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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.
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ALRIGHT. GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE A QUORUM. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH, 2025.THE TIMES, 9:25 A.M.. AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
ALL RIGHT. THERE HE IS. OUR INVOCATION, SPEAKER THIS MORNING IS MR. JAKE HAMILTON FROM THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST. HE'S ALSO A CHAPLAIN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO BROTHER HAMILTON FOR OUR INVOCATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, A DAY WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY GRACES AND YOUR MERCIES THAT YOU RENEW EVERY DAY.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THIS COUNCIL MEETING, THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BE WITH OUR CITY. PLEASE BE WITH OUR COUNTRY.
THERE'S A LOT OF HURT. THERE'S A LOT OF DISARRAY.
AND LORD, YOU CAN FIX IT ALL. GIVE THIS CITY COUNCIL WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE.
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 SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
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LET'S SEE, I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS ONE THAT I'M GOING TO READ.WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR CITY YEAR DALLAS.
YAY! CITY YEAR DOES A GREAT JOB. SO LET ME READ THIS PRESENT, THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TO THE CEO OF CITY YEAR DALLAS, HEATHER HOLLAND, TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION READS AS FOLLOWS.
WHEREAS CITY YEAR DALLAS, A PROUD AMERICORPS PROGRAM, HAS DEDICATED THE PAST DECADE TO SERVING THE STUDENTS OF DALLAS COUNTY WITH AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT. AND WHEREAS SINCE ITS FOUNDING CITY YEAR, DALLAS HAS PARTNERED WITH DISD AND UPLIFT EDUCATION TO PROVIDE VITAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT, MENTORING AND LIFE SKILLS TO AT RISK AND UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, HELPING THEM RETURN TO AND REMAIN ON A POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL PATH.
AND WHEREAS THIS UNIQUE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS, DISD AND LATER UPLIFT EDUCATION HAS RESULTED IN MEASURABLE TRANSFORMATION ACROSS CAMPUSES, WITH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE METRICS RISING EXPONENTIALLY IN AREAS SUPPORTED BY CITY YEAR'S WORK.
AND WHEREAS, THE DEDICATED CORE MEMBERS OF CITY OR DALLAS, THROUGH THEIR DAILY PRESENCE IN CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS, EXEMPLIFY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND A DEEP SPIRIT OF SERVICE THAT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS, OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, CITY OR DALLAS HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRIDGE OPPORTUNITY GAPS, IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, AND ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND, HAS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
AND WHERE A CITY OR DALLAS HAS CULTIVATED A GROWING NETWORK OF ALUMNI WHO ARE ACTIVELY LEADING AND SERVING IN EDUCATION, NONPROFIT, BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE SECTORS THROUGHOUT DALLAS AND BEYOND.
AND WHEREAS, IN RECOGNITION OF ITS DECADE LONG IMPACT, UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A STRONGER, MORE SUCCESSFUL DALLAS FOR ALL.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERIC L JOHNSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, DO HEREBY EXTEND SPECIAL RECOGNITION ON JUNE 11TH, 2025 TO CITY YEAR DALLAS IN HONOR OF THEIR INCLUSIVE PROGRAMING, SERVICE AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN THE DALLAS COMMUNITY.
SO HERE'S THE REST OF THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
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AND THEN WE'LL GET A PHOTOGRAPH. HEY, COME ON DOWN.OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR JOHNSON.
WE AT CITY OR DALLAS HAVE BEEN HERE TEN YEARS, AS YOU SHARED.
MAYOR JOHNSON WE CURRENTLY ARE RECRUITING 55 YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
MANY OF WHOM ARE COMING FROM ACROSS THE STATE OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY COME HERE AND SERVE DALLAS ISD'S PATHWAYS TO EXCELLENCE CAMPUSES IN THE FALL.
AND SOME OF UPLIFT. UPLIFT EDUCATION CAMPUSES IN WEST DALLAS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. WE'RE ON THE PATH TO HELP.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? TO ADD ANYTHING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT THEN. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND IF SOMEONE WOULD LOWER THE, THE ROPE THERE, IF YOU WOULD COME DOWN HERE AND TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH WITH US IN THE, IN THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
MAY I SPEAK WHILE YOU ALL ARE GETTING. YES. GO AHEAD. CHAIRMAN, OUR BIZOR RECOGNIZE TO SAY A FEW WORDS WHILE WE GET SITUATED HERE, SO GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK CITY YEAR FOR ITS TEN YEARS OF SERVICE.
PLEASE GET GET SET UP BECAUSE HE WILL MOVE US FAST.
AND SO BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT CITY YEAR DALLAS HAS TIES TO WEST DALLAS, MR. MAYOR. AND THAT A DECADE AGO WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED, THE HONORABLE ADAM MEDRANO AND PAM GERBER, WHO ARE STANDING HERE WITH US, WERE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LED TO BRING CITY YEAR TO DALLAS.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF REAGAN REYES IS UP THERE.
SHE'S A CURRENT CORPS MEMBER, ONE OF THE LEADS.
RAUL REYES, JUNIOR'S DAUGHTER. AND THEN RAUL RAUL REYES, THE THIRD.
HIS OLDEST SON WAS ALSO A CORPS MEMBER, AND HE JUST FINISHED GETTING SWORN IN TO THE BAR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM, ALL OF THESE FOLKS AND ESPECIALLY THE CORPS MEMBERS.
I THINK THERE'S A FEW OF THEM MAYBE OUT THERE, MAYBE I DON'T SEE ANY RED JACKETS, I JUST SEE ONE. BUT I THINK PAM WAS WEARING IT. SO BUT CITY ARE IS SUCH AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ENTITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET HERE IN DALLAS AND WE SKIPPED THREE SCHOOLS IN THREE CITIES IN ORDER TO GET THEM HERE TEN YEARS AGO. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS IS REALLY POWERFUL AND MEANINGFUL BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT THEY THEY GOT IT, THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND THANK YOU CITY YEAR AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK IN YOUR CHAMBER HERE.
FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO AND PAM EVERYONE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET IN THIS PHOTO, COME ON AND CLOSE IN HERE.
CLOSE AND. YEAH, THERE WE GO. AND IF I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH CENTERED HERE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
MEMBERS WHILE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO YOUR SEATS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. IT'S A SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
I KNOW THE PRESIDENT, ELAINE CLAYTON COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP IS NOT HERE.
THAT WAS ALLEN MCGILL. BUT WE DO HAVE THREE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS HERE, AND THAT IS DOCTOR MARSHA JACKSON, ERIC COE AND TAMIKA DARROW. WOULD YOU COME DOWN, PLEASE? AND THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS ALAN MCGILL, AS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, SERVED AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE FRONTLINE COMMUNITY OF ORDINANCE, PROVIDING CRITICAL APPLICATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY LANE PLAGUE SUPERFUND SITE.
THROUGHOUT THE LPC, AG AND HIS ORGANIZATION ADVOCATE AND MOVEMENT BUILDING, WITH EXCEPTIONAL CONSTITUENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR IN THE ORDINARY, BEGAN IN APRIL 2017 WITH THE COMMUNITY CALL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS POSED BY
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DELAYING PLATING SUPERFUND SITE. AND WHEREAS, ALAN MCGILL AND LPC SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICE IN MAY OF 2020 TO EXPEDITE THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LANE PLATING SITE.IN AUGUST OF 2020, LPC REQUIRES A HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF ORDINARY RESIDENTS AND FOLLOWED UP IN OCTOBER 2020 BY URGING THE EPA TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ON ASSESSING AND ADDRESSING THE HIGH RISK OF SOCIAL CLASSIFICATION FROM THE EPA REGARDING THE LEVEL OF DANGER POSED BY THE LANE PLATING SITE TO RESIDENT IN MARCH OF 2021. WHEREAS ALLEN, MCGILL AND THE LPC REQUEST THE EPA TEST ADDITIONAL HOMES TO ENSURE THROUGHOUT UNDERSTAND THE CONTAMINATION RISK AND SOIL TESTING AND CONDUCT BY GARDEN TERRACE RESIDENTS AND RESPOND TO LPC.
AG ADVOCATE LED TO THE EPA REMOVED ACTION FOR LANE PLAYING SUPERFUND SITE IN THE AND AND DEMOLITION OF THE SITE STRUCTURE IN JANUARY OF 2023. WHEREAS ALLEN MCGILL, THE PRESIDENT OF LPS, HAD BEEN DEDICATED ADVOCATING IN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I.
COUNCIL MEMBER TENNELL ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON IN DALLAS CITY COUNTY, DO SEND A SPECIAL RECOMMENDATION TO ALLEN MCGILL, ALSO DOCTOR MARCUS JACKSON, ERIC COLE, AND TAMIKA DREW.
MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALSO BECAUSE YOU STARTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE WAY BACK HERE, AND NOW WE HAVE A SUPERFUND SITE FULLY FUNDED.
AND NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE. THAT SUPERFUND SITE IS DONE.
SO CAN MR. JACKSON SAID A FEW WORDS? OF COURSE.
OF COURSE, DOCTOR JACKSON. GO AHEAD, MISS JACKSON.
AND AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAY, WE WANT TO CONTINUE.
RECOGNIZE THAT I CHAIR ALLEN MCGILL BECAUSE ALLEN WORKS SO MANY HARD HOURS BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND HE ACCOMPLISHED THIS A GREAT DEAL. THANK YOU.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN? GO AHEAD.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. WE WORK LONG AND HARD.
WE WALK IN THE HEAT TO MAKE SURE THESE RESIDENTS LAND WAS TESTED AND SUSTAINED HER THIS MORNING AND GET A RECOGNITION FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO. IT'S VERY I HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL OF MEMBER IS ADAM BAZALDUA, AND HE HAS THIS IS MY THIRD TERM AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU, ERICA COLE. MY BIRTHDAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING. WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. NO, NO, NO, WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HEY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US TO REMEDY THIS HORRIBLE SITUATION.
WITH LANE PLATING. AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE WORKING WELL WITH THE CITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU. OH, WE'RE GETTING A PICTURE. SO COME ON DOWN INSIDE THE THE RAILING HERE.
COME ON. AND, ERIC, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR OWN BIRTHDAY.
TODAY IS NOT OUR BIRTHDAY. OUR BIRTHDAY IS IN OCTOBER.
I'M GOING TO. I'M TRYING TO. I'M TRYING TO HELP THEM GET ORGANIZED. TELL THEM TO GO TO THIS.
OH. HEY, OMAR. OMAR. OMAR BALANCED IT OUT OVER HERE.
PLEASE GET. THE WEIGHT IS GOING DOWN. THERE WE GO.
NOW WE'RE. OUR. CAN WE HAVE SOME OF Y'ALL IN THE BACK COME TO THAT SIDE? OH, YEAH. YOU GOT TO GET POWER. OKAY, NOW, WHERE DO YOU GO? THERE YOU GO. YEAH, I TRY TO HELP THEM OUT.
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BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT MOVING. WE GOT A BIG AGENDA THIS MORNING. SO MEMBERS.
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SPEAKERS. MADAM SECRETARY, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING. THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR ITS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON. ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, ROBERT CECCARELLI.
YOU PUT $400,000 FOR A GRANT TO BUILD A HOUSE.
THIS IS THE FIRST HOUSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY BEING DONE.
PEOPLE LISTEN UP. THIS HOUSE WHERE THE STUDENTS MOVE FROM A GOOD.
THEY STAY THERE. THEY GET ALL THE HELP THEY NEED BEFORE THEY GO HOME DURING THE WEEKEND.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS. THIS CAN BE A GAME CHANGER TO EDUCATION GAP, THE MAYOR SAID.
EDUCATION GAP MEANS WE HAVE 30% PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WHITES AND THE BLACKS.
EDUCATION GAP MEANS YOU LOWER THE PERCENTAGE OF WHITES AND BLACKS IN STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES.
HOWEVER, WHAT THE ARTICLE FORGOT TO SAY WAS STAR TEST.
WHERE IS THE TEST THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING? WELL. OKAY, LISTEN UP PLEASE. IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT FIVE YEARS, NO STAR TESTS. WE HAVE WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE, TRUSTEES, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IT'S A BIG STINK NOW, MAYOR.
YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING? MAYOR, PLEASE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OKAY. YOU DO THAT A LOT. ALSO, FOR SOME REASON, THEY'RE GOING TO GET $1.1 MILLION FROM THIS. STILL NO TEST SCORES. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT ALL.
DO YOU HEAR ME? DO YOU DON'T HEAR ME? DO YOU? YOU KNOW, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. YOU KNOW THEY DO THIS ALL THE TIME TO ME, YOU KNOW, DISRESPECT ME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT'S GOING ON WHERE THEY GET ALL, HE'S GETTING ALL THIS MONEY, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY TEST SCORES. GOOGLE RANDY BOWMAN, ROBBIE OWENS, MAY 3RD, ROBBIE OWENS, RANDY BOWMAN. WHEN YOU READ IT, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY WHERE ARE THE TEST SCORES? AND YOU SEE THEM TALKING. THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
YOU DON'T CARE WHY YOU KEEP ON TALKING. THE CITY MANAGER.
THE CITY MANAGER. THE CITY MANAGER. PLEASE GO AHEAD OVER THERE.
SEE, SHE. SHE DIDN'T TELL ME THE TRUTH. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET ABOUT THIS.
I MEAN, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, MAN. THANK YOU, MR. RESENDEZ, FOR LISTENING. EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONE.
BUT I'M TELLING THE TRUTH. SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
YOU DON'T CARE IF THE PEOPLE ARE IMPOVERISHED OR WHAT? OKAY? YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ME. I'M TELLING THE TRUTH, MR. CITY MANAGER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING. THAT'S YOUR TIME.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MICHAEL SIMMONS HAS CANCELED.
GOOD MORNING. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE HONORABLE NARVAEZ WAS THE CHAMPION THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDED TO SEND TO THE HORSESHOE IN 2017.
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WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS WHEN WE HAD A PLANNED GAS OUTAGE, BROUGHT RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS WHEN COVID HIT, AND WAS THERE WHEN NATURAL DISASTERS HIT. HE HAS ALSO CHAMPIONED THE ARTS, ADVOCATED FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN.HE HAS BEEN PRESENT AND SHOWN UP WHEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDED HIM.
I MET THE HONORABLE NARVAEZ NINE YEARS AGO AT MY AUNT'S HOUSE.
OVER DINNER, WE LEARNED THAT OUR FAMILIES WERE FROM THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD IN WEST DALLAS.
SINCE THAT DINNER MEETING, WE HAVE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO ACCESS LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LEARNING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND ADVOCATING FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.
SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I CAME TO WORK ALONGSIDE CM NARVAEZ AT CITY HALL.
IT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO HELP MY COMMUNITY.
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, I THANK YOU. MOLLY IVINS SUMS IT UP.
SO KEEP FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, BELOVEDS, BUT DON'T FORGET TO HAVE FUN DOING IT.
THANK YOU. JORGE CASTRO. THANK YOU. OUTBURST. OUTBURST. OUTBURST. KIDDING.
JORGE, YOU'RE NOT WEARING THE PINKSTON VIKING HELMET, ARE YOU? OH, WOW. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING THAT'S GOING RIGHT FROM MY HEART RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, MY MOM WAS IN THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS FROM PINKSTON, SO YOU WENT RIGHT FOR IT.
GO FOR IT, JORGE. YES, SIR. GOOD. GOOD MORNING.
I'M JORGE CASTRO. I REPRESENT OUR MIGHTY LIVINGSTON PINKSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS WEST DALLAS, BECAUSE HE IS THE FIRST ONE THAT ACTUALLY TOOK IN OUR COMMUNITY TO WHEN WE WHEN HE FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE, HE INVITED OUR BAND TO PARTICIPATE ON HIS KICKOFF CAMPAIGN.
AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR OUR SCHOOL. HE SHOWS UP AT OUR EVENTS.
AND THIS IS FOR WE'LL GET THIS TO MARCO TO GIVE TO YOU.
AND IT COMES FROM ONE VIKING NATION ALUMNI. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. MA'AM. YOU DIDN'T REGISTER TO SPEAK? ONLY MR. CASTRO ACCORDING TO OUR RULES. I'M SORRY.
WHEN ASKED FOR THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, HE WENT INTO ACTION AND IT WAS PROVIDED FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A WATER PARK HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. HE DIDN'T STOP THERE. HE EVEN HAD A DRUG DEALERS EVICTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY TALKED ABOUT PRESERVING OUR STREETS WITH STREET TOPPERS, NEW MORNINGSTAR DOCTOR WALTER BLACKMON, DOCTOR PASTOR BRITT, AND NEW PILGRIM REST. W.J.
AND THEY ALSO DID SENIOR CORPORAL VARGAS AND RAUL DE REYES, SENIOR AS STREET TOPPERS IN WEST HILLS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.
CENTRINO OR CENTRINO HIGH SCHOOL? HELLO, MY NAME IS KATRINA HASKELL AND I AM HERE BECAUSE OF AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WITH MY MOTHER ON MAY 29TH.
MY MOTHER IS 84 YEARS OLD, AND THIS IS CONCERNING BOARDING HOMES OR HALFWAY HOMES.
MY MOTHER HAS LIVED THERE OVER 60 YEARS. SHE LIVES IN THE HOLLAND HILLS DISTRICT ACROSS FROM THE NEW ROYCE WEST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER.
I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HER AND I HEARD THE ACTUAL ATTACK.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY MOM IS 84. MY FATHER IS 85. THEY'RE AT THE POINT NOW THAT THEY NEED HELP.
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ALTHOUGH WE ARE HELPED BECAUSE I'M THE SIXTH CHILD OF SEVEN.HOWEVER, THIS IS IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL WHICH THE SCHOOL IS.
IT USED TO BE KINDERCARE AND NOW IT IS ROYCE WEST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
I CALLED THE POLICE AFTER I CALLED THE POLICE.
THEY TOLD TO CALL MY MOM AND ENSURE HELP WAS ON THE WAY.
THE LADY ANSWERED THE PHONE. THEY SAID THAT SHE WAS A BOARDING HOUSE RESIDENT.
MY CONCERN IS, CAN WE ENFORCE MORE RULES THAT KIND OF CAN HELP THE ELDERLY AND THE CHILDREN? BECAUSE WITH ME TRYING TO RUN TO MY MOTHER'S RESCUE.
WHAT IF I WAS IN JAIL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ME RESPONDING OF WHAT I HEARD OVER THE PHONE? AND WHAT IF IT WAS A CHILD THAT ATTENDS THE SCHOOL? AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR US.
HOW CAN WE STRENGTHEN THE REGULATIONS I WENT TO THE HIGHLAND HILLS OLD LIBRARY TO REPORT IT, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THE CORRECT ADDRESS.
WELL, SHE WAS IN MY MOTHER'S YARD. HOW CAN I GIVE THE CORRECT ADDRESS? THIS COULD HAVE LED TO A TRAGEDY ON EITHER PART, BECAUSE MY MOM IS SURROUNDED BY BRICKS IN HER YARD.
WHAT IF SHE WOULD HAVE FELL AND HIT HER HEAD? AND THEN WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADD OR ENFORCE MORE RULES THAT HELP THE COMMUNITY BE STRONGER? I'M GOING TO END WITH THIS. I URGE THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, ELECTED OFFICIALS, OR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE, AND MANY ELDERLY AND MANY ELDERLY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MY PARENTS, HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO MAINTAINING IT.
THEY DESERVE TO LIVE OUT THEIR DAYS IN PEACE AND SAFETY.
AND THAT IS UNJUST. UNJUST. PLEASE HELP BRIDGE THE GAP.
THE ELDERLY WERE ONCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. HOLD ON ONE SECOND, MADAM SECRETARY.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE? MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST SEND HER TO.
SOMEONE CAN GET WITH HER. OKAY, SO WE HAVE SOME CITY STAFF HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU AND.
AND ALSO, SENATOR WEST HIMSELF IS ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT HIS SCHOOL.
HE CAN HELP YOU FIX THE ISSUES ACROSS FROM HIS SCHOOL.
HE'S ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. SO, YEAH, HE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.
THANK. YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DEBBIE SOLIS. MR. SOLIS IS VIRTUAL.
MISS ELISE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. HELLO? WE CAN HEAR YOU, MISS SOLIS.
HOWEVER, YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING. OKAY. IS IT ON NOW? NO, MA'AM. IT'S NOT ON. NO, IT'S STILL NOT SHOWING.
WOW. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. YES. OKAY. IS IT ON? YES. YES. OKAY. MY DEAR MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON AND MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS DEBBIE OROZCO SOLIS. I LIVE AT 2322 KENNESAW DRIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.
I'M A PROUD THIRD GENERATION WEST DALLAS RESIDENT.
I HAVE LED A MONTHLY LEDBETTER GARDEN CRIME WATCH MEETING FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS AT VOICE OF HOPE.
I MET OMAR WHEN DISTRICT SIX DID NOT HAVE A VOICE AT THE HORSESHOE.
ON OCTOBER THE 28TH, 2015, WEST DALLAS SHOWED UP TO SPEAK.
THE MAIN PLANT NEXT TO OUR ONLY PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS A SCHOOL I ATTENDED, THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL NOT ONLY APPROVED, BUT ALSO GAVE 2.5 MILLION TO HELP THEM MOVE 36 COUNCILWOMAN AT THE TIME, MONICA ALONSO VOTED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT. I FELT HOPELESS, BUT NOT DEFEATED.
I KNEW THE LORD WAS ON OUR SIDE, AND MY COMMUNITY NEEDED TO FIND SOMEONE TO REALLY WORK FOR US, AND NOT FOR ONLY THE DEVELOPERS. I LEFT CITY HALL READY TO FIGHT FOR MY COMMUNITY AND TO ORGANIZE.
WHEN I MET YOU, OMAR, I KNEW YOU WERE AN ANSWER TO OUR PRAYERS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND GIVING US THE VOICE OF DISTRICT SIX.
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YOUR LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT ON DISTRICT SIX HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.WE DESERVE CLEAN AIR LIKE EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY IN DALLAS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORTS IN HELPING US UNDERSTAND POLICIES AND MAKING UNDERSTAND POLICIES, AND MAKING SURE THAT LOOPHOLE FOR TEMPORARY BATCH PLANTS WAS ADDRESSED.
THE ZONING THAT REQUIRES CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS TO GET AN SUPP HAS HELPED MY COMMUNITY EXTREMELY.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGE WAS WE APPRECIATE HIS COMMUNITY PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS SO WE CAN GATHER INFORMATION AND HAVE INPUT IN DECIDING WHAT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE BECOME FAMILY, AND I THANK GOD FOR BRINGING YOU AT THE RIGHT TIME.
I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
YOUR DEDICATION, PASSION AND HARD WORK HAVE BEEN TRULY INSPIRING.
THE FUTURE OF DISTRICT SIX IS BRIGHTER BECAUSE OF YOU.
WE LOVE YOU AND WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU IN OUR PRAYERS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT. THIS CONCLUDES THE FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. OKAY, WE'LL HEAR THEM ALL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, SORAYA QUIROGA SANTOS.
MY NAME IS RAY SANTOS. I LIVED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN.
I WAS RAISED HERE, AND I ATTENDED DISD SCHOOLS, INCLUDING GRADUATING FROM TAG MAGNET, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS LOCATED AT LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST DALLAS. I DIDN'T KNOW THEN WHAT A HUGE ROLE DISTRICT SIX WOULD PLAY IN MY LIFE.
I KNOW I'M ONE OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO COULD STAY THE SAME.
OMAR'S LEADERSHIP IS NOT ONLY INSPIRED, BUT INSPIRING.
HE DOESN'T JUST HEAR, HE LISTENS. I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE EMPOWERING, EMPOWERING EFFECT HE HAS HAD ON COUNTLESS PEOPLE IN WEST DALLAS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND HE HAS GUIDED WEST DALLAS THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST DRAMATIC CHANGE IN ITS LONG HISTORY, AND HE LEAVES THE DISTRICT BETTER THAN WHAT HE FOUND IT.
AND WHAT MORE COULD WE ASK FOR OF OUR ELECTED LEADERS? SO I'M HERE TO THANK HIM FOR THAT. AND I'M ALSO HERE TO THANK.
AND SOME WOULD SAY MAYBE TO BLAME FOR ME BECOMING THE ACTIVIST THAT I AM TODAY.
I LOVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MARY LOU.
OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, ESTEEMED COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
I'M HERE TODAY TO WISH OUR DEAR COUNCIL I MEAN OMAR A FAREWELL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, OMAR, FOR YOUR SERVICE. TO OUR WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY.
OMAR, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IN MAKING DISTRICT SIX A BETTER PLACE.
I LEFT WEST DALLAS IN 1979, AND I RETURNED BACK IN 2013.
WENT BACK TO WEST DALLAS, WHERE OUR FAMILY HOME.
I GREW UP THE HOME THAT I GREW UP IN. WE NOTICED THERE WAS A REC CENTER.
I WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE REC CENTERS. THAT IT WASN'T COMPLETE.
NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS AND WE WERE REFERRED TO ROSA LOPEZ.
ROSA LOPEZ WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT VECINOS UNIDOS.
SO, ROSA, THROUGH ROSA'S LEADERSHIP AND MENTORSHIP, WE ORGANIZED OUR COMMUNITIES.
THUS THERE BEING WEST DALLAS ONE GAVE BIRTH TO WEST DALLAS ONE.
SO, OMAR, I WANT TO THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO TO
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OUTVOTE AN INCUMBENT. WE WERE TOLD BY A COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS THAT WERE RESPECTED, THAT WERE DATA DRIVEN, AND WE SAID, WELL THAT'S FINE. THAT'S WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR DARNDEST TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S FOR THE PEOPLE.
AND WE NEVER FORGOT THAT. AND ROSA SAID, Y'ALL KEEP VOTING THAT PERSON IN.
AND I THINK THIS IS IT SHOWS. SO, OMAR, YOU BELIEVED IN US.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE GOD SENT BECAUSE WE WERE SO BEHIND.
BUT BECAUSE OF YOU WE'RE STRONGER AND UNITED.
I JUST I WANT TO JUST WISH YOU, WELL, THE BEST.
AND I SAY THAT TO BENDIGA. POR MUCHO MAS QUEREMOS.
I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT, THAT VICTORIOUS NIGHT WHEN YOU.
VERSE ONE AND I LOOKED UP TO THE HEAVENS AND I SAID, THANK YOU, JESUS.
AND THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. WE DID IT. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT MOMENT.
THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE OF MY ADVOCACY, I ALSO WANT TO GET YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM 24 AGENDA, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO. I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT MY HEART IS ALWAYS FOR WEST DALLAS.
PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM 24 TO GET OUR STREET FIXED ON.
RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE YOU ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AND NOT DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING HIM CRY. SO.
HE'S ASKED ME TO REQUEST THAT YOU NOT SPEAK DIRECTLY TO HIM BECAUSE HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME.
SO JUST DIRECT THEM RIGHT TO ME. NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU'RE FINE.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NORMA.
NORMA IS 6219 PROSPECT AVENUE. A LITTLE OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO, ON A CASE, HE CALLED ME, ASKING ME TO HELP A CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL AND WENT ON A CALLS.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SUCCESS WHEREVER YOU GO.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOVE YOU FOREVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. SHARON. HOWARD. IT'S VIRTUAL.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR JOHNSON AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHARON HOWARD.
I LIVE AT 4116 PLUMLEAF COURT IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND, JEFF HOWARD COUNCILWOMAN NARVAEZ.
FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HAS BEEN THE HOPE AND CHANGE THAT D6 IN PARTICULAR, WEST DALLAS AS LONG FOR HE GAVE DE-CIX A TRUE SEAT AT THE TABLE. YOUR VOICE WAS OUR VOICE. DISTRICT SIX HAS NOT TRULY BEEN REPRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND WORSHIP IN IT. YOU OPENED OUR EYES TO JUST HOW UNDERREPRESENTED WE WERE.
METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING, YOU UNLEASHED THE BEAST AND WE WILL NO LONGER BE CAGED.
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE KNOW THAT AS A UNITED COMMUNITY FORCE, WE CAN BRING ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT PROTECTS AND BENEFITS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF DALLAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING TEAM.
MARCOS SALCEDO. ROBERT MORENO. AND IN PARTICULARLY COUNCILWOMAN ELECT LAURA CADENA.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR GIVING OUR COMMUNITY BACK TO ITS PEOPLE.
WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND JEFF AND I HAVE MUCH LOVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. RONNIE MAESTAS.
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THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR. MAYOR JOHNSON.RONNIE MAESTAS, 32, 15 REED STREET WEST, DALLAS, TEXAS.
I CAN SPEND MY WHOLE TIME JUST SAYING THANK YOU.
FOR THESE PAST EIGHT YEARS. EIGHT YEARS AGO, THERE WAS TWO SAYINGS.
ONE WAS FROM VECINOS UNIDOS AND ROSA LOPEZ. SI SE PUEDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE STUCK WITH THAT. AND THEN WHEN IT GOT TO THE POLITICAL PART OF IT, IT WAS.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, YOU KNOW, WE WE DID IT. WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T DO IT.
WE COULDN'T OUTVOTE OR OUT, OUT OUST AN INCUMBENT.
BUT WE DID IT AND WE DID IT IN THREE, THREE REALLY SERIOUS POSITIONS AND ALL THE TRIPS TO AUSTIN WHERE WE MET YOU MAYOR JOHNSON SEVERAL TIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TRIPS, THEY TOLD US, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT HERE IN DALLAS, DON'T EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME GOING TO AUSTIN.
SO. SO WE TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS HERE. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THAT VETERANS COMMISSION THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS YOU KNOW, I WAS GIVEN THE HONOR TO, TO PARTICIPATE WITH THAT.
WE WERE IN A HOUSING CRISIS, ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE ENDING WITH THE SAME THING. ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES AND HOUSING CRISES.
BUT I'M SURE THAT LAURA CADENA I WILL KEEP THE PACE GOING.
BUT BACK TO THE VETERANS THING. I WAS JUST APPALLED AT HOW ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, FORMER COMMISSIONERS, WAS DISRESPECTED PUBLICLY AND REMOVED FROM HER POSITION.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT. DEEPLY APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT AS A VETERAN AND A RESIDENT OF WEST DALLAS, BUT AS A VETERAN, I CAN'T I CAN'T SIT THERE AND ALLOW ONE OF MY COMMISSIONERS TO BE DISRESPECTED LIKE THAT. SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL BE STEPPING DOWN FROM MY POSITION.
TOMORROW WILL BE MY LAST MEETING. AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A LETTER OF APOLOGY TO THAT COMMISSIONER FROM THE FROM THE PERSON THAT DID THAT. BUT, MAYOR JOHNSON, I APPRECIATE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THE LAST 30S.
I CAN JUST KEEP GOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. EIGHT YEARS.
EIGHT YEARS OF. THANK YOU. BUT THAT FIRST ONE WAS WAS THE BIG ONE.
THEY SAID WE COULDN'T DO WE COULDN'T DO IT. WE COULDN'T DO IT.
BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU. STARLET. RAMIREZ.
STARLET. RAMIREZ. IT'S NOT PRESENT. DESTINY. RAMIREZ.
DESTINY. RAMIREZ. IT'S NOT PRESENT. SCOTT MCWILLIAMS. SCOTT MCWILLIAMS. IT'S NOT PRESENT. PATRICIA DUNN.
I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU TO A GENTLEMAN THAT I WAS IN HIS DISTRICT, AND THEN THEY I DIDN'T MOVE, BUT THEY MOVED THE LINE.
SO NOW I'M NOT IN YOUR DISTRICT ANYMORE. BUT YOU'RE BRILLIANT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DID.
ESPECIALLY WE HAD THAT TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH ATMOS AND LOST THAT BEAUTIFUL YOUNG SOUL.
THANK YOU. WHAT I AM HERE FOR TODAY IS A ZONING ISSUE.
I'VE ASKED AND I'VE ASKED AND I'VE ASKED AND I'VE CALLED AND I'VE EMAILED PEOPLE IN THE CITY 311 MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON, THE ZONING COMMISSION, URBAN PLANNING. AND I'VE GOTTEN NO HELP, NO RESPONSE.
THERE'S A HEIGHT ISSUE WITH A BUILDING, A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
I FILED COMPLAINTS, I'VE ASKED WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.
NO ONE HAS GIVEN ME THE ANSWER. I'M ASKING FOR THAT ANSWER.
WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THAT BUILDING? IS IT IN VIOLATION? I'VE TALKED TO TWO PEOPLE IN ZONING AND URBAN PLANNING AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR SECTOR, LAND SURVEYING, AND THEY SAY IT IS ABOVE. IT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE BUILDING HEIGHT RESTRICTION.
TODAY I BROUGHT ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE PACKET WHICH I'VE GIVEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR.
YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE PAGES AND PAGES OF CORRESPONDENCE.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE PHONE CALLS THAT I MADE.
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I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WOULD HAVE EVER GOTTEN TO THIS POINT UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. YOU CAN'T BUILD THESE MONSTER HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.THEY'RE JUST DWARFING ALL THE OTHER HOMES. WE HAVE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR A REASON.
LET'S PLEASE HONOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
RACHEL MAYOR, IF WE CAN MAKE I THINK I SEE STAFF YOU CAN GET WITH MISS DUNN, PLEASE.
SO THAT SHE CAN GET SOME YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT LEAST.
AND WE CAN DO THAT. SHE'S RIGHT OVER THERE. SHE'S.
SHE'LL GET YOU RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU, MISS DUNN, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. RACHEL FEIG.
HELLO. MY NAME IS RACHEL FEIG FROM 5733 VICTOR STREET IN JUNIUS HEIGHTS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING ABRAHAMS ROAD.
MY HOME IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF VICTOR STREET AND ABRAMS. MY PROPERTY FACES ABRAMS ROADS, A BUSY FOUR LANE THOROUGHFARE.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, THE EVENING BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AN INTOXICATED DRIVER WAS SPEEDING, HEADING SOUTH ON ABRAMS. PER THE DPD POLICE REPORT SHARED IN MY HANDOUT, THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 100MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AFTER HE DROVE SOUTHBOUND ON THE SIDEWALK FOR ANOTHER 288FT, COLLIDING WITH THE DART BENCH, BECOMING AIRBORNE AND COLLIDING LEFT PANEL INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE OF 5733 VICTOR STREET, MY HOME.
THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 35MPH. IT TOOK EIGHT MONTHS FOR ME TO RETURN TO MY HOME.
THIS PAST SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH, 19 MONTHS SINCE THE FIRST ACCIDENT, A VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AT THE SAME SPOT AS THE DRUNK DRIVER AT THE BEND IN THE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MY HOME. THE VEHICLE'S TIRE WAS DISLODGED, TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED DIRECTLY INTO MY HOME.
AGAIN, IT IS A MIRACLE THAT PEDESTRIANS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WERE NOT STRUCK BY THE FLYING CAR WHEEL.
AS SHOWN IN MY HANDOUT, THERE ARE THREE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY, J.L.
LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, THE LAKEWOOD BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, WILLIS WINTERS PUBLIC PARK, AND THE JULIETTE FOWLER SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS OF MY FRONT DOORSTEP, WHERE THE CAR MADE IMPACT INTO MY KITCHEN. I AM REQUESTING BOLLARDS TO BE PLACED AT THE NORTH FACING SIDE OF MY HOME TOWARDS ABRAMS, AS THE OCCURRENCE OF CARS CRASHING INTO MY HOME IS NOW BECOMING A PATTERN THAT IS UNSAFE FOR ME, LIVING WITHIN MY OWN HOME. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE REPEATED CRASHES AT THE CONDOS IN DISTRICT ONE THAT MADE NATIONAL NEWS ONE MONTH AGO ON CNN.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THOSE RESULTS WILL NOT BE INDICATIVE OF NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
I AM CONCERNED THAT THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS, A PERSON OR CHILD FROM OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE HURT.
I AM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AT UT SOUTHWESTERN.
I SHOULD BE IN CLINIC AT THIS VERY MOMENT RIGHT NOW, TAKING CARE OF MY PATIENTS WITH PANCREAS, STOMACH, AND LIVER CANCERS. INSTEAD, I AM HERE BEGGING YOU ALL TO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN CITIZENS.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN A PEDESTRIAN IS STRUCK AND MAKES NATIONAL NEWS? OR ANOTHER PERSON CRASHES THEIR CAR INTO MY HOME, HURTING ME? AFTER I'VE STOOD HERE BEFORE YOU TELLING YOU THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND CAN WE. YES. HOLD ON.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND. IF WE CAN ALSO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM TRANSPORTATION.
YES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T SEE YOU. YES. THANK YOU. WE'RE ON IT, BUDDY.
WE GOT IT. I KNOW IT, AND SANDERS.
DID IT START? HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MOVE THE 2929 SOUTH HAMPTON FACILITY OUT OF COMMITTEE AND ONTO THE LIST OF PROPERTIES FOR SALE.
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WHY? IT MAKES IT DEFIES LOGIC TO TRY TO PUT A POPULATION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT IS WELL KNOWN TO BE 67% PLAGUED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG ADDICTION. MERE FEET FROM SMALL CHILDREN? SOME. PERHAPS ALL OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, MR. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU HAVE THREE LITTLE CUTIES.I'D ONE COUNCILMAN HAS AN ADORABLE LITTLE BOY AND GIRL.
I'VE SEEN HIM WITH HIM. I KNOW HE LOVES HIM. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, HE BOARDED A PLANE AND FLEW OUT OF STATE TO BRING HIS CHILDREN HOME FROM SPRING BREAK, WHEN HE COULD HAVE EASILY TURNED THEM OVER, HAD THEM TURNED OVER TO THE HANDS OF CAPABLE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WHO WOULD HAVE PROTECTED THEM. HE DIDN'T DO THAT. HE WENT AND GATHERED THEM HIMSELF.
BECAUSE NOBODY CAN PROTECT LIKE DADDY AND MOMMY.
I HAD A DADDY LIKE THAT. I HAVE A BROTHER LIKE THAT.
JAVIER AND GUILLERMO IN OAK CLIFF ARE NO LESS LOVING AND PROTECTIVE OF THEIR CHILDREN, AND I KNOW TO SOME PEOPLE THEY MAY JUST BE LITTLE THROWAWAY CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, JUST LITTLE HISPANIC KIDS GROWING UP IN OAK CLIFF.
WHO CARES? BUT I ASK YOU FOR JUST TWO MINUTES.
JUST THE 30S THAT IT TAKES TO VOTE, TO PLEASE PRETEND TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND WELFARE.
THIS PROJECT WAS A DEBACLE FROM DAY ONE. IT WAS OVERPAID.
IT IS AN IRREMEDIABLE FACILITY. IT WOULD COST TOO MUCH TO TRY TO REHAB IT OR EVEN TO DEMOLISH IT.
INSTEAD, PLEASE MOVE IT TO THE LIST OF PROPERTIES FOR SALE, WHERE SOME DEVELOPER WITH DIVISION CAN LOOK AT THE VERDANT 14 ACRES THAT ARE AT THE HEAD OF THE OAK CLIFF NATURE PRESERVE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM A LIBRARY AND HALF A BLOCK FROM BEAUTIFUL KIEST PARK, AND DEVELOP A GATED COMMUNITY OF SINGLE FAMILY THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE. PLEASE STOP DUMPING ANYTHING ON OAK CLIFF.
GIVE US THE RESPECT WE DESERVE AND PLEASE PROTECT THESE CHILDREN.
THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING. I NOTICED THAT COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD IS NOT IN THE CHAMBER TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER.
SHE IS THE WARRIOR QUEEN OF SOUTHERN DALLAS WHO HAS SPOKEN UP IN IMPASSIONED, ARTICULATE, POETIC, INSPIRATIONAL MANNER SOMETIMES WHEN SHE STOOD ALONE.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD, WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU WILL BE MISSED.
AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LUCY BILLINGSLEY. LUCY BILLINGSLEY IS NOT PRESENT. RAY. ELLA. BOYD. RAY.
ELLA BOYD IS NOT PRESENT. ASHLEY. SANJAY. SANJAY.
ASHLEY. SUNG. JACK, IT'S NOT PRESENT. JAVIER OLIVARES.
HELLO. MY NAME IS HELLO. MY NAME IS JAVIER. I LIVE AT 9749 KITTY HAWK LANE, DISTRICT FIVE.
HEY, AMY. MY FAMILY GREW UP IN MY FAMILY'S FROM 5231 ASH LANE.
BUT MY FAMILY ALSO GREW UP IN 3103 WEISENBURG DRIVE.
THAT'S DISTRICT SIX. I FIRST READ ABOUT OMAR IN THE PAPER THAT HAD MONICA ON THE COVER, AND I DECIDED I WAS LIKE, DO I SUPPORT THE LATINA WOMAN OR DO I SUPPORT THE GAY MAN WHO'S LATINO? AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S GO FOR IT.
EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD WIN BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WHO WOULD WIN? THAT'S GAY. OMAR. YOUR WIN. LET ME KNOW THAT, JAIME, YOU COULD WIN.
AND YOU LET ME KNOW THAT A GAY BROWN BOY COULD DO SOMETHING IN DALLAS.
SO. THANK YOU FOR RUNNING. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR DALLAS, BECAUSE YOU ALSO LET ME KNOW THAT DALLAS CAN CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. SO THANK YOU, OMAR, AND THANK YOU, JAIME.
THANK YOU, HONORABLE ADAM MEDRANO. WELL, I'M ALREADY GOING TO CRY.
I DON'T EVER CRY. I DON'T, AND YOU KNOW THE RULES.
SO YOU NEED TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE COMPLIMENTS TO ME. HELLO.
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MY NAME IS ADAM MEDRANO, 2338 DOUGLAS, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75219.I MET ACTIVIST OMAR A LONG TIME AGO, THEN I THEN IT WAS STONEWALL PRESIDENT OMAR, COUNCIL MEMBER OMAR, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM OMAR, AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THERE HE TURNED INTO THIS JEDI.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. SO HE BECAME THIS STAR WARS GUY.
I WANT TO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. A LOT, A LOT OF TIMES I THINK YOU KILLED THE MIC THERE.
YOU GOT ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO AND HOW HARD WE ALL WORK IN OUR DISTRICTS.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO LIST EVERYTHING THAT I REMEMBER THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE PRAISING YOU.
YOU GOT THAT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE FIRST UPDATED THE CULTURAL PLAN WITH EQUITY BUILT IN LATINO CULTURAL CENTER, BLACK BOX, FIRST EVER PERSON OF COLOR, AND SECOND EVER COUNCIL MEMBER TO RECEIVE THE AMERICANS FOR AWARDS.
THE FLOODWAY PLAN HELPED LEAD TO SAVE DART CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION, CHALLENGES THE CITY TO BRING $500 MILLION IN GRANTS FROM THE BIDEN TRANSPORTATION ACT, AND WE'RE AT 530 MILLION SUCCESSFULLY LED THE PLAN.
GAS OUTAGE LED TO PASS UNANIMOUSLY THE FIRST EVER CAP IN DALLAS HISTORY.
FIRST COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER TO DO AN HONORARY STREET TOPPER FOR FALLEN OFFICER.
SENIOR CORPORAL VARGAS SUCCESSFULLY LED TO BRING SCOOTERS BACK TO DALLAS.
I TOOK THEM AWAY. STUDENTS STARTED THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT NASA DAVIS PARK.
FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE THAT WAS FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS IN WEST DALLAS SUCCESSFULLY FOUND FUNDING TO BUILD A FIRE STATION IN CYPRESS WATERS BROUGHT BY THE HOLD ON NAVIGATED ENCORE TO INSTALL ADDED STREET LAMPS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD DARK AREAS.
DREDGED BLACKMON LAKE, REPAIRED THE DAM AND ADDED A NEW TRAIL.
WEST DALLAS, ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT COVID HIT ZIP CODES TO HAVE A POP UP VACCINATION CLINIC AND LOBBY DALLAS COUNTY TO PLACE TEXAS CENTERS TESTING CENTERS AT WEST DALLAS MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER. WEST DALLAS 752122 BECAME ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MOST VACCINATED ZIP CODES AND TOP FIVE TO ACHIEVE COVID IMMUNITY.
FIRST EVER COUNCIL MEMBER TO CELEBRATE STAR WARS DAY AT CITY HALL.
MOST AFFORDABLE UNITS OF HOUSING CREATED IN ALL THE DISTRICTS WERE IN DISTRICT SIX.
IN MY TIME UP. OH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT RED LIGHT MEANS.
COME ON. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DID.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALEX STEIN. ALEX STEIN IS NOT PRESENT. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR DALLAS RESIDENCE.
YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE, SPEAKERS WHO ARE DALLAS RESIDENTS.
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THEN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM. MR. MAYOR, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH 57.AGENDA ITEM TWO WAS CORRECTED. AGENDA ITEM THREE WAS DELETED.
AGENDA ITEM SIX WAS CORRECTED. AGENDA ITEM 14 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
AGENDA ITEM 15 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
AGENDA ITEM 17 WAS DELETED. AGENDA ITEM 20 WAS CORRECTED.
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AGENDA ITEM 44 WAS DELETED. AGENDA ITEM 45 WAS DELETED.AGENDA ITEM 54 WAS CORRECTED. AGENDA ITEM 56 WAS CORRECTED AND WAS ALSO PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN AND AGENDA ITEM 57 WAS DELETED. THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS TWO, FOUR THROUGH 13, 16, 18 THROUGH 41, 46.
AND 48 THROUGH 55. THIS IS YOUR SECOND. WERE YOU WHERE YOU FINISHED, MADAM SECRETARY? I'M SORRY. WERE YOU FINISHED? YES, MR. MAYOR.
OKAY, SO I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY.
WERE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON CONSENT TODAY? THERE ARE SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY. YOU'RE CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. WE NEED TO HEAR OUR SPEAKERS. RIGHT. OKAY.
I WAS WONDERING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THERE ARE SPEAKERS ON THREE OF YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 16 HAS ACTUAL SIX. THERE WAS A CORRECTION.
THERE ARE SIX SPEAKERS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 16.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, NORA SOTO.
NORA SOTO, IS VIRTUAL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES WE CAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. HOWEVER, YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING.
WE CAN SEE YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS NORA SOTO AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
I AM HERE TO DEMAND TRANSPARENCY FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL.
THIS ISSUE IS TOO CRITICAL AND THESE FUNDS ARE TOO IMPORTANT FOR THIS PROCESS TO BE RUSHED.
RESIDENTS ALSO DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR INPUT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE A VOTE IS FINALIZED.
HOW CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ASSESS THE PROJECT ACCURATELY? HOW CAN CITY COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE WITHOUT ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY.
INSTEAD, OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE FIGHTING JUST TO SURVIVE.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS A JOKE. OUR STREETS ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON.
CHILDREN GO HUNGRY AND PARENTS LACK CHILDCARE OPTIONS.
FAMILIES ARE DISPLACED DUE TO OUT-OF-CONTROL HOUSING COSTS.
SO DO NOT EXPECT US TO CARE THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO TRAIN IN A STINKY FACILITY.
BE SO FOR REAL RIGHT NOW. I ALSO HAVE A MESSAGE FOR INCOMING MEMBER LAURA CADENA.
AFTER LISTENING TO ALL THE PRAISE HANDED OUT TO OUTGOING DISTRICT SIX MEMBER, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR DISTRICT NOT ONLY INCLUDES DALLAS, BUT ALSO THE BUCKMAN LAKEWOOD CHAPEL AREA. I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T FORGET THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EXISTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BRENDA. GURU-MURTHY. GURU-MURTHY.
HELLO. HI. MY NAME IS BRENDA GURU-MURTHY. I JUST MOVED FROM DISTRICT TWO TO DISTRICT ONE.
I CARE A LOT ABOUT HAVING A STRONG, ROBUST PUBLIC SECTOR THAT SPENDS MY TAXPAYER MONEY WISELY.
THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS HAVE WHIPLASH FROM SEEING THESE PLANS CHANGE, FROM THE NUMBER OF ACRES INVOLVED TO WHO WILL USE THE FACILITY TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY REQUIRED, WHICH HAS BALLOONED TO $275 MILLION.
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ADDITIONALLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DALLAS SPENDS ITS MONEY.WE ALREADY VOTED ON PROPOSITION F LAST MAY, AGREEING TO TAKE ON DEBT TO FUND THIS FACILITY.
WELL, I DIDN'T AGREE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS OUTVOTED.
ALL THE WHILE, WE NICKEL AND DIME OUR PARKS, LIBRARIES AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS.
PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING POLICE, TAKES UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF DALLAS BUDGET, AROUND 60%.
WE SEEM TO BE FUNDING ANY AND ALL POLICE RELATED ITEMS WITHOUT QUESTIONING THE PRICE TAG, BECAUSE WE THINK THIS IS THE MAGIC TRICK THAT SOLVES CRIME, BUT IT LEAVES THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME POVERTY, ADDICTION, HOMELESSNESS ADDRESSED UNADDRESSED.
RATHER, PLEASE SPEND OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS WISELY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOSE JARAMILLO AVILA.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
HOWEVER, YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING. OKAY, WE CAN SEE YOU.
YOU MAY CONTINUE. OKAY, GREAT. HI, MY NAME IS JOSE JARAMILLO.
I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT TEN. AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS A CONCERNING ITEM 16 THAT THIS COMMUNITY STILL HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE REGULARLY INCREASING COST PROJECTIONS. WE WERE LOOKING AT 140 MILLION BACK IN DECEMBER, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOUBLE THAT 275 MILLION NOW, WITH ONLY A THIRD OF THE FUNDING SECURED AND ONLY HALF OF THE FUNDING PLANNED FOR THIS COMMUNITY ALSO HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.
IT DEFINITELY FEELS RUSHED. LAST WEEK'S CLOSED SESSION AND LACK OF ALLOWING FOR SPEAKERS HAS DEFINITELY LEFT A BAD TASTE IN MY AND OTHERS MOUTH CONCERNING THIS PROCESS. AND ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNITY HAS INDICATED MIXED SUPPORT AND I SAY MIXED BECAUSE THE PROP VIEW WAS MIXED IN WITH SUPPORT WITH FOR FIREFIGHTERS PENSIONS WHICH WAS MENTIONED LAST WEEK BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SUPPORT FOR EXPANDED SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT ALSO HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL USE OF THESE EXPANDED SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS IN THE CONTEXT OF AN INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE STATE LEGISLATURE AND ITS DEMANDS OF OUR DPD, AND AS WELL AS THE CURRENT UNCERTAINTY OF OUR CURRENT OUR NEW INTENTIONS CONCERNING SOME OF THE STATE DEMANDS THAT THAT WILL BE MADE IN THE FUTURE, THAT COULD BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
SO WITH ALL THESE CONCERNS, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE THAT WE SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW FOR BETTER EVALUATIONS AND PLANNING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL MAKES FURTHER COMMITMENTS. AND SO I ASKED THAT MY DISTRICT TEN REP AND OTHERS VOTE NO ON THIS LEASE PROPOSAL.
I ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS FOR A REAL BRIEFING PRIOR TO MAKING A VOTE SUCH AS THIS, WHICH IS STANDARD AND THAT THE ROTATING CITY COUNCIL LEADS US IN THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITIES AS WE SORT THROUGH ONGOING CONCERNS AND UNCERTAINTY AND NOT RUSH THIS THROUGH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HARRISON. BLAIR.
I SKIPPED OVER THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEMS 14 AND 15.
MR. BLAIR, YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 16 AND ITEM 47.
OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE OFFICERS ARE WITH EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING, AND THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND BE IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE POLICING, THEY DO A BETTER JOB. I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU GET SAFER STREETS FOR COMMUNITIES.
SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT. AND THEN SECONDLY, WE NEED KIOSKS.
WE WANT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND FAR NORTH DALLAS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT SAME INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON OUR SCREENS AND OUR CITIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND THAT SMALL BUSINESSES GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THIS DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT IT WILL HELP US IN SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SERVES. SO THAT IS MY $0.10. AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CHAMBER THAT SUPPORTS THE KIOSK EFFORT.
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THE OAK CLIFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS ON THIS PLAN.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS OUR COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR. THANK YOU.
SAM WILLIAMS. SAM WILLIAMS IS VIRTUAL. HELLO.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY DISSATISFACTION WITH THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO CLOSE DISCUSSIONS LAST WEDNESDAY, WHEN MANY DALLAS TOOK OFF WORK TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS MORE PRESCIENT THAN EVER. IT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
IN THIS CASE, IT FEELS AS THE INTENDED EFFECT OF MY CITY'S ACTIONS.
SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COST OF THIS PROJECT.
ORIGINALLY PREDICTED AROUND $140 MILLION, NOW EXPECTED TO DOUBLE TO 275 MILLION FOR COUNCIL.SO.
CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND UPKEEP IN YOUR SESSION LAST WEEK. IT IS LAUGHABLE TO ME THAT WE WOULD ENTERTAIN SUCH A WILDLY IRRESPONSIBLE INCREASE IN CITY FUNDS. FINALLY, CURRENT CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT.
THIS VOTE WILL COME AT A TIME WHEN THE MILITARIZATION OF POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IS THREATENING THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD OF COMMUNITIES THAT PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES WITH THEIR TAXES AND HARD WORK. OUR OWN DALLAS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALSO RETICENT TO CLARIFY THEIR POSITION ON INHUMAN ACTIONS DIRECTED FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. AS RECENT AS LAST NIGHT, OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF WAS BLOCKED FROM SPEAKING TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD TO CLARIFY HIS POSITION ON THE DIRECTIVES THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY BEING DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN THE COURTS AROUND THE NATION.
AS RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING, OUR GOVERNOR IS PLANNING TO DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD IN TEXAS.
AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM AND REJECT THIS OUT OF CONTROL PROJECT BUDGET.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOUR LAST SPEAKER ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 16.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I THINK THAT YOU BY PUTTING THIS ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AFTER THOROUGHLY LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH, SENDS A CLEAR SIGNAL TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY, THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THEY HAVE THE BEST FACILITY POSSIBLE.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BY PLACING THIS FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THAT UNIVERSITY EXTRA MOMENTUM IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NOT ONLY WILL WE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST TRAINING POSSIBLE, BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER AUXILIARY SERVICES, AUXILIARY PROGRAMS THAT WILL WILL BE ABLE TO PUT AT THAT UNIVERSITY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. IT'S THE BEST TRAINING AND EDUCATION POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. YOU DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEM 24. RYAN SEARS. RYAN SEARS WILL BE VIRTUAL.
MR.. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU SEE ME? YES, WE CAN SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU.
YOU MAY CONTINUE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M HERE AT THE HAMPTON STATION WHERE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE PATHWAY, THE ALTERNATIVE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION PATHWAY, IS LOCATED.
I DIDN'T ADDRESS YOU GUYS PROPERLY. I'M SORRY.
I'VE GOT TWO BOYS THAT I WALK WITH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I BIKE WITH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MY PASTOR AND I WE WALK IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO MEET, TO DISCUSS. AND OFTEN WE WALK ALONG WRIGHT STREET WHERE THERE IS NO SIDEWALK.
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AND I THINK THAT FOR SAFETY REASONS, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING A WALKING PATH ALONG THIS.I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE QUEEN OF JIMTOWN, MARYLOU PEREZ, WHO SAID, PLEASE FIX WRIGHT STREETS.
IF YOU GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HAMPTON YOU HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.
THERE'S SPEEDING THAT HAPPENS. IT'S UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER, PLEASE PUSHING THIS THROUGH.
I LOVE THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR FUNDING THAT A LOT OF IT, IF ANY, WOULD, WOULD COME FROM OUR BUDGET.
SO AS A TAXPAYER. THANK YOU. BUT AS ONE MORE TIME, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
IMAGINE WHAT THIS WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU COULD JUST WALK FROM STATION TO STATION, IF YOU MISSED THE TRAIN, THAT YOU COULD JUST GO DOWN TO THE NEXT STATION OR WALK WITH YOUR KIDS.
THIS TIES TOGETHER MAYBE NO LESS THAN 4 TO 6 NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WANT TO INCREASE WALKABILITY WITHIN A HALF MILE OF DART STATIONS.
I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO, MR. MAYOR. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. LAST THING I'LL SAY.
I KNOW I NEED TO STAY ON TOPIC, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, AS A WEST DALLAS RESIDENT THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SIX CAME AND STOOD ON MY PORCH, TALKED TO US ABOUT CONCERNS. WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I USED TO BE AROUND THE CORNER FROM MRS. SOLIS, AND SO I JUST AM GRATEFUL FOR HIS WORK.
I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR HIM AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 25, HUEY NEWTON.
THOSE ARE ALL YOUR SPEAKERS ON CONSENT ITEMS. YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH 57.
AGENDA ITEM TWO WAS CORRECTED. AGENDA ITEM THREE WAS DELETED.
AGENDA ITEM SIX WAS CORRECTED. AGENDA ITEM 14 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
AGENDA ITEM 15 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
GEN ITEM 17 WAS DELETED. GEN ITEM 20 WAS CORRECTED.
AGENDA ITEM 38 WAS CORRECTED. AGENDA ITEM 39 WAS CORRECTED.
AGENDA ITEM 42. 43. 44. 45 WERE DELETED. AGENDA ITEM 46 WAS CORRECTED.
AGENDA ITEM 47 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
ITEM 54 WAS CORRECTED. AGENDA ITEM 56 WAS CORRECTED AND ALSO PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN, AND AGENDA ITEM 57 WAS DELETED. I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM 16 AND 21 WERE PLACED BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS TWO, FOUR THROUGH 13, 16, 18 THROUGH 41, 46, AND 48 THROUGH 55. ALL RIGHT. I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO FIRST COMMENT ON ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASED IF WE VOTE ON THIS FOR DISABLED IN 65 AND OLDER RESIDENTS FROM 153,400 TO 175,000.
THIS IS FOR A SHARED USE PEDESTRIAN BIKE PATH ALONG THE RED DART LINE IN DISTRICT ONE.
MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN UP ON THIS AND HAVE PROVIDED LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
WE HAVE KIDS WALKING IN THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK TO GET TO THE LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THESE TEX-DOT FUNDS ARE INTENDED EXACTLY FOR THIS SORT OF PROJECT, WHICH WOULD CONNECT SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS, DART STATIONS, IMPORTANT LOCAL COMMERCIAL HUBS, AND THREE DART STATIONS.
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WE'VE HELD OFF IN DISTRICT ONE ON USING OTHER CITY FUNDS TO PIECEMEAL REPAIRS AND DO LIKE LITTLE ROAD PATCHES HERE AND THERE, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL WE KNEW THESE FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE.I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR CARLI FOR PRIORITIZING THIS PROJECT, AND FOR DINA COLAROSSI FROM DOCTOR CARLY'S TEAM FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO GET THIS APPLICATION SUBMITTED. LASTLY, FOR CONSENT, I WANT TO TOUCH ON ITEM 46, WHICH IS THE THIRD PARTY PLAN REVIEW CONTRACT WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL. I WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER, ALONG WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ADKINS AND OTHERS, ON THIS THIRD PARTY PLAN REVIEW, WHICH IS PART OF THE INSPECTION REVIEW PROCESS.
I AGREE THAT THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THAT STAFF HAS REACHED WITH OUR THIRD PARTY VENDOR AND WITH TREC AND OTHERS IS PREFERABLE THAN THE STATE SPONSORED OPTION, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC. I THINK EVERYONE'S WORKED FLUIDLY HERE, AND I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE.
OUR PERMIT OFFICE IS IS THE MAJOR LEAGUES OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE IN THE CITY WHICH FACILITATES CONSTRUCTION JOBS, FACILITATES TAX REVENUES, WHICH WE NEED FOR POLICE, FIRE, LIBRARIES, ARTS, EVERYTHING, PARKS.
AND IT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING, WHICH IS A PRIORITY OF MINE.
SO I'M A BIG FAN OF THIS ITEM AND WANT TO SEE THIRD PARTY PLAN REVIEW CONTINUE.
THANK YOU. DOES HE AGREE? COUNCILWOMAN HSU FIVE MINUTES.
AND I WANT TO COMMEND THEM ON THEIR CREATIVITY, THEIR GENEROSITY, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. THEY WILL BE DOING THE INVESTMENT OF THE REBUILDING OF MONTFORT ROAD, AND THEY WILL BE INCLUDING IN IT THE ACCESS TO THE SILVER LINE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT AND I'M THRILLED THAT IT'S ON CONSENT.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
THE FIRST IS ITEM 27, AND I'LL GROUP THAT WITH ITEM 28.
THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH ARE RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO TEN YEAR AGREEMENTS WITH THE TURTLE CREEK CONSERVANCY AND THE TURTLE CREEK ASSOCIATION TO BEAUTIFY AND MAINTAIN THE BRIDGES AND MEDIANS ALONG TURTLE CREEK PARK AND IN THE TURTLE CREEK AREA.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A WIN WIN BECAUSE IT COSTS THE CITY NOTHING.
UNDER THESE AGREEMENTS, THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE FUNDING ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE AGREEMENTS AND WILL ENHANCE THE AREA, WHICH IS A JEWEL IN DALLAS. THE THIRD ITEM I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM 55.
THIS IS AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH DISD TO AUTHORIZE THE INSTALLATION OF TURF BASED BASEBALL FIELDS AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK IN EAST DALLAS.
THIS IS ALSO A WIN WIN FOR THE ATHLETES AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK AND AT WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO PLAY BASEBALL. IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE AN ALL WEATHER FIELD TO PLAY ON, AVOID THEM HAVING TO FORFEIT HOME GAMES BECAUSE THE PLAY FIELD IS UNPLAYABLE. AND SO THESE ARE ALL SIGNIFICANT STEPS THAT I THINK I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1618. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK SENATOR WEST AND ALSO UNT PRESIDENT OF THE TIME TO GET TOGETHER. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, KIM TOBIN AND CHIEF ARTIS AND TAMMY PALOMINO, FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE HIS CONTRACT CAME AGAIN WAS ON CONSENT.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS ON CONSENT AND ALSO ON ITEM 18.
THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT 188 UNITS COMING DOWN ON CROUCH AND AND IN LANCASTER WE HAVE SOME UNITS GOING TO START FROM FOR SALE, TOWNHOME UNIT FROM 275,000 TO $400,000.
BUT THIS WILL NEVER CAME ABOUT WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE 2017 BOND PACKAGE.
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NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP TO ABOUT $14 MILLION TO TO CREATE A STREET THAT I.FIRST RESPONDERS CAN GET TO THE RESIDENT ON TIME.
ALSO A TRAFFIC LIGHT SITTING THERE ON CROUCH IN LANCASTER FOR SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU SAID, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT HOW GLAD I AM THAT WE CHANGED THAT CALCULATION IN MARCH FROM USING THE AVERAGE, WHICH WAS DISTORTING VALUES, AND WE MOVED TO A CALCULATION BASED ON THE MEDIAN RESIDENTIAL MARKET VALUE OR THE CPI, WHICHEVER IS MOST FAVORABLE. AND THIS WILL HELP OUR SENIORS AND DISABLED WITHOUT PUTTING TOO BIG OF A BURDEN OR AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON OUR FAMILIES.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 16 AS MAYOR PRO TEM DID.
THIS DPD ACADEMY WILL SIGNAL TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND TO THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY OUR SERIOUS INTENT TO BUILD THE ACTUAL WORLD CLASS PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY WE NEED.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SENATOR WEST FOR BEING HERE, BUT MOSTLY FOR YOUR VERY HARD FOUGHT EFFORTS TO GET THE DOLLARS WE NEED TO GET THIS PROJECT LAUNCHED. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN IT, AND WE REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE YOU.
OTHERS IN THE STATE HELPED AS WELL. BUT LIKE, YOU'RE SITTING HERE AND IT MEANS A LOT.
THANK YOU. ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 25, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH MONTFORT. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT MAKES FISCAL SENSE.
IT'S GOING TO RELIEVE US OF SOME BURDENS ON REPAIRING THE ROADS, SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY PASS THIS, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT AN INDICTMENT IT IS ON OUR INABILITY TO MAINTAIN OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY OF ADDISON WOULD HAVE TO COME TO US AND SAY, THIS IS NOT BEING KEPT UP LIKE THE REST OF OUR CITY.
I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE I BORDER SO MANY OTHER CITIES CARROLLTON, PLANO, RICHARDSON, AS WELL AS ADDISON, I HEAR THIS OFTEN. WHY ARE THE STREETS IN DALLAS SO BAD WHEN OUR STREETS ARE NOT? WHY AREN'T OUR SIDEWALKS TAKEN CARE OF? WHY ARE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS OLDER? AND I WANT TO COMMEND CITY MANAGER FOR STARTING TO MAKE THIS A FOCUS.
AND THIS COUNCIL, I HOPE, WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT EFFORT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 34. I WANT TO SAY GOOD JOB TO STAFF FOR GETTING THIS $350,000 GRANT FOR HOUSING CONNECTIONS AND FOR HOUSING CONNECTOR AND VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, TEXAS, THAT WILL HELP WITH HOUSING ASSISTANCE FROM TJC, TDC REENTRY PROGRAM FUNDS. AND THEN LASTLY I WANT TO JUST CALL OUT ITEM 39.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PULL IT BECAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND WHAT IT IS IS IT'S RATIFICATION OF DOLLARS WE'VE ALREADY SPENT, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE. SOME OF THESE ITEMS GO BACK TO 2022 AND AROUND THIS HORSESHOE.
I HAVE ASKED REPEATEDLY ABOUT HOW DO STAFF DIRECTORS KNOW WHEN THEIR CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO EXPIRE, WHEN THEY NEED TO DO PROCUREMENT AGAIN? AND I'VE BEEN ASSURED OVER AND OVER THERE ARE SYSTEMS IN PLACE THEY KNOW.
I'LL HAVE TO BELIEVE IT'S TRUE. BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT PREVIOUSLY.
AND I CAN PULL MULTIPLE TIMES SITTING IN THIS SEAT THAT I ASKED THOSE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND WAS ASSURED BY STAFF, MANY WHO NO LONGER WORK FOR THE CITY, THAT WE HAVE THESE SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
AND THIS PROVES THAT THEY WERE NOT. SO I DO THINK YOU ARE MAKING GREAT STEPS TO TIGHTEN UP THE SHIP, BUT WE NEED TO NOTE THAT YOU'RE STARTING FROM A REALLY DIFFICULT PLACE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON CONSENT.
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THANK YOU. I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK. I MAKE SURE I WAS CHECKING MY NUMBERS SO I COULD BE IN COMPLIANCE.STARTING OFF WITH NUMBER EIGHT AND TEN. ACCORDING TO MY LIST.
EXTREMELY EXCITED ON ITEM EIGHT AS IT RELATES TO THE CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AS IT AFFECTS, I BELIEVE OUR DISTRICT AS TO THE COMMUNITY NEAR CADILLAC HEIGHTS, ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE AND PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
AND I CONTINUE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FAMILIES WHO ARE STILL THERE AND VERY SUPPORTIVE.
NUMBER TEN AS IT RELATES TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS, WITH THE CONDEMNATION ENGAGING THE CITY OF DALLAS AND COLUMBIA PACKING OF TEXAS.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THIS AS PART OF A RECORD OF THIS LONG STRUGGLE TO GET IN PLACE, A BUSINESS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF A COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ACCEPTANCE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ONLINE AND THOSE WHO ARE, YOU ARE HERE AND THOSE WHO HAVE SOME HISTORY OF COLUMBIA MEATPACKING PLANT, AND THE DETRIMENT AND THE DETRIMENTAL HARM THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED TO DISTRICT FOUR.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW SONG THAT WE CAN SING IN TERMS OF BEING FREE.
AND SO I APPLAUD STAFF FOR MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF FREEING US FROM A, FROM A BUSINESS THAT DID NOT INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE COULD COULD CONTINUE TO GROW BUSINESS 30 AND 31.
I CONTINUE, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW AS IT RELATES TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE TEAM. GUS TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND KEITH'S BOULEVARD. MARSALIS. THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE GREATLY NEEDED.
AND IT. WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT WHEN I POST ABOUT NEW LIGHTS AND I GET AN OUTPOURING OF LIKES, THAT IS REALLY BREATHTAKING BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING CONTINUES TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP AND STAY ENGAGED AND UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN DURING THE THE STRUGGLE OF TRYING TO GET FUNDS TO COME OUT, IT TAKES TIME. WE MAY APPROVE IT ON ONE DAY AND IT COMES OUT TWO YEARS LATER.
BUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKING THE POSITION THAT IT'S TAKING IN TERMS OF CUTTING BACK FUNDING FOR CITIES THAT TAKE A STAND ON PROTECTION OF COMMUNITIES OF WHICH I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO REPRESENTS A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
AND SO MR. GUS, PUBLIC WORKS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS, I BELIEVE DEV AND CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A VOICE AT THE HORSESHOE AND JUST KNOW IF I'M NOT SITTING IN THIS SEAT, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND AND FIGHT FOR EQUITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SEE NOW WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S RIGHT. NOW, I SUPPOSE I'M SPEAKING TO THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE ONLINE THANKING THEM FOR THE ATTENTION THAT THEY'RE GIVING ME THIS MORNING, BUT UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE GIVING ATTENTION TO STAFF THAT CONTINUES TO WORK, AND THEY'VE HEARD YOUR CRY AND WE'VE DOCUMENTED THAT.
AND SO THIS IS WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE NOW WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
THOSE ARE MY FOUR. THAT'S MY $0.04 ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER THIS MORNING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. I DO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY ON ITEM 16 VERY SINCERELY, SENATOR WEST AND THE ENTIRE DELEGATION, BUT PARTICULARLY YOU, SENATOR, FOR JUST BEING A TIRELESS, FEARLESS LEADER ON THIS, BECAUSE I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS.
WE HAVE MADE THIS THE TOP PRIORITY IN THE CITY.
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER ON THIS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, AND THIS POLICE TRAINING FACILITY IS GOING TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
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OUR POLICE ACADEMY HAS BEEN A A REAL WEAKNESS IN OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS IN THE CITY TO GET MORE OFFICERS HIRED, WHICH WE ALL AGREE WE NEED TO DO. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, SENATOR.THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THE TIME. WE KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
SO THANKS FOR BEING DOWN HERE PHYSICALLY HERE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
AND PLEASE CONVEY TO THE REST OF THE DELEGATION OUR APPRECIATION.
PLEASE CONVEY TO YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE AND OF COURSE, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DAN PATRICK, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN HELPING US KEEP THIS POLICY ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE TO MAKE DALLAS THE THE SAFEST MAJOR CITY IN AMERICA, AND WE'RE JUST ALL HANDS ON DECK ON THAT. AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR OF THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
[67. 25-1700A Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the Dallas Memorial Auditorium Resident Use and Incentive Agreement (CCT-2024-00024819 No. 24-0616) with Full Court Partners LLC, d/b/a/ Dallas Wings to include (1) an addition of the address for secondary facility at 1200 North Cockrell Hill Road; and (2) additional negotiation terms. - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]
I'LL READ THAT ITEM INTO THE RECORD. AGENDA ITEM 67 AUTHORIZED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE DALLAS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. RESIDENT USE AND INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH FULL COURT PARTNERS, LLC, DBA DALLAS WINGS TO INCLUDE ONE.AN ADDITION OF THE ADDRESS FOR SECONDARY FACILITY AT 1200 NORTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD, AND TWO ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATION TERMS. YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, JAMES. KRISTEN.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I'M JIM.
KRISTEN, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE THE JACUZZI FAMILY.
YOU HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PINNACLE PARK IN OAK CLIFF LIVE.
31 YEARS AGO, JOE SIRAGUSA BOUGHT 880 ACRES OF LAND IN OAK CLIFF, LOCATED WHAT IS NOW I-30 AND COCKRELL HILL ROAD. HE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY UNSEEN.
CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYBODY? BUT THAT'S WHAT HE BELIEVED IN DALLAS 31 YEARS AGO.
WHEN YOU COUNT ALL THE WAREHOUSES, THE MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER, THE HOTEL, THE APARTMENTS, ALL THAT'S HAPPENED OUT THERE AND TONS OF RESTAURANTS, IT GENERATES APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION A YEAR IN CITY TAX REVENUE AND $10 MILLION A YEAR IN SCHOOL TAXES.
THEN, 18 YEARS AGO, JOE JOE DONATED APPROXIMATELY 180 ACRES OF THE LAND TO THE CITY OF DALLAS TO CREATE CREATE JOY PARK, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF HIS SON, JOY, WHO HAD PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS BEFORE.
JOY WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING THE UNDERSERVED.
HIS DAD WENT AWAY TO PUSH FORWARD JOEY'S VISION OF HELPING OTHERS.
BEFORE JOEY DIED, HE ENVISIONED A WAY TO PROVIDE FREE CHILDCARE TO YOUNG SINGLE MOTHERS ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS SO THEY COULD CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. TODAY, MORE THAN 80 CHILDREN ATTEND FREE DAYCARE DAYCARE AT DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LOUISIANA.
BECAUSE OF JOEY'S DREAM AND THE DOUGLAS FAMILY PHILANTHROPY.
SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THAT A PERSON'S CHARACTER IS MOLDED IN THE SANDBOX.
BUT HIS UNTOUCHED BUT HAS BEEN UNTOUCHED FOR 18 YEARS BECAUSE OF EACH OF YOU.
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YOU CAN CHANGE THAT TODAY. WORKING WITH THE DALLAS WINGS BASKETBALL AND DALLAS TRINITY SOCCER, WE WILL SEE THESE 180 ACRES THE PARK EXPLODE.I CAN SEE IT NOW. BASKETBALL, SOCCER, LACROSSE, FLAG FOOTBALL, YOU NAME IT.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR DALLAS. THE FAMILY IS HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE JOE AND CHERYL. JOEY'S MOTHER, SANDRA.
ALSO JOYCE. SISTER, STACEY HOWELL AND JOEY'S NEPHEW, SETH, ZACK AND EZRA.
THEY'RE ALL HERE TODAY. YOUR TIME. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VOTE YESTERDAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, JOE.
GOOD MORNING. I'M JOE RAGOUSIS. I'M FROM METAIRIE, LOUISIANA.
MY DAUGHTER IS HERE WITH OUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND THEY ALL LIVE IN THE DALLAS COMPLEX.
I'M HERE IN MEMORY OF MY SON, JOEY, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2005.
JOEY HAD A HEART OF GOLD. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT HE LOVED AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT. HE LOVED SPORTS. HE LOVED ATHLETICS, AND HE ALSO LOVED CHILDREN, AS HE LOVED OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL SPACE, WHICH THE WORCESTER PARK. SUCH A SPECIAL DONATION FOR US.
AND TO HONOR OUR SON'S MEMORY, IN ALLIANCE WITH PERFECT VISION OF JOEY TO EMPOWER CHILDREN, CREATE OPPORTUNITY AND BUILD COMMUNITIES AS IT MERGED HIS LOVE OF CHILDREN'S SPORTS AND RECREATION.
I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF VISION.
THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR FAMILY TODAY. THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE YOUR REGISTERED SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR, FOR THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
GO AHEAD. WE'LL ALLOW ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM WITH THE SAME RULES OF THREE MINUTES.
NEXT SPEAKER. DO YOU KNOW WHICH SPEAKERS COUNCIL MEMBER? SORRY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MR. NEAL, ONE OF THE TWO.
WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
SORRY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
JIM. NEAL. WELCOME. HELLO, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, RESPECTED CITY STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I WANT TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS TRINITY FC CLUB TO THE PROPOSED DALLAS WINGS FACILITY. AND MY THANKS TO THE JOEY GORGEOUS FAMILY FOR THEIR DONATION OF THIS LAND TO THE CITY.
I'M CONVINCED THAT APPROVING THE GORGEOUS PARK SITE FOR THE WING'S HEADQUARTERS PRACTICE FACILITY, AND FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR DALLAS TRINITY FC TO ALSO LOCATE THERE IN THE FUTURE, WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE WINGS AND DALLAS TRINITY FC.
TWO. THAT LAND HAS BEEN UNDERUTILIZED OR NOT UTILIZED FOR THE CITY FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS.
THERE'S NO MARGINAL COST TO THE LAND. THAT CORRIDOR IS GROWING, AND THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ENHANCE AND SOLIDIFY GROWTH SOUTH OF I-30 AND NEAR DOWNTOWN. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR THE INTENDED USE AND FOR GENERATING ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF EACH AIRPORT AND TEN MINUTES OF DOWNTOWN.
THE DEMAND FOR MORE SOCCER FIELDS IS ENHANCED BY THE ADVENT OF THE 2026 MEN'S WORLD CUP PRESENTS IN DALLAS AND HOPEFULLY THE 2031 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP PRESENCE IN DALLAS SHORTLY. ADDITIONAL QUALITY SOCCER FACILITIES IN THE DALLAS MARKET WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES THAT DALLAS IS A MAJOR PARTICIPANT IN THE 2031 WORLD CUP. AFTER THE SUCCESS WE EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE NEXT SUMMER IN 2026, WITH THE COMMITMENT TO LOCATE THE WINGS AND ULTIMATELY, DALLAS TRINITY AT JOEY GORGEOUS PARK.
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ECONOMIC PUBLIC GOOD AND ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.THE ABILITY TO ADD QUALITY SOCCER FIELDS OVER SEVERAL PHASES WILL ATTRACT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS TO OUR CITY, AND ALSO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SHOWCASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL TEAMS. I BELIEVE THAT THE THE DALLAS CUP, THE LARGEST SOCCER TOURNAMENT IN THE DALLAS AREA, ANNUALLY GENERATES OVER $35 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT OVER A NINE DAY PERIOD EVERY EASTER WEEK. THE FACILITIES CAN ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITIES THE DISD FOR TRAINING, RECREATION AND COMPETITION. DALLAS COMMITMENT TO THE DALLAS WINGS AND DALLAS TRINITY FC WILL UNDERSCORE THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE OF WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, OF WOMEN'S SPORTS IN GENERAL, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPOWERING WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE GORGAS FAMILY.
THANK YOU. CHARLES. NEIL. CHARLES, NEIL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD.
I HOPE WE ALL FEEL THE POWER OF JOE DRUSUS BEING HERE TODAY.
AND I FULLY ENCOURAGE AND AM FULLY BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FOR THE DALLAS WINGS, WHAT IT MEANS FOR DALLAS TRINITY POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, AND THE COMMITMENT OF THIS CITY TO EMPOWERING WOMEN, EMPOWERING WOMEN'S SPORTS AND THE COMMITMENT TO THIS CITY, TO EMPOWERING OUR YOUTH AND THE GOOD THAT YOUTH SPORTS CAN BE FOR A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
CHAIR, UNLESS YOU HAVE A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY SECONDED BY SEVERAL.
SO, CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, IF YOU LIKE, ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY MANAGER.
AS DALLAS CONTINUES TO REALLY CEMENT ITSELF AS A SPORTS CITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
LAST YEAR, THIS BODY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CONTRACT TO BRING THE DALLAS WINGS BACK TO DALLAS.
PART OF THAT DUTY IS PROVIDING THE WINGS A PLACE TO PLAY.
THIS TIMELY ITEM WILL HELP US FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THE WINGS A WORLD CLASS PRACTICE PRACTICE FACILITY AHEAD OF THEIR 2026 SEASON, PER THE COMPREHENSIVE MEMO THAT STAFF PROVIDED LAST FRIDAY.
SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND ACROSS THE CITY BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY, DISTANCE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, FLOODPLAIN DATA, ZONING CHANGES, SIZE AND ACCESS TO AIRPORTS. AFTER EVALUATING SEVERAL OPTIONS, STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE UNDERUTILIZED JOEY GEORGES PARK WOULD BE THE BEST LOCATION FOR THIS COMBINED PRACTICE FACILITY AND OFFICE SPACE.
THE SITE IS LESS THAN TEN MINUTES FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, HAS EASY ACCESS TO BOTH AIRPORTS, AND DOES NOT SIT ON A FLOODPLAIN. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF IF I CAN GET THEM TO COME UP HERE, PLEASE. DIRECTOR FLEMING.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR, AND I KNOW THIS IS THIS IS AN EXCITING ONE.
TO JUGGLE, TOO. A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS FIRST ON ZONING.
DOES THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION DO SPECULATIVE ZONING, OR IS IT CORRECT THAT THE RESULT OF THIS MATTER WILL INFORM HOW THE PARKLAND IS GOING TO BE USED? SURE. ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR FOR CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, AND I HAVE SOMEONE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT WHO'S GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU. THE ANSWER IS NO. WE DON'T DO SPECULATIVE ZONING, BUT I'D LIKE HER TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. I'M HOPING I HEARD IT CORRECTLY.
YOU ARE ASKING WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW, AND DO WE NEED TO REZONE IT? YEAH. BASICALLY, WHAT IS THE YOU KNOW, WILL THE RESULT OF THE VOTE TODAY INFORM CPC ON THE RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION? WELL, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THINGS SEPARATELY. IS LIKE ANY ITEM REZONING IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DUE PROCESS.
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I THINK COUNCIL WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE OUTCOME OF TODAY.BACK TO DIRECTOR FLEMING FOR A MOMENT. IN ALL OF THE SITES WE REVIEWED, IT WAS INDICATED WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ZONING IN PRETTY MUCH ANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS. CORRECT? IN ANY OF THE LOCATIONS? YES.
AND EVEN IN DOWNTOWN, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO A REZONING.
AND THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SITE THAT WOULD HAVE SOME OF THE THE EASIEST MOVEMENT IN TERMS OF GETTING THE ZONING IN PLACE, ASSUMING IT WAS SUPPORTED BY CPC AND COUNCIL.
CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. I KNOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE COME UP AS AN ISSUE.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO WORK ON LOWERING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION? YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING MARKET FACTORS ASIDE WHILE YOU WORK THROUGH THE DESIGNS? SURE. AS WE WORK THROUGH DESIGN, THAT'S THE PROCESS WHERE YOU START TO LOOK AT MATERIALS AND COSTS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU START TO WORK ON LOWERING THE COST OF, OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION WITH THE WINGS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A FACILITY BEFORE THEIR 2026 SEASON. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND SO WE IN THE CONTRACT, IT'S CALLED A SECONDARY FACILITY BY TERM, BUT IT'S A PRACTICE FACILITY AND OFFICES. BEING ON PUBLIC LAND, ON PARK LAND WOULD ADD THE PUBLIC BENEFIT COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.
SO YES, WE'RE WE'RE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT.
AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOCATION IN 2026 TO PRACTICE.
SO WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE THAT. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO STICK AROUND. I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE QUESTIONS. NOT FROM ME, THOUGH.
YOU DID MENTION THE PUBLIC AMENITIES. I'LL TOUCH ON THAT.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, SEVERAL SOCCER COMPETITION FIELDS WHICH WILL CAN BE USED BY THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED WINGS PRACTICE FACILITY. PHASE TWO COULD INCLUDE A FUTURE DALLAS TRINITY TRAINING FACILITY.
BASKETBALL FACILITIES AND OTHER PARK AMENITIES.
TAKING UP A TOTAL OF 60 ACRES OF THE 200 ACRE SITE.
I WANT TO THANK THE THE JOE GEORGE AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY FOR BEING IN DALLAS TODAY AND SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT, ENSURING THAT YOUR GENEROUS DONATION FROM 25 YEARS AGO WILL NOT CONTINUE TO SIT EMPTY AND UNDERUTILIZED, BUT INSTEAD TRANSFORM INTO A HUGE ASSET FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
BUILDING THIS FACILITY WILL KICK START THAT REDEVELOPMENT, OPEN THE DOOR FOR MORE AMENITIES, WHICH WILL BENEFIT MANY RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS WHO HAVE LACKED AMENITIES.
I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, TO KEEP US ON TRACK WITH OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
REAFFIRM DALLAS COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SPORTS THAT THE MAYOR KICKED OFF WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO OFFICE, AND ENSURE CITY FUNDS ARE INVESTED EQUITABLY ACROSS OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 67 FOR THE PUBLIC.
ITEM 67. WE TOOK THINGS OUT OF ORDER TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER SUFFICIENT DUE DILIGENCE HAS BEEN DONE AS TO THE LOCATION FOR THIS FACILITY.
THERE ARE OTHER SITES THAT HAD SOME VERY SUPERFICIAL ANALYSIS THAT I DON'T THINK REALLY CONSTITUTED SUFFICIENT DUE DILIGENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, SAMUEL GRAND PARK IN EAST DALLAS WAS ONE THAT WAS DISMISSED BECAUSE OF TOPOGRAPHY CONCERNS.
WELL, EVERY BUILDING SITE NEEDS SOME LEVEL OF GRADING.
THAT'S NOT A HIGH COST IN TERMS OF AN OVERALL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS SUFFICIENT REASON FOR DISMISSING THE SAMUEL GRAND LOCATION.
BUT MY GREATER CONCERN IS ONE OF TIME AND COST IF WE ARE TO CONSTRUCT THIS PRACTICE FACILITY BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE 26TH SEASON, THAT'S LESS THAN 12 MONTHS FROM NOW.
IT WILL TAKE, EVEN IF FAST TRACKED SIX MONTHS TO GET THE PROPERTY REZONED, AND IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST A YEAR, IF NOT TWO YEARS, TO THEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A FACILITY THAT WILL PUT US LONG PAST THE BEGINNING OF THE 26TH SEASON, AND INDEED LONG PAST, WHEN THEY HAVE TO VACATE THEIR CURRENT PRACTICE FACILITY IN ARLINGTON.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GREATER OPTIONS ANALYZED FOR UTILIZATION OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ZONING AND THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE FROM THE GROUND UP CONSTRUCTION, THEREBY NOT ONLY SAVING TIME, BUT ALSO PRESUMABLY SAVING MONEY, EVEN IF REMODELING IS NECESSARY.
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AND WE LOOK FOR A SITUATION IN TERMS OF A BUILDING WITH SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR SUCH A FACILITY.WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE EXPENSE OF BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE TIME ELEMENT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS TEAM HOMELESS FOR A PRACTICE FIELD, A PRACTICE FACILITY BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THEIR 26TH SEASON.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STAFF GO BACK AND LOOK AT ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES TO THIS LOCATION SO THAT WE COULD GET THEM INTO A NEW FACILITY IN TIME FOR THE 26 SEASON, OR AT LEAST BEFORE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR EXISTING PRACTICE FACILITY. AND TO PARE DOWN THIS BUDGET AT $55 MILLION.
THAT MONEY COULD GO TOWARD A LOT OF RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING.
THANK YOU. GENTLEWOMAN. MENDELSOHN. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY BEAUTIFUL STATEMENTS MADE ABOUT ABOUT THE WINGS AND ABOUT THIS FACILITY, EVEN. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WE CAN BE A SPORTS CITY WITHOUT SPENDING THIS MUCH MONEY.
AND I WANT TO ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS. FIRST, DOES OUR WINGS AGREEMENT SPECIFY THAT WE NEED TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY? IT DOES NOT SPECIFY THE WORD NEW. NO, IT DOES NOT.
THANK YOU. DOES IT SPECIFY AN AMOUNT WE NEED TO SPEND? IT DOES NOT SPECIFY AN AMOUNT. BUT IF I COULD CAVEAT THAT A BIT.
THOSE, AS I SAID IN THE LAST THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT COST AND ESTIMATES, THOSE ARE ESTIMATES BASED ON LIFE SIZED BUILDINGS IN, IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BUILT OR PROVIDED FACILITIES FOR A WNBA TEAM.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO FROM HERE IS COMPLETE DESIGNS.
AND AS WE'RE STARTING TO COMPLETE DESIGNS, START TO LOOK AT COST, MATERIALS, ETC., SO THAT WE TIGHTEN THAT THAT BUDGET AND INCLUSIVE IN THAT MONEY IS ALSO THE SOCCER FIELDS AND SOME OTHER AMENITIES.
AND SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS BRING YOU BACK A TIGHTENED UP COST DURING THE FULL DESIGN PROCESS.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE WINGS PROJECT, HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING TO PREPARE THE COLISEUM FOR THEM? WE JUST ENGAGED THE CMAA FOR THAT, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
AND SO AS THEY LOOK AT THE SCHEMATICS THAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGH GENSLER, AND AS WE WORK INTO DESIGNS, THEN WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP A COST THE ESTIMATE OR INVESTMENT LEVEL THAT WE PROVIDED.
YOU ASSUMED A LOT OF THINGS. IT ASSUMED REMOVING A ROOF, ETC.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO. AND SO I DON'T HAVE A COST FOR YOU UNTIL THE CMAA HAS MORE THAN A WEEK OR TWO TO ACTUALLY DIG INTO THE SCHEMATICS THAT THEY'VE STARTED TO WORK ON TO ACTUALLY BRING US A COST, BUT IT WILL BE UNDER WHAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
WE WILL NOT BE REMOVING A ROOF, ETC.. AND WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT YOU ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL WAS BASED ON? AGAIN, A COST THAT LOOKING AT LIFE SIZE FACILITIES IN OTHER CITIES.
SO WE DID HAVE A JUST ROUND $200 MILLION FIGURE THAT WE WILL NOT BE HITTING THAT NUMBER BASED ON SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AT THIS POINT.
BUT YOU'VE HAD TO PUT A HOLD ON SOME OF YOUR CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR THAT PROJECT, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, WE DON'T PUT A HOLD ON ANY MONEY UNTIL WE'VE COME TO COUNCIL AND WE AGREE.
SO WE DON'T ENCUMBER FUNDS OR OBLIGATE FUNDS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE AS WE HAVE A COST.
SO WE START TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN AFFORD, WHAT WE CAN BUILD, WHAT WE CAN BOND AGAINST, ETC..
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SCHEMATICS FIRST AND THE SCHEMATICS COMPLETED TO GIVE YOU A COST.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO IN AND WORK WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO START TO LOOK AT HOW TO LOWER THAT COST WITH VARIOUS MATERIALS, TYPES, ETC.. AND SO THAT'S THE SAME, THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW WITH THE ARENA.
AND OBVIOUSLY BEFORE MOVING FORWARD, BRING THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
AND ROSA, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASK OR IF THAT'S FROM THE CFO'S OFFICE, BUT COULD SOMEBODY GIVE ME A CURRENT BALANCE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER?
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CONSTRUCTION FUND? POINT OF ORDER. OKAY. I'M GOING TO SUSTAIN IT BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK I UNDERSTAND I WAS GIVING YOU SOME LEEWAY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COST CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM, THOUGHT MORE BROADLY AND MORE IN AN AGGREGATE IS A RELEVANT QUESTION AND A RELEVANT CONSIDERATION. BUT GETTING TO SPECIFICALLY INTO THE WEEDS ON THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT ITSELF IS REALLY NOT THE AGENDA ITEM TODAY. SO IF YOU COULD, BECAUSE I WANT TO I WANT TO ALLOW YOU TO TO HAVE I APPRECIATE THAT.I WANT TO ALLOW YOU TO ASK THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO ASK AS THEY RELATE TO THIS ITEM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE AGGREGATE COSTS.
THANK YOU. BUT BUT I'M TRYING TO KEEP YOU NARROW AND NOT HAVE THE QUESTIONS BE SOLELY RELATED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE ITEM THAT WAS NOTICED TODAY FOR DISCUSSION.
SO THE ITEM REFERENCES A SPECIFIC ADDRESS, AND YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY ASKING US TO RATIFY THAT.
WE AGREE TO PUT THE TRAINING FACILITY AT THAT LOCATION, WHICH THEN BOXES US IN ON COSTS, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT WE'RE NOW ELIMINATING. AND THAT'S REALLY MY LINE OF QUESTIONING.
AND MANY OF THOSE CONCERNS ARE ABOUT COSTS. SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BUILD THE TRAINING FACILITY FOR $5 MILLION AT THE PARK, I MIGHT FEEL VERY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS. BUT I DON'T.
AND KNOWING THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER FUND HAS LIMITED FUNDS, WHATEVER THEY ARE, AND KNOWING THAT WE SPENT $52 MILLION ON THE MORNING NEWS BUILDING AND $55 MILLION FOR THIS PRACTICE FACILITY, AND $6.5 MILLION TO REPAIR FOR FIFA FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER. AND WE'VE GOT THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM AT FAIR PARK COMING UP.
THAT'S OVER $113 MILLION ALREADY. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE OTHER THINGS THE FUND IS BEING USED FOR, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE TRIPS TO JAPAN. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS CONVENTION CENTER.
POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. I'LL LET YOU STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.
WE HAVE RULES ON GERMANENESS AND AND AND RESPECT ON THIS BODY.
AND THAT'S MY POINT OF ORDER. OKAY. IT'S A FACT.
AND GERMANENESS, MR. MAYOR, I THINK THE GERMANENESS ISSUE IS IS BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD TRY TO PUT ON A A CIVIL FACE FOR OUR GUEST TODAY. SO, EVERYONE, LET'S AVOID THE PERSONALITIES THAT WE CAN.
SO MY CONCERN CENTERS AROUND FINANCES, BUT ALSO THAT WE'RE USING A CONVENTION CENTER FOR AN ADDRESS VERY FAR AWAY. AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU LOOKED AT VARIOUS PROPERTIES, I WOULD SAY I'M INTERESTED IN DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES.
AND THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED LIKE THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM ITEM.
SO THIS IS NOT AN ITEM I'LL BE SUPPORTING. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS, AND WE ARE JUST THROWING SO MUCH MONEY EVERY WHICH WAY. AND WE'VE GOT SERIOUS, SERIOUS BUDGET CONCERNS AND ISSUES IN THE CITY.
AND IT'S IT'S IT'S SHOCKING, HONESTLY, HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON THINGS LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU, MISS BLACKMON. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
WE'RE ON ITEM 67, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS TO TO US.
SO, ROSA, WHEN DID WE ENGAGE IN THE AGREEMENT? IN APRIL 2024. SO APRIL 2024, WE ENGAGED WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH THE WINGS, AND IT STATED IN THERE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS SECONDARY FACILITY.
CORRECT. AND THE SECONDARY FACILITY WAS KIND OF PUT ON THE BACK BURNER BECAUSE WE HAVE A FIFA.
YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING ONE DIRECTION, AND WE GOT THROWN A CURVEBALL AND THEN GO INTO HOW YOU KIND OF CAME UP WITH THE NEW SOLUTION WHEN WE GOT THAT CURVEBALL. SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE QUESTION. SO AS WE WENT INTO THIS AGREEMENT, WE WERE ALSO BEGINNING OUR EARLY DISCUSSIONS WITH FIFA. ORIGINALLY, AS THIS BODY KNOWS, WE LOOKED AT TWO LOCATIONS, WE LOOKED AT FAIR PARK AND WE LOOKED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT WERE VISITED BY FIFA.
ULTIMATELY, FIFA ASKED IF THEY COULD DO THE USE THE CONVENTION CENTER JUST BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS A IT WAS AN EASIER CHOICE, RIGHT? NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH FAIR PARK. IT WAS JUST AN EASIER CHOICE TO USE THE CONVENTION CENTER.
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SO AS A CITY AND AS A BODY, WE AGREED TO THAT.BUT THAT MEANT THAT WE HAD TO THEN LOOK AT AT TIMING.
AND SO IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIFA, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LARGE ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATING ACROSS THE WORLD, RIGHT? SO NEGOTIATIONS DIDN'T GO AS QUICKLY AS THOUGH THEY WERE CITED HERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE QUIET PERIODS.
AND SO WE BEGAN TO TALK TO THE WINGS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGAGING THAT PART OF THEIR CONTRACT THAT ALLOWED US TO ASK THEM TO COME AND PLAY HERE A YEAR LATER. AND SO WE TALKED TO OWNERSHIP ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WE SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE WITH FIFA OCCUPYING HALLS A, B, AND C FOR A LONG DURATION TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE PRACTICE FACILITY IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME OR MORE THAN IT WOULD BE TO BUILD A NEW ONE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S ISSUES IN HOW IT'S CONNECTED TO THE CURRENT ARENA.
THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THERE'S SOME IT LOOKS FLAT, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FLAT.
IT'S A VERY IT'S ONE OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO THE THE RENOVATION OF THAT WAS GOING TO BE COSTLY, JUST LIKE IT.
JUST LIKE IT WOULD TO DO A NEW BUILD. SO IN DOING THAT, WE BEGAN TO LOOK AND WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, WORK WITH OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT. WE SENT QUESTIONS.
AND IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND IN THE CEDARS, THE THE HEIGHT WAS WAS AN ISSUE IN MOST OF THOSE FACILITIES, AS WOULD BE THE FACT THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE OWNERSHIP, WE WOULD HAVE TO LEASE MOST OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND SO THERE WAS ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS. AND SO AT THE SAME TIME GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE WAS TALKING A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE OWN. ARE WE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LAND THAT WE'VE OWNED AND OWNED FOR A LONG TIME? ARE WE TAKING ADVANTAGE AND INVESTING IN BUILDINGS THAT WE OWN AS WELL? AND SO WE PIVOTED DID TALK TO CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND TALKED TO PARKS AND PARK AND REC ABOUT WHAT AVAILABLE PROPERTY THAT THEY HAD. AND SO WE WENT ON THE TOUR OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE MEMO AND LOOKED AT THE PROS AND CONS OF, OF ALL OF THEM. SOME OF THOSE ARE IN A FLOOD ZONE.
AND SO FOR A SOCCER FIELD THAT MAY WORK FOR A BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY.
BUT THERE'S POSITIVES WITH THAT TOO. IT'S OFF OF 30.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE.
IT'S 15 MINUTES TO THE AIRPORT, AND IT'S CLOSE TO BOTH SETS OF OF BOTH SETS OF ATTENDEES.
SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR DALLAS, YOUR ARLINGTON FORT WORTH.
EASY TO GET TO. IT'S ALSO AN AREA THAT IS LISTED ON SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE RELATIVE TO PARK NEEDS AND NEEDS FOR BOTH SOCCER, BASKETBALL, ETC.. SO IT CHECKED A LOT OF BOXES.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. YES IT DID. IT WAS VERY THOROUGH. SO YOU YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS SITE IS CLEARLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO? I FEEL AS THOUGH WE HAVE. IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. AND THEN SO TO AND THEN. SO THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY FOR LOVING DALLAS AND AND GIVING US THIS PARK.
AND IT RIGHT NOW IT IS WHAT AT THAT. WHAT IS AT THE PARK? NOTHING. SO THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVATE AN AREA WITH 200 ACRES OF PARKLAND THAT YOU DID ADDRESS THE FORWARD DALLAS THAT WE'RE CHANGING IT TO, WOULD WE START THE PROCESS TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO FLEX COMMERCIAL? I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO, OR I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO MR..
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I GUESS, A COMMUNITY OR A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL. SO THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE GROUND IS PD 525 THAT ALLOWS INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL TYPE USES.HOWEVER, IN FOR DALLAS THE AREA IS ZONED. THIS IS I'M SORRY NOT ZONED IS RECOMMENDED.
I APOLOGIZE, I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. IT'S RECOMMENDED AS FLEX COMMERCIAL WHICH SUPPORTS A MULTITUDE OF USES INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, AND RECOMMENDS NO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO EVER BE PLACED ON THE LOCATION.
AND SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE ONES THAT ALREADY EXIST THERE AROUND THE AREA? IN PD 595 WAS BUILT, I SEE IT'S WAREHOUSES, SO I DON'T SEE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES.
IT WON'T BE ANY KIND OF MANUFACTURING. I DON'T SEE ANY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WILL NEED AN SUV.
LET'S THINK BIG HERE. WE'VE HAD TO TRAVEL TO DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE TO ALL THE PIZZAS IN PLANO, TO MANSFIELD. THE PHASE ONE. YES. LET'S FILL OUR OBLIGATION.
BUT AS YOU GO INTO PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE, BUILD SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS THESE TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE I'VE SPENT MORE TIME AT A BASKETBALL GYM THAN I HAVE AT CITY HALL, AND THAT'S A LOT.
AND SO I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU THAT AS YOU GROW AND I SEE THESE LOVELY BOYS UP HERE, I'M SURE SOME OF THEM PLAY BASKETBALL OR SOCCER OR BOTH, THAT OTHER FAMILIES CAN ENJOY THIS TOO AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT FOR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MAKE IT A HOT SPOT FOR WOMEN BECAUSE I HOPE EVERYBODY SAW THE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES. AND YES, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GERMANE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE RUNNERS UP, RIGHT? AND SO WOMEN'S SPORTS IS HOT AND AND I PLAYED SPORTS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS.
SO THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. PLEASE MAKE IT PUBLIC.
PLEASE MAKE IT A BENEFIT AND THEN GROW BIG. SO THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
ITEM 67. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE.
I'M GOING TO SAY THIS RIGHT. GEORGE FAMILY. GEORGE GOOSE'S FAMILY.
THE DALLAS WINGS AND FC TRINITY. AGAIN, DALLAS IS IN FACT A SPORTS TEAM.
AND ROSELAND, I THANK YOU FOR REALLY JUST SPREADING THE LOVE AROUND THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SPOTS BOTH DOWNTOWN AND IN SOUTHERN DALLAS TO EXPERIENCE THE SPORTS AT THIS LEVEL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR THAT AREA.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU MENTIONED, HAPPENING ON WESTMORELAND. COCKRELL HILL AND REALLY PINNACLE PARK DRIVE, ALL OF THAT. SO BETWEEN THAT AREA, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN IMPACT AN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THAT AREA.
SO AGAIN, TO THE FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR DONATING THIS.
AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL HONOR YOUR SON'S MEMORY TO THE WINGS AND TO FC TRINITY.
BUT AGAIN, FOR ME, I THINK THIS IS A WIN FOR THE AREA AND FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU, MISS SCHULTZ.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 67.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT INVESTMENTS, I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE IN THE PAST AND SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES NOW, AND ANYONE WHO'S DONE COMPLEX INVESTMENTS UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S AS MUCH AS LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL, JUST THE HARD NUMBERS AS ALSO LOOKING AT WHO AND WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THIS AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE MANAGED.
AND I AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'VE BUILT WITH THE TWO PARTNERS HERE, THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE THE KIND THEY HAVE THE INTEGRITY, AND THEY HAVE THE KIND OF BUSINESS MINDSET THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT EXPONENTIALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR CITY.
IF THIS COUNCIL CAN HAVE THE VISION TO LOOK BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE BUDGET, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
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I REALLY APPRECIATE BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THAT INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS I THINK THAT IF THIS WERE A MEN'S SPORTS QUESTION, THIS WAS THE MAVERICKS. WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE SITTING HERE.
THERE WOULD BE NO DEBATE ABOUT THIS. AND SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THANKS TO OUR MAYOR AND HIS INTEREST IN WOMEN'S SPORTS, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A REPUTATION WITH GLOBAL REPERCUSSIONS AS A CITY THAT SUPPORTS WOMEN OVERALL.
THIS IS GOING TO BRING BUSINESS TO DALLAS IN WAYS THAT WE CAN'T EVEN FORESEE YET.
FROM THE CORPORATE BOARDROOM TO RETAIL, IF DALLAS WERE TRULY TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF BEING THE MOST SUPPORTIVE CITY IN THE WORLD FOR WOMEN'S ATHLETES AND WOMEN'S SPORTS, WE CAN HURRAH AND CHEER ALL WE WANT.
BUT IF WE DON'T PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, THEN WE ARE NOTHING.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT AN INTEGRITY ISSUE, I BELIEVE, FOR THIS COUNCIL.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS NO BETTER LEGACY FOR THE FAMILY.
I STAND IN TRIBUTE TO YOU AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY AND WE'D BE FOOLS TO VOTE OTHERWISE.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND THANK YOU, MISS SCHULTZ, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO GO KIND OF ON THE SAME LINE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WINGS ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE OWED AN APOLOGY FOR, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THE MAVS WOULD EVER BE SOMEONE WE WOULD SAY BELONG PRACTICING AT A YMCA.
THIS IS PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. THIS IS. THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.
THESE ARE WOMEN WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR CAREER.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE ALSO REMISS TO TO NOT MENTION THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SPORTS TEAMS IN OUR REGION THAT LIKE TO USE OUR NAME, BUT NOT BE IN OUR CITY. THIS IS A SPORTS TEAM THAT WANTS TO HAVE THE PRIDE OF DALLAS IN OUR CITY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO ALSO NOTE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN, INVESTING IN A WNBA TEAM TO CALL THE CITY OF DALLAS HOME.
WNBA HAS SEEN EXTREME POSITIVE NUMBERS. ESPN PLATFORMS SAW 170% INCREASE IN RATINGS ON EACH GAME.
ATTENDANCE GREW JUST IN LAST YEAR. 48% YEAR OVER YEAR, REACHING 2.4 MILLION FOR THE 2024 REGULAR SEASON. THE BRAND WAS NAMED THE BRAND OF THE WNBA, WAS NAMED THE FASTEST GROWING BRAND IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES IN 2024, WHEN SEEING A 601% MERCHANDISE INCREASE.
ALL STAR VOTING SAW 538% INCREASE FROM 2023 TO 2024.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INDUSTRY THAT IS BOOMING, AND IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE PUT IN, I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT THE RETURN ON THESE INVESTMENTS ARE.
THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ABOUT 13 MONTHS AGO FOR US TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS TO, QUITE FRANKLY, DISCREDIT THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF, THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM, THAT MONICA PAUL, WHO I SEE IN THE AUDIENCE, HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE OUR CITY BE A PREMIER PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CITY IN OUR COUNTRY.
AND I WANT TO TELL THE WINGS WHOLEHEARTEDLY, JUST AS I DID IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WE HELD THAT THERE MAY BE SOME MUMBLES, THERE MAY BE SOME COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE, AND I DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY APOLOGIZE.
BUT I LOOK AT THE WINGS ORGANIZATION AS JUST AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE OTHER SPORTS TEAMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, AND THOSE OTHERS THAT LIKE TO CLAIM BEING IN OUR CITY BUT AREN'T.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS.
AND THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, FOR THE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN TO GETTING THIS TO FRUITION.
BUT ALSO, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR MAKING OUR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS A PRIORITY OF OUR CITY.
AND IT'S ONE THAT I THINK WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN SINCE YOU HAVE TASKED US WITH THAT.
SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINGS. AND THANK YOU TO THE JOEY G FAMILY.I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER YOUR NAME WITH THE LAST NAME LIKE MINE.
I KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE JOEY G FAMILY FOR NOT ONLY WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY IN OPENING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THIS VOTE TODAY, BUT ALSO FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AND SHOWING THAT PRIDE AND MAKING US PUT THAT CONNECTION, THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION FOR WHAT THIS LAND IS MEANT TO, TO BE.
LASTLY, ECONOMIC IMPACT. JUST AS I TOLD YOU ALL WHEN WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE DEAL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT IF WE DON'T LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR REGION AS A PLAYBOOK FOR HOW WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE'RE MISSING THE MARK. THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS A PLACE CALLED THE STAR, WHERE OUR DALLAS COWBOYS PLAY ON THE ENTIRE OTHER PART OF OUR METROPLEX, BUT THAT'S GENERATING A LOT OF REVENUE, THAT'S GENERATING A LOT OF ACTIVITY, A LOT OF PROGRAMING. THAT'S THE VISION THAT WE NEED TO SEE FOR THIS.
BEYOND THE STATE OF THE ART PRACTICE FACILITIES, BEYOND PROVIDING WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES TO MEET THE CALIBER OF ATHLETICS THAT THEY ARE IN, BUT ALSO TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS TYPE OF AN INVESTMENT AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE SHOPPING.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE EATING. PEOPLE NEED TO BE WALKING AROUND THIS FACILITY.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S A LONG TERM GOAL THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH AN INVESTMENT LIKE THIS THAT WILL NOT ONLY BE GOOD FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN UNDERINVESTED IN FOR SO LONG.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 67? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS VOTED THE BEST SPORTS CITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH.
WHEN YOU BECAME MAYOR, YOU STARTED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SPORTS RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT.
THERE'S A REASON FOR IT. OUR RESIDENTS, MANY OF US ON THIS COUNCIL.
WE LOVE SPORTS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ENJOY DOING ENTERTAINMENT WISE, PLAYING WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE WE ALSO UP UNTIL WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO GET A BRAND NEW CONVENTION CENTER. WE'RE ALSO THE CHEERLEADING SPORTS CAPITAL OF THE GLOBE, AND WE'RE LENDING THAT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHILE WE GET THIS FACILITY BACK UP.
BUT CHEERLEADING IS IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT GIRLS AND WOMEN CAN DO WHEN IT COMES TO ATHLETICS.
ABOUT 13, 14 MONTHS AGO, WE UNANIMOUSLY THAT MEANS ALL 15 OF US.
AND THERE'S MANY ON THIS COUNCIL THAT LOVE TO DIG THROUGH THESE CONTRACTS.
AND THEY READ EVERY SINGLE LINE, AND THEY LIKE TO SHOW OFF HERE AT THE HORSESHOE THAT THEY DO IT, AND THAT THEY DIDN'T CATCH THAT, THAT WE HAD TO PROVIDE A PRACTICE FACILITY.
OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE JOEY. WE CALL, WE JUST SAY JOEY G WHERE I LIVE.
OKAY. SO SORRY. THAT'S WHAT WE SAY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH WHAT WE SAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE JOEY G FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR THAT GENEROUS DONATION MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL REALLY KNEW IT WAS THERE, MR. MAYOR, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF US, MAYBE THREE, BECAUSE I USED TO REPRESENT WHERE THE WALMART IS RIGHT ACROSS ON CHUCK HILL AND COCKRELL HILL, I MEAN ON COCKRELL HILL.
AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S NOTHING UP THERE. WHY WOULD I PUT A PLAYGROUND UP THERE? AND ALSO IT'S IN DISTRICT THREE AND NOW IT'S IN DISTRICT ONE.
SO I KNOW WHAT'S THERE. THERE IS NO CEMENT BATCH PLANT THERE.
THERE IS NO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING THERE.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW THE HISTORY. PINNACLE PARK, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT AREA WAS ONCE WHERE AND WHERE? WHERE THE PARK IS, IS WHERE? BACK IN THE DAY, IN THE 19 TEENS, CEMENTO GRANDE WAS.
THERE IS HOW WE REFERRED THE COMMUNITY REFERRED TO IT.
AND THAT WAS WHERE THE GIGANTIC BIG CEMENT BATCH PLANT WAS BEFORE.
THAT WAS THE CITY OF DALLAS WHEN IT WAS DALLAS COUNTY.
AND MR. MAYOR, TO SEE WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN TO AND THAT AREA HAS HOTELS.
THERE IS RESIDENTIAL THERE BECAUSE YOU HEARD FOLKS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, COULD RESIDENTIAL, IT'S ALREADY THERE. THERE'S APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALL AROUND.
AND HOMES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAIN STREET THAT'S DOWN THERE AS WELL.
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TO SAY THAT WE NEED ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS THE DALLAS WINGS.IT IS THE POTENTIAL OF FC DALLAS TRINITY. A DALLAS TRINITY FC TO COME TO THIS AREA AS WELL.
IT IS THE POTENTIAL OF SAYING THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS MR. MAYOR IS THE SPORTS PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SPORTS CAPITAL OF THE GLOBE.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE PROUD OF THAT WE STARTED RIGHT HERE AND I AND TO HEAR THE HISTORY OF YOUR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT SPORTS HERE ANYWAY.
PEOPLE ASK FOR A MASTER PLAN. IT ALREADY EXISTED.
IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR 18 TO 20 YEARS.
THAT WAS MENTIONED BY THE FAMILY. WE'VE DONE NOTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY.
NOTHING. AND NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING.
AND THE DALLAS WINGS ARE THE PERFECT PLACE TO GET STARTED.
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN PLAYING BASKETBALL. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO ONE OF THEIR GAMES, LET ME TELL YOU, YOU BETTER SHOW UP AND GO GET THERE. BECAUSE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, THEY THEY PLAY NBA.
I'M NOT GOING TO HATE ON THE NBA BECAUSE I LOVE THE NBA TOO. BUT THEY DON'T.
THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE THEY DON'T PLAY AS AGGRESSIVELY AS THESE WOMEN DO.
THEY PLAY REAL BALL. SO YOU GO TO A DALLAS WINGS GAME I LOVE THE DALLAS WINGS.
THEY KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'M A SEASON TICKET HOLDER.
BUT THE THING IS, IF WE IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ONE WAY FOR THE MEN, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT THE SAME FOR THE WOMEN, BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT, BUT THEY SAID THAT WOMEN JUST DO IT ALL THE SAME AND CAN DO IT ALL THE SAME IN MEN, EXCEPT FOR BACKWARDS AND IN HEELS AND RICHARDS.
SHE SAID THAT ABOUT GINGER, GINGER ROGERS, FRED ASTAIRE. MR. MAYOR, THAT'S YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. LET'S GO. WINGS. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 67.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. ROSA, I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS OR HAVE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALREADY.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR PREPARING THAT MEMO.
IT WAS HELPFUL IN GETTING SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
BUT I DO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ASKED SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS.
NO QUESTION THAT THIS HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SEE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHAT PART OF TOWN IT GOES IN.
WHAT DISTRICT GOES IN? THIS IS ABOUT INVESTING IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER.
FIRST QUESTION IS, UNDER TERMS, A SECONDARY FACILITY.
WHAT DOES THAT EXACTLY MEAN? SO IT'S A PRACTICE.
EXCUSE ME? IT'S A PRACTICE FACILITY AND OFFICES AND BEING ON PARK PROPERTY.
NOW THAT ALSO INCLUDES A VIEWING AREA. SO SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WHAT I GUESS I'M GETTING AT IS IN THE CONTRACT.
IT DOESN'T STIPULATE SOME OF THOSE USES THAT YOU SAID.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT JUST SAYS SECONDARY FACILITY. IT JUST SAYS SECONDARY FACILITY. CORRECT OKAY. AND SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT ZONING? I'LL NEED. HERE SHE COMES. THANK YOU.
YES. SO IT'S PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 525.
AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PREVIOUS USES WERE AT THIS SITE? SO THIS PD WAS ADOPTED IN 1998. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT WAS ALSO AN INDUSTRIAL.
I DIDN'T DO THE WHOLE ZONING CHANGE HISTORY ON THAT, BUT I CAN.
SO WAS THIS SITE A BATCH PLANT AT ONE POINT? I DO NOT KNOW.
OKAY. ROSA, DO YOU KNOW IT WAS A BAD PLAN? IT'S BEEN REMEDIATED.
OKAY. AND SO THIS WILL REQUIRE A ZONING CHANGE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WHAT IS THE PROCESS? HAS IT ALREADY BEEN INITIATED? AND WHO IS THE APPLICANT? YES, THE PROCESS WAS ALREADY INITIATED.
IT DOES REQUIRE A ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THE PD DOESN'T ALLOW ANY RECREATION USES.
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN INITIATED. IT IS UNDER REVIEW WITH OUR MAPPING TEAM.
ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS IS GOING TO MOVE INTO ZONING.
NORMAL PROCESS REVIEW AND SCHEDULING FOR CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE APPLICANT IS THE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT IS ALSO APPLYING FOR PERMITS.
WE'RE ALSO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND REVIEWING INITIAL PHASES OF PERMITS AS WELL.
OKAY. SO HAS STAFF DETERMINED THEIR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT.
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WE WE WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND THE BASS STRAIT ZONING A MIXED USE TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY FOR THE CITY.AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS TIME FRAME? HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO TAKE BEFORE IT GETS TO COUNCIL? NORMALLY, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEW MONTHS. WE'RE GIVING THIS A PRIORITY, AS WE DO WITH ANY HIGH PROFILE AND ESPECIALLY CITY TYPE OF PROJECTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT AUGUST THE EARLIEST. SO IT IS ON AN ACCELERATING ACCELERATED PRIORITY.
OKAY. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR PREPARING THAT MEMO.
THAT ANSWERED MY PREVIOUS QUESTION, SO THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING BACK TO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN FOR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. CAN YOU TELL ME IF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS BEEN DONE FOR THIS SITE? YES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TERRACON THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ON ON THE SITE COMPLETE.
IT IS 90% COMPLETE, BUT THEY'VE NOT FOUND THEY CONFIRMED THE CAPPING.
AND DIRECTOR WHITE. OH, YES. YES. HELLO. PAUL WHITE INTERIM DIRECTOR, I CORRECT.
WE ARE WE HAVE CONDUCTED THE PHASE TWO ON THE SITE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE SITE RESULTS. BACK FROM THE CONSULTANT.
WHAT HAVE THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS BEEN? THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS WERE.
THE AREA IS THE AREAS IN GENERAL ARE GREAT FOR FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND PROTECTION.
BUT THERE ARE A FEW AREAS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AND WAITING FOR THE FINAL REPORT.
WELL, YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE A LOCATION, AND YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW SOMETHING.
I BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SHARE IT. OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING IT AS WE WALK THROUGH.
WE HAVE A WEEKLY MEETING WHERE WE TALK WITH MR. DIRECTOR WHITE'S STAFF AS WE WALK THROUGH. AND SO THE AREAS OF CONCERN ARE VERY SMALL.
AND WHAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE IN TALKING TO TERRACON IS THE REMOVAL OF MAYBE 2 TO 3FT OF DIRT IN LITTLE POCKETS OF AREA AROUND THE PARK, BUT NOT THE BUILD SITE FOR THE ACTUAL FIT TEST THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE FACILITY.
SO, MAYOR, FIRST I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A RECORD VOTE.
NEXT, I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK AT ALL TO WE ONLY WISH WONDERFUL THINGS, OF COURSE, FOR THE WINGS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN WNBA TEAMS THAT HAVE NOT CONTINUED.
THEY FOLDED. WHAT IS THE. WHAT'S THE CONTINGENCY IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN? SO WE DON'T WISH THAT OBVIOUSLY ON ON ANY TEAM.
IN THIS CASE THE WINGS ARE DOING VERY WELL, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AND GROWING.
HOWEVER, THE CONTINGENCY IS THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE A CITY OWNED BUILDING.
WE WOULD WORK WITH PARK AND REC AND THE SPORTS COMMISSION TO FILL THE BUILDING WITH ANOTHER, WITH ANOTHER TEAM OF ANOTHER, EITHER BASKETBALL OR OTHER SPORT, OR WE WOULD CONVERT IT TO SOME USE FOR AAU, AS WAS EXPRESSED BY COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT WE CAN DO AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD PAST THE 15 YEARS IN THE RENEWAL. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A LOT OF DEBT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE ACTUAL DOLLARS ASIDE.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO CAUSE ANOTHER POINT OF ORDER, BUT I WILL SAY THAT.
WE SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THIS INFORMATION IN THE ORDER WE GET IT, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE ACADEMY, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEAL LIKE THIS, THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVALUATE ALL THESE PROJECTS WITH ALL THE FISCAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
AND I JUST, I, I DON'T APPRECIATE HOW IT'S ALWAYS THE LAST MINUTE AND IT'S.
WE CAN'T EVEN WAIT TWO WEEKS TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. WE CAN'T EXPLORE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
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THEY DON'T SAY, PLEASE MAKE US MORE OF A SPORTS TOWN.THEY TELL US, PLEASE INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
PLEASE FIX OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. PLEASE, PLEASE HAVE BETTER GOVERNANCE.
AND THIS IS PROBLEMATIC FOR ME. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A RECORD VOTE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MINDSET OF PUTTING A FACILITY LIKE THIS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
I MEAN, IDEALLY IT SHOULD BE ADJACENT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER PART OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FAIR PARK LANGUISHING FAIR PARK THAT WE COULD AT LEAST INVEST THIS MONEY IN SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE FOR HELPING REVITALIZE THAT. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE JUST HEARD WERE RICH AFTER VOTING FOR A FACILITY THAT WE ARE JUST HOPING SOMEONE CAN RAISE $100 MILLION PRIVATELY TO ACCOMPLISH AT UNT. DALLAS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DEBT COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE? BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS FUNDING SOURCE IS, IS PRETTY SOUND AND IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE.
STREAM OF REVENUE. DO YOU MIND RUNNING THROUGH THAT FOR ME, PLEASE? SO, YES, IT'S A MIX OF OF PRIVATE FUNDS AND A MIX OF CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.
CONSTRUCTION FUND. NOW THE FUND IS CALLED THAT IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOR THE CITY, BUT IT INCLUDES HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE TAX REVENUES EARNED BY THE CONVENTION CENTER THROUGH EVENTS.
SO IT'S A MIX OF THOSE FUNDS, AND WE USE THEM IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY THROUGH TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY. AND SO YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE'VE USED THOSE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS ARTS AND CULTURE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE WE'VE INVESTED IN SPORTS, WHERE WE'VE INVESTED IN OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN THEN TURN AROUND AND USE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COURT CLIENTS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE CHOSEN DALLAS YET, BUT ARE CONSIDERING IT.
THE ARTS DISTRICT, FOR INSTANCE, HAS BEEN A HUGE INVESTMENT AND, AND PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS SHOWN A POSITIVE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT? ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE HAVE CLIENTS HERE, WHETHER THEY'RE HERE FOR SPORTS OR THEY'RE HERE FOR A CONFERENCE OR CONVENTION VISIT DALLAS WORKS TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY VISITED IN THE CITY AND WHERE THEIR DOLLARS WERE, WERE SPENT SO THAT WE CAN AND THEY PROVIDE US A REPORT POST-EVENT.
AND SO TYPICALLY, THEY VISITED THE ART DISTRICT.
THEY VISITED KLYDE WARREN, THEY VISITED VICTORY PLAZA, FAIR PARK, ETC..
AND SO WE DO THAT SOMETIMES JUST WATCHING THEM VISIT.
BUT AS THE PLANNERS ARE PREPARING TO COME TO DALLAS, BE IT FOR A FIFA EVENT OR OR ANY OTHER.
WE SHOW THEM THE THINGS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS INVESTED IN.
SO WE TAKE THEM ON TOURS, WE CREATE AND FOSTER EVENTS FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PICKING A VEGAS OR A DALLAS, PICKING A CHICAGO OR PICKING DALLAS, PICKING HOUSTON OR PICKING DALLAS. RIGHT. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO INVEST IN AND LOOK AT STRATEGICALLY IN A WAY THAT PUSHES DALLAS FORWARD. AND SO WE TRY TO LOOK LONG TERM. THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ON RECORD, BECAUSE I AM GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING A RECORD VOTE.
SO WE CAN SHOW SOME INCONSISTENCIES HERE BECAUSE WE WE CAN ACT LIKE WE'RE BEING FISCAL HAWKS.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING PUT FORTH IN FRONT OF US, I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN DONE DILIGENTLY.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN A CLEAR ROADMAP OF HOW THERE WILL BE A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S CLEAR ON JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY WHAT WE HAVE AGREED TO PRIORITIZE AS A COUNCIL TO INVEST IN AS AN ORGANIZATION. SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WOULD CHANGE IN 13 MONTHS FROM LENDING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS DEAL, KNOWING THAT THERE WERE THESE CONTINGENCIES IN THE CONTRACT.
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I HEARD A COMMENT THAT THINGS HAPPENED IN THE LAST MINUTE.WELL, I THINK THAT A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, BY STAFF LEADING UP TO THIS POINT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS WAITED FOR SOME THEATER HERE ON THE FLOOR, WHICH I APOLOGIZE, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD DEAL.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE THING FOR THE FUTURE, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, NOT JUST TO LEVERAGE LAND THAT WAS MEANT TO BE SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO TO SHOW ONCE AGAIN OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SPORTS. FOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AS A WHOLE.
SO NOT JUST TO THE WINGS, BUT ALSO TO FC TRINITY FOR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ROSA. OKAY, BEFORE I GO BACK TO YOU, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, I THINK CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD HAS JUMPED IN THE QUEUE FOR A FIRST ROUND.
SO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. CHAIRWOMAN, ON ITEM 67.
THANK YOU. MAYOR, AND I AM REALLY GOING TO BE BRIEF ON THIS MATTER.
THANKING YOU AGAIN, MISS ROSA FLEMING, FOR YOUR WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND YOUR COMMITMENT ON ALL THINGS THAT ARE DALLAS, BUT IN THIS CASE, TO COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, I BELIEVE THIS IS IN THE DISTRICT THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING, AND I WILL GIVE YOU THAT SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAND IN THIS CASE FOR FOR EQUITY.
SOME OF YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND SOMETIMES I SHARE IT WITH YOU, BUT I DO HAVE A HISTORY OF SOME ATHLETICS IN MY BACKGROUND.
AND SO YOU KNOW, BUT I CAME UP IN THE DAYS WHEN WE HAD TO PAY HALF COURT WITH THOSE LITTLE PENNIES, BUT WAS ENGAGED WITH A NUMBER OF OF ATHLETE, ATHLETIC ATHLETIC SPORTS.
AND I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT AND WAS ALWAYS DIFFICULT.
AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE MADE WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO MOVE AND MOVE FORWARD.
BUT ON THIS IN TERMS OF EQUITY AND ACCESS JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, THE PUBLIC AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, WE ARE HERE PRETTY MUCH TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING DALLAS AND AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, YES, SOMETIMES THINGS DO COME UP.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE MORE I STAY ENGAGED IN THIS, THE MORE I TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE DALLAS ARE WE PERFECT? NO, WE ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT I AM. I FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAT NOW WE'RE BRINGING A FACILITY CLOSER TO WHERE THE COMMUNITIES NEED A VARIETY, WE NEED OPTIONS, AND WE NEED TO GET THE ATTENTION THAT WE REALLY MATTER.
SO EVENTUALLY, I THINK WE'LL GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN BRAG ABOUT OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITIES THAT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE UNDER RESOURCED.
SO IN THIS CASE, TO THE FAMILY WAS PROUD TO HEAR EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE HISTORY.
BUT TO THE FAMILY, WE'RE GLAD I AM. I'M GOING TO ONLY SPEAK FOR WHERE I AM TODAY IN DISTRICT FOUR.
BUT YOU HAVE WITH YOU OR YOU HAD ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FRANK MATHEOPOULOS IS STILL AROUND HERE, AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ME. FRANK MYLOPOULOS HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO THANK HIM FOR THAT.
SO IF HE'S ON YOUR TEAM, THEN I AM COMFORTABLE IN KNOWING THAT HE'S GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND SO IT THANK GOODNESS FOR FRANK, BECAUSE I MAY BE THINKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT FRANK, MINNEAPOLIS IS THE MAN WITH THE PLAN. AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF DISTRICT FOUR AND FRANK MILLER'S ONE OF THESE DAYS, IF YOU ASK, I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. YOU, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS A PARTNER.
SO WITH THIS, THIS PARTICULAR COMPLEX, AS MY COLLEAGUE STATED, WE WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING, BEING TIMELY, BEING UPFRONT WITH WHAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE CITY.
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AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT REPUTATION TO GO WITH US, MOVE WITH US INTO THE NEXT DECADE.SO IF IT MEANS THAT BRINGING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY WILL HELP BRING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT THE MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS THIS CITY, I THINK IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, MISS ROSA.
YOUR ROLE, ALL OF STAFF. AND I'M SURE MR. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD WEST CONTINUES TO RALLY.
BUT I WILL SAY TO THE FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR HOLDING ON, BUT BE COMMITTED TO THOSE COMMUNITIES BEYOND WHERE YOU ARE NOW TO SHARING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND FAMILIES BEYOND WHERE YOU ARE IN THIS FACILITY.
MR. MYLOPOULOS, AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO IN THE NAME OF HONESTY, EQUITY, TRANSPARENCY, INCLUSION, BUT MOST OF ALL, DALLAS, TEXAS, FOR WHAT YOU DO AND YOUR ENERGY BEHIND MAKING SURE WE ARE A GREAT CITY.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. MR. RESENDEZ, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 60.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. I THINK WE NEED WE NEED TO MOVE ON WITH THE VOTE AND GET ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THEM. I'M EVEN HAPPY TO BUILD A PRACTICE FACILITY.
AND THAT'S THE OBJECTION. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JACK IRELAND A QUESTION, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW THIS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
THERE WERE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT ISSUING BONDS AND THE REPAYMENT AND HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS ULTIMATELY ALL OF THE BONDS THAT THE CITY ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S A REVENUE BOND OR IT'S A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WHO IS ACTUALLY THE FINAL GUARANTOR? THANK YOU.
JACK GARLAND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SO THE CITY IS THE GUARANTY OR THE GUARANTOR ON ANY DEBT THAT WE ISSUE, AND IT'S PAID THROUGH TAXES THAT WE COLLECT OR OTHER REVENUES.
REVENUE BONDS ARE WE USE REVENUES PLEDGED REVENUES TO PAY THE DEBT.
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. WE USE PROPERTY TAX TO PAY THE DEBT.
AND SO THE POINT THAT IT'S BEING FINANCED THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER IS GREAT.
AND WE DO HAVE REVENUES, CERTAINLY. BUT IN THE END, THE THE THE GUARANTOR BEHIND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE RESIDENCE OF DALLAS AND THE PROPERTY TAXES, THE FRANCHISE TAXES AND THE SALES TAXES THAT ARE PAID.
OKAY. THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES. YEAH. SO DON'T DON'T TAKE OFF YET, YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THE I NEED TO GET THE RECORD STRAIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME DISINGENUOUS IN QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO GIVE MR. BAZALDUA A SHOUT OUT ON MY LAST DAY HERE IN THE BODY.
SO IT WAS TALKED ABOUT BEING THE GUARANTOR, BUT WHO'S ACTUALLY FUNDING THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT? SO THE CONVENTION CENTER REVENUES ARE FUNDED BY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE AND AND I AND IF I REMEMBER, MADAM CITY MANAGER, DIDN'T WE I MEAN MR. MAYOR, MADAM CITY MANAGER WILL ANSWER IS WE DID THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER UNDER THE SAME BILL THAT THE VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER IN PROP A, I MEAN, OVERWHELMINGLY TO INCREASE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BY 2% SO THAT WE COULD PAY FOR THIS, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN AND ADD IN THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER PORTION, IF YOU IF YOU HAVE THAT IF YOU IF YOU KNOW THAT INFORMATION AND HOW WE PAID FOR THAT SO FAST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. TO COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ, THE CURRENT BRYMER, IF YOU RECALL,
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ACTUALLY SUPPORTS NOT ONLY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN, BUT IT ALSO SUPPORTS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE COTTON BOWL AT FAIR PARK.VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AND IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, I'LL JUST SAY IT.
THE VOTERS ALSO DID THE SAME THING OVERWHELMINGLY, AND WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE VOTERS.
THAT'S WHAT WE JUST SAID AND ALL OF THIS. AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, BUT WHEN I KNOW BETTER, IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I KNOW WHAT THE VOTERS WANT BECAUSE THEY OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED FOR THIS.
AND SO WITH THIS ALL BEING COVERED WE HAVE WITH THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, WE DID A 20 YEAR TERM AND WE PAID FOR IT IN TEN USING THE BREMER BILL. SO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AND AND MAYBE HELP WITH THAT.
THE THE GUARANTEE ON THE DEBT IS FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
WE DO NOT PLEDGE GENERAL FUND REVENUES. IT'S ONLY A PLEDGE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER REVENUES.
IT IS NOT A PLEDGE OF THE PROPERTY TAXES OF THE CITY.
THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT IS PLEDGED, THERE ARE SPECIFIC REVENUES ON THE REVENUE BONDS.
THANK YOU. JACK AND ROSA, ISN'T THE CONVENTION CENTER AN ENTERPRISE FUND? YES. YES, YES IT IS. VERY GOOD. SO THAT MEANS YOU MAKE YOUR OWN MONEY TO SPEND IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO HANDLE THAT WE VOTE ON.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. WE RELY ON REVENUES THAT WE EARN.
CORRECT. AND THE DALLAS WINGS. I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE CLEAR THIS UP, MR. MAYOR. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
BECAUSE IT DOES GET CONFUSING WHEN I KNOW FOR SOME THAT HAVE ISSUES KEEPING UP.
BUT WITH THIS, THIS PROJECT, WHAT'S SO EXCITING ABOUT IT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS ALREADY DONE ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT SAID THAT, I MEAN, THE DALLAS WINGS WILL BRING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THOSE 15 YEARS TO OUR CITY.
DOES THAT ADD TO JOBS HOTEL STAYS PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY BUYING TICKETS X, Y AND Z? YES IT DOES. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PLAN, MR. MAYOR, AND YOU GOT TO SPEND A LITTLE MONEY TO MAKE SOME MONEY, AND THE CITY HAS TO GROW SO THAT WE CAN PAY FOR ALL THAT PUBLIC SAFETY STUFF THAT CAN'T BE USED WITH ANY OF THESE FUNDS. YOU CAN'T PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WITH ANY OF THESE FUNDS.
IS THAT CORRECT? MR.. MADAM CITY MANAGER? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT, SIR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLEARED THE AIR SO THAT FOLKS KNEW THAT THEY WEREN'T HEARING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE HEARING HEADLINES INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO WITH THESE DOLLARS. YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, I'M READY TO VOTE.
LET'S GO. WINGS. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS YOUR TIME.
AND WE ARE. WE WILL HAVE A RECORD VOTE IN A IN A MOMENT.
BUT, MADAM CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ. I DIDN'T ANSWER THE SECOND PART. I THINK YOU WERE ASKING ALSO ABOUT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER. AND SINCE MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE NOT BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE, THAT WAS THROUGH. THAT WAS THROUGH A CAR RENTAL TAX.
WELL, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. AND BEFORE WE PROCEED TO THE RECORD VOTE, WHICH HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A FEW MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO ACTUALLY SAY A COUPLE THINGS AND GET A COUPLE THINGS ON THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO REMIND US OF A FEW THINGS.
SO, MADAM CITY MANAGER, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS FOR YOU.
THE LAND INVOLVED IN THIS ITEM. IF WE WERE TO GO OUT INTO THE OPEN MARKET IN AN ARM'S LENGTH TRANSACTION TO OBTAIN THIS LAND OR SOMETHING COMPARABLE TO IT, WHAT? WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO PAY? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THE QUESTION. I'M GOING TO HAVE ROBIN BENTLEY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, TO COME OUT.
BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START WITH THAT.
IT WOULD REALLY BE DETERMINED BY THE MARKET AND WHAT THE MARKET EXACTLY.
RIGHT. SO KIM STOLE MY ANSWER. VERY MARKET DEPENDENT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT DOWNTOWN LAND IS SELLING FOR SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF $200 A SQUARE FOOT. SO EVEN IF WE CUT THAT IN HALF AT $100 A SQUARE FOOT, 40 ISH ACRES WOULD COST ABOUT $175 175 MILLION.
CORRECT. SO THAT AND THAT'S JUST TO OBTAIN THE LAND, JUST THE LAND PURCHASE.
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OKAY, SO I WANTED TO ESTABLISH THAT FIRST BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE FAMILY, THE GOOSE FAMILY HEARS ME ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ALL THE FOLKS HERE SAY THANK YOU.I MEAN, A SINCERE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN OUR CITY THAT WE THAT SUCH OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SUCH GREAT THINGS FOR OUR RESIDENTS GOING INTO THE FUTURE FOR, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONS THAT KIND OF GENEROSITY JUST WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IT AND WE AND SO WE WANT TO SAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, JUST THANK YOU FOR MAKING SUCH A SIZABLE PROPERTY.
THAT WOULD COST US, AT A MINIMUM, WE ESTIMATE $175 MILLION TO OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO TO OBTAIN.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOUR FAMILY FOR THAT.
SURE. I BROUGHT SOME VISUAL AIDS BECAUSE I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS OF STUFF. SO THIS IS A WNBA BASKETBALL.
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL BALL THAT THEY. YEAH. THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR HELPING ME IDENTIFY WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS A BASKETBALL. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY WNBA BASKETBALL HAS THE LOGO ON IT WNBA BASKETBALL OKAY.
IT'S SIGNED BY THE PLAYERS. SO THIS IS OUR OUR WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL TEAM.
AND AS YOU ARE AWARE THE WORLD CUP MONICA PAUL IS HERE.
YOU KNOW THE WORLD CUP IS COMING. AND WE ARE ACTUALLY HOSTING RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER. SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL 2026 WORLD CUP BALL HERE.
SO I BROUGHT THESE VISUAL AIDS TO REMIND YOU OF SOMETHING.
EVERYONE. THE BALL SYMBOLIZES WHAT THESE SPORTS ARE ABOUT.
THE SPORTS THEMSELVES ARE ABOUT COMPETITION. AND EVERYBODY KIND OF UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE BALLS ARE USED TO ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME.
IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY COMPETING AS A CITY WITH OTHER CITIES.
WE'RE IN A COMPETITION, TOO. AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THIS COMPETITION IS ONE THAT WE THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE DON'T REPEAT MISTAKES OF THE PAST IN ALLOWING MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US TO OUTCOMPETE US WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT COME FROM THESE VERY POPULAR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS. WHERE THEY PLAY MATTERS. IT DOES. AND SO WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN THAT COMPETITION AND WE INTEND TO WIN IT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.
THERE IS A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, AND COINCIDENTALLY, HIS AREA OF EXPERTISE, HIS CHOSEN AREA OF FOCUS IS ACTUALLY CITIES, URBAN ECONOMIES.
ONE OF THEM, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT A LOT, IS ACTUALLY THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING. PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE THERE. THE OTHER THING HE'S IDENTIFIED IS ACTUALLY FUN.
WHAT HE CALLS QUALITY OF LIFE OR FUN. HE SAID THE CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO WIN THE COMPETITION AMONGST CITIES ARE THE CITIES THAT ACTUALLY ARE FUN AND THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN BECAUSE THERE'S STUFF TO DO IN THEM.
IT'S ACTUALLY A IT'S A BIG DEAL. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SORT OF HEARD THIS SORT OF OBSESSIVE FOCUS OF MINE ON PARKS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE FAMILIES IN OUR CITY NEED AND VISITORS TO OUR CITIES NEED.
AND THE SPORTS FOCUS IS NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
WE ARE. WE'RE SPORTS FANS IN OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THEIR LEISURE TIME AND WITH THEIR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. SO WE ARE VERY SERIOUSLY ENGAGED IN THIS COMPETITION FOR THESE TYPES OF UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BRINGS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST A HUNCH.
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VERY SERIOUS ECONOMISTS. I MEAN, THE HE'S THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT AT HARVARD.AND THIS IS HIS AREA. HE'S HE FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT THIS IS CRITICAL TO A CITY'S FUTURE.
AND I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THEM. SO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING TODAY, IN MY OPINION, MOVING THIS FORWARD IS SUCH A NO BRAINER. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE THE INVESTMENT THAT IT WOULD IT WOULD TAKE TO JUST ACQUIRE THIS LAND AND WHAT'S BEEN GENEROUSLY DONATED HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE THE PRACTICE FACILITY FOR A WNBA FRANCHISE THAT WEARS OUR CITY'S NAME, AND A PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM THAT WEARS OUR CITY'S NAME HERE.
HERE'S WHAT I'D SAY ABOUT THAT GENERALLY, AND THEN I'M READY TO VOTE TO.
I THINK, MADAM CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE EVOLVED TO A POINT AS A CITY WHERE WE GOT TO JUST SAY IT.
WE CAN'T MAKE ANY PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO NOT JUST WEAR THE NAME, BUT PLAY THE GAME IN OUR CITY. BUT WE CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT WAS WITHIN OUR POWER TO AFFECT THAT CALCULATION.
AND YEAH, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AT LEAST AS LONG AS I'M HERE, AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES AFTER I'M GONE. WE'RE GOING TO REWARD THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLAY IN OUR CITY LIMITS. WE'RE GOING TO REWARD THE ENTITIES THAT WANT TO PLAY THE GAMES IN OUR TOWN AND NOT JUST WEAR THE NAME.
SO FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING, WE ARE READY TO MAKE DEALS.
WE ARE READY TO BE AGGRESSIVE. WE'RE READY TO COMPETE.
SO TAKE THAT MESSAGE HOME AND MARINATE. LET THAT MARINATE A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN DALLAS, WE'LL MAKE A DEAL.
SO WITH THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR ROLL CALL VOTE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR US FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND COME BACK AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
NO. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED. AND I DO ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE YOUR RESPONSE AND YOUR MICROPHONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.
I'LL COME BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
ARNOLD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
MENDELSOHN. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
RIDLEY. NO. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. YES.
MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS. YES. MAYOR JOHNSON? YES.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN.
WITH 12 VOTING IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED. ONE ABSENT.
VOTE TAKEN. THE ITEM PASSES. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO STAND AT RECESS UNTIL 130, AND WE'LL RECONVENE.
AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HANDLE SOME THINGS.
OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT EVERYONE, IT'S 1:45 P.M.
AND WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION. AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION,
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SO I'M GOING TO READ YOU SOME STATUTORY LANGUAGE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A ANNOUNCEMENT.SO IT IS 1:45 P.M. ON JUNE 11TH, 2025. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .074 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 62, AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 230.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE NOW AT RECESS. BUT WE DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
I THINK SHE'S TURNING 29 TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PAULA. BLACKMON. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY. JUNE 15TH.
SO. OH, MY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.
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ALL RIGHT. CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION FIVE, 51.074 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.AND AT 4:17 P.M. ON JUNE 14TH. ON JUNE 11TH, 2025, WE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.
MADAM SECRETARY, ARE WE READY TO TAKE OUR OUR PULLED ITEMS? THAT IS CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, LET'S GO TO PULL ITEMS.
[14. 25-1892A Authorize a work order under the existing Job Order Contract, previously approved on November 13, 2024, by Resolution No. 24-1627, for construction services with Phoenix I Restoration and Construction, LLC. at The Women’s Museum located at 3800 Parry Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75210 for work associated with the temporary relocation of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters to facilitate construction and renovation of Component 4 of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Master Plan - Not to exceed $5,913,458.00 - Financing - Convention Center Construction Fund]
YOUR FIRST PULLED ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 14. AGENDA ITEM 14 IS AUTHORIZED A WORK ORDER UNDER THE EXISTING JOB ORDER CONTRACT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024 FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WITH PHOENIX ONE RESTORATION AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC AT THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM LOCATED AT 3800 PERRY AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS.75210 FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS TO FACILITATE TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF COMPONENT FOUR OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN NOT TO EXCEED $5,913,458.
VALETTA. FORSYTH. LILY. IT'S OKAY. IT'S NOT PRESENT.
SO THERE'S NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. AGAIN, THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN MR. APPROVAL. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN? MENDELSOHN? YES. MR. FIVE. OKAY. DOES EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING? WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER 14. AND CHAIRWOMAN MIDDLETON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ONLY JUST MAKE THIS REQUEST OF THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE TO US.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HERE? THERE IN THE BUILDING.
THERE'S NOT SEATED NEXT TO ME, BUT GO AHEAD AND KEEP TALKING.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR A REPORT THAT SHOWS THE USE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION FUND SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BEGAN. AND THEN A SEPARATE ITEM, A SEPARATE COLUMN OF ANTICIPATED EXPENSES THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2026. THAT'S IT. DID THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HEAR THE REQUEST? LET ME MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HEARD IT HERE. DO YOU MIND REPEATING THAT, PLEASE? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT AN INTEREST OF TIME. WHY DON'T WE GET AFTERWARDS? AND YOU CAN EITHER WATCH IT OR I'LL. I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IT IS. OKAY? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 15 IS A RESOLUTION DECLARING APPROXIMATELY
[15. 25-1950A A resolution (1) declaring approximately 14.257 acres of improved land unwanted and unneeded, located near the intersection of South Hampton Road and Perryton Drive, and authorizing its advertisement for sale by public auction or through a real estate brokerage service; (2) establishing a reserve for the auctioned surplus property; (3) authorizing a Purchase and Sale Agreement to be prepared for the surplus property receiving highest qualified bid that meets or exceeds the reserve or highest cash offer; and (4) authorizing the conveyance of a deed in a form acceptable to City Attorney - Estimated Revenue: TBD - Real Estate Market to determine the value]
14.257 ACRES OF IMPROVED LAND, UNWANTED AND UNNEEDED, LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHAMPTON ROAD AND PERINTON DRIVE, AND AUTHORIZING ITS ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION OR THROUGH A REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICE TO ESTABLISHING A RESERVE FOR THE AUCTION SURPLUS PROPERTY THREE AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO BE PREPARED FOR THE SURPLUS PROPERTY.RECEIVING HIGHEST QUALIFIED BID THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE RESERVE OR HIGHEST CASH OFFER, AND FOR AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF A DEED IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO CITY ATTORNEY. YOU DO HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
FIRST SPEAKER JOHN GASTROC. JOHN GASTROC IS NOT PRESENT.
OKAY. MY NAME IS DARRELL BAKER. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.
IT'S BEEN THREE PRETTY LONG, TUMULTUOUS YEARS FOR US.
AND WE ARE HOPEFUL AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE FACT THAT BY SELLING THE PROPERTY, IT CAN GET REPURCHASED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND PUT TO A USE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMMUNITY SERVING.
AND WE'RE HERE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY SMART PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER. WE WANT TO WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL.
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IT VIOLATED EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE PROMISED AS CITIZENS AS FAR AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS CONCERNED.AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE CAUTIONARY TALE.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES, YOU HAVE THESE REALLY TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE OUTCOMES THAT DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN AND ESPECIALLY DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN THIS WAY.
SO AGAIN, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL TO SELL THIS PROPERTY, AS ARE MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE IN DISTRICT THREE, MANY OF WHOM WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TIGER DAVIS. TIGER DAVIS IS NOT PRESENT.
BETTY CULBREATH IS NOT PRESENT. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, MOVE A MOTION.
YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 15 WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE THE SALE WITH THE CONDITION THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE, AND TO BRING THE ITEM BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AFTER RECEIVING THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED BID OR OFFER THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE RESERVE.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MISS? SURE, MISS WILLIS. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
ITEM 15. OKAY, COLLEAGUES. I BROUGHT FORTH THIS AMENDMENT FOR A CRITICAL REASON, AND THAT IS THAT THE 2929 SOUTHAMPTON PROJECT WAS PURCHASED WITH 2017 BOND DOLLARS. RESIDENTS WENT TO THE POLLS AND ENTRUSTED CITY COUNCIL TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS TO HELP GET UNSHELTERED PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS FROM HAVING TO SLEEP IN PARKS OR UNDER UNDERPASSES.
IT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY TO EVALUATE THIS PROPERTY IN THE MARKETPLACE, BUT FROM THE FEASIBILITY RESEARCH WE'VE CONDUCTED, WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY RECOVER THE $6.5 MILLION EXPENDED TO PURCHASE IT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE COST OF AN UNSHELTERED PERSON ON OUR STREETS IS $43,000.
THE HOSPITAL BUILDING HAS 111 ROOMS THAT COULD SAVE OUR COMMUNITY AT LEAST $4.7 MILLION ANNUALLY, IF THOSE ROOMS WERE FILLED WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.
AND WE ALSO HAVE 311 ENCAMPMENT CALLS THAT HAPPEN IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS.
BUT WE ALSO COULD HAVE AN AMAZING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.
I HOPE THAT THAT WON'T BE THE CASE. A DECISION OF THIS IMPORTANCE IS ONE OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE CAREFUL, THOUGHTFUL, DUE DILIGENCE ON, AND I'M ASKING THAT WE ALLOW OUR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THOSE BIDS AND THE RECOMMENDATION AND COME BACK AND DISCUSS IT ONCE MORE. AND MAYOR, I WOULD ASK FOR A RECORD VOTE ON THIS.
DULY NOTED. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO BE ON FOR OR AGAINST THE THE MOTION BY MISS WILLIS.
CHAIRMAN GRACEY YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION? YEAH. MR. MAYOR, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE THIS MOTION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL. THAT IS THE ORIGINAL MOTION AT THIS POINT. OH. I'M SORRY. THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND IT.
TO AMEND IT? YES. WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO HEAR WHAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD.
YOU HAVE TO YOU'D HAVE TO PROPOSE THE AMENDMENT, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SECONDED.
AND IT'D HAVE TO BE RULED TO BE IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE POSSIBLE.
TO DO OTHERWISE, WE HAVE TO DISPOSE OF THIS MOTION.
ANOTHER WAY. SO LET'S HEAR THE AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. I MAKE A MOTION MOVING.
I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION DECLARING APPROXIMATELY 14.275 ACRES OF IMPROVED LAND, UNWANTED AND UNNEEDED, LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHAMPTON ROAD AND PERINTON DRIVE, AND AUTHORIZING ITS ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION OR THROUGH A REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICE. ESTABLISHING A SALE AGREEMENT TO BE PREPARED FOR THE SURPLUS PROPERTY RECEIVING HIGHEST QUALIFIED BID THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE RESERVE OR HIGHEST CASH OFFER, AND FOR AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF A DEED IN THE FORM OF ACCEPTANCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY MANAGER.
ESTIMATED REVENUE. OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
I'M GOING TO ASK THE PROLETARIAN. IS THE AMENDMENT IN ORDER? MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY ASK COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS STRIKING.
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING THE ITEM BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
IS THAT THE INTENT OF THE AMENDMENT? NO, I THINK HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.
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JUST SAY THAT AGAIN. SAY IT TO ME. OH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 15.MOVE TO AMEND ITEM. YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN. YOU'RE GOING TO RESTATE.
I'M TRYING TO RESTATE MY. IS IT GOING TO BE THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE YOU MADE BEFORE.
NO. OKAY. THEN I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THEN HE'D BE ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW THAT MOTION, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD ALREADY BEEN SECONDED, AND TECHNICALLY IT BELONGS TO THE BODY AT THIS POINT, SO I WOULD REQUIRE YOUR PERMISSION TO LET HIM WITHDRAW IT. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION IS WITHDRAWN.
YOU CAN START OVER. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO NOT DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE THE SALE OF THE CONDITION THAT IS SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE, AND TO BRING THE ITEM BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS NOT IT. I'M SORRY. GIVE ME A SECOND. THIS IS NOT HERE.
WE GOT TO KEEP WORKING. MAY I BE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION? MR. GRACEY, PERHAPS I CAN HELP YOU. WELL, YOU HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED FIRST.
AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION, BUT NOT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF ANOTHER MEMBER.
YEAH. THAT'S WHAT. THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME. WAS THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND? OKAY. NOW LET ME GET A RULING ON THAT. HOLD ON.
SHOOT IT AGAIN. BUT THAT DOESN'T. THE MOTION I MADE WAS TO RESTATE YOUR MOTION.
PLEASE. TO RETURN THE ITEM TO THE ORIGINAL POSTED FORM.
IT STILL STRIKES THE THE LANGUAGE DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE THE SALE WITH THE CONDITION THAT IT BE SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE, ETC. IT WILL STRIKE THAT. SO IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE STRIKING THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, RIGHT? STRIKING THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT POSTED IN THE ORIGINAL FORM.
WELL, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED A LOT.
WE'VE DIRECTED STAFF TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE'VE HIRED CONSULTANTS. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S AN ITEM THAT WE HAVEN'T EXPLORED.
THIS IS TRUE. WE DON'T LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
AND WE HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN WITH THIS LAND.
AND THIS GOES BACK TO A FUNDAMENTAL TOUCH POINT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS, WHICH IS DO WE LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF WHAT THEY WANT THEIR CITY TO BE, OR DO WE KNOW BETTER? AND WE IMPOSE OUR WILL? AND I WILL JUST SAY OVER AND OVER, WHEN WE GET TO THIS POINT, I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THAT DALLAS SHOULD BE WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT IT TO BE.
NOW WE NEED HOMELESS SERVICES. I 100% AGREE WITH THAT.
I VOTED TO TO PURCHASE THIS HOSPITAL TO BE PROBABLY WHAT MY COLLEAGUE HERE IS, IS HOPING IT WOULD BE, BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. GRACEY WAS NOT HERE.
THEN THE PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAD SERVED A LONG TIME.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMUNITY DID SHARE WITH HIM, BUT THAT ISN'T WHAT HAPPENED.
AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIX IT, AND IT'S GOING TO COST US A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE EMBARRASSING.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN. I WANT TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN, LET THE COMMUNITY DEVELOP IT AS IT SHOULD, AS IT'S MEANT TO BE. I KNOW THERE ARE VERY MUCH HOPING IT WILL BE SOME KIND OF HOUSING.
I HOPE THAT HAPPENS TOO FOR THEM. WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH MORE SOLUTIONS FOR HOMELESSNESS.
THIS ISN'T IT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE'RE GOING TO TORTURE OURSELVES WITH THE SAME PROPERTY, BUT I'M DONE AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT COME BACK AGAIN.
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SO I WANT TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN. IF WE CAN'T HIT THE RESERVE AMOUNT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AGAIN.BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL FIND A BID THAT WILL MEET OUR NEEDS AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU. CAN WE KILL THAT? WHATEVER. WHAT IS THAT? WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? OKAY I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE MEMBERS SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DEBATING HERE.
WE'RE NOW ON AN AMENDMENT BY CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN THAT IS AMENDING MISS WILSON'S ORIGINAL MOTION.
AND THE EFFECT OF IT WOULD BE TO STRIKE THAT LANGUAGE THAT SHE READ ABOUT DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, AND IT WOULD BE APPROVING THE ITEM AS IT APPEARED ON THE AGENDA WITHOUT THAT LANGUAGE.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DEBATING NOW. THE EFFECT OF THIS PASSING WOULD BE GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY CONFUSED. I THINK THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT DOING.
SO, MISS SCHULTZ, YOUR ANSWER FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. THE REASON THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT AND PREFER THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OUTCOME IS NOT OF. THIS IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT TO FOLLOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S WISHES.
THAT'S CLEAR IN BOTH MOTIONS. THE ISSUE IS REALLY WHETHER OR NOT THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE OR WEIGH IN ON, THROUGH THE COUNCIL, THE FINAL DECISION OF WHAT THE PROPERTY SALE.
SO WHETHER IT'S DONE PRIOR, YOU KNOW, DONE AT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL OR WHETHER IT'S DONE IN THE PUBLIC FORUM, AND I PREFER THE PUBLIC FORUM, IT'S NOT AT ALL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE SOLD.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE USED OR WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE SOLD FOR.
IT'S ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF THE PRICE AND THE SALE IS DONE IN A PUBLIC FORUM OR DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY, AND I WOULD PREFER THE PUBLIC FORUM SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN GRACEY RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON MISS MENDELSON'S MOTION.
WE'RE FINALLY HERE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND MYSELF, WE'RE TIRED OF GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THIS AND CERTAIN PEOPLE TRYING TO DICTATE HOW THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE USED WHEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE REPORT HAS ALL SPOKEN AND DETERMINED WHAT THE BEST USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS.
SO FOR ME, I WANT US TO MOVE PAST THIS SO THAT WE CAN GET GOING AND DO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR FROM THERE SO THIS IS, TO ME IS JUST A MATTER OF MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT WE KNOW WHAT IT COSTS.
WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS. AND AT THIS POINT, AND I'VE SHOWN THIS, I HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. AND ALL WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS VOTE IS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AND STOP HOLDING DISTRICT THREE HOSTAGE WITH THIS PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GET IT RETURN IT BACK TO THE TAX BASE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN ECONOMIC ASSET IN DISTRICT THREE.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND I WOULD WILL SAY I, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED WHOLEHEARTEDLY ON ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DEBATING FUNDAMENTALLY OTHER THAN SOME GUARDRAILS TO PROVIDE SOME MORE OVERSIGHT.
I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED THAT EITHER OF THE MOTIONS THAT ARE HERE ACCOMPLISHES GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED WITH THIS THIS PROPERTY.
THIS WAS VOTED ON CITYWIDE FROM ALL RESIDENTS.
THIS DECISION TO NOT UTILIZE A PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE IS OKAY, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE BUILT IN OVERSIGHT SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT GIVING US THE RESOURCES TO PUT MORE INVESTMENT INTO HOMELESS HOUSING.
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THAT WE HAVE FOUND A PROPERTY AND ARE LOOKING TO BRING IN RESOURCES FOR OUR UNSHELTERED.NEVER HAVE HAVE I EXPERIENCED IT IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LITIGATED THAT.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING NOW.
CAN YOU PLEASE SOMEONE? HI, ROBIN. I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET THE EXECUTIVE, BUT SURPRISE, RIGHT.
BUT ANDREA UDREA JUST STEPPED IN AND CORRECT ME IF I GOT THAT WRONG.
OKAY. HI, ANDREA. HI. OKAY. HERE. SO, YEAH, THE PD HAS RESTRICTED THE USES. IT ALSO HAS EXHIBITS THAT ALSO RESTRICT AREAS WHERE CERTAIN USES CAN BE LOCATED.
IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. SO WHATEVER IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED THERE I THINK UNLESS THE DEVELOPER THE PD WOULD, WILL NEED SOME CHANGES, WOULD REQUIRE A ZONING CHANGE.
YES. SO CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM IN SOME LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR THE PUBLIC, THERE IS ALREADY BUILT IN MECHANISM THAT REQUIRES THERE TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS TO HAVE ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY CHANGED TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN HEALTH CARE. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. YES. ANY ZONING CHANGES? I KEEP ON SAYING IT FOLLOWS A DUE PROCESS TEST.
TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, AT LEAST NOTIFICATION AND ALL OF THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT, CITY MANAGER. HOW MUCH MONEY WAS USED TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS RIGHT AT ABOUT 6.5 MILLION, BUT I'D HAVE TO HAVE THE THEY'RE SAYING I GOT THE ANSWER RIGHT.
SO 6.5 MILLION OUT OF THE 2017 I BELIEVE BOND.
OKAY. WELL, I JUST ASK THAT WE DON'T APPROACH THIS IN A VACUUM.
WE'VE GOT $6.5 MILLION THAT IS IN LIMBO. THAT WAS MEANT TO BE RESOURCES FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION OF THE CITY, OUR UNSHELTERED. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT JUST A REAL ESTATE DEAL.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL.
I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT MY COLLEAGUE AND THE COMMUNITY.
FROM WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, THE EXPECTATION IS WITH THIS PROPERTY.
I WANT TO REITERATE, I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT THAT.
I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT SHOULD GO IN THIS PROPERTY, BUT I AM WANTING TO SEE WHAT MISS WILLIS PUT FORWARD THAT PROVIDES GUARDRAILS AND A LITTLE BIT OF OVERSIGHT SO THAT WHEN WE SEE WHAT THE MARKET TESTS AND WHEN WE SEE WHERE THAT INTEREST COMES BACK, THAT WE AS THE BODY, THAT ANSWER TO THE PUBLIC HAVE THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN AND GIVE DIRECTION TO OUR CITY MANAGER ON HOW WE BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE FORWARD. THERE'S NOTHING OTHER THAN REPURPOSING THIS PROPERTY INTO ANOTHER HOSPITAL OR MEDICAL FACILITY, THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE THIS BODY TO HAVE TO WEIGH IN.
SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A GUARDRAIL.
AND I BELIEVE, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE THE MOTION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY MADE, IF WE WERE TO DISPOSE OF THIS MOTION AND GO BACK TO THE MOTION THAT MISS WILLIS MADE, IS THAT EQUIVALENT TO A SIMILAR DEAL THAT WE MOST RECENTLY DID IN DOWNTOWN, WHERE WE WERE GIVEN OPTIONS BEFORE YOU WERE GIVEN ACTION FROM THE COUNCIL? WHO IS THAT DIRECTED TO? THE CITY MANAGER? CORRECT. OKAY.
WHEN YOU SAY ACTION, ACTION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
THE INTEREST THAT CAME FROM THE SOLICITATIONS THAT YOU PUT FORTH FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
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AND WE WERE GIVEN MULTIPLE OPTIONS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A CLEAR DIRECTION WITH EVERYTHING LAID OUT IN FRONT OF US.IT WAS ON SAINT PAUL, CORRECT. SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
IF I'M IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, AND I HAVE MR. GIBSON COME OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT I STATE THIS CORRECTLY, I THINK WHAT WE DID, WE CAME BEFORE WE WENT TO ANY PROCEEDINGS AROUND A SALE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS THAT WE COULD DO IT.
AND THEN WE CAME BACK WITH WHAT THE RESULTS OF THE ACTUAL PROCEEDINGS SEEDINGS WERE, AND AT THAT TIME, THAT'S WHAT WE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. BUT PLEASE JUMP IN.
IF I MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
YES, MA'AM. DONZELL GIBSON, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
THE CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT 711 SOUTH SAINT PAUL, THE AMOUNT THAT WENT THROUGH IN THE AUCTION WAS ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE RESERVE.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WHY WE ACTUALLY CAME BACK TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE NEEDED YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO ACTUALLY SELL THE PROPERTY FOR A VALUE LESS THAN THE RESERVE AMOUNT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE EXAMPLE THAT I WANTED TO HEAR THE ANSWER FOR, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN THIS PROPERTY.
THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO DO IS THIS ACTION TO TO SEE SEEM AS IF WE ARE DOING A NEIGHBORHOOD A FAVOR, WHEN IN TURN WE'RE DOING OUR CITY AN INJUSTICE.
WE HAVE $6.5 MILLION FOR OUR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS, AND IF THAT'S GOING TO POOF OVERNIGHT, DEPLETE IN HALF. I'VE GOT AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THIS BODY SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT DECISION BEING MADE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, CAN I PLEASE RESPOND TO THAT? THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WOULD DEFINITELY REQUIRE FOR IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
IF WE KNOW THAT WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT RESERVE.
SO THAT WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE US COME BACK. SHARE THAT.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL COULD PROVIDE DIRECTION AT THAT POINT.
MISS BLACKMON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT TO ITEM 15.
THANK YOU. AND I STILL WANT TO GO ON THE RESERVE DONVALE.
SO DON'T LEAVE, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS, IS IT IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE RESERVE? IS IT 70% OF WHAT. IT'S 70%, I BELIEVE, OF THE VALUE OF THE APPRAISED VALUE.
YES, MA'AM. OF THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE APPRAISED VALUE. NOT THE NOT THE SALES PRICE THAT WE HAD.
AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE CONTROL? I MEAN, IF WE WANTED TO SAY WE SELL IT AT 90%.
YES, WE WOULD TAKE THAT FEEDBACK. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BROKER OR OUR AUCTIONEER, THEY GIVE US INDUSTRY ADVICE ON WHAT'S MARKETABLE AT THAT TIME.
AND SO IN AN EFFORT NOT TO SCARE AWAY POTENTIAL FOLKS THAT WOULD WANT TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OPTION THAT COULD BE BELOW YOUR RESERVE, BUT IT STILL WOULD GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE MARKET LOOKED LIKE.
RIGHT. AND SO WE COULD STILL ENTERTAIN AN OPTION LIKE THAT AND BRING IT TO YOU FOR YOU TO DECIDE.
NO, YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO SELL AT THAT PRICE JUST AS MUCH AS AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, IT COMES IN HIGHER THAN THE RESERVE. RIGHT. BECAUSE I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS WHY HOW DO WE ELIMINATE HOW DO WE PROTECT THE CITY WITH THAT MONEY AND NOT BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL EVERY TIME. SO IN OTHER WORDS, SET THE RESERVE INSTEAD OF AT 70%.
BUT WE JUST SAY THE FLOOR IS GOING TO BE 80% OR 90.
YOU DON'T MEET IT, THEN YOU COME BACK. GOT IT? YES, MA'AM. YOU GUYS COULD GIVE US DIRECTION TODAY THAT YOU WANTED TO RESERVE TO BE AT A AT A VALUE DIFFERENT THAN 70%, AND THEN STAFF WOULD FOLLOW THAT DIRECTION. AND IF THERE WAS NO DIRECTION TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER CONSULTATION, THEN WE WOULD THEN EXECUTE THE SALE BASED ON IT MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE RESERVE.
BECAUSE I THINK WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET A MARK, RIGHT, WE DON'T WANT, BUT THEN WE ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IF WE MEET THAT MARK, JUST SELL IT AND MOVE ON.
CORRECT. BUT AND SO I THINK SO WE WOULD HAVE TO OKAY.
YOU MEET IT, YOU SELL IT, YOU MOVE ON. IF YOU DON'T MEET IT, YOU BRING IT BACK.
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IF YOU WANTED TO AMEND THAT THROUGH A MOTION THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED TO RAISE THAT, WHICH AGAIN IN MY OPINION IS THE FLOOR.THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES BELOW IT, THEN WE WOULD DEFINITELY COME BACK.
BUT IF IT'S ABOVE IT, THEN WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE, AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP HERE.
THE THE LANGUAGE THAT IS PREPARED IS LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE USED PREVIOUSLY, AND IT MEETS THE THE MARKET INDUSTRY, AS POINTED OUT EARLIER. AND I JUST DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE TREATING THIS ONE DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER ONE.
AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER HAS DONE HER DUE DILIGENCE TO PREPARE THIS MOTION.
I'M SORRY. THE THE THE ITEM, THE WAY IT'S POSTED.
SO THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE ITEM.
IF WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SETTING A RESERVE, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN PREVIOUS LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS OPPOSED TO IN THE PUBLIC. SO IF THERE'S A RESERVE AMOUNT THAT YOU WANT BY PERCENTAGE OR DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE WOULD DO THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU.
CHAIRMAN MORENO, HAD YOU EXHAUSTED YOUR QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN MORENO. CHAIRMAN MORENO. IT'S THE MAYOR TALKING TO YOU.
I'M OVER HERE. CHAIRMAN MORENO, I'M ASKING YOU.
ARE YOU FINISHED? OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I GO BACK TO YOU, MISS WILLIS IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN YET ON THIS? OKAY. YOU ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SPOKEN ON THIS ON YOUR ORIGINAL AMENDMENT, SO GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. SO I THINK THERE IS THIS IS NOT TREATING THIS DIFFERENTLY. CHAIR BAZALDUA JUST POINTED OUT THAT WE JUST RECENTLY VOTED ON SOMETHING FOR THE 7-ELEVEN SAINT PAUL PROPERTY, WHERE WE VERY MUCH WANTED TO UNDERTAKE MAKING THE BEST DECISION ON, ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYERS.
AND SO THE DISTINCTION HERE IS THAT WE'RE FACING SELLING THIS AT A LOSS.
THIS IS YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW. THE CITY HAS DONE THAT BEFORE, CERTAINLY.
BUT THIS ISN'T A SPECIFIC BOND CATEGORY THAT OUR VOTERS WEIGHED IN ON.
AND SO BREAKING A COVENANT WITH OUR VOTERS ON HOW THE CITY SPENDS BOND DOLLARS.
MR. GIBSON MADE AN IMPORTANT POINT. THE RESERVE AMOUNT ON THIS WILL NEVER RECOVER.
SO WE COULD GO IN AT 100% OF THE APPRAISAL VALUE AND WE WOULD BE TAKING A LOSS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE INDUSTRY ADVICE. I'D STILL SAY THAT THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE IN THAT SECTOR YOU MAY NOT BE WORKING WITH TAXPAYERS BOND DOLLARS. AND SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS DIFFERENTLY.
IT'S JUST NOT THE USUAL KNOWING THAT WE'RE FACING A LOSS, MAYBE WE WOULD WANT TO RECONVENE AND TALK ABOUT REZONING THAT PROPERTY UNDER OUR AUSPICE THAT COULD ADD MORE VALUE TO IT, IF WE KNOW THAT IT COULD SEE VALUE AS HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ASKED FOR. MAYBE WE REZONE IT AND PUT IT BACK IN THE MARKET AND WE CAN RECOUP MORE DOLLARS THAT WAY.
SO THIS IS JUST BEING SMART ABOUT MAKING THIS DECISION.
SO THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE RECONVENE ONE MORE TIME TO WEIGH THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I THINK THEY DESERVE OUR TIME ON THIS AND IT IS OUR FIDUCIARY DUTY.
YES. CAN I HAVE STAFF OR SOMEONE? I SEE THIS A RESOLUTION AND IT SAID IMPROVED LAND, UNWANTED AND UNNEEDED. IS IT A REAL ESTATE QUESTION? WHAT'S THE QUESTION? REAL ESTATE? YES. HUM. AND WHEN YOU SAID IMPROVED LAND.
UNWANTED AND UNNEEDED. HAVE YOU EXERCISED YOUR VALUE AND WHY? YOURS IS UNWANTED AND IT'S NOT NEEDED. GOOD AFTERNOON I'M ASHLEY EUBANKS FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS. TYPICALLY WHEN WE ARE DECLARING A PROPERTY SURPLUS, THAT IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE AS PART OF THIS ITEM.
OKAY. SO SO THEREFORE THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS IS SURPLUS LAND, RIGHT?
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AND WE DON'T NEED IT. IS THAT CORRECT? IF I MAY, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS AS YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND MOST RECENTLY, I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN AT THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. IN THE LAST DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF WAS ASKED TO PROCEED WITH.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY FOR ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S NOT TYPICALLY IN IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE RECOMMENDING SOMETHING WITHOUT COUNCIL SUPPORT.
SO SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM IS HOW IT GOT HERE TODAY.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD ANALYSIS DONE ON THIS PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY.
AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS WHERE WE HAD THE OUTSIDE FIRM CBRE, WHO HAD DONE SOME PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS TO COME AND PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THAT. SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION, AND MOST RECENTLY AT THAT COMMITTEE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BY SAYING THAT.
SO THEREFORE, THERE HAD BEEN NUMEROUS MEETINGS, COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ALSO TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF WHEN I DIDN'T COME ON, COME BEFORE US AS AGENDA ITEM.
THIS IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IS THAT CORRECT? BASED ON THE CONVERSATION AT THE COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE ASKED OR WE WE RECEIVED GUIDANCE WAS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH DECLARING THIS PROPERTY AS SURPLUS. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S PRESENTED ON YOUR AGENDA IN THE FORM THAT IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED.
AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MY CHAIRMAN GRACEY ON AMENDMENT BECAUSE THIS HAD BEEN VETTED, YOU KNOW, FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND YEARS AND YEARS. WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THANK YOU TO MAYOR, IF I COULD, TO CHAIRMAN GRACEY, PLEASE GIVE ME CLEAR ON THIS.
YOU ARE SUPPORTING WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US ON THE MONITOR.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? SO LET ME BE VERY QUICK AND TO THE POINT.
AND I HOPE WE'RE NOT HERE ALL NIGHT WITH THIS.
WE'RE ALMOST, WHAT, TWO YEARS INTO THIS PROCESS? I THINK TWO IF FOR THE PUBLIC, I KNOW THIS LISTENING.
DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR IN PARTICULAR AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, WHO DO RECORDS IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, KNOW THAT WHEN WE TOOK A VOTE ON THIS, I WAS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE STRONGLY AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. NUMBER ONE, THE PROCESS WAS FLAWED BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION INITIALLY, SO THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE AMBUSHED, DISRESPECTED.
AND NOW WE'RE CONTINUING TWO YEARS LATER TO CONTINUE TO DISRESPECT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS WEIGHED IN.
I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS VIRTUAL.
THERE IS NO WAY IN THE WORLD YOU'RE GOING TO STAND HERE.
NO ONE SITTING AROUND THIS HORSESHOE ARE GOING TO TELL ME THAT YOU WOULD PUT THIS PROJECT ON PRESTON ROAD, NEXT TO. IF THE MAYOR HAD NOT THIS MAYOR, BUT THE MAYOR'S HOUSE OR SOMEONE ELSE'S PROMINENT HOUSE IN THE NORTHERN SECTION.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE'VE HAD COMMISSIONER ALBERT, COMMISSIONER, DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WHO THIS PARK SITS IN HER DISTRICT HAS. THIS PROJECT HAS SAYS NO.
SHE WILL NEVER HELP IT. YOU'VE HAD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, TRUSTEE JOYCE FOREMAN.
NO, I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS. WILL NOT SUPPORT IT.
POINT OF ORDER, MAYOR. STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO DEEM A PROPERTY SURPLUS.
LOOK, THE POINT OF ORDER IS, IS RESPECTFULLY SUSTAINED.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO.
CHAIRMAN ARNOLD, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TRY TO.
BRING IN THE SCOPE OF YOUR REMARKS MORE TO THE THE HEART OF THE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS OKAY.
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SO TO YOU, MAYOR, IS THIS IS THIS WHERE IS THIS PROPERTY? I DON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS. WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION OF IS IT THE HOSPITAL? I USED TO LIVE, OKAY, I LIVED THERE, I LIVED AT 2017.APPEARED RIGHT NEAR THAT INTERSECTION. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALLY WANTED ME TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT NO, IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF HAMPTON AND PERRYTON, LIKE WHERE MY CHILDHOOD HOME IS AT 2017 PERRYTON DRIVE.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO BY THERE AND SEE IT. IT'S A CUTE LITTLE HOUSE ACROSS FROM KEITH'S PARK THAT MY FAMILY CAN I DIRECT THE QUESTION TO? GO AHEAD, CITY MANAGER. ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT THE HOSPITAL? YES, MA'AM. THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY ACQUIRED WITH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
IT'S ON HAMPTON. YES, MA'AM. SO COULD WE GET CLARITY IN TERMS OF THE LEGALITIES OF WHICH I AM POSING? THE QUESTION, IS THIS SURPLUS AS IT RELATES TO THE LAND? IS THIS THE LAND ON WHICH THE HOSPITAL SITS? WHEN WE WHEN WE WHEN WHEN THE CITY ACQUIRED THE SITE, WE ACQUIRED THE LAND AND THE ACTUAL ASSETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE.
SO IT'S FOR THAT ENTIRE SITE. IS THE BUILDING ON THE ON THE ON THE PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE BUILDING ON THIS CAMPUS.
AND SO I WILL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS GOING ON WHERE, ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE VOICE OF A WOMAN WHO SPEAKS OUT ON BEHALF OF HER COMMUNITY.
WE GOT THAT. SO WHERE I'M STANDING NOW IS THIS I AM SUPPORTING MRS ZARIN D GRACEY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO BE DISRESPECTED. SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOU, MISTER ZARIN D GRACEY.
WHETHER IT'S ITEM A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE IT THIS LAND UNWANTED AND UNNEEDED.
AND SO I STAND HERE PROUDLY, AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME AROUND THE HORSESHOE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHEN YOU'RE TAPPED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE TO CARRY THE VOICE OF THOSE WHO SENT YOU.
AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND AND VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SENT ME.
AND SO I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SAY TO WEIGH IN ON.
WHEN I TELL YOU WE MUST BEGIN TO RESPECT, IN THIS CASE MR. ZARIN D GRACEY THEIR RENDERING TOTAL DISRESPECT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU THAT AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE'VE SPOKEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS ON THE LOCATION AND THE DISPOSITION AND WHATEVER STATUS WE HAD TO GET RID OF IT HAVE BEEN IGNORED.
MONITOR THIS PROCESS, MONITOR EVERY STEP, EVERY ACTION THAT'S TAKEN.
WE HAVE TO STAY WOKE BECAUSE ONCE YOU GIVE FOLKS AN INCH, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A MILE.
AND IN THIS CASE, WE NOW KNOW WE ARE UNDER ATTACK.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. AND SO WE'LL HEAR THE REST OF WHAT HAS TO BE SAID.
BUT, MR. ZARIN D GRACEY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAY WOKE.
AND OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR YOU TO STAND UP FOR US.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, THANK YOU. MAYOR ATKINS, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR WHOEVER IS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT CAN SELL IT IS IF WE WE PUT THIS UP FOR AUCTION.
I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF ASKED EARLIER. IT WOULD BE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M ASKING.
THAT IS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LIKED THE AMENDMENT THAT MISS WILLIS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS OFFERED, BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT WE OUR FACILITIES WE HAD TO SELL, THAT IT CAME BACK AND WE ON ONE OF THEM, WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE OR 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT BID AND IT CAME UNDER THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
AND THEN THIS ONE, IT IT'S JUST THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
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SO THERE IS NO CHOICE FOR THE COUNCIL IF LET'S SAY SOMETHING, WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD HATE TO HAVE THEIR PURCHASE.IT. IS THAT CORRECT? SO IF I COULD JUST REMIND YOU AND MR. GIBSON EXPLAINED IT EARLIER, THE EARLIER. THE REASON WHY WE BROUGHT BACK THE LAST ONE THE COUNCIL HAD SET A RESERVE AMOUNT.
SO THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY HAVE US COME BACK.
OF COURSE. OF COURSE, NO MATTER WHAT. SO I THINK I'M, I'M MAYBE I DIDN'T ASK THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.
IS MISS THIS THIS AMENDMENT, MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT IS THAT WE HAD AN ITEM THAT WE DID SELL, A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE SOLD.
AT ONE POINT IN MY EIGHT YEARS BEING HERE, I THINK I THOUGHT WE'D BE HERE.
I THOUGHT I WOULD BE DONE BY NOW WITH SERVICE.
BUT I'M GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT WITH YOU GUYS.
SO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, RIGHT? SO AND WE HAD THIS IS JUST IN MY HISTORY IS THAT WE HAD AN ITEM THAT WE DID GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PUT IT OUT FOR BID, AND WE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIFFERENT BUYERS OR POTENTIAL BUYERS.
AND THEN WE GOT TO CHOOSE WHICH WAY WE SOLD IT VERSUS JUST HIGHEST BIDDER.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS BACK TO THE TOOL THE WAY WE ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE MARKET.
WE WE GAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
WE COULD GO THROUGH A STRAIGHT AUCTION. WE COULD DO BID.
WE LAID THAT OUT AND THEN THE COUNCIL SAID, DO IT THIS WAY.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE LISTED FOR AN AUCTION.
CORRECT. CORRECT. AND I MEAN SORRY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PROCESS FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER.
AND SO AND YOU ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT ONE.
SO I THINK THAT'S IF I, IF I MAY ASK COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, AND SHE'LL JUST ANSWER VERY QUICKLY IF SHE IS THAT OKAY? I JUST WANT TO ASK A REAL QUICK QUESTION IF SHE'LL ANSWER, BUT IF SHE DOESN'T, IT'S OKAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YES. JUST TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER WHAT THE MARKETPLACE SENDS BACK TO US.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, SO, IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HER AMENDMENT, I WANT TO SUPPORT IT.
I REALLY DO, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS THE BEST OPTION BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, BUT BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE MOST OPTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY AND I AND WE ALSO WANT, I WANT THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE WE'RE DONE WITH THIS LIKE IT'S OVER. WHATEVER WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE PROJECT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE OR WHATEVER, IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE'RE AT THE POINT OF OUR CHOICES TODAY IS SELL IT, PUT UP FOR AUCTION OR DON'T SELL IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY, CORRECT? IF I GO BACK TO THE ITEM AND THE WAY THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN PRESENTED, THE ITEM IS PROVIDING AUTHORITY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PUBLIC AUCTION TO SELL PROPERTY. AND SO THAT WOULD BE GIVING THE CITY MANAGER AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEN MOVE THAT PROCESS FORWARD.
CORRECT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SAID AUCTION INSTEAD OF SELL.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU WERE PUTTING IN THAT THAT INFORMATION.
BUT IT SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN THREE MONTHS LATER OR WHATEVER IT TAKES.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE GONE EVERY WHICH WAY.
AND I THINK I WANT TO TRY TO DO LIKE SHE DOES.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT OLD MOVIE BUT LOOSE AND AND SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
BUT WE WE'RE DONE. WE'VE EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS, I THINK, HAS ALSO EXHAUSTED.
HE'S TRIED TO TO SEE WHAT COULD HAPPEN. NOTHING HAS WORKED.
WE HAVE NOT OPENED OR CREATED OR STARTED A NEW FACILITY ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, AND THE GOAL WAS AT LEAST ONE LOCATION IN EVERY DISTRICT. SIX WE DID THAT, WE DID OURS, AND WE BROKE GROUND THE OTHER DAY ON THE WORLD'S LARGEST SALVATION ARMY COMPOUND.
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WORLD'S LARGEST DISTRICT SIX DID OUR PART. IT'S TIME FOR THESE OTHER DISTRICTS.THEY'VE GOT TO DO THEIR PART AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ZARIN D GRACEY. FOR THREE MINUTES.
YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FOR CLARITY. PURPOSE. THIS HOSPITAL WAS PURCHASED WITH BOND PROCEEDS.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IF IF THIS IS LESS THAN THE SET RESERVE, WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL ANYWAY. THAT SECOND NUMBER TWO.
AND THEN THE ZONING AND ALL OF THIS STUFF ABOUT ZONING.
HALF OF YOU ALL ARE IN HERE BECAUSE OF A ZONING CASE.
AND THE ZONING IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, AND THAT'S NOT ANYTHING COMPLICATED OR ANYTHING BRAND NEW THAT SOME PERSON THAT TAKES OVER THE HOSPITAL IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH. ALL OF THAT STUFF IS JUST CHATTER.
AND THEN AGAIN, THEY BROUGHT UP THE CITY WIDE EFFORTS.
WE'RE ALL MAKING THAT EFFORT. THIS DOES NOT EXCLUDE DISTRICT THREE, FOUR, EIGHT, WHOEVER FROM STILL TRYING TO FIND AND IDENTIFY A LOCATION FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WHAT THIS DOES IS DOES EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID AND WHAT THE STUDY SHOWS.
THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS PROPERTY, PUT IT BACK ON THE TAX BASE AND POTENTIALLY CONVERT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH ACTUALLY BRINGS REVENUE BACK INTO THE DISTRICT FROM THERE.
SO THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO DO IS GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THIS.
IT'S FLAT OUT ANGER. BECAUSE IF THIS WERE YOUR DISTRICT AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY KEEP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A CITY WIDE THING BECAUSE IT WAS USED WITH THE BOND PROCEEDS, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A CITY WIDE EFFORT, WITH OR WITHOUT THIS HOSPITAL IN THE PICTURE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D JUST SAY THAT THERE'S NOTHING DISRESPECTFUL ABOUT BEING FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.
IN FACT NOT BEING FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE IS WHAT WOULD BE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE NEIGHBORS AND TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND JUST COLLEAGUES FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, THIS IS REALLY REVEALING SOMETHING WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON IN OUR CITY CODE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALLOW THE CITY TO TEST THE MARKET WITH OUR REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO.
SO WE TALK ABOUT OUR REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO ALL THE TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GO OUT AND DO WHAT OTHERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD DO AND SEE WHAT THE MARKETPLACE WOULD YIELD. SO AS A RESULT, WE HAVE TO SAY IT'S UNNEEDED, IT'S UNWANTED, AND DECLARE IT SURPLUS. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WE NEED IT, WE HAVE TO DECLARE IT SURPLUS.
SO THIS IS A MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE TO USE TO BE ABLE TO TEST IT IN THE MARKETPLACE.
WELL, YEAH, IT WOULD, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT $3 MILLION LESS.
AND SO IT'S REALLY NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT'S BEING REPRESENTED.
AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS TO STAY WITH MY ORIGINAL MOTION TO RECONVENE ONCE MORE SO WE CAN CONSIDER THE BIDS RECEIVED ON THIS PROPERTY, AS WE HAVE DONE RECENTLY ON THE SAINT PAUL PROJECT, AND MADE THE BEST DECISION ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND ON BEHALF OF OUR TAXPAYERS.
SO THIS IS NOT ANYTHING UNUSUAL. THIS IS JUST GOOD FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PRACTICE.
THANK YOU. MR. SCHULTZ, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON THE AMENDMENT TO NUMBER 15. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION, I GUESS, FOR MISS BENTLEY.
AND THAT IS UNDER IF WE FOLLOW THE AMENDMENT AND AND THE BID THAT MEETS ALL OF THE CRITERIA COMES IN AND BUT IT IS THE USE THE PROPOSED USE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OR IS IT THE VALUE ONLY?
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THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'M GOING TO ASK DON ZELL TO COME ADDRESS THAT.THE EXISTING ZONING WOULD PREVAIL. SOMEONE HAD A USE OUTSIDE OF THE ZONING, AS MISS BENTLEY DESCRIBED BEFORE, WOULD GO BACK THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS, WHICH WOULD GIVE ANOTHER STOPGAP FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE A WEIGH IN ABOUT WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED THERE ON THE SITE.
SO HOWEVER, IF YOU. I'M SORRY, JUST ONE OTHER THING.
HOWEVER, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, IF WE DID SOME FORM OF DEED RESTRICTION OR SOMETHING THAT SAID WE WOULD PROHIBIT SOMETHING THAT WE DID OR LOOKED AT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 711 SOUTH SAINT PAUL, THAT WOULD BE A MUCH DIFFERENT SITUATION.
BUT BUT CURRENTLY THAT'S NOT THERE. CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE OKAY. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, THEN WHAT'S PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED? THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NO VOICE. IT'S ABOUT THE FINANCIAL VALUE.
WHEREAS IF WE TAKE THE ORIGINAL MOTION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEN COULD SAY, YEAH, THAT MAY BE THE HIGHEST VALUE FINANCIALLY, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT WE WANT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO FOR ME, THOUGH, WE MAY BE ACCUSED BY OTHERS OF NOT LISTENING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ACTUALLY, THE ORIGINAL MOTION PROTECTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE WHAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM MY COLLEAGUE, MR. GRACEY, OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S ADVOCATING FOR THIS AMENDMENT, IS HOW THIS PROTECTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF THE HIGHEST BID IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NO SAY IN.
AND I'M HAPPY TO YIELD MY TIME TO SOMEONE WHO'S SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT TO EXPLAIN MAYBE MISS ARNOLD, SOMEBODY ELSE WHO COULD EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE A VOICE.
IF BY THIS AMENDMENT, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE HIGHEST VALUE, REGARDLESS OF THE PROPOSED USE.
JUST TO REITERATE WHAT I WAS SHARING EARLIER, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY SO IT CAN INFORM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AUCTION OR A BROKER DEAL, WHERE WE BROUGHT YOU BACK SOMETHING THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS A VERY HIGH VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY, THE THE USE AT THAT TIME MAY NOT COME INTO PLAY OR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE USE THE THE ZONING AT THAT TIME THAT EXISTS TODAY WOULD BE WHAT OPTIONS THE PERSON PURCHASING THE PROPERTY IN ADVANCE, IF THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, WOULD KNOW CORRECT. WHEN THEY MADE THE PURCHASE, THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THEY MAY LOSE IT.
BUT THIS AMENDMENT IN ITS LANGUAGE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY COMMUNITY INPUT ON HOW ON THAT PROCESS THE THE ORIGINAL MOTION DOES. AM I AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE? I'D LOVE TO BE CORRECTED. I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS IT A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, OR IS IT JUST PART OF YOUR RHETORICAL FLOURISH? I DON'T KNOW, SIR. HERE'S MY QUESTION. YOU TELL ME.
OKAY. AND THAT IS. STOP HER TIME IN CASE IT'S AN INQUIRY.
IS THERE A PLACE IN IT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT? OH, THAT'S NOT A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY. IT'S MORE OF A OKAY. IT'S A STAFF QUESTION THEN IS THERE A PLACE IN THE MOTION AS WRITTEN FOR NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT? NO. OKAY. IS THERE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION BECAUSE IT COMES TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A PLACE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT? YES, BECAUSE THEY CAN SPEAK AT COUNCIL.
THERE IS A PLACE. AND SO I ACTUALLY BELIEVE AND MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE CORRECTED THAT BY BRINGING IT THE FINAL BIDS THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THIS EXACT SAME PROCESS BACK TO COUNCIL.
IT ALLOWS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT BECAUSE THEY WOULD KNOW WHO THE POTENTIAL BUYERS ARE.
THIS THEY HAVE NO SAY. AND SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.
BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE ORIGINAL MOTION UNLESS AND I STILL HAVE 34 SECONDS.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO WEIGH IN TO TELL ME HOW I MISUNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
OH, I WILL GO AHEAD. ARE YOU ASKING ANOTHER? YOU CAN.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THESE DON'T NEED TO BE TOGETHER.
THEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE ITEMS. WE SHOULD SELL IT, GET AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE AND LET THE BUYER COME TO US WITH A ZONING CASE AFTER HAVING WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THREE SECONDS LEFT.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE WHO HAS NOT GOTTEN IN HERE.
WHO NEEDS TO? OKAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON SECOND ROUNDS NOW.
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SO CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.WE'RE ON THE AMENDMENT STILL BY CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN TO ITEM 15.
TO THE CITY MANAGER. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT $6.5 MILLION, WHAT DID THE CITY PURCHASE? THE SITE THAT'S GOING TO AUCTION. WHAT'S ON THE SITE? WHAT'S ON THE SITE? THAT'S THE THAT'S THE LAND.
ONE OF THEM A HOSPITAL. YES, MA'AM. I THINK THE MAIN SITE OF THE LARGEST PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY IS THE HOSPITAL SITE, BUT THERE'S TWO OTHER BUILDINGS ALSO ON THAT SITE AS WELL THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE CITY'S THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY NOW OWNS.
IS THAT ALL YOU HAD IS THREE BUILDINGS? I DO BELIEVE IT WAS A TOTAL OF THREE ON THE SITE.
COULD YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO COME UP AND TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WE BOUGHT FOR $6.5 MILLION? MR.. OH, THANK YOU CHRISTINE. GOOD AFTERNOON.
CHRISTINE CROSSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR.
WE BOUGHT THREE BUILDINGS AND THEN THE FOURTH WAS A LARGE STORAGE BUILDING.
THE STORAGE BUILDING WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE WOULD.
12 ACRES. SO IT WAS A TOTAL OF 12 ACRES THAT WE PURCHASED AND THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THAT SITE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. DID YOU ALL JUST SELL IT TO THE PURCHASE PERSON WITH JUST A HOSPITAL BUILDING AND OTHER BUILDINGS? IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL THEM? JUST OTHER BUILDINGS. WHAT DID YOU CALL THEM? IF THEY DO, THEY HAVE A LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN THE RECORDS.
WHEN YOU SAY EVERYTHING, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU CALLING? EVERY WHILE AGO, YOU TOLD ME WHAT MAYOR SAID.
I COULDN'T CALL IT THE HOSPITAL. SO WHAT DO WE.
WHAT ALL ARE WE SELLING? SO IF YOU READ THE ITEM, THE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO DECLARE APPROXIMATELY 14.25 ACRES. SO THAT'S THE THE TOTAL BOUNDARY OF THAT SITE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE. AND IT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH THE BUILDINGS AND THE LAND.
WHAT IS THE MARKET VALUE ON DCAD. NOW DO WE HAVE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US. LET ME HAVE THE OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD. THE DCAD VALUE IS 12.4 MILLION.
QUESTION. CITY MANAGER, IS THERE SOMEONE WHO CAN ASK ME IF THERE HAS BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDUCTED SINCE? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUCTION ON THE ON THE PROPERTY.
MR. ARNOLD, I AM NOT AT LIBERTY TO ANSWER ALL THE DETAILS.
I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF WHAT THOSE WERE IN FRONT OF ME.
AND DO I UNDERSTAND THAT? THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH DEEMING THE 14.257 ACRES AS SURPLUS, AND WE WOULD GO THROUGH A PUBLIC AUCTION FOR THE ACTUAL DISPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING JUST SO I CAN DECIDE ON THE STRUCTURES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES MAY BE INSIDE, IF THEY HAVE ASBESTOS OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES THAT MAY CAUSE THIS PRICE TO GO DOWN. IN TERMS OF AUCTION. DO WE NOT HAVE WE DON'T HAVE THAT'S NOT IN FRONT OF US AT THIS POINT.
ALL RIGHT. SO JUST SO THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW I'M WOKE THERE IS A HOSPITAL AND SOME OTHER BUILDINGS ON HERE WHICH WE WERE TOLD, DON'T CALL IT THAT, BUT IT IS A THE HOSPITAL CITY MANAGER, THE LARGEST STRUCTURE ON THE ON THE PROPERTY.
THE HOSPITAL STRUCTURE THAT WE SPOKE OF EARLIER IS, I WOULD SAY, THE LARGEST COMPONENT.
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I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ROOMS WHEN THE HOSPITAL WAS ACTUALLY IN OPERATION, BUT IT IS THE LARGEST BUILDING ON THAT LOCATION AT THAT LOCATION.ALL RIGHT. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY DEPEND ON THAT STRUCTURE TO BRING ABOUT THE MOST I GUESS ATTENTION IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO, TO BE AUCTIONED OFF AND SOLD AND BRING SOME VALUE BACK.
SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN BEFORE I DO MY ONE MINUTE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ELABORATING ON THAT. CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON ITEM 15.
THE AMENDMENT BY CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. I'D LIKE US TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF IT'S A PRIVILEGE MOTION.
STATE YOUR INQUIRY. IF THERE WAS A VOTE ON AN OBJECTION, IS THAT A MAJORITY VOTE OR IS IT A THREE QUARTERS VOTE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND I'LL HAVE OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN LOOK THROUGH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND TELL YOU THE ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT. I THINK IT PROBABLY JUST. WELL, YES. SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
SO IS THERE OBJECTION? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
I'LL READ THE LANGUAGE. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IF I HAVE A SCRIPT READY FOR.
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ON TWO ITEMS. ACTUALLY, IT'S 5:24 P.M. ON JUNE 11TH, 2025, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'LL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTIONS FIVE, 51.0715, 51.072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 AND UNDER SECTION 551 .074, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED IN TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 62. WITH THAT, WE'LL RECONVENE AT 6 P.M..
WE'LL STAND AT RECESS UNTIL THEN. THANK YOU. OKAY.
51.074 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND AT 6:12 P.M..
CHAIRWOMAN CARA MENDELSOHN. THAT'S CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. AND I HAVE THE CUE FOR THAT. AND SO BASICALLY, IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN'S AMENDMENT, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL SPEAKERS ON IT ALREADY.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST? WAS A RECORD VOTE REQUESTED ON THIS? I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM IT WAS. WAS IT? YES. THERE WAS A RECORD VOTE WAS REQUESTED ON THE MISS MENDELSOHN'S AMENDMENT AND IT'S BEEN GRANTED PER RULE.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THIS IS ON THE AMENDMENT.
THIS IS. I'M. I HAVEN'T QUITE CALLED IT YET. MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WAS JUST GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. THANK YOU.
SO MUCH. I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE CONSIDERED. NO.
YOU CHILL FOR HEAT OR HEATER. SO, JUST LIKE I SUSPECTED, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR IS TO THAT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE ROUTE THAT WE NEED TO WORK FROM.
SO THAT'S NOT IN ORDER AT THIS TIME. AND IT MAY BE UNNECESSARY BUT WE'LL SEE.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
BLACKMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDELSOHN. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY.
YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.
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YES. MAYOR. JOHNSON. YES. WITH ALL 15 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTING IN FAVOR.THE ITEM THE AMENDMENT PASSES, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, SO ITEM 15 HAS NOW BEEN AMENDED AS WE JUST VOTED.
SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 15, AS AMENDED. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST IT? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. ITEM 15 IS AMENDED. IT'S BEEN ADOPTED.
NEXT ITEM PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 47.
[47. 25-1593A Authorize a ten-year service contract in the estimated amount of $29,270,833.00, with two five-year renewal options in the total estimated amount of $38,115,000.00, as detailed in the Fiscal Information section, for implementation and maintenance of interactive digital kiosks for the Office of Communications & Customer Experience/311- IKE Smart City, LLC, most advantageous proposer of three - Estimated Total Net Revenue: $67,385,833.00 and General Fund $67,385,833.00]
I'LL READ THAT ITEM INTO THE RECORD. AGENDA ITEM 47.AUTHORIZE A TEN YEAR SERVICE CONTRACT IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $29,270,833, WITH TWO FIVE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS IN THE TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $38,115,000, AS DETAILED IN THE FISCAL INFORMATION SECTION.
311 IKE OR IKE SMART CITY, LLC. MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSAL OF THREE.
YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SPEAKERS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, CHRIS LEAL, IS NOT PRESENT.
OKAY. CHRIS LIAO IS NOT PRESENT. CORDELL COLEMAN.
CORDELL COLEMAN IS NOT PRESENT. KENDRA JONES.
KENDRA JONES IS NOT PRESENT. HARRISON BLAIR SPOKE EARLIER.
GIBRAN SHER MOHAMMED. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
HOWEVER, WE CANNOT SEE YOUR VIDEO. CAN YOU? CAN YOU SEE MY VIDEO? NOW I AM I'M IN THE BACK OF A CAR. WE CAN. YES, WE CAN SEE.
I HAVE A FLIGHT TO SEOUL THAT I HAVE TO CATCH RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I'M SINCERELY SORRY FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON, BUT I WAS THERE JUST MOMENTS AGO.
MY NAME IS GIBRAN MUHAMMAD. I REPRESENT IKE LIKE SMART CITY.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GIBSON, AND THE STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY RECEIVED THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT OUT OF THIS OUT OF THIS CONTRACT AND FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK TO GET TO THIS PROJECT HERE.
ALSO THE URGENCY OF THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE.
THIS IS A SERIES OF. MR.. I'M SORRY. AND I THINK SHOULD BE MR. SHER MUHAMMAD. YES. YOUR VIDEO IS ACTUALLY YOUR VIDEO, AND AUDIO IS CUTTING IN AND OUT.
IS IS THAT BETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU HOWEVER YOUR VIDEO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU. HOWEVER, YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING.
I TURNED MY VIDEO. I TURNED MY VIDEO. I'M SORRY.
YOUR VIDEO MUST BE DISPLAYED WITH THE AUDIO. I'M SORRY.
OUR RULES STATE THAT YOUR VIDEO MUST BE DISPLAYED.
OKAY. I TURNED IT BACK ON. YES. CAN YOU SEE IT NOW? YES. IT'S WORKING. WORKING NOW. YOU MAY CONTINUE. YOU HAVE A MINUTE, 55 SECONDS.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING IT TODAY. FINALLY, MY COLLEAGUE CARA SCHNEIDER IS THERE IN PERSON AND CAN HAND OUT A SERIES OF SUPPORTIVE LETTERS WE'VE RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT RANGE FROM BUSINESS OWNERS TO LEADERS, FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK.
THANK YOU. PAULINA DOS TERMINAL. IS VIRTUAL.
OH, YES. I'M HERE. OKAY, I'M ON CAMERA. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YOU MAY CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MORE THAN 40 SMALLER NONPROFIT AND INDEPENDENT ARTISTS, ARTISTS THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH ACROSS SOUTH AND WEST DALLAS THROUGH OUR SHARED VENUE AT 723 FORT WORTH AVENUE IN OAK CLIFF.
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I'M HERE TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE SMART CITY INITIATIVE BY ORANGE BARREL MEDIA, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RADICALLY INCREASE THE VISIBILITY AND ACCESS FOR GRASSROOTS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS.AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SMALL AND MID-SIZED ARTS GROUPS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LED BY ARTISTS OF COLOR EMBEDDED IN WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS, OFTEN LACK THE BUDGET, INFRASTRUCTURE AND REACH TO SHOWCASE OUR WORK CITYWIDE.
SO THESE DIGITAL KIOSKS PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR HYPER LOCAL ART TO REACH A BROADER PUBLIC.
SO OUR DISTILLERY HAS BEEN PRODUCING COMMUNITY ROOTED PROGRAMING IN DALLAS FOR NEARLY A DECADE, AND WE'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW PUBLIC FACING CREATIVE EXPRESSION FOSTERS TRUST AND CONNECTION, AND ESPECIALLY RESILIENCE IN OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS NETWORK OF SCREENS, NOT JUST FOR ADVERTISING, BUT FOR STORYTELLING AND CONNECTION, IT'S REALLY ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION AND WITH THE CITY'S BROADER GOALS FOR EQUITY, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO STAND BY AND HELP SHAPE THIS PLATFORM.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GORAN MARIC. GORAN MARIC.
YES, I'M HERE JUST A SECOND. I'M TRYING TO GET THE VIDEO.
OKAY. CAN YOU SEE ME? NO YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING.
OH, STOP. START MY VIDEO. LET'S SEE. OKAY. OKAY.
WE CAN SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU. YOU MAY CONTINUE.
OKAY, GREAT. MY NAME IS GORAN MARIC, AND I'M A LOCAL DALLAS ARTIST.
AND I'M VERY FOND DIGITAL KIOSKS WHEN I TALK TO THEM, AND I SAW THE PRESENTATION, I WAS DEEPLY TOUCHED BY TWO ASPECTS OF IT. INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY. AND WATCHING THE LAST FEW HOURS OF DISCUSSION OR THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF DALLAS, I UNDERSTOOD ONE THING THAT MATTERS THE MOST IT'S COMMUNITY.
ALSO, WHEN I THINK OF DALLAS, I THINK OF INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY.
THIS I'VE VIDEO FINDER. THIS FINDER KIOSK IS SOMETHING THAT COMBINES THOSE TWO THINGS, AND AS SUCH, WILL HELP TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY OF INVISIBLE ONES OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT OF ARTISTS.
ESPECIALLY I'M AN ARTIST. I KNOW HOW ARTISTS CAN BE INVISIBLE.
AND THE PROGRAM THAT DEALS NOT JUST ABOUT ME, BUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING VISIBILITY TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, THE COMMUNITIES TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND JUST DESIGN HOW IT LOOKS.
AND I'M THINKING LIKE, IF I IF I'M A VISITOR TO THE CITY, RIGHT.
FOR THAT REASON, I TRULY, TRULY HOPE THAT YOU, DEAR CITY MEMBER, WILL CONSIDER THIS AND ACTUALLY APPROVE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE KIOSKS BECAUSE THEY I SEE THEM THAT THEY WILL REALLY, REALLY MAKE SOME BEAUTIFUL IMPACT AND CREATE THE VISIBILITY OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, ARTISTS AND I HOPE GUYS THAT IT WILL GO THROUGH.
THIS PROJECT BRING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.
YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PARIS BROWN. IT'S NOT PRESENT.
PAIGE. LANGHOFER. IT'S ALSO NOT PRESENT. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM.
YOUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. WONDERFUL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 47? I MOVE TO DEFER TO JUNE 26TH. AND I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.
I HEARD A MOTION TO APPROVE FIRST. IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN YES, I MOVED TO DEFER TO JUNE 26TH.
SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND I ASSUME THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE. SO WE WILL NOW BE ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.
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AND YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I'M CORRECTING THAT TO THE 25TH.THAT WOULD BE OUR NEXT AGENDA MEETING. I APOLOGIZE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION SO ORDERED.
AND WE'LL NOTE THE CORRECTION. SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR MOTION TO DEFER.
WELL, YOU MAY NOTICE THAT IT'S 6:25 P.M. AND WE ARE ON AGENDA NUMBER 47.
HAVEN'T YET HIT OUR ZONING CASES, WHICH WE TYPICALLY WANT TO HEAR AT 1:00.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES.
ALSO, WE'VE DONE IT IN COMMITTEES. WE'VE DONE IT AT FULL COUNCIL BRIEFINGS.
WE'VE GOT A WHOLE STACK OF CHAMBERS THAT REALLY LIKE THIS IDEA THAT HAVE SENT LETTERS.
WE'VE GOT LOTS OF PUBLIC INPUT THAT HAVE SAID THEY DON'T LIKE THIS IDEA, AND I'M GOING TO JUST GUESS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY ROBUST AND LENGTHY DEBATE ON THIS. AND SO I JUST DON'T THINK THAT TONIGHT IS THE RIGHT NIGHT TO DO IT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION IS TO DEFER TO JUNE 25TH.
ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER THE MERITS OF DEFERRING THE ITEM, BECAUSE THAT IS TAKING PRECEDENCE RIGHT NOW OVER THE UNDERLYING ITEM, WHICH WAS MOVED AND SECONDED. DULY SO.
JUST KNOW THAT WE WILL GET TO THE UNDERLYING ITEM.
YES. IF THIS FAILS, WE WON'T. IF IT PREVAILS.
SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON THE MOTION TO DEFER IN ITS MERITS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WILL NOT SUPPORT A DEFERRAL.
I THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I'M READY TO DO THE HARD WORK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. AND I THINK A DEFERRAL WOULD DO NOTHING OTHER THAN DELAY THE INEVITABLE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS NOT AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN DEFERRED BEFORE.
WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THIS ITEM FOR THE FIRST TIME BY STAFF.
AND SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A SUCCESSIVE DEFERRAL.
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE SHOULD DEFER THIS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT THE MOVEMENT MENTIONED.
AND THAT IS THAT THE CONTRACT TERMS ARE NOT YET SETTLED WITH THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE ENTIRE PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR US TO VOTE ON ALL AT ONCE, RATHER THAN DOING IT IN TWO PIECES. FIRST WITH THE ITEM BEFORE US, AND THEN HAVE IT COME BACK TO US LATER WITH THE SPECIFIC TERMS OF THE DEAL. SO I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DEFER IT UNTIL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH WHAT THOSE TERMS ARE.
NO CHAIRMAN OR VICE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS FOR NOT JUST SEVERAL MONTHS, YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO CHAIR TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT DOCTOR ROBERT PEREZ, WAS STARTED IN MY, I THINK IN ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO FROM NOW.
AND WE HAVE HAD BRIEFINGS, WE'VE HAD COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE HAVE HAD COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND EVERY SINGLE DETAIL THAT FOLKS WERE IN OPPOSITION TO FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS LISTENED TO.
SO THERE IS NO NEED TO DEBATE THIS ANYMORE. KEEP ON GOING.
LET'S JUST GET THIS DONE WITH VOTE AGAINST A DELAY.
IN MY OPINION, IT IS A LAST MINUTE, LAST DITCH TACTIC TO HAVE A NEW COUNCIL DEAL WITH THIS, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO CATCH THOSE FOLKS UP AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
WE DID THE WORK. THIS BODY, THIS COUNCIL, THIS DULY ELECTED COUNCIL DID ALL THE WORK.
WE DID THE VETTING. OUR CITY MANAGER GOT IT RIGHT.
LET'S GET THIS DONE AND OVER WITH. I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE NO ARE GOING TO VOTE NO ANYWAY.
THEY VOTE NO ON EVERYTHING. SO LET'S GET THIS DONE AND GET IT ALL APPROVED AND OR KILL IT, WHATEVER IS DONE. BUT LET THIS COUNCIL AND THIS BODY DO IT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU GUYS ARE LETTING IT FLY ON THIS LAST DAY.
I TELL YOU WHAT, ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DEFER? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. I THINK THE NOES HAVE IT. UNLESS A RECORD VOTE NEEDS IT.
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RECORD. BUT I COULDN'T QUITE TELL, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE IT.
BUT WE'LL HAVE A WE'LL HAVE A RECORD VOTE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE. YES, IT WOULD BE TOTALLY FAIR.
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PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. NO. IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, I'LL COME BACK.COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. GRACEY.
NO. COUNCILMEMBER ARNOLD. NO. YOU'RE MY. YOU'RE WEAK.
NO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.
NARVAEZ. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.
STEWART. NO. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. NO. COUNCILMEMBER.
MENDELSOHN. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIS. NO. COUNCILMEMBER.
RIDLEY. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. NO.
MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS. NO. MAYOR JOHNSON. YES.
WITH THREE VOTING AND WITH THREE VOTING IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED, ONE ABSENT VOTE TAKEN.
THE MOTION FAILS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE NOW BACK TO ITEM 47 BECAUSE THE MOTION.
SO MOVED FAILED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR DISCUSSION NOW. ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MERITS OF ITEM 47? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. NO, NO, NO, I'M TRYING TO PUT MY THING IN.
YOU GOT. OKAY. IT WOULDN'T GO ALL RIGHT. IT'S A TECHNICAL ISSUE, SO GO AHEAD.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU SIR.
SO I AM GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT'S SO CLEAR.
THE RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD US OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEY DO NOT WANT THESE KIOSKS.
NOW WE KNOW WHO DOES WANT THEM. THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE WANT HIM.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF IT.
VERY OFTEN AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO BE A WALKABLE CITY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SIDEWALK? A KIOSK. IT'S GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES.
MAKING OUR ADA COMPLIANCE EVEN MORE QUESTIONABLE.
IT'S GOING TO CLUTTER, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND VISUALLY, OUR DOWNTOWN AND ALL THE AREAS THAT HAVE THEM.
IT'S GOING TO DISTRACT DRIVERS AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO.
THE REALITY IS EVERYBODY HAS A PHONE. WE EVEN GIVE THE PHONE TO THE HOMELESS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE KIOSKS AND RIDICULOUS PARTS OF THE CITY.
SOME OF THEM ARE IN MY DISTRICT, ON A STREET THAT IS 45 MILES AN HOUR.
NOT EVEN ON THE CORNER, NOT EVEN ADJACENT TO A DART BUS STOP WITHOUT A BENCH.
THERE'S THE TERRIBLE ROUND THING. IF WE HAD INSTEAD THE EIGHT FOOT IK PHONE STANDING THERE AGAIN, IT WOULD BE NOTHING BUT A VISUAL DISTRACTION FOR OUR DRIVERS.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS DATA PRIVACY.
JUST LAST WEEK WE HAD A BRIEFING WHERE I BELIEVE GUS AND CARLY SHARED THAT THEY DO NOT YET HAVE A DATA POLICY ABOUT PRIVACY. THEY'RE WORKING ON A DATA GOVERNANCE POLICY.
WHAT I'M SEEING IN THIS IS VERY PROBLEMATIC. THEY WILL TAKE YOUR DATA AND STORE IT FOR A YEAR.
YOU'RE GOING TO WALK PAST THIS KIOSK AND IT CAN TAKE DATA FROM YOUR PHONE.
THEY CAN SELL IT TO CHINA. THEY CAN SELL IT ANYWHERE THEY WANT FOR A YEAR.
SO OTHER CITIES HAVE PUT A PROVISION IN SAYING THEY MAY NOT RETAIN ANY DATA.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT PROVISION CITY MANAGER EXCUSE ME I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT SAME PROVISION THAT NO DATA MAY BE COLLECTED AND STORED. CAN ANYONE ASSURE US THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN? I'M SORRY. MY TIME IS STILL GOING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
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USE OR SELL ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.AND THAT WAS IN THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT WENT OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AND WHAT ABOUT ANY OF THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS? I'D HAVE TO ASK STAFF TO COME OUT FROM THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THE SUBCONTRACTOR PIECE WAS INCLUDED.
OKAY. HI. GOOD EVENING. DAISY FAST, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
CITY MANAGER TOLBERT IS CORRECT. THE SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED THAT ANY OF THE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED THAT THE VENDOR SHALL NOT COLLECT ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE ONLY DATA THAT IKE HAS THAT WILL BE COLLECTING IS ANONYMOUS DATA, SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF TOUCHES, INFORMATION ON THE MOST USED FEATURES.
CELL PHONE NUMBERS WILL NOT BE STORED. AND WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WALKING BY? IS IT ABLE TO COLLECT ANYTHING FROM THEIR PHONE? HOW MANY PEOPLE WALKED BY? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT DATA.
WELL, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE OUTLINED IN OUR CONTRACT.
SO WHETHER THE VENDOR SAYS YES OR NO, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT SAYS IN WRITING THAT THERE'LL BE NO COLLECTION OF ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY'S PHONE, EVEN IF IT'S A NUMBER. I'M ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
AGAIN, I'M SORRY YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
THIS IS ME ASKING STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
STORE, USE OR SELL. BUT IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT COLLECTION.
THE TERM. SO THE I CAN. SORRY. HERE IS THE EXACT WORDING.
SO MY INTEREST IS NOT JUST IN PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, IT'S IN ANY INFORMATION.
SO IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND.
SO WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO US SENDING AND RELEASING THE PUBLIC SOLICITATION, WE LISTENED TO ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AS TO EVERYTHING FROM ENGAGEMENT AROUND PLACEMENT OF THE ACTUAL UNITS TO HOW TO TREAT THE EXISTING UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO THE SOLICITATION THAT THE STAFF HAS MOVED FORWARD ADDRESSED THOSE ISSUES.
SO IF YOU'RE NOW ASKING ABOUT SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE PUT OUT ON THE STREET, WHAT THEY'RE ANSWERING, THE QUESTION IS WHAT WE SENT OUT IN OUR SOLICITATION ABOUT PRIVACY DATA AND HOW THIS VENDOR HAS RESPONDED TO THAT.
SO IF THEY'RE COLLECTING DATA BUT IT'S NOT PII, WHAT ARE THEY COLLECTING? THE THE DATA IS ANONYMOUS DATA. SO THE NUMBER OF TOUCHES HOW HOW A USER IS INTERACTING WITH THE ACTUAL KIOSK.
AND THEN THAT DATA CAN BE SUPPLIED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS IN A REPORT TO EVALUATE AND TO ENHANCE THE USER EXPERIENCE. SO YOU'RE AFFIRMING THAT THE ONLY DATA COLLECTED IS WHEN A PERSON ACTUALLY TOUCHES THE MACHINE.
THE NUMBER OF TOUCHES, INFORMATION ON THE MOST USED FEATURES WILL BE COLLECTED NOW.
SO IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN. REMEMBER THESE ARE TOUCH.
THESE ARE TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES. AND SO WHAT DAISY IS DESCRIBING, IF SOMEONE WALKS UP TO ONE OF THESE UNITS AND SAY THEY TOUCH THE SCREEN FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, THEY WOULD KNOW HOW MANY TIMES SOMEONE HAS TOUCHED THE SCREEN TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OR HOW TO NAVIGATE TO THAT.
SO WHAT SHE'S DESCRIBING IS THE TOUCH SCREEN FEATURE FEATURES.
YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO TALK ABOUT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WAS OUT IN THE SOLICITATION AND WHAT CAME BACK BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT WE INCLUDED THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO DO.
WILL THIS HAVE A WI-FI HOTSPOT? YES. SO WHAT INFORMATION IS IS COLLECTED, KNOWN, SHARED, STORED WHEN SOMEONE CONNECTS BY WI-FI?
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I DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. WELL THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.IN FACT, WE PAY A VENDOR TO TRY TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THIS EXACT SCENARIO.
WHEN PEOPLE USE A FREE WI-FI AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEIR DATA.
THIS IS EXACTLY ONE OF THE PROBLEMS. SO THIS AGAIN VERY PROBLEMATIC.
HOW HAS THAT BEEN RESOLVED? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THIS WOULD NEED TO HAVE AT EVERY INTERSECTION THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW, PUTTING A LOT OF ADA RAMPS IN. ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO TEAR OUT THOSE RAMPS TO PUT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IN? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET ELECTRICITY? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
GUS, CAN YOU HELP US OUT ON THIS ONE HERE? AS GUS IS COMING OUT, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO TO SUPPORT TODAY. THE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS FOR THE ACTUAL SELECTION OF THE VENDOR, AS WE DID WITH THE PRIOR CONTRACT ON THE STATIC KIOSK.
WE DID A TWO STEP. WE BROUGHT THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE VENDOR AND THEN WE CAME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE ACTUAL LICENSE AGREEMENT, WHICH DEFINITELY DEALS WITH THE ACTUAL ACCESS AND THE USAGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TODAY THIS IS NOT THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
THIS IS ONLY THE AWARD OF THE VENDOR AND THAT LICENSE AGREEMENT.
WE'RE PLANNING TO BRING THAT BACK PROBABLY BE SOMETIME IN AUGUST BEFORE THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED.
WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN TOGETHER? BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON US HAVING THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S ANYTHING FROM THIS BODY, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO INCORPORATE INTO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND COMPLETE THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
LICENSE AGREEMENT, AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL.
WHEN YOU AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE STATIC KIOSK THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE TODAY.
WAS THERE GOING TO BE AN ANSWER ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY? I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, BECAUSE THAT DEFINITELY GETS INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY PIECES.
AND MR. GIBSON, OR DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, DENZEL? YES, MA'AM, I DO. CURRENTLY, IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
THEY HAVE ASKED. THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ELEMENT, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, RELATIVE TO HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD AGREE IF IT WAS AVAILABLE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STILL WOULD BE WORKED OUT.
AGAIN, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THAT'S WHY THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS, RIGHT? THIS AGREEMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE TODAY OR VOTE ON TODAY, I SHOULD SAY.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S AN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT THING TO ALLOW SOMEBODY TO USE OUR CONDUIT.
IT AND FRANKLY, DAMAGE OUR CITY. SO I WE HEAR YOU, MISS MENDELSOHN.
AND IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL THAT THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSS WHEN WE FINISH WITH THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO USE SUCH CONDUIT OR ANY OTHER ELEMENT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE THINK WOULD BE RESTRICTIVE TO THE PUBLIC GOOD IN SOME WAY, THEN WE'LL DO SO. WE COULD WORK WITH GUS. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ASKED HIM TO COME UP HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S SOME ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.
THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE IN THAT SECOND PIECE THAT WE DESCRIBED.
SO CAN I HAVE MR. CARLEY TO COME OUT? BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD, I THINK I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO EVEN HEAR THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE. GUS MCCARTY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR THE UTILIZATION OF OUR ASSETS.
AND AT THIS POINT, THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ITEM IS NOT TO ACCEPT THAT CONSIDERING THE EXTREME LIABILITY AND RISKS THAT COULD BE THAT THE CITY COULD BE EXPOSED TO IF THIS IS SHARED WITH ANYONE ELSE.
SO WE HAVE EXCLUSIVITY ON OUR CONDUITS, ESPECIALLY WHETHER IT BE IN POWER OR FIBER OPTIC.
WELL, I KNOW IN COMMITTEE THEY TALKED OR I THINK YOU ARE PART OF THE PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SOMEHOW POWERING IT OFF OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHICH AGAIN, I JUST FIND THIS ENTIRE THING VERY DISTASTEFUL.
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AND I DO HAVE MORE COMMENTS. I SEE I'M OUT OF TIME.I'LL COME AROUND FOR ANOTHER MORE ROUNDS. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AGAIN, WE ARE ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION NOW ON ITEM 47.
THAT'S BECAUSE MY DISTRICT HAS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, WHERE IT IS NATURAL THAT THIS VENDOR WILL WANT TO LOCATE THEIR KIOSKS.
AND I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM THAT IS BASED UPON THE INPUT OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BY THE PLACEMENT OF THESE KIOSKS. THOSE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE RAISED NUMEROUS ISSUES IN OPPOSITION TO THEM, THAT THEY WILL CLUTTER THE RIGHT OF WAY IN OUR SIDEWALKS, THAT THEY WILL DISTRACT DRIVERS AND INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, THAT THEY WILL DETRACT FROM THE URBAN LANDSCAPE AND BE A MAGNET FOR VANDALISM AND GRAFFITI THAT WILL CREATE AN UNSIGHTLY CONDITION ON OUR DOWNTOWN AND OTHER DISTRICT 14 STREETS, AND THAT THEY WILL BE DUPLICATIVE OF EVERYONE'S CELL PHONES IN THAT THEY ASK THAT THEY DO NOT ADD ANY FUNCTIONALITY THAT YOU CAN'T CURRENTLY GET ON YOUR CELL PHONE.
AND THOSE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDE SOME MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS THAT I NEED TO MENTION, AND WE'VE RECENTLY GOTTEN REPEAT LETTERS FROM THEM, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC., THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE, THE ARTS DISTRICT TREK, THE UPTOWN DALLAS, INC., AND LOWER GREENVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'D LIKE TO READ ONE SENTENCE FROM THE LETTER DATED JUNE 10TH FROM TREC, STATING THAT ULTIMATELY, DIGITAL ADVERTISING KIOSKS OFFER NO REAL VALUE AND ARE ONLY BEING CONSIDERED FOR A SMALL FINANCIAL GAIN FOR THE CITY.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT FINANCIAL GAIN IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE THE CONTRACT, OF COURSE, IS NOT YET FINALIZED. AND I SUBMIT THAT ALTHOUGH IT MAY APPEAR TO BE A LARGE NUMBER THAT IS STRETCHED OVER A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS.
AND SO IF YOU CONSIDER THE PRESENT VALUE OF THAT SUM.
IT'S REALLY SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE ITEM WOULD INDICATE.
AND WHAT ARE WE SACRIFICING FOR THAT LIMITED AMOUNT OF REVENUE? WE'RE SACRIFICING THE WALKABILITY AND THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS IN OUR MOST CONGESTED URBAN ENVIRONMENTS.
WE'RE SACRIFICING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE ESTHETICS IN THOSE SAME AREAS.
AND WE ARE POTENTIALLY INCURRING THE LOSS OF DATA TO BE MARKETED THROUGH THESE KIOSKS AND THEIR VENDOR FOR UNTOLD REASONS.
AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I AND AM OPPOSED, AND I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS ITEM.
CHAD WEST FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
THERE IS A VALUE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. CERTAINLY, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND SAFETY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO ME, MORE SO THAN ANYONE ELSE, REALLY, BECAUSE IT'S VERY AND IT'S VERY LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY WE HAVE.
SO THE PLACEMENT IS KEY. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS, AND THAT THIS STEP IN THE PROCESS DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PLACEMENT, BUT WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT LATER THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN AND CLARIFY THAT AND MAKE SURE I'M CORRECT? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE SENT OUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO BE CLEAR AS TO HOW WE EVALUATED THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL IN THERE, WE TALKED ABOUT NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THAT THE VENDOR MUST PROVIDE FORMAL 45 DAY NOTIFICATION TO NEIGHBORS OR BUSINESSES WITHIN 200FT OF ANY PROPOSED KIOSK.
THE NOTICE WILL INCLUDE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSED COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO RECEIVE VERBAL FEEDBACK AND AN EMAIL ADDRESS AT WHICH THE STAKEHOLDERS MAY PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENT. THAT NOTIFICATION WILL BE MADE IN THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALL WRITTEN FEEDBACK RECEIVED BY THE VENDOR, AS WELL AS A SUMMARY OF THE VERBAL FEEDBACK RECEIVED AT THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING, MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY AS PART OF THE SITE APPROVAL REQUEST.
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DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DID. AND THAT'S THE CONCERN OF THE STAKEHOLDERS I'M HEARING FROM AS WELL.SO IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. I SUPPORT THE ITEM.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN ONE MINUTE. I'M SORRY.
I HAD THREE MINUTES. YOU GOT THREE MINUTES. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. SO ON THE SMART CITY WEBSITE, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT DATA SECURITY, IT SAYS, QUOTE, ALTHOUGH WE DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US VIA KIOSK.
CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT STATEMENT? I CAN ONLY ADDRESS WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS EXPECTING, WHICH IS THAT THEY ARE NOT TO COLLECT ANY TYPE OF IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE ANONYMOUS INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO US. DO YOU THINK IT'S ANONYMOUS INFORMATION FOR SOMEONE TO GET YOUR IP ADDRESS? IS THAT CONSIDERED ANONYMOUS? I BELIEVE THE KIOSK WILL COLLECT YOUR IP ADDRESS.
BUT WE CAN FOLLOW OUR DATA SECURITY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS ESSENTIAL.
OKAY. WHAT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PHONE MANUFACTURER IT IS? CAN YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION, WHAT KIND OF PHONE MANUFACTURER? IF I'M WALKING BY AND I HAVE MY WI-FI AVAILABLE AND I WALK BY, WILL THEY KNOW THAT I'M USING AN IPHONE? POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.
THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE AND SELECT THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR.
IT'S NOT ALL THIS DETAIL THAT IS BEING ASKED.
IT'S NOT GERMANE. I'M GOING TO NOT SUSTAIN THAT I DO THINK IT'S WITHIN THE REALM OF REASONABLE TO INQUIRE INTO THE MERITS OF HAVING ANY VENDOR.
FRANKLY, I MEAN, THAT'S IT'S FAIR GAME. SO. OVERRULED.
BUT MY NEXT THING WILL BE ABOUT SELECTING THIS VENDOR.
CAN YOU TELL US WHO THE LOBBYISTS HAVE BEEN FOR THIS VENDOR, MISS? MISS MENDELSOHN, THAT IS NOT INFORMATION THAT MY STAFF WILL HAVE AVAILABLE. I THINK IF THAT'S INFORMATION THAT CAN BE PROVIDED THROUGH ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, BUT THAT IS NOT INFORMATION THAT THIS PROCUREMENT TEAM WILL HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM. WHO WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO MR. MAYOR, SO, MR. MAYOR, CAN I. YES, MADAM SECRETARY, GO AHEAD.
EXPLAIN HOW LOBBYING WORKS OR AS FAR AS REPORTING OUR OFFICE, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
ITS LOBBYISTS ARE REQUIRED TO FILE IF THEY LOBBY ANYONE IN THE CITY WITH OUR OFFICE.
THOSE REPORTS. BUT AGAIN, IT'S UPON THE INDIVIDUALS TO REGISTER AND FILE.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO. LIKE IF THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF THERE'S ANY LOBBYING TRUE LOBBY.
WELL, I'LL LET THE IF THE ATTORNEY WANTS TO STEP IN. BUT IF YOU'RE LOBBYING, YOU SHOULD YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT, BUT THERE IS NO MONITORING OR ON OUR BEHALF OR ANY MONITORING FROM OUR FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ON ON LOBBYISTS. CITY ATTORNEY, ARE YOU ABLE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT? BEFORE YOU DO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I LOOK, I, I'M HERE TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BE REASONABLE AND FAIR.
NO, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION WAS. THE QUESTION WAS WHO ARE THE WHO ARE THE LOBBYISTS? AND SO THAT THERE AREN'T ANY THAT ARE REGISTERED.
YOU WANT TO KNOW IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOBBYING ON THIS MATTER? YES. AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE CITY MANAGER IS THAT HER HER STAFF WOULD NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. THE ENFORCEMENT OF LOBBYISTS TO REGISTER IF THERE'S ANY ENFORCEMENT. I'M NOT. I'M NOT SURE. PENALTY. IF THEY DO NOT, I'M NOT.
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I THINK IT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO ASK IF STAFF KNOWS WHO HAS BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THIS, BUT IF THEY ANSWER AND WE HAVE STAFF HAS A DUTY TO BE FORTHRIGHT AND TRUTHFUL WITH US IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT ANSWER AT FACE VALUE.AND I DON'T THINK A DISCUSSION INTO THE LOBBYING RULES WOULD BE RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION TODAY ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO ASK IF STAFF HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH LOBBYISTS ABOUT THIS AND WHO ARE THOSE LOBBYISTS? BUT STAFF HAS AN OBLIGATION TO BE HONEST IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
BUT MADAM CITY MANAGER, THAT'S THAT'S YOUR THAT'S YOUR BAILIWICK, NOT MINE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE IN TERMS OF RESPECTING MEMBERS RIGHTS, TO ASK QUESTIONS ON POLICY MATTERS, BUT ALSO NOT PUTTING STAFF IN IN ODD POSITIONS.
SO GO AHEAD. AND SO THE RESPONSE THAT I GAVE, AND I'LL JUST REPEAT THAT RESPONSE THAT MY PROCUREMENT TEAM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE LOBBYISTS FOR THIS COMPANY.
SO ARE YOU OR ANY OF YOUR TEAM AWARE OF ANYBODY WHO IS LOCAL, WHO HAS BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT GETTING THIS CONTRACT? I AM NOT AWARE, AND MY TEAM HAS NOT WORKED DIRECTLY WITH ANY LOBBYISTS ON THIS ITEM.
WE WENT THROUGH A PUBLIC SOLICITATION. WE'VE COMMUNICATED THE RESULTS OF THAT SOLICITATION, AND TODAY WE'VE PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE POTENTIAL VENDOR.
I DO NOT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE KIOSKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO FACIAL RECOGNITION.
IT IS NOT LISTED IN ANY OF THEIR FEATURES OR SPECIFICATIONS.
OKAY. SO THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT IT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO COME BACK NO MATTER WHAT ELSE IS SAID TO ME, IS THROUGH MANY OF THESE BRIEFINGS, WE'VE HAD CERTAIN PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND THERE'S A REASON THIS, WHILE IT'S NOT COMPLETE, IS THAT THIS MEETING, IT'S AT THIS MEETING SO THAT OUR OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN VOTE ON IT. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS VERY SUSPECT.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT CONSEQUENCES WILL BE THERE FOR THIS VENDOR IF THEY EITHER INTENTIONALLY OR ACCIDENTALLY DO COLLECT OR STORE PRIVATE INFORMATION? THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BREACH OF CONTRACT.
OKAY, BECAUSE WE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED THAT NO PROPOSAL SHALL OR PROPOSAL SHOULD INCLUDE ANY A RESPONSE THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF SUCH DATA. SO THAT WOULD BE A BREACH OF CONTRACT, AND WOULD THAT BE A BREACH THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE CITY IN TERMINATING THE CONTRACT FOR CAUSE? YES. WOULD THAT BE AS WITH ANY CONTRACT, IF THERE'S A BREACH, WE OFTEN WORK TO CURE THE ACTUAL DEFICIENCY. BUT DEFINITELY WOULD MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION IF THAT IS NOT CORRECTED BY THE VENDOR.
I THINK MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS DO ALLOW A CURE, PERIOD.
CITY MANAGER, YOU SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE 45 DAY NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
NOW THAT WOULD GIVE NOTIFICATION TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND REQUIRE THE VENDOR TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING AFTER HAVING GIVEN THAT 45 DAY NOTICE TO THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT AREA.
SO WE COULD ENSURE THAT THOSE MEETINGS HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE.
AND SO THOSE MEETINGS REALLY ARE TOOTHLESS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T THE VENDOR IS
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NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY GET FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDERS.ARE THEY? I THINK THAT WHAT WE WANT TO ENSURE, AS WITH A LOT OF WHETHER IT'S PROJECTS OR OTHER DECISIONS THAT THIS BODY MAKES ABOUT ENSURING THAT THERE'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT THAT WE SPELLED OUT THAT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
WE ALSO HAVE NOTED THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD COME TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, THREE ON ONE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT STAFF, CITY STAFF WOULD BE THERE TO DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THE ENGAGEMENT IS HAPPENING.
AND IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING THE VENDOR ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT, WE COULD DO THAT. SO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO, CITY MANAGER, ARE YOU ASSURING THIS COUNCIL THAT YOUR STAFF WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT ANY AND ALL OF THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT THE VENDOR IS REQUIRED TO HOLD TO OBTAIN PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND BRING THAT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE LOCATION DECISIONS? WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH ALL MAJOR PROJECTS OF THE CITY THAT WE ARE ENGAGED AND THAT IS THAT'S NOT AN OPTION BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THIS COUNCIL AND HOW WE EVEN DEVELOP THE RFP, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS A PRIORITY.
AND SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY ENSURE THAT THOSE MEETINGS ARE ATTENDED BY OUR BUT MY TEAM AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THE VENDOR IS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, AS WE TALK ABOUT PLACEMENT, WE HEARD THE COUNCIL LOUD AND CLEAR BACK WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED BEFORE, AND YOU WANTED THAT TO BE A PART OF WHAT WE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC SOLICITATION.
SO WILL THAT FEEDBACK, WHEN IT'S BROUGHT BACK BY YOUR STAFF, BE UTILIZED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT CONSIDERS THE REQUEST FOR LOCATION? THEY WILL BE ACTUALLY THE CITY. WE WOULD BE APPROVING THE SITE, WHAT WE CALL A SITE APPROVAL REQUEST.
WELL, IT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER MY QUESTION. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THESE KIOSK LOCATION DECISIONS, AS WE DO WITH ALL ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WHETHER IT'S LISTENING SESSIONS, IS TO ENSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HEARD THEIR CONCERNS AND THAT WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FEEDBACK IS INCORPORATED.
IN SOME CITIES WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE AS MANY ISSUES WITH WHAT'S EXISTING.
SIDEWALKS. SIZE OF SIDEWALKS. THE FEEDBACK MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE'RE APPROVING THOSE SITE REQUESTS, THAT WE DEFINITELY TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, AND THAT WILL BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MADAM MANAGER, CAN I MAKE A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS SINCE WE HAVE SOME SOME ANSWERS? NO FACIAL RECOGNITION. THEY DO NOT COLLECT THE MAC ID, AND THEY DO NOT COLLECT AN IP ADDRESS.
AND THE PRIVACY STATEMENT, RELATIVE TO DATA PRIVACY THAT MISS MENDELSOHN IS REFERENCING WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT WE BRING BACK THAT WILL GIVE A MORE ROBUST DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THESE MORE TECHNICAL TERMS THAT FORGIVE US.
THE THREE OF US ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH. WE WERE HANGING OUR HATS.
MORE ON THIS HOLISTIC. YOU WILL NOT COLLECT THIS PRIVATE INFORMATION.
WE DID NOT IDENTIFY EACH ONE OF THOSE BY LINE ITEM, BUT I THINK FROM THE SENTIMENT FROM I'M HEARING HERE THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE PRESCRIPTIVE THAT WAY AND GIVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WOULD STILL COVER US.
BUT AGAIN, THE DATA PRIVACY AS LAID OUT IN THE GUARDRAILS THAT WE THOUGHT WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL THERE, HERE AND THERE IN THIS BASE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TODAY, WHICH GIVES US THE CAPACITY TO GO DO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN AGAIN, I REFERENCED HOW THIS WAS DONE BEFORE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE WAS THE PROTECTION FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LICENSE, THE LICENSE AGREEMENT IS SPELLING OUT HOW THEY WILL OPERATE.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS ITEM IS THE CONTRACT AWARD.
AND REMEMBER, THE LICENSE AGREEMENT IS COMING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS GOING TO GO AND AND DO.
AND YOU WILL NOT SEE. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE WILL BRING FORWARD ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED,
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COMPLETED ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND ALL THE DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 47 CALL FOR A RECORDED VOTE, PLEASE.
OKAY. RECORD VOTES BEEN REQUESTED. RECORD VOTES BEEN GRANTED.
MADAM SECRETARY, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
GRACEY. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. ARNOLD. NO. COUNCILMEMBER.
RACICOT. NO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
BLACKMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MENDELSOHN. NO. COUNCILMEMBER.
WILLIS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. RIDLEY. NO. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.
YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS. YES. MAYOR. JOHNSON.
NO. WITH 11 VOTING IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR, OR THE ITEM PASSES. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.
NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 56 IS YOUR LAST PULLED ITEM.
[56. 25-1906A Authorize (1) a three-year license agreement for use of the Cotton Bowl with a professional sports team Atlético Dallas dba USL with two one year renewal options; and (2) a three-year lease agreement for MoneyGram Soccer Park Complex with a professional sports team Atlético Dallas dba USL with two one year renewal options - Not to exceed $3,000,000.00 over three years - Financing: Convention Center Construction Fund (subject to annual appropriations); Estimated Minimum Revenue: Fair Park Special Maintenance Fund ($900,000.00) and Elm Fork Athletic Complex Fund ($300,000.00) over three years]
GIVE ME ONE SECOND. ON. AGENDA ITEM 56. AUTHORIZE 1A3 YEAR LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF THE COTTON BOWL WITH ATLÉTICO DALLAS DBA USL, WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AND 2A3 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ONE MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK COMPLEX WITH ATLÉTICO DALLAS DBA USL WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION NOT NOT TO EXCEED $3 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS.YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, MATT VALENTINE.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOUR MICROPHONE. THERE'S A BUTTON AT THE BASE OF THAT MICROPHONE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MAYOR JOHNSON, CITY MANAGER TOLBERT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MATT VALENTINE, THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF ATLÉTICO DALLAS.
TODAY IS ABOUT OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. BUT FIRST, LET ME TOUCH ON MY PAST.
I GREW UP IN ARLINGTON, AND IN 1985, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO DALLAS TO PLAY SELECT SOCCER FOR THE LONGHORNS, WHICH IS THE FIRST SELECT SOCCER CLUB IN TEXAS AND THE FOUNDING CLUB OF THE ICONIC DALLAS CUP.
THIS OPPORTUNITY AFFORDED ME THE PRIVILEGE OF PLAYING IN THE NORTH DALLAS CLASSIC LEAGUE AS WELL AS THE DALLAS CUP EACH YEAR, WHICH GAVE ME THE PLATFORM TO CONTINUE TO PLAY THROUGH COLLEGE.
IN 1997, I MOVED BACK TO DALLAS AND I'VE LIVED HERE EVER SINCE.
I LOVE THIS CITY AND I LOVE THE SPORT OF SOCCER.
I HAVE A STRONG BELIEF THAT THERE'S A LARGE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANTS A PROFESSIONAL MEN'S SOCCER TEAM BACK IN THE HEART OF THE CITY, A TEAM THAT THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THEM.
THE TIME IS NOW. WE ARE CREATING A COMMUNITY ASSET FROM DALLAS FOR DALLAS THAT WILL BE HERE FOR GENERATIONS, WHERE KIDS AND FAMILIES CAN FEEL THAT THEY BELONG TO A CLUB THAT SUPPORTS THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND GIVES THEIR CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD THEMSELVES. WE DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. WE HAVE A DUAL MANDATE, THE FIRST TO BRING PROFESSIONAL SOCCER BACK TO DALLAS, SPECIFICALLY THE LEGENDARY COTTON BOWL, AND THE SECOND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GREATEST ASSET, OUR YOUTH, TO EXPERIENCE THE GAME THAT WE LOVE.
FROM THE STREET TO THE STADIUM, FROM PICKUP STREET SOCCER TO DALLAS CITY PARK TO COMPETITIVE CLUB SOCCER AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, TO WATCHING OUR FIRST TEAM PLAY ONE DAY UNDER THE LIGHTS AT THE COTTON BOWL.
WHILE WE CERTAINLY CAN'T DO THIS ALONE, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY.
ON MAY 3RD, AFTER OUR BRAND LAUNCH, A LOCAL REPORTER THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW, ALBERTO PEREZ, WROTE THE FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE BELIEVE HIS WORDS ECHOED THE FEELINGS OF MANY PEOPLE ACROSS DALLAS.
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MAY 2ND, 2025. THE BIRTH ARRIVES A CITY THAT IS LOVED, SUFFERED AND CELEBRATED WITH SOCCER, BUT WHO STILL HAD AN EMPTY CORNER IN HIS SOUL.THAT CORNER NOW HAS SHAPE. IT HAS A ROAR. IT HAS A DESTINATION.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT SOCCER. IT IS IDENTITY.
IT IS COMMUNITY. IT IS THE VOICE OF A PEOPLE WHO HAVE WAITED TOO LONG.
THEY FINALLY HAVE SOMEONE TO CHEER. ATLÉTICO DALLAS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DAN HUNT.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DUTY THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THIS CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOW ONE YEAR AWAY FROM WORLD CUP 2026, 365 DAYS AWAY. WE WILL BE WELCOMING, WELCOMING THE WORLD TO DALLAS.
AND THAT'S COMING HERE. BUT OUR STORY IN SOCCER BEGINS ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1966.
THE WORLD CUP WORLD CUP FINAL INSPIRED MY FATHER, LAMAR, TO START THE DALLAS TORNADO IN 1967.
THAT WAS OUR HOMETOWN PROFESSIONAL TEAM. BY 1983, THE NASL FOLDED AND WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
MY DAD WAS THE LAST MAN STANDING WITH HIS DALLAS TORNADO FRANCHISE.
IN 2001, MLS EFFECTIVELY FOLDED WITHOUT US TAKING DALLAS.
WE ALREADY HAD TWO OTHER TEAMS AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS.
ONE TOOK FIVE AND ANOTHER TOOK ONE AND A HALF, ONE TOOK FIVE AND A HALF AND ONE TOOK ONE AND A HALF.
OTHERWISE, MLS WOULD HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESS.
DALLAS BURN WOULD HAVE FOLDED IF WE HADN'T TAKEN THE TEAM IN 2002.
OUR JOURNEY STARTED THOUGH, HERE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS ASKING FOR A SOCCER SPECIFIC STADIUM.
WE WERE TURNED AWAY IN 2002. WE WERE INSTRUCTED THAT ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM WITH A TRACK AROUND IT WOULD BE FITTING FOR THE DALLAS BURN, SO WE HAD TO FIND A HOME. IF YOU FAST FORWARD, DALLAS CAME TO US AGAIN IN 2013 WITH THE BUILDING OF MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK.
THERE WAS NO OPERATOR THERE AND WE WON THE RFP FOR IT.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IN FACT, WE LOANED THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD THE MONEY TO BUILD THE BUILDINGS THERE.
WE REDID THE FIELDS AND YOU ALL HAVE A SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU.
I HEAR THIS ADAGE THAT MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK HAS LOST THE CITY OF DALLAS $6 MILLION OVER 12 YEARS.
THAT IS ACTUALLY WRONG. THAT'S A FALSE STATEMENT.
THERE WERE 6 MILLION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S IN FRONT OF EACH OF YOU THAT WE PROVIDED.
THERE ARE 500,000 ANNUAL VISITORS THERE, WITH AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OF $50 MILLION.
THAT IS $50 MILLION THAT IS FOR THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER LEAVING FC DALLAS AS THE OPERATOR OF MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK.
WE HAVE POURED OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT, AND WE HAVE NOW SUBMITTED A NEW OFFER AS A LEASE THAT WE THINK IS BETTER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THE PARKS BOARD AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LUTHER OTT.
I WANT TO START. A LOT'S BEEN SAID. A LOT MORE IS GOING TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE TRIED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S ESPECIALLY THIS COUNCIL AND THIS BODY AND THE PARKS BOARD AND WAITING FOR EVERYBODY TO SAY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO SAY. BEFORE WE CAME OUT AND MADE A LOT OF COMMENTARY ON THIS.
I WANT TO SAY, TO START OFF WITH THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION.
BE CLEAR. WE WANT TO BE IN DALLAS. WE STARTED DESIGNING OUR IMAGE AND OUR BRAND OVER A YEAR AGO.
IT SAYS 1841 RIGHT ON OUR SLEEVE. DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
NOWHERE ELSE WE'D RATHER BE. TO THAT END, IT'S OUR GOAL TO BE A GOOD PARTNER.
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PART OF THIS DEAL IS THE COTTON BOWL. ANOTHER PART IS MONEYGRAM.SO PART OF OUR DUAL MANDATE IS THE YOUTH. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID TO TRY TO BE A GOOD PARTNER TO THE CITY IS WE WENT OUT AND ACQUIRED THE THIRD LARGEST YOUTH CLUB IN THE MARKET. THE DALLAS RENEGADES.
THEY HAVE 100 COACHES. 150 TEAMS. OVER 2500 PLAYERS.
CLUB RUNS SOCCER SPECTRUM, ONE OF THE OLDEST SOCCER FACILITIES IN NORTH TEXAS, WHERE WE MANAGE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LEAGUES FOR 300 TEAMS. AND WE WELCOME MORE THAN 6000 PLAYERS EACH WEEK.
AS FOR MONEYGRAM, WHILE WE WOULD BE THE CITY'S TENANT IF THIS IS IF THIS PASSES, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH PIONEER SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, OWNER OF THE SURF. OWNER OF SURF CUP SPORTS. CONTRARY TO RECENT REPORTS, THEY DIDN'T LAUNCH IN 2023.
THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1977. PIONEER IS THE LARGEST YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION IN THE US, SERVING 500,000 ATHLETES ANNUALLY THROUGH CLUBS, EVENTS AND LEAGUES.
THEY MANAGE OVER 200 ACRES OF FIELDS IN SAN DIEGO AND HOSTS MORE THAN 70 EVENTS EACH YEAR, WITH TOURNAMENTS IN SAN DIEGO, SEATTLE, LAS VEGAS.
THEIR EVENTS GENERATE $150 MILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN SAN DIEGO, AND THEY'RE THE CITY'S NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF HOTEL BOOKINGS. PIONEER IS THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY AT WHAT THEY DID AND WITH THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
WE BELIEVE MONEYGRAM SOCCER COMPLEX CAN BECOME THE EPICENTER OF YOUTH SOCCER IN AMERICA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. JAMES SMITH.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED WORKING WITH THE PARKS BOARD AND STAFF OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS.
IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS TRULY BENEFITED THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS.
WE TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT OF MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK.
IN FACT, THESE FUNDS WERE USED TO SALVAGE A $31 MILLION ASSET THAT WAS NOT OPERATIONAL.
WE WERE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS TO PAY BACK IMPROVEMENT FINANCING THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM CLARK AND DAN HUNT TO BUILD AN OFFICE, BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY THAT THE CITY NOW OWNS, AND SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR AS AN ASSET.
ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE FIELDS NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND RENOVATED.
IF THIS WAS TO BE PERFORMED BY A THIRD PARTY WOULD HAVE COST DOUBLE.
REGARDING FIELD USAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY, WE HAVE STATED MANY TIMES THAT IF THERE WERE 100 MORE FIELDS, WE STILL WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE CURRENT DEMAND.
MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK HAS BEEN BOOKED AT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS FOR MANY YEARS.
THIS ALLOWS ALL LOCAL CLUBS TO HAVE ACCESS TO MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK.
SINCE DAY ONE, WE HAVE WORKED HARD HAND IN HAND WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK BETTER, WHICH INCLUDED MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO OUR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
AS PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE AGREED 100% OF THE PROFITS WOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDED SPLITTING ALL THE SPONSORSHIP REVENUE 80 OVER 20, NOT JUST NAMING RIGHTS AND NOT JUST 50 OVER 50.
NEVER DURING THIS TIME WAS I MADE AWARE THAT THAT AS PART OF THIS, THAT I WAS PART OF A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS OR THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD CANCEL OUR AGREEMENT, WHICH STILL HAS THREE AND A HALF YEARS LEFT.
I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WERE WORKING ON A TEN YEAR EXTENSION, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD DONE SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, EVEN WITHOUT BEING PRIVY TO ALL THAT INFORMATION AS THE OTHER BIDDER WAS.
I BELIEVE OUR LAST PROPOSAL IS BETTER FINANCIALLY FOR THE CITY.
PLUS, IT IS BEING PERFORMED BY A LOCAL OWNERSHIP GROUP THAT HAS 60 PLUS YEARS OF SOCCER EXPERIENCE.
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OPERATIONALLY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. OUR LATEST PROPOSAL REFLECTS THAT COMMITMENT WHILE BRINGING PROVEN LOCAL LEADERSHIP WITH DEEP ROOTS IN BOTH DALLAS AND THE SPORT ITSELF. WE SIMPLY BELIEVE THE BEST, BEST PATH FORWARD IS TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS ALREADY DELIVERED FOR THE CITY AND CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR SO MANY MORE YEARS.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TOM JONES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TOM JONES.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPLEX MANAGEMENT FOR FC DALLAS.
WHILE ELM FORK ATHLETIC COMPLEX AT THE TIME WAS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEN DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR PAUL DYER VISITED OUR TOYOTA SOCCER CENTER IN FRISCO. HE ASKED US A SIMPLE QUESTION AFTER THE VISIT.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BRING THIS COMPLEX TO THAT LEVEL.
WE PROVIDED INPUT ON THE SITE PLAN AND FIELD DESIGN, HELPING IMPROVE THE FIELD CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE.
IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE FIELD MAINTENANCE WOULD BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE. THE SITE HAD BEEN A FORMER CONSTRUCTION LANDFILL, AND WHILE THE SPECS CALLED FOR A THREE FOOT CAP OVER THE DEBRIS AND REALITY, IT WAS BARELY A FOOT.
IN MANY PLACES WE WERE FINDING PROBLEMS. WE WERE HITTING THEM, SO WE WEREN'T FINDING PROBLEMS. WE WERE HITTING THEM REBAR, TIRES AND CONCRETE JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY WE DUG INTO A PROBLEM PATCH OF TURF AND PULLED UP A FULL SHEET OF PLYWOOD.
SOON AFTER THAT, THE FIELDS BEGAN TO SHIFT AND SETTLE AND CREATING HOLES AND UNEVEN PLAYING SURFACE.
THE ANSWER WAS NO. ANY UPGRADES HAD TO COME OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
SO OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, WE FULLY REBUILT FIELDS ONE THROUGH TEN, AND THEN FIELDS 11 AND 12 WERE USED AS AUXILIARY PARKING BECAUSE THEY JUST WERE NOT EVEN USABLE. THEY WEREN'T EVEN SAFE FOR PLAY. AND THEN EVENTUALLY RENOVATED THOSE TWO AS WELL.
TODAY, MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK IS ONE OF THE TOP SOCCER FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
AFTER WE HAD SEVERAL SOCCER FIELDS THAT WE RENOVATED, WE ENTERED THEM INTO THE CONTEST.
WE'RE ALSO NAMED A TOP SOCCER FACILITY IN THE US BY KINECT SPORTS IN 2018.
WE'VE BROUGHT THIS FACILITY A LONG WAY. IT'S NOT JUST BETTER THAN WHAT WE INHERITED.
IT'S AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO KEEPING IT THAT WAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEGAN MILLER.
THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MEGAN MILLER.
I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PARTNERSHIP MARKETING AT FC DALLAS.
MY TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING OUR CORPORATE RELATIONSHIPS.
ANYTHING A PARTNER NEEDS, WE HANDLE IT. YES, WE SAY PARTNER.
WE DO NOT SAY SPONSOR. THAT DISTINCTION MATTERS.
WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE TODAY. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT FEELING LIKE A PARTNER.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHAT SETS FC DALLAS APART, I TALK ABOUT OUR DEEP ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK IS A BIG PART OF THAT AND WE DON'T JUST USE IT, WE ACTIVATE IT.
WE BRING OUR MOBILE SOCCER TOUR TO MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK.
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IT MATTERS A LOT AND IT MATTERS TO THEIR FAMILIES.AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THEY DO BUSINESS IN OVER 2000 OR 200 COUNTRIES.
WE, FC DALLAS HAVE BEEN A HOMETOWN PARTNER OF THEIRS SINCE 2012 AND THAT MATTERED TO THEM.
THAT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED THROUGH TRUST.
THROUGH YEARS OF WORK, THEY BELIEVED IN WHAT WE WERE BUILDING AND WANTED THEIR NAME ON IT.
ON A COMPLEX THAT DRAWS NATIONAL TEAMS, LOCAL TOURNAMENTS AND GLOBAL ATTENTION.
ONCE MONEYGRAM SIGNED ON, OTHER BRANDS FOLLOWED.
TOYOTA. CHICK FIL A. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE BUILT AT FC DALLAS, AND WHETHER IT'S A NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING OR A GRASSROOTS CLINIC, MY TEAM DELIVERS DETAILED REPORTS.
WERE THERE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WITHOUT FC DALLAS MANAGING THIS FACILITY? THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO STAY.
BRANDS ARE LOYAL TO OUR TEAM, OUR PROCESS AND OUR CREDIBILITY.
THOSE THINGS TAKE YEARS TO BUILD AND A MOMENT TO LOSE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHRIS HAYDEN.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS CHRIS HAYDEN. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF YOUTH SOCCER FOR FC DALLAS.
DESPITE SOME RUMORS AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE COMPLEX TO MAXIMIZE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY OF OUR 3700 YOUTH PLAYERS, WE ARE THE LARGEST YOUTH CLUB IN NORTH TEXAS.
300 ARE CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS WHO TRAIN AT MONEYGRAM AND WANT TO CONTINUE TRAINING THERE, SO THIS DECISION WILL IMPACT THEM DIRECTLY. EVEN WITH THAT, ONLY 7% OF THE ALLOCATED HOURS AT THE PARK ARE BEING USED INTERNALLY.
IN OTHER WORDS, 93% OF SCHEDULED COMPLEX USE IS NOT FC DALLAS YOUTH TRAINING.
42% OF FIELD TIME IS BEING USED FOR LOCAL LEAGUE PLAY.
WE WORK WITH FOUR SEPARATE LEAGUES THAT ARE OPEN YEAR ROUND TO ALL LOCAL CLUBS AND PLAYERS.
THE REMAINING 45% OF THE TOTAL ALLOCATION IS FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY.
WE HOST 8 TO 10 TOURNAMENTS PER YEAR. 50% OF OUR TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS LIVE FARTHER THAN 50 MILES FROM MONEYGRAM, INCLUDING TEAMS FROM OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES.
SOCCER TEAMS TRAVEL TO DALLAS FOR TWO MAIN REASONS QUALITY OF FIELDS AND QUALITY OF COMPETITION.
THESE TWO FACILITIES HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON FC DALLAS MAINTAINS THEM.
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH OUTSIDE ELITE TOURNAMENT PROVIDERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE THE HOST CLUB FOR DALLAS CUP.
I PLAYED IN DALLAS CUP ONE AND TWO BY THE WAY, 50 YEARS AGO.
OUR FIELD MAINTENANCE EXPERTISE IS ONE THING, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH FC DALLAS AND NOT AN UNPROVEN NEW CLUB, THAT THAT MAINTENANCE EXPERTISE, TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE, STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH US YOUTH AND US CLUB CONNECTIONS WITH MLS AND MLS NEXT AND OUR ABILITY TO TRACK THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GINA MILLER.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GINA MILLER.
I GREW UP IN LAKEWOOD, PLAYED A LOT OF BASKETBALL AT PIZZEY PARK AS WELL.
A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AGO, THE MEMBERS OF DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD ASKED FC DALLAS TO SUPPORT THEIR OPPOSITION TO ANOTHER BATCH PLANT BEING PLACED ADJACENT TO MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK. WE TOOK THIS REQUEST SERIOUSLY.
WE DID OUR HOMEWORK UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEX ZONING ISSUES, SCHIZOPHRENIC ZONING.
WE RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND THE CHALLENGES WE FACED GETTING TO THIS RESULT.
HE SPOKE OUT NOT AS A BUSINESS PARTNER, BUT AS A NEIGHBOR AND ADVOCATE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE KIND OF PARTNER FC DALLAS IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
BUT WHILE WE WERE SUPPORTING THE PARK BOARD'S REQUEST, MEMBERS OF THAT SAME BOARD AND DEPARTMENT STAFF WERE QUIETLY ADVANCING A DEAL TO END OUR MANAGEMENT OF MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK WITHOUT NOTIFYING ANYONE AT FC DALLAS.
I'VE WORKED IN THIS MARKET AS A REPORTER, SPORTSCASTER, AND MEDIA PROFESSIONAL SINCE 1999.
I KNOW THAT IS NOT HOW PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION OR PUBLIC PROCESS SHOULD WORK.
UNDER FC DALLAS MANAGEMENT, MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK HAS BECOME GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED AS A FACILITY.
WE WANT ATHLETICO DALLAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT THE PROPOSAL TO REMOVE FC DALLAS AS OPERATOR OF MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK WITHOUT AN OPEN RFP, WITHOUT A FAIR PROCESS IN FAVOR OF AN UNPROVEN GROUP, UNDERMINES RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A FAVOR. WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY AND OPEN COMMUNICATION.
WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR PROCESS TO MATTER HERE.
FINALLY, WE'RE ASKING YOU THIS LET FC DALLAS REMAIN THE OPERATOR OF MONEYGRAM'S SOCCER PARK, NOT SOLELY FOR FC DALLAS, BUT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THIS CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRUE PARTNER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER PACE.
MR. MAYOR, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CHRIS PACE.
I'M A PARTNER AT WINSTON AND STRAWN, AND I REPRESENT FCD MANAGEMENT.
I'M HERE TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT A PROTEST THAT FTC MANAGEMENT HAS FILED.
FCD MANAGEMENT HAS FILED RELATING TO ITS CONTRACT.
THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY, THE POTENTIAL AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY, INVOLVES THE CITY SPENDING $3 MILLION. IT'S CLEARLY A VERY VIABLE, ACTIVE CONTRACT.
SO IT CAN'T BE SEPARATED THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO FAIR PARK AND ALSO ACCESS TO MONEYGRAM.
HOWEVER, MONEYGRAM IS CURRENTLY UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH FCD MANAGEMENT.
THAT HAS BEEN A VERY EFFECTIVE AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR YEARS.
IN FACT, YOU SEE WITH YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE IS A TERM SHEET, A ROUGH TERM SHEET PROVIDED BY ATLÉTICO DALLAS.
THE FONT, THE STRUCTURE. THE FORMAT. YOU KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM? MY CLIENTS, THEY COPIED IT OVER AND THEY SENT IT BECAUSE SOMEBODY FROM THE PARK DEPARTMENT GAVE IT TO HIM.
THEY TOOK OUR INFORMATION, THEY COPIED IT OVER.
THEY CHANGED THE TERMS A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY SUBMITTED HERE.
SO WE WERE CUT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PROCESS WAS MY CLIENT.
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NOW MY CLIENT IS BACK IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID YESTERDAY? THEY TOOK THOSE VERY TERMS. THEY MADE THEM BETTER.DALLAS IF THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE THE CITY WANTS TO APPROACH IT.
BUT MY CLIENT HAS BEEN A EXCELLENT OPERATOR OF THE PARK.
THEY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY. THEY ARE, AS YOU KNOW, REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, PART OF A FAMILY THAT HAS A REALLY KIND OF LEGENDARY ASPECT HERE IN THE CITY. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPETE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED. THERE WAS NO COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE FILED A A PROTEST. WE HAVE HEARD HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY SPEAKING ABOUT DUE DILIGENCE IN THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.
PART OF THAT IS MONEY. GRAND PARK THAT HAS BEEN RUN SO EFFECTIVELY FOR THE LAST DECADE FOR DALLAS IS ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. THE CITY IS OBLIGATED AND HAS BEEN OBLIGATED TO OPERATE THIS PROCESS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO ACCEPT THAT THEY ARE THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING OPERATOR AND THAT THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND A LARGE AMOUNT AT STAKE HERE.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU. YOUR SPEAKER TEN IS A DUPLICATE AND WAS LISTED IN ERROR.
THEREFORE, MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS ON ITEM 56.
CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, FOR WHAT PURPOSE? I WAS JUST GETTING A CUE.
OKAY, I'VE HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO I SEE YOU IN THE QUEUE FIRST.
SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 56.
THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AND PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE OF A MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION.
BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING THIS WEEK. SO IS IT THAT A LICENSE AGREEMENT AND BOTH A LEASE AGREEMENT, BOTH OF THOSE DON'T REQUIRE A PROCUREMENT? YOU ARE CORRECT.
THEY DO NOT REQUIRE PROCUREMENT. AND IS THAT STATE LAW OR IS THAT BY POLICY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? I BELIEVE IT'S STATE LAW. BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE CONNIE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THANK YOU. CONNIE TANKERSLEY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT A COUNCIL COULD ADOPT AS AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE? WELL, STATE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO IMPLEMENT A PROCESS.
OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. AND THEN WAS THIS ITEM BRIEFED TO THE SPORTS AD HOC COMMITTEE? I. OKAY. SO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT WAS. IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS. SO I AM NOT A BIG SPORTS FAN.
I'M SORRY. ALL YOU PEOPLE HAVE SAID, AND I'M NOT.
BUT I HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS TEAM BEFORE. IS IT CORRECT THAT IT IS NOT YET PLAYING? IS THAT IS BRAND NEW? IS THAT RIGHT? YES. OKAY.
THERE'S PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEADS. YES. OKAY. SO I GUESS, IS JOHN JENKINS HERE? THERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. HERE'S OUR PARKS TEAM.
SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO A SIMILAR QUESTION FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING.
SO IT'S A NEW TEAM. WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T MAKE IT.
THAT'S RIGHT. IS THAT POSSIBLE? ANYTHING IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE MADE SURE WE STRUCTURE THE DEAL.
JUST HEARING YOUR CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRACT, AND WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE PAST THAT NORMALLY WHEN WE ENTER INTO THESE TYPE AGREEMENTS, WE TRY TO GO FOR A LONG TERM CONTRACT. IN THIS CASE, WE SAID NO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO KNOW THESE, GET TO KNOW THE FOLKS WHO'S GOING TO BE PLAYING IN THE COTTON BOWL, WHO'S GOING TO BE MANAGING MONEYGRAM. SO WE'RE DOING A REVERSAL WHERE WE'RE LIKE, NO, WE'RE GOING TO DO A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THIS AND WE WANT TO WE WANT TO MITIGATE OUR RISK.
INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY ENTERING INTO A LONG TERM CONTRACT, WHICH I WON'T MENTION ANY, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THEY HAVE TURNED OUT WHEN WE DO THOSE LONG TERM CONTRACTS. I DO, BECAUSE I READ THE CONTRACTS.
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WHAT IF THEY'RE NOT GENERATING THE REVENUE THAT YOU EXPECT? YEAH. SO OF COURSE, IF LIKE I SAID, AS I MENTIONED, NOTHING'S GUARANTEED, JUST LIKE WE WOULD ALWAYS DO, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK OUT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PLAN B. AND AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW I ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN B IF I NEED TO OPERATE MONEY GRAM OR IF I NEED TO OPERATE ANOTHER VENUE, THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN THE INTERIM UNTIL WE FIND ANOTHER PARTNER.IS THAT CORRECT? SO LET ME CLEAR THAT UP AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND Y'ALL NORMALLY DON'T HEAR ME SAY THANK YOU FOR A QUESTION.
OKAY. BUT I'M GONNA SAY THIS TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE INTEGRITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND IT'S BEEN REPORTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE DID NOT HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM RELATED TO. MONEYGRAM. I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR, AND I'VE HAD MY STAFF MEET WITH THEM AND I EMAILS WHERE THEY FIRST MET WITH THEM ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH, AND I GAVE THEM VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE YOU AS, AS A COUNCIL AND THE PARK BOARD HAS CHALLENGED ME AS THE PARK DIRECTOR TO START LOOKING FOR LOOK AT WEEK CONTRACTS.
YOU WANT ME TO MAKE SURE I FIGURE OUT WAYS HOW TO REDUCE EXPENSES AND TO MAXIMIZE THE CITY REVENUES? AND WHAT THAT CHARGE? WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT EVERY LAST ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS.
SO I INSTRUCTED MY STAFF TO GET WITH MONEY. I MEAN, FC DALLAS, THEY HAVE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER, I WON'T DENY THAT. BUT THEY DIDN'T MEET MY REQUIREMENTS, WHAT I NEEDED THEM TO DO AS FAR AS CHANGING THEIR CONTRACT.
AND IT WAS VERY SIMPLE. IT WAS JUST TWO THINGS.
ONE, I NEED YOU TO TAKE ON ALL THE EXPENSES. TWO, I NEED YOU TO GIVE US SOME GUARANTEED REVENUES. THIS IS REALLY THAT SIMPLE. THEY DID NOT MEET MY REQUIREMENTS.
OKAY, GREAT. SO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS WHY AREN'T THESE SEPARATE ITEMS LIKE A LICENSE AGREEMENT? SEEMS LIKE ONE THING. AND THEN A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A WHOLE DIFFERENT LOCATION SEEMS LIKE ANOTHER THING.
WHY ARE THESE SMUSHED TOGETHER? AND I'M GOING TO LET RYAN O'CONNOR.
BECAUSE HE'S BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PUTTING THE CONTRACT TOGETHER.
I MEAN, NOT THE CONTRACT, BUT THE LEASE. YES, MA'AM.
THE DEAL. RYAN O'CONNOR, DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION.
AND SO IT WAS A LICENSE FOR USE OF THE COTTON BOWL, AND IT WAS A LEASE FOR MONEYGRAM.
THESE ARE OUR SIGNATURE SOCCER FACILITIES IN TOWN.
AND WE THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE TO ATTRACT A TEAM THAT WOULD BE DALLAS PRO SOCCER TEAM.
TO HAVE A PRESENCE AT BOTH OF OUR SIGNATURE FACILITIES.
WOULD EITHER OF THESE STOOD ALONE? WOULD WOULD THEY HAVE ACCEPTED JUST PLAYING AT THE COTTON BOWL WITHOUT THE MONEYGRAM PART, OR WOULD THEY HAVE ACCEPTED JUST THE MONEYGRAM WITHOUT THE COTTON BOWL PART? WELL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN I WOULD SAY THIS WAS THIS WAS AN ECONOMIC I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT MYSELF, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO A LITTLE BIT. THIS WAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL THAT WAS STRUCTURED IN SUCH A WAY. OKAY. WELL IT'S 743. PLEASE DON'T REPEAT YOURSELF. I'M NOT KIDDING I'M NOT KIDDING. UNDERSTOOD. WOULD THEY HAVE ACCEPTED JUST THE COTTON BOWL IF THEY DIDN'T GET MONEYGRAM? I'M SURE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL THAT WAS ORGANIZED AND STRUCTURED IN SUCH A WAY TO HAVE A NEW PRO SPORTS TEAM MANAGING OUR SIGNATURE FACILITIES AND BEING A TENANT AND A USER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT YOU CONSIDERED FOR JUST TAKING OVER MONEYGRAM? NO. ARE THERE OTHER PROSPECTS FOR PLAYING AT THE COTTON BOWL? ARE THERE OTHER PROSPECTS? NOT AT ALL. COUNCILWOMAN OKAY.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU. I LIKE THAT IS WHO ARE THE LOBBYISTS AND CONSULTANTS THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO ON THIS DEAL? NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY FC DALLAS. NOT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ATLÉTICO.
BUT WHO ELSE HAVE YOU TALKED TO? YEAH. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH ANY LOBBYISTS.
I'VE ONLY SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM FC DALLAS AND ATHLETICO AND THE US CLUB SOCCER, BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE KICKED THE TIRES.
SO NOT JUST YOU. HOW ABOUT YOUR STAFF? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE STAFF.
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MA'AM, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH ANY REPRESENTATIVES OTHER THAN THE FOLKS REPRESENTING ATHLETICO DALLAS THE OWNERSHIP.NOBODY WHO'S A CONSULTANT. NOBODY WHO'S A LOBBYIST? NO. WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE OWNERS OF ATHLETICO DALLAS TO NEGOTIATE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR EVERYBODY BEING HERE.
I KNOW IT'S REALLY LATE. THANK YOU FOR THE MEMO, JOHN.
I REALLY LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS OLD DEALS.
I THINK I'VE SAID THAT EVERY MEETING. SO WITH THAT, CAN YOU OUTLINE WHAT WE ARE EXPECTED TO GET FROM THIS DEAL? YES. SO WHAT WE EXPECTED TO GET FROM THE DEAL IS WE'RE GOING TO GET GUARANTEED REVENUES, A MINIMUM OF $100,000 PER YEAR. THAT'S THE MINIMUM. BUT WE I MEAN, RENT, BUT WE ANTICIPATE MORE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM. WE NEED TO KNOW OUR FIXED LIABILITY. WE NEED TO KNOW OUR LIABILITY.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN UPSIDE.
SO THAT'S ONE PART OF THE DEAL. ALSO, WE GET FIVE YOUTH ATHLETIC FIELDS THAT WE WILL CONTROL.
WE WON'T HAVE TO COORDINATE THROUGH FC DALLAS.
AND WE'LL GET THOSE FIVE FIELDS FOR OUR USE AND THAT WE WILL CONTROL.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO GET $400,000 WORTH OF LIGHTED FIELDS.
NOW FOR THOSE YOUTH FIELDS. AND SO FOR I FEEL LIKE IT'S A VERY GOOD DEAL AND WE DON'T TAKE ON ANY MORE EXPENSES. SO. SO LET ME JUST CLEAR UP CLEAR CURRENTLY.
LET ME FIRST EXPLAIN THE CURRENT CONTRACT. THE WAY IT IS IS WE'RE RESPONSIBLE.
JUST RECENTLY. WE WE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING UTILITIES.
AND AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME DATA RIGHT QUICK RELATED TO THAT BECAUSE THIS THIS RELATES.
SO I KNOW WE MENTIONED ABOUT EARLIER $6 MILLION BEING INVESTED IN THE PARK.
SO I WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP. FC DALLAS UP TO 2020 THEY COULD CHARGE BACK $400,000 WORTH OF EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD PAY.
AND PART OF THAT WAS PAYING FOR THEIR LOAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY MADE.
BUT WE AGREED TO THAT AND I WANTED THEM TO GET RID OF THAT.
AND THEN ALSO YEAH. SO THOSE WERE THE EXPENSES.
SO FOR THE I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW AND THE DATA DOESN'T LIE.
THAT'S WHY WE PRESENT THE FACTS TO YOU ALL TODAY.
2014 WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT AND THEY MENTIONED ABOUT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY NEED TO MAKE, ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY NEED TO PAY BACK, ALL THEIR IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2020.
YOU PAY BACK YOUR IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN MY COST STILL WENT UP.
IT WENT UP NOW FROM 600. I MEAN YOU WOULD THINK MY COST WOULD GO DOWN.
WELL MY COST WENT UP $678,000. WE PAID IN EXPENSES.
SPACES. 2023. $756,000. FOR A TOTAL OUT OF THIS 11 YEAR AGREEMENT. TEN AND A HALF AGREEMENT WE RECEIVED.
WE PAID $7 MILLION IN EXPENSES, AND WE RECEIVED $766,000 IN REVENUES.
AND THEY WOULD TELL YOU, I GOT A BETTER DEAL ON THE TABLE.
OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S FINE. AND SO, JOHN, TALK ABOUT THIS LOAN.
IS THE LOAN PAID? THE LOAN IS PAID BACK NOW IN MY EXPENSES WENT UP.
OKAY. SO IT'S PAID AND NO INTEREST. OKAY. NOW MONEYGRAM THE THE THE THE FIELDS THAT MONEYGRAM.
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THAT'S WELL IS THAT WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THEIR YOUTH PROGRAMS WHERE THEY PRACTICE THERE.YES. AND THEY WILL HAVE OPERATIONS THERE I ASSUME.
YES. SO THEY HAVE THEIR OPERATIONS. THEY HAVE THEIR THEIR YOUTH PROGRAMS. THEY ALSO RENT OUT THE FIELDS TO OTHER USERS.
AND THEN WE GET USE OF FIVE AND OR FOUR. OH WELL WITH THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.
BUT THE NEW AGREEMENT WE NOW GET FIVE FIELDS.
OKAY. NOW WHERE WILL THE GAMES BE PLAYED? ATHLETICO WILL BE PLAYED IN THE COTTON BOWL.
IN WHERE? IN DALLAS. OKAY. IN DALLAS. WHERE DOES THE CURRENT GROUP PLAY? FC DALLAS PLAYS IN FRISCO. SO WE'RE NOW SEEING OPERATIONS ALL THE WAY AROUND IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THAT'S CORRECT. DID WE ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD LOOK TO RELOCATE ALL OF THEIR OPERATIONS BACK INTO DALLAS? I WOULD SAY YES. OKAY. AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HERE.
YES. OKAY. NOW BACK TO SEE THIS. OKAY, NOW I'M LOOKING AT THE LOAN. THE LOAN THAT WE PAID BACK. BOUGHT WHAT? THE LOAN WE PAID BACK. ACCORDING TO LC DALLAS.
AND FROM WHAT I RECALL WAS IT WAS FOR THE. THEY BUILT TWO OFFICES.
THEY BUILT SOME FACILITIES, SOME BUILDINGS OUT THERE.
OKAY. FOR A TOTAL COST OF $775,000. SO THE LOAN WAS FOR 775,000? YES. OKAY. AND WE PAID THAT BACK. AND THOSE FACILITIES WILL STAY THERE IN OUR CONTROL.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. BUT THEN THEY WILL GO TO ATHLETICO AND THEY WILL PAY.
THERE'LL BE NO MORE EXPENSES ON THOSE BUILDINGS TO US, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE ARE TRULY GETTING THIS.
WE STILL OWN IT, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S ON THE BOOKS.
BUT THEY ARE COVERING THE EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS OPERATION.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GETTING MONEY FROM GAME DAY AT FAIR PARK.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WHAT WAS THE VOTE AT PARK BOARD ON THIS, BY THE WAY? IT WAS UNANIMOUS. UNANIMOUS? OKAY. THANK YOU.
THAT'S STILL TUNED IN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH, THEY'VE PROBABLY GOT POPCORN AT HOME, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FIRST FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. AND THANK YOU TO THE PARK BOARD FOR Y'ALL'S UNANIMOUS VOTE AND DUE DILIGENCE TO THIS.
ONE THING WE'VE ASKED OR I KNOW I'VE ASKED SINCE I'VE SERVED ON COUNCIL, IS FOR US TO GET TO A NEW DAY FROM THESE SWEETHEART DEALS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUING OUR ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE IN OUR CITY.
FOR FAR TOO LONG, WE HAVE ALLOWED FOR THESE BUSINESS DEALS TO BE DICTATED BY THOSE WHO MOSTLY BENEFIT FROM THEM INSTEAD OF THE TAXPAYERS. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, BECAUSE WE.
WE TALK ABOUT MONEY, GRAND PARK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATING IS THE FACT THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER.
A CITY ASSET. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S ACCURATE. RIGHT.
BUT IT'S WITH A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SEEMS TO BE VERY RESTRICTIVE ON WHEN THE ACTUAL TAXPAYERS OF OUR CITY HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT THIS DEAL WILL DO FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR CITY, WHO, IN MY OPINION, HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THIS CITY ASSET FROM THE TAX DOLLARS.
YEAH. AND I HAVE TO INCLUDE ATHLETICO WITH THEM PLAYING THEIR GAMES IN DALLAS, AND SO.
MY GOAL ALL ALONG WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING THREE THINGS HERE.
WE'RE CONNECTING BRINGING A PRO TEAM TO DALLAS.
SO THAT WAS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. AND NUMBER TWO, HOW CAN THIS PRO TEAM WHO NOW PLAY IN DALLAS NOW FOSTER AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR YOUTH PROGRAM THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON DALLAS KIDS.
AND SO MONEYGRAM IS GOING TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THAT.
AND THEN ALSO HOW DO WE CONNECT BETWEEN ATHLETICO MONEYGRAM AND MY RECREATION CENTER REC LEAGUES.
BECAUSE WE KNOW IN THIS FIELD, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GOT SELECT TEAMS, ALL KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF FUNDING. AND SO WHEN I TALK TO ATLÉTICO I SAID THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL.
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IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE PARK BOARD. IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE KIDS ARE GETTING PRICED OUT OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY COMPETE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. BUT I NEED A CONNECTION BETWEEN MY REC CENTER AND WHERE THOSE KIDS CAN BE LOOKED AT AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FEED INTO MONEYGRAM IN THAT PROGRAM AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.AND SO, NO, THIS DEAL IS ABOUT ALL THREE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS.
AND HOW DO WE GROW DALLAS WITH OUR OWN HOME TEAM HERE IN DALLAS THAT WILL FEED OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS AND OUR REC CENTERS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, YMCA ANYONE WHO SERVED KIDS HERE IN DALLAS.
THANK YOU. SO YOU WOULD YOU WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH TO PLAY ON THESE FIELDS. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE WHEN IT COMES TO THE COTTON BOWL WE'VE GOT A TICKET FEE THAT IS A PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S CORRECT. WHERE WILL THOSE PROCEEDS? BENEFIT? YEAH. I'LL ANSWER ALL THE DETAILS. YES, SIR.
THOSE REVENUES GENERATED AT THE COTTON BOWL WILL BENEFIT FAIR PARK.
FAIR PARK SPECIFICALLY? YES, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TASKED WITH SINCE WE'VE GONE TO A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THE 277 ACRES WE CALL FAIR PARK? YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IT.
RIGHT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. THAT WOULD BE WRONG WITH THIS DEAL.
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CITY. WE'VE GOT ONE THAT WANTS TO USE OUR NAME AND ACTUALLY PLAY IN OUR CITY.
WE'VE GOT ONE THAT WANTS TO REACTIVATE FAIR PARK THAT HAS BEEN LONG NEGLECTED.
I GREW UP WITH SEASON TICKETS AND GOING TO WATCH THE DALLAS BURN AT FAIR PARK AT AT THE COTTON BOWL.
THIS IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND IT SHOULD BE SEEN AS SUCH.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT RECTIFYING LONG STANDING SWEETHEART DEALS, THESE SWEETHEART DEALS THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, ON THE BACKS OF THE TAXPAYERS, ARE HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE GENERATING A LOT OF PROFIT FOR THEMSELVES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR CITY ASSETS WERE MEANT TO BE.
I THINK THAT THERE'S DISCUSSION ALREADY AS A PART OF WHAT THAT REEVALUATION IS, IS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE THE TEAM IS WILLING TO PUT IN, NOT JUST IN A MENDING THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE OVER AT THE COTTON BOWL FOR GAME DAY, BUT ALSO FOR THE TRAJECTORY OF MONEYGRAM PARK AND OR POSSIBLE OTHER SITE THAT WE CAN HAVE TO, TO PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUTH. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ACCURATE.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ARE DOING YOUR JOB, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IT.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DEAL. YOU'VE HELPED BRING US A LOT OF THE PRIORITIES WE HAVE SET FOR OUR CITY.
YOU ARE HELPING US BRING REVENUE AND ACTIVATION TO FAIR PARK.
YOU'RE HELPING BETTER UTILIZE PUBLIC ASSETS THAT ARE IN YOUR MUNICIPAL PARK SERIES.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE CLEAR OF OF A DEAL THIS COULD BE.
BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR OUR CITY, THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR SOUTH DALLAS.
SO I JUST CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IT.
AND OVERALL, THIS IS GOOD BUSINESS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT IT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR, AGAIN. YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, MEMBERS IF SOMEONE HAS SPOKEN ALREADY.
BUT, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SO, MR. JENKINS, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO MAXIMIZE THE RETURN THAT THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE FROM OUR PARK ASSETS.
I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT EFFORT. I'M WONDERING IF YOU HEARD THE COMMENTS BY THE ATTORNEY FROM WINSTON AND STRONG, WHO SPOKE ABOUT, ON BEHALF OF FCD MANAGEMENT, THAT THEY HAD SUBMITTED A REVISED OR A NEW PROPOSAL THAT HE
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SAID BETTERED THAT WHICH ATLÉTICO HAD SUBMITTED.HAVE YOU SEEN THAT PROPOSAL AND WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF IT? YEAH, I SAW IT LAST NIGHT AND MY ASSESSMENT IS, IS THEY SENT A REVISED PROPOSAL, STILL DID NOT MEET WHAT I ASKED THEM TO MEET. WAS THAT UTILITY PAYMENT? OKAY. SO LET ME SEE. LET ME LOOK FOR THE REVISED I THINK I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE BASICALLY, TO ME, IT LOOKED LIKE ALL THEY DID WAS COPY OF AT ATHLETIC.
I MEAN, ATHLETICO, THEY COPIED THEIR PROPOSAL.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME. SO. WHERE IS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEE THE PAY ANNUALLY TO 100 K OR 25% COMMISSION.
CITY WILL RETAIN SCHEDULED EXISTENCE OF FIVE YOUTH FIELD.
SAME DEAL. ATHLETICO TO PROVIDE FACILITY MAINTENANCE PLAN APPROVED BY THE CITY.
CITY GRANTS EXCLUSIVE NAMING RIGHTS. RIGHTS TO FC AND CITY WILL SEE EVEN SPLIT REVENUE.
SAME DEAL. PLEASE CUT TO THE CHASE AND TELL US WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT IT.
YEAH. SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT IT THAT IS WHAT I DON'T SEE HERE.
THEY DIDN'T OFFER ME 400 K TO LIGHT FOUR FIELDS.
SO THE DEAL IS NOT BETTER THAN THE DEAL THAT WAS PROPOSED TO ME.
AND AND AS I EXPLAINED TO FC DALLAS REPRESENTATIVES YESTERDAY, AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS ON THE RECORD, SINCE SINCE CERTAIN THINGS WERE SAID UP HERE THAT IS, IS MISLEADING FROM SOME SPEAKERS.
LIKE I SAID TO THEM YESTERDAY EVENING. BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN A GOOD PARTNER, IF YOU WOULD HAVE MET OUR TERMS. THE ONLY REASON I CAME TO YOU FIRST WHEN I CAME TO YOU IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN I GAVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR EMAIL WAS CORRECT, THAT YOU HAD NO INTEREST IN MEETING MY TERMS, BECAUSE YOU PUT THAT IN THE EMAIL TO ME, NOT TO ME, TO MY STAFF. YOU BASICALLY SAID, NO, WE WANT TO STICK WITH THE SAME TERMS. NO. WE WENT TO YOU FIRST. BUT WHEN YOU WOULDN'T MEET MY TERMS, I DON'T HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO YOU.
WHEN I'VE ASKED YOU TO MEET THE TERMS, THAT'S ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIX MONTH FOR CONVENIENCE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH FC DALLAS.
AND I DON'T KNOW A BETTER WAY TO EXPLAIN, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WOULD NOT MEET MY REQUIREMENTS.
AND NOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER OFFER ON THE TABLE NOW.
NOW YOU WANT TO COME TO ME WITH A COUNTER OFFER WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DID THE RIGHT THING THE FIRST TIME I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE SUCH A GOOD PARTNER FOR 11 YEARS, WHAT YOU DIDN'T THINK WAS THAT THIS CITY, THIS COUNCIL, THIS PARK BOARD, MY STAFF, THAT WE WAS GOING TO GO OUT AND FIND ANOTHER VIABLE OPTION BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 56.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR JENKINS.
YOU AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MONEYGRAM.
I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM FC DALLAS ONCE IN EIGHT YEARS, MR. MAYOR. TODAY IS MY LAST DAY ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO I'M HEARING ABOUT ALL THIS PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION AND WHATNOT.
AND NEVER ONCE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ANY OF THESE FOLKS.
AND BESIDES THE PERSON WHO SPOKE LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS MY PARK BOARD MEMBER WHO MADE IT KNOWN TO ME THAT IF YOU REMEMBER, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU WERE THE DIRECTOR YET OR IF YOU WERE STILL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. IT'S ALL MUSHED TOGETHER. BUT WHAT I REMEMBER IS THAT COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, BOARD MEMBER TIM DICKEY, WHO REPRESENTS SIX, WHO LIVES IN NORTHWEST DALLAS NOT TOO FAR FROM MONEYGRAM THAT HE APPROACHED ME AND SAID THAT THE CONTRACT THAT EXISTED THEN WAS AWFUL.
THAT OUR KIDS COULDN'T PLAY THERE. WE COULDN'T. WE HAD NO, LIKE HARDLY ANY ACCESS TO THE FIELDS, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER. AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? LIKE WE BUILT THIS THING. AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW COLLEAGUES FROM THE PAST THAT MY PREDECESSOR BACK WHENEVER WE STARTED BUILDING IT,
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WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS OR THE FUNDS WERE THERE, BUT ALL THE MONEY, BOARD BOND MONEY FOR THE WEST DALLAS AND OUR OTHER PARKS GOT SNATCHED UP AND MOVED OVER TO MONEYGRAM. HENCE, THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS WERE ACTUALLY HURT BY MONEYGRAM BEING BUILT.YES. IS, ARE THEY REALLY ARE KIDS THAT ARE HAVING TO PAY TO BE THERE AND BE IN THIS FANCY LEAGUE? OR WAS IT ARE THERE SOME OF OUR CHILDREN THERE? AND WHAT WAS DISCOVERED WAS MAINLY CHILDREN FROM WAY NORTH FRISCO, ALLEN, ALL THOSE CITIES.
ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M CONFUSED. SO I WENT AND TOOK A LOOK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS A NEW BABY.
AND I REMEMBER GETTING THERE. AND WHAT DID I SEE? I SAW MANY GRAM MONEY GRAM MONEY GRAM MONEY GRAM MONEY GRAM.
FC DALLAS FC, DALLAS FC, DALLAS FC DALLAS FC DALLAS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE WHERE IT SAID THAT IT WAS DALLAS PARK AND REC.
THIS WAS. BUT IS IT IN THE CONTRACT AND IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE OR WHAT HAVE YOU HAVE IT.
AND I THINK I REMEMBER I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER IT MIGHT. AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WILLIS WINTERS. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT. SAID THAT? NO. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. LET ME GO CHECK. AND THEN THEY WEREN'T THERE. I SAW IT, AND THEN YOU MADE SURE THAT GOT FIXED? YES. PHEW. I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER.
THE CONTRACT WAS BEING LOOKED AT AGAIN, MR. MAYOR. AND IT GOT UPDATED AND SOME OF OUR KIDS GOT TO COME PLAY THERE, AND WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. THE BEST TIMES.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY IT DID GET BETTER, BUT THE UTILITIES WERE STILL THERE.
ALL THESE PAYMENTS FOR WHAT YOU JUST WENT OVER ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENTS.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LEGALIZE IT AND, YOU KNOW, DO IT IN LAWYER SPEAK THAT IT'S LIKE, OH, WE WE PAID FOR THE FACILITIES AND BUILT THEM.
AND THEN YOU LEAVE OUT THE PART ABOUT THE EXPENSES.
I MEAN, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. THE PEOPLE WILL DECIDE HOW THEY LOOK AT IT.
AND YAY! YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL GOOD. OKAY, WE GOT A LITTLE VICTORY.
AND I CHALLENGED YOU. AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE DID, TOO. IS LIKE THIS FACILITY, THIS FACILITY, THIS FIELDS. THERE'S GOT TO BE BETTER. AND THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A BIG ITEM HERE THAT IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE NEAR THERE, RIGHT? THE ZONING CASE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CALLED AND ASKED FOR FC DALLAS TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEAK.
I HAVE NO IDEA. BECAUSE IT WASN'T ME, I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SPOKEN TO THEM.
I'VE NEVER MET THEM. I DON'T I DON'T, YOU KNOW, KNOW THEM.
AND AND NEITHER MY PARK BOARD MEMBER SAID HE'S NEVER MET THEM OR SPOKE WITH THEM EITHER.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S. LIKE A LOT GOING ON.
BUT THIS IS IN DISTRICT SIX. WE GOT SOMEBODY HERE WHO WANTS TO COME IN.
YEAH. THEY'RE NEW, BUT WE TOOK A CHANCE ON TRINITY.
DALLAS TRINITY F.C.. I WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE ON THIS OTHER LEAGUE, THIS OTHER TEAM, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OUR KIDS, IN MY OPINION. AND SO FOR THAT, I HOPE YOU, COLLEAGUES, I HOPE WE CAN APPROVE THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. YOU'RE OUT OF TIME.
YOU ARE. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. YOU'RE OUT OF TIME. NO, I I YOU HAVE MORE ROUNDS.
YOU HAVE. YOU DO HAVE MORE TIME IF YOU NEED IT.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 56? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? NO ONE REQUESTED A RECORD ON THIS TODAY.
OKAY. ALRIGHT THEN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 58.
[58. 25-1688A 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) ]
AGENDA ITEM 58 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.THIS EVENING YOU HAVE NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.
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TO THE CITY PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION. ERIC DRABINSKY IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.MR.. DRABINSKY. TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, KRISTEN MARQUEZ IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ MR. MARQUEZ IS. SPECIAL. SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AS A FINANCIAL UNDERWRITER TO THE ETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION. DONNA GERMAN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
MISS GERMAN MEETS THE FORMERLY EMPLOYED AS AN ETHICS OFFICER, A SIMILAR POSITION.
SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION.
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL ANTHONY IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.
THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. MOVE. SECOND, SAY HEY, MAN, Y'ALL Y'ALL MOVING KIND OF FAST NOW.
I WAS ENJOYING THIS PACE WE WERE GOING AT. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE HERE TILL TOMORROW. OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE. GOSH.
ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. LET'S MOVE ON. AGENDA ITEM.
[59. 25-1786A Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire from AT&T INC., formerly known as Southwestern Bell Telephone Company of approximately 52,059 square feet of land located near the intersection of Lombardy Lane and Brockbank Drive for the Fire Station No. 43 Replacement Project - Not to exceed $1,109,060.00 ($1,100,000.00, plus closing cost and title expenses not to exceed $9,060.00) - Financing: Public Safety (G) Funds ]
AGENDA ITEM 59 AUTHORIZE THE SECOND STEP OF ACQUISITION FOR CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FROM AT&T, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, OF APPROXIMATELY 52,059FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LOMBARDI LANE AND BROCKBANK DRIVE, FOR THE FOR THE FIRE STATION NUMBER 43 REPLACEMENT PROJECT, NOT TO EXCEED $1,109,060.BECAUSE THIS IS AN EMINENT DOMAIN ITEM, IT WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM 59.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER ASHLEY EUBANKS. FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS OWNER, SO WE NEED TO PROCEED IN THIS MANNER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 59? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? RECORD VOTE. RECORD VOTE. MR.. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I WAS GOING TO TELL MY LISTENING, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THAT ONE LITTLE MOMENT WHERE I THOUGHT WE THREE PEOPLE SOUNDED LIKE TEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL RIGHT, RECORD VOTES BEEN REQUESTED.
IT'S BEEN GRANTED BY RULE. LET'S GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I CALL YOUR NAME. PLEASE SAY YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. NO. IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MORENO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
GRACEY. COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
RESENDEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.
BLACKMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MENDELSOHN. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. RIDLEY.
YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM.
ATKINS. YES. MAYOR JOHNSON? NO. WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE, THE ITEM PASSES.
MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS FOR YOU.
[60. 25-1890A Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire from Samuel Lozano and Lucia Estrada of approximately 3,316 square feet of land located near the intersection of Poe and McPherson Streets for the West Dallas Gateway Project - Not to exceed $149,850.00 ($140,000.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $9,850.00) - Financing: 2024B Certificates of Obligation Fund ]
BY EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FROM SAMUEL SAMUEL LOZANO AND LUCIA ESTRADA APPROXIMATELY 303,316FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF POE AND MACPHERSON.MACPHERSON MACPHERSON STREETS FOR THE WEST DALLAS GATEWAY PROJECT, NOT TO EXCEED $149,850.
BECAUSE THIS IS AN EMINENT DOMAIN ITEM, IT WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I HEARD A MOTION AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. YES. IF I CAN HEAR FROM STAFF. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS IN FAVOR OF THE EMINENT DOMAIN OR OPPOSED. JUST BE READY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DO IT ON THE NEXT ONE TOO.
ITEM. ITEM 60. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, WE HAVE TO DO A RECORD.
YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DO, BUT FINE. IF YOU WANT THEM, YOU CAN HAVE THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. ARNOLD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
RESENDEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.
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BLACKMON. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. STEWART. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MENDELSOHN. YES.
COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. RIDLEY.
YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.
YES. MAYOR. JOHNSON. NO. WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 61. IS AUTHORIZED THE SECOND STEP OF
[61. 25-1891A Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire from Joe Delores Deleon and wife of approximately 3,733 square feet of land located near the intersection of Poe and McPherson Streets for the West Dallas Gateway Project. - Not to exceed $133,850.00 ($128,000.00 plus closing cost and title expenses not to exceed $5,850.00) - Financing: 2024B Certificates of Obligation Fund ]
ACQUISITION BY CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN.TO ACQUIRE FROM JOE DOLORES DELEON AND WIFE OF APPROXIMATELY 3733FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF POE AND MCPHERSON STREETS FOR THE WEST DALLAS GATEWAY PROJECT.
NOT TO EXCEED $133,850. BECAUSE IT'S AN EMINENT DOMAIN ITEM, IT WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. LOOKING FOR A MOTION? I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK? CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MIGHT AS WELL BE CONSISTENT FROM DAY ONE TO THE LAST DAY.
THERE IS THE PROPERTY OWNER IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS EMINENT DOMAIN? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS ITEM. SIMILAR SITUATION.
THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 61? SEEING NONE. SINCE YOU GUYS WANT RECORD VOTES ON THESE, WE'LL HAVE THEM.
WHAT? PLEASE STATE YES. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. NO.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSE. YEAH. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
ARNOLD. YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. NARVAEZ. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. STEWART. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN THIRD.
YES IN A ROW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.
YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.
YES, MAYOR JOHNSON. NO THANK YOU. WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE, THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. THANK YOU.
[63. 25-1887A An ordinance (1) approving and authorizing the Second Supplemental Indenture establishing the Senior Lien Special Tax Revenue Notes, Series A (Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Venue Project) bridge loan in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000; (2) approving the execution and delivery of one or more Note Purchase Agreements with DNT Asset Trust, a wholly owned affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and the issuance of Notes pursuant thereto; and (3) resolving other matters related thereto - Financing: Convention Center Construction Fund ($1,055,181, upfront closing costs plus annual fees of $4,168,000 for a total cost of $5,223,181; with additional interest costs as accrued) (subject to annual appropriations) ]
INDENTURE. ESTABLISHING THE SENIOR LIEN SPECIAL TAX REVENUE NOTE SERIES A KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER, DALLAS VENUE PROJECT BRIDGE LOAN IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1 BILLION TO APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS WITH DEA ASSET TRUST, A WHOLLY OWNED AFFILIATE OF JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.AND THE ISSUANCE OF NOTES PURSUANT THERETO, AND THREE REVOLVING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.
YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
MR. MAPP, BECAUSE YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS 63 AND 66.
UNDER YOUR THREE MINUTES. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR MADAM CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ELAINE MAPP. I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SOURCE BUILDING GROUP, AND I'M FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THE TRINITY ALLIANCE TEAM THAT WILL DELIVER THE VISION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. NO. SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 63 WE WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THIS BRIDGE LOAN IS NOT A NEW OR ADDITIONAL DEBT.
IT IS A STANDARD, RESPONSIBLE TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO KEEP THE PROJECT ON TRACK.
AND HERE'S WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS. IT'S SHORT TERM AND TEMPORARY.
THIS IS A CASH FLOW MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS US TO START EARLY WORK LIKE DEMOLITION AND STEEL PROCUREMENT, WHILE LONG TERM BONDS ARE BEING TIMED FOR MORE STABLE MARKETS.
THIS IS CRITICAL IN THE DELIVERY OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, NOT ONLY FOR US AS A COMPANY AND COMPANIES AND PARTNERS, BUT ALSO FOR BUILDING INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AS WELL AS COMPANY CAPACITY WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
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IT ALSO PRESERVES VOTER CONFIDENCE. THIS STRATEGIC MOVE HONORS THE WILL OF VOTERS WHO APPROVED, WHO APPROVED PROP A AND KEEPS THE EXPANSION ACCOUNTABLE AND ON TIME.AND IN ADDITION, IT MAINTAINS MOMENTUM FOR FIFA.
THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER MUST BE DELIVERED ON SCHEDULE.
ANY DELAY WOULD JEOPARDIZE OUR ABILITY TO MEET THIS GLOBAL COMMITMENT.
THIS IS STANDARD IN OUR INDUSTRY WITH OVER 70 CONVENTION CENTERS BUILT NATIONWIDE.
THEREFORE, IT IS CRITICAL THAT THIS INITIAL FUNDING BE SECURED WITH IMMEDIACY AND EFFORTS TO MAXIMIZE THE CURRENT VALUE OF EACH VOTER DOLLAR BEING SPENT ON THE WORK. WE WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT I'M WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 66 AS WELL.
AND IT'S CRITICAL IN THE TIMELINE TO DELIVER AND MAXIMIZE THE SUCCESS OF THIS VISION, NOT ONLY FOR FIFA, BUT OVERALL FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN MARTINEZ WITH THE REGIONAL HISPANIC CONTRACTORS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL PASSED OUT BACK THERE. Y'ALL GET HAPPY IN THE EVENING.
THE REGIONAL HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THIS LOAN BECAUSE THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND DALLAS.
HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ENABLES THE. THIS LOAN WILL ENABLE THE PROJECT TO START NOW.
AND REALLY WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ABOUT. DO YOU WANT TO SPEND MORE MONEY FOR THE SAME THING OR DO YOU WANT TO BUILD LESS? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY VOTING ON TONIGHT. OR AT LEAST YOU'RE VOTING ON THAT.
THIS ECONOMIC PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER STATE FAIR.
WE NEED TO START THIS BUILDING NOW. I KNOW NOW THAT MONEY IS TIGHT FOR ALL OF US. AND I WANT TO FOREWARN YOU.
WE DELAYED OUR BUILDING BECAUSE OF COVID. OUR BUDGET FOR THE RTA HEADQUARTERS WAS 1.3.
WE CHANGED NOTHING. WE ARE PAYING 4.3 MILLION FOR THE SAME THING.
THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS TIME. SO THAT'S MY ADVOCACY TODAY AS FAR AS MWB PARTICIPATION.
I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM THE PRESIDENT, THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THEY SHIFT PRIORITIES OR ALTER ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, BUT THEY DO NOT NULLIFY LAWS LIKE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. AND I JUST I KNOW MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I WANT TO READ THE TITLE FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.
NO PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES SHALL, ON THE GROUND OF RACE, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, BE EXCLUDED FROM THE PARTICIPATION IN, BE DENIED THE BENEFITS OF, OR BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION UNDER ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
THIS MUNICIPALITY, LIKE ALL OF US, RECEIVED FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MASTER PLAN OF THIS PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY YOU PASS THIS, REMEMBER THAT AS WE HEAR THESE THINGS COMING DOWN WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, REMEMBER THAT THE LAWS OF THIS NATION SUPERSEDE PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, TONY CARRILLO. TONY CARRILLO IS NOT PRESENT. GREGORY. CODY. OKAY. GREGORY CODY IS NOT PRESENT. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
CHAIRMAN WEST, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MAYOR. YES. GO AHEAD.
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WE HAD THIS ITEM IN THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE QUESTION. I KNOW JACK HAD FOLLOWED UP WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS MADE IT THROUGH COMMITTEE WITH.
WITH NO ISSUES. THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, I WONDER WHO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WAS.
AND SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. AGAIN, SINCE I ONLY GOT IT THIS MORNING, I HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 12 HOURS TO LOOK AT IT. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU KNOW THESE PROJECTIONS FOR, LET'S SAY, JUST FOR HOT? 351 HOT ARE ACCURATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CONVENTION CENTER WON'T BE FUNCTIONING FULLY IN THE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN. AND I'M GOING TO TURN TO ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC REVENUES IN THOSE FORECASTS. SURE. THANK YOU AGAIN. ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.
SO WE FORECAST AND WE FORECAST FAIRLY ACCURATELY, WE USE A, A TOOL FROM TOURISM ECONOMICS THAT LOOKS ACROSS THE NATION AND PROJECTS OUT SEVERAL YEARS. WE WE THEN DOUBLE CHECKED THAT PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION AND GIVING RAW DATA TO HVS, WHO THEN DID ANOTHER PROJECTION. AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE DID A PROJECTION THROUGH HYUNDAI PARTNERS, WHO WORKS WITH CONVENTION CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND SO WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN NOW AND WE KNOW WHAT THE HISTORIC INCREASE IS ON TYPICAL HOT, WHICH IS ABOUT 4%. BREMER IS PERFORMING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THAT.
SO OUR COLLECTIONS WE FORECASTED INITIALLY AT 15 MILLION ARE COMING IN AT 39, 49, ETC..
AND SO WE DID. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTIONS AND AT OUR CFO'S EMAIL TO YOU, WE DID FLATLINE THOSE AT A CERTAIN POINT JUST TO SHOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS NO GROWTH.
AND THEN WHAT THOSE SOURCES ARE TELLING US THE GROWTH SHOULD BE.
AND SO IF I CAN EXPAND A LITTLE FURTHER ON ROSE'S LAST COMMENT FOR BORROWING WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO USE EXISTING DEBT, NOT ASSUMING GROWTH. I'M SORRY. REVENUES. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ASSUME GROWTH IN THOSE REVENUES.
SO THE PERFORMANCE SHOWS GROWTH ONLY IN 25 AND 26, BUT NO GROWTH AFTER THAT.
AND FOR BONDING PURPOSES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
OF COURSE, WE DO ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, OF COURSE, THAT THERE WILL BE GROWTH THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SURPLUS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND.
AND ARE YOU PROVIDING BOTH SCHEDULES OR DO YOU ONLY SUBMIT THE NO GROWTH ONE? SO IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH RATING AGENCIES THAT WE HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE DID TALK ABOUT BOTH.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL BASE ANY RATING DECISIONS ON THE NO GROWTH SCENARIO.
AND THEN I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH NEEDING $1 BILLION? SO $1 BILLION WAS DETERMINED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE, WE WILL BE USING THE BILLION DOLLARS TO RETIRE THE FIRST TRANCHE THAT WE ISSUED IN 23.
WE DO NOT DRAW THE FULL BILLION DOLLARS. WE DRAW THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED.
AND SO NEXT YEAR, IN MAY AND JUNE OF 2026, WE WILL RETIRE WHATEVER AMOUNT THAT IS, WHETHER IT'S 850 MILLION OR WHETHER IT'S 900 MILLION, WE WILL ONLY BE DRAWING DOWN AGAINST THE 1 BILLION BASED ON THE AMOUNT THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.
AND THEN WE WILL RETIRE THAT NEXT MAY OR JUNE.
SO YOU'VE GOT LET'S SEE. ONE, TWO. THREE. WE'LL SAY FOUR DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS OR YOU'RE ACCOUNTING FOR IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
LET ME SAY IT THAT WAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE IS JUST THE SURPLUS OF THE OTHER.
BUT THERE'S NO OTHER REVENUE THAT'S POSSIBLE, RIGHT? LIKE, ALL OF THE DEBT IS BASED ON THIS REVENUE.
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THIS BRIDGE LOAN IS BASED UPON THESE REVENUES.THE REVENUE BONDS WILL BE BASED ON THESE REVENUES PLEDGED.
BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I THINK IT WAS ON MAY 21ST WHEN WE DID THE THE THE BRIEFING AND HAD THE, THE DISPLAY AND ALL. WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT. OUR BONDING CAPACITY IS ONLY ABOUT $2 BILLION AND THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS MORE THAN THAT, AND THAT WE WOULD BE USING OTHER REVENUE SOURCES, WHETHER IT IS REVENUE FROM NAMING RIGHTS, REVENUE FROM PARKING, REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF LAND, ETC., THAT WOULD THEN MAKE UP THAT OTHER.
THE DIFFERENCE IS ONE OF THEM, WE HAVE A HUGE POTENTIAL FOR PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS.
SO THE BUDGET'S ALMOST UNLIMITED IN SOME WAYS.
BUT IN NO CASE ARE WE ACTUALLY ISSUING DEBT. IT'S A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN SAYING, HEY, WE AGREE TO BUILD SOMETHING IN A PARK, BUT NOBODY'S ISSUING DEBT WITHOUT A BUDGET.
EXCEPT HERE WE ARE, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN DOING IT FOR A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE DOING IT FOR $1 BILLION. I MEAN, THIS SEEMS PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS.
AND WHILE YES, I DO THINK THAT OFTEN YOU NEED TO FINANCE SOMETHING UPFRONT TO BE ABLE TO GET A PROJECT STARTED, THIS SEEMS JUST SO, SO LARGE AND SUCH A HUGE PART OF A PROJECT THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL ONLY SAYING IS IS $3.5 BILLION MAX. I WOULD DISPUTE THAT. I THINK IS GOING TO COST A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO ADVANCE YOURSELF A THIRD OF THE PROJECT.
AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A FIRM BUDGET. IT IS CORRECT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THE BRIDGE LOAN NOW, AND WE ARE NOT GOING OUT WITH THOSE REVENUE BONDS UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW.
BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING AS THE TIMING, THERE'S AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IN A FEW MORE ITEMS APPROVING THE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. OKAY. AND SO IN ORDER TO KEEP THOSE PROJECTS MOVING, WE DID NEED A FUNDING MECHANISM NOW.
AND SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BRIDGE LOAN.
THIS JUST CONTINUES THE WORK THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DONE, FROM THE POINT THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE PFC APPOINT WHEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED FOR THE BREMER ELECTION, THE POINT WHEN THE VOTERS APPROVED THE BREMER BILL.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER STEP MOVING US TOWARDS EXECUTING ON THOSE PLANS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. AS IT TURNS OUT, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR ANY OF THOSE.
AND I WON'T BE VOTING FOR THIS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES, MA'AM. OH, OKAY. JESSE MORENO CHAIRMAN. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE ITEM BEFORE US TODAY.
THIS IS A TOOL TO HELP US CONSTRUCT AND DELIVER A PROJECT ON TIME.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE KNOW THAT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION WILL GO UP.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR ROSA. ROSA, YOU MENTIONED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
IS THAT PER PROJECT OR FOR THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER? THAT'S NOT THE TOTAL. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO WE ANTICIPATE SIX GMPS, WHICH ARE CALLED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICES FOR SIX PHASES OF THE PROJECT.
THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF ITEM 66. AND IN THAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO THE SEPARATION OF THE BUILDING, THE CLOSURE OF THE BUILDING AT SEA, SO THAT WE TAKE DOWN THE STRUCTURE THAT IS OVER LAMAR THAT CONNECTS TO THE OMNI.
DEMOLITION TO THE POINT WHERE WE, WE GET ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN THE ERECTION OF A NEW CONNECTION THAT STILL CONNECTS US FROM C TO THE OMNI, SO THAT WE MEET OUR EXISTING COVENANTS AND AND TENANTS.
AT THIS POINT, SO AS WE KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A TOTAL PROJECT COST ON THE PROJECT ITSELF?
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SO, AS WE SAID ON MAY 21ST, SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AND OUR TRINITY ALLIANCE ARE ARE CMAR OR OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK HAS USED THEIR THEIR BEST KNOWLEDGE BASED ON THE 70 PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO PRICE AND COST.THEY'VE LOOKED AT STEEL, THEY'VE LOOKED AT CONCRETE, THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO THE BUILDING AND GIVEN US THAT RANGE OF 3.3 TO 3.5, AND THAT INCLUDES ABOUT $400 MILLION OF CONTINGENCY SEE THAT IT'S A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER. WE EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU BEFORE, WHERE OUR HOPE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY THAT WE NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WE DID THE ESCALATIONS BOTH FOR TARIFFS AND OWNERS CONTINGENCY AND SLOWDOWN CONTINGENCIES IS DELIVERY IS DELAYED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ONE NO'S NOTED, MR. MAYOR. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.
AGENDA ITEM SIX. AGENDA ITEM 64.
[64. 25-2017A An ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 32346, passed by the Dallas City Council on November 9, 2022, and amending the Dallas City Code by (1) amending Section 1-5 of Chapter 1, “General Provisions”; (2) amending Section 2-44 of Chapter 2, “Administration”; (3) amending Sections 11-2, 11-18, and 11-19 of Chapter 11, “Cemeteries and Burials”; (4) amending Section 12B-23 of Chapter 12B, “Convenience Stores”; (5) adding a new Section 13-2.1 to Chapter 13, “Courts, Fines, and Imprisonments”; (6) amending Chapter 13A, “Dallas Transit System”; (7) amending Sections 14B-2, 14B-3, 14B-6, 14B-7, 14B-8, and adding a new Section 14B-7.1 of Chapter 14B, “Emergency Management”; (8) amending Sections 17-2.2 and 17-10.2 of Chapter 17, “Food Establishments”; (9) amending Sections 18-2, 18-4, 18-5, 18-6, 18-8, 18-9, and 18-32 of Chapter 18, “Municipal Solid Wastes”; (10) amending Chapter 20, “Earned Paid Sick Time”; (11) amending Chapter 25, “Loan Brokers”; (12) amending Chapter 25A, “Massage Establishments”; (13) amending Sections 27-11, 27-30, 27-31, and 27-42 of Chapter 27, “Minimum Property Standards”; (14) amending Section 28-128.6 of Chapter 28, “Motor Vehicles and Traffic”; (15) amending Sections 31-13.1 and 31-35 of Chapter 31, “Offenses-Miscellaneous”; (16) amending Sections 32-14 and 32-15 of Chapter 32, “Parks and Reservoirs”; (17) amending Sections 36-5, 36-27, 36-34, and 36-49 of Chapter 36, “Poles and Wires”; (18) amending Chapter 38, “Private Detectives”; (19) amending Chapter 39, “Railroads”; (20) amending Sections 43-126.17, 43-126.18, and 43-126.33 of Chapter 43, “Streets and Sidewalks”; (21) amending Sections 48-6, 48-8, and 48-11 of Chapter 48, “Trees and Shrubs”; (22) amending Sections 210.1, 210.3, 601.2, 602.3, and 610 of Chapter 52, “Administrative Procedures for the Construction Codes”; (23) providing a penalty not to exceed $2,000.00; (24) providing a saving clause; (25) providing a severability clause; and (26) providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City ]
OKAY. AGENDA ITEM 64 IS AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 32346 PASSED BY THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022 AND AMENDING THE DALLAS CITY CODE BY ONE AMENDING SECTION 1-5 OF CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS TWO.AMENDING SECTION TWO. DASH FOUR. FOUR. 44 OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION THREE.
AMENDING SECTIONS 11, TWO, 1118 AND 1119 OF CHAPTER 11 CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.
FOUR AMENDING SECTION 12 B DASH 23 OF CHAPTER 12 B CONVENIENCE STORES.
FIVE ADDING A NEW SECTION 13 2.1 TO CHAPTER 13 COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENTS SIX.
AMENDING CHAPTER 13 A DALLAS TRANSIT SYSTEM SEVEN.
AMENDING SECTIONS 14 B-2, 14 B-3, 14, B-6, 14 B-7 14 B-8 AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 14 B-7.1 OF CHAPTER 14 B EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EIGHT AMENDING SECTION 17, DASH 2.2 AND 17 DASH 10.2 OF CHAPTER 17 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.
NINE AMENDING SECTIONS 1802, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1808, 1809 AND 1832 OF CHAPTER 18 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.
TEN AMENDING. CHAPTER 20 EARNED PAID SICK TIME.
11 AMENDING. CHAPTER 25 LOAN LOAN BROKERS. 12 AMENDING.
CHAPTER 25 A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS. 13 AMENDING SECTIONS 27, 11, 27, 30, 27, 31 AND 27. DASH 42 OF CHAPTER 27 MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS 14.
AMENDING SECTION 20 8-1 28.6 OF CHAPTER 28 MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC 15.
AMENDING SECTIONS 31, ONE 13.1 AND 3135 OF CHAPTER 31 OFFENSES.
MISCELLANEOUS. 16 AMENDING SECTIONS 32, 14 AND 3215 OF CHAPTER 32.
PARKS AND RESERVOIRS 17. AMENDING SECTIONS 36.5, 36, 27, 36, 34 AND 3649 OF CHAPTER 36. POLES AND WIRES 18. AMENDING CHAPTER 38.
PRIVATE DETECTIVES 19. AMENDING CHAPTER 39. RAILROADS 20.
AMENDING SECTIONS 40 3-1 26.17, 43. DASH ONE, 26.18 AND 43.
DASH ONE 26.33 OF CHAPTER 43. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS 21.
AMENDING SECTIONS 48, SIX, 48, DASH EIGHT AND 48.
DASH 11 OF CHAPTER 48. TREES AND SHRUBS 22. AMENDING SECTIONS TWO, TEN, DASH 1 TO 10 TO 10.1 TO 10.360, 1.260, 2.3 AND 610 OF CHAPTER 52 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CODES 23 PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.
24 PROVIDE A SAVING CLAUSE. 25 PROVIDE A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND 26 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS, THANK YOU.MOVE TO DEFER THE ITEM TO AUGUST 13TH. ANY COMMENT? YEAH, WE WERE DUE TO BE BRIEFED ON THIS ON JUNE 4TH.
AND THE MEETING WENT REALLY LONG AND WE RAN OUT OF TIME.
BUT WE DID HEAR THIS AT QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHILE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, WE DID CATCH A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE MORE POLICY RELATED.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON AND EVEN THOUGH THOSE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS, I THINK WE JUST NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT BRIEFING AND TO COMB THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE WE MAKE THE MOVE. BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING CITY MANAGER THAT WAS IN YOUR 100 DAY PLAN, AND THAT I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING STAFF REALLY THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH.
BUT WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER IT.
CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN FIVE MINUTES. I VERY MUCH SUPPORT DELAYING THIS.
THAT WOULD BETTER SUIT OUR POLICY OBJECTIVES.
BUT IT'S VERY LONG, AND THIS WAS A VERY BIG AGENDA ALREADY.
AND SO I WENT THROUGH IT, BUT I DIDN'T GO THROUGH IT AS CLOSELY AS I'D LIKE TO.
AND I THINK A BRIEFING WOULD BE EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? WE'RE GOOD WITH BRINGING IT BACK, FOR THAT TIME PERIOD, AND DEFINITELY WANT TO SPEND ANY TIME WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO THROUGH ANY OF THE DETAILS.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND SPEAKING WITH YOU MORE DIRECTLY. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY, AGENDA ITEM 65. AUTHORIZE ONE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT UPON RECEIPT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
[65. 25-1986A Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant upon receipt from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) for the federal share of the eligible capital improvement project for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at Dallas Love Field (Grant No. TBD, Assistance Listing No. 20.106) in the amount of $6,000,000.00 for the construction of Taxiway Charlie (Taxiway C) Phase 2 Reconstruction Project where the performance period shall be for four years from the date of acceptance; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 in the FY2025 Airport Improvement Program Entitlement & Discretionary Grant Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of grant funds in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 in the FY2025 Airport Improvement Program Entitlement & Discretionary Grant Fund; and (4) execution of the grant agreement and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement - Not to exceed $6,000,000.00 - Financing: FY2025 Airport Improvement Program Entitlement & Discretionary Grant Fund ]
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, FAA AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AP FOR THE FEDERAL SHARE OF THE ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD, IN THE AMOUNT OF $6 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TAXIWAY CHARLIE.TAXIWAY C PHASE TWO RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD SHALL BE FOR FOUR YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ACCEPTANCE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION IN THE FY 2025.
AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ENTITLEMENT AND DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUND THREE.
RECEIPT AND DEPOSIT OF GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION IN THE FY 2025 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ENTITLEMENT AND DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUND, AND FOR EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? IN THE COMMENT? ANYONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 66.
[66. 25-1704A Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the Construction Manager at Risk (“CMAR”) Contract with Trinity Alliance Ventures, LLC, a joint venture, to provide (1) City’s acceptance of GMP 1 for construction services for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD) Master Plan - Component 1 (hereinafter “the Project”) comprised of the Expansion West of Lamar Only and any related demolition associated with the Project located currently at 650 South Griffin Street, Dallas, Texas 75202 in the amount not-to-exceed $249,979,369.00 (which includes the CMAR’s contingency of $14,078,192.00); (2) Owner’s contingency of an amount not-to-exceed $9,385,461.00 for a total Supplemental Agreement No. 1 price not to exceed $259,364,830.00 increasing the total CMAR Contract price to date from $7,550,000.00 to $266,914,830.00 (which includes an owner’s contingency of $9,385,461.00 and a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $249,979,369.00); and (3) the establishment appropriations in an amount not to exceed $259,364,830.00 in the CCT 2025 Senior Lien Special Tax Revenue Notes - Not to exceed $259,364,830.00 - Financing: CCT 2025 Senior Lien Special Tax Revenue Notes Fund ]
AUTHORIZED. SUPPLEMENTAL. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SMART CONTRACT WITH TRINITY VENTURES LLC, A JOINT VENTURE TO PROVIDE ONE CITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF GMP ONE FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER, DALLAS. KB MASTER PLAN COMPONENT ONE HERE IN.LOCATED CURRENTLY AT 650 SOUTH GRIFFIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 75202, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $249,979,369, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONTINGENCY OF $14,078,192 TO OWNERS. CONTINGENCY OF AN OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $61 FOR A TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. NUMBER ONE.
PRICE NOT TO EXCEED $259,364,830. INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE TO DATE FROM $7,550,000 TO $266,914,830. AND THREE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $259,364,830 IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
CCTV, CCTV 2025 SENIOR LIEN SPECIAL TAX REVENUE NOTES NOT TO EXCEED
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$259,364,830. YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.THREE LANE MAP IS ALREADY SPOKE ON THIS ITEM JULIE GUTIERREZ.
IT'S NOT PRESENT. TRACY MAYER IS CANCELED. TONY CARRILLO.
IT'S NOT PRESENT. GREGORY CODY, IT'S NOT PRESENT.
MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO FURTHER APPROVAL. SECOND.
ANY COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. ONE. NO. NOTED. NOTED. AS CARRIED. NEXT. NEXT ITEM.
THANK YOU. JUNE. ITEM 67 WAS ALREADY CONSIDERED.
AGENDA. ITEM 68 IS AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT TO DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT,
[68. 25-2058A An ordinance abandoning a utility easement to Dallas Area Rapid Transit, the abutting owner, containing approximately 19,371 square feet of land, located near the intersection of Buckner and Elam Roads; and providing for the dedication of approximately 22,560 square feet of land needed for a water easement - Revenue: General Fund $11,150.00, plus the $20.00 ordinance publication fee ]
THE ABUTTING OWNER. CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 19,371FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUCKNER AND ELM ROADS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE DEDICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 22,560FT² OF LAND NEEDED FOR A WATER EASEMENT.THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL RESENDEZ SECOND.
ANY COMMENT? ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OH, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
YOU ALMOST GOT IT STARTED. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. AYES CARRIED. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MR.
[69. 25-1973A Authorize the dedication of $4,200,000.00 of 2017 General Obligation Bond Funds from the City Council District 4 allocation of Proposition I (economic development/housing proposition) to be used as partnership supplemental funding for the implementation of The Bottom Phase III Partnership Project (PB24Y087) in the 2024 Bond Program - Not to exceed $4,200,000.00 - Financing: ECO (I) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund) ]
MAYOR. AGENDA ITEM 69. AUTHORIZED THE DEDICATION OF $4,200,000 OF 2017 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOTTOM PHASE THREE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, NOT TO EXCEED $4,200,000. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THERE IS A CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. CHAIR. THANK YOU.
MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND IN THE COMMENT. THANK YOU.
I REALLY WANT TO CLOSE WITH THIS AGAIN BY SAYING TO ALL OF YOU AROUND THE HORSESHOE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT COMMUNITY THAT WE CALL THE BOTTOM.
AND IT'S ALL OF YOU. AND IT'S ALL WE CAN SAY IS THANK YOU.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE. WE JUST ALSO THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SOME MONIES WE PUT TOGETHER ALSO WE UNVEILED, THEY HELPED US TO UNVEIL SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE.
SO ALL OF YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE VOTED ON.
SO YOU KNOW WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP ON ASKING FOR MORE AND FOR BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE HELPED THE BOTTOM TO RISE TO THE TOP. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE'RE HOPING TODAY THAT WE CAN GET A RECORD VOTE AS WE LEAVE HERE, KNOWING THAT YOU ALL ARE COMMITTED AND NO ONE CAN EVER CHALLENGE YOU ON THAT, THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR THE BOTTOM.
THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN DEB MISTER GUS, DOCTOR PEREZ FORMER CITY MANAGER.
BROADNAX. WE HAVE HAD A LONG TEAM TO MAKE THIS A DREAM COME TRUE.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN LAVON NARVAEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL BE BRIEF. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR. FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN KING ARNOLD.
AND JUST KEEP ON KEEPING ON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MR. MAYOR, WE ASK FOR A RECORD VOTE. I WAS AT A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION.
IMAGINATION? NOW LET'S DO A RECORD VOTE. BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BRAG ON THIS RECORD VOTE.
I THOUGHT I DID. RECORD REQUEST. OKAY. HE DID REQUEST.
OKAY. A RECORD VOTE HAS BEEN REQUESTED, BUT LET ME RECLARIFY.
I MADE THE CLARIFYING STATEMENT, BUT LET ME RESTATE IT.
THAT ITEM 69 IS CLARIFYING THAT THE $4.2 MILLION OF 2017 GEO BOND FUNDS WILL BE THE OTHER SOURCES UNDER THE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. A RECORD VOTE HAS BEEN CALLED.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
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NO IF YOU OPPOSE. COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.I'LL COME BACK. COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
ARNOLD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
NARVAEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BLACKMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
STEWART. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
MENDELSOHN. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WILLIS. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.
RIDLEY. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. YES.
MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS. YES. MAYOR JOHNSON IS ABSENT.
VOTE TAKEN. COUNCILMEMBER MORENO IS ALSO ABSENT.
ONE VOTE TAKEN WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR. NO OPPOSED TO ABSENT VOTE TAKEN.
SECRETARY. YES? LET ME. I'M TRYING TO CLEAR THE SCREEN.
I'M SO SORRY. YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 70.
[70. 25-2004A A resolution appointing XXXX as Inspector General for the City of Dallas, for a period of two years, with an annual base salary of $XXXX, effective XXXX - Not to exceed $XXXX - Financing: General Fund ]
AGENDA ITEM 70 IS A RESOLUTION APPOINTING EX AS INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, WITH AN ANNUAL BASE SALARY OF X DOLLARS. EFFECTIVE X DATE NOT TO EXCEED X DOLLAR AMOUNT.THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MOVE THAT TIMOTHY J. MINK IS APPOINTED AS INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, WITH AN ANNUAL BASE SALARY OF $210,000, EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH, 2025.
SECOND IN ECOMMENTS ANYONE. ALL IN. JUST A COMMENT.
I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY THAT THIS IS, US COMPLETING A STEP THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED WITH AMENDMENTS TO GIVE SOME INDEPENDENCE TO THIS OIG OFFICE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS AND BRAVO TO OUR BODY FOR FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND COMPLETING THIS, THIS NECESSARY STEP. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY. NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, MR.
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MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.YOU'RE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS Z ONE THROUGH Z 18.
ITEM Z 15 HAS BEEN HAS BEEN REMOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.
THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z FOUR, Z ONE THROUGH Z 14, AND Z 16 THROUGH Z 18. I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM Z ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO, AND A RENEWAL OF, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1871 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAKE JUNE ROAD AND HOLCOMB ROAD.
ITEM Z TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE LESS THAN 3500FT² ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HILBURN DRIVE AND SOUTH GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY.
ITEM Z THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE RENEWAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2238 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A PRIVATE CLUB BAR ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST LINE OF NORTH TYLER STREET, NORTH OF WEST DAVIS STREET.
ITEM Z FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW SUBDISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF NORTH BECKLEY AVENUE, BETWEEN WEST COMMERCE STREET AND WEST MAIN STREET, ALSO ON THE NORTH LINE OF WEST MAIN STREET BETWEEN NORTH BECKLEY AVENUE AND HERBERT STREET, AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH BECKLEY AVENUE AND WEST COMMERCE STREET.
ITEM SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ONE AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MF THREE A MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT USES, AND TWO AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE REMOVAL OF A D1 LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF JIM MILLER OF SOUTH JIM MILLER ROAD AND GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY. ITEM SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL
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MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE. LESS THAN 3500FT² ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH MASTERS DRIVE AND TOCCOA DRIVE.ITEM C8 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1065 ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SOUTH LINE OF WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE, EAST OF ELMBROOK DRIVE. ITEM C9 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT SUBAREA FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST 12TH STREET AND SOUTH MADISON AVENUE.
ITEM TEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A-7.5, A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST LINE OF HAYMARKET ROAD, SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH SAINT AUGUSTINE ROAD. ITEM 11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 559 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A PRIVATE CLUB BAR AND A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE.
LIMITED TO A DANCE HALL ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF ROAD AND NORTH EAST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.
ITEM 12 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A METAL SALVAGE FACILITY ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SINGLETON BOULEVARD, BETWEEN PLUTO STREET AND NORWICH STREET. ITEM 13 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN ALLEY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF TELEPHONE ROAD, EAST OF NORTH DALLAS AVENUE. ITEM 14 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE REMOVAL OF A LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST LINE OF FAIRMONT STREET, SOUTHEAST OF MAIN STREET.
ITEM 16 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN NOAH NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, EAST OF NORTH TENNENT STREET. ITEM 17 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO TRACKS C AND C1 ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ROLLING HILLS LANE AND WATERFALL WAY, AND ON THE WEST LINE OF WATERFALL WAY BETWEEN ROLLING HILLS LANE AND BROOK GREEN STREET.
ITEM C 18 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE SITE PLAN FOR A TRANSIT PASSENGER STATION ON TRANSFER CENTER ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF EAST MOCKINGBIRD LANE BETWEEN NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND GREENVILLE AVENUE, AND A RESOLUTION GRANTING THE AMENDMENT. YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEM Z 13 L.C. THURMAN L.C. THURMAN IS VIRTUAL.
MISS JOHNSON, I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK. MISS L.C.
THURMAN, YOUR I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK TO MISS JOHNSON, OKAY? YOU JUST. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE ZONING ITEMS THAT WERE READ, THAT WERE JUST READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z 14 AND Z 16 THROUGH Z 18? NO SPEAKERS. NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. MOTION. SECOND.
YEAH. I. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR ENTIRE CITY STAFF.
ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT, AND PARTICULARLY ALSO THE BALDWIN GROUP, AND ABSOLUTELY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR BEING ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH, IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY TO TO HAVE THIS COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE ESPERANZA AREA.
SO THANK YOU ALL. IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROJECT AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ITS FUTURE.
CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ZONING CHANGE AND ITEM Z, SORRY, I GOT TO FLIP THE PAGE.
AT FIRST IT WAS AGAINST. BUT THEN THEY THEY WORKED REALLY WELL WITH THE APPLICANT.
EVERYTHING WILL BE INSIDE. THERE'S NO TOXIC FUMES.
THEY'RE ONLY ADDING BALING. SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE. AND LIMITED NUMBER OF TRUCKS.
AND THEN EVERYTHING WORKED OUT AND THEY WERE GOOD.
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I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE BEST, BUT ONE OF THE BEST BECAUSE I CAN'T.I CAN'T SPEAK AGAINST ANYBODY ELSE'S COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS AMAZING ONES, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND MAKING SURE THESE ZONING CASES WERE UNDERSTOOD AND THAT WE GOT THEM THROUGH AND WORKED VERY WELL WITH EVERYBODY.
WITH THAT MR. MAYOR, I'M DONE, AND I'M READY TO VOTE ON CONSENT.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRIED. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY.
[Z15. 25-1828A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge or tavern on property zoned a CR Community Retail District, on the northeast line of North Fitzhugh Avenue, northwest of Bryan Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a two-year period, subject to site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a two-year period, subject to site plan and conditions Z245-173(LG) ]
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR NEXT ITEM. ITEM 15.ITEM Z 15 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVERN ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST LINE OF NORTH FITZHUGH AVENUE, NORTHWEST OF BRYANT STREET.
MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 16 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.
WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.
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? NO. NO. SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN. MORENO.
THE SCP IS APPROVED FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD WITH NO AUTOMATIC RENEWALS IN THE COMMENT.
NO COMMENT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES. CARRIED. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, ITEM Z19 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A RENEWAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
[Z19. 25-1157A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a renewal of Specific Use Permit No. 2392 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern, and a commercial amusement (inside) use limited to a dance hall on property zoned an FWMU-3 Form Walkable Mixed-Use Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 595, the South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District, with an SH Shopfront Overlay, on the northeast corner of Botham Jean Boulevard and South Boulevard Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a five-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five-year periods, subject to conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a five-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five-year periods, subject to conditions Z234-329(LC) Note: This item was deferred by the City Council at the public hearing on March 26, 2025, and is scheduled for consideration on June 11, 2025. ]
NUMBER 2392 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN IN A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE USE.MR. MAYOR, WE SENT NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA REQUEST.
WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.
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? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO DENY THIS ITEM.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND IN A COMMENT.
YES, MAYOR. IT'S TOO LATE. GO AHEAD.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT IF Y'ALL GOT A PHYSICAL COPY, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME LETTERS EMAILED EMAILED TO YOU ALL FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA. THIS IS IS NOT A COMPATIBLE USE FOR THE AREA.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND INVESTMENT IN THE AREA.
I APPROVED A TWO YEAR WITH NO AUTO RENEWAL TWO YEARS AGO, WITH AN EXPECTATION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BRING IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND NOTHING WAS DONE. THERE WAS NO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE WERE NO AND THERE WERE NO THERE WAS NO COLLABORATION.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS TO INCLUDE IF I MAY, JUST TO SHOW I'VE GOT SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED A PETITION.
I'VE GOT SAINT PHILIP'S SCHOOL. I'VE GOT CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH DALLAS AND SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES ALONG THE MLK CORRIDOR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD PROPERTY OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE, AND WE HAVE THESE MECHANISMS IN PLACE.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DO NOT DO AUTO RENEWALS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THESE DEALS.
THIS IS NOT A COMPATIBLE USE FOR THE AREA, AND IT DOESN'T MATCH THE AREA.
PLAN FOR THE TRAJECTORY AND THE FUTURE OF SOUTH DALLAS.
I HOPE I CAN HAVE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS DENIAL.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYES. CARRIES. I'M SORRY. IT'S. EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME. YOU OUT OF TURN. WE ARE READY TO VOTE.
YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T SPEAK. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT AGENDA ITEM Z20.
[Z20. 25-1294A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a private recreation center, club, or area on property in an NS(A) Neighborhood Service District, on the west line of Marsh Lane, south of Monet Place Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a four-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five-year periods, subject to a site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a four-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five-year periods, subject to a site plan and conditions Z245-109(SM) Note: This item was deferred by the City Council at the public hearing on April 9, 2025, and is scheduled for consideration on June 11, 2025. ]
ITEM Z20 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE RECREATION CENTER,[07:05:05]
CLUB, OR AREA ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF MARSH LANE, SOUTH OF MONET PLACE.MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 22 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA.
REQUEST. WE RECEIVED THREE REPLIES IN FAVOR AND SIX REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.
YOU DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGNED UP WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
MATTHIAS. MELCHIOR. I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME.
HELLO. HEY. HELLO. MY NAME IS JASON CHANG. I'M THE APPLICANT.
BUT I JUST GOT OFF THE AIRPORT AND I AM ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THE TEAM, THE CITY YOU ARE WORKING SO HARD TO UNTIL THIS TIME.
SO YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WE INITIATED THIS PROJECT AROUND SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEETING WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADDRESSED ALL THE ISSUES AND THEN COME COMING UP, A LOT OF SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE LABEL'S CONCERNS.
WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF COMMITMENTS. OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THE INDOOR PICKLEBALL PLACE TO THE DALLAS SO WE CAN PROMOTE THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. AND I'M HERE BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z 20. NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE PRIVATE RECREATION CENTER, CLUB OR AREA MUST CLOSE NIGHTLY AT 10 P.M..
THE MASONRY SCREENING FENCE ALONG THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE IS INCREASED FROM 6FT TO 8FT IN HEIGHT.
SECOND. AND ANY OTHER COMMENT? NO. YOU STILL HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON.
YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE A MOTION A SECOND? YEP.
SECONDED. DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK IN THE COMMENT? OH, YOU TOOK YOUR HAT OFF. OKAY. AND. IT'S FINE.
OH, NO. SHE CAN'T STICK WITH THAT. NO. HE EVER SPOKE RIGHT.
HE ALREADY SPOKE. STAFF. OKAY. NO. YOU'RE LYING.
SHE TOOK HERSELF OFF. DID SHE? YOU TAKE YOURSELF OFF.
OKAY. WELL, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION. OKAY, BUT YOU DON'T GET TO HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE BODY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? EYES CARRIED. OH. I'M SLOW.
I KNOW IT'S OKAY. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM Z 21.
[Z21. 25-1976A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a vehicle display, sales and service use on property zoned Subarea 2, within Planned Development District No. 366, the Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District with a D-1 Dry Liquor Control Overlay, on the west line of Conner Drive, south of Bruton Road Recommendation of Staff: Approval of a five-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval of a five-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z245-125(LC) Note: This item was deferred by the City Council at the public hearing on May 28, 2025, and is scheduled for consideration on June 11, 2025. ]
ITEM Z 21 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A VEHICLE DISPLAY.SALES AND SERVICE USE ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF CONNER DRIVE, SOUTH OF BREWTON ROAD.
MR. MAYOR, WE SENT NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.
WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION.
THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z 21? I HAVE A SPEAKER COMING FORWARD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY BEGIN. THERE'S A BUTTON AT THE BASE OF THE MICROPHONE.
AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE Z245125 FOR A SPECIFIC USE OF PERMIT OF 2027 CONNOR DRIVE.
AND WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO INCORPORATE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL FEEDBACK.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE FULLY RESOLVED THE BIGGEST CONCERNS.
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AND THAT WAS CLEAR ON THE PACKAGE THAT WE SUBMITTED.AND THEN THIRD, THE ON SITE PARKING. THAT WAS ALSO A CONCERN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS AND COMPANY VEHICLES WILL REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY, NOT ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. WE'RE EVEN WORKING WITH THE PLANNER TO GET THE REQUIREMENTS ADDED TO THE SOUP.
BUT BEYOND LOGISTICS, THIS IS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED PROJECT.
A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE COME TO US WITH THIS NEED, AND OUR DEALERSHIP WILL FOCUS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE PLEASANT GROVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
WE'VE DONE THE WORK, WE'VE LISTENED, AND WE'VE COOPERATED WITH ALL OF YOU FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
WE'VE UPDATED AND ALL OF THE ARCHITECTURE PLANS AS WELL, AND WE ARE FULLY ALIGNED WITH YOUR PROCESSES AND VALUES, AND WE RESPECT AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN TODAY'S TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN BRING VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.
I SEE ANOTHER SPEAKER COMING FORWARD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY BEGIN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ESAU MARQUEZ.
I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FOR DELL SERVICE CENTER AT 2027 CONNOR DRIVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. OUR GOAL IS TO OPERATE A CLEAN, PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMMUNITY, BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND VISUALLY. THE PROPERTY IS WELL SUITED FOR THIS USE WITH SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR DISPLAY, PARKING AND SERVICE OPERATIONS. WE BELIEVE THIS BUSINESS WILL ADD VALUE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY, CREATE JOBS, AND SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM C 21? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? YES, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO DENY THIS ITEM WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION? MR.. BRIEFLY, MR. MAYOR, I JUST HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. DISTRICT FIVE ALREADY HAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY ON THE BUCKNOR AND BREWTON CORRIDOR, AND RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR MORE, MORE DIVERSE LAND USES THAT BETTER SERVE FAMILIES AND ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO I HOPE I CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ZONING ITEM Z21 SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.
[PH1. 25-1842A A public hearing to receive comments on a proposed municipal setting designation to prohibit the use of groundwater as potable water beneath property owned by CHIPT Dallas Lawnview, L.P. generally located near the intersection of Lawnview Avenue and Forney Road and adjacent street rights-of-way; and an ordinance authorizing support of the issuance of a municipal setting designation to CHIPT Dallas Lawnview, L.P. by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and prohibiting the use of groundwater beneath the designated property as potable water - Financing: No cost consideration to the City Recommendation of Staff: Approval ]
POTABLE WATER BENEATH PROPERTY OWNED BY CHIPPED CHIPPED DALLAS LONGVIEW LP, GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LONGVIEW AVENUE AND FORNEY ROAD AND ADJACENT STREET RIGHTS OF WAY, AND AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SUPPORT OF THE ISSUANCE OF A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION TO CHIPPED DALLAS LONGVIEW LP BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROHIBITING THE USE OF GROUNDWATER BENEATH THE DESIGNATED PROPERTY AS A POTABLE WATER. THE NEXT TWO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, ITEMS IN PARTICULAR TO PH.ONE, BECAUSE IT'S A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION, I AM REQUIRED TO READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 51, A 6.1083 OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE APPLICANT OR LICENSED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE APPLICATION MUST BE PRESENT AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO ITEM PH.
ONE IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE OR APPLICANT PRESENT? YES. MY NAME IS PAUL. MY NAME IS PAUL RUDOFSKY.
MY ADDRESS IS 3030 LBJ FREEWAY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING CHIP DALLAS LAWNVIEW LP, AND I AM THE THE PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST OF RECORD AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM FF ONE? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM FF ONE? MOTION TO APPROVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? NO. MAYOR.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION OF A1 HEARING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[PH2. 25-1843A A public hearing to receive comments on a proposed municipal setting designation to prohibit the use of groundwater as potable water beneath properties owned by Baylor Scott & White Health and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (list attached to the Agenda Information Sheet) generally located along Haskell Avenue, Swiss Avenue, CBD Fair Park Link, and Elm Street and adjacent street rights-of-way; and an ordinance authorizing support of the issuance of a municipal setting designation to Baylor Scott & White Health by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and prohibiting the use of groundwater beneath the designated property as potable water - Financing: No cost consideration to the City Recommendation of Staff: Approval ]
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GROUNDWATER AS POTABLE WATER BENEATH PROPERTIES OWNED BY BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH AND DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG HASKELL AVENUE. SWISS AVENUE CBD FAIR PARK LINK AND ELM STREET AND ADJACENT STREET RIGHTS OF WAY, AND AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SUPPORT OF THE ISSUANCE OF A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION TO BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND PROHIBITING THE USE OF GROUNDWATER BENEATH THE DESIGNATED PROPERTY AS POTABLE WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.IS THE APPLICANT OR THE REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT FOR ITEM TWO? MAY COME FORWARD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YEAH.
GOOD EVENING. MARWAN SALAMEH. 9816 SODA GRANDE DE PLANO, TEXAS, 75025.
I'M THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH MSD APPLICATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WALTER CASSIDY.
YES, MA'AM. HI. WALTER. CASSIDY. RESIDE AT 6854 CORONADO AVENUE.
AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM FF TWO? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN MORENO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING. NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT, MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT ITEM.
[Public Speakers]
MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA.HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE REMAINING SPEAKERS FROM OPEN MICROPHONE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
WE'LL DO IT. THANK YOU. I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
FOR THOSE SPEAKERS WHO ARE IN PERSON, ANY VIRTUAL SPEAKERS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THIS SESSION.
INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN PERSON.
SPEAKERS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
PLEASE STOP ANY VIRTUAL SPEAKERS. I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
EXCUSE ME. I HAD A STROKE, SO MY SPEECH IS OFF.
I REMODELED THAT WHOLE BUILDING. I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1984, AND TWO MORE CLUBS DON'T COME NEXT DOOR TO ME, AND I AIN'T GOT NO PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEVELOPER I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING KNOW ABOUT MARCH 26TH.
AND THEN THE LADY JUST CALLED ME FOR JUNE THE 11TH.
BUT DIDN'T NOBODY TELL ME TO DO NOTHING TO THE BUILDING? I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE NO LETTERS. I CAN'T GIVE YOU NO LETTERS BECAUSE THEY NOBODY SEND ME NOTHING.
AND I RENEWED MY SUV. I'VE BEEN HAVING MY SUV 5 OR 6 YEARS.
5 OR 6 YEARS. SO WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO DENY ME? I DON'T HAVE NO POLICE REPORTS. I AIN'T GOT NO TROUBLE OR NOTHING.
MY HUSBAND DIED IN 2020, AND I CAME DOWN HERE AND THEY RENEWED MY SUV.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE PROBLEM. I AIN'T DID NOTHING TO RENEW IT.
I DONE IT TOO MANY TIMES. AND I DID. I DID THE BUILDING, I DID THE BUILDING, I GOT IT, I GOT IT ON MY PHONE TO SHOW YOU I DID IT.
WERE YOU. WERE YOU FINISHED? I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES.
I DON'T SEE YOUR LIGHT ON. I COULDN'T TELL. FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT PURPOSE? I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SPEAKER. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. MAYOR I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS PURELY A LAND USE DECISION. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING ITSELF.
IT'S NOT A COMPATIBLE USE. THIS DECISION ALSO DOES ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE CLUB NEXT TO YOU AS WELL.
BECAUSE OF THE THE WAY THAT THE PERMITTING OCCURRED.
THIS IS, IS IS NOT PERSONAL OR MEANT TO TO TO BE AN ATTACK ON YOU.
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SO. SO I GOT I. WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION HERE LIKE THIS.SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T JUST LEFT OPEN ENDED.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, THOUGH WE WILL SIT DOWN AND WE WILL.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD. NO DISRESPECT.
I CALLED YOUR OFFICES 4 OR 5 TIMES. NOBODY NEVER CALLED ME BACK.
OKAY, I ACTUALLY HAVE COMMUNICATION FROM OFFICE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A DIALOG. LET'S HAVE A MEETING AT A LATER DATE. I'LL JUMP IN HERE AT THIS POINT AND JUST SAY THAT. MA'AM, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, IS REALLY A ONE WAY COMMUNICATION FORMAT WHERE YOU GET TO SAY SOME THINGS FOR THREE MINUTES. WE DON'T REALLY RESPOND TO THEM, BUT WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU THROUGH OUR STAFF OR EVEN WITH A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, BUT OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING SEPARATELY. SO YOU LOOK, YOU HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE AND 20S IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, BUT THEN YOU NEED TO MEET WITH A STAFF MEMBER OR ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANY FURTHER ACTION.
OKAY. SO SO GO AHEAD. RIGHT NOW I COULD STILL OPERATE UNTIL THEY GIVE ME A TILL THEY GIVE ME.
SEE WE CAN'T THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WE CAN'T HAVE A DIALOG ABOUT IT HERE.
BUT WE WILL CONNECT YOU WITH ME. HE'LL REACH OUT TO ME.
YES HE WILL. HE'S JUST MADE THAT COMMITMENT PUBLICLY.
HE'LL HE'LL DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO SORRY ABOUT ANY MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT ABOUT HOW THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING WORKS.
IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST HERE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AT THIS POINT.
SO, ANYWAY, THIS LADY HERE WILL GET YOUR INFORMATION, AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT OUTSIDE THE MEETING.
OKAY. ANY MORE MICROPHONE SPEAKERS? YES, MR. MAYOR.
WONDERFUL. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER. TARA BOLLINGER.
OKAY. IT'S NOT PRESENT. COREY MAPLES. IT'S NOT PRESENT.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS, LOOK I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT WE HAVE TRADITIONS AROUND HERE.
THIS IS AN INSTITUTION THAT RESPECTS TRADITION, AND WE'RE GOING TO RESPECT IT TONIGHT.
AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE IT IS THE LAST AGENDA MEETING FOR FOUR OF OUR COLLEAGUES, I WOULD ASK, WITH YOUR ALL'S ACQUIESCENCE, THAT WE ALLOW ALL FOUR OR ANYONE OF THEM WHO ARE HERE TO GIVE FINAL PERSONAL PRIVILEGE SPEECHES, IF YOU WILL, IS WHAT WE USED TO CALL THEM IN THE HOUSE ON A LOT OF MEMBERS.
PUBLIC STATEMENT AS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL.
SO WE ARE GOING TO WITH WITHOUT OBJECTION, IF THERE IS NONE.
GIVE THE FLOOR TO OUR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE LEAVING.
BUT I WILL JUST SAY SORT OF ON BEHALF OF OF OF ALL OF US BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE LATE IN THE HOUR.
I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE COUNCIL.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A REWARDING AND EDUCATIONAL AND INTERESTING AND FULFILLING EXPERIENCE SERVING WITH ALL FOUR OF YOU AND FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. Y'ALL ARE VERY DIFFERENT, BUT YOU ALL HAVE BROUGHT SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY AND TO THIS BODY.
AND I KNOW IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. OF COURSE WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. LIKE THAT TO ME IS STATING THE OBVIOUS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. WE ARE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. WE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT WE BRING TO THIS TABLE.
AND I WILL SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY, I RESPECT AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS BODY RESPECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO HAS SERVED WITH US OVER THIS PAST TERM AND LONGER, IN SOME CASES, MULTIPLE TERMS IN SOME CASES.
BUT IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING FOR ME, AND I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF YOU, AND I HOPE WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK AND TO INTERACT AND TO SEE EACH OTHER AFTER THIS PART, AFTER THIS CHAPTER OF OUR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS ENDS.
BUT THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. AND I WOULD ASK IF MEMBERS WOULD ALLOW ME TO JUST, YOU KNOW, I SEE PAUL BLACKMON LIGHT IS ON HERE, BUT I WAS GOING TO TRY TO LIMIT THE SPEECHES THAT WE GAVE SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THE MEMBERS TO HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS THEY NEED TO, TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY. SO DO YOU NEED YOUR LIGHT? YOU NEED ME TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU TO SAY SOMETHING.
OKAY. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT WITHOUT ALLOWING EVERYONE TO DO IT.
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SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF IT'S OKAY, SINCE I DON'T SEE THE MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FOUR HERE, IS TO GO TO OUR CHAIRMAN OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, THE DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX, AND RECOGNIZE HIM FOR ONE LAST TIME AT AN AGENDA MEETING TO ADDRESS THIS.SO, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME ONE LAST TIME.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW. RIGHT NOW, I'M ON UNLIMITED TIME.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THIS IS BITTERSWEET DAY, RIGHT? SO I'M GOING TO START ONCE A, I MEAN, A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY, A YOUNG MAN ENTERED DISTRICT SIX IN THE OUTER REALM, AND HE ASKED FOLKS TO PLEASE LET HIM BE THEIR CHAMPION.
THOSE CITIZENS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY AND SENT HIM TO DALLAS CITY HALL.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. I ALMOST DID IT.
NO YOU DIDN'T. NOT EVEN CLOSE. I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I'M THE CRYBABY ON THE COUNCIL, SO AND I'M PROUD OF IT. BECAUSE I LOVE MY COMMUNITY, AND THIS JOB HAS BEEN AMAZING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO END, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES.
I'VE KNOWN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I CAN SAY THAT.
THE CONSTITUENTS THAT CAME EARLIER TODAY, I DID NOT EXPECT.
I DID NOT KNOW. SO THANK YOU. SEE, YOU WORK HARD AND YOU CARE.
AND SOMETIMES THIS JOB IS NOT EASY. WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH IT.
EVERY ONE OF US. AND ALL WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE DALLAS BETTER AND AMAZING.
AND TO ALL OF THOSE WHO I DID APOLOGIZE TO. AND WE HUGGED IT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME GRACE AND HELPING ME TO GROW AND BE BETTER.
AND I'M JUST LIKE, ABSOLUTELY NOT. HOW RUDE. RIGHT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I CAME HERE TO MAKE THINGS CHANGE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE, I WAS THE BOMB THROWER. AND AND THEN I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
AND THE SENIOR STATESMAN, WHICH I KNEW WAS A COMPLIMENT. SO IF YOU EVER TOLD ME THAT. THANK YOU. I REALLY MEAN IT. BUT IT WAS LIKE I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WHEN DID I CHANGE? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE NOTICED THAT.
THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR CHAIRING BOTH, AND I THANK YOU.
TOLD ME I WAS THE FIRST PERSON YOU THINK IN HISTORY OF THE WORLD TO EVER SAY, I DON'T WANT TO LIKE.
NO, THANKS. THAT CHAIRMANSHIP, YOU CAN HOLD IT, YOU KNOW. WHATEVER. AND IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE WAS GOING TO DO. AND AND THEN YOU EXPLAINED IT TO ME.
SO THANK YOU, BECAUSE IT WASN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT.
IT'S BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND ONCE YOU EXPLAINED IT, I WAS LIKE, OH, YEAH, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO. AND WE PASSED THE CAP.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, THANK YOU TO THE CHAIRS AFTERWARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON COUNCIL MEMBER CATHY STEWART.
AND YOU JUST KEPT YOU WENT WITH IT. PAULA, YOU STARTED THE IMPLEMENTATION.
THANK YOU. BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU TAKING THAT, I.
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OUR STYLES. BUT YOU GOT THE JOB DONE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.AND TO CATHY STEWART, YOU'RE BRAND NEW ON THE COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT BRAND NEW ANYMORE. SO BUT WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS IT HAS WATCHING YOU AND SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH YOU AS YOU THE NEW CHAIR WAS SUCH AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WATCH HOW YOU LED AND AND I FOLLOWED. I YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GAVE ME SOME THANKS FOR, YOU KNOW, HELPING YOU OUT AT THE BEGINNING. DON'T FORGET TO DO THIS OR DO THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT WAS JUST TO HELP YOU DO THE PROCEDURES PART, AND THEN YOU GOT IT DOWN. I TOLD YOU, DON'T WORRY, IT'S GOING TO IT DON'T TAKE LONG.
RIGHT. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN AROUND BECAUSE.
GAY. THANK YOU. LIKE, I KNOW I TOLD YOU AT THE BEGINNING, I WAS LIKE, I WASN'T SURE, LIKE, LIKE IF WE WE'RE VIBING OR NOT. AND IT WAS WE JUST HAD TO I THINK WE JUST HAD TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALREADY LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE I WAS JUST IMPRESSED.
AND AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THINGS DONE. WE SHARED, WE SHARED A LOT OF BORDER.
AND I THINK YOU I DON'T KNOW, I FELT LIKE YOU WERE A LITTLE NERVOUS ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THAT. I WAS LIKE, ABSOLUTELY. WE GOT TO FINISH THIS LIBRARY. IF IT WASN'T YOU, IT WAS GOING TO BE ME. AND SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FORMER DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS.
AND AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE ON THE COUNCIL.
OH, ADAM BAZALDUA BRO. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL.
AND I THINK THAT WITH WITH YOU, IT'S LIKE YOU LOVE.
AND SO, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING RIDE WITH YOU, BROTHER.
AND I LOVE YOU JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
WE'RE SO SIMILAR. AND SO WHEN WE WOULD, WOULD NOT BE ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY OR WHATEVER, LIKE, WE WOULD BUTT HEADS. IT'S LIKE. AND I REMEMBER TELLING YOU ONE TIME I WAS LIKE, BRO, I HATE BEING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF YOU. AND HE'S LIKE, I HATE BEING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF YOU. WHY? BECAUSE, MAN, IT'S LIKE GODZILLA AND KING KONG COMING AT EACH OTHER, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE. AND NEITHER ONE OF US GIVING UP. AND SO AND WE GO TO THE END, RIGHT? AND THEN AS SOON AS IT'S OVER, IT'S LIKE, NOW WE'RE LIKE, OH, COME ON, HUG IT OUT. AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, MOVE ON. LET'S GO HANG OUT. WHATEVER. IT'S IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THAT, THAT EQUITY BATON GOING BECAUSE ONCE I'M OUT OF HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T. AND YOU'RE NOT SCARED TO DO IT, BUT KEEP DOING IT. I'M GOING TO SAY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR LAST.
JESSE MORENO. IT'S BEEN FUN. IT'S I MEAN, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN INTERESTING ON SOME DAYS.
BUT IT'S BEEN FUN. YOU HAVE COME IN, YOU'VE DONE THINGS YOUR WAY.
WE HAD THE. WE CHATTED ABOUT IT. YOU'RE SO QUIET.
IT'S JUST. I LIKE TO KNOW IF I CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU'RE A GOOD POLITICIAN, YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT OR NOT. BUT KEEP, KEEP, KEEP BEING YOU AND BUT REACH OUT TO PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO THAT YOU CAN SO WE CAN KNOW AT LEAST WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF GOING.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE ADVICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT KEEP KEEP YOUR JUST KEEP YOUR, BUT KEEP YOUR CARDS CLOSE TO YOUR CHEST LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO. AND OH MY GOSH.
DON'T DON'T STOP BRINGING LITTLE AVA AROUND BECAUSE SHE'S JUST A JOY TO BE AROUND.
AND I THAT I LOVE THAT LITTLE CHILD. AND THEN AND YOUR WIFE, MONICA IF SHE'S LISTENING.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR DISTRICT TWO BEFORE JESSIE WAS HERE.
AND AND JUST BEING AN AMAZING PERSON WHEN YOU WERE HERE AT CITY HALL.
THANK YOU. MONICA. ZARIN. PASTOR ZARIN. WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER WHEN WE I THINK IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS WORKING ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, AND YOU WERE RIGHT THERE WITH ME HELPING ME GET THAT RESOLUTION DONE.
YOU WERE RIGHT THERE. AND THEN WE WE DID THE OTHER WORK ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU WERE PART NATIVE UNTIL YOU BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I LEFT YOU WITH AN ASSIGNMENT AT THE LAST TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING.
YOU WERE SERVED AS VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU. YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE TO SUPPORT AND, YOU KNOW, JUMP IN WHEN NEEDED. AND YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB, BUT I JUST NEED THAT ONE THING DONE BECAUSE WE RAN OUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
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BUT THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE IN YOU.SO KEEP IT GOING. JAYNIE SCHULTZ, MAMA LA IS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN.
YOU HAVE BEEN THE LIKE. LIKE LIKE THE MOM OF SOME OF US OR THE BIG, BIG SISTER.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO SAY IT BUT IT'S LIKE WHEN I NEEDED ADVICE OR IT'S LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU WOULD.
YOU WOULD GIVE ME THAT, LIKE. LIKE YOU CUT IT OFF OR, YOU KNOW YEAH, BOTH OF THEM DO SOMETIMES.
RIGHT. AND AND I LISTEN MOST OF THE TIME, SOMETIMES I'M JUST LIKE, OH, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW? BUT BUT YOU ALWAYS CAME WITH GREAT ADVICE. GREAT.
WHEN I REACH OUT AND ASK YOU FOR IT, BECAUSE I GOT TO WORK WITH YOU AS YOU WERE CPC COMMISSIONER.
AND WE READ REALLY GREAT THINGS HAPPEN TOGETHER.
AND WHEN MRS. CARPENTER WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM HER DUTIES FROM A RECUSAL.
BUT YOU ALWAYS SPOKE TO ME WITH DIGNITY, WITH GRACE.
GAVE ME ADVICE, EVEN SOMETIMES UNSOLICITED. AND.
BUT I WOULD LISTEN AND IT WOULD WORK. BUT MANY TIMES I WOULD GO TO YOU.
HOW? WHAT? HOW CAN I DO THIS? OR HOW WOULD YOU NAVIGATE THAT? AND I WOULD LISTEN. AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DIDN'T.
BUT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO OR I DID IT RIGHT.
AND YOU HAVE LED ON THIS COUNCIL AS AS A SENIOR STATESWOMAN FROM THE GET GO, IN MY OPINION, AND I LEARNED A LOT BY WATCHING YOU AND BEING ABLE TO BE HERE WITH YOU FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND I WISH YOU YOU WOULD HAVE COME BACK AGAIN.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU WEREN'T RUNNING AGAIN, I WAS LIKE, CAN I ASK YOU WHY? YOU KNOW, AND I AND I UNDERSTOOD. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE LIKE, I'M READY TO GO DO MY OWN THING.
AND LIKE, I SERVED FOUR YEARS AND YOU HAD. I MEAN, HOW MANY WAS IT? 30 OVERALL. SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT SERVICE.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU AND AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU.
AND YOU STILL OWE ME. ZODIAC? IS THAT WHAT ZODIAC ROOM.
SO WE'LL GET THAT DONE NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER OR BEFORE IT IS.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET. I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET. SO TRUST ME, I WILL NEVER FORGET.
SO WE'LL GET IT DONE. WE'LL GET IT DONE. AND THEN I DID TALK TO PAULA ALREADY.
SO PAULA, JUST KEEP KEEP DOING YOUR THING. SO CHAD WEST.
WOW. WOW. NO, I'VE JUST KNOWN CHAD FOR A LONG TIME.
WAY BEFORE I GOT TO CITY HALL. WHEN I WORKED AT LAMBDA LEGAL, CHAD WAS THE THE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS CALLED, BUT FOR LAMBDA LEGAL, HE WAS A VOLUNTEER.
AND HE AND I BECAME THE COMMUNITY EDUCATOR AND POLICY ADVOCATE FOR LAMBDA LEGAL.
AND BUT I KNEW WAY BEFORE THEN BECAUSE AT FIRST TIME I MET YOU, I THINK IT WAS 2008.
YOU AND YOU CAME TO VOLUNTEER AT A DEMOCRATIC PARTY LABOR DAY PICNIC.
AND AND I WAS WITH THE STONEWALL DEMOCRATS. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE A MEMBER BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'D NEVER MET. AND I WAS LIKE, WHO IS THESE PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, THAT POPPED IN. AND FROM THEN IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF SAW EACH OTHER HERE AND THERE.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I KNEW IT, I WAS LIKE, YOU WERE WITH LAMBDA LEGAL, YOU KNOW? I WAS TOO. AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD STUFF DONE OVER THE YEARS PRE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GOT ON THE COUNCIL IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE THERE WERE THREE OPENLY GAY PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL, AND WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY COOL STUFF DONE. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE SOME BACKUP ON CERTAIN THINGS.
AND AND YOU HAVE DONE REALLY GREAT WORK, EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T DISAGREE.
I MEAN, EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREED FOR DISTRICT ONE.
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MIRAMAR HOTEL AND THAT SPROUTS I LOVE I LOVE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BOTH.
AS FAR AS BECAUSE I'M GETTING A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS FOR SPROUTS AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALL DISTRICT ONE, YOUR LEADERSHIP. BUT THANK YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T MIND GETTING POSITIVE GOOD CREDIT.
EVEN IF IT WASN'T MINE, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT IT'S GOING TO REALLY BENEFIT WEST DALLAS.
AND WE NEEDED THAT GROCERY STORE CLOSE BY. AND I THINK THAT YOU REALLY THOUGHT ALL OF THAT THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED MY HELP WITH SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND PICK UP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW IT IS.
I MEAN, MAN, THE QUIET GUY. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, JAIME AND I, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND MAINLY ME TALKING. MAINLY ME TALKING. GO FIGURE.
RIGHT. NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE THAT I WOULD BE THE ONE DOING ALL THE TALKING.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN HE'S HERE, WHY ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING? YOU ALL ACT LIKE I DON'T LIKE LIKE I LIKE, I LIKE I'M SO QUIET OR SOMETHING.
AND JAIME SAID, I COULD NEVER TALK AS MUCH AS YOU, YOU KNOW, AND THEN BUT LET ME TELL YOU, I TOLD HIM, I SAID HI. LISTEN, THIS VETERAN, AMAZING PERSON FROM PLEASANT GROVE HAS SHOWN PEOPLE THAT THINGS CAN CHANGE AND YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. WHEN HE DOES SPEAK, HE SPEAKS AND HE DROPS THE MIC ON US EVERY SINGLE TIME.
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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S HOW IT WORKS FOR YOU.IT'S YOUR STYLE. AND I TOLD YOU DON'T EVER CHANGE THAT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WORKS ON YOUR BEHALF.
AND YOU HAVE REALLY DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND PUTTING PLEASANT GROVE ON THE MAP.
AND PLEASE KEEP IT UP. YOU WERE SOME PLEASANT GROVE PEOPLE HERE EARLIER TODAY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FANS OF MINE, BUT BUT TRUST ME, THEY'RE FANS.
THEY LOVE THEM SOME MEDICINE AND THEY TALK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME IN SUCH POSITIVE LIGHT.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN WEST DALLAS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE HELPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PLEASANT GROVE BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU. KEEP, KEEP, KEEP ON DOING. KEEP ON KEEPING ON, KEEP ON, KEEP ON THAT BIKE OF YOURS.
SO I LOVE THAT TAUGHT ME A LOT WITH THAT BILLY RAY JOHNSON, CITY SECRETARY.
WELL, ONLY CERTAIN ONES. HEY, YOU GAVE ME UNLIMITED TIME, MAYOR.
SEE? SEE, NOW HE'S. NOW HE'S RETHINKING IT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I CAN'T NOT SAY ANYTHING. YOU BETTER STILL CALL ME.
BUT YOU HAVE TO CALL ME COUNCIL MEMBER OMAR NARVAEZ OR HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I CAN RESPOND. SO THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
WHEN WE MADE BILLY RAY, THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE CITY AND SHE WAS THE ALL AROUND CHOICE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, SO I GOT TO HELP HIRE HER.
AND IT WAS VERY EARLY ON, I THINK IN MY FIRST TERM, LIKE FIRST SIX MONTHS MAYBE.
AND EVERY TIME SHE CALLED ME, SHE WOULD SAY, HELLO.
COUNCIL MEMBER AND I RESPOND BACK EVERY SINGLE TIME.
HELLO, CITY SECRETARY JOHNSON, EVERY SINGLE TIME.
AND SHE WOULD THE FIRST LIKE 500 TIMES. SHE WAS TAKEN ABACK, LIKE, AND SHE'D GIGGLE OR LAUGH.
AND THEN I WAS LIKE, OH, I GOT TO KEEP THIS UP. LIKE, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THAT'S HER PROPER TITLE. SO YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST WAS SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT SHE ENJOYED.
SHE LIKED HEARING IT. AND IT WAS I KNEW IT WAS OUR LITTLE THING.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. CITY SECRETARY JOHNSON, YOU HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND I THINK MY FAVORITE MOMENT WAS WHEN WE WE DID THAT EQUITY RAISE FOR YOU BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU HAD TO READ IT OR I THINK YOU HAD TO READ IT, IT WAS LIKE, AND YOU HADN'T SEEN IT. AND THEN YOU WERE LIKE, HOW BIG YOUR EYES GOT? SO IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT THING THAT DAY.
THAT WAS THE LAW. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS ANSWERED THE PHONE.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY CALLED A LOT ASKING ABOUT, CAN I DO THIS? CAN I DO THAT? YOU KNOW, IS THIS THE ETHICS? IS THAT THE ETHICS? WHAT IS IT LIKE HERE, HERE AND THERE? AND YOU ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, RESPONDED, YOU ALWAYS MADE SURE EVEN WHEN YOU WERE THE DEPUTY, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU STEPPED IN AND KEEP FIGHTING BERT EVERY DAY.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO. BERT, I LOVE YOU.
SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE INSIDE JOKE.
YOU'RE AN AMAZING GUY, BERT. KEEP WEARING THE CRAZY FUNNY TIES.
TO OUR TO OUR CITY MANAGER. KIM. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
AND THEN I GOT TO WORK WITH YOU. YOU GET IT? YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
AND YOU DO EVERYTHING WITH DIGNITY, GRACE, RESPECT.
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU AS WELL. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET FIRED, I GET FIRED UP.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE HERE DOES, TOO. BUT YOU HAVE A WAY TO JUST TALK TO ME, WORK WITH ME, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THIS IS THE THING PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS LIKE, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I MET KIM.
I FELL IN LOVE. IT WAS LIKE, THIS WOMAN IS AMAZING.
AND TK WAS GREAT, TOO, YOU KNOW? DON'T GET ME WRONG.
AND AND THE HONORABLE SANDI GRAYSON, WE WERE TALKING ONE TIME ABOUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, I WANT LESS KIM, MORE HIM, BECAUSE HE WASN'T TALKING TO HER OR SOMETHING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S LIKE, OH, KIM WILL HELP YOU, KIM WILL HELP YOU.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S WEIRD. I GO, I WANT MORE KIM, LESS HIM, YOU KNOW? AND SO THEN I TOLD HER ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS JUST LIKE A JOKE.
AND AND SO WHEN SHE WAS BECOMING THE THE, THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, I, I JOKED WITH HER AND I SAID, REMEMBER WHEN I SAID MORE KIM, LESS HIM, YOU KNOW, AND SHE JUST BUSTED OUT LAUGHING BECAUSE SHE DID REMEMBER, LIKE SHE IS NOW AND JUST THANK YOU. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WORK SO HARD AND YOU WORK SO MANY HOURS,
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AND AND YOU AND YOU NEVER QUIT. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING, ALL OF YOU.ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE SHARED WITH ME. AND I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU UP AT NIGHT. SO AND DON'T IGNORE ME TOO MANY TIMES.
I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE TO THANK. DOCTOR ROBERT PEREZ, JOYCE ZAPATA, ROSA FLEMING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I WHAT WE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER.
PATRICK CARINO. DEVRA. STOGIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DIDN'T GET TO WORK LONG ENOUGH TOGETHER, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE.
YOU ARE AMAZING. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND, KIM, YOU TOLD ME THAT I WAS GOING TO LOVE WORKING WITH HER.
YOU DIDN'T LIE. YOU GOT IT RIGHT. I FELT I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU, DEB I THINK ON THAT VIDEO CALL, LIKE, WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS WOMAN KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING. SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT AND EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU. AND POINT OF ORDER, MAYOR.
SUSTAINED, SUSTAINED. YOU WILL NOT. YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY POINT OF ORDER CROWN FOR ME, MR. BAZALDUA. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. KEEP KEEP DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE.
AND YOU'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP STYLE.
AND AND YOU'LL FIGURE OUT MAYBE ON DAY 364 HOW TO DO EVERY SINGLE THING IN HERE IN THIS BUILDING.
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
NO, SHE'S NOT COUNTING ANYMORE. I'M JUST. IT'S IT'S AN INSIDE JOKE WITH US.
TO THE DOCTOR, REVEREND JOHN JENKINS AS CAROLYN, THE HONORABLE CAROLYN KING.
ARNOLD CALLS HIM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
JOHN, YOU HAVE TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE BUILDING. YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES ON ME NOW, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. BECAUSE PARKS WAS WEST, DALLAS WAS LEFT OUT FOR SO LONG, ESPECIALLY IN AQUATICS. THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT THERE.
OKAY. HEY, THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE. I GOT TO WORK WITH HIM FOR SIX YEARS.
OVER THE YEARS, THE DREAM KILLERS ONE, TWO AND THREE.
YESENIA THE OG. SHE'S THE OG. TRUE KILLER. NUMBER TWO.
ROBERT, THE ONLY THE ONE AND ONLY DREAM KILLER NUMBER THREE.
AND MARCOS SALCEDO, WHO I'VE KNOWN THIS GUY SINCE HE WAS 22, AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME EVERYWHERE I GO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING NEXT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAY BEHIND THIS TIME.
BECAUSE THE RIGHT HAND. AND THE LEFT. SOMETIMES MY BRAIN. THE BOSS LADY. NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT, LAURA CADENA. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS OF DEDICATED, LOYAL SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CITY.
I COULD NOT HAVE DONE HALF OF WHAT I DID WITHOUT YOU.
BUT IT'S YOUR TURN NOW. AND ON MONDAY, I'M GOING TO BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PASS YOU THE BATON.
AS YOU TAKE OVER AS THE CHAMPION FOR DISTRICT SIX.
I HAVE MISSED WORKING WITH YOU SO MUCH THE LAST SIX MONTHS, BUT I KNEW IT WAS FOR GOOD.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE AMAZING. ALWAYS REMEMBER COMMUNITY FIRST.
TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS A TOUGH JOB AND YOU KNOW IT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER. LAURA, WHAT A WHAT A BAYLOR BEAR CALLS A UT LONGHORN.
WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OW OW OW OW! MAYOR PRO TEM, I YIELD THE FLOOR.
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YOU YIELD THE FLOOR! IT'S OVER. IT'S OVER REAL QUICK.YOU HELPED ME ON MY FIRST ZONING CASE. AND EVER SINCE THEN I WAS LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM.
I WAS LIKE, THIS GUY KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. OUR FIRST MEETING, HE WAS DOING SOME WILD STUFF TO GET TRAIL MONEY, AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS STARTED WHINING BECAUSE HE KNEW WHERE THE MONEY WAS. HE'D BEEN GONE EIGHT YEARS AND CAME BACK AND GOT THAT MONEY, AND I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS BECAUSE THAT GUY KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING, AND YOU GOT THE TRAIL MONEY AND YOU DID SOME OTHER THINGS IN IT, AND YOU HELPED ME WITH THAT ZONING CASE. AS MY CHAIRMAN OF ECO DEV ALL EIGHT YEARS, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR SERVING WITH YOU, BY YOU AND AND LEAVING THIS BUILDING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR 16 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I DID NOT MEAN TO SKIP YOU AND I, I, I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU PROBABLY WILL EVER KNOW FOR ALL YOUR RESPECT, GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU, TENNELL ATKINS.
THANK YOU. NOW I'M DONE. ALL RIGHT. I'M SURE HE UNDERSTANDS.
I MEAN, AFTER YOU THANKED ALL THE WELL, EVERYONE, ALL 13,000 EMPLOYEES.
BASICALLY. IT'S EASY, IT'S EASY, IT'S EASY. IT'S EASY TO FORGET YOUR BEST FRIEND OVER HERE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SAVE THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR LAST AS WELL.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE FOR THE LAST TIME IN THE AGENDA MEETING OUR COLLEAGUE JAYNIE SCHULTZ, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 11. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, UNLIMITED TIME.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BUT AS YOU KNOW. OH, GET OVER IT.
AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THAT I WROTE SOMETHING AND TIMED IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT JUST IN CASE, THERE'S ONLY FIVE MINUTES SO YOU GUYS CAN TIME. YOU SHOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO OMAR. LET'S SEE.
HE SHARED HOW MUCH HE PAYS IN PROPERTY TAXES AND THREATENED TO SUE IF I DIDN'T ACT IMMEDIATELY.
I HUNG UP AND CALLED TC BROADNAX CRYING BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO.
HE ASSURED ME HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT AND GUIDED ME HOW TO RESPOND.
OF COURSE, I HAD NO IDEA AT THE TIME THAT ALL I REALLY NEEDED TO DO WAS CALL SOPHIA FIGUEROA, THE WOMAN WHO HAS DIRECTED DISTRICT 11 FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
IT IS TO YOU THAT I DEDICATE MY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.
LAST WEEK I SENT OUT MY FINAL DISTRICT NEWSLETTER AND HERE'S SOME OF WHAT I WROTE.
DEAR D-11 FAMILY. AS I PREPARE FOR THIS, MY FINAL LETTER, I TURN TO A THICK BINDER OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ASSEMBLED BY MY GRANDFATHER AND PARENTS. I FOUND A LETTER MY FATHER WROTE ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS COMPANY IN 1980.
EVERY ACTION, EVERY SPOKEN WORD HAS RELATIVITY TO SOMEONE ELSE OR SOMETHING ELSE.
OUR VALUES HAVE NO MEANING IF THEY'RE NOT RELATED TO OTHERS.
NOW I, AFTER SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF OF DALLAS FOR 11 YEARS, WRITE MY LETTER.
AND SWEET BECAUSE I LEAVE YOU IN ABLE HANDS WITH OUR CITY AND DISTRICT BETTER THAN IN 2021.
I TRULY BELIEVE WE HAVE FULFILLED OUR PROMISE FOR D11 TO BE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
HAVING LIVED IN D11 FOR OVER 50 YEARS, I KNOW OUR POTENTIAL.
FIRST, I WANT TO CALL OUT OUR INCREDIBLE CITY STAFF IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAVE RESPONDED WITH GRACE AND URGENCY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN A CAREER OF SERVICE SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
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YOUR COUNTLESS HOURS OF TIME AND INVALUABLE GIFT OF WISDOM IS UNPARALLELED.I AM SO PROUD OF THE MANY TIMES STAFF HAS THANKED ME FOR THE TERRIFIC APPOINT APPOINTEES FROM D11.
WE ARE NOT RADICAL, BUT RATIONAL, NOT POLITICAL, BUT COLLABORATIVE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. I HOPE MY SUCCESSOR WISELY KEEPS ALL OF YOU IN PLACE.
THIS HAS BEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME AND FOR THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL.
I'VE OFTEN SAID THAT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS COUNCIL IS UNLIMITED.
THE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, VALUES AND APPROACHES RIVALS ANY SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE TEAM.
YOU, MY FRIENDS ON THE COUNCIL HAVE RISEN TO GUIDE ME.
STAND BY ME AND PROTECT ME. YOU ARE MY PEOPLE.
GOD INTENDED US TO BE. AND I WILL TREASURE THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER.
ON MY DESK, A FRAMED QUOTATION SITS. IT READS.
LIFE SHRINKS OR EXPANDS ACCORDING TO ONE'S COURAGE.
BUT I WAS AFRAID TO MAKE MYSELF A DECISION POINT IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND TO ASK THEM FOR MONEY FOR MY AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING, RATHER THAN FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. I WAS NOT AFRAID OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.
AS WITH EVERYONE, THERE ARE A FEW VOTES HERE AT THE HORSESHOE I REGRET, BUT I KNOW DALLAS IS BETTER FOR MY SERVICE, AND I'M A BETTER PERSON FOR HAVING SERVED AND SERVED ALONG YOU ALL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING AMONG YOU ALL.
I'VE BEEN IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS, AND I'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR HAVING BEEN THERE.
ALL RIGHT. AND AND AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT EIGHT.
LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL. THE GREAT, THE ELDER, THE ONE AND ONLY TENNELL ATKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE ALL YOUR TIME, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THAT'S VERY SERIOUS TO MY HEART, THAT TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND THE REASON WHY I BECAME THE COUNCIL MEMBER? BECAUSE OF CITY DALLAS. CITY DALLAS AND I HAVE A DISAGREEMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I WAS IN COURT FOR SEVEN YEARS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND WHEN I CAME HERE, I TRIED TO BE A BETTER PERSON AND SAID, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS NOT MAD AT ME.
IT'S JUST AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED. AND HOW DO YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND SO I PLEDGED MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS TO MAKE SURE DALLAS KNOW, PROCESS AND PROCEDURE AND HOW TO GET STUFF DONE.
AND I LIVE BY THOSE RULES. PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DO. AND THAT'S WHEN I CAME HERE.
ALL THE DIFFERENT MAYORS I HAD THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEYS.
I ALWAYS FOLLOW THOSE SAME RULES. YOU KNOW, IF YOU FOLLOW THE SAME RULES, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'LL BE A HAPPY PERSON. YOU WON'T BE MAD AT EACH OTHER.
BUT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT 28 DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBER DIFFERENT IN THREE DIFFERENT MAYORS IN THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS AND FOUR DIFFERENT CITY ATTORNEYS, YOU SEE ALL THAT DIFFERENT.
I DON'T SEE ALL OF IT. I DON'T SEE HOW THE CITY EVOLVED FROM HOMELESS AND, YOU KNOW, FROM PHILANTHROPY, PEOPLE GIVE ME BACK. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GIVE BACK.
I DON'T SEE ALL THE FIGHTS. I DON'T SEE THE WALKOUT.
I DON'T SEE EVERYTHING. I SEE THE CANCER FIGHTING EACH OTHER.
WE CAN BE HAPPY. WE CAN BE THE FAMILY. BUT EVERY FAMILY FIGHT.
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BUT SOMETIMES WHEN FAMILIES DO FIGHT, WE FIGHT AT HOME, IN THE BACK ROOM, BUT NOT IN PUBLIC.AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE THAT WE WILL LEARN. THAT WE CAN FIGHT.
WE CAN DISAGREE, BUT JUST DON'T DO IT IN PUBLIC.
JUST FIND A WAY AND HOW TO GO IN A ROOM. COOL DOWN.
COUNT TO TEN AND SAY, HEY, I DON'T LIKE THE DAY, CHAD, BUT I LIKE IT TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW. BUT BUT PAULA, WE GO WAY BACK. I, I THINK YOU WERE TEN, PAULA.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TEN. YOU KNOW, AND AND WE WERE.
AND WE REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, GO SOUTH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HE SAID GO SOUTH.
AND HE SAID, GO SOUTH. AND THE THE SOUTHERNERS DALLAS THE SOUTH DALLAS SOUTHERN DALLAS TASK FORCE.
AND I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SUNDOWN TASKFORCE, JUST ME AND PAULA.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS WHOLE SUNDOWN TASK FORCE.
JUST TWO PEOPLE. AND WE HAD 245, 245 PEOPLE, AND SOMEONE BECAME COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN KIMLEY-HORN.
FRANK MILLER FOR TWO YEARS AND SAID, HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY OF DALLAS? AND WE STARTED NAMING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE DID NOT HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WAY BACK.
WE SAID, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE FROM.
AND THAT TOOK A LONG TIME, BUT THEN IT EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE GOT TO NEED TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND WE HAD TRADING PLACE, REMEMBER WE HAD TRADING PLACE. ONE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE NORTH WENT TO ONE FROM THE SOUTH. I WENT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WENT TO YOUR DISTRICT. AND WE TRADE DISTRICT. SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT FROM MY DISTRICT.
I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT. AND I HOPE WE GET BACK TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST YOUR DISTRICT, IT'S A CITY DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, BUT ALSO IT'S A FAMILY. YOU KNOW, WE ARE A FAMILY.
WE SPEND ALL THIS TIME RIGHT NOW IT'S ALMOST 10:00, YOU KNOW, PAST MY BEDTIME.
BUT. BUT ANYWAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FROM HERE? BECAUSE TWO MORE YEARS NOW, I THINK 5 OR 6 OR MORE, YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE GONE AND Y'ALL BE SAYING THE SAME THING.
BUT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WERE YOU A BETTER PERSON WHEN YOU FIRST CAME HERE OR DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING? ARE YOU PASS THAT BATON TO SOMEONE ELSE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I COULD DO A BETTER JOB IF I SPEND MUCH TIME? NOW, I KNOW MOST OF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TIME LIKE I DO, BUT I WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
BECAUSE IF I DON'T DO IT, WHO ELSE IS GOING TO DO IT? AND I FEEL THAT WAY AND I WORK THAT WAY. BUT IF YOU AS THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR ONE DAY FOR TEN HOURS AND SAID, I WANT TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR TEN HOURS, I AIN'T GOING TO DO NOTHING ELSE.
I CHALLENGE YOU THAT, AND I GUARANTEE IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THAT, TO SPEND TEN HOURS SAYING, ONLY THING I'LL DO TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND I DON'T THINK I'LL DO IT. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO DO. BUT IF YOU DO THAT IN REAL LIFE, WHAT HEART YOU FEEL AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, THE PASSION YOU GIVE BACK AND PEOPLE SEE THAT.
THEY KNOW YOUR FACIAL LOOK. THEY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE IT.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUT HERE, WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU ON TELEVISION, AND I SEE ALL THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE SAY, HEY, I SEE JESSE MORENO OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE HOMELESS.
HE REALLY CARE. I SEE CHAD WEST OVER THERE. HE REALLY CARE ABOUT STEVENS POINT.
BUT WHEN THEY SEE THAT, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
WHEN YOU HEAR OTHER PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T DO.
WE AS A CITY COUNCIL, I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIGHT IN PUBLIC, BUT NICE TO EACH OTHER.
YOU CAN BE NICE AND FIGHT AND NO ONE KNOW YOU'RE MAD AT EACH OTHER.
BUT WE STILL FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE. BUT ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, LEAVE IT ALONE.
DON'T GO BACK TO IT AND BRING IT UP AGAIN. BECAUSE IT'S.
IT'S WASTE OF TIME. IT'S REALLY A WASTE OF TIME.
IT MAKE YOU MAD AND HARD AND YOU'RE MAD AT THE PERSON.
YOU SAID THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY BECAUSE YOU'RE MAD, BUT IT'S OVER WITH WHEN YOU VOTE.
AND ONE THING I LEARNED WHEN YOU VOTE, IT'S OVER WITH.
I DO NOT EXPLAIN MY VOTE TO NOBODY. AND I LEARNED THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
I DON'T FEEL I CAN VOTE IS THE PEOPLE MY RESIDENT TO US.
YOU SAW MY VOTE. I DON'T NEED AN EXPLANATION.
BUT WHEN YOU START EXPLAINING IT, YOU GET MAD AT YOU. YOU VOTED THIS WAY. YOU VOTED THAT WAY.
IT WASTES THE TIME. PATIENT. PATIENT. PATIENT.
HOW TO DO IT? AND IN CLOSING, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL RIGHT HERE, I LEARNED
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BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EASY. DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS AROUND HERE.THE FIRST HALF OF MY A REAL CHARACTER. BUT Y'ALL Y'ALL SOME DIFFERENT CHARACTERS.
YEAH. I MEAN, Y'ALL ALREADY THERE. I MEAN, NO, A DIFFERENT KIND.
IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND. BUT BUT BUT BUT WHEN I, WHEN I SAY THIS AND I SAY IT FROM MY HEART, Y'ALL ARE VERY, VERY INTELLIGENT. VERY, VERY SMART.
IF Y'ALL USE YOUR HEAD AND WORK FOR THE COMMON GOAL, A COMMON CAUSE, WE COULD BE THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD IF YOU JUST TAKE YOUR ATTORNEY. HERE WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ATTORNEYS.
ON THIS COUNCIL. AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW THE BOOKS, YOU KNOW THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW THE RULE. YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT OUTMANEUVER EACH ONE.
YOU KNOW THE PROCESS. BUT IF YOU PUT ALL THAT ENERGY TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A PROCESS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. SAME THING WITH FINANCE, SAME THING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE, SAME THING WITH PARTS, ALL OF THAT.
BUT JUST LOOK AROUND WITH THE EDUCATION AND THE QUALIFICATION AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
NONPROFIT. YOU KNOW, ALL THIS TALENT IS WASTED WHEN WE FIGHT AND ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT NOTHING. AND ONE THING I TELL YOU. WHEN A SPOTLIGHT IS ON YOU ONE TIME, IT COULD BE YOUR ENEMY.
SO DON'T SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT. DON'T SHINE TO THE CAMERA.
JUST DO YOUR JOB. INHALE. DON'T GO TO THE CAMERAS BECAUSE THE CAMERAS CAN KILL YOU IN ONE INSTANT. DON'T GO TO THE RED MEAT IN THE NEWSPAPER, BECAUSE THAT ONE ISSUE IN THE NEWSPAPER CAN KILL YOU.
SO WHEN THE CAMERAS COME OUT THERE. ACT LIKE THE CAMERA IS NOT OUT THERE.
PLAY DUMB. JUST DO YOUR JOB. AND THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU.
AND WE HAD A GREAT CITY. WE HAD ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. IF WE JUST DO YOUR JOB AND I TELL HIM, JUST DO YOUR JOB. DON'T WORRY ABOUT COUNTING THE EIGHT EIGHT GOING TO GET THERE IF YOU DO YOUR JOB.
IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB, YOU GOT A PROBLEM? THANK YOU.
EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. WELL, MEMBERS, I HAVE THE HONOR OF SAYING TO THIS COUNCIL, WITH THIS COMPOSITION OF MEMBERS SITTING IN THESE EXACT SEATS, WITH THESE PLACARDS AND WITH THIS MAYOR PRO TEM AND THIS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND THESE CHAIRMEN AND THESE MEMBERS FOR THE LAST TIME EVER. SEEING THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.
THE TIME IS NOW 10:08 P.M. IN THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
GOOD NIGHT. MR..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.