YOU DO HAVE WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU.

SO I DO WANT TO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND I KNOW FOLKS ARE SAYING, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SAY THANK YOU WHILE FOLKS ARE LIVING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A TIME WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE WHAT YOU SAY DOESN'T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN HEAR YOU ANYWAY.

SO I AM HAPPY TO SAY I WAS THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE HERE WHEN WE PINNED YOUR CONTRACT.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T DO ANY ILLEGAL OPERATIONS HERE IN THIS CITY.

THE COUNCIL VOTED ON THAT PROJECT.

THE MAYOR VOTED ON THAT.

IT PASSED THROUGH LEGAL.

SO EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHEN IT TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT LEGALLY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ALSO PROUD OF THE FACT WE HAVE MISS TAMMY PALOMINO HERE, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE TRUTH.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR LETTING ME HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO JUST EXPOUND ON THAT AND CLEAR THAT UP.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE MAN OF THE HOUR, THE GENERAL IN THE WAR ON LUNCH

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HIMSELF. WE'VE BEEN THIS IS AN INSIDE JOKE BETWEEN US FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.

WE'VE BEEN HE'S BEEN SAYING, I'VE BEEN WAGING A WAR ON LUNCH SINCE I GOT HERE.

I SAID, NO, YOU'RE THE ONE, YOU'RE THE ONE.

BUT IT'S YOUR TIME NOW, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF AS AS I AM, I AM YOU CAN PUT ME ON THE CLOCK.

AND SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO SHARED SOME KIND WORDS PARTICULARLY GIVEN MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT INDICATED THAT THIS CITY HAS FACED OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

I WILL SAY IT DOES WARM MY HEART TO HEAR THAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THE CITY IS BETTER TODAY THAN IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE. WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS, AS A TEAM, GOTTEN IT RIGHT.

BUT TO THE MAYOR'S POINT WE DID RACK UP QUITE A FEW WINS.

AND ONE OF THOSE WAS TODAY AS WELL, SO THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.

AND SO I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF, BUT I JUST HAVE TO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE THE STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN THE AUDIENCE AND I'M SURE WATCHING.

FROM THEIR DESKS AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY YOU.

EVEN WHEN YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ME AND OR HEARD MY VOICE OR DIRECTION, I THINK UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT WAS NECESSARY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HEARING FROM ME AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE SHOULD DO IT, MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN WHAT TO DO.

I THINK YOU'VE LIVED UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS IN THAT REGARD, AND SOMEONE POINTED OUT THE NUMBER OF NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE'VE GOT IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

I WOULD ARGUE EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE, I WOULD HOPE, BELIEVE THAT THEIR OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN GREATER AND THAT PROMOTIONS HAVE BEEN OPENED AND BEEN HANDLED FAIRLY. FOR MANY OF YOU, WHEN I LOOK AT MY EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND MANAGEMENT TEAM THERE'S ALMOST 100% TURNOVER IN THAT TEAM WITH ABOUT 50% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEING FROM OUTSIDE WHO WANTED TO COME AND JOIN THIS ORGANIZATION AND DO THIS WORK.

AND THEN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PROMOTED FROM WITHIN THAT BROUGHT AND CONTINUE TO BRING THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE THIS TEAM BETTER.

SO I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE 13,000 PLUS EMPLOYEES IN OUR ORGANIZATION FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND MEANT TO ME.

AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER MY ABILITY TO, I THINK, PROTECT AND GUARD THE GATE, AS I WOULD CALL IT WHEN IN FACT THINGS MIGHT HAVE NOT ALWAYS GONE IN YOUR FAVOR.

THAT WAS A PRIVILEGE, BUT THAT WAS ALSO AN EXPECTATION.

AND THAT IS WHO I AM AND HOW I WILL ALWAYS BE AS IT RELATES TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THIS ORGANIZATION.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND CAN Y'ALL STAND UP AGAIN? BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE Y'ALL AND LET THE WORLD SEE AN AMAZING AND AMAZING TEAM.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS.

AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS ME, THEY KNOW THAT WAS VERY PAINFUL FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KEEP SCORE ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND Y'ALL CAN SIT DOWN. THIS IS NOT CHURCH.

I WILL JUST I'LL ALLOW Y'ALL TO SIT DOWN.

THANK YOU. BUT I ALSO BEFORE AND AGAIN I THINK THIS COUNCIL I WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU IN MASS FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND I THINK EVEN SOME OF THE TOUGH TIMES WE'VE HAD, AS SOMEONE COMMENTED, HAVE MADE ME BETTER AND STRONGER.

AND I LEARNED FROM THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T QUITE GET RIGHT.

AND I KNOW HOW TO RUN THE PLACE AGAIN FOR THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO GET RIGHT.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND Y'ALL'S TOLERANCE.

AND AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, JUST GIVING ME THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY AND WANT TO SAY.

YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT IT ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.

AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.

AND I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY HAVING THESE WORDS IF NOT FOR 15 PEOPLE WHO GAVE ME THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN MY DREAM ROLE.

AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS WELL.

AND I'M GOING TO DO IT BY NAME BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO LONG.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME IN FEBRUARY OF 2017, TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF CITY MANAGER AND WHAT I BELIEVE AND CALL AND STILL WILL CALL MY DREAM JOB THE ONLY JOB I EVER WANTED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AND SO I JUST FEEL PRIVILEGED AND BLESSED.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IT IN THE COUNCIL WHO BROUGHT ME TO THIS GREAT CITY.

I WILL NAME THEM FROM 1 TO 15.

I'LL START WITH THE MAYOR. MAYOR RAWLINGS GREAT PARTNER.

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AND TRULY HELPED GUIDE ME MY FIRST TWO YEARS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS CITY.

AND I GIVE HIM. THANK YOU.

I ACTUALLY SAW HIM LAST NIGHT.

AND WE HAD GREAT WORDS WITH EACH OTHER, AND I THANKED HIM THEN, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM PUBLICLY.

SCOTT GRIGGS DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IN 2017.

ADAM MEDRANO, WHO I SEE OFTEN AND I LOVE HIM TO DEATH CASEY THOMAS, DISTRICT THREE.

AND THE ILLUSTRIOUS AND WONDERFUL AND AMAZING AND THE MOST GIFTED COUNCILWOMAN I'VE EVER WORKED WITH CAROLYN KING ARNOLD IN DISTRICT FOUR, RICK CALLAHAN FOR DISTRICT FIVE, MONICA ALONSO IN DISTRICT SIX, TIFFANY YOUNG IN DISTRICT SEVEN, ERIC WILSON, DISTRICT EIGHT, MARK CLAYTON, WHO WAS RESIDING IN COSTA RICA AND ENJOYING HIS LIFE IN DISTRICT NINE, BE ADAM MCGOUGH WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE ALSO TO WORK WITH FOR SOME DURATION.

LEE KLEIMAN, DISTRICT 11 SANDY GRAYSON.

THE MORE KIM LEFT HIM, QUOTE JENNIFER GATES, DISTRICT 13 AND THE PHILIP KINGSTON, DISTRICT 14.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY BECAUSE THEY MADE ME A PART OF DALLAS HISTORY.

THEY PASSED ME ON TO THIS TEAM.

AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, YOU ONLY GET TO VOTE AND OR PICK YOUR BOSSES ONE TIME IN THIS INDUSTRY.

BUT I'VE BEEN LUCKY AND I'VE BEEN BLESSED.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE MY WIFE AND MY KIDS BECAUSE I SPENT MORE TIME WITH THIS FAMILY RIGHT HERE THAN I DID WITH MY OWN FAMILY.

AND SHE WAS FORGIVING AND PATIENT WITH ME.

AND IF YOU THINK YOU GET A LOAD OF ME EVERY DAY, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HER SUFFERING ALL THE TIME WITH WHO I AM AND HOW I GO ABOUT LIVING MY LIFE EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE BRIGHT LIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

DALLAS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT CITY.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY FUTURE.

BUT I DO NOT DENY MY PAST AS IT RELATES TO THIS BEING A PIVOTAL PART IN MAKING ME WHO I AM.

SO THANK YOU, AND I WILL GET OUT OF THE WAY OF LUNCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

I WOULD JUST SAY THIS TO THE COUNCIL AND SO THAT MY TEAM CAN HEAR IT, JUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE STAFF HERE, BELIEVE IN THEM. THEY BELIEVE IN YOU.

CRITICIZE. BEHIND THE SCENES AND PRAISE IN PUBLIC.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT INTO THE TEAM.

THOSE WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THIS ORGANIZATION, WHATEVER ROLE YOU HAVE, YOU'RE IMPORTANT.

YOUR VALUE. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

AND I THINK THIS CITY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT RELY ON YOU WILL BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY.

SO THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO MISS THIS PLACE.

BUT IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RIDE AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE WAR ON LUNCH BEING OFFICIALLY OVER.

IT IS NOW 100 AND 5 P.M.

ON APRIL 24TH, 2024.

I GOT YOU ONE LAST TIME ON THAT ONE.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .07.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING DALLAS POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION VERSUS DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM CAUSE NUMBER 0522-00644- CV AND UNDER SECTION 551 .074 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 35.

AND WITH THAT, WE STAND AT RECESS UNTIL 130.

ALL RIGHT THEN, IT'S 2:35 P.M..

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS COMPLETE.

IT'S CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION FIVE, 51.071 AND 551 .074, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND WE'VE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION ON APRIL 24TH, 2024.

MADAM SECRETARY, WHERE ARE WE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY? MR. MAYOR, WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM 35.

WE READ INTO THE RECORD AGAIN.

I WILL REREAD IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AGENDA ITEM 35 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPOINTING KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER, EFFECTIVE AT THE CLOSE OF

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BUSINESS ON MAY 2ND, 2024, TO SERVE UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL SELECTS AND APPOINTS THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

WONDERFUL. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO, SIR. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING AGENDA.

MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z FIVE.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

OKAY. NOW. I'M SORRY.

LET ME PULL THE APPROPRIATE.

WOULD YOU HAVE MISS ANDREA TO COME UP WHILE I'M WAITING TO PULL THE RIGHT DOCUMENT? SURE. CAN WE HAVE OUR.

CAN SOMEONE BUY THE DEAD MAYOR PRO TEM SOME TIME? WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z SIX.

YES. WE'LL GO TO MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO JUNE 26TH.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SO MOVED.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR PRO TEM? ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

WHOA! ITEM Z6Z6 IS.

DO I HAVE THE WRONG. WHOOPS.

SORRY, PAULA. IT'S GONE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IT'S MOVED. IT'S. I'M JUST JOKING.

I'M JUST JOKING. YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WE DON'T DO THAT AROUND HERE.

SO EVERYONE BACK IT UP.

DID WE SAY THE WRONG NUMBER? IT'S THE WRONG NUMBER.

IT'S JUST THE WRONG NUMBER, I THINK.

OKAY, SO BACK IT UP.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO UNDO THAT.

PUT OUT A FIRE Z56Z6.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE THE SAME MOTION IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL WITHDRAW THE THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

NO OBJECTION. I'M READY, MAYOR, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE JUST YET.

HOLD ON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT CLEARED UP.

SO, ON THE MOTION THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM JUST MADE, WE ARE WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, WE'RE GOING TO WITHDRAW THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM, WHO'S, I THINK, READY FOR HER DEFERRAL MOTION.

SO GO AHEAD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU.

WE'RE ON ZEE5.

I MOVE TO DEFER THE ZONING MATTER UNTIL JUNE 26TH, 2024.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

MEMBERS. ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU SIR. NO, A DISCUSSION ANYONE HEARING.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. DEFERRALS GRANTED ON THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOTION.

NOW I'M READY FOR FOR ANY OTHER DEFERRALS.

WHO'S GOT A ANYONE NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR A DEFERRAL.

314 THE VERGE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO STAND AT EASE FOR TWO MINUTES.

MR. MAYOR AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z6.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

THE SCP IS APPROVED FOR FIVE YEARS WITH NO ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN OUT OF OKAY.

HOLD ON. IS THAT NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO? NO, IT'S NOT A DEFERRAL. THAT'S NOT A DEFERRAL.

I DON'T HAVE A DEFERRAL.

WELL, WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM C6.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO.

MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM C14.

OKAY, MAYOR.

WE GOT. ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

DO WE NEED TO DISREGARD WHAT? WHAT? THAT IS CORRECT.

WE WILL COME BACK. SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'RE GOING TO WITHDRAW THAT YET AGAIN.

MOTION. NO OBJECTION.

IT'S WITHDRAWN. NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A MOTION, A DEFERRAL.

[Z14. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and (1) an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a motor vehicle fueling station; and (2) an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less on property zoned Subdistrict 5 within Planned Development District No. 533, the C. F. Hawn Special Purpose District No. 1, with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the southwest corner of Elam Road and C.F. Hawn Freeway]

I WOULD HOPE YOU.

DEFERRAL. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

Z14 MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO JUNE 26TH.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? WHOA.

HOT MIC. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

DEFERRED. ANY MORE DEFERRALS, MADAM SECRETARY, THERE ARE NO FURTHER DEFERRALS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA, MAYOR.

OH, APPARENTLY THERE ARE.

APPARENTLY. YOU'RE WRONG, MADAM SECRETARY.

THERE ARE MORE DEFERRALS.

[Z12. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an MU-1 Mixed Use District and a resolution accepting deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant on property zoned a CR Community Retail District, on the west corner of South Lancaster Road and Marfa Avenue]

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V12. YES.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU. ON ITEM Z 12, I MOVE TO DEFER ITEM Z 12 UNTIL JUNE 26TH, 2024.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO.

MAYOR PRO TEM, ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. MOTION APPROVED.

ITEMS DEFERRED. NEXT ITEM.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z TEN.

ITEM Z FIVE WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED.

ITEM Z SIX IS BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA OR COUNCIL MEMBER.

BLACKMON. I'M SORRY.

THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM CONSISTS OF ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z FOUR AND Z SEVEN THROUGH Z TEN.

I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

ITEM Z ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IS REGARDING A CITY PLAN COMMISSION AUTHORIZED HEARING SEEKING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO CHANGE THE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS FROM R-7.5, A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT, TO CD DASH 21, THE SOUTH WINNETKA HEIGHTS CONSERVATION DISTRICT GENERALLY BOUNDED BY 12TH STREET TO THE NORTH, EDGEHILL AVENUE TO THE WEST, BROOKLYN AVENUE TO THE SOUTH, AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN BLOCK 48 SLASH 30 303 AND BLOCKS 186, THREE TWO, FOUR FIVE AND TWO.

SLASH 3244 EAST OF WILMETTE AVENUE AND A PORTION OF POLK STREET TO THE EAST, AND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 16.299 ACRES, AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE AMENDMENTS.

ITEM Z TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2365 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LAKE JUNE ROAD AND HOLCOMB ROAD.

ITEM Z THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW SUBAREA ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF COLGATE AVENUE BETWEEN WESTCHESTER DRIVE AND PRESTON ROAD. ITEM Z FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2299 FOR AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SKILLMAN STREET AND THE NORTH LINE OF WENDELL ROAD, EAST OF PAGE MILL ROAD.

ITEM Z SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2429 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A MICROBREWERY, MICRO DISTILLERY, OR WINERY, AND A BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVERN ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF COMMERCE STREET, WEST OF SOUTH MALCOLM X BOULEVARD.

ITEM Z EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1532 FOR CONVALESCENT AND NURSING HOMES, HOSPICE CARE, AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH CORNER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD AND SOUTH MALCOLM X BOULEVARD.

ITEM Z NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CHILD CARE FACILITY ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF FORNEY ROAD, WEST OF LOMAX DRIVE, AND ITEM Z TEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2358 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A MICROBREWERY, MICRODISTILLERY, OR WINERY ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COMMERCE STREET AND BROAD STREET.

YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ZONING CONSENT ITEM Z ONE AND ZONING CONSENT ITEM Z EIGHT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THOSE SPEAKERS ON ZONING CONSENT ITEM Z ONE.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, MICHAEL EVANS.

I'M SORRY. YOUR MICROPHONE.

YEAH, IT'S A BUTTON.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL EVANS. EVERYBODY CALLS ME PATTY IF MY NAME COMES UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.

MY ADDRESS IS 519 SOUTH WINNETKA AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75208.

AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE SOUTH WINNETKA HEIGHTS CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR TEN OR MORE YEARS.

PREVIOUS TO THESE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS.

I MADE NOTES. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.

I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. I'M SORRY.

BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SAVE WHAT WE HAVE.

WE WERE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT'S COMING INTO THE CITY.

OR INTO OAK CLIFF IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, COMING FROM THE SOUTH AND FROM THE NORTH.

AND WE LOOK TO PROTECT THE HOUSES THAT WE HAVE.

WE REALLY LIKE THE ARCHITECTURE, THE STYLE AND JUST THE GENERAL VIBE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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AND WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT ANY MCMANSIONS OR ANY OF THAT STYLE OF HOUSING BEING BUILT, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PROTECT THAT.

PLUS, WE WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE WINNETKA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT.

WE'RE JUST THE FOUR BLOCKS SOUTH OF IT, AND IT WAS NEVER PROTECTED TO BEGIN WITH.

AND OH, MAN, I HAD EVERYTHING WRITTEN DOWN, I TOTALLY FORGOT.

LET'S SEE. THIS INITIATIVE WAS CREATED BY THE NEIGHBORS AND FOR THE NEIGHBORS.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A GREAT IDEA FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OAK CLIFF AND SOUTH WINNETKA HEIGHTS RESIDENTS.

BEING THE FIRST NEW CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN OVER TEN YEARS.

IT HAS SPARKED A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE DALLAS NEIGHBORHOODS TO START THEIR OWN PROCESS OF FILING FOR NEW CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR THE CITY, ESPECIALLY DISTRICT ONE.

WE LOVE TO LIVE IN OAK CLIFF.

WE LIKE OUR HOUSE, WE LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE JUST WANT TO SAVE THAT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU GUYS THAT SCOTT AND TREVOR FROM THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLANNING COMMISSION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR TITLE IS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

BEING THE FIRST 1 IN 10 YEARS, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE DOING.

WE JUST KIND OF STUMBLED OUR WAY THROUGH IT, AND THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.

AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE THEM THEIR PROPS.

THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN MORE.

I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN HOW HELPFUL THEY'VE BEEN.

BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME I WAS JUST RUNNING AROUND WITH, LIKE, A CHICKEN WITH MY HEAD CUT OFF.

I KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.

JUST TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE PROPERLY.

BECAUSE WE WORKED ON THIS THING FOR FOUR YEARS, SINCE AUGUST OF 2019, I THINK, AND WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH COVID.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE FINALLY HERE, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS ALL APPROVE OF OUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JOLENE BACKWELL YES.

HI. JOLENE BAGWELL, 528 SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE.

PATTY'S NEIGHBOR ON THE STREET NEXT TO HIM.

AND I ECHO EVERYTHING PATTY SAID FIRST.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK SCOTT AND TREVOR AND THEIR WHOLE TEAM AND DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING SO HARD BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE GETTING OURSELVES INTO. WHAT WE KNEW IS THAT WE LOVED OUR PORCH COMMUNITY, THE PORCH LIFESTYLE.

WE LOVED AND WANTED TO PRESERVE OUR ALMOST 100 YEAR OLD HOMES.

WE ARE LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT LIKE I LIKE TO ENVISION THAT THEY LIVED 100 YEARS AGO WHEN COMMUNITIES WERE SAFE.

THE BEAUTY OF AGE AND PRESERVATION WAS IMPORTANT WHEN NEIGHBORS GOT TOGETHER AND KNEW OTHER NEIGHBORS.

AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE ALL THAT.

WE ARE A VERY CLOSE KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL, AS PATTY SAID, THAT WE WOULD BE THE FIRST CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN TEN YEARS.

I THINK IT SPEAKS WELL OF THE CITY THAT YOU DO HAVE HISTORIC AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT VALUE EVERYTHING THAT THAT MEANS IN A COMMUNITY.

AND I HOPE THAT MISTER MAYOR AND THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU SEE FIT TO GRANT US THE FINAL STAGE TODAY IN THE APPROVAL OF THE SOUTH WINNETKA HEIGHTS CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

WE'RE WE'RE JUST ECSTATIC.

AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO OUR PARTY TO CELEBRATE WHEN WE SCHEDULE THAT NEXT AS A CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU. DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM Z EIGHT.

EMILY BOHLEN.

HI THERE. MY NAME IS EMILY.

THREE AT GRAVELEY.

YOU MAY CONTINUE.

MY NAME IS EMILY BOLAND.

I'M AN ATTORNEY AT GRAY REID.

ADDRESS IS 1601 ELM STREET, SUITE 4600, DALLAS, TX 75 201.

I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT.

AND I'M HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE YOU SEE IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF VERSUS YOUR CPC.

BUT TALKING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY UNDERSTOOD THE NEED FOR AS LONG OF A PERIOD AS POSSIBLE, AND THEY FELT LIKE 20 YEARS WAS APPROPRIATE.

SO I'M JUST HERE TO REINFORCE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A 20 YEAR PERIOD FOR THAT SOUP WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM Z ONE

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THROUGH Z FOUR AND Z SEVEN THROUGH Z TEN, PLEASE.

YOU MAY COME FORWARD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WHICH ITEM YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON.

I'M SORRY YOUR YOUR MICROPHONE PLEASE IS.

YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 2704 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

NUMBER TWO BE I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE ZONING AS FAR AS THE A BUILDING ON THAT CORNER WHERE THEY WERE DOING.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AND IN FACT, IT'S IRONIC THAT I WAS JUST SITTING HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT AS A GROUP OF US IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH WAS IGNITED BY MISS MARILYN CLARK ABOUT SOUTH MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S A HISTORIC SITE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO DALLAS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT VARIOUS TIMES TO SEE MALCOLM X AND AND MARTIN LUTHER KING.

IN FACT, WE WERE THE FIRST ONE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A TYPO ON IT.

ON THE ON THE ON THE STREET.

IT WAS ORIGINAL THERE.

AND I AND I WAS AND I TAKE CERTAIN PRIDE IN IT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I WAS THE ONE WHO INITIATED THE CHANGE ON THAT.

I WAS ALSO THROWN OUT OF CITY COUNCIL.

I COULDN'T COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR ABOUT 45 DAYS, AND I WAS FINE.

SO WE TAKE WE WANT THAT TO BE A BEAUTIFICATION SITE AT THAT CORNER OF MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING.

IN FACT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THAT.

AND I GUESS I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND AT THE RIGHT TIME TO PUT THIS PUT THIS FORWARD.

DO WE WANT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT IT CLEANED UP.

WE WANT SOME FLOWERS THERE ON THE CORNERS.

AND WE WANT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IT'S MAINTAINED BECAUSE IT IS A HISTORIC SITE, NOT ONLY IN, IN DALLAS, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AS I STATED EARLIER, PEOPLE, WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING LOOKED LIKE.

SO. THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

I'M NOT OBJECTING TO TO THE FACILITY THERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EXCITED BECAUSE OF THE FACT DOCTOR KING AND MALCOLM X ARE ARE VERY VALUABLE.

AS FAR AS THE HISTORIC HISTORY, AS FAR AS AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND AFRICAN AMERICANS AND PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY WANT TO SEE THAT. SO THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IMPROVED AS FAR AS SOME FLOWERS OR, OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT.

BUT BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN HAVE MARILYN CLARK GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU KNOW, WHOMEVER.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT ITEMS? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN WEST? THANK YOU. MAYOR. RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z ONE.

I I, MR. EVANS, PATTY STOLE MOST OF THE THUNDER UP THERE AND COVERED EVERYTHING RIGHTFULLY SO, BECAUSE HE WAS REALLY THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS THIS WAS SO NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN.

WE ALL HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICTS CASE ZONING MATTERS, WHERE WE HAVE TO REALLY HANDHOLD THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH IT.

THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM.

THIS WAS ONE THAT THE NEIGHBORS KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED.

THEY TOOK THE REINS AND THEY DROVE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE.

DESPITE COVID, DESPITE RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, DESPITE STAFF CHANGES, THEY MADE IT THROUGH ALL OF IT.

AND AND WHAT A SUCCESS THIS IS TODAY.

WE HAD A JUST A COUPLE POINTS THAT I WE DIDN'T GET OUT EARLIER.

76% OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA SIGNED THE PETITION TO INITIATE THIS.

THIS IS THE EIGHTH CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN OAK CLIFF AND THE 18TH OVERALL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IT'S AN AS PATTY MENTIONED, IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST NEW CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN 13 YEARS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO IT'S A BIG, MOMENTOUS DAY FOR PRESERVATION TODAY FOR THE CITY.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL BUT FIVE HOUSES PREDATE 1939.

THESE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL BE BUILT IN THE TWO PROMINENT STYLES FOUND IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH ARE CRAFTSMAN AND TRANSITIONAL BUNGALOW. I MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE SAME TIME YOU DID.

PATTY. IT'S BEEN ABOUT 18 YEARS NOW AND I MOVED INTO A BUNGALOW HOUSE MYSELF, SO I LOVE THE BUNGALOW STYLE.

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AND IT'S IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SWATH OF THEM PROTECTED FOR THE FUTURE.

IN ANY NEW HOMES COMPLYING WITH THOSE STYLES AS WELL AS WE HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS COME IN.

SO SOME THANK YOUS.

OF COURSE. I ALREADY MENTIONED PATTY.

LANDMARK COMMISSIONER DIANE SHERMAN, WHO'S THE THE QUEEN OF PRESERVATION IN MY EYES.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PLAN COMMISSIONERS WORK ON THIS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER CHERNOCK, MY CURRENT ONE, ARTS MISSION, OAK CLIFF, FOR HOSTING THE MEETINGS AND PROVIDING MEETING SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN OUR CITY STAFF, WHO'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB ON THIS AND MADE MY LIFE EASY.

TREVOR BROWN, WHO LED THIS PROCESS, SCOTT BELLEN, MELISSA PARENT, ASHLEY TOLLIVER ARTURO DEL CASTILLO, WHO'S DONE SO MUCH WORK IN DISTRICT ONE OVER THE YEARS ANDREA UDREA AND OF COURSE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

SO I'M HAPPY THIS IS ON CONSENT.

AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY, AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL DO THE SAME.

CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS IN GENERAL.

I WANT TO START, THOUGH, BY CONGRATULATING MY COLLEAGUE AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA, AS WELL AS DISTRICT ONE IN GENERAL AND THE CITY, BECAUSE WITH ALL OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FORWARD DALLAS AND THE FALSE NARRATIVE ABOUT THE ASSAULT ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ALL OF THIS, TOOLS LIKE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ARE EXACTLY WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CULTURE, THE STYLE, THE INTEGRITY IS PRESERVED OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS DONE HERE AND SEE ABOUT DOING IT FOR YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO PROTECT A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD THAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE, AND WE ARE GOING TO CODIFY THAT FOR OUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN FOR, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CITYWIDE IN THAT.

SO I RECOMMEND IT, AND I CONGRATULATE YOU.

AND I WISH WE HAD ANY IN DISTRICT 11.

IT WOULD BE A VERY EXCITING MOMENT.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU. ON THIS ITEM THAT MY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUE WAS JUST ALLUDED TO HIS ENTHUSIASM.

I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HEAR HIS WORDS OF PROTECTION, OF THAT CULTURAL ARCHITECTURE AND JUST THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL, THE CHARACTER, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE HISTORIC AND LEGACY ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I WANT TO ADD TO THAT LIST THAT THE GLEN OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS WORKING TO ADOPT THAT SAME PROTECTION, IF YOU WOULD, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT OF LEGACY.

IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF ARCHITECTURAL VALUE THAT WE WANT TO KEEP.

AND SO AS. AS OUR COMMISSIONERS FORESIGHT AND AND HERBERT WORKED TO EDUCATE COMMUNITIES.

I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO, HOPEFULLY THROUGH THIS CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND JUST EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY THAT WE BOUGHT INTO YEARS AGO.

WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT THIS, WHAT I CALL PLEX EFFECT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD OF CUSTOM BUILT HOMES THAT ARE STANDING OVER 60 PLUS YEARS.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE COMPLEMENTARY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS AS MUCH AS WE CAN WHEN WHEN A HOME IS DESTROYED THAT WE NOT DO THE USE THE PLEX PLEX EFFECT TO TO ADDRESS THAT EMPTY LOT.

WE WANT A HOME THAT SPEAKS TO THE VALUE OF WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THOSE 6660 PLUS HOMES ARE BEING VALUED IN THE LATE 200,000 TO $300,000.

AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD WEST.

AND WE FEEL THAT SAME WAY IN GLEN OAKS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR BECAUSE WE WANT QUALITY HOMES, QUALITY ARCHITECTURE, AND WE WANT TO PROTECT THE SANCTITY AND THE SANITY OF THOSE CONSTITUENTS WHO BOUGHT INTO THOSE HOMES YEARS AGO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT CONVERSATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, WE JUST LOVE YOU FOR SUPPORTING US IN DISTRICT FOUR.

OH, THAT'S SO SWEET.

OH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT NEVER HAS BEFORE? SO WEIRD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? EYES HAVE IT.

THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED, MADAM SECRETARY.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM Z SIX.

[Z6. 24-1221 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 1495 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and a commercial amusement (inside) limited to a Class A dance hall on property zoned a CC Community Commercial Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 595, the South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District, on the east corner of Al Lipscomb Way and Meadow Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a five-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five-year periods, subject to amended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a five-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five-year periods, subject to amended conditions Z223-309(MB)]

Z SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1495 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A BAR,

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LOUNGE, OR TAVERN AND A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE.

LIMITED TO A CLASS A DANCE HALL ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST CORNER OF AL LIPSCOMB WAY AND MEADOW STREET.

ONE SECOND, ONE, ONE.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

WERE YOU DONE READING IT? YES, I NEED TO.

I'M ALL MY APOLOGIES.

WHAT IS GOING ON? HONORABLE MAYOR.

WE SENT 18 WERE ITEM Z6.

RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

18 NOTICES. YES.

ITEM Z6 18 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND TWO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z6 NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. WONDERFUL. MR. BLACKMON FOR A MOTION.

WELL, THE INFAMOUS Z6.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

THE SCP IS APPROVED FOR FIVE YEARS WITH NO ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

MOVED IN SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? MISS BLACKMON? I THINK WE'VE HAD IT ALL A DISCUSSION.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? EYES HAVE IT. WELL DONE, WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. Z11 IS YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

[Z11. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a public school other than an open-enrollment charter school on property zoned an R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on property bounded by Millmar Drive, Shiloh Road, Healey Drive, and Casa Oaks Drive Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a permanent time period, subject to a revised site plan, a revised traffic management plan, and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a permanent time period, subject to a site plan, a traffic management plan, and conditions Z223-272(JA) 24-1226]

ITEMS 11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL OTHER THAN AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL ON PROPERTY BOUNDED BY MILLMOOR DRIVE, SHILOH ROAD, HEALY DRIVE, AND CASA OAKS DRIVE.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 186 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 400FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED EIGHT REPLIES IN FAVOR AND FOUR REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

YOU DO HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ELSIE THURMAN.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CHESED ELEMENTARY L.C.

THURMAN, 9406 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TEXAS 75218.

CHESED ELEMENTARY IS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL BUILD.

WE'VE HAD THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE KEPT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND EXISTING TREES.

WE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO HAS A COUPLE OF MOTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STEVE STONER.

STEVE STONER.

HE'S ONLY HERE IF YOU NEED HIM.

I'M SORRY. HE'S A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

HE'S ONLY HERE IF YOU NEED HIM.

SAME WITH THE OTHER TWO.

THANK YOU. MR. STONER IS NOT PRESENT.

NOT PRESENT? CATHY LINEHAN.

KATIE LINEHAN.

OKAY? I'M SORRY.

MISS THURMAN.

WHERE YOU FINISHED SPEAKING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KATIE LINEHAN.

I'M THE DESIGN DIRECTOR FOR DALLAS ISD HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU ALL HAVE THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ERROL BROWN.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ERROL BROWN. I'M ACTUALLY A PROJECT ARCHITECT FOR THE SCHOOL AND ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM C11.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE Z11? YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, SUBJECT TO A REVISED SITE PLAN AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

SIDEWALKS MUST BE A MINIMUM OF UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF SIX FEET ALONG STREET FRONTAGES, EXCEPT THAT THEY MUST BE A MINIMUM OF UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF EIGHT FEET ON CASA OAK DRIVES, AND ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF MILNER DRIVE BETWEEN CASA OAK DRIVE AND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE BUS LANE, AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF HEALY DRIVE BETWEEN CASA OAKS DRIVE AND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE VEHICULAR DRIVE APPROACH, AS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN ALONG SHILOH

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ROAD AND CASA OAKS DRIVE, FENCE FENCES MUST BE LOCATED A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 25FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG HEALY DRIVE AND MILLER DRIVE. FENCES MUST BE LOCATED AT A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 15FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, EXCEPT THAT THE DISTANCE MAY BE REDUCED ON THE PORTION OF MILLER DRIVE WE'RE LOCATING THE FENCE 15FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

WOULD IT INTERFERE WITH THE VEHICLE? VEHICLE QUEUING DRIVEWAY PARKING LOT MUST BE CONSTRUCTED WITH AT LEAST 20% PERMEABLE MATERIALS, AS ALLOWED BY THE PAVING DESIGN MANUAL AREA.

WITHIN THE EQUAL CAPACITY TO THE RUNOFF VOLUME, THERE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF TWO PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS FROM HEALY DRIVE AND MILLER DRIVE, AND ONE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINT FROM CASA OAK DRIVE, AND AT LEAST ONE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINT ON HEALY DRIVE AND ON MILLER DRIVE MUST BE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF ALL VEHICLE ACCESS POINTS.

PEDESTRIAN GATES OR OPENINGS IN THE FENCE MUST BE PROVIDED AT THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS.

EACH PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINT MUST BE CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING ENTRY BY A PAVED PATHWAY.

CURB CUTS ARE LIMITED TO A MINIMUM OF 24FT AS INDICATED ON THE SITE PLAN.

IS THERE A SECOND SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIR MORENO. YES, MAYOR.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THIS IS AN EXCITING REPLACEMENT CAMPUS FOR KEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I KNOW THAT I, ALONG WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, ARE PROUD DISD PARENTS WHO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO WALK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.

AND SOME OF THE CHANGES ALLOW FOR THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SIDEWALKS AND THE COMMUNITY TO BE MORE ENGAGING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO, TO WORK WITH THE CITY.

AND A LOT OF THE CHANGES FOLLOW OUR STREET DESIGN MANUAL, OUR VISION ZERO.

AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PATH THAT WE ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM Z.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. QUESTION FOR THE MOVEMENT.

THE LAST BULLET POINT YOU READ AS A MINIMUM OF 24FT.

THE WRITTEN TEXT SAYS MAXIMUM.

WHICH SHOULD IT BE? MAXIMUM. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM Z11? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM ITEM Z 13 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER ON PROPERTY AT THE

[Z13. 24-1228 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a community service center on property zoned a CR-D-1 Community Retail District with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay District and deed restrictions [Z101-185], at the northeast line of Webb Chapel Road, southeast of Larga Drive Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a permanent period, subject to a site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a four-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z223-324(CR)]

NORTHEAST LINE OF WEST CHAPEL ROAD, SOUTHEAST OF LAGO DRIVE.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 25 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z 13.

NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION? YES, MR. MAYOR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING NONE.

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

ITEM FF ONE.

[PH1. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting the creation of a new Special Provision Sign District (SPSD) on property containing the Wynnewood Village Shopping Center, to be known as the Wynnewood Village Sign District and zoned Regional Retail District (RR), on the northwest corner of West Illinois Avenue and South Zang Boulevard Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to conditions SPSD223-001(JP) 24-1231]

ITEM ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR, AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE CREATION OF A NEW SPECIAL PROVISION SIGNED DISTRICT ON PROPERTY CONTAINING THE WYNNEWOOD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER, TO BE KNOWN AS THE WYNNEWOOD SIGN DISTRICT, AND ZONED REGIONAL RETAIL DISTRICT ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST ILLINOIS AVENUE AND SOUTH ZANE BOULEVARD.

YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, ANDREW RÜEGG.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ANDREW RUIG, 2201 MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.

HERE REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE REQUEST.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A NEW SPECIAL PROVISION PROVISION SIGNED DISTRICT FOR THE WYNNEWOOD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER.

AND THIS REQUEST IS LIMITED JUST TO THE SIGNAGE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A REFRESHED SIGNAGE PACKAGE FOR THE PROPERTY.

WE'VE GONE AND HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH STAFF WITH THE SDAC GOT THIS APPROVED AT PLAN COMMISSION, AND NOW WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REQUEST SHOULD THERE BE ANY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE BRETT MIELKE WITH BRICKS MORE ONLINE SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

BUT HE DOESN'T.

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HE'S NOT INTENDING TO COMMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO CALL HIS NAME ANYWAY.

BRETT. MIKEY.

MICK.

GOOD AFTERNOON. HERE WE CAN HEAR YOU.

HOWEVER, YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING.

WE CAN SEE YOU NOW. YOU MAY CONTINUE.

THANK YOU. JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN WEST, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE. HEARING NONE.

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

[PH2. A public hearing to receive comments on the proposed City of Dallas FY 2023-24 Urban Land Bank Demonstration Program Plan; and, at the close of the public hearing, approval of the City of Dallas FY 2023-24 Urban Land Bank Demonstration Program Plan in accordance with Chapter 379C of the Texas Local Government Code - Financing: No cost consideration to the City 24-1160]

ITEM FF TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED CITY OF DALLAS.

FY 20 2324 URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PLAN AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

FY 20 2324 URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 379C OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

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

NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIR MORENO, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE FY 20 2324 URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PLAN.

IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN MORENO ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM FF THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE ADOPTION OF SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE FY 20

[PH3. 24-910 A public hearing to receive public comments on the adoption of Substantial Amendment No. 1 to the FY 2023-24 Action Plan for HOME Investment Partnerships Program American Rescue Plan Act Grant Funds for Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to reallocate funds from Tenant Based Rental Assistance to Supportive Services in an amount not to exceed $2,468,564.00 and to Administration and Planning in an amount not to exceed $31,436.00, for a total amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00, to continue supportive services and administration for the expanded R.E.A.L. Time Re-Housing Program - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (This item was held under advisement on January 24, 2024 and February 28, 2024) ]

2324 ACTION PLAN FOR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT GRANT FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO REALLOCATE FUNDS FROM TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,468,564, AND TO ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $31,436, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,500,000.

TO CONTINUE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE EXPANDED REAL, REAL TIME REHOUSING PROGRAM.