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          YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC L. JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO TEM JESSE MORENO, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM GAY DONELLE WILLIS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, ZARIN D. 
          GRACEY, MAXIE JOHNSON, JAIME RESENDEZ, LAURA CADENA, ADAM BAZALDUA, LORIE BLAIR, PAULA BLACKMON, KATHY STEWART, WILLIAM ROTH, KARA MENDELSOHN, PAUL E. RIDLEY, CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY BIZOR-TOLBERT, CITY SECRETARY BILLIERAE JOHNSON, AND INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY BERT VANDENBERG. ALRIGHT, GOOD 
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026
ORDER OF BUSINESS
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MORNING. WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH, 2026, TIME'S 9:23 A.M. AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. 
          GREAT. OUR INVOCATION IS GOING TO BE GIVEN BY OUR COLLEAGUE THIS MORNING, MEMBERS CHAIRMAN ZARIN GRACEY FROM DISTRICT 3. HEY, HE'S ALSO AN EXECUTIVE PASTOR AT CONCORD CHURCH, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM FOR OUR INVOCATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. LET US PRAY. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HUMBLE HEARTS, GRATEFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVING NEARLY 1.3 MILLION RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY OF DALLAS. WE DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE WEIGHT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY PLACED IN OUR HANDS. AND SO, BEFORE WE CONDUCT EVEN ONE MOMENT OF BUSINESS, WE PAUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK WELL WITHOUT YOU. 
          YOUR WORD REMINDS US IN PROVERBS THAT FOR LACK OF GUIDANCE A NATION FALLS, BUT VICTORY IS WON THROUGH MANY ADVISORS. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BE OUR FIRST AND GREATEST ADVISOR TODAY, THAT YOUR WISDOM WOULD BE THE FOUNDATION BENEATH EVERY CONVERSATION EVERY PROPOSAL, EVERY VOTE CAST IN THIS CHAMBER. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU OPEN OUR EYES TO THE WISDOM YOU HAVE ALREADY PLACED AMONG US. AROUND THIS DAIS SITS MANY MEN AND WOMEN OF DEEP EXPERIENCE, GENUINE COMMITMENT, AND SERVANT HEARTS. IN OUR OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS ARE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEX NEEDS OF THIS CITY. FATHER, HELP US TO TRULY SEE ONE ANOTHER, NOT AS OBSTACLES, OR OPPOSITION, BUT AS COLLABORATORS, EACH BRINGING A PIECE OF THE ANSWER THAT NONE OF US HOLDS ALONE. AS WE NAVIGATE THIS DIFFICULT BUDGET SEASON, WE KNOW THAT HARD CHOICES LIE AHEAD. FAMILIES ACROSS DALLAS ARE COUNTING ON US TO BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF THEIR RESOURCES. GIVE US THE COURAGE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS, THE HUMILITY TO LISTEN BEFORE WE SPEAK, AND THE GRACE TO DISAGREE WITHOUT DIVISION. 
          WHEN THE PATH FORWARD IS UNCLEAR, REMIND US TO LEAN IN ON ONE ANOTHER, AND ABOVE ALL, LEAN IN ON YOU. 
          UNITE US, LORD, IN PURPOSE. 
          LET OUR SHARED LOVE FOR THIS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE BE STRONGER THAN ANY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. AND WHEN THIS SEASON HAS PASSED, MAY THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS LOOK BACK AND SAY THAT THEIR COUNCIL AND THEIR CITY STAFF ROSE TO THE MOMENT TOGETHER. WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN YOUR NAME. 
          AMEN. IF EVERYONE WHO IS ABLE WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. FIRST TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THEN THE STATE OF TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE 
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ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING. THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR ITS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. I WILL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES. SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON. 
          FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR. 
          AT THE PODIUM, WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE STOP. 
          FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCILMEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON ONLY. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, JESSICA STEWART-LINDVAY. THANK YOU, 
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE TO DO MY PART AS A CONSTITUENT TO CALL UPON MY COUNCIL, AS A CONSTITUENT OF DALLAS, TO BE THE BEST OF US, TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION, AND TO REPRESENT WHAT IS THE GREATEST COLLECTIVE GOOD FOR ALL OF US. BARACK OBAMA SAYS THAT IN A DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO US, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO TOGETHER. 
          DEMOCRACY IS NOT A STATE, IT IS AN ACT. AND WHEN EVERYBODY IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER, THEN WE MAKE BIG STEPS TOGETHER TOWARDS GOOD. 
          HE OFTEN TALKS ABOUT HOW IT'S IMPERFECT AND HARD AND I'M HERE FOR THAT I THINK A LOT OF US ARE HERE FOR THAT BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE I BELIEVE WE'RE OFF COURSE AS REPRESENTED BY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY IN TERMS OF A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND A LACK OF REPRESENTATION AND THIS IS MAINLY AROUND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, AND ESPECIALLY RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT I HOLD DEAR AND I BELIEVE IS AN ICON AND A MODEL FOR ALL OF US, FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR US AND WHAT IS BEST AS A REMINDER. 
          AND THAT IS I. M. PEI'S CITY HALL, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS BUILDING, TO ME, IS A MODEL THAT WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK TOWARDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY THAT LEAD TOWARDS THAT HARD WORK THAT BARACK OBAMA TALKS ABOUT IN TERMS OF WORKING TOGETHER. SO, THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT AT A MOMENT RIGHT PAST THE WORST, ONE OF THE WORST TIMES IN OUR CITY. AND IT WAS WHEN THE MOST REGRESSIVE PARTS OF US WERE ABLE TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT. 
          AND AS A RESULT, THE PROGRESSIVE, FORWARD-THINKING PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, LET'S CHANGE THIS TRAJECTORY THAT WE'RE ON. AND PART OF THAT WAS DEVELOPING THE GOALS OF DALLAS AND BUILDING THIS BUILDING. SO, THIS BUILDING REPRESENTS TRANSPARENCY AND THIS CONNECTION WITH THE PEOPLE IN OUR VOICE. RIGHT NOW, OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS US TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY FORWARDS, NOT BACKWARDS. AND WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THAT RIGHT NOW, NOT TRYING TO SAVE CITY HALL. 
          THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ROBERT CECCARELLI. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I GAVE THE RESULTS OF CHILDREN AT RISK TO DIST HIGH SCHOOLS. 2025 IS AT THE BOTTOM AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT SAYS COLLEGE READINESS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO RANK HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          APPARENTLY, DISC DOES NOT KNOW THAT AND THEY'RE TRYING TO COVER UP ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HERE'S THE SCORES RIGHT HERE. 
          MAYOR JOHNSON, I UNDERSTAND YOU ONLY WENT TO DALLAS SCHOOLS FOR ONE YEAR, ONE OR TWO YEARS, RIGHT? SO THAT, YEAH, AND SO YOU DON'T LIKE DALLAS EITHER. I'M JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT. HE ONLY WENT TO SCHOOL TWO YEARS. OKAY, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE SCORES OF THE COLLEGE READINESS OF THE 22 HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE REGULAR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SEE THE VERTICAL LINE ON THE FAR RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE COLLEGE READINESS IS, OKAY? SO, I'M GOING TO READ IT OFF TO YOU, AND I'M GOING TO BRING UP SOUTH OAK CLIFF. 
          THEY GOT AN F. ALL THAT PUBLICITY, THEY GOT AN F. 
          OKAY, SO LET'S GO OVER IT. 
          ADDISON GOT A C. 
          SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOT A F. 
          WOODROW WILSON GOT A B. 
          W.T. WHITE GOT A C. 
          MOLINA GOT A D. ADAMS GOT A D. 
          CONRAD GOT A F. 
          JEFFERSON GOT A F. 
          SAMUEL GOT A F. 
          HILLCREST GOT A C. 
          MADISON GOT A F. CARTER GOT A F. 
          NORTH DALLAS GOT A F. 
          HUTCHINS GOT A F. 
          SPRUCE GOT A F. CAN I GO DOWN TO THE LAST FIVE WHERE IT SAYS SKYLINE? SKYLINE GOT A D. 
          LINCOLN GOT A F. 
          ROOSEVELT GOT A F. 
          SEAGOVILLE GOT A F. 
          AND KIMBALL GOT AN F. 13 F'S AND TWO OR THREE D'S. I GAVE OUT THE GPA, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOLS COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF POINTS, LIKE FOUR IS AN A, THREE IS A B, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A .6, OKAY? WHAT WE NEED 
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TO DO IS WE HAVE TO STOP TALKING ABOUT ELEMENTARY AND TALK ABOUT THE FINAL RESULTS IN HIGH SCHOOL. DIC NEVER DID THIS. 
          SO, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF GREAT PUBLICITY BY MR. JOHNSON. BUT HE NEEDS TO STUDY HIS STUFF BEFORE HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT IT. OKAY, SO YOU GOT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. 
          AND THIS IS VERY MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO FALL BACK ON YOU. IF IN POVERTY, CRIME, AND HOMELESSNESS, THERE IS NO EDUCATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION TODAY. SO, YOU SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES, SO I'M NOT BSING NOBODY. 
          OKAY, NOW ALSO, JOYCE FOREMAN. SHE MENTIONED TO ELIZADRE, JOYCE FOREMAN IS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, WHY ARE THE STUDENTS, WHEN THEY GO TO ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE TEST SCORES ARE LOWER? I DID NOT GET IT, WE DID NOT GET AN ANSWER, BUT JOYCE FOREMAN MENTIONED IT ALSO, AS YOU GET OLDER, THE SCORES GET WORSE, BUT DIC WANTS TO BRING UP ELEMENTARY AND THEN NEVER BRING UP HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GETTING THIS GREAT PUBLICITY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE THIS, THAT DIC IS NOT GREAT IT IS. 
          AND WHOEVER VOTED FOR $6.2 BILLION, THEY WERE PLAYING LIKE A BIG LOLLIPOP, THE $6.2 BILLION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          NANCY MOORE. DO I NEED TO STATE MY ADDRESS? NO. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE TO SPEAK. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. MY NAME IS NANCY MOORE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR JOHNSON AND REPRESENTATIVES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. I AM ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS. I HAVE LIVED MY ENTIRE 59 YEARS IN AN AREA COMMONLY CALLED PRESTON HOLLOW. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT EVERYBODY UP THERE IS WEALTHY AND PRIVILEGED. AND WHILE IT'S TRUE, DISTRICT 13 GENERATES TENS OF BILLIONS WITH A B IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT RICH, NOT EVEN CLOSE. MY ANNUAL INCOME AS A PARALEGAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF A TEACHER, A TRUCK DRIVER, OR A FOOD SERVICE MANAGER. WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS? BECAUSE I WANT YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TUNED IN ONLINE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH DALLAS ARE. WE ARE A DIVERSE MIX OF WORKERS, VOTERS, PEOPLE OF FAITH. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO SEE A HEALTHY, THRIVING CITY FOR OUR FAMILIES. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT 3,000 RESIDENTS, MANY LIKE ME, AND YES, SOME MORE FORTUNATE THAN ME HAVE SIGNED A PHYSICAL PAPER AND INK PETITION OPPOSING A PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AT PRESTON ROAD AND ROYAL LANE, WHICH WE ARE PERSUADED IS A GROSS DEPARTURE FROM DALLAS'S COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FOR DALLAS 2.0, WHICH IN ITS GLOSSARY SECTION DEFINES MID-RISE BUILDING AS STRUCTURES THAT ARE GENERALLY UNDER 10 STORIES IN HEIGHT. 
          THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SEEKS TO SOAR TO 25 STORIES IN HEIGHT AND THAT'S ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS. YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS SOON AS THE HEARING FOR THAT ZONING CASE IS SET FOR JUNE 21ST WITH THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION AND I AM EXPECTING THAT THESE 3,000 NEIGHBORS OF MINE WHO HAVE SIGNED THEIR GOOD NAMES TO THIS PETITION WE'LL HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR YOU TO DENY THAT ZONING CHANGE REQUEST I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MARY JANE COX. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR JOHNSON AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARY JANE COX. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 13. FIRST, MY HUSBAND RICHARD AND I, WE ARE ALSO NOT RICH NORTH DALLAS NIMBYS. WE ARE RETIRED DISD EDUCATORS. WE BUILT OUR HOME 47 YEARS AGO IN WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WAS UNTIL IT WAS DESTROYED IN 2019 WITH THE TORNADO. NOW WE ARE BEING ASKED TO LIVE BY A 25-STORY SKYSCRAPER 500 FEET FROM OUR HOUSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION ALONE WILL BE OVERWHELMING. CONSTANT NOISE, VIBRATION, LANE CLOSURES, HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS, MOVING DIRT FOR UNDERGROUND 
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PARKING GARAGES. I HAVE ASTHMA AND BRONCHIECTASIS. STATISTICS SHOW THAT AIRBORNE PARTICLES FROM DIGGING A PARKING GARAGE IS VERY DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WITH LUNG ISSUES AND EVEN SMALL CHILDREN. TRAFFIC AT PRESTON AND ROYAL IS NOW THE FIFTH MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION IN DALLAS. ADDING THOUSANDS MORE CARS WILL MAKE IT WORSE FOR RESIDENTS, FOR STUDENT DRIVERS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEARBY, FOR CAR POOLS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES. WE DO WANT DEVELOPMENT. THAT LOT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH NOTHING ON IT. BUT WE WANT ONE THAT RESPECTS THE EXISTING ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE. 
          I HAVE SENT YOU RENDERINGS OF APARTMENTS AND MIXED-USE RETAIL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INSTEAD OF A SKYSCRAPER. MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS HAVE SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS, AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE ALMOST 03,500 SIGNATURES ON OUR PETITIONS OPPOSING THIS. 
          AND APPROXIMATELY 95% OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO TOTALLY OPPOSE THIS AND THINK IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OUR LOCATION. IT IS BIGGER THAN PRESTON HOLLOW. ACROSS DALLAS FROM PEPPER SQUARE TO WEST KESSLER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING IGNORED WHILE DEVELOPERS RECEIVE EXTRAORDINARY ZONING EXCEPTIONS. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WHO VOTE HERE, AND WHO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THE HONORABLE DWAINE CARAWAY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I SIT IN THESE SEATS WHERE YOU'RE SITTING TODAY. MY NAME IS DWAINE CARAWAY, 1934 ARGYLE, DALLAS, TEXAS, CEDAR CREST NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE ONLY TO NOT COMPLAIN, BUT TO TRY TO EXPRESS AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE VISION AND THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, WITH SOME EXPERTISE IN SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED OUT TO YOU. AND I'LL PASS THEM OUT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME TWO MORE MINUTES TO DO IT, SO I KNOW I ONLY HAVE THREE. 
          SO, I'LL PUT THEM ON THIS PAPER, OKAY, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO FROM THERE. DOWNTOWN. THIS IS OUR DOWNTOWN. THIS IS OUR CITY. 
          I WAS BORN AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL, THE OLD PARKLAND HOSPITAL WHERE HARLAN CROWE'S OFFICE IS, AND I WAS BORN IN THE BASEMENT IN 1952. THERE IS HISTORY HERE IN THIS CITY, AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT I SERVED ON, WE TOOK ON SOME PRETTY TOUGH ISSUES, BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ON THE ISSUES. I EXPECT AND WANT AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO BE TOUGH WITH THE DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE, BUT THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE TO MAKE ARE DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE, FOR THE FUTURE. DOWNTOWN IS THE MOST VIBRANT ECONOMIC ATTRACTION THAT WE HAVE, AND WE MUST TAKE CARE OF IT IF WE INTEND TO NOT BE IN BUDGET CRISIS. THE THINGS WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS WEST END. WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS DEEP M AND THE CRIME THAT WE HAVE AT DEEP M, BUT NOT JUST IN DEEP M, BUT ALL OVER THE CITY OF DALLAS. AS MAYOR PRO TEM AND MAYOR AT THE TIME THAT I SERVED, CHECK IT OUT IN 2011 AND 2012, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STATS THAT WE HAVE NOW. BUT WE HAD SOME THINGS THAT WE INSTITUTED THAT WERE KIND OF UNPOPULAR, TOUGH, BUT WE DID IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THE MAJESTIC THEATER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S JUST RECENTLY BEEN IN THE NEWS, WE USED TO COULDN'T GO THERE. WHEN I SAY WE, I'M TALKING ABOUT US. 
          AND WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A SIDE DOOR. THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THERE. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT AND NOT BRING IN OTHER FOLKS TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING OURSELVES. DEEP M IN THE CRIME, WE HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THAT. I WANT TO DISCUSS THESE SOLUTIONS. I JUST GOT A THIRD SECOND. I GOT TO HURRY UP. I WANT TO REQUEST SOME MEETINGS. 
          MAYOR, AND THIS WILL SPEAK TO ITSELF, TEXAS HARSH PARK OVER IN JOPPA. THAT'S THE JEWEL THAT WE ARE SITTING THERE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT. I'M GOING TO HAVE THESE 14 SECONDS HERE. 
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I'M GOING TO JUST GET THROUGH WITH THIS. ONE CONTROVERSIAL THING I'LL SAY AS I CLOSE, WE NEED SOME MONEY. WE NEED TO SELL WRR. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO WRINKLE SOME FEATHERS. 
          THAT'S YOUR TIME. 
          BUT WE NEED THE REVENUE. AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS, AND I'M OPEN TO DISCUSS THE THINGS THAT I'VE PASSED OUT TO YOU. AND I'M REQUESTING SOME MEETINGS WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS CITY BUSINESS. MR. MAYOR? I'M SORRY. MR. MAYOR, CAN I ASK TO SUSPEND OUR RULES AND ALLOW THE REST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS SPEAKERS TO SPEAK NOW? YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE. SO ORDERED, WE'LL HEAR ALL THE DALLAS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, DEVONTAE PETERS. 
          DEVONTAE PETERS IS NOT PRESENT. 
          YAFAEL DEAN. YAFAEL DEAN. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS YAFAEL SHAMSUDDIN, 5957 GOLDEN GATE, DALLAS, TEXAS, HOME FIRE 241. I COME HERE TODAY, FIRST OFF, TO SAY I APPRECIATE MR. BAZALDUA FOR, WITH THE ISSUE AS REGARDS TO BOTHAM JEAN, STREET SIGNS, OR WHATEVER. I DID COMMUNICATE WITH HIM BACK IN SEPTEMBER, AND HE COMMUNICATED BACK. I THINK THAT'S VERY POWERFUL. SIMPLY BECAUSE DRIVING ALONG HERE TODAY, I STILL SEE THE LAMAR STREET SIGNS. AND I REMEMBER HOW POWERFUL IT WAS BACK IN 2020 WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO RENAME LAMAR STREET TO BOTHAM JEAN. SO, IT IS IN OUR OPINION WE WANT TO KEEP THAT LEGACY STRONG, KEEP IT GOING. AND WITH THAT BEING STATED, I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALL WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEM 23 AS WELL FOR THE FUNDING BECAUSE IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ACTUALLY VOTE IN 2020 AND FOR TODAY FREEWAY SIGNS ETC. 
          STILL SAY LAMAR STREET TO THIS DAY SO THAT'S MY OPINION IN ADDITION TO THAT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL DO SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE IN IT IS UNITE THE STREETS WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IN 2020 THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO RENAME SOUTH LAMAR TO BOTHAM JEAN. 
          WHAT I'M PROPOSING AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS PROPOSING IS ALSO RENAME NORTH LAMAR. LET'S GET RID OF THE DIVIDE THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S A DIVIDE IN THE CITY. ALL MY LIFE AS A CHILD, I HEARD ABOUT THE DIVIDE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE BY RENAMING THE WHOLE STREET INTO BOTHAM JEAN, AND I HOPE THAT MR. RIDLEY WOULD CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THE HONORABLE PHILIP KINGSTON. HE'S NOT PRESENT. 
          JOEY NEWBERRY HAS CANCELED. 
          ROXANNE MOBLEY. ROXANNE MOBLEY. IT'S NOT PRESENT. 
          ALEX SCOTT. ALEX SCOTT. IT'S NOT PRESENT. DYLAN THRASHER. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DYLAN THRASHER. I'M THE OWNER OF DFW EVICTION PROS. 
          SO, MY COMPANY HAS BENEFITED ALONGSIDE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE DALLAS EVICTION ADVOCACY CENTER AND THE SUPPORT OF THE WRONGFUL EVICTION PROTECTION PROGRAM. I AM MAKING THIS TESTIMONY DESPITE MY OWN SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL INTEREST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          THE PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO SUBSIDIZE, OR EXCUSE ME, PROVIDE FREE REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT TENANTS THAT ARE BELOW THE 200% POVERTY LINE. 
          THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE DALLAS FICTION ADVOCACY CENTER HAS PUBLISHED THAT THEY SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT ARE WELL ABOVE THE 200% POVERTY LINE, 18% ON AVERAGE FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF WASTE BEING SPENT THERE. 
          AND I HAVE SHARED A BRIEFING WITH YOU ALL THAT PROVIDES THE COUNCIL WITH THE DETAILS THAT I FOUND ON THE AGGREGATE HARM THAT THIS PROGRAM IS HAVING ON THE DALLAS COMMUNITY. BUT I WANT 
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TO DIAL IN ON SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE TANGIBLE AND THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO BE LOOKING AT. A REVIEW OF THE EVICTION DOCKET FOR THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR SHOWS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 167 EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SERIAL DEFENDANTS, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A SINGLE TENANT THAT HAS HAD 21 CASES AND 21 DIFFERENT ADDRESSES, SEVEN DIFFERENT PRECINCTS, AND $56,000 IN RENT THAT IS CLAIMED TO BE OWED. IS THIS ACTUALLY ONE PERSON? PROBABLY NOT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU LOOK ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A CPN. 
          PEOPLE ARE ADVERTISING THESE ALL OVER THE PLACE IN ORDER TO BYPASS THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND TO GET QUALIFIED FOR AN APARTMENT. SO, THEY'RE QUALIFYING FOR THESE DEPARTMENTS UNDER, AND WHAT A CPN IS, IS IT'S USUALLY A CHILD SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER THAT IS BEING USED FRAUDULENTLY IN ORDER TO BYPASS THOSE APPLICATIONS. 
          SO, I KNOW YOU ALL DO NOT DIRECTLY FUND THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT NEVER HURTS TO HAVE A WELL-INFORMED LEADERSHIP AND WELL-INFORMED PUBLIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR CITY OF DALLAS REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS CITY BUSINESS. MR. MAYOR? THANK YOU. FIRST ITEM IS 
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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR VOTING AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE APRIL 22ND, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ANY DISCUSSION? CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK 
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YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE WE MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, DOLORES PHILLIPS. MS. PHILLIPS HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS. MS. PHILLIPS, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE ON TODAY'S AGENDA. DOLORES PHILLIPS, YOU DO HAVE HANDOUTS. 
          WHEN I COME BEFORE YOU, YOU MAY SAY SHE'S ANGRY, SHE'S DISGRUNTLED, SHE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LET IT GO. BUT DALLAS IS A CITY WITHIN THIS BUILDING THAT NETWORKS TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE. YOU CAN BE CITY COUNCIL, YOU CAN BE THE MAYOR. WHEN THEY HAVE AN OUT AGAINST YOU, THE NETWORKING IS FROM WITHIN THIS BUILDING. YOU COULD BE AN OFFICER, YOU COULD BE A CHIEF. YOU HAVE HANDOUTS. THE FIRST ONE IS PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE, AND IT'S EXCEPTION LETTERS FROM UTA. I WAS ACCEPTED IN A DUAL MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM FOR SOCIAL WORK AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. CORPORAL KOTTNER AND SHERRY KUSUMANO DID COURSES OVER AT UTA. I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME. AS RETALIATION, I WAS KICKED OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT. 
          NOW LET'S REWIND AND PLAY BACK TO OCTOBER 25TH, 2013. PLEASE LOOK AT THIS. IT SAYS I WAS UNCONDITIONALLY ADMITTED AND ACCEPTED. I'M ASSURED WITH YOU HOW THEY NETWORK IS VERY DANGEROUS. SO, WHEN I SAY THIS BUILDING WAS NEVER THE PEOPLE'S PLACE, IT WAS NEVER THE PEOPLE'S PLACE. IT IS A NETWORK TO HARM. SO, YOU HAVE DUE DILIGENCE REQUIRED OF YOU TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK, STUDY THESE COMPLAINTS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND MAYOR ROLLINS IS IN RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE BEFORE THEY WENT TO FORT WORTH AND HAD FORMER POLICE CHIEF JOEL FITZGERALD FIRED FOR BRINGING ATTENTION AND AWARENESS TO THEM CONTRACTS AND OTHER DEALINGS THAT WAS GOING ON, THEY WERE HERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS IN THE FLAG ROOM SAYING THAT THEY WERE ANGRY WITH WHAT WENT ON. NOW, OCTOBER 25, 2013 WAS PREARRANGED BY MAYOR ROLLINS WHEN THEY TOOK ME TO GREEN OAKS. I HAD A 3.0. WHEN THEY TOOK ME TO GREEN OAKS, INTERCEPTED COURT DOCUMENTS FOR 12-11126. MS. VALISE THORNE HAD DOCUMENTS, WALGREENS PHARMACEUTICAL RECORDS, LOOKING LEGIT WITH MY NAME FROM 2009-2013, STATING THAT I WAS TAKING MEDICINE FOR BIPOLAR. THOSE WERE NOT LEGIT RECORDS. LET ME TELL YOU HOW THEY NETWORK FROM THIS BUILDING. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. SO YOU GOT WHITE PEOPLE IN MY SHOES. SEE, WHITE PEOPLE AIN'T GONNA COME AND BE BEGGING AND SAYING STOP. SEE, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY MAKE A BIG BANG. YOU KNOW, THEY WENT DOWN TO THE FEDERAL BUILDING. THEY 
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WENT DOWN TO DPD. SAY, LET'S RALLY BEHIND CHIEF CUOMO. 
          LET'S RALLY BEHIND HIM, GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDS, AND THE OFFICERS, GET Y'ALL OUT THE BUILDING. THIS NOT THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING. LISTEN TO ME, OCTOBER 25, 2013, CORPORAL CODNER SAID HE TALKED TO MAYOR ROLLINS BEFORE I GOT THERE. THAT'S YOUR TIME. AND Y'ALL PUT A HIT ON DADDY. NOW I WANT THAT TO BE KNOWN. MAKE RIGHT OR WRONG. THAT IS YOUR TIME. I'M KNOCKING ON DOORS, BABY. YOU DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOUR. 
          BARRETT JOHNSTON. BARRETT JOHNSTON IS NOT ONLINE. YES, I AM. I'M ONLINE. I'M RIGHT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          YOU MAY CONTINUE. HI, MY NAME IS BARRETT JOHNSTON. 
          I'M A DALLAS RESIDENT. 
          I STRONGLY OPPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO WITH AXON ENTERPRISE AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO PULL AGENDA ITEM 4 FOR DISCUSSION AND A SEPARATE VOTE. THIS IS THE FOURTH EXPANSION OF A SINGLE AXON CONTRACT NOW TOTALING $277.8 MILLION. BUILT SINCE 2022 WITH ALMOST NO PUBLIC SCRUTINY, AND DALLAS CANNOT EASILY EXIT IT. THE SOURCE WALL FRAMEWORK HAS NO GENERAL TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE CLAUSE. THE CITY CAN ONLY EXIT IF IT LOSES FUNDING OR A LAW CHANGES. SO, EVERY DOLLAR COMMITTED TODAY SURVIVES CANCELLATION. A YES VOTE THIS MORNING DEEPENS A DECADE-LONG LOCK-IN AND MAKES IT EXIT HARDER EVERY TIME. THE RESOLUTION JUSTIFIES THIS PURCHASE IN PART BY CITING THE FIFA WORLD CUP. 
          I'D ASK THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THAT EVENT RIGHT NOW. 
          ACCORDING TO A SURVEY RELEASED THIS WEEK BY THE AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION, NEARLY 80% OF HOTELIERS ACROSS WORLD CUP HOST CITIES SAY BOOKINGS ARE TRACKING BELOW INITIAL FORECAST. IN DALLAS SPECIFICALLY, 70% OF HOTELS REPORT DEMAND IS LARGELY IN LINE WITH A TYPICAL SUMMER, NOT A WORLD CUP SURGE. FIFA ITSELF ALREADY EXERCISED AN OPT-OUT CLAUSE AND CANCELED THOUSANDS OF HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS IN DALLAS EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          OXFORD ECONOMICS TOLD THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE MODEST AT BEST. QUOTE, NINE DAYS OF EXTRA TOURISM, MAYBE 10. 
          DALLAS ISN'T EVEN EXPECTED TO SEE A GDP BUMP ABOVE ITS NORMAL ANNUAL GROWTH RATE. SO WHY IS ATTENDANCE FALLING SHORT? IN PART BECAUSE OF THE VERY ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT THIS CONTRACT WOULD DEEPEN. ICE HAS CONFIRMED IT WILL HAVE A KEY ROLE IN WORLD CUP SECURITY. 
          THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL HAS WARNED THAT ISIS PRESENCE IS PRODUCING A CHILLING EFFECT ON INTERNATIONAL ATTENDANCE. 
          AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPECIFICALLY NAMED DALLAS AS A CITY WHOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLABORATION WITH ICE IS ERODING COMMUNITY TRUST. FANS FROM FOUR PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES ARE BARRED FROM EVEN ENTERING THE UNITED STATES. FANS ARE SKIPPING THE TOURNAMENT OVER FEAR OF ICE OPERATIONS. THE INFRASTRUCTURE THIS COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO FUND TODAY, AXON'S DRONE DETECTION SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH DHS AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, IS PART OF THE SAME APPARATUS THAT IS KEEPING INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AWAY. AND THE WORLD CUP ENDS. THE AXON D DRONE MOBILE TRAILERS THIS CONTRACT ACQUIRES DO NOT. MOBILE MEANS DEPLOYABLE ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY, TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, ANY PROTEST, ANY GATHERING, LONG AFTER THE LAST MATCH IS PLAYED. 
          THIS RESOLUTION ALSO ADDS WHAT IT CALLS, QUOTE, MITIGATION CAPABILITIES, MEANING SIGNAL JAMMING OR DISABLING AIRCRAFT, WITH NO PUBLIC HEARING, NO COMMUNITY INPUT, AND NO INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT POLICY ATTACHED. THERE'S NO DATA FIREWALL PROTECTING DALLAS RESIDENTS FROM FEDERAL ACCESS TO WHAT THE SYSTEM COLLECTS. 
          THERE ARE NO WRITTEN RESTRICTIONS ON HOW DHS, WHICH IS FUNDING THIS CONTRACT, CAN ACCESS THE DATA. AND AXON ALREADY HOLDS ACTIVE CONTRACTS WITH ISIS TACTICAL PROGRAMS. THAT'S YOUR TIME. ONE FINAL FACT. THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NORA SOTO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I GUESS SO. OKAY, SO MY NAME IS NORA SOTO. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4. I AM HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH AXON. THERE ARE MANY REASONS, AS PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT, AS TO WHY NOT SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. 
          BUT LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT THE MONEY. AS WE KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT INCESSANTLY HERE AT CITY HALL, WE ARE AT A BUDGET SHORTFALL. CAN YOU PLEASE NOT TALK WHILE I'M TALKING? THANK YOU. I CAN HEAR YOU. YOU'RE DISTRACTING ME. 
          OKAY, SURE. CARA HAS NEVER CARED ABOUT ANYONE BUT HERSELF. BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PLACES WHERE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD GO TO AS OPPOSED TO DRONE SURVEILLANCE, WHICH ALREADY PEOPLE FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT. WE HAVE HAD EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE BUDGET, IN THE GENERAL BUDGET, DEFUNDED BY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH THE POLICE BUDGET CONSTANTLY GROWING 
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NONSTOP. SO, I DON'T SEE HOW THIS MONEY COULD BE USED, OR IT SHOULD BE USED IN A BETTER WAY, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING INTO DALLAS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT DALLAS WANTS TO SWEEP UNDER THE RUG WITH A NICE LITTLE BOW AND PRETEND IT DOESN'T EXIST, YOU COULD USE THAT MONEY FOR THAT. SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON ANYONE COMING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THIS EVENT. WE COULD ALSO FIX OUR ROADS, WHICH YOU ARE NOW MESSILY AND IN A VERY UNORGANIZED FASHION TRYING TO FIX BEFORE THE EVENT. AND IT'S CLEAR TO EVERYONE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT OUR STREETS BEFORE, NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO FIX THEM BEFORE THIS EVENT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. 
          BUT ASIDE FROM THE MONEY ISSUES, THIS CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE THAT WE'RE BEING SUBJECTED TO AS RESIDENTS OF DALLAS IS HONESTLY FASCIST AND NOT CONDUCIVE TO BUILDING TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, SINCE YOU'VE HIRED 300 POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LAST YEAR, I FEEL LIKE AI IS TAKING A LOT OF YOUR WORK. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT FITS IN YOUR NARRATIVE ABOUT YOU KNOW MORE POLICE OFFICERS SAFER CITY IF YOU'RE GIVING MORE OF THAT POLICE WORK TO SURVEILLANCE, AI SURVEILLANCE DRONE SURVEILLANCE SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS ITEM BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND A SEPARATE DISCUSSION BE HAD FOR A VOTE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          MARCUS WOOD. MR. WOOD HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEMS. MR. WOOD, ACCORDING TO OUR COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES, YOU WILL ONLY BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ALL THREE OF YOUR ITEMS. MR. WOOD HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 19 AND INDIVIDUAL ITEMS 36 AND 37. 
          THANK YOU. I'M MARCUS WOOD, 5335 RIDGELAND DRIVE IN DISTRICT 9. I'M SPEAKING THOUGH ABOUT DISTRICT 8, KLEBERG AREA, THE EASTERN AREA. THAT'S AN AREA OF INTEREST TO ME TO SAY THE LEAST. YOU HAVE IN YOUR EMAIL, I THINK, FROM THE CITY SECRETARY, A DRAWING OF THE AREA OF SUBJECT. 19 LASSITER ROAD AND THE PROGRAM TO FUND SOME CONSTRUCTION THERE THAT IS BADLY NEEDED. HOWEVER, THE AGENDA ITEM IS FOR A CONSTRUCTION DESIGN, MONEY AND CONSTRUCTION FOR A FOUR-LANE UNDIVIDED. 
          BUT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN CALLS FOR SIX LANES DIVIDED. THAT'S THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. 
          SEAGOVILLE IS CONNECTING INTO THIS. THIS IS OUT THERE JUST SOUTH OF I-20 AND WHERE THE OUTER LOOP WILL COME. I'M SIMPLY SUGGESTING THAT THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION AS IT COMES NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE SIX-LANE ABILITY. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. 
          BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'LL LOOK LIKE GREENVILLE AVENUE. 
          SKILLMAN ABRAMS INSIDE MOCKINGBIRD LANE. LET'S NOT CREATE ANOTHER ONE LIKE THAT. 
          THE OTHER ITEMS ARE 36 AND 37 HAVING TO DO WITH ED ROAD. 
          KLEBERG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS AT THE CORNER OF GARDEN GROVE AND ED ROAD. THE DESIGN IS READY. THE RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT OF WAY IS NOT. WE STILL NEED THREE MORE PROPERTIES. TWO OF THEM ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR IMMINENT DOMAIN CONDEMNATION. 
          YES, PLEASE, BUT MAKE IT FAST. LET'S GET IT DONE. LET'S GET IT DONE. 
          BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE WALKING IN A NARROW ROAD TO AND FROM THE SCHOOL. IT IS A REAL DANGER. CITY STAFF, PUBLIC WORKS, BACK AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS WERE FUNDED IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM SAID WE'LL START IT IN EARLY 2025. 
          WE'LL BE LUCKY TO MEET THE SCHEDULE NOW OF EARLY 2027 IF WE DON'T GET THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. SO, STAFF, CITY ATTORNEY, REAL ESTATE, MOVE FORWARD NOW. LET'S GET IT DONE. THE KIDS, THE RESIDENTS OF KLEBERG THAT'S BEEN A PART OF DALLAS SINCE 1978. 1978, WE 
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NEED IT, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT, WE NEED THE STAFF TO CARRY THIS OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YOU HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 23. FIRST SPEAKER, TALITHA SAMSHEDEAN. 
          TALITHA SHAMSHADEEN IS NOT ONLINE, IS NOT PRESENT. YAFAEL DEAN. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. 
          MY MESSAGE IS SIMPLE, SUPPORT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT TO DPS. THAT'S SIMPLE. I DON'T HAVE TO BE THE DEAD HORSE, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA. YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS 2 THROUGH 34. AGENDA ITEM 5 HAS BEEN PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO. AGENDA ITEM 9 HAS BEEN CHANGED. NOW IT'S ONLY BEING PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN. 
          AGENDA ITEM 16 IS BEING PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN. 
          AGENDA ITEM 25 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN AND COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. AGENDA ITEM 28 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROTH AND AGENDA ITEM 29 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. 
          THEREFORE, YOUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 2 THROUGH 04, 6 THROUGH 8, 10 THROUGH 15, 17 THROUGH 24, 26, 27, AND 30 THROUGH 34. THERE'S A MOTION AND AN APPROVAL. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON, FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 24 ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THIS IS AN AUTHORIZATION OF A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR FULL PLAN SPECS AND ESTIMATES DESIGN OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AT GASTON AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET INTERSECTION THAT I SHARE WITH MR. RIDLEY SINCE COMING INTO THE OFFICE ONE OF MY PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN PROMOTING PUBLIC HAS BEEN PROMOTING TRAFFIC SAFETY PARTICULARLY ALONG D9'S BUSIEST THOROUGHFARES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR CITY VISION ZERO GOALS. ANYONE WHO DRIVES IN EAST DALLAS KNOWS HOW DIFFICULT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION CAN BE. IT IS A POINT WHERE HIGH-VOLUME TRAFFIC MEETS WITH LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS, OFTEN LEADING TO VIABILITY ISSUES, VISIBILITY ISSUES, AND NAVIGATION CHALLENGES. THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL FOCUS ON ENHANCING BOTH SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS ALIKE AND WE ALSO HAVE CYCLISTS IN THE MIX THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES DESIGN PORTION OF THE PROJECT WITH CONSTRUCTION AIMED TO BEGIN EARLY 2029. WE WILL HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS PROJECT. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND EXPERTISE AND TO YOU, MR. RIDLEY, FOR YOUR COLLABORATION IN MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. THANK YOU. I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 23. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE AND REACH OUT FOLLOW UP AND FIGHT FOR THIS APPROVAL I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR LISTENING TO MY REQUESTS FOR URGENCY AND FOR CORRECTING THIS SOMEWHAT PROMPTLY ONCE WE BROUGHT IT BACK UP TO THE ATTENTION THIS HAS NEVER SIMPLY BEEN ABOUT CHANGING STREET SIGNS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT COMMEMORATING A LIFE THAT WAS TAKEN FAR TOO SOON BOTHAM JEAN WAS A SON, A BROTHER, AND A NEIGHBOR WHOSE LIFE MATTERED DEEPLY TO SO MANY. WHEN DRIVING DOWN BOTHAM JEAN BOULEVARD, WE ARE REMINDED OF THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST ACROSS THIS COUNTRY EACH YEAR TO SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, THESE SIGNS ALSO STAND AS A REMINDER THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF OUR PRIORITY IN COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION 
          [5. 26-1377A Authorize the (1) application and acceptance of a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) for the Dallas Park & Recreation Samuell Farm Archery Project (Grant No. WR-TX W-25101, Federal Award Identification No. F25AF02663, Assistance Listing No. 15.611) in the amount of $225,500.00 (Federal $200,250.00), (City cost share $22,250.00) for the planning and design of an archery range at Samuell (East) Farm located at 100 US-80 for the period August 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $200,250.00 in the TPWD Samuell Farm Archery Planning Design Grant Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $200,250.00 in the TPWD Samuell Farm Archery Planning Design Grant Fund; (4) cost share in an amount not to exceed $22,250.00 from the Samuell Park Exp. Trust Fund; and (5) execution of the grant agreement with TPWD and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement - Total not to exceed $222,500.00 - Financing: TPWD Samuell Farm Archery Planning Design Grant Fund ($200,250.00) and Samuell Park Exp. Trust Fund ($22,250.00)]
CARRIES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR FIRST POOLED ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 5. AUTHORIZE THE ONE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, FWS, THROUGH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, TPWD. 
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FOR THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION SAMUEL FARM ARCHERY PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,500 FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF AN ARCHERY RANGE AT SAMUEL EAST FARM LOCATED AT 100 US 80 FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2028 TO ESTABLISHMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,250 IN THE TPWT SAMUEL FORM ARCHERY PLANNING DESIGN GRANT FUND THREE RECEIPT AND DEPOSIT OF FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS IN THE TPWD SAMUEL FORM ARCHERY PLANNING DESIGN GRANT FUND FOUR COST SHARE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FROM THE SAMUEL PARK ESP EXPENSE TRUST FUND AND FIVE EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH TPWD AND ALL TERMS CONDITIONS AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE AGREEMENT TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $222,500 THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SO, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON THIS. FIRST OF ALL, I'M EXCITED ANY TIME THAT WE GET A GRANT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE'RE USING OTHER FOLKS' DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT. SO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS PROJECT WILL PAY FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARCHERY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, STEVE BAKER, PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. YES, IT'LL PAY FOR THE DESIGN AND CONCEPT FOR AN ARCHERY RANGE AT SEMI FARM. AND SO, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET MOVING FORWARD FOR OPERATING DOLLARS FOR EQUIPMENT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STRUGGLING AND THINGS ARE GOING TO GET TOUGH AROUND OUR BUDGET. AND SO, THIS IS CURRENTLY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR OR NEXT AS OF YET. AND SO, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE ONM COSTS MOVING FORWARD AGAIN IT'S GREAT TO HAVE DOLLARS FOR FROM A GRANT SO MY CONCERN IS THE OPERATING DOLLARS MOVING FORWARD. YEAH, SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS FEASIBILITY PORTION OF IT AS WELL OF THE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE WE WOULD DEFINITELY COME FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THERE IS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES THAT ARE INCLUDED I BELIEVE IN IN PHASE TWO OF THE PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR HERE SHORTLY UPON ACCEPTANCE. AND THEN YOU GUYS ALSO SHARED WITH ME THAT THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR THIS TO BE A REVENUE GENERATOR CAN YOU GET TO THAT? YEAH, DEFINITELY IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE OUR EXISTING PROGRAM SO WE'VE BEEN OFFERING OUR OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PROGRAM THERE SINCE 20 SUMMER OF 2021 WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE LEAGUES OPEN RANGE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WE'VE GOT A THERE'S A NATIONAL ARCHERY IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG DRAW FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HOST TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND AGAIN IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE EXPOSURE OF THE PARK. ADDITIONALLY, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DRAW SOME INTEREST AND KIND OF HELP US CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE PARK AS WELL SO BECAUSE WE DO MOUNTAIN BIKING AND A LOT OF OTHER KAYAKING OTHER ACTIVITIES OUT THERE SO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE A CATALYST FOR WHAT'S NEXT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT AROUND THIS HORSESHOE IS THE ACTIVATION OF THE GROUNDS AT SAMUEL FARM SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHAIR MENDELSOHN. 
          WHAT IS THE OPERATIONAL COST FOR THIS? AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE DO NOT KNOW THAT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST YOU TO RUN IT? THAT'S JUST KIND OF PART OF OUR FEASIBILITY PORTION OF THE OF THE OF THE DESIGN AS WELL. SO, AREN'T YOU ALREADY FACING A PARKS ISSUE WITH FUNDING? WE ARE, YES MA'AM. BUT AGAIN, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE GRANT, WE WILL COME FORWARD REQUESTING ADDITIONAL O&M AND HAVE THAT GAME PLAN IN PLACE FOR US. 
          OKAY, WELL I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF HAVING AN ARCHERY RANGE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ONE IN D6. I'VE USED IT. IT'S PRETTY FUN. I HOPE THAT WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO OPERATE. AND, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS GENERALLY A PRETTY LOW EXPENSE AMENITY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER, BUT I WOULD EXPECT WHEN Y'ALL ARE COMING TO US THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR STEWART, FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST TO RECAP, WE WILL KNOW AT SOME POINT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BUILD THE ARCHERY AREA, WE WILL KNOW WHAT THOSE OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO, WE WILL GO IN, 
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EYES WIDE OPEN AND HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE COSTS. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THIS, BUT WE ARE ALSO KEENLY AWARE THAT WHEN WE OPEN SOMETHING NEW OR DO SOMETHING NEW ESPECIALLY IN OUR PARKS ARENA WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT QUESTION ANSWERED HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND I AGAIN I KNOW PARK STAFF IS KEENLY AWARE OF THAT AND YOU ALL ARE FOCUSED ON IT AND WILL WORK TO BE CREATIVE AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO US BUT I THINK ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS WE ALL HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT THIS AND KNOW HOW WE WILL COVER THESE COSTS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIS. 
          HI, THANK YOU. I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER ANY KIND OF PRO FORMA WAS PUT TOGETHER ON THIS. THAT I DON'T HAVE, OTHER THAN THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE AT SAMUEL FARM, FOR THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE DONE, THE ACTIVATION THAT WE HAVE DONE, OUR OUTDOOR ADVENTURE PROGRAM IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY WELL RECEIVED. IT HAS BEEN SOLD OUT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN AT THE PARK THAT SOLD OUT AGAIN THIS YEAR SO WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO START MAKING AN INVESTMENT OUT AT SAMUEL FARM WHETHER IT'S THROUGH WHETHER THE CITY WINDS UP FUNDING A PORTION OF THIS OR THIS GIVES US A TARGET AS WELL TO GO OUT AND SOLICIT A PARTNER TO HELP US WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM OR THAT AMENITY AS WELL OH, I'M NOT SO MUCH TALKING ABOUT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, PLEASE? I'M SHOWING THAT IT IS ON. IS THIS, CAN YOU SEE ME? WE CANNOT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE A PRO FORMAT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA. YES, THANK YOU. I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEEN STATED AS FAR AS HAVING A PERFORMANCE. IN FACT, I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE COMING INTO THIS BUDGET SEASON AND WE'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN CUTS THAT I ANTICIPATE THERE BEING SUPPORT FOR AND FOR ONE IN PARTICULAR BEING THE SIZE OF THE STIPEND THAT THE DALLAS ZOO HAS I KNOW THAT IF THERE WERE CERTAIN CUTS THAT THE DALLAS ZOO HAD TO MAKE DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT CHANGE TO THE STIPEND WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT FROM AFTER MEETING WITH THEM THEY WOULD THEY MENTIONED SAMUEL FARM BEING SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE OFF OF THEIR PURVIEW WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS JUST OVER OVERALL KIND OF A VARIABLE THAT NEEDS TO HAVE ATTENTION TO, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PUTTING MONEY INTO SOMETHING WITH SUCH A VARIABLE. I'M CURIOUS AS TO THE TIMING AND IF WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET MORE INFORMATION, PRO FORMA, ON ANY TYPE OF RETURN THAT THIS WOULD GIVE US, BUT THEN ALSO JUST FUTURE PROSPECTS OF WHAT WE'RE EVEN GOING TO DO WITH SAMUEL FARMS. IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE A IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULDN'T BE A PRIORITY WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TO MAKE CUTS ON SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT DOES THE TIMING LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IS WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO PUT THIS OFF TO GET MORE INFORMATION. GOOD MORNING, I'M LISA MCCLENDON SERVICE AREA MANAGER WITH RECREATION SERVICES SO I CAN SPEAK TO THE TIMING OF THIS GRANT THIS IS A TWO-PHASE GRANT WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR PHASE ONE ONLY WHICH IS PLANNING AND DESIGN. 
          TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GIVES US TWO TO THREE YEARS. WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN WITHIN TWO YEARS. ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WE'LL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE FOR PHASE TWO WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION WHICH THEN WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL APPLICATION. WE WOULD COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD START TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS, THE OPERATING COSTS. THIS FIRST PART WITH PLANNING AND DESIGN IS ALSO FOR US TO DETERMINE IS IT FEASIBLE WITH THE GROUNDS OUT THERE AT SAMUEL FARM ONCE WE START TO REALLY DIG INTO EVERYTHING. 
          SO, WITH THE TERMS OF THIS GRANT ACCEPTANCE WELL WHAT ARE WE BOUND TO? WE ARE BOUND TO A 10% COST SHARE OF IT WHICH IS THE TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED. ARE WE DOWN TO ANY TIMEFRAME? WE UTILIZATION WE ARE NOT BOUND TO A TIMEFRAME THEY ORIGINALLY PUT A THREE-YEAR LIMIT ON IT IF IT TAKES US LONGER THAN THREE YEARS, THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND REQUEST AN AMENDMENT. SO, I GET THE PHASED APPROACH AND TAKING CARE OF DESIGN BEFORE OPERATIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S PRETTY 
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STANDARD HOWEVER WHO CURRENTLY OPERATES SAMUEL FARM? RIGHT NOW, THE DALLAS PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT DOES THE, IT'S THE HOME OF THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES PROGRAM. SO, WE HAVE STAFF OUT THERE THAT ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ARCHERY, FISHING, SUMMER CAMPS, SEASONAL CAMPS. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE STARTED TAKING FIELD TRIPS OUT THERE SO WE ENVISION THAT THIS AMENITY WILL HELP SUPPORT ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY OPERATING OUT THERE. AND DO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S OPERATING AT WITH THIS PROGRAMMING AS FAR AS NET POSITIVE? WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THOSE FINANCIALS. I DON'T HAVE THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS A COST RECOVERY MODEL OUT THERE AT SAMUEL FARM. I JUST THINK THAT THE TIMING IS INTERESTING. WE'RE HAVING REALLY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS FIGURING OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TIGHTENING OUR BELT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST CONTINUING BUSINESS AS USUAL, CONTINUING TO PUT MONEY IN PLACES THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN THEM IN THE FUTURE. AND TO ME, THIS IS NOT VERY PRUDENT OR FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO LOOK AT DECISIONS LIKE THIS THAT ARE GOING TO KIND OF BRING IN NEW EXPENSES AND NEW OPERATING OBLIGATIONS AND ALLOW FOR US TO WEIGH THESE OUT BEFORE JUST PUTTING THEM ON THE AGENDA AND ASKING US TO APPROVE THEM AND WRITE A CHECK WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO BIND OURSELVES AND TIE OUR HANDS TO THINGS THAT QUITE FRANKLY ARE NOT THE THE BIGGEST PRIORITY AND NOT EVEN WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO BE LOOKING AT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MONETIZING OUR ASSETS AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET US INTO A BETTER FINANCIAL POSITION FOR THIS TO BE ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AND LOOKING AT HOW PROFITABLE IT IS AND HOW ADVANTAGEOUS IT IS FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN ITS OWNERSHIP. SO I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DEFERRED. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING ON IT, SO I GUESS I COULD MAKE A MOTION. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW, TIME-WISE, WHEN YOU ALL BELIEVE Y'ALL COULD GET US THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED AS FAR AS PRO FORMA, THE NET OPERATING PROFITABILITY, AND THEN ALSO THE POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT COULD COME UP WITH, IF THERE WERE TO BE A CHANGE IN STIPENDS, ET CETERA, GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. I THINK WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE DO HAVE A DEADLINE THAT IS FAST APPROACHING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT. WHICH IS WHEN? I BELIEVE IT IS THE END OF JUNE. THE END OF JUNE? YES. 
          SO, WE WOULD NEED TO GET IT THROUGH THIS BODY BY THAT POINT. OKAY. GIVE ME A SECOND. WOULD JUNE 24TH SUFFICE? STILL MAKE YOUR DEADLINE IF THAT WAS BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL? THE 24TH OF JUNE? DON'T HAVE THAT. I BELIEVE SO. IF IT'S THE END OF JUNE, THEN THAT DATE WOULD BE FINE. OKAY. WE HAVE THE 10TH OR THE 24TH, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY THAT YOU CAN GET ENOUGH INFORMATION, BUT ALSO THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PREVENT YOU ALL FROM BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE IT IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO APPROVE IT. LET'S DO THE 10TH, PLEASE. THE 10TH? OKAY. 
          WELL, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO JUNE 10TH, 2026. IS THERE A SECOND? DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER? YEAH. THANK YOU. I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE ANSWERS. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS DEFERRAL PREVENTS US FROM BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH IT. AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT A KILL TACTIC IN ANY WAY. I THINK THE TIMING STILL WORKS. BUT I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE MAKE THIS APPROVAL. 
          ANY OTHERS? CHAIR RIDLEY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, THE 10% LOCAL GRANT, LOCAL MATCH, IS NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S NOT COMING FROM PARK FUNDS. IT'S COMING FROM THE SAMUEL PARK TRUST FUND. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. AND THOSE FUNDS, WHAT WAS THEIR ORIGIN? THEY ARE 
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PART OF THE SAMUEL TRUST THAT WAS LEFT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE SAMUEL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. AND THEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO DEFER THIS. THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE A HIT ON OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, AND THIS WILL ENHANCE THE VALUE OF SAMUEL FARM. IF WE ULTIMATELY DECIDE TO SELL IT, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAXIMIZE ITS VALUE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY PROFIT-MAKING VENTURE. THIS GRANT, YOU SAID THAT IT WILL IN PART ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF THE ARCHERY OPERATION. WILL THAT INVOLVE LOOKING AT WHETHER IT CAN GENERATE REVENUE? WE WILL BE DOING THAT ON OUR SIDE. AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DIGGING INTO WITH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN, IT WOULD BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENT THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES THERE'S ALSO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY VETTING IT OUT SO DURING THAT TIME FRAME BEFORE WE APPLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE WE ALSO WILL BE LOOKING AT MARKET COMPARISONS FOR RATES AND WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR GOAL AT SAMUEL FARM IS TO GREAT COST RECOVERY. AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO APPLICATION WHEN WOULD THAT BE DUE ONLY AFTER PHASE ONE DESIGN IS COMPLETED? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING TWO YEARS FROM NOW. CORRECT. SO, WE CAN ALWAYS DECIDE AFTER WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THE PRO FORMA THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION? CORRECT. NO OBLIGATION TO PURSUE THAT IF WE TAKE THE PLANNING FUNDS? CORRECT. AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE HAS COMMUNICATED WITH THAT IT DOES NOT DAMAGE ANY RELATIONSHIPS OR ANYTHING THEY'VE FULLY INDICATED IT'S FOR US TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY AS WELL. 
          WELL, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO WAIT ON THIS THIS IS OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT TO GOOD USE AND WE'RE READY TO PROCEED LET'S PROCEED. ANYONE ELSE? QUICK QUESTION, WITH THE DOLLARS FOR O&M, WILL THAT COME OUT OF THE TRUST OR THAT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL BUDGET? I BELIEVE WE WOULD PROBABLY PUT IN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I GUESS THAT CAN BE DETERMINED AS WELL. WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE PRO FORMA THAT WE SUBMIT. 
          BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TRUST HAS LIMITATIONS ON HOW THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE USED, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR OPERATING DOLLARS. I THINK THEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW THERE CAN ALSO BE MAINTENANCE AS WELL, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ACTUAL STAFFING FOR. FOR THE OPERATING OPERATION YES, YES WE WOULD COME FORWARD. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA, 3 MINUTES. THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON, ON THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT WAS WHERE MY CONCERN WAS I KNOW MR. RIDLEY MENTIONED THE TRUST WOULD BE THE 10% MATCH THAT'S 10% OF INITIAL COST THAT DOESN'T TOUCH ANY OF THE OPERATING COSTS AND AGAIN WHERE YOU'RE ASKING FOR OUR APPROVAL AND YOU CAN'T GIVE US ANY NUMBERS ON THAT AND I'M NOT BLAMING YOU AND THAT'S WHY I'M JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME SO WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PROFORMA SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BASE OFF OF INSTEAD OF JUST A NOTION THAT SOMEONE THINKS IT'S GOING TO BE PROFITABLE. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT WE REQUIRE FROM ANY OF OUR PARTNERS. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ACTUALLY PENCILED OUT ON KNOWING THAT WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN IS A PROFITABLE VENTURE INSTEAD OF JUST HANGING OUT ON HOPE. 
          SO, I, AGAIN, BELIEVE THAT THIS, AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HINDER OUR ABILITY TO GET THIS PASSED OR EVEN MOVE AT THE SAME TIMEFRAME BUT IT WOULD GIVE US MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE A BETTER-INFORMED DECISION ON WHAT THIS OBLIGATION IS REALLY GOING TO BE FOR THE CITY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO THERE IS A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? LET'S DO A RECORD VOTE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          BEFORE I BEGIN THE ROLL CALL, COUNCILMEMBER WEST, IF YOU WISH TO CAST YOUR VOTE, YOUR VIDEO NEEDS TO BE DISPLAYED. COUNCILMEMBER WEST, IT'S NOT PRESENT OR ASKING FOR VOTE TAKEN. 
          COUNCILMEMBER GRACEY? NO. 
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COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CADENA? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER STEWART? NO. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ROTH? NO. 
          COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN? NO. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY? NO. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIS IS ABSENT AND VOTE TAKEN. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO? YES. 
          AND MAYOR JOHNSON HAS ASKED ONE VOTE TAKEN. 
          WITH SEVEN VOTING IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED, THREE ASKED, ONE VOTE TAKEN. THE MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. WE 
          [9. 26-1516A Authorize a public hearing to be held on May 27, 2026 to receive comments on proposed amendments to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan (“Plan”) for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen, the Maple/Mockingbird Tax Increment Financing District (“Zone”) to: (1) increase the geographic area of the Zone by approximately 9.3 acres of real property to promote development or redevelopment of the Zone; and (2) make corresponding modifications to the Zone’s boundary and Plan; and, at the close of the public hearing on May 27, 2026, consider an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 27690, previously approved on September 23, 2009, to reflect these amendments - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
*In alignment with Economic Development Incentive Policy.]
WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR NEXT PULLED ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 9. AGENDA ITEM 9, AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON MAY 27, 2026, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PROJECT PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NO. 18, THE MAPLE-MOCKINGBIRD TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT ZONE TO ONE INCREASE THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE ZONE BY APPROXIMATELY 9.3 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ZONE AND TWO, MAKE CORRESPONDING MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONE'S BOUNDARY AND PLAN AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 27, 2026. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 27690. PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009 TO REFLECT THESE AMENDMENTS. 
          THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN. IS THERE A MOTION? THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR MENDELSOHN, FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. I'M OPPOSED TO EXPANDING THIS TIF AND THEREFORE I'M EXPOSED TO CALLING A HEARING FOR IT. 
          WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT EVERY DOLLAR DIVERTED INTO A TIF IS A DOLLAR NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND CORE CITY SERVICES. AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING BUDGET FREEZES, VACANCIES, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING, AND BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, EXPANDING A TIF SENDS THE WRONG FISCAL MESSAGE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IS WHETHER THE TIF IS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHING ITS PURPOSE. IF THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE OR NO MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WE SHOULD BE ASKING HARD QUESTIONS BEFORE EXPANDING IT. IF THE DISTRICT HAS STRUGGLED TO GENERATE REDEVELOPMENT MOMENTUM OVER MANY YEARS, WHY IS THE SOLUTION AUTOMATICALLY TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES RATHER THAN REEVALUATE THE STRATEGY ITSELF? IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S ALREADY A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROPOSED EXPANSION AREA THAT RAISES A LEGITIMATE CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER THE CITY IS SUBSIDIZING GROWTH THAT MAY OCCUR ANYWAY. 
          IF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IS PREPARING TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN TAXPAYERS DESERVE TO KNOW WHY TAX INCREMENT MUST BE DIVERTED RATHER THAN FLOWING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE TIF IS TO ADDRESS TRUE BLIGHT OR MARKET FAILURE NOT TO CAPTURE REVENUE FROM AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY BECOMING MARKETABLE. EXPANDING A TIF INTO AN AREA WITH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CAN CREATE THE PERCEPTION THAT A DISTRICT IS CHASING FUTURE TAX REVENUE RATHER THAN ADDRESSING DEMONSTRATED REDEVELOPMENT NEED. WE SHOULD NOT NORMALIZE THE IDEA THAT EVERY MAJOR PROJECT REQUIRES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OR SUBSIDY. TIF DISTRICTS CAN BECOME FINANCIALLY ADDICTIVE. WHAT STARTS AS A TEMPORARY REDEVELOPMENT TOOL CAN EVOLVE INTO A LONG-TERM REVENUE DIVERSION STRUCTURE. PROPERTY TAX GROWTH THAT WOULD NORMALLY HELP STABILIZE THE CITYWIDE BUDGET INSTEAD BECOMES RESTRICTED TO ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA FOR YEARS OR DECADES. THAT MEANS RESIDENTS ACROSS DALLAS CONTINUE PAYING FOR CITYWIDE SERVICES WHILE THE INCREMENTAL GROWTH FROM A DEVELOPING AREA IS EFFECTIVELY WALLED OFF FROM THE GENERAL FUND. WE SHOULD EVALUATE WHETHER THE DISTRICT HAS MET ITS ORIGINAL GOALS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS BEFORE DISCUSSING EXPANSION. 
          EXPANDING THE DISTRICT ALSO REDUCES FUTURE FLEXIBILITY FOR COUNCILS THAT WILL INHERIT THESE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS. 
          THE PUBLIC DESERVES TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE OPPORTUNITY COST. EVERY DOLLAR CAPTURED BY THE TIF IS A DOLLAR UNAVAILABLE FOR POLICE, FIRE, STREETS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, 
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HOMELESS RESPONSE, AND PENSION OBLIGATIONS. 
          THERE'S ALSO A FAIRNESS CONCERN. BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS CITYWIDE CONTRIBUTE TAX DOLLARS, BUT ONLY SELECT AREAS RECEIVE ENHANCED INVESTMENT. THE CITY CANNOT CONTINUE CARVING UP FUTURE TAX GROWTH INDEFINITELY WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CLAIMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR BASIC OPERATIONS AND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE. 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS BUT FISCAL DISCIPLINE MATTERS ALSO. AND IF A DISTRICT HAS SEEN LIMITED DEVELOPMENT FOR YEARS AND THERE'S ALREADY A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN THE EXPANSION AREA, WE OWE TAXPAYERS A SERIOUS EXPLANATION FOR WHY FUTURE TAX GROWTH SHOULD CONTINUE BEING DIVERTED AWAY FROM CORE CITY SERVICES. 
          SO, THIS IS A LIMITED GEOGRAPHIC AREA. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S LESS THAN 10 ACRES AND IT'S ONE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE LITERALLY ADDING A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE KNOW IS COMING AND ASKING TO TAKE AWAY OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE. THIS IS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF CREATING A TIF IS THEN TO HAVE THE EXPANDED AREAS ALSO DEVELOP AND COME TO US. AND IF WE JUST KEEP GROWING IT, WE'LL LITERALLY HAVE TIFS ALL OVER THE CITY AND NO REVENUE. 
          SO, THIS IS PROBLEMATIC ON THIS COUNCIL WE'VE REPEATEDLY SEEN TESTS EXTENDED BEYOND THE YEARS THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND PROBLEM SO I'M NOT FOR CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD EVEN HAPPEN SO THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING THE HEARING FOR IT THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. THANK YOU. 
          I'M INTRIGUED AND ALSO EDUCATED BY MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS. I THINK THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          I HAVE A DIFFERENT CONCERN ABOUT EXPANDING THE TIF. IF THE TIFS THAT WE DO HAVE, I'M CONCERNED THAT IN THIS AREA PARTICULARLY THAT WE MAY BE USING UP OUR MONEY IN THOSE TIFS AND THAT SOME OF THEM ARE BEING ALREADY ALLOCATED AND THAT IF THE EXPANSION OF THE TIF IS REALLY TO JUST REPLENISH THE TIF FUNDS IN THE FUTURE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A LAUDABLE USE OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS IF IN FACT THE TIF IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT STIMULATING GROWTH AND ACTIVITY LEVELS TO GENERATE MORE AREAS GROWTH, I THINK THAT THAT'S CERTAINLY A LAUDABLE PROCESS. BUT IF WE'RE JUST EXPANDING IT JUST TO REPLENISH TIF MONIES THAT ARE BEING DEPLETED BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT THEM PRETTY QUICKLY OUT OF THOSE FUNDS. I'M CONCERNED THAT EXPANSION FOR THAT REASON WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE. SO, I THINK I'M GOING TO ALSO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN MENDELSOHN'S POSITION ON THIS. THANK YOU. CHAIR STEWART, FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS FOR ECODAV ABOUT TIFS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO TIFS IN GENERAL, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TERM OF A TIF? IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE HAVE 18 ACTIVE TIF DISTRICTS. MOST OF THOSE WERE IN THE 25-TO-30-YEAR DURATION. 
          SO, THEY ARE TYPICALLY SET UP FOR A VERY LONG TERM? YES MA'AM. OKAY AND THEN THERE ARE I KNOW AMENDMENTS TO THE TIF DISTRICTS. THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN FOR THE SKILLMAN CORRIDOR TIF AND WHAT TYPICALLY IS THE REASON FOR AN EXPANSION? WELL I MEAN WHEN A TIF DISTRICT IS CREATED INITIALLY THE INTENTION IS TO DRAW THE BOUNDARY OF THE ZONE AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE AND NOT TO CAPTURE PROPERTY THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO REDEVELOP IN THE INITIAL YEARS OF THE OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IF PROPERTY IS DEMOLISHED AND THEY COME OFF THE TAX ROLLS THEN IT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE TO THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT BUT AMENDMENTS TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE PLAN FOR DISTRICTS OCCUR FREQUENTLY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS CONSIDERED MINOR IT ONLY SEEKS TO ADD PROPERTY TO THE 
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TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE ZONE THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET THE DISTRICT'S PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY THE DISTRICT'S TERM NONE OF THAT IS PROPOSED TO CHANGE SO IT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AMENDMENTS TO TIF DISTRICT PROJECT PLANS OCCUR VERY FREQUENTLY. IN THIS CASE, THIS IS A VERY MINOR AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU. AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF TIFS IS THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED TO GO INTO AN AREA THAT NEEDS SOME REDEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEY PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, VERY OFTEN THERE WILL BE A PIT OR SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION OR MECHANISM IS IN PLACE TO HELP MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT. SO TIFS DO EXPIRE. I BELIEVE THE TIF IN UPTOWN EXPIRED QUITE A WHILE AGO. I BELIEVE THE DEEP ELLUM TIF HAS COME TO A CONCLUSION. I AM VERY CLEAR THAT THE SKIMLIN CORRIDOR TIF HAS A DATE CERTAIN WHEN IT WILL EXPIRE SO WE FOR IN GENERAL I SEE COMMUNITIES PLANNING AROUND THAT ANTICIPATING THAT KNOWING THAT IT WILL EXPIRE DO WE HAVE A LOT OF TIFS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTENDED BEYOND THEIR ORIGINAL EXPIRATION DATE? SEVERAL I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT WE HAVE HAD THREE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE TERMINATED OR SUNSETTED IN THE LIFE SPAN OF THE CITY'S TIF PROGRAM THAT WAS STATE THOMAS UPTOWN AND CEDARS AND SO THIS THE TIP DISTRICTS I THINK THEY THROW OFF IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN 25 OR 30 MILLION TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND NOW WHEN PRIOR TO THE EXISTENCE OF THOSE DISTRICTS THEY WERE THROWING OFF ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE GENERAL FUND SO I'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR QUESTION MS. BLAIR, BUT. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          SO, MR. SPATH, I NOTE THAT THIS PARTICULAR TIF ORIGINALLY HAD A BASE TAXABLE VALUE OF $184 MILLION, AND AS OF 2024, ITS CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE WAS $1,110,000,000. AND INCREASE OF 503% IN TAXABLE VALUE. WHAT, IF THIS 9.3 ACRES IS ADDED, WOULD THEY, WHOEVER DEVELOPS IN THAT ADDITION, THEY'D BE ABLE TO TAP THE REVENUE THAT IS BEING HELD IN THE TIF CURRENTLY CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT AND I'M GONNA GET BACK TO THE COUNCILWOMAN'S COMMENTS EARLIER THIS THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WOULD IS BEING CONTEMPLATED ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE DISTRICT IN OUR OPINION WOULD NOT OCCUR OTHERWISE AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET BECAUSE THERE IS NO TIF DISTRICT. THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING TIF DISTRICT ACROSS HARRY HINES TO INCORPORATE THIS PROPERTY IS WHAT'S MAKING THE PROJECT POSSIBLE AND SO THE PROJECT WOULD BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE THE TIF DISTRICTS EXISTING REVENUES. THAT'S THAT'S THE THE CRUX OF HOW TIF DISTRICTS WORK. 
          NOT EVERY PROPERTY IN A TIF DISTRICT NEEDS TIF DISTRICT REVENUES AS A SUBSIDY. THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES AND SO THAT'S HOW THE TIF DISTRICTS WORK. THEY UTILIZE REVENUES CREATED BY THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. SO HOW MUCH REVENUE IS CURRENTLY COLLECTED BY THE TIF? WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE CONTROL OF NOW? I THINK I REPORTED THIS IN COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. 
          APPROXIMATELY 5.9 MILLION IS WHAT THE DISTRICT'S GENERATING ANNUALLY. OKAY. AND IS THE ADDITION AREA, THE 9.3 ACRES, WHAT'S ITS STATUS? ARE THERE BUILDINGS ON IT? IS IT BLIGHTED? SO, IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT. IT DID HAVE A BUILDING ON IT FIVE YEARS AGO, AN OFFICE BUILDING. SO, IT'S VALUED ON THE TAX. ROLLS NOW AT $7.3 MILLION, WHICH FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IS GENERATING ABOUT $53,000 A YEAR. THE PROJECT THAT'S CONTEMPLATED ON THIS PROPERTY, IF THE AMENDMENT WERE TO BE APPROVED ON MAY 27TH AND THE ASSOCIATED PROJECT AGREEMENT WERE TO BE APPROVED, 
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WOULD PROBABLY END UP ON THE TAX ROLLS AT ABOUT $75 MILLION, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF NEW TAXES BEING GENERATED THAT DON'T THAT ARE NOT BEING GENERATED CURRENTLY AND IS THERE A DEVELOPER WHO IS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THIS TRACK? YES AND AS WE REPORTED TO COMMITTEE LAST WEEK THE PROJECT'S BEEN THROUGH OUR PROCESS OUR APPLICATION OUR UNDERWRITING AND THERE IS AN EXECUTED LETTER OF INTENT WITH THAT DEVELOPER. OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR MENDELSOHN, 3 MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE TIF BALANCE IS, NOT HOW MUCH IT'S GENERATING ANNUALLY FOR ITSELF? IT'S ABOUT $25 MILLION. IT'S ABOUT $25 MILLION. YEAH. AND THEN CAN I ASK JACK IRELAND TO COME ANSWER A QUESTION? AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED THIS TO US, BUT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US HOW MUCH REVENUE THE CITY IS NOT RECEIVING BECAUSE IT'S BEING ROUTED TO THE TIFS? THANK YOU. 
          JACK IRELAND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. LAST WEEK IN A PRESENTATION ON DEBT, I DID MENTION THAT OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE TIF IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAVE ABOUT $133 MILLION. 
          THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND, ABOUT $97 MILLION, AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, ABOUT $36 MILLION. AND THAT IS A PASS-THROUGH OF PROPERTY TAX COLLECTED THAT IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE TIFS. SO, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, $97 MILLION THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE COMING TO OUR GENERAL FUND IS DIVERTED BECAUSE OF THE TIFS. YES, MA'AM, THAT'S THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION. $97 MILLION, FOLKS, AND NOW WE'RE PROPOSING EVEN MORE. AND THERE'S ALREADY A DEVELOPER, AND THIS IS A DEVELOPER WHO IS CONSTANTLY GETTING FUNDING FROM THE CITY WHETHER IT'S TAX ABATEMENTS, AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW SCHEME FOR HOW THEY CAN FUND THEIR PROJECT. AT SOME POINT, IT'S GOT TO STOP. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH OUR BUDGET FOR PEOPLE TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT WE'RE MAKING VERY LONG-TERM DECISIONS TO HELP SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE YOU LIKE, MAYBE HE'S YOUR FRIEND, BUT THIS IS FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING TO PULL MONEY AWAY THAT WE NEED FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. SO, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM. WE CAN HAVE THIS DEBATE AGAIN IF WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WHEN THE PROJECT COMES FORWARD. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS COMING. AND YOU JUST HEARD THAT THERE'S A BIG PROPERTY COMING THAT OUGHT TO BE PAYING ITS TAXES TO THE GENERAL FUND. THANK YOU. 
          BAZALDUA, 5 MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. KEVIN CAN YOU TELL ME SOME OF THE USES NOT ELIGIBLE USES BUT ACTUAL USES ON THE BOOKS OF SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED IN THAT 97 MILLION. WELL, SO THAT THOSE THAT MONEY IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO THE DISTRICTS AND FOR THE MOST PART THAT MONEY IS ALREADY OBLIGATED TO PROJECTS I THINK THAT'S YOUR QUESTION RIGHT? YES. 
          THIS DISTRICT IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT HAS UNOBLIGATED CASH OF ABOUT 25 MILLION BUT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE PROJECTS THAT THIS BODY HAS APPROVED WITH COMMITMENTS OF FUNDING TO THOSE PROJECTS SO THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT NUMBER THAT JACK JUST SAID. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING SO LIKE IN SOME OF THOSE APPROVED PROJECTS AND KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHERS BUT I KNOW THE GRAND PARK SOUTH TIF PRETTY WELL IS A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN HOME REPAIR FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS RESIDENTS AND CAN YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE TO THAT BUT THEN ALSO ADD SOME CONTEXT OF OTHER PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY. SURE, I'LL TRY TO SPEAK FROM MEMORY BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THERE ARE THREE TIF DISTRICTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S HOME HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION PROGRAMS, HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS AND SO I THINK THAT'S FORT WORTH AVENUE DEEP ELLUM AND OAKLAND GATEWAY THERE ARE LARGE CATALYST PROJECTS IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN DALLAS THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ROLE OF TIF DISTRICTS IN THE UNIVERSITY TIF DISTRICT NEAR UNT DALLAS UNIVERSITY HILLS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY AND THAT HAS A LARGE TIF COMPONENT TO THE 
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DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT TIF FUNDING. 
          SHE'S REMINDED THIS IS TAMARA LEAK DEPUTY DIRECTOR SHE'S REMINDED ME THAT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN AS A CITY THROUGH TIF FUNDING INCORPORATE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT ARE ADDED TO THE PROJECT LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIKE BETTER DESIGN LIKE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION AND CONSTRUCTION THOSE ARE ALL PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT WOULD NOT OCCUR IN THOSE PROJECTS WITHOUT OUR PARTICIPATION AS WELL. AND CAN YOU JUST REMIND US OF HOW WE ACCRUED THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THESE TIF DISTRICTS. WELL THAT GOES BACK TO THE MECHANICS OF WHAT A TIF IS IT'S A BOUNDARY DRAWN AROUND A GEOGRAPHIC AREA IT ESTABLISHES A BASE VALUE THE BASE VALUE IS SET AND THE TAX INCREMENT THAT FLOWS FROM THAT BASE VALUE STILL RUNS TO THE GENERAL FUNDS IT'S ANYTHING INCREMENTAL THAT IS DERIVED FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ABOVE THAT BASE VALUE THAT STARTS TO CHURN NEW TAXABLE VALUE AND NEW TAXES AND ONLY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THAT GOES TO THE DISTRICT THE GENERAL FUND DOES SHARE IN IN THE BENEFITS AS WELL MOST DISTRICTS HAVE PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY BETWEEN 70 TO 90% AND SO THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO ADD CONTEXT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS AS SIMPLE AS JUST REMOVING ONE LINE ITEM AND REPLACING IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE DOING SO WITH COMPROMISING A LOT OF PROJECTS. AND IT WOULD ALSO BE COUNTERINTUITIVE, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHAT IT IS THAT THESE TIFS WERE CREATED TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH. I KNOW WE HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR THERE TO BE SOME SORT OF VIABILITY IN THE GRAND PARK SOUTH TIF SPECIFICALLY, AND THANKFULLY WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEEP ELLUM TIF AND LOOKING AT A TRAJECTORY THAT'S VERY POSITIVE, I KNOW THAT WITHOUT THIS TIF AND THIS PARTICULAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, THE FUTURE DOESN'T LOOK NEAR AS BRIGHT IN SOUTH DALLAS. AND SO, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY COGNIZANT OF LOOKING AT AND TAKING A SHORT-SIGHTED APPROACH AND JUST TRYING TO FILL IN GAPS IN THE MOMENT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE WOULD BE DOING SO AND COMPROMISING A LOT OF MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT UP IN OTHER PLACES. WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC ENGINES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY AND HOW IT'S LEVERAGED THESE TOOLS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS, WE CAN SAFELY SAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. 
          NEAR AS SUCCESSFUL OR IN A TIMELY MANNER IN WHICH THEY DID WITHOUT THIS TIF FUNDING. SO, TO SAY THAT WE COULD FILL IN GAPS IN OUR SHORTFALL AND IN A, I GUESS, TIGHT BUDGET SEASON THAT WE ARE APPROACHING, IT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY, BUT I THINK THAT WE WOULD END UP COMPROMISING A LOT THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FURNISH IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. I DON'T SEE HOUSING STAFF HERE, BUT IF THERE'S ANY, OR I GUESS BUDGET OFFICE, WHAT IN OUR GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW IS BEING USED FOR OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS? I HAVE A POINT. POINT OF ORDER. I HAVE A POINT. 
          THANK YOU. STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER. HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IS NOT ABOUT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TIFS. YES, IT IS. IT'S AN ELIGIBLE USE THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED. COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA, I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE BOUNDARY ITSELF, NOT ON THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. 
          SO, COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA, CONTINUE. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR THAT. I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY SMALL AMOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S USED FOR HOME REPAIR. MOST OF OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS, HOME REPAIR, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, ARE DONE THROUGH THE CDBG AND HOME FEDERAL GRANTS. ANYTHING IN THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE PRETTY SMALL AT THIS POINT. 
          THAT'S REALLY THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO GET ON RECORD, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THESE TIF DOLLARS ARE LEVERAGED FOR PROGRAMS THAT WE ALREADY ARE NOT WILLING TO COMMIT TO SUSTAINING IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO IT WOULD BE COMPROMISING WHAT WE'VE PRIORITIZED WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SEE AND INVEST IN GROWTH, BUT WE WANT TO DO SO 
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THOUGHTFULLY SO THAT IT DOESN'T EXACERBATE GENTRIFICATION AND PERPETUATE DISPLACEMENT IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, ALLOWING FOR SOUTH DALLAS RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE FUNDS AND MAINTAIN IN THEIR HOME AND BE A PART OF THE GROWTH THAT'S INEVITABLY COMING IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF. AND JUST PULLING THIS OUT AND PUTTING IT OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY WARM OR FUZZIES ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO STILL ALLOCATE NECESSARY FUNDS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES FROM OUR GENERAL FUND. THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO SUPPORT THIS EXPANSION. I DID ASK COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS BEING SOMETHING THAT HE SUPPORTS. I KNOW HE'S MUCH MORE INTIMATE IN HIS TIF DISTRICTS AS ARE THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE ONES IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND SO, I DO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION HERE, BUT I ALSO, IN THE OVERALL CONVERSATION THAT'S BEING HAD AND THE POINTS BEING MADE ON WHY THIS SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED, WOULD ADVOCATE STRONGLY ON US MAINTAINING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND NOT BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN FUNDING USES FOR MANY OF PROJECTS. AND OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR, FIVE MINUTES. I JUST HAVE, I GUESS, ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. WHAT'S BETWEEN THIS AREA AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE DOTTED LINE THAT COMES DOWN. SO, IS IT JUST RESIDENTIAL USE BETWEEN WHAT IS ALREADY THERE AND WHAT'S THE PROPOSED NEW AREA THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE? SORRY, THIS IS TAMARA LEAK WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 
          SO THAT AREA IN GENERAL HAS A LOT OF LIGHT WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL USE. THIS PARTICULAR SITE HAD AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT HAD BECOME DILAPIDATED AND NO LONGER USED AND BEING REPLACED, BUT THERE ISN'T MUCH RESIDENTIAL IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. SO, LOOKING AT THE MATH THAT'S THAT IS PROVIDED FOR US, IT'S NOT THE PLACE THAT'S BEING ADDED IS NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE AREA THAT'S ALREADY ON THE TIF. AND I DON'T, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD. 
          WHY NOT HAVE AREA THAT'S CONTIGUOUS AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT'S NON-CONTIGUOUS? THE QUESTION IS EASY TO ANSWER, MS. BLAIR, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO. 
          UNDER STATE TIF LAW, TIF DISTRICT PROPERTIES DON'T HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS. BUT IN THIS CASE, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE MAP, IT IS CONTIGUOUS BECAUSE THE PROPERTY, THE BOUNDARY LINE GOES DOWN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MOCKINGBIRD. SO, IT FOLLOWS THE MOCKINGBIRD STREET. 
          COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR ALSO MENTIONED THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE FMPC RULES HAS ALSO CAPPED THE AMOUNT OF CITY LAND THAT CAN BE IN A TIF DISTRICT AND SO WE TRY TO AS KEVIN MENTIONED EARLIER WE TRY TO BE AS LIMITED AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE STAY WELL UNDER THAT CAP. AND THOSE PROPERTIES BETWEEN THE PROPOSED ADDITION AREA AND THE EXISTING DISTRICT ARE IN OUR MINDS NOT IMMEDIATELY OR IN THE SHORT TERM RIPENING FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN ANY WAY SO THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR THEM TO BE IN THE DISTRICT. SO, MR. SPATH, THE AREA THAT IS BETWEEN THE EXISTING AREA AND THE AREA THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADD, WOULD THERE EVER BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT AREA THAT IS IN BETWEEN THERE TO BE PART OF THIS PROPOSED TIF? YES, AND IT WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING NOW. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. 
          ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE NEXT FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OF THE $25 MILLION BALANCE IN THIS. 3 MINUTES, I APOLOGIZE. EXISTING TIF FUND, ARE THERE ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS OR PENDING AUTHORIZED HEARINGS FOR THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THE EXISTING DISTRICT? NO. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS YOU'VE BEEN HAVING FROM DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE APPROACHED YOU ABOUT DEVELOPING WITHIN THE DISTRICT? YES. 
          OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS? WELL, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED FORMAL 
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APPLICATIONS BEYOND THE ONE WE'RE THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE ADDED. AND YOU MENTIONED DURING YOUR INITIAL QUESTION RESPONSE THAT THIS PROPOSED, WELL, THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT A DEVELOPER IS APPLYING FOR TIF FUNDS FOR WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE TIF SUBSIDY. 
          WHAT'S THE BASIS FOR THAT STATEMENT? WELL, THE UNDERWRITING OF THE PROJECT. 
          SHOWS THAT THERE'S A 29 MILLION AT LEAST THE 29 MILLION DOLLAR GAP SO WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNDING ASSISTANCE IN THAT AMOUNT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE SO THE WE'VE ENTERTAINED MANY, MANY OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS ON THIS PROPERTY IN RECENT YEARS AND THOSE OTHER PROJECTS COULD NOT PENCIL WITHOUT THE TIF DISTRICT AND WITHOUT OTHER FACTORS LINING YOU KNOW COMING INTO PLAY WHY DID THOSE PROJECTS NOT PROCEED? I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION OTHER THAN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA HAS BEEN HIGHLY DISTRESSED BETWEEN HARRY HEINZ AND 35 IT'S A DIFFICULT MICRO SITUATION FOR REAL ESTATE. SO, WOULD THIS ONE PROJECT ABSORB ALL OF THE BALANCE OF FUNDS IN THE TIF? NOT EXACTLY TIF DISTRICTS HAVE WHAT'S CALLED INCREMENT ALLOCATION POLICIES OR WATERFALLS THAT THE BOARD APPROVES AND SO EVERY DOLLAR OF TAX INCREMENT THAT A DISTRICT RECEIVES GOES THROUGH THAT WATERFALL AND SO THE EXISTING CASH WOULD NOT BE COMPLETELY OBLIGATED TO THIS PROJECT TO PROJECT POTENTIALLY IT WOULD GO TO A DISTRICT SET ASIDE I THINK THIS DISTRICT HAS A CITY-WIDE SET-ASIDE THAT THE BOARD AND MANY BOARDS OF MANY TIF DISTRICTS USED FOR DISTRICT-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT TIF DISTRICT FUNDS ARE POTENTIALLY USED FOR BESIDES JUST FOR PROJECTS. 
          SO HAS THE TIF DISTRICT BOARD FOR THIS TIF DISTRICT WEIGHED IN ON THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT? YES, YES THEY HAVE. WHAT WAS THEIR DECISION? THE BOARD RECOMMEND WELL THE BOARD APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AND THAT WAS OCTOBER 28TH. AND THAT INCLUDED THE EXPANSION. SORRY APRIL 28TH, WRONG MONTH. OH, APRIL. OKAY, AND THAT INCLUDED THE EXPANSION OF THE 9.3 ACRES? YES, SO THE BOARD TOOK THOSE UP AS TWO SEPARATE ITEMS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE COUNCIL ON MAY 27TH WOULD ALSO TAKE UP TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. ROTH, YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED FOR 3 MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. KEVIN, COULD YOU REMIND ME, WHEN IS THIS TIF EXPIRING? 20-33. 20-33, SO IT'S ABOUT ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE. THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND IT MAKES ABOUT $5 MILLION A YEAR IS WHAT IT'S FUNDING? I THINK IT GENERATES 5.9 CURRENTLY GIVE OR TAKE SO THAT SO IT'S REPLENISHING ITSELF ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR THERE'S 25 MILLION IN IT RIGHT NOW I THINK I SEEM TO RECALL THAT WE, WE HAD SOMEBODY PRESENT TO US ABOUT A REQUEST FOR A GRANT RECENTLY FOR MONEY OUT OF A TIF WASN'T WAS THAT RELATED TO THIS MAPLE TIF WHERE WE WERE PROVIDING A 20 PLUS GRANT 20 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR A DEVELOPMENT UNDER OUR LAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING? YES, THIS THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT WOULD GO ON THIS PROPERTY IF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CALLED AND APPROVED ON MAY 27TH THE FOLLOW-UP ITEM TO EXPANDING THE TIF WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT CAME TO COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. SO MY QUESTION THEN AND MY POINT WAS THAT THE TIF MONEY WOULD BE, IF WE GRANTED THAT, APPROVED THAT GRANT AND THAT WOULD WIPE OUT BASICALLY THE MONEY IN THE TIF AT THAT POINT. 
          BUT IT WOULD ALLOW, THE CURRENT SITUATION WOULD ALLOW THAT TIF BUCKET TO BE REFILLED TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $6 MILLION A YEAR. I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR EXPANDING IT, BUT I DO SEE THAT THE MONIES THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE IS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENT, SO IT'S BEING USED IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT TO ITS BENEFIT AND IT'S GOING TO BE REPLENISHED BY THE CURRENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE 
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BEING TAXED IN THAT TIF. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE EXPANSION FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT AREA OF TOWN IS REALLY SORT OF ON FIRE A LITTLE BIT WITH NEW WITH NEW BUILDINGS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE SO I DON'T KNOW I I'M MY FEELING IS THAT THIS REALLY ISN'T SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADDRESS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE? I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A RECORD VOTE PLEASE. 
          RECORD VOTE'S BEEN REQUESTED AND GRANTED. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NINE? SEEING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, NO IF YOU OPPOSE. 
          COUNCILMEMBER WEST IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          COUNCILMEMBER GRACEY? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CADENA? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN? COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER STEWART? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ROTH? NO. 
          COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN? NO. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY? YES. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIS IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO? YES. 
          MAYOR JOHNSON? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON? YES. 
          THANK YOU. WITH 10 VOTING 
          [16. 26-1209A An ordinance amending Chapter 49, Water and Wastewater, of the Dallas City Code by amending Section 49-1, 49-3, 49-4, 49-7, 49-8, 49-10, 49-18.3, 49-18.9, and 49-21.1; (1) amending the billing collection, metering, and conservation requirement for water and wastewater services; (2) providing a penalty not to exceed $500; (3) providing a saving clause; (4) providing a severability clause; and (5) providing an effective date  - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information) 
*In alignment with Infrastructure Maintenance.]
IN FAVOR, 2 OPPOSED, 3 ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. MOTION PASSES, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 16. ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 49, WATER AND WASTEWATER OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 49-1, 49-3, 49-4, 49-7, 49-8, 49-10, 49-18.3, 49-18.9, AND 49-21.1. 
          ONE, AMENDING THE BILLING COLLECTION METER. BILLING COLLECTION, METERING, AND CONSERVATION REQUIREMENT FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. TWO, PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $500. 
          THREE, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE. FOUR, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. AND FIVE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN. IS THERE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. AND CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU PULLED IT, IS THAT RIGHT? I DID. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO DISCUSS IT. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU IT AND ON THE FACE I MEAN I WAS GOING TO SAY IT LOOKS LIKE A TECHNICAL BORING DWU ITEM BUT REALLY WHAT IT'S DOING IS TOO MANY THINGS ALL AT ONCE FOR A CONSENT AGENDA AND IT NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF PUBLIC BRIEFING AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THINGS SOME THINGS THAT I REALLY SUPPORT LIKE CONSERVATION OF WATER AND MODERNIZING THE BILLING SYSTEM BUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IS THAT THIS MIXES CUSTOMER BILLING, ENFORCEMENT, FEES, AND WATERING RESTRICTIONS. AND SO, WE'RE MOVING FROM WATERING RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE TARGETED TO THE SUMMER, WHICH IS VERY REASONABLE, TO A YEAR-ROUND PROCESS. THE OFFENSE IS $500 IF YOU WATER, AND IF IT'S JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. IT'S A PRETTY STEEP FINE FOR JUST WATERING YOUR LAWN AT THE WRONG TIME. THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF DISCRETION IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT'S NOW CONVEYED TO THE DIRECTOR. 
          THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, AND IT INCLUDES AUTHORITY OVER THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES, SECURITY DEPOSITS, THE RESTORATION DECISIONS, PAYMENT REGULATIONS, SEPARATE BILLING APPROVALS, METER STANDARDS, HYDRANT METER, FORFEITURE, BACKFLOW ENFORCEMENT, AND HARDSHIP VARIANCES. AND I DO THINK SOME DISCRETION IS NECESSARY, BUT THIS IS PRETTY BROAD ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL. 
          THE PUBLIC-FACING COSTS, WHEN THERE'S A PAYMENT SERVICE AGENT CONVENIENCE CHARGE THAT'S GONE FROM $1 TO $5 PER BILL, I JUST REALLY THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BRIEFED TO COUNCIL. AND THERE'S A SEPARATE BILLING CHARGE INCREASE TO $60 PER MONTH WHEN THERE'S A SECOND METER. SO, SORRY, 
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FOR ONE METER. JUST TO SEPARATE THAT BILLING. SO, WHEN WE SAY THERE'S NO COST CONSIDERATION, PERHAPS IT'S NOT COST CONSIDERATION TO US, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY COST CONSIDERATION TO OUR PUBLIC WHO HAS ALREADY SEEN AN INCREASE IN THEIR DRINKING WATER, THEIR STORM WATER, AND THEIR WASTEWATER. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR WATER BILL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I DO. 
          AND THIS IS A NUMBER THAT IS ESSENTIAL. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE WATER. BUT EVERY BILL IS GOING UP SUBSTANTIALLY, AND HERE WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL FEES ON, AGAIN, WITHOUT EVEN ANY DISCUSSION. 
          SO, I APPRECIATE THAT AT LEAST IT WAS LABELED AS THERE'S BEEN NO PRIOR ACTION, BUT I JUST FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO AT LEAST COMMENT ON IT, AT LEAST SAY THAT WE READ IT, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PASSING, AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE PASSED IN THIS. I'M GOING TO VOTE YES, BUT I ALSO COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT COMMENTING. AND WHILE I CONSIDERED DOING THAT ACTUALLY AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY PULL IT, AND IF OTHER PEOPLE HAD SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO SAY, THEY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 16? MR. ROTH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN FOR HER DILIGENCE IN GOING THROUGH THIS, THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE AND REALLY IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THAT I UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T CATCH AND I APPRECIATE HER INSIGHT INTO NOW ANALYZING THESE ORDINANCES CLOSELY AS SHE HAS, I ALSO WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. HOWEVER, I THINK IT SENDS A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE TO ALL OF US THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE, THE DETAILS REALLY ARE IMPORTANT, THE EFFECTS AND THE COST TO OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE IMPORTANT. EVEN SMALL COSTS DO HAVE A MAGNITUDE WHEN YOU START SPREADING THEM OUT OVER THE WHOLE CITY. SO, THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THAT STUFF AND BEING A SORT OF ENCOURAGING US ALL TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE, 
          [25. 26-1062A Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the professional services contract with Gresham Smith for the Dallas Streetcar Operations and Maintenance Study to support the City of Dallas for Phase I of establishing a Parking Benefit District (paid parking area) in support of the Dallas Streetcar Operations and Maintenance Study - Not to exceed $123,397.00, from $669,509.58 to $792,906.58 - Financing: DART Public Transportation System Projects Fund ($80,490.42) and General Fund ($42,906.58)
*In alignment with ForwardDallas.]
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. AGENDA ITEM 25. 
          AUTHORIZED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH GRESHAM SMITH FOR THE DALLAS STREETCAR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE STUDY TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR PHASE ONE OF ESTABLISHING A PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT PAID PARKING AREA IN SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS STREETCAR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE STUDY NOT TO EXCEED $123,397 FROM $669,509.58 TO $792,906.58. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN AND COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. IS THERE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON OR AGAINST IT? CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. 
          WHEN WE PASSED THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT POLICY PLAN, I'M NOT SURE WHICH IT'S CALLED, I VOTED NO. I THINK IT WAS A 14-1 VOTE. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT IT THAT ARE JUST PROBLEMATIC TO ME. 
          AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE BIGGEST ONE AND ASK THAT COUNCIL REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS. THE PARKING METER REVENUE, FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED MORE PARKING METERS. 
          AND WE HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT PARKING ISSUES THAT COULD BE SOLVED WITH PARKING METERS. 
          AND SO, I'M FOR PUTTING IN PARKING METERS ACTUALLY IN A LOT OF PLACES, NOT JUST IN THE MOST URBAN AREAS AND I HAVE PLACES IN DISTRICT 12 THAT I HOPE WILL ADD IN PARKING METERS. 
          BUT THAT REVENUE SHOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND THE WAY WE PASS THAT BILL, IT ACTUALLY CAN GO BACK TO THE DISTRICT. AND IT CAN GO BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT AGAIN, WE NEED THAT REVENUE TO GO TO EITHER THE GENERAL FUND OR SPECIFICALLY TO TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS OUGHT TO HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO MANAGE, I'M FOR THAT. 
          BUT I'M NOT FOR IS WHAT ALLOWS, WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THIS PLAN IS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DECIDE, OH WE'D LIKE TO TAKE PARKING METER REVENUE AND PUT IN BIKE LANES OR TREES OR PLANTS AND ENHANCE THIS AREA. 
          AND THE ISSUE IS THAT MANY OF THESE AREAS ALREADY RECEIVE A 
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DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF BOND FUNDING BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST DISTRICT, IT'S ALSO CONSIDERED CITYWIDE WHEN IT'S NEAR DOWNTOWN. AND THEN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE FOR BISHOP ARTS, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN STREETCAR THAT WE ARE SPENDING $2 MILLION A YEAR OUT OF GENERAL FUND FOR. AND SO, THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING A SPECIAL BENEFIT THAT FRANKLY NO OTHER PART OF THE CITY IS GETTING. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND FISCAL DECISIONS, IT'S VERY HARD TO TALK ABOUT TRYING TO CARVE THIS OUT AND SEND IT BACK TO JUST CERTAIN SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE CITY WHEN, AGAIN, THE ENTIRE PLAN IS MANAGED BY ALL THE TAXPAYERS. SO THAT'S ONE PART. I WANT TO SKIP THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HAVE HERE. 
          THE IDEA OF THIS, I THINK, HAS BEEN TO HAVE BETTER CURB MANAGEMENT, AND WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD INSTALL THE PARKING METERS. 
          AND I'LL GIVE YOU THIS EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST DOWN HERE. DOWN HERE, WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THAT ARE PARKING AND LINING THE STREETS. 
          THEY'RE THERE ALL DAY LONG. 
          IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL IN SOME OF THE AREAS. I KNOW WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH UPTOWN, THIS IS VERY PROBLEMATIC. 
          BUT EVEN IN DISTRICT 12, IN A VERY SUBURBAN AREA, THE MASSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING ARE THEN PARKING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND TAKING UP ALL THE CURB SPACE AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GO BY. SO AGAIN, THIS SHOULDN'T BECOME THE DEVELOPER'S NEW PARKING AREA IS OUR STREET. AND SO, IF WE WANT VISITORS TO BE ABLE TO VISIT, GREAT. THAT'S WHAT THE PARKING METER IS FOR. 
          RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LUNCH AT YOUR APARTMENT, YOU WANT TO INVITE 10 PEOPLE, MAYBE YOUR COMPLEX DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH VISITOR PARKING FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S A GREAT USE OF THE PARKING METER. BUT JUST HAVING RESIDENT PARKING DEDICATED TO STREETS IS VERY, VERY PROBLEMATIC. THE OTHER THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE POLICY ITSELF ALLOWS FOR COMMITTEES TO BE SET, NOT JUST THE PIDS, THAT WOULD THEN CREATE ALL SORTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAUCRACY ON HOW THESE DOLLARS WOULD BE SPENT. SO, I DO THINK WE SHOULD BE GENERATING REVENUE FROM PARKING METERS FOR FRANKLY INFRASTRUCTURE WE'VE PAID TO PUT IN THAT PEOPLE ARE THEN USING. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING MORE GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY OF, OH, IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO DESIGN SOMETHING. IT'S GOING TO TAKE HOW MANY YEARS TO DO THIS? AND WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS SIMPLER AND CHEAPER AND EASIER AND UNLESS WE ARE GOING TO SAY, NO, ALL THOSE USES PASSED IN THE PLAN ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, THE USE SHOULD BE EITHER GENERAL FUND OR GO BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS TRANSPORTATION. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT ANY OF THESE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 25? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, HOLD ON. MR. ROTH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY, I'M LATE. SCREEN WENT OFF HERE. MY CONCERN ABOUT, AND THE REASON I SUGGESTED PULLING THIS, IS I'M CONCERNED JUST GENERALLY ABOUT THE COST FOR THESE STUDIES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $790,000 TO DO SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR STUDYING THE STREETCAR OPERATIONS AND MAKING PLANS FOR THE PARKING METER DISTRICT AND PARKING METER PLACEMENT. AGAIN, I APPLAUD THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WHOSOEVER DEPARTMENT WAS THAT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO TRY TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THROUGH PARKING METERS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE, THOSE SHOULD BE DEDICATED JUST TO A STREETCAR PROJECT OR TO AN ISOLATED PROJECT. I ALSO AM CONCERNED THAT THE COST FOR THESE STUDIES SEEM TO BE UNUSUALLY HIGH TO ME, AND IT MAY BE THAT, AGAIN, THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS OF THAT. THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MAY INCLUDE OTHER THINGS, BUT $800,000 TO BE STUDYING STUFF SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF CONSULTING PROJECTS. I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING METERS. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DEDICATE THOSE FUNDS JUST TO ONE PURPOSE, SUCH AS THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 
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OF THE STREETCAR PROVISION, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE ALREADY FUNDING PART OF THAT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. AND IF FOR SOME REASON I MISUNDERSTOOD WHERE THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FUTURE DECISION MAKING ON HOW THIS BENEFIT DISTRICT WOULD BE STRUCTURED, WHAT THE RULES WOULD BE, HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE ADMINISTERED, AGAIN, I THINK CREATE ANOTHER LEVEL OF BUREAUCRACY AND INEFFICIENCY WHICH I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED. WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THINGS, GET THE MONEY INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN IT'S UP TO US TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SPENT APPROPRIATELY CITYWIDE. 
          THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. I'D LIKE THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO COME FORWARD FOR QUESTIONS. MR. KHANKARLI, CAN YOU FIRST GENERALLY DESCRIBE WHAT THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT WILL ACCOMPLISH, WHAT ITS SCOPE IS, AND WHY YOU HAVE PROPOSED THIS? CORRECT. GOOD MORNING. GUS KHANKARLI, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. SO, THIS CONTRACT INITIALLY WAS FOR THE STUDY OF A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING EXPLORING THE WAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE REVENUE FOR THE OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETCAR. IT INCLUDED ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IF WE AS A CITY OF DALLAS, AS OWNERS OF THE STREETCAR, TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US HAVING A DIRECT CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETCAR. IT ALSO INCLUDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL OPERATION AND WHAT OTHER PEER CITIES ARE DOING IN ORDER TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STREETCAR. SO THAT WAS THE BASE CONTRACT. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO ADD $120,000 TO THE CONTRACT IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE EXPLORATION OF THE ABILITY TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH COULD PARTIALLY OR FULLY BE USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CURRENT AND FUTURE STREETCAR. 
          SO THIS ITEM IS TO STUDY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAID PARKING AREA FIRST, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO INSTALL PARKING METERS IN UPTOWN, WHERE CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO PARKING METERS AND THERE IS NO REVENUE AND THEN AFTER THAT EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERT THAT INTO A PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT SO THIS IS JUST THE THE STUDY AS REQUIRED BY THE COUNCIL ADOPTED CURB LANE MANAGEMENT OF APRIL 2024. 
          SO WILL THERE BE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES ONCE THE RESULTS OF THIS CONSULTING CONTRACT ARE OBTAINED FOR THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE OR DIRECT THE USE OF THE FUNDS THAT MIGHT BE GENERATED THROUGH THE PARKING METER PROGRAM? THAT IS CORRECT SIR, BECAUSE ONCE WE COME BACK AND SAY IT IS FEASIBLE WE HAVE TO MODIFY I THINK CHAPTER 28 WHERE WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE CHAPTER FOR US TO SAY THIS AREA IS ELIGIBLE TO HAVE PARKING METERS AND SO ON. AND IS PART OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW PARKING METERS COULD GENERATE REVENUE THAT WOULD DEFRAY THE COST OF OPERATING THE EXISTING STREETCAR SYSTEM, WHICH WE CURRENTLY PAY, IT'S BEEN STATED, $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR. YES, SIR, IT COULD, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS ITEM A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENSIVELY ON MONDAY, AS THIS IS THE ITEM THAT IS ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE'S AGENDA, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE FINDINGS, IF YOU WILL, ON THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OPTIONS THAT COULD ENHANCE OUR REVENUE FOR THE TO OFFSET THE CURRENT GENERAL FUNDS THAT IS BEING USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. OKAY THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. WELL, PART OF THE COMMENTS THAT I DIDN'T GIVE WERE BECAUSE IT IS ON THE TRANSPORTATION AGENDA BUT REALLY THE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST AND HOPE YOU'LL PURSUE IS MODIFYING THIS PLAN TO DO EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY WAS TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS SPECIFY WHAT THE USE IS NOW I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SPECIFY THAT IT'S FOR STREETCAR OR NOT AND I GUESS THIS CONSULTANT WILL HELP DETERMINE THAT BUT THAT IT GO SPECIFICALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR STREETS TRAFFIC SIGNALS OTHER PUBLIC 
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WORKS PROJECTS INCLUDING THINGS PERHAPS LIKE THE STREETCAR WHICH I MEAN, IT'S $2.1 MILLION, RIGHT, IN THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? APPROXIMATELY. YEAH. SO, I JUST WANTED TO REMOVE ALL THE OTHER STUFF. 
          SO, THERE'S A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST IN THERE OF THINGS THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR AND HOW IT COULD BE USED, AND THAT'S THE PART THAT IS VERY ALARMING TO ME. THANK YOU. 
          CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          SO, TO CLARIFY, I GUESS. THE ITEM BEFORE US TODAY IS SIMPLY TO ADD $120,000 TO THIS EXISTING CONSULTING CONTRACT TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THEIR WORK. IT'S NOT TO DECIDE WHAT USES ANY PARKING FEE REVENUE WOULD BE DEVOTED TO. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. THAT WILL BE A FUTURE DECISION OF THIS COUNCIL. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. AND ANY POLICY DECISION REGARDING WHERE TO USE THE FUNDS AND HOW TO USE THE FUNDS, I MEAN, THIS IS A POLICY DECISION THAT WILL BRING BACK TO THE POLICY BODY FOR DECISIONS. AND DO YOU FIND THIS AMOUNT OF $120,000 TO BE REASONABLE FOR THE EXPANDED SCOPE OF THIS CONTRACT? VERY REASONABLE. WE HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH IN NEGOTIATIONS AND OPTIMIZING THE SCOPE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS 
          [28. 26-1382A Authorize (1) rescinding the three-year service price agreement with ABH Pros, LLP for Group 3, previously approved on December 10, 2025, by Resolution No. 25-1888, for reflective lane striping services for parking lots and thermoplastic services for bike lane symbols for the Department of Transportation and Public Works; and (2) Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the service price agreement with Elite Striping, LLC dba Action Services to increase the scope of services to include Group 3 for reflective lane striping services for parking lots and thermoplastic services for bike lane symbols for the Department of Transportation and Public Works, increasing the service price agreement in the estimated amount of $3,366,319.00, from $4,428,768.50 to $7,795,087.50, second lowest responsible bidder of four - Estimated amount of $3,366,319.00 - Financing: General Fund ($2,250,000.00), DART Public Transportation System Projects Fund ($490,000.00), and Bike Lane Fund ($626,319.00)
*In alignment with Vision Zero Plan.]
TO SPEAK ON IT BEFORE WE GET TO 25? SEEING NONE, ALL IN ALL FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 28. 
          AUTHORIZE ONE RESCINDING THE THREE-YEAR SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT WITH ABH PROS LLP FOR GROUP THREE, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON DECEMBER 10, 2025 BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 25-1888, FOR REFLECTIVE LANE STRIPING SERVICES FOR PARKING LOTS AND THERMOPLASTIC SERVICES FOR BIKE LANE SYMBOLS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. AND TWO, SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT WITH ELITE STRIPING LLC, DBA ACTION SERVICES, TO INCREASE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO INCLUDE GROUP THREE FOR REFLECTIVE LANE STRIPING SERVICES FOR PARKING LOTS AND THERMOPLASTIC SERVICES FOR BIKE LANE SYMBOLS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, INCREASING THE SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $3,366,319 FROM $4,428,768.50 TO $7,795,087.50. SECOND LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER OF FOUR. 
          ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $3,366,319. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. LOOKING FOR A MOTION. 
          28. ALL RIGHT SO MOVED AND SECONDED MR. ROTH YOU'RE RIGHT FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, THE REASON I PULLED THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THE DETERMINING THE SERVICE AGREEMENT THE RESCISSION OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS THAT WAS BASICALLY VETTED OUT AND THEN THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT AS A RESULT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE SUGGESTED REPOSITIONING OF PROCUREMENT WITH THIS NEW GROUP TO I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND AND I'D LIKE IF THE, IF GUS WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND ON THE EXTENT OF THE INCREASE IN THIS CONTRACT, WHICH HAS NEARLY DOUBLED, $4 MILLION TO ALMOST $8 MILLION FOR STRIPING BIKE LANES AND PUTTING IN BIKE LANE SYMBOLS IF I'D REALLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHY THERE WAS SUCH A HUGE INCREASE IN THE IN THE PROCUREMENT OF THIS NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT. 
          JUANITA ORTIZ DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES SO WE INITIALLY AWARDED THIS CONTRACT FOR THE TOTAL CONTRACT FOR ALL LANE STRIPING INCLUDING STREET LEGENDS ACROSS WALKS BIKE LANES IN 2025 THE VENDOR THAT WAS AWARDED GROUP 3 WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKING LOTS AND FOR BIKE LANES WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE WORK TO A SATISFACTORY LEVEL. WE DID MEET WITH THE VENDOR, DO A CORRECTIVE ACTION, AND THEY REQUESTED THAT THE CONTRACT BE TERMINATED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT GROUP. 
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AND SO, WE ARE AWARDING TO THE SECOND BIDDER, THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, WHICH WAS ELITE STRIPING. 
          THEIR BID WAS HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL LOWEST BIDDER, BUT IT'S NOT CHANGING THE SCOPE. 
          IT IS CONTINUING. IT'S JUST GOING TO THE NEXT BIDDER THAT WAS AVAILABLE ON THE CONTRACT, AND THIS IS AN IDIQ CONTRACT. 
          AND SO, IT'S SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE SPEND WILL BE BASED ON THE BUDGET THAT GUS HAS IN HIS BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND IT'S A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, SO IT'S AN AS-NEEDED CONTRACT. 
          CORRECT. AND SO, DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS AND REQUEST THE SPENDING OF THE FUNDS? SO ALL THESE FUNDS ARE NOT NECESSARILY BEING SPENT NECESSARILY OVER THE THREE YEARS. RIGHT, SO WHEN WE AWARD THESE CONTRACTS WE WILL PUT THEM INTO CGI WHICH IS OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM WHILE THEY ARE IDIQ WE WILL PUT IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT THAT'S ON THIS AWARD AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROCESS ANY DELIVERY ORDERS ON THE CONTRACT IF THEY DO NOT HAVE FUNDING IN THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET OBJECT CODE. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT IT WASN'T DONE SATISFACTORILY. IT WAS THAT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL FOUR MILLION DOLLAR INITIAL A CONTRACT BID IN OTHER WORDS ARE WE STARTING OVER WE DOUBLING DOING THE SAME THE SAME JOB FOR SEVEN MILLION I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE, BUT I'D LIKE CLARIFICATION GUS KHANKARLI, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN AS JUANITA MENTIONED IS THAT THIS IS A MASTER AGREEMENT SO THEREFORE WE ISSUE DELIVERY ORDERS ON THE ON THIS CONTRACT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO WHAT WAS REDONE SO THIS IS JUST ONLY TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT CAN ISSUE AGAINST THAT AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE AND I CONTINUE TO MENTION IT THIS IS PAVEMENT MARKINGS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE AND ON CALL. SO, GUS, TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE VALIDITY OF YOUR REQUEST HERE, IS THAT WE'RE LOCKING IN THE CONTRACT SUMS FOR THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD, BUT WE HAVE THE DISCRETION NOT TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS AND DURING UNTIL WE NEED TO DO IT IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MONEY THAT WE DON'T THAT WE MAY NOT NEED TO SPEND NEXT YEAR IF WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET LINE ITEMS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR OR TWO MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TOWARDS DOING THIS STRIPING WE COULD DEFER IT THROUGH THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD IN ORDER TO STILL MAINTAIN THE COST AND STILL TAKE CARE OF THE ROADS BUT MAYBE PUSH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE IMMEDIATE FUNDS. THAT IS CORRECT AND ALSO IS MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY THAT SAYS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION SO IF WE DON'T HAVE APPROPRIATIONS WE CAN'T SPEND AGAINST IT. RIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT HAVING THE CONTRACT AVAILABLE AND ON AS NEED BASIS. 
          AND IT WAS AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T IF WE DO HAVE VENDORS THAT AREN'T PERFORMING I THINK IT'S TERRIFIC THAT YOU ALL TAKE PROACTIVE AREAS TO TERMINATE THEM OR TO FORCE THEM TO REPAIR AND CORRECT ANY MISAPPLICATIONS. 
          BUT, AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST BE SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE PAYING FOR REPAIRING SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY SCREWED UP FOR US. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 28? SEEING 
          [29. 26-1380A Authorize a three-year service price agreement for supervisory control and data acquisition system parts, repair services, software support, and server upgrades for water, wastewater, and stormwater programs for the Dallas Water Utilities Department - PRIME CONTROLS, LP, only proposer - Estimated amount of $17,516,400.00 - Financing:  Stormwater Drainage Management Fund ($9,941,100.00) and Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($7,575,300.00) (subject to annual appropriations)
*In alignment with Infrastructure Maintenance.]
NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          NEXT ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 29, AUTHORIZE A THREE-YEAR SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT FOR SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM PARTS, REPAIR SERVICES, SOFTWARE SUPPORT, AND SERVER UPGRADES FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, AND STORMWATER PROGRAMS FOR THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. PRIME CONTROLS LP, ONLY PROPOSER ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $17,516,400. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. IS THERE A MOTION ON 29? ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? MR. ROTH, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. THE REASON I PULLED THIS ITEM IS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A $17.5 MILLION EXPENDITURE. 
          CERTAINLY, IT'S IN ONE OF OUR ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS, 
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BUT IT'S DEALING WITH A LOT OF, TO ME, COMPLICATED AND DIVERSE ISSUES. 
          I WAS HOPING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A CLARIFICATION ON EXACTLY WHAT THE BACKGROUND IS ON THIS EXPENDITURE AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT. GOOD MORNING, SARAH STANDIFER, DIRECTOR OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. MUCH LIKE THE ITEM YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS AN IDIQ CONTRACT. SO, THIS IS A CONTRACT WHERE WE WILL ORDER HARDWARE, PARTS, PIECES, AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES AS NEEDED WITHIN OUR BUDGET SYSTEMS. WE HAVE EIGHT SCADA SYSTEMS WITHIN THE WATER, WASTEWATER, AND DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM. 
          IT SUPPORTS GETTING WATER AND TREATING IT WITHIN EACH OF THE PLANTS. IT SUPPORTS TREATING THE WATER AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. 
          THIS IS ALSO A CONTRACT THAT SUPPORTS BRINGING WATER TO YOUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND THEN REMOVING THE WATER FROM YOUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHEN IT'S WASTE. IT ALSO SUPPORTS OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM, ALL OF YOUR FLOODED ROADWAY WARNING ALERT SIGNS AND YOUR PUMP STATIONS. 
          SO, ALL OF THIS IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. EACH ONE IS OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY UNDER SOME DHS REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE MAKE UPGRADES AND REPLACEMENTS AS WELL. AND SO, THIS ALSO PROVIDES SOME BACKSTOPPING TO STAFF THAT WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM OUR SYSTEM. SO, WHAT LEVELS YOU SET AND HOW WE RESPOND, AND IT KEEPS THE SYSTEM RUNNING AROUND THE CLOCK. THANK YOU. 
          THE CLARIFICATION TO ME IS THAT THIS IS, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH SOFTWARE AND IT-RELATED CONTRACTS, IT'S GOOD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T JUST PROGRAMMING, IT'S JUST NOT THIRD-PARTY SUPPORT. IT'S HARDWARE, IT'S ACTUALLY NUTS AND BOLTS SOMETIMES, BUT IT ALSO EXTENDS, THIS IS A JUSTIFICATION FOR AN EXPENDITURE IN THAT SPACE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DEALING WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, AS I THINK YOU EXPLAINED TO ME, AND THAT THIS REALLY GOES TO THE QUALITY OF OUR WATER, IT GOES TO CYBERSECURITY FOR OUR WATER. IN SOME CASES, THE MYSTERY OF IT HAS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE ARE VERY POSITIVE AND SERIOUS USES OF FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING. AND SO, THIS REALLY REPRESENTS ABOUT A $6 MILLION A YEAR EXPENDITURE, WHICH IS ON THIS THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH BASICALLY IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO YOUR ENTERPRISE BUDGET. AND IS SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF AN ONGOING EXPENDITURE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT $2.5 MILLION A YEAR ACROSS ALL EIGHT SYSTEMS. SO, IT KIND OF BRINGS IN AS-NEEDED SUPPORT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS IF WE ALSO NEEDED TO BRING SOMEBODY IN TO HELP WITH ANY SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS OR CHALLENGES. 
          VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR 
          [35. 26-1197A 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)]
AGAINST ITEM 29? SEEING NONE, I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING WITH AGENDA ITEM 35. 
          AGENDA ITEM 35 IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          THIS MORNING, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE NOMINEE FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT. 
          YOUR NOMINEE FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT, DOUGLAS E. RABE, IS BEING NOMINATED TO THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD BY COUNCILMEMBER STEWART. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS 
          [36. 26-1350A Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire a street easement from Cecilia Lara Ramires and Jorge Carreno of approximately 1,222 square feet of land located near the intersection of Edd Road and Spicewood Drive for the Edd Road from Seagoville Road to Garden Grove Drive Project - Not to exceed $12,262.00 ($9,262.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $3,000.00) - Financing: Street and Transportation (A) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund)
*In alignment with Capital Improvement Program.]
THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. AGENDA ITEM 36. AUTHORIZE THE SECOND STEP OF ACQUISITION OF CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE STREET EASEMENT FROM CECILIA LARA RAMIREZ AND JORGE CARINO OF APPROXIMATELY 01,222 SQUARE FEET OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ED ROAD AND SPICEWOOD DRIVE FOR THE ED ROAD FROM SEAGOVILLE ROAD TO GARDEN GROVE DRIVE PROJECT, NOT TO EXCEED $12,262. BECAUSE THIS IS AN EMINENT DOMAIN ITEM, IT WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, NO IF YOU'RE OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMEMBER WEST, IT'S ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          COUNCILMEMBER GRACEY? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CADENA? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA? YES. 
          [02:15:03]
COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER STEWART? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ROTH? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY? YES. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIS IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO? YES. 
          MAYOR JOHNSON? YES. WITH 12 
          [37. 26-1351A Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire a street easement from W. C. Goodson, Jr. and Judith Goodson a tract of land containing approximately 750 square feet of land located near the intersection of Edd Road and Spicewood Drive for the Edd Road from Seagoville Road to Garden Grove Drive Project - Not to exceed $11,930.00 ($8,930.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $3,000.00) - Financing: Street and Transportation (A) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund)
*In alignment with Capital Improvement Program.]
VOTING IN FAVOR, 3 ABSENT, 1 VOTE TAKEN. THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM. 
          AGENDA ITEM 37. AUTHORIZE THE SECOND STEP OF ACQUISITION FOR CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A STREET ASSESSMENT OR STREET EASEMENT FROM WC GOODSON JR. 
          AND JUDITH GOODSON, A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 750 SQUARE FEET OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ED ROAD AND SPICEWOOD DRIVE FOR THE ED ROAD FROM SEAGOVILLE ROAD TO GARDEN GROVE DRIVE PROJECT. NOT TO EXCEED $11,930. BECAUSE THIS ITEM IS AN EMINENT DOMAIN ITEM, IT WILL REQUIRE RECORD VOTE. 
          LOOKING FOR A MOTION, GUYS. 
          COOL. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? ITEM 37, SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YES IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, NO IF YOU OPPOSE. 
          COUNCILMEMBER WEST IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          COUNCILMEMBER GRACEY. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CADENA. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER STEWART? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ROTH? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER MENDELSOHN? YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY? YES. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIS IS ABSENT WHEN VOTE TAKEN. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO? MAYOR JOHNSON? YES. WITH 13 VOTING IN FAVOR, NO OPPOSED, TWO ABSENT, VOTE TAKEN. THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR ITEMS FOR THIS SESSION. ALL RIGHT, WELL TIMES 11:39, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS UNTIL 1 O'CLOCK, BUT I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR COLLEAGUE, JAIME RESENDEZ, WHO IS VIRTUAL, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE THE CAKE VERY DELICIOUS FOR US AND NOT SO MUCH FOR YOU. 
          I DID HEAR YOU MIGHT BE COMING FOR THE ZONING CASE. SO, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO SAVE YOU A SLICE. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. SO, IF YOU GET HERE BEFORE 1, COME ON BACK TO THE LUNCHROOM AND LET'S ALL HAVE CAKE AND TAKE A PHOTO. 
          AND THEN I GUESS WE'LL SING TO YOU WITH THE ZONING. WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT? SURE. WE CAN SING LATER. WE CAN SING NOW. 
          WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. AND THE MAYOR'S OFFERED TO LEAD THE SINGING. I DID NOT. 
          GREAT. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. I ACTUALLY WANT HIM TO HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, ARE WE GOING TO SING NOW OR ARE WE GOING TO SING LATER? I THINK WE SHOULD SAVE IT BECAUSE HE'LL BE HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL SING LATER, BUDDY. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL STAND AT RECESS UNTIL 1 P.M. ALL RIGHT, I'M TOLD WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO REGULAR SESSION, MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE ARE NOW AT YOUR ZONING AGENDA. MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER STEWART WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON AGENDA ITEM Z3. MAYOR, MAY I BE RECOGNIZED FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT? YOU MAY, BEFORE WE GO INTO THE ZONING ITEM. GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER JAIME RESENDEZ, THIS VERY LARGE HEAVY CAKE IN HONOR OF HIS 44TH BIRTHDAY. AND AS PROMISED, THE MAYOR WILL LEAD US IN SINGING. I SAID I'D BE WILLING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE CAKE FOR HIM. OH, I'M SORRY, I MISHEARD YOU. BUT PAUL RIDLEY WAS GOING TO DO THE SINGING. OKAY, PAUL, YOU'RE IT. SO, IF WE CAN ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND JUST SING A QUICK LITTLE VERSE OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAIME, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET THAT CAKE GOING. THERE'S A CAKE AFTER PARTY IN THE ROOM BEHIND. IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY GOOD CAKE FOR A CHANGE. IT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE. ALL RIGHT, WHO AM I RECOGNIZING, MADAM SECRETARY, FOR THIS MOTION? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER STEWART WOULD LIKE 
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TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z3. 
          SHE WOULD. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. BE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION ON Z3. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL MAY THE 27TH OF 2026. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. 
          ITEM IS DEFERRED. GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z5. CHAIRMAN JOHNSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M WILLING TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL AUGUST 12, 2026. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. 
          ITEMS DEFERRED. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z8. 
          YOU RECOGNIZE PROMOTION CHAIRMAN JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO AUGUST 12, 2026. SECOND. SO, WE MOVED AND THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. I WAS DEFERRED NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER STEWART WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON ITEM Z10. 
          STEWART RECOGNIZED PROMOTION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM, ITEM Z10, UNTIL MAY THE 27TH, 2026. ANY 
          [ZONING CASES - CONSENT]
DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. 
          ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA. 
          YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTED OF ITEMS Z1 THROUGH Z12. ITEM Z1 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR. ITEM Z2 HAS BEEN PULLED BY DEPUTY, I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO. ITEM Z3 WAS DEFERRED, ITEM Z5 WAS DEFERRED, ITEM Z8 WAS DEFERRED, AND ITEM Z10 WAS DEFERRED. THEREFORE, YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM Z4, Z6, Z7, Z9, Z11, AND Z12. I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. ITEM Z4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT SUBDISTRICT FOR GR, GENERAL RETAIL USES ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF BROWN STREET BETWEEN SHELBY AVENUE AND OAK LAWN AVENUE. 
          ITEM Z6 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 482 ON PROPERTY BOUNDED BY WEST LOVERS LANE, INWOOD ROAD, BOAZ STREET, AND GREENWAY BOULEVARD. ITEM Z7 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY SALES AND SERVICE ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST CORNER OF CF HAN FREEWAY AND TURIN DRIVE. ITEM Z9 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2496 FOR OPEN STORAGE ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST CORNER OF MAPLE AVENUE AND VEGAS STREET. ITEM Z11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING MF-1A MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF SOUTH ST. 
          AUGUSTINE ROAD NORTH OF SOUTH SEAGOVILLE ROAD. AND ITEM Z12 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO A MICROBREWERY, MICRO DISTILLERY, OR WINERY ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST LINE OF HASKELL AVENUE BETWEEN EASTSIDE AVENUE AND WILLOW STREET. YOU DO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z9 ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, DANIELLE CHOW. 
          THANK YOU. WILL NOT BE SPEAKING, JEREMY LENNOX. WILL NOT BE SPEAKING, JEFF MCFADDEN. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE YOUR INDIVIDUALS FOR THAT ITEM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT WERE JUST PREVIOUSLY READ INTO THE RECORD? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR? FOR APPROVAL, 
          [Z1. 26-1361A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 1997 for an open-enrollment charter school on property within Tract 2 of Planned Development District No. 37, on the west corner of Hargrove Drive and Sheila Lane
Recommendation of Staff:  Approval, subject to amended site plan, traffic management plan, and amended conditions
Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a five-year period, subject to amended site plan, traffic management plan, and amended conditions  
Z212-320/Z-26-000010                                          
*In alignment with ForwardDallas.]
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR FIRST POOL ZONING AGENDA ITEM, ITEM Z1. ITEM Z1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1997 FOR AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST CORNER OF HARGROVE DRIVE AND SHEILA LANE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. WE SENT 11 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE AREA OF REQUEST. WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INDIVIDUAL 
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COMING FORWARD? YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN THREE BALDWIN 3904 ELM STREET SUITE B REPRESENTING UPLIFT SCHOOLS IN THIS REQUEST I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z1? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, I MOVE TO FOLLOW THE CPC RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? THERE IS A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER CADENA? COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR, FIVE MINUTES. YES, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN, IN READING YOUR SUBMITTAL DATE AND YOUR CPC DATE, WHY IT TOOK FOUR YEARS FOR SUP TO COME TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND COME BEFORE US? YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S EMBARRASSING, BUT THIS WAS ONE OF OUR REMAINDER CASES THAT WAS IN OUR BACKLOG, AND IT KIND OF SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. ROB HAS BEEN VERY UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENT WITH US, BUT AS SOON AS WE REALIZED IT, WE DID GET WITH HIM TO RESUBMIT IT FOR ELECTRONIC REVIEW IN DALLAS NOW AND THAT WAS DONE IN JANUARY OF 2026 ASSIGNED TO A PLANNER AND THEN MOVED FORWARD ON A PRETTY QUICK TIMELINE BUT. 
          SO, THE SECOND SUBMITTAL WAS JANUARY 26TH IS THAT THE DATE THAT IT ACTUALLY WAS RESUBMITTED OR WAS THAT THE DATE IT WENT TO A PLANNER? SO, IT WAS RESUBMITTED ON JANUARY 13TH, 2026 AND ASSIGNED TO A PLANNER ON FEBRUARY 9TH 2026. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE DATES FOR YOU GOING FORWARD. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SEEING NONE, 
          [Z2. 26-1362A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for (1) an ordinance granting new Planned Development District for a mix of residential, commercial, and light industrial uses on property zoned CS Commercial Service District, on the southeast line of Main Street northeast of South Peak Street; and (2) an ordinance granting a new subdistrict within the Planned Development District No. 1002 on property zoned IM Industrial Manufacturing District, on the north corner of North Washington Avenue and Main Street
Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to conditions
Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to conditions
Z-25-000132
*In alignment with ForwardDallas.]
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE TO YOUR NEXT POLL ZONING ITEM, ITEM Z2. ITEM Z2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING NEW PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ON PROPERTY ZONE CS COMMERCIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF MAIN STREET, NORTHEAST OF SOUTH PEAK STREET, AND TWO, AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NEW SUBDISTRICT WITHIN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1002 ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH CORNER OF NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE AND MAIN STREET. MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 102 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE AREA OF REQUEST. WE RECEIVED FOUR REPLIES IN FAVOR AND THREE REPLIES IN OPPOSITION. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z2? THANK YOU. 
          NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CADENA. I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AND PT 1143 AGRICULTURAL AND SINGLE-FAMILY USES ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL IS PERMITTED BY SUP NO REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS NO REQUIRED PARKING FOR ART OR CRAFT PRODUCTION FACILITY OR BED AND BREAKFAST IN PD 1002 AND 1143 A DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION SIGN MAY NOT EXCEED 24 FEET IN WIDTH AND 12 FEET IN HEIGHT. THE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVE AREA FOR DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION SIGN IS 140 SQUARE FEET. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? 
          [Z13. 26-1373A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for the CR Community Retail District on property zoned NS(A) Neighborhood Service District with existing deed restrictions Z101-138, on the south line of East Illinois Avenue, west line of Mayforge Drive
Recommendation of Staff:  Approval 
Recommendation of CPC: Denial without prejudice 
Z-25-000191
*In alignment with ForwardDallas.]
SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL ZONING AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM Z13 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR THE CR COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF EAST ILLINOIS AVENUE, WEST LINE OF MAYFORGE DRIVE. MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 65 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 400 FEET OF THE AREA OF REQUEST. 
          WE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z13? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? NO, THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO DENY WITHOUT PREJUDICE THE ZONING CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. IS THERE A 
          [Z14. 26-1514A A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an MF-2(A) Multifamily District on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the west line of Ledbetter Drive, north of Tyrone Drive
Recommendation of Staff:  Approval
Recommendation of CPC:  Approval  
Z-25-000154
Note: This item was deferred by the City Council at the public hearing on April 22, 2026, and is scheduled for consideration on May 13, 2026.
*In alignment with ForwardDallas.]
SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? NO, MR. MAYOR. SEEING NONE, ALL 
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IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM Z14 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN MF-2A MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE WEST LINE OF FLATBED DRIVE, NORTH OF TYRONE DRIVE. 
          MR. MAYOR, WE SENT 12 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE AREA OF REQUEST. 
          WE RECEIVED FOUR REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM Z14? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR? CHAIR GRACEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD AND STAFF. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE. I'M OKAY WITH IT, BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST THE ROLE THAT PLANNING URBAN DESIGN PLAYS. WHERE THIS AREA IS LOCATED HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A REALLY GREAT DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT BACKSTRETCH. THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME NEW TOWNHOMES. HOW THEY PUT ON THE BACKING THAT ARE REALLY NICE, REALLY BEAUTIFUL. 
          AT WHAT POINT, OR IF ANY, DOES PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN KIND OF HELP WITH SAYING, HEY, I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING HERE, I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING HERE. 
          IF PERHAPS YOU SHIFTED THIS DEVELOPMENT A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY OR A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY, NOT SO MUCH ON WHAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING, BUT IF YOU SHIFTED, IT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE FOR A LARGER SCALE. SO, AT ANY POINT, IS PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN KIND OF SCALING OUT AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THAT ENTIRE AREA? BECAUSE WHAT I FEAR IS WHILE THIS IS A NICE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S SORT OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PLACED IN A SPOT VERSUS PLANNED IN A SPOT. AND I GUESS EITHER ONE, I MAY BE ASKING FOR A FULL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR EITHER SOUTHERN DALLAS DISTRICT 3 OR AREAS OF THE DISTRICT BUT AT SOME POINT I WANT US TO START THINKING I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING THAT OPPORTUNITY BY JUST APPROVING THESE ONE-OFFS WHICH ARE GREAT DEVELOPMENTS BUT THEY COULD BE SO MUCH MORE IF THEY WERE CONSIDERED AS PART OF A BIGGER PLAN I GUESS SO I'M GONNA STOP AND KIND OF LET YOU FILL IN THE BLANKS. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND THAT'S A GOOD OBSERVATION SO AS PART OF A TYPICAL ZONING REQUEST WE DO CONSIDER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA REFER TO FORWARD DALLAS BUT IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND VISIONING WE CAN SUGGEST THE APPLICANT REACH OUT AND SPEAK WITH OUR URBAN DESIGN FOLKS FOR SUGGESTIONS OUR PLANNING SIDE OF THINGS DOES OFFER COMMUNITY PLANNING TYPICALLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INITIATED BY I BELIEVE A NEIGHBORHOOD OR AN AREA OR A COUNCILMEMBER AND WE HAVE STAFF TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOLD MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW GET INPUT AND COORDINATE TO HELP WITH AN AREA PLAN OR A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN CULTURALLY THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT'S TUCKED AWAY IT HAS A CAMBODIAN BUDDHIST TEMPLE ANOTHER IS ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT TEMPLES THAT ARE BACK THERE THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL AS WELL AS A VIETNAMESE BAPTIST CHURCH SO IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY BACK THERE AND I JUST WANT MORE THOUGHT INTO DOING IT. AND THEN ME ALSO KNOWING WHAT I'VE BEEN APPROACHED WITH, WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, JUST TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE EVEN THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT MUCH MORE VALUABLE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS SO I GUESS AT SOME POINT I WILL BE GETTING WITH YOU ALL TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE FROM A FROM A MASTER PLAN PERSPECTIVE. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR. 
          I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT CHAIR GRACEY SAID BUT IN A DIFFERENT FASHION. HE SAID SOMETHING INTEGRAL, A MASTER PLAN. I KNOW YOU LOOKED AT FORWARD DALLAS AS THAT MASTER PLAN, BUT THEN IN ORDER TO BE COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC, WOULD IT NOT BE AN AREA PLAN THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE INSIDE OF THE MASTER PLAN OF FORWARD DALLAS 2.0? YEAH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY, A PLAN THAT INVOLVES THE COMMUNITY MORE SPECIFIC TO THE AREA. 
          THAT'S OUR PLANNING SIDE OF THINGS. SO, YEAH, WE DO OFFER THOSE SERVICES. 
          SO, BECAUSE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, WE HAVE, IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DALLAS, WE HAVE NICHE COMMUNITIES, AND WE LOOKED AT 
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FORWARD DALLAS AS THE MASTER PLAN, CORRECT? AND THEN FOR THOSE NICHE COMMUNITIES, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO GET YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT IT FROM AN AREA PLANNING PERSPECTIVE TO REALLY SINGULARLY FOCUS IN ON A COMMUNITY. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. SO, IF COUNCILMAN GRACEY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY. I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP HIM LOOK AT HOW TO GET IT DONE FROM AN AREA PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, WHETHER IT'S FROM OUR ANGLE OR YOUR CPC. 
          [PH2. 26-1456A (1) A public hearing to receive comments; and (2) consideration of authorizing a public hearing to amend Chapter 51A, “Dallas Development Code,” to establish design standards for small lot developments in accordance with the passage of Texas Senate Bill 15 by the Texas Legislature, with consideration given to amending subdivision; uses permitted; yard, lot, and space regulations; and any other associated regulations (This is a hearing to consider the request to authorize the hearing and not the amendment of the development code at this time) - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (via Councilmembers Blair, West, Johnson, Gracey, Resendez)
*In alignment with ForwardDallas.]
THANK YOU. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. PH1 WAS DELETED. ITEM PH2. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS AND TO CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZING A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND CHAPTER 51A DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ESTABLISH DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PASSAGE OF TEXAS SENATE BILL 15 BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WITH CONSIDERATION GIVEN AMENDING SUBDIVISION USES PERMITTED YARD LOT AND SPACE REGULATIONS AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM PH2? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR? THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR. MR. MAYOR, PH15. 
          SB 15 IS GOING TO IMPACT DISTRICT 8 TREMENDOUSLY. I WORKED WITH ZONING AND PLANNING, AND WE CAME TO A CONCEPT THAT I NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THAT IT COULD BE CODIFIED, AND WHAT THIS WILL DO IS HONOR SB 15 TO EVERY LEGAL STANDARD THAT WE HAVE, BUT TO STILL GIVE SOME STRUCTURE AS TO WHAT OUR DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS MEETING. HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE REMAINING OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS. I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES AT THIS TIME. SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM. AND FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE FOR THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS THE TIME WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM. 
          VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR COMMENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCILMEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR MORENO ONLY. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, ARTHUR FLEMING. ARTHUR FLEMING IS NOT ONLINE AND NOT IN THE AUDIENCE, NOT PRESENT. 
          ADRENA PERRY? YES, MA'AM. 
          YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU, HOWEVER YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING. 
          WE CAN SEE YOU. YOU MAY CONTINUE. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS ADRENA PERRY. AND I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. LAST YEAR, IT WAS A LOT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND GUN VIOLENCE IN MY APARTMENT. PEOPLE WERE LOSING THEIR LIVES, I WAS SCARED TO DEATH. AND I REPORTED GUN VIOLENCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MY PHA PROVIDER BECAUSE I'M ON SECTION 8, I'M LOW INCOME, I DON'T HAVE AN INCOME. I'M BLACK AND I'M OVER THE AGE OF 40. SHORTLY AFTER REPORTING THESE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING SOMEBODY FROM MY PHA PROVIDER LEAKED THE EMAILS OUT TO MY LANDLORD NOT HOLDING HER ACCOUNTABLE TO THE HEP CONTRACT THAT I SIGNED SO THEREFORE I WAS LEFT OVER HERE IN THIS PROPERTY WHY THEY DID THEIR CLEANING UP OR WHATEVER THEY CALLED THEMSELVES DOING BUT I'VE BEEN RETALIATED 
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AGAINST. MY LANDLORD HAS TAKEN ME TO JAIL, I'M, EXCUSE ME, TAKING ME TO COURT. ON FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS THAT KEEP GETTING DISMISSED. I HAVE A LAWSUIT COMING UP FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT, MAY THE 19TH, 2026. WHEN I WENT TO MY PHA PROVIDER AND SAY, HEY, I NEED HELP, THEY'RE NOT HELPING ME. THE LEADERSHIP STAFF IS VERY POOR. 
          THEY'RE IGNORING ME FOR LONG WEEKS AT A TIME. NOW THEY'VE GIVEN ME A VOUCHER THROUGH DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT I CAN'T USE. I'M SITTING HERE STUCK IN THIS APARTMENT WANTING TO GET OUT. DEALING WITH SEVERE HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION WEEK AFTER WEEK. I NEVER GET A BREAK. I HAVE A VOUCHER I CAN'T USE AND EVERY TIME I TRY TO TURN MY RTFA PACKET IN, WHICH IS REQUEST FOR TENNESSEE APPROVAL, IT'S BEING VOIDED OUT IN THE SYSTEM SAYING IT'S A SHORTFALL IN THE BUDGET. 
          THEY'RE FAILING TO COMMUNICATE, NO CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND EXTREMELY POOR LEADERSHIP. 
          AND I'M ASKING FOR SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO HELP ME I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXERCISE MY CIVIL RIGHTS AND FILE FORMAL COMPLAINTS ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES IN THE PROGRAM AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. I'M TIRED OF BEING MESSED AROUND. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. I'M ON A FIXED INCOME. ME AND MY SON, HE'S DISABLED, AND I'M TIRED OF WEEK AFTER WEEK HAVING TO GO TO COURT FOR FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS. THE LANDLORD IS PURPOSELY VIOLATING MY FEDERAL RIGHTS UNDER THE CARES ACT. SHE'S FILING LAWSUITS. SHE GOES FROM ONE DOCUMENT TO A COURT DATE. SHE'S NOT FOLLOWING PROPER PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS TO EVEN TRY TO EVICT ME OUT OF HERE. AND I WOULD NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS IF SOMEONE NEVER LEAKED THE EMAILS IN REGARDS TO WHAT I SAID. I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO, BEING A TENANT ON A LOW-INCOME PROGRAM. I REPORTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. I DID NOT TAKE THE LAW IN MY OWN HANDS. I EVEN BROUGHT THINGS ALL THE WAY UP TO DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, HOLDING EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND IN RESULT, I'M STILL HERE. THAT'S YOUR TIME? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING, MR. MAYOR, AND IT ALSO CONCLUDES YOUR BUSINESS FOR THIS MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE TIME IS NOW 01:47, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.