[12. Authorize (1) the adoption of a Resolution of Support for Roundstone Development, LLC and/or its affiliate(s) (collectively referred to as Applicant), related to its application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for 9% Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits for the development The Cottages at Big Cedar to be located in Council District 3 on Mountain Creek Parkway and Eagle Ford Drive, Dallas Texas, 75349 (Project); and (2) an agreement with the Applicant for a line of credit in the amount of $500.00 for the proposed multifamily development of the Project - Not to exceed $500.00 - Financing: General Fund *In alignment with Dallas Housing Resource Catalog.]

AGENDA ITEM 12. AGENDA ITEM 12. AUTHORIZED ONE.

THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR ROUNDSTONE DEVELOPMENT, LLC AND OR ITS AFFILIATES, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS APPLICANT, RELATED TO ITS APPLICATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR 9% COMPETITIVE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. THE COTTAGES AT BIG CEDAR TO BE LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE ON MOUNTAIN CREEK PARKWAY AND EAGLE FORD DRIVE. DALLAS, TEXAS 75349 PROJECT AND TWO. AN AGREEMENT WITH THE APPLICANT FOR A LINE OF CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500 FOR THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT, NOT TO EXCEED $500.

YOU DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL. I'M SORRY. MR. BAKER HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ON THIS ITEM.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE. DENIAL. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

AND THE MOTION IS TO DENY THE ITEM. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

CHAIRMAN GRACEY, IF YOU LIKE IT. THANK YOU. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS AGAIN, AND I APPRECIATE MR. BAKER SPEAKING UP ON ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE, AGAIN, WE WE NEVER GET THE COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN HERE AND THE IRONY OF THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

AND I NEED TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST LIGHT TECH PROJECTS.

THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM THROUGHOUT. AND IN FACT, IN DISTRICT THREE, THE STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO APPROVE THEM FOR SENIOR HOUSING, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS LACKING. AND WE'VE DONE I THINK WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 6 OR 7 NOW.

IN THIS CASE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH RUNWAY TO NOTIFY THE COMMUNITY OF THIS.

AND THEN THE IRONY IS, THE JUSTIFICATION IN THIS CASE IS OUR OWN POLICY THAT SAYS, BECAUSE THIS IS A HIGHER INCOME AREA, IT JUSTIFIES LOW INCOME. BUT THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS, WHILE IT IS, WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT. SO UNFORTUNATELY WE'LL BRING IN THIS LOW INCOME.

AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BRING DOWN OUR AVERAGE INCOME.

WE'RE BEGGING FOR HCBS AND ALL THESE THINGS TO COME.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S PRIME FOR A QUALITY GROCERY STORE TO COME OVER THERE, BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY NEIGHBORS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH IS A HIGH INCOME AREA NEXT DOOR TO CEDAR HILL, WHICH IS A HIGH INCOME AREA.

AND THEN THIS AREA IS A HIGH INCOME AREA. AND THEN DUNCANVILLE IS A HIGH INCOME AREA.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING QUALITY GROCERY STORES THERE.

THIS TYPE OF, I'M GOING TO SAY LACK OF PLANNING.

AGAIN, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE PLACEMENT AND WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AND THE POTENTIAL.

I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I'M DENYING THIS IS BECAUSE SOUTHERN DALLAS IS NOT GETTING THE FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE ITS POTENTIAL.

DISTRICT THREE I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE HERE HAS ALREADY LAID OUT A PLAN FOR HIS DISTRICT.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LAYING OUT OUR PLAN FOR OUR DISTRICT, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR OUR PLAN, SO THAT DEVELOPERS AND BANKS CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY IS AND STOP LOOKING AT IT AS JUST,

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OH, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

WE'VE SAID IT. WE'VE PROVEN IT. ANYTIME YOU BRING ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, WE MAKE IT THE NUMBER ONE PERFORMING STORE OR LOCATION IN TEXAS.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE READY FOR MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT.

GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND STOP SPRINGING THESE DEVELOPMENTS ON AND AGAIN, HAVE NOTHING AGAINST IT.

DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. TO BE QUITE HONEST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

I JUST KNOW IT'S 74 UNITS. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT AND PLANS ANYTHING.

IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO A LIBRARY, RIGHT NEXT TO A A LITTLE POND AND ANY OTHER COMMUNITY THAT'S QUALITY REAL ESTATE FOR A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SORT, NOT LOW INCOME. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT US TO BE THOUGHTFUL AS WE GO AND TRY TO EXECUTE THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE, NOT DISAGREEING WITH IT, BUT AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY HASN'T HAD ENOUGH RUNWAY TO TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO KNOW IF IT WOULD BE SOMETHING EVEN WORTH ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEREFORE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DENY IT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU ALL. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM 12. A MOTION TO DENY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I KNOW CHAIRMAN GRACEY IS VERY THOUGHTFUL THROUGHOUT HIS DISTRICT ON.

AND YOU'VE HAD YOUR SHARE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT SINCE WELL BEFORE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, TOO. SO I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE, AND BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE 9% DEALS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY, AND THAT THEY THEY REALLY PROVIDE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE NEED IN, IN CASES.

AND I CAN'T IMAGINE STAFF WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THIS WITHOUT SOME JUSTIFICATION.

SO JUST TO EDUCATE MYSELF, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM STAFF ON WHY THEY THINK THIS IS VIABLE.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE AS WELL. LET'S TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I WAS GOING TO BE QUIET TODAY. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.

WHEN AN APPLICATION FOR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT COMES IN, THEY ARE APPLYING TO MEET THE CRITERIA UNDER THE QUALIFIED ACTION PLAN TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. WE REVIEW IT AS A FAIR HOUSING ASSESSMENT, SO WE LOOK AT IT FROM ITS PLACEMENT, ITS PROXIMITY TO OTHER HIGH TECH PROJECTS, THE POVERTY RATE IN THE AREA AND OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS MEANS THAT MET ALL TECHNICAL CRITERIA, THAT IT WAS NOT IN A HIGH POVERTY AREA.

IT HAD A LOW POSITIVE FAIR HOUSING ASSESSMENT.

THEREFORE MEETS THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA TO MOVE THEIR APPLICATION FORWARD.

THE PROJECT ITSELF IS NOT IN FULL DESIGN BECAUSE IT'S VERY EARLY IN ITS DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS STEP ALLOWS THEM TO SUBMIT FOR THEIR TAX CREDIT APPLICATION.

THE STATE WILL ONLY AWARD AROUND 23 ACROSS THE STATE THIS YEAR.

MOST OF THE NINE PROJECTS WILL FALL OUT ACROSS THE STATE.

AND SO OUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR WAS JUST TO THAT IT MET TECHNICAL CRITERIA TO APPLY FOR SUPPORT.

IS IS THIS REPLACING EXISTING STOCK OR IS IT BRAND NEW? THIS WOULD BE NEW CONSTRUCTION. NEW CONSTRUCTION. OKAY.

HOW DO YOU HOW DOES THE DEPARTMENT FEEL THIS WOULD RANK ON ON THE STATE LEVEL? IS THIS ONE THAT YOU THINK IS KIND OF LIKE A LONG SHOT, OR DO YOU SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VIABLE COMPETING AGAINST THE OTHER 9% ACROSS THE STATE? I THINK EVERY DEVELOPMENT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.

BUT FRANKLY, I HAVEN'T NOT REVIEWED ALL THE OTHER APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, SO I CAN'T REALLY DETERMINE ITS EARLY ANALYSIS AND WHERE IT MIGHT RANK.

HOW MANY TOTAL 9% APPLICATIONS DO WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY? ACROSS THE CITY IS THE NINE THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING. WE HAVE NINE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

IF THIS ONE FAILS, EIGHT OTHER. YES. WHAT'S THAT? EIGHT. OTHER 8 OR 9 IF THIS ONE FAILS. OKAY. WHAT TYPE OF AND THIS WAS A VERY VALID CONCERN MY COLLEAGUE BROUGHT UP LIKE THE NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

HOW IS THE COMMUNITY NOTIFIED OF THESE THESE FILINGS? COMMUNITY IS TYPICALLY NOT NOTIFIED IN TERMS OF A BROADER COMMUNITY APPLICATION.

IN TERMS OF THE 9% APPLICATIONS, STAFF DO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL OFFICES TO MAKE THEM AWARE THAT AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE MORE ROBUST ENGAGEMENT OR OPPORTUNITY DEPENDING ON WHEN.

WE HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THESE PROJECTS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MISS BLAIR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. CHAIR GRACEY. I, TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR DENIAL.

I REPRESENT I REPRESENT AN AREA IN THE CITY. JUST JUST AS YOU DO, THAT HAS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH, HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE MARKET RATE AND IS IN NEED OF MORE MARKET RATE HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S MULTIFAMILY OR

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SINGLE FAMILY. WE IN BOTH CHAIR GRACEY AND I AS CPC REPS.

TOGETHER WE WORKED ON CASES TOGETHER WHERE WE BEGAN LOOKING AT WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS COMING.

OUR DISTRICTS ALWAYS GOT THOSE AT 30%, 50% AND 60%, WHILE OTHER AREAS GOT 95%, 98% MARKET RATE AND 2% AFFORDABILITY. WE CANNOT BALANCE THE INEQUITIES THAT WE ALWAYS HEAR.

THE TALE OF TWO CITIES WHERE THE WHERE THE NORTH DOES 85% OF THE TAX BASE, AND THE SOUTH ONLY DOES 15%.

IF WE KEEP GIVING THE TAX BASE AWAY. WELL, I HAVE A CASE THAT LATER ON TODAY THAT I WILL BE FOLLOWING IN STEP WITH CHAIR GRACEY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE VISION FOR THE DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN SET FORTH BY OUR STOCKHOLDERS. SO I TOO WILL BE SUPPORTING YOU AND I TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING, BECAUSE, YES, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THE AND ANOTHER DISTRICT HERE HAVE BEEN DOING THE LION'S SHARE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GIVING AWAY THE TAX BASE THAT A FEW OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT APPRECIATE.

SO I TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BAZALDUA, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S KIND OF, I GUESS, LOW HANGING FRUIT TO SEE A PROJECT COME IN.

YOU COULD EASILY SEE SOME DIRT TURN. BUT YOU COULD ALSO BE DOING THAT AND PERPETUATING HISTORY OF OF UNSAVORY ACTIONS OF OUR CITY. I'M LONGING FOR THE DAY THAT OUR CITY IS NOT AS STARKLY.

DESPAIRED IN SOCIOECONOMICS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE BEST USE FOR THAT.

I WAS REALLY BITING MY TONGUE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU STOOD ON IT.

I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR YOUR MOTION COME FORWARD WITH A DENIAL.

SPECIFICALLY, I THINK THESE NINE PERCENTS ARE EYE OPENING.

I THINK THAT WHEN WE SEE A SLEW OF THEM COME INTO A SPECIFIC AREA, IT TELLS US THAT THIS IS THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE AN ABILITY FOR DEVELOPERS TO MAXIMIZE THE MOST AMOUNT OF PROFIT THAT THEY CAN.

THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS IS. I THINK THAT THESE TAX CREDITS ARE DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR PROJECTS THAT CAN'T NECESSARILY PENCIL OUT TO BE MADE AFFORDABLE FOR DEVELOPERS, IN PLACES WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MOST NEEDED.

NOT TO LOOK AT WHERE THE CHEAPEST DIRT IN OUR CITY IS, AND TO MAKE THE MOST BUCK THAT THEY CAN ON A PROJECT.

SO IF ANY, IF ANY MESSAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FROM A DENIAL LIKE THIS, IT'S TO STOP MESSING WITH SOUTHERN DALLAS. STOP MESSING WITH THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF OUR CITY.

START BEING A PARTNER IN OUR CITY AND HELPING US GROW TO A PLACE THAT PROMOTES THE SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY THAT'S GOING TO REALLY PUSH OUR COMMUNITIES FORWARD MORE 9% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS IS NOT BRINGING US ANY MORE GROCERY STORES.

YOU'RE NOT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE HELPING YOUR OWN PROFIT.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTH TO LOOK AT THAT NOW, THERE ARE MANY PLACES OF LAND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR CITY THAT THESE DEVELOPERS COULD LOOK AT, MAYBE MAKING A LITTLE BIT LESS PROFIT, BUT THAT'S THE POINT OF THAT STATE.

9% CREDIT IS TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO PENCIL THESE DEALS OUT IN PLACES THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE AFFORDABILITY.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I HOPE THE MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR TO THE APPLICANT IF THEY'RE HERE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WHO CONTINUES TO TRY TO PREY ON SOUTHERN DALLAS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN JOHNSON, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES WITHOUT REPEATING EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE ARE SO MANY DEFINITIONS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I SAID THIS YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS IN THE HOUSING HOMELESS COMMITTEE.

MY COMMUNITY WILL TELL YOU AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN AFFORD. AND SO WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS AND THEN PREPARE THEM AND EDUCATE THEM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT A DUMPING GROUND FOR LOW INCOME THAT BRINGS MORE VIOLENCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE SEEN IT. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AND I'LL END WITH THIS STATEMENT. SOUTHERN DALLAS IS READY FOR GROWTH.

SOUTHERN DALLAS IS READY FOR GROWTH. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY,

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YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. COULD MR. ERICKSON COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE? I MEAN, I HEARD IT.

IT WAS DEEP IN THERE. MR. ERICKSON. DO YOU LIKE TECH PROJECTS? REMAIN LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAX? IT WOULD DEPEND ON YES, THEY DO.

UNLESS THEY COME BACK WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PFC OR HFC.

OKAY, SO SINCE WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING PROPERTY TAX TO THE CITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT WOULD THE UNIT BREAKDOWN HAVE TO BE HERE IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE VERSUS MARKET RATE UNITS? SO UNDER THE 9% PROGRAM, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE UNDER 80%, AMI MAJORITY OF THEM ARE UNDER 60%.

THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR HAS EIGHT UNITS AT UNDER 30%, AMI 31 UNITS BETWEEN 30 AND 50% AMI AND 35 UNITS BETWEEN 51 AND 60% AMI FOR THE TOTAL OF 74 UNITS WITH 45 ONE BEDROOMS AND 29 TWO BEDROOMS. AND WHY DO DEVELOPERS APPLY FOR THIS KIND OF INCENTIVE UNDER THE LATEX PROJECT? WOULD THIS PROJECT BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE WITHOUT THAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE? MOST DEVELOPERS WILL APPLY FOR THIS. EITHER THEY'RE IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT, OR SOME WILL TURN TO APPLYING FOR TAX CREDITS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT SOURCED PROPER DEBT AND EQUITY THROUGH TRADITIONAL SOURCES.

AND SO THEY APPLY FOR TAX CREDITS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THAT TYPE OF REVENUE THAT'S NEEDED.

AND WHAT DUE DILIGENCE DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT DO IN LOOKING AT THE FINANCE ABILITY OF A PROJECT OF THIS SORT? AT THIS STAGE, WE DON'T PROVIDE ANY ANALYSIS FOR UNDERWRITING BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS SO PRELIMINARY.

IT'S ONLY AT TYPICALLY A 30% DESIGN PHASE. SO IF AWARDED, THEY WOULD MOVE INTO THE FULL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, THE FULL PROFORMA PACKAGE. AND IF THEY CAME BACK TO US FOR ANY GAP INCENTIVES, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD DO A FULL UNDERWRITE ON IT TO DETERMINE ANY ADDITIONAL CITY SUBSIDIES THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED OR REQUESTED. SO WITH THIS PROJECT, IF IT WERE APPROVED BY THE CA, COME BACK TO THIS BODY FOR FUTURE APPROVALS. IT VERY WELL COULD IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES OR GAP SUBSIDY THAT THEY NEED TO SECURE THE GAP ON A PROJECT, BUT AT THIS STAGE, IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHICH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS MIGHT COME BACK TO THE CITY FOR ANY TYPE OF INCENTIVE. AND IS THERE ANY GUARANTEE THAT THE CA WILL APPROVE THIS PROJECT.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YOU CAN STAY. THANK YOU FOR RAISING THIS SO WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOUSING AT ALL PRICE POINTS IN DALLAS, BECAUSE CREATING INVENTORY ALLOWS THE MARKET TO MOVE AND SOME PEOPLE TO MOVE UP OR SCALE DOWN AND BREATHE AS A CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO.

SO I'M A LITTLE TROUBLED BY THE LANGUAGE, WHICH I HATE THE WAY THIS PROGRAM WAS NAMED, BECAUSE IT JUST KNEECAPS IT AS IT WALKS INTO COMMUNITIES.

WHEN YOU SAY LOW INCOME, AND I KNOW THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO CHANGE IT TO ATTAINABLE HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WHICH I THINK IS MORE FRIENDLY AND ACCURATE. BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.

IS SENIOR HOUSING EXCLUSIVELY SENIOR HOUSING, 74 UNITS.

THIS ONE IS NOT DEDICATED TO SENIOR HOUSING. OH, IT IS NOT.

OKAY. SO THIS HAS FLEXIBILITY TO HOUSE ANYONE.

THIS ONE IS PURELY BASED ON INCOME OF HOUSEHOLD.

OKAY. THEN A DIFFERENT QUESTION I WOULD HAVE THAT IS MORE ABOUT CITY LIABILITY, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION IS IF THIS MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA. AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN SUED BEFORE IF WE DENY AN APPLICATION AT THIS STAGE, DOES THAT OPEN THE CITY UP FOR ANY LIABILITY? I'M SORRY. I SHOULD BE LOOKING THIS WAY. I MEAN, I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THIS WAY.

THESE ARE TECHNICAL CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE PASSED.

AND IF THE CITY DOES NOT WANT TO DO THIS, THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, IT'S STILL WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW NOT TO.

WELL, OF COURSE, IT'S UNDER OUR PURVIEW NOT TO GET YOUR.

BUT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, EVEN IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.

IT'S NOT A MINISTERIAL FUNCTION. WE CAN STILL.

OKAY, SO BUT THEY COULD STILL TAKE ACTION BECAUSE THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.

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I'M JUST TRYING TO COMB THROUGH, SO I UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WHAT THEIR CAUSE OF ACTION MIGHT BE AGAINST THE CITY, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING TO US FOR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, AND THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THERE WAS ACTUALLY A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION AT THE HOUSING COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, AND I REALLY RECOMMEND EVERYBODY GO AND WATCH IT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES ARE ON THE TOPIC OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEIR DISTRICTS. AND I WILL SAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WHICH I HOPE YOU HAVE, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHOW IT TO YOU, THE STAR BEING THE PROJECT.

YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE HERE, AND THIS LAND ACTUALLY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SO FABULOUS.

I MEAN, EXTREMELY DESIRABLE HOUSING. THE PROPOSED USE IS ALMOST HALF THE UNITS AT A VERY LOW INCOME.

AND THEN THE OTHER HALF THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE MARKET IN THERE.

IS ALSO VERY AFFORDABLE. AND WE NEED THAT HOUSING.

I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WE NEED THAT HOUSING AND IT'S NEW UNITS OF THAT HOUSING.

BUT THAT SAID, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING FABULOUS AND UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE LAKE LIKE THIS IS REASON TO DENY.

AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO LISTEN TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE REPRESENTING THE AREA AND THEIR VISION FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

WE HAVE LISTENED FOR MANY YEARS ABOUT WHAT SOUTHERN DALLAS WISHES TO BECOME, AND WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY IN DIFFERENT AREAS. THAT'S REAL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME OF THE CONVERSATION OF EQUALLY DISTRIBUTING PROJECTS IS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE OUR CITY DID NOT DEVELOP EQUALLY. AND WHEN YOU HAVE FULLY DEVELOPED AREAS IN NORTH DALLAS, THERE IS NOT ROOM TO ADD NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

THERE'S A REASON WHY DISTRICT 12 IS ALMOST NEVER ON THE THE ZONING AGENDA, BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE 80S.

IT WAS FILLED WITH DISTRICT 12. IT WAS JAM PACKED WITH DISTRICT 12 AS APARTMENT AFTER APARTMENT AFTER APARTMENT WAS BUILT.

SAME FOR TEN UNIT AFTER UNIT. SO I WILL SAY THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD LIGHT TECH PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.

BUT THESE WILL NOT IMPACT THE TODAY REVENUE IF THIS GETS BUILT.

THESE ARE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS. HOWEVER, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE GROWTH OF THAT PROPERTY, THE INCOMES OF HIGHER EARNING RESIDENTS IS REAL.

IF THIS BECAME A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT. SO I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AND I AND I WOULD SAY TO CITY MANAGER AND CERTAINLY THOR, YOU SAW THIS YESTERDAY THAT I DO THINK THERE'S A SHIFT ON THE COUNCIL AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AND HOW WE HAVE SHIFTED FROM A RENTAL AT 45% TO NOW RENTAL AT 60%.

HOW WE HAVE A CHANGING CITY IN TERMS OF HOUSING.

AND THAT MIGHT NEED A BROADER CONVERSATION THAN JUST THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

BUT I THINK YOU HEAR IT IN THIS CONVERSATION.

YOU DEFINITELY COULD HEAR THAT CHANGE IN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY AT THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

AND AGAIN, I THANK EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP. SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY ON THIS, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE WE MAY NEED TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION OF WHAT ARE THE GOALS.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT WE NEED STRONGER INVESTMENT IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.

WE NEED THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND I'LL JUST MAKE THIS PITCH THAT IF THE MAVERICKS WENT TO VALLEY VIEW, YOU WOULD HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THAT MALL TIF.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WILL BE SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACIE'S MOTION. I BELIEVE NO ONE KNOWS HIS DISTRICT BETTER THAN HE DOES.

HE KNOWS WHAT HIS COMMUNITY WANTS. HE HAS A VISION FOR FOR THE DISTRICT.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IS CAN THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD EVEN WITHOUT A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS? NO. OKAY. AND TYPICALLY, HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO THOSE LETTERS OF THE 4% AND 9% GO OUT

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TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REVIEW? SO THE 9% APPLICATIONS ARE DUE EVERY YEAR BY DECEMBER 31ST.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM THROUGH THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

WE'RE DOING ALL OF OUR FAIR HOUSING ASSESSMENTS AND GETTING EVERYTHING PACKAGED UP FOR COMMITTEE. SO DURING THAT MONTH, STAFF STARTS TO INITIATE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT A PROJECT HAS COME IN IN THOSE DISTRICTS.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S YES, THERE'S THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO THE CRITERIA OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS AND PUTTING THAT WORK IN EARLY TO YIELD THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET. AND I THINK THIS IS A MESSAGE TO, TO ALL OUR DEVELOPERS AND APPLICANTS HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT, ONE, THERE'S BUY IN TO ENSURE THAT IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT VISION FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

AND SO, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS ASKED FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT TO NOT MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL LISTEN TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS WITH, WITH THE PROJECT AND LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM.

THANK YOU. NOT SO FAST. CHAIRMAN GRACEY RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. I'M NOT AGAINST LOW INCOME.

I'M A PRODUCT OF IT. SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE, I KEEP SAYING, AND YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IS THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN FOR MISSED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.

AND THAT'S ALL THIS IS ABOUT. AND AGAIN, TO THE MESSAGE TO THE BANKERS, TO THE DEVELOPERS TO ALL THAT ARE LOOKING IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, MY COLLEAGUE HAS SAID IT'S SOUTHERN DALLAS IS READY TO DO REAL BUSINESS.

AND IF, QUITE HONESTLY, IF YOU'RE STILL LOOKING WITH THAT PERCEPTION OF OF IT'S ALL LOW INCOME AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY, THEN QUITE HONESTLY, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.

SO THIS IS THAT MESSAGE TO SAY SEE THE VISION.

SHARE THAT VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS FOR THE PLACES THAT THEY'VE LIVED IN FOR YEARS AND HELP US BUILD THAT.

PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU ALL TO YOUR FOR SUPPORTING THIS.

BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST SOME OTHER ASSETS THAT ARE AROUND THIS AREA.

YOU HAVE A PRAYER MOUNTAIN WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

YOU HAVE 280 ACRES IN BIG CEDARS THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN.

YOU HAVE CEDAR RIDGE NATURE PRESERVE THAT IS PACKED OUT EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

ALL OF THIS WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS, BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE BIKERS BIKING UP AND DOWN.

1382 CAMP WISDOM. ONCE IT GETS FIXED, MOUNTAIN CREEK, ONCE IT GETS FIXED ALL DAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S MISSING? ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

PLACES FOR BIKERS TO MEET UP, PLACES FOR RESTAURANTS TO MEET AFTER THEY FINISH HIKING.

ALL OF THESE THINGS. WE HAVE THE RESIDENTS. WE HAVE THE ROOFTOPS AGAIN.

SEE WHAT WE SEE AND STOP OFFERING WHAT YOU THINK WE ACTUALLY YOU'RE OFFERING WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD VERSUS WE'RE SAYING IF YOU INVEST IN US, THE RETURN WILL BE MUCH GREATER. THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING ME.

CHAIRMAN WEST RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. STAFF, COME UP HERE ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME. SO I KNOW, LIKE OUR DISTRICTS ALL HAVE VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT POVERTY RATES.

AND I KNOW DISTRICT THREE HAS THEIR SHARE. CERTAINLY MORE SO THAN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY.

WHAT'S THE POVERTY RATE OF THIS CENSUS TRACT THAT THIS IS PROPOSED FOR? THIS CENSUS TRACT IS 3.7%. POVERTY RATE IS 3.7.

WHAT'S THE AVERAGE POVERTY RATE ACROSS THE CITY? I DON'T HAVE AN AVERAGE ACROSS THE CITY, BUT HOUSING SCREENS, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, AT THE 20% POVERTY RATE BASED UPON OUR OUR HOUSING POLICY DECISIONS.

AND SO ONCE A PROJECT IS IN AN AREA WITH GREATER THAN 20%, WE FLAGGED THAT FOR CONCERN.

WHAT IS IS THREE. IS THE 3.7% CONSIDERED A HIGH OR LOW POVERTY RATE FOR STAFF TO CONSIDER? IT'S A LOW POVERTY RATE. OKAY. WHAT ARE THE THE INCOME LEVELS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS HOUSING? THE INCOME LEVELS HERE WOULD BE DEDICATED TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS UNDER 60% AMI.

SO A FAMILY OF FOUR IS RIGHT AROUND THAT 50 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS MARK.

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SO IT'S IT'S DESIGNATED TYPICALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT MAKE AROUND 50,000 A YEAR AND LOWER BECAUSE THERE'S SOME UNITS DEDICATED TO LESS THAN 30% AS WELL.

ARE THERE UNITS THAT HAVE TWO BEDROOM OR THREE BEDROOM THAT ARE CONTEMPLATED FOR THIS THAT MIGHT BE IDEAL FOR FAMILIES? THIS ONE HAS 29 TWO BEDROOM AND 45 ONE BEDROOM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE COLLEAGUES SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO QUOTE THIS ONE, ACTUALLY, THAT THIS IS A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING UNIQUE HERE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE.

IT'S GOT A LIBRARY AND THAT ALONE IS REASON TO DENY THIS CASE.

I MEAN, I THINK PEOPLE OF ALL INCOME LEVELS DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN GOOD PLACES.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A LITTLE CRAZY. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THIS, I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT THE NARRATIVE IS CHANGING ON THIS COUNCIL, AND IT'S GOING IN A REALLY CONCERNING DIRECTION AWAY FROM PROVIDING THE RENTAL UNITS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED IN THIS CITY.

SEIPPEL HAS BEEN VERY SPECIFIC THAT IF WE DO NOT BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY, WE ARE GOING TO NOT MEET THE DEMAND AND WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE NEED TO BRING THE CORPORATIONS INTO DALLAS BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE.

SO FROM MY MY PERSPECTIVE HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF LOW INCOME IN THE SOUTH.

IT'S WE'VE GOT TO USE DATA TO DECIDE WHEN WE APPROVE OR DENY THOSE CASES.

IF IT'S IN A NEGATIVE POVERTY TRACT, THAT'S WHEN WE DENY IT.

IF IT'S IN A HIGH INCOME AREA WITH LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES LIKE LAKES AND PARKS, WHY SHOULD WE NOT GIVE OUR WORKFORCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE WHERE PEOPLE MAKING 100, 150,000 COULD AFFORD TO LIVE? WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY BY SUPPORTING TAX CREDITS, BY SUPPORTING AFFORDABILITY.

IF WE DON'T DO IT, DEVELOPERS AREN'T GOING TO JUST GIVE AWAY THESE UNITS TO THESE PEOPLE.

SO. I WANT TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE ON THIS. I AM GOING TO BE A NO VOTE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE DENIED ANYWAY.

BUT I'M GOING TO BE A NO FOR THE DENIAL. AND THAT'S MY THOUGHT ON THIS.

THANKS. LET'S SEE HERE. MR. BAZALDUA RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THOR. DON'T GO TOO FAR. YES. SO, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW CENSUS TRACKS ARE DETERMINED? GENERALLY, YES. OKAY. I'M JUST. I THINK THE POINT WAS MADE THAT FAILS TO TO TO ARTICULATE REALLY WHAT CENSUS TRACKS ARE.

THEY'RE JUST ARBITRARY LINES THAT ARE MADE UP OF, OF POPULATION.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS ANY CONTEXT BY MY COLLEAGUE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO LOOK AT WHAT ADJACENT CENSUS TRACKS AND THE CONCENTRATIONS THAT EXIST.

I ALSO THINK IT'S VERY TELLING HERE. WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT COMMENTS, THERE IS A PERSPECTIVE PROVIDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WHO HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY IN THEIR DISTRICTS. AND THAT IS VERY GLARING ON YOUR APPROACH TO WANTING TO SHOVE THESE DOWN OUR THROATS WHO HAVE.

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY PRIORITIZE AND EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT EACH ONE OF US ARE REPRESENTING A UNIQUE CONSTITUENCY. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYONE AROUND HERE KNOWS OUR UNIQUE CONSTITUENCIES BETTER THAN OURSELVES.

WHEN WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE NEED FOR THERE TO BE SOMETHING BETTER.

THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. THERE'S A THERE'S CONTEXT THAT GOES BEYOND JUST LOOKING AT DATA.

DATA DOESN'T TELL US EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

AND I JUST I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY TELLING TO SEE WHERE THOSE PERSPECTIVES DIFFER HERE ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL, I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IT'S JUST DISINGENUOUS.

MR. MAYOR TO HAVE THE NOTION THAT THE ONLY TOOL WE HAVE IS THIS.

SO A DENIAL HERE IS NOT DENYING, JUST AS MY COLLEAGUE WHO REPRESENTS THIS AREA SAID, IS NOT DENYING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IN FACT, A 9% PROJECT COULD EASILY BE A 4% PROJECT THAT HAS A DIFFERENT INCOME MIX.

WE KNOW IN HEARING SOME OF THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUE, MR. WEST ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THAT HE'S BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER IN FCS, WHERE WE HAVE PROMOTED 50% OF MARKET RATE AND REALLY HONED IN ON WHAT A MIXED INCOME MODEL CAN LOOK LIKE THAT STILL PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LIVE BY THE LAKE, NEXT TO PEOPLE THAT MAKE $150,000, AS IT WAS JUST MENTIONED TO, TO TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE ONLY ROUTE TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IS A REALLY

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CLOSE MINDED WAY. IN FACT, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE CLOSED MINDEDNESS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY, THAT HAVE PERPETUATED THE CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY FOR THOSE OF US WHO DO.

SO I BELIEVE THAT AGAIN IN MY FIRST REMARKS THAT THIS IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND KNOWING YOUR CONSTITUENCY.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF THAT PLACE AND SEEING THAT WE FINALLY HAVE A BLANK CANVAS WHERE WE CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF WHAT SOUTHERN DALLAS LOOKS LIKE, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO PERPETUATE AND END UP HAVING HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MISS. MISS BLAIR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

LET ME SAY THIS. I LOOK AT DATA AS A PLACE OF TRENDING.

IT CAN BE FLAWED. IT CAN BE MISREPRESENTED BECAUSE IT'S JUST BASIC NUMBERS.

I PULLED DATA ON A REGULAR BASIS TO SEE WHAT TRENDS ARE HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT, AND WHERE I NEED TO GO TO BETTER SUPPORT THE THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO GO.

SO I USE THE DATA. I BELIEVE IN DATA IS THE FIRST STEP.

I ALSO LOOK AT COLLABORATION. I TALK TO STAFF.

I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THOR AND AND JAMES WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DISCUSSING THESE, THESE MATTERS AND HOW I WANT MY DISTRICT TO LOOK AND WHAT MY CITIZENS, WHAT THE CITIZENS IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS LOOKING FOR.

I ALSO COLLABORATE WITH DEVELOPERS. THEY KNOW YOU.

COME TALK TO ME FIRST BEFORE YOU WASTE A LOT OF TIME.

SO IF YOU COME AND TALK, YOU CAN BE A PARTNER IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND NOT AN ADVERSARIAL POSITION WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DEVELOPING.

I WILL TELL YOU UP FRONT WHAT WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.

SO IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S THE WHAT I'M HEARING.

THAT WAS NOT DONE HERE. SO SO THE THAT NOT ONLY DID THE THE COUNCIL MEMBER BUT THE DISTRICT DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? I KNOW THIS AREA QUITE WELL.

I USED TO LIVE NOT FAR FROM IT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOU HAVE YOU HAVE URBANISM THAT SPURS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL GIVE YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, THAT WILL GIVE YOU RESIDENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE GROWTH ORIENTED AND THAT WILL PROVIDE THE STABILITY AND THE SERVICES THAT WE ALL WANT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

SO SAYING THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE MAY NOT BE ACCURATE IF IT'S NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR AND OR WHAT ELSE IS AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY.

FIVE MILES FROM HERE, YOU MAY HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T YOU YOU DON'T WANT OR YOU WANT AFFORDABILITY AND THIS IS NOT IT.

SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN GRACEY. I WILL SUPPORT COUNCILMAN GRACEY.

AND I WILL SAY WE NEED TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE AND WE NEED TO HEAR NOT JUST FROM NUMBERS, BUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS REALLY MEAN. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. IF I SEE ANYONE ELSE, I'M GOING BACK TO CHAIRMAN GRACEY FOR ONE MINUTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND LAST THING, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, I HAVE TO KEEP REITERATING IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING AGAINST IT, BUT FROM A SOLUTIONS PERSPECTIVE.

I'VE MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I'VE GOTTEN RESISTANCE EACH TIME.

I'VE DONE THAT FOR DISTRICT THREE. PERHAPS IT CAN WORK IN A LOT OF OTHER SOUTHERN DISTRICTS, BUT ONE SOLUTION WOULD BE BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY SO MANY LOW INCOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE AGED OUT, AND THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE. HELP ME CONVERT THOSE TO CONDOS FOR SALE.

OH WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. THAT WE GOT THIS, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS. AND IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY, THEN LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE THAT'S AN AFFORDABLE SOLUTION. THOSE CAN STILL REMAIN AFFORDABLE THERE AND IT CAN BE OWNERSHIP.

SO HELP ME CONVERT SOME OF THOSE AGING LOW INCOMES TO CONDOS FOR SALE.

THEN NOW I CAN INCORPORATE NEW LOW INCOME PROJECTS INTO THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST MORE LOW INCOME ON TOP OF LOW INCOME.

THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NORTH, WHERE IT'S BUILT OUT, IS CONVERTING SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING LOW INCOME TO.

LOW INCOME PROJECTS. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING FOR THE THE

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VARIOUS COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD AROUND THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO THINK THROUGH AS WE LOOK AT PROVIDING, I WOULD SAY, HOUSING, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING AND THE DIFFERENT BANDS OF INCOME HOUSING THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S GROWTH.

I DO BELIEVE THAT AS WE GO INTO THIS NEXT SEASON, THAT I THINK THE CONVERSATION REALLY DOES NEED TO START WITH.

I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN JUST MENTIONED A BROADER CONVERSATION.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. STAFF IS LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE HEARD BOTH IN THE PAST AND BRINGING YOU THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE ALLOW FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE ALIGNMENTS WITH WHAT OUR HOUSING GOALS ARE.

IF IT IS TIME FOR A REFRESH AND A RENEWED FOCUS ON HOW WE DO THAT FROM A GEOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT AND HOW WE LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS AND THOSE THOSE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, CHARACTERISTICS, WE ARE WILLING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE.

WE DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU THINGS THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT.

I THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME, AND WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE CITY COUNCIL'S TIME.

SO WE WILL BEGIN TO WORK ON A BROADER RELOOK AT THE CURRENT POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING UNDER AND THEN BRING A BROADER CONVERSATION TO THIS BODY SO WE CAN GET BETTER GUIDANCE, BETTER DIRECTION, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THIS MORNING FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE MANAGER FOR HAVING HEARD THAT CALL.

THE FRAMEWORK IS ACTUALLY WHAT WAS THE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY.

AND I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE THING IN THERE. AND I HAD SUGGESTIONS, AS DID MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS CHAIRMAN JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THAT AS WELL. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE OCCASIONALLY BEEN HANDLED AT THE CITY.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN A RETREAT. I ONLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ON THE RECORD.

I WANT IT RECORDED WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS.

I THINK THAT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN TRANSPARENCY.

AND PART OF THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, BUT THIS WOULD BE A FABULOUS ITEM THAT I AM ENCOURAGING YOU TO TAKE FROM HOUSING TO PUT AS A FULL COUNCIL BRIEFING. AS OUR RECOMMENDATION SOLIDIFIES, MEANING I DO THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO BACK AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. AND IF THEY'RE READY TO BRING IT TO FULL COUNCIL, GREAT.

THAT NEEDS TO COME TO THE COMMITTEE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER REDO BEFORE IT COMES.

BUT I DO THINK THIS IS SO ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITY THAT IT ACTUALLY NEEDS A FULL COUNCIL BRIEFING, IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION TO DENY BY CHAIRMAN GRACEY ON AGENDA ITEM 12 SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT NOTED.

MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 14. ITEM 14.

[14. Authorize the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to (1) acquire, develop, and own Mockingbird Corner, a mixed-income, multifamily development to be located at 1241 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75247 (Project); and (2) enter into a seventy-five-year lease agreement with GHN Holdings, LLC or its affiliate, for the development of the Project - Estimated Revenue Foregone: General Fund: $6,174,833.65 (see Fiscal Information) *In alignment with Dallas Housing Resource Catalog.]

AUTHORIZE THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION TO ONE.

ACQUIRE, DEVELOP AND OWN MOCKINGBIRD CORNER, A MIXED INCOME MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED AT 1241 WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75247 PROJECT AND TO ENTER INTO A 75 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GAGE HOLDINGS LLC, OR ITS AFFILIATE, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

YOU DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

HUNT. NOR.

MAYOR. COUNCIL. MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS HUNT.

I AM WITH THE APPLICANT HERE, AND TODAY I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT A PFC HOUSING PROJECT FOR CLASS A NEW CONSTRUCTION MIXED INCOME HOUSING. THE LOCATION IS IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND THE LOVE FIELD AIRPORT SUBMARKET.

IT IS HOME TO THE THREE LARGEST CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYERS THAT ARE NOT THE CITY OF DALLAS ITSELF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, PARKLAND HOSPITAL, AND UT SOUTHWESTERN. THE EMPLOYMENT BASE OF THIS DISTRICT ALIGNS WITH THE MISSING MIDDLE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS PROVIDED BY THE PFC. DESPITE THE JOB BASE, THIS CENSUS TRACT HAS A HOUSING CRISIS WITH ONLY JUST OVER 1000 HOUSING UNITS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE CENSUS TRACT IS AGING. 1970S AND 1980S OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT VACANCY.

THE CENSUS TRACT IS LABELED A POVERTY CENSUS TRACT AT 22% PLUS POVERTY INCOME LEVELS, WHICH THE PFC MODEL HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A FIT FOR. THIS PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WOULD INCREASE THE HOUSING STOCK BY THE CENSUS TRACT BY NEARLY 30%.

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THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE 2017.

NINE YEARS IT'S BEEN SITTING VACANT. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOT PAID PROPERTY TAX IN THREE YEARS.

IN MEETING WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, HE ADVISED THIS AREA AREA NEEDED TO BE ELEVATED AND NEEDED A CATALYST WITH CLASS A NEW CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT. ADDITIONALLY, HE DIRECTED US TO MEET WITH LOVE FIELD WEST LOVE FIELD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHO HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

FINALLY, ACCORDING TO THE CITY PRODUCED MEMO FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE HHS BOARD, THE PFC PROJECT WOULD INCREASE CITY REVENUES, NOT DECREASE TO THE TUNE OF FIVE X THE REVENUES OVER THE LEASE PERIOD BECAUSE THE LAND IS VACANT AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO SIT VACANT.

THIS CLASS, A NEW CONSTRUCTION HOUSING PROJECT THAT WILL INCLUDE BOTH MARKET RATE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING, WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED HOUSING STOCK AND REVITALIZATION TO THE STRUGGLING CORRIDOR.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

MR. MAYOR. AND ALSO THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, SINCE YOU PULLED IT? YES. MY INTENTION IS ACTUALLY NOT TO MAKE COMMENTS. MY COLLEAGUE, CHAIRMAN WEST AND I HAVE AGREED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REFER YOU TO A PLETHORA OF DEBATES WE'VE HAD ON THIS EXACT TOPIC, BUT IT WAS MY INTENTION TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AGAINST A PSC.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING THE THE DEVELOPER AND THE APPLICANT FOR HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH MY OFFICE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AGAIN, AS AS NOTED EARLIER TO OUR TO OUR DEVELOPERS FRIENDS, PLEASE MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S JUST GOES A LOT SMOOTHER. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR FOR NINE YEARS.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR A LAKE OF OURSELVES THERE.

THAT IS A POND UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE THAT IS BEEN HOLDING WATER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN A AN EYESORE AND A HEALTH HAZARD.

AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE RATIFIED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS A CLASS A PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BRING IN 275 UNITS.

IT'S GOING TO BE OFFERING THE AMENITIES THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR TO BE ABLE TO CALL HOME.

IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE SIMMONS CORRIDOR AT MOCKINGBIRD.

THERE IS NO ADJACENCY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

IT'S ACTUALLY AN AREA OF DALLAS THAT NEEDS A LITTLE UPLIFT.

IT'S AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE IS A LOT OF WAREHOUSES, THERE'S A LOT OF OFFICE SPACE, BUT THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS SOME ACROSS THE HIGHWAY HERE.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A CATALYST TO STIR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT. EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE PROJECTS WORK IN EVERY IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT FOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I'M GOING TO BE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

AGAIN, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT'S GOING TO BRING IN MIXED INCOME.

AND SO I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

COULD WE HAVE STAFF COME FORWARD FOR QUESTIONS? SO, MR. ERICKSON, I WAS INTRIGUED BY THE STATEMENT OF THE APPLICANT THAT THIS PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY RETURN A NET POSITIVE TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF REVENUE. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I'D ACTUALLY HAVE TO DEFER BACK TO HUNT TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON HIS STATEMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THE PFC ALWAYS HAS HILLTOP SECURITIES AS ITS FINANCIAL ADVISOR REVIEW THESE APPLICATION PROJECTS.

AND TODAY THE PROPERTY TAX IS ABOUT $70,000 PER YEAR.

THIS PROJECT, ONCE BUILT, WILL START PAYING A GROUND RENT TO THE CITY OF $200,000 PER YEAR TO THE CORPORATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT PAYS THE CORPORATION OTHER STREAMS OF REVENUE, INCLUDING A STRUCTURE

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FEE, AN ORIGINATION FEE A PERCENT OF CONSTRUCTION SALES TAX SAVINGS, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT IS NOT VERY WELL KNOWN AMONGST THE COUNCIL.

HERE IS EVERY TIME THE PROPERTY SELLS TRANSACTS.

THERE IS A PERCENTAGE OF TOP LINE REVENUE FOR THIS PROJECT THAT IS PAID TO THE CORPORATION OF 2%, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT FUNDS THAT ARE ALSO NOT INCLUDED.

I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE HILLTOP SECURITY NUMBERS.

AND THEN ONE FINAL THING THAT IS WORTH THIS COUNCIL BEING AWARE OF IS AT THE END OF THIS LEASE TERM, THERE'S TWO ALTERNATIVES. ALTERNATIVE ONE IS YOUR TYPICAL GROUND LEASE WHERE IT EXPIRES AND THE CORPORATION OR THE CITY OWNS THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY. THE PRIVATE PARTNER INTEREST TURNED TO ZERO AND THE CORPORATION INTEREST TURNED TO 100% OF THE PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRIVATE PARTNER TO PAY A TERMINATION FEE TO TERMINATE THE STRUCTURE STARTING IN YEAR 40, WHICH IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE SUM TO TERMINATE AND PUTS IT BACK ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLLS.

THANK YOU. HUNT. SO IN LIEU OF THE TAXES, THE CORPORATION WILL EARN THE REVENUE AND THE DEPARTMENT STARTS TO EARN REVENUE.

AND THEN THE CORPORATION'S USE OF REVENUE WILL BE SOMETHING WE DISCUSS IN FUTURE COUNCIL BRIEFINGS.

BUT GENERALLY, THAT REVENUE THAT THE PFC RECEIVES CAN BE USED TO INCENTIVIZE ADDITIONAL HOUSING PROPERTIES LIKE THIS ONE.

IT CAN, IN AN UPCOMING ITEM TO HOUSING COMMITTEE, WILL BE DISCUSSING THE FUTURE GUIDANCE TO BOTH CORPORATIONS AND GUIDANCE AROUND THAT USE OF REVENUE. THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT STATEMENT, SIR.

OKAY, I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, EVEN IF MR. NOIR WAS NOT A D13 RESIDENT, I WOULD SAY THAT WAS A MASTERCLASS ON HOW TO TALK TO COUNCIL WITH FACTS.

I APPRECIATE SETTING THIS, THE STORY AROUND THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND ABOUT THE PROXIMITY TO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HEADQUARTERS, MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GETTING INTO THE NUMBERS, DIGGING DEEPER INTO WHAT THE IMPACT COULD BE, HOW IT COULD BE A NET POSITIVE NOT ONLY THE NUMBERS THAT WERE GIVEN AROUND THE PROJECT ITSELF, BUT WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO HAS LAID OUT AS A NEED IN THAT AREA TO GO FROM JUST VACANT OR INDUSTRIAL OR VACANT OFFICE TO SOMETHING SO MUCH MORE THAT IT COULD BE TO SURROUND THAT IMPORTANT AREA OF OUR CITY.

SO I AM DEFINITELY SUPPORTING HIS MOTION TO APPROVE.

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

THANK YOU. MAYOR. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THE UNIT MIX AND RENTAL RATES? JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW THE MATH WORKS ON A ONE BEDROOM AT 80%.

IT'S LISTED AT 1749, AND A TWO BEDROOM AT MARKET RATE IS LISTED AS 1884.

WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE BEDROOM MARKET RATE? ON PAGE TWO. NO. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL THEY'RE THE ONE.

BEDROOMS ARE RESERVED AT 60 AND 80% PER THE GUIDANCE FROM THE DEVELOPER ALL YEAR.

RIGHT. THAT IS A TYPO. THAT ONE BEDROOM MARKET, 82 UNIT MARKET RATE, ONE BEDROOM SHOULD BE 1884 SHOULD SHOULD BE.

YEAH. IT'S ONE BEDROOM MARKET BECAUSE THEN THE TWO BEDROOM MARKETS ARE 2681 OKAY OKAY.

WE CAN JUST MAKE THAT NOTED ON THERE. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST.

AGENDA ITEM 14. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO. THE EYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.

NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. AGENDA ITEM 15. AGENDA ITEM 15.

[15. Authorize the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to (1) acquire, develop, and own Trinity Basin, a mixed-income, multifamily development to be located at 301 and 808 North Ewing Avenue, Dallas Texas 75203 (Project); and (2) enter into a seventy-five-year lease agreement with Savoy Equity Partners, LLC or its affiliate, for the development of the Project - Estimated Revenue Foregone: General Fund: $3,254,471.00 (see Fiscal Information) *In alignment with Dallas Housing Resource Catalog.]

AUTHORIZE THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION TO ONE.

ACQUIRE, DEVELOP AND OWN TRINITY BASIN, A MIXED INCOME MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED AT 301 AND 808 NORTH EWING AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75 203 PROJECT AND TO ENTER INTO A 75 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SAVOY EQUITY PARTNERS, LLC, OR ITS AFFILIATE, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

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

BARRETT. LINDBERGH. CHARTER SCHOOL. YEAH, YEAH.

GOOD MORNING. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BARRETT LINDBERG. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT VERY BRIEFLY.

AND THEN HERE FOR QUESTIONS. WE'RE ACQUIRING TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY IN NORTH OAK CLIFF IN DISTRICT ONE.

AND TURNING IT INTO MIXED INCOME HOUSING IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE'RE ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY FROM A NONPROFIT.

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IT'S CURRENTLY NOT ON THE TAX ROLLS, AND THEY HAVE ACQUIRED A DIFFERENT FACILITY IN DISTRICT ONE TO OPERATE THEIR, THEIR SCHOOL. AND WE'LL BE TURNING THIS INTO ALMOST 300 UNITS OF MIXED INCOME HOUSING.

SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT WILL BE CLASS A, THIS WILL BE THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

KIND OF ON COLORADO AS YOU EXIT 35. AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS YOU HAVE THEM MET WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AS WELL AS THE LAKE CLIFF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BACK IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE THIS STARTED THE PROCESS GETTING APPROVAL FROM THE PFC BOARD AND THEN GOING TO HHS BEFORE COMING HERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. AND ALSO THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

ANYONE ANYONE. WELL, SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT YOU ARE FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WELL, THIS IS OUR SAME AGREEMENT. WE'VE DECIDED TO REFER EVERYONE BACK TO ALL OF OUR PREVIOUS DEBATES ON THE TOPIC OF FCS AND HOW THEY IMPACT THE CITY, SO WE ARE GOING TO SKIP IT TODAY. AND AS YOU LIKE TO CALL IT, WE WILL NOT HAVE A WAR ON LUNCH.

ALRIGHT, I LIKE THAT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 15? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

[19. Authorize an increase in the construction services contract with Archer Western Construction, LLC for additional work associated with major maintenance and rehabilitation improvements at Dallas Water Utilities Department’s raw water system facilities located at Lake Ray Hubbard - Not to exceed $899,220.00, from $33,075,920.00 to $33,975,140.00 - Financing: Water Capital Improvement G Fund *In alignment with Water and Wastewater Capital Improvement Program.]

AGENDA ITEM 19. AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION LLC FOR ADDITIONAL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION IMPROVEMENTS AT DALLAS.

WATER UTILITY DEPARTMENTS. RAW WATER SYSTEM FACILITIES LOCATED AT LAKE RAY HUBBARD.

NOT TO EXCEED $899,220. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE. ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, BUT WHY WE PULLED THAT.

BUT ANYWAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NOTED. THAT'S OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. NOW I'M FOLLOWING.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM. YOUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE AGENDA ITEM 34.

[34. Authorize a three-year cooperative purchasing agreement for an Enterprise Architecture Software as a service platform for the Department of Information and Technology Services with SHI Government Solutions, Inc. through The Interlocal Purchasing System cooperative agreement - Not to exceed $321,796.49 - Financing: Data Services (subject to annual appropriations)]

ITEM 34 AUTHORIZED A THREE YEAR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR AN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE PLATFORM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES WITH GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $321,796.49. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

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

ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. EVERYONE, WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM 34.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

HELLO, I'M JEFFREY STOVALL, THE CITY'S CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

THANK YOU. SO, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE SOFTWARE DOES? YES. WHAT THIS SOFTWARE DOES IS IT ALLOWS THE IT ORGANIZATION TO CREATE A BLUEPRINT OF ALL THE CITY'S BUSINESS PROCESSES.

AND THE SOFTWARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM TELLS US HOW THE SOFTWARE WORKS TOGETHER.

DIFFERENT PIECES OF SOFTWARE WORKS TOGETHER AS WELL AS HOW PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION USE THAT SOFTWARE.

SO IT ENABLES US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VIEW OF THE SOFTWARE REPLACEMENTS, THE RETIREMENTS AND ANY ADDITIONS THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO ADD TO THE OVERALL SOFTWARE FOOTPRINT FOR THE CITY. AND WITHOUT IT, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE OVER 650 APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION WE'VE MANAGED, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT ARE THE SYNERGIES, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE VARIOUS SOFTWARE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS WHERE ARE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR OPTIMIZATION? SO WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS ITEM I SORT OF QUIPPED TO YOU THAT.

SO BASICALLY IT'S A DATABASE OF ALL OF OUR DATABASES.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE NOT ALL DATABASES. BUT THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE EXPRESSING IS THAT THE SOFTWARE IS USED TO MAP ALL OF OUR OTHER SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE AND PROCESSES. YES. AND WE I BELIEVE EVERYONE, BUT CERTAINLY FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE HAVE SEEN THE INCREDIBLY LONG PIECE OF PAPER THAT MAPS OUT THESE 650 PLUS PIECES OF SOFTWARE.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE IT MAPPED. AND YOUR POINT TO ME WAS THAT IT'S EVER CHANGING.

YOU DIDN'T LIKE MY WHITE OUT COMMENT, BUT SO WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A MAP.

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YOU'RE JUST HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING IT UP TO DATE WITH THE SOFTWARE THAT YOU HAVE NOW, IS THAT RIGHT? YES. TWO THINGS. WE DO HAVE THAT PHYSICAL MAP THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.

WE ALSO HAVE AN EXISTING PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT IS GOING OUT OF DATE.

SO THAT EXISTING PIECE OF SOFTWARE IS OVER TEN YEARS OLD AND IT NO LONGER COMPLIES WITH OUR SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS AND IT'S END OF LIFE.

SO THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND IT DOES DO THAT FUNCTION OF MAPPING OUR BUSINESS PROCESSES AND THE WAYS THAT OUR SOFTWARE INTERACT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. SO IN OUR DISCUSSION, AND YOU HAVE VOLUNTARILY SAID THIS NUMBER THAT WE HAVE, I THINK YOU SAID OVER 650 SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS.

I EXPRESSED TO YOU THAT MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY SOFTWARES THAT DO THE SAME EXACT THING THAT THIS DEPARTMENT'S USING THIS ONE, AND THIS ONE'S USING THAT ONE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY THE SAME FUNCTION, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT VENDORS AND APPLICATIONS.

AND YOU HAVE EXPRESSED IN PRIOR MEETINGS TO ME THAT THIS IS A GOAL OF YOURS TO REDUCE IT.

AND SO I ASKED YOU, CAN YOU COMMIT THAT BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST TEN LESS SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS? I THINK IT MIGHT BE PREMATURE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT FOR A SPECIFIC NUMBER.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT IS A GREAT GOAL FOR US TO ACHIEVE.

AND THE THAT WOULD ALSO BE CONTINGENT ON HOW MANY THINGS THAT WE WOULD ADD AS A CITY AS WELL.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NET VERSUS THE EXISTING FLEET SO OR EXISTING INVENTORY.

BUT I THINK THAT IS A VERY APPROPRIATE GOAL FOR US AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK TOWARD.

OKAY. I DON'T THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE GOAL.

I THINK THE GOAL SHOULD BE MUCH HIGHER. I THINK FOR A COMMITMENT, THOUGH, IT'S AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

AND SO I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT NUMBER. THANK YOU.

AND WE HAVE GOT TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL. WE EVERY AGENDA ARE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON NEW APPLICATIONS THAT EACH DEPARTMENT SAYS ARE CRITICAL TO THEIR USE, BUT WE CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW THAT WE ALREADY OWN A SIMILARLY FUNCTIONING SOFTWARE.

WE HAVE TO RELY ON YOU TO DO THAT. AND WHEN YOU TELL ME THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THAT, I'LL BELIEVE YOU.

BUT I ALSO NEED PROOF. AND I HOPE THAT YOU, MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WILL EMPOWER HIM TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO DEPARTMENTS, YOU MUST GET RID OF YOUR X SOFTWARE, BECAUSE WE ALREADY OWN THIS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MIGRATE.

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO MIGRATE. GOOD MORNING, DON GIBSON, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

MRS MENDELSOHN YOU HIT A HOME RUN WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM.

YOU HIT A HOME RUN WITH ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND OUR DIALOG, BECAUSE OUR NEW CIO HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS AREA.

AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MAYBE DO SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T DONE HERE BEFORE, MAKE SOME DEPARTMENTS POTENTIALLY UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THERE'S SOME HARD CONVERSATIONS FROM AN IT PERSPECTIVE THAT JEFF IS READY TO HAVE AND HAS ALREADY STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF US.

SO WE'RE READY AND WE'LL BE READY TO BRIEF COUNCIL ON UPDATES, AS JEFF KIND OF BREAKS THE EGG ON SOME OF THESE THINGS AND GETS US DOWN THE ROAD INTO THE FUTURE OF WHAT THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE. OKAY, WELL, WHEN WE HAVE OUR BUDGET, I HOPE YOU WILL SPECIFY IN OUR BUDGET BOOK HOW MANY SOFTWARES WE'LL HAVE FOR THE COMING YEAR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS GLAD THAT MR. GIBSON STEPPED IN AND ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

WE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT PROCESS LAST YEAR WITH LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WE'VE CHALLENGED THEM TO COME BACK AND TRULY SHOW WHO'S USING IT, WHAT VALUE IT'S OFFERING TO THE CITY.

SO THE WORK THAT JEFF IS ACTUALLY DOING WILL HELP US ACTUALLY EXPAND WHAT WE BEGAN DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2526.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU IN GREATER DETAIL AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, I APPRECIATE IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 34? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT, MADAM SECRETARY. MR. MAYOR, THAT'S CONCLUDE YOUR PULLED ITEMS. WE WILL NOW WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[42. 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)]

SOUNDS GOOD. LET'S DO IT. BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 42.

ITEM 42 IS CONSIDERATION OF CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THIS MORNING YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL AND A FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION.

MATT JACOB IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

MR. JACOB MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE PERMIT AND LICENSE APPEAL BOARD.

JAMIE SMITH IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON TO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD.

HARRISON BLAIR IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

MR. BLAIR MEETS THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION IN YOUR NOMINEE FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE SEVEN BOARD SPORTS ARENA SYLVIA LAGOS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL

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MEMBER CADENA. THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR.

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

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

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE NOMINEES ARE APPROVED.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM. NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 43.

[43. Authorize a resolution to request the City Manager utilize Strategic Governance Resources, Inc., as the firm responsible for the search process to fill the Inspector General position - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)]

AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER UTILIZE STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE RESOURCES, INC. AS THE FIRM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEARCH PROCESS TO FILL THE INSPECTOR GENERAL POSITION.

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

MOTION FOR APPROVAL. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND.

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

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

[44. A resolution expressing the City of Dallas position on the current governance structure of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system - Financing: No cost consideration to the City]

AGENDA ITEM 44. A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CITY OF DALLAS POSITION ON THE CURRENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM. YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, ALEX SCOTT. MISS SCOTT, WILL BE VIRTUAL.

MISS SCOTT, ALEX SCOTT? YEP. YOU HEAR ME? YES.

HEY, Y'ALL. WE CANNOT. YOU MAY CONTINUE. I'M SORRY.

YOU CAN'T. OH. YOU CAN. SORRY. I'M WORKING REMOTELY.

HEY, Y'ALL, IT'S ALEX SCOTT, YOUR NEIGHBOR IN DISTRICT NINE.

AND I'M JUST HERE TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DART AND SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD BEING MORE ON THE GROUND LEVEL WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT USE THIS SERVICE. LAST WEEK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP TO IRVING AND SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE EXODUS OF DART AND THE IN THE MEMBER CITIES THAT IT HAD.

ONE DAD TALKED ABOUT HOW IF DART LEFT IRVING, HE WOULD HAVE TO WALK HIS 18 YEAR OLD 18 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER, 45 MINUTES BACK AND FORTH FROM PRESCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY, BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER WAY FOR HIM TO GET TO AND FROM THAT PLACE WITHOUT PUBLIC SERVICE OR WITHOUT PUBLIC TRANSIT.

ANOTHER MEMBER TALKED ABOUT HOW BASICALLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOVE TO A SMALLER CITY BECAUSE TRANSIT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET AROUND TO THEIR DIFFERENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND APPOINTMENTS. AND SO JUST AS WE THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE MONEY. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE REVENUE. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE PROFIT. WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS HELP AND EXPAND OUR DOLLAR AS FAR AS IT CAN GO, PRETTY MUCH. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK FOR MASSIVE CHANGES OF THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

IF EVEN ONE OF THESE CITIES ENDS UP LEAVING. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.

AND THAT'S WHY I DO RECOMMEND REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SEATS THAT DALLAS DOES HAVE WITHIN THE DART BOARD.

BECAUSE IF THAT'S WHERE WE THINK CONTROL IS COMING FROM, THAT'S IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PSEUDO CONCEPT.

BECAUSE WITH PUBLIC SERVICE, RISING TIDE FLOATS, RISING TIDES FLOAT ALL BOATS.

AND IF OTHER CITIES WIN, WE WIN. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT JUST GOOD LUCK AS YOU ALL KIND OF HEAD INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU. RANDALL BRYANT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MADAM. CITY MANAGER.

98 DAYS AGO, TWO CITIES BEGAN A PROCESS THAT STARTED CASCADING EFFECT THAT ULTIMATELY, NOW SIX CITIES HAVE CALLED FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS AND MYSELF AND DART, MANY OF YOU ALL IN OUR CITY MANAGER, HAVE BEEN WORKING DAY AND NIGHT AROUND THE CLOCK TO TRY TO BRING SOME COMPROMISE TO WHAT WE'VE ESSENTIALLY HEARD OUR THREE PILLARS TO THE CONCERNS.

AND THERE'S REALLY SERVED BY ALL 13 CITIES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS ON THE WITHDRAWAL ELECTION OR NOT.

ONE IS FUNDING, ONE IS GOVERNANCE AND THE OTHER IS SERVICE.

AT DART, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE FUNDING SOLUTION WE TOOK A VOTE ON LAST NIGHT THAT PASSED 14 TO 1 THAT WILL PROVIDE REALLOCATION OF DOLLARS BACK TO DALLAS AS WELL AS ALL 13 CITIES.

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WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS SOME COMPROMISE, JUST AS WE DID WITH DART ON THE FUNDING, BUT SOME COMPROMISE FROM THIS BODY ON GOVERNANCE AT THE TNI COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, YOU ALL INSTRUCTED OUR CITY MANAGER TO GO BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER'S WORKING GROUP, AND WITH SOME GUARDRAILS IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS FOR ONE CITY AND ONE VOTE, ESSENTIALLY TO ALLOW EVERY CITY TO APPOINT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER TO THE BOARD, AS WELL AS SOME GUARDRAILS ON THE PERCENTAGE FOR OUR CITY, IN PARTICULAR, FROM 40 TO 50%. AND SHE'S DONE THAT.

SHE'S COME BACK WITH A PLAN. AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THAT PLAN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE NEED SPECIFICITIES.

WE NEED A CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE CITY AND FROM DART.

AND JUST AS DART GAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION AND AN INDICATOR ON WHERE THE FUNDING WILL LIE SUBJECT TO RTC APPROVAL, THIS CITY, THIS BODY NEEDS TO GIVE THAT CLEAR DIRECTION TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.

AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

OTHER CITIES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE SAME.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY OF IRVING WILL NOT ONLY PREPARE A RESOLUTION FOR THURSDAY TO PRESENT TO THEIR COUNCIL FOR AN APPROVAL, BUT IT WILL BE THE EXACT SAME NUMBERS THAT OUR CITY MANAGER WENT TO LAST WEEK WITH HIM.

WILL IT REDUCE POPULATION OF THE WILL IT REDUCE THE REPRESENTATION OF OUR MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD COMPARED TO THE POPULATION? IT DOES 14.1%. IT'S ALSO WILL DO THE SAME TO PLANO AT 16.1%, IRVING AT 5.6% AND ROWLETT AT 21%. THIS IS THIS IS ABOUT A REGIONAL EFFORT.

THIS IS NOT EVEN ABOUT WINNERS AND LOSERS. THIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER. AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE MOTION AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE A MOTION. A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MAYOR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

AS STATED, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ITEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, AND A LOT OF WORK AND HOURS HAVE GONE INTO THIS RESOLUTION.

I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND MULTIPLE CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR ROUNDTABLES ON BEHALF OF MAYOR JOHNSON, AT WHICH ALL 13 CITIES MET TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE WORK BEING DONE TO EVALUATE GOVERNANCE MODELS IN ADDITION TO FUNDING AND SERVICE MODELS. IT WAS CLEAR IN THESE MEETINGS THAT OTHER CITIES PRIORITIZE GOVERNANCE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING TODAY.

WHILE FUNDING IS ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT ON HOW MEANINGFUL THIS STEP WE ARE TAKING TODAY IS TOWARDS SOLVING THE CRISIS FOR GOOD. TODAY'S ACTION WILL SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE WILL AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK.

SOME CITIES WANTED TO PUT DALLAS IN A MUCH LOWER PERCENTAGE.

THAT STARTED WITH THE IDEA OF DALLAS HAVING AS LOW AS A 20% VOTE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS PAST SESSION.

WE WERE AT THE MERCY OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AT THAT TIME, AND IF WE DON'T FIND A SOLUTION HERE LOCALLY, WE WILL BE IN THAT SAME SITUATION. TODAY'S RESOLUTION IS A COMPROMISE THAT KEEPS DALLAS STRONG AND WITH A HEALTHY VOTING PERCENTAGE.

WE ARE IN A TIGHT TIMELINE WHICH REQUIRES ACTION IN ORDER TO TRY TO PREVENT A PULLOUT ELECTION.

I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BUT WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.

OTHER CITIES HAVE SEEN OUR RESOLUTION AND THEY HAVE MADE THE NECESSARY AND NEEDED PAUSES TO WAIT AND SEE TODAY'S OUTCOME.

COLLEAGUES, I HOPE YOU CAN SEND A CLEAR AND UNIFIED MESSAGE TO OUR PARTNER CITIES THAT WE ARE WILLING TO PLAY IN THE SANDBOX, AND WE WANT TO KEEP DART INTACT. AS STATED EARLIER.

MADAM CITY SECRETARY HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ON THIS ITEM.

I KNOW SHE'S VERY BUSY, AND SHE'S DOING A LOT OF WORK, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT SHE HAS PUT IN A LOT OF SWEAT AND EQUITY.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY. THANK YOU.

BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES. MADAM MANAGER, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US HOW WE GOT TO TODAY'S RESOLUTION? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS.

MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, JUST START BY THANKING THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.

I KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEBATE, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION.

AND SO THANK YOU, MAYOR JOHNSON. I WANT TO THANK CHAIR RIDLEY, WHO ACTUALLY CHALLENGED US TO REALLY GET TO THE TABLE AND FIND FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS.

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SO THANK YOU FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS BODY HAS PLACED IN THE STAFF.

WE ALSO TOOK THE INPUT FROM THE RECENT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND WE'VE RECEIVED INVALUABLE INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS FROM THIS BODY.

AND SO, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT WE DON'T GET HERE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND WITHOUT YOUR GUIDANCE.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE REGION WHO'VE WORKED WITH US SEVERAL OF THE CITY MANAGERS THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING AROUND THE TABLE WITH HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUALS THAT I EITHER WENT TO SCHOOL WITH AND THAT I KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, BUT IT REALLY TOOK US GETTING IN A ROOM AND ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES TO GET HERE.

THE CITY MANAGER WORKING GROUP REALLY BEGAN STARTING WITH JUST WHAT WERE THOSE SHARED GOALS? WHEN IT CAME TO HOW DO WE KEEP THE SYSTEM HEALTHY? AND SO WE ALIGNED THE WORK AROUND THREE PILLARS.

CHAIR RANDALL TALKED ABOUT THE PILLARS AROUND GOVERNANCE, SERVICE AND FUNDING, AND IT REALLY GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DIG DEEP AND REALLY FIND OUT WHAT THE CURRENT PAIN POINTS ARE AND THE WAYS THAT WE WANTED TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SYSTEM.

SO THESE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE DEFINITELY NOT BEEN EASY.

THEY'VE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF BRAIN POWER AND THE GOVERNANCE DISCUSSION.

I DO KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED THAT THIS IS JUST PART OF THE LARGER WHOLE.

THERE ARE OTHER PIECES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH.

SO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH OF THE REGIONAL SYSTEM.

WE KNOW THAT THE CALL OUT ELECTIONS, THE PULLOUT ELECTIONS, EXCUSE ME HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT NONE OF US WANTED TO HAVE TO THINK THROUGH OR HAVE TO FACE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE BEEN. THE CITIES, AS WE SIT AROUND THE TABLE, REALLY EXPRESSED AN URGENT NEED FOR REFORM IN HOW WE TRULY LOOK AT THE GOVERNANCE COMPONENT. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHERE WE SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME IN THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, ESPECIALLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND HOW WE DO THAT TOGETHER.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT ULTIMATELY THOSE DECISIONS WOULD BE MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

OVERALL, THE 13 MEMBER CITIES HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE.

AND SO WHAT THE RESOLUTION DOES AND I DO WANT TO AGAIN THANK CHAIR.

REALLY IT DOES CONFIRM THAT EACH DART MEMBER CITY SHOULD HAVE ONE SEAT ON THE BOARD.

AND THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT NO SINGLE CITY HAS A MAJORITY SHARE OF THE VOTE.

IT ALSO IN THIS RESOLUTION YOU WILL YOU WILL SEE THAT IT ENCOURAGES US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE FURTHER REFINEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.

THERE HAVE BEEN IDEAS AROUND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BOARD SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS SHOULD CONTINUE, AND THEY SHOULD BE A PART OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE DID PROPOSE, WHICH IT WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED AND IT WAS FAVORABLE IN OUR MOST RECENT MEETING, THAT DALLAS SHOULD NOT HAVE NO LESS THAN 45% OF THE VOTE SHARE SEVEN BOARD SEATS, WHICH DOES ENSURE THAT NO VOTES THAT REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY CAN PASS WITHOUT THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THOSE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE ISSUING DEBT, APPROVING THE BUDGET, AND ADOPTING ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE SERVICE PLAN, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. SO LASTLY, THIS RESOLUTION DOES MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS GOVERNANCE MODEL IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF ANY PULLOUT ELECTIONS, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE IF THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED, SHOULD THAT SHOULD THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN? SO WE DO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT DONE. WE DO ASK THE COUNCIL TODAY TO CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE REQUESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME. I DO BELIEVE WE'RE IN THE BEST POSITION TODAY THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES AGENDA ITEM 44, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THIS BODY TO CONSIDER.

ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION WOULD REVERSE THE 40 YEARS HISTORY OF DALLAS HAVING A MAJORITY VOTE ON THE DART BOARD.

THAT'S NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. IT IS TRUE THAT DALLAS MAKES THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTION OF SALES TAX TO.

DART, HAS THE LARGEST POPULATION OVER A MAJORITY OF THE SERVICE AREA, AND ALSO HAS A MAJORITY OF THE RIDERSHIP.

AND THAT, TO ME, NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED IN ANY REVISED GOVERNANCE MODEL.

IT IS A QUESTION THAT I HAVE CHALLENGED MYSELF WITH AND HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS.

WHAT DOES DALLAS GET FOR GIVING UP THIS MAJORITY CONTROL OF THE BOARD? AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO POINT TO ANYTHING PARTICULARLY TANGIBLE.

WE ARE ENDORSING THE NOTION THAT EACH MEMBER CITY SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT REFORM.

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WE ALSO ARE MOTIVATED BY THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER MEMBER CITIES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THOSE CITIES THAT ARE HOLDING WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS.

AND THAT'S THEIR RIGHT UNDER STATE LAW. AND I THINK AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD ENTER INTO THIS DECISION WITH FULL REALIZATION THAT THIS VOTE BY ITSELF DOES NOT ENSURE THAT THOSE ELECTIONS ARE CANCELED.

AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, THERE ARE TWO OTHER SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT ARE NOT WITHIN OUR CONTROL THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THOSE CITIES, WHICH ARE THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX REVENUE THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO DART AND SERVICE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY MANY CITIES. AND SO DON'T GO INTO THIS VOTE THINKING THAT THIS ONE ACT WILL CALL OFF THOSE ELECTIONS.

IT WILL NOT. IT'S A PACKAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE RTC AT ITS WORKSHOP TOMORROW ON THE FINANCING END, AND THE SERVICE ISSUES ARE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION WITH DART AND MEMBER CITIES.

HAVING SAID THAT, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EXPRESSION OF DALLAS WILLINGNESS TO SHOW THAT WE ARE FLEXIBLE, THAT WE ARE WILLING TO BE COLLABORATIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES IN PRESERVING THE SERVICE AREA OF DART AT THE 13 MEMBER CITIES, AND HOPEFULLY WILL ENCOURAGE NEW CITIES TO JOIN DART IN THE FUTURE.

I DO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY MANAGER IN MY COMMENTS CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MEMBER CITIES ON OTHER IMPORTANT GOVERNANCE ISSUES, SUCH AS THE FORMATION OF AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THIS REALLOCATION OF VOTING RIGHTS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE DART BOARD FROM THE CURRENT 15 TO LIKELY 22, WHICH MAKES IT AN INCREASINGLY UNWIELDY BODY FOR EVERYDAY DECISIONS. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE IS GREAT MERIT IN CONSIDERING THE FORMATION OF AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH THE CITY MANAGER HAS ALREADY REFERRED TO AS SOMETHING THAT IS ON HER AGENDA, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO TERM LIMITS FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS OTHER DETAILS OF A REVISED GOVERNANCE MODEL.

SO I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. DALLAS BUILT DAAT DALLAS FUNDS, DAAT AND DALLAS RIDES.

DAAT. WE REPRESENT ABOUT 50% OF THE SERVICE AREA.

WE GENERATE ABOUT 50% OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE FOR THEM.

AND OUR RESIDENTS ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE RIDERSHIP.

AND TODAY, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO GIVE UP MAJORITY CONTROL, AND IN RETURN, WE RECEIVE NO STRUCTURAL REFORM AT DAAT.

NO GUARANTEED SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS, NO SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

NO MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND NO FINANCIAL CONCESSIONS.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE DALLAS RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS.

AND WHEN OUR RESIDENTS PROVIDE HALF THE FUNDING AND THREE QUARTERS OF THE RIDERS, PROPORTIONAL GOVERNANCE IS NOT OPTIONAL.

IT'S BASIC ACCOUNTABILITY. FOR OVER 40 YEARS, NOT A SINGLE CITY HAS JOINED DART, BUT SOME HAVE LEFT.

THIS IS NOT A GROWTH STORY. IT'S A WARNING SIGN AND A MASSIVELY GROWING NORTH TEXAS AREA WHERE GROWING CITIES HAVE SAID NO TO DART.

IF WE WANT A STRONGER REGIONAL SYSTEM, THEN LET'S NEGOTIATE FROM STRENGTH, NOT GIVE AWAY THE ONLY LEVERAGE DALLAS HAS.

I UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL.

MANY OF YOU GENUINELY WANT TO SAVE DART, AND I SHARE THE GOAL OF HAVING A STRONG, SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM.

BUT SAVING SOMETHING REQUIRES AN HONEST DIAGNOSIS.

DALLAS REPRESENTING 50% OF THE SERVICE AREA, PROVIDING 50% OF THE SALES TAX AND ACCOUNTING FOR 75% OF THE RIDERSHIP.

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THAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT DEMANDS REPRESENTATION THAT REFLECTS REALITY.

OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND TURNOVER.

WHILE THEY RECEIVE PERFORMANCE BONUSES. WE'VE SEEN DECLINING RIDERSHIP, INCREASED SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS, AND MAJOR SYSTEM INVESTMENTS THAT DO NOT SERVE DALLAS NEEDS WHILE CANCELING THE MAJOR INVESTMENT IN D2.

WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A DIRECT, SEAMLESS TRANSIT CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR AIRPORTS AND OUR CONVENTION CENTER BY BUS OR RAIL IN A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CITY. AND DESPITE THE SCALE OF OUR INVESTMENT, ONLY 2% OF DALLAS RESIDENTS USE TRANSIT FOR THEIR DAILY COMMUTE TO WORK.

FOR OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, OUR SALES TAX BUDGET, WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE DART CONTRIBUTION, IS $474 MILLION. THESE ARE NOT SMALL ISSUES. THESE ARE THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND CHALLENGES.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SAVE DART. THE ANSWER CAN'T BE SIMPLY BY REDUCING DALLAS'S REPRESENTATION WITHOUT SECURING MEASURABLE REFORM, IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY AND ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS.

DALLAS TAXPAYERS DESERVE GOVERNANCE PROPORTIONAL TO THEIR CONTRIBUTION, AND OUR RIDERS DESERVE A SYSTEM THAT TRULY WORKS NOT JUST REGIONAL IN THEORY, BUT PRACTICALLY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TRULY DEPEND ON IT.

I BELIEVE IN TRANSIT, AND I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR DALLAS.

BUT SUCCESS REQUIRES REFORM FIRST, NOT SIMPLY RELINQUISHING OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

THANK YOU, MR. BAZALDUA. YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO START BY SAYING A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK.

THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION FOR QUITE A QUITE A BIT OF TIME AT THIS POINT.

I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO ARGUE THAT WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE IS NO CONCESSIONS MADE SPECIFICALLY OR THAT THAT THERE'S NO WAY TO ARTICULATE WHAT WE ARE GETTING FROM.

BUT I BELIEVE IN THE SAME BREATH OF ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, WE HEARD THE STATS THAT OVERWHELMINGLY SHOW THIS BEING AN ASSET FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT WE REPRESENT. I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MISS MENDELSOHN.

WE WANT TO SAVE DART, AND I BELIEVE SAVING DART IS THAT CONCESSION.

WE ARE DOING WHAT IT IS IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THIS REGIONAL ASSET FOR SO MANY DALLASITES, FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR REGION THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AT A PACE, QUITE FRANKLY, FASTER THAN WE ARE AS A CITY.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WE OFTEN ARE FACED WITH DECISIONS THAT COULD MAKE US GO IN A DIRECTION TO WAY PERFECT.

AS THE ENEMY OF GOOD. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE ASKED YOU TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.

AND A NEGOTIATION MEANS WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO ACCEPT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ORIGINALLY STATED AS THE PLACE WE WANT TO BE, IF THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE YOU WERE WILLING TO GO AT THE EXPENSE OF THESE OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE THEIR OWN CONCERNS AND THEIR OWN JURISDICTIONS THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE REPRESENT.

DOING WHAT IT TAKES, WHICH DOES INCLUDE SOME CONCESSION, IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE IS STILL PUTTING US IN A VERY GOOD POSITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK IT'S PUTTING US IN A VERY GOOD POSITION TO SEE SEVERAL OF THESE CITIES.

ELECTIONS, IN FACT, FALL OFF, AND I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THAT MUCH MORE OF A LEG TO STAND ON INTO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

FOR US TO HAVE ALLOWED FOR PERFECT TO BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD AND THROW OUR HANDS UP AND SAID THAT WE AREN'T GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED, WAS ESSENTIALLY NOT DOING EVERYTHING WE COULD TO SAVE DART.

THIS IS THE GOAL. WE HAVE TO BE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.

WE CANNOT BE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY IF WE DON'T HAVE A RELIABLE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RELIABLE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT IS BUILT IN A REGIONAL SETTING, THEN WE'VE GOT TO BE THE LEADERS OF THAT REGION LIKE WE ARE AND GET AT THE TABLE WITH ALL OF THESE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAVE ISSUE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE TWO YEARS AGO.

THIS TYPE OF NEGOTIATION AND CONVERSATION IS WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR AROUND THIS HORSESHOE TWO YEARS AGO.

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NOT APPROACHING OTHER MEMBER CITIES AND ASKING FOR NEFARIOUS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AGAINST THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CITY. THAT'S WHAT WE WITNESSED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

WE WITNESSED PEOPLE WITH THE FISCAL, I MEAN, FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS ADVOCATING AGAINST OUR BEST INTEREST WITH THE DELEGATION DOWN IN AUSTIN DURING THE LEGISLATURE.

THIS IS NOW A NEW DAY. THIS IS NOW TURNING POINT.

THIS IS NOW SHOWING TRUE LEADERSHIP OF WANTING TO SEE THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SEE CHANGE INEVITABLY, FOR THIS TO BE A VIABLE ENTITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WITHOUT THE UNNECESSARY NOTION OF IT DISSOLVING IN FRONT OF OUR FACE AND US HAVING TO WORK TO BACKTRACK.

SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR OUR REGION. THIS ALLOWS US TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.

THIS ALLOWS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GIVE A RESOURCE THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE US, TO BE A COMPETITOR TO OTHER LARGE CITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

WITHOUT DART, WE ARE NOT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GET IN THE ROOM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONCEDE TO THESE OTHER CITIES.

AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR OTHER MEMBER CITIES, WHO MAY HAVE NOT HAD THE MOST CORDIAL TIME OVER THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S BECAUSE WE DID LACK LEADERSHIP AT THE AT THE START OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.

AND NOW WE'VE HAD TRUE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS GOT US TO A GOOD PLACE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THIS BLACK HISTORY MOMENT RECOGNIZES MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON, CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY TOLBERT, AND CHAIR RANDALL BRYANT FOR SAVING, OR AT LEAST STARTING THE EFFORT TO SAVE DART.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO THIS.

I COULDN'T HELP THEM TO DO THAT. BUT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL BEING IN A POSITION THAT YOU ALL ARE IN IS COME IN AND AND AND DO THE TAKE ON THIS TASK NUMBER ONE, IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN IN, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH ALL OF THE NARRATIVES AND EVERYTHING THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND TO TO HAVE A STEADY COURSE AND A STEADY FOCUS, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK BOTH OF YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, ALL THREE OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN ORDER TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

I THINK IT'S MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.

I THINK THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THAT GETS US TO A RESOLVE.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.

MISS BLACKMON, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

AND I TOO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN IN THE ROOM WORKING THROUGH THIS ISSUE.

IT'S NOT EASY. AND IT'S A LOT OF EGOS. IT'S A LOT OF HISTORY AND IT'S A LOT OF POLITICS.

AND THAT'S THE BASIS OF WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS A POLITICAL REALITY.

YOU IF YOU WANT TO SAVE DART, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE CONCESSIONS, WHETHER AT THE PENNY, AT THE GOVERNANCE, AT THE SERVICE. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING SOME OF US AROUND THIS IS THAT IF DART IS GOING TO SUCCEED IN THE NINTH LARGEST CITY WITH THE WHAT SECOND, THIRD LARGEST REGION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK REGIONALLY.

AND THAT MEANS BRINGING OTHER CITIES INTO THE FOLD, INTO THE MIX.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, MISS CITY MANAGER, IS WILL THIS GET US ON THAT PATH? YES IT IS THE POLITICAL REALITY ARE THE ELECTIONS THAT ARE IMMINENT.

BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, I KNOW THAT NOBODY'S GONE AND COURTED ANYBODY, BUT WE CAN'T WE MUSTN'T SET SOMETHING UP.

IF IT'S ONLY FOR TODAY. WE NEED TO SET IT UP FOR THE FIVE AND TEN AND 20 YEAR INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

AND I DO APPRECIATE RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS ISSUE.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENT WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION, EVEN BEYOND THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, AND THAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE ARE CONTEMPLATING GETTING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

I THINK THE RECOGNITION IS, IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE HAVE TO GO AS A, AS A REGIONAL SYSTEM THERE'S CLEARLY A SHARED COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS TOGETHER AND CREATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN THE SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO JOIN.

AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN PART OF A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.

HOW DO WE CREATE NOW, THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY WANT TO BE A PART OF, OF THE SYSTEM.

SO I THINK THAT WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE. I THINK TODAY IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.

I THINK THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE STEPS. WE ARE WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING WITH THE CITY MANAGER WORKING GROUP THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND SERVICE PERFORMANCE,

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THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED FROM A DISCUSSION STANDPOINT.

WE WANTED TO START WITH THE THINGS THAT WE KNEW WOULD HOPEFULLY ALLOW FOR THE CURRENT MEMBER CITIES TO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM. I THINK THE FUNDING CONVERSATIONS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

I DO AGREE WITH CHAIR RIDLEY THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL BE CONTINUING WITH THE RTC, BUT OVERALL THE WILLINGNESS TO STAY AT THE TABLE, TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND DEAL WITH THESE OTHER ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE.

HEALTH OF THE SYSTEM IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL TELL YOU THAT ALL ARE COMMITTED AND WE'RE ALL IN, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT THIS IS ABOUT A SHARED COMMITMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT'S A COMMITMENT IN THE REGION AND NOT JUST I MEAN IT.

IN THE EARLY DAYS OF DART, IT WAS DALLAS. I MEAN, WE FUNDED A LOT.

WE WE MADE A LOT OF DECISIONS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SHARED COMMITMENT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPROMISE.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT A GOOD COMPROMISE MAKES NOBODY HAPPY.

BUT IT BUT IT MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I DO BELIEVE, THOUGH, THAT THE SALES TAX PORTION AND I MAY NEED VERIFICATION, THE SALES TAX PORTION, NOT THE WHOLE BUDGET OF DART, IS 49% FROM DALLAS.

IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR WE DO NOT FUND THE WHOLE BUDGET AT DART.

NO, WE DO NOT. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A CHART THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION, THAT SALES TAX. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, JAKE ANDERSON INTERIM DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, DALLAS REPRESENTED 48.3% OF THE FISCAL FISCAL YEAR 2025 SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION TO DART.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT MADE UP OF THEIR TOTAL BUDGET? I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE 25% COMES FROM RTC.

OTHER OTHER SOURCES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAREBOX, THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO WE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE AT 48% OF THE SALES TAX, IT SHOULD PROBABLY DROP MAYBE TO 46% OF THE BUDGET.

I MEAN, JUST I'M NOT I THINK ROUGHLY THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE IT IS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 44 AND 46.

BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER. OKAY. AND THEN OUR RESOLUTION IS SAYING THAT WE'RE AT 45 AS A FLOOR.

YES. NO LESS THAN 45%. YES, MA'AM. AND IF THERE ARE SUCCESSFUL PULL OUT ELECTIONS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO GO BACK AND READJUST THAT STRUCTURE.

SO WE MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. AND THEN AS NEW CITIES MOVE, COME IN HOPEFULLY TOO.

THAT WILL BE ADJUSTED AS WELL. THAT IS ONE OF THE SHARED GOALS THAT THE MEMBER CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM ALL AGREE TO FINDING THOSE WAYS TO ENTICE AND CREATE THE INCENTIVE FOR OTHER CITIES TO WANT TO JOIN. WELL, I DID GO DOWN TO AUSTIN AND HELPED TESTIFY AND TRYING TO MOVE THE DISCUSSIONS, AND I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AS A REGION IF WE DO THAT AGAIN.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO GO AS A UNITED WITH A UNITED FRONT, WITH A SHARED COMMITMENT FROM THE REGION TO CHANGE THE STATUTE. WHEN WE GO DOWN THIS, THIS NEXT SESSION.

AND THAT MEANS IF THERE'S 11 CITIES THAT ARE STICKING WITH US OR IF THERE'S ALL 13.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A REGION WITH RTC, FIGURING OUT OUR REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND MOVING THIS FORWARD, AND THEN REVISIT IT EVERY TWO YEARS. I MEAN, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MODERN SYSTEM, IT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND BE MODERN, AND THAT MEANS YOU DON'T LET IT SIT FOR 20 YEARS.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, IF YOU'RE YOUR WORKING GROUP WOULD EVEN CONSIDER THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT ESPECIALLY IF WE DO ADD CITIES.

SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU. I KNOW STAFF, I KNOW DART STAFF, I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE.

THIS HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY AND I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON, IF I COULD JUST I DID WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE SALES TAX MAKES UP ABOUT 75% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, OF WHICH WE ARE 48.3% IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. AND THEN IF YOU SAY IF IT'S 75, THEN YOU HAVE 25%.

SO MAYBE COME DOWN TWO PERCENTAGE, MAYBE 1 OR 2 MORE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE MATH. YOUR MATH. THAT'S OUR FINANCIAL GUY. HE COULD PROBABLY RUN IT IN HIS HEAD. ANYWAY, THANK YOU, MISS BLAIR. YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

EVERYBODY KNOWS I CAME FROM LOS ANGELES. LOS ANGELES USED TO HAVE A A SYSTEM CALLED RTD.

WE USED TO CALL IT RICHARD T DAVIS, BUT I LIKE THE NAME DAVIS BECAUSE IT'S MY MY NAME.

BUT IT WAS RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT IN 1964. IT WAS IT BEGAN IN 1993.

IT CHANGED TO A REGIONAL MODEL, MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TODAY, BECOME A MORE REGIONAL MODEL THAT JUST DOES NOT SERVICE THE CITY, BUT SERVICE THE WHOLE REGION OF LOS ANGELES, WHICH IS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND AND ALL THOSE OTHER REGIONS THAT THEIR

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VIABILITY FOR DART STARTS WITH. WHAT CHAIR RIDLEY STATED, AND IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO CHANGES IN THE WAY WE GOVERN.

WE HAVE TO DO THINGS IN, IN ORDER TO GET. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IN ORDER TO GIVE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE. SO THIS IS STEP ONE OF US GETTING.

WE'RE GIVING. WE MAY NOT SEE PHYSICALLY TODAY WHAT WE'RE GETTING, BUT WE'RE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OPERATE NOW IN ORDER TO GROW.

I WILL SAY THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE SAYING THIS, MR. BRYANT, IN ORDER TO GROW, YOU GOT TO COME SOUTH.

YOU GOT TO GIVE TO SOUTH. GROWTH OPERATES IN THE SOUTHERN AREA, NOT ONLY IN THE SOUTHERN AREA OF THE CITY, BUT ALSO IN THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL AREAS. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE WHAT WE WANT TO BE AND GROW TO BE WHAT WE NEED TO BE, WE HAVE TO DO.

STEP ONE GIVE TO GET. LOOK AT OUR GOVERNANCE.

LOOK AT HOW WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING AND LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.

SO I'M JUST SAYING I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.

I'M GOING TO ALSO CONTINUE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO DO THE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE DIALOG SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVING FORWARD.

I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE DARREN, ITS LEADERSHIP THAT IT NEEDS TO CONSIDER AND LOOK AT BETTER WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SOUTHERN AREAS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GET THE GROWTH THAT IT NEEDS. AND LET'S JUST MOVE ON WITH THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS PROVIDED TO US TODAY.

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

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CITY MANAGER TOLBERT AND HER TEAM FOR THIS WORK.

I FEEL LIKE EVERY TEXT COMMUNICATION I HAVE WITH YOU, YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO OR COMING FROM OR IN A MEETING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.

AND THEN TO DART BOARD CHAIR RANDALL BRYANT, WHO HAS CRAMMED MORE THAN 24 HOURS INTO EVERY DAY WORKING ON THIS ON THE BEHALF OF ON OUR BEHALF AND THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS. I WANT TO THANK CHAIR RIDLEY FOR HIS REMARKS.

I THINK YOU WORKED THROUGH SOME THINKING AROUND THIS AND EVERYTHING YOU SAID, I THOUGHT WAS JUST SO SPOT ON.

AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS ALIGNED WITH WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT YOU SAID IT'S AN IMPORTANT EXPRESSION OF FLEXIBILITY, OF PRESERVING OUR 13 MEMBER AREA TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

AND I JUST I THOUGHT WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL IN THIS TOUGH, INTENSE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, 50% IS IS NICE. IT'S A NICE NUMBER, BUT HOLDING FAST TO IT, IF IT DIMINISHES WHAT THAT CURRENT 100% CONSTITUTES, THAT'S NOT A WIN. THAT'S A LOSS FOR REGIONAL TRANSIT.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE. YOU KNOW, I HOPE THIS COLLABORATION IS GOING TO INVITE OTHERS TO AVOID ONE OFFS AND WANT TO EVENTUALLY JOIN OUR REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM. SO I HOPE THAT THEY'RE REALLY TAKING THIS MESSAGE OF DALLAS FLEXIBILITY ON THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

I, I DO APPRECIATE KEEPING FOCUS ON WHAT THE SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION IS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AS WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR NUMBER ENDS UP BEING. AND MAYBE THAT SHOULD MOVE BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE MONEY YOU OPERATE ON.

AND SO THAT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSER ON THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT'S A POWERFUL POINT TO MAKE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IN LOOKING AT THIS IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNANCE ASPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL IN OUR BOARD, DART, DART BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENTS, AND BEING A DART BOARD MEMBER IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE CULTIVATION AND COLLABORATION TO ENSURE THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE THE MAJORITY IN NUMBER, THAT WE HAVE IT IN PHILOSOPHY AND SPIRIT AND ALIGNMENT WITH OTHERS.

AND IN HAVING THAT, WE DO HAVE A MAJORITY. SO I SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

MR. ROTH, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO ALSO APPLAUD CHAIR RIDLEY AND CHAIR MENDELSOHN FOR THEIR CREATIVE AND INSTRUCTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR HELPING IDENTIFY SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THIS SITUATION TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE.

IT. MY INFORMATION SAYS THAT THIS DART IS A $1.9 BILLION BUSINESS, AND IT'S A AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS

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FOR OUR REGION. MY MY MESSAGE TO DART AND MY CHALLENGE TO DART IS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE MEMBER CITIES, NEEDS TO MANAGE AND IMPROVE AND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE THREE PILLARS.

AND I'M MY CHALLENGE ALSO IS TO REQUEST AND DEMAND OF OUR MEMBER CITIES, INCLUDING US, TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY, TO DART TO OPERATE THIS BUSINESS EFFICIENTLY, FISCALLY, RESPONSIBLY AND SUCCESSFULLY SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE A VISION FOR THE THE FUTURE AND STRATEGICALLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH OF OUR REGION.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE. BUT I BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS FEELING THAT OUR, OUR OPERATOR IS OPERATING COLLABORATIVELY FOR ALL THE MEMBER CITIES BENEFITS HERE, AND THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHICH ARE THE MEMBERS AND OUR AND OUR AND OUR RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. MISS CADENA, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND THE TEAM FOR WORKING ON THIS COMPROMISE.

AS I CAST MY VOTE, I'M THINKING OF MY FRIENDS JAVIER AND JORGE WHO RIDE THE BUS ON A DAILY BASIS.

THIS IS HOW THEY GET AROUND THE CITY. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS COMPROMISE.

AND I HOPE THAT DART WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND IMPROVE THEIR SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS IN DALLAS AND THE REGION.

I KNOW SPECIFICALLY FOR DISTRICT SIX, WE HAVE NOT A LOT OF RAIL IN OUR AREA.

AND SO WE RELY ON BUS SERVICE AND ALSO ON OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, LIKE THE THE CIRCUIT THAT THEY HAVE IN WEST DALLAS.

AND SO I DO HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THANKS, CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR JOHNSON. I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A BRIEF STORY.

IN 1980, I MOVED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, A NEW GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND MY JOB WAS AT THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION.

I THINK IT WAS ON MAIN STREET, RIGHT ACROSS FROM NEIMAN'S AND DOWN THE STREET FROM WALGREENS.

SO I WAS LIVING OFF OF MEADOW ROAD, AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET TO MY JOB WAS TO TAKE THE BUS.

I WALKED TO THE BUS STOP AT 75 AND MEADOW AND GOT ON THE BUS, TOOK ME DOWNTOWN, WORKED, CAME BACK PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS INTO THIS JOB. THE IT WAS NOT DART AT THAT POINT.

IT WAS WHATEVER THE BUS SYSTEM WAS. THE BUS DRIVERS WENT ON STRIKE AND SO THERE WOULD BE NO BUS TO TAKE ME TO WORK OR TAKE ME HOME.

NOW, I SORT OF HAD SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES, BUT I HAD TO WORK THOSE OUT.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE WATCHING THE NEWS AT THAT NIGHT TO SAY YOUR BUS WON'T BE THERE THE NEXT DAY.

AND I REMEMBER THAT FEELING. I FELT HELPLESS AND FRUSTRATED, AND I DESPERATELY NEEDED TO GET TO MY JOB.

AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH HELP WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WE WORKED IT OUT.

AND I DID MANAGE TO GET THERE AND GET HOME. BUT I, I JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, A PERIOD OF TIME, I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TAKE A SERVICE LIKE THAT AWAY.

AND IT'S NOT IT, IT'S IT'S JUST DEVASTATING. IT REALLY AND TRULY IS.

SO I FEEL FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE IN THE REGION WHO'S WONDERING WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO TO GET TO GET TO THEIR JOB. AND FOR THAT REASON AND ALSO JUST BECAUSE I SEE THIS, I, THIS IS A A SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE. IT IS REGIONAL AND NEEDS TO BE REGIONAL.

AND IN THAT CONTEXT, WE NEED TO BE A GOOD REGIONAL PARTNER.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE, TO BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE OTHER CITIES AND TO MAKE THIS WORKABLE FOR EVERYONE.

SO I WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGER TOLBERT FOR HER HOURS AND HOURS OF WORK ON THIS.

I WANT TO THANK BOTH MAYOR JOHNSON AND MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS, FOR MR. BRYANT AND. O FOR CHAIR RIDLEY AS WELL. I KNOW THAT THIS CAME UP AT TRANSPORTATION AND HE CERTAINLY SPENT MANY HOURS ON THIS.

SORRY, I HAD A LIST AND IT DIDN'T MEAN TO FORGET YOU, CHAIR RIDLEY.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS. I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK.

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AND AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS MEANINGFUL WORK FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO RELY ON OUR DART SYSTEM TO GET TO WORK, TO GET TO A HOSPITAL, TO GET TO A DOCTOR. IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN JOHNSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK CHAIR STEWART FOR WHAT SHE JUST SAID.

SHE TOOK ME DOWN MEMORY LANE AS A SINGLE FATHER, RAISING KIDS AND HAVING TO GET UP AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING TO CATCH THE DART BUS JUST TO MAKE SURE I GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND GET TO MY JOB TO THEN TAKE A TRANSFER AND THEN A DOUBLE TRANSFER.

SOME OF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT BACK IN THE DAY JUST TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

DART HELPS SAVE LIVES. IT HELPS SAVE JOBS. AND I SAID THIS BEFORE, IF DART IS SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AS A CITY. AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY OUR CITY AND OUR CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALL SERVE.

I WANT TO THANK MAYOR JOHNSON CITY MANAGER TOLBERT AND MR. BRYANT AND MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN DOING THIS.

I WAS TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUE NEXT TO ME PASTOR GRACEY, AND I SAID THIS, I'M A FOOTBALL COACH.

BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS IN BIG TIME GAMES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE JUST SAW HAPPEN WITH MAYOR, HIS LEADERSHIP, CITY MANAGER AND THE LEADERSHIP MAYOR PRO TEM CHAIR RIDLEY AND MR. BRYANT. THAT'S WHAT WE JUST SAW. PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS THE AISLES, GETTING THINGS DONE IN A DIFFICULT AND TOUGH MOMENT.

EVERYTHING IS NOT EASY AND WE SEE THINGS HAPPENING.

BUT I WAS HEARING THE CONVERSATION. I HEARD WHAT WAS GOING ON, HAD CONVERSATIONS.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE FRANTIC, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE JOB, GET TO WORK, AND ETC.? AND SO THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION I'LL BE SUPPORTING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE FIRST IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN WEST. I THINK FIVE MINUTES FOR YOU.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I WANT TO SECOND WHAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CHAIR RIDLEY'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS DART'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS, MR. BRYANT. THIS WAS IS NOT A NOT AN EASY ISSUE. AND I KNOW, ALONG WITH CITY MANAGER TOLBERT, YOU'VE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD. COMPROMISE IS NECESSARY IN GOVERNMENT.

I HAVE FULL FAITH IN BOTH OUR CITY MANAGER AND IN OUR DART MEMBERS TO SECURE THE BEST DEAL THAT WE CAN GET FOR DALLAS.

HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, I WILL BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I CAN'T GET OVER A GUT FEELING THAT OUR DANCE PARTNERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THE CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS HAVE THE BEST PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM POSSIBLE.

I HOPE A DEAL IS STRUCK AND THAT ALL 13 MEMBER CITIES STAY IN THE SYSTEM, BUT I WOULD RATHER MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST OUR CITY AND JUST OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS WHO WANT A STRONG PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM, RATHER THAN POTENTIALLY WEAKEN THE SYSTEM TO APPEASE OTHER PRIORITIES.

THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST? I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A RECORDED VOTE, PLEASE. OKAY.

THAT'S BEEN DULY NOTED. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? CHAIRWOMAN MIDDLETON YOU RECOGNIZED FOR. THREE MINUTES? NO, I WAS JUST MAKING THAT REQUEST. MR. BAZALDUA YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I JUST FORGOT I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR NEW DART BOARD CHAIR FOR YOUR WORK PRIOR TO YOU EVEN BECOMING THE CHAIR. YOU REALLY GRABBED THE REINS AND HELPED FACILITATE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION.

I DO WANT TO ALSO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, VINTON JONES AND HIS ADVOCACY DURING OUR LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I THINK THAT HIS WORK DOWN IN THE CAPITOL AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE BUILT WAS CRITICAL, IN FACT, MONUMENTAL. IN ORDER FOR US TO PREVENT A VERY PROBLEMATIC BILL FROM GOING FORWARD DOWN AT THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH, QUITE FRANKLY, WOULD HAVE UNDONE ANY ABILITY FOR OUR CITY MANAGER TO DO THE WORK THAT SHE DID TO GET TO THIS OUTCOME THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.

SO I WOULD HAVE BEEN REMISS TO NOT MENTION THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR VALIANT EFFORTS FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT OF HEARTFELT STORIES ON WHY DART IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY,

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AND THAT ALONE SHOULD BE REASON TO VOTE YES ON THIS.

BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THE BUSINESSES THAT CHOOSE A CITY LIKE DALLAS, AN URBAN CITY FOR THEIR EMPLOYERS, FOR THEIR RELOCATION. AND SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL AS WE VOTE TODAY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 44? ALL RIGHT. BUT BEFORE WE PROCEED TO THE RECORD VOTE, I DO WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

WELL, I GUESS THE FIRST THING I SHOULD SAY IS THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HAS DONE UNDER CHAIRMAN RIDLEY TO, TO MANAGE THIS DISCUSSION. IT'S SOMETHING I ASKED FOR WHEN I ASSIGNED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, MY MAIN COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. THIS FALL I ASKED FOR YOU GUYS TO TO ASSESS THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH DART AND RECOMMEND A LONG TERM REGIONAL TRANSIT PLAN IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE DONE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK.

I THINK PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS TO BE THANKED HAS BEEN THANKED IN VARIOUS REMARKS THAT MEMBERS HAVE MADE.

SO I WON'T EXCUSE MY NOT REPEATING IT. I FEEL IT TOO, THE THE GRATITUDE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE ELSE.

BUT I FEEL LIKE THE, THE ONLY THING THAT I WANT TO, TO ADD THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID ALREADY IS, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS WHAT THEIR OR HAS A GOOD IDEA OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.

BUT I THINK CHAIRMAN RIDLEY'S REMARKS REALLY SET THE TABLE VERY WELL.

I AGREE WITH YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SET THE THOSE REMARKS, I THINK ARE HOW WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE NO, THIS ONE ACT THAT WE'RE TAKING TODAY DOESN'T IN AND OF ITSELF FIX ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE CHALLENGING DART THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. BUT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE THOSE OF YOU WHO TOOK THE LSAT.

REMEMBER LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THOSE LOGIC GAME PROBLEMS AND THINGS. I MEAN, WHAT IS NECESSARY IN WHAT IS SUFFICIENT OR NOT THE SAME THING, BUT WHAT IS NECESSARY IS NECESSARY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE THE GOAL, BUT YOU DEFINITELY WILL NOT ACHIEVE THE GOAL IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT IS NECESSARY. SO IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S SUFFICIENT TO SOLVE DARTS PROBLEMS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, BUT IT IS NECESSARY TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE DO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TODAY.

SO I THINK YOU SAID THAT VERY WELL, AND YOU SAVED ME A LOT OF TIME.

SO BUT I WILL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, I GET ASKED A LOT.

MAYBE THE MOST COMMON QUESTION I GET IS MAYOR AS IT RELATES TO ME PERSONALLY IN THIS ROLE IS WHAT WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR LEGACY TO BE? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR LEGACY IS GOING TO BE? LEGACY? LEGACY? LEGACY. YOU KNOW, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A LOT.

NOT JUST IN THE CONTEXT OF MYSELF, BUT I THINK ABOUT IT ABOUT YOU GUYS AND THE FOLKS THAT I'VE SERVED WITH WHO, YOU KNOW, CAME IN WITH ME, IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN AROUND THIS WHOLE TIME.

AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR, LIKE I HAVE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY ABOUT THIS COUNCIL WHAT OUR LEGACY IS GOING TO BE.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND I THINK IT'S THIS.

WHAT DO THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSION ISSUE? THE CITY HALL ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

THAT CONVERSATION AROUND THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON CITY HALL.

THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OR DOWNTOWN DALLAS, AND THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ABOUT ALL HAVE IN COMMON ANSWER. THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT WE DIDN'T CREATE, BUT THAT WE ARE CHOOSING TO FIX.

WE ARE WE ARE THE COUNCIL THAT HAS VOLUNTARILY TAKEN ON EVERY SEMINAL ISSUE.

EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE CITY'S WELL-BEING THAT HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FOR LITERALLY DECADES.

WE ARE THE COUNCIL THAT HAS TIME AND TIME AGAIN SINCE I GOT HERE AND YOU GUYS GOT HERE HAS SAID THE BUCK'S GOING TO STOP HERE.

BUT POLITICALLY, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY GOT KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FOR DECADES. IT'S BECAUSE THESE THESE ISSUES ARE, BY DEFINITION, THE ISSUES THAT WILL DIVIDE PEOPLE AND COST YOU POLITICALLY.

THAT'S JUST THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSION DIDN'T GET SOLVED BEFORE NOW BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH.

THE CITY HALL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE STUFF IS STILL PENDING BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH.

DOWNTOWN IS FACING THE CHALLENGES THAT'S FACING BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT THE WAY THEY SHOULD BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH DART AND ITS FUTURE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THIS REGION AND WHAT IT MEANS. THESE ISSUES ARE TOUGH.

BUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THIS COUNCIL, WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN FACED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY AND MY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND THOSE CHARGES I GIVE THE COMMITTEE.

IF YOU JUST LOOK THROUGH THEM FOR THE PAST SIX PLUS YEARS, IT'S CONSISTENTLY JUST SAYING, I THINK THIS IS THE COUNCIL THAT HAS THE GUTS TO TAKE IT ON.

I SEND IT TO A COMMITTEE, YOU REPORT BACK SOMETHING AND WE JUST FIX IT.

AND SO 50 YEARS FROM NOW, WHATEVER, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT YOUR LEGACY IS GOING TO BE.

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I ALREADY KNOW IT. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SAY THAT COUNCIL THAT GOT PUT IN PLACE IN 2019 AND STAYED THROUGH 2028, NOW I GUESS IT WILL BE THAT COUNCIL JUST GOT IT DONE.

THEY JUST THEY DID ALL THE HARD STUFF AND THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEHIND THEM FRANKLY, JUST GOT TO COAST ON A LOT OF THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST WE'RE JUST TAKING THEM ON. WE'RE JUST TAKING THEM ON.

AND SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION. I'M NOT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SOLVE THE WHOLE THING TODAY, BUT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NECESSARY, NOT SUFFICIENT, BUT NECESSARY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AROUND HERE. WE DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, AND WE JUST KEEP ON MOVING AND WE'LL PICK UP THE NEXT REALLY HARD THING THAT COMES ALONG OUR WAY. SO WITH THAT, MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE VOTE.

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

NO. IF YOU OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

GRACEY. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. JOHNSON. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.

RESENDEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER. RESENDEZ. YES. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER. CADENA. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. BAZALDUA.

YES. COUNCILMEMBER. BLAIR. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.

BLACKMON. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. STEWART. YES. COUNCILMEMBER.

ROTH. YES. FOR CLARITY. COUNCILMEMBER.

BAZALDUA. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. MENDELSOHN.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. RIDLEY. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

WILLIS. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO. YES. MAYOR JOHNSON.

YES. WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE, THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHERE ARE WE ON THE AGENDA NOW? MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR ITEMS FOR THIS FIRST SESSION.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, LET'S STAND AT RECESS UNTIL ONE.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION. YES, WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY.

OKAY, HORSESHOE. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 1 P.M., AND WE'LL DEAL WITH OUR BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE THE CAKE READY NOW. LET'S DO IT NOW.

OKAY, LET'S DO THAT. LET'S DO THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY. LAURA CADENA'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.

IT IS, IT IS. AND, KIM, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE SONG? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE NEED THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK AND LEAD THE SINGING, SO COME ON.

IT'S LAURA'S BIRTHDAY ON VALENTINE'S DAY. MY GOOD ONE THIS TIME.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR COUNCILWOMAN CADENA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WHERE'S THE CAKE? WHAT DO WE GOT TODAY? OH, NICE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 1 P.M., Y'ALL.

ALL RIGHT. I'M TOLD WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND I DON'T DO THE COUNTING, SO I TRUST WE HAVE A QUORUM, MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. AND THE TIME BEING, 112.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR AGENDA FOR TODAY DOES NOT HAVE ANY ZONING ITEMS, ONLY PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS.

[PH1. A public hearing to receive comments (1) regarding an application by ECG Belt Line, LP (Applicant), to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for 4% Non-Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Belt Line Flats, a 161-unit multifamily residential development for persons of low and moderate income to be located at 1275 South Belt Line Road, Dallas, Texas 75253 (Project); and (2) pursuant to Section 394.9025 of the Texas Local Government Code regarding bonds to be issued by the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to finance the Project; and, at the close of the public hearing authorize a Resolution of No Objection for Applicant, acknowledging the One Mile Three Year Rule, related to its application to TDHCA for the development of the Project - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information) *In alignment with Dallas Housing Resource Catalog.]

THAT. THAT WAY, WE'LL MOVE TO YOUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

YOUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS PAGE ONE. PAGE ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS, ONE REGARDING AN APPLICATION BY BELTLINE LP, APPLICANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE 4% NONCOMPETITIVE, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THE BELTLINE FLATS, A 161 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PERSONS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TO BE LOCATED AT 1275 SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.

75253 PROJECT AND TWO PURSUANT TO SECTION 394 .9025 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REGARDING BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO FINANCE THE PROJECT, AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZED A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR APPLICANT ACKNOWLEDGING THE ONE MILE, THREE YEAR RULE RELATED TO ITS APPLICATION TO TD HCA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A CLARIFICATION. WE'RE CLARIFYING THAT THE PROJECT IS 180 UNITS, INCLUDING SIX ONE BEDROOM, 75 TWO BEDROOM, 89 THREE BEDROOM AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS, AND THE UNIT MIX IS AS

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FOLLOWS 24.5% RESERVED FOR AT OR BELOW 50% AMI, 51% RESERVED FOR AT OR BELOW 60% AMI, AND 24.5% RESERVED FOR AT OR BELOW 80% AMI.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM FF ONE NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE A MOTION ON PAGE ONE? YES, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE.

YES. YES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS AS AS IT'S BEEN READ INTO THE RECORDS.

ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. BLAIR? YOU'D LIKE TO. WELL, YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I DON'T I WON'T TAKE THAT LONG. THIS ISN'T AN AREA OF THE DISTRICT WHERE WE NEED HELP WITH GETTING IT TO GROW.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS THAT IS BEING BROUGHT TO US WITH 80% AMI.

IT'S NOT ALL AT 60% AND BELOW. SO IT HAS SOME 80%, WHICH BRINGS IT UP AND BRINGS IT BRINGS UP THE THE ABILITY FOR A DIFFERENT RESIDENT TO LIVE IN THE AREA.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO NOTE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, IT HAS FOUR BEDROOMS, APARTMENTS WITH FOUR BEDROOMS. LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MINUTE.

AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS WITH FOUR BEDROOMS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN A HOUSE. BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE INCOME TO, BUT HAS THE FAMILY THAT NEEDS THE FOUR BEDROOMS. THIS STILL GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT.

IT STILL IS AFFORDABLE AND IT STILL IS WITHIN WHAT WE NEED IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AREA.

SO I APPRECIATE THIS ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM ONE? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM. ITEM TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ONE REGARDING AN APPLICATION BY COHEN ESSER

[PH2. A public hearing to receive comments (1) regarding an application by Cohen-Esrey Development Group, LLC (Applicant), to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for 4% Non-Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits for The Henley, a 228-unit multifamily residential development for persons of low and moderate income to be located at 7535 University Hills Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75241 (Project); and (2) pursuant to Section 394.9025 of the Texas Local Government Code regarding bonds to be issued by the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to finance the Project; and, at the close of the public hearing authorize a Resolution of No Objection for Applicant related to its application to TDHCA for the development of the Project - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information) *In alignment with Dallas Housing Resource Catalog.]

DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC, APPLICANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, FOR 4% NONCOMPETITIVE, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THE HENLEY, A 228 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PERSONS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TO BE LOCATED AT 7535 UNIVERSITY HILLS BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TEXAS. 75 241 PROJECT AND TWO PURSUANT TO SECTION 394.9025 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REGARDING BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO FINANCE THE PROJECT AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR APPLICANT RELATED TO ITS APPLICATION TO TD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM FF TWO NO SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION? YES, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I MOVE TO HOLD THIS MATTER UNTIL FEBRUARY THE 25TH.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, MR. BLAIR? WELL, WITH WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.

OKAY, BUT YOU STILL NEED IT TO START. WE GOTTA GET YOU STARTED.

THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO MAKE SOME MORE CHANGE.

IT WANTS TO MAKE SOME MORE CHANGES, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN COME TO A HAPPY AGREEMENT.

AND I'LL GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR ITEM TWO? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ONE REGARDING AN APPLICATION BY CROSS DEVELOPMENT,

[PH3. A public hearing to receive comments (1) regarding an application by Cross Development, LLC and/or its affiliate(s) (collectively referred to as Applicant), to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for 4% Non-Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Huntington Place Senior Living Dallas, a 210-unit senior multifamily residential development for persons of low and moderate income to be located at 1431 West Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas, Texas 75236 (Project); and (2) pursuant to Section 394.9025 of the Texas Local Government Code regarding bonds to be issued by the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to finance the Project; and, at the close of the public hearing authorize a Resolution of No Objection for Applicant related to its application to TDHCA for the development of the Project - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information) *In alignment with Dallas Housing Resource Catalog.]

LLC AND OR ITS AFFILIATE, COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS APPLICANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, FOR 4% NONCOMPETITIVE, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR HUNTINGTON PLACE SENIOR LIVING DALLAS, A 210 UNIT SENIOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PERSONS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TO BE LOCATED AT 1431 WEST CAMP WISDOM ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS 75236 PROJECT AND TWO PURSUANT TO SECTION 394.905 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REGARDING BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO FINANCE THE PROJECT AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR APPLICANT RELATED TO ITS APPLICATION TO TD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

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

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OKAY. MR. BAKER IS NOT IN PERSON OR ONLINE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM THREE NO SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE! APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, CHAIRMAN GRACEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS AFTERNOON. ON THAT OTHER ITEM. BUT THIS ITEM, AGAIN, AS WE STRATEGICALLY THINK ABOUT A STRATEGY FOR HOUSING, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO REALLY BUILD HOUSING SO THAT SOME OF OUR SENIORS WHO ARE AGING OUT OF THEIR HOMES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AGE IN PLACE.

I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ABOUT BLUE ZONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BEING ABLE TO KEEP OUR SENIORS IN COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

IT ADDS LONGEVITY TO THEIR LIFESTYLES AND KEEPS THEM ACTIVE AND KEEPS THEM ENGAGED.

SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRATEGY, I KNOW. BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION.

I HAVE A GROUP OF MY D3 SAVVY SENIORS. WE HAD OUR MEETING YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID, ALRIGHT, WE THIS IS ABOUT ENOUGH. BUT THE STRATEGY IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PART OF THE DISTRICT HAS AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING SO THAT THOSE SENIORS CAN CHOOSE TO AGE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING ON MY STRATEGY. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. ON FOUR AGAINST PAGE THREE. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ONE REGARDING AN APPLICATION BY SL UNIVERSITY HILLS PARTNERS,

[PH4. A public hearing to receive comments (1) regarding an application by SL University Hills Partners, LP (Applicant), to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for 4% Non-Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credits for University Hills, a 360-unit multifamily residential development for persons of low and moderate income to be located at the northwest corner of South Lancaster Road and East Wheatland Road, Dallas, Texas 75241(Project); and (2) pursuant to Section 394.9025 of the Texas Local Government Code regarding bonds to be issued by the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to finance the Project; and, at the close of the public hearing authorize a Resolution of No Objection for Applicant related to its application to TDHCA for the development of the Project - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information) *In alignment with Dallas Housing Resource Catalog.]

LP APPLICANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR 4% NONCOMPETITIVE, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR UNIVERSITY HILLS, A 360 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PERSONS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TO BE LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH LANCASTER ROAD AND EAST WHEATLAND ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS. 75 241 PROJECT AND TWO PURSUANT TO SECTION 394 .9025 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REGARDING BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO FINANCE THE PROJECT, AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AUTHORIZED A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR APPLICANT RELATED TO HIS APPLICATION TO TD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.

THERE IS A CLARIFICATION TO THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM IS CLARIFYING THAT THE UNIT MIX IS AS FOLLOWS 20% RESERVED FOR AT OR BELOW 50% AMI. 70% RESERVED FOR AT OR BELOW 60% AMI, AND 10% RESERVED FOR AT OR BELOW 80% AMI. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM FF FOUR NO SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION FF FOUR MOVE TO APPROVE? I HEARD A MOTION AND I HEARD A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, MR. BLAIR. AS YOU CAN NOTICE THAT ALL OF MY CASES HAVE A 80, 60, 50 MIX.

IT'S NOT JUST A FLAT 60% OF AMI WITH THIS CONCENTRATION OF LOW INCOME HOUSING AT ANY PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO PART OF A BIGGER DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS PART OF THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS IS THE FIRST APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WILL BE GOING IN.

AND IT'S A MIX 80, 60, 50. SO IT'S NOT JUST ALL 60%.

WE ALREADY HAVE OVER 500 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND BUILT ALL AT MARKET RATE.

SO THIS WILL MAKE IT TRULY A MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT.

IT WILL CONTINUOUSLY BE A MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT.

IT WILL BE HIGH, MIDDLE AND A SMALLER END LOCATION.

THAT'S THE VISION AND THE VIEW FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

SO EVERYONE CAN FEEL WELCOME AND WELCOMING AND HAVE A WELCOMING APPEARANCE AND A WELCOMING EXPERIENCE IN DISTRICT EIGHT.