Sep 25, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

WE'RE ON ITEM 34.

ACTUALLY, WHEN COMMISSIONER PRICE WAS SPEAKING, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE HAD ADDITIONAL TIME TO CONTINUE HIS COMMENTS.

MY BUTTON WAS PUSHED.

SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO.

IT WAS ACTUALLY STUCK. MAYOR.

NO, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN.

NO, I THINK THE SHERIFF HAS PUT IT ALL KIND OF IN PERSPECTIVE.

I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, THIS COUNCIL, THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT 31 CITIES, 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE.

AND SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH 31 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PRIMARILY.

AND SO I THINK, AGAIN, MANAGEMENT IS IS THE KEY.

AND I THINK WITH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH THE COUNTY HAS BASICALLY ENGAGED WITH OUR PRETRIAL AND, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, AND THE SHERIFF, SHERIFF MARION BROWN, WILL TELL YOU IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY.

I MEAN, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE OUT OF THE FACILITY AS WE CAN MANAGE.

AND THAT REQUIRES BOTH COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS PROBATION.

IT REQUIRES PRETRIAL RELEASE.

IT REQUIRES MONITORING.

IT REQUIRES A LOT.

AND BOTTOM LINE, I JUST WANT TO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, SAY TO THE CITY OF DALLAS I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE, BUT HIGH TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND ABOUT $5 BILLION TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY.

WE CANNOT BUILD A NEW JAIL WITHOUT BUILDING A NEW COURTHOUSE.

AND THAT IS A REAL UNDERTAKING GIVEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES.

AND WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE BLUE RIBBON TASK FORCE, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND NOT GET SANCTIONED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS, WE HAVE TO

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STAY IN COMPLIANCE AT ALL TIMES.

CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, WE'RE STILL ON YOUR TIME.

YOU'RE STILL ON YOUR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAD THE TIME TO, AS I STATED, TO CONTINUE HIS COMMENTS AND JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF OF JUST EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OTHER THAN YOUR I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS YOUR ASK AGAIN? COMMISSIONER, BASICALLY WE EITHER GOING TO DO X OR ARE WE GOING TO DO Y.

YOU KNOW THIS THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT IS BEFORE US AND BEFORE YOU IS BEFORE YOU.

BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST OUT OF THAT DEAL.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T ASK ME TO HELP NEGOTIATE.

BECAUSE $8 MILLION.

I JUST TOLD YOU WHAT OUR OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

THAT'S OPERATIONALLY THE CAPITAL COST.

YOU'VE NOT HAD TO ENDURE THAT.

AND SO HER BUDGET.

AND BECAUSE UNDER THE DEFUNDING ACT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE SET THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET, WE'RE LOCKED.

SHE'S DOING I JUST TOLD YOU, AN AVERAGE OF $16 $18 MILLION EVERY MONTH.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

A FEMALE CANNOT BE IN SIGHT NOR SOUND OF A MALE.

OUR MIDNIGHT COUNT ON OUR FEMALES.

ABOUT 941.

IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND AS FAR AS HAVING A ANOTHER FACILITY, WE'RE UNDER THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS.

WE JUST CAN'T DO ANY FACILITY.

WE CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT OPENING GEORGE ALLEN WITHOUT, FIRST OF ALL, GETTING THEIR PERMISSION.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GET ANOTHER $30 MILLION.

SO THANK YOU. SO TO TO THE CITY MANAGER, THEN COULD YOU EXPOUND ON THIS IF YOU WILL.

BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.

IS IT BASICALLY TELLING US EITHER WE PROVIDE MORE FUNDING OR WE BUILD OUR OWN JAIL CELL? IS THAT IT? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

AND COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD.

SO FIRST OF ALL, TODAY WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO BUILD A NEW JAIL.

BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WITH THE COUNTY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT THAT IS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY.

BASED ON THE DUE DILIGENCE AS WELL AS US ALSO REALIZING OPPORTUNITIES TO TRUE UP THAT CONTRACT, THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS WHAT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED. AND I AM IN CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STAFF ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT MORE EFFICIENCIES ACROSS THE BOARD, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THIS CONTRACT.

DEFINITELY HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER PRICE THIS MORNING.

AND OUR COMMITMENT IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THE DELIVERABLES, AS WELL AS THE EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, THAT THOSE ARE MET, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO.

BUT THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST GOING FORWARD AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY ON THIS CONTRACT. THANK YOU.

WELL, TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE QUESTION, I BELIEVE HE SAID WE NEED ABOUT $8 MILLION.

THAT'S JUST THIS IS LOOKS LIKE IT'S SHORTER.

BUT THIS WILL BE THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF SOURCE OF FUNDS, I KNOW WE CANNOT NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

WOULD ANY ARPA FUNDS BE AVAILABLE TO PUT INTO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE A SHORTAGE? THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT WOULD BE THAT, AS YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS THAT ARE CONSIDERED, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE FOR ARPA ARE FOR ONE TIME USE. WE WOULD STILL BE LOOKING FOR GOING FORWARD, WAYS TO CONTINUE TO PAY THE BILLS AS IT RELATES TO AND HAVING A PLACE TO TAKE OUR PRISONERS.

SO WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SOLVE A PROBLEM BY JUST USING THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS.

ALL RIGHT. BUT THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SANDERS.

I MEAN, I RESENDEZ COUNCIL CHAIRMAN WEST MADE A MENTION OF SOME ARPA FUNDS A FEW MINUTES AGO.

I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING, EVEN IF IT'S ONE TIME, WOULD THEY POSSIBLY BE AVAILABLE? AND I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT, SO THAT SOMETHING WOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFSET SOME OF THIS DEFICIENCY IN TERMS OF FUNDING, BECAUSE WE CAN'T.

I MEAN, WHAT WHAT HE'S DESCRIBING TO ME IS A LITTLE BIT SCARY.

AND I HEAR OFTENTIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WE DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THEN WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THEN YOU HAVE THE QUESTION ABOUT, WELL, WHY ARE WE GETTING ALL THESE FOLKS IN JAIL THEN TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF FUNDING, I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING THAT BECAUSE I WASN'T AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE EITHER.

YEAH. THAT'S WHY STAFF LEADS THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.

BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AS WE GO INTO HOPEFULLY, THE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT CONTINUE TO WORK

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DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.

WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES, BUT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THIS CONTRACT, WORKING WITH THE APPROPRIATE.

INDIVIDUALS AT THE COUNTY TO NEGOTIATE WHERE WE ARE AND BASED ON THE SERVICES.

AND BASED ON THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES.

THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COME TO THE COUNCIL WITH.

AND I SEE OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES ALSO SEE OUR DIRECTOR OF COURTS SERVICES, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, ANYTHING THAT I'VE MISSED.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO END WITH.

AND COMMISSIONER, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND SHARING THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS SHERIFF.

I SIMPLY WANT TO KNOW AND PERHAPS THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO DO THAT, BUT ON THE ARPA FUNDS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE RECORD AGAIN THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT ARPA FUNDS CAN BE USED, EVEN IF IT'S A ONE TIME USE, IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO DIRECT? AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL NUMBER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SINCE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AS I MENTIONED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY.

IF YOU WOULD WANT US TO LOOK AT ALLOCATING OR REALLOCATING ANY ARPA FUNDING TOWARDS THIS EFFORT, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS WHERE I AM.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT NUMBER.

AND AND AS A TAXPAYER, I'M ADVOCATING MAINLY BECAUSE MY DISTRICT IS ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT PROBABLY HAVE SOME, SOME CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE BEING HOUSED IN THE JAIL.

AND SO WHEN THEY WE SEE THESE TYPES OF HEADLINES, IT KIND OF INVOKES FEAR INTO THE PUBLIC.

LORD, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SO I WOULD SIMPLY SAY FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE MONEY LOOKS LIKE WHAT THE FUNDS LOOK LIKE, THE STATUS OF THE FUNDS, AND THEN WORK WITH YOU AND STAFF TO SEE POSSIBLY, IF IT'S A SUBSTANTIVE AMOUNT THAT COULD MAKE AN IMPACT.

AT LEAST I KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE THAT EFFORT BECAUSE WE ARE, AS I STATED, HIGHLIGHTING PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST PUTTING PEOPLE IN AND TURNING THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AND THEN ENOUGH ENOUGH SPACE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SO THAT'S MY INTEREST.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED.

I'M INTERESTED BECAUSE DISTRICT FOUR DOES HAVE SOME STATS AND WE DO HAVE DATA.

AND I'LL ASK THAT AGAIN.

CITY MANAGER, ARE WE A DATA DRIVEN CITY? AND MY ANSWER WILL ALWAYS BE YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. WITH DATA DRIVEN I'M SIMPLY ASKING.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU CAN ASK.

THANK YOU. TO THIS COUNCIL.

WE INVITE YOU.

AND I KNOW 99% OF YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE JAIL.

WE INVITE YOU TO COME.

BUT LET ME JUST SAY, MADAM MANAGER, YOU'VE DONE WELL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

I UNDERSTAND AGAIN WHY THEY HAVE NOT HAD ME IN THOSE.

SO WHILE ANYBODY AROUND THIS HORSESHOE IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU HAVE NOT FARED WELL.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I STILL WASN'T IN THE IN THE MEETING, BUT YOU'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL.

THAT'S THE REASON I TRY TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND THANK YOU.

I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, SHERIFF FOR THIS CITY AND COUNTY.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM.

I AM CONCERNED AND WANT TO SUPPORT ANY PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE THAT WE CAN, CAN HAVE OR HAVE IN THIS CITY.

THANK YOU. OKAY, MISS WILLIS, I THINK YOU'RE UP FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM 34.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PRICE, FOR BEING HERE.

SHERIFF BROWN AND TO YOUR TEAM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL.

SO SOME STATISTICS WERE CALLED OUT ABOUT DALLAS PROPER IS 49% OF THE COUNTY'S POPULATION, BUT 40% OF THE JAIL OCCUPANCY.

AND THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS AROUND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THAT DALLAS ISN'T DOING.

AND SO, MISS CITY MANAGER, I WOULD ASK THAT THIS OPEN UP A GREATER CONVERSATION, I THINK, BECAUSE EARLIER THIS YEAR AT GFM, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION BY URBAN THREE THAT REALLY LOOKED AT PROPERTY VALUES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

ET CETERA. AND WHAT REALLY JUMPED OUT AND I HAVE INTERNET IS NOT WORKING GREAT TODAY FOR ME, SO I CAN'T GET THE ACTUAL FIGURES.

BUT I REMEMBER I WAS SO STAGGERED BY THEM.

I THINK I REMEMBER THAT DALLAS PROPER GENERATES 49% OF THE REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY, YET THE RETURN IS ABOUT 30%.

AND SO IF SOMEONE WAS TO TUNE INTO THIS AND JUST SEE THIS CONVERSATION JUST ABOUT THE JAIL, THEY MIGHT THINK WE'RE GIVING SHORT SHRIFT TO THE COUNTY AND TO OTHER CITIES. ET CETERA.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, I'M CONCERNED.

AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THESE ITEMS AS THEY COME UP AND WE'RE NOT REALLY HAVING A GREATER CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS SHOULD

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BE FOR THE CONTRIBUTION THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE MAKING.

AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH AND ARE SO THANKFUL TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR INCREASING THE BRIDGE BUDGET THAT WE PASS THROUGH TO OUR OUR BRIDGE HOMELESS SHELTER AND SERVICES THAT IT WAS RAISED AFTER 15 YEARS OF BEING FLAT FROM 1 MILLION TO 1,000,003.

BUT INFLATION WISE, THAT WOULD HAVE AT LEAST GONE TO A MILLION FOR TWO ZERO.

AND SO WE NEED YOUR HELP DESPERATELY.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION.

I HATE THAT SOMETIMES THE ONLY TIME WE SEE YOU ALL IS WHEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING KIND OF PRESSING US BOTH.

BUT I THINK THAT IF WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE CONTRIBUTION IS VERSUS WHAT'S RECEIVED, THAT MIGHT POINT US TO A DIRECTION ON WHETHER DALLAS DOES NEED TO INVEST IN OUR OWN JAIL, OR WHETHER WE CAN WORK THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP AND WORK TO SOMETHING TOGETHER.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS CONTRIBUTION IS TO THE COUNTY IN THE BIGGER PICTURE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 34.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST TRYING TO GET SOME HISTORY.

MR. CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU HAVE SOMEONE TELL US IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE THE BUDGET WENT DOWN? I INVESTMENT IN THE JAIL IS GOING DOWN.

IT'S GOING UP. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS, I DO BELIEVE I HAVE LOOKING OVER, I SEE THERE'S CHIEF.

I SEE CHIEF PUGHES COMING TO THE PODIUM TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

DAVID PUGH, CITY MARSHAL.

I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO TO PAY FOR JAIL SERVICES TO THE COUNTY.

SO LET'S GO BACK.

WE'LL GO BACK TO 2016.

2017 7,812,000.

2017 TO 20 I'M SORRY.

DO YOU MIND JUST SPEAKING A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE AND STARTING OVER AGAIN WITH THAT FIRST NUMBER? I COULDN'T HEAR IT MYSELF, I APOLOGIZE.

OKAY. I'M STARTING WITH THE YEARS FOR 2016 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2017, AND IT WAS AUTHORIZED TO PAY THE COUNTY 7.8 MILLION IN 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2018.

AUTHORIZATION 8.4 MILLION.

2018 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2019 8.9 MILLION.

2019 THROUGH 2020.

9.1. THEN THERE WAS A KIND OF A BREAK IN SOME PAYMENT AND NEGOTIATION WHERE IT WAS A PARTIAL YEAR FUNDING OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2021 AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 4.773.

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT LAST NUMBER.

4.773 MILLION.

THAT'S A PARTIAL YEAR.

A PARTIAL YEAR. OKAY. OCTOBER 2020.

OKAY. AND SO.

23 AND 22 AND 21 WAS THE NUMBERS.

SO OCTOBER 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

8.344 MILLION.

AND THEN WERE OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024.

AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 8.588.5.

AND TODAY IS.

WHAT IS THE NUMBER TODAY? AFTER THE AFTER OSIRIS DID THE CALCULATIONS AND TRUE UPS BASED ON THE NEW FORMULAS, THE MONEY THAT WAS DETERMINED THAT YOU'RE APPROVING TODAY IS 7.878 MILLION.

OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER.

IT LOOKED LIKE THE.

AMOUNT WE INVEST IS GOING DOWN.

IS THERE A REASON WHY. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THE NUMBER IS GOING DOWN.

NOT GOING UP BECAUSE OF INFLATION.

YES. HI.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS OSIRIS MARQUEZ.

I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND THE REASON DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE DID THIS IS BASED OFF THE DALLAS COUNTY'S BUDGET DEVELOP BUDGET THAT THEY DID FOR THEIR FISCAL YEAR 2324.

SO ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT WE GOT IS CITY USAGE FROM WHAT WE HAD PRIOR YEAR.

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SO WE DETERMINED THE HOUSING COST BASED ON PRIOR YEAR COUNTS.

SO THE AVERAGE POPULATION FOR LAST YEAR WAS 6110.

AND THEN WE ALSO DO AS FAR AS THE CITY USAGE.

SO HOW MANY PRISONERS IS THE CITY OF DALLAS CONTRIBUTING TO DALLAS COUNTY? AFTER THAT WE DO.

WHO HAS BEEN MAGISTRATE BECAUSE EVERY DPD PRISONER OR EVERY PRISONER THAT'S TAKEN DOWN TO DALLAS COUNTY BY A DPD OFFICER IS A CITY PRISONER, EVEN IF THEY'RE JUST A FELONY, WHATEVER.

CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, ONCE THEY GET ARRAIGNED, THEN IT BECOMES A COUNTY PRISONER.

SO THEN THAT'S HOW WE CALCULATE THE CITY ACTUAL USAGE OF THE CITY JAIL AND HOUSING.

SO ALL THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON COST CENTERS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON THIS AMENDMENT FIVE OF WHAT WE SHARE THE COST WITH DALLAS COUNTY.

IN LAYMAN'S TERM, YOU ARE SAYING THAT THAT THAT I INVESTMENT INTO THE JAIL.

THE NUMBER GOING DOWN IS BASED ON THE BUDGET OF THE COUNTY, OR HOW MANY PEOPLE GOING INTO GOING INTO THE COUNTY BASED ON THE CITY.

SO IT'S IT'S PART AS FAR AS CITY USAGE AND THEN THEIR BUDGET DEVELOP.

DEVELOP BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE FOR DALLAS COUNTY.

FOR EXAMPLE THEY HAVE THEIR DETENTION SERVICES BUDGET.

SO THAT'S WE WE HAVE TO PAY A COST OF THAT.

SO WE WE PAY THE OPERATIONS AND THE SALARIES FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER EXAMPLE, WE SHARE THE COST OF THE OF THE TOWERS, THE NORTH TOWER, THE SOUTH TOWER, THE WEST TOWER. WE PAY FOR FOOD SERVICES AND WE PAY FOR JAIL MEDICAL.

SO BASED ON THAT BUDGET THAT THEY RELEASED AND THEY ADOPTED, WE SHARE A COST OF THAT AND WE END UP PAYING A COST OF THAT.

OKAY. CAN I ASK COMMISSIONER PRICE A QUESTION, PLEASE? I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND A BUDGET, AND I SEE THE NUMBERS GOING DOWN.

AND SHE SAID BASED ON THE BUDGET OF THE COUNTY.

BUT I KNOW INFLATION DO GO UP, AND I'M TRYING TO.

HOW DO YOU GO DOWN? WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

THE ISSUE IS HERE.

AND SHE SAID THE COUNTY BUDGET.

RIGHT. I JUST TOLD YOU, YOU KNOW, 55 MILLION JUST IN PARKLAND BUDGET.

AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY NOT PART OF THEIR THEIR CALCULATION.

YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE I SAID, WE WE FEEL LIKE WE BUILD YOU FOR 8.3 MILLION.

YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO PAY US.

BASICALLY. AND AGAIN, YOU MANAGER YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'VE DONE MR. DALLAS COUNTY, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO PAY US 7.8.

WE BAILED YOU FOR 8.3.

SO AN ADDITIONAL $500,000, YOU SAID, HEY, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

OUR NUMBERS. AGAIN, THIS ISN'T TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT 55 MILLION.

THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, MAYBE COST CENTERS DEALING WITH DALLAS COUNTY'S BUDGET.

BUT I JUST TOLD YOU, 55.

PARKLAND JUST HAD THE LARGEST THAT WE GOT, THE POOREST PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THE SYSTEM.

WE JUST HAD 4100 PEOPLE LAST AUGUST.

THIS PAST AUGUST? YES. THIS PAST AUGUST, 4100, THE HIGHEST COST WE'VE EVER IMAGINED.

AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY NOT PART OF THAT CALCULATION.

OKAY. WELL, I GUESS A CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT I SERVED ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

I THINK THIS COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY ALSO.

I DON'T SEE A CHAIRMAN WEST THERE.

BUT I THINK WE KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY ARM AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE COST GOING DOWN, INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND PRICE GOING UP.

SO I WILL SAY THAT IN PUBLIC SAFETY MR. MENDELSOHN I CHAIR WEST, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, WE START AT 7.8 AND WITHIN A HALF YEAR 4.7. BUT THIS YEAR 7.81209.1.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING DOWN.

BUT I KNOW INFLATION GOING UP.

I JUST DON'T SEE THE CALCULATIONS.

SO I WANT TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW WHAT THE CALCULATION IS IF YOU CAN GIVE THAT TO ME.

AND MAYBE JEFF, YOU KNOW, CHAIRMAN WEST YOU KNOW USE YOUR TIME.

YES YOU CAN. MAYOR PRO TEM HAPPY TO TAKE IT ON GPS, FM AS AN ITEM.

AND I THINK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, I THINK THE MORE TRANSPARENCY, THE BETTER, YOU KNOW, AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM FROM ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND THE CITY ITSELF.

SO, YES. MAYOR PRO TEM, MAY I SPEAK ON THAT? YOU GOT YOU DIRECT TO THAT QUESTION I ASKED.

YES. GO AHEAD. YES. GO AHEAD.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE LEFT THIS ACTUALLY ASKING IT TO COME BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ROBUSTLY ASKED.

AND INSTEAD IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE FULL COUNCIL, AND THEY ASKED US TO ASK THE QUESTIONS HERE.

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I DON'T BELIEVE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ACTUALLY DONE WITH THIS ISSUE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO USE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.

AND I'M SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AGAIN.

OKAY. YOU'RE SCARED TO SPEAK AGAIN.

BUT WHAT? I'M WHAT? I INTEND TO KEEP IT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENDA.

I AGREE WITH THAT. NO PROBLEM ON MY TIME.

BUT I STILL SAY THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM.

AND I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY.

AND I THINK THE PUBLIC SAFETY WE CAN DO IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

I SERVED ON PUBLIC SAFETY. I DO NOT SERVE ON BUDGET, BUT I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, MAKE SURE THE NUMBER IS CORRECT.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW OUR BOOKS OVER HERE BALANCE WITH YOUR BOOK BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A NOT A BALANCED BOOK.

RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SAYING THAT SOMETHING WE NEED WE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IN THE COUNTY SAYS YOU AIN'T PAYING FOR THIS.

SO I HEAR WHAT THE CITIZEN I HEAR FOR THE COUNTY SAID.

BUT I THINK AGAIN, CHAIRMAN WEST WITH WITH THE BUDGET ITEM, WHICH OF COURSE JUST COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, OUR ENTERPRISE FUND, WHAT BUCKET THIS MONEY COME OUT TO PAY TO THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THE ACTUAL PAYMENTS TO AS IT RELATES TO THE JAIL COME DIRECTLY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THIS CURRENT AMOUNT IN EVEN THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 18TH IS WHAT WE'VE PROJECTED GOING FORWARD.

RIGHT? AND SINCE WE COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, SO I THINK WE AS A WHOLE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE BUDGETS IN THE GENERAL FUND, SINCE THE TAXPAYER IS PAYING FOR THIS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, IS NOT AN ENTERPRISE FUND, IT'S NOT A COST RECOVERY, IT'S A FUND THAT THE TAXPAYER IS PAYING AND IS A SERVICE FOR THE TAXPAYER.

SO AGAIN, I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK TO THE AUDIT CHAIRMAN WEST TO LOOK AT IT.

ALSO CHAIRMAN OF MRS MENDELSOHN THAT AT PUBLIC STATE WE LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALSO.

I THINK BOTH COMMITTEE COULD LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 34.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER AND SHERIFF, FOR COMING DOWN.

I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST SAY ALSO THANK YOU TO YOU ALL WITH YOUR POLICY ON CLASS C MISDEMEANORS SPECIFICALLY.

WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER CONVERSATION HERE.

I'M GLAD THAT THIS ISN'T A MUCH HIGHER NEED, THAT YOU'RE TELLING US THAT THERE'S A DELTA OF, BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUING TO FILL OUR JAILS WITH BROWN AND BLACK RESIDENTS FOR PETTY CRIMES.

SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WHAT'S MISSING FROM THIS CONVERSATION IS JAIL DIVERSION.

WE WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUMP MONEY INTO HOUSING THEM AT THE JAIL, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO AVOID WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY PRIORITIZE THEIR FUNDING TOWARDS, WHICH WILL GIVE US A BETTER RESULT.

WE'VE IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS LIKE RITE CARE, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS LIKE OUR SOBER CENTER.

WE'VE IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS. THAT, TO ME IS A REAL INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE AND NOT CONTINUING TO PUMP MONEY INTO OUR JAIL SYSTEMS AND PERPETUATING A SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS THE BIGGEST CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

SPECIFICALLY, HARRIS COUNTY HAS AN EXCELLENT MODEL OF A JAIL DIVERSION THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD, AS A CITY, INVEST IN.

AND THAT WASN'T TO YOU ALL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO MORE TO HELP DIVERT SOME OF THE POSSIBLE CROWDING OF OUR JAILS.

THE THE REAL THING THAT I AM SAYING IS I'M NEVER GOING TO FAULT OUR CITY MANAGER AND HER STAFF FOR BEING GOOD NEGOTIATORS AND CONTRACTS.

THAT, TO ME IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE CHARGED TO DO.

AND SO AS FAR AS THE FISCAL INTEREST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, I BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE CHARGED YOU TO DO.

HOWEVER, I THINK WE HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS NOT A ONE OFF.

AND I DO ASK CHAIRMAN WEST TO TAKE THIS UP IN GBFM, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ANOMALY TO ONE CONTRACT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO COMPREHENSIVELY LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY TO THE COUNTY AND THE DIFFERENT SERVICES AND THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THE RESIDENTS, THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO REALLY DIG IN.

WE HAVE THINGS THAT COME UP EVERY SINGLE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

IS IT DENTAL FOR OUR SENIORS? IS IT DIFFERENT DIVERSION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE JAIL SYSTEM? IS IT OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS? WHEN OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE BRINGING OUT TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS MORE HOLISTICALLY THAN THESE ONE OFF CONVERSATIONS OF ONE PARTICULAR CONTRACT. THE REALITY IS, IS I DON'T THINK THAT WE FEEL AS A CITY IN EVERY SINGLE CIRCUMSTANCE, THAT WE ARE RECOUPING ALL OF WHAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD.

SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULD SEE ULTIMATELY IN THE END ON, ON, ON, ON MAKING SURE THAT IT IS ULTIMATELY EQUITABLE, IF YOU WILL, FOR EACH JURISDICTION IN WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE GETTING AS A RETURN FOR WHAT WE'RE INVESTING.

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THIS CONTINUED CAN CONTINUE TO BE DONE ON ONE OFF CONTRACTS, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK IN SILOS, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING TO THE REAL ISSUE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON JAIL AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING SOMETHING UP IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THAT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S MUCH GREATER AND MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN HAVE ABOUT WHY WE EVEN HAVE THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUMP MONEY IN BECAUSE WE'RE FILLING OUR JAILS.

MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO A BUDGETARY ITEM, WHEN IT'S THIS CONTRACT VERSUS SEVERAL OTHERS, I WOULD LOVE FOR CHAIRMAN WEST TO BRING UP TO YOUR COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COUNTY AND HOW THAT REALLY DOES PENCIL OUT, BECAUSE THIS CONTRACT ALONE MAY LOOK THIS WAY, BUT WE COULD LOOK AT OTHER CONTRACTS TO WHERE WE FEEL WE'RE PUTTING MORE.

IF THOSE NEED TO BE SHORED UP IN THE FUTURE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOLISTICALLY AND NOT JUST ONE OFF CONTRACT BY CONTRACT.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND.

CHAIRMAN WEST. SURE.

I CAN DO IT ON MY TIME.

I JUST LOGGED IN.

OH, OKAY. WELL, THEN I'M DONE.

ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVEN'T GONE YET, SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

CHAIRMAN WEST. ON ITEM 34.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I'LL JUST RESPOND TO THAT REQUEST.

YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, AS WE LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF OUR OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

DART AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS.

I FEEL LIKE THIS COMES UP EVERY WEEK LIKE WE WHAT IS OUR FUNCTION VERSUS.

SOMEONE ELSE'S FUNCTION.

AND I THINK OVER THE DECADES, IN THE PAST, IN PAST COUNCILS, WE'VE TAKEN ON MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND AND WE'VE WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY DONE A HOLISTIC STUDY OF IS THAT, IS THIS WITHIN THE MISSION OF CITY GOVERNMENT? HAVE WE GONE BEYOND JUST THE PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS, LIBRARIES, INFRASTRUCTURE? THAT IS A CORE MISSION THAT WE HAVE AS CITY GOVERNMENT.

SO I LOVE THAT REQUEST AND WOULD HAPPILY, IF THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD TOPIC FOR GPM, I CERTAINLY DO WOULD JUST START THERE AND THEN BRING THAT TO FULL COUNCIL AS WE PARSE THROUGH IT.

SO YES, HAPPILY.

TAKE IT ON. THAT'S WONDERFUL.

ANYONE ELSE HASN'T GONE YET? IS THERE ANYONE REMOTE STILL? I DON'T SEE ANYONE. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK TO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST BUDGET WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE TO RAIL ON US, PROVIDING SENIOR RIDES THAT REALLY ARE A DART FUNCTION, WHICH ARE ASSISTANT INTERIM CITY MANAGER GOT BACK TO DART, OUR SENIOR DENTAL PROGRAM, WHICH AGAIN, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER GOT BACK TO THE COUNTY WHERE IT BELONGS.

SO I THINK ACTUALLY MR. BAZALDUA HAS EXACTLY THE RIGHT IDEA THAT WE NEED TO BE COMPREHENSIVELY LOOKING AT THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY AND THE ROLE OF THE CITY.

AND I'LL JUST GIVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

RIGHT. CARE. WE'RE SUPPLYING A POLICE OFFICER AND A FIRE OFFICER, AND THEY'RE SUPPLYING A SOCIAL WORKER, WHICH IS GREAT.

BUT THE ENTIRE GOAL IS, OF COURSE, BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND ALL OF THOSE COST SAVINGS ARE ON THE COUNTY SIDE.

BUT WE'RE PUTTING UP TWO OF THE THREE PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S LOTS OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT.

HOMELESSNESS. DOCTOR WONG DID A GREAT PRESENTATION BOTH FOR OUR HOMELESS COMMISSION AS WELL AS FOR THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP, AND HE SHOWED HOW A GREATER INVESTMENT IN HOMELESSNESS COULD GREATLY REDUCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HOMELESSNESS.

IT'S JUST THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE COSTS WAS THE COUNTY COST, AND HE WANTED THE CITY TO PUT IN MORE MONEY SO THAT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE LESS COSTS.

AND I SAID, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED GOING TO YOUR OWN COMMISSIONERS COURT TO GET THAT DONE? THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY QUESTION TO ME.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE HAD A FABULOUS PERSON DOING THE NEGOTIATIONS AND I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD BE COMMENDED.

IT'S NOT SURPRISING THIS NUMBER WENT DOWN BECAUSE OUR PRISONER COUNT WENT DOWN AND IT WENT DOWN A LOT.

THIS IS AS AS MR. RIDLEY QUIPPED TO ME, ISN'T IT JUST A FORMULA? YES, IT'S A FORMULA.

AND THAT'S WHY OUR NUMBER IS LOWER.

THE NEXT ITEM IS IF IF SHERIFF, CAN YOU JUST SAY, HAVE ANY PRISONERS BEEN RELEASED BECAUSE OF CAPACITY ISSUES? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

OKAY, SO HER ANSWER WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ON THE MICROPHONE.

AND THEN CAN YOU COMMIT TO PROVIDING THE REPORT TO US THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT THE TIMING OF OF BOOKING? CERTAINLY. IF YOU WILL SUBMIT TO MY OFFICE WHAT REPORT IT IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT COPY OF THAT REPORT.

AND WHILE I'M HERE, IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT MY RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE BOOKINGS HAVE NOT DECREASED.

OKAY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE UP OR DOWN, WHEN INMATES COME TO US, THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE SAME

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TREATMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

EVERYBODY IS GETTING THE SAME TREATMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO IF YOU SAY, WELL, I ONLY HAVE THIS MANY, THIS MANY STILL NEEDS THE SAME TREATMENTS, THE SAME SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THESE OVER HERE.

SO WE HAVE TO THINK IN TERMS OF PUTTING ALL OF THAT ALL OF THOSE SERVICES TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S HOW WE CONDUCT OUR SERVICES.

SO I'D IMAGINE THAT YOU LOOK AT YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND HAVE AN ESTIMATION OF HOW MANY PRISONERS YOU EXPECT TO BOOK IN, AND THEN YOU WOULD ALLOCATE A COST PER HEAD.

IS THAT TRUE? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

OKAY. SO HAS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS INSTANCE I DON'T KNOW $85 A DAY OKAY.

AND SO WE'RE PAYING WHAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED AS YOUR PRISONER PER HEAD COST.

IS THAT WHAT IS BEING PAID.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN $85 A DAY IS OUR COST.

THOSE ARE COSTS THAT ARE SPREAD ACROSS AGAIN, DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR MEDICAL PARKLAND.

OKAY, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR PARKLAND WITH JAIL.

CORRECT. DID YOU HEAR? THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT.

THE SHERIFF SAY WHEN THEY COME IN.

THE ONES THAT ARE REJECTED, YOU KNOW, THEY SEND TO PARKLAND BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM INTO THE INTAKE AREA.

OKAY. BUT YOU DO PAY BECAUSE UNTIL YOUR PEOPLE ARE MAGISTRATES AND AS YOU AS AS THE YOUNG LADY SAID, THEY DO NOT BECOME DALLAS COUNTY PRISONERS. AND AGAIN, IT'S TAKING YOU 40 DAYS THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR NUMBERS, YOUR PEOPLE ARE STAYING LONGER BECAUSE IT'S TAKING LONGER TO FILE THE CASES.

AND JUST BECAUSE THEY GET MAGISTRATE IN, WE TAKE THEM IN AT THAT POINT.

BUT WE PUT WE SPREAD THE COST ACROSS THE ACROSS ALL OF THE INMATES OR CUSTODY.

I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND WALK THROUGH THOSE STEPS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU THINK DALLAS MIGHT BE AN OUTLIER.

MY NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU IS FOR LOCATIONS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING FOR THE NEW JAIL.

ARE ANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF DALLAS? I CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

ALL IN ALL, I'M TELLING YOU IS IS WHEREVER WE FIND THE APPROPRIATE LAND TO BE ABLE TO PROBABLY BUILD A COURTHOUSE AND A JAIL.

THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A CITY OF DALLAS REPRESENTATIVE INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION, BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES.

LET'S SAY IT WAS VERY FAR SOUTH OF THE CITY.

I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD EASILY GET PRISONERS FROM THE NORTH THERE.

WELL, LET ME JUST TELL YOU, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.

AND THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE LADY'S TIME FOR THIS ROUND.

SHE HAS ONE MORE MINUTE. THE GERMANENESS OF THE LOCATION OF THE JAIL TO THIS CONTRACT.

THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS A LITTLE BIT FAR RANGING ON THE ISSUE OF THE $7.8 MILLION CONTRACT, SO I'VE ALLOWED IT TO GO ON FOR EVERYONE.

SO I'M KIND OF. AND WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE RESOURCES IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

SO I WAS LETTING PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE ON ALL SIDES OF THIS.

SO THAT'S MY ANSWER TO THAT.

YOU'RE OUT OF TIME FOR THIS ROUND, MADAM CHAIR.

SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, CITY MANAGER, FOR YOUR WORK.

AND ACTUALLY, MAYOR, THAT WAS MY CONCERN IN READING.

ITEM 34 IS AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS TO DALLAS COUNTY FOR PROCESSING AND MAINTAINING CITY PRISONERS AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN, IS THAT WE WERE KIND OF GETTING WE WERE GETTING OFF A LITTLE BIT.

SO I THAT IS WHY I TALKED ABOUT THE MONEY, THE REVENUE THAT POSSIBLY COULD GO FOR THIS ITEM.

BUT IT IS GOOD AND IT'S GOOD.

IT'S HEALTHY, I THINK, FOR US TO TALK.

BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTOOD THAT.

I RECOGNIZE THAT WE WERE OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY. SO BUT IN THE SERIOUSNESS THAT THAT YOU'RE HERE, I APPRECIATE ONCE AGAIN, WE DO THE TOPIC OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS THAT'S VERY THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM.

WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL JUST TO PUT THEM THERE.

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AND WE DON'T LIKE TO GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS OF IT.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PROCESSING AND MAINTAINING, WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES YOU SEE HEADLINES WHERE FOLKS ARE TRYING TO CHALLENGE US, CHALLENGE THE COUNTY AROUND PROCESSING AND MAINTENANCE OF PRISONERS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THERE THAT WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC A SENSE OF ASSURANCE THAT WE ARE RESPECTING AS, AS SHERIFF SAID, THE RIGHTS, IF THEY NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY CAN'T GO IN THE JAIL, THEY'RE GOING TO PARKLAND.

AND THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE.

BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE, WHEN I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED, THEIR CONCERN IS WHEN THEY GO TO JAIL.

ARE THEY IN JAIL? CAN THEY STAY IN JAIL? WHY? YOU KNOW WHY.

WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY ABOUT THE PROCESS? BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU HAVE OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.

AND I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.

AND THIS HAS BEEN GOOD TODAY TO HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION AROUND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL COMES TO JAIL AND THEY'RE SICK.

THEY HAVE TO GO TO PARKLAND.

THERE ARE NO DOCTORS TO TAKE THEM IN TO, TO BANDAGE THEM UP AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT.

AND SO WE SEND THEM TO CARE.

AND THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT PROCESSING AND MAINTAINING CITY PRISONERS.

AND I NEEDED CLARIFICATION IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT WHICH CHIEF YOU GAVE US.

AND I'M CITY MANAGER ONCE AGAIN, ALL I WANT TO DO IS EXCUSE ME NOT MAKE THIS DIFFICULT EXCUSE ME, BUT TO MAKE IT TO THE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE CAN ROLL TOGETHER AND FLOW TOGETHER, AND WE CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS TANTAMOUNT TO ESTABLISHING A CITY THAT WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT, AND WE CAN BE SAFE 365 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS.

AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY WANTED TO EXPOUND ON, WAS THE PROCESSING AND MAINTAINING OF CITY PRISONERS.

I THINK WE'RE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THREE MINUTES BEFORE WE GO TO A FINAL ROUND.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WILL SAY, I THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD DISCUSSION TO HAVE.

I THINK IT'S ONE THAT IS PROBABLY LONG OVERDUE.

SO I AGAIN WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE, THOUGH, THAT THE TONE OF THIS CONVERSATION ISN'T LEFT WITH ANY TYPE OF DIVISION.

WHAT WE HAVE ARE COMMON GOALS, AND WHAT WE ALSO HAVE ARE SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIPS.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE AND HIGHLIGHT.

AND SO THE LAST THING I WANT IS THERE TO BE A BLACK CLOUD OVER THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE DO HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSES AND WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COUNTY.

BUT THIS DAYLIGHT CONVERSATION THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE THAN ON AN AGENDA ITEM AND ON AN AGENDA DAY HERE AT THE HORSESHOE.

AND SO NOW THAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN DAYLIGHTED, I THINK THAT IT IS PROMPTING US TO TAKE MORE DUE DILIGENCE AND DIG FURTHER INTO IT SO THAT WE CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE THE RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER.

BUT THE LAST THING THAT I WANT THIS CONVERSATION TO LEAVE IS A TASTE IN THE MOUTH THAT WE ARE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN SILOS, OR THAT WE ARE PUTTING ONE JURISDICTION VERSUS THE OTHER.

THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE HAVE SHARED GOALS, WE HAVE SHARED CONSTITUENCIES, AND WE WILL GET THIS RIGHT WITH THE THOSE OF US IN PLACE.

AND SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN FOR FOR HELPING US WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED.

I'M GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO BOTH OF Y'ALL SO THAT I CAN GET SOME MORE GRANULAR OF CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF YOU TO TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO.

BUT AGAIN, I BELIEVE THIS IS IS FAR BEYOND JUST THIS JAIL CONTRACT.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS BEING DAYLIGHTED.

I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE COMMITMENT FROM CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THIS.

AND AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT Y'ALL DOING SOMETHING.

WE'RE DOING SOMETHING. AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE WHERE THIS CONVERSATION GOES.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS STAYS PRODUCTIVE AND EFFICIENT ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY AND THE FULL COUNTY.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE I'M GOING TO.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN FOR ONE MINUTE.

ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S COMMISSIONER PRICE OR SHERIFF BROWN THAT WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS 1 OR 2 YEARS AGO.

COMMISSIONER PRICE, YOU WERE HERE, I BELIEVE, WITH WITH WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE.

AND THERE WAS A QUESTION POSED TO YOU WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY, I THINK, TALKING ABOUT THE JAIL CONTRACT THEN, AND IT WAS ABOUT THE KINDS OF PRISONERS THAT DALLAS WAS SENDING TO THE JAIL.

AND THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WE WERE SENDING WERE ACTUALLY BAD DUDES AND ACTUALLY BELONGED IN JAIL, THAT THERE WEREN'T PEOPLE BEING SENT

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THERE, THAT THAT WERE KIND OF FRIVOLOUS CASES.

DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE ABOUT THAT? COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

LET ME LET ME JUST SAY, AND I HEARD EITHER MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA OR MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS DEPUTY MAYOR SAY SOMETHING A FEW MINUTES AGO.

IF WE CAN DIVERT PEOPLE, WE'RE DIVERTING PEOPLE.

THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. AND THE SHERIFF, AGAIN, IS CHARGED BY LAW WITH WHOEVER LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENTS.

YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM, IF, IN FACT, THEY MEET A BASIC STANDARD, TO BE ABLE TO ADMIT THEM SO THAT SHE CAN MANAGE THEM.

AGAIN, THE REASON I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING UP PARKLAND, THE 55 MILLION IS INSIDE HER FACILITY.

THEY HAVE NOW 400 INDIVIDUALS INSIDE.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS WE ARE THE SICKEST OF THE SICK.

THAT'S WHO'S COMING INTO OUR FACILITY.

BUT IF WE CAN DIVERT THEM.

I HEARD SOMEBODY TALK ABOUT DIVERSION PROGRAMS. WE'VE BEEN DOING DIVERSION PROGRAMS. THAT'S NOT NEW.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASSUME IF YOU PRESENT THEM TO HER AND YOU HAVE A VALID WARRANT, I JUST TOLD YOU SHE GOT 80,000 WARRANTS IN THE FILE, AND IT'S A VALID WARRANT.

SHE'S GOING TO ASSUME IT.

IF THEY PHYSICALLY CAN BE ADMITTED TO THE FACILITY.

THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD SO MUCH DATA TO SHOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD A REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME WE'VE ALSO HAD A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS THAT NEED TO BE OFF THE STREETS.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TO THAT COMMENT.

AND I THINK EVERYONE SUPPORTS SMART DIVERSION.

THANK YOU. SOMEHOW WE DIDN'T.

WE HAVE YOUR MARKED AS HAVING SPOKEN, BUT YOU HAVEN'T YET.

HAVE YOUR CHAIR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ ON ITEM 34.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANTED TO START OFF BY THANKING COMMISSIONER PRICE AND SHERIFF FOR COMING DOWN AND GIVING US SOME EDUCATION, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE RUN THIS.

WE DO THE CITY STUFF, RIGHT? Y'ALL DO THE COUNTY STUFF.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE SPEAKING ON IS A VERY EDUCATIONAL AND GIVES US SOME INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GO LOOK AT.

AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY AS FAR AS GETTING TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE BUDGETARY DIFFERENCES AND THE ITEMS, BECAUSE WE ARE PARTNERS, WE'VE GOT A SOLID PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY BECAUSE YOU ALL HELP US WITH TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, TRAILS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE PARTNERS WITH, AND YOU ALL HANDLE ONE SIDE, WE HANDLE ANOTHER.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MARRIAGE AND WE DO IT TOGETHER.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GET THROUGH.

AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE JAIL, IT'S THE SAME THING.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW HOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, HOW WE HAVE TO GET THERE.

AND BUT IT'S A LONG TERM CONVERSATION FOR US, JUST LIKE IF, IF AND WHEN THE COUNTY DECIDES TO MOVE THE JAIL, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE TOMORROW, RIGHT? IT'S SOONER THAN LATER, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TOMORROW.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION, THE ANSWERS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU KNOW, GFM IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO, TO DEAL WITH THE HOLISTIC LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

NOT JUST THE COUNTY, BUT, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY AND DALLAS COLLEGE AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT WE SHARE DART EVERY EVERYBODY THAT WE SHARE WITH AND THAT WE PARTNER WITH, BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US JUST GET BETTER AND BE BETTER.

AND AND YES, THE SHERIFF HAS TO FOLLOW THE LAW, JUST LIKE OUR DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOW THE LAW.

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF HAS TO FOLLOW THE LAW LIKE YOU STATED, COMMISSIONER PRICE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU THAT SHE CAN JUST DECIDE, LIKE, OH, SHE'S GOING TO NOT DO SOMETHING.

SHE HAS TO DO WHAT SHE HAS TO DO, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

SO AND YOU ALL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AT THAT.

SO THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.

I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO IN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WORK BY BRINGING IN OUR BOARD MEMBERS FROM DART SO THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS AS A COMMITTEE. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IS, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNCIL TOGETHER SO WE CAN BE IN OUR COMMON GOALS AS WELL AS WHERE DO WE HAVE DIFFERENCES AS FAR AS HOW DOES IT WORK, THE COUNTY.

HOW DID THEY DO IT? OR YOU ALL DO IT? AND THEN HOW DOES THE CITY DO IT? BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.

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SO BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.

AND THAT WILL BE DO IT FOR ME, MR. MAYOR. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

THAT DOES IT FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL UNLESS ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO GET IN NOW.

SEEING NONE, WE'RE ON ITEM 34 AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT OR NOT.

SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TODAY.

GREAT CONVERSATION.

ALL RIGHT. MADAM SECRETARY, I SUPPOSE SOME FOLKS ARE GOING TO LEAVE THE GALLERY NOW, BUT WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 40.

[40. 24-1973 A resolution adopting the City's Federal Legislative Program for the 119th Session of the United States Congress - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AGENDA ITEM 40 IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY'S FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 119TH SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL, MEMBERS, NARVAEZ, AND MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 40? YES. THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE ON PAGE FIVE OF THE OPTION TWO A APPENDIX.

REMOVE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS ESTABLISH.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIMARY FIRST RESPONDER ON STATE HIGHWAYS AND CLARIFY WORDING OF NUMBER ONE.

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

ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

YES. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO I HEARD GABE WILLIS OR SOMEONE.

SECONDED. SO, ANYWAY JUST TO CLARIFY WHERE WE ARE, EVERYONE, WE ARE ON ITEM 40 AS IT WAS MOVED BY CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN AND SECONDED BY.

I THINK IT WAS GAY, WILLIS I HEARD.

OKAY. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, CHAIRWOMAN.

MENDELSOHN. POINT OF INFORMATION FOR THE THE MAKER OF THE MOTION ON THE SECOND PART.

THE POINT OF INFORMATION FOR ME, FOR THE MAYOR.

FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE MOTION, IT JUST SAYS TO CLARIFY, I DON'T I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CHANGES.

I DON'T I IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME WHAT THE MOTION IS.

OKAY. SO I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN DURING HER TALK WHAT HER MOTION DOES.

AND IF YOU'RE STILL UNCLEAR, THEN WE'LL REVISIT IT, BUT OKAY.

THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN AGAIN.

THIS ITEM 40. EVERYONE OKAY? SO THEY SENT AN UPDATED VERSION, SO THE PAGE NUMBER DIDN'T EXACTLY MATCH ANYMORE.

AND THEY PULLED OFF THE THING THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED FOR, SO SORRY.

IN THE OLDER VERSION, WHICH WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, IT LOOKED LIKE A STATE ITEM WAS STILL ON THERE, WHICH IS ON THE STATE PROGRAM, BUT OBVIOUSLY A FEDERAL PROGRAM DOESN'T NEED TO DEAL WITH OUR STATE HIGHWAYS.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING TO HAVE THAT REMOVED.

AND THEN THE CLARIFYING LANGUAGE WAS ALREADY DONE IN THE UPDATED VERSION, SO I APOLOGIZE.

WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS, BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE LATEST ONE PRINTED OUT.

AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT, I THOUGHT WE TOOK CARE OF THAT.

SO WITH THAT, THE UPDATED ONE, IT'S ALL GOOD.

SO JUST MOVE TO APPROVE.

OKAY. SO BASICALLY JUST NO, NO, BASICALLY I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION AND MAKE A NEW MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN OKAY.

THERE'S NO OBJECTION.

SO THAT'S THE ORIGINAL MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A NEW MOTION? MY NEW MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

SO NOW ITEM 40 IS BEFORE YOU.

THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN.

IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION FROM YOU? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, DO YOU HAVE BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION? NOT NORMALLY. GIVE THE PERSON WHO MOVED IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THEIR MOTION? SURE. I'LL JUST SAY THAT BOTH THIS ITEM AND OUR NEXT ITEM HAVE HAD A VERY ROBUST AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY AND INPUT, AND I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'VE HAD SUCH SIGNIFICANT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT EVERY COMMITTEE HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS MULTIPLE TIMES.

INDIVIDUAL ISSUES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE VETTED AND INCLUDED AS APPROPRIATE.

IT, AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, EVEN THE DISCUSSION OF HOW WE WOULD FRAME IT FROM A VERY, VERY LONG, IN-DEPTH PROGRAM TO THE MOST HIGH LEVEL.

THIS ONE SORT OF LANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF HAVING DEFINED ITEMS, BUT NOT OVERWHELMING ANYBODY WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF WORDS OR SUCH

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SPECIFIC DETAIL THAT THEY DON'T EVEN READ THE DOCUMENT.

SO I THINK IT STRIKES A GREAT BALANCE.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO THAT.

I WANT TO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SITTING OVER THERE, THERE, BEAMING A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEY DESERVE IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEETINGS WE'VE HAD AND HOW MUCH WORK THEY'VE DONE ALL ON THEIR OWN.

BUT IT'S A LOT AND I THINK IT SHOWS IN THIS PROGRAM.

I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

I THINK IT IS VISUALLY APPEALING.

AND I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPENT WORDSMITHING EVERY SINGLE WORD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT WORK.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 40.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR WORK ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

I THINK THAT THIS OVERALL IS A PACKAGE THAT REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES AND VALUES OF OUR CITY.

WE NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT GOING INTO A LEGISLATIVE SESSION AT A FEDERAL OR STATE LEVEL.

BUT THIS THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT I THINK WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF.

DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT WERE SHARED WITH OUR STAFF OF OGA.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL DID A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S HARD WORK.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THROUGH IT. AND, AND I JUST OVERALL WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.

IT'S ONE THAT INCORPORATED AGAIN, JUST LIKE CHAIRMAN WEST'S REQUEST FOR US TO HAVE THE BUDGET ITEMS. IT WAS ANNOYING AT THE TIME, BUT IT ENDED UP SHOWING VERY WELL RESULTS IN THE END.

SO FOR US TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BROKEN UP INTO THE RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS OF OF THE COMMITTEES, I THINK WAS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WAS ADDED THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED IN MY BOOK FOR US TO FULLY GRASP AND UNDERSTAND.

SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO GIVE US A PRODUCT THAT WE ALL CAN BE PROUD OF.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 40.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL SECOND MOST OF WHAT WAS JUST SAID.

I THINK I FELT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF VERY TRANSPARENT, VERY COLLABORATIVE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT AND AND I SAW WHERE IT WAS GOING.

I THOUGHT THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AND FOR STAFF FOR JUST DOING A REALLY FANTASTIC JOB ON THIS.

I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE PRIORITIES, BUT I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE WORK OF CHAIR MARINO'S COMMITTEE AND THE THE HOME CDBG, THE LETECH AND HOPEFULLY RENAMING THAT THAT, THAT LATTER ONE AND THEN FOCUSING ON VISION ZERO MOVING FORWARD ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL AND AND VERY MUCH NEEDED.

THANK YOU, MISS SCHULTZ.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 40.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND SAY TO THE CHAIR, LEADING A COMMITTEE THAT REQUIRES THE INPUT OF EVERY SINGLE OTHER COMMITTEE IS NOT EASY. AND SO JOB WELL DONE.

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

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 41 WILL BE HELD UNTIL LATER IN THE MEETING.

AGENDA ITEM 42.

[42. 24-2350 An ordinance approving Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board Resolution No. 2024-06-155, adopted on June 6, 2024, for the purpose of amending Chapter 3, Chapter 8, and Appendix I of the Code of Rules and Regulations of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board, as follows: Section 3-19 is amended to prohibit smoking at DFW Airport and provide specific exceptions to the rule; Articles III and IV of Chapter 3 are amended and combined to clarify and update permit request and issuance procedures and rules applicable to permittees; Section 8-3 is amended to add potential grounds for the denial of requests for permits to film on any portion of DFW Airport grounds for commercial use; and Appendix I is amended to include proposed new streets East 34th Street (E & W), East 35th Street (E & W), South 20th Avenue (N & S), Rental Car Drive (E & W), Strategy Avenue (N & S), Sustainability Drive (E & W), Travel Street (E & W), and Mobility Street (E & W) - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

ONE SECOND.

AGENDA. ITEM 42 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD RESOLUTION NUMBER 202406155, ADOPTED ON JUNE 6TH, 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING CHAPTER THREE, CHAPTER EIGHT, AND APPENDIX ONE OF THE CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD AS FOLLOWS.

SECTION 319 IS AMENDED TO PROHIBIT SMOKING AT DFW AIRPORT AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE.

ARTICLES THREE AND FOUR OF CHAPTER THREE ARE AMENDED AND COMBINED TO CLARIFY AND UPDATE PERMIT, REQUEST AND ISSUANCE PROCEDURES AND RULES APPLICABLE TO PERMITS.

SECTION EIGHT THREE IS AMENDED TO ADD POTENTIAL GROUNDS FOR THE DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR PERMITS TO FILM ON ANY PORTION OF DFW AIRPORT GROUNDS FOR COMMERCIAL USE, AND APPENDIX ONE IS AMENDED TO INCLUDE PROPOSED NEW STREETS.

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SUSTAINABILITY DRIVE EAST AND WEST.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

IS THERE A MOTION? MR. CHAIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR. MAYOR. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

I'M. I DID I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CODE AMENDMENTS, BUT I'LL EXPLAIN THOSE HERE FIRST AND THEN EXPLAIN WHY I DIDN'T MAKE AMENDMENTS AT THIS TIME, BUT AM ASKING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IF IT'S OKAY WITH OUR CITY MANAGER THAT THEY WORK WITH DFW AIRPORT TO FIX AND WORK ON THE PORTIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THEIR PERMITTING FOR PROTESTERS.

AND BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE AND I DID SPEAK WITH THE DFW AIRPORT ATTORNEYS, THAT THE LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE VAGUE AND COULD OPEN UP THE AIRPORT TO LITIGATION THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO DEAL WITH, BUT ALSO COULD CAUSE FOR SOMEBODY'S CIVIL RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT CIVIL RIGHTS TO BE VIOLATED. AND SO THERE ARE SMALL CHANGES.

AND I DID SEND FORWARD TO THE ATTORNEYS THERE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

AND THEN I, WE DISCOVERED SOME INFORMATION THAT WE DID NOT KNOW.

SO I'M GOING TO READ THESE TALKING POINTS FOR YOU ALL SO THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND.

SO THE CODE AMENDMENTS REQUIRE BOTH OWNER CITIES TO APPROVE THE ITEMS. THE CITY OF FORT WORTH APPROVED THOSE CODE AMENDMENTS LAST WEEK.

THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ONLY GIVE A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN TO THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROVE WHAT THE DFW BOARD HAS PUT FORTH IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE WHOLE THING WILL GO BACK TO THE DFW AIRPORT BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

THIS ITEM CANNOT HAVE LINE ITEM APPROVAL BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, SO I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO DFW TO EXPLAIN THE APPROVAL PROCESS OF AIRPORT CODE CHANGES. WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT I HAVE WITH THESE CODE AMENDMENTS AND THE WAY THEY AFFECT UNIONIZED WORKERS AND PROTESTERS AT THE AIRPORT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS ON THE RECORD, AND I BELIEVE THE DFW BOARD SHOULD DELETE SECTIONS 3-25A, WHICH PROHIBITS PERMITTEES FROM CONDUCTING A PERMITTED ACTIVITY BY USING THEIR VOICE DIRECTED AT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN A MANNER THAT CAUSES A BREACH OF THE PEACE TO THE PUBLIC.

THIS IS A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO LIMIT THE FREE SPEECH OF PROTESTERS AND UNIONIZED WORKERS, AND I CANNOT SUPPORT LANGUAGE LIKE THAT.

THERE ALSO SHOULD BE AN ADDITION IN SECTION THREE, DASH 27A THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNION CARDS BY AND AMONG EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR UNION REPRESENTATIVES IS NOT PROHIBITED.

WITHOUT THAT, THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IS ALSO CONCERNING TO ME.

LASTLY, THE PHRASE IN ANY WAY SHOULD BE DELETED FROM SECTION 250.

I AM ASKING THAT THE DFW AIRPORT BOARD REVISIT THESE AND WILL USE FUTURE MEETINGS TO CONSIDER THESE ISSUES AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE CODE.

IT IS OUR JOB TO ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE IN DALLAS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES AT THE AIRPORT, ARE SUPPORTED IN THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH AND IN THEIR RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE AS A LABOR FORCE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DO NOT GO UNADDRESSED.

BUT BECAUSE I, WE DON'T WANT TO NOT IF WE AMEND OR IF WE TRY TO CHANGE, THEN IT'S GOING TO CAUSE THEM THE DFW AIRPORT TO NOT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE ALL THE OTHER CODE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY SENT, WHICH THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH.

AND SO WITH THAT IN SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE AND SPIRIT OF WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DFW AIRPORT STAYS THE BEST IN THE NATION AND BEST IN THE, IN THE WORLD. I SAID, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THEM.

I'VE SPOKEN TO SEAN.

I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

SO THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION.

THE ATTORNEYS ALREADY LIKED THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WERE SENDING TO THEM AS FAR AS AMENDMENTS GO.

SO IT SHOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE.

AND I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, MR. MAYOR, WHEN YOU'RE BEING A MEMBER OF THERE, THAT WE CAN GET THOSE FIXED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GET THEM BACK WITH JUST THOSE TINY PARTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE CODE AMENDMENTS TOGETHER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DELAY THEM FROM ENFORCING THE REST OF THE CODES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN DO THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE.

WITH THAT LIKE I SAID, MOVE APPROVAL AND WE CAN MOVE ON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL TRY NOT TO LET YOU DOWN.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST? CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 42.

EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A QUESTION FOR MR. NARVAEZ. IF HE IS WILLING.

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DAVID, I'M WILLING. FACE CAN REALLY SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. TODAY YOU'RE PROPOSING APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AND ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS, EVEN SOME THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ON THE BASIS THAT YOU HAVE MADE REQUESTS OF OUR MEMBERS ON THE DFW AIRPORT TO TAKE UP THOSE ISSUES FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

YES. YES.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO APPROVING A MOVE TO APPROVE IT? EXACTLY AS THEY SENT IT TO US AND HOPING THAT THEY'LL GET THOSE ITEMS. FIXED AND BACK TO US AS SOON AS THEY CAN.

GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 42? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 48.

[48. 24-2891 Authorize a one-year service contract to complete a senior services strategic plan for the Office of Community Care for the term of one year from September 11, 2024 to September 10, 2025 with Guidehouse, Inc., most advantageous proposer of six - Not to exceed $250,000.00 - Financing: General Fund]

AGENDA ITEM 48.

AUTHORIZE A ONE YEAR SERVICE CONTRACT TO COMPLETE A SENIOR.

SERVICES. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE FOR THE TERM OF ONE YEAR FROM SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025, WITH GUIDEHOUSE, INC.

MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSER OF SIX NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

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

I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS READ BY THE SECRETARY IS SEPTEMBER 20TH.

WELL, I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT IS SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025.

DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR FIVE MINUTES? CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, ON YOUR MOTION.

JUST BRIEFLY.

THE MODIFICATION TO THE MOTION IS REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ON OUR SEPTEMBER 11TH AGENDA.

IT WAS DEFERRED UNTIL TODAY.

AND SO THE STARTING DATE OF THE CONTRACT HAS TO BE MOVED AS WELL TO TODAY.

SO THAT'S WHY THE CHANGE IN DATES.

THANKS FOR THAT.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 48.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND I WOULD NOT HAVE PROBABLY COMMENTED ON THIS, SINCE IT WAS PULLED.

I DO HAVE JUST JUST KIND OF A I'M MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.

I MEAN, THIS IS A $250,000 ITEM FOR A SENIOR SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN.

I LOVE MY SENIORS.

WE ALL LOVE OUR SENIORS.

WE HAVE A SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION.

AND AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE LOOKED AT AS AN ATTACK ON WHAT WE DO FOR SENIORS HERE.

BUT THIS GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION WE HAD JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO ON WHAT IS THE CORE MISSION OF THE CITY VERSUS THE COUNTY VERSUS SOMEONE ELSE? YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE CLOSING A LIBRARY FOR, YOU KNOW, $460,000, 400.

THANK YOU. $480,000 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

NOW WE'RE SPENDING $250,000 ON A STRATEGIC PLAN TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT SENIORS.

AND I THINK THIS BRINGS IT TO THE CORE.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. BUT THIS BRINGS ME TO THE CORE OF WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY? DO WE DO WE FOCUS ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS, OR DO WE FOCUS ON OUR CORE MISSION AS A CITY? AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS, I THINK, THAT SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF IT.

AND IF WE DECIDE COLLECTIVELY AS A COUNCIL THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS FOR YOUTH, THINGS FOR SENIORS, OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES TYPES, ITEMS, I'LL LIVE WITH THAT AND SUPPORT IT.

BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR FOR MY COLLEAGUES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT.

JUMP ON ME ON THIS UNLESS YOU WANT.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE WE WE BRING THIS TO COMMITTEE, AND I'M MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER SEEING ITEM AFTER ITEM ON OUR AGENDAS THAT POP UP FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS. THANK YOU.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 48.

WELL, I ACTUALLY THINK YOU'RE 100% RIGHT.

COUNCILMEMBER WEST, AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT USING THE GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE SENIOR SOURCE THIS MORNING, AS OPPOSED TO CDBG FUNDING.

SO CDBG FUNDING IS, OF COURSE, JUST PASSED THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDS MEANT FOR US TO ALLOCATE TO SOCIAL SERVICES OR HOUSING OR OTHER NEEDS THAT WE IDENTIFY AS PRIORITIES FOR OUR CITY.

AND THIS MAY BE THE KIND OF THING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO FUND FROM THAT, BUT INSTEAD WE'RE FUNDING OTHER ACTIVITIES.

AND SO A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE SPENDING AND WHERE ARE THE POT, WHERE ARE THE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM IN THE FUNDING SOURCES? BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES AROUND THIS HORSESHOE ABOUT WHAT IS OUR ROLE.

AND SO SOMETIMES I SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS AT ON A CITY COUNCIL BUDGET.

AND I REALLY SAY THAT WITH LOVE, BECAUSE I THINK EVERY PERSON AROUND HERE SEES PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SOLVE, AND THEY REALIZE WE HAVE SOME

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MONEY AND MAYBE WE SHOULD USE IT TO DO THAT, BUT WE ARE NEGLECTING THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ULTIMATELY EXCLUSIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO FUND FIXING OUR STREETS LARGELY.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS LIKE THE COG AND AND OTHER FUNDING, BUT MOST, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH THAT.

BUT REALLY IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SAME THING FOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE GET SOME GRANTS, BUT LARGELY THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

AND WHEN WE SIT HERE WITH 17 BILLION OF KNOWN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY.

WE SHOULD BE JUST BASICALLY MAKING A DONATION TO SOME NONPROFITS, EVEN IF THEY'RE EXTREMELY WORTHY.

SO I THINK PUTTING THINGS IN PRIORITY IS IMPORTANT, AND WE DON'T ALWAYS LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE LIKE THAT.

WE GET VERY FOCUSED ON ISSUE THAT WE ALL FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT AND ARE VALID, LIKE REALLY VALID AND SENIOR SOURCE IS ONE OF THEM.

I PULLED IT SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AS AN ITEM TO COMMENT ON, NOT TO TO TO VOTE ON BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT MONEY.

AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT $50,000 IS TO SOME NON-PROFITS, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO GET CERTAIN ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS ON.

SO I WELCOME THIS DISCUSSION.

IT'S A HARD DISCUSSION TO HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOOD INITIATIVES.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SENIORS.

ARE WE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO THAT? IS THERE PRIVATE FUNDING THAT MAYBE SENIOR SOURCE COULD ACTUALLY BE THE LEAD AGENCY? COULD VNA BE A LEAD AGENCY? THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PLACES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

THE QUEUE FILLED UP ON THIS ONE.

MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WELL, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF MY COLLEAGUES, AND I DO THINK WE'LL NEED TO EXPLORE FUNDING AROUND THE SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND WHERE THEY SHOULD LIVE AND WHICH POT OF MONEY THEY SHOULD COME FROM.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE OF THE SENIOR ASSESSMENT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, OUR SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION DID A DEMOGRAPHIC DEEP DIVE ACROSS OUR CITY, AND EACH OF US GOT A REPORT ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR DISTRICT, AS WELL AS OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WITH REGARD TO THE POVERTY LEVEL OF SOME OF OUR SENIORS.

ARE THEY ALONE? AND IT GAVE US THE NUMBERS, BUT IT DIDN'T GIVE US THE DEPTH THAT WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS DEMOGRAPHIC, WHICH IS OUR FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC AND THAT WE REALLY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO UNDERSTAND.

AND SO I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE HELD SENIOR LISTENING SESSIONS.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY HAS HAD ONE.

I HAD ONE OF THE FIRST ONES.

AND IT'S VERY REVEALING.

AND WE'VE GOT A VERY BIG POPULATION THAT IS NOT FEELING VERY CONNECTED, THAT THE CITY.

I DO BELIEVE THE CITY'S ROLE IS TO DEVELOP THE ROADMAP THAT HELPS US WITH WHAT SERVICES THEY NEED, COMMUNICATION, THEY NEED, THE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO LIVE A HEALTHY, HAPPY LIFE.

AND THEN WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT WITH NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND OTHERS TO DIRECT THEM TO SPEND THEIR FUNDS ON SOMETHING THAT WILL SOLVE THE OVERALL CITY'S NEEDS.

SO THIS IS THE STEP THE CITY CAN DO TO THEN TURN THIS INTO A LOT MORE IN TERMS OF FUNDS, SERVICES.

WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR SENIOR POPULATION.

SO THAT IS WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

MRS BLACKMON YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 48.

THANK YOU. SO JUST CURIOUS ON WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET FROM THIS IN ORDER TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN.

HI, I'M JESSICA GALICIA, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.

SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES AND DATA ANALYSIS, LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF LOCAL PROGRAMS. INTERNAL, EXTERNAL AND GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMING RELATING TO AND TARGETING SENIORS.

AN INDEX OF SENIOR SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF.

AND SO THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO SENIOR SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE WORK THAT WE DO, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK YOU KNOW, ALL TYPES OF THINGS THAT TOUCH SENIORS, OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO REALLY LOOK AT THE KIND OF AGE FRIENDLY ASPECT OF THE CITY.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY NOT INTENDING THIS TO PURELY AND SOLELY FOCUS ON SOCIAL SERVICES TO SENIORS, BUT RATHER THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH.

THERE WILL BE A SENIOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH SENIOR NEEDS AND HOW WELL ALIGNED THEY ARE WITH THOSE NEEDS.

A REVIEW OF OUR 2019 ADOPTED AGE FRIENDLY PLAN AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

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AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO ON HOW THE COMMUNITY NOT SPECIFICALLY THE CITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND SERVICE GAPS. AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOCUS ON THE COMMUNICATIONS, HOW THE CITY IS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH SENIORS AND OLDER ADULTS RELATED TO PROGRAMING, BUT ALSO JUST OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT TO THOSE POPULATIONS.

SO IT'S A FAIRLY IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST PLANNING PROCESS THAT REALLY ISN'T INTENDING TO BE FOCUSED SOLELY ON SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM DELIVERY, BUT MUCH MORE HOLISTICALLY ON HOW WE AS A CITY SERVE OUR OLDER ADULT COMMUNITY AND PROBABLY DEPLOY OUR OWN RESOURCES IN MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE MANNER, CORRECT WHERE PEOPLE NEED THEM AND IN WHAT CAPACITY? ABSOLUTELY. IT WILL ABSOLUTELY INFORM AND ADVISE THE RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS THAT NOT JUST OUR OFFICE, BUT REALLY ANYONE, ANY ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY COULD THINK ABOUT AND CONSIDER ANY DEPARTMENT.

AND SO THEN, THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK FOR PARTNERS IN SOME INSTANCES.

YES. I THINK THAT THE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE GENERATED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.

AND IT CAN HELP US IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN REFERENCED.

YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BEST PLACE TO HOUSE LEADERSHIP WITH REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN GOALS AND CERTAIN STRATEGIES AND ISSUES.

SO THERE'S REALLY AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS SUCH A FAST GROWING POPULATION.

AND AS THE POPULATION GROWS, THE NEEDS CHANGE AS WELL.

THE NEEDS OF SENIORS, YOU KNOW, AT 60 ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE NEEDS OF SENIORS AT 80 OR 85.

AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND ROBUST PLAN AND STRATEGY FOR HOW WE AS A CITY CAN WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS AND KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON HOW THOSE THINGS CHANGE SO THAT WE'RE WE'RE THERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF PROVIDE THE RESOURCES, THE SUPPORT, THE SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITY AS THEY NEED IT.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY WE DON'T HAVE MISSION CREEP, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, STICK TO WHAT WE DO AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, AND THEN PARTNERING WITH OTHERS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY GROWING A NEW PROGRAM.

RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF PROCESS CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HELP INFORM AND ADVISE HOW WE SEEK ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL RESOURCES OR HOW OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL RESOURCES AS WELL? YEAH. FEDERAL FUNDING OR FEDERAL OR STATE OR OTHER GRANTS.

WE REALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR OWN STRATEGIC WORK, BUT THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW THAT KIND OF ALIGNS WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES SPECIFICALLY AS WELL.

I MEAN, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE ROADS AND ONE BIG FOCUS OF OUR SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND THE FRIENDLY DALLAS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK ACCESSIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO SENIOR STRATEGIC PLAN, IN A WAY IT'S ALSO ALIGNMENT OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER EXISTING PLANS AND STRATEGIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I COME BACK TO MR. RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND JESSICA, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

EXCUSE ME.

AN EXPLANATION.

AND AGAIN, AND I MENTIONED THESE TWO ITEMS IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THIS ITEM BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS IT'S ABOUT HOW WE SERVE OUR SENIORS AND HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE THEM IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, BUT ALSO CONTINUING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS THE IDEA, THOUGH I UNDERSTAND AGAIN CAN APPRECIATE IT, BUT THE IDEA OF THE MOVING THE TRASH CANS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A DECISION THOUGH IT MAKES SENSE FROM AN EFFICIENCY AND OPERATIONS PERSPECTIVE.

FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT TRULY IMPACTS SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE, I THINK, ARE SOME THINGS THAT THIS STUDY WILL DO.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION.

SO I'LL STOP THERE AND JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WORK.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF OUR FASTEST GROWING POPULATIONS ALSO, AND I DON'T IT MIGHT BE TRUE TO THIS IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR, OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION.

THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AS WELL.

SO I'M JUST VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THE HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT THIS STUDY WILL DO TO HELP US.

SO THANK YOU. COMMENTS OR YOU.

WE'RE BACK TO YOU, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, FOR THREE MINUTES.

I JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD CHAIRMAN WEST FOR IDENTIFYING THE CENTRAL ISSUE HERE, WHICH IS WHAT ARE THE CORE SERVICES THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE OFFERING? THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS OF PERENNIAL INTEREST.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE SENSITIVE TO AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE IT'S VERY ISSUE.

IT'S VERY EASY TO BE SENSITIVE OR RECEPTIVE TO IDEAS TO HELP CERTAIN GROUPS OR DEMOGRAPHICS ON A ONE OFF BASIS.

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AND YET WE HAVE SO MANY UNMET NEEDS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES, LIKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, THAT ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO NEED TO PRIORITIZE AS A CORE NEED.

SO I APPLAUD YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THIS ISSUE UP AT YOUR COMMITTEE.

AND I FULLY SUPPORT AN EFFORT TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON POTENTIAL MISSION CREEP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 48? I DON'T SEE ANYONE, SO ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 67.

[67. 24-2599 Authorize an increase in the construction services contract with Archer Western Construction, LLC for major maintenance and rehabilitation improvements at Dallas Water Utilities Water Treatment Plants - Not to exceed $3,276,740.00, from $25,427,590.00 to $28,704,330.00 - Financing: Water Construction Fund]

AGENDA ITEM 67 IS AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION LLC FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION IMPROVEMENTS AT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS NOT TO EXCEED $3,276,740 FROM $25,427,590 TO $28,704,330.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM SPEAK.

I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. THAT WAS CORRECTED THIS MORNING.

THE SPEAKER SIGNED UP ON THE INCORRECT ITEM.

SO THEY SPOKE? YES.

ALL RIGHT, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

NO MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

I HAVE NO DISCUSSION. I JUST WANTED TO VOTE.

NO. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 67? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES EYES HAVE IT AND NOTE THE THE NO VOTE NOTED, MR. MAYOR. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 73.

[73. 24-2828 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

ITEM 73 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THIS MORNING YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL AND FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.

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

CHARLES BRANDT IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

MR. BRANDT MEETS THE REGISTERED ARCHITECT.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE CITY PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION.

AALIYAH HAWK IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

REBECCA POSTON IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

MISS POSTON MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD.

DOUGLAS DUNN SAVAGE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON MR..

DON SAVAGE MEETS THE NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 16 BOARD DAVIS GARDEN.

PETER JACOBSON IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 17 BOARD.

TODD TRAVIS GASPAR IS ALSO BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

THESE NOMINEES ARE ALL APPOINTED.

CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AGENDA ITEM 74.

[74. 24-2907 Authorize the endorsement of Councilmember Gay Donnell Willis as the City’s candidate for the 2025 National League of Cities - Vice Chair Position of the Finance, Administration, and Intergovernmental Relations Federal Advocacy Committee - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AN ITEM 74.

AUTHORIZE THE ENDORSEMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER J.

DONNELL WILLIS AS THE CITY'S CANDIDATE FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES VICE CHAIR, POSITION OF THE FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 74.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE, MISS WILLIS FOR PUTTING HER NAME OUT THERE.

SHE SHE ALWAYS IS A TRUE LEADER.

AND I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE FROM NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, THERE'S A LOT TO BRING BACK.

I KNOW THAT YOUR YOUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT YOU FIGHT FOR HERE IS, IS IN LINE WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY THAT THIS PARTICULAR BODY WITH NLC DOES.

AND I THINK YOU REPRESENTING OUR CITY IS IS A NO BRAINER.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME, MISS WILLIS.

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 74.

THANK YOU. WELL, I KNOW WITH THIS FRIDAY COMING THAT FAIR MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING TO US ALL IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

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BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

AND THIS HELPS THIS ROLE HELPS ADVOCATE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON ISSUES LIKE CENSUS AND TAX REFORM AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND MUNICIPAL BONDS AND CAPITAL FINANCE. I'VE SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST YEAR.

I KNOW IT'S A COMPETITIVE SITUATION, BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT LARGE CITIES ARE REPRESENTED AT NLC AND ON THIS TYPE OF COMMITTEE.

SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO THROW MY HAT IN THIS RING AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

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

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SPOT FOR OUR COLLEAGUE TO BE RUNNING FOR.

I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.

DEFINITELY WILL BE SUPPORTING YOU.

BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH YOU, YOU REALLY ARE INTO THAT.

ALL OF THAT THAT YOU JUST SPOKE ON, AND AND I'M NOT, AND SO I IT MAKES ME, YOU KNOW, VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO REALLY DIVES IN AND UNDERSTANDS IT ALL, YOU KNOW, GETS TO THE INTO THE WEEDS ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. AND IT'S EASY TO TRUST YOU ON WHAT YOU'VE WORKED ON.

SO NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WOULD BE DUMB NOT TO WANT TO VOTE FOR YOU, BUT THEY WOULD BE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN THAT ROLE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING OUR COLLEAGUE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 74? YES, OF COURSE. AND I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE AND MANY OR MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT I GET DOWN THERE.

WILLIS AND I WERE PART OF THE BEST LEADERSHIP DALLAS CLASS EVER, AND ARGUABLY, I THINK WE MAY BE THE MOST ELECTED CLASS AS WELL.

SO I'M HONORED TO SUPPORT YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WHERE WE STARTED FROM, TO SEE YOU CONTINUING TO NOT JUST STOP AT THIS SEAT, BUT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND MOSTLY JUST WANTED TO SAY WE'RE THE BEST CLASS EVER PUBLICLY ON THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 74? SEEING NONE BEFORE WE VOTE, I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK AND GO WIN THIS THING.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO NOMINATE YOU AND YOU NEED TO GO AND BRING IT HOME.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AUTHORIZE ONE THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS TO ACT AS THE APPLICABLE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 147 BAND F TO E OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

GO WIN.

NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 75.

[75. 24-2055 Authorize (1) the approval of the City Council of the City of Dallas, to act as the applicable elected representative, as defined by Section 147(f)(2) (E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code), of the issuance of multifamily residential mortgage revenue bonds (Bonds) issued by the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation (DHFC or Issuer) in one or more series of tax-exempt bonds in an amount not to exceed $31,000,000.00; proceeds of the Bonds will be loaned April Housing, or its affiliate, 13695 Goldmark Drive (TX) Owner, LP (collectively referred to as Borrower) to finance a portion of the cost of the renovation of units for an affordable multifamily complex to be known as Waterford at Goldmark and located at 13695 Goldmark Drive, Dallas, Texas, 75240 (Development); and (2) the approval of the application of the Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act, Chapter 394, Local Government Code (Act), to the property on which the Development will be constructed and the use of proceeds of the bonds issued by the DHFC pursuant to the Act to finance and construct the Development; a public hearing with respect to the Bonds and the Development was held on April 18, 2024 after reasonable public notice was published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Dallas all in compliance with Section 147(f) of the Code - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (This item was deferred on May 22, 2024 and June 12, 2024)]

CODE. OF THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS BONDS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

DFC OR ISSUER IN ONE OR MORE SERIES OF TAX EXEMPT BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $31 MILLION.

PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS WILL BE LOANED APRIL HOUSING OR ITS AFFILIATE 13695 GOLDMARK DRIVE.

TEXAS OWNER LP, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS BORROWER, TO FINANCE A PORTION OF THE COST OF THE RENOVATION OF UNITS FOR AN AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX TO BE KNOWN AS WATERFORD AT GOLDMARK AND LOCATED AT 13695 GOLDMARK DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75240 DEVELOPMENT AND TWO THE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OF THE TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS ACT, CHAPTER 394 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ACT TO THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND THE USE OF PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS ISSUED BY THE DSCA PURSUANT TO THE ACT TO FINANCE AND CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT.

A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE WITH RESPECT TO THE BONDS AND THE DEVELOPMENT WAS HELD ON APRIL 18TH, 2024, AFTER AFTER REASONABLE PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, ALL IN IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 147 F OF THE CODE. THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, SIR.

I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT AS YOU NOTE THAT THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED TWICE, AND IT WAS IN ORDER TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE REPAIRS THAT WERE NEEDED BEFORE THERE WAS ANY COMMITMENT BY THE CITY TOWARD THEM, AND THEY'VE MADE INCREDIBLE EFFORTS TOWARD THIS.

THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THIS.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I HOPE I CAN GET MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT.

HERE. ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? EYES CARRIED. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, AGENDA ITEM 76 IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD'S FY

[76. 24-2979 A resolution to approve the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Board’s FY 2025 budget - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (This item was deferred on September 11, 2024)]

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2025 BUDGET.

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT.

MOVE APPROVAL FOR THIS.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN? NO. JUST COLLEAGUES.

I. I HELD IT FOR TWO WEEKS.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT I NEEDED TO GET ANSWERED.

AND, YOU KNOW, TIME WAS DIDN'T WASN'T ON MY SIDE TWO WEEKS AGO, AND ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED, AND EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO.

AND I I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD QUESTIONS ON.

AND EVERYTHING'S EVERYTHING IS A-OK AT DFW AIRPORT, SO LET'S APPROVE THEIR BUDGET.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? EYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, AGENDA ITEM 77.

[77. 24-2978 Authorize an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County to accept funds in the amount of $1,000,000.00, to be granted to Bridge Steps for homeless assistance services to be provided at The Bridge for the period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 - Estimated Revenue: General Fund $1,000,000.00 (This item was deferred on August 28, 2024 and September 11, 2024)]

AUTHORIZE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO ACCEPT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION TO BE GRANTED TO BRIDGE STEPS FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO TO BE PROVIDED BY THE BRIDGE FOR THE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED ON AUGUST 28TH, 2024 AND SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION, CHAIRMAN MORENO? YES, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS.

THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,300,000.

AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IS AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE AND DEPOSIT QUARTERLY PAYMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 325,000.

IN THE COURSE OF.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I. YES, I JUST WANT TO.

EARLIER TODAY WE HAD COMMISSIONER PRICE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR APPROVING THE INCREASE.

I SEE DOCTOR WOODSON HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON ALL OUR INITIATIVES.

AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FIVE MINUTES.

FIRST ROUND. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO REITERATE MY THANKS TO THE COUNTY FOR UPPING UP THE, THE THE DOLLARS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND ALSO TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DOCTOR WOODY FOR, YOU KNOW, I HEARD YOU SPEAKING.

I WASN'T IN HERE, BUT I WAS WATCHING VIRTUALLY.

AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU COMMENTED ON.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE STELLAR JOB THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN DOING SINCE YOU TOOK OVER.

AND JUST LET'S KEEP IT UP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIR. FIVE MINUTES.

I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO DOCTOR WOODY.

WITH ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

I'M A BIG FAN.

AND I'VE SEEN THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TAKING UP ITEMS LIKE THIS, THAT WE STILL HUMANIZE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE PASSING.

AND SO IT'S A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE IT'S SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS IS INVESTING IN PEOPLE.

THIS IS INVESTING IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION.

THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE, THOSE WHO CANNOT ORGANIZE AND FILL UP OUR CHAMBERS AND ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A STEP FORWARD.

AND I COMMEND ALL THOSE WHO WERE A PART OF THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY HAS UPPED WHAT THEY ARE BRINGING.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS ABOUT INVESTING IN PEOPLE, PEOPLE FIRST, AND WE HAVE A GREAT NEED THAT WE SEE.

OUR OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, THAT HAVE REALLY RISEN TO THE MOMENT AND TO.

PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE READY FOR HOUSING FIRST RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HOUSING FIRST DOESN'T WORK, BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A MENU AND AN ARRAY OF OPTIONS THAT WE SERVE OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION WITH.

AND THE BRIDGE IS A HUGE PIECE TO THAT PUZZLE.

AND THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDED, THE ASSISTANCE THAT YOU GIVE TO HELP REINTRODUCE THE RESIDENTS OF THE BRIDGE BACK INTO SOCIETY AND GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES THAT ARE OFTEN GAPS THAT THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION AS SMOOTH.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE CAN WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM UP AND JUST APPROVE IT.

AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER LINE ITEM IN DOLLAR.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTEXTUALIZE THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE HUMANS THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN.

AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO APPROACH HOMELESSNESS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SEEING NO ONE ELSE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY.

NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AGENDA ITEM 78 AND 79 WILL BE HELD IN CLOSED SESSION.

AGENDA ITEM 80 IS AUTHORIZED A 40 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FOR TEN YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH UNIVERSITY

[80. 24-2988 Authorize a forty-year lease agreement, with four, ten-year renewal options, with University of North Texas System, for approximately 4.216 acres of land located at 7300 University Hills Boulevard, to be used as a law enforcement training facility for the Dallas Police Department - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

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OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM FOR APPROXIMATELY 4.216 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 7300 UNIVERSITY HILLS BOULEVARD, TO BE USED AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FACILITY FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 80? YES, I'M MOVING THE MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR PRO TEM? YES IT IS.

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I JUST JUST TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY.

PROCESS AND PROCEDURE ON THIS UNT CAMPUS.

THIS IS A LEASE AGREEMENT.

CAN I HAVE SOMEONE COME FORWARD? PERTAINING TO THE LEASE.

OKAY. HI.

JENNY NISWANDER. I'M DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, AND I'M SORRY I MISSED THE QUESTION.

OKAY, THE QUESTION IS, NUMBER ONE, IS THE LEASE AGREEMENT BEFORE? IT IS, I THINK IN AUGUST, WE HAD ANOTHER ITEM CAME TO THE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CONTRACT.

YES, SIR. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHY DO WE HAVE THE CONTRACT? WHY DO WE HAVE THE CONTRACT? TIME BEFORE WE DID A LEASE AGREEMENT.

SO THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT CAME TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 14TH.

AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DALLAS.

EXCUSE ME. RANDOLPH.

MY OFFICE SINCE FEBRUARY, WORKING ON THE LEASE AGREEMENT.

WE'VE KIND OF BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH.

BUT SINCE THIS IS REALLY TIGHT ON OUR SCHEDULE, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT BECAUSE THERE'S A PROGRAMING PHASE THAT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF WHERE THE ACTUAL BUILDING IS GOING TO BE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH DPD TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS, A PISTOL RANGE, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED, REALITY BASED TRAINING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE GETTING DONE AHEAD OF THE SURVEY OR FOR THE ACTUAL BUILDING IS GOING TO BE BE LOCATED.

WELL, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I THINK LET ME THEN REPEAT MY QUESTION.

SO THEREFORE WE ARE DOING THE LEASE NOW AND BEFORE THEN WE DID A CONTRACT TO TO DO A DESIGN.

SO THAT'S KIND OF BACKWARDS.

IT SEEMS WE SHOULD DO A LEASE FIRST, THEN HIRE A PROGRAM OR SOMEONE TO TO DO THE PROGRAM, THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.

AND THIS IS PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE.

SO, SO IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND AND THANK YOU JENNY, FOR THE RESPONSE.

SO MAYOR PRO TEM, WHAT WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO DO BECAUSE OF THE NECESSITY AS WELL AS THE PRIORITY OF THIS PROJECT, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT FAST TRACKING.

WE COULD DEFINITELY BEGIN TO WORK ON THE DESIGN PIECES NOW, AND THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THAT CONTRACT FIRST.

AND WHILE WE CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE AND MAKE SOME FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ACTUAL LEASE, SO IT WAS REALLY STAFF BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD AND THEN BRINGING THE LEASE ONCE WE HAD COMPLETED ALL OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNT DALLAS.

SO THAT WAS REALLY THAT WAS REALLY THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE WERE DOING.

AND SO IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 45 DAYS BETWEEN THE CONTRACT AND THE LEASE.

SO I'M STILL SAYING IT WAS URGENT TO DO THE DESIGN BRIEF WITHIN 45 DAYS BEFORE THIS ITEM COME TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY.

THE QUESTION I ASKED, I ASKED ABOUT THE LEASE ON NUMEROUS OF TIMES.

I NEVER GOT A A CORRECT ANSWER FROM STAFF TO SAY, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO THE LEASE? OR I KNOW BOB MUNN LEFT AND WE HAD TRANSITIONED AT UNT.

I KNOW THEY HAD A LEASE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

THEY DID NOT SIGN THE LEASE, SO I WAS NOT UPDATED.

I KNOW THIS WEEK I WILL ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO I'M ONLY TRYING TO GET AN UPDATE AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE PROPER PROCEDURE.

HOW WE GENERALLY DO BUSINESS AT THE CITY HALL AND WHY DEV IS PREPARING FOR THAT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN AUGUST, AND WE GAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT UPDATES, IS THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM ON BOARD, KNOWING THAT WE WERE FINISHING UP THE ACTUAL LEASE PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.

SO IT WAS REALLY ABOUT US KIND OF DOING A TWO STEP, BUT MAYBE MAKING SURE THAT ONCE THIS WAS APPROVED, THEN THAT CONTRACT WOULD GO AHEAD AND START TO FLOW.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE.

SO IT WASN'T THAT STAFF WAS GETTING IT IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT WAS REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE KNEW ONCE THE LEASE CAME THAT WORK COULD BEGIN, AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO MAKE UP SOME OF THE TIME THAT IT TOOK.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT FOR GETTING THAT AGREEMENT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND TO DO THAT.

SO WE DID APPROVE TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR.

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SO HOW MUCH DID WE PAY THE CONTRACT? AND ALSO WHERE DID THE MONEY CAME FROM BEFORE THE LEASE.

SO IT'S KIND OF BACKWARDS I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND.

SO SO THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT COMES FROM THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.

AND SO WE DID INITIATE THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO START THE PROGRAMING PHASE OF OF THIS PROJECT.

AND SO THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT REALLY HAS NOT BEGUN THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE FOR US TO GET THAT DONE WHILE WE WERE FINALIZING THE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS.

THE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS DID TAKE LONGER THAN THAN WHAT HAD BEEN INITIALLY ANTICIPATED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING WITH URGENCY IN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOND PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS THE SIGNATURE PROJECT COMING OUT OF THIS FIRST YEAR.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

BUT WE WE REALLY WANT TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT ON TIME.

AND IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TO GET AN ARCHITECTURAL ENGAGED.

AND AGAIN, WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITHIN OUR EXISTING SCHEDULE.

THE LEASE PART TOOK LONGER AND SO WE HAD ANTICIPATED HAVING THE LEASE DONE BEFORE WE DID MOVE THINGS OUT OF SEQUENCE.

UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE WORKING ON MAINLY THE PROGRAMING PART OF THE TRAINING FACILITY RIGHT NOW AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE, JENNY, IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE EXPENDED IN THAT CONTRACT SO FAR TO ANSWER THE COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTION.

SO THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT WAS FOR $9.96 MILLION.

9 MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM THE STATE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND $1 MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WENT TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 14TH.

SO, SO THEREFORE ON RECORD.

SO WE ALREADY SAW SOME COMMERCIAL PAPER ON THE BOND PROGRAM ALREADY.

IS THAT COMMERCIAL PAPER WE SOLD? YES, SIR. SO WHAT IS THE BALANCE OF COMMERCIAL.

WHAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER IN THERE? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

SOMEONE BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

MR. IRELAND IS NOT IN THE CHAMBERS RIGHT NOW DUE TO A TRAINING.

I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMMENT ON THAT INFORMATION.

JEANETTE WEEDEN, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? I'M SORRY.

WHAT IS THE BALANCE ON OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER? SO WE HAVE A $300 MILLION COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM.

BUT AS WE AWARD CONTRACTS, WE DRAW DOWN THE COMMERCIAL PAPER.

WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A BOND SALE THIS FALL.

SO THERE WAS AN ITEM BEFORE GFM FOR US TO SELL GEO BONDS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A BOND SALE THIS FALL.

SO THE BALANCE OF COMMERCIAL PAPER IS WHAT WE HAVE A 300 MILLION, $300 MILLION COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE NOT SPENT ANYTHING ON THE COMMERCIAL PAPER.

SO WE HAVE AWARDED CONTRACTS.

BUT I DON'T HAVE THE RECONCILIATION TODAY, BUT WE HAVE NOT USED THE ENTIRE BALANCE OF THE COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM, AND IT IS OUR GOAL TO HAVE A BOND ISSUANCE THIS FALL.

OKAY, SO COULD YOU GIVE ME AN A? NOT RIGHT NOW FOR THE WHOLE COUNCILMAN.

JUST GIVE ME THE BALANCE OF THE COMMERCIAL PAPER.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE HOW MUCH MONEY WE GOT LEFT IN COMMERCIAL PAPER.

I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE.

I'M JUST. WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT IN OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM TO AWARD CONTRACTS.

SO OUR 2024 BOND PROGRAM WAS SPREAD OVER FIVE YEARS.

WE HAVE $250 MILLION APPROPRIATED IN FISCAL YEAR 25.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE A BOND ISSUANCE FOR $250 MILLION THAT WILL COVER THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMED FOR THIS YEAR.

SO WE WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT CASH TO PAY FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.

OKAY. AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW ON 100% FOR THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY UNT DALLAS I KNOW, I'M GLAD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER, FOR MOVING THIS FASTER BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NEED TO GET MONEY THERE.

I KNOW THAT I WANT TO.

JENNIFER GATES AND EVERYONE OUT THERE TRYING TO GET PRIVATE FUNDING TO GET THIS DONE.

SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE DID HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, BECAUSE WE HAD TO MAKE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.

WE HAD TO MAKE STRIDES TO TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE DESIGN DONE, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE LEASE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT DID TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET A LEASE FROM UNT DALLAS, BUT AT ONE TIME WE DID OWN THE PROPERTY.

WE GAVE IT BACK TO THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO LEASE IT BACK FROM THEM FOR OF THE LEASE.

BUT I SAW HERE WAS SEVEN YEAR LEASE, BUT MY MY UNDERSTANDING WAS LIKE A 40 YEAR LEASE AND 14 YEAR LEASE.

SO I'M KIND OF.

THAT'S CORRECT. WE ARE.

THE LEASE WILL BE FOR 40 YEARS WITH 410 YEAR EXTENSIONS FOR UP TO 80 YEARS.

BUT I SAW 70 YEARS FOR SOME REASON.

I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.

I DON'T DOUBLE CHECK.

THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM IS JUST WHAT WAS STATED THE FOR ITS 40 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FOR TEN YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 80.

THANK YOU. ON ITEM 80.

MOST DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING FACILITY.

LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FACILITY.

THE QUESTION I HAVE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT THAT FACILITY ON THE BOND PACKAGE IN THE 2024 BOND? THERE WAS $50 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THE 55 050.

SO IT'S THAT $50 MILLION NOW WITH THE MOU THAT WE HAVE WITH THE WITH THE SCHOOL.

WHAT IS THAT MOU BASICALLY SAYING TO THE PUBLIC? SO THE MOU WITH UNT WAS JUST THAT.

CAN YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT? CAN YOU APOLOGIZE? SO THE MOU WITH UNT WAS JUST THAT.

WE WOULD BE PLACING THE THE TRAINING ACADEMY ON THEIR PROPERTY.

AND SO THE LEASE AGREEMENT IS THE FORMALIZING FORMALIZING THAT MOU.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT WAS FOR.

SO IN TERMS OF LETTING CONTRACTS IDENTIFY, IDENTIFYING THE TASK AND THEN DEVELOPING THE RFP, WHOSE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT? THE BOND OFFICE, MY OFFICE, THE CITY OF DALLAS.

YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT.

SO WHAT ROLE DOES THE UNT HAVE IN THIS CONVERSATION? DO THEY HAVE ANY AT ALL? SO THEY WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE PLANS.

THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY, THEY REALLY JUST KIND OF WANT US TO KEEP, KEEP THEM UPDATED ON THE DESIGN EFFORT AND THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

BUT SO IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

ARE YOU ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THE PROPOSALS FOR BIDS WILL COME OUT OF THE OFFICE HERE AT 1500, MARILLA? YES, MA'AM. NO, NO, NO BIDS OR RFPS WILL BE COMING.

NEGOTIATED AT UNT STAFF.

THAT'S CORRECT. ON THE STREET? YEAH. ALL CONTRACTS WILL COME OUT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND BE NEGOTIATED THROUGH THROUGH CITY OF DALLAS.

ALL RIGHT. SO AS THESE PROPOSALS, AS THESE BIDS COME OUT, WILL THESE BIDS OR RFPS BE BOUND BY BY MWBE PRACTICES? YES, MA'AM.

CITY. WHAT OTHER PRACTICES WILL WILL CONDUCT OR WILL IMPACT THIS, THESE PROPOSALS? I'M SORRY. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? WHAT OTHER LEGAL OR POLICY COMPONENTS WILL OR PROCEDURES WILL IMPACT THE PROCESS? SO WE'LL BE BOUND BY OUR NORMAL CITY PROCUREMENT STANDARDS.

EXCUSE ME BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR.

SHE TALKS, SO I'M SORRY.

I'M GONNA GO SIT DOWN.

WELL, EXCUSE ME, SIR.

I CANNOT HEAR.

MAYOR, I'M SORRY, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR BECAUSE HER VOICE IS SOFT AND TELL ME TO PUT MY GLASSES ON.

THAT'S KIND OF A JOKE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT TODAY.

NOW. SO WE WILL BE BOUND BY A NORMAL CITY.

PROCUREMENT STANDARDS AS WELL AS STATE STANDARDS.

SO OUR OUR REGULAR MWBE WILL BE BOTH.

IT WAS PART OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT AND IT WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROJECT, WHICH IS UNDER PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE FOR THE PUBLIC.

MOST DEFINITELY. BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, $50 MILLION WORTH OF WORK, WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT INFORMATION AND HOW IT'S BEING SHARED OUT.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR MARKETING INFORMATION AND OUTREACH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE ASKING QUESTIONS, HOW DID THAT BOND, HOW DID THAT PACKAGE GET OUT? AND WE NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY FOR X NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS ONE OF THOSE WHO RECEIVES THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKES SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING WILL UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.

SO MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WOULD BE OUR NEXT STEP AFTER THIS PROCESS HERE WITH WITH THE FIRST STEP OF DESIGN? WELL, LET ME BACK UP.

DOES THIS COMPANY THAT WE HAVE NOW, HAS IT MET MWBE STANDARDS? YES, MA'AM. OUR ARCHITECTURAL FIRM EXCEEDED OUR THE CITY STANDARDS FOR THE MWB PARTICIPATION.

SO CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT DIVERSITY RATING LOOKS LIKE? I BELIEVE THEY CAME IN AT 36%.

AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO BE 34.

I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.

SO. COUNCILWOMAN.

IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WILL DO, AS WE'VE DONE WITH PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAMS, IS PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE THAT SHARES ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN LET AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM, THE ACTUAL GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET FOR MWBE PARTICIPATION AND THEN CONTINUE TO DO A REPORT OUT ON

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HOW WELL WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTING GOALS.

I THINK ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN BETTER PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GROWTH OF OUR SMALL, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES IS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT NONTRADITIONAL CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM BEFORE WE CONTINUE? IF NOT, YES WE DO.

OKAY, I JUST COUNTED SHORT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SOME NONTRADITIONAL WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE MASTER PLAN PROJECT FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER.

AND SO BASED ON THE ONE CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN LET THAT JENNY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT PARTICIPATION.

AND THEN AS THOSE CONTRACTS COME FORWARD, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE IDENTIFIED WITH WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING OUR GOALS.

ALL RIGHT. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO SEE SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS LEAVING THE BUILDING.

AND SO IT GAVE ME SOME PAUSE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR DIVERSITY NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT.

SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR TALENT REFLECTS IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY.

SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS IS UN T DALLAS PUT BEFORE US WITH THE WORK OF OUR STATE OFFICIALS.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT MANY YEARS AGO, CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON AND SENATOR WEST, WHO DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO GET THIS HERE.

AND SO IT IS A SCHOOL THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND I THINK JUST PROUD OF THE LOCATION AS WELL.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT AND BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN MARKETING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE CONTRACTORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THE DIVERSE CONTRACTORS SO THAT THEY GET A PART OF THE PIE BECAUSE WE ARE PUTTING WE HAVE PUT THAT LOCATION IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR FOR A REASON.

IT'S GOING TO GROW DALLAS, IT'S GOING TO GROW THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

BUT WE WANT TO ALL HAVE ACCESS AND THERE ARE NO DOORS SHOULD BE SHUT IN TERMS OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT.

AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

AS I UNDERSTAND, PART OF THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN LEASED.

SO CITY MANAGER JUST KNOW THE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME.

BUT $50 MILLION IS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO COME OUT.

AND WE NOT HAVE A DIVERSE ACCESS FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN TERMS OF GAINING SOME OF THE RECEIPTS THAT WILL COME OFF OF THE WORK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

I GUESS THIS PART OF THE AGENDA IS NOT ABOUT THE CONTRACT.

IT'S STRICTLY ABOUT BY THE LEASE.

IS THIS CORRECT? IT'S ABOUT THE LEASE.

IT'S CORRECT.

AND I THINK THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND HOPEFULLY, SINCE WE DID VOTE ON THE CONTRACT, CAN YOU GIVE EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL THE BREAKDOWN? MWBES WHO THE CONTRACTOR IS THERE? WHAT PERCENTAGE? THAT I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW THAT.

BUT WE DID MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THAT BECAUSE IT CAME THROUGH.

SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

YES, SIR. WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE THE CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

AND EVEN GOING FORWARD, AS WE BRING THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT THAT PARTICIPATION IS AND AS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS AS WE ESTABLISH GOALS FOR A LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THOSE GOALS ARE REALLY THE FLOOR AND NOT THE CEILING.

OUR OUR OUR ATTEMPTS AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE THE BOND OFFICE, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE FIND WAYS TO EXCEED THOSE GOALS AND BEING ABLE TO DO THE OUTREACH AS COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD STATED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMMUNICATED IN ADVANCE AND THAT OUR SMALL WOMEN COMPANIES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AND KNOW ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO THEY HAVE TIME TO PREPARE.

SO THAT'S A CONTINUOUS FOCUS.

AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THROUGH NOT ONLY THE BOND PROGRAM, BUT IN ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE BRING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY MANAGER.

INTERIM MANAGER. BUT I GUESS A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CONTRACT IS ALREADY LAID OUT FOR $9.9 MILLION.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT TO GET ON THE RECORD, THAT $9 MILLION WAS WAS THE MONEY THAT CAME FROM THE STATE, WHICH THEY GAVE US $20 MILLION WHEN THEY GAVE US 10 MILLION THIS YEAR AND 10 MILLION NEXT YEAR.

RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

YES. YES, SIR.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE $900,000 IS COMING.

FROM WHAT SOURCE? IT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE 2024 BOND.

AND THAT'S THE PART OF COMMERCIAL PAPER THAT WE DON'T.

SO FOR THE $900,000.

RIGHT? CORRECT. YES, SIR.

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GOING FORWARD, WE GOT TO DO AN RFP.

RFQ FOR THE CONTRACTOR.

RIGHT? YES.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT NOW.

SO WE HAVE THE RFQ RFP.

IS THAT ON THE STREET NOW YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING THAT UP.

IT IS ON THE STREET. YES IT'S ON THE STREET.

SO THEREFORE WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT'S ALREADY ON THE STREET.

SO WE GOT TO BE QUIET ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE OF WHAT WE WHERE WE AT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST? MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, ARE YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES? THANK YOU. AND IT IS.

WE. WE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE PROCESS.

AND AS MY COUNTERPART SAYS, IT'S ABOUT PROCESS AND PROCEDURES.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING SO FAST THAT WE LEAVE FOLKS OUT OF THE PROCESS.

ONCE AGAIN, IT IS.

I HAD A GOOD FRIEND WHO ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF THIS.

IT'S ALL IT'S EASIER TO ASK FOR, FOR FOR FORGIVENESS THAN IT IS FOR PERMISSION.

AND SO AS WE MOVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT BUSINESS, YOU'RE ALREADY GONE.

WE CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY PERMISSION.

AND NOW WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO GIVE YOU FORGIVENESS SO WE DON'T DO IT IN THE FUTURE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

IT IS NOTHING WORSE THAN SOMEONE COMING TO YOU AND SAY, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? WHY WAS THERE NO MWBE? HOW DID YOU ALL LET A CONTRACT THAT SIZE GET OUT THE DOOR? AND WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT.

HERE I GO. I DON'T KNOW, BUT LET ME FIND OUT.

AND BY THE TIME WE FIND OUT, IT'S TOO LATE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE.

WE UNDERSCORE THAT TODAY.

THAT IT IS PARAMOUNT TO THE BUILDING, THE TRUST OF THIS CITY, THAT WE COMMUNICATE, THAT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY MARKETING INFORMATION SO THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY ARE OPENED UP REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED OR COLOR.

IT MUST BE DIVERSE AND IT MUST BE ALL INCLUSIVE.

THESE ARE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

UNT IS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION THAT WE ARE PROUD OF.

I WANT TO SEE A SUCCESSFUL.

THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED THE TOUR OF THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY IN THE SOUTH, YOU MISSED IT.

IT PAINED ME TO SEE THAT FACILITY.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE.

WE WANT I THINK SOME OF YOU WENT TO FORT WORTH, AND I SAW SOME OF THAT ON TV, AND I HEAR I GO, OH MY GOD.

AND AND WHAT ARE WE WORKING IN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR? SO WE WANT IT TO BE A GREAT FACILITY THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF, BUT DON'T HAVE SOME OF US LOOKING IN AND LOOKING IN AND OTHERS ALREADY IN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THAT'S WHERE I AM, MAYOR ON THIS PIECE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU SAY, WELL, SHE'S TALKING A LITTLE BIT MUCH, I AM BECAUSE YOU HAVE $50 MILLION PROJECT TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE CALLS ME UP AND SAY, WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE DISCUSSION WAS HELD AROUND CONTRACTS ON THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY? WHERE WERE YOU? AND SO I'M HERE TODAY AT THIS HORSESHOE TO ADVOCATE FOR AGGRESSIVE MARKETING, AGGRESSIVE INCLUSION, AGGRESSIVE DIVERSITY AND AGGRESSIVE PLAN THAT PRODUCES A FACILITY THAT IS WORLD CLASS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY AND THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS AND ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE WANT TO BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE VOTED ON THROUGH THIS BUDGET FOR THIS PARTICULAR, FOR THIS BOND, FOR THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 80.

SO THIS IS FOR 4.2 ACRES.

ARE WE CERTAIN THAT'S ENOUGH LAND? SO THE LEASE WITH UNT IS FOR THE 4.2 ACRES.

IT IS ADJACENT TO A PIECE OF PARKLAND.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

TO HAVE TO UTILIZE THAT LAND FOR SOME PARKING WOULD INCLUDE SOME TRAIL AMENITIES.

THERE IS A TRAIL THAT RUNS ALONG THE EDGE OF THAT.

SO THEY'LL BE THEY'LL THOSE TWO PROPERTIES ABUT EACH OTHER.

SO THEY'LL BE AS A SITE.

IT'LL BE ONE SITE, BUT THERE'LL BE TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES.

AND THEN I SAW LISTED IN THERE THAT YOU HAVE PROVISIONS FOR A GUN RANGE.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S AN INDOOR GUN RANGE.

BUT IS IT STILL THE INTENTION THAT WE WOULD KEEP OUR CURRENT OUTDOOR GUN RANGE, WHICH HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH IT? AND IF ANYBODY FROM DPD WANTS TO CORRECT ME, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OUTDOOR GUN RANGE WOULD REMAIN.

AND WHAT ABOUT WE HAVE A THEY CALL IT EVOC, THE EVASIVE DRIVING TRACK AT THE CURRENT TERRIBLE LOCATION AS A AS THE COUNCILWOMAN WAS DESCRIBING.

WHAT WOULD WE DO ABOUT THAT? SO THAT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS TRAINING ACADEMY ON UNT'S CAMPUS.

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WE'D EITHER HAVE TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS OR FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.

BUT THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT.

AND HAVE THERE BEEN LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED? NOT NOT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

I CAN WORK WITH DPD AND SEE IF THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.

BUT AS PART OF THIS, IT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED.

AND HAS THERE BEEN A DISCUSSION WITH THE CURRENT LANDOWNER? IF WE KEPT JUST THE DRIVING TRACK THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF? I CAN FIND OUT THOUGH.

OKAY. WELL, SINCE WE'RE PAYING A RIDICULOUS $1 MILLION A YEAR FOR A TERRIBLE FACILITY AND HAVE BEEN I SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE SO THAT IT MIGHT INFORM US WORKING REALLY HARD TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A SWEETHEART DEAL.

PERHAPS GIVEN ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE PUT IN OVER THE YEARS, IT COULD BE SOME SORT OF SWEETHEART GIFT FOR US.

OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE QUITCLAIM DEED AND WHY THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS? SO THAT THAT'S INCLUDED? BECAUSE BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES, THERE IS AN EASEMENT.

IT'S AN OLD EASEMENT THAT GOES BACK TO, I BELIEVE, A ELECTRIC LINE.

I FORGET EXACTLY WHO OWNED IT, BUT IN TALKING WITH OUR CITY SURVEYOR THE QUICK CLAIM IS THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS AN OVERLAP WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING THE SURVEYS TOGETHER.

SO THE QUICK CLAIM WOULD BE JUST TO KIND OF CLEAN UP THAT OVERLAP.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SURE. I GUESS I'LL SAY ONE MORE THING, WHICH IS I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT AND I'M GLAD TO SEE IT ON THE AGENDA.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM 80? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

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

AGENDA ITEM 81 WILL BE HELD LATER IN THE MEETING.

AGENDA ITEM 82.

[Additional Item 1]

IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY'S POLICY GOVERNING THE USE OF LEGISLATURE TRAVEL FUNDS IN ORDER TO MORE EFFICIENTLY ALLOW FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TRAVEL TO AUSTIN AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

TO SPEAK ON LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MISTER MAYOR.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. I MOVE TO HOLD THIS ITEM UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL OCTOBER 23RD, 2024.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, DEPUTY MAYOR? YES, I JUST. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK, MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TO GET TO THE TABLE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO BE A PART OF A LITTLE WORKING GROUP THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO THIS AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS A MORE EFFICIENT POLICY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT SESSION.

SO THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 83.

[83. 24-2820 Authorize the City’s contracted broker of record, McGriff Insurance Services, LLC to purchase insurance policies for commercial property, boiler and machinery and loss control, terrorism, cyber liability, fine arts, crime, aviation, flood, media professional liability, general liability, and other lines of coverage as needed for the period October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025 - Not to exceed $14,993,958.00 - Financing: Risk Management Fund (subject to annual appropriations)]

AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S CONTRACTED BROKER OF RECORD, MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC, TO PURCHASE INSURANCE POLICIES FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, BOILER AND MACHINERY, AND LOSS CONTROL, TERRORISM, CYBER LIABILITY, FINE ARTS, CRIME, AVIATION, FLOOD MEDIA, PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY, GENERAL LIABILITY, AND OTHER LINES OF COVERAGE AS NEEDED FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

NOT TO EXCEED $14,993,958.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM A3.

IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

MR. MAYOR, THESE ARE YOUR ITEMS FOR THIS SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY.

OKAY. THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

[Additional Item 2]

AND THEN AFTER THAT, I WILL READ YOU SOME STATUTORY LANGUAGE TO TAKE US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND LUNCH.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUT TO THE PODIUM JOE GADDIS.

TODAY, IT IS AN HONOR FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXCEPTIONAL CAREER OF JOE GADDIS, THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHO WILL BE RETIRING AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

JOE'S LAST DAY AS DIRECTOR WILL BE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST.

AND SO THIS MORNING WE'LL.

ACTUALLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXCUSE ME.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DALLAS JOE, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR YOUR COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE MADE ON OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. JOE'S JOURNEY WITH THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY BEGAN AS A CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, AND THROUGH HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, SHE ADVANCED THROUGH VARIOUS LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES IN 2012.

OVER THE YEARS, SHE HAS WORKED AT ALL LEVELS OF LIBRARY SERVICE, FROM BRAND MANAGER TO YOUTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR AND INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHICH SHE

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HAS GIVEN A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND ITS COMMUNITY NEEDS.

SHE HAS SPEARHEADED NUMEROUS IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE, ENGLISH, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASSES, AND GED PROGRAMS, CREATING MORE INCLUSIVE AND AN ACCESSIBLE LIBRARY FOR ALL OF OUR DALLAS RESIDENTS.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE LIBRARY LAUNCHED THE FIRST GED TESTING CENTER AND PROVIDED ROBUST PROGRAMING FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTING TO LIFELONG LEARNING AND SOCIAL SERVICE ENGAGEMENT.

THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, UNDER JOE'S DIRECTION, HAS EARNED MULTIPLE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS AND I'LL NAME A FEW OF THEM.

THE 2016 EXCELLENCE IN SUMMER LEARNING FOUNDERS AWARD FROM THE NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION.

THE 2016 WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS PARTNER AWARD.

THE 2017 TOP INNOVATOR AWARD FROM WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE URBAN LIBRARIES COUNCIL.

THE 2021 ULK TOP INNOVATOR AWARD FOR ANTI-RACISM, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

JOE HERSELF HAS RECEIVED MANY ACCOLADES, INCLUDING THE LILLIAN M BRADSHAW AWARD IN 2011, AND THE TALL TEXAS STANDING TALL AWARD IN 2016.

JOE'S DEDICATION TO EQUITY AND ACCESS HAS TRANSFORMED OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM.

SHE ELIMINATED LATE FINES, EXPANDED LIBRARY CARD ACCESS TO EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS, AND INTRODUCED THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD TO BROADEN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

SHE HAS OVERSEEN THE RESTORATION AND THE EXPANSION OF LIBRARY HOURS, MAKING CRITICAL SERVICES MORE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS IN NEED.

AS OUR LIBRARIES HAVE GROWN OVER THE YEARS, JOE LED THE RENOVATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NUMEROUS BRANCHES, INCLUDING HIGHLAND HILLS, FRED'S PARK AND THE NEW VICKERY PARK BRANCH, WHICH HAS ENHANCED PHYSICAL SPACES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SHE HAS ALSO BUILT MANY STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING THE DALLAS POET LAUREATE PROGRAM AND THE CULTURAL PATHS INITIATIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.

SHE HAS LEFT AN UNFORGETTABLE MARK ON THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.

HER PASSION, HER VISION AND HER LEADERSHIP HAVE ENRICHED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS RESIDENTS AND HELPED TO BUILD A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING JO ON HER INCREDIBLE JOURNEY AND HER LEGACY, AND WISHING HER THE VERY, VERY, VERY BEST FOR A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT.

JO. WE WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL.

CONTINUE TO BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

KEEP SHINING. THANK YOU.

JO.

NOW. NOW, JOE, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, I'M GOING TO.

ASK IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT WE LET THE COUNCIL EXPRESS WHAT I KNOW WILL BE A LOT OF OF WELL WISHES AND AND AND REMARKS BEFORE I TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING FIRST AND SAYING THIS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR OUR CITY'S PARKS.

OUR LIBRARIES ARE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE RESOURCES OF OUR CITY THAT I GREW UP USING A LOT.

I WAS A VERY HARD USER OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM AS A KID.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST EXPOSURES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT, AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED TO.

BUT THAT'S REALLY THEIR FIRST YOU KNOW, THEIR PARENTS MAY THEIR FIRST INTRODUCTION MAY BE PAYING THEIR WATER BILL OR COMING TO CITY HALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT FOR A KID, IT'S PROBABLY THE LIBRARY SYSTEM OR THE PARKS.

AND THE PERCEPTION OF HOW MUCH THE CITY CARES ABOUT OUR KIDS IS PROBABLY FIRST EXPRESSED THROUGH THE PARKS AND THE LIBRARIES.

AND SO AS A KID GROWING UP HERE WHO CAME FROM A FAMILY, AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT THAT DID NOT HAVE FINANCIAL

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RESOURCES TO SPEAK OF.

WE RELIED VERY HEAVILY ON THOSE RESOURCES.

SO I GREW UP GOING TO THE WEST DALLAS LIBRARY, AND THEN WE MOVED TO OAK CLIFF AND THEN HAMPTON, ILLINOIS BECAME MY LIBRARY.

AND THEN WHEN I GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN I WAS ABLE TO BE MORE MOBILE WITH MYSELF DOWNTOWN, THE THE ERIK JONSSON CENTRAL LIBRARY BECAME WHERE I DO A LOT OF, OF MY WORK.

MY MOTHER WAS SORT OF OUR FAMILY GENEALOGIST AND HAS BEEN A VERY HARD USER OF THE GENEALOGY SECTION OF THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.

SO I WAS A CUSTOMER OR CLIENT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME BEFORE I BECAME THE MAYOR.

WHEN I BECAME THE MAYOR, THAT'S WHEN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU AND LEARNING ABOUT THE LIBRARY SYSTEM FROM THE OTHER SIDE, FROM THE SERVICE PROVIDER SIDE.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I AM DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE GROWTH THAT OUR SYSTEM HAS EXPERIENCED UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE'VE, I THINK, DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE LIBRARIES IN PLACES WHERE WE NEED THEM. I THINK WE'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP OF MAKING SURE OUR LIBRARIES LOOK THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO LOOK, AND PUTTING FORWARD OUR BEST FOOT AND HAVING LIBRARIES THAT ARE BEFITTING A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY LIKE WE ARE.

AND YOU ARE ALWAYS VERY, VERY ACCESSIBLE TO ME AND PATIENT WITH ME AND UNDERSTANDING AND ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION, TOOK EVERY MEETING RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I ACTUALLY REMEMBER HAVING AS THE MAYOR WAS GOING OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND SAYING, SHOW ME EVERYTHING, SHOW ME THE ARCHIVES, SHOW ME ALL THE STUFF WE'VE GOT. WE'VE GOT AN AMAZING LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND WE'VE HAD AN AMAZING LEADER OF THAT SYSTEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED.

WE'RE LOSING SOME GOOD FOLKS AROUND THIS CITY.

BUT FOR GOOD REASONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING ON TO VARIOUS THINGS, RETIREMENT, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME THAT WE GET WITH THESE GREAT CITY LEADERS THAT WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE, AND YOU ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE THE STANDOUTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS.

AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU PERSONALLY, THANK YOU.

MY KIDS HAVE TAKEN ON THAT FAMILY TRADITION OF BEING HARD USERS OF THE LIBRARY.

THEY PARTICIPATE IN EVERY SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND AND SMART SUMMER.

THEY LOVE OUR LIBRARIES.

WE HAVE LIBRARY CARDS FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THEY THEY CHECK OUT BOOKS ALL THE TIME.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO START RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR A FEW WORDS.

SO I'LL START WITH MISS SCHULTZ, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

I THINK THAT YOU AND OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO SAY ABOUT JOE.

BUT I WANT TO ADD TWO THINGS.

ONE IS, I THINK YOUR BRAVERY WITH ISSUES SUCH AS THE BOOK BANS THAT WERE ATTEMPTED TO BE IMPOSED IN HELPING OUR MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE THINGS THAT REALLY BRING YOU FORWARD AS A LEADER, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I JUST WANT TO ADD IN OUR CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE LEAVING THE CITY, I THINK THAT TALENT PREPARES TALENT.

AND SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.

YOU HAVE BUILT A TEAM THAT WE KNOW WILL TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THAT.

SO I HOPE YOU'RE OFF TO SOME WONDERFUL ADVENTURES, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JOE YOU HAVE DONE A YOU'VE JUST BEEN SO FUN TO WORK WITH.

PROBABLY BECAUSE I LOVE LIBRARIES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A YOU I JUST, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID I WAS THE SAME GROWING UP IN HOUSTON.

THAT'S WHERE MOM TOOK US, BECAUSE THAT'S WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, AND IT WAS FREE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH BOOKS.

IT WAS MY HAVEN. AND I SEE HOW YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY, HOW YOU SPEAK ON IT.

IT'S LIKE YOU LOVE THE SYSTEM, YOU LOVE THE LIBRARY, AND YOU HAVE PUT YOUR ENTIRE HEART AND SOUL INTO IT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING LIBRARY SYSTEM HERE.

AND AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT LIBRARY BRANCH I GO TO, ALL THE STAFF IS JUST SPECTACULAR.

SO AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY LOVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DO AS WELL.

AND THEN WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND FOLKS WHO JUST WANT TO BE PARTICIPATING IN OUR SYSTEM.

YOU, YOU, THEY LISTED A LOT OF THINGS.

AND I HAD I HAD SOME OF THEM WRITTEN DOWN ALREADY.

BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY IS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY BECAUSE YOU BUILT A SYSTEM OVER YOUR

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YEARS AS THE LEADER THAT THAT'S NOT GOING BACK.

IT'S NOT GOING TO GO BACKWARDS.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO GO FORWARD.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT AFRAID TO PUSH FOR THINGS THAT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT AFRAID TO PUSH.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, PUSHING BACK AND SAYING, WE NEED HOURS, WE NEED MORE.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE. AND THEN YOU KNOW, I, WE, YOU KNOW, MY MY COLLEAGUE MISS WILLIS AND I, WE GOT THAT LAST LIBRARY IN THE PLAN IN THAT BOND ELECTION, THIS PAST ONE.

SO THANKS TO THE VOTERS, I MEAN, YOU WON'T BE HERE FOR IT TO BE BUILT AND OPEN, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL INVITE YOU BACK AND YOU'LL SHOW UP.

BUT, BUT, BUT THAT LAST LIBRARY IS ON THE BOOKS, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE FEW PLANS THAT YOU EVER SEE GET COMPLETED IN OUR CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE PART OF THAT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND IT'S AND FOR A BRIEF TIME THERE, WE USED TO WORK OUT AT THE SAME GYM.

FOLKS, IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN THIS LADY, SHE CAN WORK OUT, LIKE, IF SHE SCARED ME, YOU KNOW? SO SO KEEP THAT.

KEEP DOING ALL THAT, TOO.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT YOU WEREN'T AFRAID OF THINGS LIKE DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME.

YOU WEREN'T AFRAID OF THE BOOK BAN, WHICH MISS SCHULTZ MENTIONED.

FIGHTING BACK ON THAT.

AND I LOVE IT. I HAVE THE T SHIRT AND EVERYTHING, AND, YOU KNOW AND THEN THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD.

YOU WERE NOT AFRAID OF THAT.

YOU YOU SAID, LET'S DO IT.

LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.

AND YOU ALSO BROUGHT IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOURCES THAT WERE ALL MENTIONED IN, YOU KNOW, THE ENGLISH CLASSES AND, YOU KNOW, MUSIC.

AND I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT.

BUT THE ONE THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IS YOU WEREN'T AFRAID TO HELP OUR UNSHELTERED.

YOU SHOWED US THAT THEY ALSO CAN GET RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY.

BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS NOT ALWAYS JUST ABOUT BOOKS.

IT'S ABOUT INFORMATION.

AND YOU WERE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION FOR THOSE FOLKS AS WELL.

AND THAT HELPS.

THAT HELPS, YOU KNOW, OUR MOST VULNERABLE HERE IN OUR CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH ALL OF THAT.

YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF EQUITY.

LIKE YOU JUST I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU EVEN REALIZE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT.

IT'S JUST LIKE NATURAL FOR YOU.

AND JUST KEEP DOING IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE.

I WAS HOPING I'D GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE YOU LEFT, BUT NINE MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU KNOW I'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING, BUT THANK YOU.

AND NOW YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS, AND MAYBE WE'LL GO.

MAYBE I'LL START WORKING OUT AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU. TOOK AN UNEXPECTED TURN AT THE END THERE, BUT YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. JEFF.

MAYOR PRO TEM, UNLIMITED TIME.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. JOE, I, I, I HAVE TO REITERATE SOME OF THE THINGS I BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY STUFF TO HIGHLIGHT FOR SURE.

ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST IN CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU LEADING UP TO THAT IT WAS IT WAS NEVER EVEN A A IF IT WAS A HOW AND WHEN AND JUST HEARING HOW EQUITABLE YOUR MIND IS ON WHAT THAT PROVIDES TO OUR RESIDENTS IS HUGE.

AND THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT SET THE TONE FOR ME WHEN WORKING WITH YOU.

I WILL TELL YOU, THOUGH THAT IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLY INSPIRING.

I OFTEN SAY THAT WE HAVE THE BEST STAFF IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS STARS 100%.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR CITY AS AN ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE THOSE WHO WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE SO PASSIONATE.

AND YOU AS THE LEADER OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEMS, I CAN'T I CAN'T THINK OF SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING.

YOU ALSO PUSH THE LIMITS.

YOU LOOK AT HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT CAN DO MORE WITH VERY LITTLE.

YOU ARE VERY GRACEFUL AT BUDGET SEASON AND YOU, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT YOU ALSO HAVE PROVIDED SUCH GOOD PRODUCT THAT I THINK EVEN WHEN IT'S ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, LIKE THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET SEASON, WE SEE THAT IT'S WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD KNOW THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE WORTH FIGHTING FOR IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PROOF IN THE PUDDING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, FROM WHAT MISS SCHULTZ SAID, IS THAT WE CAN BE SAD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT I THINK A GOOD PART OF ANY LEADER IS BUILDING A BENCH AND LEAVING BEHIND A THEORY, A MINDSET THAT YOU HAVE INSTILLED AS THE LEADER OF THIS DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

I ALSO HAVE THE SHIRT AND LOVE THE BAND BOOKS.

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I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND AS A CITY AND AS A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL.

AND THOSE WERE WERE INITIATIVES THAT I THINK WERE REALLY IMPORTANT AND POWERFUL AND STOOD WITH THE RESIDENTS DURING A VERY POLITICAL DEBATE.

BLESS YOU MAYOR. HOTSPOTS AND DIGITAL ACCESS, KNOWING ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND HOW WE CAN CLOSE IN THOSE GAPS AND REALLY PRIORITIZE WHO I THINK OF AS MY FORMER STUDENTS.

AND SEEING HOW THE SUCCESS OF THOSE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED HAS BEEN GREAT.

BUT ONE THING THAT I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HEAR FROM OTHERS.

IS ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT IS THE UNTALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.

ALLOWING FOR A SAFE AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUTH TO TURN TO, JUST AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED IS A RESOURCE THAT IS INVALUABLE AND IS IS ALSO A PLACE THAT TOOK THEM AWAY FROM OTHER PLACES THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SPENDING THEIR TIME.

AND I'D MUCH RATHER SEE THESE LIBRARIES FILLED WITH OUR YOUTH DOING WHATEVER PROGRAMING IT IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO OFFER READING BOOKS USING OUR TECHNOLOGY THAN CAVING TO MAYBE SOME TEMPTATIONS THAT EXIST IN SOCIETY.

AND SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING TO BE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCE AND RESPITE FOR OUR YOUTH POPULATION AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.

ENJOY RETIREMENT.

DON'T MISS US TOO MUCH.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNINGS WHEN YOU'RE SITTING WITH YOUR COFFEE, COFFEE AND NOT HAVING TO BE HERE, BUT YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND PASSION.

CHAIRMAN GRACIE, THANK YOU.

I'M TRYING NOT TO DO IT OUT AGAIN.

I'M GOING TO SIP MY COFFEE.

I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HOLD IT IN.

Y'ALL ARE HEARTLESS. I KNOW, I'M SORRY.

JOE. JOE, CONGRATULATIONS.

LET ME JUST SAY IT. I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP THIS TOO LONG, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BOTH WORK ALONGSIDE YOU, SERVE WITH YOU, AND JUST WATCH HOW YOU'VE CONTINUED TO TO LEAD THE LIBRARY AND ALL OF THE STAFF THROUGH ALL OF THE UPS AND DOWNS AND ALL OF THE BUDGETS AND ALL OF THAT, YOU WERE THERE.

SO AT THIS POINT, THIS IS TRULY A CONGRATULATORY MOMENT FOR YOU.

AND I ALWAYS GET EXCITED WHEN I SEE PEOPLE CROSS THAT FINISH LINE AND TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS BRICK IS LIKE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND GO BE HAPPY.

THANK YOU. MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

THANK YOU. SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF FIRST MEETING YOU WHEN I JOINED THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.

I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 2008.

SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE AGO, BUT AS MUCH AS I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS THAT YOU COLLECT AND KNOW ARE IMPORTANT TO GAUGE, I ALSO HAVE FELT LIKE I'VE SEEN YOU DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU'RE ALSO MOVED BY DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, AND I RECALL SOME MEETINGS WHERE OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION, WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY AND CAN USE A LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE WOULD FUND AMERICORPS OR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND DO SOME WORK AT THAT TIME.

AND I REMEMBER SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WERE DIFFICULT BECAUSE SOME DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

BUT YOU DID, AND IT WAS AGREED TO, AND YOU CONVINCED EVERYONE THAT THAT THAT WAS A NECESSARY STEP TO SERVE ALL IN THIS CITY, AND BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE TOUCHED ON SOME GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

ONE STORY TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IS THAT I REMEMBER YOU OPENING THE LIBRARY EARLY, DURING REALLY COLD WEATHER, AND JUST TELLING US ABOUT BREAKING OUT THE THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE AND THINGS FOR COFFEE AND CONVERSATION SO THAT THESE FOLKS WHO WERE COMING IN FROM THE COLD WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO BE 2 OR 3 HOURS EARLY.

YOU GOT DOWN THERE EARLY TO OPEN THE DOORS TO LET FOLKS IN, AND RELATING THE STORY OF PEOPLE LOADING UP ON CREAM AND SUGAR BECAUSE THEY NEEDED CALORIES, BECAUSE IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE AND THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE TO GET THOSE CALORIES.

AND THAT ONE GENTLEMAN TRIED TO PAY YOU AND YOU SAID, NO, NO, THIS IS THIS IS FOR YOU.

WE'RE JUST COME ON IN AND ENJOY.

AND THEN HE FISHED OUT, I THINK, $0.42 OUT OF HIS BACKPACK.

AND I STILL HAVE THAT.

I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL ME YOU HAVE THAT.

BUT I PUT THAT PICTURE ON FACEBOOK.

AND WHEN IT COMES UP EVERY YEAR, AND I THINK I ALWAYS REPOST IT JUST BECAUSE YOU HELPED HUMANIZE THIS ISSUE.

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YOU GET IT, AND YOU HELPED RELATE IT SO THAT OTHERS COULD FEEL IT AND REALLY HUMANIZE THIS ISSUE AND HOW THE LIBRARY CAN BE A LINK WITH PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE.

AND SO THAT MEANS A LOT.

AND TO ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, I THINK YOU'RE HEARING A THEME HERE THAT YOU HAVE NOT ONLY DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND BEEN A LEADER IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO LIBRARIES.

YOU'VE ALSO BUILT A STRONG BENCH OF LEADERS, AND I THINK YOU SEE IT ANY TIME YOU GO INTO A BRANCH AND YOU TALK WITH THE MANAGER OR OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF, AND THE PROGRAMING WE HAVE IN OUR LIBRARIES ABSOLUTELY BLOWS ME AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE SO CREATIVE AND HOW THEY SCHEDULE SO MUCH.

THEIR WEEK MUST BE LONGER THAN OURS, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH THAT THEY PACK INTO WHAT HAPPENS IN LIBRARIES, AND THAT IS ALL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO THAT IS YOUR LEGACY.

IT'S NOT JUST YOU AND THE AWARDS AND THESE DIFFERENT AMAZING MILESTONES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT'S THAT THIS WILL GO ON.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE AND HELP SO MANY PEOPLE AND BE THAT COMMUNITY.

LINK. AND SO THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY AND YOU ABSOLUTELY OWN THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

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

UNLIMITED TIME.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

JODY, CONGRATULATIONS.

I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ME AT HIGHLAND HILLS LIBRARY BY MYSELF.

IT'S AMAZING THAT YOU THINK ABOUT LIBRARIAN AND YOU THINK ABOUT HIGHLAND HILLS.

AND. AND WE DO NOT HAVE A LIBRARY.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO GET A LIBRARY, AND WE GOT A LIBRARY WITHOUT A BOND PACKAGE.

IT DID NOT TAKE US A BOND PACKAGE.

WE GOT ONE BECAUSE WITHOUT A BOND PACKAGE.

AND I WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.

WE DID IT. WE DID IT.

WE FOUND THE MONEY AND WE GOT A LIBRARY.

AND MATTER OF FACT, WE BOUGHT MORE LAND THAN WE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PLAYGROUND TO TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY.

BUT ONE THING THAT THE LIBRARY AT HIGHLAND HILLS, EVERYBODY APPRECIATES THE LIBRARY.

YOU OPEN THE LIBRARY LATE EARLY.

BUT ALSO ONE GOOD THING IS DOING THE JOB FAIR.

THE JOB FAIR. KROGER.

JOB FAIR FOR AMAZON.

ALL THE JOBS FOR THE LIBRARY WAS A GREAT DEAL, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE WE HAD TO DO A JOB FAIR WITH AT THE HIGHLAND HILLS LIBRARY.

BUT ALSO, WE EXTENDED MORE HOURS THERE, MORE TIMES THERE, MORE PEOPLE.

AND BUT TO TO HAVE A LIBRARY IN A COMMUNITY THAT YOU DO KNOW, YOU NEED A QUARTER OF LIFE.

AND AND THAT'S WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE CHILDREN'S QUARTER LIFE.

BUT YOU ALSO BROUGHT THE PARENTS WHO GO TO THE LIBRARY, WHO HAD A GOOD ACTIVITY THERE CONSTANTLY, ALL THE TIME.

I REMEMBER THE TIME THAT WHEN MARY RESUMED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND SHE WAS A LIBRARY, AND I THANK JOE, YOU AND MARY SOON GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED A LIBRARY, YOU GOT MY VOTE, YOU GOT THE PACKAGE, YOU GOT THE, THE, THE MONEY THAT IT NEEDS TO TO TO PUT A LIBRARY, HIGHLAND HILLS.

BUT IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIGHLAND HILLS THAT THERE IS HARDLY NOTHING TO DO FOR THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S AN IMPACT ON THE KIDS WHO GO FROM JAYNIE ELEMENTARY AND KENNEDY CARRY THAT.

THEY GO TO THE LIBRARY CONSTANTLY, ESPECIALLY TO THE SUMMERTIME, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER.

FREE LUNCH PROGRAM, THE AFTER SCHOOL READING PROGRAM.

THERE IS ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE PART OF LIFE THAT GROWING UP IN A LIBRARY, IT MAKES SURE THAT HIGHLAND HILLS DO HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE WITH EDUCATION.

THERE IS A FINE TUNE THERE, BUT ALSO THE FREE LUNCH PROGRAM DURING THE SUMMERTIME, AND THAT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR THE KIDS TO GET GET DONE, BUT ALSO THE SENIORS.

I CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE SENIORS WHO USE THE LIBRARY MORE THAN ANYTHING, AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

BUT I KNOW YOU'RE COMING BACK.

YOU KNOW, YOU YOU GOT A LIFETIME LIBRARY PASS TO COME BACK.

SO. IS THAT RIGHT, KIM? DO THEY ALL GET A LIFETIME LIBRARY PASS? YOU KNOW, A BOOK CALLED PARENTS, RIGHT? DO THEY GET ONE? WE CHARGE FOR THAT.

HEY, I'M A DALLAS RESIDENT.

I BLEED, I BLEED THE COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL CAN COME UP WITH SOME DUES TO MAKE SURE.

JOY, GET A LIBRARY, A LIFETIME LIBRARY CARD.

I WILL PAY FOR THAT.

OKAY? I ALREADY HAVE ONE.

I LIVE HERE. SHE.

SHE SAID SHE'S NOT GOING TO CUT IT OFF.

I WON'T LEAVE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN.

WEST, UNLIMITED TIME.

I SECOND EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.

JOE IS GOING TO BE A TRUE CONSTITUENT NOW, RIGHT? SO SHE WILL TELL ME SHE'S NEVER BEEN SHY ABOUT BEING A DISTRICT ONE CONSTITUENT BEFORE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU UNFETTERED AS NO LONGER AT THE CITY.

AND MY I THINK MY STRONGEST MEMORIES BEYOND THE BOND BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER ON THE NORTH OAK CLIFF LIBRARY PIECE.

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BUT REALLY THE DAYS OF COVID, A LOT OF MY TIME UP HERE EARLY ON WITH MY COLLEAGUES WAS DEFINED BY IMMEDIATELY BEING THRUSTED INTO COVID AND BACK IN 2020, AND THE LIBRARY STRUGGLED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

ON HOW DO WE CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN THIS VERY MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE? DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES AND YOU GUYS FIGURED IT OUT, YOU WORKED IT OUT, YOU WOULD HAVE PEOPLE COME PICK UP PACKETS, NOT TOUCHING OR TALKING TO ANYONE.

AND AND I JUST APPRECIATE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS SAID, AND OTHERS WHEN WHEN YOU'VE HAD TO BE FLEXIBLE IN HOW WE DEAL WITH OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION AND OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PASSION FOR FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND MAKING SURE LIBRARIES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE RICH, POOR, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU, MISS BLACKMON.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, JOE.

YOU'VE HAD A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER.

AND HERE AT THE CITY.

I MEAN, I KNEW YOU WHEN I FIRST CAME IN IN 2007, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU HAVE A SERVANT HEART.

AND DON'T LOSE THAT IN YOUR RETIREMENT AGE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT YOU TO WORK.

YOU JUST WON'T GET PAID.

BUT YOU'LL GET A FREE LIBRARY CARD ANYWAY.

AND MAYBE IT MAY BE A DART PASS.

SO ANYWAY.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I THINK THIS IS SOME MAN UP HERE THAT IS THAT VIDEOTAPING? SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WILL BE TRAVELING A LOT AND ENJOY LIFE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MORENO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UNLIMITED TIME. THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF BEFORE YOU GO ON ON THAT BIG VACATION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL DESERVED.

EVERYTHING THAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID FROM THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM THAT MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATES IN TO MY WIFE COMING TO ME EVERY OTHER EVENING SAYING, I FOUND THIS NEW PROGRAM ONLINE.

AND SO WE COME FROM A FAMILY OF LIBRARY USERS BEING ABLE TO SEE KANGAROOS AND SNAKES AT OUR LOCAL BRANCH TO PONIES AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.

IT'S TRUE THAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE TRULY ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OF COMMUNITIES.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING FAMILIES, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED AT THE LIBRARY AND JUST WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN RETIREMENT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR A LIMITED TIME.

I DID THINK THAT COMMENT ABOUT UNLIMITED TIME WAS HILARIOUS, BY THE WAY.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, JOE, YOU ARE SUCH A SMART AND THOUGHTFUL LEADER AND I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.

I THINK YOU'VE ALSO TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT LIBRARY AND WHAT IT MEANS BEYOND JUST CHECKING OUT A BOOK.

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A GREAT SUPPORTER TAPING ALL OF THIS FOR YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE SOME PERSONAL STORIES HAVE BEEN SHARED, I BET THERE ARE SO MANY WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.

NOT JUST AMONGST OUR OWN EXPERIENCES, BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN OUTSIDE OF WORK HOURS.

THE THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE HAVE REALLY BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND INSPIRING.

AND SO ANYHOW, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD.

THANK YOU. UNLIMITED TIME.

THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S YOU HAD A CHALLENGE STANDING THERE LISTENING TO ALL OF US.

BUT JUST FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW THIS, OFTENTIMES FOLKS THINK WE JUST START OUR SERVICE AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

BUT I WAS HAPPY TO BE AT LEAST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AS ON THE LIBRARY BOARD BEFORE SERVING HERE.

BRIEF. AND SO YOU'VE KIND OF BEEN YOU WERE MY INSPIRATION BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I CAME, YOU TOLD ME THERE'S THERE WAS SOME APPOINTEE, BUT HE DIDN'T TALK, SO I HAD TO I HAD TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

SO SOME OF YOU WILL CATCH THAT BY THE TIME YOU GET HOME.

SO I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE TALKATIVE THAN THAT PERSON WAS.

BUT JUST QUICKLY, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, ESPECIALLY RESPONDING TO THE ONLY LIBRARY THAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT FOUR WAS THE PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LIBRARY.

AND IF YOU'VE NOT CHECKED YOUR EMAIL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

BUT I ALSO LEFT YOU A LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE SO THAT WE'LL PASS THAT ON TO YOUR STAFF.

SO WE DO.

AND SINCE WE HAVE ONE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE WORK DONE.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE WORKED TO DO MORE IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH THAT ONE LIBRARY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE TEAM.

AND BUTTERFLY, YOUR FAVORITE CHEERLEADER, WANTS YOU TO KNOW SHE WAS VERY SHOCKED AT THE NEWS, BUT SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO ALL OF THOSE ISSUES BEING ADDRESSED.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO THE LADY OF THE HOUR.

[03:20:01]

JOE GADDIS, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT MY JOURNEY TO DALLAS WAS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT WHEN I APPLIED FOR THE JOB AS A CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN AND ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER AT FOREST GREEN AT THE TIME, I HAD TWO TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS.

I'D NEVER ACTUALLY STEPPED INTO ANY CITY OF DALLAS BUILDING.

I WAS LIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME, AND WHEN THEY OFFERED ME THE JOB.

I SAID, COULD I THINK ABOUT IT FOR 24 HOURS? AND THEY SAID, WHY? AND I SAID, I'D NEVER LIVED MORE THAN AN HOUR FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS, WE HAVE REALLY BIG LAKES IN TEXAS.

WELL, I SAID YES, OBVIOUSLY PACKED UP MY LITTLE CAR AND MOVED TO DALLAS.

AND MY FIRST DAY WAS NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, AND I WALKED AROUND THE LIBRARY AND ASKED EVERYBODY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED HERE? HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED HERE? AND EVERYTHING WAS DOUBLE DIGITS.

AND SINCE THEN, MY MOTHER SPENT MANY, MANY YEARS TRYING TO WOO ME BACK TO THE EAST COAST.

DIDN'T WORK.

I ENDED UP HAVING A HOPE AND A DREAM HERE.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY A LOT OF IT WAS REALITY.

SORRY. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE STAFF THAT I HAVE AT THE LIBRARY.

WE'VE WORKED HARD TO GET REALLY INCREDIBLE, VALUABLE PEOPLE WORKING HERE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS, AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOAL AT THE LIBRARY.

THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD WITH ALL OF THE CITY STAFF, ALL THE OTHER DIRECTORS, HAS BEEN BEYOND AMAZING.

THE SUPPORT WE GIVE EACH OTHER IS UNPARALLELED, AND I COULD NOT DO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AT DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE CITY OF DALLAS STAFF, THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF AND THEIR CREATIVENESS AND THEIR INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE THINKING, AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A RISK.

BECAUSE MANY TIMES IT WAS THEM AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SAY YES AND FIND A WAY.

SO BEING HERE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY THIS LAST BUDGET.

I WILL SAY I SPOKE DURING BUDGET SEASON THIS YEAR MORE THAN I HAVE IN THE PAST 11 BUDGETS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT MY GREATEST JOY HAS BEEN THE PEOPLE, THE STAFF THAT I GET TO WORK WITH AND ALL OF YOU.

AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT I AM STAYING IN DALLAS.

I'M NOT MOVING TO AUSTIN.

AND YOU WON'T.

YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF ME.

I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR LIBRARIES LARGELY AND BOLDLY.

AND MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND, KEITH EINSTEIN, BACK HERE.

AND REALLY, IT IS HIS FAULT THAT I'M RETIRING.

I COULD PROBABLY STAY ANOTHER TEN YEARS, BUT I AM GOING TO BLAME IT ON HIM AND THE GRANDKIDS AND THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR HAPPY FUTURE. IS WELCOMING OUR THIRD GRANDCHILD IN JANUARY AND AND GETTING TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEM.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WE GOTTA GIVE HER THE UNIVERSAL LIBRARIAN SALUTE.

ON THE COUNT OF THREE. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS.

ONE. TWO.

THREE. SHH.

CONGRATULATIONS, JOE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT I'M GOING TO READ YOU SOME STATUTORY LANGUAGE.

[CLOSED SESSION]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, Y'ALL.

TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CHAIR MORENO.

IT IS 12:42 P.M.

ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING ITEMS NUMBER 78 AND 79 AND UNDER SECTION 551 .072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 79.

WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND AT RECESS UNTIL WE'LL SAY 1 P.M., BUT WE KNOW THAT'S JUST FOR LEGAL PURPOSES.

WE'LL BE BACK PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT.

AND, CHAIRMAN MORENO, WE'RE NOT RECESS OFFICIALLY.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL LUNCH TODAY FROM A DEEP ELLUM RESTAURANT.

CO-OWNER RUSSO AND I JUST WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGEMENT AND STAFF FOR HELPING US.

[03:25:01]

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION ISSUES THROUGH DEEP ELLUM, AND THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM HAS PUT ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH SAAB ON SOME PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS FOR THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE.

BOTTOM LINE IS DEEP ELLUM IS OPEN.

WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, BUT I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL STOP BY FOR LUNCH AND DINNER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE'LL SEE EVERYONE BACK AT 1 P.M..

INCUMBENT UPON ME TO READ THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTIONS FIVE, 51.071 AND 551 .072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND AT 2:13 P.M.

ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024, WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE WILL NOW GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 41.

[41. 24-2856 A resolution adopting the City's State Legislative Program for the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AGENDA ITEM 41 IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY'S STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 89TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 41? ITEM 41.

GUYS, THAT'S THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THAT? I MOVE TO DEFER THIS TO OCTOBER THE 9TH.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. MAYOR PRO TEM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM IS DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 9TH.

IS WHAT HAPPENED THERE? EIGHTH.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

THAT'S THE TUESDAY. ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, WE NEED WE WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MISINFORMATION THERE.

IT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THAT MEETING, THAT MEETING THAT DEFERRAL NEEDS TO OCCUR ON THE EIGHTH.

IT'S A TUESDAY RARE TUESDAY MEETING.

SO IF THERE'S ANY TO RECONSIDER.

WHAT? HOW DO YOU WANT TO UNWIND THIS FORMULA? I MEAN, YOU WANT TO BE SUPER FORMAL ABOUT IT? NO. OKAY.

SO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO US UNWINDING THAT AND WITHDRAWING THE MOTION AND ALMOST PRETENDING LIKE THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN. THEN WE'LL DO THAT.

I DON'T HEAR ANY OBJECTION.

SO NOW, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION PROPERLY WITH THE PROPER DATE? IT'S THE PROPER MOTION. IT'S JUST WE HAD ONE.

IT WAS ONE DAY OFF BECAUSE THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE ON A TUESDAY THAT WEEK, NOT A WEDNESDAY.

YEAH. MOTION TO DEFER TO OCTOBER THE 8TH.

NOW IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I DIDN'T THINK SO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 81.

APPRECIATE IT. MEMBERS.

[81. 24-2989 Authorize a letter agreement to the Garage Lease with Option Agreement with Kyndryl, Inc., successor in interest to International Business Machines Corporation, to delay the closing date with regard to the transfer of title for the Garage and/or Building to occur on or before September 30, 2025 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AGENDA ITEM 81.

AUTHORIZE A LETTER AGREEMENT TO THE GARAGE LEASE WITH OPTION AGREEMENT WITH KYNDRYL, INC., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, TO DELAY THE CLOSING DATE WITH REGARD TO THE TRANSFER OF TITLE FOR THE GARAGE AND OR BUILDING TO OCCUR ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? WE'RE ON ITEM 81.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I HEARD A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANY.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, BEGINNING WITH PUBLIC HEARING OR FF TWO.

[PH2. 24-2807 A public hearing to receive comments regarding consideration of an ordinance adopting the ForwardDallas 2.0 Comprehensive Land Use Plan; and, at the close of the public hearing an ordinance adopting the ForwardDallas 2.0 Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

I'LL READ THAT ITEM INTO THE RECORD.

FF TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FOYE DALLAS 2.0 COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE, ADOPTING THE FOUR DALLAS 2.0 COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.

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

A TOTAL OF 55 THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AFTER WHICH IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT WILL BE OPEN TO ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.

SPEAKERS WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.

I'LL CALL SPEAKERS IN GROUPS, AND WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER AISLE? IT'S ZARA AND ZARA.

YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM.

I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME.

HEXO. COLORADO AND ANDREW WARREN.

MR.. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE YOU GO.

MRS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO START YOUR TIME.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE GALLERY HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON PAGE TWO.

[03:30:02]

FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME AND THANKS FOR COMING.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT I'VE TAKEN THIS ITEM OUT OF THE ORDER IT WAS IN IN THE AGENDA OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE TO TRY TO GET YOU GUYS TO HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD ON THIS SO YOU CAN GO ON ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.

BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COOPERATE AND WORK WITH ME TO WHICH MEANS IF YOU CAN KEEP ANY OUTBURSTS OR RESPONSES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TO A MINIMUM, THAT ACTUALLY SORT OF HELPS US GET THROUGH THIS MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY.

IF WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP BETWEEN EVERY SPEAKER TO LET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE DIE DOWN BEFORE WE BRING THE NEXT SPEAKER UP.

SO WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THROUGH EVERYBODY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL 55 SPEAKERS HERE IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

SO I'LL TAKE ABOUT TWO HOURS TO GET THROUGH EVERYBODY GIVING THEM TWO MINUTES.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT, MADAM SECRETARY.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

IT'S ZARA. ZARA.

1003 VALENCIA.

I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE.

I'M INVOLVED IN TWO LOVE AFFAIRS.

THE FIRST WITH MY WIFE.

OF 50 YEARS, CATHY.

THE SECOND WITH OUR HOME IN HOLLYWOOD.

SANTA MONICA CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND EVERY SINGLE DALLAS FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND LIKE ALL OF US IN LOVE, I WILL PROTECT THEM FROM ANY THREAT.

UNTIL MY LAST BREATH FOR A DALLAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DOCUMENT WITH THE INTENT TO DESTROY SINGLE FAMILY.

CALL IT A VISION. CALL IT A LAND USE TOOL, BUT CALL IT LIKE IT IS A DEVELOPER'S DREAM.

THE FIRST SIGN THAT THIS WOULD BE A LONG FIGHT WAS AN ACTION STEPS TWO YEARS AGO, STATING THAT ADUS WERE BY RIGHT.

IF PASSED, THAT WOULD BE THE END OF SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

NEXT WAS STAFFS.

NO ANSWER TO CREATE A SINGLE FAMILY PLACE TYPE THAT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND VERSUS SMALL TOWN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.

GOBBLEDYGOOK. BUT STAFF SAID YES TO A $2 MILLION CONTRACT WITH A CHICAGO CONSULTING FIRM TO REFORM OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE.

MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED THESE OUTSIDERS INSTEAD.

THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN IS THE FIGHT OVER PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USE IN SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED PHD2 STILL HAS SECONDARY MULTIFAMILY USES IN THE MATRIX THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED AND BE ON RED ALERT FOR ANY PROPOSAL TO ADD MULTIFAMILY TO THE PRIMARY USE, WHICH WOULD ALSO END SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY WANT YOU TO VOTE THAT THE SEPTEMBER 3RD AMENDMENTS MUST STAND, AND IF NOT STRENGTHENED, IN ORDER TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS FOREVER.

THANK YOU. DOLORES SOROKA.

SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

PLEASE STAND. STANDING.

DOLORES SOROKA, 4822 SWISS AVENUE.

THE SEPTEMBER 3RD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED FOR DALLAS WITH AMENDMENTS THAT WILL FINALLY PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY ONLY NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT THEN IN THAT SAME MEETING, A MEMBER CASUALLY MENTIONED GETTING RID OF NONCONFORMING USE PROTECTIONS FOR EXISTING AFFORDABLE TRIPLEXES AND SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I GUESS THEY COULD COME DOWN, DISPLACE FAMILIES, AND GET REBUILT AS NEW LUXURY HOUSING.

NONCONFORMING USE IS A ZONING MATTER AND DOESN'T BELONG IN A FORWARD DALLAS LAND USE PLAN.

IT DOES, HOWEVER, SHOW INTENT TO MANIPULATE A DELICATE BALANCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU KNOW WHY? TO BENEFIT DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS, THAT'S WHY.

PLEASE DO NOT CIRCUMVENT THE UNANIMOUS EDC FORWARD DALLAS VOTE.

THIS WILL DIMINISH TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

APPROVE FORWARD DALLAS WITH THE EDC AMENDMENTS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU COULD ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE, DON'T BREAK YOUR COMMITMENT TO BOTH HOUSING GROWTH AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS.

HI, MY NAME IS TRAVIS ROSE.

TRAVIS ROSE.

I LIVE AT 7709 EL PASTEL DRIVE.

I'M EXCITED TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT MY FIRM'S SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT FOUR DALLAS PLAN.

I'M THANKFUL THAT THE CURRENT DRAFT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT TOWNHOMES AND DUPLEXES ARE PERFECTLY REASONABLE ADDITIONS TO MANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS TODAY.

TO EXPLAIN WHY I FEEL THIS WAY.

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED OUR HOME IN FAR NORTH DALLAS IN JANUARY OF 2019.

WE CHOSE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF ITS VERY CLOSE TO SEVERAL THINGS.

WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT WATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH, WHERE WE'VE BEEN MEMBERS FOR OVER A DECADE, MY PARENTS AND MY WIFE'S PARENTS WHO ARE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL BABYSITTERS, AND J.J. PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE MY WIFE AND HER SISTERS ATTENDED.

WE FEEL INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, LOCATED CONVENIENTLY NEXT TO SO MANY THINGS WE CALL DEAR.

THE TRAGIC TRUTH IS THAT AS IF MY WIFE AND I WERE TRYING TO PURCHASE THE HOME WE'RE IN TODAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.

[03:35:04]

THE THE SKYROCKETING PRICES OF HOUSES WOULD PRICE US OUT.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE FRIENDS THAT HAVE TRIED TO MOVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE UNABLE TO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS DUE TO PRICE, SOME OF WHICH ARE LIVING IN DIFFERENT CITIES NOW. IF THERE WERE TOWNHOMES OR DUPLEXES AVAILABLE, AND THE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS COULD BE MORE FLEXIBLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MARKET, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE CASE.

AND WE COULD HAVE PEOPLE LIVE IN PLACES THAT THEY CAN'T TODAY.

DALLAS IS ON TRACK TO BECOME THE THIRD LARGEST METRO AREA IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE PLACE TYPES DEFINED IN THE CURRENT FOUR DALLAS DRAFT PAINT A VISION OF HOW WE COULD CREATE ABUNDANT HOUSING FOR ALL.

THE VOICES YOU WON'T HEAR AT TODAY'S MEETING ARE THOSE HARD WORKING PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TODAY? MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE CAN'T SHOW UP TO A MEETING LIKE THIS, AND I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 40 THAT DISAGREES WITH ANYTHING IN THE FOYE DALLAS PLAN.

I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THOSE VOICES THAT WON'T BE HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, LESLIE BRINK.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS LESLIE BRUGGINK.

I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT NINE, AND I ALSO SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS.

THE CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY CPC AND AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE STRUCK AN IMPORTANT BALANCE.

HOW DO WE PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE STILL ALLOWING FOR CRITICAL MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT? AS WAS ADDRESSED AT THE COMMITTEE, THOSE TWO GOALS DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN EITHER OR.

AND AS A PERSONAL NOTE, I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE WEARING THE RED AND WHITE STICKERS BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND I WILL TELL YOU, OUR POSITIONS ARE NOT AS FAR APART AS YOU MAY WANT TO THINK.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE CANNOT HAVE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING ISSUES THAT WE FACE, BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE VARIED, BUT WE CAN'T GO BACKWARDS AND ADOPT A VERSION OF FORWARD DALLAS THAT EXCLUDES HOUSING OPTIONS EVERYWHERE.

JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIT EVERYWHERE.

INSTEAD, WE NEED A PLAN THAT PROTECTS SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE CURRENT DRAFT DOES, WHILE ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING CITY WITH HOUSING OPTIONS WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE.

THAT MAKES SENSE IN AREAS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, AND THE CURRENT DRAFT OF FORWARD DALLAS GOES A LONG WAY IN DOING JUST THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, AND PROTECTING FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT OPTION UNDER TODAY'S MARKET. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

MARLA BANE.

HI. I'M REMOTE.

I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON.

YOU MAY CONTINUE. OKAY.

HI. MY NAME IS MARLA BANE.

I LIVE AT 3706 TRUESDALE PLACE.

75244, DISTRICT 13.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY TO EVERYBODY.

I APPRECIATE AND THANK ALL THE.

EVERYONE FOR ALL THE TIME AND WORK AND EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO FORWARD DALLAS UP UNTIL NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO FORWARD DALLAS AS IT HAD BEEN.

I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE SEPTEMBER 3RD VERSION IF THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED.

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUE WITH UPGRADING NEIGHBORHOODS TO BETTER ZONING OR BETTER LAND LOOT, BETTER LAND USE IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN INDUSTRIAL OR AREAS, OR FOR ALLOWING DUPLEXES OR MULTIPLEXES TO BE REPLACED WHERE THEY EXIST BY EXISTING ONES.

I DO NOT BELIEVE DALLAS WILL SOLVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE PLENTY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HOWEVER, WHEN HOUSES GO ON THE MARKET, THEY ARE NOT SOLD TO PEOPLE THAT ARE SOLD TO DEVELOPERS.

I DON'T, AND PART OF THE REASON I HEAR IS BECAUSE THEY'RE DATED AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THEM.

SO DEVELOPERS DO COME IN AND FLIP THEM AND CHARGE A LOT MORE MONEY FOR THEM.

IF YOU LOOK AT DUPLEXES AND TOWNHOUSES ALL AROUND DALLAS NOW, THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT AFFORDABLE.

THERE ARE MANY GOOD PARTS OF DALLAS THAT I SUPPORT, AND I HOPE THAT THOSE STAY IN THERE.

I ALSO THINK THERE'S A GLUT OF APARTMENTS, AND I THINK DALLAS COULD USE SOME VERSION OF RENT CONTROL THAT WOULD HELP YOUNGER PEOPLE, MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE AND SENIORS.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I FEEL THAT OUR CITY SERVICES ARE VERY STRESSED RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S YOUR TIME.

HELLO. ADAM LAMONT, 9432 AMBERTON PARKWAY.

ADAM LAMONT.

AND I'M WITH THE DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.

AND I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF A FOUR DALLAS THAT SUPPORTS AND INCLUDES MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING ALL ACROSS

[03:40:10]

OUR CITY. STRONG, STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS BOTH IN DALLAS AND OTHER CITIES EMBRACE MORE THAN JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

HOUSING OPTIONS AND DIVERSITY CREATE MORE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH RIGHT? THAT'S HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND RENTING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS WHAT DALLAS NEEDS.

RIGHT NOW, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DALLAS IS GOING THROUGH SERIOUS CHANGES, NO ZONING CHANGES NEEDED, OVERSIZE OUT OF SCALE, SCRAPE AND BUILD.

SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ARE CONSTRUCTED AND SOLD FOR A PRICE THAT EXCLUDES CURRENT RESIDENTS AND PUSHES THEM OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THINK ABOUT THIS SHOULDN'T WE BE MORE FOCUSED ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE BUILT AND LESS ON WHAT IS BEING BUILT? ALL BUILDINGS, NO MATTER THE TYPE SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, TOWNHOMES, ADUS.

RIGHT? THEY SHOULD BE SIZED AND SCALED TO FIT WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD'S CURRENT CONTEXT.

AND I DO THINK THAT FOR DALLAS CAN BRING US TOWARDS THAT.

AND I DO THINK THAT THOSE KINDS OF HOUSINGS HOUSING IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT US CENSUS DATA, THE MOST AFFORDABLE UNITS ON AVERAGE, ARE THOSE IN BUILDINGS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 UNITS, MORE THAN $200 LESS THAN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOWNHOMES AND SMALL LOT HOMES ALREADY BUILT WITHIN DALLAS, THEY'RE ON AVERAGE $200,000 DOLLARS CHEAPER THAN NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE BUILT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GOING IN AND TEARING DOWN ALL OF OUR HOMES WITHIN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT I DO THINK THAT WE AS A CITY, NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT JUST REPLACING OLD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH LARGE, NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IS NOT A WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY THAT IS EQUITABLE OR REASONABLE FOR US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MATTHEW SPENCE.

MATTHEW SPENCE IS NOT.

YEAH. OH, SORRY.

I'M HERE. SORRY. I'M. UNFORTUNATELY, MY CAMERA IS BROKEN.

SO I'LL APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ON SCREEN.

SO, MR.. MR. SPENCE, YOU CANNOT ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL UNLESS YOUR VIDEO IS BEING DISPLAYED.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, CAN I DEFER MY TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE AND FIND ANOTHER DEVICE, THEN? NO. YOU CANNOT. I'M SORRY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GOT THE MESSAGE? YES. THANK YOU.

PETER. KOI. KOI.

I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME.

HI. YES, MY NAME IS PETER KO.

I LIVE IN MARYLAND AVENUE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

I'M HERE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF DALLAS 2.0 WITH THE INCLUSION OF MISSING MIDDLE OPTIONS.

I COULD COME TO YOU AS SOMEONE WHO IS A TOWN MAKER OR I CALL MYSELF AN OVEREDUCATED HAMMER SWINGER.

SOME MAY CALL ME A SMALL DEVELOPER.

I GOT ON THIS PATH NOT TO BECOME RICH, BUT IF I WANTED TO GET RICH, I WOULD HAVE STAYED AS AN ENGINEER IN TECHNOLOGY.

BUT I GOT ON THIS PATH BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT GREATLY IMPACTS OUR LIVES.

THE CITY NEEDS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HOMEOWNERS TO BUILD OR TO USE.

THERE ARE GREAT OPTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME AND TO HELP PROVIDE QUALITY HOMES.

THIS IS NOT SOME CRAZY FAD OR THEORY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GETS SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS AARP.

HUD HAS CHANGED THEIR LOAN GUIDELINES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET LOANS TO BUILD THESE OPTIONS.

AND HUD ALSO ALLOWS FINANCING OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH THEY DEFINE AS 1 TO 4 UNITS.

WE NEED MORE PROTECTIONS FOR THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK SUCH AS DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, AND FOURPLEXES.

THEY USED TO EXIST MORE PREVALENTLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WERE DESTROYED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THEY WERE CONVERTED AND REMOVED.

WE NEED TO ADD THEM BACK.

THEY EXIST TODAY IN HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER COMMUNITIES AND WE CAN STILL DO THAT.

WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD THESE SMALL PROJECTS SO OTHERS LIKE ME CAN GET INVOLVED AND BUILD OUR CITY BETTER.

I HAVE TWO FACTS FOR YOU, SINCE WHO PAYS TAXES IS IMPORTANT TO SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ON THIS.

THE FACT THAT RENTERS PAY MORE IN TAXES THAN HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE HOMEOWNERS GET HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS SHOULD BE NOT, SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED, AND BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND DO APPLY HERE IN DALLAS AND DO APPLY TO THE HOUSING MARKET.

I ASK CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE FOR THESE CHANGES, AND LOOK AT WHO ARE AGAINST THESE CHANGES, AND ASK YOURSELF WHICH ONE REPRESENTS THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY.

I HOPE THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN GET SERIOUS AND ADOPT SOME SERIOUS SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS. WE ARE NOT TREADING IN NEW AREA WHILE THE METROPLEXES HAVE LED THE WAY.

THAT IS YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

HEXO, COLORADO.

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MY NAME IS HEXO, COLORADO, 1509 MAIN STREET.

DALLAS DISTRICT 14.

I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.

I SUPPORT FOR DALLAS 2.0, BUT I OBJECT TO EDITS INTRODUCED IN THE SEPTEMBER 6TH COUNCIL DISTRICT DRAFT BY MY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, PAUL RIDLEY.

SPECIFICALLY, I OBJECT TO AN EDIT ON PAGE 315 THAT LABELED EVERY FORM OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AS INCOMPATIBLE IN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPES, AND I OBJECT TO EDITS THAT REMOVED ALL CONSIDERATION OF ADUS IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

TWO WEEKS AGO WAS MY GRANDFATHER'S FUNERAL.

HE WAS 99 YEARS OLD, AND WHEN HE DIED, HE HAD THREE GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN BY HIS SIDE.

99 YEARS.

THREE GENERATIONS, OUR FAMILIES IN A NEW ERA NOW.

AND I WAS BORN HERE LESS THAN 1.5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD.

MY 99 YEARS IS HERE, AND I HOPE THAT WHEN I GET TO THAT POINT, NOT ONLY DO I HAVE THREE GENERATIONS BY MY SIDE AS I'M DYING, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THREE GENERATIONS BY MY SIDE AROUND ME AS I'M LIVING.

SO LET'S DO THE MATH. LET'S TALK PHYSICS.

ME PLUS THREE GENERATIONS TIMES 1.5 HOUSEHOLDS AVERAGE PER GENERATION.

THAT'S ABOUT SIX HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO TRIPLEXES TRIPLEXES TWO TRIPLEXES ENSURES THE STABILITY OF A FAMILY FOR 99 YEARS.

IF WE FORBID A GENTLE SUPPLY OF INFILL HOUSING, WHERE WILL THOSE GRANDCHILDREN, THOSE NIECES OR NEPHEWS, THOSE COUSINS, THOSE IN-LAWS, THOSE SPOUSES, WHERE WILL THEY LIVE? WILL THEY LIVE TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN THERE'S A NATURAL DISASTER, THEY CAN SHELTER TOGETHER.

OR WILL THEY GROW APART? WILL ELDERS DIE IN ISOLATION? WILL YOUTH BE SURROUNDED BY STRANGERS? THERE'S ANOTHER WAY FORWARD.

ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

STAND UP.

IF YOU SUPPORT FOR DALLAS, STAND UP.

THAT IS YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, ANDREW WARREN.

I'M ANDREW WARREN.

I LIVE AT 8629 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, APARTMENT 524, IN DISTRICT NINE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING SUCH AS DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, QUADPLEXES, AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

BEING INCLUDED IN FORWARD DALLAS A CENTURY AGO.

MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING MADE UP ABOUT 25% OF THE HOUSING STOCK IN AMERICA, AND TODAY IT'S LESS THAN 10%.

AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THIS DECLINE IS BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIVE ZONING THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THIS TYPE OF HOUSING TO BE BUILT.

FOR DALLAS TO GROW AND FLOURISH, WE NEED TO BUILD NOT ONLY MORE HOUSING, BUT MORE VARIETY IN HOUSING FOR BOTH PURCHASE AND FOR RENT.

BUT OUR CURRENT APPROACH OF ONLY HIGH DENSITY AND ONLY DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY PREVENTS MARKETS FROM MEETING DEMAND WITH DIVERSE, AFFORDABLE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.

A HEALTHY HOUSING MARKET ENCOURAGES HOMEOWNERSHIP BY BUILDING HOMES OF ALL TYPES, SIZES, AND PRICE POINTS, AND FOR THAT REASON I SUPPORT FOR DALLAS 2.0.

I'LL NOW CALL THE NEXT GROUP.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER SECTION.

JESSICA RAMIREZ, JACK COX, ROB THOMAS, JULIA DAVIS, ROBERT HOGUE, EVELYN MAYO, CAROL BELL WALTON IS VIRTUAL.

MATTHEW BOSS, MARY PARIS AND RONNIE MAESTAS JESSICA RAMIREZ.

YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA RAMIREZ AND I LIVE AT 272 WEST LAWSON ROAD.

TRAILER NUMBER FOUR DALLAS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

PLEASE GIVE US ONE SECOND.

I'M SORRY. WE'LL STOP YOUR TIME AND START IT BACK OVER.

WE'RE HEARING A LITTLE BIT OF.

YEAH, IF WE CAN WORK ON THAT, THAT HELPS.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

YES. I LIVE WITH IN THE MOBILE HOME DISTRICT HERE AT KLEBERG.

RILEY AND I REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A STABLE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES.

I'D BE NEARLY HOMELESS IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY MOBILE HOME.

I WANT TO THANK THE ORIGINATORS OF THE KLEBERG PLAN, THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MADE UP OF 11 MEMBERS, NANCY BINGHAM AND BILL FREEMAN.

SHOUT OUT TO THEM.

THANK YOU. CPC PUD.

TO WORKING WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND ESPECIALLY OUR SMALL TOWN RESIDENTIAL.

THE 2020 CENSUS SHOWS THAT 75253 AREA WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 25,867, WITH A MEDIAN INCOME OF $51,642, IS RELIANT HEAVILY ON MANUFACTURED HOUSING, WITH PRICES RANGING FROM 45,000 TO 117,000.

IT REMAINS A KEY HOUSING OPTION.

THE INITIAL WORK FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING IS IN KLEBERG RILEY.

PREVIOUS MANUFACTURED HOUSING REGULATIONS FIRST ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE ANNEXATION OF KLEBERG IN 1986.

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NEEDING THESE, THESE REGULATIONS NEED REVISITING, AND COLORADO BASED YES COMMUNITIES PRIMARILY SERVES A HISPANIC POPULATION. ADVOCACY AND ACCURATE DEMOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT THAT ASSURES DISPLACEMENT PROTECTIONS IS VITAL FOR THIS COMMUNITY'S REVITALIZATION. KLEBERG HAS FACED ONGOING UNDERFUNDING AND NEGLECT FROM THE CITY, HINDERING ECONOMIC GROWTH DESPITE HIGH POPULATION NUMBERS FAILED, INFRASTRUCTURE PROMISES SINCE 2007 HAVE LEFT COMMUNITIES WITHOUT ADEQUATE ROADS, TRAILS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.

EFFORTS TO PRESERVE RURAL CHARACTER OF KLEBERG ARE ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY LAND USE PLAN, WHICH PRIORITIZES, PRIORITIZES GREEN SPACES AND MAINTAINING LARGE LOT RETENTIONS.

KLEBERG'S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FACES ONGOING CHALLENGES, INCLUDING OUTDATED ROAD CLASSIFICATIONS AND LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

MAJOR ROADS. BELTLINE, LASSETER AND SKY.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT UPDATE.

SO I AM FOR IT.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLEASE COME TO KLEBERG RALLY AND MAKE IT BETTER.

HAVE A GREAT ONE. JACK COX.

58. OPEN DOOR DRIVE IN DALLAS, DISTRICT 11.

JACK COX 76.

AS A BUSINESS EXECUTIVE, I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST EARLY ON IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

TRUST IS CRUCIAL FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND IN ORDER TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND CREDIBILITY, I THINK WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE AT CITY HALL WITH CREDIBILITY.

I'VE ATTENDED COUNTLESS MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, TOWN HALLS THAT WERE SPONSORED BY MANY OF YOU SITTING IN THE HORSESHOE.

AND I HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW RESIDENTS IN THIS TOWN ARE SCARED TO DEATH OF FORD DALLAS.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION, AS SOME STAFF WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE REALITY THAT THERE ARE LAND USES IN THIS PLAN THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, EDC UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED AMENDMENTS TO FORWARD DALLAS THAT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS TO SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. IT APPEARS THOSE PROTECTIONS MAY ONCE AGAIN BE IN JEOPARDY DUE TO A PLAN BY A FEW ON THE COUNCIL TO WEAKEN THEM WITH ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENTS.

ALTHOUGH FEW OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, A FEW OF YOUR COLLEAGUES APPEAR WILLING TO BETRAY YOUR TRUST AND THAT OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW URBANIST AGENDA. I APPEAL TO THE REST OF YOU TO RESIST OUR EFFORTS.

PLEASE VOTE TO MAINTAIN EDC AMENDMENTS TO THE FOUR DALLAS PLAN.

ROB THOMAS IS NOT PRESENT.

ROB THOMAS.

JULIA DAVIS.

I LIVE AT 6108 JUNIUS STREET.

MY NAME IS JULIA DAVIS.

DISTRICT. DISTRICT 14.

I AM AGAINST THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN.

I HAVE WATCHED AS MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT LOOK LIKE UGLY STORAGE UNITS HAVE GONE UP ALL AROUND DALLAS, REPLACING HOMES THAT WERE DEMOLISHED IN THE PROCESS. I AM HEARTBROKEN AND OUTRAGED THAT DEVELOPERS ARE HAPPY TO STACK PEOPLE IN WAREHOUSES, EUPHEMISTICALLY CALLED HOMES, TO FURTHER THEIR PURSUIT OF PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF BEAUTY, QUALITY AND PUBLIC PREFERENCE, WHILE ALSO MISREPRESENTING THE AFFORDABILITY OF THESE NEW STRUCTURES.

PARKING WILL BE A NIGHTMARE, AND EXPECTING PEOPLE TO TRANSITION TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS A DREAM AT BEST.

I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE PORTION OF THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN THAT SEEKS TO INCORPORATE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

PLEASE LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ALONE AND ALLOW FAMILIES TO MAINTAIN THE STABILITY AND BEAUTY THAT ATTRACTED THEM TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBERT HOGUE.

ROBERT HOGUE, 71, 26 LA VISTA DRIVE.

THE PROPOSED INCLUSION IN THE CITY PLANNING OF MULTI-UNIT HOUSING IN DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN ZONED SINGLE FAMILY FOR DECADES AMOUNTS TO A GREEN LIGHT FOR RETROACTIVE, DE FACTO REPEAL OF SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

THE STATED GOALS OF FD 2.0 THEMSELVES ESTABLISH THIS, THE PLAN SAYS.

LET'S INCREASE DENSITY, BRING MORE PEOPLE AND MORE CARS INTO SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

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ET CETERA. EVEN THOUGH SUCH GOALS ARE DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO CONTROLLING STATE STATUTORY LAW, IN FACT, ALL THE FD 2.0 BOOSTER ARGUMENTS ARE CONTRARY TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE'S EXPRESS REQUIREMENTS THAT THE GOALS OF CITY PLANNING AND CONSEQUENT MUNICIPAL ZONING ARE TO DECREASE CONGESTION RATHER THAN INCREASE IT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT AND AIR, RATHER THAN BUILDING MULTI-UNIT TOWERS TO PREVENT THE OVERCROWDING OF LAND. WHEREAS FT 2.0, BY ITS OWN TERMS, EXPRESSLY PROMOTES THE OPPOSITE TO AVOID UNDUE CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION.

AND AGAIN, FT 2.0 IS EXPRESSLY CONTRARY.

ALL OF DALLAS 285,000 SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERS HAVE REASONABLY RELIED ON SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AS A FINANCIAL, NOT RACIAL, FINANCIAL PLANNING MATTER FOR DECADES.

IN FACT, MANY OF US HAVE REASONABLY RELIED ON SINGLE FAMILY FINANCIAL PROMISE FOR DECADES IN THE FACT THAT WHEN WEIGHTED AGAINST DEVELOPER INTERESTS WILL FAIL, THE CITY CAN RETROACTIVELY ELIMINATE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

BUT IF IT DOES SO, IT WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

THE US AND TEXAS CONSTITUTIONS BOTH PROVIDE THAT A GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE A CITIZEN'S REAL PROPERTY OR ITS VALUE, BUT IF THEY DO SO, THEY MUST COMPENSATE THE CITIZEN FOR IT.

AND SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY DOES NOT SAVE THE CITY IN THAT REGARD, BECAUSE THE COMPENSATION LIABILITY OF THE CITY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE.

IT'S THE LARGEST CLASS ACTION IN DALLAS HISTORY.

THANK YOU, EVELYN MAYO.

EVELYN MAYO, CO-CHAIR OF DOWNWINDERS AT RISK, A 30 YEAR OLD CLEAN AIR AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NONPROFIT BASED HERE IN DALLAS.

I LIVE AT 2833 PROVIDENCE LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

75228 DISTRICT TWO.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICIES INCLUDED IN FORWARD DALLAS SINCE 2020.

WE AND SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE FOUGHT TO CRAFT THIS PLAN TO FINALLY ADDRESS THE INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY ISSUES IN OUR CITY. THE GREATEST THREAT TO RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES TODAY REMAINS THE PERPETUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES LIKE THE SITING OF CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS, SWITCH YARDS, ASPHALT PLANTS AND HIGHWAYS NEXT TO PEOPLE'S HOMES.

THE PROMISE OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND ACCESS TO A SAFE LIVING ENVIRONMENT THAT MANY HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT TODAY HAS NEVER APPLIED TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, AND HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY BROKEN BY LOCAL AND FEDERAL POLICIES FOR DECADES FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

ADOPTING THIS PLAN IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, INSTEAD OF PERPETUATING THE HARMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.

WE SAY THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THIS PLAN ALONE WON'T REZONE EJ COMMUNITIES IMMEDIATELY.

WE WISH IT COULD. OR REMOVE LEGACY POLLUTERS LIKE GAF IN WEST DALLAS OR TIMCO AND JOPPA.

BUT IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN PAVING A NEW WAY FORWARD THAT FINALLY BEGINS TO TREAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DESERVE SERIOUS PROTECTION INSTEAD OF AS SITES FOR DUMPING GROUNDS.

SO WE IMPLORE YOU ALL AS YOU LISTEN TO THE VOICES PUSHING FOR THE PROTECTION OF SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES, TO THINK OF THE WAYS THAT TO DATE, THE CITY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO DO THIS.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING YOU ALL TAKE A STEP TO CORRECT THIS DECADE OLD PROBLEM.

SO WE IMPLORE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ADOPT FORWARD DALLAS.

THANK YOU CAROL.

BILL WALTON. THANK YOU.

CAROL. BILL WALTON 6705 VELASCO D9.

I GUESS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND I HOPE THAT THAT THAT LASTS AND THAT THERE'S NOTHING SLIPPED IN.

BUT I WOULD ALSO STRESS THAT IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA TO DITCH THE MATRIX.

WE'VE ALL SEEN THE MOVIE NO DITCH THE MATRIX BECAUSE IT'S ANTITHETICAL TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE PLAN AT THIS POINT.

THERE, THERE'S CLARITY IN THE LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT IN THE MATRIX.

AND IF YOU USE THAT MATRIX TO MAKE DECISIONS GOING FORWARD, THE DECISIONS CAN BE ERRONEOUS.

SO PLEASE RESTORE THE TRUST IN THIS PROCESS.

AS YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT KNOW, I FILED A BOATLOAD OF ETHICS COMPLAINTS IN REGARD TO THIS PROCESS.

I FEEL LIKE BARNEY FIFE COULD HAVE FOUND THE ETHICS COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROCESS, AND IT'S REALLY DISTURBING TO ME.

IT'S DISTURBING TO ME THAT YOU'VE GOT A COUNCIL PERSON SITTING HERE THAT MADE A PAYMENT TO A LOBBYIST IN FEBRUARY 2024, AND THEY'RE NOT RECUSED.

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IT DISTURBS ME THAT YOU HAVE A COUNCIL PERSON WHO HAD A FUNDRAISER ORGANIZED BY A LOBBYIST IN NOVEMBER OF 2023 AND HE IS NOT RECUSED.

IT BOTHERS ME THAT THE STAFF IS WEARING FORWARD DALLAS T SHIRTS LIKE THE THE DECISION IS PREDETERMINED AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PHOTO OP AFTER THIS.

HOW CAN. DID MY DID MY TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR THOSE T SHIRTS? I MEAN, HOW CAN THEY LOBBY FOR FORWARD DALLAS WHEN THEY'RE ON STAFF? I UNDERSTAND IT'S THEIR PLAN, BUT T SHIRTS.

I ASK YOU TO PLEASE DELAY THIS UNTIL THE ETHICS PROCESS PLAYS OUT.

30 DAYS, 60 DAYS.

BUT THERE'S 108 ETHICS COMPLAINTS OUT THERE.

THAT'S YOUR TIME AROUND THIS PROCESS.

PLEASE DELAY. THANK YOU.

MATTHEW. BOSS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MATT BOSS.

I LIVE AT 4039 COLE AVENUE, NUMBER 127 504, IN DISTRICT 14.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF PASSING FORWARD DALLAS AND IN SUPPORT OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING SUCH AS ADUS AND OTHER ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING SUCH AS TOWNHOMES AND DUPLEXES BEING CONSIDERED A PRIMARY USE IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE FACE A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS BOTH HERE IN DALLAS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY, BECAUSE WHEN MY DAD MOVED TO DALLAS 40 YEARS AGO, HE RENTED AN APARTMENT THAT GOT CHEAPER EVERY YEAR.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE DALLAS WAS A GROWING CITY THAT BUILT AND IT BUILT A VARIETY OF HOUSING FOR A VARIETY OF NEEDS.

NOW, THAT'S NOT THE CASE, AND MY FRIENDS AND PEERS DON'T LIVE IN DALLAS.

THEY LIVE IN FARMERS BRANCH AND MELISSA AND KLEBER.

AND TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS ABOUT EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOK AT GILBERT AVENUE IN OAK LAWN.

LOOK AT BISHOP AVENUE AND KINGS HIGHWAY IN NORTH OAK CLIFF.

MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING CAN EXIST IN HARMONY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

DALLAS IS STILL A GROWING CITY AND IT NEEDS TO BE A GROWING CITY THAT BUILDS AGAIN.

THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS.

MARY PARIS, 2703 KINGSTON STREET, DALLAS AND 5211 DISTRICT ONE.

MARY PARIS.

I AM HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY CONCERN AS A GRANDMOTHER, RAISING GRANDCHILDREN AND ON A FIXED INCOME.

I HAVE A MODEST HOME, BUT IT'S MY HOME.

AND OUR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISK IN OUR FAMILY.

SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORS.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY DAYS HAVING TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL OR TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR, YOU KNOW, IF MY NEIGHBOR DIES OR THEY SELL THEIR HOME AND A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND PUTS SOMETHING THERE THAT IT'S THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

IT DOESN'T GO WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M TIRED OF HAVING TO COME AND FIGHT, FIGHT AND FIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, GET MY NEIGHBORS INVOLVED.

AT LEAST I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ZONING.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES, THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE? WHAT WILL THEY DO WHEN THE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR TAXES, THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TO LIVE THERE? I WILL, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU WILL CREATE DISPLACEMENT.

THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS OF OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE ESTABLISHED, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT SAVVY ENOUGH ABOUT ZONING, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THIS IS NOT A ZONING. IT IS.

IT'S A THEY SAY IT'S A GUIDE.

THE FOR DALLAS.

WELL, IT IS IT'S ZONING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE WHEN THEY COME IN AND TRY TO BUILD A TRIPLEX QUADPLEX.

AND THOSE THOSE.

THAT IS REALLY MY CONCERN.

SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE.

THEY ARE THE ROUTE.

IF I WANTED TO LIVE IN A PLACE WITH COMMERCIAL APARTMENTS, I WOULD HAVE GONE THERE, BUT I DON'T.

I CHOSE TO LIVE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MY GRANDCHILDREN CAN WALK TO SCHOOL.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RONNIE MAESTAS, 32, 15 RED STREET WEST, DALLAS, TEXAS.

RONNIE MAESTAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR.

MAYOR. JOHNSON.

AND LOS ALTOS. I'M THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE VECINOS UNIDOS.

UNIDOS IS AN ORGANIZATION OF NEIGHBORS.

IT'S A UNITED NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS UNITED, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT.

AND THIS PLAN, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS FORWARD DALLAS PLAN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME IT WAS A BULLYING DOCUMENT.

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IT'S BULLYING NEIGHBORS AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WE'RE INCLUSIVE. WE'RE VERY INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

FORCING. FORCING PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THIS PLAN IS NOT THE DEMOCRATIC WAY OF DOING THINGS.

WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED EMINENT DOMAIN, A BLATANT DISRESPECT OR DISREGARD FOR OUR NSO NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION ORDINANCE.

ANY KIND OF WAY YOU WRITE IT, ANY KIND OF WAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES OR WHOEVER STAFF WHATEVER DECIDES TO WRITE THIS DOCUMENT OUT, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME KIND OF WORD OR SOME KIND OF WORDING THAT CAN TWIST IT AND IT'S GONE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S MY FEAR.

THERE'S NO TRUST IN THE STAFF OR THE CITY AT THIS POINT.

AND I CAN SPEAK FOR WHAT'S DALLAS ON THAT PART.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, THAT THERE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY NO TRUST, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THIS DOCUMENT TO PROVE THAT.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENT, WE ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THAT DOES COVER THAT.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART TO ME IS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF IT AND THE PRESERVATION DALLAS MADE A STATEMENT, AND I FULLY STAND BEHIND THAT, WHERE THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE FORWARD ACTION ON THIS PLAN UNTIL THERE'S A PLAN FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE PROPERTIES IN WEST DALLAS AND ELM THICKET.

ELM THICKET IS ALREADY YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S GOING.

THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. SO I THINK UNLESS THERE'S A PART OF THAT IN THIS PLAN, IT SHOULD JUST STOP RIGHT HERE UNTIL ANOTHER 30, 60, WHATEVER 90 DAYS IT GETS, IT GETS RIGHT, WRITTEN RIGHT, AND WE CAN READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND IT GOES ON TELEMUNDO.

THAT'S YOUR TIME WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND IN SPANISH.

I'LL CALL THE NEXT GROUP.

I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER.

THE CENTER AISLE.

CENTER SECTION.

NATE WEYMOUTH, MICHAEL.

LEWIS, LAURA.

PALMER, GREG.

ESTELLE. REBECCA.

KORNBLUM. BLOOM, JENNIFER RANGEL, CAMERON MILLS, BILLY LANE, MIKE NORTHROP, COLIN YARBROUGH, DANIEL ROBY AND ROY ATWOOD.

NATE WEYMOUTH YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM.

YOU HAD TO HOLD THIS DOWN.

I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO HOLD THIS DOWN.

NO, YOU DID NOT. BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO PRESS THE BUTTON BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.

OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. WELL, WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING.

HERE IS THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ON THE HOUSING MARKET HERE IN DALLAS COUNTY.

I'VE DONE MY OWN SURVEY OF 50 NEIGHBORHOODS IN DALLAS COUNTY, AND LOOKED AT THE ESCALATION OF HOME PRICES OVER THE LAST 7 OR 8 YEARS.

THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE TIME THAT PRIVATE EQUITY CAME IN AND STARTED BUYING UP HOMES AND CONVERTING THEM INTO RENTALS.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF FOR DALLAS.

IF YOU IMPLEMENT FOR DALLAS, YOU'LL MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS MORE DENSER.

THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE MORE TRIPLEXES AND DUPLEXES THAT ARE MORE AMENABLE TO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS COMING IN AND BUYING THEM AND CONVERTING THEM INTO RENTALS.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE.

WITH THIS PLAN, YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CURTAILING THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BEFORE YOU CAN GET A HANDLE ON THIS.

I APPLAUD THIS COMMITTEE FOR TRYING TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY, BUT THE BURDEN ON THIS POTENTIALLY IS ESCALATION OF HOME PRICES.

IN A 2022 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION STUDY OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, 43% OF ALL HOMES IN DALLAS COUNTY WERE BOUGHT BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND 60% OF THEM CONVERTED THEM INTO RENTALS.

WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE IN FORT DALLAS IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO THIS UNLESS YOU YOU HAVE TO CURTAIL THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS.

THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS NEED MORE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY NEED A COGENT, WELL REASONED, COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AND HOUSING POLICIES THAT INCLUDE BUILDING MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE AFFORDABILITY SOLUTION AND NOT IMPLEMENTING PLANS THAT MAKE HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE.

HELLO, I'M MICHAEL LEWIS AND I'M FOUNDER AT 43.

MICHAEL LEWIS.

YOU MAY CONTINUE. OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES, I'M MICHAEL LEWIS.

I'M A HOMEOWNER AT FOUR THREE, THREE THREE GILBERT AVENUE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14.

AND MY DAY JOB, I'M A RABBI AT TEMPLE EMANUEL OF DALLAS ON NORTHWEST HIGHWAY AND HILLCREST.

AND WHILE I AM NOT HERE IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY, I AM HERE BECAUSE I TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF YOUNG JEWISH FAMILIES EVERY DAY WHO WANT TO LIVE NEAR OTHER JEWISH PEOPLE AND NEAR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ARE PRICED OUT AND HAVING TO MOVE TO FORNEY AND SALINA INSTEAD.

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EVEN THOUGH MY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHO REPRESENTS THE DENSEST DISTRICT IN DALLAS, ALREADY WATERED DOWN THIS PLAN, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S GOING TO HOLD DALLAS BACK AND MEANS THE CITY IS GOING TO LOSE OUT IF THE REST OF THE REGION GROWS.

I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON FORWARD DALLAS AS PLANNED.

THIS PLAN ISN'T ABOUT TODAY.

IT'S ABOUT ENSURING FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND PEOPLE MY AGE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN DALLAS.

IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING BASIC ECONOMICS THAT THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING IS GROWING BECAUSE OUR POPULATION IS GROWING, BUT THE SUPPLY IS NOT MEETING THE DEMAND, AND THEREFORE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING. IT'S ABOUT EMBRACING THE ACADEMIC AND EXPERT CONSENSUS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO DEREGULATE ZONING LAWS TO FIX OUR HOUSING CRISIS.

IT'S ABOUT ADOPTING A PLAN THAT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LIVE CLOSER TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILY, RATHER THAN BUYING A HOME IN THE EXURBS AND DRIVING GAS POLLUTING CARS FOR HOURS EVERY DAY.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSING THIS PLAN ARE WATERING IT DOWN, ARE USING THE SAME FEAR TACTICS THAT CREATED EXCLUSIONARY SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND RACIST REDLINING HERE IN DALLAS. FOR THE SAKE OF THE FUTURE OF THIS PLACE AND THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE UNDER 40 WHO DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME TO THIS MEETING BUT DESPERATELY WANT SOLUTIONS TO THE HOUSING CRISIS.

PLEASE VOTE YES.

LAURA PALMER IS NOT PRESENT.

LAURA PALMER.

GREG. ESTELL.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GREG ESTELL.

I RESIDE AT 411 BARNSTONE DRIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.

I'M ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE OLD LAKE HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR LISTENING TO RESIDENTS AND MAKING THE CHANGES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF VERSION SIX.

THANK YOU TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR UNANIMOUSLY APPROVING THOSE COMPROMISE CHANGES.

AND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT 14, AS I APPARENTLY CAN'T ADDRESS HIM BY NAME FOR LEADING THOSE COMPROMISE CHANGES, AND TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE THREE MEETINGS IN WHICH FOUR WERE DALLAS HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE SENDING TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

LET ME BE CLEAR THERE ARE STILL HUGE FLAWS IN THE LANGUAGE TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND VERSION SIX LANGUAGE SO VAGUE A DEVELOPER CAN DRIVE A LARGE TRUCK THROUGH THEM, AND THEY WILL A DOCUMENT WHERE THE GLOSSARY IS APPARENTLY FORGOTTEN.

SO YOU AND RESIDENTS CAN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF MANY OF THE TERMS. BUT YOU DID YOUR BEST WITH A VERY FLAWED COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF FOYE FORWARD DALLAS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

FRANKLY, AFTER THREE YEARS OF WORK, I WOULD HAVE DEMANDED BETTER.

THERE ARE POSITIVE CHANGES IN OTHER SECTIONS OF FORWARD DALLAS.

AND WHY WOULD YOU JEOPARDIZE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BY ALLOWING THE STAFF AND CPC TO TARGET EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE CITY WITH A POLICY THAT WILL LEAD TO UPZONING? WHY WOULD THE STAFF LEADERSHIP ACCUSE RESIDENTS OF FEARING CHANGE OR PROVIDING MISINFORMATION WHEN THE REAL ISSUE OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP, AND THEN THE CPC LOST THE TRUST OF RESIDENTS? PLEASE DON'T START YOUR DISCUSSION TODAY WITH AMENDMENTS THAT WEAKEN THE LIMITED PROTECTIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS IN VERSION SIX, IF THAT OCCURS, AND AMENDMENTS THAT FURTHER WEAKEN A DOCUMENT THAT SHOULD HAVE MORE PROTECTIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBOR HOMEOWNERS ARE APPROVED, AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IS AT STAKE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS REBECCA KORNBLUM.

REBECCA KORNBLUM.

I LIVE AT 4207 LIVE OAK STREET IN DISTRICT TWO.

I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF FORWARD DALLAS, SPECIFICALLY ADDING MORE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN AND ADVOCATING FOR ADUS TO BE ADDED BACK INTO THE PLAN. I LIVE IN OLDEST HOUSE IN DISTRICT TWO, AND MY FAVORITE LITTLE HOMES NEAR ME ARE THE COTTAGE COURTS IN BRYAN PLACE, THE TOWNHOMES ON ROSS NEAR LOWER GREENVILLE, THE DUPLEXES IN JUNIUS HEIGHTS.

I WAS EVEN MOMENTS AWAY THIS PAST SPRING FROM BUYING THE CUTEST CONDO IN A SMALL 12 UNIT BUILDING OFF OF SKILLMAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

I AM TRYING TO BUY.

I'M STILL TRYING TO BUY A HOME IN DALLAS AND I DON'T WANT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

MY PRIORITIES ARE SMALL, AFFORDABLE PLACE, NEAR TRANSIT WITH SAFE BIKING AND WALKING OPTIONS.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THE HOMES THAT I AND THE AND PEOPLE MY AGE DESIRE.

MY REALTOR WAS REALLY CHALLENGED TO COME UP WITH OPTIONS THAT WERE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

WE NEED MORE HOUSING CHOICE ALL ACROSS DALLAS, AND I SUPPORT FOR DALLAS AS A STEP TOWARD THAT GOAL.

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JENNIFER RANGEL.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER RANGEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RIO PLANNING ADDRESS, 1441 WEST MOUNT AVENUE, APARTMENT 2024, DALLAS, TEXAS.

75211. AND I'M HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT ON THE FAIR HOUSING PERSPECTIVE.

BUT FIRST, I AM IN SUPPORT OF FOYE DALLAS AS IT RELATES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

FOR FAR TOO LONG AS YOU HEARD TODAY, NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN WAITING TOO LONG TO SEE THE CHANGES THEY DESERVE TO ACTUALLY ENJOY THEIR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT I'M NOT HEARING TODAY IS HOW IS THE CITY OF DALLAS? AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AS A FEDERAL RECIPIENT OF HUD FUNDS.

DALLAS IS OBLIGATED TO DO THREE MAIN THINGS THAT I WILL ONLY HIGHLIGHT TWO.

ONE, TO DETERMINE WHO LACKS ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND ADDRESS ANY INEQUITY AMONG THESE PROTECTED CLASSES.

AND TWO, PROMOTE INTEGRATION AND REDUCE SEGREGATION OF THOSE TWO POINTS.

HOW IS FORWARD DALLAS DOING THAT WITH THESE NEW CHANGES? THE NEW RECOMMENDATION TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD BE DONE SO WITH A RACIAL JUSTICE LENS.

UPHOLDING FAIR HOUSING AND KEEPING IN MIND THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

IDENTIFY STABLE AREAS AND PUT STRATEGIES TO DIRECT AND COMPATIBLE GROWTH AREA.

WHAT AND WHERE ARE THESE STABLE AREAS? WHO SAYS WHAT IS INCOMPATIBLE GROWTH? WHAT IS JUSTIFIED AS HISTORICAL AND HEALTHY CHANGE? DALLAS HAS THREE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

ONE HIGH OPPORTUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY CLOSED OFF TO PEOPLE WITH LIMITED INCOME.

TWO. THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FEELING HEAVY PRESSURES OF DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED.

THREE. THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE FEELING SIGNIFICANT POVERTY LEVELS, AND THERE'S STILL TIME TO PUT DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE POINTS TO AVOID GENTRIFICATION TO HAPPEN.

SO THAT RECOMMENDATION RIGHT THERE, HOW DOES THAT FULFILL THOSE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NEIGHBORHOODS? EACH OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENTLY.

SO HOW WOULD THE CITY OF DALLAS ADVANCE FOR HOUSING THROUGH FORWARD DALLAS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CAMERON MILLS.

CAMERON MILLS IS NOT PRESENT.

BILLY LANE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MY NAME IS BILLY BILLY LANE.

I RESIDE AT 2831 WHITEWOOD DRIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.

I ENJOY THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A HOMEOWNER.

MOREOVER, MY FAMILY AND I ENJOYED THE PRIVILEGE OF OWNING A HOME THAT WE COULD AFFORD.

WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE STYLE OF HOME THAT IS AVAILABLE IN OUR QUAINT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE DALLAS HOUSING COALITION, I SUPPORT THE FORWARD DALLAS VISION. THE PLAN ENCOURAGES NEIGHBORHOODS TO OFFER DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE TO THOSE WHO CANNOT BE.

AT THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AT WORK AND WHO WILL LEAVE ONE JOB TO GO TO ANOTHER JOB, AND PERHAPS EVEN ANOTHER.

THEY WORK HARD, AND YET THEY OUGHT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY A SAFE, AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST AS I DO.

ONE WAY TO CURTAIL EXPLOITATIVE RENTS AND PREDATORY LANDLORDING IS TO ENSURE THAT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO WORK HARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MIKE NORTHROP.

MIKE NORTHROP.

5703 GOLIAD AVENUE IN DISTRICT 14.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THIS PLAN COMES TO YOU TODAY AFTER MANY HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF WORK ON BEHALF OF STAFF AND CITIZENS, FOR WHICH I'M APPRECIATIVE.

HOWEVER, THE PROCESS WAS HORRIBLY FLAWED, AND THE CITY DESERVES BETTER.

LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS WERE LEFT ON THE TABLE, AND SOME NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF THE HORRIBLY FLAWED PROCESS.

DESPITE MY RESERVATIONS FOR THE PLAN, I SUPPORT THE PLAN WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

SEPTEMBER 3RD AMENDMENTS.

I THINK THOSE TEND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE LARGER CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AND OTHERS LIKE ME, HAVE HAD, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST TWO ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

THE FIRST IS IN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE.

THE DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF PRIMARY USES AND MOVED TO SECONDARY USES, BECAUSE THAT'S A LAND USE CATEGORY.

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IT WAS CREATED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.

BUT GIVEN THAT IT'S A LAND USE CATEGORY, DUPLEX AND TRIPLEX ARE A SECONDARY USE IN THAT LAND USE.

AND SECONDLY, THE NARRATIVE FOR THAT PLACE TYPE SHOULD SAY IF THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE NARRATIVE PLACE TYPE AND THE MATRIX OR ILLUSTRATIONS THE NARRATIVE CONTROLS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT APPEARS IN MANY PLAN DOCUMENTS THAT HELPS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS WITHIN A DOCUMENT ITSELF, AND IT SHOULD BE PUT IN THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

COLIN YARBROUGH IS NOT PRESENT.

COLIN YARBROUGH.

DANIEL ROBY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THIS ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT TASK.

AS THE SECOND GENERATION HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT TEN, WHERE I RAISED MY FOUR KIDS.

WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME IS THAT ALTHOUGH I MAY BE THE CEO OF AUSTIN STREET CENTER, I ALSO LIVED IN AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.

IN 2008, WHEN I TOOK MY VERY FIRST JOB WORKING IN HOMELESS SERVICES.

I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT PLACE OF LIVING BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR IT, THEN I'M NOT SURE WHERE I WOULD HAVE LIVED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THAT WAS IN A DIFFERENT CITY, BUT HERE IN DALLAS, ELLIS CHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB HAS PRESENTED THIS PAST MONDAY THAT WE HAVE LOST 100,000 UNITS THAT ARE UNDER $1,000 A MONTH.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO ASK YOURSELVES IF THOSE 100,000 PEOPLE WERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY, HOW DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD LIKE YOU TO VOTE IN 2022? 62% OF RENTERS WERE SEVERELY COST BURDENED.

I SEE THE IMPACT OF THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT AUSTIN STREET CENTER.

WE ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ONE CRISIS AWAY.

WE'VE GOTTEN SO GOOD AT LEARNING HOW TO REHOUSE PEOPLE, BUT IF WE CAN'T FIND SOME WAY TO BE ABLE TO SLOW DOWN THE RISING COST OF RENTING AND HOME OWNERSHIP, AND MAKING THIS MORE ACCOMMODATING FOR EVERY PERSON AT EVERY LEVEL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TIDAL WAVE THAT WE CANNOT PUSH BACK.

PLEASE SUPPORT FOR DALLAS AND CAST A VISION FOR A CITY THAT HAS MORE HOUSING OPTIONS AND NOT LESS.

THERE'S THREE WAYS WE CAN ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE CAN FUND A TON OF IT.

WE CAN MAKE LAND AVAILABLE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL ZONING.

OR WE CAN JUST ADMIT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THOUSANDS OF MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS.

IT'S NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS, IT'S THE PERSON WHO DOES WHAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING FOYE DALLAS.

I LIVE AT 2650 CEDAR SPRINGS IN DISTRICT 14, AND I WORK AS WELL AT A CHURCH HERE IN DISTRICT 14.

ROY ATWOOD.

HI, I'M ROY ATWOOD.

THE ONLY WAY OUT OF A HOUSING SHORTAGE IS TO BUILD MORE HOUSING.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AGREE ON THIS.

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS MADE THE GOAL OF BUILDING 3 MILLION NEW HOMES, ONE OF THE KEY PLANKS OF HER ECONOMIC AGENDA.

AND LIKEWISE, THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER RELEASED A REPORT LAST MONTH SAYING THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO ADD 306,000 HOMES TO ACHIEVE AFFORDABILITY.

I SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS BECAUSE IT PLANS FOR WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT NEW HOUSING NEEDS TO BE BUILT IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN AND ALONG MAJOR TRAFFIC CORRIDORS, WHILE PROTECTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS FROM DESTABILIZING GROWTH.

A FORWARD DALLAS WILL RELIEVE THE PRESSURE TO ADD DEVELOPMENT TO SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS BY FOCUSING THAT DEVELOPMENT ELSEWHERE.

WHILE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION MIGHT NOT BE AFFORDABLE IN AND OF ITSELF, IT WILL EASE DEMAND FOR OLDER UNITS.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, WHEN DEMAND GOES DOWN, PRICES GO DOWN.

THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS WILL CREATE THRIVING MIXED USE AREAS THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND GENERATE TAX REVENUE THAT CAN FUND FURTHER PROPERTY TAX DECREASES.

ANOTHER WAY WE CAN INCREASE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

SIMPLY PUT, EVERY DAY THERE ARE MORE TEXANS THAN THERE WERE THE DAY BEFORE.

IF WE DON'T BUILD HOUSING FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN DALLAS, THEN THEY'LL LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY'LL SPEND THEIR MONEY THERE.

NOT BUILDING IS BASICALLY LEAVING THEIR FREE MONEY ON THE TABLE.

SO LET'S PASS FORWARD DALLAS AND START PICKING UP THAT MONEY.

I'LL NOW CALL THE NEXT GROUP.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SIT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER SECTION.

SYLVIA GARCIA GARZA, JOSE RIVAS, SUSIE BELL GOSLEE, LINDA BLAZE, JIM.

ANDERSON, JONATHAN DELAHUNTY, NATE HEMBY, CATHY KAUFMAN, SUSAN FOUNTAIN, ELLIOTT OUTLAND, MICHAEL

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WILLIAMS, AND ANITA NUNEZ.

SYLVIA GARZA IF YOU'RE PRESENT, YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM.

IS SYLVIA GARZA PRESENT? OKAY. SYLVIA GARZA IS NOT PRESENT.

JOSE RIVAS.

JOSE MR.. RIVAS.

JACK, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU SEE ME? YES, YOU MAY.

YOU MAY CONTINUE.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JOSE RIVAS.

60, 145 PARKDALE DRIVE, DISTRICT SEVEN.

I REMAIN CONCERNED WITH FORWARD DALLAS LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.

THE LANGUAGE APPEARS TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WORDS MATTER.

AND THIS DOCUMENT HAS PLENTY OF WORDS THAT ARE ILL DEFINED.

AND THIS LATEST DRAFT, THERE IS MENTION OF CONDOMINIUMS. BUT HOW MANY UNITS ARE IN A CONDOMINIUM? AND ARE THOSE DIFFERENTLY SIZED THAN MULTIPLE UNITS? IT ALSO STATES THAT INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT REZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS IS GENERALLY DISCOURAGED.

TEARING DOWN EXISTING HOUSING IS NOT ENCOURAGED AND MULTIPLEXES SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED ALONG ARTERIAL STREETS.

HERE'S MY CONCERN THE PLAN LEAVES THE DOOR WIDE OPEN FOR INTERPRETATION AND MAINTAINS WEAK LANGUAGE PROTECTIONS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS UPDATE IS MISLEADING AND DOES NOT EARN OUR TRUST.

AS WRITTEN, THIS REVISION WILL DESTABILIZE NEIGHBORHOODS, DISPLACE SENIORS AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES, AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

BECAUSE OF THIS, I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO AND UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I AM SUSIE GOSLEE, LIVING IN FAIRCREST AND DALLAS.

SUSIE GOSLEE.

THE CITY NEEDS A NEW HOUSING PLAN, BUT THE FORD DALLAS PLAN 2.0 DOES NOT ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE A HOME AND ALL PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE PROTECTED. HOUSING IS NOT AN ECONOMIC AN ECONOMY BUILDING ISSUE.

HOUSING IS A COMMUNITY BUILDING ISSUE TO CREATE A LIVABLE CITY.

THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE.

HOUSING SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN COMMITTEE AND NOT BE UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND THAT TENDS TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.

IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO CREATE THAT BALANCE.

LOW INCOME HOUSING IS NOT CONSIDERED AND NEEDS TO BE.

EVEN PARIS, FRANCE PROVIDES AND SUPPLEMENTS HOUSING IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER EUROPEAN CITIES.

THE FORMER DALLAS PLAN CAME OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN WHAT IS GOOD FOR HOUSING, FOR FAMILIES OLD AND YOUNG, HIGH AND LOW INCOME, AND DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS.

WORDS MATTER.

CONCEPTS MATTER.

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IS GREAT IN OUR CITY.

LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED DEVELOPERS TAKING OVER THEIR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

GENTRIFICATION AND LOSING THEIR HOMES.

WHILE SOME DEVELOPERS MAKE MORE MONEY AND THREATEN THE HOUSING, HEALTH AND SECURITY OF FAMILIES AS PEOPLE GET PRICED OUT OF THEIR OWN HOMES.

THE INCREASING INDIFFERENCE TO THE NEEDS AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND HOMEOWNERS, ESPECIALLY LOWER INCOME, IS REFLECTED IN THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN. HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.

HOUSING SHOULD BE IN ITS OWN TIME WITHOUT OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING THE MORAL DECISIONS.

SORRY. MY NAME IS LINDA BLAZE.

LINDA. BLAZE.

I LIVE AT 2310 ROANOKE AVENUE IN THE WEST.

LINDA CAN PUSH YOUR MIC.

PUSH IT AGAIN.

WHAT HE DID TO FIGHT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, ALL RIGHT, I'LL HELP THE SPEAKERS OUT.

WE DON'T JUST YELL AT THEM FROM ALL AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

IT SCARES PEOPLE.

POOR LADY. GO AHEAD.

OKAY. THEY JUST WANT YOU TO SPEAK.

THEY JUST WANT YOU TO SPEAK MORE INTO IT.

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ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS LINDA BLAZE.

I LIVE AT 2310 ROANOKE AVENUE IN WEST LOVE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DALLAS IN DISTRICT TWO.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY, AND I SUPPORT THE DALLAS FORWARD GOAL OF OF MEETING THAT NEED.

HOWEVER, THERE HAVE TO BE SOME PROTECTIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU'VE HEARD FROM TODAY FORWARD.

DALLAS DESIGNATED MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.

LOWER DENSITY, PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY USE WITH SECONDARY USES SUCH AS DUPLEXES, APARTMENTS, OPEN SPACE, MIXED USE, AND RETAIL.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY HAS MIXED ZONING COMPATIBLE WITH THE USES DESIGNATED BY DALLAS FORWARD.

IT'S DIVERSE AND DENSELY POPULATED, WITH EXTENDED FAMILIES WHO HAVE LIVED IN THEIR MOSTLY AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR DECADES.

SO EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT LOWER DENSITY, IT APPEARS TO FIT NICELY INTO THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN, BUT ONLY IF CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-FAMILY HOMES IS RESTRICTED TO THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED MULTI-FAMILY.

OUR FEAR IS THAT GENERAL MIXED USE DESIGNATION IN THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN WILL ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT MULTI-FAMILY HOMES ON OUR SINGLE FAMILY STREETS, INCREASING THE POPULATION DENSITY IN AN ALREADY HEAVILY POPULATED AREA WITH INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT.

THIS WOULD MAKE NO PRACTICAL SENSE AND WOULD BE ANTITHETICAL TO THE GOALS OF FORWARD DALLAS.

IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE CITY TO PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE THROUGH THE USE OF SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN THAT PREVENTS INAPPROPRIATE LAND USE WITHIN THE DESIGNATED MULTI-USE AREAS, EVEN AS IT STRIVES TO DEVELOP AN EXCELLENT USE PLAN FOR THE CITY.

JIM ANDERSON, 4706 SWISS AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75 204.

JIM ANDERSON.

I'M AN URBAN PLANNER AND WORK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR 26 YEARS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON FORWARD DALLAS.

FORWARD DALLAS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BY STATE LAW, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FUTURE ZONING.

SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY IS YOU'RE ESTABLISHING FUTURE ZONING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS PLAN IN THE FUTURE.

THE URBAN RENEWAL OF THE 50S AND 60S DID A HIT ON THE INNER CITY.

HUNDREDS OF OLDER HOMES WERE TORN DOWN ON ROSS MARSALIS, EWING, LANCASTER, FOREST, GASTON AND LIVE OAK.

THE REPLACEMENT MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES DECLINED, AND OFTEN HISTORIC DISTRICTS WERE CREATED AND HAS TAKEN OVER 50 YEARS TO BRING BACK THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE IMPORTANT NEIGHBORS IN DALLAS, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR DALLAS MUST ADDRESS DENSITY AT DART RAIL STOPS.

THE SOUTHERN HALF OF DALLAS IS EXTREMELY UNDERDEVELOPED, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY.

SO THE PLAN, THE PLAN IN THE PAST FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF WAS BUILT WITH $100 MILLION BRIDGES AND DECK PARKS.

THE CITY MUST HIRE A GREAT URBAN PLANNER AND DESIGN FIRMS TO DESIGN URBAN VILLAGES AND FOOD DESERT AREAS.

THESE COULD BE LIKE MOCKINGBIRD STATION, THE BISHOP ARTS DISTRICT PROPOSED BELLEVIEW SITE AND ADDISON CIRCLE.

ALSO, WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.

THE DALLAS DEVELOPERS AREN'T REAL GOOD AT AFFORDABILITY.

WE'RE GOING TO CARVE UP SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUILD TRIPLEXES TOWNHOMES, AND TELL ME HOW THOSE WILL BE AFFORDABLE, WHAT IS GOING TO BRING THOSE PRICES DOWN FOR THE PEOPLE? I THINK THAT THEY CAN LIVE THERE IN MY NEIGHBOR.

THE TOWNHOMES GO FOR $650,000.

DOLLARS. DON'T DO A 1950S URBAN RENEWAL.

DO THE RIGHT THING FOR DALLAS NOW.

DILLAHUNTY. I LIVE IN D-9 IN LOCKWOOD WITH MY WIFE MELODIE AND MY DAUGHTER EMMA.

JONATHAN DILLAHUNTY.

HEY, JONATHAN.

I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF A PRO HOUSING VERSION OF FORD DALLAS.

THIS INCLUDES ADDING ADUS INTO THE PLAN, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE FUTURE OF GENTLY ADDING DENSITY IN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOODS.

AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN CASTLE ESTATES AND LIVES IN AND OWNS A HOME IN LOCKWOOD, I CAN SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT I NOT ONLY WELCOME ADDING DENSITY TO SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE IN ORDER TO GROW OUR FISCAL BASE, INCREASE HOUSING OPTIONS AND AFFORDABILITY, PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS, ENCOURAGE WALKABILITY AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT OPTIONS, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND WELCOME IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF NEIGHBORS WHO WILL GREATLY STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY.

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I'VE LIVED IN D9 MY ENTIRE LIFE AND FEEL A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE PEOPLE AND PLACES IT CONTAINS.

I'VE SEEN THE MANY POSITIVES OF ADDING DENSITY IN OUR DISTRICT.

I REMEMBER GROWING UP THERE BASICALLY BEING TWO OPTIONS TO EAT AFTER CHURCH OR SCHOOL EVENT.

EL FENIX OR CHILI'S.

NOW THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE THE CUSTOMER BASE TO EXIST WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE OTHER WONDERFUL BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO THRIVE AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD DENSITY TO OUR DISTRICT.

ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS GREW UP IN A DUPLEX DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE LOCKWOOD LIBRARY.

WE LOVINGLY REFERRED TO HIS FATHER AS MR. DAD, AS HE WAS A TREMENDOUS ROLE MODEL AND INFLUENCE ON OUR FRIEND GROUP.

THAT GENTLE DENSITY DUPLEX THEY OWNED WAS THE ONLY REASON THEY WERE ABLE TO LIVE IN OUR NEARBY AND WEREN'T FORCED OUT TO THE SUBURBS AS THEY WERE ABLE TO RENT OUT THE OTHER SIDE TO HELP COVER THEIR MORTGAGE, USUALLY TO YOUNG FAMILIES FROM THEIR CHURCH.

ALSO LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND GET THEIR START WITHOUT BEING DISPLACED.

DENSITY DOES NOT DESTROY COMMUNITY.

IT BUILDS AND STRENGTHENS IT.

IT SADDENS ME TO THINK OF THE MANY MR. DADS WHO WILL BE PRICED OUT OF OUR DISTRICT AND CITY.

IF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS TREATED AS A BURDEN RATHER THAN AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS NATE HEMBY. I'M HERE WITH DALLAS NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING, AND I LIVE AT 336 BECKLEY WOOD BOULEVARD IN DISTRICT FOUR.

NATE HAMBY.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.

AND TO SUGGEST CHANGES TO INCREASE HOUSING OPTIONS IN DALLAS.

TODAY, I URGE YOU TO INCLUDE MORE HOUSING VARIETY IN DALLAS, ESPECIALLY NEAR TRANSIT AND NEAR DART BY ALLOWING DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, QUADPLEXES, ADUS, AND TOWNHOMES AS A PRIMARY USE IN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE.

FOR ME, WHEN I STARTED LOOKING FOR A HOME IN 2023, I WANTED TO BUY A SMALL MULTI-FAMILY HOME JUST LIKE THAT AND RENOVATE IT.

AND I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THESE TYPES OF HOMES WERE EXTREMELY RARE IN DALLAS.

MISSING. YOU MIGHT SAY I WANTED TO BUY A 2 TO 4 UNIT HOME SO I COULD LIVE IN ONE SIDE AND RENT OUT THE REST.

EXACTLY LIKE JONATHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING HELP WITH MY MORTGAGE AND PROVIDING A HOME FOR MY NEIGHBORS.

I'M ASKING SPECIFICALLY FOR 2 TO 4 UNIT HOMES TO BE ADDED BACK, BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF HOMES CAN ALREADY BE PURCHASED BY A REGULAR PERSON WITH A REGULAR HOME LOAN, EXACTLY LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

I HAD TO SETTLE FOR PURCHASING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY ALL WE'VE GOT HERE IN DALLAS.

WE NEED MORE VARIETY IN HOUSING AND WE NEED TO SEE IT BUILD AROUND, DART AROUND OUR BIKE SYSTEM AND NEAR TRANSIT TO REDUCE CAR DEPENDENCY IN OUR CITY, TO CONTINUE PROGRESS ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND TO BUILD COMMUNITY WEALTH, WE NEED TO SEE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING ADDED BACK WITH FORWARD DALLAS.

AS A REALTOR, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TIDE IS CHANGING.

YOU PROBABLY NOTICE IT BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS HERE TODAY, BUT ANECDOTALLY, I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE MY AGE ARE LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE THAN THOSE OF A PREVIOUS GENERATION. WE WANT MORE HOUSING TYPES.

WE WANT WALKABILITY.

WE WANT CONNECTION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND EVEN THOUGH FORD DALLAS DOESN'T PROVIDE A SILVER BULLET TO CREATE THAT WALKABLE, VIBRANT CITY THAT I ENVISION WITH SOME SMALL TWEAKS, IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THAT CITY TO BE POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. KATHY KAUFMAN.

I HAVE TO HAVE MY READING GLASSES.

SORRY. VERY QUICKLY, MAYOR JOHNSON, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE ENJOYED HAVING YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AT THE VOLLEYBALL GAME LAST WEEK.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD GAME.

YOU DIDN'T STAY FOR THE ENDING.

MY NAME IS KATHY KAUFMAN.

I LIVE AT 100 AND 805 LAKELAND CIRCLE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75230.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT 11, BUT MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I PARTICIPATE ALL OVER THE CITY WITH VARIOUS CITY ISSUES AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS.

TODAY, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE FORWARD DALLAS 2.0, UNLESS THERE ARE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE KEEP TALKING, BUT IT'S QUESTIONABLE WHETHER YOU REALLY HEAR US.

BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY IN MASS TO TRY TO GET YOUR ATTENTION ALONG WITH THE MANY EMAILS I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE STILL RECEIVING.

DALLAS IS A GREAT CITY, BUT OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OUR BACKBONE.

FORWARD DALLAS DOES NOT REFLECT THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT OUR CONCERNS.

DON'T THROW AWAY THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE NEED IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

TRUST IN THIS PROCESS IS AT STAKE AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT ONLY WATCHING, THEY ARE CONCERNED TOO.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.

I HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME LANGUAGE WHICH CONSIDERATION AND CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE TAKING PLACE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE.

AND WE WELCOME MR. RIDLEY AND ALL THE EFFORTS HE'S MADE ON OUR BEHALF.

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BUT WE NEED TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS REALLY WHAT WE WANT AND REALLY WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GETTING TODAY.

OKAY. SUSAN FOUNTAIN IS NOT PRESENT.

SUSAN FOUNTAIN.

ELLIOT. ALTLAND.

HI. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YOU MAY CONTINUE, MR. ALTLAND. OKAY.

HI, I'M ELLIOT ALLEN.

I LIVE AT 3050 NORTH HALL STREET, APARTMENT 254, IN DISTRICT 14.

RATHER. SO ALL ACROSS DALLAS, NEIGHBORHOODS EXIST WITH A LONG HISTORY OF DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, EVEN SMALL APARTMENT BUILDING, MIDDLE HOUSING, PEACEFULLY COEXISTING WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THAT'S WHAT DALLAS USED TO CONSIDER NORMAL.

THAT'S WHAT PASSING FOR DALLAS WILL HELP ACHIEVE.

TODAY, THOSE OLDER STRUCTURES, PART OF MANY NEIGHBORHOODS FABRIC FOR GENERATIONS ARE GRANDFATHERED IN.

CAN'T BE REPLACED OR AMPUTATED.

DALLAS TO GROW OUR OLD NORMAL NEEDS TO COME BACK.

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MIDDLE HOUSING FOR SALE AND RENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.

NOT ISOLATED TO JUST A FEW AREAS.

DOING THIS MAKES IT FAIR, JUST AND EQUITABLE FOR ALL.

AND IF YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT PLACES LIKE LOWER GREENVILLE, OAKLAWN, OR BISHOP ARE EXPENSIVE, IT'S BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH TO MEET.

THE DEMAND FOR DIVERSE, AFFORDABLE, WALKABLE LIVING AREAS IS QUICKLY OUTSTRIPPED SUPPLY.

WE SHOULD WANT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THESE.

CITY LEADERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BUILD THEIR CITIES AND BUILD THEM FOR THE FUTURE.

TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST, AFFECT THE PRESENT FOR THE FUTURE AND SUPPORT FOR DALLAS.

YOU SHOULD DO. THANK YOU.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR JOHNSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL WILLIAMS, AND I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL SINCE EARLY 2022.

TREK HAS CLOSELY MONITORED AND WEIGHED IN ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOUR DALLAS DRAFT THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN COMMITTEE, THE CITY PLAN, COMMISSION PROCESS, AND MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.

TODAY, TREK IS PROUD TO SUPPORT FOUR DALLAS BECAUSE IT BALANCES THE NEEDS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF THE CITY'S CURRENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE PLACE TYPE DEFINITIONS CAREFULLY EXTEND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY IN THE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SEEING AN INFLUX OF COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WHILE MAINTAINING TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

LASTLY, TREK APPRECIATES THAT FOUR DALLAS WILL BE A LIVING DOCUMENT RELYING ON NEIGHBORHOOD AND AREA PLANS.

ON BEHALF OF TREK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, HARD WORK AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

HI. MY NAME IS ANITA NUNEZ.

ANITA NUNEZ.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE DALLAS HOUSING COALITION AS WELL AS WORKERS DEFENSE.

I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE FORWARD DALLAS, BUT ALSO TO ADD IN LANGUAGE ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND TAKE AWAY ANY CONFUSING LANGUAGE THAT MIGHT SCARE PEOPLE AWAY OR MIGHT MIS INFORM THEM ABOUT WHAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE. THAT'S ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE JUST, LIKE, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO WHO ARE MAYBE FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS.

AND JUST TO EXPAND AFFORDABILITY FOR HOUSING.

THEY'RE NOT A BOOGEYMAN AND THEY'RE NOT THE ENEMY.

SO PLEASE INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR PLAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

YOUR REMAINING REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER SECTION.

NATHANIEL BARRETT, NANCY THOMAS, ANN LOTT, WILLIAM JOY, CINDY HEUER, LAURA QUINTERO, IAN SIMMONS, ANDREA SANDERS, COOKIE PEDEN, KAREN ROBERTS, AND RICHARD THACKER.

NATHANIEL BARRETT, ARE YOU YOU'RE VIRTUAL.

ARE YOU ON LINE? OKAY. I'M TOLD THERE'S NO NATHANIEL BARRETT.

NANCY THOMAS.

NANCY THOMAS HAS CANCELED.

ANN LOTT.

EXCUSE ME. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M ANNE LOTT. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECT TO EXPRESS CONCERN REGARDING THE MOST RECENT REVISIONS TO FORWARD DALLAS.

I JUST FEEL THE NEED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT LAND USE POLICIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.

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BOTH HUD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MAKE CLEAR THAT POLICIES THAT PROHIBIT CERTAIN HOUSING TYPES MAY VIOLATE THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FORWARD DALLAS APPEARS TO PROHIBIT ANY KIND OF ATTACHED HOUSING NEAR OR IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND GIVEN THE HISTORY OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN DALLAS, THAT RESULTS IN SOME OF THE HOUSING PATTERNS THAT WE SEE TODAY, I WOULD URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER. YOUR HOUSING POLICY STATES THAT YOU WILL INCREASE QUALITY.

AFFORDABLE MIXED INCOME HOUSING WHILE EMPHASIZING RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION.

BUT THIS REVISED PLAN DELETES LANGUAGE THAT PROMOTES THIS GOAL.

SUCH LANGUAGE AS PROMOTING ENFIELD OR INTEGRATED ENFIELD HOUSING IS DELETED LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT'S DELETED AND YOU'VE ADDED LANGUAGE THAT WOULD PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO.

SO DON'T CAVE TO NIMBY TO THE VOICES THAT SHOUT, NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

STAY TRUE TO YOUR HOUSING POLICY AND PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR OBLIGATION TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.

THAT OBLIGATION REQUIRES YOU TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION, OVERCOME PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION, IRRIGATION AND CREATE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.

JOY. HI, I'M WILLIAM JOY.

WILLIAM. WILLIAM.

I LIVE AT 701 MELBA STREET.

JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION.

THE SPEAKER LIST SAYS I'M REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'M NOT.

I'VE BEEN TOLD WILL BE FIXED IN THE MINUTES, BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I'LL ADMIT THAT WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS PLAN, I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT FOR SO LONG, REALLY, THAT I WAS CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I HAD SERIOUS CONCERNS AS SOMEONE WHO BOUGHT THEIR FIRST HOME IN APRIL.

BUT SINCE THEN, THE PLAN HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE BETTER DUE TO A SLEW OF AMENDMENTS.

SO I SUPPORT THE PLAN AS A WHOLE, BUT I'M REALLY SPEAKING TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THOSE CHANGES THAT MATTERS TO MY NEIGHBORS AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERED THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR BISHOP ARTS WAS CODED AS CITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS APARTMENTS AND MIXED USE, AS ITS PRIMARY AS OPPOSED TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH LISTS SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEXES AS ITS PRIMARY.

I SPOKE TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER.

HE HELPED ME SPEAK WITH ZONING AND THEY AGREED THAT A CHANGE TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL WAS NEEDED, WHICH I HOPE WILL BE ATTACHED TO ANY MOTION TO PASS THIS PLAN.

THE LAST 47 SPEAKERS HERE HAVE, AND YOU CERTAINLY WILL DEBATE HOW MUCH PROTECTION THIS PLAN ACTUALLY PROVIDES AGAINST INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENTS IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

IN FACT, WHEN I SPOKE TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO'S LIVED IN MY STREET FOR 55 YEARS, HE TOLD ME HE SUPPORTS FORWARD DALLAS WITH THIS NEEDED AMENDMENT FOR OUR AREA, BUT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE BELIEVES DEVELOPERS ARE JUST GOING TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, BUT THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF LISTENING TO CONCERNS AND THEN TAKING ACTION TO HELP IMPROVE A PLAN FORWARD.

DALLAS IS A STRONG PLAN AND A NEEDED UPDATE, BUT IT WILL NEED CONTINUED VIGILANCE AND THE SAME RESPONSIVENESS FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF THAT WE JUST RECEIVED.

OR WE'RE GOING TO END UP HERE AGAIN.

CURE. HI EVERYONE! CINDY HUA, 718 CRESTED COVE DRIVE, 75040.

CINDY HEUER.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

I AM ON THE BOARD OF A DFW BASED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NONPROFIT CALLED DOWNWINDERS AT RISK, AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF FORWARD DALLAS.

FOR YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SEE RESIDENTS IN JOPPY IN SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS, AND RESIDENTS OF SINGLETON CORRIDOR IN WEST DALLAS ENGAGE WITH CITY OF DALLAS PLANNERS TO INCORPORATE THEIR ASKS IN ASPIRATIONS FOR WHAT THEY WISH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT DECADE IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE REALITY THAT MY DEAR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY IS TRULY HEARTBREAKING.

EVERY DAY THEY HAVE TO WAKE UP IN THEIR HOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES AND USES, HAVE TO BREATHE IN POLLUTANTS THAT MAKE THEM COUGH AND MAY MAKE THEM ONE STEP CLOSER TO CANCER.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN.

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND FLORAL FARMS IN WEST DALLAS WORK TO UNDO WITH FORWARD DALLAS WITH FORWARD.

DALLAS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE DECISION MAKING TABLE TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH AND AMEND THE STATUS QUO FOR A MORE EQUITABLE CITY.

NO RESIDENT OF DALLAS SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION BECAUSE OF RACIST ZONING LAWS THAT CAME DECADES BEFORE.

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TO ME, SUPPORTING FORWARD DALLAS IS SUPPORTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN A CITY WHERE THESE ISSUES HAVE NOT YET BEEN ADDRESSED.

WE MUST KEEP THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NO HEAVY INDUSTRY NEXT TO EJ NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT LIKE WHAT MANY OTHERS HAVE STATED EARLIER, THERE MUST BE WORK DONE TO CREATE PATHWAYS FOR THE REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS POLLUTERS LIKE GAF IN WEST DALLAS AND TIMCO AND JP COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH FORWARD DALLAS TO SUPPORT A MORE EQUITABLE OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY.

HELLO. MY NAME IS LAURA QUINTERO.

LAURA QUINTERO.

LAKEWOOD DRIVE. I'M ON THE BOARD.

I WONDER IS AT RISK.

I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF FORWARD DALLAS.

HOWEVER, I URGE THAT YOU PRIORITIZE RACIAL JUSTICE AND ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HOUSING INEQUITIES IN COMMUNITIES LIKE WEST DALLAS AND FLORAL FARMS. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, PREDOMINANTLY HOME TO BIPOC AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, HAVE ENDURED DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM FROM INDUSTRIAL USES AND WHEN DALLAS.

WE SUPPORT KEEPING CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES NORTH OF THE TRAIN TRACKS, WHILE MAINTAINING A BAN ON HEAVY INDUSTRY SOUTH OF THE TRACKS.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR PATH FOR MOVING HAZARDOUS POLLUTERS LIKE GIF CONTINUE TO THREATEN COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR DROPPING FLORA FARMS. THE CURRENT FLEXIBLE CONTROL STRONG ZONING ALLOWS WAREHOUSING AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES THAT CONFLICT WITH THE COMMUNITY'S VISION.

WE CALL FOR CHANGING THIS TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE, ESPECIALLY ALONG SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH LOCAL NEEDS.

AS A CITY THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING, DALLAS IS OBLIGATED TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.

THIS MEANS ADDRESSING THE LEGACY OF RACIAL AND ECONOMIC SEGREGATION, TRANSFORMING AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY INTO PLACES OF OPPORTUNITY.

THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND RACIAL JUSTICE.

WE MUST ENSURE THAT TERMS LIKE STABLE AREAS DON'T OBSCURE THE NEED FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

GROWTH SHOULD OCCUR IN WAYS THAT UPLIFT BIPOC COMMUNITIES, NOT DISPLACE THEM.

ENSURING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD CAN THRIVE FOR DALLAS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

AS I MOVE FORWARD, THERE MUST BE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS ALL, NOT JUST A FEW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IAN SIMMONS.

MY NAME IS IAN SIMMONS, AND I AM THE DALLAS CITY HALL ADVOCATE FOR ENVIRONMENT TEXAS, A GRASSROOTS POWERED ORGANIZATION WORKING FOR CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, OPEN SPACES AND A LIVABLE CLIMATE FOR ALL TEXANS.

IN 2020, DALLAS ADOPTED THE CAP, FOCUSING ON MITIGATING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE WHILE IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

WE HAVE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN, BUT WE HAVE A BIG HOLE IN OUR EFFORTS.

LAND USE.

HISTORICALLY, OUR LAND USE IN DALLAS HAS ENCOURAGED SPRAWL.

THIS DEVELOPMENT PATTERN HAS WORSENED TRAFFIC, CAUSED CONGESTION, AIR POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY ISSUES, AND HABITAT LOSS AS MORE FIELDS AND PRAIRIES ARE PAVED OVER.

FORWARD DALLAS COULD TURN DEVELOPMENT BACK TO DALLAS AND GIVE MORE PEOPLE THE OPTION TO LIVE CLOSER TO WORK.

OPEN SPACES, DAILY AMENITIES WHILE REMOVING AIR POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

HOWEVER, THE REMOVAL OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM THE LATEST DRAFT AND CONFUSING LANGUAGE ABOUT COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS RAISES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

ADUS, DUPLEXES, AND TRIPLEXES ARE EASY, NEARLY INVISIBLE SOLUTIONS THAT GREATLY REDUCE THE PER CAPITA ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.

THESE SOLUTIONS ARE CRITICAL TO MEETING THE CAPS GOALS OF REDUCING HOME ENERGY USE BY 25%, SHIFTING MODE OF TRANSPORTATION BY 38% OF TRIPS WITHOUT A SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE, AND REACHING NET ZERO CARBON BY 2050.

FORWARD DALLAS COULD MAKE DALLAS GREENER, CLEANER AND GIVE MORE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND WORK IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE WALKABLE, BIKEABLE AND TRANSIT THAT ACCESSIBLE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT A PLAN THAT INCLUDES ADUS, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, AND QUADPLEXES.

ANDREA SANDERS.

I'M ANDREA SANDERS, 3432 SPRUCE VALLEY LANE.

I HAVE A COMPLAINT AND A TRUTH.

THE COMPLAINT IS I AM PERSONALLY OFFENDED BY THE RECENT CYNICAL ATTEMPTS OF SEVERAL PEOPLE AND GROUPS TO

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MANIPULATE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY EQUATING SINGLE FAMILY ZONING WITH REDLINING, A PRACTICE THAT WAS USED IN THE 40S TO KEEP PEOPLE OF COLOR OUT OF CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU CONVENIENTLY FORGET TO MENTION THAT THAT PRACTICE WAS OUTLAWED ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO, IN 1968.

HERE'S THE TRUTH.

THE CUCKOO IS A BIRD THAT DIFFERS FROM MOST OTHER BIRDS IN TWO REGARDS.

ONE IS ITS UNIQUE CALL, THE OTHER IS ITS NESTING HABITS.

WHILE OTHER LITTLE BIRDS ARE GATHERING TWIGS AND LEAVES AND LITTLE BITS OF FLUFF AND FINDING SECURE LOCATIONS TO BUILD THEIR NEST, LAY THEIR EGGS AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES, THE CUCKOO SITS BY THE SIDE AND WATCHES, AND WHEN THE BIRD HAS BUILT ITS NEST AND LAID ITS EGGS AND FLIES OFF TO GET FOOD, THE CUCKOO ZOOMS IN AND LAYS ITS EGGS IN THAT NEST.

WHEN THE EGGS HATCH AND THE TINY BIRDS ARE THERE, THE CUCKOO HATCHLING, WHICH INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE OTHERS, PECKS THE LITTLE BIRDS AND PUSHES THEM OUT OF THE NEST.

HERE, IN A NUTSHELL, WE HAVE TWO THINGS.

WE HAVE DENSITY AND WE HAVE DISPLACEMENT.

THIS IS WHAT FOYE WOULD DALLAS WILL BRING US.

I URGE YOU, I URGE YOU IN ITS PRESENT FORM, NOT TO PASS THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE FORWARD DALLAS IS CUCKOO. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

MISS SANDERS HAS A TENDENCY TO DO THAT TO US.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, COOKIE PAYTON.

HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THAT COOKIE? I RESIDE AT 7111 DEBBIE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

75252. I ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF NORTH DALLAS NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, WHICH CONSISTS OF ABOUT 43 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. EARLIER THIS WEEK, I SENT ALL OF YOU AN EMAIL STATING CONCERNS ABOUT A LACK OF TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY RESULTING FROM A CONSTANTLY CHANGING DOCUMENT THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR ALL OF US IN THIS CITY.

A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE OCCURRED THAT HAVE CAUSED ME THAT CONCERN.

ONE IS I WAS IN A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING THE OTHER DAY, AND CITY STAFF CITED THAT TAX REVENUES FROM A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD OR A SINGLE FAMILY LOT WOULD BE ABOUT $1 MILLION.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS A LONG TERM VIEW OR WHAT, BUT IF YOU CHANGE THAT TO MULTI-FAMILY, THE TAX REVENUE INCREASED TO $11 MILLION.

TO ME, THAT CAUSES CONCERN THAT SAYS, ARE WE AS A CITY, WILLING TO SACRIFICE THE QUALITY OF OUR HOMES FOR ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE? AND BELIEVE ME, I'VE SEEN YOUR BUDGET.

I KNOW THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE, BUT IS THAT RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO DRIVE OUT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING TAXED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SWITCH OVER JUST TO GET MORE REVENUE FROM MULTIFAMILY. THERE'S ANOTHER POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE, BECAUSE I'VE ATTENDED COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN DALLAS EXCEPT ONE ON THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN.

AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND I QUOTE THAT FRIEND, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE SHODDY APARTMENTS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.

WE NEED STABLE, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE.

THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AN INJUSTICE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR A LONG TIME.

SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THOUGH, THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW, GIVEN CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DO ENABLE PEOPLE TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. IF WE CONTINUE.

I'M SORRY. MY. OUT OF TIME.

EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU.

KAREN ROBERTS.

KAREN ROBERTS, 502 CAMERON AVENUE.

I AM NOT A NIMBY.

I AND I AM NOT MISINFORMED.

I KNOW THAT FORWARD DALLAS IS NOT A ZONING DOCUMENT, BUT IT HAS A POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON THE FUTURE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THE PLAN DOES NOT CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON MULTIPLE CITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, NOR ON SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS.

THERE IS NO IDENTIFICATION OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND THERE WILL BE MANY STAFF IGNORED THE INPUT OF RESIDENTS AND CITY OFFICIALS.

THE RESULT IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS BASED ON A HYPOTHETICAL PLANNING MODEL THAT IS A DEVELOPER'S DREAM.

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I UNDERSTAND SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IF THE SUPPLY IS LUXURY APARTMENTS OR THE MILLION DOLLAR DUPLEXES BEING BUILT IN MY VERY MODEST NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL INCREASE WITH NO END IN SIGHT.

ALL THE WHILE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BEING DEMOLISHED AND THE HOUSING CRISIS WORSENS.

THE CHILD POVERTY LAB JUST REPORTED THAT ALMOST 7000 HOUSES HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED SINCE 2017.

MOST ARE PROBABLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE.

I SEE IT ALL OVER EAST DALLAS.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING.

DALLAS MUST BE PROTECTED IF THE CITY IS TO MEET ITS POTENTIAL.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLAN COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO HAVE TIRELESSLY STUDIED THE FORWARD DALLAS DOCUMENT, HELD AND ATTENDED NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, LISTENED TO US AND IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM, JOIN WITH RESIDENTS IN OUR GOAL TO PROTECT OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

MY NAME IS RICHARD THACKER.

RICHARD THACKER.

I LIVE AT 7001 GREEN TREE LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

SITTING BACK HERE.

FORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO EVERYTHING.

I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPEAKERS WERE SAYING, BUT ONE THING THAT COMES THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR TO ME IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM THIS PLAN.

WE NEED A PLAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

BUT THIS PLAN HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS VERY CONFUSING AND VERY OPAQUE.

I'VE READ THE THING FROM START TO FINISH AND IT'S VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND TO THE AVERAGE LAYPERSON.

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, I THINK.

AND THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS THING WILL DO AND WHAT IT WON'T DO.

IT WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT WILL ACTUALLY DO THE REVERSE.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE, MY FRIENDS INCLUDED, THAT BARELY KNOW THAT THIS PLAN EXISTS.

I WOULD PLEAD FOR MORE TIME.

I WOULD PLEAD THAT WE BACK OFF, AND THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER INITIATE AN EDUCATION PROGRAM WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICT AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT, SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS THING IS AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

AND I THINK IN THE END, WE WIND UP WITH A BETTER PRODUCT.

IF YOU VOTE ON SOMETHING TODAY, I'M NOT SURE THAT ANY OF US KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.

SO THIS WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD ASK.

MORE TIME.

JUST GIVE US ANOTHER SIX MONTHS EVEN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PRODUCT.

THESE ARE YOUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE NOT SPOKE TO COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? I SEE SEVERAL.

WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THESE FIRST FEW PEWS? FIRST 2 OR 3 PEWS AND YOU MAY BEGIN, BUT PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

TOM DUPREE, FIVE 132 BELLERIVE DRIVE.

I'VE LIVED IN THAT HOME FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS AND I HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST 12 FORWARD DALLAS MEETINGS, INCLUDING IN MOST OF THE DISTRICTS THAT THAT HELD DISTRICT MEETINGS.

AND ONE THING WAS REALLY COMMON AT EVERY MEETING, AND THAT IS A STRONG OPPOSITION TO EVEN HINTING THAT OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS COULD BE DISRUPTED.

AND THIS WAS ACROSS ALL RACES, ALL CREEDS, ALL INCOME LEVELS BAD, BAD AND BAD.

DALLAS BIGGEST ASSET IS THE INTEGRITY OF ITS NEIGHBORHOODS.

HIGH DENSITY STEALS THAT AWAY FROM US.

DALLAS HAS THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.

MAYBE WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF THOSE SECTORS.

AS ONE OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS MENTIONED, WE'RE REALLY NOT THAT FAR APART.

ALL WE WANT IS FOR FULLY DEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE PRESERVED AS THEY ARE.

BUT IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS INITIATIVE IN ITS CURRENT FORM AND ARE PLANNING TO RUN FOR CITY OFFICES, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS OPPOSITION IS CITYWIDE

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ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS.

GRAPHICS. IT'S VERY MOTIVATED, INFLUENTIAL AND ANGRY AND YOU'D BE CUCKOO FOR DOING SO.

SO MY NAME IS DEBBIE SOLIS.

I LIVE IN 2322 KENNESAW DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS, SEVEN FIVE, 212.

WEST DALLAS, DISTRICT SIX.

I COME TODAY WITH A CONCERN TO THE FUTURE OF SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

PLEASE USE WEST DALLAS AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT NOT TO DO.

WE HAVE APARTMENTS THAT WERE BUILT.

WE HAVE ZONING THAT WILL CHANGE, BUT IT DID NOT HELP MY COMMUNITY.

IT GENTRIFIED MY COMMUNITY.

WE CANNOT AFFORD HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT THERE.

I DID ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND I KEPT ON ASKING, IS THIS GOING TO HELP MY COMMUNITY? CAN YOU GUARANTEE WILL HAVE LOW INCOME AND MIDDLE HOUSING FOR MY COMMUNITY AND THAT.

YEAH, THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT.

I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS FOR DALLAS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AS I WAS SITTING BACK THERE, THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T GET PAID TO COME HERE.

I'M NOT AN ORGANIZATION.

I'M NOT INTO WHATEVER COALITION'S BEEN HEARING ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING, SPEAKING IN WEST DALLAS IN MY BEHALF, I COME SPEAKING FOR MY PEOPLE.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE GUARANTEES THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND RIGHT NOW, GROWING UP IN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY, BUT REALITY, IT WAS SECOND.

WE HAD TWO GENERATIONS THERE.

HISPANIC PEOPLE HELPED EACH OTHER, SO IT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY.

I KNEW WE HAD TO. WE HAD A GUARD, WE HAD GARDENS.

WE HAD THINGS THAT WE NEEDED.

I KNOW WE WANT TO CHANGE THINGS IN DALLAS.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THE GUARANTEE.

AND I'M GOING BACK TO ENVIRONMENTAL.

WE NEED TO FIX THAT.

OF COURSE THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE STILL NEED TO TRY TO STABILIZE OUR COMMUNITIES.

I NEED MY PEOPLE TO STAY WHERE THEY'RE AT AND NOT LOSING THEM EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR TAXES, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN WEST DALLAS ANYMORE.

WE HAVE MILLION DOLLAR HOMES COMING TO WEST DALLAS.

IT HAS TO STOP.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DAVID, LADY, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DALLAS, 5816 WEST PLANO PARKWAY DALLAS, VA IS IN SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS FORWARD PLAN 2.0.

WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE ANY EXISTING ORDINANCES OR ZONING, WE DO FEEL THAT THE PLAN OFFERS THE CITY'S VISION FOR HOW THEY'D LIKE TO SEE LAND DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT HELPS OUR FOLKS AS THEY TRY AND PLAN AHEAD SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCEDURE.

OUR GOAL, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO PROVIDE A DIVERSITY IN HOUSING STOCK, AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A STEP IN GOING IN A DIRECTION TO PROVIDE NEEDED HOUSING.

WE ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WHATEVER MOVES FORWARD FROM BEYOND THIS POINT, WHETHER IT COMES OUT AS AN ORDINANCE, THAT IT ALWAYS GOES THROUGH WHAT MANY ON THE COUNCIL HAVE REFERRED TO BEFORE AS A SENSIBILITY CHECK, AND THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR SAY LATER IN THAT PROCESS, TO WHICH WE FEEL IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC PROCESS THAT THE CITY USED TO INFORM INDIVIDUALS, CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS ISSUE.

I LIVE AT 9109 CLEAR LAKE.

MY NAME IS BOB EICHEL.

DISTRICT 13.

I HAVE CAME TO DALLAS IN 67.

MY DAD BROUGHT HIS BUSINESS HERE.

I HAVE ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE, WENT ON TO COLLEGE, BECAME AN ARCHITECT AND A PLANNER, DEVELOPER AND INVESTOR.

AND ALL MY TIME HAS BEEN SPENT IN DALLAS.

I LOVE THIS CITY AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE MOST STRATEGIC ASSETS.

AS A PLANNER. I'VE DONE ABOUT 15,000 PLUS ACRES IN DALLAS FORT WORTH.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE WAS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE ANALYSIS OF THE DFW AIRPORT, WHICH I THINK EVERYONE WOULD CONSIDER A VERY VALUABLE ASSET.

WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS WHEN I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A VERY PROMINENT RESIDENTIAL BROKER, I WASN'T AWARE THIS WAS GOING ON.

HONESTLY, I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, AND SO WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING, I SAID, I THINK I OWE IT TO THE CITY TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF.

SO THE GENESIS OF THIS STARTED IN 2016 WITH THE TOOLKIT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE CITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THAT TOOLKIT HAVE ALL HAD PROBLEMS. MY HOME STATE, MINNEAPOLIS, SAINT PAUL.

THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL THE DETAIL, BUT THEY'RE LOSING POPULATION.

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THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THE FIVE CITIES THAT I CITED IN THE LETTER TO YOU THAT IS EVEN STAYING BUOYANT, AND THAT WOULD BE AUSTIN.

THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE DENSITY BY.

RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO BRING UP SOME COMMENTS, BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OUT THERE ARE GOING TO HEAR THIS LATER ON, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, IF WE HAVE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN VACANT LAND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND BY THE WAY, TEXAS DALLAS IS THE MOST DENSE CITY IN THE TRIANGLE.

HALF OF OUR ZIP CODES HAVE DENSITY THAT ARE TWO X AND SOMETIMES FOUR X, AND SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE THAT DENSITY ARE HAVING ISSUES.

SO DENSITY ISN'T ALWAYS THE ANSWER.

IT'S THE RIGHT WAY OF DOING IT.

AND I'VE STUDIED NEW URBANISM, I'VE DONE MY SHARE OF ALL THIS.

AND I THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY.

AND I THINK I WANT TO OFFER THIS TO YOU.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. I WOULD LIKE THAT'S YOUR TIME.

OH. I'M SORRY. CONSTRAINTS.

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS ON THE VACANT LAND THAT WE HAVE A BETTER WAY.

MATT BOK 15746 COVID CIRCLE.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY.

I AM INVOLVED WITH A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS BY VIRTUE OF THE PEPPER SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT A LATER DATE.

BUT IT DOES BRING ME IN CONTACT WITH MANY NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU GENERALLY THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF FORWARD DALLAS WITH THE CONCERN, HOWEVER, THOUGH, THAT IT DOES NOT PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK MOST OF US, I CERTAINLY DO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR FORWARD DALLAS AND TO HAVE A PLAN, AND THIS COULD BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PLAN WITH SOME, I THINK, MODEST ALTERATIONS TO IT.

CLEARLY, YOU'VE HEARD THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OUR MAIN CONCERN.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY TO APPROVE THE OR MODIFY THE APPROVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW MULTIPLEX, TOWNHOME, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SECONDARY USES TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. SECONDLY, PLEASE CHANGE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED TO A SECONDARY LAND USE AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL SMALL TOWN RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPES.

THIRDLY, ADD THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE DOCUMENT.

NARRATIVE TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER PLACE, TYPE AND LAND USE MATRIX AND OR ANY ILLUSTRATIONS.

AND LASTLY, HONOR THE COMMITMENT TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.

ESTABLISHED IN FOREST DALLAS 2006 TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS BY RESTATING THAT ALLOWS EXISTING ZONING AND ADOPTED PLANS TO REMAIN IN PLACE, AND ZONING CHANGES TO BE ADDRESSED ONLY THROUGH SMALL AREA PLANS AND PUBLIC PROCESS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

DIANE BENJAMIN, 6530 WAGONER DRIVE, DALLAS, DISTRICT 13.

I AM A FULL TIME REALTOR OF OVER 45 YEARS.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TREK DOES NOT REPRESENT ME IN MY PRINCIPLES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M A FORMER COMMISSIONER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH, SERVED EIGHT YEARS ON THE COMMISSION, AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE FOR THE COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT REPRESENT MYSELF AS EITHER.

I'M NOT IMPRESSED WITH GLOBAL WARMING.

I PROTECT THE VALUE OF THE HOMES THAT I HAVE SOLD FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS.

I PROTECT THE HOMEOWNERS WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY AND HARD FOR THEIR HOMES IN PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM OF HOME OWNERSHIP.

LET US NOT BE CONFUSED.

THIS PLAN IS A CONTINUATION OF OBAMA'S PLAN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, WHICH IS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, AND HOW TO ROB THE SUBURBS TO PAY FOR THE CITIES.

I'M JUST GOING TO SIMPLY END WITH STATING AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, NOT REDISTRIBUTION, AS THE KEY TO A BETTER LIFE. SHARING OUR SHRINKING ECONOMIC PIE IS A ZERO SUM GAME.

THE PATH TO BITTER CLASS WARFARE REDISTRIBUTION KILLS INCENTIVES TO THE GROWTH THAT BENEFITS ALL.

FURTHERMORE, I'D LIKE TO READ SOMETHING FROM.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN PROPERTY IS A FULL FRUIT OF LABOR.

PROPERTY IS DESIRABLE.

IT IS A POSITIVE GOOD TO THE WORLD THAT SOME SHOULD BE RICH SHOWS THAT OTHERS MAY BECOME RICH AND HENCE IS JUST ENCOURAGEMENT TO INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE.

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THAT'S YOUR TIME. LET HIM.

THAT IS NOT.

LET HIM WHO IS HOUSELESS NOT PULL DOWN THE HOUSE OF ANOTHER, BUT LET HIM WORK DILIGENTLY TO BUILD ONE FOR HIMSELF.

THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, ASSURING THAT HIS OWN SHALL BE SAVED FROM VIOLENCE.

THANK YOU, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

THAT IS YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CALEB ROBERTS.

2847 ALABAMA AVENUE, DISTRICT FOUR.

I'M ALSO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOWNWINDERS AT RISK.

I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF FORD FOR DALLAS.

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF GROUPS THAT DOWNWINDERS WORKS WITH IN THE JP COMMUNITY, WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY AND FLORAL FARMS COMMUNITY.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PROTECTION AND PROTECTION IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN COME IN MANY WAYS INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, NOT JUST HOUSING TYPES.

AND THE THING WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ARE DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES. AND WE TALK ABOUT PROTECTION.

CAN YOU BUILD IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING TYPE YOU HAVE, IF IT'S APARTMENTS, IF IT'S SINGLE FAMILY, IF IT'S TRIPLEX DUPLEX, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SAFE AIR TO BREATHE, IF YOU'RE AFFECTED BY WHAT'S AROUND YOU, POLLUTION.

YOU KNOW, FUMES THAT GET INTO YOUR HOUSE, THAT AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO LIVE.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HOUSING TYPE YOU HAVE.

THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES.

AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LISTED ARE SINGLE FAMILY AND IN FOR DALLAS.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE MAKING INROADS INTO AFFECTING CHANGE UPON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES TO ALLOW ALL PEOPLE IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOMES TO ENJOY THEIR TIME HERE IN DALLAS AND ENJOY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WITHOUT THAT, THESE FAMILIES AND THESE PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES.

I DO THINK IT'S A BIT OF A PRIVILEGE TO SAY THAT WHAT MAY HAPPEN WITH FORD DALLAS WHAT WILL HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE? MAYBE. BUT WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF FORD DALLAS IS NOT PASSED IS THAT THESE COMMUNITIES WILL STILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE.

THIS IS THE ONLY TIME.

THIS IS THE ONLY PUBLIC POLICY THEY HAVE TO HELP BUILD ON THAT ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND WITHOUT IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HOUSE THEY HAVE, THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THIS. THESE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH, PART OF OUR, OF OUR CITY, WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ISSUES FOR A LONG TIME OF DEVELOPMENT TIME.

THANK YOU, PASTOR DALLAS.

HOPEFULLY I'LL STAY ON MY FEET.

ANYHOW, MY NAME IS REGINA HIGGINSON.

I AM A NEWBIE IN DALLAS.

I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

I CAME FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

BECAUSE MY SISTER, I CAME HERE, MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, AND I CAME HERE BECAUSE MY SISTER LIVES HERE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE OUTCRY OF ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU, ALL OF YOU, SOME OF YOU HAVE PAID ATTENTION AND SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT.

AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE SEATS, YOU'RE SITTING IN, THAT YOU HEAR OUR CRY, YOU HEAR OUR WANTS, YOU HEAR OUR DESIRES, AND WE'RE ALL, I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CRYING FOR THE EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

AND I HOPE YOU'RE HEARING IT.

YOU KNOW, I, I DID A LITTLE STUDY WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT, AND I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MAYBE IF THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN REAL ESTATE AND ARE EXPANDING THEIR OWN PERSONAL TAKE ON THIS SITUATION AS WELL.

WHAT I WANT TO ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IS THE OFFICE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN.

ARE YOU THERE FOR YOU? ARE YOU THERE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING? I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST RESEARCH THAT IN YOUR OWN MIND BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, WE WANT TO BELIEVE IN YOU.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T QUITE SEE IT.

SO IF MAYBE IF YOU'LL TAKE A STEP BACK, READ WHAT YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND REALLY SEARCH YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND TO SAY, IS THIS REALLY A SERVICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THIS CITY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HI, MY NAME IS MARK ISHMAEL AND I LIVE AT 1655 GRIGSBY AVENUE IN DISTRICT TWO.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF FORWARD DALLAS AND FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.

THE RECENT CHANGES DISALLOWING CONSIDERATION OF ADUS AND ADDING VAGUE LANGUAGE CASTING, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES LIKE TOWNHOMES, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND QUADPLEX

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AS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE ARE A MISTAKE.

DALLAS NEEDS AN INCREASED SUPPLY AND MORE DIVERSE MIX OF HOUSING, ACTIVELY PLANNING TO LIMIT OUR OWN LONG TERM HOUSING GROWTH IN THE MIDST OF SKYROCKETING HOUSING PRICES, STAGNATING POPULATION GROWTH AND DIRE CITY FINANCES IS ENTIRELY IRRESPONSIBLE.

MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T WEAKEN NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT STRENGTHENS THEM.

INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS ADDING RESIDENTIAL TO CURRENTLY SINGLE USE OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL AREAS, WILL ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO ADD NEW RESIDENTS CLOSER TO EXISTING BUSINESSES, SERVICES, SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE OUR INCREASINGLY INTERCONNECTED TRAIL NETWORK AND DART STATIONS. THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT PROMOTES WALKABILITY, WILL LEAD TO HEALTHIER, SAFER AND MORE ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT WILL ALSO BY THE CITY AND REGION.

TIME ON TRAFFIC GROWTH FROM NEW RESIDENTS FROM OUTPACING THE ONGOING ROAD EXPANSIONS.

TXDOT'S PERFORMING ACROSS DFW.

AS HOME PRICES RISE, PEOPLE LEAVE DALLAS AND SEEK MORE ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN THE SUBURBS AND EXURBS OF DFW, ROBBING OUR COMMUNITIES OF LONGTIME AND PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS, DALLAS BUSINESSES OF EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS, AND LOCKING IN MORE LONG DISTANCE AND HIGH FREQUENCY CAR TRAVEL TO THE REGION.

PLANNING FOR LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY TO REMAIN THE MOST PREVALENT TYPOLOGY WELL INTO DALLAS FUTURE IS ANTITHETICAL TO THE CITY STATED CLIMATE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, HOUSING AND MOBILITY GOALS.

ANTI-HOUSING CHANGES TO FOYE DALLAS DRAFT ARE SHORTSIGHTED, AND I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO PURSUE A MORE PROACTIVE AND POSITIVE VISION FOR THE CITY THAN THE STAGNATION, POLLUTION AND CONTINUED AUSTERITY THAT AWAITS US IF WE MAINTAIN OUR RESIDENTIAL LAND USE STATUS QUO.

HI. MY NAME IS GARRETT PARNELL.

I'VE. I LIVE IN NORTH DALLAS IN ZIP CODE 75230.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROSPECT OF CHANGE CAN BE SCARY, BUT WHAT I'M SCARED OF IS NOT CHANGING.

HOUSING IS A BASIC HUMAN NEED, AND THE CITY OF DALLAS NEEDS TO PULL EVERY REASONABLE LEVER TO ADDRESS THAT.

OUR HOUSING CRISIS.

THIS NEED CANNOT BE SACRIFICED TO ACCOMMODATE FEARS OF INCONVENIENCE.

I'M SCARED THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO DEDICATE SO MUCH LAND TO USES THAT BRING NO OR EVEN NEGATIVE NET REVENUE TO THE CITY, BUT IS STILL UNAFFORDABLE BY SO MANY PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO FOREVER JUST BE OUR OWN CRUMBLING SUBURB WITHOUT THE TAX BASE TO PAY FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES AND ALWAYS FAILING FOR SHORT, FALLING FAR SHORT OF GOALS LIKE VISION ZERO, CAP AND THE NEW BIKE PLAN, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

WE CAN REALIZE OUR POTENTIAL AS A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE, WORLD CLASS CITY OVERFLOWING WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL LIFESTYLES.

OR WE WILL REALIZE OUR DECLINE AS AN URBAN, LIMINAL SPACE THAT WAS TOO BEHOLDEN TO THE FEW TO DO RIGHT BY THE MANY.

FORD DALLAS IS A GOOD PLAN THAT PROTECTS EXISTING WAYS OF LIFE AND ENABLES OTHERS.

I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS PLAN.

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT TRUST TODAY AND TODAY.

I'M TRUSTING YOU ALL TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY OVER FEAR.

I'M TRUSTING YOU TO PASS FORD DALLAS TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A CITY THAT I'M EXCITED TO SPEND A LIFETIME IN.

I AM CRYSTAL ROBERTS AND I RESIDE AT 14012 HUGHES LANE.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M IN DISTRICT 11.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE WARD DALLAS 2.0, UNLESS THERE'S PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES.

IT'S ESSENTIAL TO SAFEGUARD THE INVESTMENTS THAT US HOMEOWNERS HAVE MADE IN THIS CITY.

MANY HAVE VOICED SIMILAR CONCERNS, YET IT FEELS LIKE THOSE VOICES HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED.

WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL PART OF WHAT MAKES OUR CITY SO GREAT.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FOUNDATION STARTS TO UNRAVEL? IT CREATES A GAP WHICH ONLY GROWS LARGER AND LARGER OVER TIME AND CREATES SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CITY.

RECENT DECISIONS MADE BY THE COUNCIL HAVE RAISED DOUBTS ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY RESULTING IN LOSS OF PUBLIC TRUST.

WHAT STEPS ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO TAKE TO REGAIN THE TRUST OF ALL OF US AND ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS? I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU ARE DOING, BUT YOUR WORK ISN'T DONE.

PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS DOCUMENT UNTIL MOST OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROTECTIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

I DIDN'T GET TO USE ALL OF MY TWO MINUTES.

HI. MY NAME IS DALTON PITTNER, AND I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND CASA LINDA ESTATES.

I'M HERE PRESENTING THE PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE OF SURVEYS THAT OUR RESIDENTS FILLED OUT.

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THESE ARE ALL IN OPPOSITION, AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 90 THAT CAME IN ELECTRONICALLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE CURRENT FORWARD DALLAS PLAN.

I WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

CASA LINDA ESTATES, WHERE WE LIVE, IS A PART OF THE LAKE AND GARDEN DISTRICT, AND WE CONSIDER OURSELVES THE EPITOME OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT YOU BOAST TO PROTECT IN FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.

WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN TRYING TO CREATE A CITY PLAN.

WE APPLAUD THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES IN FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.

HOWEVER, WE VIEW THE CITY'S RECENT EFFORTS TO INCREASE DENSITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH MANY OF YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL, JUSTICE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES. THE CITY RECENTLY APPROVED THE REPLAT OF THREE OF OUR LOTS TO NOW BE 15.

THE NEW HOMES GOING UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE NOW ROUGHLY $2 MILLION, NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE BELIEVE THESE REPLAT APPROVALS ARE A RESULT OF THE RECENT SHIFT IN THINKING ABOUT PLACE TYPES AND RESIDENTIAL LIFE, AND CREATING DENSITY IN OUR CITY.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED WITH NO SEWERS OR CURBS, BUT RATHER DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CREEKS THAT ALREADY FLOOD OUR STREETS IN HEAVY RAINS AND WILL NOW BE FLOODING OUR HOMES AND ERODING OUR LAND.

THOSE DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CREEKS ARE ALSO VITAL RIPARIAN ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE CITY, AND IT DOES GO INTO THE WATERSHED OF THE OF OUR CITY.

THE INCREASED SQUARE FOOTAGE BEING ADDED TO OUR LAND IS CREATING MORE IMPERMEABLE SURFACES, ELIMINATING TREES NEARLY 100 YEARS IN AGE, WHICH CREATES THAT CANOPY THAT WE ALL THAT YOU GUYS BOAST PROTECTING IN FORWARD DALLAS AND ADDING TO THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, FURTHER HARMING OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PAULA FOR MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF US YESTERDAY.

VIRTUALLY. I DO FEEL LIKE SHE AND ANDREA BOTH WERE DOING THEIR BEST TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS.

AND IT DOES.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN RIDLEY FOR YOUR RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN.

MELANIE VANLANDINGHAM 6311 LAKESHORE DISTRICT 14.

THERE AREN'T ANY.

WE DO NEED TO GROW DALLAS AND WE NEED TO GROW TRUST AT CITY HALL.

FINALLY, THE EDC UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS.

NEW REASON FOR TRUST CITY HALL AFTER TWO YEARS OF CITIZENS BEING IGNORED, MISREPRESENTED AND VILIFIED, WORRIED AFTER SEEING EVEN EXISTING POLICY TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS IGNORED LIKE AN ELM THICKET.

NORTH PARK HOMEOWNERS WERE ENCOURAGED BY THE SEPTEMBER 3RD EDC.

INSIGHTFUL, INSIGHTFUL AMENDMENTS.

WITH THESE IN PLACE NOW, PERHAPS THE CITY CAN PRIORITIZE HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN VACANCY, OUR BILLION DOLLAR RAIL STATIONS, MAJOR CORRIDORS, LAND BANKS AND THOUSANDS OF UNDEVELOPED ACRES WHERE VIBRANT NEW DEVELOPMENT EASILY WILL MEET GROWTH FOR 25 YEARS.

MAYBE FOCUS NOW ON AFFORDABILITY.

POLICIES IGNORED BY FOR DALLAS WITH THE WISE SEPTEMBER 3RD AMENDMENTS FORWARD DALLAS DOESN'T VIOLATE THE HOUSING POLICY OR INCENTIVES TO BULLDOZE HOMES FAMILY DISPLACEMENT, GENTRIFICATION AND SACRIFICE, EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS FOR GREED AND THE LACK OF WILL TO PLACE DENSITY WHERE IT BEST CONTRIBUTES TO A HEALTHY, DALLAS FUTURE.

SO THE SEPTEMBER 3RD AMENDMENTS MUST STAND OR BE STRENGTHENED.

MAKE DUPLEXES AND TOWNHOMES.

SECONDARY USES.

NO DISTRESSFUL CHANGES ABOUT ADUS THAT ARE ALREADY ALLOWED OR NON-CONFORMING USES.

WE MUST TRUST THAT YOU WILL PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AS ESSENTIAL TO OUR HOUSING HEALTHY HOUSING MIX.

YOU AND DALLAS WILL NEED THEM GROW DALLAS AND EXCELLENT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE SINGLE FAMILY BOUNDARIES.

THERE'S NO NEED TO SACRIFICE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

PROTECT THEM.

NORMA MENACE, 6219 PROSPECT AVENUE.

FOR DALLAS IS A COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND WE HAVE LIVED THIS PLAN BEFORE.

THE CITY COUNCILS OF THE 1950S AND 60S ADOPTED PLANS THAT UP ZONED INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTI-FAMILY.

THE HOUSING WAS CALLED BOARDINGHOUSE, BUT IT WAS MULTI-FAMILY.

HOMEOWNERS FLED TO THE SUBURBS, LEAVING THE INNER CITY TO SLUMLORDS.

NOBODY WANTED TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO STRANGERS WHO DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVERY SINGLE, EVERY CITY, EVERY CITY COUNCIL SINCE THE FIRST SINGLE MEMBER ELECTION IN 1979

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HAS SUPPORTED OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY DOWN ZONED THE UP ZONED.

THEY ELIMINATED FREEWAYS THAT WERE DESIGNED TO PIERCE THROUGH THE HEARTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY ELIMINATED INCOMPATIBLE USES.

THEY HELPED US FORM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

WE SHOWED UP AT CITY HALL AND THEY LISTENED.

OUR LEADERS WERE OUR NEIGHBORS.

THEY WERE DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY.

WHAT FORMER DALLAS CREATES IS DISPLACEMENT, DIVISIONS, AND DISTRUST.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE KNOW THEM TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SALINAS DOOLEY.

I LIVE AT 726 SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE IN DISTRICT ONE.

AND I'VE LIVED.

MY FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE IN DALLAS SINCE 1955.

I'LL TELL YOU, THE FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'VE MOSTLY LIVED IN, OF COURSE, OAK CLIFF, VERY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM BISHOP ARTS.

BUT WHEN WE FIRST CAME HERE, IT WAS TO LITTLE MEXICO, AND THAT'S WHERE MY CHURCH WAS.

AND THEN WE MOVED A LITTLE BIT TO A DUPLEX IN UPTOWN.

WE LIVED THERE A FEW YEARS AND THE ECONOMY WAS VERY DIFFERENT.

MY FATHER WAS WORKED AT THE WAREHOUSE, THE AT SEARS ON LAMAR, BUT IN AFTER THREE YEARS THEY WERE ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE IN WEST LOVE FIELD. WHAT DOES BISHOP ARTS UPTOWN.

THE AREA AROUND AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER AND EVEN NOW, WEST LOVE FIELD.

WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE I LIVED IN ARE NO LONGER WORKING CLASS OR POOR, MOSTLY LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS AT ALL. WHAT ARE THEY? I MEAN, JUST ASK YOUR YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT THEY ARE.

AND I'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN BISHOP ARTS.

MY CHURCH IS IN BISHOP ARTS.

WE HAVE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM.

CLOTHES AND FOOD.

AND MOST OF OUR CLIENTS ARE EITHER POOR FAMILIES OR HOMELESS PEOPLE.

AND WHERE I HAVE SEEN THE GREATEST NEED IS IN HOMELESS SENIORS.

JUST DOWN THE STREET IS ANOTHER CHURCH, CHRIST EPISCOPAL, THAT HAS A FOOD PANTRY.

AND THEY EXPRESSED HORROR AT HOW MANY NEW CLIENTS THEY HAD BECAUSE THEY HAD TORN DOWN THE LOW RENT APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET ON LLEWELLYN AND 10TH THAT YEAR TIME, THEY WERE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO TO MOVE.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. OKAY.

I THINK YOU'RE THE FINAL SPEAKER.

HI. MY NAME IS VINNIE CANTARINI.

I RESIDE IN DISTRICT 14 CLOSE TO EXCEL PARK.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA.

MIXED WITH MIXED USE HOUSING AND SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING WITH BOTH DETACHED AND ATTACHED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ALIKE GET TO ENJOY A QUIET AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY GET TO USE THE PARK IN MANY WAYS, SUCH AS WALKING WITH FRIENDS OR TAKING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE PLAYGROUND.

THEY HAVE A GROCERY STORE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AND DONUT SHOPS AND COFFEE.

IT'S A REALLY NICE PLACE TO LIVE, BUT NOT ALL OF DALLAS GETS TO ENJOY THAT.

NOT ALL OF DALLAS HAS THE PRIVILEGE TO ENJOY THAT.

I WISH DALLAS WOULD HAVE MORE OF THAT SO MORE OF US CAN STAY IN THE AREA AS WE GROW UP, YOU KNOW? DALLAS DOESN'T JUST BELONG TO ANYONE THAT'S ALWAYS LIVED HERE.

DALLAS HAS DALLAS BELONGS TO EVERYONE THAT DOES LIVE HERE NOW, AND DALLAS NEEDS MORE OF THAT.

WE NEED MORE OF THE SUCCESS WE NEED.

WE NEED MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE NEED MORE OF EACH OTHER TO BE A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO BE A MORE SUCCESSFUL CITY.

THE PEOPLE ARE WHAT MAKES DALLAS GREAT.

IT'S WHAT MAKES DALLAS STAND OUT.

AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT BRINGING IN, WITHOUT BRINGING IN THIS DIVERSITY OF NEIGHBORS.

SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT FOR DALLAS AND SAY THAT DALLAS IS BIG ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE SITTING IN THOSE DESIGNATED AREAS.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND IN YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS.

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NOW, I'LL RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FORWARD DALLAS COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, WITH AMENDMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN CHAPTER ONE. ITEM 1-4 ADD LANGUAGE TO RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLAN IN THE AREA WITH HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

LAND USE DECISIONS GUIDED BY THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD CONSIDER THE GUIDANCE, GOAL, POLICY AND REGULATION STIPULATION IN THE FUTURE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN. THE HISTORIC CULTURAL PRESERVATION STATUS AND HISTORY PRESERVATION CONSERVATION CONSERVATION ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE CITY IN CHAPTER ONE, ITEM ONE THROUGH FIVE AMENDED THE MONETARY PROGRESS MONITOR THE THE PROGRESS SECTION TO REQUIRE THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TO BE REVIEWED WITHIN FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE ADOPTED CONSIDERATION.

REVISION OF THE PLAN WITHIN TEN YEARS OF THE DATE OF ADOPTION.

ALL REFERENCE TO THE ANNUAL REPORTING ON THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SHOULD REFLECT REPORTING TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

IN CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION FOUR DASH TEN, ADD NEW ITEM C 12 STREAMLINED AND SIMPLIFIED INCENTIVES FOR REDUCING AND REINVESTMENT IN THE HISTORICAL PROPERTIES, BOTH EXISTING THOSE DESIGNATED IN THE FUTURE.

TO ENCOURAGE PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS TO PRESERVE HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN PLACE.

IN CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 412, REVISED ITEM C 13 TO READ, EXPAND THE SUIT UNDER CONTENT SENSITIVE DESIGN AND PRESERVATION TO INCLUDE HISTORIC AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARDS AND NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY PROGRAM AND UPDATE APPLICANT ORDINANCE TO BETTER RESPOND TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITION.

ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD UPDATE THE SITE MAP AND REFLECTION IN THIS EXHIBIT, DISTRIBUTED BY STAFF TO AMEND THE PLACE TYPE SHOWN ON THE MOUNTAIN CREEK AMENDMENT MAP FROM REGIONAL OPEN SPACE TO UNITY TO REPLACE EXISTING PRIVATE OWNED POWER PLANT PROPERTY AND AMEND THE PLACE THAT IS SHOWN ON THE NEAR BISHOP ART AMENDMENT MAP FROM CITY RESIDENTS.

COMMERCIAL RESIDENT TO REFLECT THE ESTABLISHMENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I ASSUME YOU HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.

YES. ON THIS MOTION, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE COMING DOWN.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.

AND AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE COME HERE.

WE'VE BEEN HERE TALKING ABOUT 2006, ALMOST 20 YEARS ON A PLAN.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO DO A HOUSING POLICY.

IT TOOK A LONG TIME ALSO.

AND WHEN I STATED BACK THEN TO BUILD A HOUSE, YOU HAD TO BUILD A FOUNDATION FIRST.

AND DEPENDING ON DEPENDS HOW STRONG THE HOW DEEP THE FOUNDATION, HOW STRONG YOUR HOUSE IS GOING TO BE.

IT'S THE SAME THING WE'RE HERE TODAY.

WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A FOUNDATION, AND THE FOUNDATION WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS NUMBER ONE IN BASEBALL.

HOW DO YOU BE AT HOME PLATE TO GET TO FIRST BASE? WE GOT TO GET TO FIRST BASE 20 YEARS, A LONG TIME CPC BEEN HAVING THIS UNDER THEIR WING FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS.

IT CAME TO CITY CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

IT CAME TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUR TIMES, AND FOUR TIMES IT CAME HERE.

IT CAME TO MY COMMUNITY FOUR TIMES TO SING A SONG.

WE HAD NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS MEETINGS.

OVER 100 PEOPLE IN EVERY MEETING CAME THERE AND DISCUSSED THE PROS AND CONS.

BUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH POLICY MAKING AND SAY WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'S NOT UP TO THE POLICY MAKER WHAT IS BEST FOR US.

IT'S A CITIZEN, IT'S A RESIDENT, SINGLE FAMILY.

WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU, WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR RESIDENTS? WHAT IS BEST WHEN YOU GROW UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A BASE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT STARTED OUT WRONG.

IT STARTED WITH A FIVE SECOND MEMO.

I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP.

IT CAME OUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING AND IT WAS A ZONING.

EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS A ZONING.

THIS WAS ABOUT ZONING.

IT'S NOT ABOUT ZONING.

AND WE WANT TO GET THAT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT ZONING.

IT'S ABOUT PLACE TYPE.

IT COULD ZONE COULD COME LATER.

YOU KNOW, AFTER WE GET TO FIRST BASE, YOU GIVE IT A SECOND BASE, WE GET ZONING THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ABOUT ZONING.

I DID HEAR SOME SPEAKERS SAID ZONING IS NOT ABOUT ZONING.

AND AND I DO UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYBODY CAME HERE WHEN THEY SAID, HEY, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? PEOPLE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE VOTED, BUT ALSO PEOPLE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE IS NOT ON MY COMMITTEE.

THEY CAME TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEY RESPOND AND THEY EXPRESS THEIR PROS AND CONS, WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT IT.

BUT TODAY WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND JUST WAIT OUT AND NOT MOVING FORWARD.

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WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND I HOPE ALL MY COLLEAGUES MOVE FORWARD WITH ME IN THIS PLAN.

THERE IS MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND WHEN WE TRY TO DO THINGS THAT SOMETIMES WE.

WHAT MY LADY SAID THE CUCKOO NEXT ROUND HERE.

BUT WE'RE NOT CUCKOO.

I THINK WE, THE POLICY MAKERS, I THINK WE READ EVERYTHING.

WE MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUSH THE LITTLE BIRD OUT OF THE NEST.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS DONE THE RIGHT AND THE BEST WAY.

BUT TO DO THAT, I WANT MY COLLEAGUES AND YOU, THE PRESIDENT, LET US WORK TOGETHER.

LET US MOVE FORWARD.

BUT THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE, SOMETIMES WE DON'T TRUST EACH OTHER.

AND TODAY WE GOT TO TRUST EACH OTHER.

WE REPRESENT YOU, AND YOU VOTE US IN.

YOU CAN VOTE US OUT.

BUT YOU.

BUT WE DO REPRESENT THE CITIZEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE ABOUT TO DO THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO HEAD TO ROUND TWO.

BUT MY MAIN THING IS ON HERE SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS.

IT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD.

WE AT FIRST BASE NOW TO SCORE A RUN.

YOU GOT TO GET THE HOME PLATE.

WE STILL GOT TO GO TO SECOND.

GOT TO GO TO THIRD AND GET TO HOME.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A HOME ANYTIME SOON.

WE DON'T GET A HOME TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY, BUT WE GOT TO GET TO HOME.

I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT MANY THINGS, SO CAN I ASK STAFF A QUESTION, PLEASE? YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION ANY WAY YOU WANT TO ASK.

WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM RESIDENTS, THEY ARE KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY OR ARE JUST PLAYING.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN LEBRON.

LEBRON TURN WHILE WE'RE HERE.

ANDREA GILLIS WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK WE'RE HERE TODAY.

AND I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED IT VERY WELL.

MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE HAD FOR THE CITY WAS IN 2006.

WE ARE IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE WERE IN 2006.

I WILL ALSO SAY THAT NOT ONLY FROM A GROWTH STANDPOINT OR WHERE WE WANT TO PRESERVE OR WHERE WE WANT TO CONSIDER OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE ALSO IN A DIFFERENT SPACE FROM WHO GETS TO COME TO THE TABLE, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE TABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS. AND I THINK WE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW THROUGHOUT THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD AND BAD, CHALLENGING, TOUGH, HARD.

WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATIONS, AND IT WAS FROM ACROSS THE BOARD, A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF PASSION INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION, AND IT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO HONOR THAT CONVERSATION AND WE NEED TO MOVE OURSELVES INTO THE NEXT STEPS.

IS THIS PERFECT? IS THIS PLAN PERFECT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. WILL THE CONVERSATIONS END? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

BUT I THINK THAT THIS GIVES US THE FOUNDATION TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE VERY DIVERSE IDEAS AND INPUT THAT WENT INTO THIS PLAN.

AND NOW WE NEED TO MOVE INTO SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION PHASES TO SEE HOW THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS OUT.

WE NEED TO MOVE BEYOND THE CONVERSATION INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION.

OKAY. AND WITH THAT I SAY IN THIS PLAN WE NEED A PLAN THAT ADDRESSES HISTORIC INEQUITY.

WE NEED A PLAN TO ADDRESS HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.

WE HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HURTING NOW.

WE NEED A PLAN THAT HAS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO PROVIDE A MORE PREDICTABLE FOR FUTURE AND LAND USE DEVELOPMENT.

WE DO NOT HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.

THIS LEAD TO ISSUE WITH PRIVATE ZONING CASE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ASIAN COMMUNITY, A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR WITH LOW PERFORMING OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL THAT CANNOT BE BUILT ANY RESIDENTIAL IN THOSE CORRIDORS. WE NEED A PLAN THAT ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND PROVIDE REVITALIZATION OF THOSE CORRIDORS IN MIXED USE CORRIDOR.

WITH THAT, MAYOR, I WANT TO STOP AND I'LL HAVE ROUND TWO.

ABSOLUTELY. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE ON ITEM TWO.

THIS MORNING, COLLEAGUES, WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT WHAT DEFINES THE CORE FUNCTIONS OF A CITY.

I BELIEVE THAT PLANNING PLANNING FOR HOUSING GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND FOR PRESERVATION LAND USE PLANNING IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE CITY.

MY FIRST DAY AS A BABY PLAN COMMISSIONER WAS THE SAME DAY THAT THE OAK CLIFF ADVOCATE BROKE THE STORY ON THE HISTORIC EL

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CORAZON RESTAURANT BEING TORN DOWN AND A CVS GOING UP IN ITS PLACE.

THAT DAY, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT GRIGGS GOT 500 LETTERS, EMAILS AND ANGRY PHONE CALLS, JUST DISTRESSED THAT WE DID NOT HAVE PLANNING IN PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED AND MITIGATED THAT DEMOLITION.

I MADE A VOW THEN AND THERE TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRIGGS, TO RESIDENTS AND TO MYSELF, THAT I WOULDN'T REST UNTIL PLANNING WAS IN PLACE ACROSS DISTRICT ONE.

THAT INCORPORATED HOW OAK CLIFF NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THEY WANTED TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

AND FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, OAK CLIFF HAS HAMMERED OUT A BALANCE BETWEEN ZONING THAT WE NEED TO WELCOME IN NEW RESIDENTS, ALONG WITH THE SHOPPING AND DINING OPTIONS AND THE PRESERVATION THAT WE ALL DEMAND AND DESERVE TO KEEP OAK CLIFF A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE TRENCHES FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT I SUPPORT FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.

THERE IS MUCH TO LOVE IN THIS DOCUMENT, INCLUDING LAND USE THAT WILL IMPROVE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, COMMUTE TIMES, AIR QUALITY, AND ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.

THESE CHANGES ARE ESSENTIAL IN SOUTHERN DALLAS AND DISTRICTS LIKE MY OWN, WHERE DALLAS HAS HISTORICALLY ALLOWED INDUSTRIAL ZONING NEXT TO HOMES.

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I REPRESENT NORTH OAK CLIFF THAT I ALSO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED PLACE TYPES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE THAT HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH ATTENTION.

THIS SECTION NOW INCORPORATES THE COMPROMISES MADE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

WITH A 7 TO 0 VOTE.

IT PROMOTES PRESERVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT IT ALSO MAKES SPACE FOR BOTH.

SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSES LIKE DUPLEXES.

THIS CONCEPT IS NOT ALL THAT CONTROVERSIAL IN A PLACE LIKE NORTH OAK CLIFF, WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MY OWN KID SPRINGS ARE SPRINKLED WITH A MIX OF HOUSING OPTIONS.

I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SEE THAT FORD DALLAS HAS INCORPORATED THE THREE MUST HAVES FOR ME AND FOR MY RESIDENTS THAT I CALLED FOR IN AN OP ED THREE WEEKS AGO.

THE FIRST WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE, WHEN HE DEMANDED THAT FORD DALLAS INCLUDES MORE INCENTIVES FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UNLIKE SOME, ZARRIN DIDN'T VILIFY RENTERS.

INSTEAD, HE RECOGNIZED AND POINTED OUT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HOME OWNERSHIP.

WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE NOT THE ONLY OPTION THAT PROVIDES THE BENEFITS OF HOME OWNERSHIP.

DUPLEXES, TOWNHOMES AND CONDOS CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

THE SECOND AND THE THIRD CHANGES THAT I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT MADE IT IN AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING CAME FROM PRESERVATIONISTS.

PRESERVATIONISTS WHO DEMANDED THAT ONE.

WE PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK.

AND TWO. WE INSTITUTE STRONG FORM BASED ZONING RULES.

A BIG FEAR DURING THE WEST OAK CLIFF AREA PLAN MEETINGS WHAT THE DEVELOPERS WOULD COME IN WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS, BUY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, TEAR THEM DOWN AND PUT UP MCMANSIONS. SOUND FAMILIAR? IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY.

WHILE I DO BELIEVE THAT DENSITY IS NEEDED IN THE CITY, I SEE NO BENEFIT IN TEARING DOWN EXISTING HOMES TO GET THERE.

IN MY OPINION, DISTRICT ONE HAS THE STRONGEST PROTECTIONS IN THE CITY AGAINST TEARDOWNS THANKS TO PAST AND PRESENT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP.

BUT THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WE ADDED IN AT THE COMMITTEE MADE IT CLEAR THAT AS FUTURE ZONING ROLLS OUT, DENSITY INCENTIVES SHOULD FOCUS ON UNDEVELOPED LAND, NOT ON LOTS WITH EXISTING HOMES.

THE THIRD AND LAST CHANGE THAT I WAS HAPPY TO SEE WAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO INSTITUTE FORM BASED ZONING THROUGH HERE.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR RECENT CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR SOUTH WINNETKA HEIGHTS WAS THAT THE BIG FEAR WAS NOT DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES MOVING NEXT DOOR.

THEY WERE THE BIG BOX PERCEIVED AS UGLY NEW CONSTRUCTION.

AND THAT CAN BE REGULATED AND THAT CAN BE DEALT WITH THROUGH FORM BASED ZONING.

AND THAT WAS ADDED IN IN THIS LATE ITERATION.

THIS DOCUMENT SUPPORTS A CORE FUNCTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT BY PROVIDING A BLUEPRINT FOR DALLAS TO GROW RESPONSIBLY.

AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS NOTED, WE ARE CLOSER THAN WE ARE APART, INCLUDING US HERE AT THE HORSESHOE.

I HOPE WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND THE COMPROMISES THAT WERE HAMMERED OUT FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS, FROM THE LAND USE COMMITTEE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE FINAL 1% OF COMPROMISES THAT WERE SOLIDIFIED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK, AND I WILL DO THAT ON ROUND TWO.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM FF TWO.

I'M GOING TO HOPE TO DO ONE ROUND, BUT I MIGHT NEED TWO BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT TO SAY.

FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHAIRMAN ATKINS FOR HELPING LEAD US THROUGH THIS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUE, MR. RIDLEY, FOR COMING UP WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT MANY OF YOU ALL SPOKE ABOUT.

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AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ADDING IN THE AMENDMENT THAT I WAS WANTING, WHICH WAS HAD TO DO WITH AFFORDABILITY IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS A PLAN, AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF FEAR AND A LOT OF SCAREDNESS OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS PEOPLE'S HOMES.

SO I GET IT, AND I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND WHY BECAUSE I CAME INTO THIS BUILDING, MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE 350 FAMILIES IN WEST DALLAS WERE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HOMES, AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE LIVING WHERE.

UNDER A BRIDGE IN A BOX ON THE STREET.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL.

AND RONNIE MESTAS, WHO SPOKE EARLIER, MARY LOU, WHO SPOKE EARLIER, DEBBIE SOLIS, WHO SPOKE EARLIER, AND MANY OTHERS.

WE WORKED DESPERATELY HARD, AND I WASN'T EVEN ON THE COUNCIL IN ORDER TO CONVINCE THE LANDLORD TO SELL THOSE 350 HOMES TO THE RENTERS.

350 FAMILIES BECAME AMERICAN DREAM ACHIEVERS BECAUSE OF THAT.

CITY HALL DIDN'T HELP US.

THAT WAS COMMUNITY PULLING TOGETHER.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE NSOS.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH OTHER THINGS.

I CAME INTO THIS BUILDING AFTER HAVING WON MY FIRST ELECTION, AND WE HAD A LOT TO DO AND FAST BECAUSE WE HAD 350 FAMILIES THAT ALSO NEEDED HOME REPAIR DESPERATELY, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER FAMILIES THAT NEEDED HOME REPAIR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT CODE COMING AFTER THEM AND THEN TAKING THEM TO COURT AND THEN PUTTING A LIEN AND TAKING THEIR HOME, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE NEED AFFORDABILITY.

WE WORK FAST, WE GOT MONEY, WE GOT NONPROFITS, AND A LOT OF FOLKS CAME OUT TO HELP, INCLUDING ME PAINTING HOUSES IN ORDER TO HELP MY NEIGHBORS.

SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID EARLIER ABOUT RENTERS, AND NOW I SAID LAST TIME WE SPOKE, BE CAREFUL HOW YOU RESPOND AND TALK ABOUT RENTERS.

I'M A RENTER.

I'M NOT A CRIMINAL.

I'M NOT A BAD PERSON.

I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS.

I LOVE MY COMMUNITY.

JUST LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING.

I'VE OWNED A HOME BEFORE.

IT WASN'T WHAT I NEEDED TO DO IT ANYMORE AT THAT TIME.

I HOPE TO BE A HOMEOWNER AGAIN ONE DAY, BUT WE NEED DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING.

MY LIFESTYLE IS 710FT².

THAT'S WHAT I LIVE IN RIGHT NOW AND IT'S TOO BIG.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I LIVE ALONE AND I DON'T HAVE A PET BECAUSE I'M A RESPONSIBLE NON PET OWNER RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU KNOW, WITH THIS PLAN, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU HEARD WAS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

WEST DALLAS WE KNOW ALL ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE FROM LEAD SMELTER PLANTS, CEMENT BATCH PLANTS AND A HECK OF A LOT MORE.

BUT WE GOT TO WORK AND WE STARTED KICKING THE CEMENT BATCH PLANTS OUT.

WE STARTED WORKING ON REZONING INDUSTRIAL LAND TO MAKE IT MULTIFAMILY, BECAUSE WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT IF WE WANTED THE NICE GROCERY STORE, WE WANTED THE COFFEE SHOP, WE WANTED THE GOOD RETAIL, WE WANTED A DRY CLEANERS THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED SOME ROOFTOPS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THEN WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON.

AS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL NOW SEVEN YEARS, WE CREATED AN AREA PLAN WITHOUT CREATING AN AREA PLAN, BECAUSE WE DECIDED THAT MULTIFAMILY WOULD NOT BE NORTH OF SINGLETON IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT LITTLE MEXICO, MI ABUELO, MI, ABUELA, ESTABA AND LITTLE MEXICO, AND IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE GONE TO THE SAME CHURCH THAT MY FAMILY USED TO GO TO BECAUSE IT'S UNDER, OR IT'S WHERE AMERICAN AIRLINES USED TO BE.

WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE AND KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE A FORWARD DALLAS.

IT'S EXISTED SINCE 2006, AND THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSED SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GENTRIFY, TO NOT HAVE PROTECTIONS AND NOT HAVE THE THINGS IN PLACE.

WE MADE AMENDMENTS.

I PLEASE TRUST ME IN THIS.

WE GOT THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE NEEDED DESPERATELY IN THIS PLAN THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED.

AND I'M GOING TO SAVE THE REST OF MY COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR, FOR MY NEXT ROUND.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GRACIE.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE TWO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM WITH FOYE DALLAS.

I KNOW I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT IT'S DONE AND WHAT IT'S ATTEMPTED TO DO IN TERMS OF THE PROTECTIONS.

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AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE AND ALL OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, I THINK, AND INCLUDING THESE, THE FOLKS AROUND THE HORSESHOE, I THINK WE'VE WORKED TO INCLUDE THE PROPER PROTECTIONS.

YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF MOVING SINGLE MULTIFAMILY NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE.

I CAN APPRECIATE THOSE CONCEPTS, AND I THINK THIS COVERS THE ABILITY TO PREVENT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

BUT I WANT TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT BECAUSE HE'S RIGHT FOR ME.

THE PLACE TYPES, I'LL BE HONEST.

I'VE LIVED IN SOMA EVERYWHERE IN COLLEGE.

I SLEPT IN A IN A IN A MOBILE HOME.

IN MY PILLOW WAS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR.

THAT'S WHERE I RESTED MY HEAD SERIOUSLY FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

SO I'VE LIVED IN ALL TYPES OF PLACES.

SO THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE FOR ME.

IT'S ON HOME OWNERSHIP AND I KEEP I'VE KEPT ASKING THESE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

WHERE DOES THIS CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP? WE'RE SAYING A HOUSING CRISIS AND I GET IT.

PEOPLE ARE MOVING. WE NEED RENTAL UNITS.

WE NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT AGAIN, FOR ME, SOUTHERN DALLAS HAS BEEN ASKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THIS FEELS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE A LAND GRAB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAN IT DOES ANYTHING ELSE.

AND I GET IT ADDRESSES OUR HOUSING CRISIS FOR DALLAS PROTECTS OUR ENVIRONMENTS.

BUT HERE'S MY DEAL. HERE'S HERE'S THE ISSUE.

THREE WEEKS AGO, AND AGAIN, I NEED TO SAY THIS YOU KNOW, CAVEAT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE VERY CLEAR.

MOST RECENTLY, THE MOUNTAIN CREEK POWER PLANT WAS JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED, HAD GREAT MEETINGS WITH THE NEW OWNERS OF THAT POWER PLANT.

BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT, WE NOW HAVE TO CHANGE THE REGIONALISM WE HAD IT PLANNED FOR REGIONALISM, AND IT HAS TO CHANGE TO UTILITY.

FOR THIS FUNCTION, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, HENSLEY FIELD, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A YEAR FOR FOR LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG.

AND AGAIN, NO DISRESPECT TO THE NEW OWNERS, BUT THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED WITHOUT STAFF OR ANYBODY BEING AWARE OF IT.

AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, THESE REGIONALISM AND ALL OF THESE PLACE TYPES.

AND YET WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE PLACE TYPE.

I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT GIVE ME PAUSE.

BECAUSE I AND I AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT STAFF IS GOING TO DO ENOUGH TO TRY TO PROTECT US IN A CASE LIKE THIS.

I MEAN, THIS IS THREE WEEKS AGO.

I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS, AND NOW WE GOT TO GO AND SUPPORT FORWARD.

DALLAS AND I DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN OR CANNOT DO.

AND AGAIN, THE OWNERS ARE VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS.

I BELIEVE THEM TO BE VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS.

BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY IT'S A MAN MADE LAKE, BUT IT'S THE ONLY LAKE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.

AND THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR WHITE ROCK LAKE, BUT INSTEAD.

AND THEY'RE WORKING. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GET SOME RECREATIONAL OUT OF IT.

I'M POSITIVE OF THAT.

BUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS JUST A BIT CONCERNING TO ME.

SO I'LL JUST SAY IT AGAIN.

EVERYTHING IN FORT DALLAS THE PROCESS, THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD.

BUT IT'S JUST THESE HOW THIS EVOLVED.

AND I THINK AND I WANT TO JUST KIND OF TO SAY THIS HOW THIS EVOLVED.

SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I TRUST THAT IF I WAS STAFF, I TRUST STAFF.

BUT HOW THIS EVOLVED, I DON'T TRUST SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS.

MAYBE IT'S ME. I'LL PUBLICLY SAY, MAYBE THAT'S ME.

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS PROPERTY, MAKING SURE WHEN IT GOES ON FOR SALE THAT THE CITY CAN DO SOMETHING IF WE CAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T.

BUT HOW THIS EVOLVED IN THIS THREE WEEK PERIOD, AND NOW WE'RE HERE SAYING, HEY, YOU GOT TO CHANGE THIS TO UTILITY.

I'M JUST NOT PLEASED WITH THAT.

IT FEELS FORCED.

AND THESE ARE THE TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I THINK COME UP THAT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT.

WE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT AND HAVE AND BE FORCED TO RESPOND FROM THERE.

AND SO I GUESS I DON'T KNOW.

INTERIM CITY MANAGER I.

REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS VOTE.

I THINK THERE'S JUST WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF WATCHING CERTAIN PROPERTIES AROUND OUR AREA.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN PLACE THAT I CAN TELL THAT HELPS THIS.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED.

AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO BASH THE NEW OWNERS.

I BELIEVE THEM TO BE GOOD PARTNERS.

BUT THIS WAS JUST YET ANOTHER ASSET IN SOUTHERN DALLAS THAT WE'VE MISSED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

AND THAT IS MY CONCERN WITH FORT DALLAS.

I'LL COME BACK. MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE TWO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TODAY AND WHO HAS BEEN SO DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO THIS PROCESS, NO MATTER WHAT POINT OF VIEW YOU HAVE AROUND IT.

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I THINK ONE THING THAT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO BE TOLD OVER AND OVER OR FEEL OVER AND OVER, AND I DON'T MEAN COUNCIL.

I MEAN ALL OF US IS HOME, IS EVERYTHING.

WHERE WE LIVE IS EVERYTHING.

WHETHER YOU RENT OR WHETHER YOU'RE IN A DUPLEX OR A TRIPLEX OR A BIG SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOME.

IT'S REALLY YOUR HEART AND YOUR CORE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEEN THE COMMITMENT AND THE EMOTION THAT WE HAVE IS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE VERY CENTER OF YOUR LIFE, ALONG WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I MEAN, THAT'S YOUR SAFE SPACE TO FALL.

SO I GET THAT.

AND I HOPE THAT THIS PROCESS, THOUGH MESSY, HAS EDUCATED US ON SOME THINGS.

I KNOW IT HAS EDUCATED ME.

I THINK IT'S AWAKENED MORE, OR AT LEAST I HOPE IT HAS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE THAT'S BEEN PERPETRATED IN OUR CITY, AND HOW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THE SAFE SPACE OF SOME HAVE BEEN, HAVE HAD HEALTH ISSUES FOISTED UPON THEM FOR GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.

AND IT MUST STOP.

I LEARNED THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WHILE DRIVING THROUGH D6 AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HERE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS COULDN'T CLAIM A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, SOME HERE AND AROUND THE CITY HAVE EARNED.

BUT THEY COULDN'T CLAIM THAT, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LOOKED LIKE SO MANY OTHERS WAS ZONED INDUSTRIAL.

SO THEY DIDN'T GET THAT BENEFIT.

AND THAT MUST CHANGE.

SO AS THE PROCESS CAME TO A CLOSE IN THE LAST ROUND OF REVISIONS WERE SUBMITTED, I SETTLED IN TO READ THEM, NOT QUITE SURE EXACTLY WHAT I'D I'D SEE, AND FOR THE MOST PART I AGREED WITH THEM.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE RESPONSIVE.

AFTER MANY ROUNDS AND DRAFTS THAT THIS LATEST DRAFT WAS GETTING AT WHAT I HEAR ABOUT, AND I'M MESSAGED ABOUT AND HAVE MET WITH NEIGHBORS ABOUT. AND SO I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THAT AT THIS SAME LECTERN TODAY.

A LOT DIDN'T LIKE THE MESSY PROCESS AND THE EARLY VERSIONS, AND IT'S NOT 100% PERFECT.

AND BUT MANY HERE SUGGESTED KEEPING THOSE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE NOW.

THEN SOME PEOPLE TURNED LEFT AND SOME PEOPLE TURNED RIGHT, DEPENDING ON WHAT POINT OF VIEW THEY HAVE.

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT MIDDLE GROUND SEEMS TO BE GAINING SOME TRACTION, AND THAT I WAS BEGINNING TO HEAR PEOPLE COALESCE AROUND THAT. SO SOME OF WHAT I'VE SEEN REQUESTS FOR, LIKE MORE STRICT LANGUAGE, SOME OF WHAT'S PROPOSED ISN'T ALLOWABLE BECAUSE THIS IS AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT AND NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS SAID EARLIER, I DON'T RECALL WHO SAID IT.

IT WAS, DO YOU HEAR US? AND I MEAN, I CAN SAY FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH AND I YES, WE HEAR YOU, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION AND THAT IS, DO YOU HEAR EACH OTHER? WHAT SOME WANT WOULD MAKE OTHERS HOMES AND INCOMPATIBLE USE.

AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

SOME HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE BEFORE THE HOUSES OF OTHERS WERE EVEN BUILT.

SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT THIS PLAN INCLUDES, THAT I THOUGHT WAS RESPONSIVE AND REALLY GETTING US CLOSER TO WHERE WE ALL MIGHT WANT TO BE AROUND.

SINGLE FAMILY AND OTHER HOUSE TYPES WERE INCOMPATIBLE.

MULTIPLEX, TOWNHOME, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

INCOMPATIBLE REZONING OF INDIVIDUAL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, ESPECIALLY MID-BLOCK, IS GENERALLY DISCOURAGED.

NOW WHY? GENERALLY, THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A WIGGLE WORM TO WIGGLE WORD TO SOME, BUT BECAUSE WHAT MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT IN D 13 ALREADY EXISTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, AND SO WE CAN'T COME IN WITH SOMETHING THAT'S BLANKET BECAUSE IT WOULD UPSET SOME OF WHAT ALREADY EXISTS.

THERE'S OTHER LANGUAGE.

THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE REPRESENTS A MAJOR MAINSTAY OF DALLAS.

THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN DALLAS IS REFLECTED IN THE QUALITY OF ITS NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS PLAN IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE VITAL FOUNDATION OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I WON'T GO ON, BUT YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE OF THAT IN THE DOCUMENT AS IT STANDS TODAY.

SO IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S RESPONSIVE.

I REFERENCED THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT AND OUR REGULATORY PROCESS.

THIS DOCUMENT IS ADVISORY.

THE REGULATORY SIDE IS A LEGALLY DEFINED PROCESS.

A PUBLIC NOTICES A PLANNED COMMISSION COUNCIL APPROVAL.

AND ALONG THE WAY YOU'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, MEETINGS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER SPEAKING AT THIS LECTERN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF CHECKPOINTS THAT ARE INCLUDED TO TO MONITOR THIS PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THIS DISSENT AND DISCORD CAME FROM IS THAT THIS WENT UNCHECKED FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND THIS NOW BUILDS IN ANNUAL REPORTING AND A REVIEW MUCH SOONER THAN 18 YEARS.

AND SO AS I LOOK AT THE PLAN AND THE EVOLUTION OF IT AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THIS AMENDMENT I FEEL LIKE THAT IS NOT THE PERFECT GROUND, BUT A MIDDLE

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GROUND THAT I'M HEARING MORE AGREE TO, AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT IT.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON FF TWO.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN TIME TO COME AND SPEAK TO US.

WE'VE ALSO GOT TONS OF EMAILS.

AND I KNOW I'VE HAD CALLS AND MEETINGS.

YOUR ADVOCACY DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.

I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF OF FORMERLY HUD AND DIRECTOR EMILY, ANDREA, ANDREA LAWRENCE AND PATRICK AND ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF BEHIND THE SCENES WHO PLAYED A ROLE.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THE TIME THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO FORWARD DALLAS YOU ALL SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS, AND I ALSO WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD A SLEW OF DISRESPECT TO OUR STAFF THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S EVER CALLED FOR.

I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED STAFF, NOT JUST IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

I'VE SAID IT EARLIER WHEN WE SAID BYE TO OUR THE DIRECTOR OF OUR LIBRARIES.

WHEN STAFF IS TASKED WITH DOING A JOB, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEIR PROFESSIONALISM OR THEIR EXPERTISE SHOULD EVER BE ONE THAT IS ON THE LINE OR QUESTIONED. WE ARE THE POLICY MAKERS AND WE ARE THE ONES WHO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE HERE TO DO THEIR JOB, AND THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR RIGHT.

AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN GREAT PROCESS AND GREAT PRODUCT TO BRING FORWARD.

AND NOW WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING THAT MIDDLE GROUND, THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS TO DO.

SO THE BASELESS CLAIMS OF ULTERIOR MOTIVES, THE BASELESS CLAIMS OF AGENDAS THAT ARE HIDDEN ARE JUST OUTRAGEOUS AND UNCALLED FOR AND BRINGING IN THINGS LIKE THAT TO WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION RESULTS IN UNPRODUCTIVE RESULTS.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO SAY THAT THE SAME FOR ME.

LISTEN, I'LL TELL YOU AND I SAY IT VERY PROUD.

I'M PROBABLY THE BROKEST COUNCIL MEMBER AROUND THIS HORSESHOE.

ME AND OMAR CAN ARGUE THAT ONE.

BUT WHAT I CAN ALSO ASSURE YOU IS THAT THIS IS NOT TO GET IN ANY GOOD GRACES OF DEVELOPERS.

DEVELOPERS ARE NOT LINING MY POCKETS TO SUPPORT A FUTURE OF OUR CITY THAT GROWS, I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.

I ALSO CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I KNOW OUR ETHICS CODE.

SO HAVE FUN WITH THE WITCH HUNTS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IS THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS WITHOUT THOSE DISTRACTIONS.

AND I WILL SAY THAT IF WE GO TO A LITTLE HISTORY, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO STEP BACK AND SEE WHY ARE WE HERE? ZONING IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL THAT WE HAVE.

I ALWAYS TELL MY RESIDENTS, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE.

THIS IS YOUR TIME FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SELF-DETERMINATION.

THIS PLAN DOES NOTHING TO THE PROCESS THAT I HAVE CONTINUED TO TELL MY RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS WHEN THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST TOOL AT THEIR DISPOSAL.

I KNOW I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER VOTED AGAINST MY RESIDENTS WHEN THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR WHERE THEY STAND ON A ZONING CASE, AND NONE OF MY RESIDENTS COULD DISPUTE THAT.

I'M PRETTY SURE WITH THE ADVOCACY THAT I'VE SEEN FROM MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, THAT EVERYONE ELSE CAN SAY THE SAME.

ZONING IS A VERY POWERFUL TOOL, AND IT IS STILL IN PLACE.

IN FACT, I WANT TO READ ONE OF THE FEAR MONGERING EMAILS.

THAT WAS A CALL TO ACTION TO BRING PEOPLE HERE.

AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN CLOUDED BY MISINFORMATION.

THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN CALLED FORWARD.

DALLAS 2.0 WANTS TO CHANGE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS FOREVER BY PROMOTING BULLDOZING OF EXISTING HOMES, DISPLACING FAMILIES, AND CONSTRUCTING NEW, HIGHER DENSITY DUPLEXES TOWNHOMES.

WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY IS THE PLAN THAT ALREADY EXISTS FROM 2006 ALREADY ALLOWS FOR THOSE LAND USES.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT, AND WE'RE ALSO NOT CHANGING THE ZONING PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

IF THOSE WERE TO BE DESIRED FOR A LOT, THAT'S PURCHASED.

BUT ONE THING I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE IS NOBODY AROUND HERE WANTS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE BULLDOZED TO GO TO A NON-COMPLIANT USE OF THE LAND.

THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.

I DO WANT TO SEE MORE DENSITY IN OUR CITY.

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THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT HAS TO BE NEXT DOOR TO YOU.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE ADDED IN LANGUAGE THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC AND LOCATION MATTERS.

CORRIDORS MATTER, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.

I'LL HAVE A ROUND TWO.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. CHAIR.

I WANT TO FIRST THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME DOWN TO SPEAK TO US TODAY AND WHO ATTENDED COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE HEAR YOU AND WE SEE YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.

IF HE'S WILLING TO ANSWER IN THE.

YOU MEAN THE MAYOR PRO TEM? YES. GOOD LUCK.

I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE. OH, THERE HE IS.

YOU SEE, YOU DO HAVE.

YOU DO HAVE. GOOD LUCK.

HE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU'LL ANSWER A QUESTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM, WILL YOU? YOU WILL YOU ANSWER A QUESTION FROM CHAIRMAN MORENO? WE CAN STOP MY TIME.

ON YOUR TIME? NO.

YES. IT'S ALWAYS ON MY TIME.

IT'S ALWAYS ON HIS TIME. YES.

WHAT IS? OF COURSE. SO ON HERE, ON ON THE AMENDMENT.

IT TALKS ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

ARE THOSE DESIGNATED BY APPROVED BY DESIGNATION OR SIMPLY BY, BY AGE.

AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION.

IF WE'RE REFERENCING HISTORIC AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, OR IS THAT JUST ANY STRUCTURE THAT IS OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE? WELL, I PREFER TO HAVE STAFF TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THEY ARE HELP DRAW THE MOTION, PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

MY APOLOGIES. COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? SURE. SO IN THE AMENDMENT IT REFERENCES HISTORIC STRUCTURES, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HISTORIC CULTURAL PLANS.

AND SO IS ARE THESE BY? APPROVED BY COUNCIL? OR ARE THEY SIMPLY BY HISTORICAL STRUCTURES? BY AGE? IT'S IT'S REFERENCING WHAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

SO IF THE IF IT'S AN APPROVED PLAN, IF IT'S AN APPROVED STRUCTURE, IF IT'S AN APPROVED HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT IS WHAT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

OKAY. SO THERE IS NO PROTECTIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO BE DESIGNATED.

ANY NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS POINT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS FOR DESIGNATION, OR A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OR A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY.

AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT PROCESS IS FOR A HISTORIC CONSERVATION AND AN OVERLAY? SURE. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT TO EACH OF THEM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND FOR CONSERVATION OVERLAYS.

THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS TO GET TOGETHER TO AGREE TO WANT TO PURSUE A HISTORIC DISTRICT OR A CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

IF YOU RECEIVE THAT PERCENTAGE, THEN YOU CAN START PURSUING THE STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE FOR A HISTORIC DISTRICT OR A CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

THEY'RE QUITE LENGTHY PROCESSES.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY, WHICH IS A LOWER THRESHOLD YOU KNOW, SORT OF BARRIER TO ENTRY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON AN UPDATE TO THE CODE RIGHT NOW TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO COME IN AND ADDRESS SOME OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES PORCHES, ROOF, PITCH HEIGHT, GARAGE PLACEMENT, IMPERVIOUS COVER.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING SOON.

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT? WELL, ACTUALLY, I WILL SAY WE JUST STARTED INITIATING THE PROCESS FOR ONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IN QUEEN CITY.

PRIOR TO THAT, PRIOR TO THAT, I DON'T HAVE THE DATE, BUT I CAN FIND OUT.

AND THE LAST OVERLAY CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY.

NSO NSO WE JUST DID AN AMENDMENT FOR ONE LAST YEAR, BUT IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE DOING A CODE AMENDMENT, BECAUSE WE'VE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PROCESS, IT'S 20 YEARS OLD AND IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

AND THOSE ARE THREE PROTECTIONS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS COULD EITHER CURRENTLY HAVE OR APPLY FOR, TO HAVE SOME PROTECTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO FOR DALLAS.

IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE DESIGN PROTECTIONS.

YES. OKAY. AND SO OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. SURE.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE THERE'S A FIVE YEAR REVIEW PERIOD.

HOW DID WE COME UP WITH FIVE YEARS RATHER THAN TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS? I HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.

I WOULD PASS THAT TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ASKED TO PUT THAT AMENDMENT IN THERE.

SO. OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO COUNCILMAN WILLIS.

NO, IT'S NOT A HOT POTATO.

NOW, HE CAN'T JUST MAKE PEOPLE ANSWER IT.

SO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO.

I KNOW, I KNOW. I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE MAINTAIN OUR.

I MEAN, IF HE WANTED TO PROCESS ME, I'D WANT TO GET THE RIGHT PERSON.

I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST SAYING YOUR QUESTION, MR. MORAN, IS DIRECTED TO ANY BODY WHO WAS WILLING TO ANSWER ON THE DIAS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME.

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SO HE GETS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

IF HE WANTS TO HAVE IT, GO TO SOMEONE ELSE OR TO STAFF.

IT'S OKAY. I'LL MOVE ON.

OKAY. THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE IS FOR FOR STAFF.

AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN? AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE? SO I THINK WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN IS THE CITY OF DALLAS HASN'T HAD ONE SINCE 2006.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU LIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE WERE IN 2006.

THERE ARE ALSO QUITE A FEW ISSUES FROM THE 2006 PLAN THAT WERE NEVER ADDRESSED, AND AS SOME MENTIONED, RACIAL EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES IN THIS PLAN IS, AND THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF, IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE HEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN HOW COMMUNITIES DO NOT WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTERS, AND THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS NOT WORKED THROUGH THAT SYSTEMATICALLY FOR DECADES.

AND SO THIS THIS PLAN TAKES THAT HEAD ON.

WE ALSO HEAR THAT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR CORRIDORS? WE HAVE AGING CORRIDORS.

WE TALK ABOUT WE NEED MORE DENSITY ON OUR CORRIDORS.

THAT'S WHERE OUR HOUSING SHOULD GO.

WE HAVE AGING SHOPPING CENTERS.

WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO GO TO.

THOSE COMMERCIAL AREAS ARE OUR CORRIDORS ARE ZONED FROM THE 1980S.

SO WE NEED SOME MORE DIRECTIVE GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH OUR CORRIDORS.

WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE TO OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

NONE OF THOSE THINGS WERE FRONT AND CENTER, OR AT LEAST THROUGH THE LENS AND AN EQUITABLE LENS OF 2024.

AND SO THIS PLAN GETS US TO A MORE EQUITABLE PLACE AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BUT HAVE BEEN ISSUES FOR, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE DECADES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IN THIS PLAN, IT STATES THAT DALLAS HAS EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND THAT BEING ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE UPDATE.

DO WE HAVE A POPULATION CHART FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS? IT IS IN THE DOCUMENT SOMEWHERE.

IT'S IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT.

AND. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S IN THERE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED.

HOW WILL FOR DALLAS BE USED AS A GUIDE WHEN MAKING ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FUTURE? SO WHETHER HOW WE'RE USING IT CURRENTLY AND HOW WILL YOU USE IT IN THE IN THE FUTURE? SURE. SO ONE OF THE SO WHEN A ZONING APPLICATION COMES IN, YOU KNOW, STAFF WILL TAKE THAT IN AND IT WILL LOOK AT THE PLAN.

WHAT DOES THE PLAN SAY.

THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR DOING AN ASSESSMENT.

ASSESSMENTS AND ANALYSTS AND ANALYSIS OF A ZONING APPLICATION.

WE LOOK AT WHAT THE PLAN SAYS.

WE SEE THAT IF IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE PLAN SAYS, IF IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE PLAN SAYS, WE LOOK AT THE MAP, WE LOOK AT ALL THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAN, BUT THEN WE ALSO CONSIDER SO MANY OTHER FACTORS AS WELL.

THEN WE MOVE THAT RECOMMENDATION ONTO CPC.

CPC THEN CONSIDERS THAT AS WELL, AND THEN THEY EVEN EXPAND THEIR SCOPE GREATER OF WHAT THEY CONSIDER AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT THIS APPLICATION IS APPROPRIATE OR NOT.

AGAIN, THE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ONE OF THOSE FACTORS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO CITY COUNCIL, WE OPEN IT ALL UP TO THE WHOLE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND AGAIN, THE PLAN BEING ONE OF THOSE FACTORS.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR HOUSING STAFF FOR CYNTHIA.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S IN THE CHAMBERS.

IF YOU'LL GIVE US JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE, ARTHUR.

THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY. ANOTHER QUESTION YOU MAY BE.

OKAY, SO IT'S THE PERSON ON THEIR WAY OR WHAT? I MEAN, DO THEY KNOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT STAFF TO SEE IF SHE'S ON HER WAY? THEY'RE WALKING DOWN. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE NEEDED.

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HEY, NEXT TIME DO US A FAVOR AND DON'T ASK US TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT IN THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW? JUST KIDDING. WE'RE FINE.

WE'RE JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES FOR THEM TO GET DOWN HERE.

UNLESS YOU THINK THE CITY MANAGER CAN ANSWER THAT.

OH, HERE WE GO. YES.

I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION, SO.

OKAY. OH, OKAY.

OH. HEY, THERE.

HOW ARE YOU? CAN YOU GO OVER WHAT THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE HOUSING AND OR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE? THANK YOU. THORAX AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.

SORRY I RAN DOWN HERE FROM THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT YESTERDAY.

THERE WERE TWO TOP PRIORITIES.

ONE IS TO SERVE RENTER HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE AT 50% OF AMI OR BELOW, AND TO SERVE HOMEOWNERS GETTING MORE RENTERS INTO HOME OWNERSHIP.

THANK YOU. AND NOW I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT WHILE I WAS WAITING.

SO I'M GOING TO GO TO ROUND TWO.

SORRY. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND 27 SECONDS, AND I'LL JUST MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

IF YOU CAN REMEMBER IT, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

THAT'S THAT. THAT WAS NOT REALLY RIGHT.

THAT DELAY WAS NOT YOUR FAULT.

OKAY. I'M LOOKING TO SEE WHO NEEDS TO GO.

WHO HASN'T GONE ALREADY, MISS ARNOLD? CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE TWO, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, TO KATHY STEWART, WHO'S REMOTE, WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO GET IN.

AND THEN MISS BLACKMON, SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET IN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

ARE YOU CALLING FOR ME NOW? YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF NOTES, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE I'M GOING TO START.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WILL START BY THANKING ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND YOUR ATTENDANCE.

AND MANY OF YOU, WE THERE'S A WORD WE USED TO USE IN EDUCATION CALLED STICK TO ITIVENESS SOME KIND OF WAY YOU FIGURE THAT OUT, YOU STICK TO IT.

WHETHER WHETHER YOU ARE.

IN THIS CASE, I HAD TO GO TO THE NOTES.

LUTHER VANDROSS.

LUTHER VANDROSS TALKED ABOUT HE HAD A SONG, AND IT STARTED THIS WAY.

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME.

AND I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE LYRICS, BECAUSE TODAY I BELIEVE SOME OF US ARE DISCUSSING HOMES AND SOME ARE DISCUSSING HOUSES.

AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

NOW YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE SONG AND UNDERSTAND WHAT LUTHER WAS TRYING TO SAY.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OR YOU CAN LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING TODAY TO FIGURE OUT JUST WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO WITH THAT.

NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOMES, FOR ME, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE.

A HOUSE CANNOT BE A HOME, IN MY OPINION, WITHOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE.

YOU'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE YOU CARE.

SOME OF YOU WERE HERE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS.

IN THAT CASE, ONCE AGAIN, SOME WERE TALKING ABOUT HOUSES AND SOME WERE TALKING ABOUT HOMES.

AND SO FOR HOMES WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT MANY YEARS AGO AND I'LL BE QUICK, AND THIS IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT FROM HISTORY.

DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS WERE INVITED INTO CITIES TO BUILD COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S MY BELIEF.

THEY RESPONDED TO INCENTIVES TO BUILD DALLAS HAS HAD AN INVITATION TO A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS TO BUILD COMMUNITIES, SINGLE FAMILY AND EVIDENTLY GOVERNMENT.

THE POLITICAL BODY SUPPORTED THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, AND THIS IS MY BELIEF, IS THAT WE ARE NOW BUYING INTO TRENDS.

WE ARE ATTACKING THE VERY PEOPLE UPON WHICH THE CITY WAS BUILT.

DALLAS DID NOT GET TO BECOME THE NINTH LARGEST CITY WITH A LOT OF CUCKOOS AND CUCKOO MENTALITY.

SO I SIMPLY SAY THIS WE DON'T NEED TO SET THE STAGE AND YOU HAVE TO STAY WOKE ON THIS.

I'M LISTENING.

WE DON'T NEED TO SET THE STAGE FOR BY RIGHT HOUSING DESIGNS TO INFILTRATE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS BY RIGHT SCARES THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF FOLKS WHO REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WE HAD A BY RIGHT CONVERSATION, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT.

WHEN A WAREHOUSE BY RIGHT ON WHAT WAS IT? WHEATLAND WANTED TO MOVE IN BECAUSE THEY HAD A RIGHT TO REGARDLESS OF THE COMMUNITY.

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AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING.

SO I'M GOING I KNOW I'M GOING TO COME BACK FOR A COUPLE OF ROUNDS, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

I'M GOING TO STAND WITH SINGLE FAMILY PROTECTION OF SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT'S WHERE I'M STANDING NOW.

I WANT AND I MAY LOSE.

AND THOSE OF YOU AROUND THE HORSESHOE I KNOW, I KNOW OUTBURST TO NOT HAPPEN.

PLEASE. I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT.

NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU.

SO ALL I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS IF YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY EXPECTED.

THANK YOU. IF I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT STANDING FOR SINGLE FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROTECTION, I WILL STAND THAT.

BECAUSE IF NOBODY WILL STAND, IF I DON'T STAND FOR MYSELF AND MY BELIEF, NOBODY ELSE WILL.

AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE MUST DO TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE ZONED THAT WAY.

EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD NOT BE INFILTRATED BY BY RIGHT BY TREND.

WE LIVE WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOMES THAT ARE ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD.

WHY WOULD I WANT A IGLOO SHAPED, TESLA SHAPED BOXED PROJECT FORMAT SITTING NEXT TO MY HOUSE? IT MAKES NO SENSE.

SO WE MUST CONTINUE TO STAND UP COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO COME BACK FOR ROUND 3 TO 3 MINUTES AND AND ONE MINUTE BECAUSE I'M GONNA STRAIGHTEN UP THE NOTES.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND WHERE I STAND.

NO MATTER WHAT ALL WE'RE DOING AROUND HERE, I'M GOING TO LISTEN.

AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION.

THAT'S WHERE I WILL STAND.

THAT'S WHERE I WILL LAND AT THE END OF MY TIME TODAY WHEN IT'S AT WHEN WE LEAVE HERE.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP TONIGHT AND I WANT TO SLEEP IN MY SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWING THAT NOTHING ELSE WILL COME THERE.

NOTHING THAT IS FOREIGN TO THAT COMMUNITY.

AND I'M SURE YOU ALL SHARE MY SENTIMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND KNOW THAT I'M WITH YOU MORE THAN 100%.

BUT WE MUST STAY WOKE AND EVERYONE AROUND HERE HAS TO VOTE THEIR CONVICTION.

BUT I PROMISE YOU, WHEN I GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT IS SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PATIENT.

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE TWO AND THEN MISS BLACKMON.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS.

I MOSTLY APPRECIATE THE MANY SPEAKERS.

I THINK WE MAY HAVE HAD 50 OR MORE THIS AFTERNOON.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO NAVIGATE COMING TO CITY HALL AND AND SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO UPDATE FORWARD DALLAS.

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN AT MEETINGS BACK IN EARLY, WELL BEFORE 2006 WHEN THE 2006 PLAN WAS BEING WORKED ON.

AND THAT WAS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF CHANGE IN OUR CITY.

SO IT IS TIME FOR A NEW PLAN.

I DO SUPPORT THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN AS IT STANDS NOW WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT COME FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE OFFERED TODAY.

I PARTICULARLY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A SECTION IN THERE NOW UNDER COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL THAT ALLOWS FOR OR REALLY PROVIDES FOR AND UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAPPENS BOTH EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND THEN IS ALSO GIVEN SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT.

YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD MY STORY, SO I WON'T GO BACK OVER ABOUT ALL THE TIMES I WAS SORT OF PATTED ON THE HEAD AND SAID, MRS. STEWART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT.

BUT SO I, I KNOW HOW VALUABLE THAT IS TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND SPEAK UP.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PRESERVED AND THAT IT'S GIVEN WEIGHT.

I GUESS MY ONLY OTHER POINT WOULD BE THAT I DO THINK WE HAVE FOUND SOME COMMON GROUND, AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT WE'RE AT OUR BEST WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BLACKMON.

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE TWO.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.

IT'S A LONG AFTERNOON AND WE DO APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I DO FEEL WHEN MORE VOICES ARE HEARD, YOU GET A BETTER OUTCOME.

SO I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU.

I HAD A D9 ADVISORY GROUP THAT WAS PART OF THIS THAT WE WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES, AND THEN MY COLLEAGUES WORKED TOGETHER AT THE ECO DEV COMMITTEE, WHICH I ATTENDED AND GOT GOT US TO THIS POINT.

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AND SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK IN PUTTING INTO THIS MR. NARVAEZ. I'M A RENTER, TOO.

WE SOLD OUR HOUSE.

AND NOW WE CAN'T FIND A HOUSE.

WE WANT A IN D9, I THINK HAS BEEN WRITTEN THAT I MAY NOT LIVE IN D9, BUT WE WANT A ATTACHED DUPLEX.

I DON'T WANT A YARD.

I'VE RAISED MY KIDS.

I DON'T WANT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME BACK.

THEY CAN GO LIVE THEIR OWN LIVES.

AND I WANT A SMALLER FOOTPRINT.

AND AND D9 DOESN'T HAVE A LOT.

AND THAT'S A THAT'S FINE.

IT'S A CHOICE.

BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS IN D9 THAT DON'T NEED TO BE TOUCHED IN THIS PLAN.

I FEEL DOESN'T IMPEDE ON THAT.

IT ACTUALLY PROTECTS YOU MORE.

AND I FEEL THAT WE DO HAVE AREAS, FERGUSON ROAD, WHICH WE HAVE MR. MORENO AND MR. BAZALDUA THAT WE SHARE THAT HAS A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

I KNOW THE UPPER GARLAND ROAD, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE AND MORE MARKET DRIVEN IF WE DON'T CONTROL IT COMING TO US.

AND SO I FEEL THAT THIS DOCUMENT HAS US IN A PLACE.

AND AS IT'S BEEN STATED, IT'S NOT A STATIC DOCUMENT.

IT'S DYNAMIC.

IT CAN BE CHANGED, IT CAN BE AMENDED.

BUT WE ALREADY HAVE FORWARD DALLAS.

IT'S AND I KNOW MY CPC COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE SERVED, YOU GOT REPORTS WITH A FORWARD DALLAS CAPTION EVERY TIME AND IT NOTHING HAS SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED SINCE 2006, EXCEPT WE ALL HAVE THOSE MCMANSIONS.

AND THAT'S THE TEAR DOWNS IS WHAT'S SCARING ALL OF US, AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTROL THAT.

I SEE IT IN D9.

THEY BUY A HOUSE FOR 1.5 MILLION AND TEAR IT DOWN, AND IT'S GOING LOT LINE TO LOT LINE, AND IT IS SCARY.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE I THINK ARE TRYING TO CONTROL HERE IS THAT MANAGED GROWTH.

AND SO I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR GETTING INTO THE MINUTIA OF THIS.

I THERE WERE A LOT OF CHEFS IN THE KITCHEN AND SO I JUST, I JUST CHOPPED MY VEGETABLES AS I NEEDED.

AND I FEEL WE'RE AT A GOOD PLACE, AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN SEE THAT, TOO.

I TOOK A, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IN A LOT OF D9, THEY WERE OKAY WITH THE NINE THREE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART OF THIS.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO START WITH.

AND I'M HOPING THAT WE WON'T HAVE A FLOOD OF MORE AMENDMENTS.

I MEAN, THESE WERE AMENDMENTS THAT NEEDED TO CLEAN UP AND TIGHTEN SOME THINGS AND NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGING A LOT.

SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS GOOD TO GO, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE I, I DO THINK THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.

AND SO THANK YOU, MR. ADKINS. YOU WERE TENACIOUS.

MR. BAZALDUA MR. RIDLEY. I KNOW, AND MR. WEST, Y'ALL WERE ALL.

AND I WOULD GET THE EARFUL.

AND I WAS LIKE, YOU TELL ME YOU KNOW WHAT'S NEXT, CARROTS OR ONIONS? SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH WHERE WE ARE.

AND THE THING IS, THIS IS NOT THE END.

I AM PLANNING TO GO OUT TO MY COMMUNITY AND DO UPDATES AND REALLY LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH WHAT THIS IS, BECAUSE I THINK THE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS PUT A PLAN ON A SHELF.

AND SO AND I'M HOPING THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH IT, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED, THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE.

AND I THINK YOU HAVE THAT FROM US HERE THAT WE ARE NOT WE DO NOT WANT TO CAUSE HARM AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER, AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP US GETTING TO THAT POINT.

SO I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO NEED A ROUND TWO, SO I'LL GIVE YOU BACK 30S.

THANK YOU, MISS SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE TWO.

AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM ACROSS TOWN AND PARTICULARLY THE DISTRICT 11 FOLKS THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKE.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING FOR YOU ALL BECAUSE OF THE CONFLATION WITH AN UPCOMING ZONING CASE.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CROSSOVER IN PERCEPTION ABOUT WHAT THIS IS VERSUS WHAT THAT IS.

SO THAT WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MONTH.

BUT THIS I WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IN LISTENING TO ALL THE SPEAKERS IS I HEAR I HEARD SOME COMMON PROBLEMS. I HEARD THE PROBLEM OF THE LACK OF AFFORDABILITY.

IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW MANY OF US THAT COULD AFFORD NOW THE HOME THAT WE BOUGHT SO MANY YEARS AGO.

I KNOW I COULD NOT AFFORD MY OWN HOME NOW IF I WERE GOING TO TRY TO BUY IT THAT I BOUGHT 30 YEARS AGO.

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THE CORPORATE PURCHASES, THE PROBLEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THAT IS A REAL BLIGHT IN OUR CITY.

IN MY OPINION AND MANY PEOPLE'S OPINION, THE LACK OF NEW HOUSING THAT'S NOT MULTI-FAMILY.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OTHER HOUSING THAT'S COMING IN.

THAT'S NOT MULTI-FAMILY.

CHANGES IN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHARACTERS.

FOR MANY, IT'S ABOUT TEAR DOWNS, AND FOR OTHERS, IT'S ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF DUPLEXES OR TRIPLEXES OR MULTIPLEXES OF OTHER KINDS.

BUT IT'S ABOUT THAT CHARACTER.

AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT THE CITY HAS WORKED SO HARD TO DO AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE THIS WHOLE PROCESS STARTED.

IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT I DID AS CHAIR OF URBAN DESIGN WAS TO GET THIS WHOLE FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 STARTED.

THAT COMMITTEE ASSIGNED.

AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PROTECTIONS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE NEED.

AND I KNOW IT'S IT'S CHALLENGING TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS CITY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS, BUT EVEN IN DISTRICT 11, IF WE WERE TO OUTLAW DUPLEXES, I HAVE WHOLE SWATHS OF THE DISTRICT THAT WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IS SINGLE FAMILY.

ACROSS THE STREET IS DUPLEXES.

HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT? IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

AND SO THIS WAY THAT THIS IS HANDLED, I THINK IS DONE REALLY BRILLIANTLY COMING OUT OF THE COMPROMISES THAT CAME OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU, IN PARTICULAR, MR. RIDLEY, FOR BRINGING FORWARD SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES IN WAYS THAT WE CAN ADAPT TO THOSE CHALLENGES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO SAW THAT CAME OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THE EMAILS FROM US IS THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT PRESERVING OUR PAST.

THIS IS ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

THIS IS ABOUT FIGURING OUT HOW WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVE IN DALLAS INSTEAD OF MOVING TO THE SUBURBS.

HOW DO WE PROVIDE ENOUGH HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN DALLAS, WHICH IS WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE.

WE IN DISTRICT 11 HAVE JUST SUFFERED WITH THE CLOSURES OF SCHOOLS FROM THE RICHARDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

PLANO IS DEALING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE EVEN THEY ARE GETTING UNAFFORDABLE.

WE HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT THESE CRISES WE'VE BACKED.

I THINK THAT DALLAS HAS DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB IN SUCCESSFULLY BUCKING NATIONAL TRENDS IN REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME.

WE'VE GOT TO DO THE SAME THING IN HOUSING.

WE'VE GOT TO BE INNOVATIVE, WE'VE GOT TO BE FORWARD THINKING, AND WE'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE AND NOT THINK ONLY OF OUR OWN PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT WE WOULD WANT FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THINK FOR THE WHOLE CITY, BECAUSE THIS PLAN HAS WAYS THAT ANYONE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, WE CAN WE CAN WORK WITH IT.

NOBODY'S TRYING TO CHANGE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES THAT WERE DONE HISTORICALLY.

SO I WILL VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS, AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AND I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THE THINGS THAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.

I THINK THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT I DISAGREE WITH.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS THAT COME OUT.

I HAVE TWO KEY NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT HAVE WORKED SO THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BOTH SENT ME EMAILS THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS, AND THESE WERE FOLKS THAT DID NOT INITIALLY.

SO I DO FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE EDC VERSION OF THIS FROM DISTRICT 11.

THANK YOU. HAVE I MISSED ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK WHO HASN'T SPOKEN YET FOR A FIRST TIME BEFORE I GO TO ROUND TWO? OH, MR. RESENDEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE VOLUNTEERS ON THE CITY PLAN, COMMISSION STAFF, COLLEAGUES MR. RIDLEY, FOR THE AMENDMENTS THAT THAT I HANDED TO YOU, FOR YOU TO MAKE WHEN YOU.

WE WERE IN THE CAR. JUST KIDDING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO TO BE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN GET PAST THIS PHASE.

AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUE MISS BLACKMON SAID, THIS IS NOT THE END.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO, TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO BETTER OUR CITY.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN YET? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ON ROUND TWO.

THREE MINUTES. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO ALSO MENTION, LIKE WITH THIS, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING.

AND I CAN TELL YOU IN WEST DALLAS DISTRICT SIX, WE'VE JUST BEEN DOING WHAT I SAID I WOULD DO IF THEY ELECTED ME.

AND WE LEARNED ZONING.

THAT WAS SOMETHING MARY LOU SAID EARLIER.

WHAT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T KNOW ZONING? THAT WAS US IN WEST DALLAS.

THAT WAS DISTRICT SIX. WE DIDN'T KNOW ZONING AND WE LEARNED ZONING.

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WE HAD TO LEARN IT FAST.

AND THEN WE EDUCATED AND WE EDUCATED AND WE EDUCATED.

AND WE'RE STILL EDUCATING BECAUSE NEW PEOPLE COME AROUND AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND OR KNOW HOW ZONING WORKS.

THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CHANGE ZONING.

JUST JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU WILL STILL HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING.

SO IF SOME CRAZY DEVELOPER DECIDES THEY WANT TO COME IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PUT UP A BIG OLD GIANT APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE HELL TO PAY, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AND AND MAKE SURE YOU, YOU KNOW, FIGHT IT AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT, RIGHT? THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHAT I'M PROUD OF IS THAT AFTER THE COMMUNITY AND WE STARTED TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND ZONING, THEY STARTED DEMANDING AFFORDABLE UNITS IN MULTI-FAMILY.

FIRST THERE WAS 3%, THEN IT WAS 5%, THEN TEN, 15, 20, 25%, AND THE COMMUNITY DEMANDED IT BECAUSE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

AND SO THE COMMUNITY SAID, WE WILL NOT SUPPORT YOUR SUPPORT YOU IF YOU DON'T BUILD UNITS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN SUPPORT, CAN, CAN AFFORD.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT WEST DALLAS HAS DONE.

AND IT'S SPREAD ACROSS DISTRICT SIX TO OUR NEW OUR NEW NEIGHBORS IN OUR DISTRICT IN ELM THICKET AND THE FOLKS IN NORTHWEST DALLAS ALL OVER.

BUT WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN SMARTER.

FROM THE DAY I GOT HERE, I'VE BEEN SHAKING A CAN WITH COINS IN IT AS LOUD AS I CAN ON THE UPPER STEMMONS CORRIDOR.

MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE THAT AREA IS SO RIPE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

THE CASE FOR THE SALVATION ARMY IN MY FIRST TERM SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME.

BUT WE GOT IT RIGHT.

AND EVERYBODY SAID THAT NOBODY WOULD WANT TO BE NEAR THAT SITE.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, WE'VE GOT EMPTY OFFICE BUILDINGS THERE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T NEED OFFICE SPACE ANYMORE.

AND WHAT I LOVE NOW IS THAT THE FOLKS THAT OWN THESE BUILDINGS ARE READY TO CONVERT THEM INTO HOUSING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.

AND THAT'S THE DENSITY ON THE FREEWAY AWAY FROM YOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE WE ADD PROTECTIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT A DOCUMENT.

YOU JUST GOT TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO IT.

IF YOU'RE SITTING IN THESE SEATS AND I'M BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES IN WEST DALLAS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. TIME.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WEST.

YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES.

EXCUSE ME ON PAGE TWO.

THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR MY FOLKS THAT HAVE BECAUSE I'VE GOT PEOPLE EMAILING ME AND MESSAGING ME FROM FROM BOTH SIDES OF THIS AND THAT.

I DO HAVE RESIDUAL CONCERNS, WHICH I'M EATING, I'M LIVING WITH BASED ON THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL LANGUAGE.

THAT IMPACTS MISSING MIDDLE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WILL BE DEALT WITH WITH THE FIVE YEAR REVIEW, WHICH THANK YOU FOR COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS FOR SUGGESTING THAT I THINK IF WE'RE STARTING TO SEE ISSUES IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE EXISTING MISSING MIDDLE AND IT'S IMPACTED BY THAT LANGUAGE WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT AFTER MY TIME HERE.

I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT WE ARE TAKING ADUS OUT.

THE ANY REFERENCE TO IT? I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

IN A CITY AS LARGE AS WE ARE, THAT THIS LAND USE DOCUMENT WILL NOT REFERENCE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AT ALL.

HOWEVER, I DO FEEL LIKE UNDER IN THE FUTURE, UNDER CODE REFORM, WE'LL GET TO THAT.

AND IF WE DON'T, I THINK THE STATE'S GOING TO COME DOWN AND MAKE THAT DECISION FOR US AT SOME POINT.

SO I WOULD AT A MINIMUM, WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON DESIGN STANDARDS AS A CITY.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE HEARD CONCERNS BY MY CONSTITUENTS.

I'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CHANGES, AND I THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS COME DOWN HERE TODAY AND SAT WITH US.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THE COMPROMISE.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN THE MOTION THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM READ WILLIAM JOY AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORS FROM BISHOP ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ADVOCATED FOR THAT REDUCTION FROM CITY RESIDENTIAL DOWN TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL IN AN AREA NEAR BISHOP ARTS.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR ADVOCACY.

THE DOWN GRADE OR YOU KNOW, MORE GENTLE MOVE IS A IS IS ACTUALLY MORE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PRESERVING MISSING MIDDLE AND AND WITH THE EXISTING PD.

SO IT WAS A ADJUSTMENT THAT'S A GOOD THING.

AND THEN I'LL END ON JUST I WANT TO JUST DO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MY NEIGHBORS WHO'VE BEEN HERE WITH US, TO MY NEIGHBORS WHO'VE SPOKEN, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, I MEAN, THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND THAT'S EVERY DEPARTMENT.

WITH THE FANTASTIC LEADERSHIP OF ANDREA GILLIS AND HER ENTIRE TEAM AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL, I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE THEM KUDOS BECAUSE THEY'RE

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DOING A LOT OF THE DRAFTING.

SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.

I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES WORKING THROUGH IT.

MEETING IN THE MIDDLE AS CLOSE AS WE CAN.

IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

AND IT'S GOING TO GET US TO THE NEXT STEP AS A CITY.

THANK YOU. THIS QUEUE KEEPS CHANGING.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I WANT TO START BY THANKING ALL PARTIES WHO CAME DOWN TO SPEAK TO US TODAY AND HAVE PRIOR MEETINGS AND THROUGH NUMEROUS EMAILS AND LETTERS, I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR TIRELESS ADVOCACY ADVOCACY FOR WHATEVER POSITION YOU ESPOUSED.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDING IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE FORWARD DALLAS PLAN THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PLAN COMMISSION AND COMPLIMENT CHAIRMAN DONNELL ATKINS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THAT COMMITTEE ON THIS ISSUE.

FORWARD DALLAS IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION POINT, AS IT WILL CHART THE COURSE FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

I CAN'T UNDEREMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLAN AS A POLICY STATEMENT THAT WILL GUIDE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF DALLAS.

THAT DOCUMENT STATES FIVE THEMES THAT ADDRESS FIVE CRITICAL ISSUES IN TODAY'S CITY.

THOSE INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

HOUSING. CHOICE.

ACCESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY URBAN DESIGN ALL ARE IMPORTANT, BUT ONE WAS PARTICULARLY CONTROVERSIAL AND THAT WAS HOUSING CHOICE DUE TO THE TENSION BETWEEN THE DESIRE TO INCREASE HOUSING OPTIONS AND PROTECTING EXISTING STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE SPECIFICALLY AS I DID AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS THE EPIPHANY THAT THOSE THEMES OR OBJECTIVES ARE NOT INCONSISTENT.

THEY ARE INDEED COMPATIBLE.

THEY ARE COMPATIBLE BECAUSE WHILE RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR INCREASING HOUSING OPTIONS, WE AT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED AREAS TO CHANNEL THAT INCREASED DENSITY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS.

AND WE IDENTIFIED AREAS SUCH AS TRANSIT STATIONS, SUCH AS ARTERIAL STREETS, SUCH AS VACANT LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED, SUCH AS DOWNTOWN PARKING LOTS THAT PROVIDE ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS ALL OF OUR NEED FOR HOUSING FOR DECADES TO COME.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT OBJECTIVE WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING OUR EXISTING TREASURED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS PLAN WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE'S AMENDMENTS MAKES THOSE TWO THEMES COMPATIBLE.

ALTHOUGH DALLAS ALREADY HAS A VERY LOW PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT 40%, WHICH IS LESS THAN ALL OF THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS.

THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA, BUT WE MUST PROTECT OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

NOW, WE ADDRESSED THAT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN AT THE COMMITTEE, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD SUPPORT HERE FOR THAT NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AUTHORED.

BUT THERE WAS AN OVERSIGHT AT THE TIME.

THE MOTION TODAY ADDS SEVEN NEW AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN THAT WERE NOT DISCUSSED AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY AROSE SUBSEQUENT TO THAT MEETING, THEY WERE JUST OVERLOOKED AND WEREN'T RAISED AT THE TIME.

WELL, THERE'S ONE MORE THAT I NEED TO RAISE AT THIS TIME, AND I'LL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.

I WAS FOCUSED ON THE TEXTUAL CHANGES TO THE PLAN, AND DID NOT FOCUS ON THE NEED TO ALSO ADDRESS THE MATRIX AND THEREFORE AT THIS TIME, IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE TWO CONSISTENT, I MOVE TO AMEND THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE IN THE MATRIX TO MAKE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.

USES DOWNTOWN TOWNHOMES AND DUPLEXES TO A SECONDARY USE AND IN CITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE

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TO MAKE THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED USES A PRIMARY USE.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT YOU NOTICED THE.

THE SECOND. YES.

OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I ASSUME YOU WOULD. YOU WOULD WANT THAT ON YOUR MOTION TO AMEND ON PAGE TWO.

BY CLASSIFYING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AS A SECONDARY USE IN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.

FORWARD. DALLAS 2.0 REINFORCES NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY WHILE ACCOMMODATING THE NEED FOR MORE DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS.

THIS APPROACH ENSURES THAT NEW, DENSER DEVELOPMENTS ALIGN WITH THE LOCATIONAL STRATEGY AND ARE CONTEXTUALLY APPROPRIATE, THOROUGHLY VETTED, AND COMMUNITY DESIRES ARE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED DURING THE REZONING PROCESS.

MOVING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED TO PRIMARY USE IN CITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE PROVIDES MORE OPTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THIS PLACE TYPE WHILE STREAMLINING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THIS CHANGE WOULD REDUCE HURDLES, MAKING IT EASIER TO CREATE THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IN DESIGNATED AREAS, SUPPORTING A MORE DIVERSE AND A DIVERSE HOUSING PORTFOLIO.

FAILURE TO CORRECT THIS OVERSIGHT WILL UNFORTUNATELY LEAD, I BELIEVE, TO AMBIGUITY BY PARTIES WHO MAY FAVOR THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE MATRIX OVER THE TEXT.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO CONFORM THOSE TWO SO THAT THE SINGLE, THE LAND USE MATRIX, CONFORMS TO THE TEXTUAL CHANGES THAT HAVE WIDELY BEEN ENDORSED BY THE FULL COUNCIL HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT ON PAGE TWO.

IF EACH MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL GOT TO WRITE FORWARD DALLAS BY OURSELVES WITHOUT INPUT FROM THE OTHER 14 PEOPLE, WE WOULD HAVE 15 VERY DIFFERENT LOOKING LAND USE PLANS. I THINK THE FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 PLAN WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION WAS A GOOD DOCUMENT.

IT NEEDED SOME WORK, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ISSUES OF HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, PRESERVATION, FORM BASED ZONING.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IRON THIS OUT AND MORE AS PART OF A GRAND COMPROMISE THAT SECURED A UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO VOTE.

THESE AMENDMENTS WERE AUTHORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS RIDLEY, STEWART, BAZALDUA AND NARVAEZ AND GOT US TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO TO PROTECT EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT'S REALLY DISCOURAGING AND FRANKLY, SHOCKING THAT ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE AMENDMENTS IS GOING TO BLOW THAT UP TODAY WITH A BRAND NEW AMENDMENT.

WE NEED A BALANCED APPROACH HERE.

WE NEED A COMPROMISE.

MANY OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY SAID THEY OPPOSE FORWARD DALLAS UNTIL THE COMMITTEE MADE THE CHANGES.

LET'S NOT RECKLESSLY BLOW UP A PLAN THAT GETS SO MUCH RIGHT.

I WANT TO CALL THE QUESTION.

YOU. THE ONLY THING YOU COULD CALL THE QUESTION ON AT THIS POINT IS MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT.

THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE CALLING THE QUESTION ON? OKAY. IS THERE WAS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. THEN I THINK THAT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A DEBATABLE MOTION.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE A RECORD VOTE ON HIS CALLING OF THE QUESTION.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND TO CLARIFY ON CALLING.

SO WE ARE VOTING.

IF IT'S A NO, YOU'RE VOTING DOWN HIS AMENDMENT, RIGHT? NO. TO CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS IS ON YOUR PROCEDURAL.

LET ME CLARIFY THAT BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT.

THANK YOU. WHAT'S HAPPENING? YOU JUST CALLED THE QUESTION, WHICH IS A PROCEDURAL MOTION THAT WE ARE NOW HAVING NO DEBATE ON.

WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IF IT PASSES THE YOUR MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION, THEN WE WILL CUT OFF THE DEBATE ON HIS AMENDMENT.

WE MOVE ON TO THE VOTE AND WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ON HIS AMENDMENT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DEBATE, BECAUSE BASICALLY YOUR MOTION IS A CUTTING OFF OF THE DEBATE MOTION.

THAT'S WHAT IT DOES. IT KILLS THE DEBATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

MORENO. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON.

NARVAEZ. YES.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

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WILLIS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RIDLEY. NO.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

YES. MAYOR.

JOHNSON. NO.

WITH TEN VOTING IN FAVOR? NO. OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED.

AND NOW WE ARE PROCEEDING TO A VOTE ON MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT WITH A VOTE.

A RECORD VOTE HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

RECORD VOTES GRANTED. MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE.

YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. NO.

IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

MORENO. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

ARNOLD. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

BLACKMON. COUNCIL MEMBER.

STUART. NO.

COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

MENDELSOHN. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

RIDLEY. YES.

NO. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS MAYOR JOHNSON.

YES. WITH FIVE VOTING IN FAVOR, TEN OPPOSED.

THIS MOTION FAILS, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, NOW, MEMBERS, WE ARE BACK ON PAGE TWO AND I HAVE THE QUEUE STILL FROM THE PREVIOUS DEBATE.

SO I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE TWO.

I MOVE TO PROVIDE GREATER CONSISTENCY IN THE DOCUMENT BY UPDATING THE MATRIX, BY MOVING FROM COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL, STRIKING DUPLEX AND TOWNHOME AND MOVING TO A SECONDARY PLACE TYPE.

SORRY, LET ME FLIP TO THE PAGE.

SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.

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

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW ON A MOTION BY POINT OF INFORMATION, MR. MAYOR. STATE IT PLEASE.

AND ON THAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE JUST VOTED DOWN A MOTION AND THIS MOTION SOUNDS SIMILAR, SO I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU CAN. I'LL. I'LL ALLOW THE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO EXPLAIN THE, THE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

THANK YOU. AND PENDING THAT EXPLANATION, IF IT'S IF IT'S HELD TO BE A DIFFERENT MOTION, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DEBATE ON THE MENDELSOHN AMENDMENT.

MR. MAYOR, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I WOULD APPRECIATE STAFF COMING UP AND EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO MOTIONS.

I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE SATISFACTORY.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET I MEAN, YOU CAN HELP, I GUESS, AT SOME POINT CLARIFY IF PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.

BUT I THINK WE NEED SORT OF A MORE OF AN OBJECTIVE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME MOTION.

SO WE CAN MAKE A RULING ON IT.

IT'S BEEN ASKED FOR ME TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MOTION.

I UNDERSTAND IT TO BE THE SAME MOTION.

SO BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY'S AND CHAIR MENDELSON'S MOTIONS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME.

CORRECT. THEN THE RULING IS PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY.

STATE YOUR INQUIRY.

IF MY MOTION INCLUDES STRIKING TWO ADDITIONAL USES, HOW IS IT THE SAME ITEM? REALLY QUICK I JUST WANT TO ASK STAFF, IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT HER MOTION ACTUALLY WOULD STRIKE TWO ADDITIONAL PLACE TYPES OR WHATEVER OUT OF THIS, WOULD IT? I THOUGHT I THOUGHT I HEARD AT THE END OF IT THAT IT WAS TO STRIKE THE TWO AND MOVE THEM INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

NO, IT'S TO STRIKE DUPLEX AND TOWNHOME FROM THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL USE ALONG WITH MOVING ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY.

IS IT ATTACHED? LET ME GET MY PLAN FOR A SECOND.

I'M JUST SAYING, IF THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT IT DOES, THEN THE PARLIAMENTARIAN IS INSTRUCTING ME THAT THAT ACTUALLY IS THAT MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER AT THAT POINT, IF THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT MY MOTION WAS.

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ALL RIGHT. AM I RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK IN JUST ONE SECOND? AND.

SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, THEN WE ARE THE.

NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID.

WELL, SO TOWNHOMES AND DUPLEXES ARE WITHIN THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED COLUMN, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO REMAINING.

SO IF THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO IN, AREN'T WE STRIKING THEM ENTIRELY OUT OF THE PLAN? NO. THEY'RE AVAILABLE UNDER CITY RESIDENTIAL.

CORRECT. BUT IF AT THE TOP, THOSE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE EXISTENCE OF THE USES, IF WE ARE TAKING THEM OUT OF THE PLAN OR IF WE'RE STRIKING THEM OUT, THEN THEY GET STRUCK OUT OF ALL AREAS IN THE PLAN.

NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT MY MOTION IS.

WELL, THEN I. OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR HELPING.

I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTUAL INTENT OF YOUR MOTION IS, BECAUSE I CAN'T THEN HAVE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN REALLY RULE ON IT UNLESS WE KNOW WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES.

AND I'M NOT THE TECHNICAL EXPERT HERE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

SO I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME TECHNICAL HELP.

I'M NOT SURE WE GOT A CLEAR ANSWER.

SO IF YOU COULD TRY TO RESTATE YOUR MOTION IN AS PLAIN A LANGUAGE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

YES. THEN I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RULE ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ACTUALLY YOU GUYS CAN HELP.

OKAY? WE HAVE OTHERS WHO ARE GOING TO HELP.

WE'RE JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION HERE.

WE JUST WANT TO BE FAIR AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE FEELS LIKE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF PARLIAMENTARY GAMESMANSHIP.

SO GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR, BERT VANDENBERG AND DANIEL MORRIS, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

HE'S SPEAKING TO THAT MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE MORE DIRECTLY, MY FRIEND.

MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IT TO BE IS UNDER THE.

SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.

THERE ARE TWO REMAINING USES LEFT WHICH ARE TOWNHOUSE AND DUPLEX.

YES, I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION TO STRIKE THE TOWNHOUSE AND DUPLEX FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED LAND USE AS EXEMPT, THE TOWNHOUSE AND DUPLEX AS EXAMPLES OF SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO I'LL JUST CLARIFY IN AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE AS REQUESTED, AS IT'S SIMPLE.

I DIDN'T SAY IT'S FEW, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW.

OKAY. SO IT WOULD MAKE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIALS ONLY.

HOUSING USE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PRIMARY USE.

YOU'RE ALSO STRIKING IT AS A SECONDARY USE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S THE SAME MOTION I MADE.

YEAH, IT WON'T TAKE ME A SECOND TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

IF IT'S HELPFUL, THEN YES, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED IS STRICKEN.

OKAY, SO LET ME TRY THIS AGAIN, PLEASE.

WHAT I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING NOW.

IT'S NOT STRIKING.

TOWNHOUSES AND DUPLEXES.

IT IS REMOVING THE DOT ENTIRELY FROM COMMUNITY.

RESIDENTIAL. CORRECT.

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I MEAN, THAT IN EFFECT, I MEAN, THAT THEN REMOVES IT ENTIRELY.

IT REMOVES THOSE COMPLETELY OUT OF THAT PLACE TYPE.

CORRECT. SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S TO REMOVE THEM COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PLACE TYPE.

AND IS YOUR RULING THEN OR NOT YOUR RULING.

YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR ADVICE IS THAT THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN MR. RIDLEY'S MOTION. SO THEN IT'S AN ORDER AND YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION.

SO I'LL SAY I'M JUST GOING TO START WITH MR. RIDLEY'S MOTION WAS PROVIDING CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE TEXT AND THE MATRIX.

IT'S VERY ALARMING THAT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN ESPECIALLY THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT IT WOULD BE CUT OFF.

YOU SAT HERE AND HEARD HOURS OF PEOPLE TELLING US, NOT JUST AT THIS MEETING, BUT MEETING AFTER MEETING, THAT THEY DO NOT TRUST US.

THEY DON'T TRUST COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THEY DON'T TRUST STAFF.

THEY DON'T TRUST THIS PLAN.

THEY DON'T TRUST CITY HALL.

AND YOU CUT OFF THE DEBATE.

I MEAN, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.

SO WE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO BE INCLUSIVE AND WORK AS A TEAM.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND IN FACT, FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS BODY WORK TOGETHER BEHIND THE SCENES ON SOMETHING.

AND EVEN AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED.

IF YOU WERE NOT ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO EVEN WEIGH IN, RULED OUT OF ORDER WHEN I TRIED TO.

SO THIS IDEA OF HAVING A BACKROOM DEAL AND THEN ATTACKING A MEMBER WHO'S WANTING TO BRING SOMETHING ELSE FORWARD AS ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION.

IT'S UNPROFESSIONAL. IT'S ACTUALLY OUR JOB AT THIS MEETING TO BRING FORWARD AMENDMENTS, NOT AGREE TO SOMETHING THAT'S BACKROOM.

SO THIS ITEM I DON'T EXPECT WILL PASS.

BUT IT DID GIVE ME A VENUE TO BE ABLE TO TALK, DIDN'T IT? SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS PLAN.

AND YOU ALL KNOW IT AND YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS FAR AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY AS POSSIBLE.

OH MY GOD. I'M SORRY.

IS THAT AN ORDER? YOU YOU YOU GET YOU GET SOME PRETTY WIDE LATITUDE IN FLOOR DEBATE TO MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT.

I MEAN, SHE'S SHE'S MAKING A POINT ON HER AMENDMENT.

I MEAN, POINT OF ORDER, MAYOR.

GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.

12 A SAYS THAT WE SHOULD NOT SPEAK TO MOTIVES OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I MEAN, I JUST I GIVE A PRETTY WIDE LATITUDE ON THAT WHEN MY FRIEND HERE MADE A SIMILAR SORT OF ATTRIBUTION TO SOMEONE'S MOTIVE.

SO IT'S I'M GOING TO ALLOW HER TO MAKE HER POINT, AND I'M GOING TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO MAKE THEIR POINTS.

I JUST THINK THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO TO TO NOT LET PEOPLE SAY WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY ON THIS, AS LONG AS IT'S IN ORDER.

I REALLY DON'T I CAN'T HAVE THAT, FOLKS.

I'M SERIOUS.

SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR POINT.

AND IF EVERYBODY WOULD TRY TO LIMIT IT TO THE SUBSTANCE AND AVOID, YOU KNOW, ATTRIBUTING THINGS TO PEOPLE'S MOTIVES, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT I'M TRYING TO BE EVENHANDED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BEFORE.

SO GO AHEAD.

WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TO THE RESIDENTS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR PUTTING YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND I THINK THERE'S A BIG DISTINCTION THERE.

AND IF PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT DISTINCTION IS, THEY'VE ACTUALLY MISSED WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SAYING AND YOU'VE BEEN SAYING IT IN PERSON AT MEETING AFTER MEETING, YOU'VE BEEN SAYING IT HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS, NOT JUST AT COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT AT CPC MEETINGS.

AND YOU'VE BEEN SAYING IT ALL THROUGHOUT AT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, WHICH SOMETIMES HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN A LITTLE BIT UNRULY, FRANKLY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SO FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY. AND THAT'S WHY YOU DESERVE AN APOLOGY.

I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF IF THERE'S A GOAL OF HOW MUCH HOUSING STOCK WE SHOULD HAVE.

THAT SHOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS MULTIFAMILY.

DOES THIS PLAN PROVIDE THAT GOAL? WE REALLY NEED TO NOT HAVE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS.

IT'S JUST NOT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN DECORUM HERE.

WE CAN GIVE YOU A NUMBER THAT WE MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY IN OUR HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WELL, I'M NOT ASKING WHAT IT IS.

THIS IS A DOCUMENT ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE LAND POLICY.

RIGHT. SO WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHAT'S WHAT'S THE GOAL FOR WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE.

WELL, WE WE NEED, AS WE MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, WE NEED HOUSING STOCK FOR PEOPLE AT 50% AND BELOW.

AND WE NEED HOMEOWNERSHIP STOCK.

AND THAT AT HOME OWNERSHIP STOCK CAN COME IN DIFFERENT FORMS.

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IS THERE A PERCENTAGE IN YOUR IN YOUR SWITCHING ON ME BECAUSE I'M TALKING SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS MULTIFAMILY.

FIRST I'M GOING WHERE YOU'RE AT.

OKAY. IN A MINUTE.

BUT IS THERE A PERCENTAGE WHERE YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SINGLE FAMILY OR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MULTIFAMILY? WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS THAT CORRECT BALANCE.

WE IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT FROM A FORM BASE.

WE LOOK AT IT FROM A TOTAL UNIT COUNT IN TERMS OF OUR POPULATION CURRENTLY IS 60% RENTER, 40% OWNER.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT TURNING IF WE WANTED TO BALANCE OUT TO HAVE A 50 OVER 50 SPLIT IN THE CITY, WE WOULD NEED TO ADD ROUGHLY 40,000 UNITS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.

BUT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT IN TERMS OF FORM.

IF THOSE SHOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY, IF THERE SHOULD BE MORE.

OUR POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE SHOULD BE MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THAT'S IN A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX OR A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED OR ANY FORM IN BETWEEN.

WE NEED A HOUSING OF ALL TYPOLOGIES FOR DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES.

I THINK THIS DOCUMENT IS MISSING WHAT WE ENVISION FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS MULTIFAMILY, AND THIS IS A DEVELOPER'S DREAM COME TRUE, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SO MUCH MULTIFAMILY ADDED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE.

MY DISTRICT IS ALMOST 100% BUILT OUT.

IT'S MORE THAN 65% MULTIFAMILY.

THAT'S NOT JUST APARTMENTS.

IT'S ALSO CONDOS.

IT'S ALSO TOWNHOMES.

IT'S ALSO DUPLEXES.

WHEN YOU ADD UP THOSE THREE CATEGORIES, I THINK I HAVE THE MOST IN THE WHOLE CITY.

EVERYBODY'S VALUED.

EVERYBODY LIVES TOGETHER.

IT'S MIXED INCOME. IT'S MIXED RACIALLY.

IT'S MIXED HOUSING TYPE.

JUST THAT HOUSING COMMITTEE.

I WAS ROLLING OFF THREE DIFFERENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE ALL AFFORDABLE AT THE 60% AMI LEVEL THAT ARE LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY HOUSE.

THEY'RE LESS THAN A MILE FROM HOUSES, IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MINE AND MUCH LESS THAN MINE.

EVERYBODY'S TOGETHER.

THERE'S NO ISSUE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I RESENT SOME OF THE RACIAL OVERTONES THAT ARE THROWN OUT, SOME OF THE ELITIST OVERTONES THAT ARE THROWN OUT.

MAYBE IT'S THAT WAY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

IT'S NOT IN OURS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT AS A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, IT'S NOT FITTING ALL.

AND I'LL BET YOU EVERYBODY SITTING HERE DOESN'T QUITE FIT THAT MOLD.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING SO MUCH PUSHBACK.

SO DID YOU HAVE AN ANSWER THEN ABOUT OWNER OCCUPIED VERSUS RENTAL.

LIKE DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT BALANCE OUGHT TO BE FOR OUR CITY? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT STANCE ON WHAT THAT SPLIT SHOULD BE.

THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT LOOKED AT IT PURELY FROM A BALANCE 50 OVER 50 SPLIT.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT THAT CAN GO INTO THAT IN TERMS OF AT WHAT RANGE OF AMIS IS THAT SPLIT AND IS THAT EQUALLY ACROSS THE CITY? ARE THERE POCKETS WHERE THAT IS SKEWED TO ONE INCOME OR ANOTHER? SO PART OF OUR WORK IS LOOKING AT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF AMIS AT BOTH THE RENTER OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS THE HOMEOWNER.

AND TO ACHIEVE THAT, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPOLOGIES THAT MAKE SENSE FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE OR A ZONING, AS EACH DEVELOPMENT WOULD COME THROUGH. BUT FROM A HOUSING PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOK PRIMARILY AT THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND HOW WE CAN GET THOSE PLACED IN A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPOLOGIES ACROSS THE CITY.

SO DO YOU THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT IN THIS PLAN? I CAN'T SPEAK TO IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT.

THAT WOULD BE MORE LEFT TO YOUR DECISION.

OKAY. WELL I THINK IT'S MISSING.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT THAT POINT.

THE NEXT ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON IS TO SAY THAT.

LET'S SEE.

OH, YOU ALREADY HIT THAT ONE.

THAT'S GOOD. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY STOP RIGHT THERE AND I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

THE MOTION IS WITHDRAWN.

ALRIGHT. SO WE.

MOTION BY MISS MENDELSOHN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

THE MOTION BY MR. RIDLEY FAILED.

SO WE ARE BACK ON PAGE TWO.

AND I THINK, CHAIRMAN GRACEY, I THINK YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

YOU CAN. WE'RE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AND AN AMENDMENT WOULD BE IN ORDER TO THAT.

THERE'S ONLY. THERE'S NOT ON THE FLOOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FOOTNOTE IN THE REGIONAL OPEN SPACE PLACE TYPE.

THAT SAYS A MASTER PLAN REVIEW FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH THE POWER STATION SHOULD BE UNDERGONE IN THE AREA ADJACENT TO MOUNTAIN CREEK LAKE.

SO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AND COLLEAGUES.

I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS I KNOW A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN CENTERED AROUND OUR HOUSING TYPES, OUR PLACE TYPES.

WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

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BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A THIS, THIS, THIS MOUNTAIN CREEK LAKE IS THE LAKE THAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, I ALWAYS GOT TO KEEP SAYING THIS BECAUSE I DON'T I THE, THE NEW OWNERS, I BELIEVE TO BE GOOD PARTNERS.

AND THIS JUST GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT AREA SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY GET SOME RECREATION AROUND MOUNTAIN CREEK LAKE. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES, IS TO HELP US KIND OF START OPENING UP THOSE CONVERSATIONS FROM THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION BY MR. GRACIE. YOUR LIGHTS STILL ON BY ACCIDENT, THEN? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CHAIRMAN GRACIE'S MOTION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WILL WILL DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE, MR. GRACEY, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE CAUGHT.

I KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS WAS NOT SAVORY IN HOW IT WAS HANDLED, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT REPRESENTATION LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS LOOKING AT A PROBLEM, FINDING A SOLUTION AND LOOKING TOWARDS HOW THAT SOLUTION CAN BE IRONED OUT WITH COMMUNITY INPUT AND MAKES SURE WHAT IS GOING TO BE BEST USE OF THAT LAND MOVING FORWARD IS NOT GOING TO BE DISCRIMINATORY OR AN INJUSTICE TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT EXISTS. WE KNOW WHY IT EXISTS.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CATCH IN THE PLAN.

I GIVE YOU A HUGE KUDOS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED TO THIS MOTION, SO THAT THE PASSING OF THIS PLAN WILL GIVE RELIEF TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO GIVE A VOICE TO THEM ON WHAT THAT FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIG PROPS ON BRINGING IT FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, CAN I CLARIFY MY MOTION? JUST. I THINK I MAY HAVE READ IT WRONG.

I LEFT OUT SOME PERTINENT INFORMATION.

OH, OKAY. YOU DIDN'T.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. JUST JUST TO CLARIFY.

GO AHEAD. YEAH. PLEASE.

AND I JUST WANT TO REREAD IT.

IT'S TO MOVE TO AMEND THE TO MOVE THE MAIN MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

KEEP THE PLACE TYPE SHOWN ON THE MOUNTAIN CREEK AMENDMENT MAP REGIONAL OPEN SPACE.

AND ON PAGE 35.

ADD A FOOTNOTE AFTER THE POWER STATION EXAMPLE IN THE UTILITY LAND USE TO READ AS FOLLOWS.

IN THE REGIONAL OPEN SPACE PLACE TYPE, A MASTER PLAN REVIEW FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH THE POWER STATION SHOULD BE UNDERGONE IN THE AREA ADJACENT TO MOUNTAIN CREEK.

THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT TO SAY.

RIGHT? THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NO NO, NO.

HE'S JUST. HE WAS JUST REREADING IT CLEARLY THE SECOND TIME.

ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THAT MOTION THAT YOU JUST HEARD, WHICH IS READ.

QUESTION FOR STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO REGIONAL OPEN SPACE.

OUR CITY PARKS, THERE'S SOME THAT AREN'T LABELED REGIONAL OPEN SPACE, AND THEN OTHERS THAT ARE EITHER PUBLIC OPEN SPACE OR CIVIC PUBLIC INSTITUTION. CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON HOW THOSE DETERMINATIONS WERE MADE? SURE, BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY WIDE PLAN THAT WE LOOK AT AT A CITY WIDE SCALE AND THE SCALE OF THE PLACE TYPES, THE THRESHOLD THAT WE LOOKED AT IF CERTAIN PARKS GOT IDENTIFIED WAS IF THEY WERE TEN ACRES OR GREATER, AND IF THEY WERE AND OR IF THEY WERE PART OF ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT MADE IT A LARGER PARK AREA.

OKAY. THANK YOU. IF WE WANTED TO AMEND THIS PLAN IN THE FUTURE, HOW AND WHAT WOULD BE THE EARLIEST THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT? SO THAT'S UP TO THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL COULD BRING FORTH A FIVE SIGNATURE MEMO.

UNLESS I'M COULD BRING A FOURTH OF FIVE SIGNATURE MEMO FOR AMENDMENTS.

OKAY. HOW MANY TIMES WAS THE 2006 PLAN AMENDED? SO A BIG PORTION OF IT.

SO PART OF THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE 2006 PLAN IS THAT THE THE ILLUSTRATION WAS A VISION ILLUSTRATION, NOT A LAND USE DOCUMENT.

THERE WAS A BIG UPDATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PLUS DOCUMENTS AND SORT OF SOME OF THE HOUSING COMPONENTS WITHIN THERE.

THERE WAS A BIG UPDATE IN 2015 WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLUS PLAN.

OKAY. AND SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VISIONARY DOCUMENT VERSUS THE 2.0.

SO THE 2.0 IS A FUTURE INCLUDES A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE.

SO THE VISION DOCUMENT AND IT SAID SPECIFICALLY IN THAT DOCUMENT.

THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A LAND USE PLAN.

THIS IS A VISION ILLUSTRATION.

IT IS NOT A LAND USE PLAN.

THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF IT AS WELL, AND I SHOULD SAY AS FAR AS AMENDMENTS THAT 2006 PLAN HAD MASSIVE AMOUNT OF IT HAD A FULL TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS.

IT HAD. AND SO THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, ALL OF THOSE SEPARATE ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH THE DIFFERENT APPLICABLE DEPARTMENTS MOBILITY PLAN, CAP,

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HOUSING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN GREAT DETAIL.

AND WHAT WE'RE LEFT WITH TODAY IS LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN.

SO THE 2006 FOR DALLAS PLAN, WE WERE NOT UNDER THE STATE LAW REQUIRING US TO FOLLOW THAT THAT PLAN.

SO THERE IS SO IT'S IT IS SO YES TO THE BUT IT'S LARGELY GOES BACK TO THE TEXT IN THAT PLAN.

WE ARE GUIDED BY THE TEXT OF THAT PLAN BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

OKAY, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT SAFEGUARDS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEIGHBORS FEEL THAT THEIR HOMES ARE BEING PROTECTED ESPECIALLY IN A NON HISTORIC OR CONSERVATION OR OVERLAYS. WHY WERE WE NOT ABLE TO INTRODUCE DESIGN STANDARDS INTO THIS PLAN.

SO WE HAVE URBAN DESIGN GUIDANCE.

IN POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS STATED THE AMENDMENT ON THE THIS IS NOT GERMANE TO THE AMENDMENT ON THE POWER STATION.

I'M GOING TO SUSTAIN THAT ONE.

YOU GOT TO STAY TO MR. GRACIE'S AMENDMENT.

OKAY. STICK CLOSELY TO MR. GRACIE'S AMENDMENT AND SAVE YOUR FIRE.

SAVE YOUR SAVE YOUR GENERAL STUFF.

FOR WHAT? WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO ONCE WE DISPOSE OF THIS ONE.

OKAY. WONDERFUL.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. GRACIE'S MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY CHAIRMAN GRACIE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT AMENDMENT TO TO TO THE FLOOR.

ALSO, I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

AND AND AND AND WHEN WHEN WE LOOK AT CONCERN WITH STAFF ON THE CORRECT INFORMATION, THE CORRECT LANGUAGE, AND ESPECIALLY ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT CAN COULD BE A DESTINATION IN THE FUTURE FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU LISTEN TO THAT.

AND AT FIRST I THINK WE KIND OF MISSED THAT OUT.

AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT BACK AND CLARIFIED THAT ALSO BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING IT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.

AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK UP.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. GRACIE'S MOTION.

I'M SORRY I MISSED ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, BUT LET ME JUST SPEAK ON.

SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RACIAL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

I WANTED TO MENTION REALLY? THAT'S WHAT HIS IN HIS.

WHAT IS YOUR WELL REDIRECT ME.

LET ME GET CLARITY. WHAT ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT WITH YOUR PROJECT, MAYOR? I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, MAY I TALK? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

SO YES, YOU CAN DO THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD.

IT'S ON YOUR TIME.

BUT SO WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TRYING TO TO TO CREATE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN AROUND THE EXISTING POWER STATION POWER PLANT THAT'S THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION DOES, IS GIVES AS THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THIS REGIONAL SPACE, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A POWER PLANT THERE, BUT ALSO CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN SO THAT IT CAN BE A DESTINATION LAKE.

SO IS THAT A MAYOR? I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY. I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THERE WAS AN ENVIRONMENT.

I THOUGHT I HEARD THE WORDS ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.

DID I HEAR IT ALL KIND OF WORDS AROUND HERE? IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GERMANE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD WHAT HE SAID.

I KNOW I FOLLOW YOU. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET IN ANYTHING YOU WANT.

ON THE GENERAL TOPIC OF PH TWO, WHEN WE GET BACK TO PH TWO, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO AS SOON AS WE DISPOSE OF THIS POWER PLANT MOTION.

SO IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION.

IS THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AS AS I, AS YOU SPEAK, IS IT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE.

IT HAS HAD ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, WHICH BRINGS THIS REGIONAL OPEN SPACE TO THAT TO HELP US ADDRESS THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

BUT YES, IN THE PAST, HAS IT BEEN CLEANED UP? ARE YOU ASKING ME, IS THERE AN EXISTING.

I WITHDRAW MY QUESTION.

I'M SERIOUS. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, BUT I WITHDRAW MY QUESTION.

I WAS GETTING LATE, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY.

BUT HOURS LATE, I'LL GIVE MY TIME BACK TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THERE'S. THERE IS NO NEXT SPEAKER ON THIS ONE.

I JUST WANT. SO YOU WEREN'T UNDER ANY TIME PRESSURE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DISPOSING OF THINGS IN THE PROPER ORDER.

SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. GRACY'S MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

PLEASE NOTE. NO. MR. RIDLEY, I BELIEVE, WAS THE NAY.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK ON PAGE TWO.

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

I WANT TO SAY WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE HOUSING COMPONENT, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT'S IN THIS PLAN THAN JUST HOUSING.

IN FACT, IT'S A VERY SMALL PORTION.

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WE DO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS A HUGE COMPONENT HERE.

I KNOW THAT AS WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT JOB IS SPECIFICALLY GOING TO BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THIS PLAN.

WE HAVE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REVITALIZATION.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH SOME VERY HARD STUFF.

AND I THINK THAT IT WAS IT WAS ARTICULATED VERY WELL FROM OUR COLLEAGUE MISS WILLIS, WHO SAID THAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO CLEARLY HAVE WHERE THEY THINK THIS SHOULD GO IN POLICY MAKING.

IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE ONE PARTY, IF YOU WILL PLEASED, HAPPY, WALK AROUND, WALK AWAY AND THINK THAT THEY WON AND ANOTHER THAT WALKS AWAY THAT LOST.

THAT'S NOT TRUE POLICY MAKING.

THAT'S NOT FINDING A MIDDLE GROUND.

THAT'S NOT THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE LIKE WE THOUGHT MR. RIDLEY WAS LOOKING TO DO AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THAT IS ACTUALLY ZERO SUM.

AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE ELECTED TO HAVE A ZERO SUM APPROACH TO POLICY.

IF THERE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN CONCESSIONS MADE FROM BOTH SIDES WHO HAVE TAKEN A ZERO SUM APPROACH, THAN WE DID NOT ADEQUATELY DO OUR JOB, AND I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THE HOUSING COMPONENT, IT IS A COMPROMISE.

IN FACT, IF WE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT HERE TODAY, IT DIDN'T ADD ANY ALIGNMENT.

IT ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE NEGATED THE LANGUAGE THAT WE PASSED AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THAT WAS SURED UP DEFINITIONS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USE.

REMOVING A MATRIX WITH NO PRIMARY OR SECONDARY USE NO LONGER PROVIDES THE SAME PROTECTIONS.

THE REALITY IS, IS JUST AS WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SUPPORT IT, BUT THEY ARE HAPPY WHERE WE ARE FROM SEPTEMBER 3RD.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE OF LISTENING.

WE DID PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'VE DONE NOTHING TO OUR ZONING PROCESS.

I KNOW MISS MENDELSOHN.

SHE SPOKE ABOUT NO TRUST AND HEAD SHOOK.

AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NO TRUST OR NOT AGREEING? THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

BECAUSE WHEN I SPEAK, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE TO OPPOSE FORWARD DALLAS AS IT'S BEING PRESENTED, THEY SHAKE THEIR HEADS.

YES, AT ME, AND I GET A LOT OF NO HEAD SHAKING FROM THE OTHERS.

THIS ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT TRUST.

WE'RE BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.

IN FACT, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF YOU WHO OPPOSE THIS.

AND JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WALK AWAY WITH THINKING THAT WHAT YOU SAID WAS RIGHT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I WASN'T WILLING TO COLLABORATE.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS PLAN OVERALL SPEAKS TO THE GROWTH AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.

I WANT TO READ THIS ONE LITTLE EXCERPT FROM A SUPPORT LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR ESTEEMED ORGANIZATIONS, WHO USUALLY WEIGH PRETTY HEAVY ON THIS BODY, AND THAT'S DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC.

FOR DALLAS 2.0, ADDRESSES THE URGENT NEED FOR AN UPDATED, COHESIVE, AND STRATEGIC LAND USE PLAN THAT REFLECTS OUR CITY'S DYNAMIC GROWTH AND EVOLVING NEEDS WHILE INCORPORATING KEY PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF THE THREE 60 PLAN.

THE AREA PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN WITH THE NORTH TEXAS.

THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS PROJECTING OUR CITY'S POPULATION TO GROW TO 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE BY 2045.

THE PLAN'S VISION FOR INTENTIONAL GROWTH AND PRESERVATION IS TIMELY AND NECESSARY.

OUR CURRENT PIECEMEAL POLICIES ARE OUTDATED, WITH MANY HAVING BEEN ADOPTED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

FORWARD DALLAS 2.0 OFFERS A FORWARD THINKING FRAMEWORK THAT WILL GUIDE HOW AND WHERE OUR CITIES DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES.

I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT IF WE WERE TO MAKE A PASS MOTION RIGHT NOW TO PASS THIS AND JUST LEAVE.

HOUSING COMPONENT OF FORWARD 2.04 DALLAS 2.0 OFF OF THIS PLAN AS IT'S BEING PRESENTED.

WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS NOW WITH THE BUILDING BLOCK STRUCTURE, WILL IT? IT ALREADY HAS MORE THAN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THAT PLACE TYPE.

WE ALLOW FOR A ZONING PROCESS FOR A REASON AND THAT IS YOUR BIGGEST TOOL.

WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT STAFF IS GETTING BACK AND REFORMING OUR CODE.

WE NEED TO GET BACK TO DESIGN STANDARDS.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A SECOND?

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SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS BEEN CALLED AND I.

SORRY, SORRY. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION.

AND AT THIS POINT WE JUST NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.

AND, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE.

YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. NO.

IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

MORENO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACIE. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD.

NO. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

BLACKMON. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDELSOHN.

SCHULTZ. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS.

RIDLEY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

YES. MAYOR.

JOHNSON. NO.

WITH TEN VOTING IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.

THE MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, MEMBERS.

THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED.

RECORD VOTES BEEN REQUESTED.

RECORD VOTES BEEN GRANTED. THIS IS ON PAGE TWO ITSELF.

A VOTE ON I VOTE IS A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT MR. ATKINS MADE ON PAGE TWO, AND A VOTE NO IS A VOTE AGAINST HIS MOTION THAT HE MADE.

THANK. GO AHEAD.

AS AMENDED. CORRECT. OH, YES.

AND AS AMENDED SUCCESSFULLY BY MR. GRACEY. CORRECT.

COULD YOU HAVE THAT MOTION REPEATED AGAIN SO I CAN FOLLOW UP AND TRY TO MAKE SOME NOTES? IT'S LIKE TWO PAGES LONG.

IT'S LIKE. IT'S LITERALLY LIKE TWO PAGES LONG.

PLUS IT'S BEEN AMENDED ABOUT THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE IT I'M JUST TRYING TO I'M TRYING.

I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WE'D HAVE TO HAVE HIM READ.

OKAY. I DON'T WANT HIM TO READ IT.

I MEAN, YEAH, WE CAN. YEAH.

JUST. I'M JUST WITH YOU.

ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO WHERE WE ARE NOW ORIGINALLY ON WHAT? MR. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

IT'S THE. IT'S THIS MOTION THAT HE MADE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AMENDED BY MR. GRACIE. RIGHT. IT ALSO HELPS WITH THE PUBLIC.

MAKES IT ABOUT FIVE PAGES LONG ONCE YOU ADD HIS LANGUAGE.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC THAT CAN'T BE HERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YEAH. GOTCHA. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT. THE VOTING IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE.

NOW, THIS IS ON PAGE TWO, AS AMENDED.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

MORENO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACIE. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD.

RESENDEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER.

NARVAEZ. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER. BLACKMON.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

YES. MAYOR JOHNSON? NO. WITH 11 VOTING IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED.

WITH 11 VOTING IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED.

THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR, AS AMENDED. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING AGENDA.

THERE ARE NO ZONING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

ALL ZONING ITEMS WERE LISTED ON THE CONSENT DOCKET.

AGENDA ITEM Z5 Z4 HAS BEEN REMOVED.

THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING DOCKET CONSISTS OF ITEMS Z1 THROUGH Z3 AND Z6 THROUGH Z12.

I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. LET ME RESTATE THAT AGAIN.

YOUR YOUR ZONING CONSENT DOCKET CONSISTED OF ITEMS Z1 THROUGH Z.

12 ITEM Z4 HAS BEEN REMOVED.

THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING DOCKET CONSISTS OF ITEM Z1 THROUGH THROUGH Z3 AND Z5 THROUGH Z.

12. I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

ITEM Z1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A GR GENERAL RETAIL SUB DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF LUCAS DRIVE BETWEEN MAPLE AVENUE AND BROWN STREET.

ITEM Z2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2439 FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE

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PARKING ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF TELEPHONE ROAD, SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF BONNYVIEW ROAD AND TELEPHONE ROAD.

ITEM Z3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN MU DASH ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ELAM ROAD AND NORTH PRAIRIE CREEK ROAD.

ITEM Z5 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH CORNER OF SOUTH FITZHUGH AVENUE AND HASKELL AVENUE, AND A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AN AMENDMENT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT.

ITEM Z6 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A TRUCK STOP ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST CORNER OF C.F.

HAWN FREEWAY AND SILVERADO DRIVE.

ITEM Z7 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1959 FOR AN ATTACHED PROJECTING NON PREMISE DISTRICT ACTIVITY VIDEO BOARD SIGN ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ELM STREET AND NORTHFIELD STREET.

ITEM C8 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE WITH A CLASS A DANCE HALL ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF MCRAE ROAD, NORTH OF EAST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.

ITEM NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN R-7.5, A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF OAKWOOD DRIVE, WEST OF HAYMARKET ROAD. ITEM TEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2118 FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY, SALES AND AND SERVICE ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF C.F.

HAWN FREEWAY, EAST OF MURDOCK ROAD.

ITEM 11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MICROBREWERY, MICRO-DISTILLERY, OR WINERY ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND NORTH CROWDER STREET.

AGAIN, LET ME RESTATE YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM Z1 THROUGH Z3 AND ITEM Z FIVE THROUGH Z 11.

YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR ZONING CONSENT ITEM.

ZI6. ANDREW RUECK.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS ITEM.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING MARLOWE'S FUEL CENTER FOR ITEM Z SIX.

I UNDERSTAND IT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MARLOWE'S HAS BEEN EXISTING AT THIS LOCATION IN KLEBERG FOR 40 PLUS YEARS.

THEY'RE AN INSTITUTION OVER THERE IN THE KLEBERG RILEY NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.

WHAT I'M HERE REQUESTING TONIGHT IS AN EXTENSION FOR THE SUP TIME PERIOD.

IT'S CURRENTLY BEEN APPROVED AT CITY COUNCIL FOR A FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD.

THIS IS A WHOLE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORT FOR THE TRUCK STOP.

SO WE'RE PUTTING IN BRAND NEW BUILDINGS, BRAND NEW TRUCK STOP EQUIPMENT AND DOING A FULL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.

SO WITH THAT SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.

WE'RE REQUESTING EITHER NO TIME PERIOD FOR THIS PARTICULAR SUP.

THE USE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN EXISTENCE.

THIS IS JUST TO UPDATE IT TO TODAY'S STANDARDS.

OR WE COULD ALSO WORK WITH A TEN YEAR TIME PERIOD WITH TEN YEAR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL.

I UNDERSTAND THE SUP TIME PERIODS HAVE BEEN A DISCUSSION POINT AMONGST THE COUNCIL FOR VARIOUS OTHER USES.

THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS.

THIS IS NOT AN INSTITUTIONAL USE OR NOT USE, BUT COMPANIES SUCH AS A STARBUCKS OR A KWIK TRIP, BUT RATHER A SMALL BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME RELIEF ON THE TIME LIMIT TO HELP US PUT THE INVESTMENT IN AND THEN RECOUP THAT INVESTMENT WITHOUT THE POTENTIAL RISK OF REAPPLYING OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

I ALSO HAVE KARL MARLOW AND JESS FINLEY WITH MARLOW'S HERE AS WELL, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION.

WELL, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE TO THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

ITEM Z FOUR HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA, AND ITEM Z SIX IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

THEREFORE, I'VE READ THE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD CALLED PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THEREFORE YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS NOW OF ITEMS Z1 THROUGH Z3, Z FIVE AND Z SEVEN THROUGH Z 11.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ZONING? NO. POINT OF INFORMATION, MR. MAYOR. PLEASE STATE IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND THE CITY SECRETARY TELL US WHO PULLED THE Z Z4 AND Z6.

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YES, ITEM Z4 IS BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ AND ITEM Z6 IS BEING PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THAT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT THEN.

CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ZONING CONSENT? YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR PROVIDING THE DATES OF THE INITIAL APPLICATION FOR THE ZONING CASES FOR Z1.

THAT INITIAL DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023.

Z2 WAS OCTOBER 30TH, 2023.

Z3 DECEMBER 29TH, 2023.

Z FIVE. MARCH 6TH, 2024.

LOOK AT THESE COMING Z7 APRIL 16TH, 2024.

Z EIGHT APRIL 19TH, 2024.

Z 9TH APRIL 22ND, 2024.

Z 10TH APRIL 25TH, 2024.

AND Z11 APRIL 29TH, 2024.

SOME GOOD NUMBERS IN THERE.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ZONING CONSENT.

JUST WANT TO GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY WHAT SOME OF THE DELAYS MAY BE.

AND WITHOUT GOING INTO EXHAUSTIVE DETAIL, MAYBE JUST DO A SUMMARY OF WHY WE HAVE DELAYS.

I DON'T LIKE THEM EITHER, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS STAFF'S FAULT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO SAY THAT SIX.

SO ITEM Z1, Z2 Z3 Z4 Z6 Z7.

THEY WERE HELD BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONE OF THEM WAS HELD TWO TIMES.

SO THAT ADDED TO TO THE TIME FRAME.

OTHER THAN THAT YEAH, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT ITEM IT'S ITEM Z4.

[Z4. 24-2793 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Planned Development District for TH-3(A) Townhouse District uses and LO-1 Limited Office District uses on property zoned an MF-2(A) Multifamily District and an R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the north line of Lake June Road; east of Saint Augustine Drive]

OKAY. ITEM Z4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ON TH THREE.

A TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT USES AND YELLOW DASH ONE LIMITED OFFICE DISTRICT USES ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF LAKE JUNE ROAD.

EAST OF SOUTH EAST OF SAINT AUGUSTINE DRIVE.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 131 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

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

NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM Z4? YES, MR. MAYOR. GO AHEAD.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE, AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.

REPLACE CBC'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FOR SIDEWALKS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.

A SIDEWALK WITH A MINIMUM OBSTRUCT UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF SIX FEET MUST BE PROVIDED ALONG ALL PUBLIC STREETS, DRIVES, AND SHARED ACCESS EASEMENTS.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR.. MR.. RESENDEZ ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE HEARING.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE MOTION PREVAILS. NEXT.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM C6.

[Z6. 24-2796 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a truck stop on property zoned a CS Commercial Service District with Specific Use Permit No. 1851 for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less and a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the west corner of C.F. Hawn Freeway and Silverado Drive]

ARE WE READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD? ITEM C6 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A TRUCK STOP ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST CORNER OF C.F.

HAWN FREEWAY AND SILVERADO DRIVE.

YOU DID. HAD YOU YOU HAD AN INDIVIDUAL THAT SPOKE ON THE ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM C6? OKAY, I'LL ALLOW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO READ THEIR.

THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES, MR. MAYOR. WE SENT 27 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

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

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

I HAD A MOTION TO MOVE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR A TEN YEAR PERIOD.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR PRO TEM? YES.

YES. FIVE MINUTES. ITEM Z6.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING A TEN YEAR PERIOD.

THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO GOING TO PUT IN ROUGHLY ABOUT $3 MILLION.

THEY GOT TO GO TO THE BANK AND BORROW ABOUT 10 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE FINANCING STRUCTURE WITH THE BANK.

THEY NEED MORE TIME IN ORDER TO OBLIGATE FINANCIAL OBLIGATION.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM Z6? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ITEM Z 12 HAS BEEN DELETED.

THEREFORE, WE'LL MOVE TO YOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[PH1. 24-2710 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application by The Culbreath, LP or its affiliate, DHA Housing Solutions for North Texas (collectively referred to as “Applicant”) to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for 4% Non-Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits for The Culbreath located at 2770 Bethurum Avenue, Dallas, TX 75215; 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 The Culbreath - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

TH ONE ITEM FF ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING AN APPLICATION BY THE CULBRETH LP OR ITS AFFILIATE, DA HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR NORTH TEXAS, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE APPLICANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TDHCA FOR A 4% NON COMPETITIVE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THE CULPRIT.

LOCATED AT 2770 BETHARRAM AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75215 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 THE CULBREATH.

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? I SEE ONE INDIVIDUAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS? THE SPEAKER IS. MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION ON PAGE ONE? MOVE TO A MOVE TO HOLD UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL OCTOBER 23RD.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

YES, I CAN. FIVE MINUTES, PAGE ONE.

EVERYONE, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE APPLICANT.

I HADN'T HEARD FROM YOU ALL YET, AND SO I WOULD BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO YOU.

BUT I WANT MY COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO YOU.

SO FOR THAT, I JUST NEED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THE BOOKS.

LET'S GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN IN A MONTH.

CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE? I ACTUALLY DON'T NEED ANY I DON'T NEED ANY RESPONSES.

I DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY, SO I APOLOGIZE.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YOU CAN. IT'S OKAY.

YOU GUYS CAN TALK AT THAT LATER DATE THAT HE'S REFERRING TO.

GENTLEMEN, ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON PAGE ONE.

YES. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAD CONCERNS.

AND JUST QUICKLY, I DID DIDN'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE THE DELAY.

BUT I DID WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD.

IF STAFF COULD COULD HELP ME THAT I NEEDED TO GET CLARITY ON THIS APPLICATION.

IT SAYS BY THE CULVERT LP AFFILIATE.

AND THE REASON THAT I'M QUESTIONING IS THIS.

BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IN TALKING TO YOU ALL THIS MORNING, THAT THIS IS NAMED AFTER MISS BETTY COLBERT.

WHAT IS HER ROLE IN THE IN THE DAY ON THAT ON THE BOARD? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE IS BOARD CHAIR.

I'M CYNTHIA ELLINGSON, DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SHE IS BOARD CHAIR.

SHE'S STILL BOARD CHAIR.

YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, SO I DON'T I KNOW THE CAN I ARE YOU SURE THAT SHE'S THE BOARD CHAIR NOW? I BELIEVE SHE, YES.

BECAUSE THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO APPOINT.

AM I RIGHT? THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO APPOINT THE BOARD CHAIR TO THIS HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THIS DA DAY POSITION.

IS THIS WHAT SHE'S OVER? I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS FOR WHO APPOINTS ON THAT BOARD, BUT ACCORDING TO DA, SHE IS STILL A CURRENT BOARD CHAIR.

MR. MAYOR, MAY I ASK, SECRETARY, WHAT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT HER POSITION IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE DA? YES. MISS BETTY COLBERT IS CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE REASON I HAD QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST HOW THIS PROCESS WAS GOING.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET CLARITY AROUND WHO'S DOING THE NAMING.

AND I, FOR THE RECORD, WHO'S DOING THE NAMING OF THIS, WHO DID THE NAMING OF THIS PROJECT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY NAMES THEIR PROPERTIES.

ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S NOT THE CITY AND IT IS NOT THE CITY.

NO, MA'AM. AND I WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON ON THAT.

SO THAT WAS FOR THE RECORD.

WHAT I NEEDED TO BE CLEAR ON BECAUSE I WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT AND WE WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO FOR FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR YOUR YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR CYNTHIA.

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE TDHCA APPLICATION? I WOULD ASK THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVE TO TALK THROUGH THAT APPLICATION AND THE TIMELINE FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE ROANOKE.

THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS DEBORAH WHELCHEL.

I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL SERVICES.

AND WE ARE A OH, I'M SORRY.

AND WE'RE A PARTNER WITH DAR AND A CO-OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY WITH THEM.

WE HAVE WE HAVE A BOND RESERVATION, AND WE HAVE TO CLOSE BY FEBRUARY 10TH OR WE WILL LOSE THE $50 MILLION BOND RESERVATION.

WE HAVE AN APPLICATION BEFORE TDHCA CURRENTLY, AND ONCE IT GOES TO UNDERWRITING, I NEED A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION. WE HAD ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THIS TO GO TO THE PREVIOUS BOARD MONTH LAST MONTH, AND IT I'M NOT SURE

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WHY IT DIDN'T.

YEAH. SO WE'RE IN A TIME CRUNCH.

SIR, I AM SO SORRY THAT NO ONE HAS REACHED OUT TO YOU.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

COME TALK TO WHOEVER YOU WANT.

DAY WOULD BE TO AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST CAN TELL YOU WE'RE VERY, VERY TRANSPARENT WHEN WE DO THINGS.

OKAY. AND IS THE APPLICANT ASKING FOR ANY CITY RESOURCES? NOT AT THIS TIME. NO.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON PAGE ONE.

THANK YOU. AND AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION FROM MY COLLEAGUE, IF IT WAS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD DO TO THE PROJECT ITSELF, THEN THEN I MAY BE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

THE TIME CRUNCH TO ME IS NOT MEANT I THE TIME CRUNCH IS NOT GOING TO DICTATE HOW I MAKE MY DECISION HERE.

I'M NOT. AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN APOLOGY.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE JUST HIRED ON TO REPRESENT THE APPLICANT.

THE REASON THAT I'M SAYING IS IF IF THIS WAS DIALOG THAT I COULD ASK QUESTIONS FROM TO YOU RIGHT HERE ON THE FLOOR AND GET ANSWERS AND THEN BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO MY COMMUNITY, THEN THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD DO.

BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROPERTY THAT'S COMING INTO ANYONE'S COMMUNITY, I NEED TO GIVE MY I MEAN, WITH ANY ZONING CASE, REALLY, BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH A PROPERTY IN A HISTORY OF MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY HAVING A PROLIFERATION OF THEM AND A CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY.

THERE HAS TO BE DUE DILIGENCE, AND THERE HAS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

AND WITHOUT THAT AVENUE THAT THAT IS JUST AS MUCH MY RESPONSIBILITY AS IT IS YOU ALL'S.

BUT THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN ME BEING ABLE TO JUST TALK TO YOU RIGHT HERE AND GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT MY QUESTIONS, IT'S ABOUT HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS AND THEIR CONCERNS.

SIR, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT DAY HAD MET WITH YOU AND HAD MET WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS WHEN WE DID THE PLAT.

WHEN WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE HERE, THERE WAS A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY, I THINK, TWO DAYS BEFORE THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.

SO I. I'M SORRY.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THERE'S NO THERE'S NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE AND THERE'S NO SCRUTINY TO THE PROJECT ITSELF.

I NEED TO HEAR FROM MY COMMUNITY.

I'M GIVING NO OPINION OF IT MYSELF RIGHT NOW.

IF I WERE FORCED TO MAKE A DECISION THAT HAD TO BE NOT A DELAY, THEN I WOULD SAY TO DENY IT.

AND I THINK THAT YOU AND I BOTH CAN AGREE THAT HOLDING IT UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL NEXT MONTH, AND GIVING MY COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN IS THE BETTER OF THE TWO OPTIONS. THANK YOU.