Oct 08, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

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YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC L JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO TEM TENNELL ATKINS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ADAM BAZALDUA, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, JESSE MORENO, ZARIN D GRACEY, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, JAIME RESENDEZ, OMAR NARVAEZ, PAULA BLACKMON, KATHY STEWART.

JAYNIE SCHULTZ, CARA MENDELSOHN, GAY DONNELL WILLIS, PAUL E RIDLEY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT, CITY SECRETARY BILIERAE JOHNSON, AND CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY PALOMINO.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

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THAT'S GOOD. TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.

THE TIME IS 9:20 A.M., AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

ALRIGHT. OUR INVOCATION, SPEAKER, TODAY IS OUR OLD FRIEND, RABBI ANDREW PALEY OF TEMPLE SHALOM.

HE'S ALSO A CHAPLAIN FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM NOW FOR OUR INVOCATION.

RABBI, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.

GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL HONORED GUESTS AS WE CONVENE HERE TODAY.

LET US BE EVER GRATEFUL FOR THIS BEGINNING, MOMENT IN TIME.

A MOMENT TO GROUND OURSELVES IN THE SPIRIT OF OPENNESS AND UNITY.

BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW SO WELL, YOU GATHER HERE NOT JUST AS REPRESENTATIVES OR PARTICIPANTS, BUT AS CUSTODIANS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY'S WELL-BEING AND OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.

AND SO WE SAY, HOLY ONE OF BLESSING GOD OF MANY NAMES.

WE ASK YOU THIS DAY TO GUIDE THESE BRAVE SERVANTS TO REMAIN OPEN TO NEW IDEAS, RECOGNIZING THAT INNOVATION AND PROGRESS OFTEN COME FROM UNEXPECTED PLACES AND UNEXPECTED PEOPLE.

LET THEM APPROACH EACH TOPIC WITH THE ART OF CURIOSITY AND THE ART OF RESPECT, VALUING THE FRESH PERSPECTIVES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COLLECTIVE GROWTH.

MAY THEY ALSO WORK TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDES THAT MAY SEPARATE US, EMBRACING OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND OUR COMMON GOALS.

HELP EACH OF THEM TO STRIVE TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SETTING ASIDE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION TO FOSTER A MORE HARMONIOUS DIALOG FOR US ALL.

AND AS THEY DELIBERATE TODAY.

MAY THEIR CONVERSATIONS BE MARKED BY PATIENCE AND EMPATHY, GUIDING THEM TOWARDS SOLUTIONS THAT REFLECT THE VERY BEST OF OUR SHARED VALUES. LET OUR COMMITMENT TO THESE PRINCIPLES ILLUMINATE OUR COLLECTIVE PATH FORWARD, AND STRENGTHEN THE RESOLVE TO SERVE EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY, WITH CARE, WITH COMPASSION.

WE THANK YOU, OH GOD, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER WITH A SIGN OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND PURPOSE.

AND IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG FIRST, AND THEN THE STATE OF TEXAS FLAG.

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

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

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

YOU MAY BE SEATED AND WELCOME.

WE HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING.

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THIS WEEK, WE RECOGNIZE THE INVALUABLE WORK OF CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES THROUGHOUT DALLAS, AND WE CELEBRATE OUR CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR HARD WORK, COMMITMENT, AND DEDICATION TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO SEEK OUR CITY SERVICES.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND WORKERS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

WITH THAT, I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRMAN OMAR NARVAEZ FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

TODAY IS AN EXCITING DAY.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DPD RELAUNCHED THEIR BIKE PATROL AND THE LAKE WEST STOREFRONT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS IN WEST DALLAS AND OUR BUT THEY NEEDED BIKES.

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THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY CAN TOUR ALL OVER THAT THEY NEED TO.

BUT WHAT I LEARNED WAS AFTER SPEAKING TO THEM WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, GOT THE FIRST COUPLE, IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER AND EASIER TIME STOPPING AND SPEAKING TO FOLKS, AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY FLAGGED THEM DOWN OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT TO GET TO KNOW THEM, TO TALK TO THEM, VERSUS IF THEY'RE IN A SQUAD CAR, THEY DRIVE BY TOO QUICKLY. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.

ANOTHER REASON WHY THE BIKE PATROL IS SO AMAZING.

THE OTHER THING THAT I LOVED WAS HEARING OUR OFFICERS KIND OF START.

NO, IT'S MY TURN TO RIDE THE BIKE, MY TURN TO RIDE THE BIKE.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT IN THAT, IN THAT RESPECT.

AND I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE DISTRICT SIX CHIEF OF STAFF, LAURA CADENA, BECAUSE SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING US, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT? AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN REALLY, REALLY USE YOUR HELP, WHICH IS TO DONATE ELECTRIC BIKES TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TO THE LAKEWOOD STOREFRONT AS WELL AS TO DPD.

SO THEY WERE THERE 18 TOTAL THAT ARE BEING DONATED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS TO DPD, WITH EIGHT OF THEM GOING TO THE NATIONAL LATINO LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION, WHO WILL THEN BE GIVING THEM TO THE LAKEWOOD STOREFRONT AND ANOTHER TEN THAT ARE GOING TO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO IF I'M GOING TO READ THIS RECOGNITION, SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AND THEN I'LL SAY THAT, WELL, ACTUALLY, LET ME THANK ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS FIRST, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO READ ALL OF THE THEY'RE ALL THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THE NAME.

I WANT TO THANK BUILDERS OF HOPE ACT, BROTHER BILLS, HELPING HAND SPCA OF TEXAS QUALITY SAUSAGE COMPANY, MASTER CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING INCORPORATED, BIKE AND BIKE THE BLUE WHO DONATED TEN BIKES AND THESE BIKES ARE ABOUT $3,000 EACH.

MR. MAYOR, SO IT'S A IT'S A REALLY NICE BIKE, ELECTRIC BIKE AS WELL AS A REALLY BIG DONATION AND ALSO A GREAT JOB. CHIEF YOU DID.

CHIEF OF STAFF LAURA CADENA FOR GETTING ALL THESE FOLKS PUT TOGETHER.

AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I LISTED FOR EACH OF THE BIKES THAT YOU DONATED.

SOME OF THEM DONATED TO, SOME OF THEM WON.

AND THEN OF COURSE BIKE THE BLUE DID TEN.

AND I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO JUAN HERNANDEZ, WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL LATINO LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION.

WHO IS HERE WITH US? TONY ROBINSON, WHO IS ALSO HERE WITH US.

HE'S OVER BIKE PATROL, IF YOU WILL.

THERE YOU GO. AND THEN AND ALSO THE CHIEF VILLARREAL FOR HE'S HERE REPRESENTING DPD AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.

AND CONGRATS ON YOUR PROMOTION TO YOU.

I BARELY GOT TO WORK WITH HIM IN NORTHWESTERN AND BOOM, HE WAS PROMOTED.

SO GREAT JOB THERE, CHIEF.

SO I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION, WHEREAS AND THEN LIST YOUR ORGANIZATION NAME.

DONATED TEN ELECTRIC BIKE.

THE BLUE DONATED TEN ELECTRIC BIKES FOR USE BY THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BIKE. THE BLUE SUPPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY PATROL UNITS BY PROVIDING NEW AND REFURBISHED BIKES SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.

WHEREAS THIS DONATION OF BIKES IS SIGNIFICANT AS E-BIKES ARE GENERALLY FASTER THAN BICYCLES AND REQUIRE MUCH LESS ENERGY WHEN PEDALING, IN SOME CASES NO PEDALING AT ALL. E-BIKES ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, WHEREAS THE DALLAS POLICE BIKE UNIT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PATROL SECTOR, EMBODIES THE FRONT LINE OF COMMUNITY POLICING.

THE BIKE UNIT IS DEDICATED TO RESPONDING TO CALLS, APPREHENDING SUSPECTS, AND EXECUTING ALL RESPONSIBILITIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WHEREAS THE PRESENCE OF THE DALLAS POLICE BIKE UNIT ESTABLISHES A MORE APPROACHABLE AND INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC.

THROUGH THE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT, THEY CAN EDUCATE ON HOW THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS.

WHEREAS THE ROLE OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT BIKE OFFICER IS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY, THIS ALLOWS FOR A BALANCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PATROL DUTIES.

BIKE OFFICERS EXPERIENCE A REDUCED LEVEL OF STRESS, ENSURING SUSTAINED EFFECTIVENESS IN THEIR ROLES.

WHEREAS LEADERS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS AGREE THAT THE BIKE UNITS ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF GOOD COMMUNITY POLICING, A POLICING METHOD THAT BUILDS TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE OFFICERS.

NOW THEREFORE, I, OMAR NARVAEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT SIX, DO HEREBY EXTEND SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO BUILDERS OF HOPE ACT.

BROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND SPCA OF TEXAS QUALITY SAUSAGE COMPANY, MASTER CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING INCORPORATED, AND BIKE THE BLUE FOR THEIR DEDICATION

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I WASN'T SURE IF HE SAID YES.

SO JUAN HERNANDEZ WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL LATINO LAW ENFORCEMENT TONY ROLLISON OVER BIKE PATROL.

AND, CHIEF, IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP TO SAY YOUR WORDS, PLEASE.

HOWEVER, Y'ALL WANT WHATEVER LINE Y'ALL WANT TO GET IN AND OUT.

THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR.

GOOD. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE FROM THE NATIONAL LATINO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE DONATION.

THESE BIKES ARE GOING TO GO PRETTY LONG.

IT GIVES, LIKE YOU SAID, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OFFICERS TO SHOW OFF THESE BIKES AND GET MORE MILES IN.

BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE DONATIONS AND EVERY FOR ALL THE HELP FOR US.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO THANK THE MANY BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS WHO HAVE GRACIOUSLY DONATED THESE BIKES TO OUR DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL NOT ONLY FOR TO BE VISIBLE INSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE FOR OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICERS AND OUR PATROL OFFICERS.

SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST A CONVERSATION STARTER FOR US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN MORE EFFECTIVE MANNER.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, THESE GUYS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES EVERY DAY.

I CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO PEDAL AS HARD ON THESE BIKES.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JUST WANTED TO SAY A BRIEF THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. AND NO, JUST TWO.

WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK AFTER ALL.

AND IF IT'S OKAY IF I CAN GET THE OFFICERS AND THE ORGANIZATION LEADERS THAT DONATED AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM HERE TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE.

AND I CAN PASS OUT THESE. PLEASE DO COME ON DOWN AND YOU CAN COME INSIDE THOSE ROWE.

YOU CAN JUST OPEN THOSE ROPES IF YOU DON'T MIND.

MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO LET THEM DOWN HERE SO WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO.

THE CENTER IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

SO WHOEVER WANTS TO BE IN THE RIGHT, IN THE CENTER, GET RIGHT THERE AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.

ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS. IF WE COULD COME BACK TO ORDER.

IF WE COULD COME BACK TO ORDER.

THAT'S ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS I HAVE FOR THIS MORNING.

SO, MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS, PLEASE.

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

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

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

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FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON.

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

YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

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

SPEAKERS. YOU'LL NOTICE A TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE STOP.

FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.

AND PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON ONLY.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, REGINA IMBURGIA.

GOOD MORNING. I'M REGINA IMBURGIA FROM THE 14TH DISTRICT, AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT A SEVEN YEAR TRIAL WITH THE EPA.

AND WE WON ON SEPTEMBER 24TH.

THE JUDGE RULED THAT FLUORIDE DOES CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE.

SO IT'S OFFICIAL.

AND IT'S NEW NEWS EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS HASN'T REPORTED IT, OR D MAGAZINE HASN'T REPORTED IT, OR FAA HASN'T REPORTED IT.

CURIOUS. NOW, IT'S INTERESTING ABOUT AT WFAA BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY READY TO TAKE AN INTERVIEW FROM DISTRICT SEVEN, AND WE'RE DISTRICT SEVEN WAS SAYING THE PEOPLE AGAINST FLUORIDATION ARE USED SCARE TACTICS AND, YOU KNOW, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, AND THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT DALLAS IS GOING TO STOP FLUORIDATION.

THAT WAS A QUOTE.

OKAY. WELL, ANOTHER THING IS, DOCTOR GRIFFIN COLE CAME TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING BACK IN NOVEMBER, AND HE WAS OFFERING LOTS OF INFORMATION FOR YOU, MAYOR, ABOUT FLUORIDATION AND THE FACT THAT THE COCHRAN REPORT, WHICH IS VERY RESPECTED, JUST CAME OUT DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE AS MUCH EFFICIENCY AS THEY HAD SAID BEFORE.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SAVE 25% OF THE TEETH.

AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THE EFFECTIVENESS.

AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, WE HAVE THE COST ISSUE WHERE THEY CONSTANTLY LIKE TO SAY WHICH I SENT A HANDOUT, WHICH I MADE THIS HANDOUT IN 2018, AND IT WAS IN THE DALLAS GAZETTE.

AND IT SHOWS THAT THEY SAY THAT IT'S COST EFFECTIVE AND IT ONLY, YOU KNOW, COST PER EVERY PERSON IN DALLAS ONLY PAYS $49 A YEAR.

IT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TAKING ALL THE COSTS INTO INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES DOES NOT ITEMIZE THE COSTS.

NOW, IN WAXAHACHIE, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY PUT IN A FLUORIDE TANK AND IT WAS $593,000 FOR THAT TANK.

OKAY, SO THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER COSTS.

IF YOU JUST TAKE THE COST OF THE HYDRO FLUOROSILICIC ACID LIKE THEY DO AND THEN PRORATE THAT OUT, THAT'S WHERE THEY COME UP WITH ANOTHER LIE.

OKAY. ANOTHER THING TOO IS THAT HYDRO FLUOROSILICIC ACIDS, WHICH WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, HAS THE ARSENIC AND THE LEAD, AND THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES CANNOT CONTROL THE AMOUNT THAT GOES INTO THE WATER PERFECTLY.

SOMETIMES IT'S WAY OVER, SOMETIMES IT'S UNDER.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF PROBLEMS. SO THE MAYOR'S PHONE NUMBER IS (214) 670-3310.

AND I GOT 3301 NOT 100.

OKAY. WE GOT THE NUMBER RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND PLEASE LET THE MAYOR KNOW THAT WE WANT TO STOP FLUORIDATION BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SICKEST SOCIETY, WE HAVE THE SICKEST SOCIETY.

AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE BE INGESTING ARSENIC, LEAD AND FLUORIDE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JOE STOKES.

JOE STOKES, DISTRICT NINE.

COULD I HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, PLEASE? EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

OUR KIDS ARE SICK.

40% OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS.

THEY'RE BEING POISONED.

MICHAEL CONNELLY, THE LEAD ATTORNEY FOR THE SEVEN YEAR FLUORIDE TRIAL, DID A GREAT SUMMATION.

IT WAS A GRAND SLAM OF A COURT DECISION I COULD HAVE NOT ASKED.

COULD NOT HAVE ASKED.

MORE THOROUGH, MORE DETAILED.

EXCELLENT OPINION FROM THE COURT.

80 PAGES, VERY DETAILED.

THE COURT CONCLUDED THAT ADDING FLUORIDE CHEMICALS TO DRINKING WATER PRESENTS AN UNREASONABLE RISK OF IQ LOSS IN CHILDREN.

I'LL REPEAT AN UNREASONABLE RISK OF IQ LOSS IN CHILDREN, AND THIS IS NOT AT HIGH LEVELS.

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THAT'S WHAT THE FEDERAL COURT RULED THIS WEEK AFTER SEVEN YEARS, SEVEN YEARS OF LITIGATION INVOLVING EXTENSIVE EXPERT TESTIMONY ON BOTH SIDES, THE JUDGE HEARD FROM THE BEST OF BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE THE EPA, THE GOVERNMENT PUT UP THEIR BEST EXPERTS.

WE PUT UP OUR BEST EXPERTS.

THE JUDGE HEARD VERY STRONG VIEWPOINTS ON BOTH SIDES, THE FULL AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE, AND IT HAD REACHED THIS CONCLUSION UNREASONABLE RISK TO OUR CHILDREN.

MAYOR WITH FLUORIDATION, OVER HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO DRINK FLUORIDATED WATER LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE ARE THE MOST FLUORIDATED NATION ON EARTH.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE WATER WE HAD.

WE HAD FLUORIDE TO OVER 200 MILLION PEOPLE'S WATER HERE IN THE US.

BUT THAT JUST DOESN'T.

IT DOESN'T JUST STAY IN THE WATER, IT'S CONTAMINATING OUR PROCESSED FOODS.

IT'S CONTAMINATING OUR PROCESSED BEVERAGES.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WATER SUPPLY FEEDS INTO THE FOOD SUPPLY.

MICHAEL CONNETT GIVES THE BACKGROUND OF THE PEOPLE'S LAWSUIT.

HERE'S A QUESTION.

ANSWER A VERY COMPLICATED QUESTION.

HOW DO YOU ELIMINATE THE RISK POSED BY ADDING FLUORIDE CHEMICALS TO DRINKING WATER? YOU CONVINCED THE COUNCIL.

WILL YOU SHOW THEM THE EVIDENCE AND THEY SHUT IT OFF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE EPA TO MAKE A RULING.

THEY'RE GOING TO STALL AS LONG AS THEY CAN BECAUSE THIS REVELATION THE FINDINGS OF THIS COURT HAS SHOWN THAT THEY ARE COMPLICIT IN KEEPING THIS HIDDEN AND TO KEEP THE FLUORIDE FLOWING.

SO, COUNCIL, YOU CAN VOTE THIS OUT.

THE COUNCIL VOTED IT IN.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR POISONING OUR CHILDREN.

SHALL I REPEAT THAT? YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR POISONING OUR CHILDREN AND YOU CAN STOP IT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, CHARLES BEASLEY.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS CHARLES BEAZLEY.

I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 111, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEGLECT.

NEGLECT IS SOMETHING THAT TENDS TO HAVE A CUMULATIVE FORM, A CUMULATIVE EFFECT.

A HOMEOWNER CAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT THEIR FRONT AND BACK YARD, AND A JOB THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN MAYBE 10 TO 20 MINUTES IF YOU PUT THAT OFF AND YOU NEGLECT DOING THAT WORK, THAT CAN TURN INTO A 2 OR 3 HOUR JOB RATHER EASILY.

AND IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, THE NEGLECT HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS, AND THE CITIZENS OF THAT SOUTHERN SECTOR ARE TASKED WITH FIGHTING OFF SOME OF THE LAST VESTIGES OF JIM CROW. AND IN MANY INSTANCES, THEY'RE TASKED WITH FIGHTING THAT ALONE.

SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT GO TO THE MAT AND SECURE FUNDING FOR THAT SOUTHERN SECTOR TO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GUMMED UP IN BUREAUCRACY SO THAT IT DOESN'T REACH THE AREAS THAT IT IS TAXED TO REACH.

ONE EXAMPLE ONE GLARING EXAMPLE OF THIS IS TWIN FALLS PARK.

IT'S LOCATED RIGHT AT POLK AND RED BIRD LANE.

I GO THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY BECAUSE I PLAY DOMINOES WITH MY UNCLE RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM THERE WHEN I GO THERE.

IT'S DAYTIME. WHEN I'M COMING BACK, IT'S NIGHT.

AND WHEN YOU PASS BY THAT PARK, IT IS SO DARK IN THAT AREA YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE.

SO WHAT IS PUT THERE FOR ENJOYMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT AT NIGHTTIME BECOMES A HAZARD AND A DANGER.

BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT THERE? AND IT'S SO DARK AND DIM.

THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR THAT HAVE BEEN EARMARKED AND HAVE BEEN BLOCKED.

NEGLECT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS A CUMULATIVE EFFECT.

BUT THE THING ABOUT NEGLECT, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK.

THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WILL NEGLECT A CERTAIN ISSUE, IT WILL COME BACK TO BITE THEM TO THAT SAME YARD THAT YOU PUT OFF DOING THE WORK IN.

EVENTUALLY THAT SAME YARD IS GOING TO COME BACK TO BITE YOU.

THE SOUTHERN SECTOR NEEDS PARTNERSHIP.

WE NEED HELP AND WE DON'T NEED OBSTRUCTION.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE PARTNERED WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE PARTNERED WITH OUR FAITH LEADERS SO THAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN COME TO THIS MUCH NEEDED PART OF TOWN.

THANK YOU.

RYAN BARNETTE.

RYAN BARNETTE IS NOT PRESENT.

REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS.

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I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT I COME FROM THE POINT OF GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE FORMED BY THE PEOPLE.

THAT'S THE PREMISE IN WHICH I START GOVERNMENT.

SO I AM SOMEWHAT IN AWE OF PROGRAMS WHICH DON'T WORK THAT WAY. SO I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR EXPECTING STAFF TO DO WHAT THEY SAY.

SO LET ME JUST START OFF WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND I WELCOME THE COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENT TO HOLD YOUR STAFF ACCOUNTABLE.

I WELCOME THAT BECAUSE I WENT AND SECURED THE FUNDS I APPRECIATE A FEW YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL PASSED A UNANIMOUS DECISION TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS IN DISTRICT 111, AS SO INSTRUCTED FROM THE STATE LEGISLATION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, YOUR KIND REMARKS ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO AN AREA THAT PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AND OR NOT HAD THE FUNDS TO ADDRESS SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS.

WHEN I WENT TO A PARK WITH MY NIECE, MY GRAND NIECE, AND REALIZED THAT THE RESTROOM OUT THERE WAS A PORTA PORTA POTTY.

THAT'S UNCONSCIONABLE FOR US TO BE THE UNIVERSAL CITY THAT WE SAY WE ARE.

A PORTA POTTY.

WOULD YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO USE A PORTA POTTY? THEN I WENT LOOKING FURTHER AND REALIZED THAT THE SWING SETS, MANY OF THEM WERE BROKEN.

THE LIGHTS HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED.

THE SIDEWALKS WERE CRACKED, SO IT WOULD BE MY INTEREST AND GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE BY CORRECTING THOSE THINGS. AND I BROUGHT THE FUNDING BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT WE OUGHT TO SHOW OUR VALUES BY OUR ACTIONS.

SO I WANTED TO IMPROVE THOSE PARKS.

I GAVE MONEY TO PARKS AS I WAS SO DEFINED.

THEY DEFINED THAT THE MONEYS DEALING WITH PARKS HAD TO GO TO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND NOT UNDER THE CITY MANAGER.

THE OTHER MONEY THAT WE BROUGHT WAS $10 MILLION IN THE FORM OF MONIES THAT COULD BE USED FOR GRANTS.

I WANT TO SPEAK QUICKLY ABOUT THE PARKS BECAUSE I SEE MY TIME IS GOING.

I WANT YOU TO HELP ME KEEP STAFF ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE THEY PRESENTED ME WITH A PROPOSAL TO PAY $300,000 FOR A BATHROOM, $300,000.

WE BUY, WE BUILD HOMES FOR $300,000.

THEY WANTED ME TO ALLOW YOU TO SPEND $152,000 FOR SWING SETS.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO OBJECT TO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE GOUGING MY COMMUNITY FROM NEEDED RESOURCES TO DO MEANINGFUL THINGS.

NOW I KNOW EVERYTHING IS ALL UP IN THE AIR.

I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO SUBMIT YOU THOSE RECORDS THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SEE WHAT YOUR STAFF IS IN IT TO ME.

SO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SECURED EASILY.

AND SO I WANT YOU TO DO THAT.

AND I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. I WANT ONE.

ONE FINAL POINT. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE GRANT PORTION OF THE MONEY.

IT SPELLED OUT COMMUNITY BASED GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS TO FILL GAPS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT SAID THAT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

I'M TOLD NOW THAT THE CITY THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS WE DID IT ALL WRONG, THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY.

AND I KNOW YOU NEED ME TO SIT DOWN.

I JUST BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE THE FACTS.

JUST ONE LAST FACT.

WE MY STAFF MET WITH CITY STAFF ON AN ONGOING BASIS TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK.

WE HAVE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS PRESENTED TO US.

EVERY TIME WE REACH ONE HURDLE, IT CHANGED TO ANOTHER AND IT CHANGED TO ANOTHER.

SO I WILL END MY COMMENT WITH THIS.

I WELCOME THE COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENT.

KEEP YOUR STAFF ACCOUNTABLE.

MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE OUR MONEY IS TOO PRECIOUS, NOT FOR THEM TO DO WHAT WE EXPECTED THEM TO DO AND NOT GET GOUGED.

AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, MR. MAYOR. OH, YES.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE? TO SUSPEND THE RULE FOR.

TO ALLOW THE MORNING SPEAKERS TO CONTINUE.

WE'RE NOT AT OUR FIFTH. I'M SORRY.

WHAT NOW? TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

NOT IN ORDER AT THIS TIME.

BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED YET.

WE'RE ON OUR FOURTH SPEAKER.

YOUR FIFTH SPEAKER, BRIAN CARTER.

BRIAN CARTER IS NOT PRESENT.

ARTHUR FISHER.

ARTHUR FISHER IS NOT PRESENT.

I WILL NOT BE SPEAKING JERMAINE FLETCHER.

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OKAY. IT'S NOT PRESENT OR WILL NOT BE SPEAKING.

HONORABLE BONAZZI HILL.

THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS VAN JONES HILL.

I AM THE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN WHO REPRESENTED DISTRICT THREE.

I STILL LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AND AM VERY PROUD OF THE DISTRICT, BUT I'M ALSO VERY PROUD OF MY REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS, WHO HAS GONE AND SECURED $20 MILLION FOR DISTRICT 111, $1 MILLION HERE, $1 MILLION THERE.

AND AFTER A WHILE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL MONEY.

$20 MILLION IS REAL MONEY.

AND TO HAVE A DISPUTE ABOUT USING THAT MONEY IN DISTRICT 11 AND IN DISTRICT THREE IS AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS NOT COME TO NOT MOVE FORTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT THIS COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY PASSED IS LUDICROUS.

AND TO GIVE ANY CREDENCE TO SENDING THE MONEY BACK WITHOUT USING IT AS INTENDED IS CRIMINALLY INSANE. I AM OFFENDED AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BODY AND I ASK THIS BODY TO ENSURE THAT THAT $20 MILLION IS SPENT AS THE REPRESENTATIVE INTENDED.

ADDITIONALLY, I SAW THIS MORNING IN THE NEWSPAPER A STORY ABOUT SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE REPRESENTATIVE.

I AM MORE THAN DISAPPOINTED.

THE CITY AND THE STATE ARE PARTNERS.

WE MAY SOMETIMES HAVE DISAGREEMENTS, BUT IF WE DO, WHEN WE DO, WE DO NOT PUT THEM.

ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

WE SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND WE RESOLVE OUR ISSUES SHOES TOGETHER.

HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES, THERE MAY BE BLOOD ON THE FLOOR ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING.

THERE MAY BE BLOOD ON THE FLOOR OF THE STATE CAPITAL.

BUT WHEN WE COME OUT, WE COME OUT SINGING KUMBAYA.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW.

THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED QUICKLY.

AND THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO WHERE INTENDED TO MY COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU KINDLY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

MR. GRACEY, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS.

SECOND, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE. IT'S SO ORDERED.

WE'LL HEAR THE REMAINING SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, SHIRLEY EISEN.

NEWSOM.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM SHIRLEY EISEN NEWSOM, A RETIRED EDUCATOR OF DALLAS.

FIRST, I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO GET SOME RAILS DOWN THOSE CENTERS BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SENIOR CENTERS, SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS. BUT I COME TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE $20 MILLION WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO DALLAS FOR ITS CITIZENS AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR ITS CHILDREN.

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE QUALITY OF A COMMUNITY CAN BE DEFINED BY HOW IT TREATS ITS CHILDREN AND ITS ELDERS TO NOT TAKE THIS MONEY ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN FOR THE PARKS THAT THEY NEED IT FOR.

AND THE OTHER AND THE OTHER PROJECTS IS CRIMINAL.

IT REALLY IS.

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WHEN THIS CITY CLOSED, SOME OF THE SWIMMING POOLS IN SOUTH DALLAS, THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS, YOU BUILT A DOG PARK IN NORTH DALLAS.

IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE.

THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

AND NOW, TO THINK THAT WE WOULD TAKE $20 MILLION AND SEND IT BACK TO THE STATE, RATHER THAN USE IT ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

MR. MAYOR, I ASK THAT YOU TAKE WHATEVER LEADERSHIP SKILLS YOU HAVE AND THE FORCE OF THAT OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JOHN PROCTOR.

JOHN PROCTOR IS NOT PRESENT.

PATRICK RUCKER.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS PATRICK RUCKER.

I'M GOING TO BE THE PASTOR OF THE KOINONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS LOCATED IN OAK CLIFF.

I STAND HERE AND SOMEWHAT TROUBLED REGARDING THIS $20 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY, AND IT'S BEEN INITIATED BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S TROUBLING TO THE FACT THAT IT HAS TAKEN SO MUCH TO GET TO THE POINT TO WHERE IT GETS UTILIZED AND TO PUT BACK INTO COMMUNITY TO GET THINGS DONE.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY TO I, ALONG WITH OTHERS, TO SPEAK WITH CITY STAFF AND TO ASSURE THERE WOULD BE A PATHWAY FORWARD TO GET THESE THINGS DONE, WHICH WAS SHOCKING, IS THAT THIS MORNING WHEN WE READ THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THAT MEETING YESTERDAY FOR A PATH FORWARD IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE OF WHAT I READ THIS MORNING IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

SO THERE IS A THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY, MORALS THAT I WOULD THINK THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL SHOULD HOLD IN HIGH REGARD TO THE CITY STAFF. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, DO IT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING.

DO IT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HONOR YOUR WORD.

HONOR IT.

IF YOU CANNOT DO THAT, THEN WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE HIT.

THE COMMUNITY IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT OUT.

SO WE CAN'T LET PERSONALITIES, FOR WHATEVER REASON VENDETTAS OR WHATEVER PERSONAL, PERSONAL FRICTION THAT MAY BE GOING ON, GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO ENSURE NOT JUST WITH THIS $20 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT FUTURE PROJECTS.

BECAUSE TO ME, IF THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE WHEN OTHER THINGS GO DOWN.

SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THANK YOU.

JOE. JOE DAVIS NOT OKAY.

YEAH, RIGHT.

MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M JOE TAVE.

I LIVE AT 3330 SHADY HOLLOW COURT, DALLAS DISTRICT THREE.

I AM NOT PREPARED TO SAY ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, BUT I DO SUPPORT, AND I AM CONCERNED REGARDING THE EFFORTS OF REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS AND THE POSITION THAT THE COUNCIL OF COUNCIL STAFF HAS TAKEN.

WE NEED TO FIX THAT.

THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS IN NEED, AND WHATEVER YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO NOT DIP SO MUCH, PERHAPS INTO THE CITY'S BUDGET WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO PLEASE, WOULD YOU DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THANK YOU.

ALICIA TRUSTEE.

[00:40:09]

MY NAME IS ALICIA TRUSTEE, CHIEF STRATEGIST AT FRIENDSHIP WEST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND STATE DISTRICT 111, AND ALSO A VALUED PARTNER WITH MANY OF YOU IN YOUR DISTRICTS AS WELL AS FRIENDSHIP WEST.

WE WORK VERY HARD WITH INTENTIONALITY TO PARTNER NOT ONLY WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MUNICIPAL STAFF, BUT ALSO OTHER FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS. THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS.

WE CONDUCT RESEARCH TO ENSURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES AND OFFER QUALITY PROGRAMING AND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT NOT ONLY THE MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT ATTEND OUR CHURCH, BUT ALSO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL TO THINK THAT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WHICH IS THE AREA THAT IS ALREADY UNDERFUNDED AND NEGLECTED, THAT WE ARE IN JEOPARDY OF NOT RECEIVING ACCESS TO $20 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT AND TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DUE TO PERSONAL AGENDAS, HIDDEN AGENDAS, RED TAPE, I'M NOT SURE, BUT WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THIS IS CERTAINLY EMBARRASSING, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, AND IN MY OPINION, CERTAINLY NOT.

CERTAINLY NOT WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT OF THE LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY.

MOST CERTAINLY, AT THE VERY LEAST, IT IS DEFINITELY NOT TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, HONORABLE INGRID WARREN.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND ITS ABSENCE.

MAYOR PRO TEM AND ALL THAT ARE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I SECOND THAT YOU DEFINITELY NEED A RAIL DOWN HERE.

IT'S DIFFICULT TRYING TO NAVIGATE THOSE STEPS, ESPECIALLY IN MY LOVELY HILLS.

I AM HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.

I LOVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I LOVE OAK CLIFF, I LOVE PECAN PARK.

MY DOGS AND I TRAVEL THAT PARK FREQUENTLY.

YOU MAY HEAR THE QUIVER IN MY VOICE BECAUSE I CARE SO EMOTIONALLY ABOUT THIS PARK.

BUT CARA PARK IS WHERE IT'S IRONIC.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BIKES TODAY.

I LEARNED HOW TO RIDE MY BIKE AROUND THAT PARK, AND THAT PARK RIGHT NOW NEEDS SO MUCH HELP.

I'M TOLD BY ARTHUR FISHER, WHO WAS INVITED TO SPEAK TODAY BUT UNABLE TO MAKE IT, THAT THAT PARK WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM BOND PROJECTS. BUT THE CITY NEVER BOUGHT THE PARK ITSELF NEVER RECEIVED IT.

SO WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS SECURED FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT, I WAS ELATED.

I WAS ELATED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO TO THAT PARK, YOU WILL SEE WHERE THAT PARK IS HAVING EROSION PROBLEMS LEADING INTO THE CREEK AND THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN OUT THERE WHO PLAY SOCCER, AND THERE ARE DOGS WHO FOLLOW THEIR BONE DOWN TO THE CREEK, AND IT'S A BLIGHT ON THE CITY, AND IT'S ALSO A NUISANCE.

AND IT HAS IT HAS THE CHANCE TO ACTUALLY CAUSE HARM TO THOSE CHILDREN AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN SOME OF THESE MEETINGS AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS PARK.

SO I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAD TO TAKE OFF OF MY JOB TO COME AND TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THIS PARK.

I SAW IN A PAPER.

MAYOR PRO TEM, WHERE YOU WERE ACCEPTING FUNDS FROM FROM CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT.

SOME MONEY THAT SHE'S GIVING TO THE SHE SECURED FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING.

IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO THINK THAT THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER GIVING THAT MONEY BACK.

WE ARE ALL AWARE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM US.

WHEN KELCY WARREN GAVE THAT MONEY TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, I'M SURE HE HAD SOME INPUT INTO WHAT HE WANTED TO SEE IN THAT PARK.

THAT'S NOT UNREASONABLE.

AND TO HAVE CITIZENS TO TAKE OFF THEIR JOB, TO COME DOWN HERE AND SAY, DON'T GIVE THE MONEY BACK.

I AM JUST OFFENDED.

I'M OFFENDED THAT IT REQUIRES A CITIZEN TO COME DOWN HERE AND LOBBY TO KEEP MONEY FOR HER OWN PARK AND FOR HER OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN HERE AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DANNY DAVIS.

[00:45:05]

AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND YOUR ABSENCE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

CERTAINLY, IT IS OF GRAVE CONCERN, THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR PARKS AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

AND I DITTO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FRIENDSHIP WEST CHURCH.

AND CERTAINLY WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE $20 MILLION GO BACK BECAUSE OF WHATEVER DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS IT RELATES TO HOW ISSUES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

I THINK THERE ARE LEGAL THINGS TO BE DONE, AND I VERY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH FOLLOWING THE LEGAL EXPECTATIONS, STANDARDS AND CODES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE VARIOUS FUNDS.

I THINK THAT IF WE MEET AND AGREE ON HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD, WE NEED TO BE OF INTEGRITY AND COMMIT TO THAT.

THERE WERE THOSE WHO HAD ISSUES ON EACH SIDE.

THERE WERE THOSE WHO SOUGHT TO AGAIN ELEVATE THIS MATTER TO A QUESTION OF PEOPLE'S CHARACTER, PEOPLE'S INTEGRITY, AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S FITNESS TO SERVE IN CERTAIN POSITIONS.

WE HAVE SOUGHT TO REMEDY THOSE MATTERS, TO RESOLVE THOSE DIFFERENCES, AND TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN TO READ THE PAPER TODAY AND SEE THAT WE'RE IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLACE. IT'S IS VERY DISHEARTENING, VERY DISAPPOINTING.

AND I THINK AT THIS POINT IT CREATES SOME VERY HARD FEELINGS.

BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT THE PEOPLE ARE MOST IMPORTANT.

THE CAUSE IS TOO GREAT TO IGNORE AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.

AND SO I YIELD MY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO ATTACK ANYBODY PARTICULARLY, BUT I THINK THAT THE ISSUE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

AND I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT, AGAIN, WE CREATE A CONTEXT WHERE WE SEEK TO COME TO THE TABLE, HAVE A DISCUSSION, AND THEN CONCLUDE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN TO WAKE UP THIS MORNING AND READ SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THE PAPER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JAYNIE HOPKINS.

GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MAYOR, IN YOUR ABSENCE AND COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS CHANI HOPKINS.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 111.

I'M A VERY DISAPPOINTED RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 111.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS AND OTHERS TO ENSURE THAT OUR PARKS WOULD HAVE WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IN OUR FIRST MEETING, THEY COME AND WE SAY WE WANT A FOOTBALL FIELD.

WE HAD SHARED THAT WE WANTED A FOOTBALL FIELD.

THEY COME BACK WITH RENDERINGS.

WE HAVE A SOCCER FIELD.

THIS PARTICULAR PARK IS NOT THAT PARTICULAR PARK.

THE REDBIRD AND 67 PARK NEEDS A FOOTBALL FIELD BECAUSE THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN MEETING THERE FOR YEARS AND NOT A SOCCER FIELD.

EACH TIME WE MET WITH THE PARK BOARD, WE WERE NEVER GIVEN WHAT WE HAD ASKED FOR IN THE RENDERINGS, DOWN TO THE SWING SETS DOWN TO HIS.

THE HONORABLE JUDGE MENTIONED EARLIER THE EROSION IN IN PECAN PARK.

IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND STRUGGLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET $20 MILLION TO ENHANCE THE PARKS.

WHAT? WE DON'T DESERVE TO WALK OUR DOGS.

WE DON'T DESERVE TO HAVE OUR KIDS PLAY IN SAFE PARKS.

WE DON'T DESERVE A NICE GAME OF PICKUP BASKETBALL WHERE THERE'S A NET ON THE GOAL.

THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS.

AS A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY, I AM BORN AND RAISED IN OAK CLIFF.

THE EXCITEMENT TO HEAR THAT OUR PARKS WOULD BE IMPROVED WAS ECSTATIC.

VERY WELL RECEIVED.

LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING.

LET'S REMEMBER OUR CHILDREN, AND LET'S NOT HAVE THIS BE A BLIGHT ON THE TENURE OF YOUR TIME HERE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

EARL THOMPSON.

EARL THOMPSON IS NOT PRESENT.

OSCAR EPPS.

OSCAR EPPS IS NOT.

OKAY. WILL NOT SPEAK.

CHLOE CRUMLEY.

GOOD MORNING.

[00:50:03]

YOU MAY CONTINUE.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHLOE CRUMLEY.

I'M A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH AUDUBON TEXAS.

I'M HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER REMODEL.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, FOR THIS CONVENTION CENTER TO BE SEEN AS A BEACON OF HOPE, CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND INCLUSIVITY WITHIN DALLAS AND USING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE BIRD FRIENDLY GLASS IN THE DESIGN.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR PERKINS AND WILL'S, THE NEW ARCHITECT TO FROM CHICAGO, WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH BIRD FRIENDLY DESIGN TO LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING THIS AS PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION. UNDERSTANDING THAT DALLAS IS IN A CENTRAL FLYWAY OF MIGRATORY BIRDS.

THAT MEANS IN TEXAS WE SEE ABOUT ONE INCH 3 TO 1 IN FOUR BIRDS MIGRATING IN THE US COMING THROUGH TEXAS.

AND DALLAS IS SEEING MANY OF THOSE BIRDS CREATING A BEAUTIFUL NEW STRUCTURE THAT INCORPORATES BIRD FRIENDLY GLASS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO BE A LEADER IN THIS INNOVATION IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, THAT IS, CAN BE WELL KNOWN IN TEXAS.

WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE ALSO ARE EXCITED TO HAVE AN INVITE IN ALL OF CITY COUNCIL TO AN UPCOMING EVENT AT THE PEROT MUSEUM TOMORROW NIGHT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT BIRD FRIENDLY GLASS DESIGN AND LIGHTS OUT TEXAS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE INNOVATION OF THIS NEW DESIGN FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.

THANK YOU.

CHAD HAGEL.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.

IN 2021, I UPROOTED MY ENTIRE FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDED TWO HOUSEHOLDS AND MULTIPLE BUSINESSES, AND RELOCATED FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO HERE AT DFW METROPLEX. IT WAS A THERE WERE MASSIVE FAMILY LIFESTYLE AND BUSINESS IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICIES AND PROBLEMS OF CALIFORNIA THAT INITIATED THAT MOVE ON THE PART OF OUR FAMILY.

PERHAPS THE GREATEST PROBLEM THAT WE FACE THERE THAT HAD THE MOST IMPACT ON OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES WAS THE SCOURGE OF HOMELESSNESS.

WHEN WE WERE EVALUATING PLACES TO LIVE, WE LOOKED VERY CLOSELY AT AUSTIN AS MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS LEAVING CALIFORNIA AT THAT TIME DID.

BUT THE JOKE WAS, AUSTIN WAS JUST ANOTHER SUBURB OF LOS ANGELES AND SUFFERED FROM THE SAME PROBLEMS OF CALIFORNIA AND PERHAPS MOST PRONOUNCED, THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS.

WE CHOSE DALLAS.

WE FOUND LIVING HERE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT IT'S THE GREATEST TRUE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE EVER FOUND ANYWHERE WE'VE LIVED, AND WE PLAN TO LIVE HERE FOREVER.

I LIVE IN UNIVERSITY PARK NOW, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A GROWING WAVE OF HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S MOST PRONOUNCED WHERE THERE ARE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ALONG THE 75 CORRIDOR.

EVERY OVERPASS HAS EVIDENCE OF URBAN CAMPING, AS THEY WOULD CALL IT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THERE ARE FOUR PANHANDLERS AT EVERY INTERSECTION IN SOME PLACES.

AND JUST ON MY WAY HERE THIS MORNING ON WESTBOUND GRIFFIN STREET, I ENCOUNTERED A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS MOVING ACROSS THE LANE OF TRAVEL IN A STATE OF DELIRIUM, BLOCKING MY PROGRESS TO ARRIVE HERE ON TIME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I HAVE NOT REVIEWED CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ON THIS MATTER FROM THE PAST.

THIS IS A NEW ENGAGEMENT FOR ME AND THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.

IT'S NOT THE END OF MY ENGAGEMENT, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THIS IS A CORE ISSUE FACING OUR CITY.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE THREE PERSPECTIVES ONE.

HOMELESSNESS IS NOT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM IN CALIFORNIA.

THEY TRIED TO WHITEWASH THE ISSUE AND WOULDN'T EVEN LET US USE THE WORD HOMELESS.

AT THE TIME THAT I LEFT, PEOPLE WERE DEEMED UNHOUSED.

MOST OFTEN, THIS WAS LANGUAGE AND JARGON THAT WAS USED TO JUSTIFY MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOUSING PROJECTS THAT OFTEN WENT TO INSIDERS AND CLOSE RELATIONS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

HOMELESSNESS ON A NATIONAL SCALE.

POINT TWO IS A DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.

AND UNTIL THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL POLICY ON INSTITUTIONALIZING AND TREATING THESE POPULATIONS, IT WILL NOT BE RESOLVED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

BUT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT STATIC ON A REGIONAL LEVEL.

THESE POPULATIONS ARE TRANSIENT.

THE CONCEPT OF MORAL HAZARD SAYS THAT IF YOU ENCOURAGE CERTAIN BAD BEHAVIORS, YOU WILL CAUSE THOSE BEHAVIORS TO BECOME MORE PREVALENT.

POLICIES THAT FAVOR HOMELESSNESS LEAD TO INCREASED HOMELESS MIGRATION INTO AN AREA.

CALIFORNIA DESTROYED ITS SUBURBS, ITS PUBLIC PARKS, AND ITS COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES.

I URGE DALLAS NOT TO BE LURED DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF HOMELESS ENCOURAGEMENT POLICIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

I'LL BE BACK TO CONTINUE.

THANK YOU, SHARON AND BARNES.

[00:55:26]

SO THESE HAVE BEEN THE TOUGHEST THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE, AND NOW MY CASE NOW FALLS UNDER FEDERAL INFORMATION.

I HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES IN THE ART WORLD.

SO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DATING SOMEONE WHERE VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WROTE A LETTER BY THE NAME OF JOHN MOODY.

DALLAS IS EXTREMELY OVERWORKED.

MY SITUATION FALLS UNDERNEATH THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND THE FBI.

I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING HAPPEN TO ME BECAUSE OF MY ARTWORK.

I'VE BEEN STOLEN FROM BLACKBOARD.

USED FOR INFORMATION, LIED ON STOCK.

FOLLOWED IN STOCK FOR MONEY.

SOMEONE IS WITHHOLDING MY SEXUAL INFORMATION OVER MY HEAD, AND I AM TRYING TO MOVE TO CHICAGO.

SO I NEED THE OBAMAS AGAIN TO BE NOTIFIED.

BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUS SITUATIONS, MY SOCIAL SECURITY INFORMATION HAS BEEN STOLEN IN DALLAS BECAUSE OF MY ARTWORK.

THE FEDS ALSO NEED TO BE MORE AWARE BECAUSE I NOTIFIED THEM OF THIS SITUATION.

THERE ARE ALSO ISSUES WITHIN SAG-AFTRA.

I ALSO ASKED CONGRESSWOMAN BY THE NAME OF JASMINE CROCKETT AND CONGRESSMAN BY THE NAME OF LANCE GOODEN.

GOODEN. THE SITUATION IS RIDICULOUS.

AND I ALSO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE FBI AND THE CELEBRITY SPYING ON ME FOR INFORMATION, WHICH IS WITHIN MY PHONE, I DON'T KNOW, OR ON MY COMPUTER OR PHONE.

AND I'VE ALREADY ASKED THEM.

AND I'VE ALSO BEEN DEALING WITH SEVERAL CELEBRITIES BY THE NAME OF DEION SANDERS BECAUSE OF THEIR NAMES AND WITHIN MARKETING AND ADVERTISEMENT, I CANNOT MAKE MONEY BECAUSE OF HIS CHILDREN'S NAMES.

ALL START WITH AN S AS WELL.

AND I WENT TO JACKSON STATE AND THEY WENT TO JACKSON STATE.

THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL CELEBRITIES FROM TEXAS THAT HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO MENTION THAT I CANNOT MAKE MONEY AS WELL THAT FALL UNDER THE FOLLOWING OF SHA'CARRI BEYONCE, SIMONE BILES, SOLANGE KNOWLES IN WHICH I CANNOT MAKE MONEY IN TEXAS.

I ALSO HAVE ISSUES OF EXHAUSTION.

THERE ARE ALSO ISSUES FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BY THE CLUB OWNER, BY THE NAME OF LARRY MONROE, WHO IS ALSO USING ME AND MY ARTWORK TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF ME.

THERE IS ALSO A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT BY THE NAME OF PAULA WALLACE AND SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, WHO IS ALSO USING ME FOR MONEY.

I HAVE TRIED TO TELL THE FBI SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THESE FEDERAL ISSUES AND FEDERAL PROBLEMS. I ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE DEANS WHO MY COUSIN SANG BACKGROUND WITH ALICIA KEYS, AND THEY ARE ALSO USING ME FOR MONEY.

THEY HAVE STOLEN MY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THESE BRAND DEALS, AND THERE'S HARDLY ANY SOCIAL EVENTS.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYTHING? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. RANDOLPH IS NOT PRESENT.

G JACKSON.

G JACKSON.

OKAY. HELLO.

CITY OF DALLAS.

THE INSOMNIA AND THE CHRONIC URINATION THAT YOU ALL ARE SUFFERING FROM WHILE YOU ARE WIDE AWAKE AND CANNOT SLEEP DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

IT IS BEING CAUSED BY AN AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.

THESE AIR INTOXICATING CRIMES HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF BEING COMMITTED BY CRIMINALS EMPLOYED IN THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL AND CRIMINALS EMPLOYED IN THE HUDSON UNIT STATE JAIL EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT.

IT IS NOT JUST YOU SUFFERING FROM THE INSOMNIA AND THE CHRONIC URINATION, ETC.

LATE AT NIGHT.

WE ARE ALL SUFFERING FROM IT.

JUST ASK THOSE AROUND YOU.

THE INSOMNIA AND CHRONIC URINATION ARE SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS THAT IS YOUR OWN SELF-EVIDENCE OF THE AIR.

INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.

MANY FATAL STROKES, HEART ATTACKS, DIABETES, CANCER, TOXIC POISON AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT DECEITFULLY APPEAR FROM NATURAL CAUSES BECAUSE IT IS DEATH

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I HAVE CONTACTED THE OFFICES OF ALL YOU CITY OF DALLAS COUNCIL PEOPLE NUMEROUS TIMES TO REPORT THIS AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS AND TO PROPOSE A RESOLUTION OF IT.

YET 99% OF THE TIME, NONE OF YOU COUNCIL PERSON OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS NEVER ANSWERED THE PHONE OR THEY ARE OUT OF THE OFFICE, OR NO ONE RESPONDED TO MY VOICE MESSAGES, OR NO ONE RESPONDED TO MY EMAIL NOTICES OR THE VOICEMAIL BOX WAS FULL.

I REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO MY DISTRICT SIX COUNCIL MEMBER.

I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT MY COUNCIL MAN WAS EITHER IN A MEETING OR HE WAS UNAVAILABLE, OR HE WAS ALREADY OVERBOOKED WITH DATES, ETC.

WHILE TRYING TO SCHEDULE A DATE TO SPEAK WITH MY DISTRICT SIX COUNCILMAN, HIS OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR STOPPED ANSWERING THE PHONE AND STOP RESPONDING TO ALL MY CONTACTS AS IF TO SAY THIS COUNCIL MAN WAS MADE WAY TOO IMPORTANT OF A PERSON TO SPEAK TO SOME NOBODY LIKE ME.

THEREFORE, I ASSUME THAT IF I WAS PREVENTED FROM GETTING THIS AIR INTOXICATION INFORMATION TO MY COUNCILMAN VERBALLY, THEN PERHAPS THE WRITTEN EMAIL NOTICE WILL ALSO BE IN PREVENTED FROM GETTING TO ALL YOU COUNCIL PERSON ADDRESSEES.

THIS AIR INTOXICATION IS A DEADLY PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF COVER UP.

NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

NOTHING TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

MRS CHAIRWOMAN AND MISS.

VICE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

THIS AIR INTOXICATED PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS NEED IMMEDIATE REDRESS AND ACTION FOR MASS PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IN A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS CONFERENCE, GIVING NO REDRESS AND TAKING NO ACTION TO RESOLVE THIS AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IS A GROSS BETRAYAL OF THE PUBLIC TRUST TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

MR. CHAIRWOMAN AND MISS VICE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

NOTHING OTHER THAN MASS PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IN A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS CONFERENCE WILL START THE PROCESS FOR THE PERMANENT RESOLUTION OF THIS AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS. CAN WE MAKE THIS NEWS CONFERENCE HAPPEN? PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOMETHING.

I'M WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE FROM YOUR OFFICE.

THANK YOU.

NASHVILLE. SHORE.

DODD NASHVILLE SHORE.

DODD IS NOT PRESENT.

HAS CANCELED.

ALEX STEIN.

ALEX STEIN IS ALSO CANCELED.

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

COUNCILWOMAN ALMA, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHTS ON.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE? MY LIGHT IS NOT ON AT THIS TIME.

IT WAS PROBABLY ON.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR VOTING AGENDA.

YOUR FIRST ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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ANY OPPOSE. AYES CARRY.

NEXT ITEM. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

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

YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH 32.

AGENDA ITEM TWO HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACK AND BLACKMON AND COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS THREE THROUGH 32.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. MR. CHAIRMAN. MOTION TO APPROVE.

NEED A MOTION. SECOND.

NEED A SECOND. CHAIRMAN.

WEST. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON ITEM 12, WHICH IS A LONG AWAITED.

NO. NOPE.

ITEM 19, WHICH IS A LONG AWAITED TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS FOR CLARENDON BOULEVARD IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

CLARENDON IS IS A SPEEDWAY FOR CARS.

AND THERE'S TONS OF THERE'S LIKE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND LOTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG CLARENDON ROAD.

IN FACT, WE'RE ONE OF THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS IS GOING IS LITERALLY BY WINNETKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE WE HAD A BICYCLIST HIT BY A CAR JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. SO THIS IS A VERY MUCH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR VISION ZERO GOALS.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.

NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE TRAFFIC CORRIDOR STUDY COMPLETED ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.

SO EXCITING FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SHOW UP.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN RILEY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PATTERN THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

WE'VE PAID OUT OVER $500,000 JUST IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS OR SO ON THESE TYPES OF CLAIMS. AND SO ONCE AGAIN, I CALL ON CITY MANAGEMENT TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR DRIVERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS AND DO MORE TO TRAIN OUR DRIVERS TO DRIVE SAFELY AND DEFENSIVELY.

THANK YOU. SEEING ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I.

NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

WE'LL MOVE NOW TO YOUR PULLED ITEM.

[2. 24-2976 Authorize (1) payment of annual membership fees and continuation of arrangements for the Airports Council International-North America in an amount not to exceed $110,000.00, American Association of Airport Executives in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, Oncor Cities Steering Committee in an amount not to exceed $159,153.36, Texas Coalition of Cities For Utility Issues in an amount not to exceed $49,500.00, North Texas Commission in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00, North Central Texas Council of Governments in an amount not to exceed $130,197.00, National League of Cities in an amount not to exceed $39,536.00, Texas Municipal League in an amount not to exceed $65,589.00, Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition in an amount not to exceed $37,500.00, Transportation Excellence for the 21st Century in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00, North Central Texas Council of Governments Regional Emergency Preparedness Program in an amount not to exceed $15,000.00, Forrester Research, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $650,000.00, Water Research Foundation in an amount not to exceed $413,381.00, and United States Conference of Mayors in an amount not to exceed $40,235.00; and (2) Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to increase the three-year annual membership fee and continuation of arrangements for providing specialized municipal-related services to Gartner, lnc. in an amount not to exceed $292,040.00, from $4,990,835.00 to $5,282,875.00 - Total not to exceed $2,147,131.36 - Financing: General Fund ($561,710.36), Convention and Event Services Fund ($60,000.00), Aviation Fund ($170,000.00), Data Services Fund ($942,040.00), and Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($413,381.00) ]

AGENDA ITEM TWO. AUTHORIZE ONE PAYMENT OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES AND CONTINUATION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $110,000.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000 ON CORE CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE, AND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $159,153.36.

TEXAS COALITION OF CITIES FOR UTILITY ISSUES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $49,500.

NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000.

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,197.

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $39,536.

TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $65,589.

DALLAS REGIONAL MOBILITY COALITION, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $37,500.

TRANSPORTATION EXCELLENCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000.

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000.

FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $650,000.

WATER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $413,381.

AND UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,235, AND TWO SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO TO INCREASE THE THREE YEAR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE AND CONTINUATION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROVIDING SPECIALIZED MUNICIPAL RELATED SERVICES TO GARTNER, INC.

IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $292,040 FROM $4,990,835 TO $5,282,875 TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $2,147,131.36. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNSEL MEMBERS, BLACKMON AND WEST.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN. WEST. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. OKAY.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOUR COMMENT? YES, I DO, MAYOR.

SO, COLLEAGUES, THIS ITEM GETS THIS ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET.

AND ABOUT EVERY YEAR OR SO WE WE USUALLY GO THROUGH AND WE QUESTION OUR DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIPS.

IT IT WAS NOT BROKEN DOWN IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE.

BUT I THINK WITH GIVEN OUR BUDGET CUTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FACING THIS YEAR, OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES WITH THE PENSION AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THESE FEES AND WE TALK ABOUT IT.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE FEES THAT COME UP IN THIS HOPEFULLY BRIEF DISCUSSION, I'M HAPPY TO BRING THEM BACK TO GFM OR ONE OF THE OTHER RELEVANT COMMITTEES.

SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK JEANETTE, IF SHE COULD COME UP AND THEN I DO WANT TO GET INTO THE IT FEES JUST BRIEFLY AS WELL.

AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'VE QUESTIONED THESE BEFORE, PARTICULARLY DURING COVID AND IN OTHER TIMES, WE'VE GENERALLY FOUND AND I SUSPECT JEANETTE WILL TELL US THAT IF WE TOOK THESE SERVICES IN-HOUSE, IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST US A LOT MORE TO PAY NEW PERSONNEL THAN IF WE KEPT KEPT THEM OUT OF AND CONTRACTED THEM.

BUT I DO WANT TO HEAR THAT.

SO FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE ENCORE CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE.

SO WE PAY AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE OF $159,000.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS FOR US TO RETAIN EXPERTS AND LEGAL COUNSEL, TO ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR RATES TO BE LOWER FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT MEMBERSHIPS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MEMBERSHIPS ALLOW THE CITY TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE, AVOID STAGNATION AND

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AND SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT ENCORE, IT IS A STEERING COMMITTEE OF VARIOUS CITIES.

WE DO COLLABORATE AND REVIEW RATE CASES.

IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON OUR OWN, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY THE COST OF US HIRING A CONSULTANT TO DO IT, AS WELL AS ATTENDING ALL OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION MEETINGS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED GROUPINGS.

I WANT TO SINCE WE'VE GOT OUR IT FOLKS UP HERE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY OUR MEMBERSHIP FEE IS $650,000 FOR FORRESTER RESEARCH AND 292,000 A YEAR FOR THE GARTNER EXECUTIVES PROGRAM? SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, DOCTOR GARTNER, INTERIM CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

THE THE 650 COVERS FOR BOTH OF THOSE ARE REALLY CONSULTING TO EDUCATE NOT JUST IT, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AROUND WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS, WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING, WHAT GOOD TECHNOLOGY PRACTICES ARE OUT THERE.

AND IT REMOVES THE VENDOR.

IT BECOMES AN UNBIASED OPINION ON WHAT IS REALLY THE TECHNOLOGY WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THE 650,000 IS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION FROM LAST YEAR, ALMOST 50% FROM WHAT WE HAD.

THE THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE WITH GARTNER, BUT THAT'S TO ASSIST THE DBE TEAM AND SOME OTHER TEAMS WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE IN MOVING TECHNOLOGY FORWARD IN THE CITY.

THE GARDNER IS A THREE YEAR MEMBERSHIP, BUT THE FORESTER IS THAT.

THAT'S AN ANNUAL FEE OF 650,000.

YES, SIR. THAT IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP.

OKAY. I MEAN, WE'RE CLOSING LIBRARIES FOR FOR LESS THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ANNUAL FEES.

IT'S A LOT. I KNOW IT'S NECESSARY.

AND WE WE NEED TO UPGRADE THE WHOLE CITY.

IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S JUST THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE DALLAS REGIONAL MOBILITY COALITION AND THEN TEXT 21 CENTURY.

CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE IN THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS AND WHETHER THEY'RE DUPLICATIVE IN ANY, ANY, ANY NATURE? SO THE REGIONAL MOBILITY COMMISSION OR COALITION IS A TRANSPORTATION AND ADVOCACY GROUP. IT INCLUDES AGENCIES FROM THE FIVE COUNTY REGIONS DALLAS, DENTON, COLLIN, ROCKWALL, AND ELLIS.

THEY ADVOCATE FOR MOBILITY PROJECTS.

THEY REPRESENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRANSPORTATION EXCELLENCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

WHILE THEY BOTH PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE.

TEXT 21 ALLOWED SOME, SOME BENEFITS FROM THE PAST YEAR.

TEXT 21 ADOPTED THE CITY OF DALLAS VISION ZERO PLAN.

THEY ESTABLISHED A SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE INTENT TO REDUCE REGIONAL ROADWAY INCIDENTS.

THEY ALSO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR.

WORKING CLOSELY WITH TXDOT.

THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH HELPING US WITH THE INLAND PORT.

AND SO WHILE TRANSPORTATION IS SYNONYMOUS OR MOBILITY IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE NAME, THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND GROUPS WORKING FOR THE SAME TYPES OF EFFORTS BUT DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR DESCRIPTION FROM JACK JACK GARLAND'S MEMO DATED OCTOBER 7TH, AND I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO FUNCTIONS OF THOSE GROUPS. MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ON THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CAN CLARIFY FOR ME THE DIFFERENCES, BUT IT IS IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS HERE IN 37,000 FOR ONE ORGANIZATION, 25,000 A YEAR FOR THE OTHER.

I MEAN, IT ADDS UP EVERY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KEEP THROWING BULLET POINTS WITH WITH 10,000 HERE, 10,000 THERE.

EVENTUALLY IT GETS TO A MILLION AND AND KEEPS GOING UP.

SO. I THINK I'M GOOD ON THIS ROUND.

I WILL PASS THE MIC ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THANK YOU MAYOR. YES, PASS THE MIC TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE TO HOLD THIS ITEM UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023.

SO I HAVE A SECOND.

I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? OH, WE'VE GOT A DISCUSSION.

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MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP, CHAD.

I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

SORRY, CHAIRMAN WEST.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET STAFF TO GET US SOME MORE DETAILS ON OUR MEMBERSHIPS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE ATTENDANCE IS.

THE PARTICIPATION, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, ESPECIALLY AS IT WAS BROUGHT UP ON THE RETURN OF OUR FISCAL INVESTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT RETURN LOOKS LIKE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNER MEMBERSHIPS LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ONCE IT IS PASSED.

AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A CLEAR A CLEAR ALIGNMENT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE.

SO ORIGINALLY WAS GOING TO, TO LOOK TO PULL CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WE HAVE SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON, BUT INSTEAD I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR US TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF SPECIFICALLY TO THE TO THE MEMBERSHIP.

COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON.

THANK YOU. AND YES, THOSE WERE ALONG MY LINES, IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE RECONCILE OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS WITH OUR PARTNERS, BECAUSE I CONSIDER THESE PARTNERS IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY THEY'RE IN LINE.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE PAY A PARTNERSHIP GROUP AND THEY GO AGAINST US DOWN TO THE LEGISLATURE.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AS.

WHAT IS OUR ROI? LIKE WE ARE INVESTING IN THIS, BUT WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF IT? AND I AM COMING WITH A SELFISH PERSPECTIVE.

I HAVE A LIBRARY I GOT TO GO FIND MONEY FOR.

I GOT ONE YEAR TO DO IT, AND I KNOW SOME OF THEM CAN'T BE TRANSFERRED INTO A GENERAL FUND, BUT I DO THINK THAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT WHAT IS A CORE USE OF GOVERNMENT, AND IS THIS FUNDING A CORE USE OF THAT GOVERNMENT? SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON WHAT ARE WE MEMBERS OF AND WHAT ARE WE NOT MEMBERS OF.

AND YOU COULD GET THIS TO ME BECAUSE WE GOT A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T USE THAT MONEY IF WE DECIDE NOT TO RE-UP IT? SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER WES MENTIONED, MEMBERSHIPS ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET.

SO IT'S PART OF THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL FUNDING.

IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO PURSUE A MEMBERSHIP, THEN THE FUNDING JUST STATE IT.

JUST SAVINGS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOUGH, THAT WE HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANT US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.

YOU WANT US TO WORK SMARTER, RECRUIT TALENTED STAFF.

AND SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT IF WE ELIMINATE THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX.

SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I THINK AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, MEMBERSHIPS ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE AVOID STAGNATION IF WE ARE JUST ALWAYS JUST FOCUSED ON THE CITY.

WE DON'T LOOK OUTWARD TO BEST PRACTICES, HOW TO WORK SMARTER, MORE EFFICIENT.

AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I THINK SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO EVALUATE THE TOOLS IN YOUR TOOLBOX TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS.

AND MAYBE WE NEED A FILL UPS VERSUS A FLAT HEAD SCREWDRIVER OCCASIONALLY.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, IS, YES, I'M LOOKING UNDER EVERY ROCK BECAUSE I'VE GOT $500,000 I'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR.

AND AND SO MY QUESTION IS IN THAT MONEY CAN BE USED IF YOU DON'T USE IT IN A MEMBERSHIP RE-UP, THEN IT IT JUST STAYS THERE IN THAT LINE ITEM.

BUT THEN IF WE DON'T DO IT, THEN THAT NEXT YEAR IT CAN BE USED FOR A GENERAL IF OR IT CAN USE BE USED FOR ANOTHER ITEM IF IT'S WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.

CORRECT. AND SO AS PART OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WE LOOK AT OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL FUNDING.

IF YOU ALL DECIDE THAT A MEMBER, IT'S A MEMBERSHIP THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO PURSUE, THEN WE WOULD REALLOCATE THAT FUNDING.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT AS PART OF FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT ELIMINATED MEMBERSHIPS ONLY TO BE ADDED BACK IN MARCH OF THAT SAME YEAR.

SO I THINK WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD QUITE A BIT.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

THANK YOU FOR INDULGING THIS.

I DO APPRECIATE IT.

AND SO ARE THERE ANY MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE LISTED HERE THAT IF WE DON'T DO IT TODAY, THEY COULD BE IN JEOPARDY? NOT SURE. I'M ASSUMING THAT IF WE'RE MOVING THIS TO THE NEXT AGENDA, I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT'S DUE DECEMBER 31ST.

I BELIEVE IT'S NOVEMBER IS WHAT WE.

NOVEMBER 13TH, I THINK IS THE DATE THAT WE MOVED IT TO.

SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED WITHIN THIS NEXT WEEK OR SO, SO TO SPEAK.

I'M NOT SURE I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.

WELL, THE VOTE'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, SO I'M JUST.

IF THEY KNOW IF THERE'S EITHER SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.

I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO PUT IT.

OKAY. AND AND SO, YES, ALIGNING LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS ARE VERY CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME THAT WE'RE KIND OF DEVELOPING OUR PACKAGE. SO THAT IS A RECONCILIATION IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL BALANCED IN.

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YOU'RE WELCOME, COUNCILWOMAN HSU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I THINK TO YOUR POINT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE MEMO.

IT WAS IT HELPED A LOT.

AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WE KEEP GOING, WE KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS.

WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A TOOL THAT COULD BE PROVIDED THAT WOULD HELP US JUST ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU GET ASKED EVERY YEAR.

AND IF THAT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE FUNDING MEMO, THAT MIGHT BE ASSISTIVE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE ADDED IN THAT IS EXACTLY TO YOUR BOTH OF YOUR POINTS, WHICH IS A COLUMN THAT WOULD HAVE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T REJOIN? WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF OF NOT REJOINING? PARTICULARLY NOT NECESSARILY.

I MEAN, SOME OF THEM YOU'VE ARTICULATED VERY WELL WHAT HAPPENS BUT NOT BUT SOME OF THE MEMBERSHIP ONES ARE LIKE, ARE WE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY COME TO THAT LARGER GROUP THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, IF WE'RE NOT A PART OF IT? THAT KIND OF THING, I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

AND THEN FINALLY, I THINK THE QUESTION ABOUT ARE THERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE A MEMBER OF THAT WE'RE NOT.

ALSO, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE MISSING BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE MEMBERS OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S OUT THERE, BUT BUT I THINK, JEANETTE, THE DEPARTMENTS MAY BE QUERIED TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S.

WE'RE MISSING THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE. YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS MAY JUST COME OUT OF STAFF LIKE ICMA OR WHATEVER.

I THINK DEPARTMENTS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING RESOURCES AND NEEDS, AND SO IF THEY HAVE STAFF LIMITATIONS, THEN THEY KNOW HOW TO GO OUT AND AUGMENT THOSE THOSE ISSUES.

I WILL SAY THAT THE MEMBERSHIP ITEM THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, HISTORICALLY, WE DO NOT INCLUDE MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE LESS THAN 50,000.

THEY ARE HANDLED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.

WE INCLUDED THEM TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR US, INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE LONG PROCESS OF COMPLETING AN AA SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE UNIVERSE OF MEMBERSHIPS. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT FROM.

I'M A MEMBER OF GFOA.

I MEAN, I USE IT TO DETERMINE BEST PRACTICES.

IF I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A CERTAIN ISSUE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE.

SO, I MEAN, AND YOU SEE THAT CITYWIDE.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING.

I THINK DEPARTMENTS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF OF DETERMINING THEIR NEEDS AS PART OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

PERFECT. AND I THINK THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT, WHICH IS THERE ARE CERTAIN MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE RESOURCES FOR THE CITY THAT WITHOUT WHICH WE WOULD BE HAMSTRUNG, AS OPPOSED TO MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE ARE JOINING FOR ADVOCACY FOR THE VARIETY OF AGENDAS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, WHETHER IT'S LEGISLATIVE OR WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL GOOD PRACTICE TO WORK COOPERATIVELY REGIONALLY.

RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE TWO DISTINCTIONS, AND THAT WOULD HELP US MAKE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS.

SO IF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BROUGHT UP, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DMC AND TEXAS 21, IF ONE IS A RESOURCE AND THE OTHER ONE IS AN ADVOCACY GROUP, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIPS, RIGHT? SO I YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO SPEND DAYS AND DAYS ON THIS.

I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY, FRANKLY IT SHOULD BE THE BURDEN OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO JUSTIFY THE ONES THAT WE'RE NOT TURNING TO THEM, BUT THEY NEED OUR MEMBERSHIP.

IT SHOULD BE THEIR BURDEN TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN THEIR ORGANIZATION.

SO PERHAPS FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BEING QUESTIONED, THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY WE SHOULD BE PART OF THEIR THEIR COALITION. THANK YOU.

SO, TO ANSWER YOUR YOUR QUESTION, MISS SHOTS FOR ITS MEMBERSHIPS.

THOSE WILL TERMINATE.

CHAIRMAN ARNOLD, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND I WANT MR..

CHRIS WALLACE IS HERE FROM THE COMMISSION.

I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY TIME TO ENLIGHTEN AS TO WHAT THAT OFFICE DOES.

I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING APPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSION BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

INITIALLY I THOUGHT, MY GOODNESS, WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT DID HE PUT ME? WHAT DID HE GET ME INTO? BUT AND I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS WITH THIS COMMISSION IS THAT IT HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE IT TAPS INTO THE PEOPLE, QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND JUSTICE ISSUES.

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SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP PIECE.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT GET FROM STAFF.

AND SO ALL OF THESE MEMBERSHIPS WERE AND AS I SAID, THIS CONVERSATION COMES UP EVERY YEAR ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE A MEMBER.

SOMETIMES IT'S JUST POLITICAL POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STATE A POSITION, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING TO SHOW THAT POWER.

I GET THAT, BUT WHERE I AM NOW IS ABOUT RESPECT.

LAST YEAR, WHEN WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE IN NORTH TEXAS, COMMISSION WAS ON THE BLOCK.

I HEARD THAT, WELL, THERE ARE NO REPORTS BEING MADE FROM THAT COMMISSION.

THERE ARE NO REGULAR REPORTS BEING MADE ON ANY OF THESE MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE ARE ATTENDING.

HTML NOW, ALL OF THOSE.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MEETING WHERE WE'VE HAD STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS.

AND SO, AS A MEMBER THE RESPECT I HAVE, WHETHER WE AGREE OR NOT ON THIS COUNCIL, ALL 15 OF US, I THINK IT'S ABOUT POLITICAL IT'S RESPECT OF THE OFFICE.

EVERY LAST ONE OF US HAVE ONE VOTE.

AND EVERY TIME I CHECK, I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THE MATH BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME WHO THINK THEY HAVE TEN VOTES.

SO I'M SIMPLY SAYING ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THIS A SECOND YEAR TO AT LEAST SAY COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COMMISSION.

WHAT'S GOING ON? YES, YOU ALL CAN READ.

IT'S NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO BE LARGE AND IN CHARGE, BUT IT'S CALLED RESPECT.

AND I SEE THAT AS THE YEARS DWINDLE GO ON.

THERE'S MORE AND MORE POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING IN TERMS OF AS OPPOSED TO ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE.

I'VE SEEN THIS AGENDA.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE STANDING, WE'RE STANDING FOR, BECAUSE IT DOES REFLECT SOME OF WHAT I'VE EVEN SHARED AROUND THE HORSESHOE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATION.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THE PEOPLE, THIS IS NOT THE JOB FOR YOU.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK PEOPLE.

THAT'S MY LANGUAGE. PEOPLE EVERY DAY, 24 OVER SEVEN.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAYOR, IT WOULD HELP ME SIGNIFICANTLY IF MR. CHRIS WALLACE COULD TALK ABOUT THE COMMISSION TO WHICH YOU APPOINTED ME TO SERVE ON, SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY DO.

THANK YOU. HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE, MR..

CHRIS WALLACE. COUNCILWOMAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONG TIME MEMBERSHIP IN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION.

THE COMMISSION, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN AROUND 52 YEARS, WAS DEVELOPED TO GET DFW AIRPORT UP AND RUNNING.

AND TODAY, WE LEAD THE REGION'S ADVOCACY IN D.C.

AND IN AUSTIN.

AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE 6040 SPLIT, 60% MADE UP OF THE LARGER EMPLOYERS OF OUR 13 COUNTY REGION.

40% OF CITIES OF 13 COUNTIES, ABOUT TWO DOZEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ALL OF THE UNIVERSITIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

IT'S VERY MUCH A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION.

WE KNOW THERE'S ABOUT SIX OF US IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHO IS REALLY LOOKING AT ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS FOR A CERTAIN REGION AND A LOT OF ADVOCACY.

AND TO BUILD ON WHAT COUNCILMAN SCHULTZ HAD MENTIONED ABOUT BOTH PROVIDING A RESOURCE AND AN ADVOCACY.

WE DO BOTH. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.

AND COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT ON OUR BOARD AND ON OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW TO UPDATE OUR REGION'S 2050 PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LONG TERM PLAN FOR OUR REGION FOR THE 13 COUNTIES.

IT IS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD TODAY.

MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THAT LONG TERM PLANNING ARE NO LONGER AROUND.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION TO DO ABOUT THE MAIN ASSETS OF OUR REGION RELATED TO OUR LONG TERM PLAN ONE.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TWO.

TACKLING INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THREE.

HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING TRAUMA SERVICES.

SO WE'RE TAKING THAT ON NOW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

WHAT DOES OUR REGION LOOK LIKE IN 2050? WHAT ARE THE GAPS IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS THAT I JUST MENTIONED? AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSING AS WELL AND WE WON'T.

OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY OF DALLAS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS THE CATALYST OF OUR REGION, THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS AT THAT TABLE.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LONG TERM PLANNING, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR NORTH TEXAS IN 2050 TO MAINTAIN OUR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS.

THE OTHER IS THE ADVOCACY SIDE, US LEADING AND WORKING WITH THE CHAIRWOMAN, COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN AND OTHERS, AND CARRYING THE GREAT WORK THAT HER TEAM DOES IN TERMS OF THE

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COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD AND I CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR BOARD.

THE BOARD MEETS AGAIN BACK IN FEBRUARY, ONE MONTH BEFORE BILL FILING IN AUSTIN.

MAIN THING IS THERE ARE SOME ISSUES HERE LOCALLY, NOT JUST HERE IN DALLAS, BUT THE REGION THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OUT OF AUSTIN.

WE DO NOT WANT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO DICTATE LOCAL CONTROL.

AND MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE AS A REGION, LET OUR REGION WORK ON THOSE ISSUES, KEEP IT OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE.

THAT'S OUR MAIN GOAL.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY AT THE COMMISSION.

MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER.

AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AS THE CATALYST OF THIS REGION.

IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO SO.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MR. WALLACE. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO THE GROUP.

I'M SURE MANY OF THEM ARE LISTENING THIS MORNING, AS I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SOME OF THEM KIND OF LISTEN IN ON OUR SESSIONS.

BUT JUST SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AS A COUNCIL.

I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'LL MAKE A DECISION TO SHUT DOWN ALL MEMBERSHIPS AND THEN SAVE THE MONEY TO DO WHAT THE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE WANTS TO DO.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO GAIN INFORMATION SO THAT THEY'RE SO THAT THEY'RE IN A POSITION TO BECOME BETTER ADVOCATES FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND SO IF A COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO THAT, THEY WILL DO THAT.

BUT I THINK IN MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, IT IS JUST IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES THESE TOPICS COME UP BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

BUT I KNOW IT GOES ON EVERY, EVERY YEAR.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M AFRAID OF TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S THE SPIRIT IN WHICH WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT ARE PERPLEXING, ESPECIALLY IF IT DOES NOT SPEAK TO THE ENGAGE THE ENHANCEMENT OF OUR CITY AND SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE. AND SO I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I'M GETTING A FEELING THAT THERE'S SOME SOMETHING POLITICAL REALLY GOING ON AROUND HERE.

AND SO WHEN FOLKS ACCUSE ME OF BEING A POLITICIAN, I SAID YOU WERE WRONG.

BECAUSE I NEED TO SAY THIS.

IF WE ARE NOT HERE FOR THE PEOPLE, THEN WHY ARE WE HERE? I WAKE UP EVERY DAY GRATEFUL THAT I'M IN THIS POSITION HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION AT THE MAYOR'S PLEASURE.

I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS LONG AS HE IS.

ALLOWS ME TO DO THAT THROUGH HIS APPOINTMENT.

BUT IF WE ARE NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE, THOSE WILL ALWAYS BE MY STANDARDS AND VALUES.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING TOGETHER AN ASSOCIATION THAT SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN. CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN.

EXCUSE ME. TIME IS THAT CHAIRMAN? WAYS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND I AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT OF FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT'S WHY WE GOT TO COME THROUGH THE BUDGET AND MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THEIR PEOPLE'S MONEY WISELY.

I DO SUPPORT THE DELAY THAT WAS PROPOSED SO THAT WE CAN DIG A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE DATA OF OUR MEMBERSHIPS AND OUR ATTENDANCE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE I PROPOSED APPROVING THIS, I JUST THINK WE WE NEED TO WE NEED TO QUESTION THIS.

AND I THINK ONCE A YEAR IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT.

AND AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE MAY END UP SUPPORTING EVERYTHING WE HAVE, JUST AS CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD MENTIONED.

BUT IT'S WORTH WORTHY FOR US, FOR TAXPAYER PURPOSES, TO COMB THROUGH THIS.

AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, ONE HOUR A YEAR.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN RILEY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I ALSO SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF PROVIDE US IN THE REQUESTED INFORMATION, THE PURPOSES OF EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BENEFITS OF OUR MEMBERSHIP.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN ARNOLD.

SECOND ROUND. THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL NOT SUPPORT A DELAY, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

IF YOU THERE ARE 15 MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT, I THINK, INTERPRETATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS BEST, THE SERVICE THAT'S BEST SERVES US.

SO I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE ALSO, I THINK WE WERE FIGHTING TO SHUT DOWN THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE DURING ONE, DURING ONE SESSION.

AND WE DIDN'T WANT THE MAYOR TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP IN THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.

SO I THINK IT'S GOOD.

IT'S HEALTHY.

AND AS I TELL EVERYONE, YES, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S MONEY.

AND I'M LIKE, TUPAC.

I AIN'T MAD AT YOU BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT MY ASSIGNMENT IS.

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SO I'M GOING TO KEEP SPEAKING THAT.

AND AS I TELL EVERYONE AND I MEAN THIS, I MEAN NO HARM.

I AM A FREE WOMAN.

I'M A FREE BLACK WOMAN.

I HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY MEMBERS OF DISTRICT FOUR TO SIT IN THIS SEAT AND BE A PART OF THE CITY OF DALLAS DECISION MAKING BODY.

AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD BACK AND I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW FOLKS WHO WHO MAKE A DECISION ON SOME MORNING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO ENGAGE IN THIS POLITICAL PANDERING TO TRY TO TARGET AN INDIVIDUAL.

I'M LIKE THE TEFLON LADY, IT'S GOING TO COME OFF, BUT MY PEOPLE HAVE SENT ME HERE.

THE CITY DESERVES MORE.

THEY DESERVE STRONG LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS HORSESHOE.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

SO IT BENEFITS IS WHAT BENEFITS THAT PERSON.

SO I'M GOING TO CAST MY VOTE AGAINST DELAYING.

AND IT WILL GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE ON WHAT BEST SERVES.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE VOTES THAT COUNT WILL COUNT.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, MAYOR JOHNSON, FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT HAS OPENED UP MY EYES TO A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSONALITIES AND RESOURCES AND ADVOCACIES THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN JUST BEING AROUND THIS HORSESHOE.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I AM OPPOSED TO TWO TO OPPOSITIONS ARE NOTED, MR. MAYOR. NEXT ITEM. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 33.

[33. 24-3007 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office) ]

THIS MORNING YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL FULL COUNCIL AND AN OFFICER APPOINTMENT.

HOWEVER, YOUR OFFICER APPOINTMENT WILL BE HANDLED BY BALLOT VOTE.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION.

PRIME BLANKENSHIP IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

MR. BLANKENSHIP MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.

JASON HARPER IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

MR. HARPER MEETS THE HISTORIAN SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

BRIAN MCGEEHAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

YOUR NOMINEE FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 17 BOARD.

TODD AUSTIN GREEN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

MR. RESENDEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

FIRST I WANT TO START BY.

EXCUSE ME. I WANT TO START BY EXPRESSING MY SINCERE THANKS TO DISTRICT FIVE OUTGOING PARK BOARD REPRESENTATIVE PRISCILLA RICE.

MISS RICE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB DURING HER TENURE, HAVING ALSO SERVED PREVIOUSLY ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR DISTRICT FIVE.

HER WORK HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN INCREASING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS, EXPANDING FRIENDS OF PARKS GROUPS, AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR DISTRICT AS PART OF THE 2024 COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.

WE NEED MORE DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS LIKE PRISCILLA SERVING ON THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE TRULY MADE A LASTING IMPACT.

MY CURRENT NOMINEE, BRIAN GRADY MCGOWAN, IS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE WHO IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION.

HIS EXPERIENCE IS EXTENSIVE AND RELEVANT, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF ARTS AND GREEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO OUR CITY'S GROWTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

HE HAS ALREADY SERVED IN SEVERAL KEY ROLES, INCLUDING FIVE YEARS ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION, FOUR YEARS AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, MEMBERSHIP ON THE STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE 2024 COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.

ADDITIONALLY, HE IS THE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER, SERVES ON THE ARTS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS URBAN FORESTRY COUNCIL.

HIS EDUCATION FROM THE MUNICIPAL FORESTRY INSTITUTE IN OVER A DECADE OF WORK IN URBAN FORESTRY AND GREEN SPACE CREATION, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES HIS DEDICATION AND QUALIFICATIONS.

MOREOVER, HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GREEN STRATEGIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AND HIS PRIOR WORK AS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF RETREAT, FURTHER SHOWCASE HIS SKILLS IN BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HIS CANDIDACY WAS FULLY VETTED, WITH NO RED FLAGS ARISING FROM HIS BACKGROUND CHECK OR INDEBTEDNESS.

REVIEW. HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE DALLAS SHORT TERM RENTAL ALLIANCE DOES NOT POSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AS CONFIRMED BY BOTH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY SECRETARY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT GRADY'S STRS ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY AND ARE PAYING TAXES.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT IT'S DISHEARTENING TO SEE SO MUCH NEGATIVITY DIRECTED AT SOMEONE WHO HAS STEPPED UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR A POSITION THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY.

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HIS BACKGROUND IN THE ARTS, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALIGNS PERFECTLY WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS.

IN ADDITION, I HAVE A HISTORY OF APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS WITH A BACKGROUND IN THE ARTS TO THE PARK BOARD, AND I BELIEVE IT'S CRUCIAL FOR OUR CITY TO CONTINUE INTEGRATING THE ARTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS.

VIEWING THIS ROLE THROUGH THE ARTISTIC LENS WILL NOT ONLY HONOR THE PREVIOUS PARK BOARD MEMBER'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT GRADY'S TENURE IS LINKED TO THE LEGACY OF THE OUTGOING MEMBER, RATHER THAN REPRESENTING A COMPLETE RESET.

THIS INCLUDES PRISCILLA'S EFFORTS TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND THE SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION IN PARTICULAR.

HER WORK TO EXPAND THE REACH OF FRIENDS OF PARKS GROUPS AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.

I KNOW THAT GRADY SHARES THE SAME COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING AND BUILDING UPON THESE EFFORTS.

FOR THESE REASONS, I URGE YOU TO WELL, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT MR. MCGOWAN'S APPOINTMENT TO THE PARK BOARD.

HIS COMMITMENT TO BOTH DISTRICT FIVE AND THE CITY OF DALLAS IS CLEAR, AND HIS EXPERIENCE MAKES HIM AN OUTSTANDING CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION.

THANK YOU. CHAIR LEE, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTEES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO SEPARATE THIS MOTION SO THAT MR. MCGAHN'S NOMINATION IS SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATES.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, AND I ASSUME THAT THAT THE MOTION WAS IN ORDER.

SO THE THE NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED.

WE'LL TAKE UP.

THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

THAT'S THE ONE.

WE'LL TAKE THAT ONE UP.

SECOND, WE'LL DO THE OTHERS AS A GROUP FIRST.

ALL RIGHT, SO DO WE NEED HOW DO YOU WANT TO PROCEDURALLY GET ONE IN FRONT? I MEAN, THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO THAT, SO I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

SO IT'S BEEN THE MOTION WAS TO DIVIDE.

DO WE NEED TO HAVE A DEBATE ON THAT OR IS THAT JUST A VOTE? OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF DIVIDING IT, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S CLOSED.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE A RECORD ON THE ON THE MOTION TO DIVIDE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION.

I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AT ALL CONTENTIOUS.

SO, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSED COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

BLACKMON. YES.

NO. NO. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN. CLARIFICATION.

WHICH ONE IS IT? NO.

BUT WHICH ONE IS IT, THOUGH? NO, NO. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SCHULTZ. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RIDLEY. YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

NO. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

NO. MAYOR.

JOHNSON. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

WE HADN'T FINISHED VOTING.

NO, NO. WE CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

JUST FLIP A COIN, BRO.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

SO, CHAD, HOW DID I TELL YOU? SO THAT'S GOOD. YOU'RE SO LUCKY.

IT'S LIKE WITH SIX VOTING IN FAVOR, NINE OPPOSED.

THE MOTION TO DIVIDE FAILS.

ALL RIGHT, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.

NOW THE WILL BE VOTED ON AS ONE BIG GROUP.

THERE'S NO DIVISION.

IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THE ENTIRE SLATE.

I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE MY REASONS FOR IT.

I ALREADY SPOKE WITH MR. RESENDEZ, BUT I ALSO SAID I WOULD NOT BE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR I'M JUST GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON EITHER.

I WAS GOING TO VOTE NO ON THE MOTION TO IF THE MOTION WAS SEPARATED.

IT DIDN'T. NO BIG DEAL.

BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE ENTIRE SLATE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE HE KNOWS I'M KEEPING MY PROMISE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE BOARD AND COMMISSION NOMINEES? AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL OF THEM TOGETHER.

RECORD VOTES BEEN REQUESTED.

AND, MADAM SECRETARY.

RECORD VOTE IS GRANTED.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MORENO. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ.

COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN.

COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIS.

COUNCILMEMBER. RIDLEY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

MAYOR. JOHNSON.

YES. WITH 11 VOTING IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED.

THE ITEM OR THE NOMINEES, MOVE FORWARD.

MR.. MAYOR OR APPOINTED.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF THIS BOARD AND COMMISSION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YOU DO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AS NOMINEES FOR THE VICE CHAIR OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

I'LL READ THOSE NAMES INTO THE RECORD.

YOUR FIRST NOMINEE IS A STANISLAUS JUNIOR HUERTA.

MR.. HUERTA WAS NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WEST DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA COUNCIL MEMBERS RESENDEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.

YOUR NEXT NOMINEE IS MARIA HASBANI.

MISS HASBANI WAS NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON AND YOUR THIRD NOMINEE IS ELAINE CONNOR.

MR. CONNOR WAS NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN STAFF. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR VICE CHAIR OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

STAFF HAS DISTRIBUTED A QR CODE.

AGAIN THIS BALLOT.

THIS VOTE WILL BE DECIDED BY A BALLOT VOTE.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SCAN THAT QR CODE AND REGISTER YOUR NAME.

HOWEVER, THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN LOCKED UNTIL THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH VOTING.

SO, MR. MAYOR, THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES.

I WILL STATE THAT ALL THREE NOMINEES.

YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE ALREADY DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON ONE NOMINEE.

IF ONE NOMINEE DOES NOT.

IF ONE NOMINEE GETS EIGHT VOTES, THAT INDIVIDUAL IS DULY APPOINTED.

HOWEVER, IF NO INDIVIDUAL GETS EIGHT VOTES, THE TOP TWO INDIVIDUALS, THE TOP TWO VOTES, THE TOP TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST VOTES WILL MOVE FORWARD TO A FINAL ELECTION BALLOT, WHICH WILL DETERMINE IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

MR. MAYOR, THIS IS THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES.

THE MAYOR DIDN'T HAVE A QR CODE TO VOTE.

THAT'S NICE GUYS, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

SO IF YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO GET MY MY BALLOT ABOUT UP.

WE CAN COMMENCE THE.

NOW I HAVE TWO.

I MEAN, DO I NEED, DO I NEED TWO OR ARE THEY THE SAME? THESE ARE THE SAME THING ONE. IT'S JUST ONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

TO THE BALLOT. I PROMISE YOU, I'M NOT THE.

I APPEAR TO BE THE PROBLEM, BUT I'M.

BUT I'M NOT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY NOW.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I SHOULD ASK, DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE QR CODE SCAN? AND IS EVERYONE READY FOR US TO UNLOCK THE BALLOT? OKAY, THEN WE'LL JUST HOLD ON.

WE'LL JUST STAND AT EASE UNTIL EVERYONE'S BALLOT IS READY TO GO.

I JUST GOT ONE MYSELF, SO I UNDERSTAND.

SO, READIES.

THAT'S NOT A RECESS, FOLKS.

SO DON'T TURN THE CAMERAS OFF.

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GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.

MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE READY.

NO ONE. NO ONE SAYS THEY HAVE AN ISSUE.

SO UNLESS THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, MR. MAYOR. THE BALLOTS CAN BE RELEASED.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOCKED UNTIL THEY'RE OPEN.

GUYS, THE BALLOTS ARE OPEN.

OKAY. PLEASE START VOTING.

11 HAVE VOTED.

12 HAVE VOTED.

13. 14 HAVE VOTED.

14 HAVE VOTED.

15. 15 HAVE VOTED.

THE VOTES RECEIVED AND ESTANISLAO HUERTA JUNIOR RECEIVED SIX VOTES.

MARIE MARIA HAS RECEIVED THREE VOTES AND LANE CONNOR RECEIVED SIX VOTES.

ESTANISLAO WERE TO JUNIOR AND LANE CONNOR WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE FINAL ELECTION BALLOT.

WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE US A FEW MINUTES TO SET THAT BALLOT UP? YOU WILL JUST NEED TO REFRESH YOUR SCREEN AND YOU'LL SEE YOUR TWO NOMINEES.

THE BALLOTS ARE LOCKED, AND UNLESS THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, MR. MAYOR, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH VOTING.

SO TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S REFRESHED BEFORE WE START, HAS EVERYONE REFRESHED AND SEES TWO.

ANY PROBLEMS? ALL RIGHT.

MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE READY TO GO.

PLEASE START VOTING.

THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN OUR LAST MEETING.

THIS IS AMAZING. 11 HAVE VOTED.

11 HAVE VOTED.

12 HAVE VOTED.

13 HAVE VOTED.

15 HAVE VOTED.

IS STANISLAV WORTH? THE JUNIOR RECEIVED NINE VOTES.

LANE CONNOR RECEIVED SIX.

THEREFORE, STANISLAV JUNIOR HAS BEEN BEING HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

DULY APPOINTED THE VICE CHAIR.

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, MR. MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY MORE BOARDS.

COMMISSIONS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO VOTE ON TODAY? ON THOSE? WE'RE DONE WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THIS MEETING.

TO THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 34.

[34. 24-2939 Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire approximately 1,200 square feet of land for a drainage easement and 1,500 square feet of land for a temporary working space easement from John D. Garay, Heirs of Jose Garay, Jr., and Heirs of Alice Garay, located at 2411 Throckmorton Street near its intersection with Sylvester Avenue for the Throckmorton-Reagan Drainage Improvements Project - Not to exceed $157,450.00 ($153,450.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $4,000.00) - Financing: Stormwater Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund ]

AUTHORIZE THE SECOND STEP OF ACQUISITION FOR CONDEMNATION.

CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 1200FT² OF LAND FOR A DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND 1500FT² OF LAND FOR A TEMPORARY WORKING SPACE EASEMENT FROM JOHN DE GRAY, HEIRS OF JOSEPH GRAY JR AND HEIRS OF ALICE GRAY, LOCATED AT 2411 THROCKMORTON STREET NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH SYLVESTER AVENUE FOR THE THROCKMORTON RAGAN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, NOT TO EXCEED $7,450.

BECAUSE THIS IS AN EMINENT DOMAIN ITEM, IT WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION. ITEM 34.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

I'M SORRY. WE NEED A RECORD VOTE.

SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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

NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACIE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ARNOLD. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

BLACKMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

STEWART. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MENDELSOHN. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILLIS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RIDLEY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

MAYOR. JOHNSON.

YES, WITH 14 VOTING IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.

THIS ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 35 IS AUTHORIZE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 CITY CALENDAR.

[35. 24-3018 Authorize adoption of the 2025 City Calendar - Financing: No cost consideration to the City 24-3018]

LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN WEST? ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE.

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

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 36 IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY'S STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 89TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

[36. 24-3071 A resolution adopting the City's State Legislative Program for the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (This item was deferred on September 25, 2024) ]

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REMOVE ITEM ON THE SECOND PAGE THAT SAYS SUPPORT FULL FUNDING FOR DART.

MOVING TO THE TO.A APPENDIX ON THE PAGE UNDER PURSUE.

REMOVE THE LAST ITEM.

AMEND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION DATES AND AUTHORIZE RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS ON THE PAGE UNDER SUPPORT FOR NUMBER 19, WHERE IT SAYS SEEK CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING.

CHANGE THAT TO FROM GAMBLING TO CARDROOMS SO THAT IT SAYS SEEK CLARITY REGARDING CARDROOMS. ON PAGE SEVEN OF MONITOR ON ITEM NUMBER 20, STRIKE THAT ITEM WHICH IS THE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA ITEM.

AND THAT IS ALL. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND MENDELSOHN.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES IF YOU'D LIKE IT ON YOUR MOTION.

THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS REPETITIVE OF SOMETHING IN THE APPENDIX, WHICH IS THE SUPPORT, ELECTION DATE, FLEXIBILITY, AND RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

THIS ITEM REALLY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AFTER OUR CHARTER ELECTION, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING OUR RESIDENTS WHETHER THEY WANT TO REMOVE THAT MAY DATE FROM OUR CHARTER, AND IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO DO SO, THEN THIS REALLY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE ADVOCATING FOR.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD RECONSIDER IT.

WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN DECEMBER TO LOOK AT THIS LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.

THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS ON PAGE TWO, WHICH IS STRIKING THE SUPPORT FULL FUNDING FOR DART.

THIS ITEM IS IN IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE PROGRAM, AS IS ON THE FIRST PAGE, AN ITEM THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED WHICH SAYS RESTRUCTURE MUNICIPAL DART SALES TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO THESE TWO ITEMS ARE IN CONFLICT.

AND I'M PROPOSING THAT WE ACCEPT THE FIRST ONE WHICH CAME OUT OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE RESTRUCTURED MUNICIPAL SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION, AS OPPOSED TO SUPPORT FULL FUNDING FOR DART.

WE KNOW THAT OUR SUBURBS I BELIEVE SIX OF THEM, MAYBE SEVEN OF THEM, HAVE PASSED RESOLUTIONS AND HAVE ALREADY DRAFTED LEGISLATION THAT IS AT BEING THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD, FOR SURE, AND IT WILL BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE WAYS TO RESTRUCTURE BOTH DEBT AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTION.

AND IF WE PROCEED WITH THE ITEM THAT SAID, SUPPORT FULL FUNDING FOR DART, WE'VE REALLY EXCLUDED OURSELVES FROM THAT CONVERSATION.

IF WE LEAVE IT FLEXIBLE AS THE FIRST ITEM PROPOSES, THEN WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

WHAT IS POSSIBLE IF WE STICK WITH THE SUPPORT.

FULL FUNDING IS THAT WE HAVE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, MEANING THE SUBURBS WILL GET RESTRUCTURED AND HAVE A REDUCED CONTRIBUTION AND WE WILL NOT. THAT IS THE ACTUAL WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH IS HAPPENING WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT.

THE ITEM UNDER PURSUE NUMBER EIGHT.

THIS IS A REPETITION OF REVISITING AFTER NOVEMBER ABOUT THE ELECTION DATE.

THE ITEM UNDER SUPPORT NUMBER 19 ABOUT SEEKING CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING.

I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT GAMBLING IS NOT ALLOWED.

IT'S EXPLICITLY SAID IN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, BUT THERE HAS BEEN AMBIGUITY ABOUT CARD ROOMS, AND CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION AND LAWSUITS REGARDING THIS.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE COULD GET THAT CLARITY.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOUGHT IT MULTIPLE TIMES FROM MULTIPLE PLACES, BUT WE NEED A LEGISLATIVE CLARITY ON THAT.

AND THEN THE ITEM 20 UNDER MONITOR THE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA AND SEEK ADDITIONAL RESEARCH METRICS REGARDING ITS ECONOMIC, HEALTH AND SAFETY EFFECTS.

I'M PERSONALLY OPPOSED TO THAT.

AND THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT KNOWN AND REQUEST IT BE REMOVED.

IT ALSO WILL HAS NOT BEEN ON ANY OF OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS AGENDAS THAT I'M AWARE OF, THAT WE'VE MET WITH SO FAR.

AND WHAT I'M HEARING IN AUSTIN IS THERE'S NO APPETITE TO ADDRESS THAT ITEM.

SO ALL IT CAN DO IS HARM OUR PROGRAM, AS WE ARE VERY FAR OUT OF STEP WITH THE REALITY OF AUSTIN. THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE IN ITEM 36 AS IT WAS READ INTO THE RECORD BY GOODBYE, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I THINK GENERALLY I DISAGREE WITH MOST OF THE CHANGES.

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IT'D BE GREAT TO GET A COPY OF THE MOTION.

I DO APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES WORK ON THIS GENERALLY.

AND ALSO CLARIFYING THE CARD ROOM ITEMS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S BEEN VERY CONFUSING HERE.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF WORK ON COMMITTEES AND AS A FULL COUNCIL NOW PUTTING THIS AGENDA TOGETHER.

AND A LOT OF THESE CHANGES ARE IN CONFLICT WITH WITH WHAT WE, I FEEL LIKE AGREED TO PRETTY, PRETTY OPENLY AS A COUNCIL.

SO I'LL JUST PUT MY THOUGHTS OUT THERE.

I DISAGREE WITH ALL THOSE CHANGES EXCEPT FOR THE CARD ROOMS, ONE WHICH I'M HAPPY TO BRING IN IN ANOTHER MOTION.

THAT'S NOT IN CONFLICT OF THIS ONE, AND I DO ON THE ON THE DART FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO ADMIT WHEN I'M WRONG.

AND THE GFM COMMITTEE CAME OUT WITH THE CONFLICTING OF LEGISLATIVE ITEM FROM THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

AND I THINK GFMS SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT, WHICH IS THE RESTRUCTURING D'ARCY SALES TAX, AND THAT WE SHOULD ADD BACK IN THE SUPPORT FOR FUNDING FOR DART. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES I WOULD RECOMMEND MAKING TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

I THINK FROM A PROCEDURAL, FROM A POSITION, WE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE THIS DOWN BEFORE I COULD MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.

CORRECT. TAMMY, I THINK DISPOSE OF THIS SINCE IT WOULD BE IN CONFLICT.

I THINK HE WOULD WANT TO MAKE TO TAKE OUT THOSE THINGS WOULD BE NOT IN ORDER.

IS THAT RIGHT? EVEN IF YOU CHANGE PART OF IT, HE WOULD STILL.

I THINK THAT'S CORRECT IS WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

SO OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THERE'S SO MANY. DISPOSE OF THIS ONE FIRST.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MISS MENDELSON'S MOTION ON ITEM 36.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WILL ALSO NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.

I THINK WHENEVER WE DELAYED THIS ONE OF THE THE HIGH PRAISE THAT I GAVE WAS HOW COLLABORATIVE THIS DOCUMENT WAS.

OVERALL, IT WAS A WORKING DOCUMENT THAT WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF COMMITTEE LEVEL, HAD INPUT FROM ALL OF OUR BODY STAKEHOLDERS ALIKE.

AND TO SEE SUCH DRASTIC CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE, JUST KIND OF UNILATERALLY LATERALLY FROM THE CHAIR, I THINK NEGATES A LOT OF THE WORK AND INPUT THAT WE HAD FROM OUR BODY. AND SO IF THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS SUPPOSED TO BE REFLECTIVE OF US AS A CITY IN OUR PRIORITIES, I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE JUST THAT I DON'T I DON'T LOVE SEEING THAT THE RUG IS KIND OF BEING PULLED OUT FROM UNDER ON SEVERAL ITEMS HERE IN THE 13TH HOUR.

I KNOW I WAS NOT COMMUNICATED WITH BY ANY MEMBER ABOUT THESE CHANGES, AND I ALSO AGREE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE SEEN THIS MOTION AHEAD OF TIME. LIKE IS PRETTY STANDARD PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TRACK WITHIN THE ONE AGENDA ITEM.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I NOT ONLY DON'T SUPPORT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SUBSTANTIVELY THE THE CHANGES THAT WERE READ INTO THE RECORD, I ALSO DON'T SUPPORT THIS BEING, IN MY EYES, A CIRCUMVENTING OF THE ACTUAL PROCESS THAT WE'VE WORKED TOWARDS FOR A LONG TIME.

SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS.

I AGREE WITH MR. WEST. WE WE SHOULD, IF YOU ARE ALONG THE SAME LINES, DISPOSE OF THIS SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE ANY CHANGES FOR WHAT IS GOING TO GET PASSED.

I ALSO WILL SAY THAT I SUPPORT US MAKING THE CHANGE SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE DART FUNDING.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWN.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR MEMBER CITIES AND DART AS AN ENTITY BEFORE ANY DECISIONS LIKE THAT ARE BEING MADE.

WHEN IT COMES TO NOVEMBER ELECTION, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS I DID NOT SUPPORT IT WAS NOT ON ITS MERIT.

I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF POSITIVES TO SEE OUR ELECTIONS COME UP, BUT I THINK THAT IT WAS A CREATIVE COMPROMISE FOR US TO JUST REMOVE.

AND SO IF THE CHARTER IS MUTE, THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE CHANGING OUR ELECTION DAY TO NOVEMBER.

I MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN CONSTRUED IN THE MEDIA THAT THIS IS WHAT THAT CHANGE IS.

IT'S NOT. IT ALLOWS US TO WITHOUT IT BEING A TRIGGER LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE HOLDING THE LEGISLATURE HOSTAGE, IF YOU WILL.

LIKE. WE'VE ALREADY MADE OUR CHANGE.

NOW WE NEED YOU TO DO THIS.

THAT'S WHAT I DID NOT SUPPORT WITH MAKING IT REMOVED AND US MUTE IN OUR IN OUR CHARTER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOW LOBBY THEM REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OUTCOME IS ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES.

THIS DOESN'T CHANGE OUR ELECTION DAY, AND IT ALSO ISN'T AN ATTEMPT TO STRONG ARM OUR LEGISLATURE IN ORDER TO GET WHAT WE WANT.

SO I THINK IT WAS A GREAT COMPROMISE AND I STILL FULLY SUPPORT THAT ONE.

SO THERE ARE CHANGES THAT AGAIN, THESE CONVERSATIONS HAD HAD HAVE BEEN HAD EXTENSIVELY AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.

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THAT'S WHERE WE WERE CHARGED TO DO THE HARD WORK BEFORE WE GOT HERE ON THE FLOOR.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THESE CHANGES ON THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 36 AS IT WAS MOVED BY MISS MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO I'M RISING TO I'M GOING TO BE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS.

I THINK IT'S FROM WHAT I REMEMBER BEING AS A AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT YOU APPOINTED ME TO, MR. MAYOR. THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS TO MOVE THE AGENDA FORWARD, NOT NOT WITH ANY CHANGES, NO RECOMMENDATIONS, NOTHING.

AND SO I JUST I DON'T THINK IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT OR FAIR FOR THE CHAIR TO JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDE TO MAKE ALL THESE CHANGES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DURING THIS ENTIRE VERY LONG PROCESS, WHERE WE'VE HAD MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF CONVERSATION TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER THESE AND THEN TO HEAR THE WORD PERSONAL ITEM, THAT JUST KIND OF BLEW MY MIND, BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COLLABORATIVE HERE.

AND THIS IS THE CITY'S PRIORITIES, THIS BODY'S PRIORITIES, NOT ONE PERSON'S PRIORITIES.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS MAY NOT AGREE.

I DON'T AGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT GOT IN THERE.

AND IT'S OKAY FOR ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, THAT'S WHAT THIS BODY IS, IS, IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WHICH IS TO BE VOTING AND PUSHING THINGS FORWARD.

NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT EVERYBODY LIKES.

AND THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THERE ARE 15 OF US THAT WERE DULY ELECTED MR. MAYOR. AND SO FOR THAT, I'M.

I DON'T NEED TO SAY ANY MORE.

I'M GOING TO VOTE THIS. AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL FOLLOW AND WE VOTE THIS DOWN, AND THEN I'LL HAVE A NEW MOTION.

IF WE GET THERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 36 AS IT WAS MOVED BY CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE AIR CLEARED ON ONE ITEM ON THIS AGENDA THAT I WILL NOT SUPPORT, BUT IT RELATES TO DART.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE PAUSE WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS CHALLENGE WE FACE WITH DART SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD AS A CITY.

SO, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO USE USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CALL MR. RANDALL BRYANT TO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND JUST WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF DART, BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON DART.

AND I BELIEVE THIS CITY AND THIS REGION DEPENDS ON DART AS A VIABLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO.

MAYOR MISS ARNOLD.

WAS I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION THIS IS WHAT THE THE FRUSTRATION HAS COME WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND THERE WILL BE NO BUSSES AT ALL.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO LOSE JOBS.

WHERE? WHAT IN RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU HEARD HERE TODAY AND WHAT YOU KNOW HAS BEEN LINGERING ON THE STREETS, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THIS MATTER. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH DART HERE AS WE KNOW IT IN THE CITY? AND WHAT ARE THE SUBURBS TRYING TO DO TO THIS MAJOR TRANSPORTATION MODE? THANK YOU, MISS ARNOLD.

WELL, I'LL GO BACK TO MARCH WHEN I ACTUALLY WAS APPOINTED TO THE DART BOARD.

AND THE CONVERSATION THEN WAS THE SAME AS IT IS NOW, AND THAT WE ARE IN THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES TO SAVE THIS AGENCY.

TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND THE POSITION ON FULLY FUNDING OR COMPROMISING WHAT WE LOOK INTO THE OTHER SUBURBS AND WHERE THEIR LANGUAGE IS, IT'S NOT A COMPROMISING LANGUAGE.

AND SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE CITY OF DALLAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FULLY FUND DART.

THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY YOU ALL FULLY SUPPORT DART, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ONLY DEFUNDING OF DART THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN ARE BY THE VOTERS THAT APPOINTED THAT OR THAT APPROVED THE FULL PENNY OR OUR BOARD.

OUR FUNDING IS OUR OUR DEBT IS TIED TO THE PENNY.

THERE ARE COVENANTS WITH OUR DEBT HOLDERS AT THE PENNY.

SO ONCE YOU WHEN YOU GET INTO RESTRUCTURING OUR DEBT OR REDUCING OUR DEBT, YOU START GOING INTO OUR BOND COVENANTS.

YOU START GOING INTO OUR DEBT RATINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS BODY TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UNITY AND STRENGTH TO THE PENNY ITSELF.

THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY SIX.

I HEARD 6 OR 7.

THERE HAVE BEEN SIX CITIES, SO NOT A MAJORITY OF THE 13 CITIES, NOT A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION, NOT A MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING THAT COMES TO DART HAS BEEN REPRESENTED

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THAT'S THE EXTENT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH DART RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU'VE BEEN IN THOSE BOARD MEETINGS WHERE SUBURBS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING INTENT TO RESTRUCTURE THEIR CONTRIBUTION.

AND, YES, AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY, THROUGH YOU ALL'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, IS THAT 145 THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE OUR DART BOARD MEETING WHERE WE'LL BE DISCUSSING OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND THE PRIORITIES OF OUR AGENCY AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO TAKE HOPEFULLY A A SIGN OF SUPPORT FOR THE AGENCY INTO OUR BOARD MEETING WHEN WE HAVE TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA AS WELL.

SO AM NOT ONLY MY COMMUNITY, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY STAFF PERSONS HERE WHO RIDE DARTS TO WORK, AND SO IT'S A VERY VIABLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

BUT DURING THE DISCUSSION, I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

WERE YOU IN THE DISCUSSION WHEN ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SUBURBS SAID MADE THIS STATEMENT? I'M JUST PARAPHRASING THAT DALLAS IS BRINGING THIS TRASH TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I WASN'T AT THE IT WAS AT THE FARMERS BRANCH CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH COUNCIL MEETING.

ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REFERRED TO RIDERS OF DART AS TRASH IN THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH WHEN THEY PASSED THEIR RESOLUTION TO DEFUND DART.

THAT IS CORRECT. I WAS NOT THERE, BUT I HAVE SEEN THE TAPE, ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE I SAW THAT AS WELL.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH NUMBER ONE FOR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS MORE THAN LIKELY, I WOULD SAY IT GETS US TO AND FROM WHERE WE NEED TO GO. AND MANY FOLKS WHO ARE NOT CHOOSING TO RIDE BICYCLES TO WORK AND DON'T HAVE CARS.

THIS IS THEIR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, AND WE ARE PROBABLY LIKE OTHER MAJOR CITIES WHERE THIS IS THE PREDOMINANT MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND MANY TIMES WE TALK ABOUT THE WORKING POOR WHO THAT THIS IS THEIR OPTION.

SO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN FROM WHAT YOU'VE STATED AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK I NEEDED TO SAY THAT WHETHER FOLKS ARE LISTENING OR NOT AROUND THE HORSESHOE, I ENCOURAGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMISSION TO LISTEN TO THIS CONVERSATION I'VE ENCOURAGED.

I'M SURE OTHER DART MEMBERS ARE LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HOLDING US RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PUT THIS ON THE RECORD.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO GREW UP ON THE BUS, YOU KNOW, AND I GREW UP DURING THE TIME WHEN WE HAD TO RIDE ON THE BACK OF THE BUS AND DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT I BECAME ROSA PARKS.

SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND AS ROSA PARKS STOOD FOR THOSE WHO NEED A RIDE TO WORK.

NEED A RIDE TO GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO? THEY WILL HAVE DART, AND WE CAN DEPEND ON THAT.

AND IT'S A VERY GOOD USE OF OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOSE OF YOU WHO LISTENED, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DART.

AND I WANT TO CAST MY VOTE FOR DART, FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THAT PENNY, AND THAT WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN DALLAS AS WE REPRESENT AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

AND I CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THOSE NOT ONLY JUST IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHERE WE TRY TO DO MORE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR DART TO CONTINUE TO DO MORE IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE CITY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING THIS CONVERSATION WITH OUR ONE OF OUR NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS, WHO I VERY MUCH SUPPORTED HIS ADVOCACY, AND I KNEW HE COULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND HANDLE UP ON THE BUSINESS.

AND THE NEW WORD NOW IS NOT ONLY STAY WOKE, STAND ON THE BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. YOU KEEP US SO INFORMED OF THE LINGO.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO STAND ON THE BUSINESS THEN.

CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, STAND ON THE BUSINESS.

YES, SIR. I'LL DO MY BEST.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN'S MOTION HAS ONE.

HAS, I BELIEVE, LIKE, FOUR PARTS TO IT, BUT I'M ASSUMING WE CAN'T DIVIDE THAT UP.

IT IS JUST ONE MOTION.

AND YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH ALL FOUR PARTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THAT'S A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY.

HOLD ON. LET ME LET ME CONFIRM THAT.

THANK YOU.

THIS. IS.

I AGREE WITH THE PARLIAMENTARIAN THAT THE MOTIONS THAT WERE MADE, THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE, THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS WOULD MAKE SENSE AS A STANDALONE ITEM BECAUSE IT'S A ONE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

SO DIVIDING THE QUESTION WOULDN'T BE AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO TO DISPOSE OF THIS MOTION, BECAUSE NOTHING BY ITSELF COULD STAND ALONE AS ONE AGENDA.

THAT'S THE EXPLANATION I ACCEPT.

IT'S FOUR DIFFERENT ITEMS ON ONE AGENDA.

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BUT YEAH, I DON'T MEAN TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE.

I'M. I'M STANDING ON.

I'M STANDING ON THE BUSINESS RIGHT NOW THAT I'M GOING TO STAND ON.

I'M THE NEWBIE ON THE BLOCK HERE.

I THINK I THINK IT'S LOOK, I THINK IT COULD BE INTERPRETED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND I'M GOING TO STAND ON THE BUSINESS.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. GOTCHA. OKAY.

SO MOVING FORWARD WITH STANDING ON THE BUSINESS, I JUST I'M GOING TO PUT I JUST WANT TO STATE MY POSITION ON, ON DART SPECIFICALLY.

AND I DO SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE'S STANCE ON THIS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT TEN WE HAVE FOUR DART RAIL STATIONS WITHIN OUR CONFINES, FOUR STATIONS, AND WE HAVE TWO OTHERS THAT ARE JUST ON THE BORDER.

THE WHITE ROCK STATION AND THE WALNUT HILL STATION.

SO IT'S IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR MY DISTRICT THAT DART CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND THAT THAT RIDERSHIP CONTINUES TO GROW BECAUSE HEAVEN FORBID, WE WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE THE STATION.

HEAVEN FORBID, FOR MY FOR MY DISTRICT.

SO I AM A FULL SUPPORTER OF DART AT THIS POINT.

AND THAT IS REALLY JUST ME LOOKING AT MY DISTRICT AND LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF MY DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S THE END OF MY BUSINESS.

THAT WAS REALLY WELL DONE. MISS WILLIS, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND ON THE BUSINESS, TOO? I'M NOT GOING TO TRY.

ALL RIGHT. WHILE I DO SUPPORT CLEARING UP THE AMBIGUITY AROUND CARD HOUSES, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.

I BELIEVE THAT RESTRUCTURING DART SALES TAX CONTRIBUTIONS WITHOUT A PLAN TO BACKFILL THOSE FUNDS NOT ONLY HOBBLES PUBLIC TRANSIT IN A CITY OF 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT IT WILL HAVE A TRANSPORTATION LIMITING EFFECT ON OUR METRO AREA, WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST NUMERICAL POPULATION GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES, WHERE SOARING WELL PAST 8 MILLION PEOPLE.

THINK ABOUT THE ZONING CASES THAT WE HEAR AROUND HERE.

WHAT'S ONE OF THE CHIEF COMPLAINTS? TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC.

WE DON'T WANT TRAFFIC. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 8 MILLION PEOPLE AND NOT GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES LIKE A GROWING CITY SHOULD, AND SEEING THEM IN CARS, IT'S JUST GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE JUST PASSED FORWARD DALLAS, WHICH HAS AN EMPHASIS ON TODD'S TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK ON RIDERSHIP YOU KNOW, IF WE START CONSTRUCTING LIVING HOUSING CLOSE TO OUR DART STATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO START INFUSING DART WITH THE RIDERSHIP THAT THEY THEY NEED AND THAT THEY WANT, AND GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF CARS, BEING RESPECTFUL OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND JUST MAKING TRANSPORTATION EASIER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT SINCE ALL THIS TALK IS STARTED, I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF D13 CONSTITUENTS AND OTHERS FROM AROUND THE CITY WHO ARE JUST WOUNDED TO THEIR CORE, THAT WE ARE THREATENING THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE WITH HOW THEY GET TO SCHOOL OR THEIR JOB.

I MEAN, WE GET A LOT OF EMAILS, BUT THE WRENCHING LANGUAGE THAT'S USED IN THESE SHOULDN'T BE LOST ON US EVEN IN THAT VOLUME OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE GET.

SO THE DECISIONS ABOUT PLANNING, I THINK OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT RESIDE WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND WHILE SOMEDAY I DO HOPE THAT THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION CAN COME DOWN, I THINK THAT REDUCING IT WITHOUT A PLAN IN PLACE FOR HOW TO BACKFILL THAT IS PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. AND I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE READY TO DO THAT.

SO TO OUR PARTNER CITIES, I THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN DART'S ATTENTION, AND I'M WATCHING CLOSELY AT HOW THEY RESPOND TO YOUR CONCERNS AND TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

MISS SCHULTZ, GO AHEAD AND STAND ON THE BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SPOKEN ON TWO LEVELS ON THE DART PIECE.

I ACTUALLY DID REACH OUT TO OUR NORTHERN PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR LOGIC FOR WANTING TO DO THAT, AND OFFERED TO WORK WITH THEM ON A NORTH SERVICE AREA PLAN, AND THAT WAS REJECTED.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS ABOUT IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION AT ALL.

I WANT TO I'D LIKE I'D STILL LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM.

ON HOW THEY THINK THAT TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION AND MOVING RESIDENTS COULD BE IMPROVED.

I'M UP FOR ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

BUT A REGRESSIVE MOVE SUCH AS DEFUNDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, I THINK I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THIS MOTION.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS MOTION TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT.

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SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

I'M TOTALLY OPEN FOR THAT, SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS MY COLLEAGUE, WHO HAS SAID VERY NICE THINGS ABOUT THE WAY THIS PROCESS HAS WORKED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THAT WAS IN MY ROLE AS LEGISLATIVE CHAIR.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEPARATE THE ROLE THAT I WILL HAVE AS LEGISLATIVE CHAIR VERSUS MY ROLE REPRESENTING DISTRICT 12.

AND MY MOTION TODAY WAS TO REPRESENT AROUND THIS HORSESHOE WITH ALL OF US, DISTRICT 12.

AND WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM MY FOLKS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE.

AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY MY INTENT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THAT WAY IN THIS KIND OF FORUM.

HOWEVER, AS LEGISLATIVE CHAIR, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE MOVE SOMETHING THROUGH, AND I PRESIDED IN THAT MANNER.

AND SO I THINK ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE SPRUNG ON HERE.

WE HAVE THESE ITEMS HIGHLIGHTED ABOUT DART BECAUSE WE KNEW THEY WERE IN CONFLICT.

THERE HAD TO BE A DISCUSSION TODAY NO MATTER WHO BROUGHT IT UP, AND I WAS HAPPY TO DO SO.

THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ABOUT THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING AND THE ELECTION DATE MOVING THIS TO LATER THIS YEAR IS NOT EVEN A BIG MOVE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LITERALLY OUR VOTERS ARE GOING TO TELL US, IF THEY EVEN WANT TO CHANGE IT FROM BEING MAY TO ANYTHING ELSE AS A POSSIBILITY.

AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE LISTENING TO THEM.

SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOME BIG CONTROVERSY.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO THE CLARIFICATION ON THE GAMBLING AND THE CARD ROOMS. THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A BIG DISCUSSION.

AND SO WHAT THAT REALLY LEAVES US WITH IS THE MARIJUANA ITEM, WHICH AGAIN, I AND PEOPLE I REPRESENT, I'VE HEARD FROM LARGELY SAY THIS IS OBJECTIONABLE AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO STATE THAT AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO VOTE THAT WAY.

ME AS A REPRESENTATIVE, NOT ME AS THE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS BODY IS PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, BUT THIS PROCESS IS IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE THAT WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS NOW.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DART.

I MEAN, I CAN GO THROUGH AND YOU CAN SAY, WELL, IT'S AN 8 MILLION MEMBER REGION, BUT THE TRUTH IS THERE'S ONLY 13 CITIES.

AND THOSE CITIES ARE NOT THE CITIES THAT ARE GROWING.

THE CITIES THAT ARE GROWING DO NOT HAVE DART.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS CAN'T GET TO THE PLACES WHERE THERE'S JOBS.

WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO CITIES LEAVE DART SINCE IT WAS FORMED, AND ZERO CITIES JOIN.

THERE'S A REASON IT'S NOT A GOOD VALUE PROPOSITION FOR A CITY AND OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES.

DON'T TAKE A FULL PENNY.

YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT WHY, BUT IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY INEFFICIENT ORGANIZATION THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE HAVE TO FORCE THE EFFICIENCY NEEDED AND THE SERVICE NEEDED, AND WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER MEMBERS.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL TRANSIT SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET ANYWHERE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN I GO TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE CAN'T GO BY TRANSIT.

IT DOESN'T EVEN GO THERE.

THAT'S YOUR TIME FOR THIS ROUND.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE LEFT, IF YOU'D LIKE.

CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT AROUND DART IS ALMOST LIKE WHAT? FORD DALLAS. WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? TO ME.

FORD DALLAS. AND, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PART WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND TRANSPORTATION.

THIS IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE CONVERSATION.

THE PEOPLE.

LET ME JUST REAL, REAL QUICK.

I REMEMBER VISITING LOVE FIELD AND TALKING TO ONE OF THE OWNERS THERE, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE JOBS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT LOVE FIELD.

BUT MANY TIMES HE COULDN'T FILL THEM BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THAT WAS DEPENDABLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN THE PLANES WOULD COME IN LATE, FOLKS COULDN'T STAY BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TAKE THE BUS THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE, AND OFTENTIMES THEY ENDED UP JUST QUITTING THE JOB.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE, THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT NEED US THE MOST IN THIS CITY.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF EVERYONE GOT A 40 ACRES AND A MULE, SO THEY COULD BUY THE CARS AND OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO FIND THAT A GREAT NUMBER OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING POOR.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE TALKED SO MUCH.

WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABOUT IT, TAKING CARE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO NEED US THE MOST.

MOST OF YOU AROUND THE HORSESHOE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO WORK.

ARE YOU GOING TO CATCH A RIDE WITH YOUR AUNT? DO YOU RIDE THE BUS? YOU'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT TO THE GARAGE AND GET IN YOUR CAR.

OR EITHER YOU CAN CATCH AN UBER BECAUSE YOU CAN AFFORD IT.

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AND I READ SOMETHING RECENTLY ABOUT NOT BEING AFRAID TO BE IN A ROOM WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER SMARTER THAN YOU OR MORE CREATIVE.

NO ONE AROUND HERE INTIMIDATES ME.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU TO HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU PRESENT, BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU PUT OUT THERE, I REALIZE I MAY HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES ME STRONGER AS AN ADVOCATE, AND I CAN DO THAT ALL DAY WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE.

BUT RIDING THE BUS, DART BEING THE MAJOR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE WORKING POOR IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING.

WE CAN KEEP ENTERTAINING ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND SHOULD WE HAVE OR SHOULD WE NOT? BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT A CITY WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT THOSE VERY FOLKS WHO ARE CATCHING THE BUS FOR PRODUCTION AND WORK, DALLAS WOULD PROBABLY FALL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKET WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

SO THOSE ARE MY WORDS TODAY.

I KNOW WE'RE READY TO GO. WE'RE READY TO EAT, MAYOR.

BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE SOMETIMES FOLKS SAY WE LISTEN TO Y'ALL AT THE HORSESHOE AND WE CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT'S COMING AROUND THAT HORSESHOE.

I SAID, BELIEVE IT.

AND IT'S NOT REALLY. IT'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR TODAY WE'RE GOING TO STAND ON THE BUSINESS FOR DART.

WE'RE GOING TO STAND ON THE BUSINESS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED US THE MOST.

WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR THE WORKING POOR WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. ON THE BUSINESS I THANK THE BUSINESS CAN CHANGE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU STAY IN BUSINESS TOO LONG.

SOMETHING HAPPEN. BUT BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS NUMBER ONE IS WHO RIDE THE BUS, THE PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE BUSSES.

MOST PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME, WHO RIDE THE BUS.

AND I REMEMBER THE TIME THERE WAS A STREETCAR ON FOREST AVENUE THAT GOES FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING.

GO FROM THE FIRE TO OAK CLIFF.

YOU RIDE THE BUS, YOU FLIP THE SEAT TO RIDE BACK.

THAT'S HOW LONG AGO RIDING THE BUS.

BUT I ALSO LOOK AT THE INLAND PORT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IN THE PORT.

HOW DO YOU GET TO THOSE JOBS? ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING.

DON'T DO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

WE NEED BUSSES, WE NEED MORE BUSSES.

HOW TO GET THERE? AND THE PEOPLE HAVE TO RIDE BUSSES IN ORDER TO GET TO WORK.

I LOOK AT THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS THAT HOW DO PEOPLE GET TO WORK? WHO WORK? DOWNTOWN DALLAS IS BY BUS.

WE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE.

AND IT'S AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND ALSO ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW DO WE TRANSFER PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER PLACE WITH TRANSPORTATION.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE OF THE RIDERSHIP AND THE RIDERSHIP AGAIN, WHO LOOKED LIKE ME, WHO RIDE THE BUS IN ORDER TO GET TO WORK.

AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

WE ARE A GROWING CITY, SO THEREFORE WE DO NEED MORE TRANSIT AND I SUPPORT WHAT I SAID IS RIDERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND WE NEED DART TO TO PROVIDE THAT RIDERSHIP.

THANK YOU. MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. SO I'LL CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

AND THIS IS AROUND OUR LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA BEING PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

SO I SUSPECT THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A CHANGE MADE TO THAT BY THIS BODY.

HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT QUALITY OF LIFE OR MAYBE IT WAS PUBLIC SAFETY.

I RAISED THE ISSUE AROUND MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION IN CANADA.

SO WE'VE GOT A PACE CAR TO LOOK AT WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE.

AND THERE WAS RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE THAT SAID AFTER MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED IN CANADA, THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS MODERATELY INJURED, NOT MINOR INJURIES AND NOT DEATH IN THOSE CAR ACCIDENTS WHO WERE ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR THC, MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM LESS THAN 4% OF DRIVERS TO 8.6%.

SO MEASURING IMPAIRMENT IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT UNIFORM.

IT'S ARBITRARY.

IT'S NOT LIKE MEASURING BLOOD ALCOHOL.

IT DEALS WITH DIFFERENT COMPOSITION AND IT'S MORE COMPLEX.

SO WHEN WE CHARGE AHEAD ON THIS, IT CONCERNS ME.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE THIS KNOWN.

AND SO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WE'RE OPENING UP OUR ROADWAYS TO THIS.

WE TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO AND MAKING ROADWAYS SAFER.

AND YET THIS JUST SEEMS VERY CONTRARY TO THAT.

SO I THANK THIS BODY FOR ADDING TO THE AGENDA, PUTTING FUNDING IN PLACE, OR ASKING THAT FUNDING BE PUT IN PLACE TO STUDY IMPAIRMENT AND HOW TO MORE CONSISTENTLY MEASURE THIS AT THE STATE AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

BUT IT FEELS IRRESPONSIBLE TO CHARGE AHEAD WITH THIS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THAT CONCERN WAS RAISED.

AND IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT WITH REGARD TO HOW THIS IMPAIRMENT IS MEASURED, I JUST WANT IT ON YOUR RADAR.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST MISS MENDELSON'S MOTION ON ITEM 36?

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FOR THE RECORD, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

SO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, ALL THE RESPECT IN THE WORLD FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW THAT. AND I TYPICALLY AGREE WITH YOUR APPROACH TO HOW YOU HANDLE YOUR COMMITTEE'S BUSINESS.

I THINK YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

I PERSONALLY WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THE WAY I THINK, TYPICALLY, I SEE COMMITTEE CHAIRS HANDLE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THEIR COMMITTEES.

AND THE WAY I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN, WOULD HAVE BEEN TO AT LEAST PRESENT THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE, AS IS.

AND THEN FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, BE PUT FORWARD IN THE FORM OF AN AMENDMENT TO THAT.

SO WHILE IT'S YOUR COMPLETELY WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION TO DO IT THE WAY YOU DID IT I JUST THINK FOR PRECEDENTIAL VALUE, I WOULD RATHER SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, ALL OF THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR COMMITTEE DOES SOME WORK TO PRODUCE THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BODY, SO TO SPEAK, LET'S GET THAT OUT THERE.

AND ANY DEVIATIONS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE TO THAT, EVEN FROM THE COMMITTEE CHAIR PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT, BUT PUT OUT WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S PRODUCT WAS FIRST.

SO AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN I ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE OR AGREE WITH, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T AGREE WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE. I THINK I WOULD, BUT I DO THINK FOR PROCESS PURPOSES I WANT TO SUPPORT I WANT TO MAKE SURE COMMITTEE WORK CONTINUES TO BE VALUABLE.

AND I WANT COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO FEEL LIKE THE MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES, TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN SHOW UP AT COMMITTEES, PUT IN THE WORK, AND THEN ON THE FLOOR, THE CHAIR CAN YOU PRESENT SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE WAS? I JUST DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S AS IN THE LONG TERM AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE BODY AS A WHOLE, THAT'S A PRESENT THAT WE WANT TO SET.

SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'M GOING TO OPPOSE YOUR MOTION, BUT NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF IT.

IT'S REALLY A PROCEDURAL ISSUE FOR ME.

SO CHAIRWOMAN MITCHELL, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FOR ONE MINUTE.

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY STATED IS IT THE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER THAT A CHAIR WOULD THEN AMEND ITS OWN MOTION AMENDMENT? WOULD THE MAKER OF A MOTION THEN AMEND THEIR OWN MOTION LATER? THE ANSWER IS YES, YOU CAN, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY NOT.

WHAT IS GUIDED BY ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER? IS THAT CORRECT? I'LL LET THE PARLIAMENTARIAN GIVE YOU A ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER ANSWER TO THAT.

BUT I DO KNOW THERE'S NOTHING THAT PROHIBITS YOU FROM AMENDING YOUR OWN MOTION.

THERE ARE, THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR PROVISIONS THAT DEAL WITH SPEAKING AGAINST DRONE MOTION.

BUT AMENDING YOUR OWN MOTION SOMETIMES IS WHAT'S NECESSARY TO SAVE IT.

I'VE SEEN THAT DONE BEFORE.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT ABOUT SPEAKING.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO I WANT TO LET HER RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION FIRST, SINCE THAT WAS ME.

THAT WAS ME TALKING.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, YOU CAN AMEND YOUR OWN MOTION, BUT YOU CANNOT SPEAK AGAINST YOUR OWN MOTION.

BUT IF THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEMS THAT YOU LATER WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST, WOULDN'T YOU BE SPEAKING AGAINST YOUR OWN MOTION? NOT IF YOU AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THEM, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME.

IF THE MOTION WAS MADE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS, AND THEN YOU LATER WISH TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE AN ITEM BECAUSE YOU WISH TO SPEAK AGAINST IT, WOULDN'T YOU BE SPEAKING AGAINST YOUR OWN MOTION? NO, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S THAT'S POSSIBLY TRUE.

BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPTION TO HAVE THE MOTION MADE BY SOMEONE ELSE.

IF YOU YOU COULD IF THIS WAS THE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU KIND OF CAME INTO THE MEETING KNOWING THE INTENT WAS GOING TO BE TO DO THAT, YOU COULD HAVE ASKED YOUR VICE CHAIR OR ANYBODY ELSE TO MAKE THE MOTION. SO YOU'D BE FREE TO DO THAT AND AVOID THE PARLIAMENTARY QUANDARY THAT THAT PUTS US IN.

BUT THE SPIRIT OF YOUR QUESTION IS WELL TAKEN.

AND MY HOPEFULLY MY RESPONSE IS WELL TAKEN AS WELL, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOUR YOUR THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ROLE AS A CHAIRMAN OR MY ROLE AS A PRESIDING OFFICER AND YOUR ROLE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR DISTRICT.

I WANT TO RESPECT BOTH ROLES, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO UNDERMINE COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION BY PEOPLE THINKING WE VOTED ON IT.

BUT THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS GOING TO COME UP TO THE HORSESHOE AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ANYWAY.

SO WHY DO I EVEN NEED TO PARTICIPATE? I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO BECOME A THING.

YES. SO THAT'S MY RATIONALE HERE.

BUT SO I WOULD STILL BUT YOU STILL HAVE TIME.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME. RIGHT.

SO IN MY ONE MOMENT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT CERTAINLY HAVING BEEN AT LOTS OF LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS, I ALREADY UNDERSTOOD WHERE THE BODY

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THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION OF WHERE EVERYONE WAS.

BUT I ALSO NEEDED TO RETAIN THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AGAINST THINGS THAT I AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT 12, NEEDED TO DO SO.

AND SO THAT WAS MY INTENT AND WHY I DID IT THE WAY I DID, AND ALSO WHY THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY INCLUSIVE PROCESS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE EFFORT. SO WITH THAT, IT WILL, I'M SURE, BE ANOTHER 1401 VOTE.

AND THAT WAS INDEED EXPECTED.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING AND YOU CAN I WON'T EVEN NEED ANYWHERE NEAR FIVE, 3 OR 1 MINUTES.

SO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS OBVIOUSLY A UNIQUE THING.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADVOCATE OR NOT ADVOCATE FOR ANY PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA YOU WANT IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY OR TO USE YOUR YOU KNOW, YOUR YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, BUT IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T PREVENT YOU FROM MAKING YOUR POSITION KNOWN ON INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH.

LIKE THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO SILENCE ANYONE.

SO I WILL PERSONALLY TELL YOU THAT I DON'T SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND PROBABLY NEVER HAVE.

BUT IT WON'T STOP ME FROM PICKING UP THE PHONE OR GOING DOWN.

AND IF I FEEL THAT STRONGLY ABOUT SOMETHING TO SAY, WELL, I FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT THIS.

BUT WE DO HAVE A STATED POSITION OF THE CITY ON THE MATTERS THAT ARE IN THE AGENDA.

SO THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT WE PUT IN THAT PROGRAM THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE WORLD AND SAY, THIS IS THE STATED POSITION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND WHAT THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FILL IN THE BLANK FEELS ABOUT THAT.

YOU DON'T GET HANDCUFFED BY A VOTE OF THIS BODY FROM BEING ABLE TO GO AND ADVOCATE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE CASE.

SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL THAT THAT'S SOMETHING BECAUSE I WON'T I WON'T FEEL CONSTRAINED IN THAT WAY.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD EITHER.

SO BUT THE AGENDA IS, WHATEVER WE VOTE TODAY, THAT'S THE AGENDA.

AND I WILL NEVER MISREPRESENT.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE SHOULD EITHER, THAT THAT'S OUR AGENDA.

I MEAN, LIKE WHEN YOU GO DOWN THERE, IF YOU GO DOWN ON YOUR OWN, I, YOU WOULD BE SPEAKING OUT OF TURN IF YOU SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHERE THE CITY OF DALLAS IS, IT'S NOT WHERE THE CITY OF DALLAS IS, IS WHAT'S IN THAT AGENDA.

BUT YOU CAN SAY, BUT I FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT, AND YOU CAN LEAN ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH FOLKS TO, TO BASICALLY SAY, I THINK THIS I HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THIS, BUT I WAS OUTVOTED ON THAT OR THE PROCESS.

DIDN'T AGREE WITH ME ON THAT.

THAT NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR RIGHT AWAY TO DO THAT.

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE VOTE ON RIGHT NOW, WILL BE THE POSITION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS FROM THE LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT.

SO YEAH.

GO AHEAD. SO NUMBER ONE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY AS CHAIR, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN THE OTHERS.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL NOT ON MY OWN, GO ADVOCATE FOR ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT THAT IS CONTRARY TO WHAT IS OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO VOTE NO HERE.

I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THE OTHER MEMBERS, I DON'T THINK AS CHAIR, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.

NUMBER TWO I HAD ASKED SOMEBODY ELSE TO MAKE THIS MOTION, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEPARATE OUT THE PENSION ITEM.

I SENT EVERYONE A MEMO YESTERDAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOT VOTE ON THE PENSION ITEM AS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, THAT THAT MOTION HASN'T BEEN MADE YET.

SO ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION NOW? I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUE TO MAKE IT, AND IF NOT, I DON'T WANT A VOTE TO PROCEED WITHOUT THAT MOTION BEING MADE.

SO I WILL MAKE IT IF HE DOES NOT.

I MEAN, YEAH, WELL.

BUT I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE VOTING ON THAT ITEM.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION THEN TO REMOVE THE PENSION ITEM FROM THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AS WRITTEN.

OBJECTION. OKAY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON SOMETHING.

YOUR MOTION.

IF WE VOTE ON IT NOW AND IT WERE TO FAIL, THERE WOULD BE NOTHING IN FRONT OF THE BODY.

AND THEN A MOTION COULD BE MADE BY ANYONE, YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO DO.

I THINK WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO.

SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD CAUSE ME TO AFFIRMATIVELY VOTE FOR AN ITEM THAT I'VE RECUSED MYSELF ON.

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OKAY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT MOTION.

GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A MOVE TO DIVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY TO CONSIDER THE SEPARATE THE PENSION PRIORITY. THAT'S A MOTION.

SO THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

COULD YOU, CHAIRMAN ATKINS, MAYOR PRO TEM OF INFORMATION.

MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR POINT OF INFORMATION.

I WAS GOING TO LET HIM CLARIFY WHAT HIS MOTION WAS.

FIRST, LET IT CLARIFY.

YEAH. CAN YOU JUST SAY IT AGAIN? AND I'M NOT GOING TO COUNT THAT AGAINST YOUR TIME TO MOVE, TO DIVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, TO CONSIDER, TO SEPARATE THE PENSION PRIORITIES, THE PENSION.

SO THAT WAS THE MOTION TO SEPARATE OUT THE PENSION.

IT WAS SECONDED.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION NOW? POINT OF INFORMATION. YES, YES.

MR. MAYOR, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE TO BE THE SECOND ON THAT VOTE? BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S LIKE BEING PART OF THAT VOTE.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING.

I WILL SECOND IT.

THE PARLIAMENTARIAN SAYS IT'S FINE.

OKAY. THAT'S FINE.

JUST JUST NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE.

ME NEITHER. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

THANK YOU. I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY TOO.

OKAY, SO, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION TO DIVIDE.

IF YOU. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE.

IT'S JUST SO SORRY.

THAT'S NOT A DEBATABLE MOTION, ACTUALLY.

SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE IS ONE VOTE IN OPPOSITION.

SO NOW IT'S BEEN DIVIDED OUT.

THE PENSION ISSUE HAS BEEN DIVIDED OUT.

SO WE'RE STILL IT'S STILL MISS MENDELSSOHN'S ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT WITHOUT THE PENSION PROVISION.

SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK AND DEAL WITH THE EVERYTHING IN HER MOTION.

BUT THE PENSION FIRST.

WE'LL DISPOSE OF THAT FIRST.

SO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST MISS MENDELSSOHN'S MOTION, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL MOTION SHE MADE SIGNS THE PENSION SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. DO YOU WANT A RECORD VOTE ON THAT TOO? SO YOU CAN HEAR IT. SO YOU CAN SO YOU CAN SEE IT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE A RECORD VOTE.

WE'LL HAVE A RECORD VOTE TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

CAN YOU GET CLARITY? GIVE CLARITY PLEASE, MR. MAYOR, ON THE THE VOTE THAT IS BEING TAKEN.

YES, I WILL HAPPY TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. AND IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME.

BUT WE ARE SO MISS MENDELSSOHN'S MOTION, WHICH I'M NOT SURE I EVER GOT REDUCED TO WRITING.

MAYBE IT DID FINALLY GET IT.

NEVER DID. IT WAS HER MOTION THAT YOU HEARD HER SAY.

AND THEN IT WAS AMENDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO REMOVE THE PENSION PORTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

SO WE'RE NOW VOTING ON EVERYTHING.

MISS MENDELSOHN MOVED WITHOUT THE PENSION, BUT WITH HER AMENDMENTS AND NOT AMENDMENTS, HER MOTION HAD CHANGES IN IT.

SO IT'S MISS MENDELSOHN MOTION MINUS PENSION.

THAT'S WHAT THE VOTE IS ABOUT TO BE.

AND WE ACTUALLY KIND OF JUST HAD IT.

BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RECORD VERSION OF IT.

SO I COULDN'T EXACTLY TELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MORENO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACIE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ARNOLD. I'M A NO.

OKAY, I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN IT ONE MORE TIME SO YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY VOTING THE WAY YOU WANT TO, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN DIVIDED.

IT'S ART. THE PENSION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM MISS MENDELSOHN'S MOTION, BUT IT'S STILL MISS MENDELSOHN'S ORIGINAL MOTION.

THAT MAKES THE CHANGES ON THE MARIJUANA.

THAT MAKES THE CHANGES ON OTHER THINGS.

RANKED CHOICE VOTING, ALL THAT STUFF.

THE STUFF YOU WANT TO ADD.

SO THE POINT IS, IS IT'S ACTUALLY STILL HER MOTION.

JUST NO PENSION.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO START OVER BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT YOU GUYS WEREN'T CLEAR ON WHAT YOU WERE VOTING ON.

I THOUGHT I CLARIFIED IT, BUT I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

LET'S DO IT AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MORENO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACIE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ARNOLD. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

NARVAEZ. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SCHULTZ. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MENDELSOHN. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS.

NO. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

NO. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

MAYOR. JOHNSON.

NO. WITH ONE VOTING IN FAVOR, 14 OPPOSED.

THAT MOTION FAILS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, NOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE.

AND NO, BECAUSE IT KIND OF IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHICH ORDER WE DO THIS IN, BUT I WANT TO DO THIS THIS WAY.

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TECHNICALLY WHEN WE DIVIDE THE QUESTION, THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT FROM MISS MENDELSON'S MOTION THAT'S LEFT IS JUST THAT PENSION PIECE.

BUT THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE REST OF THE AGENDA.

SO YOU CAN VOTE THIS PENSION PIECE NOW AND THEN.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE REST OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO WE CAN DO IT EITHER.

EITHER WAY, I MEAN, IT'S OUT NOW.

IT'S SEPARATE. IT'S BY ITSELF.

NOW IT'S JUST STANDING OUT THERE.

SO SINCE SINCE YOU WOULD BE RECUSED ON THE PENSION MATTER, WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A NEW MOTION FOR THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

WITHOUT THAT, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, WHILE YOU CAN VOTE AND THEN YOU CAN LEAVE AND WE CAN VOTE ON THE ON THE PENSION PIECE BY ITSELF SO WE CAN DO IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU A NEW MOTION.

YOU WANT TO OFFER A NEW MOTION.

IS IT GOING TO BE ONE THAT WORKS FOR YOU? IT'S GOING TO BE ONE THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE, WHICH IS THE CLARIFICATION FROM GAMBLING ON THE SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 19.

SEEK CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING TO SEEK CLARITY REGARDING CARD ROOMS. WHICH PAGE IS THAT? THIS IS ON PAGE FIVE OF THE OPTION TWO, A APPENDIX OF THE DRAFT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.

IT'S NUMBER 19.

IT SAYS SEEK CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING.

AND INSTEAD OF THE WORD GAMBLING.

POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR.

THERE'S NO SECOND DISCUSSION.

I'M NOT EVEN. I'M ACTUALLY CONSULTING WITH THE PARLIAMENTARIAN, AND I'M SORRY.

YOU SHOULD JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT WHAT THE MOTION ACTUALLY WAS FIRST.

WHAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT'S IN THERE STILL.

BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M CLEAR YET.

ON WHAT? WHAT? EVEN YOU MOVED YET? ONE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.

SO IF YOU'LL RESTATE IT AND WE GET A SECOND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.

BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IT'S PROPER, IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PENSION HAS BEEN REMOVED AND ALL THAT.

SO GO AHEAD. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AS PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE ON PAGE FIVE OF OPTION TWO, A APPENDIX, ITEM 19, WHERE IT SAYS SEEK CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING.

CHANGE WORD GAMBLING TO CARDROOMS. AND YES, THE INTENT INCLUDES KEEPING THE PENSION AS A SEPARATE ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE MOVED TO SECOND.

MENDELSOHN, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

I'M CLEAR NOW. THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK I NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT.

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

OH, DID YOU NEED TO GET IN? MISS BLACKMON, IT'S OKAY.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, I GOT YOU.

OKAY, SO APPARENTLY THE RESOLUTION STILL HAS CONFLICTING LANGUAGE RELATING TO DART, SO WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF THAT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW.

I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THIS EMOTION TO FOLLOW THE TRANSPORTATION'S LANGUAGE, TRANSPORTATION CHAIR AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE'S LANGUAGE, UNLESS THERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT LANGUAGE AVAILABLE.

AND I WOULD DEFER MY FOUR MINUTES TO MAKE THAT MOTION, CAN I CAN I HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, PLEASE? YEAH. YOU STATE YOUR INQUIRY AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A SECOND FOR THAT, BUT HOLD ON A SECOND, OKAY? HOLD ON GENERALLY MEANS DON'T DO THAT, BUT.

OKAY. GO ON.

OKAY. I, I JUST WANTED TO ASK.

IT SEEMS THAT MAIN MOTIONS ARE BEING MADE WITH AMENDMENTS.

WOULD WE NOT HAVE A CLEANER PROCESS IF WE WERE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, SO THAT IT COULD BE BUILT UP WITH EACH AMENDMENT? FROM OUR THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE TO DO IT AROUND HERE.

BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR WHATEVER REASON ON THIS ITEM.

SO I'M JUST MAKING I CAN'T CONTROL Y'ALL'S MOTIONS.

I CAN ONLY TRY TO WORK WITH WHAT I GET.

BUT NORMALLY WE DON'T. WE DON'T DO ALL THIS.

IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT YES, THAT IS THAT IS TRUE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO IT WAS MOVED.

MISS BLACKMAN'S MOTION WAS MOVED AND SECONDED.

SO. AND I BELIEVE I HAVE BETTER CLARIFYING AND CLARIFYING AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE I WAS DOING A CURVEBALL.

SORRY, SIR. WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME, BUT GO AHEAD.

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THERE'S NO OBJECTION. SO YOUR YOUR MOTION IS WITHDRAWN.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION NOW.

AND SO I, I GIVE MY TIME TO THE CHAIR TO MAKE THE MOTION BECAUSE HE.

HE HAS THE MOTION.

HE HAS THE MOTION. THE WHICH CHAIR? CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S A CURVEBALL INSIDE OF A SCREWBALL.

A FLOATER. A FLOATER.

GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

POINT OF INFORMATION.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DOES THE CURRENT MOTION INCLUDE AMENDMENTS STILL? YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I'M JUST. I'M JUST NODDING LIKE A VENTRILOQUIST RIGHT THERE.

BUT I'M. I'M EQUALLY AS SORT OF LIKE.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DID IT THIS WAY, BUT GO AHEAD, MR. CHAIRMAN. NARVAEZ, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THIS MOTION THAT YOU'RE MAKING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE? NO. YOU'RE NOT. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

YOU GOT DRAFTED.

I HEARD A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY.

STATE YOUR INQUIRY.

MRS MENDELSOHN. WELL, PERHAPS IF I COULD REVISE MY MAIN MOTION.

THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW IT? I'LL WITHDRAW. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? THE MOTION IS WITHDRAWN.

I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ANOTHER ONE.

THANK YOU. TAKE ANOTHER TRY.

FOLKS, LET'S DO IT.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AS PRESENTED WITH THE DIVIDED QUESTION FOR PENSION.

SO THAT'S ASIDE WITH REMOVAL OF THE RESTRUCTURE MUNICIPAL DART SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION THAT IS ON PAGE ONE OF THE PROGRAM AND A REVISION A STRIKING OF THE WORD GAMBLING ON PAGE FIVE, ITEM 19, TO BE REPLACED WITH THE WORDS CARD ROOMS. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? DID I SAY IT WRONG? THE POINT OF INFORMATION JUST.

THERE'S NO SECOND FOR THAT.

WE'RE GONNA TRY AGAIN. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE MOVING TO APPROVE ITEM 36 WITH THE PENSION REMOVED.

THAT'S THE. THAT'S THE MOTION.

AND IT WAS SECONDED.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

DELETING, RESTRUCTURE, MUNICIPAL DART SALES TAX CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND SEEK CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING TO, TO AND AMEND AND CHANGE.

SEEK CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING.

TO SEEK CLARITY REGARDING CARDROOMS. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. MAYOR? THE FIRST PART WAS WHAT TRANSPORTATION HAD VOTED IN.

VOTE 6 TO 1 TO BRING FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE THAT REMOVED, LEAVING THE FULL FUNDING IN THERE.

AND THEN I, I ADDED THE CARD ROOM PORTION BECAUSE THE CHAIR OF GPM ASKED IF I COULD JUST ADD IT TO THIS MOTION SO THAT WE COULD HAVE ONE MOTION AND GET THESE TWO ITEMS CLEANED UP AND MAKE THIS AN EASIER PROCESS.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT GOING TO DEBATE ABOUT DART AND ALL OF THAT.

I THINK WE'VE DONE ENOUGH OF THAT.

WE NEED TO FULLY FUND IT AND THAT'S THAT.

AND THEN WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT CLARITY ON THE ON THE CARD ROOM SO THAT WE CAN END THAT VERY LONG LAWSUIT THAT WE'RE IN SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THIS AMENDMENT.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS WHERE I AM NOW.

I THINK WE'RE DOING MORE OF A DISSERVICE TO THE TO THE PUBLIC AS WE ROLL THROUGH THIS.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN DOWN.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED HERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE GOT OFF THE CHARTER.

IF WE DON'T READ THE DETAILS, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS, AND YOU HAVE MANY DEVILS WHO ARE PUTTING THE DETAILS IN IT.

AND IF YOU DON'T STAY WOKE ON IT AND STAND ON YOUR BUSINESS OF READING, THEN WE GET SLIGHTED.

AND SO FOR ME, I NEED CLARITY FROM THE ATTORNEY.

IF WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY TO SPEAK ON THIS IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS MOTION IS ASKING, ARE WE INDEED REMOVING ALL LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO GUTTING THE FUNDING FOR DART? YES. THERE WAS A CONFLICT IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, AND THIS NOW REMOVES THAT CONFLICT.

IT SAYS DELETE THE RESTRUCTURE MUNICIPAL DART SALES TAX CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.

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COULD YOU COME UP TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO STAND ON? BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED YOU GOT TO GET BURNED AROUND HERE TO LEARN, AND I'VE GOTTEN BURNED.

SO NOW I'M LEARNING TO ASK THE QUESTION SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE.

IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? WOULD THAT BE IN TERMS OF YOUR REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THE DART BOARD? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, GBFM HAD LANGUAGE, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, HAD LANGUAGE.

WE SUPPORT THE LANGUAGE FROM TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT STAYS AND THE ONE THAT'S BEING REMOVED.

NOW, WE I WOULD SUPPORT IT AS A, AS A I CAN'T SAY WE I AS A DART BOARD MEMBER WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE DART PART IS TAKEN CARE OF.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON.

NOW THE NEXT PART ABOUT THE CART, I MEAN ABOUT THE GAMBLING AND THE CARD ROOM.

WHAT ARE WE FOR? MAYOR, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME CLARIFICATION, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE MR..

IF I CAN DIRECT THAT TO MR. NARVAEZ. YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

VERY QUICKLY. SO WHAT THAT AMENDMENT DOES IS CHANGES THE WORD FROM SEEK CLARITY REGARDING GAMBLING AND CHANGES THE WORD GAMBLING TO CARD ROOMS. SO THAT WAY GAMBLING IS NO LONGER IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WHICH IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE WANTED IN THIS ROOM.

AND IN ORDER TO NOT GIVE ANGST TO OUR COLLEAGUES.

AND SO THAT WAS WHAT MR. WEST HAD PROPOSED. AND I AGREE WITH THAT LANGUAGE, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THAT WORD GAMBLING IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ANYMORE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK IN ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, WE WERE SEEKING CLARITY ON THE GAMBLING.

SO I WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

I'M CLEAR ON THAT NOW.

BUT THE LAST QUESTION TO THE ATTORNEYS WOULD BE, IS THIS CONVERSATION OF THE CONTENT OF WHAT WE DISCUSSING? WOULD IT WOULD IT PRESENT ITSELF AGAIN? AND YOU SAID IN DECEMBER, WHEN WE VOTE AGAIN TO THE ATTORNEYS OR WHOEVER YOU WANT TO CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT.

I BELIEVE THE CHAIR OF THE AD HOC LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SAID THAT SHE WOULD REVISIT THE ITEM OR THE THE PROGRAM IN DECEMBER AFTER WE SEE KIND OF WHAT THE LEGISLATURE STARTS FILING.

SO THIS MAY COME UP AGAIN AND WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AGAIN.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE'RE IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, IT'S MORE OF A DISSERVICE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN.

AND WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO TRY TO IMAGINE WHAT'S BEING STATED.

AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS CREATE A HARM THAT WE CANNOT UNDO WITHOUT GOING THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S MY GOAL. AND DESIRE HERE IS TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

EXCUSE ME, BUT MAKE SURE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY VOTE MATTERS.

AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE I AM.

SO I THINK I'VE GOTTEN THE CLARITY THAT I NEED AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHAIR IS POSSIBLY GOING TO BRING THIS BACK UP AGAIN, JUST HOLISTICALLY, BEFORE WE GET TO AUSTIN, I THINK I'M IN A BETTER PLACE. THANK YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. NARVAEZ AMENDMENT.

YES. CAN I JUST GET CLARIFICATION FROM REPRESENTATIVE AND OGAR, PLEASE? I UNDERSTAND THE CLARITY THAT IS IN THE CURRENT MOTION OF COD HOUSES SPECIFICALLY VERSUS GAMBLING.

WHAT DOES THIS DO TO THE OTHER GAMBLING ITEMS AS A POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE HAVE APPROVED IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

KERRY ROGERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

OTHER GAMBLING ITEMS ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE ONES UNDER SUPPORT AND MONITOR, ETC.? SO PRESUMABLY IF IT'S JUST UNDER MONITOR OR SUPPORT, YOU'RE NOT DIRECTING STAFF TO GO SPECIFICALLY FILE A BILL AND FIND A BILL AUTHOR.

YOUR KNOW, I'M AWARE OF THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.

CLARIFICATION. I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS LANGUAGE, BECAUSE I GET THE CLARITY SPECIFIC TO COD HOUSES VERSUS GAMBLING AS A WHOLE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT STRIKE THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE TO SUPPORT, EVEN IF THEY'RE PUT ONTO THE BACK BURNER LIKE WE'VE DISCUSSED ON WHAT WOULD BE FRONT FACING VERSUS WATCH LIST.

THAT'S CORRECT SIR. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MOTION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN CORRECT ME IS IT DOESN'T MAKE CHANGES TO THAT ON PAGE ONE UNDER THE GFM PORTFOLIO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ROGERS.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY WOKE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HAVE THIS AND.

YEAH. AND STANDING ON BUSINESS.

SO WE I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.

I THINK THAT IT IS BUILT IN SOME THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S KNOWN THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT THE CUTTING OF FUNDING FOR DART.

I THINK THAT IN ESPECIALLY IN THE MANNER THAT IT'S BEEN DONE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING MEMBER CITIES, THAT IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUTURE OF

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AND THIS WAS DONE VERY LACKLUSTER FROM OUR MUNICIPAL COLLEAGUES.

THEY DECIDED TO TAKE UP ACTION WITHOUT CONFERRING WITH THE BIGGEST CITY.

AND I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHENEVER THESE TYPE OF BIG DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.

THE REALITY IS, IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FOR A REGIONAL ENTITY AND WE LOOK AT WHERE THERE ARE GAPS IN OUR SERVICE, THERE IS MUCH MORE THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION THAT IS BEING SOUGHT AFTER DOING IT IN THE 11TH HOUR, WITH A DEADLINE APPROACHING BECAUSE OF BILLS BEING FILED AND NOT KNOWING THE TRUE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS THAT THIS WOULD BRING ON WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY IN THE REGION AS THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO I THINK THAT IT IS IS IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY NOT NOT ONLY SUPPORT BRINGING THIS OFF, BUT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND ARTICULATE NOT ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BUT FOR THE MEDIA WHO'S LISTENING AS WELL, TO KNOW THAT DALLAS NEEDS TO LEAD ON THIS ISSUE.

AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR LEADING UP TO THIS POINT IS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TRYING TO TAKE THE LEAD.

THE REALITY IS WE ARE DALLAS IT SAYS DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAD ON THIS ISSUE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ MOTION.

SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

I'M GOING TO CONSULT WITH THE PARLIAMENTARIAN JUST TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT TO DISPOSE OF THIS MATTER ONCE AND FOR ALL.

AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LUNCH.

THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO HIS MAIN MOTION.

NOW IT'S INTO THE MAIN THE WHOLE THING AS I MENTIONED.

ALRIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE BACK ON ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM MOTION.

AS IT WAS AMENDED BY CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MAIN MOTION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

SO THE MAIN MOTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED WITH CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ AMENDMENTS.

I GOT TO MAKE A MOTION. I GOT A MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM IS RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PENSION PRIORITY AS FOLLOWED.

MONITOR THE FUNDS AND OVERSIGHT RELATION TO PENSION.

PURSUE LEGISLATIVE TO CLARIFY THE CITY FUNDING PLAN FOR THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM.

PENSION PROJECT WILL BE WILL BE OVERSEEN BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PENSION AND NOT THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

AND BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I WANT TO JUST SAY, WHILE WE GOT EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE PEOPLE WATCHING ON TV, ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSTANGS OF ALL TIME, THE SCORE OF THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN AND THE OFFICIAL IRON SKILLET GAME TUNNEL.

ATKINS THE MAYOR PRO TEM, TAKE IT AWAY.

EXPLAIN THE MOTION WHILE YOU GOT SOME MUSTANGS IN THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU, DON, FOR THE NICE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. BUT ANYWAY.

BUT THE MAIN MOTION IS NUMBER ONE THAT I CHAIR THE LEGISLATIVE MR. MENDELSOHN WOULD NOT BE TALKING ANYTHING ABOUT LEGISLATIVE DURING THE PENSION.

IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

I KNOW WE GOT A GREAT CONFIDENCE ON OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT COULD CONFIRM THIS LEGISLATION AND GET STUFF DONE.

SO THEREFORE I HOPE EVERYBODY APPROVES THIS LEGISLATION.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AS THE CHAIR OF THE PENSION.

AND THE GUY WHO.

WHO SCORED THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN IN THE VERY FIRST IRON SKILLET GAME, I'M GONNA FOLLOW MY LEADER OVER HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A TOUCHDOWN FOR YOU ON THIS ONE, TOO.

MR. MR. ATKINS.

I'M VOTING YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION BY OUR DISTINGUISHED MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE GRAY MUSTANG ON THE HORSESHOE AT ALL? MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE VOTE TO APPROVE IT, I GOT A PICTURE TO SHOW YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO BRING THE PICTURE AROUND TO SHOW YOU.

OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT HE'S OVER 100 YEARS OLD.

HE DIDN'T PLAY IN THE FIRST EVER SMU TCU GAME.

HE SCORED THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN IN THE IN THE GAME, WHERE IT WAS DEEMED THE IRON SKILLET GAME.

AND THE SKILLET WAS CREATED.

SO HE DID SCORE IN THE FIRST IRON SKILLET GAME, BUT NOT IN THE FIRST TIME TCU AND SMU EVER PLAYED.

THAT WAS THAT WAS OVER 100.

HE'S NOT THAT OLD. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN DID RECUSE HERSELF AND LEAVE THE CHAMBER.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

YOU MAY RETURN TO THE CHAMBER.

AGENDA ITEM 37 AND 38 WILL BE HELD IN CLOSED SESSION.

[39. Authorize the nomination of a candidate(s) for election to the Board of Directors of Dallas Central Appraisal District, in accordance with Senate Bill 2 (signed into law on July 24, 2023) - Financing: No cost consideration to the City 24-3093]

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SIGNED INTO LAW ON JULY 24TH, 2023.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT TWO NOMINEES WERE SUBMITTED LARRY OFFUTT AND BETH NUNLEY.

MAZZIOTTA. IF APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, THESE TWO NOMINEES WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE ELECTION BALLOT.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

YES, I MOVED TO.

I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS NOMINATE BETH MAZZIOTTA TO THE 2025 DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PLEDGE ALL VOTES TO HER ELECTION.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND DISCUSSION.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN. YES? YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. LAST YEAR, WE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BETH TO THIS APPOINTMENT.

THE PROCESS CHANGED BECAUSE NOW PEOPLE CAN DIRECTLY ELECT A PORTION OF THE BOARD.

BUT DALLAS WHERE WE ORIGINALLY COULD NOMINATE ONE PERSON, WE NO LONGER CAN DO THAT.

WHAT WE GET INSTEAD ARE VOTES, AND WE GET A PRO RATA SHARE OF VOTES.

AND IF WE PLEDGE ALL OF OUR VOTES TO ONE PERSON, THAT ONE PERSON WILL BE ELECTED.

THEY WILL RECEIVE ENOUGH VOTES.

IF WE DIVIDE UP OUR VOTES, IT'S POSSIBLE NOBODY WOULD ACTUALLY BE REPRESENTING DALLAS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COALESCE AROUND ONE NOMINEE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING MULTIPLE NOMINEES.

BETH HAS BEEN DOING THIS JOB FOR ONE YEAR.

SHE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.

CHECKED UP ON HER. SHE'S ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS.

SHE'S DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO DO.

SHE CHAIRS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION OF DALLAS, AND SHE'S GOT AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN REAL ESTATE.

SHE'S GOT A VERY FUN PERSONALITY IF YOU'VE MET HER.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK MAKES HER UNIQUE AS A CANDIDATE IS THAT SHE IS WILLING TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ABOUT HOW THE APPRAISALS ARE BEING DONE. YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE TIMELINESS OF THAT.

SO I THINK SHE'S A REALLY STRONG CANDIDATE, AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL ALLOW HER TO CONTINUE HER SERVICE.

THIS IS NOT UNLIKE CITY COUNCIL, WHERE IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RAMP UP.

OUR LAST APPOINTEE, JOHN THREADGILL, SERVED, I BELIEVE, EIGHT YEARS IN THAT ROLE.

AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE EFFECTIVE THE LONGER YOU SERVE.

SO I'M PROUD TO HELP BRING HER NAME FORWARD.

THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE MEMO TO NOMINATE HER.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY.

YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM 39.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD MR. LARRY OFFUTT AS A SECOND CANDIDATE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR AMENDMENT? YES. I'M NOMINATING MR. OFFUTT BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS HE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF SERVICE, HE IS A RESIDENT OF BRYAN PLACE IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH HAS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH APPRAISALS AND IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF DISCUSSION IN MY DISTRICT ABOUT THE UNEVEN APPRAISALS THAT ARE OCCURRING AT THE CAT.

AND SO HE IS A CANDIDATE WHO WILL BE VERY EXPERIENCED IN CIVIC AFFAIRS FAIRS.

AND WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING IN DISTRICT 14 WITH THESE UNEVEN APPRAISALS, MICHELLE IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MR. RIDLEY'S AMENDMENT TO MISS MENDELSON'S MOTION.

THANK YOU. I WOULD ACTUALLY USE SOME OF MY TIME TO ASK A COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN QUESTION.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE LOGIC OF HAVING ONE PERSON VERSUS TWO? BECAUSE IF TWO PEOPLE VOTE THE SAME, DOESN'T THAT GIVE US THE SAME VOTING POWER? SURE. I'D ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES THAT ARE GIVEN, AS WELL AS OUR APPORTIONMENT OF THOSE VOTES.

AND IF SHE COULD EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS.

OKAY. I THINK IT WILL BECOME EVIDENT.

THANK YOU. I'LL BE REAL BRIEF.

THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS 31 ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THAT MAKES UP THAT THAT MAKES THAT'S IN THE COUNTY.

THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS 905 VOTES THAT WE CAN CAST TOWARDS A NOMINEE OR OR NOMINEES OF THE 5000 VOTES AMONGST THE 31 ENTITIES.

SO IF AS FAR AS THE LOGIC, IF IF WE SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE, THEN WE WOULD DIVIDE OUR VOTES, WHICH COULD DECREASE OUR CHANCES OF HAVING A MEMBER SERVING ON THAT BOARD UNLESS THEY WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND VOTE SIMILARLY.

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ANY OF THE OTHER 31 ENTITIES OR OR WITHIN OURS DIVIDING OUR 905 VOTES, WHICH I BELIEVE WE'RE THE SECOND, WE HAVE THE SECOND HIGHEST AFTER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID MAYBE IS CONFUSING.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY.

THEY WILL BE A NOMINEE.

AND IF WE SAY THAT ONE OF THEM GETS 452 AND ONE GETS 453, THEY ARE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY WILL ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES THAT BILIERAE.

WAS MENTIONING WILL ALSO PLEDGE THEIR VOTES.

AND THE TOP VOTE GETTERS ARE THE ONES WHO WILL SERVE ON THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GIVING ALL OF OUR VOTES TO ONE CANDIDATE IN THIS SCENARIO, WE MAY NOT HAVE ONE OF THE TOP PEOPLE, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE NOBODY WHO WILL REPRESENT DALLAS.

THANK YOU THAT THANK YOU.

THAT EXPLAINED IT. THANK YOU.

AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST CHAIRMAN RIDLEY'S MOTION, HIS AMENDMENT TO MISS MENDELSON'S MOTION? ACTUALLY I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

I JUST HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY.

STATE YOUR INQUIRY. SO I HAD SPECIFIED IN MY MOTION THAT ALL VOTES WOULD GO FOR BETH.

AND MY QUESTION IS, IF THE AMENDMENT WAS ENVISIONING AN EQUAL SPLIT OR AN UNEQUAL SPLIT OF THOSE VOTES, CAN I CAN I MAKE THE CITY SECRETARY SAY SOMETHING HERE? THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THIS ITEM IS JUST IDENTIFYING YOUR NOMINEES FOR THE ENTITIES TO IDENTIFY NOMINEES THAT THEY WISH TO HAVE ON THE FINAL BALLOT FOR FOR THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN DECEMBER. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW OUR VOTES IN DECEMBER IS WHEN THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAST THEIR VOTES FOR ONE NOMINEE OR WHOEVER. SO I FEEL LIKE I HEARD, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THE ANSWER BASICALLY IS MISS MENDELSON'S MOTION IS FOR ONE PERSON, AND MR. RIDLEY'S MOTION WOULD TURN IT INTO A TWO PERSON NOMINATION.

ALTHOUGH WE AREN'T SAYING THE APPORTIONMENT OF THOSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE JUST SAYING IT WOULD BE TWO INSTEAD OF ONE.

OKAY. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES? FOR FIVE MINUTES? ACTUALLY, ON THE AMENDMENT.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT GENERALLY GETS A LOT OF DAYLIGHT, WHICH IS THAT WHEN WE DO THIS FOR CALLING CAD AND FOR DENTON CAD WE DON'T GENERALLY NOMINATE A PERSON.

WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE LIST THAT'S THEN PROVIDED, AND WE PLEDGE OUR VOTES TO ONE OF THE EXISTING NAMES.

IN COLLIN COUNTY, WE HAVE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE PLEDGE OUR VOTES TO THE SAME PERSON WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON THE COLLIN COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION AND WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DENTON COUNTY.

THIS PERSON HAD BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE T FOUNDATION AND A MAYOR OF A SMALLER TOWN.

SO THIS IS JUST ACTUALLY MAKING THE DALLAS PROCESS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING WITH COLLIN AND DENTON, EXCEPT IN THIS SCENARIO, WE HAVE SO MANY VOTES THAT WE SHOULD BE NOMINATING A PERSON.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TWO PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION ONCE WE SEE HOW MANY OTHERS ARE NOMINATED.

AND JUST AS WE AS A SMALL NUMBER OF VOTES FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES.

WE DON'T BRING FORWARD SOMEONE, WE PLEDGE IT.

SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT BILIERAE WAS MENTIONING ALSO WILL PLEDGE TO OURS.

SO IT COULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH DESOTO AND DUNCANVILLE TO THEN PLEDGE TO BOTH OF THE PEOPLE IF, IF YOU WISH TO HAVE TWO CANDIDATES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON YOUR AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND TO DOVETAIL ON THAT, I THINK BY VOTING FOR THIS AMENDMENT, WE MAXIMIZE OUR FLEXIBILITY GOING FORWARD.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT BY VOTING ON THIS AMENDMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TWO NOMINEES ON THE APPRAISAL BOARD INSTEAD OF JUST ONE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ASSESS IN DECEMBER, WHEN WE KNOW WHO THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE AND WHEN WE MEET TO ASSESS THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT WE WANT TO PUT FORWARD FOR EACH OF THE CANDIDATES AT THAT TIME.

IF WE THINK WE NEED TO JUST SUPPORT ONE, WE CAN PUT ALL OF THE VOTES ON THAT CANDIDATE AND ONE ON THE OTHER.

BUT IF WE DECIDE THAT THERE'S A CHANCE TO GET BOTH ON THE BOARD, THEN WE CAN DIVIDE OUR VOTE ACCORDINGLY TO BRING ABOUT THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF DOING THAT.

SO I THINK WITH MY AMENDMENT, WE MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE HIGHEST REPRESENTATION IN THE CAD BOARD.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

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SO NOW WE HAVE TWO NOMINEES.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO DO THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE WE TECHNICALLY HAVE THE MAIN MOTION NOW AMENDED TO ADD THE OTHER PERSON, BUT I THINK WE KNOW THE OUTCOME. BUT WE'LL DO IT.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE BACK ON THE MAIN MOTION.

ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE AMENDED MAIN MOTION WITHOUT THE TWO PEOPLE SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. I LOVE YOUR TECHNICAL STUFF TODAY, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S DONE.

WE'RE SETTING TWO.

WE'RE GOING TO IN DECEMBER DECIDE THE APPORTIONMENT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY SEND UP TWO NEXT.

MR. MAYOR THIS CONCLUDES YOUR AGENDA FOR THIS SESSION FOR THE MORNING.

WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.

[Additional Item 2]

IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY WE'VE GOT THE SMU MUSTANGS.

THEY'RE HERE TO BRING A PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT WAS TAKEN FROM US A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND NOT BEEN RETURNED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHERE IT BELONGS. SO WE WANT TO BRING DOWN COACH RHETT LASHLEE AND THE SMU MUSTANGS, WHO JUST BEAT TCU AND BROUGHT BACK THE IRON SKILLET TO DALLAS. AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON A VERY HARD FOUGHT VICTORY.

AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR EARNING LUNCH FOR US TODAY.

THE THE MAYOR OF FORT WORTH IS CATERING THE CITY COUNCIL LUNCH TODAY BECAUSE OF Y'ALL'S VICTORY.

SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND AT THIS POINT THIS IS SO NICE.

THANKS FOR BRINGING BACK THE HARDWARE.

WE GOT THE FOAM FINGERS AND EVERYTHING, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT VICTORY.

AND WE NEED YOU TO WIN IT ONE MORE TIME.

WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE NEVER WANT TO SEND IT BACK.

IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY THE GAME ANYMORE, THEN WE WANT IT TO LIVE THAT SKILL, TO LIVE IN DALLAS FOREVER.

SO, COACH LASHLEE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP EARLIER.

I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO ASK MR. ATKINS HOW HE LOOKED SO GOOD AT 103, BUT NOW CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS THERE.

LOOK, ON BEHALF OF OUR PRESIDENT, GERALD TURNER AND OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, RICK HART.

WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

YOU KNOW, MAKING IT IRON SKILLET WEEK A FEW WEEKS BACK GAVE OUR GUYS GREAT INSPIRATION TO GO OUT AND WEAR DALLAS ON OUR CHEST.

PROUD. WEAR THE TRIPLE D ON OUR HELMET.

PROUD. AND TAKE THIS SKILLET BACK FROM THOSE GUYS OVER IN FORT WORTH.

I'VE GOT SIX CAPTAINS WITH ME.

I'VE GOT JUSTIN OSBORNE, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, QUARTERBACK PRESTON STONE, QUARTERBACK KEVIN JENNINGS, DEFENSIVE END ELIJAH ROBERTS, SAFETY JONATHAN MCGILL, LINEBACKER COBY WILSON.

TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE RANKED AT THE HALFWAY POINT IN THE SEASON TOP 25, TIED FOR THE TOP IN THE ACC, SO WE PUT OURSELVES IN POSITION TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND COMPETE FOR SOMETHING MEANINGFUL IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON.

ALL THESE GUYS LOVE A HOT MIC, BUT THEY NOMINATED COBY WILSON TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR HIM.

ALL RIGHT.

THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.

YES, SIR. SO ON BEHALF OF US PLAYERS AND JUST SMU AND ALL IN ALL, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND HAVE OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE.

AND IT'S PRETTY COOL SEEING A MAYOR BEHIND A TEAM LIKE THIS, LIKE IT'S NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND ESPECIALLY YOU MR. ATKINS, LIKE, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE 24, SO I'M WEARING 24 TWO.

AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING I LOOK FORWARD TO, MAN.

YOU KNOW, SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

AND WE HOPE WHOEVER IS NOT SUPPORTING US, Y'ALL GET ON THE TRAIN BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS THE CONDUCTOR.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. SO HE TAKING TICKETS.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

COACH. MR. JENNINGS, I DON'T THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TO CITY HALL BECAUSE YOU WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEARS, AND WE'RE AT THIS VERY BUILDING WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SAY SOMETHING.

YEAH, I JUST I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR BEING BEHIND US FOR REAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AN HONOR TO GET TO PLAY BEHIND THE CITY OF DALLAS EVERY WEEK.

IT'S AN HONOR. SO I'M JUST GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND PRESTON STONE.

VERY PROUD OF YOU.

AND WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL TO BE HERE.

YOU PLAYED, I BELIEVE, AT PARIS.

DID YOU PLAY AT PARIS WITH MY NEPHEW, ISAIAH JOHNSON? SO, YEAH, I THINK YOU GOT ANOTHER STATE CHAMPION, TOO.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT LOCAL KIDS HERE ON THIS TEAM.

COACH, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU TO CLOSE IT OUT.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.

THE SUPPORT IS MEANINGFUL.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE LOVE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DALLAS.

MR. MAYOR, THE LAST THING WE HAVE FOR YOU, THIS IS AN OFFICIAL GAME BALL FROM THE SMU.

TCU GAME THIS YEAR WHERE WE SCORED 66 POINTS.

PONY UP. THANK YOU.

AND BEFORE BEFORE WHILE WE'RE GATHERING FOR THE PHOTO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR MUSTANGS TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MAYOR.

TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY.

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WELL, WHAT A SURPRISE.

I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHDAY THAT JUST HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY OF OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO WE'RE GOING TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYBODY.

SO FIRST OF ALL Y'ALL COME ON DOWN.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

PAULA BLACKMON HAD A BIRTHDAY SOMETIME THIS YEAR.

HEY, COACH. THANK YOU.

IT'S ON THURSDAY, SO IT'S REALLY JUST A COUPLE DAYS AWAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

I'M NOT GOING TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MYSELF, BUT BUT I WILL SING IT TO TO KIM TOLBERT.

I'M GOING TO SING TO YOU. YOU READY? OKAY. OKAY.

Y'ALL READY? HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR MAYOR JOHNSON.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS. I KNOW IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I'M BLESSED.

ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME? READY? ONE. TWO.

THREE. FOUR.

[CLOSED SESSION]

WELL, Y'ALL CAN HANG OUT, BUT Y'ALL ARE STILL IN THE CHAMBER, SO IT IS 12:44 P.M.

ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

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SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING ITEMS NUMBER 37 AND 38 UNDER SECTION 551 .072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED IN TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 38.

WE STAND AT RECESS UNTIL 130.

ALL RIGHT. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS COMPLETED.

ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTIONS FIVE, 51.071 AND 551 .072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND THAT 2:03 P.M.

ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.

WE'VE NOW RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.

MADAM SECRETARY, AS YOU GET SITUATED AND AS MEMBERS GET BACK TO THEIR SEATS, IF YOU WILL LET US KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WILL PICK UP THERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING AGENDA.

[Z1. 24-2992 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Planned Development Subdistrict on property zoned an MF-2 Multiple-Family Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, on the west line of Carlisle Street; between North Hall Street and Carlisle Place Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a development plan, a landscape plan, and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to a development plan, a landscape plan, and conditions Z223-280(MP)]

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS MATTER FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL OUR OCTOBER 23RD AGENDA MEETING.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRMAN LEE? NO. MR. SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER ONE.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AS TO WHY I RECEIVED THE FIRST BRIEFING ON THIS MATTER FROM THE DEVELOPER LAST THURSDAY, WHICH WAS JUST FIVE DAYS AGO.

AND IT IS A COMPLEX PROJECT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SENTIMENT FROM MEMBERS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. I NEED ADDITIONAL TIME TO ENGAGE THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THAT'S PART OF THE REZONING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS? ZONING ITEM Z1 SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. ITEMS DEFERRED.

[Z2. 24-2993 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for an industrial (outside) potentially incompatible use limited to asphalt and concrete crushing on property zoned an IM Industrial Manufacturing District, on the east line of Luna Road; between Y Street and Ryan Road Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a five-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a five-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z223-286(MP)]

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

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ON OCTOBER 23RD.

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

DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? JUST REALLY QUICKLY.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR ONE MORE MEETING IN ORDER TO CATCH UP.

A LOT OF NEIGHBORS THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST ONE.

AND WE'VE ALL AGREED THAT THAT'S OKAY.

AND WE'LL HAVE THIS READY TO GO BY THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOUR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DEFER? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

ITEM IS DEFERRED.

[Z7. 24-3002 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a CS Commercial Service District and a resolution accepting deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant on property zoned an A(A) Agricultural District, on the southeast line of Telephone Road; between North Dallas Avenue and Van Horn Drive Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant Z234-190(LC)]

MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z7.

MAYOR PRO TEM BE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL NOVEMBER 13TH.

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

SECOND DISCUSSION. MAYOR PRO TEM.

NO, SIR. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

ITEM IS DEFERRED. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

[Z11. 24-2995 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Planned Development District for specific residential and nonresidential uses on property zoned an MH(A) Manufactured Home District, an A(A) Agricultural District, an LI Light Industrial District, and an R-5(A) Single Family District with consideration for an R-5(A) District, on the west side of Ingersoll Street, on the west side of Iroquois Drive, and north of Nomas Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval of an R-5(A) District, in lieu of a Planned Development District Recommendation of CPC: Approval of a Planned Development District for specific residential and nonresidential uses, subject to the applicant ’s proposed conceptual plan and the applicant’s requested conditions with changes Z223-301(LG)]

COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z11.

CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ON OCTOBER 23RD.

SECOND. IS THERE A SECOND? I WASN'T SECONDING IT, I WAS ASKING.

IT'S BEEN SECONDED. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M FIVE MINUTES.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I NEED TO GET RESOLVED FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THAT AREA.

WITH FORWARD DALLAS BEING PASSED AND OTHER THINGS ON CAP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE JUST NEED TO ASK, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THIS THROUGH.

AND I HAVE THE LIST OF QUESTIONS.

I'LL GIVE THEM TO STAFF AND TO THE DEVELOPER SO THEY CAN BE PREPARED AND READY TO ANSWER THEM.

AND WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO MEET. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DEFER? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

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

ITEM Z ONE WAS DEFERRED.

ITEM Z TWO WAS DEFERRED.

ITEM Z SEVEN WAS ALSO DEFERRED.

THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS Z THREE THROUGH Z SIX AND Z8 THROUGH Z TEN.

I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

ITEM Z THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE RECREATION CLUB OR AREA ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WOODCREST LANE AND SKILLMAN STREET.

ITEM Z FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST LINE OF TELEPHONE ROAD, BETWEEN BONNYVIEW ROAD AND VAN HORN DRIVE.

ITEM Z SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1393 FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST LINE OF RUGGED DRIVE, I'VE. NORTH OF WEST LEDBETTER DRIVE.

ITEM Z8 IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY, SALES AND SERVICE ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST CORNER OF

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ITEM E9 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO AND AN EXPANSION OF SPECIFIC USE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2076 FOR AN INSIDE COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT LIMITED TO A LIVE MUSIC VENUE AND DANCE HALL ON PROPERTY ALONG THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF SOUTH CROWDER STREET BETWEEN CLOVER STREET AND CANTON STREET, AND ITEM Z10 IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2211 FOR A BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN AND AN INSIDE COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT LIMITED TO A LIVE MUSIC VENUE ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COMMERCE STREET AND MARY STREET.

YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z.

SIX CONSENT ITEM Z SIX RAMON SUAREZ.

MR.. YES.

YES. YES. RAMON SUAREZ 5406 XAVIER PLACE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

I'M REPRESENTING BISHOP DUNNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL ON RUGGED DRIVE.

IT'S WE'RE RENEWING OUR SUPP.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ENACTING AS A SCHOOL WITH ALL THE ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES.

AND WE'VE GONE AND UPDATED OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HAVE HAD THAT REVIEWED BY THE STAFF.

AND SO WE'VE ALSO ADHERED TO THE TURNING OFF THE STADIUM LIGHTS BY 1030.

ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN WE DO HOST A FOOTBALL GAME, WE'VE ALSO HAD IT TO WHERE WE NOW START OUR GAMES EARLIER.

THEY ARE MANDATED TO START AT 7 P.M.

RATHER THAN 730.

SO THAT ACTUALLY EVEN HELPS US TO VACATE THE PREMISES A LOT SOONER THAN PREVIOUSLY WAS IN PLACE.

WE'VE TALKED WITH A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA.

SOME OF THEM WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE SCHOOL.

AND SO WE HAVE YET TO I KNOW THERE'S FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE OPPOSED GRANTING US THE SUP TO CONTINUE.

BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS, WE'VE HAD A GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND NEIGHBOR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM Z THREE THROUGH Z SIX AND Z EIGHT THROUGH Z TEN? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND.

I WOULD WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, HERE I AM.

CHAIRWOMAN, ARE YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES? Z6 WOULD BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU.

THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

ON THE ITEM THAT IS RELEVANT TO Z6 BISHOP DUNN, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I STOOD ON MY COMMITMENT TO BISHOP DUNN BECAUSE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE INCLUDING THIS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PIECE IN THERE WITH SOME OTHER CONDITIONS. AND I WILL JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

AND THE LIGHTING, I THINK IS GOING TO BE ALSO BENEFICIAL.

A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY 2017 ON RUGGED, WE HAD AN UNTIMELY A HIT AND RUN DEATH ON RUGGED.

AND IT WAS VERY NEAR TO ME, MAINLY BECAUSE IT WAS A FORMER STUDENT'S SISTER THAT WAS KILLED.

IN IT. I THINK IT'S STILL NOT RESOLVED.

AND THAT TRAFFIC GOING AROUND THAT BEND AROUND AROUND RUGGED IS DANGEROUS.

BUT THE LIGHTING AND THEN JUST THE EXPANSION OF A FACILITY THAT CREATES OTHER LIGHTING AND FOCUS ON MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT WHATEVER DIRECTION THAT BISHOP DUNN WANTS TO GO IN, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC LOCATION.

SERVICE IN TERMS OF THIS CITY EDUCATIONAL FACILITY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO THAT COMMUNITY.

AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO ON THE CITY SIDE TO PROTECT IT.

SO THERE'S LONGEVITY AND THE STUDENTS ARE SAFE.

THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE IS WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO DOING IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING FOR THE NEXT HOW MANY YEARS? THIS IS 20, BUT HOWEVER MANY YEARS THEY WANT, I HOPE WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THEM IN THAT FINE FAMILY AND FINE TEAM.

SO I DID WANT TO THROW THAT IN, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT DOES.

YOU HAVE TO WITH THOSE SUPS AND SUPS, WHICHEVER WAY YOU'RE USING IT, YOU HAVE TO SAY PROVE THAT THERE'S SOME BENEFIT TO US APPROVING THIS REQUEST.

AND THERE'S A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE SURVIVAL OF THAT COMMUNITY AND THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN GROWING LEADERS AND EVEN BEING PARTNERS IN THAT COMMUNITY.

SO THAT IS MY POSITION TODAY, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO STAND FOR BISHOP DUNNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL.

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THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR PROVIDING THE APPLICATION DATE FOR EACH OF THESE CASES.

FOR ZONING CASE 3Z3.

IT WAS APPLIED FOR 420 DAYS AGO.

60 WEEKS.

ZONING CASE FOR 260 DAYS, 37 WEEKS AGO.

Z FIVE 259 DAYS, 37 WEEKS AGO, Z SIX 230 DAYS AGO 33 WEEKS.

THE EIGHT 204 DAYS, 29 WEEKS.

Z9 186 DAYS 26 WEEKS.

AND Z10 154 DAYS, 22 WEEKS.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WEST.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ZONING CONSENT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAYS IN THE SUBMITTAL.

UNTIL THEY GET HERE. I KNOW THERE'S I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AN IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS ALL STAFF DRIVEN FOR THE DELAYS, ALTHOUGH THAT PROBABLY IS THE CASE IN SOME CASES.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE ANDREA AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THE DELAYS ARE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHERE SOME OF THE CASES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX THAN THEY TOOK, A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I WOULD JUST HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT THEM.

WE HAVE 12 CASES TODAY.

OUT OF THIS 12 CASES, THREE HAD A NORMAL TIME FRAME.

BUT TWO OF THE I'M SORRY, FIVE OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE A BACKLOG WITH STAFF.

IT WAS JUST MORE PROCESSING TIME BACK FORTH, BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND CONTENT STAFF.

I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THREE CASES WERE HELD BY CITY PLAN COMMISSION.

TWO OF THEM WERE HELD LIKE 3 OR 4 TIMES EACH.

SO IT I WOULD REINFORCE THESE ARE UNIQUE CASES TAKES A LOT OF WORK BETWEEN US THE APPLICANT AND CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND YOU OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

CHAIRWOMAN, ARE YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES? THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

YOU MAY COME BACK IN CASE I NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW JUST SOMETIMES HOW LABORIOUS THIS TASK CAN BE.

NOW, OF COURSE, I'VE HEARD THE STATEMENT IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET BUSINESS DONE IN THE CITY, BUT IF YOU ARE REALLY HANDLING AND STANDING ON THE BUSINESS OF YOUR DISTRICT, SOMETIMES IT TAKES YOU A LITTLE MORE EFFORT TO GET INFORMATION.

I WILL SAY THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN MY POSITION, IT'S GOOD TO DO THE RESEARCH AND SOMETIMES THINGS ARE OUT THERE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO IN AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TO DIG IN DEEP AS IF WE WERE SENDING PAUL DRAKE OUT TO FIND INFORMATION.

AND SO I WOULD I LIKE TO KNOW THE FIVE W'S AND ONE H AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN SOMETIMES, AND THIS IS PROBABLY NOT.

IT'S A SENSITIVE CONVERSATION, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHO'S COMING FORWARD TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY.

AND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT DO THAT, BUT I TRY TO DO IT BECAUSE I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEND ANYONE WITH SOME TYPE OF SHADY BACKGROUND INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK I'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS EARLIER IN A DIFFERENT SETTING WHERE YOU WATCH A CERTAIN DEVELOPER, THEY'RE NOT NO ONE OUT HERE I KNOW.

MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS ALL THIS, THESE PARCELS OF LAND AND OWNERSHIP AND NOTHING HAPPENS.

AND THEN IF THEY IF IT DOES HAPPEN, IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN YOU'RE FACED WITH WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY.

SO YOU HAVE TO DO DUE DILIGENCE.

AND IF I DON'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE BUT MYSELF, I WOULD SAY MY INTENTION IS NEVER TO SLOW UP ANYTHING.

IT IS TO GIVE THE BEST PRODUCT THAT WE CAN GIVE, BECAUSE I EXPECT THAT AS A TAXPAYER AND AS A CONSTITUENT, I WANT ALL MY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ACT ON BEHALF OF MY INTERESTS AS A TAXPAYER, A PROPERTY OWNER, A PARENT, A VOTER, AND THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT.

SO WE KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GET FRUSTRATED.

WHY ARE YOU TAKING SO LONG? WELL, MY APPROACH IS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR APPROACH, BUT I DON'T HAVE THIS DIABOLICAL PLAN TO TO DENY ANYONE.

IT'S TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THE BEST PRODUCT WE CAN GET.

SO I DID WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC THAT LISTENS.

I KNOW OFTEN TIMES WE, YOU KNOW, WE WE SIT AROUND HERE AND WE SAY, WELL, ARE THEY LISTEN OR NOT? I REALLY YOU KNOW, I DO WANT THEM TO LISTEN.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT THE BUSINESS IS THAT I HAVE TO FACE.

AND THEN MAKING DECISIONS AROUND THIS HORSESHOE WHEN FOLKS ARE ASKING US FOR DELAYS AND SECOND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY DO.

I KNOW YOU PUT UP WITH WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE TO ASK YOU, BUT IN COMING EVEN OUT ON, ON THE SITE AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND THAT'S SOMETHING MISS LOU IS GOING

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I THINK YOU DO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU COME OUT AND DO SITE VISITS AND KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SPEAKING GRAPHICALLY AND AND GEOGRAPHICALLY IN VOTING. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WITH EXTRA TIME.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

[Z12. 24-3000 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for an electrical substation on property zoned an R-16(A) Single Family District, on the west side of Edgemere Road; between Lawnhaven Road and Royalton Drive Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a five-year period, subject to a revised site plan and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a five-year period, subject to a site plan and the applicant’s requested conditions with changes Z234-142(LC) Note: This item was deferred by the City Council at the public hearing on September 11, 2024 and is scheduled for consideration on October 8, 2024.]

THANKS. ITEM Z 12 IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF EDGEMERE ROAD, BETWEEN LYNNHAVEN ROAD AND ROYALTON DRIVE.

MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 33 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND 17 REPLIES IN OPPOSITION DUE TO A SUPER MORE THAN 20% REPLIES IN OPPOSITION. THIS ITEM REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z 12.

NO SPEAKERS.

I SEE TWO INDIVIDUALS MAY COME FORWARD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES AND YOU MAY BEGIN.

I'M SORRY. THE MIC.

IT'S A BUTTON AT THE BASE OF THAT? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS SHARON TAYLOR. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY ADDRESS IS 2001 ROSS AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND EXPLAIN REAL QUICKLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL USE PERMIT FOR TODAY.

THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION.

IT HAS BEEN SO SINCE 1970.

WE'RE NOT ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.

WE'RE NOT EXPANDING THAT PROPERTY, BUT WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO THAT PROPERTY.

THAT ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS WHAT ARE REFERRED TO AS TRANSFORMERS.

247 MVA TRANSFORMERS.

THESE ARE THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOW US TO TAKE TRANSMISSION LEVEL VOLTAGE, A 138 KV LINE THAT'S ALREADY THERE ON THE PROPERTY, AND PUT IT INTO THE VOLTAGE THAT IS USABLE ON THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

THE REASON THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A MAP OF THE ONCOR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN THIS AREA, WE HAVE ONE STATION THAT IS CALLED BANDERA THAT IS LOCATED ESSENTIALLY SOUTH OF ROYAL, NORTH OF NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, AND IT IS THE ONLY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION THAT SERVES THIS ENTIRE AREA.

ESSENTIALLY, ALL OF OUR OTHER SUBSTATIONS ARE EITHER NORTH OF ROYAL OR EAST OF 75.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS TODAY, IF WE WERE TO HAVE A FAILURE OF A SINGLE RESOURCE ON THE TRANSMISSION, ON THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, WE CANNOT BACK STAND THAT LOAD.

MEANING TODAY, THAT LOAD THAT IS SERVED OUT OF BANDERA.

IF WE WERE TO LOSE AN ELEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, THOSE LIGHTS GO OUT.

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN WHEN A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS WORKING PROPERLY AND FULLY RESILIENT.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOSE AN ELEMENT AND THEN SERVE FROM A DIFFERENT AREA.

THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE SOMETIMES YOUR LIGHTS BLINK FOR JUST A MOMENT, AND THAT'S A MUCH BETTER SITUATION THAN A PROLONGED OUTAGE THAT MAY LEAVE PEOPLE OUT OF SERVICE FOR HOURS OR DAYS OR WEEKS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE HERE.

WE'RE EXPANDING THE CAPACITY AT THE STATION THAT WILL BE CALLED.

OR SO THAT WHEN THERE IS AN OUTAGE AT BANDERA OR ONE OF THESE OTHER SUBSTATIONS, IT'S A BLINK INSTEAD OF A PROLONGED OUTAGE.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPAND GEOGRAPHICALLY.

AT BANDERA, WE CANNOT INSTALL MOBILE FACILITIES AT BANDERA BECAUSE IT IS TOO PHYSICALLY CONSTRAINED.

SO WE ARE INSTALLING THIS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY HERE AT A STATION THAT WILL BE CALLED OR, WHICH IS THE EXPANSION OF EDGEMERE, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SERVICE EVEN WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON THE TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE RESILIENCY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, EVEN WHEN SOMETHING LIKE A STORM, A BRANCH FALLS ON A LINE WHEN WE LOSE AN ELEMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CPC.

HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? MR. SCHULTZ? YES, SIR.

FIVE MINUTES. YEAH. AND THE REASON WE, FIRST OF ALL, THE REASON WE DELAYED WAS A CITY GLITCH.

AND THE REASON THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO A SUPERMAJORITY IS THE NOTICES WENT OUT BEFORE THE WORK BEGAN WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THEY WERE INITIALLY OPPOSED TO IT.

WE WORKED VERY EXTENSIVELY.

YOU ALL MAY HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NORTH HAVEN TRAIL.

THEY'RE THRILLED. AND I WANT TO COMMEND ENCORE FOR ALL THE CONCESSIONS THAT YOU GAVE IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT YOU'LL BE DOING AS PART OF THIS CHANGE THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

[03:45:02]

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF THIS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN D11, IT SERVES DISTRICT 13 TWO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG, BEAUTIFUL TREES.

AND AS MUCH AS WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING EVERYONE TO KEEP THEM PRUNED AND IN AN ORDER WE JUST SAW AT THE END OF MAY.

THE DEVASTATION THAT CAN OCCUR BECAUSE OF THAT, AND TO NOT HAVE THIS SUBSTATION OPERATING AT THE CAPACITY THAT IT NEEDS TO IS REALLY SCARY, QUITE FRANKLY.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT FOLKS ON RESPIRATORS.

ET CETERA. THIS IS CLOSE TO SCHOOLS.

SO I JUST WOULD ASK YOU ALL SUPPORT ON THIS.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I WANT TO FIRST START BY SAYING EXACTLY WHAT MY COLLEAGUE MISS WILLIS SAID AND DEFINITELY WHAT MISS SCHULTZ SAID.

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT MUCH EXTRA SPACE THEY NEED, BUT IT'S EVERYTHING THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GET ELECTRICITY AND HAVE IT KEEP FLOWING TO THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND SO IF WE DON'T GET THIS ONE DONE RIGHT, THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO BACK UP, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE AT A LOSS WHEN WE REALLY, REALLY ARE IN AN EMERGENCY TYPE SITUATION.

SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS IN LIKE THE DESIGN DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS OBTRUSIVE AS IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT.

BUT THAT'S NOT ON COURSE FAULT.

THAT'S JUST WHERE THE POLLS ARE.

BUT THEY JUST GET BIGGER, THEY GO HIGHER, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BETTER.

THEY CAN HOLD A LOT MORE AND GET A LOT MORE.

AND YOU KNOW, FROM A TO B TO C ALL THE WAY TO Z.

AND THEN I HOPE THAT THIS WILL ALSO HELP US IN FAR WEST DALLAS AND LEDBETTER BECAUSE WE'RE STILL HAVING THOSE ISSUES.

BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER BECAUSE WE GOT IT.

WE GOT TO IMPROVE EVERYTHING.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GROWING, IT'S ALWAYS GETTING BIGGER.

AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE.

THERE'S A LOT MORE ELECTRONICS THAT REQUIRE MORE ELECTRICITY.

AND I WANT TO JUST COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE, JAYNIE SCHULTZ, COUNCILWOMAN JAYNIE SCHULTZ, FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T GO THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, RIGHT? THERE WAS A WEIRD GLITCH, AND IT WAS UGLY AT FIRST, BUT THEN YOU WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD AND EXPLAIN TO THEM AND EDUCATE THEM.

AND ALSO THANK YOU, ANDREA, FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR HELP IN EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE A ROCK STAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HELPING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU WE ARE ALSO AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR UNDERSTANDING.

AND LET'S LET'S GO FIX THOSE.

LET'S GO GET THOSE POLES UP.

LET'S GET THAT ELECTRICITY TO HOMES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE? WOULD YOU SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ZONING? MS 12.

SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

MADAM SECRETARY.

MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR AGENDA MEETING.

AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

WOW. EVERYONE JUST DON'T.

I MEAN, MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE DIDN'T FORGET ANYTHING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, PAULA.

WE CAN. Y'ALL CALM IT DOWN, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? DID WE LEAVE? I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. MICROPHONE SPEAKERS. IS EVERYBODY ALL DONE? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO HERE TODAY.

SO, AT 2:26 P.M., THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.