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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS JUNE 1ST. THE TIME IS 1 P.M..
[Economic Development on June 1, 2026.]
WE'RE CALLING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND.ANY CORRECTIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
MOTION MINUTES ARE APPROVED. WE WILL NOW GO INTO RECESS AND RETURN AT APPROXIMATELY 2:45.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 02:48, AND WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. FIRST BRIEFING ITEM BRIEFING ITEM A.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
I AM KEVIN SPATH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND TO MY RIGHT IS HEATHER LEPESKA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SO THIS WILL BE THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME WE'LL DISCUSS OPPORTUNITY ZONES 2.0.
TODAY, WE'RE PRESENTING A LIST OF RECOMMENDED CENSUS TRACTS FOR NOMINATION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OFFICE WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR POSSIBLE DESIGNATION AS OPPORTUNITY ZONES PURSUANT TO THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OPPORTUNITY ZONES 2.0, AS ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS LEPESKA TO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
STAFF IS DEVELOPING A LIST OF RECOMMENDED CENSUS TRACTS FOR THIS COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR CONSIDERATION OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES UNDER THE OZ 2.0 PROGRAM. EACH GOVERNOR MAY NOMINATE 25% OF THE STATE'S ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS TO TREASURY FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND IN TEXAS, THE TEXAS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS CREATED A STRUCTURED NOMINATION PROCESS WHICH REQUIRES DETAILED INFORMATION ON EACH TRACT SUBMITTED THAT WILL BE REVIEWED ON A TEN POINT SCALE BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WITH FOUR POINTS DESIGNATED FOR PROJECT VIABILITY, WHICH INCLUDES SHOVEL READINESS. FOUR POINTS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT, WHICH INCLUDES ALIGNMENT WITH CITY PLANS, INCENTIVES AND PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE REMAINING TWO POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE, WITH ONE POINT FOR RURAL TRACTS, WHICH THE CITY OF DALLAS WON'T QUALIFY FOR, AND ONE POINT FOR DECLARED DISASTER WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHICH THE CITY WOULD QUALIFY FOR. SO ON THAT TEN POINT SCALE, THE CITY COULD MAXIMIZE NINE POINTS.
OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, OED HAS BEEN WORKING TO REFINE THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY'S ELIGIBLE LIST TO A REDUCED LIST OF RECOMMENDED TRACTS FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BY JUNE 26TH.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE BASE MAP OF ELIGIBLE TRACTS WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THIS IS WHAT WAS RELEASED BY US TREASURY. AS A REMINDER, EVERY ELIGIBLE TRACT MUST EITHER HAVE A MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME OF 70% OR LESS OF THE METRO MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, OR A POVERTY RATE THAT IS 20% OR HIGHER, AND A MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME THAT IS 125% OR BELOW THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
SO FROM THE INITIAL MAP, THERE ARE 175 ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO STAFF THEN USED THE INITIAL LIST OF TRACTS, AND WE BACKED OUT TRACTS THAT ARE MOSTLY LOCATED WITHIN FLOOD ZONES DO NOT ALIGN WITH ANY CITY OF DALLAS INCENTIVE POLICY AREAS ARE COMPRISED OF LESS THAN 25% COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, OR THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AFTER THAT, THERE ARE 133 CENSUS TRACTS REMAINING.
COMBINED, THERE WERE 74 CENSUS TRACTS AT THE MAY MEETING.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'VE SPENT THE NEXT THE LAST MONTH REFINING THAT LIST OF 74 TRACTS TO DOING SOME ADDITIONAL REVIEW TO RECOMMEND THE 42 CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE SEEN IN THIS MAP.
ACROSS THESE 42 TRACTS, WE BELIEVE THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT IS ABOUT $9 BILLION.
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NOMINATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR CONSIDERATION AS OPPORTUNITY ZONES PURSUANT TO THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM AS ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. UPON THAT APPROVAL, STAFF WILL BEGIN THE SUBMISSION PROCESS COMPILING DATA REQUESTED BY THE STATE FOR EACH CENSUS TRACT, WITH THE SUBMISSION GOING TO THE STATE NO LATER THAN JUNE 26TH.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL STOP FOR QUESTIONS. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL START ON MY LEFT WITH COUNCILWOMAN CADENA.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW YOU'VE BRIEFED THIS TO US A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY AGAIN, HAVING THESE, OPPORTUNITY ZONES. IN THESE LOCATIONS IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE? SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE PROGRAM IS THAT IT ATTRACTS ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE CAPITAL FOR INVESTORS.
SO THEY'RE UNDER THE OZ PROGRAM YOU MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN A QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY FUND.
AND THE INVESTOR IN THOSE FUNDS GET TAX BENEFITS FROM THEIR CAPITAL GAINS TAXES.
SO BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT LAYERS IN ANOTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE FOR PROJECTS, NOT CITY PROJECTS PER SE, BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE CITY DOES, BUT IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IN THESE MORE DISTRESSED CENSUS TRACTS.
AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE OR DOES THAT TYPICALLY BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT AND FEELING SOME KIND OF WAY, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE IN A PARTICULAR PART OF THE CITY, DOES THAT THEN DOES THAT ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE, OR DOES IT ENCOURAGE LOW INCOME DEVELOPMENT? OR ARE THEY TWO SEPARATE THINGS? THIS IS JUST A TOOL THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.
THE SIMPLEST ANSWER IS IT'S A TOOL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THROUGH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH, YEAH, FOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE THERE WASN'T REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE FIRST RULE IN THE FIRST VERSION OF THE PROGRAM.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE VERY GOOD OUTCOME DATA.
SO REMEMBER THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. YEAH. WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T DETERMINE IF THESE WERE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT IT FROM THERE. BUT GOING FORWARD, WE WILL NOW HAVE WAYS TO TRACT WHETHER OR NOT MAKING THIS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL BY SOME WAY.
AND THEN TREASURY HAS TO SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION TO STATES.
SO WE WILL HAVE ACTUAL OUTCOME DATA THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE FIRST VERSION OF THE PROGRAM.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW, MR. CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH.
SORRY TO MISS THE BRIEFING, BUT MY QUESTION WAS, IS WHAT CAN WE DO AS COUNCIL FOLKS FOR OUR DISTRICTS TO HELP US HELP YOU WITH INFORMATION, WITH CONTACTS WITH SORT OF PUSHING THE PROJECTS TOWARD YOU.
WHAT, CAN WE DO TO GIVE YOU SOME SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD PRESENTATION AND GET A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TO WIN AN IDENTIFICATION. YES. SO ONCE WE KIND OF FINALIZE THE TRACTS, IF WE LOCK IN AT THESE 42, WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO EACH OF YOU AND GETTING WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SUPPLY TO HELP US SUPPORT THE NOMINATION.
IT ALSO HAS THIS OTHER CATEGORY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE INFORMATION FROM PROJECTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS, ALL OF THAT WE WILL START COMPILING. AND PUT THAT IN AS OUR FULL PACKET TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR REALLY REACHING OUT TO FOLKS IN THESE VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND REALLY TRYING TO ALSO ENGAGE WITH DEVELOPERS AND WITH THE FOLKS THAT COULD HOPEFULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND REALLY STIMULATE SOME PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS A REAL IMPORTANT THING. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
AND WITH REGARDS SPECIFICALLY TO DISTRICT 11.
COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR. THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 33 AND 49.
IT SHOWS WHERE YOU USE THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
YOU HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
THAT ONE WOULD BE RED BIRD MALL AND ON PAGE 30, ON PAGE 49, IT WOULD
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BE ALL OF UNTD AND PAUL QUINN. SO FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT COUNCILMAN GRACEY WAS SAYING YOU THESE AREAS YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND PROVIDE HELP TO STIMULATE NEW GROWTH.IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? AND IF SO, HOW DOES THAT WORK? NOW THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO HELP POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS OF REAL PROPERTY.
SO THE DEVELOPERS OF REAL PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY TO IF A PROJECT IS PROPOSED IN ANY OF THESE AREAS AND REQUIRES A REZONING, IT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY TO WORK WITH THAT DEVELOPER TO MAKE THE PROJECT THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS JUST A WAY TO DRAW INVESTMENT FUNDING TO THESE ZONES, RIGHT? THE CITY DOES NOT CREATE THESE ZONES. THESE ARE ZONES CREATED BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU.
SO THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE. BUT IT'S THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT ALIGN WITH CITY GOALS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OR NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR AREAS THAT HAVE NEVER DEVELOPED AT ALL.
AND SO THAT'S THIS PROCESS IS IT'S THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS WHAT POTENTIALLY IS INVESTMENT FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SEE DEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED? AND I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. I'VE HAD TWO PHONE CALLS THIS MORNING IN REGARDS TO THEY WERE INVESTORS OR PEOPLE WHO HAD LARGE SWATHS OF LAND. AND THEY WERE THEIR CONCERN WAS THE TAG OF OPPORTUNITY ZONE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND HOW WAS IT? AND I GET HOW IT WAS CHOSEN, BUT THEY'RE STILL THINKING OPPORTUNITY ZONE MEANS BRINGING IN THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT ELEVATE THE COMMUNITY, BUT KEEPS IT STATUS QUO OR SOMEHOW LESSENS THE VIABILITY OF IT. THAT'S CERTAINLY THE POSSIBILITY. WE SAW WITH THE FIRST PROGRAM VERSION IN 2017, WE THE CITY, HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRED WITH OPPORTUNITY ZONE FUNDING. WE ONLY KNOW ABOUT PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE HAD TO COME TO THE CITY FOR REASONS OF ENTITLEMENTS OR, ON A RARE OCCASION, AN INCENTIVE THROUGH OUR OFFICE.
SO YES, INVESTMENT THAT MAKING IT MORE INVESTMENT POSSIBLE MAY POTENTIALLY BRING DEVELOPMENT THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL.
THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT COULD BRING INVESTMENTS THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL AND THAT MAY ALSO NOT BRING IN THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT UPLIFTS THE COMMUNITY BUT KEEPS THE STATUS QUO.
HOW DO WE THEN LOOK AT THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY AND THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE DETERMINING AND THE COMMUNITY IS DETERMINING THAT IT WANTS? YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
I THINK FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OF AREAS THAT NEED DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT AND ALREADY HAVE CITY APPROVED PLANS THAT ANY DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW AND ADHERE TO.
WHAT IF THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT WANT THIS AREA TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE? LET US KNOW RIGHT NOW. OKAY, I WILL. SO WE CAN.
I MEAN, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE THINK THESE ZONES WILL SCORE WELL BECAUSE THEY ALREADY ALIGN, FOR THE MOST PART WITH CITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND CITY PLANS AND CITY TOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND PUT IN PLACE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE HOPE WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS OFFLINE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR RIDLEY AND CHAIR, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A FEW EXTRA MINUTES.
I THINK ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAS SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO LOGISTICALLY, HOW DOES THE MONEY FLOW FROM THE INVESTORS,
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THE TAXPAYERS TO THE ACTUAL PROJECTS? HOW IS THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY ZONE AREAS? SO THERE'S THE ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY FUNDS.AND THE QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY FUND THEN PROVIDES THE FUNDING TO THE PROJECT.
RIGHT, THEY ARE INVESTING IN THE FUND. CORRECT. AND THEN THE FUND RECEIVES WHAT APPLICATIONS FROM DEVELOPERS, AND THEN THEY SELECT WHICH PROJECTS TO FUND. CORRECT.
THE FUND SERVES AS THE MATCH BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE INVESTOR.
OKAY. ON TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.
THE STAFF HAVE OPPORTUNITY ZONE 1.0 PROJECT DATA THAT YOU CAN BRING.
WE DO NOT. AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS NO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 1.0 RULES.
AND SO WE DON'T KNOW. SO THERE'S JUST NO DATA ON WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT? THERE IN TEXAS, WE DO NOT HAVE DATA. IN OHIO, THEY DID SOME STATE BY STATE DATA BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME OTHER RULES.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR DALLAS. DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY ROLE IN THIS PROCESS THAT YOU'VE JUST OUTLINED? WE'RE UNINVOLVED UNLESS THEY NEED ENTITLEMENTS.
CORRECT. SO THE ONLY ROLE THAT THE CITY HAS IS TO NOMINATE THE TRACTS TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S ALL INDEPENDENT. OKAY. HOW IS STAFF SCORING EACH TRACT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR'S FOUR CRITERIA? AND WILL YOU PREPARE A TRACT BY TRACT SCORING NARRATIVE FOR THE JUNE 26TH PACKAGE? YES. SO WE THERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR.
OUR GOAL IS TO FILL OUT EACH CELL AS COMPREHENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
UNLIKE LIHTEC OR SOMETHING, THERE'S NOT A SELF SCORE THAT WE DO.
SO DO YOU DEVELOP A SCORING FOR EACH OF THE TRACTS? NO. SO WE ARE JUST PROVIDING THE INFORMATION AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WILL DO THE SCORING.
AND IT'S QUALITATIVE INFORMATION. RIGHT. THE SCORING IS WHAT IT IS.
YES. IS IT JUST COINCIDENCE THAT THAT 42 FINAL LIST IS ABOUT 25% OF THE TOTAL QUALIFIED TRACTS? YES, BUT IT'S A HAPPY COINCIDENCE. YES. WILL THE I-30 CANYON ARGUMENT BE MADE EXPLICITLY AND PAIRED WITH TXDOT'S GRANT MATERIALS? YEAH, WE CAN, WE WILL DEFINITELY INCORPORATE THAT.
SO I MEAN, THE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE LOCAL SUPPORT, THERE'S A LISTING ABOUT HOW DOES THIS TRACT FIT THE COMMUNITY'S OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, LONG TERM GOALS. AND SO THAT TYPE OF REVITALIZATION IS SOMETHING WE WOULD CAPTURE.
THERE'S ALSO A SECTION FOR OTHER INFORMATION.
AND SO WE WILL IDENTIFY MAJOR PROJECTS IN EACH CENSUS TRACT UNDER THAT.
IS STAFF COORDINATING WITH PEGASUS PARK, HENSLEY FIELD, VICKERY MEADOW AND THE OTHER LARGE SCALE PROJECT SPONSORS TO BUNDLE NAMED PIPELINE PROJECTS INTO THE SUBMISSION. YES, AS BEST AS WE CAN.
SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT? DO YOU IDENTIFY WHICH CENSUS TRACTS THESE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED IN? DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED OR NOT. AND THEN.
ADD THEM TO THE LIST. WELL, WE, WHEN WE PUT OUT OUR CALL FOR FEEDBACK, WAS THAT IN JUNE? NO I MEAN APRIL. YEAH. SO MANY OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY OR CONTROLLERS OF PROPERTY IN MOST OF THESE AREAS DID REACH OUT TO US OR WE ALREADY KNOW THEM, RIGHT? WE ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. AND SO MOST OF THAT INPUT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED.
SO WERE ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS IN QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACTS? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ANY CHAIR JOHNSON.
THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES, I WANT TO KNOW.
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AND I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING THE GOVERNOR CAME UP WITH THIS BASED OFF THE CENSUS TRACT? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD, OR AM I WRONG? SO CENSUS TRACTS ARE CREATED BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU, BUT THE PROCESS OF TAKING CITIES RECOMMENDATIONS IS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE PROCESS, RIGHT? SO THE GOVERNOR WILL TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL CITIES AND COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND THEN MAKE A DECISION.OKAY. SO HELP ME. LET'S IDENTIFY OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
WHAT ARE OPPORTUNITY ZONES? SO. IF YOU SO I MEAN, THE IF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, WHAT QUALIFIES FOR AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE.
WHAT IS. OR WHAT'S THE BENEFIT. YOUR DEFINITION? WHAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE? OKAY, SO AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE IS A DESIGNATED CENSUS TRACT WHERE A QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENT CAN BE MADE.
WHAT KIND OF INVESTMENT IN AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE.
SO IT HAS TO BE THROUGH A QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY FUND.
AND SO I'M LOOKING HERE. YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION, SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON.
THE WAY I NEED TO BE ANSWERED. I'M LOOKING. CHAIR JOHNSON.
SO AND MAYBE THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING IF NOT HELP CORRECT ME.
BUT HEATHER, I THINK THE QUESTION MIGHT BE IS WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS.
YES. YOU QUALIFY FOR THE INCENTIVES. SO I KNOW THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE KIND OF LIMITED, BUT THEY'RE. BUT MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IS.
YES. SO SORRY FOR MISUNDERSTANDING THAT TRADITIONALLY THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE OPERATING BUSINESS. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIFAMILY, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MOSTLY LOW INCOME OR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE APARTMENTS.
AND WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE? THAT WAS ONE WHERE WE HAD PUBLIC FEEDBACK FOR PLANNED REINVESTMENT IN THE AREA FOR MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE.
THERE WASN'T ANY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS A VERY LARGE SCALE REDEVELOPMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DATA. I WAS A TRUSTEE WHEN, I GUESS WHEN THIS WAS DONE AND I DIDN'T GET ANY PARTICIPATION IN THAT PARTICULAR CENSUS TRACT. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS FROM A SELECTIVE GROUP AND NOT EVERYBODY FROM WHAT WE WAS TOLD.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT INFORMATION IS CORRECT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS SHARED WITH US.
AND I'M CONCERNED WITH THE MULTI USE DEVELOPMENT OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT REALLY HAVING A REAL CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH ME, AS NOW THE COUNCILMEMBER, TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN WILL APPROVE THIS IN MY DISTRICT.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD FROM THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK PROCESS FOR CENSUS TRACT 211 WAS A PROPOSED INVESTMENT OF 150 MILLION FROM SMART LIVING RESIDENTIAL FOR A RETAIL OFFICE AND MULTIFAMILY REDEVELOPMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT. THOSE ARE NUMBERS TO ME. THE COMMUNITY WAS THERE. WERE THEY INVOLVED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE? HAVE YOU GUYS BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION? HAVE WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A MEETING CONCERNING THIS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING. AND THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS IS NO.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OR CAN ENDORSE THIS.
SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS RIGHT NOW UNTIL I'M SITTING SOMEONE SITS DOWN WITH ME AND MY COMMUNITY AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I CAN GET COMMUNITY INPUT CONCERNING OPPORTUNITY ZONE, BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING IS NOT REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S MORE GAS STATIONS IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT CREATES MORE LOITERING, MORE DRUG DEALS, MORE PROSTITUTION, MORE BLIGHT. THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING.
AND THAT IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE. THAT'S A DISASTER.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CADENA.
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HI, HEATHER. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW CENSUS TRACTS IN DISTRICT SIX.AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT MORE THAN OTHER AREAS.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAYBE HIGHLIGHT THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS AND IN WORKING MAYBE WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL? SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK IF THERE'S AREAS THAT YOU'RE MORE PRIORITY, YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN PRIORITIZING HIGHER.
WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH SUPPORT LETTER AND SUPPORT LETTERS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'LL CAPTURE THAT IN THE PACKETS. OKAY, GREAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THIS, AND ALSO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE THIS TOOL, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD IT IN ANOTHER CENSUS TRACT.
SO THANKS. CHAIR RIDLEY. SO APPROVAL OF THIS LIST OF 42 OPPORTUNITY ZONES DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY ONE OF THEM WILL RECEIVE FUNDING.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE WILL NOMINATE OR THE CITY WILL SEND 42 TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND THEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WILL MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION OF WHAT THEY SUBMIT TO TREASURY.
IN THE PAST, TREASURY BLESSED EVERY GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION.
WHERE THE REAL DETERMINATION CAME WAS AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AT EACH STATE.
AND DOES THE GOVERNOR TYPICALLY REDUCE OUR LIST? SO LAST TIME WE SUBMITTED 62 MORE THAN 50, AND WE ENDED UP WITH 15.
AND EVEN OF THOSE 15, THOSE AREN'T ALL GUARANTEED FUNDING.
IT DEPENDS UPON WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS WISH TO INVEST THE MONEY.
CORRECT. IT'S JUST ALL THE DESIGNATION MEANS IS IT'S ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF FUNDING.
AND THE OTHER OPTION IS IT ISN'T. AND WILL SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, IF NOT MOST OF THEM, REQUIRE SOME KIND OF CITY ENTITLEMENT APPROVAL BEFORE THEY'RE BUILT. I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
OKAY. DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY WANT TO BUILD, I SUPPOSE.
OKAY. WELL, AT THIS POINT, IF YOU'RE READY TO RECEIVE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. OKAY. BUT HAPPY TO TAKE A MOTION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. OUT OF THE 42 THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THUS FAR, WILL WE RANK THEM IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER? AND THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS THE 50 OR SO THAT WE SUBMITTED IN THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE 1.0, I GUESS THE FIRST ONE. OF THE 15, DID WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE 15 THAT MADE IT OUT WERE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD HAVE PRIORITIZED AT THE TOP OR DID WE MISS SOME BY NOT GIVING A LIST OF PRIORITY? SO IN THE 2017 ROUND, THE CITY HAD ABOUT 4550 THAT WERE PRIORITIZED AS PRIORITY ONE AND ABOUT 14 THAT WERE PRIORITY TWO.
WHEN WE GOT THE REVIEW, THE DESIGNATIONS BACK FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, SOME WERE PRIORITY ONE, SOME WERE PRIORITY TWO, AND SOME WERE ELIGIBLE AND NOT PRIORITIZED AT ALL.
SO I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO SUBMIT AS MANY NINE, WHAT WE FEEL LIKE SHOULD SCORE NINE POINTS AS POSSIBLE SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING IS A VERY COMPETITIVE CENSUS TRACT.
SO, SO I GET THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME THAT WE FEEL ARE DESERVING, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ON THE LIST THAT THEY MAKE IT ACROSS. AND SO I ALSO KNOW THOUGH, THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CENSUS TRACTS THAT WE DON'T RECOMMEND THAT OUTSIDE LOBBYING CAN STILL HAPPEN. SO DEVELOPERS CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND TRY TO GET A CENSUS TRACT INCLUDED.
OR SOMETIMES, I GUESS IF NO ONE'S INTERESTED IN IT TO REMOVE THEM.
SO LET ME ASK THAT. HAS THERE EVER BEEN A TIME WHERE CENSUS TRACTS GET GET ADDED? AFTER LIKE THAT, WE DIDN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON.
ONCE THEY'RE LOCKED IN THERE, THEY STAY IN PLACE FOR TEN YEARS.
OKAY. AND LAST QUESTION IS I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE.
I GUESS I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO VICE CHAIR RIDLEY FOR A MOTION.
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I MOVE THAT WE FORWARD THE RECOMMENDED LIST OF 42 OPPORTUNITY ZONES TO THE FULL COUNCIL RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CHAIR JOHNSON? VERY QUICKLY, IF I MAY. I HEARD THE MOTION MENTIONING THE LIST GOING TO FULL COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. SO YOU DON'T NEED FULL COUNCIL APPROVAL.
WE AREN'T RECOMMENDING IT. OKAY, WELL, THEN I REVISE MY MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT THE STAFF SEND THIS LIST OF 42 PROJECTS TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. AND WHO WAS THAT SECONDED BY? BILL DO YOU ACCEPT THAT? OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. I AM GOING TO GO TO CHAIR GRACEY FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO AROUND TO NON-COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
CHAIR GRACEY. OKAY. SO TO AND I'M SURE HE'S OVER THERE.
HE'S LEANING FORWARD, WAITING TO GO TO CHAIR MAX.
AT WHAT POINT IF THERE IS ONE THAT'S MISSING THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WITH ACTUALLY BOTH CHAIR JOHNSON AND VICE CHAIR BLAIR BEING FAIRLY NEW, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GO BACK? HE'S HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I KNOW THEY HAVE I THINK WE EACH, IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS MOVING AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL ONES IF WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL AND BY WHAT DEADLINE? THAT WOULD HAVE TO. WERE REMOVED. THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, I THINK, IN THE.
IT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE TO BE IN THE MOTION THAT IS ACTED ON BY THIS BODY TO GIVE THAT FLEXIBILITY OR THAT AUTHORITY TO THE STAFF TO ADD AND SUBTRACT BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL SUBMISSION, I THINK.
OKAY. SO AND IF THIS MOTION PASSES TODAY. THAT'S IT.
RIGHT? YES. THAT WOULD BE OUR PLAN. IF THIS BODY ACTS ON THAT RECOMMENDATION, WE WILL SPEND THE NEXT THREE WEEKS FILLING OUT ALL THE DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. JUST FOR THESE LISTED ON THIS PRESENTATION.
CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SUPPORT THIS AT THIS POINT.
GOT IT. AND I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UNDERSTOOD.
OKAY. SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A HANDFUL OF CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE DEFINITELY IN NEED OF THESE SUPPORTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTS HAPPEN, AND I DON'T WANT TO STIFLE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO, KEVIN, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF KIND OF LEAVING IT OPEN ENDED? WELL, I DON'T ANTICIPATE FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING A LOT OF CHANGES FROM THE 42 WE RECOMMENDED MAYBE 1 OR 2 OR 3 HERE AND THERE. SO WE WILL WORK ON ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL 42.
AND IF AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS WE'RE DIRECTED MAYBE PERHAPS BY YOU OR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS TO REMOVE A CENSUS TRACT FROM OUR RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S EASY. ADDING IT, ADDING A NEW ONE THAT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT GIVEN THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF QUALITATIVE INFORMATION TO MAKE TO BACK THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE CAN INCLUDE IT.
YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT SCORE AS WELL. OKAY. BUT SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED FOR US TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS TO LOBBY AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
YES, ABSOLUTELY. OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS, DEVELOPERS ARE WELCOME TO YEAH.
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YEAH. I THINK IF WE WERE TO BE DIRECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 42 AND WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO TWEAK THAT FINAL LIST WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY DO A FRIDAY MEMO OR SOME OFFICIAL MEMO TO THE FULL COUNCIL BEFORE WE SUBMIT THAT FINAL LIST.OKAY. BEFORE I HAND IT BACK OVER TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS I ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH ESPECIALLY CHAIR JOHNSON'S OFFICE TO ADDRESS HIS CONCERNS WITH THAT AND OF COURSE, YOURS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHIME IN HERE IN A SECOND.
WAS IT, THIS NUMBER, THE 43 OR WAS IT LOWER? I MEAN.
40. 42. 43 IS 25% OF OUR CITY'S ELIGIBLE TRACTS.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. IT'S NOT SET IN STONE.
BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN, WE'RE NOT, WEDDED TO 42.
OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR. I HAVE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT CHAIR JOHNSON ASKED IS IT THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION, NO COLLABORATION, NO NOTHING TO SAY.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND FROM WHAT I CAN HEAR FROM MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT KNOW ABOUT OPPORTUNITY ZONE AND WHAT THEY MEAN THAT THEY TOO WERE NEVER CONTACTED, COMMUNICATED WITH, OR COLLABORATED WITH.
SO WE HAD. HEATHER, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE A LITTLE BIT.
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMITTEE MEETING WE OPENED IT UP TO THE FLOOR TO ALLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SUGGEST CENSUS TRACTS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED.
AND I DON'T RECALL IF WE SENT A MEMO AFTER THAT, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER ON ON COMMUNICATION.
AND SO I'LL TAKE SOME OF THAT FAULT FOR NOT GETTING THOSE FOLLOW UPS.
BUT I DO BELIEVE WE GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL TRACTS.
AND WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS IN APRIL THAT WAS OPEN FOR THREE WEEKS, TWO WEEKS ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, 75 TRACTS WITH COMMENTS ON IT. WE PUT THAT OUT VIA A COUNCIL MEMO.
AND THAT INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AT THE MAY MEETING.
OKAY. CHAIR JOHNSON. YES. IS THAT APRIL 2026? OKAY, HERE'S MY CONCERN. I HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, BUT I'M ALSO SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO PHONE CALL.
THERE WAS NO. WHEN YOU GUYS WANT TO DO SOMETHING, WHEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO GET OUR ATTENTION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED. YOU GUYS MAKE THE EXTRA, EXTRA, THE EXTRA EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND WE SEEK OUT THOSE ANSWERS. NOW, OPPORTUNITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS THE AVAILABILITY OR CONDITIONS, RESOURCE AND SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, WHICH CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE.
SO TO ME, IT'S A LITTLE INSULTING JUST TO SAY, OH, WE JUST GOT 1 OR 2 OR 3, BECAUSE THAT'S THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND WE CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT OUT LOUD. THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE QUIET ABOUT IT.
IF YOU THINK I AM, THEN YOU'RE WRONG. IT'S NOT HARD TO SAY LET'S GET COMMUNICATION.
LET'S SIT DOWN, LET'S MEET, LET'S TALK. THAT'S NOT AN UNFAIR ASK.
IN MY COMMUNITY OVER IN CEDAR CREST HAS A PROBLEM WITH BEING OVERLOOKED.
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THAT HAS BEEN THE HISTORY. AND SO, MAYOR, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE COULD HAVE DID IT BETTER.I'M SAYING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND BRING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM OUT TO DISCUSS THESE MATTERS AND STOP BEING OVERLOOKED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP THAT WITH OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
I KNOW THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN THAN NOT ON THE LACK OF DIRECT COMMUNICATION FROM CITY MANAGEMENT TO COLLEAGUES. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON THAT.
AND ALINA WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. ABSOLUTELY.
YES, CHAIR. NOTED. CHAIR RIDLEY. WELL, I THINK THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDED LIST OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME, PERHAPS THREE WEEKS, TO PREPARE THE SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF LEAVING THIS A BLANK CHECK THAT ANYONE CAN ADD OR SUBTRACT TO THIS LIST THAT SUBVERTS THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IN THIS COMMITTEE.
AT MOST I CAN CONSIDER ALLOWING COUNCILMEMBERS TO REQUEST THAT ONE OF THE CENSUS TRACTS ONE OR MORE IN THEIR DISTRICTS, BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE LIST.
BUT I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO STAFF TO ALLOW CENSUS TRACTS TO BE ADDED, WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO NOW DO ADDITIONAL WORK IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN ALLOWING A VETO.
BUT IF THERE IS, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT IN MY MOTION.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALREADY IN THE MOTION ACCORDING TO STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WITHDRAW CENSUS TRACTS.
WELL, NO, IT'S MY MOTION. IT'S NOT STAFF'S. WELL, NO, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION TO INCLUDE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WITHDRAW CENSUS TRACTS. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE.
YOUR INTENT IS THAT. YES. I'LL MAKE THAT AMENDMENT IF MY SECOND WILL APPROVE THAT.
CAN YOU RESTATE THAT? YES. I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF 42 OPPORTUNITY ZONES, BUT ALLOW COUNCILMEMBERS TO WITHDRAW OPPORTUNITY ZONES IN THEIR DISTRICT BY A CERTAIN DATE. WHEN WHAT KIND OF A DEADLINE WOULD STAFF LIKE FOR THAT PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED? OUR SUBMISSION IS DUE ON THE 26TH. SO I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 19TH.
WELL, WOULD A WEEK FROM NOW, WOULD A WEEK FROM NOW BE SUFFICIENT FOR YOU? WE I MEAN, YEAH, WE CAN PUSH IT OUT TO MAYBE LIKE THE 17TH.
IS THAT REASONABLE? THAT GIVES COUNCIL MEMBERS TWO WEEKS TO GET FEEDBACK AND US COMMUNICATE BECAUSE DELETING STUFF IS EASY, RIGHT? LIKE. LET'S JUST SAY THE 15TH. THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
OKAY. THAT'S PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. SO IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO WITHDRAW A CENSUS TRACT ON THIS LIST, THEY MUST SUBMIT A MEMO TO STAFF REQUESTING THAT BY JUNE 15TH.
CHAIR, WILL WE BE ABLE TO ADD A COMMUNITY? I KNOW HE SAID IT'LL BE DIFFICULT, BUT I'M ASKING, WILL WE BE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS THAT OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF ONE THAT'S PROBABLY AFFLUENT? SO ARE YOU REQUESTING A COMMUNITY MEETING VERSUS ADDING ANOTHER CENSUS TRACT? I AM REQUESTING A COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT PART OF DISTRICT FOUR WOULD THIS BENEFIT FROM, FROM OUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF CAN ACCOMMODATE A MEETING TO ADVISE TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT A CENSUS TRACT IS AND TO SEE IF THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING IT. WE CAN TRY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND.
GO AHEAD. COULD I CLARIFY THE MOTION BECAUSE I'M SORRY, I WASN'T I WAS ENGAGED.
IS IT JUST TO BASICALLY I'LL LET THE I'LL LET VICE CHAIR RIDLEY.
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THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CLARIFICATION? I JUST WANTED TO RESTATE THE MOTION. OH. RESTATE IT.OKAY. YES. THAT WE APPROVE THE LIST OF 42 CENSUS TRACTS AS OPPORTUNITY ZONES TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WITH THE ALLOWANCE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WITHDRAW ANY CENSUS TRACTS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT BY JUNE 15TH WITH A MEMO TO STAFF. AND WE WOULD NOT BE LIMITING THE.
WE WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR SOMEBODY TO SUBMIT AN ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR CONSIDERATION.
NO, THAT DOESN'T ALLOW TIME FOR STAFF TO VET THEM.
SO THIS IS JUST A PROCESS TO ALLOW WITHDRAWALS, NOT ADDITIONS.
SO. THIS WILL ALLOW COUNCILMEMBERS TO REMOVE A CENSUS TRACT.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES, TO GO OVER CENSUS TRACTS, AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE CENSUS TRACT LIST OR BE REMOVED.
SO STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. CHAIR GRACEY.
COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. I'M SORRY. TO SORT OF BE SENSITIVE TO THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF OUR, MY COLLEAGUES THE ISSUE IS, IS CERTAINLY IT'S TIMING TO BE ABLE TO GET AN APPLICATION IN.
I THINK YOU VETTED A DIFFERENT AREAS. THE QUESTION THAT I, THAT I'M HEARING THAT I'M NOT THAT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT IS IF SOMEBODY, IF A COUNCIL DISTRICT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PARTICULAR AREA THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 42 AND WE THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. AND WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S BASICALLY MIGHT QUALIFY FOR IT.
I THINK IF WE DO CONSIDER THAT AS A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENT TO THIS MOTION, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SET A DEADLINE? LET'S SAY THAT SAME JUNE 17TH DEADLINE.
AND THEN AND IF YOU CAN GET GET IT TOGETHER BY THEN, GREAT.
AND IF THEY CAN'T GET IT TOGETHER OR IF IT'S NOT FEASIBLE, I'M NOT SAYING TO WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE, BUT GIVE YOU ANOTHER TEN DAYS. IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO FIND A NEW PROJECT, THEY GOT TEN DAYS TO DO IT OR 15 DAYS OR 17 DAYS TO DO IT. AND IF THEY CAN, YOU CAN TRY TO PACKAGE TOGETHER THE BEST YOU CAN.
IT STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
IT'S STILL A PACKAGE, AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANY OF THESE 42.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ONLY BE 15 OR 12. BUT IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT ANOTHER DEAL, WE COULD ALLOW THEM TO DO AS LONG AS WE HAVE A HARD DEADLINE OF, YOU KNOW, 15TH OR 17TH, WHATEVER IT IS. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH IF THAT'S DIRECTED TO US, THE ANSWER IS YES, WE COULD ADD A TRACT. I THINK THE THINKING IS WE WERE HAVING SOME TABLE TALK HERE.
WE WOULD PROBABLY DO A FRIDAY MEMO THIS FRIDAY TO THE FULL COUNCIL SAYING, HERE'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE ENDORSED AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, ASSUMING THAT HAPPENS AND WE'LL TAKE ADDITIONAL ADDS OR DELETIONS UP UNTIL JUNE 15TH.
THAT'S UP TO THAT DISTRICT. BUT THE POINT IS TO ALLOW THEM TO ALLOW ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO COME FORWARD TO YOU ALL FOR PACKAGING FOR THE GOVERNOR'S SUBMISSION. WHAT IS THE PROPER TO TRY TO. WOULD IT BE ANOTHER AMENDMENT? WELL, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND I'M GOING TO GO TO CHAIR RIDLEY.
WELL, I DON'T AGREE WITH ADDING PROJECTS AT THIS LATE DATE BECAUSE WE MIGHT AS WELL NOT TAKE A VOTE TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE ALLOWING INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN LISTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDED LIST OF 42.
NOW, FOR SOME REASON THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T WANT THEIR CENSUS TRACT TO BE IN THAT LIST.
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FINE, THEY CAN WITHDRAW IT. BUT TO BE ADDING NEW CENSUS TRACTS THAT HAVEN'T YET BEEN VETTED, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IN OUR MATERIALS FOR US TO REVIEW AND VOTE ON.I THINK IS INAPPROPRIATE. AND THIS IS NOT A PROCESS OF APPROVING PROJECTS FOR FUNDING.
THIS IS SIMPLY DESIGNATING A GEOGRAPHIC AREA CALLED A CENSUS TRACT AS QUALIFYING UNDER THE TREASURY'S REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF INCOME AND POVERTY LEVELS, SO THAT DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO DEVELOP IN THOSE AREAS CAN RECEIVE THIS INVESTMENT AS AN INCENTIVE TO INVEST IN THOSE AREAS. BUT IT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT, MR. SPATH, THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PROJECTS, IF ANY, ARE PROPOSED FOR ANY OF THESE CENSUS TRACTS? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. SO JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS A DEVELOPMENT IN A PARTICULAR AREA OF THEIR DISTRICT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO MEET THE TREASURY'S QUALIFICATIONS.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THOSE CENSUS TRACTS THAT DO MEET THAT QUALIFICATION.
SO I JUST THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH FLEXIBILITY, AND IT JUST GIVES THE TOTAL DISCRETION TO STAFF AS TO WHAT TO INCLUDE AND WHAT NOT TO INCLUDE. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR.
SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH THIS AND I'M REREADING THIS UMPTEENTH TIME AND LISTENING TO YOU GUYS ASK QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO ASK.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF YOU GUYS? BECAUSE YOU GUYS SAID YOU CANNOT SAY WHETHER A A DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD GIVE SOME TAX ABATEMENTS WOULD HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT? HOW WOULD AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE IMPACT THAT, THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS.
AND DURING THAT PROCESS, IT CAN BE VETTED AND IT CAN AND THAT PROCESS CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT INVESTMENT, WHETHER OR NOT THAT SHOULD FALL INTO THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
CORRECT. CORRECT. THIS IS NOT A CITY OF DALLAS INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE INCENTIVIZED WOULD COME TO YOU, WOULD COME FOR CONSIDERATION, WOULD GO THROUGH ZONING, WOULD GO THROUGH WHATEVER STEPS IT WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH. THE ONLY THING THAT THIS WILL DO IS DESIGNATE THE CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE OPPORTUNITY ZONE INVESTMENT THAT IS OUTSIDE OF CITY FUNDING. SO.
IF AND I'M NOT SURE, A LIGHT BULB JUST CAME ON.
AND IF IT DID, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN I'M OKAY. SO WITH THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES, THIS PROJECT PROGRAM ALIGNS AND SOMETHING THAT CHAIR GRACEY SAID.
YEAH. LISTEN, BECAUSE I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THIS PROGRAM, THAT THERE COULD BE FEDERAL DOLLARS BROUGHT TO THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY FOR INVESTMENTS, WHETHER IT BE RETAIL, COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY INCENTIVES.
IT'S YEAH. MAY I JUMP IN? THE INCENTIVE IS TO THE INVESTOR.
AND SO OPPORTUNITY ZONE FUNDS ARE JUST A SOURCE OF EQUITY THAT A DEVELOPER OF REAL ESTATE OR A BUSINESS MAY SEEK AS A SOURCE OF EQUITY FUNDING FOR THEIR PROJECT.
SO WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING. WELL, THAT THAT IS OUTSIDE OF ANYTHING THAT WE SEE ON THE GROUND.
SO WHENEVER THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET THEIR FUNDING, IF IT'S IN AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE, THEY CAN GO THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS, GET MONEY FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE. IT'S LIKE A BANKER, IF YOU WILL.
YES. IT'S A SOURCE OF EQUITY, JUST LIKE A ANY OTHER PRIVATE EQUITY SOURCE OUT THERE.
I THINK THE LIGHT BULB JUST CAME ON. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL CENSUS TRACTS.
THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY IS STILL OPEN THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE STAFF IN
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A CRUNCH AND HAVE THEM GO TRY TO DO HOMEWORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR NOW, AT LEAST TWO, THREE MONTHS. THREE MONTHS. THE DEADLINES WERE SUBMITTED.THERE WAS OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE CENSUS TRACTS.
AND I THINK WE'RE GIVING LEVERAGE RIGHT NOW FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REMOVE CENSUS TRACTS IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT A GOOD BENEFIT TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT CHAIR RIDLEY'S MOTION TO ALLOW FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO ELIMINATE CENSUS TRACTS, BUT NOT TO ADD CENSUS TRACTS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PRACTICE MOVING FORWARD TO CHANGE DEADLINES THAT HAVE BEEN FORECASTED AND PRESENTED. SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO ONE MORE ROUND AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
CHAIR JOHNSON THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID.
KEVIN, YOU SAID EQUITY. AND I APPRECIATE WHAT CHAIR RIDLEY SAID.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT A PROJECT THAT IS TRYING TO GET DEVELOPED IN A PART OF DISTRICT FOUR.
WHAT MY ADVOCACY IS, IS THE COMMUNITY THAT IS ON THIS PARTICULAR CENSUS TRACT IS AN AFFLUENT AREA.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET IN AREAS OF DISTRICT FOUR THAT ACTUALLY NEED THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALL HAVE, THE CRIME THAT I HAVE, THE BLIGHT THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT OR OPPORTUNITY CAN HELP THAT PART OF DISTRICT FOUR.
I DON'T WANT THE HAVES TO KEEP RECEIVING AND THE HAVE NOTS NOT TO KEEP NOT GETTING ANYTHING.
IT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE RECOMMENDATION, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID WHAT? THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT? MR. SPATH SAID EQUITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REAL EQUITY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PRO TEM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JASON POOLE.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. SO TODAY I WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON DALLAS.
NOW ONE YEAR AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION.
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IT SHOWS I'M SHARING CONTENT, BUT NOTHING'S COMING UP.SO I THINK MOST COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THE PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF THEM.
SO LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. THANK YOU.
SO I WANT TO DISCUSS THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROJECT, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THIS IMPLEMENTATION, HOW THE SYSTEM HAS EXPANDED OUR COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND OUR SERVICES.
WHAT PERFORMANCE TRENDS WE'RE SEEING AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED NEXT.
TOWARDS THE END, IF EVERYTHING WORKS CORRECTLY, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A DEMO ON A NEW TRANSPARENCY TOOL THAT'S IN THE WORKS TO BE RELEASED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR COMING MONTHS PROVIDING VISIBILITY INTO SEARCHES BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IS INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM LONG RANGE PLANNING AND AREA PLANNING ALL THE WAY TO PRE-DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FROM ZONING AND ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS. PROJECTS MOVE THROUGH NUMEROUS SERVICES THROUGH TEAMS PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, ALL BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS OR IS COMPLETED.
OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE. IT'S OUR MISSION STATEMENT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
TOGETHER, WE'RE PLANNING AND BUILDING A BETTER DALLAS FOR ALL.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS NOT IN ANY WAY MEANT TO REPLACE THAT MISSION, BUT IT IS TO SUPPORT IT.
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED MAKE DALLAS NOW POSSIBLE.
IT DOES REPRESENT A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT INVOLVING PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S VARIOUS VENDORS AND A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY.
WHILE MANY PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT, THIS TEAM HAS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN HELPING GUIDE THE PROJECT FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION AND NOW INTO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
MANY OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR COMMITMENT, EXPERTISE, AND LEADERSHIP. THIS NEXT SET WILL FOCUS ON THE FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND THE OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATION THAT FOLLOWED.
SO ONE WAY TO TO LOOK AT DALLAS NOW AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IS THROUGH SCALE.
SINCE THE LAUNCH, THE SYSTEM HAS SUPPORTED MORE THAN 126 000 RECORDS, OVER 35,000 CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS, MORE THAN 14000 CONTRACTOR REGISTRATIONS AND RENEWALS, AND MORE THAN 213,000 INSPECTIONS.
THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT THE VOLUME OF ACTIVITY THAT'S NOW MANAGED WITHIN A SINGLE PLATFORM, AND ILLUSTRATE HOW CRITICAL THIS SYSTEM HAS BECOME TO OUR DAILY OPERATIONS.
EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT ARE THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT FOLLOWED IMPLEMENTATION.
DALLAS NOW LAUNCHED ON MAY 5TH, 2025, SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
IT REPLACED A LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT SERVED THE CITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT WAS HUGE. PLANNING, ZONING, PERMITTING, INSPECTIONS, ENGINEERING AND PARTNER DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES WERE ALL BROUGHT TOGETHER INTO A SINGLE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT. PROCESSES THAT HAD HISTORICALLY RELIED ON MULTIPLE SYSTEMS, PAPER RECORDS, EMAILS, MANUAL HANDOFFS COULD ALL NOW BE HANDLED THROUGH ONE SINGLE PLATFORM.
AT THE SAME TIME, IMPLEMENTATION REINFORCED THAT TECHNOLOGY ALONE DOESN'T CREATE TRANSFORMATION.
THIS TRANSFORMATION REQUIRES STAFF, CUSTOMERS, AND PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO ADOPT NEW WORKFLOWS, LEARN NEW PROCESSES, AND OPERATE IN A MORE COORDINATED ENVIRONMENT THAN BEFORE.
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PROCESSES. THOSE LESSONS CONTINUE TO GUIDE SYSTEM UPDATES, PROCESS REFINEMENTS OR TRAINING EFFORTS, AND THE OVERALL USER EXPERIENCE TODAY. ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING IMPLEMENTATION WAS THAT DALLAS NOW COULD NOT BE TREATED AS A COMPLETED PROJECT ONCE THE SYSTEM WENT LIVE. SUPPORTING A PLATFORM OF THIS SIZE REQUIRES SOME DEDICATED RESOURCES FOCUSED ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, TRAINING, AND OPERATIONAL ALIGNMENT. AS MENTIONED, THE INNOVATION TEAM WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING.TODAY, THEY CONTINUE WORKING CLOSELY WITH IT AND VENDOR PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY ENHANCEMENTS TO MANAGE OUR UPDATES, SUPPORT REPORTING, TO TROUBLESHOOT ISSUES, AND BASICALLY HELP GUIDE DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PLATFORM.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT HAS BEEN THE TRAINING TEAM.
THE TRAINING TEAM HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN PROVIDING SUPPORT, DEVELOPING DOCUMENTATION, DELIVERING TRAINING AND HELPING USERS SUCCESSFULLY ADOPT TO AN ALL DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT BEGAN AS A TEMPORARY RESOURCE DURING IMPLEMENTATION HAS EVOLVED INTO A PERMANENT SERVICE WITHIN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, SERVING AS AN ONGOING RESOURCE FOR BOTH STAFF AND CUSTOMERS.
WE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE STRATEGIC PROCESS ALIGNMENT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE, ALSO KNOWN AS SPARK, WHICH PROVIDES A STRUCTURED FORUM FOR STAFF ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY ISSUES, PROPOSE SOLUTIONS, AND HELP IMPLEMENT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS ALLOWS THE PEOPLE PERFORMING THE WORK EVERY DAY TO DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO REDEFINING THE PROCESS AND THE SYSTEM AND THE PROCESSES THAT WILL SUPPORT IT.
THIS NEXT SECTION WILL FOCUS ON CAPABILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ENABLED THROUGH DALLAS NOW, AND HOW THESE CAPABILITIES ARE CHANGING THE WAY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ARE DELIVERED.
ANOTHER BENEFIT OF DALLAS NOW IS ITS ABILITY TO CONNECT DEPARTMENTS AND SYSTEMS. TODAY, DALLAS NOW SUPPORTS COORDINATED WORKFLOWS, WHICH INCLUDE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, PARKS AND RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, AVIATION, DALLAS FIRE AND RESCUE, AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
THESE INTEGRATIONS ALLOW OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, RATHER THAN RELYING ON SEPARATE SYSTEMS AND EMAILS OR MANUAL COORDINATION.
DALLAS WATER UTILITIES INSPECTION, COORDINATION AND SAP REPLACEMENT FOR WATER, WASTEWATER INSTALLATIONS AND INTEGRATION OF A REVISED PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE COLLECTION PROCESS THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION.
BEYOND DEPARTMENTAL TRANSPORTATION PARTICIPATION, DALLAS NOW IS ALSO INTEGRATED WITH 15 CITY AND EXTERNAL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE CITY'S DOCUMENT REPOSITORY, GIS PAYMENT SYSTEMS, AUTHENTICATION SERVICES, CONTRACTOR AND REGISTRATION TOOLS, AND OTHER OPERATIONAL PLATFORMS. THESE CONNECTIONS REDUCE RESEARCH AND AND REDUCE DUPLICATE DATA ENTRY.
HISTORICALLY, RECORDS WERE STORED ACROSS MULTIPLE SHARED DRIVES AND PHYSICAL LOCATIONS.
SOME SERVICES REQUIRED IN-PERSON VISITS IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
TODAY, APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED THROUGH A CENTRALIZED DIGITAL PROCESS.
STAFF HAS ALSO IMPROVED VISIBILITY RELATED PERMITTING AND INSPECTION ACTIVITY, HELPING CONNECTED OR HELPING TO CONNECT INFORMATION THAT PREVIOUSLY EXISTED IN SEPARATE AREAS. LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND PUBLIC FACING TRANSPARENCY THROUGH OUR DASHBOARDS.
THE COUNCIL DISTRICT REPORTING, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND ONGOING USER EXPERIENCE ENHANCEMENTS, DEVELOPMENT AND DALLAS CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND AN INCREASE IN COMPLEXITY AS WELL.
SUPPORTING THAT GROWTH REQUIRES MORE THAN PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS.
IT REQUIRES A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT'S CONNECTED, TRANSPARENT AND CAPABLE OF ADAPTING OVER TIME.
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AND IMPROVES VISIBILITY INTO DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE, AND PROVIDES BETTER INFORMATION TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL AND POLICY DECISIONS.MOST IMPORTANTLY, DALLAS NOW ESTABLISHES A PLATFORM THAT CONTINUE EVOLVING AS THE CITY AS THE CITY'S NEEDS CHANGE, ALLOWING US TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES, IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, AND SUPPORT FUTURE INNOVATION.
THESE NEXT SLIDES WERE DESIGNED TO SHOW PERFORMANCE TRENDS.
WE REALIZED ONE YEAR DOESN'T ESTABLISH A LONG TERM PERFORMANCE, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE SOME VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW IT'S ADAPTED TO THE PLATFORM AND WHERE THE TRENDS ARE BEGINNING TO EMERGE WITH COMMERCIAL PERMITTING.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CHART INCLUDES BOTH REGULAR REVIEWS AND Q TEAM REVIEWS COMBINED.
NEW CONSTRUCTION IS IN BLUE, ADDITIONS IN DARK GREEN, AND ALTERATIONS IN LIGHT GREEN EACH FOLLOW A DIFFERENT REVIEW PATH AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY BASED ON PROJECT SCOPE AND REQUIRED REVIEWS.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR IS A GRADUAL STABILIZATION OF THE REVIEW TIMES AS STAFF AND CUSTOMERS, PROCESSES AND PROCESSES ADAPTED TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT.
THE DATA SHOWS PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN FEBRUARY, THE COMBINED CONSTRUCTION, OR THE COMBINED NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION REACHED A MEDIAN OF 78 ISSUED DAYS.
LOOKING ONLY AT REGULAR REVIEWS FOR THAT SAME MONTH, THAT MEDIAN WAS 63 DAYS.
AS OF MID-MAY, WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN, MEDIA OR MEDIAN ISSUE DAYS WERE 117 FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, 74 DAYS FOR ADDITIONS AND FIVE FOR ALTERATIONS.
AS FOR RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING, IT PROVIDES ONE OF THE CLEAREST INDICATORS OF OPERATIONAL ADAPTATION.
THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE ON THIS GRAPH THAT IT COMBINES ALL RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING TYPES, INCLUDING NEW CONSTRUCTION ADDITIONS AND REMODELS.
THIS DATA SHOWS A SUSTAINED DOWNWARD AND CONSISTENT TRAJECTORY, RATHER THAN ISOLATED IMPROVEMENTS IN INDIVIDUAL MONTHS, SHOWING STAFF, CUSTOMERS AND PROCESSES HAVE LARGELY ADAPTED TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THE BENEFITS OF STANDARDIZED DIGITAL WORKFLOWS ARE BECOMING MORE EVIDENT OVER TIME.
THESE INCLUDE CASE COMPLEXITY, APPLICANT RESPONSIVENESS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND COUNCIL SCHEDULING. ALL THESE CAN IMPACT THE OVERALL TIME REQUIRED TO REACH FINAL ACTION.
EVEN WITH THOSE VARIABLES, THE DATA SHOWS ENCOURAGING TRENDS.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT, TIMELINES HAVE BECOME MORE CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, PROVIDING GREATER PREDICTABILITY FOR APPLICANTS, NEIGHBORS AND DECISION MAKERS.
ONE OF THE NEWEST PUBLIC FACING REPORTING FEATURES WILL ALLOW USERS TO SEARCH, PLANNING AND BUILDING RECORDS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND BY REPORTING PERIOD, USERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEARCH ONE DISTRICT OR MULTIPLE DISTRICTS.
THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE COUNCIL OFFICES, STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE PUBLIC WITH EASIER ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I WILL ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THIS DEMONSTRATION.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN I'LL JUST MOVE ON.
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SO LOOKING AHEAD, OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON BUILDING UPON THE FOUNDATION DALLAS NOW ESTABLISHED.SOME OF OUR OTHER UPCOMING PRIORITIES INCLUDE CONTINUED USER EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS, LAUNCHING A NEW PUBLIC PORTAL, EXPANDING INTEGRATIONS AND PARTNER DEPARTMENT SERVICES, AND EVALUATING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE AI TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. DALLAS NOW IS NOT THE FINISH LINE, IT'S THE FOUNDATION THAT WILL SUPPORT FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR.
YOU'RE OUR, ONE OF OUR ZONING EXPERTS UP HERE.
SO SO I KNOW. SO WHEN IT COMES TO, AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO.
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE ZONING PLATFORM RESIDENTIAL, I, I'VE HEARD FEEDBACK AND MAYBE IT'S JUST A TUTORIAL FOR ME SO I CAN HELP MY RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE PLATFORM A LITTLE BETTER.
IF THAT COULD HAPPEN, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. SOME OF MY, RESIDENTS, WELL, A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS ARE TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED, AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO BE OF BENEFIT, IF YOU'LL HELP ME WITH THAT, I'LL HELP.
I'LL HELP YOU WITH MAKING SURE THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS.
WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO THAT. PART OF THE ROLE OF THAT BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER IS IF ANYBODY DOES COME TO THE DEPARTMENT, WE DO HAVE A STAFF THERE THAT'S FULLY DEDICATED TO HELPING THEM THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THEIR THEIR SUBMISSIONS GO THROUGH, SCANNING ANY DOCUMENTS THEY HAVE AND COLLECTING ANY FEES THEY NEED TO PAY OR ANYTHING THEY NEED TO DO.
WE DID CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP THAT SERVICE AVAILABLE.
I HAVE HAD DEVELOPERS DEVELOP THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PORTAL SAYING THAT IT'S A LITTLE NOT INTUITIVE ENOUGH THAT IT, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE BRAIN OF WHOEVER DESIGNED IT IN ORDER TO OPERATE IN IT. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT AS WELL? SO THAT BECAUSE THEY'LL COME TO ME AND IF I CAN WALK THEM THROUGH IT AT 7:00 AT NIGHT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE GONE HOME, IT WOULD BE EASIER THAN SAYING, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER. SO IF YOU'LL HELP ME, I'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, CHAIR RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I NOTICED THAT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS REALLY GEARED TO THE EFFECT OF DALLAS NOW ON CITY STAFF AND GREATER EFFICIENCY REDUCING PROCESSING TIME. BUT YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS THE FUNCTIONALITY FROM THE USER'S PERSPECTIVE.
AND I KNOW AT LEAST INITIALLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH IT, PERHAPS BECAUSE IT WAS NEW.
HAVE THOSE KINDS OF COMPLAINTS NOW DWINDLED SO THAT YOUR AUDIENCE IS FULLY ENGAGED WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM THEY HAVE? I'D BE LYING IF I SAID THEY COMPLETELY WENT AWAY.
WE ARE MAKING MONTHLY UPDATES TO THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE A PACKAGE THAT GOES IN AT LEAST EVERY MONTH, IF NOT MORE.
WE'VE SET UP A DIGITAL CONSULTATION SERVICE WHICH WILL ALLOW CONSULTATIONS TO BE SCHEDULED WITH ANY OF OUR TEAMS. THIS IS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR DALLAS NOW PAGE.
IT ALLOWS A BOOKING SERVICE FOR ALL OF OUR TEAMS AND THEY CAN MEET IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.
WE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO, TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND TO IMPROVE IN THAT AREA? THAT IS CERTAINLY HIGH ON OUR LIST. THE VENDOR IS LOOKING TO RELEASE A NEW PUBLIC PORTAL WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
A NEW PUBLIC WHAT? A NEW PUBLIC PORTAL WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL SUBMIT THE APPLICATIONS.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO AND HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND DO MAKE IT MORE INTUITIVE AND, AND EASIER FOR THE CUSTOMER AND THE APPLICANTS.
SO WE, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. WE, WE DO, WE ARE AWARE AND WE WILL CONTINUE.
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SO THE TIMES FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS AND FOR ZONING ARE DEFINITELY ON THE DOWNTREND.I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT. DO YOU SEE THOSE TRENDS CONTINUING OR HAVE WE REACHED THE MINIMUM LEVEL AT WHICH YOU THINK THIS DALLAS NOW SYSTEM CAN ACHIEVE? OH, NOT AT ALL. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE WITH THE DOWNWARD TREND.
WE'VE PUT SOME OTHER THINGS IN PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM TO HELP ENSURE THAT.
BUT ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO GET THOSE DOWN AS LOW AS WE CAN.
GREAT. WE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL CRITERIA UPON WHICH DALLAS IS EVALUATED WHEN DEVELOPERS DECIDE WHERE TO INVEST THEIR MONEY.
SO I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE SHOW CONTINUING REDUCTION IN PROCESSING TIME.
THANK YOU. CHAIR GRACEY, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE DALLAS NOW FROM AN INTERNAL SIMILAR TO CHAIR RIDLEY'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT THIS DALLAS NOW, THIS IS THE SAME ONE WE CAN GO ON AND PAY AS A RESIDENT CAN PAY OUR BILLS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF TOO.
OR IS THAT TWO SEPARATE GOALS NOW? OKAY. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER CADENA.
YES. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FEE COLLECTION.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE PRIOR AND THEN WHAT HAS CHANGED NOW? SO I KNOW WE'VE MADE SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FEES.
WE, WE'VE GOT A FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE EVERY THREE YEARS THAT'S BUILT IN TO CHAPTER 52.
I THINK WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND WAS, WAS PARTIAL PAYMENTS AND HOW THAT FUNCTIONED BEFORE.
WE DO WANT TO GET THOSE DOWN. THERE ARE PERMITS THAT GO THROUGH IN A FEW WEEKS.
MOST GO IN AS FAR AS NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL GET THROUGH IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE GEARED TOWARDS OUR TIMELINES.
IT'S 5 TO 7 DAYS FOR A REMODEL. WE, WE DID HAVE, I GUESS THIS WILL AFFECT THE TIMELINE IF, IF WE, IF WE DO ALLOW THESE PARTIAL PAYMENTS A LOT OF PERMITS GET ABANDONED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
I GUESS WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, WE WILL EXPLORE THAT, BUT IT WILL BE WITH THE, THE LARGER PROJECTS.
YEAH. BECAUSE MY OFFICE HAS GOTTEN A COUPLE OF CALLS, I KNOW FOR SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WE'VE MAYBE INCENTIVIZED LIKE ONE OF THEM HAD TO PAY $426,000 UP FRONT VERSUS I THINK IN THE PAST THEY WERE ABLE TO PAY A PERCENTAGE. SO THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE A CHALLENGE TO, YOU KNOW, A LARGE SCALE PROJECT.
AND SO I THINK, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG AND FASTER, BUT ALSO, ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, OR HELP THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO WORK ON PROJECTS MAYBE THAT WE INCENTIVIZE OR WORKING WITH MAYBE NOT PUT MORE YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT MIGHT INHIBIT THEM OR KEEP THEM FROM GETTING THOSE PROJECTS DONE AS WELL.
MAY I CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT? EMILY LIU DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SO BEFORE DALLAS, NOW THE FIAT COLLECTED 100% UPFRONT UPFRONT. WHEN DALLAS NOW FIRST LAUNCHED THERE A FEW MONTHS, WE EXPERIMENT DIFFERENTLY. HOWEVER, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE ISSUE LIKE CLOSE TO 5000 PERMITS A YEAR OFFICE VERY, VERY BUSY. AND ALSO AS WE START TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE FIRST PAYMENT, LAST PAYMENT IS NOT VERY LONG UNLESS YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE PROJECT LIKE THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
AND THE THIRD ONE, WE FIND OUT THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE SUBMIT A PERMIT AND THEY DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME CERTAIN VERY LARGE PROJECT LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED.
YEAH, I THINK MY OFFICE HAD REACHED OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING TO DO OR TO SOME WAY TO HELP THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER, AND I WAS TOLD THE SYSTEM WASN'T ALLOWED TO. SO, I MEAN, IF THERE IS A WAY TO HELP, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
WE CAN TALK TO THEM. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING AS PRE DALLAS NOW.
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YOU KNOW, WE MOVED BACK. THERE'S A FEW MONTHS, AS I MENTIONED, WE TRIED DIFFERENTLY.IT DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK VERY WELL FOR OUR OFFICE.
BUT IF IT'S VERY, VERY LARGE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOME EXCEPTIONAL.
BUT IF EVERYBODY WANT EXCEPTION, THAT WOULD BE REALLY CHAOTIC.
YES. NO, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU.
I HATE TO SAY TO TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE IT PUTS MORE PRESSURE, BUT YOU ARE PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVER IN THIS CITY. AND IF WE CANNOT GET PROJECTS PERMITTED, BUILT, APPROVED AND GETTING IT DONE, WE'RE GOING TO WE REALLY ARE IN IN A JAM. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE MAKING THAT EFFORT TO PROMOTE THIS, TO GET IT MOVING FASTER. HIGH TECH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE HIGH TOUCH.
THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A VENUE AND OPPORTUNITY, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND TALK TO SOMEBODY, GET ADVICE FROM SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE SPOT, TO GET A PROJECT HANDLED, MOVING AND DONE. WE CANNOT AVOID WE CANNOT ENCOURAGE OR ALLOW DELAYS, OBSTRUCTIONS AND INEFFICIENCY.
AND IT'S REALLY CRITICAL. YOU ALL ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH, BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN SUPPORTING OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO BE DEVELOPERS HERE.
I IS DO YOU HAVE A DEDICATED HELP DESK OR OMBUDSMAN OR SOME KIND OF A, OF A, OF A ASSISTANT AVAILABLE WHERE A PERSON CAN WALK IN AND TALK TO SOMEBODY OR THEY CAN COME IN, CALL SOMEBODY.
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE PERSONAL CONTACT SITUATION? WE HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS OF DOING THAT FOR LARGE PROJECT.
WE USUALLY HAVE THE THE PROJECT COMING IN WITH A PRE DEVELOPMENT MEETING.
AND ALSO RECENTLY, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
IN THE PAST, PEOPLE SUBMIT AND PEOPLE JUST REVIEW THAT THERE IS NOT A DIRECT CONTACT OF A PERSON.
JUST RECENTLY, ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, WE HAVE ONE PERSON TAKE CARE OF ALL THE NEW PROJECT.
BASICALLY, WHEN THE NEW CONSTRUCT COME IN, THIS PERSON WILL IMMEDIATELY SEND EMAIL TO THE DEVELOPER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYING, I'M YOUR CASE MANAGER. I'M HERE TO HELP YOU AND CONTACT ME.
HERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION. SO IT'S MUCH, MUCH BETTER EVEN JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE TIMELINE.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE VERY CUSTOMER FRIENDLY STAFF AND WE ARE THERE TO HELP THEM NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF FORMAT THE CUSTOMER PREFER. I APPRECIATE THAT FRIENDLINESS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, BUT AUTHORITY IS MORE CRITICAL.
SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU CAN DO THIS.
IT'S OKAY IF THERE'S A QUESTION. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY ON YOUR SIDE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T, BUT I'M SAYING THAT'S WHAT THE BUSINESS PUBLIC REQUIRES.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY IF SOMEBODY SAYS, CAN I DO THIS? SOMEBODY HAS TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES OR NO AND DEFINITIVELY TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL BAKE IN TO YOUR OVERALL STRATEGY.
THE THIS IS THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. THIS IS A PERSONAL ISSUE IN THAT WHEN I SAY PERSONAL, I WANT DALLAS TO SURVIVE AND TO FLOURISH AND TO, TO ADVANCE.
AND THAT'S YOUR JOB. YOU GOT TO HELP US DO THAT.
SO MY OTHER, MY OTHER, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT CRITICIZING YOU.
I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO LET US BE ADVOCATES FOR YOU.
AND IF OUR, IF OUR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE THEY'RE BEING RESPONDED TO, THAT THEY'RE BEING HELPED AND THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR PROJECTS MOVING, YOU GUYS ARE ARE WINNERS AND WE'RE WINNERS. IS THERE, DO YOU STILL HAVE THE Q TEAM SET UP? WE DO. THEY ARE VERY, VERY BUSY. OKAY. AND SO SO PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH AN EXPEDITED PROCESS.
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MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE THAT THEY'RE THE EYES AND EARS OF BEING ABLE TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO HELP SOMEBODY.YES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN ADDITION TO Q TEAM, WE HAVE ANOTHER TEAM KIND OF CONCIERGE SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
WE HAVE A TEAM TAKE CARE FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS LIKE THAT.
THEY DO, THEY DO EVEN HELP THE CUSTOMERS SUBMIT THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THE PLAN IS COMPLETE.
SO YES, THOSE ARE NEW. THAT, THAT TEAM WAS DEVELOPED ABOUT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
SO WE HAVE WE ARE MAKING SOME CHANGES. DO YOU HAVE A PERSON INSIDE OR A DEPARTMENT INSIDE THAT BASICALLY CAN HELP COORDINATE WITH APPROVALS FROM OTHER PEOPLE? YES. FIRE FROM HEALTH FROM. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ONE PERSON RUNNING AROUND WHO'S A, WHO'S TRYING TO, TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER SO THAT THERE'S CROSS COLLABORATION OR CROSS ADVISORY OR CROSS INDICATION TO HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT BEING STRANDED IN A MAZE.
YES. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TEAM OF THAT. OKAY. THAT NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED.
YOU GOT TO GET CREDIT FOR THAT. I KNOW WE GOT THAT ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO.
YES. AND I KNOW YOU'RE BUILDING IT AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR IT.
AND I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL. I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT YOU THAT YOU GET CREDIT FOR IT, BUT ALSO THAT IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
AND THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A DEPARTMENT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND PLEASE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IF SOMEBODY COMES TO YOUR DOOR, I HOPE THEY CAN OPEN THE DOOR. THEY DON'T HAVE TO KNOCK AND WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO, TO ANSWER THAT.
THERE'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SHOW UP AND AND ASK FOR HELP, AND THAT SOMEBODY WOULD BE THERE TO REALLY HELP THEM AND GET THEM, GET THEM SATISFACTORILY SUCCESSFUL IN COMPLETING THEIR PROJECTS.
YES, WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS JUST FOR THAT PURPOSES.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
OBVIOUSLY PROCESSING TIME IS KEY. CAN DO WE HAVE A GOAL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO FOR THE NEW RESIDENTIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALREADY CUT THE TIMELINE IN HALF.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ABOUT 107 NOT COUNTING Q TEAM.
Q TEAM IS MUCH FASTER REGULAR. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT UNDER 100.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OTHER CITIES RECENTLY.
WE'RE DOING FAIRLY WELL COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
OUR RESIDENTIAL IS REALLY, REALLY LEADING LEADING THE COUNTRY.
IT'S BETWEEN SEVEN SEVEN ACTUALLY 5 TO 7 WORKING DAYS FOR RESIDENTIAL.
AND THE DAYS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUAL WORKING CALENDAR DAY, NOT WORKING DAY.
SO IT'S PRETTY 100 DAYS, PROBABLY EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 70 DAYS.
SO PRETTY GOOD. YES. WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OUR NEW APPLICATION NEW PERMITTING UNDER 100 DAYS IS EVEN IS MUCH LESS THAN THAT. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT COMMERCIAL? COMMERCIAL NEW IS UNDER 100 DAYS. FOR COMMERCIAL ADDITION, IT'S VERSUS FIVE DAYS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD. FOR COMMERCIAL ADDITION, THAT MEANS YOU'RE ADDING, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE ABOUT 40 SOME DAYS COMMERCIAL NEW. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE IT UNDER 100 DAYS. WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND SO I THINK TO BE FAIR, AGAIN, WITH STAFF, THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY A LOT OF INTENSIVE REVIEW AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST AN APARTMENT COMPLEX VERSUS A HIGH RISE.
AND SO I THINK IF WE HAVE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO, THAT SHOULD SHOW THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO MAYBE JUST A RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING DIFFERENT GRAPHS FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
YES. I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE DAYS MEASURED IS ACTUALLY MEDIUM DAYS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, IT TAKES TWO YEARS FROM BEGINNING TO END.
IT'S VERY TYPICAL IF YOU HAVE A SMALL RESTAURANT THAT USUALLY TAKES JUST A NUMBER OF WEEKS, NOT MONTHS. SO IT'S A MEDIUM. IT'S ONE IN THE MIDDLE.
OKAY. AND THEN ARE APPLICANTS ABLE TO SUBMIT VIRTUALLY OR ONLY IN PERSON OR BOTH.
THEY CAN SUBMIT OBVIOUSLY ANYWHERE, BUT IF THEY HAVE A HARD TIME SUBMITTING IT ON THEIR OWN, WE HAVE A CUSTOMER CENTER. THEY CAN COME IN AND WE CAN HELP THEM.
BUT ALL THE APPLICATION HAS TO BE IN DIGITALLY.
BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS WE CAN HELP THEM.
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A PROJECT, ARE THEY ABLE TO DO A DEMONSTRATION COURSE SO THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ONLINE DALLAS NOW? WE HAVE PRODUCED SEVERAL VIDEOS THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE THE OTHER DAY.WE HAVE A CUSTOMER DON'T KNOW, WE SEND THEM A VIDEO AND SAY, WOW, OKAY.
AND THEY CAN FOLLOW THAT STEP BY STEP THE TRAINING VIDEOS THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.
THAT'S GREAT. AND AS WE GO INTO OUR, OUR BUDGET SEASON, STAFFING LEVELS, HOW DO WE FEEL THAT WE'RE DOING WITH STAFFING? WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. BUT LAST YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, WE STRUGGLED WITH OUR REVENUE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SO WE HAVE TO CUT 58 PARTITIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE GONE A LITTLE TOO FAR.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR SOME OF THOSE BACK BECAUSE NOT ONLY WE JUST SEE INCREASE, WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS. THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE CHILDREN HOSPITAL IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INSPECTED.
SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, THE, YOU KNOW, POLICE ACADEMY AND THERE'S ANOTHER HOSPITAL IN THE $6 BILLION AND THE SCHOOL, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT. SCHOOL JUST PASSED $6.2 MILLION, BILLION DOLLAR BOND.
AND THAT'S GOING TO MAKE US A LOT OF JUST A LOT OF WORK.
AND WHICH IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. SO WE ARE GOING TO ASK TO GET SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS BACK, NOT THE ENTIRE 58%, 58 POSITION, BUT PROBABLY YOU KNOW, 15, 16% IN THAT RANGE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION BETTER WITHOUT BACKLOG AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
SO WE WILL ASK SOME PARTITIONS BACK. OKAY. AND YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAD.
WHAT CHANGES HAVE WE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO CAPTURE ALL FEES FROM OUR DEVELOPERS? I KNOW YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT THAT. SO THERE WAS A MISTAKE MADE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THE FEE WAS TRYING TO BE IN PLACE.
THAT WAS MISTAKE HAS BEEN CORRECTED, BUT I DID START LOOKING AT THAT, BUT THAT ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL. WAS THAT ERROR IN THERE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN GO BACK AND ASK THOSE MONEY BACK, BUT MOVING FORWARD THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND WE HAVE SEEN ADDITIONAL REVENUE NOT JUST BASED ON ADDITIONAL YOU KNOW, PROJECT, BUT ALSO THE REVENUE THAT WE MEANT TO COLLECT.
SO WE HAVE SEEN THE REVENUE THIS YEAR. AMAZING.
WE ALREADY SEE CLOSE TO 10% MORE REVENUE THAN PROJECTED.
SO EVEN THOUGH I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS BACK THAT CAN BE PAID FOR, FOR THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE. OKAY. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR MAKING THAT CORRECTION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE IS WE'RE RECAPTURING CAPTURING EVERY DIME, BUT ALSO THAT THAT ALLOWS FOR POSSIBLE NEW STAFFING SO THAT WE CAN BE AT THE RIGHT LEVEL.
YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL NOW GO TO BRIEFING MEMO C.
CHAIRMAN FOR ITEM C, D, AND E, C, D, E AND F, WE HAD NOT PLANNED TO PROACTIVELY PRESENT THESE ITEMS, BUT WE'RE HERE TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OR ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
OKAY. AND KEVIN, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT REALLY IS A NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT? WHAT WHAT HOW DOES? WELL, IF YOU THOUGHT OCS WERE COMPLICATED [LAUGHS].
NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. THANKFULLY WE HAVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HEATHER LEPESKA.
IT'S HAPPY TO GIVE A READER'S DIGEST EXPLANATION.
SO THE NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT PROGRAM IS A DEPARTMENT FROM U.S.
IN WHAT KIND OF TRACTS? LOW INCOME CENSUS TRACTS.
AND SO. TALK A LITTLE LOUDER, PLEASE. OKAY. SO THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHES ALLOCATION THAT IS AWARDED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES, AND THE ALLOCATION IS FOR TAX CREDITS. THE TAX CREDIT TO THE NEW MARKETS INVESTOR IS $0.39 OF THEIR FEDERAL TAX LIABILITY.
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AND THEN THE INVESTOR PURCHASES THOSE TAX CREDITS AT A DISCOUNT FROM THE ALLOCATION THAT A CDE HAS AVAILABLE.AND WITH THAT PURCHASE, THAT BECOMES THE SUBSIDY THAT BENEFITS THE NEW MARKETS PROJECT.
SO IT'S A IT'S A TAX CREDIT SIMILAR TO TO THE TAX CREDITS ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE DO WITH IT.
THERE'S A TAX CREDIT AGAINST THEIR INCOME TAX.
THEY CAN THEN SELL THAT TAX CREDIT TO OBTAIN THE THE CORRECT TO MONETIZE IT.
THEN THEY'VE GOT DOWN PAYMENT MONEY TO DO IT. SO IT'S A REALLY BENEFICIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAT INVOLVES NO CASH OUT OF THE CITY'S POCKETS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THE. AND THE THE TAX CREDITS ARE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? CORRECT. THEY'RE AWARDED BY TREASURY TO CITIES ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS.
AND AND THESE AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TAX CREDIT ARE THESE TYPES OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. SO LIKE THE LIKE SALVATION ARMY, THE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OF THE FOREST.
SO DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND WAS CREATED WITH TWO KIND OF PRIMARY GOALS.
AND CDES CAN HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOCUSES.
AND WHERE DO THESE. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ACCESS THESE TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS? THEY'RE NOT COMING THROUGH HFC. THEY'RE NOT COMING THROUGH PFC.
SO THEY'RE COMING THROUGH YOUR OFFICE THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? CORRECT. SO THE PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH IS A SEPARATE 501.C.3 THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT IT HAS ITS OWN BOARD. AND WE RECEIVED AN ALLOCATION IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 23RD, I THINK RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, OF 55 MILLION FROM THE MOST RECENT ROUND OF TAX CREDITS.
DDF THEN DID A CALL FOR PROJECTS AND WE RECEIVED SUBMISSIONS FOR PROJECTS.
WE ALSO ACCEPT PROJECTS ON A ROLLING BASIS. THERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO WE REVIEW PROJECTS WHILE WE HAVE ALLOCATION AVAILABLE.
THE BOARD REVIEWS THE PROJECTS OVER A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THAT FINAL ALLOCATION.
THEY STILL PAY REAL ESTATE TAXES. THEY STILL PAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ZONING.
THEY STILL HAVE TO GET THE PROJECT APPROVED. CORRECT.
IF THE CITY THROUGH OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO DO OTHER ENTITLEMENTS OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS OR SOMETHING, THOSE ARE ALL OUTSIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE THE, THE WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND. THAT'S THAT'S WHO, WHO BASICALLY ALLOCATES IT, VETS IT AND PROMOTES IT.
CORRECT. THE ONLY CLARIFICATION I'LL SAY IS WE DON'T HAVE 55 MILLION OF TAX CREDITS.
WE HAVE ALLOCATION. SO IT ENDS UP NETTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, $0.20 TO THAT $1 OF TAX CREDIT.
GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON EITHER ITEMS? OKAY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON ITEM F.
ON ITEM F. HOW MANY OR FIRST OF ALL, IS THIS BUSINESS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN DALLAS? NO, THIS WOULD BE A BRAND NEW MARKET FOR THEM.
OKAY. AND DO WE KNOW AT WHAT WAGE. THEY'RE ANTICIPATING AN AVERAGE WAGE OF 55,000.
AND IS THE LOCATION WHERE THIS WAREHOUSE IS GOING.
SO YES, IT ALIGNS. IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONED.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS ONLY A IT'S NOT A 100% ABATEMENT.
CORRECT. IT'S 50%. OKAY, GREAT. CHAIR I'M GOING TO GO TO.
I SAW COUNCILMEMBER ROTH FIRST. I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER ROTH.
I'M ACTUALLY. YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH. I'M GOING TO CHAIR RIDLEY.
SO I JUST HAD ONE CONCERN ABOUT THIS, AND THAT IS THAT THE PAYBACK FOR THE CITY SEEMS TO BE MINIMAL.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING UP THROUGH TAX ABATEMENT, $1.38 MILLION OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, AND WE'RE ONLY RECEIVING DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 1.52 MILLION.
THAT'S NOT MUCH OF A PAYBACK FOR THIS KIND OF AN INVESTMENT.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE TYPICALLY GET A HIGHER PAYBACK MULTIPLES OF WHAT WE INVEST.
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ABATEMENT. SO THE, THE, THE GROSS BENEFIT IS OBVIOUSLY INCLUDING THE VALUE OF THE ABATEMENT THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE GET.SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS A JOB CREATION PROJECT.
SO IT'S A 150, 150 PLUS JOBS AT VERY GOOD WAGES.
IT'S NOT A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION PROJECT, WHICH WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE IN THE INLAND PORT.
THIS IS ACTUAL LIGHT MANUFACTURING. SO WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE 1.52 MILLION IN NET BENEFIT.
WILL THAT BE IN TAX REVENUE? YES. OR WILL THAT BE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
NO IT'S THIS IS A FISCAL IMPACT. SO IT'S TAX REVENUE THAT STILL COMES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND, AND OTHER FORMS OF TAXES. AS OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING REMAINING VACANT.
CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BLAIR.
WELL, I DON'T REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS. I HAVE A COMMENT, IF YOU WILL.
THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND I REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, AND I TOO HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
THIS MORNING THEY WERE ABLE TO ABATE THOSE CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS.
THIS IS A NEW. THIS WOULD BE A NEW OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE MY DISTRICT AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE UNLIKE MOST PROJECTS WE SEE WHERE WE DON'T.
WE FOREGO ALL OF THE TAX AND WE GET NO BENEFIT IN RETURN.
NOT ONLY ARE WE GETTING SOME SOME IT'S ONLY A 50% ABATEMENT, BUT WHAT WE ALSO GET IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET JOBS, NOT JOBS AT TEN AND 15 AND $18 AN HOUR. BUT THESE JOBS ARE GOING TO BE $55,000 ANNUAL JOBS PLUS BENEFITS. THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE HERE TEN YEARS.
OTHERWISE THERE'S PENALTIES FOR WITHDRAWING WITHIN THAT, THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD WE'RE GOING TO GET A BENEFIT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET. AND AND I SPOKE WITH THE, THE TEAM THAT IS PROPOSING TO COME HERE FOR THIS THIS MORNING AND. THEY'RE WILLING TO DO SOME COLLABORATION WITHIN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, NOT ONLY FROM A HIGH SCHOOL, BUT FROM, FROM THE COLLEGES THAT ARE SURROUNDING IT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYEE THAT THEY GET CAN NOT ONLY BE SUSTAINABLE SO THAT THERE WON'T BE.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S NOT THE CHURN THAT WE NORMALLY SEE IN WAREHOUSE JOBS.
IN THE WAREHOUSE JOB, THEY GET A JOB. THEY'RE THERE FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEN THEY'RE GONE.
BUT BECAUSE THEY WILL PARTNER WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN WE CAN BETTER PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMPANY AS THEY PROVIDE A TEN YEAR BENEFIT TO US.
THANK YOU. I THINK SO. KEVIN, DOES THIS NEED A MOTION? NO, IT'S A IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL IT'S AN UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.
YEAH. THE ON, ON JUNE 10TH. SO NO, THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
IT'S INFORMATIONAL. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR ON ITEM F.
I MOVE THAT WE MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE MAY 10TH ITEM AGENDA ITEM WITH A FAVORABLE. WITH A FAVORABLE VOTE TO MOVE THIS TO COUNCIL FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE.
OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. JUST A COUPLE A COUPLE MORE QUESTION. I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT, I BELIEVE, BASED ON WHAT I'VE READ ON IT, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO EXPLAIN THE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR TAX AND AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, IT'S ONLY 50% OF THE INCREASED VALUE
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IN THE, IN THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX.THAT'S IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. UNDER STATE LAW THAT GOVERNS ABATEMENTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE WE CANNOT ABATE TAXES ON EXISTING VALUE. SO IT'S ONLY THE INCREASED VALUE FROM THEIR INCREASED INVESTMENT FOR THEIR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY INSIDE THE BUILDING. IT STILL PROVIDES REAL ESTATE TAX PAYMENTS.
THAT'S CORRECT. THE BUILDING IS IS ALREADY EXISTING.
IT ALREADY GENERATES TAXES. THIS ABATEMENT WILL NOT AFFECT THE TAXES FOR FROM REAL PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING A TAX CREDIT FROM THE DALLAS.
WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THIS TO THE BOARD YET FOR THAT PROCESS.
SO WE HAVEN'T DONE A FIRST LOOK. WE HAVEN'T DONE AN APPROVAL, BUT THAT WAS PART OF OUR INCENTIVE OFFER BECAUSE OF THIS LOCATION AND BECAUSE OF ITS FOCUS ON MANUFACTURING. IT'S LIKE A PERFECT FIT FOR THE NEW MARKETS PROGRAM.
AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL COME IN PROBABLY SEPTEMBER.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT, BUT IT WON'T BE CASH OUT OF THE CITIES.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT. THIS IS MONEY THAT'S COMING FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NOT COMING FROM US. NUMBER THREE, WE'RE AT NUMBER FOUR.
WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WE ARE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HEARTBURN TO ME, BUT WE'RE, BUT THEY ARE AGREEING TO, TO, TO TO CONFORM TO THE LIVING WAGE REQUIREMENT AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND YES, THEY'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
IT DOESN'T COST US MONEY. IT PROMOTES NEW JOBS.
IT GETS A, A DEAD BUILDING ON THE MARKET. IT GIVES US REAL ESTATE VALUE.
WE'RE STILL GETTING HALF THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX.
AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF I IN FACT, I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, WHICH I'M NOT SURE I DO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE GOING TO BRING I.
ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHERS OR DO WE. THEY WERE.
YEAH. WE CAN DO THEM ALL. WE'RE ALL. C THROUGH E OR.
SORRY. SO YEAH, WE, WE'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A, WHICH ITEM DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON.
WELL ON, ON G IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OKAY. AND THEN D AND E AND H. OH I'M SORRY. DID NOT SEE H ON THAT SIDE.
H HAS TO DO WITH EVS. YES. CAN WE PUSH THAT? SURE.
LET'S BRING G AND H BACK TO THE NEXT ECO DEV MEETING.
OR IS THIS IS THIS JUST A DEDICATED PROGRAM JUST TO DISTRICTS THREE AND FIVE? SO NO, THESE DOLLARS ARE, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, ARE DEDICATED DOLLARS TO THESE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS.
BUT I THINK HEATHER OR KEVIN CAN CAN TALK TO THAT.
YES. THANK YOU. THE THE PROGRAM IS ALLOWED UNDER OUR POLICY THAT ALLOWS US TO DO COUNCIL SPECIFIC COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS. THE THE THE CAVEAT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER MUST IDENTIFY DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR THIS.
I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. THE COUNCIL MEMBER MUST IDENTIFY DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND FOR THE D FIVE PROGRAM. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ IS REPROGRAMING $950,000 OF 2017 BOND MONEY THAT WAS BEING USED FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROGRAM. AND HE'S MOVING IT OVER TO THIS NEW PROGRAM.
SO YES, WE CAN CREATE ONE FOR YOUR DISTRICT AS LONG AS THEIR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, AND WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON THE SPECIFICS TO BE WHATEVER THE BEST FIT IS FOR YOUR DISTRICT. I MEAN, THAT THAT THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BE AN INTERESTING SIDE BRIEFING TO, TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE, LISTEN, IF WE'VE GOT FUNDS THAT WE CAN REALLOCATE AND, AND PUT INTO SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP YOU KNOW, FIX UP AREAS AND, AND, AND SORT OF RE RENOVATE PLACES, THAT'D BE GREAT.
DISTRICT 11 DOES HAVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC ALLOCATION OF THE PROPOSITION G FROM 2024.
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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS NOW 4:43 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.