Aug 14, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

ALL RIGHT.

IF EVERYONE IS ABLE, WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG FIRST AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE GUYS, WE GOT A LOT TO DO TODAY.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU JUST GOTTA BEAR WITH ME 'CAUSE WE HAVE EVERY FORM OF PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE EVEN HAVE UNDER OUR CHARTER TODAY.

WE'VE GOT REGULAR MEETINGS, SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THAT.

SO WE GOT ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING.

SO, UM, BEAR WITH ME.

WE'VE GOT LOTS OF PIECES OF PAPER UP HERE, LOTS OF STUFF TO DO.

I SEE A LOT OF VISITORS IN THE GALLERY DAY.

I SEE MR. MADANO UP THERE.

UM, SO

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LET'S GET STARTED WITH SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRWOMAN KARA MENDELSON FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT'S MY HONOR TO, UM, SHARE THE PROCLAMATION THAT YOU'VE PUT OUT AND I'D LIKE TO READ IT 'CAUSE IT HAS SOME VERY IMPORTANT STATISTICS FOR THE PUBLIC.

IT SAYS WHERE THE TRIPLE A FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CAR CRASHES REMAIN ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH AMONGST TEENAGERS WHO ARE MORE AT RISK FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAN ANY OTHER AGE GROUP.

AND WHEREAS SIX OUT OF 10 TEENAGE CRASHES INVOLVE DISTRACTED DRIVING, MORE THAN HALF OF TEENAGE DRIVERS DON'T WEAR SEAT BELTS.

AND WHEREAS RISKY BEHAVIORS SUCH AS SPEEDING AGGRESSION AND IMPAIRMENT HAVE INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS, WHEREAS TEENAGERS LACK EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WHEEL, MAKING THEM THREE TIMES AS LIKELY AS ADULTS TO BE INVOLVED IN A DEADLY CRASH.

AND WHEREAS TEENAGERS HAVE A GREATER RISK OF DEATH AND CUL VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY OLD ENOUGH TO PURCHASE OR POSSESS ALCOHOL.

AND WHEREAS A MONTH OF AUGUST AS PART OF THE 100 DEADLIEST DAYS, A SUMMERTIME TREND WHERE THE RATE OF TEENAGE VEHICULAR CRASHES INCREASES.

AND WHEREAS THE AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY IN TEXAS, THE CITY OF DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT JUDICIARY MISSION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND SEEK SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT TEENAGE INJURIES AND DEATHS ON THE ROAD, AS WELL AS TO HELP TEENAGERS UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF POOR DRIVING BEHAVIORS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I ERIC JOHNSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 17TH, 2024, IS TEEN DRIVER SAFETY AWARENESS DAY.

THERE'S A, AN EVENT THAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED

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AND, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THIS EVENT MANY TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS.

AND THE CITY OF DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURTS ACTUALLY COORDINATES THIS, PUTS IT ON.

IT'S REALLY SPECTACULAR.

MY OWN CHILDREN HAVE ATTENDED AND LEARNED, I'VE LEARNED THINGS AT IT.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME.

I THINK JUDGE ROBINSON'S HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS FOR A MOMENT AND I JUST WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO JUDGE JULIE CLANCY, WHO HAS BEEN REALLY THE LEAD IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, ENORMOUS EFFORTS OVER SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE THAT, UM, THAT REALLY HAS GONE INTO IT.

PERHAPS JUDGE IS NOT HERE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME SPEAK, JULIE? SURE.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT, UM, SHE'D LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A PHOTO AFTER TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.

THANK YOU PERSON.

GO AHEAD MA'AM.

PUSH YOUR MICROPHONE BUTTON THERE.

SORRY.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL WOMAN, MENDELSSOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

UH, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A FULL PLATE.

I WASN'T ANTICIPATING SPEAKING, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, UH, FOR THIS, UH, IMPORTANT, WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.

UH, WE ARE IN A POSITION AS YOUR JUDICIARY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, THE YOUNG DRIVERS, THE TEENS, THEIR PARENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS AND THE DANGERS OF DRIVE, BAD DRIVING, UH, BAD DRIVING BEHAVIORS, UM, THAT INCLUDE DRINKING, DRIVING, DRUGS, IMPAIRED, ESPECIALLY TEXTING WITH THE YOUNG ONES.

AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN A RISE IN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S STREET RACING.

UH, A FAMILY JUST LOST THEIR LIVES A FEW DAYS AGO, UH, BECAUSE OF IT.

SO WE, WE HOPED, UH, OUR MISSION, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, UH, WITH OUR MISSION IN EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR YOUNG DRIVERS AND THEIR PARENTS.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE? THANK YOU.

YOU CAN COME ON DOWN FOR A PHOTOGRAPH REALLY QUICKLY.

AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, I WANT TO TEE UP, UM, CHAIRMAN ARNOLD, JUST GET READY FOR YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT.

YOU'RE NEXT, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO A, UH, QUICK PHOTOGRAPH.

THERE WE GO.

AS WE MAKE OUR WAY BACK TO OUR SEATS, CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRWOMAN CAROLYN KING ARNOLD FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

AND I KNOW THAT WE, NOW I'LL TRY AGAIN.

WE, UH, I HEARD YOU RECOGNIZE THERE WERE SOME MADE THE, JUST COULD WE GET, I'M JUST, JUST KIND OF DISTRACTING A LITTLE BIT.

IF WE COULD GET, IF WE COULD HAVE ORDER AT THE HORSESHOE ORDER, PLEASE.

THAT'S AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO.

YOU CAN'T STOP 'EM FROM TALKING ALTOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, TO THE PUBLIC.

TO THE PUBLIC, I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS MORNING TO HEAR THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

I ALSO, MAYOR HONORABLE TIFFANY YOUNG, ALSO IS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AS PART OF THIS, UH, EVENT.

BUT I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE, UH, THE, THE NEWS THAT WE ALL RECEIVE.

MAYBE WE ALL RECEIVED SOME SAW IT, SOME DIDN'T.

BUT ONE OF OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS, ARI RICHARDSON, I WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT FOR HER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS, SEVERAL GOLD.

SHE'S STILL A GOLD STAR IN, IN OUR EYES, AND I KNOW THAT IN DUE TIME, WE, WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE CELEBRATIONS HERE.

I GOT ONE OF THOSE CALLS ABOUT WHAT ARE Y'ALL GONNA DO? BUT I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO BECAUSE BEING A WOMAN AND RUNNING THAT BATTLE AND RUNNING THAT, THAT RACE, IT IS A TOUGH JOB.

AND SO SHE HANDLED UP ON HER BUSINESS.

I CALLED HER THE FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD, AND ALSO THE FASTEST WOMAN IN DALLAS.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING HER AND CONTINUING TO REPRESENT, UH, HER, HER GOALS IN TERMS OF GOING HIGHER.

BUT IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE HER TO PUT US ON THE MAP.

AND SO TO SHAKARA RICHARDSON, SHAKA RICHARDSON, HATS OFF TO THAT FAD BAD

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SISTER.

AND SO, MAYOR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER, UH, EVENTUALLY MAYBE HOOKING UP WITH US IF WE CAN CATCH HER .

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

BUT REMEMBER, IT IS ALL ABOUT THAT GOAL OF THE SOUL.

AND SHAKARA RICHARDSON IS OUR GIRL.

NO, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE HER IF WE CAN GET HER HERE.

AND I KNOW THAT CHAIRMAN ARVAS HAS, UH, SOMEONE HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE WHO CHIEF NOT TODAY, BUT COMING SOON, A BIG DEAL FROM OUR DALLAS WINGS.

UM, WNBA ALLSTAR.

SO, UM, WE GOT SOME GOOD ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING WITH THAT.

I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY, MADAM SECRETARY.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

OH, FOR, FOR WHAT PURPOSE? I DID NOT SEE JUST ONE MORE GOLD MEDAL OLYMPIAN, UM, THAT LIVES IN DALLAS.

I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE SINCE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ARNOLD BROUGHT UP GO AHEAD.

UP AS A D 13 RESIDENT IN GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN GOLF, SCOTTY SCHEFFLER.

SO I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT WE MAY BE DOING, DOING SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA LET THIS MOMENT GO.

MAYBE WE COULD JUST HAVE A WHOLE OLYMPIC MEDALIST DAY AND GET 'EM ALL HERE.

I LOVE IT.

AND JUST, AND HAVE ALL THE HARDWARE OUT HERE.

ANYBODY ELSE GOT AN OLYMPIAN IN THEIR DISTRICT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE? ALRIGHT, JUST CHECKING.

ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, GO

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AHEAD.

PLACES HYDROFLUORIC ACID IN OUR WATER AND CALLS IT FLUORIDE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY POISON.

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

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

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

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS.

WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

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

YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME, ADDRESS, YOUR, AND ALSO, PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON, ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.

LINDA NEWLAND.

GOOD DAY.

HONORABLE MAYOR LINDA NEWLAND FROM DISTRICT SEVEN, THE BUTTERFLY DISTRICT.

ON AUGUST 7TH, I CAME TO DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO HELP SUPPORT SOMEONE, ONLY TO WATCH MY COUNCIL PERSON FROM DISTRICT SEVEN MOVE FROM PERSON TO PERSON TO SPEAK TO THEM.

DISTRICT SEVEN REMINDED ME OF A BUTTERFLY HEADS.

FROM NOW ON, I WILL ADDRESS HIM AS BUTTERFLY DISTRICT SEVEN.

HERE ARE SOMETIMES HE WAS TALKING AND NOT IN HIS SEAT TO THE SPEAKERS.

HERE THEY ARE UP HERE, JUST SOME OF THEM.

HOW IN THE WORLD CAN HE KNOW WHERE THAT SPEAKERS ARE SAYING? WELL, HE CAN'T KNOW.

AND HE IS INDICATING HE HAS NO INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC HE IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE.

BY THE WAY, DISTRICT SEVEN WAS NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT NOT IN THEIR SEAT LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO SEE THIS IN DETAIL, SEND AN EMAIL TO DALLAS FOR SAFER WATER@YAHOO.COM.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUE FACTS ABOUT FLUORIDATION, THEN VISIT THESE TWO WEBSITES, FLUORIDE ALERT.ORG DALLAS FOR SAFER WATER.COM.

BUT THIS ONE IS BEST TO USE A HOME PC AS IT HAS LOTS OF INFO TO LOAD.

REMEMBER DALLAS

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JUST LOOK IT UP.

MAYOR IS THE REASON Y'ALL WANT TO CONTINUE FLUORIDATION.

IT'S BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE GOING WITH HEALTHY PEOPLE.

20, 30 AND HSS AND IT, IT, AND THIS.

SO I TELL Y'ALL THE, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PRAYER, IT SAYS, DO WHAT'S GOOD, WHAT'S GOOD.

BY GOD, GOD DIDN'T PUT HYDROPHOLIC ACID IN OUR WATER, BUT Y'ALL DO.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO STOP IT.

IT'S BAD FOR OUR BODIES.

IT'S, THAT'S YOUR TIME.

RE REGINA AND SIA.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.

I'M REGINA IBERIA FROM THE 14TH DISTRICT, AND IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE ACTUALLY SITTING IN YOUR CHAIRS BETTER THAN USUAL.

BUT LINDA IS TOTALLY CORRECT.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU ALL ARE FL AROUND TALKING TO EACH OTHER WHILE WE'RE TALKING.

WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION ON IT.

AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, MAYOR, WHEN, UM, THERE WAS CONVERSATION WHEN, UM, UH, MAYOR ARNOLD WAS TRYING TO SPEAK, AND YOU SAID, WELL, YOU CAN'T STOP HIM FROM TALKING.

YOU REALLY CAN.

AND THAT WOULD BE KIMBERLY TALBERT'S JOB.

SHE'S THE SERGEANT OF ARMS, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DECORUM.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DECORUM ON THE HORSESHOE.

AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DECORUM IN THE AUDIENCE.

NOW, I HAVE BEEN REPRIMANDED BEFORE FOR CLAPPING TODAY, VERY OBVIOUSLY WE GOT AWAY WITH CLAPPING.

WHEN I CLAPPED FOR A SPEAKER, YOU WOULD SAY, WE'LL HAVE NO, YOU KNOW, UPRISING IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

YOU GUYS SHOULD APPRECIATE HEARING THE CLAPPING SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE COMRADERY WE HAVE OR THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE IN, IN CONNECTION WITH.

YOU SHOULD APPRECIATE THE CLAPPING.

NOW, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF MAJOR, YOU KNOW, HOLDING UP OF THE DEAL, BUT A CLAP IS A, A NECESSARY THING.

AND SO GET BACK TO OUR WHOLE DEAL.

FOR 13 YEARS WE'VE BEEN COMING.

I COULD TELL YOU DETAILS ABOUT FLUORIDE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FILES, WHETHER YOU LOOK AT IT OR YOU DON'T.

BUT FLUOROSIS IS THE OUTWARD SIGN OF FLUORIDE TOXICITY IN THE BODY.

IT'S ESTIMATED OVER 70 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE THIS NOW, AND IT'S, IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IT COMES FROM IS FROM FLUORIDE.

NOW, HIGHLAND PARK DOES NOT ADD FLUORIDE TO THEIR WATER.

OKAY? THEY HAVE THE SAME SOURCE WATER THAT DALLAS HAS.

AND DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN LIKES TO SAY, WELL, PLACES THAT DON'T ADD FLUORIDE TO THEIR WATER, MR. BUTTERFLY, UM, UH, THEY, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO PUT MORE IN BECAUSE THEIR BASE WATER DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH.

BUT IF HIGHLAND PARK HAS NEVER ADDED FLUORIDE TO THEIR WATER, BUT DALLAS SPENDS A MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT THIS HYDROFLUORIC ACID THAT IS CONTAMINATED WITH ARSENIC LEAD AND OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE IT IS AN INDUSTRY BYPRODUCT AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR NOW 50, 60 YEARS.

WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GIVEN YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

YOU ALL HAVE IT, BUT YOU DO NOT DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY SAD.

IT'S VERY SAD.

AND, UM, I I REALLY THINK THAT MS. TALBERT NEEDS TO WORK ON THE DECORUM ON THE, UH, ON THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS FOLKS, THIS IS RARE.

THIS IS RARE THAT THEY'RE ALL SITTING HERE AND THIS GUY IS UP ON THE, ON THE THING.

IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE AND IT SHOULD BE NORMAL.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

UM, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS IS ALSO A PIECE OF CRAP.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

THANK YOU ROBERT ELLI.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

UH, WASN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR, BUT THAT HAS TO BE NEXT MONTH.

'CAUSE UM, I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM AGAIN.

AGAIN, THEY'RE STARTING TO FORT THE, PUT THOSE TENTS UP RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL, LIKE I SAID, LAST TWO MONTHS AGO.

LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF CRAP.

I WAS TALKING TO 'EM TODAY.

AND THEY IDENTIFY HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.

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I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.

HOMELESS SOLUTIONS IS A PIECE OF CRAP.

BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA GET ANY ACTION TO GET THE HOMELESS HERE TO, TO SPEAK, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENS.

YOU WANT THE, YOU WANT THE PRO, YOU WANT THE ANSWER.

THAT'S THE ANSWER.

YOU GET ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE HERE.

THERE'LL BE SO MUCH MOVEMENT, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW, HOW BAD IT WILL THAT YOU'LL BE MOVING ABOUT THE SITUATION.

EVERY TIME I SPEAK FOR THE FA PAST 15 YEARS, 10 YEARS, I'M ALWAYS BY MYSELF.

NOW IT'S TIME TO GET THE HOMELESS INVOLVED.

I WAS AT THE PARTNERSHIP MEETING.

THE PARTNER, THE CHAIR LADY SAYS SHE HAS NO CONTROL OVER WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, HOMELESS SITUATION HERE IN DALLAS AS FAR AS THE MOVEMENT OF IT? UM, THIS UP, THIS.

SEE WE GO AGAIN.

UM, BUT THE SITUATION IS IT'S GETTING VERY BAD.

AND, UM, HOW THE HOMELESS GOTTA COME.

BUT WHEN THE HOMELESS DON'T COME, MEANS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HOMELESS, HOMELESS SOLUTION.

THE OUTREACH, WHEN YOU SEE THEM, GIVE THE PHONE NUMBER, SIX SEVEN ZERO THREE SEVEN THREE EIGHT SIX SEVEN ZERO THREE SEVEN THREE EIGHT AND HAVE 'EM CALL TO GET ON THE SPEAKER LIST.

PARTNERSHIPS, HOMELESS COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.

I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO DO THAT.

IT MIGHT BE BAD PUBLICITY, BUT YOU'LL GET A MOVEMENT.

IT'S BEEN HERE TOO LONG.

ME DOING THIS BY MYSELF.

IT'S GOTTA STOP.

I'M GETTING FED UP DOING THIS BY MYSELF, MAN.

ALSO, IT'S FORT KNOX HERE.

HOW MUCH TIME WE GOT? ONE MINUTE.

I USED TO GO UP THERE AND SEE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.

UM, MONICA HAR ALL THE PEOPLE.

NOW YOU CAN'T EVEN TALK TO NOBODY.

YOU MEAN YOU CALL THE PHONE NUMBER FOR HOMELESS SOLUTION.

NOBODY EVER ANSWERS A PHONE.

THAT MEANS THEY DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS EITHER.

BUT YOU, YOU TELL THE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, GET THE PEOPLE HERE, SPEAK UP.

YOU'LL GET SOME ACTION BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING TIRED OF SEEING THIS GOING ON AND ON AND ON.

WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT HERE OUTSIDE CITY HALL.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY MAYOR.

IT LOOKS REAL BAD.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU GOTTA GET INVOLVED.

PEOPLE GET INVOLVED.

I MEAN THAT, I'M GETTING TIRED OF DOING THIS BY MYSELF.

I'LL BE GOING TO PARTNERSHIP MEETING, GONNA BE AT THE DALLAS COUNTY, THE DALLAS COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THIS.

BUT, UM, ALL OF YOU NEED TO SHOW UP AND SHOW SOME EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE HOME AND GET THEM HERE TO SPEAK UP HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.

UH, MY NAME IS WILLIAM HOPKINS.

UH, EVERY THREE, THREE PEOPLE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE, ELLI AND, AND, AND OTHER LADY ABOUT THE, UH, FLOOR RIDE.

UH, 10, 15 YEAR OLDS, MAN.

UH, THEY COME DOWN HERE ASKING FOR HELP FOR THE HOMELESS AND EVERYTHING, MAN, WHILE YOU HAVING SEX WITH SOME WOMAN IN YOUR WIFE HOUSE, MAN, AND, UH, AND YOUR CHILDREN.

WHERE YOUR CHILDREN LIVE, MAN.

POINT OF ORDER.

MAYOR, NO, PERFECT.

AIN'T ANOTHER POINT ON WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.

WHO, WHAT'S THE POINT OF ORDER? SPEAKERS ARE NOT TO BECOME PERSONAL OR, UM, PROFANE.

HE, UH, THE REASON THIS DON'T CALL YOUR NAME, YOUR POINT BOARD IS WELL TAKEN.

THAT GUY, THAT GUY WAS CALLED A POINT ORDER.

HE, UH, CONTINUED.

HE, UH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WHAT IT WAS IN THE, IT IT IS COURT RECORDS.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO HELP YOU.

EVERY, UH, YOU BLACK AND THEY WHITE, THE WHITE PEOPLE ALWAYS TRYING TO HELP YOU.

'CAUSE YOU, YOU DONE TRADE.

YOU WAS A DEMOCRAT.

NOW YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN.

LOOK HERE, ERIC.

LEMME LEMME GET THIS.

THIS IS A LAWSUIT WHERE THEY WHAT, WHERE THE PEOPLE DIE IN WEST DALLAS.

I, I WANNA SEE IF THIS GUY, UH, GET A POINT ORDER NOW PEOPLE DIE IN WEST DALLAS.

I GAVE HIM THE, THE, THE GUY THAT SAID SOMETHING, HIM A COPY OF THIS REAL, WERE BLACKS DYING.

HE AIN'T SAYING NOTHING ABOUT BLACKS DYING.

Y'ALL STUDY BY, UH, PUTTING BICYCLES EVERYWHERE.

YOU, YOU, YOU, IF YOU DID SOMETHING FOR THE HOMELESS AS YOU DO FOR THE, FOR THE BICYCLES AND THE GAZE, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, THE HOMELESS WOULD BE, THEY WOULDN'T BE OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT.

IF Y'ALL HELPED THE HOMELESS LIKE Y'ALL DO, THE BICYCLES AND THE GAZE, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

NOW, BACK TO WHAT I WERE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS, THIS IS WHY I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR, FOR THE LONG AS YOU'VE BEEN A, A REPUBLICAN, ERIC, UH, UH, THE BLACKS DYING IN WEST DALLAS.

NOBODY HERE.

NO MEDIA.

SEE, SEE HOW THE MEDIA GOT THE CAMERA

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TURNED THE OPPOSITE WAY.

NO MEDIA, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, ALL OF 'EM IS RACIST, BIGOTED, UH, UH, UH, UH, ENTITIES, UH, LETTING THE PEOPLE DIE.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ERIC DONE DIED.

YOUR MAMA GRADUATED FROM PINKSTON.

THIS IS HOW PITIFUL THIS IS.

HOW PITIFUL THIS HERE.

YOUR MAMA GRADUATED FROM PINKSTON.

YOUR MAMA MIGHT BE SICK FROM, FROM, FROM, FROM LEAD, FROM THE LEAD IN WEST DALLAS.

YOU SO CAUGHT UP IN THE GOING HOME, UH, UH, HAVING SOME WOMAN AT YOUR, AT YOUR WIFE HOUSE, HAVING SEX WITH SOME WOMAN AT YOUR WIFE HOUSE.

YOU SO CAUGHT UP WITH ALL THAT.

YOU CAN'T SEE THAT YOUR MAMA MIGHT BE SICK AND DYING FROM THE LEAD IN WEST DALLAS.

ERIC, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT, ABOUT, I AIN'T GONNA SAY IT ABOUT WOMEN BECAUSE, UH, Y'ALL WERE CLAPPING TODAY.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE PEOPLE FROM PALESTINE, THEM PEOPLE WAS HEARING ONE OF 'EM CLAPPED.

YOU THREW HIM OUT.

THEY WAS THERE.

WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE PALESTINIANS, THEY WAS HERE.

AND ONE CLAP.

YOU THREW HIM OUT.

THAT WAS RACIST.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO RACIST.

NOW, TODAY THEY CLAP.

YOU DON'T SAY NOTHING.

BUT IF THERE WAS PEOPLE FROM ISRAEL, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THROW THEM OUT LIKE YOU DID THEM PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, UH, UH, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE NEVER HAPPENED 'CAUSE YOU SPOKE OUTTA SOME ISRAEL PLACE.

THE, THE, THE THE JEWS PAID YOU TO SPEAK AT TIME, THEIR PLACE TOO.

ERIC, YOUR TIME.

AND I'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THE REST OF IT.

LET SEE IF THEY YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.

INTERRUPT ME AGAIN.

JOE STOKES.

I'LL SEE YOU JOE STOKES, DISTRICT NINE.

LAST SUNDAY, THE DALLAS EXPRESS RAN THIS ARTICLE.

WILL THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BE FORCED TO BAN FLUORIDE USE IN TAP WATER? KELLEN JONES, AUGUST 11TH, ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH COURT CASES IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAS SAT FOR MONTHS IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT A RULING FROM THE JUDGE.

MICHAEL CONNA, THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY CITED NUMEROUS STUDIES, DRAWING LINKS BETWEEN FLUORIDE AND DRINKING WATER AND CHILDREN'S IQS, HYPOTHYROIDISM, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER MALADIES.

CONNET IDENTIFIES FLUOROSIS AS AN UNDISPUTED RISK IN FLUORIDE CONSUMPTION.

FLUOROSIS MOST PROMINENTLY AFFECTS THE TEETH BY CAUSING STRIATIONS OR BLOTCHING.

ACCORDING TO THE CDC, ROUGHLY A THIRD OF AMERICANS AGE SIX TO 49 SHOWS SIGNS OF VERY MILD TO SEVERE FLUOROSIS.

IN SOME CASES, FLUOROSIS CAN ALSO OCCUR IN THE SKELETON CAUSING WEAKENING OF THE BONES.

DISTRICT JUDGE EDWARD CHEN HAS BEEN PRESIDING OVER THE CASE SINCE 2017.

PART OF THE DELAY MIGHT BE DUE TO THE COURT WAITING ON THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM REPORT ON FLUORIDE.

THE NEARLY 1600 PAGE REPORT TITLED DRAFT MONOGRAPH ON THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE CONCERNING FLUORIDE EXPOSURE AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND COGNITIVE HEALTH EFFECTS.

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN THE PUBLIC AN INDICATION OF WHAT THE FINAL REPORT WILL SAY.

THE DRAFT SUMMARY STATES THERE IS A LARGE BODY OF EVIDENCE ON IQ EFFECTS IN CHILDREN.

THIS REVIEW FINDS WITH MODERATE CONFIDENCE THAT HIGHER FLUORIDE EXPOSURE IS CONSISTENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER IQ IN CHILDREN.

THE FINAL REPORT HAS NEVER BEEN RELEASED.

AND INTERNAL EMAILS REVEAL EFFORTS BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF HEALTH, RACHEL LEVINE, TO DELAY ITS PUBLICATION INDEFINITELY.

DX DALLAS EXPRESS, PREVIOUSLY UNSUCCESSFUL, CONTACTED LEVINE FOR A COMMENT OR EXPLANATION.

CHEN COULD RULE AT ANY TIME.

THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATIONS AS TO WHAT IS BEHIND THE DELAY IN CHEN'S RULING.

SOME LOCALITIES IN TEXAS HAVE TAKEN ACTION WITHOUT THE COURT'S RULING AND STOPPED FLUORIDATION COUNSEL, BE THE VANGUARD OF INFORMED PROACTIVE TEXAS COUNCILS AND STOP POISONING THE PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOURSELVES.

AGENDA ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE JUNE 26TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

THE REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

MR. MAYOR, WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO YOUR VOTING AGENDA.

LET'S MOVE ON TO IT.

[MINUTES]

IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? I HEARD A MOTION APPROVE AND I HEARD A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

AGENDA, YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

WE MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT

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ITEM 42.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TAMARA HUTCHERSON OR TAMARA HUTCHERSON.

TAMARA HUTCHERSON.

IT'S NOT PRESENT.

BRITTANY ENGLISH.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD MORNING.

UH, MY NAME IS, I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.

UM, I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THIS AGENDA ITEM TO AUTHORIZE AN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH HKS INC.

THIS $140 MILLION REGIONAL POLICE COMPOUND WOULD BE LOCATED IN A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY IN OAK CLIFF.

JUST AN EIGHT MINUTE DRIVE FROM WHERE I LIVE.

WHILE THE CURRENT DPD FACILITY IS ALSO IN OAK CLIFF, IT WAS NOT BUILT TO SERVE THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS REGION.

THE AMOUNT OF POLICE PRESENCE WILL DRASTICALLY INCREASE AT THIS NEW FACILITY.

ACCORDING TO THE POLICE SCORECARD, WHICH IS THE FIRST NATIONWIDE PUBLIC EVALUATION OF POLICING IN THE US BLACK PEOPLE IN DALLAS ARE AT LEAST 3.6 MORE TI TIMES MORE LIKELY 3.6 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED FOR LOW LEVEL NONVIOLENT OFFENSES THAN A WHITE PERSON.

UM, A GOOD REASON TO SUPPORT THE DALLAS FREEDOM ACT THAT YOU GUYS WILL HEAR ABOUT, UM, LATER.

IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THIS FACILITY WILL RESULT IN AN EVEN HIGHER RATE OF SURVEILLANCE, PROFILING AND ARRESTS OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.

RECENTLY WE ALL WITNESSED HIGHLY MILITARIZED POLICE AND STATE TROOPERS AND RIOT GEAR INVADE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES TO BRUTALIZE PEPPER SPRAY AND USE TEAR GAS ON STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR USING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROTEST AGAINST THEIR UNIVERSITIES PROFITING FROM WAR AND THE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

LOCATING THIS FACILITY ON UNT DALLAS' CAMPUS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY INTIMIDATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY FROM USING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROTEST IN THE FUTURE.

DALLAS'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET ALREADY ALLOCATES OVER A BILLION DOLLARS, 61.2% TO POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

61.2% NEGLECTING MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT DESPERATELY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

DALLAS COUNTY REPORTS THE FOURTH HIGHEST RATE OF FOOD INSECURE CHILDREN IN THE US.

DALLAS HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST HOUSING DEPRIVED POPULATIONS IN THE US.

HOME OWNERSHIP IS INCREASINGLY OUT OF REACH AND THE CITY IS SHORT.

AN ESTIMATED 33,000, 33,600 RENTAL HOMES THAT LOWER INCOME PEOPLE CAN AFFORD.

ADDRESSING THESE SERIOUS ISSUES IS WHAT WILL MAKE OUR CITY THE SAFEST.

I REJECT THE FEAR MONGERING NARRATIVE THAT WE NEED POLICE TO KEEP US SAFE IN 2020.

THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEWED NATIONAL DISPATCH DATA AND FOUND THAT JUST 4% OF OFFICERS' TIME IS DEVOTED TO VIOLENT CRIME.

THAT'S LESS THAN TWO HOURS AND A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK.

A RE-IMAGINATION OF COMMUNITY SAFETY IS FAR OVERDUE.

BUT DPD NEEDS A NEW STATE OF THE ART FACILITY.

NO THEY DON'T.

PEOPLE NEED TO EAT.

PEOPLE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

PEOPLE NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A HOME.

DPD HAS A FACILITY RENOVATE IT AND INVEST THE SURPLUS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

IF THE FUNDING NEEDS TO REMAIN IN PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT SAFETY, YOUR INVEST THE SURPLUS IN THE RIGHT CARE UNIT THAT RESPONDS YOUR TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISES.

THAT'S YOUR TIME.

SO THERE ARE MORE THAN THAT'S YOUR TIME MA'AM.

TEAMS SERVING, SERVING THE ENTIRE CITY.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH 83.

AGENDA ITEM THREE WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON.

AGENDA ITEM NINE WAS CORRECTED.

AGENDA ITEM 11 WAS PULLED BY COUNT OR IS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.

AGENDA ITEM 21 IS BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD.

AGENDA ITEM 29 IS BEING PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

AGENDA ITEM 42 WAS CORRECTED.

AGENDA ITEM 43 WAS CORRECTED.

AGENDA ITEM 59 WAS DELETED.

AGENDA ITEM 66 IS BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND ARNOLD.

AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT AGENDA ITEM 25 IS BEING CORRECTED.

CLARIFYING THAT THE CONTRACT IS STILL WITH TEXAS MATERIALS GROUP DBA TEXAS BIT.

THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS TWO FOUR THROUGH 10, 12 THROUGH 20 THANK YOU, 22 THROUGH 28, 30 THROUGH 58, 60 THROUGH 65 AND

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67 THROUGH 83.

THIS IS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

SECRETARY, IS THERE A MOTION ON CONSENT? I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE.

TO YOUR FIRST PULLED ITEM.

CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE

[3. 24-2250 An ordinance amending Sections 2-43, 2-44, and 2-49 of Chapter 2, “Administration”; amending Section 51A-4.303 of Chapter 51A, “Dallas Development Code: Ordinance No. 19455, as amended”; (1) changing the name of the Department of Building Services to Department of Facilities and Real Estate Management; (2) assigning real estate services from the Department of Public Works to the Department of Facilities and Real Estate Management; (3) providing a saving clause; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AGENDA ITEM THREE.

AGENDA ITEM THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 3 2 5 5 4.

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2023 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 3 2 6 6 3.

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 3 2 7 2 3.

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON MAY 8TH, 2024 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 3 2 7 5 9.

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON JUNE 26TH, 2024, AUTHORIZING ONE CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 24 FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND TO THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, NOT TO EXCEED $4,108,213,070.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON.

IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO SEND THIS ITEM TO GPFM FOR REVIEW? I HEARD TWO MOTIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

IT'LL BE EASIER JUST TO DEAL WITH, UM, THE MO LOOK.

WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE? DO YOU, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? I DID NOT.

MAYOR.

IT CAME FROM MY VICE CHAIR.

I HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE AND I'LL DEAL WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE AND WE CAN DISPOSE OF IT THROUGH THE AMENDMENT PROCESS IF NECESSARY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED TO SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL NORMALLY START THAT OFF WITH THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE ITEM.

SO, CHAIRMAN MENDELSON, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM TWO, THREE.

EXCUSE ME.

THIS IS A VERY CONSEQUENTIAL BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN TO A COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO MEMOS ABOUT IT.

I ACTUALLY ASSUMED IT WOULD GO TO COMMITTEE, UM, SINCE WE STILL HAVE TIME.

AND IT'S AUGUST.

IT COULD BE ON THE AUGUST AGENDA.

AND THEN THIS ITEM COULD BE APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON HERE I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.

WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM ALL IF WE'D LIKE TODAY.

I THINK WE HAVE A VERY, VERY FULL AGENDA.

UM, BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR THIS BODY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMITTEE REVIEW THE BUDGET.

SO IS THAT A, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND? SO I MOVE TO AMEND TO SEND THIS TO GPFM IF THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, THIS MONTH'S AGENDA.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION ON YOUR AMENDMENT, IS THAT AMENDMENT IN ORDER FOR OF ALL METAPHORICALLY? IT IS.

IT'S IN ORDER.

SO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR AMENDMENT CHAIRWOMAN? I I THINK I ALREADY LAID IT OUT.

UM, SHOULD IT FAIL THEN? I THINK WE'LL END UP WITH A VERY LENGTHY CONVERSATION.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSON'S? MOTION CHAIRMAN, RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT BY MS. MENDELSON.

UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHY THIS CONTRACT AMOUNT IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY 25% AFTER WE'VE ALREADY EXECUTED A CONTRACT.

AND IF STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO AT LEAST GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT.

NAME OF FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND MOVING THE APPROPRIATIONS FROM BUILDING SERVICES, ZEROING THAT OUT AND PUTTING THAT, THOSE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE NEW DEPARTMENT.

SO WHICH CONTRACT? CONTRACT? UH, THIS IS THE THANK YOU 2024 ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ON.

THIS IS THE BIG BUDGET.

OH, OKAY.

UM, I WITHDRAW MY QUESTION.

RESERVE IT FOR LATER.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT BY MENDELSSOHN.

THIS IS ITEM THREE.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND, UM, I WAS ASKED TO COMMENT, UM, BY MY COLLEAGUE AND I'LL HAPPILY COMMENT, I'M FINE IF THIS COMES BACK TO GPFM.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH STAFF ON THIS AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT MOVING FORWARD TODAY PERSONALLY.

UM, IF PEOPLE FEEL THEY NEED THE OPPORTUNITY, I'M NOT GONNA OPPOSE IT.

UM, HOWEVER, I'M ALSO FINE WITH MOVING FORWARD TODAY.

UM, SO I'M JUST, I GUESS I'M NEUTRAL ON THIS.

UM, BUT I, I WOULD JUST ASK STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE ON IF THEY, IF THIS WOULD HARM THEM IN ANY WAY BY FURTHER DELAYING THIS ITEM.

THAT'S A REQUEST.

JACK, IF YOU COULD COME UP.

GOOD MORNING, JACK IRELAND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

THIS ITEM, UM, IS, BRINGS FORTH THE BUDGET ORDINANCE THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST SEPTEMBER.

THE ONLY THING THAT IS CHANGING IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE AS WE BRING IT FORWARD TODAY IS, UH, CREATING THE

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NAME OF FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND MOVING REAL ESTATE OUTTA PUBLIC WORKS AND MOVING THOSE APPROPRIATIONS INTO THE NEW COMBINED DEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.

THAT IS THE PRIMARY CHANGE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHANGES WITHIN THE TRANSFER SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, TO CORRECT THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE THING.

NAME CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE, IF IT'S, UH, GOT AN UNDERLINE OR A STRIKE THROUGH.

THOSE ARE CHANGES.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO MAKE TODAY.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED.

SO, UH, IT'S OKAY IF IT'S WITH US.

IF YOU APPROVE IT TODAY, IF YOU SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE, WE'LL COME TO COMMITTEE, HOWEVER Y'ALL CHOOSE TO PROCEED.

SCHULTZ.

RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THIS IS ON THE AMENDMENT TIP NUMBER.

YES, SIR.

THIS, UM, THE IDEA OF SENDING EVERY SINGLE STAFF CHANGE BACK TO COMMITTEE, UH, IS A CLEAR OVERSTEP, UH, OF OUR, OF OUR JOB.

AND IT ALSO BEGINS TO WATER DOWN THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED LAST SEPTEMBER.

THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME TO WEIGH IN, PLENTY OF TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS.

IT'S THE WHOLE REAL ESTATE ASPECT HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH GPFM TO START TO MICROMANAGE THE, THE NAMES OF COMMITTEES AND THE FUNCTION.

I MEAN THE OF DEPARTMENTS AND THE FUNCTION OF THEM IS A INCREDIBLE OVERREACH ON OUR PART.

AND I CANNOT SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD DELAY THE PROCESS OF OUR LEADERSHIP BEING ALLOWED TO MOVE THEIR STAFF AS THEY NEED.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

ARVA, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT.

I, I, I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT, UM, MR. IRELAND MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THIS.

SO, UM, IF, IF I CAN ASK, DID THIS ALREADY GO THROUGH COMMITTEE THE FIRST TIME BEFORE WE APPROVED IT BEFORE? I KNOW THERE'S TECHNICAL CHANGES, BUT NOW, BUT DID THIS GO THROUGH GPFM BEFORE MAYORS BEFORE WE APPROVED IT? THE LAST, IF, IF, IF THE CHAIR CAN ANSWER, I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

I MEAN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT DID THE, THE ACTUAL MINUTE CHANGES, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING DID NOT.

BUT WE HAVE ON THE, A LOT OF IT INVOLVES THE REAL ESTATE, UM, CONSOLIDATION AND WE'VE, WE TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY MONTH.

SO THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE.

VERY GOOD.

AND I, I, UH, JUST WANTED, I'M NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE BEFOREHAND.

I KNOW THERE'S TECHNICAL CHANGES WITH NAMES OF DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING.

I I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT IF THIS WENT THROUGH COMMITTEE BEFORE, UH, JEANETTE, WE, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, THE NAME CHANGE ITSELF DID NOT GO BEFORE COMMITTEE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND SO, BUT THAT, THOSE ARE TECHNICAL CHANGES.

SO, UM, I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER IS CONSOLIDATING IN ORDER TO, UM, TAKE DOWN SILOS AND MAKE SURE WE ARE MORE EFFICIENT AND, UM, WITH THE INCOMING BUDGET.

AND SO SHE'S GOTTA DO SOME OF THESE THINGS NOW SO SHE CAN CONTINUE TO FINISH THE, UM, YEAR.

SO, UM, I I'M GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF SENDING IT BACK, MR. MAYOR, SIMPLY BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL.

AND, UM, IF PEOPLE NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND ASK THEM HERE.

AND, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE HERE.

I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE ALL DAY AND NIGHT IF WE HAVE TO BE.

AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT 'CAUSE WE'RE HERE TO DO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.

UM, CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MS. MENDELSSOHN'S AMENDMENT TO ITEM THREE.

THANK YOU, UH, AS A, UH, SITTING ME MEMBER NOW WHO, EXCUSE ME, CONTINUES TO LOOK AT THE VERBIAGE OF, OF SOME OF MANY OF THESE, OF ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY.

AND AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY MANAGER'S POSITION THAT IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHARTER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I PUT THIS ON THE RECORD, THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MANAGE DAY TO DAY NUMBER TWO, IF THIS BUSINESS HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN COMMITTEE THREE, WE SHOULD BE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS TO SUPPORT THE CITY MANAGER WHO HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE CHARTER, THAT POSITION TO MANAGE DAY TO DAY SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF DAY TO DAY.

AND SO I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.

I DO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD.

CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION, BUT I KNOW YOU WELL ENOUGH THAT IF YOU SAY THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND YOUR VICE CHAIR IS BEEN DISCUSSED.

AND SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO REHASH THIS TODAY.

WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

WE HAVE A TON OF ITEMS THAT NEED TO TAKE, BE TAKEN CARE OF ENOUGH.

A LOT OF CITY BUSINESS THAT HAS TO BE HANDLED.

AND THIS IS PART OF THE BUSINESS.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT AND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUSINESS FOR THE PEOPLE IN

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THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THESE ARE TECHNICAL CHANGES.

UH, WHAT'S THE, WHY IS THIS COMING TO COUNCIL FOR A, UM, A VOTE? SO THE ITEM NUMBER THREE WORKS IN TANDEM WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SO ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A NAME CHANGE, UM, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, UM, REALLOCATES THE FUNDING.

SO IT MOVES THE BUDGET FOR BUILDING SERVICES INTO THE NEW DEPARTMENT NAME.

IT MOVES THE REAL ESTATE FUNCTION OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS INTO THE NEW DEPARTMENT.

SO THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF SORT OF THE REORG OF BUILDING SERVICES IN THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE APPROVING BUDGETS THAT'S REQUIRED FOR A COUNCIL VOTE.

WELL CORRECT.

SO IF YOU'RE APPROVING A NAME CHANGE AND YOU'RE CREATING, UM, THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, THEN YOU WOULD WANT THE BUDGET TO FOLLOW.

AND SO APPROVING ITEM TWO WITHOUT ITEM THREE, UM, IT'S SORT OF, WELL, THE, THE FUNDING IS STILL SITTING IN THE OLD DEPARTMENT.

SO THIS IS THE, THE TWO ITEMS COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.

THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSON, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES ON YOUR AMENDMENT.

UM, CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUDGET? IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY COUNCIL? THE CHART OF THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTS THE BUDGET AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE BUDGET.

UM, HAS THIS ITEM BEEN TO COMMITTEE? SO THE, UH, BUDGET APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT HAS NOT BEEN TO COMMITTEE.

SO IT HAS NOT BEEN TO COMMITTEE.

AND I CHAIRED THIS COMMITTEE FOR FOUR YEARS.

I DON'T RECALL A SINGLE TIME WE HAD A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT DID NOT COME BEFORE GPFM.

CAN YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG? SO THE JUNE ACTION ITEM THAT, UH, CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT WENT TO COUNCIL THE END OF JUNE AND IT DID NOT GO TO COMMITTEE.

OKAY, SO I'M SORRY.

WHEN, WHEN I WAS CHAIR HAD WE EVER HAD A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT DIDN'T GO TO GPFM? NOT TO MY RECOLLECT RECOLLECTION IF YOU, WHEN YOU WERE THE CHAIR, HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD A BUDGET AMENDMENT GO TO COUNCIL THAT DID NOT GO TO COMMITTEE THIS FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

UM, AND IS IT POSSIBLE THAT OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IN THIS, UM, IN THIS ORDINANCE COULD ALSO BE REALLOCATED AT THIS TIME? SO WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE AMEND THE BUDGET TRADITIONALLY AT MIDYEAR AND END OF YEAR YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE BUDGET AT END OF YEAR.

THAT ITEM IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO COUNCIL.

THE LAST AGENDA MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, AS WE DISCUSSED BACK IN MAY AT THE MIDYEAR, WE, WE, UM, PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND WE SAID THAT WE WOULD COME BACK WITH, UM, REALLOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH ARPA ANY END OF YEAR CLEANUP.

SO YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT END OF YEAR TO REALLOCATE FUNDING AND, AND IT IS GOING TO GPFM.

OKAY, THEN I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

ALRIGHT, THE MOTION'S BEEN WITHDRAWN.

OBJECTION.

SO WE'RE BACK ON ITEM THREE AS IT WAS WRITTEN TO THE RECORD.

AH, AND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANYONE? ALRIGHT THEN.

11 IS TO AUTHORIZE ONE ANNUAL LEASE RENTAL RATES AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD OF 85 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR AERONAUTICAL UNIMPROVED LAND B, $1 AND 10 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR AERONAUTICAL IMPROVED LAND C $5 AND 50 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR STORAGE HANGERS.

YOUR NEXT PULLED ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 11.

AGENDA ITEM

[11. 24-2253 Authorize (1) annual lease rental rates at Dallas Love Field of (a) $0.85 per square foot for aeronautical unimproved land; (b) $1.10 per square foot for aeronautical improved land; (c) $5.50 per square foot for storage hangars; (d) $6.25 per square foot for maintenance hangars; (e) $11.00 per square foot for office space; (f) $11.00 - $12.00 per square foot for cargo and support facilities; (g) $30.00 per square foot for terminal office space; (h) $2.64 to $3.85 per square foot for non-aeronautical commercial and retail use land; (i) $1.38 - $2.10 per square foot for non-aeronautical office use land; (j) $8.00 - $12.00 per square foot for non-aeronautical warehouse and storage use, and (k) $2.64 - $3.85 per square foot for non-aeronautical rental car development land, effective September 1, 2024; and (2) lease rental rates at Dallas Executive Airport of (a) $400.00 per month for T- hangars; (b) $20.00 per square foot annually for terminal office space; (c) $30.00 per day for single-engine aircraft tiedown; (d) $40.00 per day for multi-engine aircraft tiedown; (e) $6.00 per square foot annually for restaurant space; (f) $0.56 per square foot annually for non-aeronautical commercial land along Hampton Road and Challenger Drive; (g) $0.28 per square foot annually for other commercial land and light industrial; (h) $0.45 per square foot annually for aeronautical unimproved land; (i) ($0.55 per square foot annually for aeronautical improved land; and (j) $5.50-$6.50 per square foot annually for storage/maintenance hangars, effective September 1, 2024 - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)]

D $6 AND 25 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR MAINTENANCE HANGERS.

E $11 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR OFFICE SPACE.

F $11 TO $12 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR CARGO AND SUPPORT FACILITIES.

G $30 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR TERMINAL OFFICE SPACE.

H $2 AND 64 CENTS.

TWO $3 AND 85 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT.

FOR NON AERONAUTICAL COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USE LAND I $1 38 CENTS TO $2 AND 10 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT.

FOR NON AERONAUTICAL OFFICE USE LAND J $8 TO $12 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR NON AERONAUTICAL WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE USE.

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AND K 2060 4 CENTS TO $3 85 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR NON AERONAUTICAL RENTAL CAR DEVELOPMENT LAND EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024 AND TWO.

LEASE RENTAL RATES AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT OF $400 PER MONTH FOR T HANGERS.

THE $20 PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY FOR TERMINAL OFFICE SPACE.

C $30 PER DAY FOR SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT.

TIE DOWN D $40 PER DAY FOR MULTI MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT.

TIE DOWN SIX, I'M SORRY, E $6 PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY FOR RESTAURANT SPACE.

F 56 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY FOR NON AERONAUTICAL COMMERCIAL LAND ALONG HAMPTON ROAD AND CHALLENGER DRIVE.

G 28 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL LAND AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL H 45 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY FOR AERONAUTICAL UNIMPROVED LAND I 55 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY FOR AERONAUTICAL IMPROVED LAND AND J $5 AND 50 CENTS TO $6 AND 50 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT ANNUALLY FOR STORAGE MAINTENANCE HANGERS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE, IS THERE A MOTION MOVE APPROVAL? SECOND.

MOVE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION CHAIRMAN GRACIE? YES.

FIVE MINUTES.

AND I'M NOT GONNA TURN THIS INTO A, JUST AN ENTIRE BRIEFING, UH, ON THAT ONE.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT, THAT, UH, KIND OF SLIPPED BY ME.

I SENT SOME QUESTIONS, UH, TO STAFF LAST NIGHT, UH, JUST REGARDING THE, THE VARIOUS RATES.

UM, AND, AND IN PARTICULAR, AND JUST IF YOU CAN JUST EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, THE, THE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS AERONAUTICAL, UNIMPROVED LAND AND AERONAUTICAL IMPROVED LAND.

AND I SEE AND SOMEWHAT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RATES BETWEEN LOVE FIELD AND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, BUT REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT RANKS AROUND THE MARKET AND COMPARABLE, UH, EXECUTIVE AIRPORTS PUSH YOUR BUTTON.

INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

MY NAME IS DAWN BLAIR.

UH, THAT INCLUDES DALLAS EXECUTIVE.

UH, THE RATES ARE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AVIATION TERMS. SO UNIMPROVED IS JUST DIRT.

SURE.

IMPROVED CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A RAMP CONCRETE TO INCLUDE AND TO INCLUDE A STRUCTURE.

AND THEN, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE THIS GO INTO AGAIN ANOTHER BRIEFING OR SPEND ANY MORE TIME ON THIS, BUT, UH, IT REFERENCED A REPORT.

IF I COULD GET A COPY OF THAT REPORT AS WELL AS JUST SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT RATES AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER AIRPORTS.

AND THEN, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS MENTIONED YESTERDAY ABOUT MARKETING AND I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS IN HIS DISTRICT, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MARKETING.

UH, SO I WANNA BRING THAT CONVERSATION BACK UP AS WELL AND SEE HOW WE CAN BRING SOME DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY OVER INTO THAT AIRPORT.

TO BE CLEAR, IT IS AN APPRAISAL, SO IT'S MARKET DRIVEN.

SURE.

UH, BOTH APPRAISALS ARE LOOKED AT, UH, IN COMP, IN TO COMP FOR COMPARABLE AIRPORTS, BOTH GA AND COMMERCIAL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WILL SHE SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 11? SEEING NONE.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 21.

ITEM

[21. 24-2240 Authorize (1) the quitclaim of 11 properties acquired by the taxing authorities from the Tax Foreclosure Sheriff's Sale that will be sold to the highest qualified bidders; and (2) the execution of release of liens for any non-tax liens that may have been filed by the City and were included in the foreclosure judgment (list attached to the Agenda Information Sheet) - Estimated Revenue: $87,000.00 (see Fiscal Information)]

21 AUTHORIZED ONE.

THE QUIT CLAIM OF 11 PROPERTIES ACQUIRED BY THE TAXING AUTHORITY FROM THE TAX FORECLOSURE SHERIFF'S SALE THAT WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED BIDDERS AND TO THE EXECUTION OF RELEASE OF LIENS FOR ANY NON-TAX LIENS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE CITY AND WERE INCLUDED IN THE FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR ANY SORT? I'M LISTENING.

I'M SORRY.

ALRIGHT, I HEARD A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD? NO, WE'VE GOTTEN IT CLEARED UP.

OKAY, THANK WE JUST CLEARED.

OKAY, THANKS.

WELL, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AGENDA ITEM 29, CONSENT AGENDA.

NEXT ITEM, YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEMS CONSENT

[29. 24-2184 Authorize (1) an Agreement with NFL Logistics, for contribution of funds towards the warranted traffic signal installation at the intersection of Bonnie View Road and Telephone Road in the City of Dallas; (2) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $112,500.00 in the Transportation Special Projects Fund; and (3) the receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $112,500.00 in the Transportation Special Projects Fund - Not to exceed $112,500.00 - Financing: Transportation Special Projects Fund ]

ITEM 29 IS AUTHORIZED ONE IN AGREEMENT WITH NFL LOGISTICS FOR CONTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TOWARDS THE WARRANTED TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF BONNIE VIEW ROAD AND TELEPHONE ROAD IN THE CITY OF DALLAS TO AN INCREASE IN APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $112,500 IN THE TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL PROJECTS FUNDS FUND.

AND THREE, THE RECEIPT AND DEPOSIT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $112,500 IN THE TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TIMM ATKINS.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING, CHANGE TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATION SHARE OF THE COST FOR THE INSTALL OF THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS REDUCED TO $85,000.

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CAN I CALL HAVE FIVE MINUTES? YEAH.

CAN I CALL GUS TO COME BACK TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS ITEM? GOOD MORNING.

GUSMAN CARLEY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO THIS IS IN THE INLAND PORT AREA OFF OF BON VIEW AND TELEPHONE ROAD.

WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA WITH WAREHOUSES AND AT THE CORNER OF, UH, TELEPHONE ROAD AND, UH, BON VIEW.

UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, DEVELOPMENTS AND WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED ABOUT 75% OF THE FUNDS TOWARDS A, UH, UH, THE SIGNAL AT THAT LOCATION, WHICH IS A WARRANTED SIGNAL.

THIS IS A VERSION ZERO ITEM.

IT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR, UH, SAFETY.

AND WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS THAT WE HAD A, UH, AN EXISTING OLD CONTRACT THAT SHOWED THE, UH, AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION TO BE $85,000.

UM, BUT THE PROJECT WENT DORMANT FOR A WHILE BEFORE IT IS REACTIVATED.

AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE MAKING THAT CORRECTION, THAT WHICH WILL ALLOW US, IF APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF THE NEW SIGNAL AND INSTALLATION OF THAT WARRANTED SIGNAL AT THAT LOCATION.

WITH THAT MAYOR, I SUPPORT IT.

IT'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

WE DO HAVE 75% OF THE FUNDS ALREADY AVAILABLE.

THAT THAT IS CORRECT SIR.

WE DO HAVE ABOUT 75% OF THE FUNDS ALREADY IN PLACE.

RIGHT.

AND IT ALSO ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ALSO.

THAT IS CORRECT, SIR, ESPECIALLY AT THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO ELIMINATE THE INTERSECTION.

ANYONE ELSE WE SHOULD BE GONE FOR AGAINST ITEM 29 AS IT WAS READ BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN YOUR AGENDA ORIGINALLY.

SEEING NONE.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 66.

[66. 24-2204 Authorize an eighteen-month service contract for the distribution of in-home garden kits to provide residents with a recurring supply of fresh grown produce for the Office of Community Care - Bellcam Group, most advantageous proposer of four - Not to exceed $200,000.00 - Financing: ARPA Redevelopment Fund (subject to annual appropriations)]

AGENDA ITEM 66.

AUTHORIZE AN 18 MONTH SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF IN-HOME GARDEN KITS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH A RECURRING SUPPLY OF FRESH GROWN PRODUCE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE BELL CAM GROUP.

MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSE ARE FOUR NOT TO EXCEED $200,000.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS WEST AND ARNOLD, IS THERE A MOTION ON 66? UM, YES.

MOVED TO APPROVE THIS? YES SIR.

I SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

IT WHAT? WELL, I'M GETTING READY TO READ.

NO.

YEAH, IT'S DO DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO READ? YES.

OR WAS THAT YOU JUST MADE A MOTION? WAS THAT THE MOTION? YOU WANT US TO APPROVE OR YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NO, LET, MAYOR, LET ME START OVER AGAIN.

I GOT, SO CAN WE, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL WITHDRAW THE MOTION IN THE SECOND THAT WAS JUST MADE.

UM, CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

SO, UH, TO MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL OCTOBER 23RD.

2024.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD? YES, SIR.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

UH, AS CHAIRWOMAN OF THE, UH, WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE US THROUGH A BRIEFING MEMORANDUM.

AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROGRAM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SEND TO YOU, UH, SEND A MEMO OUT TO YOU REQUESTING THAT AFTER YOU READ, UH, THE BRIEFING MEMO, THAT YOU SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO STAFF SO THAT WE WILL KNOW, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO US.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO REAL, REAL, REALLY, REALLY DEEP DOWN IN THE DIRT TO GET THE ANSWERS THAT WE SO DESIRE.

SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT IS THE MAIN REASON.

UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP, UH, FOR YOU IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING US ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

MAYOR, THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 66.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE.

I KNOW SHE JUST TOOK OVER THE COMMITTEE AND SHE IS, UH, UM, PASSIONATE ABOUT, UH, HEARING ALL THESE ITEMS. I HAD SENT STAFF SOME EMAILS, QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

UM, OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER WE GOT THE AGENDA, I DID NOT SEE RESPONSES.

UM, AND SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IF I COULD GET STAFF UP HERE TODAY SO I COULD GET SOME ANSWERS.

UM, JUST, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL, BUT DEPENDING ON THE ANSWERS, I MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTED IN A DENIAL.

JESSICA GHA, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.

THE FUNDING SOURCE IS ARPA MONEY, RIGHT? CORRECT.

UM, SO WHICH DEPARTMENT OR ENTITY PROPOSED THIS EXPENDITURE? UM, SO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS A JOINT, UM, PROJECT BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

AND IT IS, UM, IT, IT DID HAPPEN A WHILE AGO.

IT WAS, UH, DURING INITIAL DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO OUR P UH, PROJECT PLANNING AND WHERE, UM, SO

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SO IT'S, THERE'S A LIMITED TIME TO USE IT.

UM, WHICH CITY GOAL OR PLAN DOES THIS OR POLICY? DOES THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SUPPORT? YEAH.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT IT REALLY SUPPORTS A COUPLE OF THE CITY, UM, GOALS.

THE FIRST BEING IN OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.

UM, OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL RELATED TO CREATING THE MOST, UM, UH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN A LARGE CITY.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THERE'S SOME ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE URBAN AGRICULTURE PLAN.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, MUCH OF THE DESIGN OF THE SOLICITATION AND THE SPECIFIC, UM, BOXES THAT WERE BEING SOLICITED WERE, UM, SUPPORTED AND INFORMED, UH, BY THE EXPERTISE OF THE URBAN AG TEAM HERE IN THE CITY.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN THE PROCUREMENT FIRST WENT OUT FOR THIS ITEM, THERE WERE NO RESPONSES, RIGHT? THERE WERE RESPONSES, BUT IN REVIEWING THEM, UM, WE DID NOT FEEL THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIVE.

SO THEY WERE BOXES, OKAY.

BUT THEY DIDN'T MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE ONE CRITICAL REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY MUST PRODUCE IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY IS SUPPORTIVE AND SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE FOOD NEEDS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY.

SO IT WASN'T REALLY JUST INTENDED TO BE A HOBBY KIT, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE DESIGNED FOR REAL PRODUCTION.

HOW MUCH, UM, HOW MANY FOOD KITS ARE PROPOSED UNDER THIS CURRENT BUDGET? SO THE ENTIRE CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT WOULD ALLOW FOR UP TO A THOUSAND FAMILIES TO BE SERVED.

UM, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE KITS, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SIZE OPTIONS, WHICH WOULD DEPEND ON THEIR SPACE AVAILABLE, THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY, UM, AND THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS OR REQUESTS.

UM, SO THERE'S A SMALL, MEDIUM OR LARGE OPTION.

UH, WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DEMAND WOULD BE BECAUSE THE PILOT WAS, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE DEMAND, BUT WE'RE, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO DISTRIBUTE AT LEAST 500 HOUSEHOLDS.

WE WOULD EXPECT IT COULD BE UP TO A THOUSAND IF THIS PROJECT IS AUTHORIZED AT THIS AMOUNT.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT, THE MAIN CONCERNS I HAD WITH THIS ITEM WAS THAT WHEN I RESEARCHED THE VENDOR, IT APPEARED THAT THEY WERE A REAL ESTATE COMPANY.

AND SO I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE VENDOR'S BACKGROUND WAS IN PROVIDING FOOD, UM, CLOSING A FOOD GAP AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS.

SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE, AND PERHAPS THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE IF THEY WANNA ADDRESS THIS MORE DIRECTLY, BUT THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE DO HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VENDOR TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND QUALIFICATIONS.

UM, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT, UM, AND THEY DID PROVIDE, UM, SOME EXTENSIVE, NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF BEING INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS IN, UM, URBAN AGRICULTURAL WORK AND GARDEN BOX TYPE WORK.

UM, IN FACT, I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THIS AT THE TIME.

UM, BUT THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE SOME PARTNERSHIPS EVEN IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS IN SUPPORT OF SOME OF OUR, UH, GARDEN BOXES AND COMMUNITY GARDENS.

UM, AND THE, UH, PRIMARY RESPONDENT, UM, IS A, IS A, OH GOSH, I'M GONNA GET THIS WRONG.

UH, THE AGRILIFE EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER, I BELIEVE, UH, MY MOM IS ONE OF THOSE, SO I SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT'S CALLED.

UH, BUT SHE, UH, THE PRIMARY, UH, AND RESPONDENT IN THIS, UH, GROUP HAS THAT CERTIFICATION.

ADDITIONALLY, THEY HAVE SEVERAL, UM, PARTNERS, PROJECT PARTNERS, AND UM, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE STRUCTURED AS SUB-RECIPIENTS, BUT PROJECT PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT ARE, UH, VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE URBAN AGRICULTURE, UH, AND FOOD ACCESS THROUGH URBAN AGRICULTURE SPACE.

I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

WELL, UM, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE YOUR, YOUR RESEARCH ON THAT AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AS I HAD REFERENCED BEFORE, UM, WHAT THE KITS LOOK LIKE, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ENVISION AS I LISTENED TO THE COMMITTEE, I WAS LIKE, HOW IF WE'RE DELIVERING A FOOD KIT, WHAT ACTUAL FOOD CAN YOU GROW IN THERE? IS IT MORE OF AN AN HERB GARDEN THAT WE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE, WE'RE PAYING FOR? OR IS IT, CAN YOU ACTUALLY GROW TOMATOES AND LIKE FOOD THAT THEY CAN EAT? YES.

SO, UM, THE KIT ITSELF, UM, I GOT A HOLD OF PHOTOS.

I MEAN, I THINK WE SENT THEM JUST WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES THAT I GOT AHOLD OF THEM.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SEEN YET, BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE POSING HERE AS WERE MENTIONED BY CHAIR ARNOLD, UM, EARLIER AS WELL.

MM-HMM.

UM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON JUST COMPILING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE WE COMMITTEE'S QUESTIONS.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WITH THE WHOLE AND WITH YOURSELF AS WELL.

COOL.

WELL, I, I THINK I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN I USED TO HAVE A RESIDENT WHO, UM, WORKED FOR THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, AND WE WOULD, BEFORE YOUR TIME, WE WOULD HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS COMING UP FOR FOOD ACCESS.

AND I WOULD ALWAYS VET THOSE OUT.

LIKE, IS THIS REALLY ABOUT FOOD ACCESS OR IS IT ABOUT EDUCATION? YEAH.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT SEEMS LIKE IF THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL GOAL, I COULD SUPPORT IT.

IF IT'S ABOUT CLOSING THE FOOD GAP, I WOULD BE WAY MORE SKEPTICAL.

'CAUSE I THINK THE, THE FUNDING COULD BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO I'LL JUST WAIT TO HEAR THAT WHEN IT GETS TO COMMITTEE.

UM, AND, UM,

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YOUR MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON M 66.

UM, I AM, UM, CURIOUS ON THE METRICS BEHIND THIS, AND ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED THESE KITS STILL USING THEM? WE KNOW THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAD AN INCREASE IN, IN PEOPLE DOING GARDENS IN THEIR HOMES, UH, INDOOR OR OUTDOOR.

UM, AND SO ARE WE FOLLOWING UP WITH RESIDENTS OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT RECEIVED THESE KITS? ARE THEY STILL IN USE? HOW MUCH FOOD WAS PRODUCED? UM, IS THERE ANY FOLLOW UP AFTER HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED THE KITS? SO, UM, WE ARE STILL GATHERING THAT INFORMATION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LONG TERM FOLLOW UP ON THE INITIAL PILOT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY, AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS ITERATION AND OUR RESPONSE, UM, TO THOSE COMMITTEE QUESTIONS, WHICH WE'VE HEARD THAT A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE METRICS AND EVALUATION WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, SO WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND PUT TOGETHER A MUCH MORE, UH, DEFINED, UM, PRO, UH, EVALUATION PLAN FOR HOW WE WOULD DO THAT, INCLUDING FOLLOW UPS BEYOND, UM, KIND OF THAT INITIAL RECEIPT OF AND USE OF, UM, SO INITIALLY WE DID SOME INITIAL RECEIPT AND IT WAS KIND OF DURING WHAT WAS A SIX AND A HALF, SEVEN MONTH-ISH PROCESS, GETTING THEM ALL OUT.

IT WAS 200 AT THE TIME.

UM, AND THE RESPONDENTS THERE, UM, 75% OF THEM WERE USING THEM ACTIVELY AT THAT TIME.

UM, SOME OF THEM HAD ONLY JUST GOTTEN THEM AND MAYBE HADN'T GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THEY WERE PRODUCING.

AND SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT, IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY WEREN'T.

UM, BUT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED INDICATED THAT THEY WERE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A LONG-TERM.

RIGHT.

FOLLOW.

AND HOW DID Y'ALL GATHER THAT, UH, INFORMATION? WE REACHED OUT TO THE RESIDENTS DIRECTLY AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS A 50% RESPONSE RATE.

SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF FOLLOW UP AND SURVEY RESPONSE.

MS. WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU.

UH, SO WE DISCUSSED THIS, UM, BRIEFLY THIS WEEK AT COMMITTEE AND AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS LENGTH OF PROCUREMENT THAT I LOOKED ON BONFIRE ABOUT, I WOULD THINK THAT SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT WE HAD OR, OR QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED A LITTLE MORE SWIFTLY.

SO, UM, THAT JUST GAVE ME PAUSE.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT I BELIEVE I BROUGHT UP YESTERDAY AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP WAS AROUND PROGRAMS THAT WE DO THE RESEARCH ON AND THAT WE SET UP THE SCAFFOLDING FOR, BUT THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO FUND AND IMPLEMENT.

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS MAY BE ONE OF THOSE, AND CERTAINLY WE CARE ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY AND WANT TO SET THAT UP SO THAT OTHERS WHO ARE CLOSER TO HAVING THAT BE THEIR CORE COMPETENCY CAN TAKE THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE AND THE RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND RUN WITH IT.

WHAT ALSO GAVE ME PAUSE ON THIS WAS THAT THESE REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR ARPA, WHEN I ASKED WHAT ARE SOME OTHER WAYS IT COULD BE USED, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WAS MENTAL HEALTH.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS BEING CRIED OUT FOR PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE GETTING IT, FOOD INSECURITY.

WE'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THIS.

UM, IF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT AT COMMITTEE, I'LL RESPECT THAT FROM THE BODY.

IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS IS ONE OF, OF THOSE THAT WE SHOULD BLESS AND RELEASE TO SOMEONE WHO COULD HANDLE IT BETTER THAN US.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE GARDENING BUSINESS.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED YOU ALL WHO WERE NOT AT COMMITTEE TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE DEPTH AROUND THAT.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

MENDELSON, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I THINK I'LL BE VERY SHORT AND JUST SAY I AM PHILOSOPHICALLY OPPOSED TO GIVING URBAN FARMING KITS TO RESIDENTS.

I THINK THIS IS FAR BEYOND THE SCOPE OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN TO, UM, GROW VEGETABLES INSIDE YOUR HOME.

I'M JUST GONNA POINT YOU TO TIKTOK OR YOUTUBE.

THERE'S A MILLION DIFFERENT VIDEOS ON THIS.

IT'S VERY EASY TO DO.

I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO IT, BUT I DON'T SEE THE ROLE OF CITY GOVERNMENT IN THIS.

WE HAVE BILLIONS OF UNFUNDED DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT MUST BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A SOCIAL PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT FIT THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION AT THE, UH, BRIEFING BEFORE WE THIS WEEK.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT AROSE WAS WHETHER THIS WAS THE BEST USE OF THESE ARPA FUNDS AND THERE WAS, UM, UH, WE WE COULD NOT GET INFORMATION FROM STAFF ABOUT ALTERNATIVE USES OF THESE FUNDS, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS SO WE CAN DETERMINE AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL WHETHER THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THESE FEDERAL ARPA FUNDS.

MR. BASIL DUA, YOU COGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON? IM 66.

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I, UM, I I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM.

UM, IN, IN CONCEPT.

I I DO THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE ANSWERED.

SO FOR THAT, I I I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

SO I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION.

HOWEVER, I, I I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, THE OVERALL GOALS THAT WE HAVE REGARDING CCAP, UM, OR EVEN RACIAL EQUITY AND ADDRESSING, UM, FOOD INSECURITIES.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE BOX CONCEPT IS GOING TO NECESSARILY BE A SUSTAINABLE OPTION TO, UM, TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES.

AND I, AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE, SIMILAR TO WHAT MR. RIDLEY SAID, IF WE COULD HAVE OPTIONS OF, OF HOW THESE FUNDS COULD BE USED IN, UH, WITH THE SAME GOAL IN MIND, BUT WITH DIFFERENT CONCEPT.

UM, JUST FOR INSTANCE, I I, I KNOW RESTORATIVE FARMS HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, UM, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE AN ASSET, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? UM, AND SO WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS COULD WE HAVE THAT WOULD MAYBE BE MORE OF A PROGRAM THAT, UM, ENHANCES THE RESOURCES IN COMMUNITY GARDENING THAT ALREADY EXIST AND HELPING TO AMPLIFY THE EFFORTS INSTEAD OF DUPLICATING THEM.

UH, THE REALITY IS, IS WITHOUT THE RIGHT RESOURCES AND EDUCATION, PUTTING A BOX, UM, WITH, UH, ONE TIME GROW OPPORTUNITIES ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE SUSTAINABLE OR EVEN SOMETHING THAT WOULD RESULT IN SOMETHING TANGIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE TO ACTUALLY EAT.

UH, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S HITTING THOSE GOALS THAT I DO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT.

SO, I I, FOR THAT, I DID, I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION THAT WE, UM, THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR IN SUPPORTING THIS MOTION DOES NOT MEAN I DON'T SUPPORT THE CONCEPT AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO SEE HOW THESE FUNDS COULD BE, UH, MOST EFFECTIVE IN, UM, ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS.

SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 66.

MAYOR, I, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTION.

HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THIS PROJECT? I MEAN, ONCE WE DO THIS, HOW ARE WE GONNA SUSTAIN? HOW ARE WE GONNA MAINTAIN IT? IS THIS A ONETIME DEAL OR? YEAH, SO LIKE MANY OF OUR, UM, THE ARPA FUNDED PROJECTS, THE IDEA IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE IN NEED, BUT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY, UM, A GUARANTEE THAT THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINED.

UM, CONTINUALLY.

HOWEVER, THE PRODUCTS THEMSELVES ARE DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO BE USED WITH, YOU KNOW, REPLACEMENT CARTRIDGES AND BE ABLE TO BE USED CONTINUALLY FOR A LONG TERM.

SO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO, UM, APPLY AND, UM, RECEIVE THOSE WOULD, UM, HAVE A LONG-TERM BENEFIT.

UM, THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL.

AND WHEN YOU SAY LONG TERM, CAN YOU DEFINE LONG TERM? UM, SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS BEYOND THAT? I THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS.

I THINK THAT ONE ROUND CAN LAST FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE.

AND THEN SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL KIND OF SUPPLEMENTS, WHICH WAS ALSO KIND OF BUILT INTO THE PLAN FOR SOME OF THOSE RECIPIENTS, UH, WOULD EXTEND THAT TIME.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO MAINTAIN THIS PLAN? YOU KNOW, IT JUST GONNA BE THE SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT IT GO AWAY.

UM, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAINTAIN IT? I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A FOLLOW UP? HOW DO WE MAINTAIN IT? SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PLAN TO SUSTAIN, UM, AN ARPA FUNDED PROJECT THAT IS KIND OF INTENDED TO BE A ONETIME OR IN THIS CASE, WE DO EXPECT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE TWO TO THREE APPLICATION PERIODS.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BECOME A CORE SERVICE CONTINUALLY.

THIS IS TO, UH, SUPPORT RESIDENTS, UM, THROUGH THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WHILE THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UM, IN THIS WAY.

AND MAY I ADD SIR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, , THAT THE CITY MANAGER TOLBERT HAS CHALLENGED US TO LOOK TO SEE HOW WE'RE REALIGNING, REASSESSING THE FUNDS THAT WERE INTENDED FOR ONE TIME PURPOSE, LOOKING FOR COLLABORATORS FOR PARTNERS TO BUILD AN ECOSYSTEM OF, OF FOOD EQUITY.

SO CERTAINLY WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS, UM, THE ISSUES BROUGHT AND THAT'S WHY WE, WE REQUESTED THAT WE BRING THIS ITEM BACK, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE FULSOME CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE SUSTAINED AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S WISH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

THIS IS COMING FROM OFFER FUNDS IS CORRECT? YES.

REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT WERE UH, I THINK REALLOCATED AS OF MAY.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES.

MM-HMM, .

THE, THE RESIDENT A FUTURE, YOU KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN AFTER THAT MONEY IS GONE AWAY, YOU KNOW, SO YOU, IT'S JUST LIKE PLANTING IN THE FIELD.

MAY, SO IT'S OFFER FUND DOING THIS.

SO THAT'S A ONE TIME INITIATIVE.

SO MY CONCERN, I CHANNEL CITY MANAGER THAT WHEN WE DO USE OFF PHONE, THAT'S A ONE TIME INSERT.

IT'S ONE TIME.

AND, UM, I JUST GOT A A FEELING THAT WHEN WE DO IT ONE TIME, YOU, YOU NOT HELPING

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YOU PLANTED ONE TIME, YOU ONE HARVEST, BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANOTHER HARVEST 'CAUSE YOU NEED MORE SEEDS.

SO HOW DO WE GET MORE SEEDS TO THAT COMMUNITY IF WE'RE GONNA FIGHT HUNGRY? WE NEED TO HAVE NOT JUST A ONE TIME INSERT, WE GOTTA HAVE SOME KIND OF FOLLOW UP AND, AND I WANNA CHALLENGE THE STAFF AND THE, THE CITY MANAGER.

PLEASE CONSIDER DON'T FEED A PERSON FOR THAT DAY.

YOU GOTTA FEED A PERSON FOR THE NEXT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY, NEXT DAY.

AND, AND, AND THAT'S MY CONCERN.

SO IF WE CAN FIND SOME KINDA WAY TO MAINTAIN, SUSTAIN THIS PROJECT, I DO SUPPORT IT, BUT LET'S FIND A WAY TO NOT SUPPORT IT.

JUST A ONE TIME INSERT.

WE ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE, SIR.

ALRIGHT, CITY MANAGER, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PATAM ATKINSON AND LIZ, UM, UH, , OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SAID IT WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS. UM, IF YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENT WE TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT THE WHOLE LIFE STAGES OF CARE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FIND LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS AND IT WILL REQUIRE FOR US TO, UH, LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW WE CAN, UM, CONVENE THE RIGHT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, WE CAN THEN PROVIDE SUPPORT, NOT NECESSARILY FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE TABLE AND HOW THEY PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM.

SO WE, WE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE.

UM, WE'RE ALREADY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION AND I THINK GOING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE WILL ALLOW FOR US TO EVEN REIMAGINE EVEN THIS ITEM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THE, THE ITEM IS ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO DEFER THIS, UH, PARTICULAR CONVERS, UH, ITEM UNTIL OCTOBER 23RD SO THAT WE WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO DO JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, IS TO PREPARE THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE, UH, DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE, UH, AS I STATED AS A SOMEONE, WE JUST RECEIVED THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON MONDAY.

IT WAS JUST BRIEFED ON MONDAY.

UH, I WAS JUST APPOINTED TO THE POSITION OF CHAIR AND SO WE JUST HELD OUR FIRST BRIEFING ON MONDAY.

SO WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING THAT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET ALL THE QUESTIONS, WE AGREED THAT WE WERE GONNA SHOW YOU THE BOX AND OTHER DETAILS.

WE, WE WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS TOGETHER SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE TO STAFF SO THE STAFF WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE FRUSTRATION.

UH, CITY MANAGERS, SOME HAVE NOT HAD QUESTIONS AS THEY WERE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD BE, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF US IN OUR ASK THAT WE GET THE, YOU GET THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, WHETHER IT'S OR OUR FUNDS OR LOOKING AT THE BOX OR UNDERSTANDING THE GOALS OF THE CITY AND THE, AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE AND THE COMMITMENT AND THE OBLIGATION TO THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITIZENS OF WHICH WE SERVE.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING THAT YOU GIVE US A SUPPORT TO DEFER THIS ITEM.

SO WE'LL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO DO, TO CONDUCT DISCOVERY AND THANK YOU STAFF AND CITY MANAGER IF YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT.

I WANTED JUST TO REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR YOU AND STAFF AND I'M VERY SURE THAT THIS STAFF CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GIBSON AND UH, LIZ PEREIRA, STAFF MEMBERS, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND DIRECTORS, THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE UP ON THEIR BUSINESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 66? SEEING NONE.

CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT MADAM SECRETARY, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 84, ITEM ITEM 84,

[84. 24-2169 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

THIS MORNING, YOU ONLY HAVE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS, YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION.

SHELBY BOBOWSKI IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN.

MS. BAKI MEETS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND THE FOLLOWING NOMINEES ARE BEING PRESENTED BY CITY INTERIM CITY MANAGER, TOLBERT, ALL MEMBERS OR NONE.

VOTING MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES TECHNICAL RESOURCE PANEL, AGAIN, INTER INTERIM CITY MANAGER TOLBERT IS PRESENTING.

BIANCA WALKER, PRISCILLA BENTO AND CYNTHIA SUAREZ.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION? ME? I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES

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HAVE IT.

BE TAKING A FEW OF YOUR AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF ORDER.

MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'LL

[86. 24-2109 Authorize acquisition of a drainage easement from Medrano Properties, LTD., a Texas limited partnership, of approximately 1,797 square feet of land located on Knight Street near its intersection with Sylvester Avenue for the Throckmorton-Reagan Drainage Improvements Project - Not to exceed $77,126.00 ($74,126.00, plus closing costs, and title expenses not to exceed $3,000.00) - Financing: Stormwater Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund (This item was deferred on June 26, 2024)]

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 86.

AGENDA ITEM 86, AUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT FROM MEDRANO PROPERTIES LTDA TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF APPROXIMATELY 1,797 SQUARE FEET OF LAND LOCATED ON NINTH STREET NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH SYLVESTER AVENUE FOR THE THRO MORTON REAGAN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NOT TO EXCEED $77,126.

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED ON JUNE 26TH, 2024.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

IS THERE A MOTION ITEM? 86.

GUYS, WE'RE TAKING SOME ITEMS OUT OF ORDER.

WE NEED TO ACTUALLY, UM, TAKE CARE OF AS MUCH BUSINESS AS WE CAN BEFORE WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING THAT WAS NOT POSTED UNTIL, UH, 1105.

SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GO INTO SPECIAL CALL MEETING UNTIL THEN BY LAW.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE CARE AS MUCH BUSINESS AS WE CAN UNTIL THEN.

UM, SO DO WE HAVE MOTION ON A SIX? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD HAVE, YEAH, BEFORE FOR FIVE MINUTES, THANK YOU.

IF I COULD HAVE SOMEONE FROM UH, TWU COME UP.

JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE, UM, INDIVIDUALS SINCE UH, OUR LAST MEETING AND IF YOU WERE ABLE TO COME TO A RESOLUTION.

SARAH STANDARD FOR DIRECTOR OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.

UH, YES SIR, WE HAVE MET WITH THE FAMILY OF ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WERE DEFERRED, WE ARE ON TRACK TO MOVE FORWARD AND THIS WILL GET US MOVING TOWARDS THE END GAME AND WE MAY BE BACK LATER, BUT WE'RE GOOD TO GO AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S IT.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 86? SEEING NONE.

ITEM 87, AUTHORIZE ACQUISITION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT FROM MADANO PROPERTIES LTDA TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF APPROXIMATELY 547 SQUARE FEET OF LAND LOCATED ON NINTH STREET NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH SYLVESTER AVENUE FOR THE THRO MORTON REAGAN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NOT TO EXCEED $24,564.

ANY OPPOSED? NOTE THE OPPOSITION AYES HAVE IT NOTED.

MR. MAYOR, AGENDA

[87. 24-2110 Authorize acquisition of a drainage easement from Medrano Properties, LTD., a Texas limited partnership, of approximately 547 square feet of land located on Knight Street near its intersection with Sylvester Avenue for the Throckmorton-Reagan Drainage Improvements Project - Not to exceed $24,564.00 ($22,564.00, plus closing costs, and title expenses not to exceed $2,000.00) - Financing: Stormwater Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund (This item was deferred on June 26, 2024)]

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED ON JUNE 26TH, 2024.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 87.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

HER MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN MORENO? ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE HEARING NONE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT NOTE THE OPPOSITION.

NOTED YOUR NEXT ITEM, AGENDA

[88. 24-2111 Authorize acquisition of approximately 1,200 square feet of land for a drainage easement and 1,500 square feet of land for a temporary workspace easement from John D. Garay, located at 2411 Throckmorton Street near its intersection with Sylvester Avenue for the Throckmorton-Reagan Drainage Improvements Project - Not to exceed $157,450.00 ($153,450.00, plus closing costs, and title expenses not to exceed $4,000.00) - Financing: Stormwater Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund (This item was deferred on June 26, 2024)]

ITEM 88.

AUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OF APPROXIMATELY 1200 SQUARE FEET OF LAND FOR A DRAINAGE EASEMENT WITH 1500 SQUARE FEET OF LAND FOR A TEMPORARY WORKSPACE EASEMENT FROM JOHN D GURAY, LOCATED AT 2 4 1 1 THROCKMORTON STREET NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH SYLVESTER AVENUE FOR THE THROCKMORTON REAGAN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NOT TO EXCEED $157,450.

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED ON JUNE 26TH, 2024.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM MR. MAYOR.

ITEM 88 FOLKS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION CHAIRMAN MORENO? ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING NONE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

GONNA MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 93.

OKAY, WE'RE

[93. 24-2451 Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant upon receipt from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the federal share of the eligible capital improvement project for the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) at Dallas Love Field (Grant No. 3-48-0062-073-2024, CFDA No. 20.106) in a total amount not to exceed $4,273,853.00 for the Runway 13L-31R Runway Safety Area Improvements and Rehabilitate Taxiway A project; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $4,273,853.00 in the FAA AIG FY24 Grant Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of grant funds in an amount not to exceed $4,273,853.00 in the FAA AIG FY24 Grant Fund; (4) increase appropriations in the amount not to exceed $4,273,853.00 in the Aviation Passenger Facility Charge Fund; and (5) execution of the grant agreement and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the grant agreement - Not to exceed $4,273,853.00 - Financing: FAA AIG FY24 Grant Fund]

AGENDA ITEM 93 AUTHORIZED ONE.

ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT UPON RECEIPT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.

FAA FOR THE FEDERAL SHARE OF THE ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, A IG AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,273,853 FOR THE RUNWAY.

13 L DASH THREE ONE R RUNWAY SAFETY AREA IMPROVEMENTS AND REHABILITATE TAX UAA PROJECT TWO ESTABLISHMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,273,853 IN THE F-A-A-A-I-G-F-Y 24 GRANT FUND THREE RECEIPT AND DEPOSIT OF GRANTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,273,853 IN THE F-A-A-A-I-G-F-Y 24 GRANT FUND FOR INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,273,853 IN THE AVIATION PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE FUND.

AND FIVE EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT IN

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ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE GRANT AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR 1,000,200 $73,853.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

WONDERFUL.

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 93.

ANYONE SECOND OR A MOTION IN A SECOND? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING NONE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 9 2 3 94.

[94. 24-2424 Authorize (1) rejection of the bids received for the construction services contract for CIZ24-TRN-3093 - Bond Signals-Lancaster Road at Wheatland Road/Plaza Boulevard; and (2) the re-advertisement for new bids - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

JUNE.

ITEM 94 AUTHORIZED ONE REJECTION OF THE BIDS RECEIVED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR CIZ 24 DASH TRN DASH 3 0 9 3 BOND SIGNALS LANCASTER ROAD AT WHEATLAND ROAD PLAZA BOULEVARD AND TWO THE RE ADVERTISEMENT FOR NEW BIDS.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM MR. MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, I'M LOOKING FOR MOTION ITEM 94.

MOTION SECOND.

HER MOTION IS SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ITEM 94.

SEEING NONE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT MADAM SECRETARY, MR. MAYOR, YOUR REMAINING ITEMS ARE TO BE HELD.

OKAY, WELL YOU GUYS AREN'T TO CUT OUT TO BE STATE LEGISLATOR.

YOU GUYS DIDN'T CHUB THAT CALENDAR ENOUGH AND BUY ENOUGH TIME FOR US.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE A RECESS AND TRUST THAT YOU GUYS WILL COME BACK.

SO LEMME EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.

UM, SO WE NEED TO RECESS THIS REGULAR AGENDA MEETING UNTIL 1:00 PM AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOU GUYS TO COME BACK THOUGH AT 1105 SO WE CAN COMMENCE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING.

I WAS TRYING TO GET US UP TO 1105 SO WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE THE DAAS, BUT AGAIN, YOU GUYS DIDN'T CHUB IT ENOUGH.

YOU GUYS DIDN'T USE YOUR FIVE THROUGH ONE ENOUGH, SO, ALRIGHT, SO THIS REGULAR MEETING IS NOW AT RECESS UNTIL 1:00 PM AND I NEED YOU GUYS TO COME BACK AT, AT 1105.

YOU CAN STAY HERE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT, UM, WE JUST NEED EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BACK IN THEIR SHEETS BY 1105 SO WE CAN, WE CAN CALL THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO ORDER.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU SOME STATUTORY LANGUAGE.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE AT RECESS UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK.

OKAY, THE TIME IS 1:20 PM AND THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.

THE AGENDA MEETING IS NOW BACK IN SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

IT IS 1:20 PM ON AUGUST 14TH, 2024.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 51 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA, SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 85 AND 90.

WE WILL NOW GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I ANTICIPATE WILL BE IN THERE UNTIL SAY TWO O'CLOCK.

THAT'S JUST MY GUESS, BUT WE'LL BE BACK WHEN WE'RE BACK.

OKAY, CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION ACTUALLY.

YEAH, WE COMPLETE OUR CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 51 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OF MING ACT, AND AT 2:08 PM ON AUGUST 14TH, 2024, WE'VE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY.

DALLAS HERO INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS.

WE WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM 90 90.

AGENDA ITEM 90 IS AN ORDINANCE GRANT.

AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF DALLAS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY.

THREE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DALLAS CITY CHARTER SUBMITTED BY DALLAS HERO INITIATIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.004 A OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

NO, NO, NO, WE, IS THAT THE RIGHT ORDER? YEAH, WE'RE DOING ONE SECOND.

[91. 24-2333 An ordinance amending Chapter 8, “Boards and Commissions,” of theDallas City Code by amending Section 8-1.5; (1) moving the limitation ofterms of the employee’s retirement fund board to Chapter 40A; amendingChapter 40A, “Retirement,” of the Dallas City Code, by amendingSections 40A-1, 40A-3, 40A-4, 40A-6, 40A-7, 40A-7.1, 40A-9, and40A-35; (2) adding, revising, and deleting various definitions; (3)providing amended terms and term limits of the board; (4) modifying theretirement fund board’s powers and duties; (5) specifying the date theboard shall adopt the actuarially determined contribution rate, the currenttotal adjusted total obligation rate, the current total obligation rate, andthe pension obligation bond credit rate for each fiscal year; (6) providingamended contribution amounts for the city and employees; (7) providinga contribution maximum for Tier A and Tier B employees; (8) providingthat the city may contribute additional monies to the retirement fund in itssole discretion; (9) amending the modifications of contribution rates; (10)providing guardrails with respect to the calculation of the actuariallydetermined contribution and incorporating the guardrails into actuarialassumptions; (11) amending the procedure to amend Chapter 40A; (12)providing a saving clause; (13) providing a severability clause; and (14)providing an effective date - Financing: This action has no costconsideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)]

APOLOGIES.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM 91.

I'LL READ THAT ITEM INTO THE RECORD.

ITEM 91 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTION EIGHT DASH 1.51.

MOVING THE LIMITATION

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OF TERMS OF THE EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT FUND BOARD TO CHAPTER 40, A AMENDING CHAPTER 40 A RETIREMENT OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 40 A DASH ONE 40 A DASH THREE 40 A DASH FOUR 40 A DASH SIX 40 A DASH SEVEN 40 A DASH 7.1 40 A DASH NINE, AND 40 A DASH 35 2, ADDING, REVISING AND DELETING VARIOUS DEFINITIONS.

THREE.

PROVIDING AMENDED TERMS AND TERM LIMITS OF THE BOARD.

FOUR.

MODIFYING THE RETIREMENT FUND BOARD'S, POWERS AND DUTIES.

FIVE.

SPECIFYING THE DATE THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT THE ACTUARIAL DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION RATE.

THE CURRENT TOTAL ADJUSTED TOTAL OBLIGATION RATE, THE CURRENT TOTAL OBLIGATION RATE, AND THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND CREDIT RATE FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR.

SIX.

PROVIDING AMENDED CONTRIBUTIONS AMOUNT, CON CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS FOR THE CITY AND EMPLOYEES.

SEVEN.

PROVIDING A CONTRIBUTION MAXIMUM FOR TIER A AND TIER B EMPLOYEES.

EIGHT.

PROVIDING THAT THE CITY MAY CON CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL MONIES TO THE RETIREMENT FUND IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION.

NINE.

AMENDING THE MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRIBUTION RATES.

10.

PROVIDING GUARDRAILS WITH RESPECT TO THE CALCULATION OF THE ACTUARIAL ACTUARILY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION AND INCORPORATING THE GUARDRAILS INTO ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS.

11.

AMENDING THE PROCEDURE TO AMEND CHAPTER 48 12, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE 13, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND 14 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, JOE THOMPSON.

MR. THOMPSON, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

N HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS JOE THOMPSON.

I CURRENTLY LIVE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS CITY RETIRED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, KNOWN AS DECREE D-C-R-E-A, AND WE REPRESENT THE CITY OF DALLAS CIVILIAN AND RETIREES.

I WORKED IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS FOR OVER 44 YEARS, THE LAST 22 YEARS FOR RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL.

I WAS THE MANAGER OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.

I THEN MOVED TO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND I RETIRED IN 2011 AS A SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 91, EXCUSE ME, WHICH WILL AFFECT CURRENT RETIREES AND EMPLOYEES.

WE SUPPORT.

IT'S BEING PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 BALLOT, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO MEET THE STATE OF TEXAS PENSION REVIEW BOARD'S DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER, 2025, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE RISK OF, UM, MOVING FROM A 30 YEAR TO A 25 YEAR AMATEURIZATION REQUIREMENT APPROVING THE FUNDING SOUNDNESS RESTORATION PLAN REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS GUARANTEES THAT THE ERF PENSION ACHIEVES 100% FUNDING OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AND IT ALSO IMPROVES THE CITY OF DALLAS CREDIT RATINGS WITH THE BUREAU IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE NEW FUNDING SOUNDNESS RESTORATION PLAN.

GET PLAN GUIDELINES, ERF IS PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TIER A MEMBERS FROM 13.32% TO 14%, AND TIER B MEMBERS TO REMAIN AT 13.32.

THE CITY'S MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION LIMIT OF 36% WOULD BE REMOVED.

ALL OF THIS WILL ALLOW THE RESTORATION PLAN TO SUCCEED IN PROTECTING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE FUND BY REDUCING LIABILITIES TO ZERO BY 2025.

EXCUSE ME, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

TO ZERO TO 2055.

I THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT.

UH, DECRE STANDS READY TO MOBILIZE MORE THAN 6,000 ACTIVE AND RETIRED VOTERS, PLUS THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO WILL VOTE THIS NOVEMBER.

IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 29

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TOGETHER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THIS REQUIRED CHANGE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

MR. MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION? YES.

MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS MATTER WITH THE FILING CHANGES THERE, PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SECTION 48 DASH 7.1 IS REPLACED WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS HAND OUT TO YOU SECOND C Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE THE HANDOUTS SECOND.

I SECOND IT.

YEAH, THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THANK YOU THOUGH.

IT'S OKAY.

UH, I WANNA CALL JACKIE OUT ON UP, PLEASE.

I KNOW.

I KNOW Y'ALL JUST GOT HIS HAND OUT.

SO FOR ONE WHO JUST NOT READING, WHICH NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, JACKIE EXPLAINED, UH, 48 DASH 7.1.

PARAGRAPH FOUR.

YES, SIR.

UH, JACK IRELAND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY, UH, THE, UM, MOTION THAT WAS MADE, UH, DOES MAKE A CHANGE TO, UH, SECTION OR PARAGRAPH FOUR, UH, AS MR. MAYOR PRO TIMM ATKINS REFERENCED.

UH, THE CHANGE WAS RELATED TO CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS WITH THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUND STAFF AND WITH THE PENSION REVIEW BOARD.

AND SO WE'VE ADDED IN A TWO PARENTHETICAL PHRASES, EXCLUDING THE DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 UNFUNDED ACTUARIAL ACCRUED LIABILITY, WHICH HAS A 30 YEAR AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE.

AND SO IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PRB, THEY WANTED THAT, UH, KIND OF BROKEN OUT OF THE CALCULATION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS REPRESENTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED, UH, LANGUAGE SO THAT IF AT ANY POINT THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO WAIVE THIS SECTION, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FULLY FUNDED, UH, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO WAIVE THAT THIS IS A GUARDRAIL THAT'S PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE CITY.

BUT IF AT ANY POINT IN TIME THAT WE FEEL THAT THE GUARDRAIL HAS BEEN TOO RESTRICTIVE AND IS GONNA CREATE A PROBLEM FOR US, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN WAIVE IT.

ACTUARIES DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM, BUT WE WANTED THAT SAFETY CLAUSE, UH, THAT IT COULD BE WAIVED IF NECESSARY.

UH, UH, THING THAT WE CAN DO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO DOING RIGHT BY OUR, UH, RETIREES.

UM, JACK, I JUST WANNA SAY SOME PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, SPECIAL COUNCIL BLACKMAN, YOU KNOW, SHE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT GUARD RAIL, AND I THINK SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT GUARD RAIL AND WE NEED MORE GUARD RAIL ON THIS PENSION AND GUARD RAIL KEPT COMING UP.

AND, AND I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, JACK AND THE PENSION AND THE, AND THE EMPLOYEES PENSION AND ATTORNEYS WORKING TOGETHER ALSO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO, FOR THEM WORKING DAY IN, DAY OUT.

THEY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST FOUR, FOUR WEEKS YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT WE STILL WAS STILL NEGOTIATING , UH, UNTIL ABOUT THE LAST, UH, HOUR, ABOUT RIGHT AT EIGHT 30 THIS MORNING.

WE FINALLY GOT AGREEMENT DONE EIGHT 30 THIS MORNING.

SO THEREFORE, I JUST WANNA THANK STAFF AND, AND ALL THE ATTORNEYS AND, AND THE EMPLOYEES, UH, REPRESENTED DAVE ESCHER AND CHERYL, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU COMING TO THE BOARD AND, AND TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE.

UH, WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE LEGAL, UH, UH, ASPECT OF THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN GET THE FUNDING SOUND, RESPIRATORY PLAN DONE NOW, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE VOTERS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL DO THE SUPPORT IS FULLY AND I ALSO WANNA THANK EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SUPPORT, AND IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CHIME IN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BAZEL, DO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES WE ARE ON ITEM 91? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I'LL, I'LL BE BRIEF.

I JUST, UH, WANT TO SAY TO OUR RETIREES, UM, THAT WE, WE ARE, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, UM, AND PROMISES WERE MADE AND WE'RE NOT GONNA LET, UH, THOSE GO BY THE WAYSIDE.

AND THAT GOES, UM, FOR POLICE AND FIRE AS WELL.

I, I, I KNOW WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE FUNDS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE, UH, OWN CONVERSATIONS.

BUT, UM, I, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, NOT ONLY IS THIS A PROMISE THAT WAS MADE FROM, UH, THE CITY, UM, IT'S A PROMISE THAT WAS MADE TO, UM, PROPERLY, UM, UH, COMPENSATE FOR, UM, A CAREER THAT HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO OUR CITY.

AND, UM, I KNOW FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE NOW IN THIS ROLE, THE UM, UH, TYPE OF PERSON IT TAKES IN, UH, THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE TALENT IS NOT ANY LESS, BUT WE KNOW THE PAY IS, UM, IT TAKES TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS TO DEVOTE THEIR CAREER, THEIR PASSION, AND THEIR TIME TO, UM, SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS NO MATTER WHAT DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT SERVICE WAS GIVEN TO.

AND SO, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL, UM, WHO HAVE ADVOCATED, UM, EVEN THOSE WE HAVEN'T HEAR OR HAVEN'T HEARD FROM.

UM, AND THAT IT, THIS IS BY FAR, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT,

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AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR BOTH CIVILIAN AND UNIFORMED.

SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANK YOU.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK, UH, WITH POLICE AND FIRE.

SO WE CAN ALSO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE IT RIGHT BY THEM AS WELL.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ITEM 91.

UH, MR. ARLAND, COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE? MR. ARLAND, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL WHO ARE LISTENING, COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THIS PROVISION DOES IN LAYMAN'S TERMS? SO THE, THE ONE PROVISION THAT WAS, UH, MODIFIED IN THE MOTION IS THAT YOUR, WELL, THE, THE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 48 DASH 7.14.

SO YES SIR, IT, IT PROVIDES A GUARDRAIL, UH, FOR THE CITY SO THAT, UM, THERE IS NOT A INCREASE IN THE A DC BY MORE THAN 5%.

SO IT CREATES A GUARDRAIL, UH, FOR US TO USE ON THE, UH, NORMAL COST IN THE ADDITIONAL LAYERS.

AND IF WE EXCEED THAT, THEN WE AMORTIZE THAT OVER A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED DECEMBER OF 20.

OH, OKAY.

LET ME STOP YOU THERE.

SORRY, IT'S GETTING TOO COMPLICATED.

THE MEANING IS GETTING LOST IN, IN THE LANGUAGE HERE.

SO AS I READ THIS, IT SEEMS TO SAY THAT IF ANY FUTURE FISCAL YEAR, LET'S SAY 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THE ACTUARILY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION RATE THAT SET EACH YEAR EXCEEDS PLUS OR MINUS 5% OF THE RATE THAT WAS DETERMINED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, THAT IF THERE IS AN EXCESS AMOUNT THAT WILL BE AMORTIZED.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YOU'VE SAID IT SO MUCH BETTER THAN ME.

YES, SIR.

NOW MY QUESTION GOES ON ABOUT THE PERIOD OF THAT AMORTIZATION.

IT JUST SAYS IT WILL BE AMORTIZED OVER THE LATER OF A DATE OR 20 YEARS, BUT YOU CAN'T AMORTIZE SOMETHING ON A DATE.

YOU AMORTIZE SOMETHING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

AND I'M UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT THE INTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IS HERE.

IS IT 20 YEARS OR IS IT FROM NOW UNTIL 2054? SO BETWEEN NOW AND, UM, 2034, IT WOULD BE AMORTIZED TO 2054.

BUT ONCE WE GET TO 2034, IT'S AMORTIZED OVER 20 YEARS.

WELL, CAN WE INSERT THE WORD PERIOD IN THERE SOMEWHERE SO THAT IT SAYS, UM, OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS FROM, UH, 2034 OR WHATEVER THE MEANING IS.

I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE MEANING IS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THE WORD PERIOD NEEDS TO BE IN THERE.

ARE YOU ASKING ME? WELL, BECAUSE I'M ASKING JACK CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

I'M JACK OR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WELL, I'M GONNA REFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY .

THANK YOU, JACK.

SO, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP, UM, AND POSSIBLY MAKING AN AMENDMENT TO MAKE A, A MINOR YES.

CHANGE.

SO BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO DEFINE THE MEANING, THE INTENDED MEANING OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN CRAFT LANGUAGE THAT DOCUMENTS THAT MEANING.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO I'M GONNA STOP YOUR TIME SO THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND, AND RESPOND TO YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME, BUT, AND, BUT IF, IF NECESSARY, YOU CAN THEN MAKE THAT MOTION.

I CAN ACCEPT .

IF I MIGHT HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK TO MY FOLKS ABOUT THE CLARIFICATION, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL KEEP GOING WITH THIS DISCUSSION.

I KNOW CHAIRMAN SSON WANTS TO CHIME IN WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND IF, IF YOU FEEL ONCE YOU'VE HAD A CONSULTATION WITH THEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

WE'LL, WE'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT FOR SURE.

CHAIRMAN SEN YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 91.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS EVEN ON THE AGENDA AND WHY THE COMMITTEE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

UM, WAS THIS ITEM DISCUSSED AT COMMITTEE, THIS ITEM, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE GUARDRAILS, WE HAVE NOT HAD THE EXACT LANGUAGE FOR OUR GUARDRAILS, BUT THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE BRIEFED, WE HAVE REFERRED TO THE GUARDRAILS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BUT NOT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR THE GUARDRAILS.

SO SOME PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP THAT TOPIC, BUT THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT VOTED, GIVEN DIRECTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS ON OUR AGENDA WHEN WE HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT SAY WE SEND THESE THINGS TO COMMITTEE.

THIS COMMITTEE'S BEEN MEETING QUITE REGULARLY FOR A LONG TIME NOW WITH A THOROUGH AMOUNT OF WORK ON THE POLICE FIRE SIDE.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR ERF, WHICH I HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR, INCLUDING INDEPENDENT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD.

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SO THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON BOTH PENSION FUNDS SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER.

WE, THERE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN MORE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING POLICE AND FIRE.

IN ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THOUGH, REGARDING BOTH FUNDS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE CITY'S DESIRE TO INCREASE OUR OVERSIGHT THROUGH GUARDRAILS.

UH, AND SO IT HAS LEFT COMMITTEE, IT HAS COME TO FULL COUNSEL.

UM, LAST WEEK OR ON AUGUST THE SEVENTH, IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO HAVE THE BRIEFING, SEND POLICE AND FIRE BACK TO COMMITTEE.

AND WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE, UH, IN ORDER TO CALL A NOVEMBER ELECTION TODAY IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND IS IT ESSENTIAL THIS GO TO A NOVEMBER ELECTION OR COULD THIS ACTUALLY BE ON THE MAY BALLOT? IT COULD BE ON THE MAY BALLOT.

I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.

I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING ON LEGAL FOR YOUR ISSUE, MR. RIDLEY.

ANYONE ELSE, UH, LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 91? OH, HOLD, HOLD ON.

I, I HEARD THE RECORD VOTE REQUEST, UH, MS. WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM NINE ONE AND I DID NOTE THE REQUEST FOR A RECORD.

SURE.

UH, MR. ISLAND, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, OR MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THE IMPLICATION IF IT WAS TO MOVE FROM NOVEMBER TO MAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THE, UH, PENSION REVIEW BOARD REQUIREMENT FOR ERF IS TO SUBMIT A PLAN THAT ACHIEVES THEIR REQUIREMENT OF BEING FULLY FUNDED IN 30 YEARS BY SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 25.

SO WE HAVE NOT THIS SEPTEMBER, BUT SEPTEMBER 1ST OF NEXT YEAR.

SO IF IT IS, UH, DEFERRED TODAY, IT CANNOT BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

UH, WE WOULD BRING, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE ELECTION BY MID-FEBRUARY FOR A MAY ELECTION.

UH, I'M GOING TO TURN TO, I THOUGHT DAVID ERIDGE WAS HERE, UM, TO, TO ASK THEM, DAVID, IS THERE ANY ISSUE WITH TIMING FOR PROGRAMMING IF IT'S VOTED ON IN MAY? I APOLOGIZE, MS. WILLIS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET A CORRECT ANSWER.

HI, JENNIFER HUGGER, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

UM, WHAT ABOUT IF WE, IF IF YOU MADE A MOTION TO MODIFY THE LANGUAGE TO, UH, AFTER THE COMMA, THE EXCESS AMOUNT WILL BE AMORTIZED OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS OR DECEMBER 34 OR UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2054, WHICHEVER IS LATER.

AND ERF IS GOOD WITH THAT AS WELL.

AND SO TO FINISH ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, MS. WILLIS, UM, IF, IF IT IS ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AND IT FAILS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO WORK ON IT AND COME BACK IN MAY.

IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN NOVEMBER.

AND OUR ONLY BITE AT THE APPLE, SO TO SPEAK, IS IN MAY.

IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE PRBS REQUIREMENTS, IN WHICH CASE WE WILL BE SUBJECT TO AMORTIZATION OVER 25 YEARS AS OPPOSED TO 30 YEARS.

IF WE DON'T MEET THE SEPTEMBER 25 DEADLINE, WE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A SHORTER AMORTIZATION PERIOD.

SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER IMPLICATIONS TO THE FUND? NO.

NO MA'AM.

SO WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET THE JUMP ON IT TO TAKE THE SATA SECOND TIME IF WE DON'T SCORE AS WELL AS THE FIRST TIME.

SO, UM, OKAY.

WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

ANYONE ELSE WE SHOULD SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 91? IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE STILL HAVING A LITTLE LEGAL DISCUSSION BACK THERE.

UM, HOLD ON ONE SECOND, BUT LET'S STAND AT EASE FOR TWO MINUTES WHILE I FIGURE IF WE'RE GONNA GET A, AN AMENDMENT OR NOT.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE GETTING AN AMENDMENT.

SO CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRMAN RIDLEY FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO AMEND THIS, UH, ORIGINAL MOTION TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE STARTING IN THE 10TH LINE AFTER THE WORD AMORTIZED OVER, INSERT THE LANGUAGE A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS OR UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2054, WHICHEVER IS LATER.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

UH, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO EXPLAIN YOUR AMENDMENT IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

HAD A PROBLEM WITH BY, UH, IDENTIFYING SPECIFICALLY THE PERIOD OF AMORTIZATION.

I THINK THIS LANGUAGE AS PROPOSED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, CLARIFIES THE LANGUAGE THAT I

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ANYONE ELSE? WERE YOU, WERE YOU FINISHED? WELL, ACTUALLY, I, I KEEP GOING.

YOU, YOU HAD ANOTHER ISSUE.

I KNOW WHERE THE CLOCK IS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.

UM, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINES THAT THE FUND IS PROJECTED TO BE FULLY FUNDED IN OVER 30 YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY WAIVE THIS PARAGRAPH.

SO, UM, JACK, WHAT, HOW, HOW DOES THAT OPERATE IF THE FUND IS PROJECTED TO BE FULLY FUNDED IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS? YES, SIR.

SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED IT, IT IS A GUARDRAIL.

UM, BUT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN THAT WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE MORE BECAUSE OF THE GUARDRAIL, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA END UP COSTING US MORE THAN 30 YEARS, WE COULD WAIVE THE GUARDRAIL SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND INCREASE OUR DISTRIBUTIONS SO THAT IT WOULD BE AMORTIZED QUICKER.

IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN THAT THE GUARDRAILS CREATES A PROBLEM.

WE HAVE AN OUT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES WHAT, JACK, WE DON'T, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE SAFETY VALVES IN THERE.

RIGHT.

AND WAS THAT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PENSION REVIEW BOARD THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE THAT PROBLEM? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT HELPS, UH, SATISFY THEIR CONCERNS.

WELL, OKAY.

LET'S SAY THAT THE FUND IS FULLY FUNDED IN 29 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS, THEN THIS WOULD SAY TH THIS WOULDN'T APP, WELL THIS WOULD STILL APPLY ON THE 31ST YEAR.

IT WOULD, LET'S ASSUME IT'S STILL FULLY FUNDED.

IT'S BEEN FULLY FUNDED FOR A YEAR AND ONE MONTH.

SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO WAIVE THIS PARAGRAPH ANYTIME AFTER IT BECOMES FULLY FUNDED.

Y YES, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

WELL, I GUESS, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A STATIC 30 YEARS, SO WE HAVE TO BE FULLY FUNDED WITHIN 30 YEARS.

AND SO I THINK TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THAT, UM, IF WE'RE FULLY FUNDED EARLIER, OUR A DC GOES DOWN, SO THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS INCREASE OF PLUS OR MINUS.

WELL, WOULD IT MEET THE INTENDED PURPOSE IF IT SAID IF WELL, UM, ONCE THE FUND IS PROJECTED TO BE FULLY FUNDED, THE COUNCIL MAY WAIVE THIS PARAGRAPH.

I I JUST WANT THE MEETING TO BE CLEAR.

I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO, UM, BE BRIEFED ON IT AND THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S CAUSING A PROBLEM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 8 0 2, THEN THEY SHOULD WAIVE IT.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

JUST THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THE 30 YEARS AND THAT THIS GUARDRAIL DOES NOT CREATE A PROBLEM.

AND I THINK THE PRB JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE THE, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD FOR BOTH THE FUND AND THE CITY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF WAIVER PROVISION IF WE DO CREATE OUR OWN PROBLEM.

THAT THAT'S FINE.

MR. MAYOR, I, I STAND ON MY MOTION, UH, TO AMEND DO WHAT TO YOUR MOTION? I, I STAND ON MY ORIGINAL MOTION TO AMEND.

OKAY, SO YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO AMEND YOUR AMENDMENT, YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE IT? NO.

UH, CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT TO ITEM 91.

WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MR. RIDLEY FOR, UM, HIS KEEN EYE ON THE WORDING.

OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE ISSUE THAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT COMMITTEE.

THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING.

WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS.

AND THIS JUST GOES TO THE POINT ON WHY WE, WE ARE SKIPPING OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, HOLDING TO 'EM WHEN IT'S NOT.

AND I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT.

I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE I ASSUME THIS WILL PASS AND I WANT IT TO BE AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE AND I THINK YOU'VE MADE IT BETTER.

THE PROBLEM IS THE COMMITTEE NEVER LOOKED AT THIS AND THE COMMITTEE NEVER AGREED TO THIS.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT DID COME UP IN COMMITTEE.

ANYONE ELSE? WILL SHE SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST MR. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY'S MOTION? I WANNA SPEAK MAYOR PORT FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE RIDLEY AMENDMENT.

I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN PROCESSING PROCEDURE.

WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT GUARDRAIL THE WAY THROUGH MY COMMITTEE IN THAT HOT COMMITTEE, AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT GUARD RAIL.

WE TALKING ON BOTH THE EMPLOYEES HERE AND THIS IS KIND OF TWEAKED AND I WANT TO THANK, UM, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MAKE THE COMMENTS IN THE PERIOD CORRECTLY ENGLISH WAY.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOW IF YOU DID MISS IT, UH, THE, THE GUARDRAIL, UM, I APOLOGIZE, BUT, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IT FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, SO, SO THEREFORE

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ANYONE ELSE WISH YOU SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THE WR AMENDMENT? SAY NONE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

ITEM 91 IS AMENDED AS MR. RIDLEY SUGGESTED.

AND NOW WE ARE BACK ON ITEM 91 AS AMENDED.

ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 91 IS AMENDED.

SAY NONE WAS A RECORD VOTE REQUESTED A RECORD VOTE WAS REQUESTED.

SO, MADAM SECRETARY, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

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

MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS? NO.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM UA AGAINST YOUR OWN MOTION.

MOTION AS AMENDED, I THINK TO ADOPT IT.

YEAH.

THIS, YEAH, THIS IS, WE'RE NOW ON ITEM 91 AS IT WAS AMENDED.

THIS IS YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION NOW? I THINK SO, YES.

IS WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY.

NOTED.

MAYOR JOHNSON KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS? YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BASIL DOA? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER VALEZ? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON? NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY? YES.

WITH 13.

VOTING IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE.

THE ITEM PASSES MR. MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM, I GUESS 92 IS NEXT.

92 IS AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF DALLAS ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.

AGENDA ITEM

[92. 24-2533 An ordinance ordering a special election to be held in the city of Dallas onNovember 5, 2024, on the question of amending Chapter 40A of theDallas City Code, known as the employees' retirement fund of the city ofDallas - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (See FiscalInformation)]

ON THE QUESTION OF AMENDING CHAPTER 40 A OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT FUND OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

MR. MAYOR IS THERE.

MAYOR PERAM.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? YOU HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM NUMBER 92 WITH THE, UH, PROPOSAL RENU TWO, PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, MAYOR PRO TEM? NO.

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

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.