Aug 28, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

SO YOU SAID THERE'S ABOUT A THOUSAND CLAIMS. IS THAT CORRECT? I SAID EXACTLY LAST YEAR WE HAD 1649.

YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE 1446.

SO THAT'S LESS THAN $1,000 PER CLAIM THAT WE PAY IN ADMINISTRATION.

IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? NOT DOING THE MATH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I'LL TAKE YOUR MATH. I DON'T KNOW IF I DO THAT.

I WOULD HAVE TO. SO I GUESS THE AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THIS SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN OUT OF ONE SLITHER OF CONTEXT IN THIS BIG ECOSYSTEM.

SO I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR TO EVEN BROADEN IT A LITTLE BIT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT ALL MEANS.

IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT THIS, IT'S LOOKING AT WHAT IS INSURANCE LOOK LIKE IN THE CITY? WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY? BECAUSE I GUESS IF THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS IF YOU'RE NON-COMPLIANT, WE COULD GET HIT WITH TONS OF FINES.

AND SO I THINK IT'S UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM OF THIS.

AND I WOULD THINK A MEMO, UNLESS IT NEEDS TO BE DEEP DIVE, A DEEP DIVE.

AND I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO IT.

BUT I THINK JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, I THINK THE QUESTIONS ARE VALID.

YES, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH ABOUT $18 MILLION IN COST PER YEAR ON CLAIMS. AND THAT'S FROM CLAIMS TO BEFORE I WAS BORN TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO NOW BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A LIFETIME MEDICAL ON THINGS.

SO EACH YEAR.

SO LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 18,635,000 IN COST AND WORK COMP COSTS.

THIS YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE BUDGETED FOR AT 18,850,000.

SO OR FOR 20, I'M SORRY FOR WHEN WE END IN 24, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 18,000,850.

SO A SLIGHT INCREASE, RIGHT.

BUT LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE IN 22.

SO WE'RE MAKING STRIDES ON THE IT'S IT'S A BIG PICTURE AND I AGREE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I CAN GIVE YOU THE FULL PICTURE AND A MEMO.

AND THEN IF COUNCIL MEMBER WEST WANTS TO LIKE A DEEP DIVE INTO IT, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK TO IT.

AND NOW I'LL LET YOU COMMENT HERE IN A BIT.

BUT ON ON THIS, I ALSO THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES ACROSS OUR CITY.

IF WE'RE SEEING LIKE IN A CERTAIN DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING, THEN YOU CAN ALSO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THOSE IN THOSE WORKERS ACTIVITIES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET ANYBODY HURT.

I MEAN, THAT IS NOT WHAT THE CITY IS ABOUT.

SO I THINK I THINK AN UNDERSTANDING OF IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD EXERCISE FOR US.

AND IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND, SURE YOU CAN.

YEAH. THAT WAY I DON'T NEED TO TAKE THREE MINUTES.

NO, I AGREE I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOPIC FOR GFM.

ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN FOLKS YOU KNOW WANT TO BRING A TOPIC TO THE COMMITTEE.

LIKE WE'LL PUT IT ON THERE.

I THINK THE SUGGESTION OF STARTING IT AS A MEMO SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A SMALL PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW BIG WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, AND EXPAND THE TOPICS

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AND FOR THE FACTUAL BRIEFING.

SO WE'LL JUST WORK WITH MR. IRELAND AND WE'LL GET WE'LL GET THAT TOGETHER.

CHAIRMAN. NARVAEZ.

I'M NOT ON GFM, BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, MR. CHAIRMAN, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY VERY COMPLICATED.

AND THAT MOST OF US JUST WE DON'T DEAL WITH ADMINISTRATION.

SO IT'S LIKE, HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK AND EVERYTHING? AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD EDUCATION THING THAT COULD HAPPEN.

SO WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW THIS OPERATES BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE GETTING HURT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE LAWS THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

AND IT'S JUST SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT JUST GET COMPLICATED.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I WISH IT WAS A LOT EASIER AND I'M SURE WE ALL DO BECAUSE IT WOULD COST US LESS MONEY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GET FINES OR HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE CITY.

AND WITH LAWSUITS AND ANYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN.

SO 3 MILLION RIGHT NOW, I THINK IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED OR WHATEVER IT IS.

3.6 IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND IT'S LIKE $75,000 MORE THAN THE LAST CONTRACT.

SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD DEAL AS FAR AS INFLATION GOES RIGHT NOW.

SO BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M LIKE NOW I'M FASCINATED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS.

THIS WAS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THERE.

SO BUT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. MR.. MISTER MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN. REALLY? FIVE MINUTES.

AND COULD I SUGGEST THAT PART OF THAT MEMO ADDRESS BENCHMARKING WITH OTHER CITIES TO DETERMINE IF WE HAVE SIMILAR CLAIMS EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE, SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE IF WE HAVE AN INJURY PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR SAFETY PROCEDURES IN GREATER DEPTH.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND IF I CAN JUST COMMENT ON THAT, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.

I THINK COMPARISON TO SISTER CITIES IS VERY PRUDENT FOR US TO DO.

I ACTUALLY WROTE THAT DOWN, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR WE'RE ON THE SAME SAME WAVELENGTH.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

MENDELSOHN THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THE SECOND PART OF THE ITEM THAT IS UP FOR APPROVAL IS THE RATIFICATION OF OVER HALF $1 MILLION FOR OUTSTANDING INVOICES.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THE RATIFICATION AMOUNT ARE FOR SERVICES RENDERED FROM THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT JUST FOR THE GAP IN SERVICES, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM OCTOBER 30TH OF 2023 UNTIL CURRENTLY AUGUST OF 2024.

AND SO WHY DID THE CONTRACT EXPIRE? UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A THERE WERE STAFF TURNOVER.

AND SO THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION OR SOME MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT ULTIMATELY THERE WERE STAFF TURNOVER.

SO BY THE TIME THIS IS BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT OR BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT, THE CONTRACT HAD ALREADY EXPIRED AND WE HAD TO AND WE HAD ALREADY EXHAUSTED THE EXTENSIONS ON THIS FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

AND THEN WE HAD TO START THE RFP PROCESS OVER AGAIN.

SO WHAT DEPARTMENT HAD THE STAFF TURNOVER? BOTH OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT.

SO THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT NOT TO GET TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS ON THIS, BUT THE TWO MANAGERS, THE BUYER AND THE MANAGER AND OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT THAT HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DOING THIS FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE NOW SINCE RETIRED, AND THEY RETIRED BEFORE WE HAD ANOTHER CONTRACT IN PLACE.

AND BEFORE THAT THE THE THE ORIGINAL RFP DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCUREMENT.

SO WE HAD TO START OVER AGAIN.

BUT THEY HAD STARTED THE PROCESS BEFORE THEIR RETIREMENT, BUT IT DID NOT FINISH.

SO I MEAN, YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND MAYBE FOR THE CITY AND PERHAPS THIS IS BETTER SERVED TO MISS TOLBERT, DO DEPARTMENTS NOT HAVE A MASTER CALENDAR OF WHEN THEIR CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO EXPIRE? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I'LL HAVE TO DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT I'M SPEAKING CORRECTLY ON THIS, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DO.

AND THERE IS A CONTRACT TO MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT PROCESS IN PLACE.

I THINK. WHAT, MISS WHAT MISS SMITH IS SPEAKING TO IS THAT THERE WAS SOME STAFF TURNOVER DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SERVICES.

AND WITH THAT TURNOVER, THAT TRANSITION DID NOT HAPPEN PROPERLY.

BUT I DO BELIEVE FROM A CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT THAT EXISTS IN EACH OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.

SO AGAIN, I'LL SAY TO CHAIR GBFM, PERHAPS THERE CAN BE A BRIEFING WHERE WE JUST EVEN PUBLISH WHAT IS THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR EVERY

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CONTRACT THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS, WHICH MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THIS PROCESS? I SUSPECT THERE IS NOT THIS LIST.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO PROVE ME WRONG.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO PUT IT TOGETHER BEFORE WE HAVE THE BRIEFING, BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME.

THIS IS MANY TIMES THAT WE HAVE THIS EXACT SCENARIO WHERE WE END UP OUT OF CONTRACT AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH TURNOVER OVER AT THE CITY LEVEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE IF WE'RE JUST COUNTING ON ONE INDIVIDUAL PERSON TO BE TRACKING THAT, INSTEAD OF IT BEING A MASTER LIST, EITHER CITYWIDE OR BY DEPARTMENT.

DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DANIELLE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.

INTERIM CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT.

THERE IS A MASTER AGREEMENT LIST THAT'S PROVIDED ON OUR INTRANET SITE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR OFFICE PROVIDES A PROCUREMENT QUARTERLY REPORT WHICH FORECASTS OUT FRONT OF WHAT SOLICITATIONS WILL BE GOING OUT WITH THE TERM INCLUDED.

THAT'S FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR INTERNAL USE.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT REPORT.

SO WOULDN'T THIS HAVE FALLEN INTO SOME EXCEPTION LIST THAT LIKE YOU'RE HITTING A CRITICAL PERIOD WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE RE SOLICITED, WHETHER THAT'S IN PROCUREMENT OR IN RISK.

LIKE WOULDN'T THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN BOTH DEPARTMENTS.

SO THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY CONTRACTS, THE ACTUAL MANAGEMENT OF THEM IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

HOWEVER, OFFICE OR OPS, WE PROVIDE THAT REPORT.

SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, AS IT HAS BEEN STATED, THERE WERE TWO EXTENSIONS.

AND DURING THAT TIME FRAME THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION OVERLAP.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

AND AGAIN THE PROCESS ONCE IT WAS INITIATED, IT WAS LESS THAN SIX MONTHS FROM THE TIME WE SOLICITED TO THE TIME WE AWARDED IT.

SO THAT GAP IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE IN THE FACT THAT THERE WERE SERVICES RENDERED WITHOUT A CONTRACT.

BUT THE PROCESS ITSELF HAS NOW BEEN FIXED IN THE MANNER IN THE MANNER THAT THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT NOW HAS BASICALLY A TICKLER THAT WILL KEEP HER ADVISED OF THE PROJECTS WHICH MOST DEPARTMENTS HAVE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S IN SUPPLEMENT TO THAT MASTER AGREEMENT.

SO FOR THE HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WERE RATIFYING, WHAT'S THE COST BASIS FOR THAT? IS IT BASED ON THE SAME RATE AS THE PRIOR CONTRACT OR THE NEW CONTRACT? YES. IT IS THE SAME RATE AS THE EXPIRING CONTRACT.

CHAIRMAN GRAYSON, FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I DON'T NEED THE FIVE. AND ACTUALLY DIRECTOR DANIELLE, SHE SHE KIND OF SAID IT THAT THESE CONTRACTS ARE ALL LISTED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES, BOTH ON THE INTERNET AS WELL AS THE MASTER AGREEMENT REPORTS.

AND I KNOW WE CAN HAVE THE CHOICE.

I MEET WITH PROCUREMENT ON A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT PENDING CONTRACTS AS WELL AS MWBE PARTICIPATION.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE WE CAN SEE THIS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND THEN I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THE DISBURSEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THE CONTRACTS WERE MANAGED.

THEY IT WAS AT ONE POINT MANAGED AT A CENTRAL LOCATION.

I THINK THEY MOVED TO THE DEPARTMENTS MANAGING THOSE CONTRACTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN.

BUT SHE'S ALREADY SPOKEN TO THAT.

SO I'LL STOP AND JUST SAY THAT THEY ARE LISTED IN MULTIPLE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHEN CONTRACTS ARE, WHEN THEY WERE AWARDED, WHEN THEY'RE EXPIRING, AND I'VE USED THAT TOOL QUITE A BIT TO INFORM BUSINESSES OF OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK, CHAD, DO YOU HAVE YOU FIVE MINUTES YOU HAD.

I'VE HAD MY FIVE.

I'VE KIND OF BEEN CHIMING IN.

YOU'VE BEEN CHIMING IN BACK AND FORTH.

OKAY. I'LL GO TO CHAIRMAN WHEELER.

YOU HAD THREE MINUTES. GO AHEAD.

INTERIM CITY MANAGER I AM CONCERNED ANYTIME I SEE AN AGENDA ITEM CALLING FOR US TO RATIFY SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL BUT HAS BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THAT'S A RED FLAG TO ME, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE INQUIRED INTO.

WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM COUNCILMAN GRACEY THAT THIS CONTRACT WAS PUBLISHED IN MANY LOCATIONS ON LISTS.

I'M CURIOUS WHY THE DIRECTOR DIDN'T IDENTIFY SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONTRACT THAT WAS LAPSING, PARTICULARLY IN AN AREA WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT HAD LEFT.

THERE APPARENTLY WAS NO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS, AND THAT CONCERNS ME GREATLY.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS STATING THAT THIS IS A RED FLAG FOR ME, THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS.

LET ME COMMEND. CHAIRMAN WEST.

THREE MINUTES. YEAH.

NO, I THINK THAT WE THERE'S A LINE AT SOME POINT THAT WE CROSS WHERE WE ARE GETTING INTO THE BUSINESS OF MICROMANAGING THE CITY STAFF, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE AT THIS POINT.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU, NO ONE IS ENJOYING BEING UP HERE HAVING TO TALK ABOUT RATIFYING A CONTRACT.

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AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK UP HERE AND ADDRESS THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOULD BE REVIEWING THE DATES AND THE SPECIFICS OF EACH CONTRACT.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.

I CAN'T IMAGINE MY COLLEAGUES DO OR WANT TO EITHER.

THAT IS THE JOB OF THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF, AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT COMES UP THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE MOVING FORWARD.

AND, AND THIS ONE REQUEST I JUST THINK IS AN OVERREACH.

SO THANKS, COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE RATIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A RATIFICATION THAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY HAPPENED TO A REHAB OR RECONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO POSE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE SAID, LET'S HAVE GUIDELINES OF WHEN IS A RATIFICATION ACCEPTABLE? LIKE I GET BECAUSE I USED TO BE IN YOUR SEAT AND I HAD A RATIFICATION ONE TIME GOING FOR A BOARD.

AND IT'S NOT FUN.

AND IT'S SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IF THERE IS A REASON.

RIGHT. AND I GET THAT, THAT PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.

WE'RE HUMAN AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU STANDING UP THERE TAKING IT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT IN SOME CASES A RATIFICATION CAN BE OKAY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CURING MOLD IN A BUILDING WITH KIDS.

AND WITH THIS, IT WAS A HUMAN ERROR.

I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY, YOU KNOW, MAL AND MAL INTENT HERE, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE NOT EVERY RATIFICATION IS EQUAL.

I THINK THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

AND YES, IT IS A RED FLAG, BUT THE BUSINESS THAT WE'RE IN IS YOU HAVE TO PROCURE THINGS, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT OUT FOR BID AND YOU HAVE TO GATHER, YOU KNOW, THE DATA AND THEN MAKE AND THEN COME BEFORE THE BODY.

IN SOME INSTANCES THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN.

AND IN ORDER TO REMAIN COMPLIANT, WHICH IT'S EITHER BEING HIT BY THE INSURANCE AGENCY THAT GOVERNS US OR COMING BEFORE THE BODY, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO SAY WE'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSURANCE AND TAKE IT AT COUNCIL.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS RATIFICATIONS ARE ARE THEY DO HAPPEN AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE EQUAL.

BUT I DO THINK GUIDELINES THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD SET OUT.

JUST SAYING IN CASE THIS, THIS AND THIS, WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE WORK.

AND AND THEN THIS BODY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE DID THE WORK BECAUSE IT MET THOSE GUIDELINES.

THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.

MR.. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? YES. AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND TO COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON FOR YOUR COMMENTS AROUND RATIFICATIONS.

WE DON'T LIKE THEM EITHER.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN IT MIGHT BE THE BEST POSSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION.

AND SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT TALKS ABOUT EMERGENCY RATIFICATIONS.

WE WILL TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT CURRENT CRITERIA, SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ADJUST IT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU NOW THAT OUR TEAM IN GENERAL, NO ONE WANTS TO BRING A RATIFICATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THE INPUT AND WE RECEIVE THE INPUT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THEM.

WE DON'T WANT ANY AT ALL.

AND SO WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THIS UNDER ADVISEMENT AND MAKE SURE WE COME BACK JUST WITH THE REPORT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WEST ABOUT HOW WE'RE STRENGTHENING THOSE CURRENT PROCEDURES. BUT THEY ARE IN PLACE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON SAID ABOUT THE RATIFICATIONS.

CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN.

NARVAEZ THREE MINUTES.

I MEAN, THIS IS PRETTY RARE AND THAT THIS HAPPENS IN THE CITY.

AND. SURE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT, RIGHT.

YOU'RE EXPLAINING IT NOW.

I'M SATISFIED WITH THE EXPLANATION.

IT WASN'T LIKE Y'ALL WERE JUST SITTING THERE GOING, OH, LET'S LET'S MISS THIS DEADLINE ON THIS ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PARTY DOING THAT.

Y'ALL WERE IT HAPPENED, A MISTAKE HAPPENED.

YOU CAN'T HELP IT.

THE TWO PEOPLE IN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHERE THESE SILOS THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO BRING DOWN AND THE INEFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE.

UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T WORK YET ON THIS ONE.

RIGHT. BUT IT'S OKAY.

I MEAN, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO GO UNDER OVER.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THESE ADJUSTERS DOING THE WORK BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE WHEN IT COMES TO THEY GOT INJURED WHILE ON THE JOB, SO THOSE INVESTIGATORS HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

I MEAN, I GET THAT THAT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I SLICED MY HAND OPEN IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, A MACHINE CRUSHED ME, RIGHT? IT'S A WAY DIFFERENT ISSUE AND MIGHT TAKE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPERTISE.

I DON'T HAVE THOSE EXPERTISE.

AND I'M NOT WANTING TO HAVE THOSE.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO.

AND, AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THIS IS YOUR EXPERTISE.

SO SO WE HAD A WE HAD A CRACK AND YOU ALREADY SAID CITY MANAGER TOLBERT THAT IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED, IT'S BEEN FIXED, AND WE'RE GOOD.

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AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I JUST WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND LET'S GET THIS DONE BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GREAT.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, HITTING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN FIXED. SO THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, FOR WHAT YOU ALSO SAID THAT WE ARE ALSO GETTING BEYOND THE LINE WHERE IT COMES TO THE DETAILS OF WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL IS DOING.

AND THAT'S NOT OUR JOB.

OUR JOB IS POLICY. SO AND I THINK WE HAVE THE POLICY AND THE POLICY IS IN PLACE.

AND THERE WAS A CRACK IN IT.

AND NOW WE FILLED IT WITH SOME SUPERGLUE AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION ON HOW IT ALL WORKS.

JUST BECAUSE IT FASCINATES ME TO LEARN MORE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE AMAZED.

HONESTLY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE AMAZED ABOUT IT AND JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT IT BEING FIXED.

SO ONCE THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, WE IMMEDIATELY WE HAVE A RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM CALLED ORIGAMI, WHICH IS A REPOSITORY FOR ALL OF THE RISK SEVEN DIVISIONS OF RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION.

SO WE HAVE SET UP A SAFEGUARD GOING FORWARD.

AND ALSO HAVE PUT IN PLACE A BACKUP TO THE PERSON TO THE POSITION THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THIS.

SO NEVER AGAIN WILL I NOT KNOW, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A NINE MONTH NOTIFICATION BEFORE THE CONTRACT EXPIRES THAT NOTIFIES EVERYBODY WHO'S WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO A CONTRACT, LETS THEM KNOW NINE MONTHS BEFORE A CONTRACT EXPIRES, AND WILL KEEP REMINDING US UNTIL WE CHANGE THAT THAT EXPIRATION DATE.

SO THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

AND SEE, THAT'S I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT ARE GOING ON.

RIGHT. AND IT'S KIND OF COOL TO HEAR IT, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER NEEDS TO BE DEALING WITH DAY TO DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU GOT ONE MINUTE.

THANK YOU FOR RATIFICATION.

I MOST CERTAINLY DO WANT YOU TO BRING THESE TO US, AND I WOULD WELCOME IT WHEN YOU HAVE TAKEN EMERGENCY ACTION TO CORRECT A PROBLEM.

THE ISSUE IS WHEN IT'S FOR THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE CITY THAT HASN'T TRANSACTED PROPERLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE RED FLAG THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY WAS SPEAKING OF.

IN THE CASE OF A RATIFICATION FOR THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE CITY, I ACTUALLY THINK A MEMO WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITUATION SO THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE PULLED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS.

THE BOARD'S ROLE IS GOVERNANCE AND POLICY, NOT MANAGEMENT.

AND I HAVE NO INTENTION AND HAVE NOT GONE ON THE PROCUREMENT WEBSITE TO CHECK DATES OF CONTRACTS AND HAVE NO INTENTION TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT TRULY IS THE MANAGEMENT'S JOB.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN HERE.

AND SO THAT'S ALL OF THE ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK A MEMO WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE TO EXPLAIN TO COUNCIL WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT STEPS WERE TAKEN TO CORRECT IT.

I HOPE THOSE SAME STEPS WITH THE NOTIFICATION OF CONTRACT EXPIRATION HAVE BEEN DONE.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE, SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM.

[50. 24-2282 Authorize an increase in the construction services contract with Archer Western Construction, LLC, for additional work associated with Dallas Water Utilities’ raw water system facilities located at Lake Ray Hubbard - Not to exceed $993,520.00, from $32,082,400.00 to $33,075,920.00 - Financing: Water Construction Fund]

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 50.

AGENDA ITEM 50.

AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, LLC.

FOR ADDITIONAL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES RAW WATER SYSTEM FACILITIES LOCATED AT LAKE RAY HUBBARD.

NOT TO EXCEED $993,520 FROM $32,082,400 TO $33,075,920. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND.

NO ONE. REALLY? WERE YOU TRYING TO GET TO THE BUZZER? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO, SARAH, COULD YOU COME BACK SO, SARAH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THIS CONTRACT? IS IT BECAUSE YOU EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF WORK, OR IS THIS BECAUSE OF SOME KIND OF COST OVERRUN? YES, SIR. SARAH STANDIFORD, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.

DURING THE COURSE OF THIS WORK OUT AT RAY HUBBARD, ALONG WITH OUR DAM AND STRUCTURES, THERE WAS A BUTTERFLY VALVE THAT DID FAIL.

THAT WAS NOT IN PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE THAT HAD TO BE REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY.

AND THAT IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CHANGE ORDER.

THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE ITEMS. AS WE GOT OUT THERE, THE DESIGN HAD INDICATED WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK IN THE FIELD WHEN WE GOT THERE TO DETERMINE IF THAT WAS THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION.

SO THESE ARE SOME TWEAKS WITHIN THE EXISTING SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE KNEW MAY HAVE AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AND OPPOSED.

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AND CARRIED. NO.

WE GOT ONE. NO. NOTED.

NOTED. NEXT ITEM.

MADAM SECRETARY, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 51.

AGENDA ITEM 51 IS APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THIS MORNING.

THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS MEETING.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 52.

[52. 24-1650 Authorize (1) a public hearing to be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 to receive comments on a proposed tax rate; and (2) a proposal to consider adoption of a $0.7047 per $100 valuation tax rate, or a lower rate as may be proposed by City Council for the 2024-25 fiscal year on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (Part 1 of 2)]

AGENDA ITEM 52 AUTHORIZE ONE A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON A PROPOSED TAX RATE AND TO A PROPOSAL TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A 70.4 $0.07 0.7047 PER $100 VALUATION TAX RATE, OR A LOWER RATE, AS MAY BE PROPOSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE 20 2425 FISCAL YEAR ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024. THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. OKAY.

ANY COMMENTS? ANYONE CHAIRMAN WEST.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, COLLEAGUES.

WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR PRIOR TO APPROVING THE BUDGET, AND IT ESSENTIALLY SETS THE MAXIMUM VALUATION OF TAX RATE.

WE CAN STILL GO LOWER.

WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, DO WE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND OPPOSE ICE CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY, AGENDA ITEM 53 WAS DELETED.

THEREFORE, WE'LL MOVE INTO AGENDA ITEM 54.

[54. 24-2430 Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain from Delart Investments, Inc., to acquire a wastewater easement containing a total of approximately 23,058 square feet of land located near the intersection of Preston and Arapaho Roads for the McKamy and Osage Branch Wastewater Interceptor Project Not to exceed $400,000.00 ($393,312.000, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $6,688.00) - Financing: Wastewater Capital Improvement F Fund]

JAYNIE. ITEM 54.

AUTHORIZE THE SECOND STEP OF ACQUISITION FOR CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR DELL'ARTE INVESTMENTS, INC.

TO ACQUIRE WASTEWATER EASEMENT CONTAINING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 23,058FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PRESTON AND ARAPAHOE ROADS FOR THE MAKE A MOTION BRANCH WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR PROJECT, NOT TO EXCEED $1,000.

THIS ITEM WAS.

I'M. NOPE. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM.

THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. OKAY.

AND WE IN A COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ITEM IN DISTRICT 12.

IT'S ADDING IN SEWAGE LINES MAKING THEM MUCH LARGER BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY IN DISTRICT 11 AND 12.

SO IN THE MOST NORTHERN PART OF DISTRICT 11, LOTS OF NEW APARTMENTS AND HOUSING HAS BEEN BUILT, MULTI-FAMILY.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TOILETS, HONESTLY.

IN THIS AREA ALONG WITH THE DENSITY THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING IN DISTRICT 12, AND IT ACTUALLY WILL MOVE ALL THROUGH THROUGH THE DISTRICT.

SO IT'S A TEN YEAR PROJECT.

THE AREA DOES NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THIS LAND.

HOWEVER, IT IS NECESSARY AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT NOT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT MY RESIDENTS WANT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED AND THE REPERCUSSIONS OF NOT DOING IT WOULD BE TRAGIC.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND I THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBER ANSWERED MY QUESTION, WHICH IS TYPICAL ON THESE THAT I ASK.

BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD FROM STAFF, IS THE THE LANDOWNER IN AGREEMENT OR OPPOSED TO THIS? AND LIKE I SAID, YOU ANSWERED IT, BUT I JUST STAY CONSISTENT THAT I ALWAYS ASK STAFF.

GOOD MORNING ASHLEY EUBANKS FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.

CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION PLEASE? IS THE LANDOWNER IN FAVOR OF THIS OR ARE THEY OPPOSED TO IT? UNFORTUNATELY. COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, THEY'RE NOT IN FAVOR.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

NO, I WILL REQUIRE RECORD.

RECORD VOTE. OKAY.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WEST IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MORENO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD.

OKAY. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

NARVAEZ. NO.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RIDLEY. YES. WITH 12 VOTING IN FAVOR,

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ONE ABSENT.

I'M SORRY. ONE VOTING NO.

ONE ABSENT. VOTE TAKEN AND ONE ABSENT.

THIS MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR. NEXT ITEM.

WILL YOU GIVE ME A MINUTE, MR. MAYOR? OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY, OKAY.

UNANIMOUS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT AGENDA ITEM 52 REQUIRES OR REQUIRED

A RECORD VOTE.

THEREFORE, I NEED TO CALL YOUR NAMES AND YOU NEED TO STATE HOW YOU'RE VOTING ON THAT ITEM.

OKAY. AND AGAIN IT'S AGENDA ITEM 52.

I'LL READ THE RECORD, READ THE ITEM INTO THE.

JUST REREAD THE ITEM SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY STATING A CASTING YOUR VOTE ON.

AUTHORIZE ONE A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON A PROPOSED TAX RATE AND TO A PROPOSAL TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A 0.7047 PER $100 VALUATION TAX RATE, OR A LOWER RATE AS MAY BE PROPOSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE 2024 2025 FISCAL YEAR ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024.

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

NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER WEST IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.

COUNCILMEMBER MORENO.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER.

GRACIE. COUNCILMEMBER.

ARNOLD. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER NARVAEZ.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ.

COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN.

COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIS.

COUNCILMEMBER. RIDLEY.

THANK YOU. WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR, ONE ABSENT, ONE VOTE TAKEN, ONE ABSENT.

THIS ITEM IS APPROVED, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 55.

OH. AGENDA.

ITEM 55 AUTHORIZE THE SECOND STEP OF ACQUISITION FOR CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN FROM CYNTHIA EASON TO ACQUIRE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT

[55. 24-2364 Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain from Cynthia Eason, to acquire a drainage easement containing approximately 160 square feet of land and a temporary working space easement containing approximately 400 square feet of land, located at 10015 Pensive Drive near its intersection with Walnut Hill Lane for the Pensive Drive Channel/Walnut Hill Relief System Project - Not to exceed $10,000.00 ($7,800.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $2,200.00) - Financing: 2024 Certificate of Obligation Fund]

CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 100 160FT² OF LAND AND A TEMPORARY WORK WORKING SPACE EASEMENT CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 400FT² OF LAND LOCATED AT 10015 PENSIVE DRIVE NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH WALNUT HILL LANE FOR THE PENSIVE DRIVE CHANNEL.

WALNUT HILL RELIEF SYSTEM PROJECT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000, THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE, MR. MAYOR. ALL IN.

THEY HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YEAH. SECOND.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, I'M AT THE SAME QUESTION THAT I HAD ON THE OTHER ONE.

IF THE LANDOWNER IS IN FAVOR OF THE EMINENT DOMAIN OR ARE THEY OPPOSED? SARAH STANDIFER, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.

THE LANDOWNER IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS 160 FOOT EASEMENT AND A 400 FOOT WORKING ZONE, BUT THE PROJECT ITSELF DOES PROTECT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF HOMES FROM FLOODING.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THIS WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.

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

NO IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WEST IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MORENO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

ARNOLD. YES.

NARVAEZ. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDELSOHN.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WEST.

YES. THANK YOU.

WITH 14 VOTING IN FAVOR, ONE ABSENT.

[01:40:02]

THIS ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR VOTING ITEMS FOR THIS SESSION.

IT IS NOW 1051 ON AUGUST 28TH, 2024.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.

ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND ITEM NUMBER 56, AND WE WILL RETURN BACK AT 1:00 FOR LUNCH AFTER LUNCH.

A COMPLETE IS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SESSION 551072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, AND IS AT 1:40 P.M. ON AUGUST 28TH, 2024.

WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION, MADAM SECRETARY.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

YOUR ZONING.

I'M SORRY. ONE SECOND.

I'M JUST HERE.

MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z ONE.

YES, CHAIRMAN. NARVAEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE.

I MOVED TO DEFER ITEM Z ONE TO SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024.

OKAY. WE JUST NEED SOME MORE TIME TO WRAP UP SOME DETAILS THAT ENDED UP IN THIS PD THAT WE'RE NOT READY FOR TO FIX, SO WE NEED TO FIX SOME THINGS.

SO. I APOLOGIZE THAT Z SIX IT WAS Z ONE WASN'T IT.

YEAH. WHAT WE DID LAST NIGHT GOT OUT OF COMMITTEE.

MR.. MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z SIX.

WELL, WE'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IT WAS SECONDED.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. DO BRILLIANT Z1.

GO AHEAD. WE GOT A MOTION.

WE HAD A SECOND. WE HAD A DISCUSSION.

MENDELSOHN DISCUSSION.

GO AHEAD. YES. I'M WONDERING IF ANYONE CAN TELL US WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED FOR THIS ITEM.

THE FIRST APPLICATION.

ANDREA WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT DECEMBER 12TH, 2023 IS WRITTEN ON THE STAFF REPORT.

THANK YOU. AM.

I SEEING ANYONE ELSE? SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM.

AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z6.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO DECEMBER 11TH, 2024.

SECOND. AND COLLEAGUES, IT'S THIS IS ACTUALLY MR. ATKINSON'S CASE. SO HE CAN'T DO THE MOTION SINCE HE'S MAYOR.

AND HE'S MAKING THAT REQUEST.

SO I DID IT FOR HIM.

BUT SANWONG MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION OF WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM Z6.

YES. OCTOBER 24TH, 2023.

THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS Z ONE THROUGH Z FIVE.

Z ONE WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED.

ITEM Z TWO IS BEING PULLED BY BY MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS Z THREE THROUGH Z FIVE.

I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

AGENDA ITEM Z THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN NSA NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF SOUTHWEST MORELAND ROAD BETWEEN SHELDON

[01:45:09]

AVENUE AND WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD.

Z FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN MF TWO A MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAMUEL BOULEVARD, EAST OF WINFIELD STREET, AND ITEM Z FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SUNSET AVENUE BETWEEN SOUTH MADISON AVENUE AND SOUTH ZION BOULEVARD.

YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ZONING CONSENT ITEM Z FIVE, AFTER WHICH IT WILL BE OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE IF THERE ARE FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOUR SPEAKER ON ITEM Z FIVE.

DAVID DURAN DURAN.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAVID HERON.

I'M REPRESENTING 224 SUNSET AVENUE.

TEXAS 75208.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE JUST PREVIOUSLY READ INTO THE RECORD? ITEM C3, C4 AND C5.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

MR. MAYOR, THIS IS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

OH, NO. FIRST WE GOT CHAIRMAN WEST.

I'M SORRY. SECOND.

SECOND IN A DISCUSSION.

GO AHEAD, CHAIRMAN WEST.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT ON Z THREE.

THIS IS FOR IRMA VARGAS AND HER AND BELLA MEDSPA, WHICH IS A LONG STANDING LATINA OWNED AND LOCALLY OWNED OAK CLIFF BEAUTY SPA AND SALON IN NORTH OAK CLIFF.

SHE IS MOVING INTO AN OLD FIRE STATION AND GOING TO ADAPTIVELY REUSE IT.

NEAR DISTRICT THREE ON JEFFERSON BOULEVARD AND WESTMORELAND ROAD.

SO CONGRATS. SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AND TO HER WHOLE TEAM OF OF FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE MOVING OVER THERE.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF THE APPLICATION DATE FOR EACH OF THESE THREE ITEMS. I HAVE SENT A MEMO TO EVERYONE ON COUNCIL AND TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN EACH ZONING. ALL THE ZONING INFORMATION THAT'S SHARED WITH COUNCIL SO THAT IT'S EASILY IDENTIFIABLE KIND OF INFORMATION.

IF YOU ASK YOU A POINT OF INFORMATION, AREN'T THE INITIAL FILINGS IN THE CASE REPORT? THEY ARE. I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO THEY'RE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE STAFF REPORT.

IT SAYS WITH CAPITAL LETTERS DATE FILED.

SO FOR ITEM Z THREE IS JANUARY 22ND 2024 FOR ITEM Z FIVE.

SORRY FOR ITEM Z THREE.

FOR ITEM Z FOUR IS FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 FOR ITEM Z FIVE IS MARCH 12TH, 2024.

SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND OPPOSE SECRETARY.

NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU.

WE'LL GO TO YOUR FIRST PULLED CONSENT ZONING ITEM, ITEM Z TWO.

[Z2. 24-2439 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an CR Community Retail District on property zoned an R-10(A) Single Family District, on the northwest line of South Belt Line Road, southwest of Seagoville Road Recommendation of Staff: Approval Recommendation of CPC: Approval Z234-141(LC)]

LET ME PULL THAT ITEM UP ON THE MONITOR.

ITEM Z TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A AND CR COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST LINE OF SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD, SOUTHWEST OF SICKLERVILLE ROAD.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 14 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED TWO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

YOU DO HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM.

JESSICA RAMIREZ.

MY NAME IS JESSICA RAMIREZ AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 8272 WEST LAWSON ROAD, AND I AM IN FAVOR AS THE TREASURER OF CLYBURN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

IN FAVOR FOR ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM Z234141 TO CHANGING SINGLE FAMILY TO COMMUNITY RETAIL.

IN NOVEMBER, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND A A LIGHTING CEREMONY FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WAS TOOK THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT IN KLEBERG.

WE ARE A SOUTHEAST FAR SOUTHEAST TOWN, MUCH MOSTLY RURAL, AND SO BEING A PART OF THAT IN NOVEMBER

[01:50:04]

BROUGHT THE CHANGE OF WHAT CAN WE DO AS RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTO KLEBERG WHICH IS SCARCITY AND VERY UNDERSERVED.

SO ONCE A MACHETE CAME INTO THE PICTURE AND WE DID A COMMUNITY MEETING, HER VISION ALIGNED WITH OURS INTO BRINGING MUCH MORE DEVELOPMENT AND ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESS OWNED AND EMPHASIZE THE NATURE OF BRINGING IN COMMUNITY.

WE ARE MAJORLY HISPANIC, AND SO THAT IS A MAJOR PLAYING FIELD FOR US TO HAVE A CENTER AS WELL IN THIS COMMUNITY AND RETAIL AREA THAT WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT THIS, THIS NEW STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IN KLEBERG.

SO WITH ALL GRACIOUSNESS AND WELCOMING, MISS SHERRI HAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE, AS THE KLEBERG NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, DO APPROVE OF THIS ZONING CHANGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE? I SEE ONE MEMBER. YOU MAY COME FORWARD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I THANK GOD FOR THIS MOMENT, FOR THIS DAY AND HIS MERCY AND GRACE THAT I'M HERE.

MY NAME IS KANTHI SURESH SHETTY.

THE PROPOSED PROPERTY FOR ZONING IS 1025 SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD, SEAGOVILLE, DALLAS 75253. AND I HAVE A LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ OUT. OKAY.

OKAY. THE FOLLOWING DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS SERVICE USES BUILDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SHOP.

MEDICAL OR SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY A TOOL OR EQUIPMENT RENTAL.

INDUSTRIAL USES.

GAS DRILLING AND PRODUCTION.

TEMPORARY CONCRETE OR ASPHALT BATCHING PLANT.

INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE USES.

CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM.

CONVENT OR MONASTERY.

OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL.

PUBLIC SCHOOL, OTHER THAN AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL.

LODGING USES. HOTEL AND MOTEL.

LODGING OR BOARDING HOUSE.

OVERNIGHT. GENERAL PURPOSE SHELTER.

MISCELLANEOUS USES.

ATTACHED. NON PROMISE SIGN.

CARNIVAL OR CIRCUS.

TEMPORARY. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION OR SALES OFFICE.

OFFICE USES ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL ESTABLISHMENT.

RECREATION USES PUBLIC PARK, PLAYGROUND OR GOLF COURSE.

RESIDENTIAL USES.

COLLEGE DORMITORY.

FRATERNITY OR SORORITY HOUSE.

RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICE USES WOULD BE.

CAR WASH, COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT OUTSIDE, COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT OR GARAGE, DRY CLEANING OR LAUNDRY STORE.

FURNITURE STORE. HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER.

LUMBER, BRICK OR BUILDING MATERIALS.

SALES YARD. HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT OR APPLIANCE REPAIR.

MORTUARY. FUNERAL HOME OR COMMERCIAL.

WEDDING CHAPEL.

MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION.

PARAPHERNALIA SHOP.

PAWN SHOP. SWAP OR BUY SHOP.

THEATER. TRANSPORTATION.

USES. TRANSIT.

PASSENGER SHELTER.

TRANSIT STATION OR TRANSFER CENTER.

UTILITY AND PUBLIC SERVICES WOULD BE COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMITTING STATION.

WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND STORAGE USES WOULD BE MINI WAREHOUSE.

RECYCLING. BUYBACK CENTER.

RECYCLING COLLECTION CENTER.

RECYCLING DROP OFF. CONTAINER RECYCLING.

DROP OFF FOR SPECIAL OCCASION COLLECTION.

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

MR. MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND ACCEPT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT AT THE PODIUM TODAY.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, MISS MENDELSOHN? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE DATE THAT THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED, PLEASE.

AND THIS APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023.

BLACKMON. OMAR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS PROJECT.

I MEAN, JUST HEARING THE STORIES THAT THE ESPECIALLY FROM THE FIRST SPEAKER AND THEN THE SECOND, ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT YOU'LL BE TRYING TO PUT IN HERE.

I THINK THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR KLEBERG AND DESPERATELY NEEDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUT IN THAT AREA.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO THIS OUT THERE AND THEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S OUT THERE.

[01:55:05]

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEY ARE READY FOR TO SPEND THEIR MONEY IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THIS WILL BE A BIG WIN FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEFINITELY FOR DISTRICT EIGHT, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS.

YOU ALWAYS TELL US ABOUT THE TALE OF TWO CITIES, AND I THINK YOU'RE ABOUT TO START ENDING THAT.

THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TALES.

SO GREAT JOB.

MAYOR AND I WILL DEFINITELY BE IN SUPPORT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT WILL PROBABLY NEVER HAPPEN IF WE DID NOT GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

AND BECAUSE WE GOT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, EVERYBODY SAW THAT WE NEED THE TRAFFIC WAS GETTING THERE.

OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE.

SO WE'RE BUILDING PEOPLE SAFE.

SO WHEN THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT CAME, IT WAS WHEN SHE WAS WHEN SHE WAS AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.

THAT'S WHEN SHE STARTED ROLLING UP HER SLEEVES AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR RETAIL.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT, YOU KNOW, FOR DOING THAT.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO EVERYBODY'S APPROVED.

SAY YES. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED. EYES CARRY.

NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, AGENDA ITEM C7 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW TRACT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST DAVIS

[Z7. 24-2444 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a new tract on property zoned MMU Medium Mixed Use Tract 2 within Planned Development District No. 631, the West Davis Special Purpose District, with Specific Use Permit No. 2452, on the south line of West Davis Street, west of Gilpin Avenue Recommendation of Staff: Denial Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to a revised development plan and conditions Z234-149(MB)]

STREET, WEST OF GILPIN AVENUE.

MR. MAYOR. WE SENT 140 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z SEVEN? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

SECOND. OKAY.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU HAVE SOME REMARKS? SURE. A COUPLE COMMENTS ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A UNIQUE CASE WHERE THE STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISAGREED.

MAINLY BECAUSE STAFF'S FOLLOWING THE LAND USE THAT'S IN PLACE.

THIS IS A BUSINESS.

LOCALLY OWNED HISPANIC BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE THE 80S, AND IT BECAME A NONCONFORMING USE WHEN A AN AREA PLAN WAS PUT IN PLACE OVER THIS AREA FOR THE BUSINESS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND DISPLAY VEHICLE SALES.

WE'VE GOT TO THIS.

THIS ZONING CHANGE IS NECESSARY TODAY.

THE PLAN COMMISSION DID SOFTEN IT A LITTLE BIT BY LIMITING ON THE EXPANSION OF THE VEHICLE SALES A LIMITING.

SO WE'RE SERVICE SERVICE VEHICLE SERVICE CANNOT BE ALSO EXTENDED.

SO I THINK IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A WAY THE GOALS OF THE AREA PLANS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESSES AND HOW THEY IMPACT THEM.

AND IT KIND OF GOES TO SHOW THAT AS WE LOOK AT FORD, DALLAS AND OTHER THINGS, LIKE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE STILL HAVE THIS REVIEW PROCESS OF THE PLAN COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE EVERY CASE AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS A LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN OAK CLIFF. SO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.

YES. THE DATE OF THE INITIAL APPLICATION.

THIS APPLICATION WAS FILED ON JANUARY 4TH, 2024.

SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE AND OPPOSE.

AYES CARRY. THE NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

[Z8. 24-2445 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a commercial amusement (inside) on property zoned a CR Community Retail District, on the north line of West Camp Wisdom Road, between North Cockrell Hill Road and South Westmoreland Road Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a five-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a three-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z234-179(GB)]

ITEM Z EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE OR ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF WEST CAMP WISDOM ROAD, BETWEEN NORTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD AND SOUTH WESTMORELAND ROAD.

MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT 55 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND FOUR REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z EIGHT.

NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE'LL SEE.

WHAT. GRAYSON. WHAT? HE IS ON YOUR ITEM.

I APOLOGIZE. FIRST.

FIRST, WE NEED A MOTION.

YES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS DISCUSSING THERE.

I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

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YEAH. WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

A DETENTION POND IS REQUIRED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RETIREMENT HOUSING USE.

NO, THAT'S THE NEXT ONE.

WHICH ONE ARE WE ON? OH. MOVE! APPROVAL.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A IN A SECOND.

CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN.

IT'S GOING TO SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION.

SURE. IT'S FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024.

THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM UNDER SECRETARY.

ITEM Z9 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A HANDICAPPED GROUP DWELLING UNIT ON PROPERTY ON

[Z9. 24-2447 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a handicapped group dwelling unit on property zoned an R-10(A) Single Family District, on the southwest line of Knollview Drive, north of Belt Line Road Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a two-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a two-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z234-182(LG)]

THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF BELLEVUE DRIVE, NORTH OF BELT LINE ROAD.

MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT 24 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

YOU DO HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM.

TUCKER JOHNSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO MR. DUBE, OUR FOUNDER AND CEO, WHO IS PRESENT AT THE MEETING.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

SO IF YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING, I WILL OPEN IT UP.

I WILL OPEN THE HEARING UP FOR MISS TO SPEAK ONE SECOND.

ARE YOU DONE SPEAKING? OKAY.

YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS BAZALDUA DUBE AND MY ADDRESS IS 14939 KNOWL VIEW DRIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

I'M THE OWNER AND CEO OF NEW HORIZON HOMES, WHICH IS AN ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENTIAL ASSISTED LIVING IN DALLAS.

AND WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 2006, IN MCKINNEY AND EXPANDED OUR OPERATIONS TO DALLAS TO ALLOW FAMILIES IN DALLAS TO HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING THEIR LOVED ONE IN A MORE.

IN A MORE CARING AND HUMANE WAY.

AND OUR RESIDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTEGRATED IN SOCIETY BY LIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE A LOT OF US DON'T GET TO SEE SENIORS WHERE WE LIVE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OUR SENIORS ARE RELEGATED TO LARGE INSTITUTIONS AND THEY'RE NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT SOCIETIES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE HOMES HAVE THRIVED IN THAT.

YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS WILL GET TO SEE SENIORS BEING WALKED OR, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS WITH AN ATTENDANT AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY OUT OF THEIR WAY TO VISIT THEIR LOVED ONES.

THEY CAN HAVE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY INCREDIBLE METHOD OF REINTEGRATING OUR SENIORS, AS AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE REALLY DON'T GET TO SEE SENIORS.

IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO SEE OLD PEOPLE.

SINCE I MOVED TO THIS COUNTRY ABOUT 24 YEARS AGO, I JUST NEVER SAW ANY OLD PEOPLE.

AND I WAS WONDERING, WHERE ARE THEY? AND YEAH.

SO I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL TODAY AND THE PUBLIC REALLY APPRECIATES THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE GIVING.

AND THIS THE COUNCIL, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, ALL 14 OF THEM THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING DID MOVE TO APPROVE OUR SUB.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY CONCERNS OF EITHER THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE TODAY OR ANY OF THE ESTEEMED COUNSEL.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z9? THANK YOU. NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILWOMAN.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, SIR.

AND IF I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

FIRST. YEAH, IF I HAVE A SECOND.

I HAD COMMENTS. OKAY.

ON THE MATTER OF Z234182.

I MOVE THAT WE FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CPC OF APPROVAL FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

SECOND. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU CAN HEAR BY OUR SPEAKER, THIS IS A REALLY NOBLE ENTERPRISE.

IT SPEAKS TO THE MOTTO OF DISTRICT 11, WHICH IS WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.

AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL BEGIN TO LOOK AT MORE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

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IT SAVES HOUSING. IT ALLOWS SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND LET'S KEEP THEM GOING.

SO BUY UP MORE HOUSES AND D11 AND MOVE PEOPLE IN.

THANK. AND LET ME JUST ADD ONE OTHER THING.

AND THAT IS, OF THE 226 NOTICES THAT WERE SENT OUT, THERE WAS ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

SO THANK YOU.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE DATE OF THE INITIAL APPLICATION, PLEASE.

FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024.

AND THEN DID YOU DID YOU SAY THERE WERE FIVE IN OPPOSITION? YES, YES.

SO I THINK IT WAS JUST STATED THAT THERE WERE NONE.

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T THERE WERE FIVE IN OPPOSITION.

YES. FIVE OF THE TWO OF THE 24 PROPERTY PROPERTIES THAT WE NOTIFIED.

FIVE REPLIED WITH A REPLY IN OPPOSITION.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I APOLOGIZE, MINE SHOW ZERO.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OUT OF THE BOX THINKING ON HOW TO SERVE SENIORS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT THE APPLICANT SAW A NEED AND IS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THIS IS JUST LISTENING.

IT KIND OF. IT WAS CLICKING WITH ME THAT WE DO.

THAT'S WHAT THIS OUR SOCIETY DOES DO WITH OUR ELDERS AND AND AND WE AS A COMMUNITY, WHEN WE GET TO BE AROUND OUR ELDERS, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO LEARN SO MUCH BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE AND THE THINGS THAT THOSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN THROUGH.

AND AS I'M STARTING TO APPROACH THAT ELDER ERA IN MY LIFE, IT'S LIKE, I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE PEOPLE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THAT BOX BECAUSE WE ALL THINK LIKE ELDER IS A CERTAIN LOOK OR AGE OR NUMBER, AND IT'S NOT THE SAME THAT IT USED TO BE ANYMORE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER AND THEY'RE VIBRANT AND THEY'RE HEALTHY, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO BE OUT THERE DOING LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

JUST GO TO THE SENIOR GAMES AT PARKS AND REC WHEN THEY HAVE THEM DURING THE YEAR.

AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS, I'M LIKE, I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE UP AGAINST THEM AND SOME OF THOSE SPORTS.

SO AND GOOD ON THEM.

SO THANK YOU FOR SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

AND I HOPE THAT THAT COMMUNITY AS SHE STATED WITH THE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT THEY DO GET TO ACCESS AND YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER AND SHARE STORIES AND ENJOY EACH OTHER.

AND WE KNOW WE LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW THAT YOU HELPED WITH THIS AS WELL, WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS THE SENIORS DIDN'T HAVE AN OUTSOURCE FOR GETTING FOLKS WHO WOULD TALK TO THEM OR, YOU KNOW, GETTING CHECKED ON AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THEY WEREN'T ISOLATION.

AND IT BECOMES DEPRESSING.

AND THOSE OF US WHO WERE SHELTERING IN PLACE.

IT WAS DEPRESSING TO NOT SEE PEOPLE LIKE IN REAL LIFE.

ZOOM WAS REALLY COOL.

AND THEN IT WAS UNTIL IT WASN'T WHEN I WAS LIKE, GOSH, I JUST WANT TO SEE MY MOM, LIKE IN PERSON, RIGHT? I WANT TO GIVE HER THAT HUG OR I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HUG MY FRIENDS AND ALL THAT.

SO THIS IS A REALLY COOL CONCEPT.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND MISS SCHULTZ, I KNOW THEY MAY ALL BELONG IN 11, BUT THEY'RE ALL MOVING TO SIX, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I ASKED CARRY NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, AGENDA ITEM Z TEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ONE AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MF

[Z10.24-2448 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and (1) an ordinance granting a Planned Development District for MF-2(A) Multifamily Family District uses; and (2) a resolution terminating deed restrictions [Z767-200] on property zoned an NO(A) Neighborhood Office District and an R-10(A) Single Family District, on the southeast corner of South Cockrell Hill Road and Blue Ridge Boulevard Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a development plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to a development plan and conditions Z234-184(LG)]

TWO A MULTIFAMILY FAMILY DISTRICT USES AND TWO A RESOLUTION TERMINATING DEED RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD AND BLUE RIDGE BOULEVARD.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 48 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA.

REQUEST. WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND THREE REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.

THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024.

YOU DO HAVE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.

KIM PARKER.

WILL YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

I'M KIM PARKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH PALLADIUM USA.

I'M REALLY THRILLED AND SO IS MY TEAM TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT OUR VERY FIRST SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THIS 120 UNIT, FOUR STORY DESIGN HAS MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR CORRIDORS, ELEVATORS, AND ROBUST

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AMENITIES FOR SENIORS AND WILL TRANSFORM AN UNDEVELOPED CORNER IN KIMBALL ESTATES INTO A LUXURY MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY FOR ACTIVE SENIORS. JUST A QUICK REFRESHER ON WHO WE ARE.

PALLADIUM USA IS PART OF THE PALLADIUM GROUP.

WE'RE A FAMILY OWNED REAL ESTATE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 150 YEARS.

WE SELF-MANAGE OUR PROPERTIES AND WE OWN FOR THE LONG TERM.

SOME OF OUR MOST NOTABLE PROPERTIES IS PALLADIUM REDBIRD IN DISTRICT EIGHT, A 300 UNIT MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT.

PALLADIUM DALLAS STEMMONS IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH IS AN 87 UNIT MIXED INCOME HOME DEVELOPMENT AND VERONA BY PALLADIUM IN DISTRICT 11 BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE TO LIVE IN DISTRICT 11, WHICH IS A 16 STORY HIGH RISE.

COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ, YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME TOUT DISTRICT 11.

OUR PROPERTY VERONA BY PALLADIUM, A 16 STORY LUXURY HIGH RISE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1998, AND WE STILL OWN IT TODAY.

YOU CAN. HOW DOES THAT ADVANCE, MAXWELL? OUR. LOOK. I THINK IT'S SLOW TO ADVANCE.

OUR LOCATION FOR OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IS 5.3 ACRES AT THE INTERSECTION OF COCKRELL HILL AND BLUE RIDGE.

A PORTION OF THE SITE IS OWNED BY CLIFFWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND WAS ZONED FOR OFFICE USE BACK IN THE 1970S.

TODAY, THIS SITE IS NO LONGER CONDUCIVE TO DEVELOPING INTO OFFICE SPACE AND IS JUST SITTING THERE LANGUISHING.

IN FACT, EVEN WHEN OFFICE DEMAND EXCEEDED SUPPLY, THIS SITE WAS NEVER SOUGHT AFTER FOR THAT USE.

THE TOPOGRAPHY, THE LACK OF VISIBILITY DO NOT MAKE IT A GOOD USE FOR OFFICE SPACE, BUT IT DOES MAKE A GREAT LOCATION FOR A LOW INTENSITY, INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY.

OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL TARGET SENIORS AGED 62 AND OVER ONE AND TWO BEDROOM ONLY.

THERE WILL BE NO CHILDREN LIVING AT PALLADIUM COCKRELL HILL SENIOR LIVING YET WE WILL BE PAYING FULL PROPERTY TAXES.

WE'LL PAY INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH ZERO IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OUR AMENITIES WILL BE VERY, VERY ROBUST.

WE'LL HAVE EV CHARGING STATIONS, PERIMETER FENCING, A LIBRARY, A THEATER, A PICKLEBALL COURT, WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE.

WE'LL HAVE A DOG PARK.

IT'LL BE FULLY FENCED FOR FOR SECURITY.

I THINK I MENTIONED ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS ONLY.

OUR MAIN ACCESS WILL BE ON BLUE RIDGE.

AND THEN OUR SECONDARY ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY ONLY.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, MAXWELL FISHER.

MAYOR. COUNCIL.

MAXWELL FISHER WITH ZONED AB 2502 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

75080 REPRESENTING PALLADIAN.

I REPRESENT A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPERS OVER THE YEARS, AND PALLADIUM IS ONE OF THE BEST, AND THAT THEY OWN THEIR PROPERTIES FOR DECADES AND MANAGE THEIR PROPERTIES FOR DECADES TO COME. SO WE'RE NOT DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY AND THEN LEAVING THE PROPERTY OR SELLING IT WITHIN A FEW YEARS.

SO THEY'RE AN EXCELLENT GROUP TO BOTH DEVELOP AND MANAGE AND OWN THE PROPERTY FOR YEARS TO COME.

I'D LIKE TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY THAT MAKE SENSE.

IT'S BEEN ZONED OFFICE AND SINGLE FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME, AND HASN'T DEVELOPED THAT WAY, AND DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY WITH RESPECT TO COCKRELL HILL.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT NATURAL BUFFERS TO THE WEST, AND THEN THE SINGLE FAMILY THAT IS, IS TO THE NORTHEAST, AND IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO WHERE WE EASILY MEET THE RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE. AND THE HOUSE TO THE NORTH IS ALSO ALMOST 290FT AWAY, SO WE WON'T BE IMPOSING ON OUR NEIGHBORS WITH THIS REQUEST.

THEY ALSO THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT TRAFFIC.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A MINIMUM OF 62 YEARS OF AGE, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE WELL OVER 70 YEARS OLD.

AND SO OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT IS VERY LOW.

PEOPLE THAT DO TRAVEL ARE USUALLY NOT TRAVELING DURING PEAK HOURS BECAUSE THEY KNOW BETTER NOT TO.

THEY'D RATHER, YOU KNOW, LEAVE AND GO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO DURING NON-PEAK HOURS.

AND AGAIN, OUR MAIN ACCESS POINT IS THE IS THE WESTERN ACCESS POINT WHERE YOU HAVE BETTER VIEW CORRIDOR FROM OUR DRIVEWAY.

OUR WESTERN DRIVEWAY, WHEREAS OUR EASTERN DRIVEWAY IS TOWARDS THE CREST OF THE HILL, WHICH WILL BE FOR EXIT ONLY.

ANOTHER ANOTHER THING TO NOTE THAT THERE'S ONLY 120 UNITS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF UNITS COMPARED TO A TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S 250 TO 300 UNITS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY AT ABOUT ONE EIGHTH THE TRAFFIC GENERATION OF A TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY.

SO JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

ONE OTHER THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS NOT TO HAVE A SIDEWALK ON COCKRELL HILL.

THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS OWNED BY THE CITY.

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THE PARK THAT IS DEVELOPED IS ACTUALLY AROUND THE CORNER.

THIS IS SORT OF EXCESS PARK CITY OWNED LAND THAT'S ACTUALLY IN A DRAINAGE AREA THAT IT WOULD LIKELY NEVER BE GRADED TO, WHERE A SIDEWALK WOULD BE ALONG COCKRELL HILL. AND SO WE WOULD ASK FOR A WAIVER OF A SIDEWALK ALONG COCKRELL HILL AND THE AMENITIES.

WE ARE, OF COURSE, COMMITTED TO DO A SIDEWALK ALONG BLUE RIDGE AND THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES THAT STAFF AND THE CPC HAVE RECOMMENDED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WOULD BE.

WE WOULD ASK FOR FOR THAT.

WE OF COURSE WE WOULD DO BOTH SIDEWALKS IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO DO, BUT I WANTED TO NOTE THAT IT MAY BE A SIDEWALK MAY BE BUILT ON COCKRELL HILL, AND IT WOULD LET YOU KNOW BE A DEAD END FOR DECADES TO COME.

SO I'LL STOP THERE AND NINE SECONDS LEFT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TOM HUTH.

TOM HUTH, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PLATINUM USA.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AGAIN.

FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IS CALL OUT COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ, WHO WAS ON THE SCREEN.

HE'S NOT ON THE SCREEN ANYMORE BECAUSE WHAT BEHIND HIM LOOKED LIKE TO BE A GREAT SITE PLAN.

I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SITE PLAN AT SOME POINT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT SECONDLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS CALL OUT COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.

OKAY, WE'VE BEEN BEAT UP A LOT BY COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW AND MAKE SURE AND DEMAND THAT WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IS WHAT WE END UP BUILDING, AND WE DO THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE MANDATED NOT THE NORMAL OUTREACH MEETINGS REQUIRED.

OKAY. HE WANTED MORE THAN THAT.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OUTREACH MEETINGS YOU'VE HAD WITH OUR STAFF AND BY YOURSELF, BUT I REMEMBER AT LEAST TWO, ONE RECENTLY AT PALLADIUM.

REDBIRD, WHICH.

HOW DID YOU LIKE PALLADIUM? REDBIRD.

GORGEOUS, RIGHT? COUNCILMAN. ATKINS.

YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

SO AS COUNCIL ON THIS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR NEIGHBORS THAT THERE'S FULL DISCLOSURE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

AND WE FEEL IN THIS CASE, THERE HAS BEEN CERTAINLY WITH THAT, OUR RESIDENT POPULATION 62 AND OLDER.

OKAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SENIOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WILL DO 62 AND OLDER IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

OKAY. WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS ALL OVER THE CITY.

OUR FIRST ONE IN DISTRICT 11.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

WHO'S NOT LISTENING AGAIN? OKAY. OKAY.

AND WE'VE GOT TWO IN COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR, ATKINS DISTRICT AND OMAR.

WE'VE GOT THEM IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THEM IN EVERY CITY DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

JESSE WILL COME TO YOU NEXT.

OKAY. SO WE HOPE YOU APPROVE THIS TODAY.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT.

LOOK AT THAT RENDERING.

HOW GORGEOUS WOULD THIS BE? NOT ONLY ON A RENDERING, BUT ACTUALLY BE BUILT AND INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO NOT ONLY OUR GROUNDBREAKING, BUT OUR GRAND OPENING.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, BRENDA BARNES.

THANK YOU. HOLD ON.

WE GET SOMEONE LOWER.

LOWER THE TABLE.

I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? IS THAT GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU.

MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW MY ADDRESS IS 7202 SOUTHWEST MORELAND, DALLAS, TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM BRENDA BARNES.

75237. I SAY ONE OF THE PALLADIUM APARTMENTS.

REDBIRD. I LOVE IT.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE SENIOR LIVING BECAUSE I AM AN OFFICIAL SENIOR.

I WOULD LOVE TO REMAIN IN MY AREA.

COPPER HILL.

WESTMORELAND. WHEATLAND.

BECAUSE MY CHURCH, CONCORD, IS RIGHT UP THE STREET.

REDBIRD IS ABOUT A BLOCK OVER OR TWO.

THE SENIORS DESERVE SOMETHING BETTER NOW.

I LOVE PALLADIUM, REDBIRD, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

BUT AGAIN, I'M OF SENIOR AGE, SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE SENIORS IN THE OAK CLIFF

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AREA BECAUSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE CLOSE BY.

I REALLY FEEL IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT.

I FEEL IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY THE SENIORS.

BECAUSE DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE LOVE KIDS.

WE LIKE KIDS, BUT WE WANT OUR OWN.

BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN A SENIOR LIVING BEFORE, IT WAS NICE, BUT SOMETHING NEW IS ALWAYS GOOD.

SO I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL, THE CITY OF DALLAS, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, FOR THE THIRD TIME, LOOK INTO THIS FOR US. THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY JOB. THANK YOU.

JEANETTE BERRY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

MY NAME IS JEANETTE BERRY, 7202 SOUTHWEST MORELAND ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.

75237. DISTRICT EIGHT.

I AM HERE TO SUPPORT PALLADIUM IN THEIR REQUEST TO BUILD MUCH NEEDED SENIOR HOUSING IN THE SOUTHERN AREA.

I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW THERE IS A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE DALLAS AREA.

THIS SENIOR HOUSING IS MUCH NEEDED, AND I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS REQUEST FROM PALLADIUM TO BUILD IN THE IN DISTRICT THREE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JADEN. SAGE.

MY NAME IS HAYDEN SAGE.

I'M THE PROUD RESIDENT AND OWNER AT 607 BELMONT AVENUE IN DALLAS.

I AM HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR PALLADIUM USA'S PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS.

YOUR DECISION ON THIS MATTER TODAY HOLDS THE POTENTIAL TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES OF MANY SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU WILL HEAR TODAY FROM SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT, AND THEY WILL CONTAIN AND RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, NOISE AND PRIVACY.

THESE ARE ALL TYPICAL CHALLENGES OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE.

THIS PROJECT HOLDS DEEP PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR ME BECAUSE I WITNESSED FIRST HAND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU SEE, MY PARENTS WAITED OVER 20 YEARS IN CUBA TO LEGALLY MIGRATE TO THIS COUNTRY, AND WE ARRIVED IN 1985.

THEY WERE IN THEIR MID 50S.

I WAS A TEENAGER AND THE YOUNGEST OF THREE.

MY PARENTS SACRIFICED THEIR CAREERS BACK HOME AND INSTEAD FLIPPED HAMBURGERS AND WASHED FEET.

THEY LEFT THEIR LANGUAGE, THEIR CULTURE AND EVERYTHING THEY KNEW.

THEY EVEN LEFT THEIR PARENTS TO NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN COULD HAVE A BETTER FUTURE.

AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLES AND 13 YEARS ON A WAITING LIST, MY PARENTS FINALLY WERE AWARDED AFFORDABLE UNIT FOR SENIORS TWO YEARS AGO AT THE AGE OF 74 AND 78.

MANY OF THE SENIORS AT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL SERVE ARE PEOPLE LIKE MY PARENTS, WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO LIFT THE NEXT GENERATION.

THEY DESERVE TO ENJOY THEIR GOLDEN YEARS ON A SAFE, COMFORTABLE, CLEAN, QUALITY HOUSE OR HOUSING.

BELLINGHAM, USA HAS HAD PROVEN TRACK RECORDS OF HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPER AND OPERATOR AS SEEN IN OTHER PROJECTS.

LET US NOT ALLOW THE FEW VOICES TO OVERSHADOW THE NEED AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE MANY.

THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE FOR OUR SENIORS, OFFERING THEM A SAFE, SECURE AND DIGNITY PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE.

I URGE YOU TO APPROVE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THOMAS MELTON.

I. THINK ABOUT THAT MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THIS BODY.

MY NAME IS THOMAS MELTON.

I'M THE MINISTER AT CLIFFWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST.

WE'RE LOCATED AT 4630 EXCHANGE SERVICE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

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FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO EMBRACE OUR SENIORS.

I WANT TO EMBRACE THEIR WISDOM.

I WANT TO EMBRACE THEIR SHARP MINDEDNESS THAT THEY BRING TO A COMMUNITY.

AND ALSO, THEY BRING PEACE AND STABILITY TO A COMMUNITY.

AND WE AT CLIFFWOOD, WE OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE OF THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE SEE A FUTURE NOT ONLY FOR OUR SENIORS, BUT A FUTURE THAT OUR SENIORS BRING FOR THE CHILDREN THAT'S ADJACENT TO THEM.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT SENIORS BRING LIFE TO A COMMUNITY, AND WHEN THEY BRING THAT LIFE TO A COMMUNITY, THEY BRING LIFE TO A CHILD THAT SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE LIFE IN THEIR LIFE.

AND SO WE OVERWHELMINGLY, AGAIN, APPROVE OF THIS PROJECT.

AND STANDING WITH ME THIS EVENING OR THIS AFTERNOON IS MISS LEXI CRAWFORD.

SHE'S OUR REAL ESTATE AGENT, AND SHE HAS BEEN WITH US FROM DAY ONE TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.

AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH PALLADIUM AND YOURSELF TO SEE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JUST REALLY QUICK TO I'M SORRY.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

I AM SORRY, ALEXIA CRAWFORD.

2008 TEAKWOOD TERRACE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

I AM HERE AS PASTOR SAID, IN SUPPORT OF HIM AND THE CONGREGATION SELLING THIS PROPERTY.

FOR THIS PURPOSE, FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS.

MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, OF COURSE, THE CHURCH OWNS THIS PROPERTY, BUT OF COURSE IT IS NOT TAX EXEMPT LIKE MOST PROPERTIES WOULD BE UNTIL THERE'S A STRUCTURE ON IT.

SO YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THE CHURCH IS PAYING TAXES ON THIS PROPERTY.

THE CHURCH IS MAINTAINING THIS PROPERTY.

AND SO SELLING THIS PROPERTY OF COURSE, WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

BUT ALSO THEY ARE THEY HAVE REMAINED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEIR CHURCH IS ONLY TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY, THEIR CURRENT CHURCH MAYBE 60S 60S.

SO AGAIN, THEY ARE STILL A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DON'T PLAN ON LEAVING.

THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS.

THEY WOULD LOVE, HOPEFULLY FOR SOME OF THESE SENIORS THAT MOVE INTO THE COMPLEX TO BECOME A PART OF THEIR CONGREGATION.

AND SO AGAIN REALIZING COMMUNITY, THIS PROJECT WILL HELP US SUSTAIN THE COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY BRING SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE KNOW ONCE WE START SEEING NEW DEVELOPMENT GENERATES NEW DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME OTHER PEOPLE TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, OFFER, YOU KNOW, GROCERY STORES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD REALLY USE.

AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE, OF COURSE IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THIS NEW EFFORT BY PALLADIUM.

OTHER. ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, ITEM Z10.

I SEE AN INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

I WILL. FIRST I'LL ASK.

I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND SO I DO KNOW THAT THE NOTICE SAID THAT THE RESIDENTS FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. I AM CANDY BRADSHAW, AND MY ADDRESS IS 1817 BERKLEY DRIVE, GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS.

I AM AN AVID I'M AN AVID PROMOTER OF PALLADIUM PROPERTIES, AND IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY ENTITIES THAT I HAVE EVER INTERACTED WITH.

AND I WORK WITH HARMONY CDC FOR 20 YEARS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE DALLAS AREA AND ADDRESSING ISSUES. THEY ARE THE ONLY ENTITY THAT I HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THAT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON A LONG TERM BASIS. AND SOME OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD TO ATTEMPT TO ACCOMMODATE SENIORS WHO WERE IN SENIOR HOUSING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE AND AFTER THAT FIVE YEAR TAX CREDIT ENDED, THEY CAME SAYING, MY RENT IS GOING FROM $900 TO $1800.

AND TO ME THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

AND SO PALLADIUM BRINGS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO COMMUNITIES AND IT'S QUALITY HOUSING.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO A PROPERTY, YOU NEED TO GO SEE A PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS UPLIFTING.

PROPERTY VALUES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS SO I AM I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS? I SEE TWO INDIVIDUALS.

ONE SECOND.

OKAY. AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

MAYOR JOHNSON, MY NAME IS LELAND AMMONS.

I'M A SEMI-RETIRED ATTORNEY LIVING AT 3506 CAYCE CREST DRIVE.

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IT IS OUT.

MY BACKYARD IS A CHURCH AT THE WESTMORELAND GATEWAY TO BLUE RIDGE.

TO THE PROPERTY A CORRIDOR BETWEEN WESTMORELAND AND AND COCKRELL HILL IS A WOODED AREA THAT I CAME THERE AFTER GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 50 YEARS AGO NOW, AND I RIDE MY BIKE OUT THROUGH THAT AREA.

IT'S MOSTLY TREED, LACK OF DEVELOPMENT WITH NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, AND DIDN'T SEE ANY DEER, BUT SAW NEARLY EVERY KIND OF HOUSE CRITTER, INCLUDING COYOTES TO THIS DAY. AND RABBITS AND TREES ARE NICE.

WE ALL LOVE TREES.

I WANTED TO MOVE TO A TREED AREA WITH DIVERSITY AND I FOUND BOTH AND WE OAK CLIFF TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LACK OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEN SOME OF US CARP WHEN WE GET DEVELOPMENT.

SO BECAUSE THEY'RE CUTTING DOWN SOME OF OUR TREES THAT WE LOVE.

BUT ANYWAY, I'M HERE.

I'M UNFAMILIAR PERSONALLY WITH THE PALLADIUM FOLKS, THE NEED IS THERE.

I'M 82.

I MAY BE SIGNING UP ANY DAY WITH THESE FOLKS, AND I STRONGLY ENDORSE, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A GOOD USE.

TOLBERT ELEMENTARY IS NEXT DOOR TO THIS, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY A CONSISTENT USE.

WE DON'T NEED A 7-ELEVEN OR ANY BUSINESSES IN THERE THAT MIGHT NOT GET THE PLANNING COMMISSION ENDORSEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

AND I'M HERE TO I'M A FIRST TIME KIBITZER BECAUSE I'VE THE COURTHOUSE KEPT ME FROM MUCH TIME COMMENTING ON THE ITEMS. MANY, MANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YEARS HAVE OPPOSED THE CRAMMING IN OF HIGH DENSITY HOW INDIVIDUAL HOUSING.

BUT THIS IS A CONSISTENT USE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT HAS MY STRONG ENDORSEMENT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T STARTED YOUR TIME.

OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCILOR.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT.

WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? SHANDRA JONES, 70 202 SOUTHWEST MORELAND ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75237.

I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE PALLADIUM HOUSING FOR SENIORS BECAUSE I AM A SENIOR.

SO JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN AFFORD THE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RENT HAS GONE UP, SO WE NEED IT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I SEE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD.

OKAY. WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. ONE, TWO.

OKAY, I SEE THREE MORE YOU MAY COME FOR MORE.

MY NAME IS CURTIS REDMOND.

OH. HELLO, COUNCIL.

MY ADDRESS IS 3522 GUADALUPE AVENUE, WHICH IS ABOUT WELL WITHIN 400FT OF THIS FACILITY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE OF SEVERAL THINGS.

TRAFFIC WAS MENTIONED.

IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS FACILITY WOULD HAVE ITS MAIN ENTRANCE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THAT THIS IS THE ONLY ENTRANCE WHICH IS GOING TO PUT IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE ENDURE EVERY DAY PARTICULARLY DURING SCHOOL PICKUPS AND DROP OFFS.

THE TRAFFIC IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.

YOU HAVE TO STAND IN LINE.

IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO STAND IN LINE, YOU'RE ENTERING INTO HEAD ON TRAFFIC COMING DOWN A BLIND HILL.

SO I OPPOSE THIS.

AND I BROUGHT WITH ME A MAP OF THE 500 FOOT RADIUS THAT THE CITY SENT OUT.

IN THIS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS COCKRELL HILL ROAD WHICH IS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION, BY THIS PROPOSAL. AND THEN YOU WILL SEE IN RED UP HERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS, THERE WAS 100% OPPOSITION TO HONOR THOSE FOLKS.

LET ME JUST READ OFF.

NOPE. SORRY. 3538 EIGHT GUADALUPE AVENUE.

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OLIVIA DEL RIO IS IN OPPOSITION.

3530 GUADALUPE AVENUE.

DENNIS SIMPSON IS IN OPPOSITION.

3522 GUADALUPE MCCURTIS, REDMOND.

IN OPPOSITION. 3522 GUADALUPE GARY JACKSON IS IN OPPOSITION.

3518 GARY ESPRIT IS IN OPPOSITION.

3514 GUADALUPE ADELA MOTTA IS IN OPPOSITION.

3530 CLEOPHUS ANITA STURGILL.

OPPOSITION. 35 I'M SORRY.

3322 MARION FRANK SANTA CRUZ IN OPPOSITION.

I SEE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.

BUT THROUGHOUT GUADALUPE, THROUGHOUT HACIENDA, EVERYONE NO ONE WANTS THIS PROPERTY BUILT.

NO ONE WANTS A FOUR STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX STARING INTO THEIR BACKYARDS, FRONT YARDS, WINDOWS.

I'M NOT THE CLOSEST.

I'M WITHIN 400FT, AND I AM NOT THE CLOSEST.

SO THERE ARE OTHERS CLOSER THAN ME.

DO NOT WANT THIS PROJECT FOR THE PRIVACY.

THE TRAFFIC CONSTRICTIONS, THE SECURITY, THE OVERSPILL, THE NOISE, THE ON AND ON AND ON.

I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE COUNCIL INDICATING OUR POSITION.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. JOHN LEWIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JOSE ALEJANDRO.

I LIVE AT 3534 SOUTH CROCKER HILL ROAD.

I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PROPERTY.

I LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 50 YEARS.

I LIVED IN THAT HOUSE FOR 25.

I AGREE WITH MY NEIGHBOR CURTIS THAT I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP AND GO GET MY PAPER AND STARE AT A FOUR STORY BUILDING.

I ALSO DON'T AGREE.

IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S BEING BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL, WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS COMPLETELY IS ADJACENT TO WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE KIDS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S CONDUCIVE FOR THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO HEAR CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, OR NOISE OR POLLUTION DURING THAT CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, WHICH WILL PROBABLY EXTEND FOR A WHILE THERE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING BUILT ADJACENT TO THE PARK, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER TWO YEARS.

IT AGAIN, WHEN THEY TORE DOWN ALL THE TREES.

IT CREATED A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT ALLERGIES INCREASE.

SAME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.

TRAFFIC CONCERN IS ALSO SOMETHING I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

I MEAN, THE ENTRANCE TO PALLADIUM WILL BE RIGHT ACROSS FROM MY DRIVEWAY.

DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO INTERFERE WITH THE SCHOOL.

DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS BUSSES, TRAFFIC PILES UP RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF BLUE RIDGE AND CROCKER HILL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE TIME I GOT, BUT A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

HELLO. MY NAME IS ANNA BURCIAGA.

NEXT SPEAKER.

I LIVE AT 3247 SPRUCE VALLEY.

THAT'S DISTRICT THREE.

I AM EXACTLY 1.1 MILES FROM THIS PROPOSED LOCATION.

I KNOW IT BECAUSE I WALK THERE.

MY BROTHER LIVES ACROSS THE STREET.

I WALK MY DOGS OVER THERE.

WE GO TO THE PARK BEHIND.

WE LIKE TO SEE THE HORSES.

I THINK THE BIGGEST IMPACT FOR ME IS SEEING A FOUR STORY BUILDING AGAIN, GOING ACROSS FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL.

BECAUSE IF YOU CAN IMAGINE FOUR STORIES, I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE ADULTS, BUT YOU STILL PEER UPON CHILDREN, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ACTUALLY ARE AFFECTED BY A FOUR STORY BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.

SO I AM OPPOSED TO THIS, AND I HOPE YOU REALLY DO CONSIDER IT, BECAUSE THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

HELLO. HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS PRECIOUS HALLS.

NEXT SPEAKER.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE FOR, BUT I'M COMING ON THE PROPERTY THAT I LIVE ON AT OF ANNEX 1510 ANNEX.

AND THE PROPERTY IS.

I'M SORRY, MISS HALLS.

THIS ISN'T THE ITEM.

MY. MY STAFF WILL HELP YOU.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.

ONE SECOND.

MY NAME IS ROSINA ALEJANDRO AND I LIVE AT 34 3534 SOUTH

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COCKRELL HILL ROAD, AND I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 25 YEARS.

MY MAIN CONCERN IS WHEN THIS FOUR FOUR STORY BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE, THEY WILL BE PEEPING TOM LOOKING AT US OR LOOKING TO THE SCHOOL AND JUST HELP ME.

GOD HELP ME.

MAIER HELP ALL THE COUNSELORS.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.

I WILL BE EIGHT YEARS OLD TOMORROW AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY CONSIDERATION I'M OPPOSING THIS PLAN.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

THANK YOU. I THINK THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE APPROVAL.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

A DETENTION POND IS REQUIRED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RETIREMENT, WITH A RETIREMENT HOUSING USE, AND THE REQUIRED DETENTION POND MUST INCLUDE TREES, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES OR SHRUBS, EVERY 40 LINEAR FEET OF THE DETENTION POND, AND A WROUGHT IRON FENCE.

SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? YES, I DO, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPERTY.

I'LL SAY, WHEN I STARTED OUT IN THIS TERM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS HOUSING FOR SENIORS.

HAVING AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS, TOLD THIS STORY MANY, MANY TIMES, HAVING GONE THROUGH TRYING TO FIND A PLACE FOR MY MOM TO LIVE, ONLY TO HAVE TO SETTLE IN DUNCANVILLE WAS WAS A CONCERN FOR ME.

AND THEN, FURTHERMORE, I'VE ACTUALLY VISITED SOME OF THOSE SITES.

IN FACT, THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE ON COCKRELL HILL, FRIENDSHIP TOWER.

AND AND AGAIN, IT'S THE LIVING CONDITIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS.

SO FOR THAT REASON, I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THESE AND I THINK THIS MAY BE THE THIRD OR FOURTH LIVING SENIOR LIVING FACILITY THAT I'VE APPROVED IN IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THAT BECAUSE WE NEED LIVING OPTIONS.

AND AGAIN, I'VE HEARD IT STATED, YOU KNOW, THE SENIORS ARE OUR FASTEST GROWING POPULATION.

SO TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING FOR THEM IS SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY AND NEEDED.

HOWEVER, I DON'T WANT TO DISREGARD THE FACT FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THEIR CONCERNS AND THE CONCERN THAT I DO HAVE.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK ANDREW TO COME UP JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS TRAFFIC STUDY A LITTLE BIT.

THE ISSUE WITH IT IS NOT THE NUMBER OF CARS COMING UP, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, HE'S RIGHT.

THERE'S ONLY ONE SIDE WHERE THERE'S AN EXIT AND AN ENTRANCE THAT HAPPENS TO BE ON BLUE RIDGE.

CURRENTLY, THEY SPEED DOWN BLUE RIDGE.

AND YOU CAN SEE TIRE MARKS ARE LITERALLY RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE DOING DONUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO FOR ME, THE CONCERN IS AS THEY'RE TURNING OUT, EXITING OUT OF THAT FACILITY, IF YOU TURN LEFT GOING TOWARDS COCKRELL HILL, THAT IS A STEEP INCLINE.

AND MY CONCERN IS FOR THE SENIORS TRYING TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN, LEFT TURN, GOING DOWN COCKRELL HILL, DOWN THAT BLIND HILL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN SEE OR HAVE REACTION TIME FOR CARS FLYING UP THE HILL AND THEN THEIR CARS SPEEDING THE OTHER DIRECTION.

SO I REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

AND DOES IT FACTOR IN OR CAN WE DO SOME ADDITIONAL STUDYING TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF MITIGATIONS WE CAN PUT IN PLACE, PERHAPS RUBBER STRIPS OR SOME SPEED BUMPS COMING FROM THAT OTHER DIRECTION JUST TO SLOW TRAFFIC.

I KNOW WE PUT SIGNS UP, BUT THERE'S STILL TIRE MARKS IN THE STREET.

SO IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THAT PART? I GUESS I'LL START THERE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACIE. YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANGE IN GRADE OR IT IS A STEEPER STREET.

I DON'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC STUDY WITH ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT MAY BE A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS OPERATION. IF IT INVOLVES PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY WILL BE DONE.

SO USUALLY SPEEDING HAPPENS AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A DESIGN LIKE IT'S A WIDE STREET, NOT MANY CURB CUTS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE MORE CURB CUTS, YOU HAVE MORE SIGNAGE, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FRICTION ON A LOT MORE DIRECTIONS. USUALLY TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT AGAIN.

IMPROVEMENTS OR ANY TYPE OF.

EXACTLY AS YOU SAID.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY QUALIFY FOR FOR SPEED BUMPS.

I WOULD LET TRANSPORTATION TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATION PUBLIC SAFETY AGAIN ON THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

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OKAY. BUT THERE'S NO ONE HERE FROM FROM TRANSPORTATION TO DISCUSS.

AND AGAIN, I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT, BUT THAT IS A LEGITIMATE, LEGITIMATE CONCERN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VISION ZERO AND ALL OF THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO BLINDLY APPROVE THESE PROJECTS WITHOUT THAT.

THAT IS IT IS.

I WENT OUT THERE AND STOOD, TOOK PICTURES FROM EVERY ANGLE.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS IT SAFE? BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY OPTION.

MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS THE ONLY OPTION FOR AN ENTRANCE OR AN EXIT, CORRECT? YES. THERE ARE 2X2 ACCESS POINTS FROM BLUE RIDGE BECAUSE IT'S VERY STEEP ON COCKRELL HILL, WHICH I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT SAFER.

ONE IS EXIT ONLY AND THE OTHER ONE THAT'S CLOSER IS A DOUBLE, AND IT MEETS ALL THE REGULATION AND OF THE CODE WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN.

OKAY. THE DISTANCE FROM THE INTERSECTION AND ALL OF THAT.

OKAY. SO WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? SURE. YEAH.

SO WE CAN WORK WITH YOUR MICROPHONE.

YOUR MIC ON, PLEASE.

MAXWELL FISHER AGAIN.

WE DID WORK WITH DAVID NARVAEZ ON THE TIA AND THE SCOPE OF THAT TIA.

AND THE GENERATION OF THIS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SO LOW THAT THEY ONLY WE ONLY LOOKED AT THE INTERSECTION AT BLUE RIDGE AND COCKRELL HILL.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. THE THE ISSUE WAS JUST WITH SITE VISIBILITY LEAVING OUR MOST WESTERN DRIVEWAY.

AND SO THEY DID LOOK AT THAT VERY CLOSELY.

AND THEY'RE REQUIRING TWO SIGNS.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE INTERSECTION SIGNS.

ONE WILL BE PLACED UP ON THE ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF EACH RESPECTIVE DRIVEWAY SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE PULLING IN AND OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOUR STAFF DID LOOK AT THAT VERY CLOSELY.

AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF OUR TIA AND OUR PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS AS THEY'RE PRESENTED.

OKAY. WELL, AND AGAIN I DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

BUT AGAIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.

SO I NEED TO BE EDUCATED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I AM GOING TO ASK THAT IF STAFF CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND THE DANGERS FROM A VISION AND SITE VISION PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM A PICKUP PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GO OVER TO MR. REDMOND'S HOUSE AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SCHOOL AND THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY PLAN AND THE PICKUP AND ALL OF THAT, IT CAN GET A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC.

AND I DO SEE SOME TYPE OF.

SO I DO WANT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT AND TIME PUT INTO THAT.

SO I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE.

ANDREW, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IN THE IN THE CASE FILE, IT MENTIONED THAT THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HOW DO YOU DEFINE AREA? JUST A SECOND. LET ME YOU ARE REFERRING TO NO ZONING CASES SUBMITTED IN THE AREA IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, CORRECT? YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING ON USUALLY WHATEVER THE AREA THAT'S CAPTURED.

SOMETIMES WE GO BACK TO THE VICINITY MAP, BUT, YOU SEE, LIKE PAGE 20.

JUST A SECOND AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY NO OTHER PROJECTS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THE AREA, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

AND WE HAD THAT KEYSTONE GUADALUPE PROJECT THAT WAS ALSO A SENIOR COTTAGES THAT TO ME THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING IF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEFINE THE AREA.

SO HOW IS THAT DEFINED? SO WE HAVE A ZONING AND LAND USE MAP.

IT'S PAGE 24 OF YOUR REPORT.

AND WE LOOK AT THAT MAP AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN THE RADIUS THAT'S CONTAINED ON THAT MAP, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU ON A MAP WHERE ARE THOSE MORE RECENT ONES.

SO THE AND USUALLY WE CREATE THIS AT A SCALE THAT IS READABLE.

SO THIS ONE IS ONE PER 3600.

THAT'S WHY IF YOU LOOK IN ANY STAFF REPORT, YOU WILL SEE MARKED THE ZONING.

THERE'S ZONING CASES WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

OKAY. AND I'M JUST GOING TO ASK AS A JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST.

MISS CITY MANAGER, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ADD EITHER FOR THE DISTRICT OR SOMETHING, A COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF OF THE TYPE OF THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS WAS A SENIOR SOMETHING THAT LISTS THIS IS THE SEVENTH SENIOR FACILITY IN THE DISTRICT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR TWO YEARS, AGAIN, IN THIS ALL KIND OF SORT OF RELATES TO THE FORWARD DALLAS NOT TO GET OFF SUBJECT, BUT IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE'RE KEEPING A COUNT OF WHAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE DISTRICT. AND AGAIN, I'M QUITE PROUD OF THESE SENIOR FACILITIES, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY I'VE HAD.

I THINK I'M 4 OR 5, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE SPREAD OUT AND THEY'RE ADDRESSING IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COUNT THAT AND TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS I'M READING THROUGH THESE CASE FILES TO KNOW, OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE X AMOUNT OF THESE AND THIS IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HOUSING OR WHATEVER.

BUT JUST ACCOUNT OF, OF THAT, NOT JUST IN THE AREA BUT ACCOUNT OF THE TYPE OF PROJECTS.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I, I HEARD SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.

PALLADIUM DOES AN EXCELLENT PRODUCT.

I, I WHEN I TOURED THE ONE THAT OPENED IN MY DISTRICT, I WAS LIKE I'M READY TO MOVE IN HERE.

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BUT I THINK SOMEBODY BEAT ME TO THE FAIR MARKET UNIT THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

SO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SELL OUT IN 90 DAYS AND IT SOLD OUT IN 30, WHICH WAS LIKE RECORD TIME.

SO IT SHOWS THE NEED FOR HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

NOW, I DON'T HAVE A SENIOR FACILITY, SO COME ON, I'M READY.

AND I ONLY HAVE TEN MONTHS LEFT HERE, SO WE GOT TO GET TO WORK FAST.

BUT AND ON YOURS WAS THE RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE.

I'M LEFT ALONE.

I'M ASKING THE. ANDREA IS COMING.

SORRY. I CAN ASK, NO ANSWER YET.

SIRI DOESN'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

SHE DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS.

I ASK HER QUESTIONS AND SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.

AND CHEATING OVER HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

NOW THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE PD THAT SAYS DEVELOPMENT IS EXEMPT FROM RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE.

OKAY. IF WE CAN JUST TRY TO HONOR THAT ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, ADJACENT BECAUSE THAT IS A CONCERN I GET IF IT'S ON YOUR BACKYARD.

YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT OR.

MAYOR COUNCIL MAXWELL FISHER.

SO WE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL ZONING NEXT DOOR.

BUT IT'S ITS USE AS A SCHOOL.

AND SO WE WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T WANT IT TO APPLY THERE TO THE NORTH, WHERE THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE ACTUALLY DO MEET THE RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE.

THE HOUSE TO THE NORTHEAST IS ABOUT 250 OR 60FT.

AND THEN THE HOUSE FROM THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE DUE NORTH OF US IS LIKE 290FT.

NOW OUR RPS IS MEASURED FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT THAT THE BUILDING IS SET BACK QUITE A WAYS.

SO WHEN YOU COUNT BLUE RIDGE.

AND THEN THE DISTANCE FROM OUR BUILDING TO THE, THE, THE SOUTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF BLUE RIDGE, WE ARE RIGHT AT THE RPS.

OKAY. SO AND THEN SAY WE MEET IT TO A T WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

WE MEET LIKE. YES, YES.

OKAY. AND THAT'S FAIR.

THE NEXT THING IS LIKE WHERE IT IS CLOSE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE.

AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE A TREE GOES OR, YOU KNOW.

SURE. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN THE GREEN.

INTO THE FACILITY ANYWAY, FOR THE TREES THAT DO COME DOWN TO EARTH, THAT TREE CAN STAY THERE, AND THAT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF PRIVACY AS WELL, BECAUSE I GET THAT PART, YOU KNOW. BUT THERE'S WAYS AROUND IT.

YES. AND WITH THE SITE PLAN THAT OUR CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S BEING APPROVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT PLAN OUR BUILDING IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE SAY IT'S GOING TO BE.

SO WE'LL HAVE SOME PARKING AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BECAUSE OF THE DETENTION POND, WE'RE GOING TO BE SCREENING.

ADDITIONALLY, BEYOND THEIR TYPICAL ARTICLE TEN LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

RIGHT? YEAH, I LIKE THE THE AMENDMENT WITH THE DETENTION POND BECAUSE IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIVACY FOR I GET THE I DO APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALL THE TIME IN WEST DALLAS AND NORTHWEST DALLAS.

SO I BUT THAT THAT RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE IS A CONCERN FOR FOR THEM AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK THAT'S IT FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC, I'M AN APARTMENT DWELLER, SO I LIVE IN MULTI-FAMILY, I LIVE IN A BUILDING, A BIG BUILDING.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT APARTMENTS DO NOT INCREASE TRAFFIC IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, HOW CAN 300 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW LIVE THERE? AND TRUST ME, THEY'RE NOT ALL DRIVING AT THE SAME TIME.

I LIVE IN ONE, AND I DON'T LEAVE MY APARTMENT AT REGULAR TIMES AS OTHER PEOPLE DO, AND NEITHER DO OTHER PEOPLE.

I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM GETTING OUT.

I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM GETTING IN, AND THERE'S NEVER ANYTHING BACKING UP.

NOW. THE SCHOOL IS A CONCERN, AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IF I CAN ASK THIS QUESTION IS THIS A PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT'S THERE? I BELIEVE IT'S A DISD SCHOOL, RIGHT? YES, SIR. IT IS A DALLAS.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO THE THE DIS DO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE TO REDO THEIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN? USUALLY TWO YEARS.

I NEED TO GO AND LOOK INTO THIS.

YUP. THIS IS AN SOP FOR THE SCHOOL THAT WAS GRANTED IN 1995.

SO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO WORK WITH THEM.

VERY GOOD. SO AND THAT'S SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUE KNOWS IS IT MIGHT BE TIME, IT MIGHT BE A YEAR FROM NOW.

IT MIGHT BE WE MIGHT HAVE JUST DONE IT.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN MAYBE MAKE SOME CHANGES OR DIFFERENCES IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THAT BACKUP AND TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THAT YOU HEAR IT.

THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CONCERN.

THE HARD PART IS SCHOOLS ARE JUST IN THE MORNING AT A CERTAIN TIME, AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON AT A CERTAIN TIME, AND IT'S PRETTY QUICK USUALLY, BUT IT'S THAT IT'S THAT BUILD UP THAT THAT DRIVES PEOPLE INSANE.

I HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THOSE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND IT IS A NIGHTMARE, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S THE SCHOOL.

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AND WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO REDO CANADA DRIVE IN ORDER TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S THE STATE.

THE STATE DOESN'T DEMAND THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS THE WAY THEY DO ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY CAN WORK ON.

AND THE OTHER THING IS SENIOR CITIZENS, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU HAVE SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS AWESOME BECAUSE YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT THINGS TO DO.

YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT THAT ARE READY TO HELP.

THEY ACTUALLY. I'M SORRY, YOUR EYES AND EARS TRUST ME.

I MY THE FIRST HOUSE I EVER BOUGHT.

I LIVED NEXT TO VERNON VELMA.

AND LET ME TELL YOU. VERNON VELMA WERE ALWAYS EITHER IN THE FRONT YARD OR THE BACK YARD.

GARDENING. FROM THE MOMENT THE SUN ROSE TO THE MOMENT THE SUN WENT DOWN, SOMEBODY WAS OUTSIDE AND THEY WOULD TELL ME EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT WAS LIKE THAT WAS BETTER THAN HAVING ARMED SECURITY.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FOR REAL.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, BECAUSE THEY WOULD TELL ME, THEY WOULD CALL, THEY WOULD DO WHATEVER.

AND I REMEMBER ONE TIME THIS BIG OLD HAWK, I DIDN'T KNOW I'M AT WORK AND THE I HAD LITTLE CHIHUAHUAS AND THEY WERE OUT IN THE BACKYARD, AND VERN MADE SURE HE CAME OVER AND TOLD ME WHEN I GOT HOME THAT THERE WAS A BIG OLD HAWK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD WATCH OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE LITTLE BITTY, TINY CHIHUAHUA DOGS.

AND I WAS LIKE, I DO.

AND HE'S LIKE, WELL, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THAT HAWK.

AND HE GOES, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT A SQUIRREL, BUT THEY MIGHT THINK IT IS.

AND I WAS LIKE, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO AND THEN VERNON LEFT TO GO MOVE OUT INTO THE COUNTRY WITH SOME FRIENDS.

LIKE, FOR REAL WITH THEIR FAMILY.

AND THEN I MISSED THEM BECAUSE THEIR GRANDSON AND GRANDDAUGHTER WERE NOT THE EXACT SAME AT HOME ALL THE TIME.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE HAVING THOSE SENIORS THERE.

AT LEAST IN MY OPINION.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GRAYSON.

COUNCILWOMAN SHOOT. FIVE MINUTES.

I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION STAFF.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ONLINE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU SEE ME? YES.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR CARLY.

MY QUESTION IS REGARDING THE CONCERNS OF THE HILL.

I KNOW THAT SPEED BUMPS ARE OFTEN USED.

THE DETERMINATION IS ON VOLUME, BUT ARE THERE OTHER FACTORS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR OTHER SPEED MITIGATING ISSUES? OR OPPORTUNITIES? YEAH.

SO WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER MITIGATING FACTORS.

I MEAN OPTIONS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.

AND SPECIFICALLY FOR IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION AT BLUE RIDGE AND COCKRELL HILL.

THE ENGINEERING, THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO THE ENGINEERING LEVEL.

SO THEREFORE WE HAVE NOT SEEN AT LEAST THE THE DETAILS OF THE TREATMENT AT THAT LOCATION, BUT CERTAINLY BEING FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.

I HAVE I SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD MENTIONED EARLIER OF THE WE'VE GOT VISIBILITY CHALLENGES AT THAT LOCATION, AND THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT VERY CLOSELY.

AND I WOULD ENSURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THAT.

TERRIFIC. AND I THINK THAT IT'S BEYOND JUST THE INTERSECTION.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE INGRESS EGRESS FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

I MEAN, WHAT WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO DO IN OUR CITY IS LET AN EXISTING TRAFFIC SITUATION DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ADD PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING. THAT WOULD BE TRAGIC.

SO INSTEAD, LET'S WORK ON MITIGATING THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FEELING WITH THAT HILL IN PARTICULAR.

SO AM I HEARING FROM YOU, DOCTOR CARLY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MANY YEARS BEFORE THIS OPENS, OR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS, I WOULD GUESS, WITH CONSTRUCTION.

SO DO WE HAVE TIME TO WORK ON THIS CHALLENGE FROM THE TIME THAT THE ZONING IS PASSED? YES, MA'AM. ONCE WE GET INTO THE ENGINEERING, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPERS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUE, AND YOU CAN USE MY TIME.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT A SENSE THAT THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.

SO COULD YOU JUST SHARE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE COMMUNITY? YEAH, WE WE'VE HOSTED I'VE BEEN OVER TO PALLADIUM AT LEAST THREE TIMES.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER. I'VE LOST COUNT.

I'VE GONE OVER THERE.

THEY'VE HOSTED AT LEAST THREE, THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO GET FEEDBACK.

I'VE GONE TO, I THINK ALL OF THEM, I BELIEVE.

AND THEN I THINK I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE OPPOSITION AT THE LAST ONE WE HELD.

THAT WAS LAST WEEK. SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK.

AND I KNEW IN THE INTEREST OF TIME WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THOSE IN OPPOSITION.

SO I DID MAKE IT A POINT THE NEXT DAY TO GO OVER TAKE A PICTURE AND GET TO TRY TO APPRECIATE THE ANGLE KNOCKED ON MR.

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REDMOND'S DOOR TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I WAS THERE AND MADE A COMMITMENT TO AT LEAST EXPLORE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PIECE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE REASON I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS IS THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE'S NOT A WAY FORWARD WITHOUT SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE BEING DISAPPOINTED.

SO IN THIS SITUATION, I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE.

I WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR THIS.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT GIVEN THE THE PROCESS, WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY OF A SENIOR AFFAIRS PLAN AND VISION FOR OUR CITY. I KNOW THEY'RE DOING ALL THE LISTENING SESSIONS, AND WE'RE GETTING THOSE REPORTS FROM MR. KLEIN, THE CHAIR.

AND WE ARE CLEARLY SEEING THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE ON AS A CITY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

NO, SORRY. MR. MENDELSOHN HAD NOT SPOKEN YET.

WELL, I AM ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO ASK FOR THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND.

THERE.

IT WAS FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK IT'S SOME GOOD, HEALTHY DISCUSSION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO MY COLLEAGUE.

I KNOW THIS IS A BIG CASE, AND ONES THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A CLEAR CONSENSUS ON.

MEANS THAT WE'RE ELECTED TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS SOMETIMES.

THE REALITY IS, I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, AS MISS SCHULTZ KIND OF JUST MENTIONED.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW FOR PERFECT TO BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD.

Y'ALL HAVE AN ISSUE THAT YOU CLEARLY HAD SOME FRUSTRATION ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC, WITH OR WITHOUT PALLADIUM.

SO I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS HEARD HIS MARCHING ORDERS AND WILL GET WITH YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MITIGATE WHAT ALREADY EXISTS.

BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, AS I HEARD IT IN Y'ALL'S VOICE WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRAFFIC PIECE, IF THIS GETS DENIED, Y'ALL ARE STILL GOING TO BE JUST AS FRUSTRATED WITH THAT.

THE. BUT I KNOW THAT HE WILL DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO LOOK INTO WHERE THE ACTUAL ISSUE LIES.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT IT IS ALWAYS, AS MR. NARVAEZ SAID, A MISCONCEPTION THAT TRAFFIC WILL BE HYPER PRESENT BY A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

I'VE SEEN IT EVEN WITH EVEN SUBDIVISIONS, LIKE FULL NEW SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN.

YOU WOULD THINK BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME KIND OF ARGUMENT, YOU KNOW, CONCENTRATION OF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT 400 NEW HOMES IN THIS AREA.

WELL, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO TO OUR ARTERIAL CORRIDOR? RIGHT. AND THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN GET WORKED OUT AND WORKED THROUGH.

AND IN THE END IT, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENTIAL, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN AN OFFICE SPACE.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME TIME OF GOING AND COMING.

AND SO I DO WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT TRAFFIC ALONE, COMING IN AND OUT OF A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOU ALL, BUT AGAIN, WITH WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING THERE AND ADDING TO AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE CAN MAYBE HOPEFULLY MITIGATE SOME OF WHAT Y'ALL'S CONCERNS ARE, YOU HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S GOING TO BE WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK TO GET THAT DONE, WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH DISD, WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T WANT I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO TELL YOU ALL THAT IT'S NOT A LOSS FOR THIS TO GET APPROVED.

YOU'RE BEING HEARD AND THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER OUTCOMES.

THERE NEVER CAN BE FOR YOU ALL, FOR US, FOR ANY APPLICANT, THE NOTION OF APPLYING FOR SOMETHING AND THINKING THAT IT HAS TO BE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IS NEVER GOING TO BE A SOLID APPROACH, AND I CAN'T SAY THAT ENOUGH.

SO WE HAVE TO ALL FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO GET 100%.

BUT THIS CAN BE A HUGE ADDITION TO THE TAX BASE IN YOUR AREA.

IT CAN BE A HUGE ADDITION TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL COME.

IT CAN BE A HUGE ADDITION TO THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME STUDIES TO BRING IN BETTER RETAIL.

Y'ALL'S COMMUNITY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT AS WELL, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT THAT IS IS BEING IGNORED IN WHAT THIS WILL BRING TO THE COMMUNITY OR MAYBE EVEN JUST MISSED, NOT IGNORED.

AND I JUST HOPEFULLY CAN GIVE YOU SOME ASSURANCE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT TODAY.

BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME SOME KUDOS.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THESE DECISIONS AREN'T ALWAYS HARD, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE HARDER DECISIONS, IT USUALLY MEANS THAT THERE'S MORE WORK TO FOLLOW. AND I KNOW YOU'RE UP TO THE CHALLENGE THOUGH.

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THANK YOU MAYOR. CHAIRMAN GRAYSON.

THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, I THINK I JUST FAILED TO MENTION THANK YOU TO THE PALLADIUM TEAM.

THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND THEY ARE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT SOLD ME ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR PROPERTIES FOR THE LONG RUN.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITMENT.

AND WHEN WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, I TOLD YOU WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MY PLAN WAS OR VISION WAS TO SECURE MY SENIORS FIRST IN TERMS OF HOUSING.

AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM.

AND YOU CAME RIGHT ALONG AND DONE THAT.

SO AGAIN, FROM A HOUSING PERSPECTIVE, I'M TRYING TO SECURE MY SENIORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO, TO, TO TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE DISTRICT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR HELPING ME MEET THAT GOAL AND HELPING US SECURE OUR SENIORS FROM THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MISS VERNA MITCHELL, AND LET HER KNOW WE ARE HAVING A.

AND I FELT HER LOOKING AT ME SOMEHOW, BUT TO LET TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY.

WE DO HAVE A SENIOR LISTENING SESSION COMING UP.

I THINK IT'S SEPTEMBER 12TH AT CONCORD CHURCH, WHERE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THESE NEEDS AND TALKING ABOUT OTHER SERVICES THERE.

SO I JUST HAD TO MAKE SURE I PUBLICLY SAID THAT THERE, MISS VERNON.

DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME WHEN I SEE YOU BY.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND JUST I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY THIS EARLIER.

I'M THE CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR CITY, AND MISTER GRACIE IS THE VICE CHAIR, SO WE HAVE COMMITTED TO EACH OTHER THAT ANYTHING HE NEEDS WHEN IT COMES TO MORE STUDIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

IT'S THERE.

I IT'S LET'S GET THIS DONE.

AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME GO AND WALK AND TALK TO THAT NICE LADY OVER THERE ON THE SIDE.

AND SHE'S OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THAT'S OVER TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO I WAS LETTING HER KNOW, HEY, AS SOON AS THIS IS DONE IF IT GETS APPROVED, WE GOT TO GET TO WORK ON THIS.

AND YOU HEARD FROM DOCTOR CARL, WHO IS SPEAKING? I, I'M COMMITTING TO YOU AS WELL.

TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS ALL THE HELP THAT HE NEEDS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL GET WHAT YOU NEED, BECAUSE IT IS CONCERNING.

IT'S SCARY. AND I GET THAT.

AND I JUST, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, I HEARD IT AS WELL.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT I TYPICALLY DON'T DURING ZONING IN ANOTHER AREA.

BUT I PROMISE YOU, THIS GROUP THAT'S OVER HERE.

I'VE WORKED WITH THEM, AND WHEN THEY COMMIT TO SOMETHING, THEY COMMIT AND THEY DON'T LEAVE, THEY DON'T JUST BUILD AND LEAVE.

THEY BUILD IT AND THEY STAY, AND THEN THEY LISTEN.

WE STILL WORK TOGETHER ON THE ONE THAT I HAVE IN NORTHWEST DALLAS.

AND IT'S NOT FOR BAD THINGS.

IT'S FOR GOOD THINGS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT PROPERTY IS ALWAYS CLEAN.

IT'S ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF.

THE RESIDENTS ARE SO KIND AND NICE.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE JUST HEARING, HEARING, BUT SEEING WILL BE BELIEVING ONE DAY, I HOPE.

AND I PROMISE YOU, THESE FOLKS ARE NOT GOING TO ABANDON YOU AND NOT WORK WITH YOU ALL.

THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE JUST GOOD PEOPLE.

AND SO I HOPE YOU CAN TRUST ME ON THAT.

BUT DO TRUST ME ON THAT.

I WILL BE WORKING WITH YOUR COUNCIL.

MEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CONCERNS AND NEEDS ARE HEARD.

AND HOW DO WE MITIGATE THOSE? BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OH, OKAY.

I THINK THAT. ARE YOU THROUGH? YEAH. OKAY.

WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? EYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE I MOVE TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, CAN I ASK COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ TO CLARIFY HIS MOTION OR THE DATE ON ITEM ZI6? I SAID SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AGENDA ITEM Z 11 IS YOUR NEXT ITEM.

[Z11. 24-2054 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for (1) an ordinance granting a CR Community Retail District, and (2) an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a commercial amusement (outside), on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the east line of Dowdy Ferry Road between Fireside Drive and Lake Anna Drive Recommendation of Staff: Denial Recommendation of CPC: Denial Z223-319(GB)]

ITEM Z 11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR ONE, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CR COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT, AND TWO AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT OUTSIDE ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST LINE OF DOUGHTY FERRY ROAD BETWEEN FIRESIDE DRIVE AND LAKE ANNA DRIVE. MR. MAYOR, WE SEND 226 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 400FT OF THE AREA.

REQUEST. WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION DUE TO THE CPC VOTE OF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.

THIS ITEM REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.

YOU DO HAVE EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, MICHAEL STANLEY.

I'M TRYING TO PUT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

TO STOP. YOU FROM AGAINST US AND TO KEEP TALKING TO HIM ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING.

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TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR IN HIS ABSENCE.

TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

TO THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL STANLEY.

I AM THE OWNER OF MJ CONSULT GROUP 2669, CLAREMONT AND GRAND PRAIRIE, 75052.

I REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF 1012 DOTTIE FERRY ROAD.

WE ARE PLEADING FOR A ZONING CHANGE TO PERMIT A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT OUTDOOR LOCATION.

THIS LOCATION WOULD THEN BE USED TO FACILITATE CHURCH AND FAMILY RELATED EVENTS.

THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN 2016 AND BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 2020.

THE CURRENT ZONING CASE BEGAN AS AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT NOISE COMPLAINT AGAINST AN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL AT A NON-SPECIFIED ADDRESS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THE ONLY CONTACT THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH ANY CITY AGENCIES WAS THE NOTIFICATION OF NON-PERMITTED CONSTRUCTION IN MAY OF 2023.

WE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FOR THE NECESSARY PERMITS, WHICH ARE STILL PENDING ZONING APPROVAL AT THIS ADDRESS PER OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST.

THERE WERE NO NOISE OR DISTURBANCE COMPLAINTS TO THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.

THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOR CODE COMPLIANCE, NORDIC CODE COMPLIANCE, OR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT CITE OR CLOSE ANY EVENTS AT THE SITE.

IN FACT, DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS AND CODE SUPERVISION WERE PRESENT AT A BAPTISMAL CELEBRATION HELD IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.

IN FACT, DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS WERE HIRED AS SECURITY FOR THE EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AT OUR EXPENSE.

WE SENT 2226 BILINGUAL NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS IN ALL HEARINGS TO DATE, WHILE APPROXIMATELY 40 RESIDENTS HAVE APPEARED IN SUPPORT OF THIS SITE, NO OPPONENTS HAVE APPEARED.

THE SITE IS IN A RURAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE NO HOMES WITHIN A REASONABLE WALKING RADIUS OF THE SITE.

OUR HOURS OF OPERATION AND THE TYPES OF EVENTS HELD WILL NOT PRESENT A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN FACT, THERE'S A TRUCKING OPERATION OPERATING WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, WHICH IS A FAR GREATER IMPEDIMENT TO RESIDENTIAL SOLITUDE.

AND THIS OPERATION HAS CONTINUED FOR YEARS, UNCHALLENGED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

WE ARE PRAYING THAT GOD DIRECT THIS WISE COUNSEL TO EXTEND COMPASSIONATE DISCERNMENT TO THIS AMERICAN FAMILY, TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF WHAT TO THEM, IS THE AMERICAN DREAM. GIVE US A CHANCE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE AND CAN BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

WE'VE ASKED FOR A ONE YEAR REVIEW PERIOD.

I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, NANCY NAVARRETE.

NAVARRETE.

HELLO. MY NAME IS NANCY NAVARRETE.

MY ADDRESS IS 2645 BANDERA PLACE, MESQUITE, TEXAS.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT EL RANCHO GUADALUPANA Z11, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE REUNIFICATION.

AND ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER.

THE NEXT SIX SPEAKERS, REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE TRANSLATION SERVICES WHILE THEY COME FORWARD.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE AWARE THAT GABRIELLA HAM WITH MASTER WARD, WILL BE PROVIDING THOSE TRANSLATION SERVICES.

BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES ESMERALDA RODRIGUEZ.

ESTAMOS ESTOY AQUI.

ESTAMOS AQUI PRESENTES PARA DARLE SEGUIMIENTO A LA UNIFICATION DE LA PROPIEDAD DE ESTOS DOWDY.

FERRY ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.

CINCO DOS DIAS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ESMERALDA RODRIGUEZ AND WE ARE HERE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE REYNOLDS RE CERTIFICATION OF THE ADDRESS.

1012 DOVER FERRY ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.

CINCO DE CINCO.

I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE ZIP CODE.

IT WILL BE 75 TO 1 SEVEN.

LES PEDIMOS Q, POR FAVOR, POR FAVOR.

NOS CONSIDERAN SOMOS UNA FAMILIA QUERIENDO HACER UN NEGOCIO.

ES UN LUGAR HERMOSO QUÉ TIENE MAS DE SIETE ACRES LLENO DE NATURALEZA?

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I JUST ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER.

WE ARE HERE WITH A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY.

THE SEVEN ACRES.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH A BEAUTY AS A FULL OF VERY NATURAL HINES.

AND WE USE IT BASICALLY FOR FAMILY REUNIONS, BAPTISMS LIKE BAPTIST. WHAT ELSE? WEDDING? WEDDINGS? BIRTHDAYS. LES PEDIMOS.

QUÉ NOS CONSIDERAN? CONSIDERING I JUST ASKED FOR YOU GUYS CONSIDERATION.

NO TENEMOS PROBLEMAS CON LOS VECINOS.

NO TENEMOS REPORTES CON LA POLICIA.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS WITH THE POLICE.

ES UN LUGAR MUY HERMOSO.

THIS PLACE IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

POR FAVOR, LES PEDIMOS SU APOYO.

MUCHAS GRACIAS.

WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THAT WAS ESMERALDA RODRIGUEZ.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.

ESMERALDA. I'M SORRY.

OFELIA CASTRO.

BUENAS TARDES.

MI NOMBRE ES OFELIA CASTRO.

ESTAMOS AQUI.

PRESENTES APOYANDO.

LA REUNIFICATION DE LA PROPIEDAD.

DIEZ DE LA FERIA.

THREE DE LOS TEJAS.

LES PEDIMOS DE SU APOYO PARA SEGUIR CON ESTE PROYECTO.

GRACIAS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS OFELIA CASTRO.

I AM HERE JUST TO SUPPORT THE REUNIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY.

1012 DONNELLY FERRY, DALLAS, TEXAS.

I JUST ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, CECILIO RODRIGUEZ.

OH. LET'S SEE.

LET'S SEE. HOLA.

BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES CECILIO RODRIGUEZ.

Y ESTOY AQUI TAMBIÉN PARA APOYAR A LA FAMILIA.

ESTE. QUÉ ESTA ESPERANDO? LA REVOLUCION DE DE SU PROPIEDAD.

ESO. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS CECILIA RODRIGUEZ.

AND I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY FOR PEACE, FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY.

SI. ESO ES ESTO.

SERIA ESTA MUY BENEFICIOSO PARA VARIAS FAMILIAS.

QUÉ PARTICIPAR EN LOS EVENTOS.

QUÉ ELLOS HACEN Y APOYARNOS.

BECAUSE THIS WILL HAVE BENEFITS TO THE FAMILIES THAT THEY WORK WITHIN.

YA LOS PEQUENOS NEGOCIOS EN LAS DOS.

QUÉ NOS BENEFICIA.

NOSOTROS PARA LOS EVENTOS.

QUÉ HACEN? AND THE SUPPORT TO THE DIFFERENT EXPOS THAT THE FAMILY IN LAS DIFERENTES EXPOSITIONS OR BENDERS NO SIN LOS EVENTOS CAYCE ON THE EVENTS THAT THEY DO.

THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE DIFFERENT LITTLE BUSINESS FROM THE DIFFERENT PARTIES THAT THEY DO ON THAT PROPERTY. GRACIAS.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER. ANGELICA HERNANDEZ.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T.

SEE? IT.

OH, OKAY. OKAY. WHY IS IT NOT OPPOSITE? OKAY. ANGELICA HERNANDEZ I THINK IT SHOULD BE OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY. I, I GET THAT FOR THE TRANSLATION PIECE, BUT SOMETIMES THE TRANSLATION MAY TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME, OR IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I'D LIKE FOR THEIR VOICE TO BE.

WHAT IS GETTING TIME? GOT IT.

INSTEAD OF THAT, IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE IT'S BEING DISCOUNTED.

MI NOMBRE ES ANGELICA DEL SANTIAGO.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANGELICA DE SANTIAGO.

ESTOY AQUI PARA APOYAR EL RANCHO.

LA GUADALUPANA. AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT EL RANCHO LA GUADALUPANA.

POR FAVOR. EL PERMISO PARA PODER SEGUIR TRABAJANDO.

PLEASE GIVE IT THE PERMISSION SO WE CAN START WORKING AGAIN.

AND THAT BE ALL. THANK YOU.

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MI NOMBRE ES EMILIO RODRIGUEZ.

EMILIO RODRIGUEZ.

BUENAS TARDES.

ESTAMOS AQUI BUSCANDO LA UNIFICATION DE LA PROPIEDAD.

PARA PODER TRABAJAR CON TODOS LOS PERMISOS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS EMILIO RODRIGUEZ.

AND I'M HERE LOOKING FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY SO WE CAN WORK LEGALLY WITH ALL THE PERMITS PODER SEGUIR OPERANDO AND CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NANCY RAMIREZ.

NANCY RAMIREZ IS NOT PRESENT.

SO THAT THOSE ARE YOUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS THAT REQUIRE TRANSLATION SERVICES.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE, OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z 11? WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD.

HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M SORRY. YOUR MICROPHONE.

THANK YOU. AND WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? HELLO. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

MY NAME IS GLORIA RODRIGUEZ AND I RESIDE AT 2244 MAVERICK STREET, DALLAS, TX 75 215.

I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ALLOWING THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY IN FAVOR OF ESMERALDA RODRIGUEZ.

I MET MISS ESMERALDA AT CHURCH AND I BELIEVE IN HER CAUSE.

THIS PROPERTY HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED BY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE TO GENERATE FUNDS FOR CHURCH PURPOSES.

AND THE EVENTS THAT I'VE BEEN PRESENT, THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SECURITY, AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY DISRUPTIONS TO THE NEIGHBORS.

SUPPORTING MISS ESMERALDA WOULD NOT ONLY UPHOLD THIS VALUED TRADITION OF HOLDING COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM 11.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO DENY ITEM 11 WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

SECOND. ANYONE ELSE? ANY COMMENT? CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. I JUST LIKE TO KNOW THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, PLEASE.

SURE. THE APPLICATION WAS FILED ON AUGUST 8TH, 2023.

YEAR. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? AUGUST 8TH.

WHAT? 2023? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES. NEXT ITEM.

[PH1. 24-1164 A public hearing to receive comments on the FY 2024-25 Operating, Capital, and Grant & Trust Budgets - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

ITEM. FF ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE FY 20 2425 OPERATING CAPITAL AND GRANT AND TRUST BUDGETS.

YOU DO.

ONE INDIVIDUAL HAS COUNCIL PETE, MOROCCO.

THEREFORE, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM, HARRY SWANSON.

HARRY SWANSON, 8223 CLAREMONT DRIVE.

PROPERTY OWNER.

DALLAS, TEXAS 75228.

DISTRICT SEVEN.

WELL, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS CONTINUING THE STREAK OF REDUCING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, THIS TIME BY $0.03.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT PROPERTY OWNERS NEED HELP.

SINCE FROM 2013 TO 2023, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IN TEXAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 116%, AND THE POOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY OWNERS IN 2013 WERE GETTING AN AVERAGE RENT OF ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT OF AROUND NINE 900 PER MONTH.

BY 2023, THIS FIGURE HAD RISEN TO 1500 TO 1700 PER MONTH.

THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 67 TO 89% OVER THE DECADE.

SO WHAT COULD HOMEOWNERS GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SAVE MONEY WHILE THEIR HOUSE APPRECIATED IN DOUBLE FIGURES? MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE DEDUCTION.

PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTION.

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HOME OWNERSHIP DEDUCTION.

ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME IMPROVEMENT CREDITS, RESIDENTIAL CLEAN CREDITS, FEDERAL HOME ADMINISTRATION LOANS.

AND IT GOES ON AND ON.

AND WHAT DO THE POOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY OWNERS GET? I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO OVER THE 14 THINGS THAT THEY GET, NOR DO I HAVE TIME TO GO OVER ALL THE THINGS THAT THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GIVE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

BUT WHAT ABOUT RENTERS WHO MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 53% OF THE TAX RATE, YET THEY RECEIVE LITTLE SUPPORT AND COUNTERBALANCE THE ANNUAL RENT INCREASES.

THEY MIGHT BE LUCKY TO GET A HOME OFFICE DEDUCTION IN 2006.

WHILE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, I WITNESSED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECOGNIZE THIS DISPARITY AND IMPLEMENTED A $0.01 PROPERTY TAX DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FROM 2006 TO 2019, AN INCREASE, IT GENERATED $234 MILLION.

IF WE DID THE SAME THING IN DALLAS TOOK $0.01 OF THIS THREE CENT, WE WOULD CREATE $250 MILLION.

COUPLE THAT WITH THE 82 MILLION BONDS ALREADY APPROVED BY VOTERS, WE'D HAVE 332 MILLION.

AND THEN IF WE LEVERAGED IT TOWARDS LOCAL AND STATE PROGRAMS, WE COULD HAVE OVER $500 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THIS LEVEL OF FUNDING, WE COULD MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES TOWARD SOLVING THE HOUSING CRISIS IN DALLAS.

IT'S A BOLD MOVE, BUT ONE THAT WOULD ENSURE OUR CITY REMAINS A PLACE FOR WHERE EVERYONE COULD AFFORD TO LIVE.

IT ONLY TAKES $0.01 TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF HOUSING IN DALLAS.

THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS IN YOUR PACKET.

AND GUESS SOMEDAY WE MAY HAVE A RENTERS EQUITY CELEBRATION HERE IN.

LIKE WE HAD TODAY.

SO LET'S FINALLY END THIS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RENTERS.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

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

MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN WEST, WE HAD A MOTION.

I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND. SECOND.

ANY COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM FF TWO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM FF TWO, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN.

ALLOW ME TO PULL THE ITEM ON.

PLACE THE ITEM ON THE MONITOR.

OKAY. AGENDA ITEM SEVEN IS A RESOLUTION ONE DECLARING APPROXIMATELY 17,647FT² OF IMPROVED LAND,

[7. 24-2203 A resolution (1) declaring approximately 17,647 square feet of improved land unwanted and unneeded, located at the intersection of Marilla and South St. Paul Streets, and authorizing its advertisement for sale by public auction; (2) establishing a reserve for the auctioned surplus property; (3) authorizing a Purchase and Sale Agreement to be prepared for the auctioned surplus property receiving highest qualified bid that meets or exceeds the reserve; and (4) authorizing the conveyance of a deed in a form acceptable to City Attorney - Estimated Revenue: General Capital Reserve Fund ($2,395,360.00) and General Fund ($7,500.00) (Current Dallas Central Appraisal District value)]

UNWANTED AND UNNEEDED.

LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARILLA AND SOUTH STREET PAUL STREETS AND AUTHORIZING ITS ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION TWO. ESTABLISHING A RESERVE FOR THE AUCTION.

SURPLUS PROPERTY THREE.

AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO BE PREPARED FOR THE AUCTION.

SURPLUS PROPERTY RECEIVING HIGHEST QUALIFIED BID THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE RESERVE, AND FOR AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF A DEED IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO CITY ATTORNEY.

THIS ITEM WAS CORRECTED.

IT WAS ALSO PULLED BY COUNCILMAN MORENO.

HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM LARRY HILLIARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS LARRY HILLIARD, AND I'M THE CO-FOUNDER OF A MARKETING PROGRAM, TRANSFORMATIVE AID FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION.

I AM REQUESTING THE RECONSIDERATION TO REPURPOSE 711 SAINT PAUL RATHER THAN SALE, AS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DECLARED TO BE BASED ON THE AGENDA, UNNEEDED AND UNUSED.

YET WE SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE.

I AM ALSO REQUESTING THE CITY TO REPURPOSE AND LEASE OR DONATE THIS PROPERTY TO TAMAR AND ALLOW US TO BE YOUR HANDS AND FEET IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AS WE HAVE BEEN.

WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THIS PROPERTY KEEPS ITS HISTORICAL UTILIZATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HOUSING.

WOMEN IN PRISON HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOUSING, AND HOUSING IS LIMITED.

THREE MINUTES CANNOT CAPTURE OUR PROJECT INTENT, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO REVISIT THIS LINE ITEM AFTER OUR TEAM MEETS WITH COUNCIL MORENO ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. THIS WILL ALLOW US A CHANCE TO PRESENT WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.

WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO THIS REQUEST.

WE HAVE MET WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PROJECT QUALIFIES FOR SOME SUPPORT.

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WE WILL MEET WITH SANDRA WITH FOCUSED ATTENTION NEXT WEEK TO SEEK ASSISTANCE WITH SQUAD CARS BEING PARKED AROUND THE BUILDING WHILE WE ARE RE RENOVATING. WE HAVE STRONG PARTNERSHIP TO ASSIST IN PROGRAMING AND A STREAMLINED ACCESS TO A POPULATION.

BECAUSE OF OUR TEAM AND TDCJ UNITS PROVIDING REENTRY SUPPORT.

OUR AGENCY HAS UNRESTRICTED REVENUE TO TAKE ON ALL RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING.

PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING US MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS DECISION.

I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS OUR BELIEF THAT THIS REQUEST WILL DEMONSTRATE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

ONE WITH THIS FACILITY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR 80 JUSTICE INVOLVED WOMEN RETURNING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THIS REQUEST IS SIMPLY ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO WAREHOUSE OPPORTUNITIES TO ONCE HOUSED.

THESE 80 CLIENTS WILL ULTIMATELY BE EMPLOYED WITH LIVABLE WAGE JOBS THAT WILL YIELD POLICY COLLECTOR REVENUE AS TAXABLE INCOME.

THREE. 30% OF THIS COMBINED INCOME, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL GROCERS.

FOR THESE, 80 CLIENTS WILL NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR SNAP BENEFITS, WHICH IS ANOTHER 285,000.

ECONOMIC SAVINGS A YEAR.

525 PLUS JOBS FOR STAFF AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERN PLACEMENT IS ANOTHER VALUABLE ROI.

ALL OF THESE BENEFITS CAN BE AFFORDED TO THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS THROUGH ONE DECISION TO LEASE, OR PREFERABLY.

THAT'S YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. PAUL.

THERE'S NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

AUTHORIZING. AUTHORIZING ITS ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION.

SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION THAT THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL ALSO PAY FOR THE DEMOLISHING COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY TO DEMOLISH ALL IMPROVEMENTS AND CLEAR THE LAND.

SECOND IN THE IN THE COMMENT.

YES. IF I CAN HAVE SOMEONE FROM REAL ESTATE COME UP, PLEASE.

AND IF YOU CAN GO OVER THE DCAD VALUE OF THE LAND AND THE BUILDING, AND INFORM US OF WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE VALUE IS COMING FROM. WAIT.

HOLD ON. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.

LET ME. LET ME SEE.

I'M NOT. I'M JUST WANTS.

JUST ONE SECOND.

DCAD. OKAY.

OKAY, OKAY.

DCAD NOT NOT THE APPRAISAL, BUT BUT THE HE HAD VALUE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, ASHLEY EUBANKS.

FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. THE DCAD VALUES 2.4 MILLION.

AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE LAND VERSUS THE PROPERTY OR THE IMPROVEMENTS RATHER.

I DON'T HAVE THAT IMMEDIATE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN GATHER IT REALLY QUICKLY.

OKAY. AND IF YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE THE BREAKDOWN OF PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THAT, IF ANDREA COULD PLEASE COME UP TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE ZONING ALLOWED IN THAT PARTICULAR ADDRESS.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, ANDREA.

PLANNING, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

DEPARTMENT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN PD 357 FARMERS MARKET, SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT IN SUBDISTRICT OR SUBAREA NUMBER TWO.

GENERALLY, THE ZONING IS VERY SIMILAR WITH THE ZONING THAT CA CENTRAL AREA DOWNTOWN.

IT ALLOWS A WIDE VARIETY OF USES AND DENSITY OR DEVELOPMENT.

STANDARDS ARE THE SAME AS THE CA DISTRICT CENTRAL AREA DISTRICT, SO IT'S SIMILAR TO DOWNTOWN.

SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE OF A ONE STORY BUILDING OR A TWO STORY BUILDING WOULD BE IS THE BEST USE FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY? IS IT COMMON TO HAVE A ONE STORY BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN? I WOULD ALLOW PROBABLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT HIGHEST AND BEST USE FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE.

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THE ENTITLEMENTS.

EXCUSE ME, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER WAS ABOUT TO CHIME IN, SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

AND I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT WANT THAT ANSWER BEING GIVEN BY THE PLANNING TEAM.

I THINK THAT'S MORE OF AN ECONOMIC PIECE.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IF WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF THAT PORTFOLIO COMING FORWARD.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT HER TRYING TO ANSWER SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN HER AREA.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, IS THE CURRENT USE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE SOMETHING? I GUARANTEE IT'S NOT.

WE HAVEN'T DONE A MARKET STUDY, BUT FOR SURE A ONE STORY VACANT BUILDING IS NOT THE HIGHEST.

AND ROBIN, CAN YOU ALSO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANS FOR THE AREAS BEHIND CITY HALL IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA WITH THE PARKING LOTS? SURE. SO COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER YOU'VE APPROVED INCENTIVES FOR A HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT JUST IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THAT, THE NEW PARK DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE PLANS AROUND IT ARE MUCH HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THAN WHAT'S THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. THE DECAD PER SQUARE FOOT VALUE IS $136 PER SQUARE FOOT, AND PURSUANT TO DCAD, THE LAND VALUE WAS 1.5 AND THE IMPROVEMENT IS 853,000.

OKAY, SO THE MAJORITY OF THE VALUE IS IN THE LAND ITSELF.

PURSUANT TO DCAD. YES.

THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW THE BUILDING IS SECURED.

CAN YOU TELL US WHY THE BUILDING IS SECURED? DONZELL GIBSON, INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THE BUILDING IS SECURED BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER OCCUPIED.

AND CAN YOU TELL ME OF THE CONDITIONS? WHEN I WAS WALKING BY THE BUILDING AND HAPPENED TO FIND THE BUILDING UNSECURED AND PEOPLE SQUATTING INSIDE THE BUILDING? CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU FOUND IN WHEN YOU DID THAT WALK THROUGH.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOUND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH.

BUT I KNOW THAT ONCE THE BUILDING WAS BELIEVED TO BE BREACHED, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A MOBILIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS WAS THERE AS WELL.

SO IT WAS A MULTI TEAM THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO THAT LOCATION AND THEN WENT INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THEY FOUND SOME SOME HOMELESS ACTIVITY INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THEY FOUND SOME BIOHAZARDS INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME PLACES WHERE THERE WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE BUILDING HAD BEEN BREACHED.

AND THEN AND THERE WAS GRAFFITI AND THERE WAS SOME SOME OTHER CODE VIOLATIONS THERE ON THE PROPERTY.

AFTER WE HAD ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE BUILDING AND CLEARED SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE OUT OF THERE, WE ACTUALLY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE GRAFFITI. WE REPAIRED ALL THE BREACHES TO THE BUILDING AND HAD IT SECURED.

AND EVER SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD MONITORED SECURITY.

WE'VE HAD CAMERA TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE MONITORING THE BUILDING AS WELL.

SO THERE'S BEEN ONGOING WALKTHROUGHS.

AND SO WE'RE FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE BUILDING IS BEING SECURED TODAY.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE CAMERAS ARE NO LONGER ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.

IS THAT ACCURATE? THEY WERE RELOCATED.

YES, SIR. THEY WERE RELOCATED RECENTLY JUST WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.

AND TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ONGOING MONITORING OF THE BUILDING.

SO THE COMBINATION OF BUILDING SECURITY AND THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAVE REGULAR DAILY CHECKS, DAILY CHECKS OF THE PROPERTY.

HOW MANY? MARSH. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY MARSHALLS WE HAVE? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MARSHALLS WE HAVE, BUT WE CAN.

WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY.

AND IF THEY WEREN'T HAVING TO MONITOR THIS FACILITY, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GO ELSEWHERE.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR OUR MARSHALS.

BUT JUST GETTING TO THE POINT THAT IF WE DIDN'T NEED THE NEED FOR SECURITY THERE, THEY COULD PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MECHANISMS ON THE WINDOWS AND DOORS AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? YES, SIR. SO THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE ACTUAL DOORS AND WINDOWS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE A MUCH MORE SECURED BUILDING.

I BELIEVE WE'RE SPENDING RIGHT AT $1,500 A MONTH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, FOR THAT SECURED STEEL INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE DOORS AND WINDOWS.

OKAY. AND HAS THE BUILDING BEEN VANDALIZED SINCE THE LAST TIME THE BUILDING WAS SECURED? SO SINCE WE'VE HAD THE BUILDING SECURED AND MONITORED OF JUST THIS PAST WEEK, THERE WAS A REPORT AND I DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATION ON THAT, SO FORGIVE ME, BUT THAT WAS A REPORT OF GRAFFITI ON THE BUILDING AS OF RECENT THIS PAST WEEK.

WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS.

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THIS IS THE GRAFFITI THAT WAS ON THE BUILDING WHEN I DROVE BY.

AND SO THE BUILDING CONTINUES TO GET VANDALIZED.

DO WE KNOW WHY THE FORMER TENANT VACATED THE BUILDING AND ITS RECONFIGURATION OF THAT BUILDING? AND DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS OF THE BUILDING? AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME VANDALISM DONE TO THE BUILDING WHEN IT WAS SQUATTED IN.

AND SO DO WE HAVE A ANALYSIS OF THAT BUILDING? I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE THE REASONS WHY THE FORMER TENANT VACATED THE BUILDING.

AND WITHOUT US ACTUALLY HAVING AN ASSESSMENT DONE FOR STRUCTURAL CONCERNS, WE'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO GIVE, IN MY OPINION, A TRUTHFUL ANSWER, AND WE WOULD ONLY BE GIVING YOU A GUESS KISS AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING, WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE CITY COULD EXPEDITE THAT IF IT WAS UNDER OUR PORTFOLIO VERSUS IF A PRIVATE DEVELOPER CAME IN AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR A DEMO PERMIT? I DON'T KNOW THAT AT THIS TIME, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL OF AN INVESTOR THAT WANTED TO BUY THE PROPERTY COULD DO IN THEIR CAPACITY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE A COMPARISON.

OKAY. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A A BUILDING THAT HAS BECOME A MAGNET FOR ACTIVITY THAT'S NOT DESIRABLE IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE SOUTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THAT WE HAVE A A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

THIS A ONE AND A HALF STORY BUILDING IS CLEARLY NOT THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE FOR A DOWNTOWN ZONING.

WHEN WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT DENSITY, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WE WANT TO BE MORE RESOURCEFUL.

THIS IS JUST NOT THE BEST USE FOR FOR THAT AREA.

I BELIEVE ANYONE THAT COMES IN IS GOING TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS TO SEE THE BUILDING CONTINUE TO BE VACANT AND THEN HAVING ANOTHER INCIDENT OF VANDALISM HAPPENING.

AND SO I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO ACTUALLY, I CAME UPON THE, THE INITIAL CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, BUT BUT SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT WITH CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY, OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, TO TO CLEAN AND CLEAR THE LAND SO THAT IT CAN BE DEVELOPED APPROPRIATELY TO, TO ITS BEST USE.

AND SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND STOP AND I'LL COME BACK FOR ROUND TWO.

COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH STAFF.

COULD YOU SHARE YOUR RATIONALE FOR THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'VE MADE IN OUR AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO THE MOTION? SO WHEN THE VACATED OF THE BUILDING HAPPENED IN 2023, I THINK IT WAS APRIL OF 2023, OCTOBER OF 23. SO OUR OUR PROCESS FOR DETERMINING WHAT BEST TO DO WITH A PIECE OF PROPERTY BEFORE DETERMINING THAT IT'S SURPLUS IS THAT WE ROUTE IT TO ALL OTHER AGENCIES IN THE CITY, AND WE FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY IN-HOUSE REASON.

IF THERE'S A SERVICE PROVISION THAT ANOTHER DEPARTMENT COULD PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT OR SOME OTHER AGENCY, AND WE FACILITATE THAT, AND IT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH ASHLEY'S TEAM. SO IT'S A ROUTING AND EVERYBODY RESPONDS BACK SAYING THAT, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE A USE.

THERE'S NO NEAR-TERM EXPECTATION ON OUR PART FOR USE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN WE FLAG IT FOR SURPLUS AT THAT POINT.

AND THEN WE START TO RUN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHAT THE APPRAISED VALUE MIGHT BE.

AND THEN WE END UP WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH AN ITEM WHERE STAFF HAS PROPOSED, BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, WHERE THE BUILDING IS AT, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY SURROUNDING THE BUILDING, THAT WE SHOULD MARK IT AS SURPLUS AND BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND MONETIZE THE ASSET.

THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HIGHEST, BEST VALUE FOR THE BUILDING AND THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN, AND WE THINK SELLING THE BUILDING AS IS IS THE BEST CASE FOR NOW.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD INVEST? I THINK IT'S 200,000 OR SO FOR THE DEMOLITION, ONLY TO HAVE SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, I WANTED THE BUILDING.

SO WE'RE PREEMPTING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT BUILDING.

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YOU PAY THAT EXTRA FOR 200,000 OR WHATEVER THE DELTA IS BETWEEN THE LAND VALUE AND THE CURRENT STRUCTURE VALUE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? SO I'LL LET ASHLEY FILL IN ANY GAPS THAT I LEAVE.

BUT I THINK THAT WE RUN THE RISK OF TRYING TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE VALUE MAY OR MAY CHANGE BASED ON US DEMOING THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE ON OUR PART THAT WHEN WE PUT IT OUT FOR AUCTION, THAT THE PUBLIC THAT THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY, HOW THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY VIEW THAT AND HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE ACTUAL VALUE THAT THEY PRINT ON THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WHAT THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BID IN THE AUCTION FOR IT, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SURVEY THE MARKET AT THIS POINT, RIGHT.

TO SAY, HEY, IF WE HAVE THE BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY, WOULD YOU PAY THIS IF WE DIDN'T? WOULD YOU PAY THAT? WE DON'T.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT UNTIL IT ACTUALLY GOES ON THE MARKET.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT'S CORRECT. TYPICALLY WE'LL HAVE THE AUCTION WILL DICTATE WHAT THE MARKET VALUE IS.

AND SO IF WE WERE TO KEEP BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY CAN WE SAY, HEY, IF WE DON'T GET IF ONE OF TWO SCENARIOS HAPPEN, WE DON'T GET ANY INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING, OR WE GET INTEREST WHERE PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T WANT THE BUILDING, I WANT THE CITY TO DEMOLISH IT. AND WE'LL REFLECT THAT IN WHATEVER PRICE WE PAY.

ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT TO SET LIKE A TIMER ON THAT, WHERE WE CAN SAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR SIX MONTHS, AND IF WE DON'T GET BIDS THAT WAY, THEN PLEASE, LET'S SPEND THE MONEY AND DEMOLISH IT FOR A POTENTIAL BUYER.

DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE THE ITEM GOES FORWARD, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.

IF WE DON'T RECEIVE BIDS FROM AN AUCTION, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME A LITTLE BIT SHORT SIGHTED TO GO AHEAD AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING WHEN WE MAY ACTUALLY EARN MORE MONEY FOR FOR IT, WE DON'T KNOW.

AND SO UNTIL WE KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANT TO PREEMPT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BUILDING WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE EVERY PENNY THAT WE CAN AS A CITY.

SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THAT LOGIC.

YOU KNOW, AM I OFF ON THE LOGIC? IS THAT THE RIGHT LOGIC? IS THAT WHERE Y'ALL ARE COMING FROM IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION? SO I'M SORRY YOU LOST.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS IT IS IT A GOOD THING? WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT US KEEPING THE BUILDING UP FOR A FEW MONTHS, PUTTING IT ON AUCTION, SEEING IF WE GET ANY BIDS BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO GET US MORE MONEY IF WE DON'T GET ANY MONEY, IF PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME ON THE MARKET, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND DEMOLISH IT.

BUT TO PREEMPT THAT, SOMEBODY MAY WANT THIS BECAUSE IT'S HOW OLD IS THE BUILDING? YES, MA'AM. WHEN WAS THE BUILDING BUILT? DOES ANYONE KNOW? I THINK IT WAS 1947.

SO SOMEBODY MAY WANT A HISTORIC BUILDING.

YES, MA'AM. I MEAN, BUT I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE'LL LET THE MARKET TELL US.

AND THERE'S TIME.

I MEAN, I'D BE MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW IF IF IF CHAIR MORENO IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO PUT A TIMER ON THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SAYS IF WE DON'T GET BIDS FOR THE BUILDING WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THE CITY CAN PREEMPTIVELY DEMOLISH IT AND THEN CHARGE BACK FOR IT.

BUT LET'S SEE IF WE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE SOME MONEY ON THE BUILDING FIRST.

TO ME, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO TRY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT AMENDMENT OR LEAVE IT, BUT ADD A TRIGGER, YOU KNOW, A DATE, CERTAIN TRIGGER OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW. YEAH.

I MEAN, I THINK IF WE THE BUILDING THE PROPERTY DIDN'T SELL, IT WOULD COME BACK TO US REGARDLESS.

RIGHT, EXACTLY.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING.

SO RATHER THAN PREEMPTIVELY DEMOLISH SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WAIT AND GIVE IT A CHANCE TO SELL AS IT IS AN AMENDMENT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

SO. SO I MOVE THAT WE WAIT.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION FIRST, IF I MAY.

HOW LONG HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FROM TODAY? LET'S SAY IT GOES FORWARD AS RECOMMENDED.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR IT TO ACTUALLY GO TO AUCTION? COUNCIL MEMBER. IF IT IF IT IS APPROVED TODAY, WE ARE READY TO ADVERTISE FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD THROUGH THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE WILL HOLD A SALE IN OCTOBER AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN NOVEMBER WE WILL CLOSE THE PROPERTY.

SO IF WE COULD SAY SO, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO SAY THAT IF IT DOESN'T SELL WITH THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING DOESN'T SELL BY THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, THEN IT COULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR IT TO, FOR US TO INITIATE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING AND THEN RE ADVERTISE JUST THE LAND.

CAN I JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND?

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I THINK BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE, THE IMMEDIACY OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING THE FACILITY IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE MARKET IS GOING TO SUPPORT, WE CAN ACTUALLY SHORTEN THAT TIMEFRAME.

WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY BY NOVEMBER 1ST.

AND SO I THINK WE CAN EVEN SHAVE 30 DAYS OFF OF THAT TIME PERIOD, BECAUSE WE'RE PREPARED TO GO TO AUCTION IMMEDIATELY.

THAT GIVES US THE WHOLE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

WE COULD SEE WHAT THE MARKET SAYS AND THEN BE ABLE TO COME BACK BEFORE THAT TIME FRAME.

SO I WOULD SAY GIVE US THE DEADLINE AROUND NOVEMBER 1ST.

SO I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO SAY THAT THE TO APPROVE IT AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMEBODY ELSE GIVE ME THE WORDS FOR THIS.

THIS IS NOT MY STRENGTH FOR THE NOVEMBER TO SAY THAT IF IT'S NOT SOLD BY NOVEMBER, THAT IT WOULD THAT THE THAT THE JUST DO IT STRIKE THIS TO STRIKE.

OKAY. I'M SORRY.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT IS TO AUTHORIZE THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE SALE OF THE PUBLIC AUCTION PERIOD.

AND THEN REMOVE THE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION ABOUT THE DEMOLITION.

SO I HAD A MOTION A SECOND.

NOW WE. SORRY ABOUT THAT, EVERYONE.

OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

NOW WE CAN CLEAR THIS.

WE OWN COUNCILWOMAN.

SHOOT, I MOTION AMENDMENT.

SHE JUST JUST.

YEAH. AND WE HAD A SECOND, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.

WE HAVE A NEW MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN. AMENDMENT.

AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST MOTION.

YEAH. ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IF IT DOESN'T SELL BY NOVEMBER, THE BUILDING DOESN'T SELL BY NOVEMBER, THEN IT CAN GO BACK TO COME BACK TO US TO DEMOLISH IT.

MR. CHAIRMAN WEST. YEAH.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD PATHWAY FORWARD.

THANK YOU, CHAIR SCHULTZ.

I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE 100% THAT WE NEED TO SELL THIS PROPERTY.

I COMMEND STAFF FOR LISTENING TO COUNSEL THAT WE HAVE 50 000 ACRES OF REAL ESTATE.

A LOT OF WHICH WILL NEVER DO AWAY WITH.

A LOT OF WHICH WE NEED TO KEEP FOR LEVERAGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SURPLUS AND WE NEED TO ACTIVATE IT, GET IT ON THE MARKET, GET IT ON THE TAX ROLLS.

AND KUDOS TO YOU AND TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR FOR LISTENING TO US AND PROCESSING THAT.

I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT THIS PROPERTY, THE WAY IT IS, ONE STORY IS NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

I AGREE THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM PROPERTY, AND I COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE FOR MAKING IT A PRIORITY FOR HIS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

HE'S GOING TO FIX IT AND MAKE IT RIGHT DOWN THERE.

THE ONE THING I DON'T AGREE WITH IS THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL, WITHOUT EXPERT ADVICE, SHOULD BE THE ARBITER OF WHETHER WE DEMOLISH SOMETHING OR NOT.

SO IF THE MARKET IF IT DOESN'T WORK ON THE MARKET, AND WE HAVE A WAY HERE WHERE WE CAN COME BACK AND GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT STEP, OR IF STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBER, WHOEVER WANTS TO BRING AN EXPERT UP HERE TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, YOU CAN GET AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, IF YOU DEMOLISH IT AND WE HAVE THAT TESTIMONY HERE OR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKING THAT DETERMINATION DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION.

THANKS. COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON.

THANK YOU. SO DO WE HAVE A VACANT BUILDING ORDINANCE IN PLACE? YES, MA'AM. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE DO.

OKAY, SO IF WE SELL THIS BUILDING AND IT'S NOT DEMOLISHED, THE NEW OWNER WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT OR BE IN A IN VIOLATION. YES, MA'AM.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE CODES.

OKAY. SO THAT THAT WILL PROTECT IF IT DOES GO TO A SALE AND WE DON'T DEMOLISH IT, THAT SHOULD HELP US.

CORRECT. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. NOW WALK ME THROUGH YOU POST THEN YOU EITHER YOU GET BIDS.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND WE HAVE A CEILING AND I GUESS A FLOOR.

YOU GET, WE GET BIDS.

AND IF IT DOESN'T MEET THAT AND WE DO MORE RESEARCH AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, THE MARKET IS SAYING DEMOLISH IT, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE BIDS, WE WILL COME BACK TO SET A DIFFERENT FLOOR AND THEN GO BACK OUT AGAIN FOR AUCTION.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.

BUT AND DO YOU YOU SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

THAT'S IF THERE'S NOTHING FOUND THAT IS VOLATILE VOLATILE OR MOLECULES.

RIGHT. ASBESTOS IN OTHER WORDS.

YES, MA'AM.

I THINK THE, THE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE TODAY FOR DEMOLITION WOULD BE RIGHT IN THE $250,000 RANGE.

THAT'S PRE ANY CONTAMINANTS THAT THAT WE MIGHT FIND LIKE ASBESTOS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ESCALATE THAT COST.

OKAY. AND SO I THINK I'M GOING TO SUPPORT WHAT MISS SCHULTZ HAS BROUGHT FORWARD.

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I THINK IT IS A A A GOOD LIKE PROCESS.

RIGHT, A GOOD TO GO DOWN THIS LINEAR PATH.

AND I MEAN, THIS IS A IT'S DOWNTOWN, THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPING.

IT IS DEVELOPING.

AND BUT I UNDERSTAND LOOKING AT THE PICTURES THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK.

SO BUT I DO THINK THAT JUST GOING OUT AND DEMOLISHING IT AT 200,000, WHICH I PROBABLY NOT GOING IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE THAN THAT AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT, I THINK LET'S JUST SEE WHAT THE MARKET SAYS.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.

I WILL JUST SAY THAT I DO SUPPORT THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW ON MONETIZING OUR ASSETS AND REALLY DIGGING INTO OUR PORTFOLIO.

THIS BEING REALLY THE THE FIRST SURPLUS PROPERTY TO COME UP FOR US TO CONSIDER.

I THINK THIS IS A HORRIBLE PRECEDENT TO SET.

I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN EXPECTATION GOING FORWARD WITH CERTAIN PROPERTIES.

I ALSO THINK THAT, YES, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINTS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, THAT'S FINE.

BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1947.

WE'VE GOT TO AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE HISTORY.

IF THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT'S WILLING TO INVEST TO DO IT.

AND BY AT LEAST ADVERTISING THIS WITH THE STRUCTURE AND GIVING THE ABILITY FOR THIS TO BE AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF SOME SORT TO ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT SOME SORT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE ALSO TRYING TO TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS THIS IS A HISTORIC BUILDING.

SO THE ANSWER ISN'T TO TO TEAR IT DOWN, BRING NO VALUE TO THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT IT HAS TO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THEN ALLOW FOR THIS TO JUST BE SOMETHING EASIER FOR A DEVELOPER TO PUT UP IT.

ALSO, THIS IS AN ASSET.

WE ARE THE SELLER, AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING THE SELLER, WHY WOULD WE TAKE ANY LEVERAGE POINT AWAY FROM US? THIS IS GOING INTO A PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESS, AND THERE MAY BE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SPEND A PREMIUM PRICE FOR A PROPERTY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFURBISHED OR RESTORED.

THAT COULD BE A DRIVING FACTOR TO WHY THERE WOULD BE HIGHER BIDDING ON SOMEONE WHO MAYBE JUST WANTS TO DEMO IT.

PAVE A PARKING LOT, RIGHT? WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT AND WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS IS A SMART OR A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PRECEDENT FOR US TO SET IN THE VERY FIRST SURPLUS PROPERTY THAT WE BRING UP IN OUR PORTFOLIO.

FOR THAT REASON, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE DEMO MOTION.

I THANK MISS SCHULTZ FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE ABILITY TO GET THROUGH THIS, AND THEN LET'S REEVALUATE, AT LEAST JUST AS IT WAS MENTIONED, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN SEVERAL MONTHS TO SEE IF A DEMO IS ON THE TABLE.

THAT COULD ALSO HELP US BUILD WHAT A PRECEDENT IS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE.

LACKLUSTER ON THE FLOOR LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BAZALDUA. MR. RIDLEY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

MR. GIBSON.

OR OTHER STAFF MEMBER.

HOW LONG IS THE AUCTION PERIOD? COUNCIL MEMBER. THE ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD IS 30 DAYS.

AND THEN WE WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC AUCTION IN OCTOBER.

OH, SO IT'S JUST THE AUCTION OCCURS ON ONE DAY.

IT'S NOT AN AUCTION. PERIOD.

ONE DAY. CORRECT? OKAY. SO IF YOU START ADVERTISING IT IMMEDIATELY, THE AUCTION COULD BE EARLY OCTOBER.

CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.

OKAY. AND SO AS THE CITY MANAGER HAS ALREADY COMMENTED, BY NOVEMBER THE 1ST, WE COULD EITHER HAVE A CONTRACT IN HAND OR WE COULD BE MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

YES. YOU'RE CORRECT.

OKAY, WELL, I WILL SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO MONTHS, AND THE COST TO SECURE THE BUILDING ARE MINIMAL.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT PRIMARILY WITH CITY FORCES.

AND SO I THINK WE CAN WAIT TWO MONTHS IF WE NEED TO DEMOLISH IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO MARKET FOR THE BUILDING, THEN WE CAN DO THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN MOVE ON.

HEAR. MR. GRACIE, THANK YOU.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

IF IT WERE SO, HOW COULD THE PROCEEDS BE USED? I GUESS I'M NOT SURE IF I COURT HOW THE PROCEEDS COULD BE USED IF THE BUILDING WERE SOLD.

I'LL ASK THE BUDGET OFFICE TO CONFIRM FOR ME OUR CFO, BUT I BELIEVE IT WOULD GO INTO THE GENERAL CAPITAL RESERVE.

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OKAY. YES, SIR.

AND THE GENERAL CAPITAL RESERVE.

AND THOSE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR.

SO I'LL IN THE PAST AND AGAIN, WE JUST HAD A RECENT BRIEFING ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE USED FOR.

OH, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, I REMEMBER.

YES, SIR. AND THOSE.

I'M SORRY. THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE THEN USED TO DO BUILDING REPAIRS.

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

OKAY. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. JACK.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU. OH.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU BEHIND ME, BROTHER.

I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GRACIE. MISS WILLIS.

THANK YOU. AND I CONCUR WITH WHAT A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.

I SUPPORT THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

BUT ABOUT. THIS IS OUR PROPERTY.

WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE IT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A HISTORIC BUILDING.

IT'S AN OLD BUILDING, BUT THERE'S VALUE IN THAT, TOO.

SO THE OTHER KEY THING IS THAT I'M HOPING IN SEPTEMBER, THE FED DOES SOMETHING THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE MARKETPLACE AND EXPAND THE WAY PEOPLE ARE THINKING.

AND SO WHEN WE NORMALLY WE WANT TO DRIVE TOWARD GETTING THESE THINGS SOLD.

BUT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WITH RESPECT TO THIS AUCTION, WE ARE WATCHING THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S MOVEMENT THERE, BECAUSE THAT MAY OPEN UP THE AUDIENCE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OF WHO MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

SO BUT I DO SUPPORT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO NOT DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING BEFORE WE GO TO MARKET WITH IT.

THANK YOU, MISS MENDELSOHN.

COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. HOW OLD IS THIS BUILDING? 1947. 1947 WAS THE CONSTRUCTION YEAR.

1947. AND HAVE YOU BEEN INSIDE THE BUILDING? CAN YOU CHARACTERIZE WHAT THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE BUILDING IS LIKE? COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE BUILDING TO CHARACTERIZE WHAT THE FLOOR PLAN IS LIKE.

THE INSIDE IS DETERIORATED.

DEFINITELY. THE BUILDING IS IN POOR CONDITION.

THE BUILDING IS IN POOR CONDITION, WOULD YOU SAY JUST EVEN THE FLOW OF THE BUILDINGS, WITH THE WAY THE ROOMS ARE SET UP AND RAMPS ON THE FLOOR, AND VARIOUS SEGMENTATION THAT IT ALREADY HAS IN PLACE? WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS CONDUCIVE TO A LOT OF USES? MORE THAN LIKELY NOT.

OKAY. SO HAVING NOT SECURED THE BUILDING, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO JUST PASSED OUT SOME OF THE PHOTOS, I THINK, FROM WHEN HE WAS THERE.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED? WHAT'S MISSING OR WHAT'S BEEN DAMAGED BECAUSE IT WAS UNSECURED FROM THE TIME IT.

LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. WHEN THE BUILDING WAS GIVEN BACK TO US, IT WAS IN SATISFACTORY TO GOOD CONDITION.

I MEAN, IT WAS CLEANED BEFORE THEY LEFT.

THEY HANDED OVER THE KEYS.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY TOOK PICTURES OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN THEY WALKED OUT.

KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN AN APARTMENT AND YOU TAKE THOSE END PHOTOS SO YOU CAN GET YOUR DEPOSIT BACK.

I THINK IT WAS LEFT IN GOOD CONDITION, MEANING CLEAN WIRING WAS IN PLACE, PLUMBING WORKED, ELECTRICAL PANEL WAS THERE.

WHAT'S THE CONDITION TODAY? COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

THERE'S BEEN SOME DETERIORATION TO THE BUILDING AS MISS ASHLEY BROUGHT UP THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING TODAY.

STAFF WENT IN AND HAD SOME LEFTOVER ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE BUILDING CLEANED OUT.

WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME OF THE BIOHAZARD MATERIAL THAT WAS IN THERE REMOVED.

AND SO THE BUILDING'S BEEN CLEANED AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF WHAT WE BELIEVE WAS DAMAGE TO WIRING OR HVAC SYSTEMS. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE THERE.

WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL BLOWN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, MEANING WE DIDN'T GO BACK IN WITH THE IDEA THAT STAFF WAS GOING TO REINITIALIZE THE BUILDING, REUSE THE BUILDING.

SO WE DIDN'T GO AS FAR AS TO SAY, LET'S GET SOME COST ESTIMATES ON THE REPAIRS.

AND SO YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY EVEN SURE IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND OR WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A SOME KIND OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITHOUT REALLY SIGNIFICANT WORK.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

NO. THANK YOU.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MORE INVESTORS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS LAND IF IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BUILDING? COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND.

I THINK THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GONE OUT TO THE MARKET AND WE'VE NOT DONE AN ASSESSMENT ON WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND WE'VE NOT MET WITH DEVELOPERS TO EVEN BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU'RE ASKING STAFF TO SPECULATE AT THIS POINT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S MEANINGFUL FOR THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR AT THE TIME.

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WELL THANK YOU.

I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE ACTUALLY WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU THIS EXAMPLE.

ON THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET, THERE WAS A HOUSE ON MY STREET.

IT WAS IN VERY POOR CONDITION.

THE COST TO BRING IT UP TO A LIVABLE STATE WAS VERY PROHIBITIVE.

AND WHAT IT NEEDED WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS WILLING TO SCRAPE THAT HOUSE AND START ALL OVER.

AND IT SAT THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT EFFORT.

AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT HAD IT BEEN SCRAPED, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THAT LAND AND BUILT A NEW HOUSE.

AND I WONDER IF THERE WOULDN'T BE INVESTORS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT PROPERTY IF IT WAS VACANT, THAT WOULD HAVE NO INTERESTED IN BIDDING ON IT WITH THE DILAPIDATED BUILDING THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

AND MY ANSWER IS MORE ABOUT STAFF DOES NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN.

WE'VE NOT WALKED THROUGH THE BUILDING WITH DEVELOPERS TO GET THEIR INITIAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE BUILDING.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD BE TRYING TO ANSWER A QUESTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP OUR ANSWER.

SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT STAFF IN THAT POSITION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CERTAINLY LEGITIMATE TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN UNKNOWN.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS THAT, WELL, I'LL SAY MY CONCERN IS THAT WITHOUT A DEMO, WE WILL GET A BID.

WE WILL GET OUR MINIMUM BID, THE LOWEST BID POSSIBLE WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAXIMIZE A BID, ESPECIALLY IN A BIDDING PROCESS WHERE IT COULD GO VERY, VERY HIGH BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DESIRABLE AREA.

AND SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL WE'LL GET NOTHING.

I JUST THINK WE'LL GET WAY TOO LOW OF A NUMBER.

AND I'M CONCERNED WITH THAT.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM OUR MOST IMMEDIATE EXPERIENCES OF NOT TAKING CARE OF BUILDINGS THAT WE NO LONGER NEED OR THAT HAVE TRANSFERRED TITLES.

AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS LOCATION, AND WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME SORT OF TRIGGER TO BE ABLE TO DO DEMO ON A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT WE KNOW ARE SUBSTANDARD.

SO IN THIS CASE, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD TEAR THIS DOWN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH RAW PIECE OF LAND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MENDELSOHN.

MR. RESENDEZ.

I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE ON THE FLOOR FOR THE REASONS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BEEN STATED.

YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUR HANDS OFF OF, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY AT SOME TIME SOON WITHOUT HAVING TO OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS IF WE GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE.

THANK YOU. I CHAIRMAN WEST, I BELIEVE.

THREE MINUTES.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I MEAN, MY COLLEAGUE IS GIVING EXAMPLES ON THEIR STREET AS AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR DEMOLITION.

I THIS IS EXACTLY WHY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE MAKING THE DECISION OF IF WE DEMOLISH A PROPERTY OR NOT, LIKE IT'S JUST THROWING IDEAS OUT THERE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE, AND WE NEED TO BE RELYING ON EXPERTS TO TELL US WHAT TO DO OR NOT.

I THINK THIS MOTION IS VERY RESPONSIBLE.

IT PUTS IT OUT THERE AS IT IS, AND THE AMENDED MOTION PUTS IT OUT THERE AS IT IS.

AND IF THE MARKET DOESN'T, IF THE MARKET DOESN'T REACT, IF IT DOESN'T REACT TO THE PROPERTY AND EXECUTE IT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND REASSESS AND DEMOLISH IT.

IF WE DEMOLISH IT FIRST, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MAXIMUM VALUE OUT OF IT, SO WHY NOT HOLD THAT BACK AS OUR ALTERNATIVE AND PUT IT OUT THERE AS IT IS FIRST, WITHOUT US OPINING UP HERE, NOT UNDERSTANDING MARKET FORCES AND ALSO NOT BEING REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.

ADVISORY. HE AIN'T SPOKE YET.

HAVE ME. GO AHEAD.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.

HERE'S THE UNFORTUNATE PART.

WE JUST PUT THIS ALL OUT THERE ABOUT TEAR DOWNS AND NOT TEAR DOWNS.

AND WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED? WHO WOULDN'T? AND IF I WAS A DEVELOPER AND I'M LISTENING, I'M SITTING THERE GOING, I'M GOING WITH A LOW BID BECAUSE THEY JUST ALL SAID, OH, WE MIGHT NOT GET A HIGH BID, WE'LL PROBABLY GET A LOW BID AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.

SO I THINK THAT WE, WE AS A BODY.

PUTTING TOO MUCH OUT THERE ON REAL ESTATE HAVE JUST PROBABLY NOT GIVING OURSELVES THE BEST OPPORTUNITY.

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THE OTHER ISSUE IS, I DON'T I KNOW WHY WE'RE DOING CERTAIN THINGS AND I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, SO I WASN'T THERE.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WAS RUSHED, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE TOO MUCH WAS PUT IN.

NOT ENOUGH.

HOMEWORK WAS PUT INTO THIS, AND I JUST.

I ALWAYS FEEL THAT WHEN WE RUSH THINGS, WE GET BAD POLICY.

AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU HEARD, I HEARD DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SAY THAT THIS IS A PRECEDENT.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

YOU DO IT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT THE NEXT TIME.

AND I JUST I REALLY WOULD RATHER PUSH THIS BACK, DO SOME MORE HOMEWORK, GET IT BACK TO GPM WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO GO, AND ACTUALLY DO THE HOMEWORK.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'VE ADDED TOO MUCH NOW.

AND I DO WANT TO DO THE OTHER THING, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE NOW SHOT OURSELVES IN THE FOOT.

SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JESSIE.

YOU'RE EXPOSED. SO, PAUL.

REALLY, I HAVEN'T SPOKE YET.

SPOKEN. OKAY, A NEW MINUTE.

OKAY. SORRY. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. MORENO.

HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION? NO AVAILABLE PARKING AND ANYONE PARKING THAT WOULD PARK ON STREET.

SO THERE'S NO AVAILABLE PARKING ON THIS CURRENT PROPERTY.

WHAT IF SOMEONE WERE TO REUSE AND READAPT THE BUILDING? WOULD THEY HAVE PARKING? ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS? THAT I THAT I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE FROM PLANNING COULD COME HELP.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

JUST A SECOND. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, NO, BECAUSE FOR BUILDINGS BUILT PRIOR TO A CERTAIN DATE, PER THE DOWNTOWN REQUIREMENTS, THERE IS NO PARKING REQUIRED.

JUST A SECOND. I NEED TO GET TO THAT.

IT SAYS YEAH, THE OFF STREET PARKING IS REQUIRED FOR A NEW BUILDING AND IT'S A RATIO PER SQUARE FOOTAGE.

OKAY, SO THERE IS NO AVAILABLE PARKING ON THE PROPERTY FOR ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT TO PARK THEIR TENANTS OR TO PARK THEIR, THEIR EMPLOYEES.

IS THAT CORRECT? THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT PER PER THE PD.

RIGHT. OKAY. IF I CAN HAVE ROBIN COME BACK OUT WITH ECO DEV, PLEASE.

AND THIS MIGHT BE A SHARED ONE WITH ROBIN AND ASHLEY.

IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTEREST? NOT PROACTIVE. NOT PROACTIVELY FROM THE CITY, BUT FROM THE PRIVATE MARKET.

ON ACQUIRING THIS BUILDING.

YES. OKAY.

HOW DID THOSE DISCUSSIONS GO? SURE. AS WITH ALL INQUIRIES ON CITY PROPERTY, WE ALWAYS JUST SAY WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESS.

SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT.

I, YOU KNOW, DID NOT GO TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES PRIOR TO THIS MOTION BECAUSE I FELT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMMON SENSE, SOMETHING THAT WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT WOULD BE MY HOPE THAT IF THIS BUILDING IN THIS CONDITION WERE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES DISTRICTS, THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO ACT WITH URGENCY TO ABATE THE ONGOING NUISANCE AND VANDALISM THAT IS GOING ON.

I HOPE THAT NO ONE BREAKS INTO THIS BUILDING AGAIN, THAT A FIRE IS STARTED, THAT WE LOSE SOMEONE'S LIFE IN THIS BUILDING BECAUSE OF HOW SLOWLY WE'RE DELAYING THIS PROCESS.

AND SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.

THIS BUILDING HAS CAUSED HAVOC TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN REILLY, I BELIEVE THREE MINUTES.

WOULD IT NOT BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AUCTION PROCESS TO AS A CONDITION OF THE BID TO PROVIDE A TWO TIERED BID? WHAT THEY WANT TO PAY FOR THE PROPERTY, AS IS WITH THE BUILDING AND AS IS CONDITION.

AND THEN SECONDARILY, WHAT WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO PAY FOR JUST THE LAND IF THE BUILDING WERE REMOVED? THAT WAY WE COULD TELL WHO'S REALLY INTERESTED IN THE BUILDING AND IF THERE IS NO INTEREST IN THE BUILDING, WE'D HAVE THE HIGHEST BID AND FOR JUST THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING AS A CONDITION OF SALE.

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COUNCIL MEMBER I HAD NOT CONTEMPLATED THAT SCENARIO.

I WOULD NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH JUST TO SEE HOW THAT COULD PLAY OUT.

WELL, IS IT YOUR OFFICE THAT USUALLY CONDUCTS AUCTIONS OF CITY PROPERTY? WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT CONDUCTS OUR AUCTIONS.

OKAY. AND DO YOU SEE ANY LEGAL IMPEDIMENT TO DOING THAT KIND OF A TWO TIERED BID.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET LEGAL TO.

YEAH. CONNIE TANKERSLEY WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

CAN YOU REPHRASE YOUR QUESTION? WELL, THE QUESTION IS, WHY CAN'T WE DO A TWO TIERED BIDDING PROCESS WHERE THE BIDDERS HAVE TO PROVIDE A BID FOR THE PROPERTY, AS IS WITH THE BUILDING AND THE SECOND BID FOR THE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE BUILDING.

SO THAT CAN BE DONE SO LONG AS THE ADVERTISEMENT PROVIDES THAT.

SURE. SO YES, IT COULD BE DONE.

YES. AS LONG AS YOU PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION SO THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN ADVERTISE THAT.

OKAY. WELL, I WOULD OFFER A FURTHER AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AUCTION THE PROPERTY IN A TWO TIERED BID APPROACH, AS I'VE OUTLINED.

IS THIS A MOTION? YES, THAT WAS A MOTION.

OKAY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE? SURE. IT'S A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SELL THE BUILDING ON A TWO TIERED BID APPROACH, WITH THE BIDDERS PROVIDING WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE PROPERTY, AS IS WITH THE BUILDING AND A SECOND BID FOR THE PROPERTY IF THE BUILDING IS REMOVED. POINT OF ORDER.

GO AHEAD. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

I THINK THAT IT MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE AND OUT OF ORDER THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO BE MADE AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

THE CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS AN AMENDMENT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE THAT WAS OFFERED IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

SO I BELIEVE THAT AMENDING WOULD WOULD HAVE TO GO AFTER THE STRIKING OF THE LANGUAGE.

NO, IT'S INTENDED AS AN AMENDMENT.

I WASN'T ASKING YOU, MR. RIDLEY. TAMMY.

MR. STATE ATTORNEY.

OKAY. JUST A SECONDARY DISCUSSION.

YEAH. GO AHEAD.

STATE ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK IT IS GERMANE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE MAINTAINING THIS STRIKE OUT OF THE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER, AND YOU'RE YOU'RE INSERTING A SUBSTITUTE OF A TWO TIER APPROACH, I THINK IT IS GERMANE.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. SO NOW WE'RE ON MR. RILEY'S MOTION.

SO MAY I COMMENT? YES YOU MAY. SO I THINK THIS SOLVES OUR PROBLEM.

IT TRUNCATES THE PROCESS OF DISPOSING OF THIS PROPERTY FROM A POTENTIAL TWO BID PROCESS THAT MIGHT TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO. A SINGLE BID.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANY MARKET ANALYSIS.

THE BIDDERS WILL DO THAT FOR US, AND WE'LL GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT WHAT OUR HIGHEST RETURN IS, EITHER BY SELLING THE BUILDING WITH THE PROPERTY OR SELL DEMOLISHING THE BUILDING AND SELLING IT WITHOUT THAT PROPERTY.

AND IT'S ALL DONE IN ONE FELL SWOOP.

WITH THAT CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN FIVE MINUTES.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE FORMER TENANT VACATED THE BUILDING? COUNCIL MEMBER. THERE WAS A COUNCIL ACTION IN OCTOBER TO EFFECTUATE THE TERMINATION OF THE LEASE.

SO IF WE WERE TO SAY IT WAS OCTOBER 15TH, THAT WOULD BE 316 DAYS AGO.

AND I'VE HEARD PEOPLE COMMENTING THAT WE'RE MOVING TOO FAST.

POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR.

STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER. THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOT GERMANE TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS DOING A TWO TIER APPROACH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

CONTINUE, MR. MIDDLETON.

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I CAN SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY IS WORKING TO TRY TO MOVE THIS ALONG WITH HIS TWO TIER APPROACH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMING BACK WITH A NUMBER OR NO NUMBER AT ALL, AND THEN REDOING THIS AGAIN.

SO THE TIMELINESS OF THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY IMPORTANT.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY LOOKS AT DALLAS CITY COUNCIL AND SAYS WE'RE MOVING TOO FAST.

LIKE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.

THERE'S A REASON I ASKED FOR THE DATE OF EVERY SINGLE ZONING CASE TODAY.

SO I APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT, ALTHOUGH IN MY HEART I BELIEVE WE SHOULD JUST TEAR THIS THING DOWN.

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON MY STREET.

IT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING MANY TIMES, AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ANYBODY WHO WOULD WANT TO OCCUPY IT IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION. WE'VE HEARD FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IT'S NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

IT'S NOT EVEN IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY IS TRYING TO MOVE THIS ALONG FASTER.

I CAN SUPPORT IT, BUT WE CAN'T SIT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE UP STORIES THAT WE'RE GOING TOO FAST.

WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH THIS.

WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE'VE LOST VALUE BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED.

I MEAN, THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC, SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION.

AND IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THEN I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT MAIN MOTION OF LOOKING AT HOW TO DISPOSE OF THIS PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HSU.

MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR MR. RIDLEY. IT MAY BE FOR STAFF, I DON'T KNOW, BUT DOES THIS MOTION CAP THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY WILL INVEST IN DEMOLITION? BECAUSE AS STAFF HAS TOLD US, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DEMOLITION AND POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL OR OTHER MITIGATION IS GOING TO COST. SO IF WE'RE WILLING TO PUT A CAP ON HOW MUCH THE CITY ON THE TWO TIERED APPROACH, HOW MUCH THE CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO INVEST IN THAT, BECAUSE WHAT I'M TRYING TO BE IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T LOSE MONEY WHERE WE SHOULDN'T.

SO I GUESS THAT'S TO MR. RIDLEY. IS THERE A CAP ON THAT, OR DOES SOMEBODY SAY, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU X, BUT THE IT TURNS OUT THE DEMOLITION COSTS US $1 MILLION BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF WE'RE NOT AWARE OF. WELL, IT'S PREMATURE TO ESTABLISH A CAP AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE NEED TO SEE HOW THE BIDS COME BACK.

AND IF THERE IS FACTORING IN THE DEMOLITION COST, WE GET MORE RETURN FROM CLEARING THE BUILDING OURSELVES.

OR IF WE GET A HIGHER RETURN, CONSIDERING DEMOLITION COSTS FROM LEAVING IT IN PLACE BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS THAT BUILDING, THAT WILL BE THE POINT AT WHICH TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE WANT TO SPEND ON DEMOLITION, OR IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO LEAVE THE BUILDING TO THE OWNER, TO THE NEW OWNER.

SO TO BE CLEAR, THEN TO STAFF TO, I GUESS, MISS EUBANKS.

MY QUESTION THEN TO YOU, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS WE THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL THOSE COSTS WHEN IF WE ACCEPT THIS AND BOTH BIDS COME IN. IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO. I'LL TAKE I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS, PLEASE.

WE DEFINITELY WOULD COME BACK WITH THE RESULTS OF THE AUCTION.

PROVIDING YOU WITH THE INFORMATION FROM BOTH DUAL PATHS THAT THAT I BELIEVE IS CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR.

AND GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER GIVE THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US THE FINAL DECISION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TO PROCEED WITH.

SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD BE COMING BACK WITH THAT AND DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU. GREAT.

SO IN THAT CASE, I THINK IT'S A VERY CREATIVE SOLUTION.

CHAIR RIDLEY.

AND I HOPE THAT WE SPEND LESS TIME SHOOTING ON EACH OTHER AND MORE TIME HELPING EACH OTHER.

BE CREATIVE LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN GRAYSON.

FIVE MINUTES. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I'M NOT THE ROBERT'S RULES PERSON LIKE ADAM BAZALDUA.

DUDE, I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH A NICKNAME FOR YOU, BUT BUT MY MY QUESTION IS, AND I KNOW I CAN'T, I DON'T THINK I CAN ADD AN AMENDMENT TO IT, BUT TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, IS THERE A WAY FROM AN AUCTION AS WE ADVERTISE IT, TO PUT A CAP ON THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR DEMOLITION? AND I AND I GUESS I DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RESPONSE TO THAT.

BUT IF WE COULD THINK THAT'S OUT OF ORDER RIGHT MOMENT.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO ADD TO THE SUGGESTION OF THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.

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I THINK THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK AGAIN, IT'S PUTTING A LET ME GET MY SPONGE BACK HERE.

I THINK THAT IT'S I THINK WE WOULD RATHER MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STANDARD AUCTION PROCESS WITHOUT A BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE BEST, THE VERY BEST OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL USING THE PROPOSED IF THAT IF THAT'S WHAT MOVES FORWARD.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU BACK THE VERY BEST.

SO I THINK THE MORE RESTRICTIONS YOU PUT UP FRONT, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR US TO GET THE BEST.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS AT THIS TIME.

FAIR ENOUGH. YEAH. AND I GUESS WHERE I WAS GOING.

THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU KNOW, AND WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT IS I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FROM THE BODY IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST TO DEMO, BUT IF WE PUT A CAP ON WHAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY PUTTING THAT FORWARD.

SO I'M DONE. I'M.

AND WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE THE DEMOLITION.

I THINK THAT THE QUESTION HAS COME UP MANY TIMES ABOUT THE DEMOLITION, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CONCRETE NUMBER.

WHILE WE'RE EVEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE COULD DEFINITELY BEGIN TO WORK TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.

SO THEN WE'RE NOT WAITING TO THEN PROVIDE THAT SO WE CAN HAVE THAT IN HAND AND READY TO GO AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT.

WHATEVER TIME WE COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND WE'D BE PREPARED EITHER WAY.

THEN MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

DONZELL, DO YOU MIND TELLING ME HOW HOW MANY TIMES HISTORICALLY, IF OR EVEN BALLPARK THAT WE'VE DONE A TWO TIERED FOR THE SAME PROPERTY LIKE THIS? I THINK ASHLEY WOULD BE BETTER.

SHE'S BEEN OUR SME FOR SO VERY LONG HERE, SO I THINK THAT SHE COULD ANSWER THAT FOR US.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

THE TWO TIER PROCESS I HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED BEFORE.

OKAY. I WILL ALSO GIVE KUDOS TO THE CREATIVITY.

I THINK THAT THAT IT IS CREATIVE.

I DON'T NECESSARILY JUST FOR THE SAME REASON THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING MOTION, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING, AGAIN, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST OF ALL OF OUR SURPLUS PROPERTIES IN THE PORTFOLIO.

IS THIS GOING TO BE AN EXPECTATION FOR EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY THAT WE GIVE? ARE WE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT TWO DIFFERENT BIDS ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE WITH A BUILDING OR WITHOUT.

I REALLY DO WORRY ABOUT SETTING PRECEDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST IN DOING TO HELP US WITH OUR PENSION.

I MEAN, LUCKILY WE ARE NOT IN A DIRE NEED RIGHT THIS SECOND BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AN INTERIM PLAN WITH OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

BUT IF WE CAN START LIQUIDATING SOME OF THESE ASSETS, THAT'S THAT'S A HOPE OF OURS AS A COUNCIL.

BUT THAT'S ALSO ABOUT MAXIMIZING THESE ASSETS.

AND I DON'T LOVE THE IDEA OF EVEN TWO SEPARATE BIDS SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER, IF YOU WILL.

I DON'T KNOW, WITH US HAVING MUCH HISTORY, IF ANY, IN THIS CITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RUN THE TRAPS OF WHAT THAT DOES IN THE MARKET AND HOW THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE USED AS LEVERAGE AGAINST US INSTEAD OF FOR US.

I THINK THAT WE WERE ON TO SOMETHING WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE BEFORE MR. RIDLEY OFFERED HIS, WHICH WAS A CLEAR DIRECTION TO SEE WHAT IF THE MARKET MARKET WILL DICTATE ITSELF.

AND WE SPOKE ABOUT JUST WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, COMING BACK TO SEE IT.

I WOULD MUCH MORE PREFER THAT TO BE THE PRECEDENT THAT WE SET GOING FORWARD IN LIQUIDIZING THESE ASSETS RATHER THAN DOING SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED TO START WHEN WE ARE JUST BARELY OPENING THIS PORTFOLIO UP.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY, AND I THINK I MORE SO APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING TO FIND.

I JUST AM WORRIED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAT IT'S SETTING AND ALSO JUST RAMIFICATIONS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EVEN HAVE TIME TO VET ON WHAT THAT COULD DO TO THIS PROCESS. SO FOR THAT, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT IF THIS FAILS.

CHAIRMAN MORENO FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING.

HAS THERE BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING? NO, SIR, BUT WE HAD FAMILIES IN THAT BUILDING PRIOR TO THE LAST OPERATOR.

CORRECT? YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.

I MEAN, COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS, FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WELL, IS THIS NORMAL? I MEAN, MISS EUBANKS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS.

THIS JUST SOUNDS KIND OF ABNORMAL.

[04:30:02]

I MEAN, THAT WE'VE GOT ON THE FLOOR THIS TWO TIERED APPROACH.

AGAIN, I HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED THIS TYPE OF TWO TIER PROCESS.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST SOUNDING COMPLEX, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WINDING OURSELVES UP OR DOWN OR WHATEVER.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL DEMO WOULD COST.

I THINK WITH A 1947 BUILDING UNTIL THE PROCESS WOULD ACTUALLY BEGIN.

I MEAN, IT MIGHT UNCOVER SOME THINGS.

THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

AND SO FOR US TO SUPPOSE AND HAVE A BID COME IN AND THEN NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, IT JUST SOUNDS VERY COMPLEX.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEP IT SIMPLE.

I LIKE THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE FED DOES.

I WANT TO SEE HOW THE MARKET RESPONDS.

IT MAY BE THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A DEMO.

THE MARKET MAY TELL US AND MAY MAY OFFER A BID THAT MEETS OUR THRESHOLD AND BEYOND.

AND SO I DON'T SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.

I SUPPORT THE ONE BEFORE IT.

CHAIRMAN RILEY.

HE HAD THREE MINUTES. WHAT PRECEDENT IN THE PROCUREMENT BIDDING PROCESS WOULD A TWO TIERED APPROACH HAVE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BIND US TO DOING THAT IN ALL FUTURE SALES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY COUNCILMAN REALLY, I WOULD SAY THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE NO, BECAUSE EACH AUCTION IS UNIQUE TO ITSELF.

WE CAN SET THE RULES, THE CONDITIONS, THE PROPERTY IN EACH INDIVIDUAL AUCTION.

CAN WE? I THINK EACH ONE CAN BE UNIQUE BASED ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF AND WHAT THE CITY'S GOALS RELATED TO THE PROPERTY ARE.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

WELL, I DON'T SEE THAT THIS IS SETTING ANY KIND OF A PRECEDENT.

IN FACT, IT COULD BE A TRIAL EFFORT TO DETERMINE IF THIS PROCESS WORKS, IF WE WANT TO USE IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, WE CAN DO THAT.

IF IT ISN'T, WE DON'T NEED TO USE IT AGAIN.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT BINDS US FURTHER.

THIS WILL SAVE POTENTIALLY TWO MONTHS IN THIS PROCESS.

THERE'S NOTHING COMPLEX ABOUT IT.

PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BID ON THIS PROPERTY ARE GOING TO BE BUSINESS OWNERS OR OPERATORS, LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PUT TWO NUMBERS IN ONE FOR WITH THE BUILDING AND ONE WITHOUT.

I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S COMPLICATED OR WHY THAT'S GOING TO CONFUSE ANYONE.

COUNCILMAN BLACKMON. SO IF YOU HAVE THIS TWO TIERED APPROACH AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SAYS THEY WANT US TO DEMO IT, HOW IF IT ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IN A RANGE OF DEMO COSTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 200,000? WHILE IT SOUNDS REASONABLE, IT COULD GO UP TO 2 MILLION PRETTY QUICK, WHICH COULD CHANGE A PERSPECTIVE OF A BUYER.

AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, HAVE YOU THOUGHT THROUGH THAT? COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON WE STAFF IS GOING TO NEED MORE TIME TO TO THINK THROUGH WHAT THAT LANGUAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW WE WOULD ADVERTISE AND POST THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ALSO CONSULT WITH THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY PRODUCE THE AUCTION FOR US.

THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

THEY MAY HAVE DONE IT ELSEWHERE, BUT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.

SO STAFF NEEDS SOME TIME TO TEASE THAT OUT.

AND SO DO YOU NEED US TO DEFER THIS ITEM SO YOU CAN COME BACK WITH A BETTER PERSPECTIVE? I THINK CITY MANAGER WANT TO CHIME IN? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE PUT ON THE AGENDA IS BACK TO THE COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE, THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO SIT AND WAIT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO START WITH THE TOP TEN LIST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY VETTED AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE US DOING IS KEEPING THAT COMMITMENT.

AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD, AND WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS AND THE CONCERNS OF THE COUNCIL.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE THINK THAT BASED ON WHATEVER DECISION THE COUNCIL MAKES, WHETHER WHATEVER PROCESS WE USE, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.

AND THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY LEARN AS WE GO INTO THIS PROCESS WITH ALL OF THE FUTURE ASSETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD.

SO DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES.

WE THINK THAT THE AUCTION ROUTE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO IT.

WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT IS READY TO GO TO HELP US MOVE THAT FORWARD.

AND SO I JUST DON'T BELIEVE GOING BACK AND DEFERRING IT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK WITH ANY DIFFERENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOLLOWING EVERY RULE LAW WHATEVER.

AND BUT ALSO NOT COMPLICATING THINGS BY HAVING THIS APPROACH BECAUSE LIKE 2 MILLION VERSUS 200,000 COULD CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE OF A BUYER.

YES, MA'AM. AND AND I HAVE A FEELING WHILE AT 200 MAYBE WHAT IS COMING IN, I HAVE A FEELING IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE 200.

[04:35:05]

AND, AND SO I AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR FACES AND I'M TRYING.

I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO FIT EVERY SCENARIO.

AND MAYBE THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND LET IT GO AND SEE WHERE WE GO AND COME BACK AND REEVALUATE IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM.

WELL, AND THAT'S AND IF I COULD JUST SAY THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE THE GFM COMMITTEE AND WE WERE READY TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL.

WE'VE DONE THE WORK AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO LEARN ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL GIVES TODAY. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MORENO THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ASHLEY, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AUCTION PROCESS? WILL THERE BE A WALK THROUGH OF THE PROPERTY? WILL THE BIDDERS BE AVAILABLE? WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE BUYING? COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, THERE WILL BE A DESIGNATED DATE IN WHICH WE WILL OFFER PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING.

AND THEN ONCE THAT TAKES PLACE, WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD.

AND THEN THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD.

SO DURING THAT DAY, SOMEONE CAN BRING IN SOMEONE TO ASSESS THE BUILDING.

I DON'T I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ASSESS A BUILD, A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

TYPICALLY IT'S A WALK THROUGH JUST ALLOWING PEOPLE JUST TO LOOK, JUST TO LOOK.

THEY'RE NOT TESTING.

CORRECT. ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ANY OF THOSE SYSTEMS. THE WAY THAT THE THE ITEM IS SET UP, IT'S AS IS WHERE IT IS WITH ALL FAULTS.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. IS IT COMMON TO HAVE AN AUCTION OR TO ASK IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IF THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN ONE BID FOR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OR DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF A PROJECT.

ALTERNATES. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY COMMENT ON THAT ONE.

THAT'S THAT'S A UNIQUE QUESTION.

AND THIS IS A UNIQUE RECOMMENDATION.

SO AS IT TURNS OUT, THERE'S SOMEBODY ON OUR COUNCIL WHO'S BOTH AN ATTORNEY AND AN ARCHITECT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT ON MY TIME? SURE. IT'S VERY COMMON IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FOR AN OWNER TO PUT OUT A SET OF DRAWINGS FOR A BASE BID AND FOR ALTERNATES.

THOSE ALTERNATES MIGHT BE TO ADD ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, ADD CERTAIN AMENITIES, AND THEY DETERMINE, BASED UPON WHAT THOSE ALTERNATES ARE, BID AT WHETHER TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD THEM, AND IF THEY'RE TOO HIGH, THEY JUST STICK WITH A BASE BID AND THEY ACCEPT THAT BID.

SO IT'S VERY COMMON TO HAVE TWO TIER BIDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

THANK YOU, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO JUST OFF OF WHAT HAPPENED ON MY STREET.

ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE ON THIS OR WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE MIC UP.

OKAY. WELL, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE TO CALL THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. IT HAS A TWO THIRDS VOTE.

NO DEBATE.

OKAY. IT'S NO DEBATE.

I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.

LET'S DO THAT. TWO THIRDS VOTE FOR APPROVAL.

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

THE THE.

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

NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED. MAYOR JOHNSON IS ABSENT.

MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS, HE WAS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA KNOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WEST.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MORENO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACIE.

OH, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ARNOLD. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

NARVAEZ. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART.

MENDELSOHN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SCHULTZ. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RIDLEY. YES. WITH FOUR VOTING IN FAVOR, TEN OPPOSED, ONE ABSENT.

THE QUESTION FAILS.

MR. MAYOR, YOU MAY RESUME.

SPEAKERS. I AM ABOUT TO DO IT.

[04:40:04]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.

I WAS JUST WANTING TO REITERATE THAT WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION ON AN ITEM EARLIER TODAY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROLES OF US AS POLICYMAKERS VERSUS THAT OF STAFF.

AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE THIN LINE OF MICROMANAGEMENT.

AND I THINK THAT WE ARE WAY PAST IT AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS NOT, IN MY OPINION, ONE, THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING THIS MUCH TIME ON THE FLOOR, ESPECIALLY WITH AN ITEM THAT WAS VETTED AND COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UTILIZING THAT STRUCTURE FOR TO WORK THROUGH AND VET POLICY OUT.

AND THIS HAS BEEN, QUITE FRANKLY, A WASTE OF TIME AND A WASTE OF STAFF'S EXPERTISE.

I AM NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND ACT LIKE I KNOW MORE THAN THE EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE DIRECTING THESE DEPARTMENTS, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL WOULDN'T EITHER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, WHICH WOULD BE CHAIRMAN RILEY.

ALL IN FAVOR AND OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

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

NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

NO. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

GRACIE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ARNOLD. NO.

COUNCILMEMBER. RESENDEZ.

NARVAEZ. YES.

SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RIDLEY. WITH EIGHT VOTING IN FAVOR AND SIX OPPOSED.

ONE ABSENT.

THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, MR. MAYOR. LET'S GO WITH THE MAIN MOTION WITH REALLY AMENDMENT IN IT.

WILL YOU READ THAT OUT FOR US, CHAIRMAN? SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT WORDING, BUT RECALL THAT BECAUSE THIS PASSED, IT SUBSTITUTED THE STRIKEOUT.

AND SO NOW YOU'RE ON TO THE MAIN MOTION WITH THE TWO TIERED BID APPROACH.

RIGHT. OKAY.

SO. REQUEST THE RECORD VOTE PLEASE.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE. MAYOR JOHNSON IS ABSENT.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER WEST.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.

ARNOLD. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDEZ.

NARVAEZ. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDELSOHN.

STEWART. NO.

COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

WITH 12 VOTING IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE.

ONE ABSENT. THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR, AS AMENDED.

SO NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL GO BACK TO YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.

[PH2. 24-2290 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application by Royal Crest Preservation, LLC (Applicant) to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for 4% Non-Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Royal Crest Apartments located at 3558 Wilhurt Avenue, Dallas, TX 75216; and, at the close of the public hearing, authorize a Resolution of No Objection for Applicant, related to its application to TDHCA for the development of Royal Crest Apartments - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

PUBLIC HEARING TWO TH TWO.

LET ME PUT THE ITEM ON THE DISPLAY.

CH TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING AN APPLICATION BY ROYAL CREST PRESERVATION, LLC, APPLICANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TDHCA, FOR 4% NONCOMPETITIVE, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR ROYAL CREST APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 3558 WILLARD AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75216 AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION OF OBJECTION FOR APPLICANT RELATED TO ITS APPLICATION TO TDHCA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROYAL CREST APARTMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON FOYE TWO? I SEE ONE INDIVIDUAL COMING FORWARD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

ROBERT BERNARD, 1499 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D.C..

DC. OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ROB BERNARD.

I'M A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT WITH FARESTART.

WE ARE THE SPONSOR BEHIND ROYAL CREST PRESERVATION, LLC.

[04:45:03]

ROYAL CREST APARTMENTS PRESENTS A TRULY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT A SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION OF AN AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY IN THE CEDAR CREST NEIGHBORHOOD.

DISTRICT FOUR.

WITH THAT REHABILITATION, WE ARE PLANNING OVER $21 MILLION IN REHABILITATION COSTS.

WITHOUT THE UTILIZATION OF A TAX ABATEMENT, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ON A TAX ROLL.

AND WILL REMAIN ON THE TAX ROLL.

WE PLAN TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT WITH TAX EXEMPT BONDS, 4% TAX CREDITS AND A $10 MILLION GRP LOAN FROM HUD, WHICH WAS AWARDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ENTITY IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR.

WITH THAT REHABILITATION, WE WILL BE CERTIFYING THE COMMUNITY TO THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD GOLD PLUS NET ZERO.

SO THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE OUR REHABILITATION SCOPE TO ADDRESS FAR MORE THAN JUST EXTERIOR UNIT CONDITIONS AND INTERIOR UNIT CONDITIONS LIKE NEW FLOORING, LED LIGHTING, NEW KITCHENS, NEW BATHS, A FULL SUITE OF AMENITIES.

BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DECOMMISSION THE CENTRAL PLAN AT THE PROPERTY, GO TO A SPLIT SYSTEM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS SO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE INDIVIDUAL CONTROLS OF THEIR HEATING AND AIR.

AND WE'LL ALSO BE INSTALLING ROOFTOP SOLAR.

WITH THAT CERTIFICATION, WE WILL BE REDUCING THE UTILITY CONSUMPTION AT THE COMMUNITY BY 35% FOR ELECTRICITY AND GAS AND 40% FOR WATER CONSUMPTION.

IN ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL BE BRINGING BRINGING RESIDENT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A FULL TIME RESIDENT SERVICE PROVIDER.

THIS WILL INCLUDE 15 HOURS A WEEK OF AFTER SCHOOL K THROUGH 12 PROGRAMING, IN ADDITION TO PHYSICAL AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SITE.

AS WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE HAD RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR DAY TO DAY CONCERNS AT THE SITE, WHETHER THEY BE SECURITY ISSUES, PHYSICAL SITE CONDITIONS AND ARE HAVE BEEN SURE TO INVOLVE THEM IN THAT PROCESS AND REALLY DEVELOP THAT SCOPE AROUND THEM.

AND LASTLY ON THAT FRONT, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND SECURITY AT THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE HAVE A ROBUST SECURITY PLAN HERE WHERE WE WILL BE IMPROVING THE GATES AND FLOCK CAMERA AT THE SITE, AS WELL AS INSTALLING LIVE MONITORED CAMERAS TO SUPPLEMENT THE.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM H TWO? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL WOMAN.

ARNOLD, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.

ANY COMMENT? NO, SIR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.

THE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND IF I CAN ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME BACK UP.

YOU RAN OUT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU WERE GOING TO ADDRESS CRIME AT THIS PROPERTY.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR.

NOT JUST SO FAR, YOU HAVE MENTIONED YOU'RE GOING TO INSTALL GATES AT THE ENTRANCE.

I BELIEVE THERE'S ALREADY FENCING THAT'S MAYBE SIX FEET TALL.

BUT YOU'VE MENTIONED FLOCK CAMERAS, AND SO IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH ANY OTHER THINGS, PERHAPS LIGHTING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN HOW WE COULD BE ASSURED THOSE THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, HEARD YOUR QUESTIONS AT THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE MEETING.

SECURITY. I GUESS IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT FAIRSTED.

WE ARE A MISSION BASED DEVELOPER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IN 2022 AND 2023, WE WERE THE NUMBER ONE DEVELOPER OF AFFORDABLE REHABILITATIONS IN THE COUNTRY ON A PER UNIT BASIS.

AND SECURITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO.

WHEN DEVELOPING ANY COMMUNITY EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE SITE.

THERE IS A PERIMETER FENCE AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY GATES.

AS WELL AS A CARD READER.

UPON THE REHABILITATION, WE WILL BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FENCING, THE EXISTING FENCING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A SECURE PERIMETER OF THE SITE AND THEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GATE SYSTEMS. LOOKING AT ACCESS POINTS FOR THE SITE, CONTROLLING A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY WITH AN ENTRY GATE AND AN EXIT GATE LOCATED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE LEASING OFFICE.

SO IMPROVEMENTS TO GATES TO ENSURE THOSE ARE WORKING, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH STEALTH, WHO PROVIDES 24 OVER SEVEN CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN INSTALL

[04:50:04]

A NEW SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM.

THIS IS A TWO WAY CAMERA SYSTEM WHERE THE MONITOR OF THE VIDEO, IT IS IT'S NOT A RECORDED VIDEO.

IT'S A LIVE MONITORED VIDEO CAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTS OR GUESTS ON THE SITE, IF THERE IS ANY FORM OF ACTIVITY THAT REQUIRES SUCH INFORMING THEM THAT DOUBT TO CEASE WHATEVER ACTIVITY.

AND DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED AND ON THE WAY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PLAN TO MAINTAIN THE CONTRACTS WITH DPD FOR OFF OUR SECURITY PATROLS.

AND THEN TO THE POINT AROUND SEPTEMBER DURING HOUSING AND HOMELESS COMMITTEE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF WHO IS SEPTEMBE CERTIFIED.

AND WE ARE ALWAYS TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AT, AT ROYAL CREST.

BUT ANY OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS IN DESIGNING THAT SITE.

SO LIGHTING, ADDITIONAL WALL PACK LIGHTING IN AREAS WHERE NECESSARY BUT ALSO JUST THE PHYSICAL DESIGN OF THE SITE IN WAYS TO REALLY REDUCE CRIME.

BUT IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR CURRENT APPROACH.

GREAT. WELL, THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT ANSWER.

AND THEN, DOES THIS PROPERTY HAVE A PLAYGROUND? YES. THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. OKAY.

IT'S TOO LATE. OKAY.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM.

[PH3. 24-2449 A public hearing on an application for and a resolution granting a variance to the alcohol spacing requirements from a public school (James S. Hogg Elementary School) as required by Section 6-4 of the Dallas City Code to allow a mixed beverage permit pursuant to Chapter 28 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, for a restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service with a food and beverage certificate (Chef Luke Rogers LLC - DBA Swank - A Neighborhood Restaurant) on the west line of North Beckley Avenue, between North Madison Avenue and Eldorado Avenue - AV234-002 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

MADAM SECRETARY, ITEM THREE.

ITEM THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN APPLICATION FOR IN A RESOLUTION GRANTING A VARIANCE TO THE ALCOHOL SPACING REQUIREMENTS FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

JAMES S HOGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION SIX FOUR OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE TO ALLOW A MIXED BEVERAGE PERMIT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 28 OF THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE.

FOR A RESTAURANT WITHOUT DRIVE IN OR DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE WITH A FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE.

CHEF LUKE ROGERS LLC, DBA SWANK, A NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT ON THE WEST LINE OF NORTH OF NORTH BECKLEY AVENUE BETWEEN NORTH MADISON AVENUE AND EL DORADO AVENUE.