1 00:00:04,660 --> 00:00:10,660 Good evening, everyone. I'm Mayor Rachel Proctor. It is 6.30 p.m. and I want to welcome everybody to our 2 00:00:12,020 --> 00:00:20,300 April 4th, Mayor's 360 Quarterly meeting. I'm going to ask if we're going to do our invocation. 3 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:24,860 I'm going to ask if Pastor Bivens will come and lead us in just a quick word of prayer while he's here. 4 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:29,700 You can actually utilize, I think that microphone is on. Tasha, can you check to see if that microphone is on? 5 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:34,820 he could stand right there so we don't have to move the stand. 6 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,160 I want to start 7 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,140 some introductions and again welcome each and every one of you to our quarterly 8 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:18,660 360 meeting. I'm Mayor Rachel Proctor here with the DeSoto City Council. I see 9 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:23,700 possibly one other Council person. Dr. Dinah Marx is here. Oh, Mayor Pro Tem. 10 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,500 Dr. Dinah Marx who represents place five as well as Mayor Pro Tem LaTisha Hughes 11 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:32,500 who represents place seven is here with us tonight. I'm going to ask if 12 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:39,320 Each of our directors and our staff that are here tonight to respond to your questions would introduce themselves 13 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:43,100 I'll start immediately to my left with our interim 14 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,560 deputy city manager 15 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:48,760 Tracy Cormier intern deputy city manager 16 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,400 Hi, everyone. My name is Kayla in the community relations coordinator. Thank 17 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,700 you. Thank you all for those introductions at this time 18 00:02:54,700 --> 00:03:01,740 we will have a DeSoto Comprehensive Plan progress update, and I believe Mr. Brewer will be making that presentation. 19 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:08,800 Mayor, you're going to cut me off tonight? 20 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:10,520 What are you saying? 21 00:03:10,740 --> 00:03:12,140 You're going to cut me off tonight? 22 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,140 No, sir. I'm going to let you do your thing tonight. 23 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,090 All right. Charles Brewer, Director of Development Services. 24 00:03:21,610 --> 00:03:24,390 I made a little PowerPoint presentation and helped things flow. 25 00:03:24,990 --> 00:03:30,310 And actually, Mayor, I have kind of all of mine accumulated together, so I'm going to flow from one end to the other. 26 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:41,490 So I'll show the, this is about the comprehensive plan. The city has a 2015 plan that it's been working to update since 2022. 27 00:03:42,270 --> 00:03:50,450 And as I've included here the timeline to help identify there's been several public meetings, several workshops, several surveys. 28 00:03:51,510 --> 00:03:55,990 The plan was actually presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission in December of last year. 29 00:03:55,990 --> 00:04:01,130 the City Council conducted this form of public hearings in January and 30 00:04:01,130 --> 00:04:07,330 officially adopted the the new 2024 company has a plan on February the 6th 31 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:13,950 2024. This complaint is available online if you go to the city's website at the 32 00:04:13,950 --> 00:04:17,890 top of the page you go to departments go to the planning is only in 33 00:04:17,890 --> 00:04:21,730 department and you'll be able to get a link to have access to get to it. 34 00:04:24,670 --> 00:04:25,270 So 35 00:04:25,270 --> 00:04:29,130 Because we still have to come back, there are two more sections that are being required 36 00:04:29,130 --> 00:04:29,870 to work on. 37 00:04:30,410 --> 00:04:33,370 One is a streetscape and one is an urban design. 38 00:04:33,950 --> 00:04:39,470 The urban design cannot be completed because of the character-based code work that we have 39 00:04:39,470 --> 00:04:40,910 going on on Hampton Road. 40 00:04:41,810 --> 00:04:46,370 So should that get adopted, it's under the Council's purview right now. 41 00:04:46,530 --> 00:04:50,230 They've had their first public hearing, but the rezoning of properties is past Tuesday 42 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,290 and I'll get back into that later. 43 00:04:53,190 --> 00:04:59,190 A part of the comprehensive plan is land use, and this is the city's updated comprehensive plan. 44 00:05:00,070 --> 00:05:08,030 The section that I was referring to that we're still working on is going to be this Hampton Road corridor section. 45 00:05:08,370 --> 00:05:14,130 It's a one-mile stretch going just north of Pleasant Run to just south of Beltline, 46 00:05:14,670 --> 00:05:18,550 encompassing property on both Pleasant Run and Beltline. 47 00:05:18,550 --> 00:05:25,570 and so that needs to be incorporated into a couple of chapters before we can 48 00:05:25,570 --> 00:05:30,070 come back for phase two, which will be the full adoption of the plan itself. 49 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:34,150 I mentioned the character-based code for Hampton Road. 50 00:05:34,790 --> 00:05:38,670 The proposal is looking at five separate zoning districts. 51 00:05:39,090 --> 00:05:42,850 You see driven down Hampton Road, you've seen these message-force signs 52 00:05:42,850 --> 00:05:44,310 that we have in the middle of the median, 53 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:49,950 giving notice about the rezoning of properties. This is a two-phase process. 54 00:05:50,530 --> 00:05:55,390 The first process involves amending and updating the zoning ordinance. It's the 55 00:05:55,390 --> 00:05:59,210 text amendment. You have to get your regulations and districts established, so 56 00:05:59,210 --> 00:06:04,650 there are five districts associated with this. The character code itself was 57 00:06:04,650 --> 00:06:10,990 officially adopted by City Council on March the 5th, which gives the text 58 00:06:10,990 --> 00:06:17,150 amendment of those five districts. Just a quick overview of those five districts 59 00:06:17,150 --> 00:06:22,330 all you have an urban center which is forecast to have buildings from three to 60 00:06:22,330 --> 00:06:33,510 five stories. All this information is online you can go to www.invisionhamptonroad.com again 61 00:06:33,510 --> 00:06:38,110 and that's www.envisionhamptonroad.com. 62 00:06:38,830 --> 00:06:41,530 We also have picture board signs 63 00:06:41,530 --> 00:06:44,470 outside of the council chamber to the left. 64 00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:47,250 We will continue to allow those to be installed 65 00:06:47,250 --> 00:06:48,930 all the way through this process 66 00:06:48,930 --> 00:06:51,330 so citizens can have an opportunity 67 00:06:51,950 --> 00:06:53,670 to come view those at any time. 68 00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:57,870 With the city council doing their consideration 69 00:06:57,870 --> 00:07:00,110 at the last Tuesday, a motion was made 70 00:07:00,110 --> 00:07:06,110 to allow the public hearing to remain open, and they're going to have a continuation of 71 00:07:06,110 --> 00:07:10,830 that public hearing during their first meeting in May, it'll be May the 7th. 72 00:07:11,670 --> 00:07:16,510 One of the plans we are working on, we are going to have a couple of community meetings. 73 00:07:17,050 --> 00:07:19,250 We're trying to work it out to get the actual date. 74 00:07:19,910 --> 00:07:24,850 We will be sending out the green postcards again to all the property owners, not 75 00:07:24,850 --> 00:07:29,710 only within that character based zone but within 200 feet since we know they're 76 00:07:29,710 --> 00:07:34,110 impacted also. We'll also be putting that information on those message board 77 00:07:34,110 --> 00:07:39,170 signs again when we get definitive what those dates are. So again this is the 78 00:07:39,170 --> 00:07:44,770 urban center. The next one is a and all of these kind of like a transition down 79 00:07:44,770 --> 00:07:51,590 most intense higher density and a transition down. Same thing with the 80 00:07:51,590 --> 00:07:56,390 building elevation. The first one, as I said, was five storage. This is three. So 81 00:07:56,390 --> 00:08:02,430 transition down. Next will be neighborhood services. Next transition 82 00:08:02,430 --> 00:08:03,530 urban neighborhood. 83 00:08:06,140 --> 00:08:08,100 Next transition neighborhood transition. 84 00:08:13,020 --> 00:08:13,520 And so those 85 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:18,000 are the proposed districts that the council is considering. We have any 86 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,700 questions personally. I have my business cards up on the table. Feel free 87 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:25,960 to call either myself or any member of my staff. We'll be glad to work 88 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,300 with you one-on-one to help you understand more about the character-based codes. 89 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:36,100 Next part of my presentation, as always, is about capital projects. 90 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:39,140 This is updated on the city's website. 91 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,780 Again, if you go to the city's webpage, at the top there are five links. 92 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:45,700 Go to the link that says Departments. 93 00:08:46,180 --> 00:08:47,080 Click on that. 94 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:48,740 It'll show all the departments. 95 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,360 Go to the far left-hand side and you'll see Development Services. 96 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:58,120 Within the development services section, you will see engineering, click on engineering, 97 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:05,200 and when you get to that page, look to the left, it's the second one, and it identifies as capital projects, 98 00:09:05,540 --> 00:09:14,020 or projects updates. This is the map. The map will show all of our projects that we currently have, 99 00:09:14,140 --> 00:09:20,600 most of them in the design. All our construction projects were completed last year. 100 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,620 right now we're working on a lot of alley projects and the list will tell you 101 00:09:25,620 --> 00:09:31,940 what those are. After I finish or at some point our Director of Parks and 102 00:09:31,940 --> 00:09:36,760 Recreation will be able to give you an update about the McCowen sitter. 103 00:09:38,420 --> 00:09:44,500 This is the update. When you go you'll actually see that we have now 104 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:49,920 added a link you can click to where this map that I just show you will 105 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:56,480 come up. And this section of the department's web page will be updated every quarter. It 106 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,020 was last updated March of this year. 107 00:10:01,660 --> 00:10:03,260 I highlighted a few projects. 108 00:10:06,380 --> 00:10:08,740 Our master capital approval 109 00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:13,940 projects that we still have going on with Dallas County are is Daniel Dale. It is currently 110 00:10:13,940 --> 00:10:19,840 still in the design phase. Delay had incurred because both Dallas County and the city 111 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:26,300 was waiting on a federal grant. We applied two years in a row. It was the race grant and 112 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:33,040 we failed to get it. So, we've now had to direct our consultants to change the plans 113 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:38,460 from federal standards back to local standards. We also did value engineering to try to find 114 00:10:38,460 --> 00:10:42,500 out where we can do some savings. So, they are working on that right now. Right now, 115 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:47,440 we only have a design contract with Dallas County. The next phase will include coming 116 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,520 back to our City Council with a Project Pacific Agreement to go into construction. 117 00:10:54,610 --> 00:11:01,230 We also have an MCI project with unpleasant run. Those plans are 100% completed. We're 118 00:11:01,230 --> 00:11:07,010 still going to have to meet with our Council and staff to kind of talk about ranking of 119 00:11:07,010 --> 00:11:13,270 these projects, determining funding mechanisms to determine when one project is going to 120 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:14,610 proceed. 121 00:11:17,090 --> 00:11:21,250 Westmoreland, if you've driven down Westmoreland, south of Beltline you will see the 122 00:11:21,250 --> 00:11:27,210 private utility companies have already done much of their relocations. We did go to our 123 00:11:27,210 --> 00:11:33,910 city council on this past Tuesday because Dallas Water Utility has a 30-inch major trunk line 124 00:11:33,910 --> 00:11:37,850 that comes from Daniel Dale, runs through the city all the way to Glen Heights. That actually 125 00:11:37,850 --> 00:11:45,670 has some conflict with our reconstruction project in about 660 linear feet, but being 126 00:11:45,670 --> 00:11:52,290 Dallas Water Utility, they're a little different than we can treat the private utilities. We 127 00:11:52,290 --> 00:11:56,910 just can't tell them to get out of our right of way. So we took a 50-50 in a local agreement 128 00:11:56,910 --> 00:12:00,930 to our council on this past Tuesday and it was approved. It's projected just 129 00:12:00,930 --> 00:12:05,490 on the water line relocation itself. It's going to be over one million, which is 130 00:12:05,490 --> 00:12:08,350 going to commit us to about 600,000 a piece. 131 00:12:11,220 --> 00:12:13,320 Another major project is the Hampton Road 132 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:21,980 Corridor. This is the redesign of the roadway. It is currently 15% design. An update will 133 00:12:21,980 --> 00:12:26,920 be coming to the Council in the presentation by the consultants to give everyone a public 134 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:34,980 update. In design now we have a 2023 renovation and replacement project. When we say renovation 135 00:12:34,980 --> 00:12:40,940 and replacement. We'll also use the acronym R and R. That is a two-phase project. We will 136 00:12:40,940 --> 00:12:46,820 call it Phase A1, excuse me, in Phase 2. Phase 1 will all be associated with the 137 00:12:46,820 --> 00:12:51,160 utility reconstruction development services. We really take our lead from 138 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,800 our fellow Department of Public Utilities where they have identified 139 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,700 infrastructure needs dealing with the water and sewer line. So they are 140 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:04,000 defining what those streets are and so Phase 1 will be the utilities and 141 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,060 and base two will come back with the street overlay. 142 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,640 Those streets are Woodhaven Drive, Ray Ardra Drive, 143 00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:14,680 Vince Lane, Redbud Drive, Oak Trail, 144 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,580 Oak Trail, Woodhaven Drive, and Woodlake Drive. 145 00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:24,070 The plans are 90% complete for the utilities 146 00:13:24,070 --> 00:13:27,090 and 75% complete for the street itself. 147 00:13:27,830 --> 00:13:29,510 We do bid these separately 148 00:13:29,510 --> 00:13:32,210 because we realize we get a better price going separately. 149 00:13:32,210 --> 00:13:37,610 The 2021 project is one of the ones, we'll call it 99%. 150 00:13:37,610 --> 00:13:43,610 That's the one we just did last year where we reconstructed South Yule Road, 151 00:13:44,110 --> 00:13:49,290 the section of the Meadows Parkway, section of Parkerville Road, section of Wintergreen, 152 00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:53,930 and we even added a section of Westmoreland to the project. 153 00:13:54,490 --> 00:13:59,470 What is remaining, we're having a difference of opinion with our contractor. 154 00:13:59,470 --> 00:14:04,610 for the section of Parkerville between Westmoreland and going west. 155 00:14:05,130 --> 00:14:09,590 In an area that was cracking before, it has started re-cracking again. 156 00:14:09,930 --> 00:14:12,270 So we are right now holding them accountable. 157 00:14:13,750 --> 00:14:18,570 We feel it was designed for our standard, which was a complete streak of reconstruction 158 00:14:18,570 --> 00:14:27,790 that involved treating the subgrade with a lime partner coming back with so many thickness of asphalt. 159 00:14:27,790 --> 00:14:33,750 but we are requiring them at their cost to pay a geotechnical service to come back 160 00:14:33,750 --> 00:14:37,590 do some core drillings and we're still gonna have to come back to the table so 161 00:14:37,590 --> 00:14:42,030 that cracking is still there but we're holding them hostage till they give us 162 00:14:42,030 --> 00:14:46,950 that information to determine whether or not we can release them from that 163 00:14:46,950 --> 00:14:52,030 because is it a situation where there is water coming from the property to 164 00:14:52,030 --> 00:14:55,650 the south it's reoccurring particularly with it being in the exact same place 165 00:14:55,650 --> 00:14:59,410 that had been before, but that's why that project is 900%. 166 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,300 But we are holding the retained money on that project. 167 00:15:05,540 --> 00:15:10,900 2023 Alley Projects, we just recently had the design 100 complete. 168 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:19,940 Those alleys are Oak Meadows, Woodbridge Drive, Glen Avenue, Pine Tree Slash, Shadywood, 169 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:29,020 Hillside Crestwood, Cloudcrest, Blue Sky, Stardust, Blue Sky, Westway Alley. 170 00:15:29,020 --> 00:15:31,600 These may be alleys between the streets. 171 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,620 So we're getting ready to actually solicit bids on that and start those projects. 172 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:42,440 We also have several stormwater drainage projects that we are working on. 173 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:49,820 Shoreline Drive, the site has been complete. We're getting ready to go out to bids. 174 00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:51,840 Methodist Care Center. 175 00:15:51,840 --> 00:16:00,060 This is an erosion that is causing our fear of a sanitary sewer line falling in the creek, 176 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,340 so we're really pushing this as an emergency. 177 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,420 We're working on that Oak Grove erosion. 178 00:16:07,420 --> 00:16:10,900 Wolf Creek Estates is an drainage project. 179 00:16:11,060 --> 00:16:15,440 The council has authorized staff to proceed with. 180 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:16,940 We're in the design phase. 181 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:20,320 We just had a meeting with the consultants actually yesterday. 182 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:24,580 part of their process they're needing to get involved with the Corps of 183 00:16:24,580 --> 00:16:28,620 Engineers because we are talking about working a drainage channel and they're 184 00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:32,840 these are called Waters of the States and there are certain permit regulations so 185 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,840 as soon as we get that understanding of what all these permit requirements are 186 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,340 we'll be taking a report to the City Council and I invite you to come to 187 00:16:40,340 --> 00:16:45,180 that meeting to get that update also. We also have some sewer projects 188 00:16:45,180 --> 00:16:54,520 Heath Creek, B branch, West Drive, and as I mentioned earlier, the McCowen Center, which 189 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,620 our fellow director, Chris, will speak about. 190 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,580 And Mayor, that completes my report. 191 00:17:06,220 --> 00:17:07,380 Thank you, Mr. Brewer. 192 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:13,380 I want to allow just really quickly, I know we have a Q&A, but just in case since we're 193 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:17,520 here on this topic, if there are any questions from those in the audience regarding any 194 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,400 of the projects that he mentioned. 195 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:24,940 If you have a question, you can go to that middle aisle where the microphone is. 196 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,760 Tasha, can you verify that that microphone is on? 197 00:17:28,020 --> 00:17:29,760 Because we used it earlier and it didn't. 198 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,360 It is on? Okay. 199 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,960 If there are any questions specifically to any of Mr. Brewer's presentation, 200 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:38,640 you can come to the middle aisle. 201 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:41,500 Okay, hearing none. 202 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,700 If you do have a question, how many of you in the audience have a question 203 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:47,800 you would like to be responded to by staff tonight? 204 00:17:49,860 --> 00:18:06,080 Okay, please fill out a card. Are there cards on the table? You need to fill out a card on the table and then you can turn it into Ms. Tasha here in the front and you'll be called on when that question is, when we get to our Q&A portion. 205 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:13,200 At this time, we will call up Ms. Becky Lewis and she will address, we had a question that 206 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:19,720 was submitted in advance of tonight's meeting regarding HOAs and so she created some very 207 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:20,720 specific responses. 208 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,940 Ms. Lewis, do you have copies of this available? 209 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:30,440 There are copies available if you want to have that information after she concludes 210 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,860 that and you can have that for your hearing. 211 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:33,620 Thank you. 212 00:18:34,940 --> 00:18:45,580 Thank you Mayor Proctor. And actually there were five questions that were posed. Again there is a packet at the back with the responses here. 213 00:18:45,940 --> 00:18:51,500 So the first question is what is the relationship between the City of DeSoto and HOAs? 214 00:18:52,000 --> 00:19:02,980 HOAs are separate and distinct entities apart from the City of DeSoto. However the City of DeSoto considers HOAs to be vital to the success of the community 215 00:19:02,980 --> 00:19:08,740 and as such, the city works to do the following. Strengthen and improve neighborhood associations, 216 00:19:09,340 --> 00:19:15,020 improve the appearance of city neighborhoods, cement the relationship between the HOA and city 217 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:21,000 government, stimulate inter-neighborhood coordination, encourage new communities to develop 218 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:26,720 their own neighborhood associations, and stimulate interaction between all DeSoto HOAs. 219 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:34,700 The city fosters these relationships also with a few other programs, including the citizen 220 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:41,160 emergency response team, which is also known as CERT, the mayor's 360 quarterly meeting, 221 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:46,580 which is where we are tonight, the adopt the street program, where an individual family 222 00:19:46,580 --> 00:19:53,420 or an established group can adopt an area with the commitment to ensure it stays clean 223 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:59,000 and Safe Year Round. Recycling events that are hosted by a community service 224 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:05,240 relations coordinator, an annual HOA involvement workshop which is hosted in 225 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,980 the early fall to provide an integrated opportunity for education on any city 226 00:20:09,980 --> 00:20:16,680 office service or event that may directly affect a neighborhood. There's 227 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,460 the neighborhood grant program which is going on right now. There are two 228 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:27,360 rounds for this program that offer grant opportunities for neighborhood beautification and other projects. 229 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:35,560 The Eyes and Ears program, which is where we ask for you to report any violations that you may see 230 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:42,160 to cold enforcement and DeSoto Civic Academy, which is an opportunity for a limited number of DeSoto residents 231 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:48,220 to learn about and interact with each department and program administrators within the city. 232 00:20:48,220 --> 00:20:59,320 We also offer complementary meeting space at the DeSoto Civic Center that can be utilized once per quarter, which is up to four meetings each year. 233 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:09,680 Question number two reads, is there a document that outlines the parameters of the relationship and who would be able to provide that document? 234 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:16,700 Again, HOAs are separate and distinct entities apart from the City of DeSoto, and there 235 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:21,800 is no document or formal agreement between the two that outlines any parameters. 236 00:21:22,580 --> 00:21:29,620 The City does, however, require the submission of the following documentation in order to 237 00:21:29,620 --> 00:21:32,720 be eligible to apply for the Neighborhood Matching Grant. 238 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:40,660 That is, your articles of incorporation, bylaws, organization meeting minutes, proof of elected 239 00:21:40,660 --> 00:21:46,440 board members, map of your boundaries if that's available, and current contact information 240 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,120 for all officers and or your managing entity. 241 00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:53,080 Question number three. 242 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:59,160 What steps should citizens take when they have an unresolved problem or dispute regarding 243 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,440 their HOA, the board, and or management. 244 00:22:03,980 --> 00:22:09,220 Municipalities like the City of DeSoto do not govern any HOA or neighborhood association. 245 00:22:10,020 --> 00:22:15,260 These entities are established as non-profit groups through registration and compliance 246 00:22:15,260 --> 00:22:19,760 with the State of Texas Office of the Secretary of State. 247 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:25,320 Any disputes that cannot be resolved internally should be directed to the Texas Attorney 248 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,020 Attorney General's Office or address through legal channels. 249 00:22:30,220 --> 00:22:37,440 Question four, what types of influence have any of the City Council members had in HOA 250 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,820 issues, problems or disputes? 251 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,880 City Council members may receive requests for information or assistance from an individual 252 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:50,980 resident regarding their private property or common areas in a neighborhood. 253 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:58,160 Those requests are typically forwarded to the appropriate city department or manager for review and follow-up. 254 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:08,940 Any issues related to roads, alleys and right-of-ways that could affect the HOA as an entity would also be directed to the appropriate department 255 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:13,820 but could also escalate to the city manager's office if unresolved. 256 00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:24,440 And the last question, in what types of unresolved HOA issues have city council members had to involve themselves? 257 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:35,680 The city is not aware of any such instances where a city council member was expected or required to resolve an issue with an HOA. 258 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:40,300 So those are the answers to the questions that were submitted, Mayor Proctor. 259 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:50,200 Also in the packet are some other information about HOAs, how they are established, how they are run, how we interact with them with the city. 260 00:23:50,860 --> 00:23:56,860 And there's also a copy of the City of DeSoto, Texas Code of Ordinances, 261 00:23:57,820 --> 00:24:06,160 which explains about mandatory homeowners associations in the city, which was passed in April of 2001. 262 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:13,140 Thank you. Ms. Lewis, before you step away, are there any specific follow-up questions to any of her information that was presented? 263 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,220 Okay. You can call their name and they can come step to the microphone. 264 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,120 Mayor, we have Mr. Arthur Anderson. 265 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:30,400 He's coming with HOA questions regarding, is the relationship purely information, exchanging 266 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,220 and programming? 267 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:38,720 His other question is, have the City Council members been involved in HOA matters, involved 268 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,860 in crime, and what does that look like? 269 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:41,380 I 270 00:24:51,170 --> 00:24:52,910 want to make sure I'm reading this correctly. 271 00:24:52,910 --> 00:25:02,710 is the relationship purely information, exchanging, and programming. Yes, we do not run the HOAs. 272 00:25:02,850 --> 00:25:09,930 We don't monitor them. We cannot do anything to them. They are separate entities. We just 273 00:25:09,930 --> 00:25:11,070 have a partnership with them. 274 00:25:11,490 --> 00:25:15,250 So the partnership is purely information exchange and programming that you have listed in 275 00:25:15,670 --> 00:25:15,970 the... 276 00:25:15,970 --> 00:25:21,410 Right. And the main program is the Neighborhood Matching Grant. That's the only 277 00:25:21,410 --> 00:25:26,870 exchange of information that goes on. That does happen twice a year. It is 278 00:25:26,870 --> 00:25:32,930 voluntary for the HOAs to participate and they get funds from the city in the 279 00:25:32,930 --> 00:25:33,630 form of a grant. 280 00:25:35,830 --> 00:25:39,370 We do have the, Ms. Lewis, I wanted to reiterate and underscore 281 00:25:39,370 --> 00:25:44,190 your workshop that you do with the, was that mentioned as well? Yes. Okay. 282 00:25:44,570 --> 00:25:50,170 Yes, I did. The workshop is hosted here usually August or September of the 283 00:25:50,170 --> 00:25:55,090 year. Anyone is invited. You don't have to be a part of an H.O.A. to participate, but 284 00:25:55,090 --> 00:26:00,210 we do have an opportunity for you to speak to all the departments here with the city, 285 00:26:00,390 --> 00:26:07,770 ask questions, and also I always try to provide some professional, probably usually an attorney 286 00:26:08,730 --> 00:26:14,690 who is well-versed with H.O.A. Legislature, rules, laws, anything that has come down 287 00:26:14,690 --> 00:26:16,050 on the pipe since the last year. 288 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:20,420 And then the second one says, 289 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:26,600 have city council members been involved in HOA matters, 290 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:30,020 involving crimes, and what does that look like? 291 00:26:30,180 --> 00:26:32,060 Can you be a little more specific with that? 292 00:26:32,380 --> 00:26:33,220 Yeah, sure. 293 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:35,180 I'm just wondering if there are, 294 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:37,300 like for example, if someone has a crime 295 00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:38,900 that happens to them in their HOA 296 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:40,000 or later through their HOA, 297 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:41,780 if they come to the city council member, 298 00:26:42,340 --> 00:26:44,580 how does the city council member get involved, 299 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:49,700 it at all or have they have they done that in the past? Well if it's a crime you need to be in 300 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:55,140 contact with the police department and not necessarily the city offices or departments. 301 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:07,220 And then if and either the HOA board or its members or even members I mean residents in a 302 00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:12,620 particular area you can always reach out to your council member to ask for assistance or 303 00:27:12,620 --> 00:27:18,160 guidance with HOA issues or anything else in the neighborhood and like I read 304 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:22,840 before they typically will pass that along to the appropriate department or 305 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,920 manager to respond directly to that resident or entity. 306 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:29,900 There 307 00:27:36,170 --> 00:27:36,930 is a response 308 00:27:36,930 --> 00:27:41,150 if a city council member has transferred a request to a department 309 00:27:41,890 --> 00:27:47,410 usually that will definitely involve the city manager's office but within 310 00:27:47,410 --> 00:27:52,950 And those questions, well, that responsibility is delegated according to the department needed. 311 00:27:54,670 --> 00:27:55,230 Thank you. 312 00:27:55,310 --> 00:27:55,710 I appreciate it. 313 00:27:56,150 --> 00:27:56,550 Thank you. 314 00:27:56,770 --> 00:27:57,290 Anything else? 315 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,520 I believe that's the only question unless anyone else has any follow-up or clarification 316 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,300 needed specifically for our questions about HOAs. 317 00:28:06,980 --> 00:28:11,800 If not, then thank you, Ms. Lewis, we'll take any other questions that you have received 318 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:12,380 cards for. 319 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:13,220 Thank you. 320 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:21,000 Are there any other questions that we can address for you here tonight? 321 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:26,460 We have all of our directors here ready to give information if needed. 322 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,980 I guess everybody just likes coming to the 360 meetings. 323 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,980 This happens more often than not lately. 324 00:28:36,260 --> 00:28:40,380 We've just come to be entertained, I guess, with what information we're going to present. 325 00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:45,400 Hearing none, I also see Council Member Parker who joined us, 326 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,140 as well as Council Member Andre Byrd. 327 00:28:47,740 --> 00:28:48,680 He represents Place 4. 328 00:28:48,820 --> 00:28:50,660 Council Member Parker represents Place 2. 329 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,140 Thank you all for being here as well. 330 00:28:53,140 --> 00:28:59,700 If there are no additional questions, our agenda calls for closing comments and announcements. 331 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:05,220 I have several announcements with many things that are happening in our city. 332 00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:09,300 Many of this happening very soon over the weekend, so I want to make sure you all have 333 00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:09,840 that information. 334 00:29:10,980 --> 00:29:17,580 The City of DeSoto will be celebrating our 75th birthday with a black tie gala tomorrow 335 00:29:17,580 --> 00:29:18,160 night. 336 00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:20,160 This is a sold out event. 337 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,380 So we're looking forward to it. 338 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,500 We have our homecoming king and queen that have been announced 339 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:29,320 as well as our homecoming court that have been announced. 340 00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:32,150 Mr. Glover? 341 00:29:35,150 --> 00:29:37,130 Oh, you have a report? I'm sorry. 342 00:29:48,110 --> 00:29:49,730 Well, we have a little time. 343 00:29:50,070 --> 00:29:51,990 I mean, do you want to come talk about it? 344 00:29:52,030 --> 00:29:55,810 Do you have slides or are you just going to be talking from expertise? 345 00:29:56,370 --> 00:29:57,770 All right. Well, come on up, join us. 346 00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:59,870 Mr. Glover is our Parks and Recreation... 347 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:22,760 Director of Recreations, and he wants to give us some information, some very exciting information I'm sure, about the McCowen Aquatic and Recreation Center, which I believe you can come to this podium here, because that will be better for our online audience, that we're getting ready, I believe, and I hope we are still getting ready to break ground on in the month of May, is that correct? 348 00:30:23,740 --> 00:30:24,700 Don't say it. 349 00:30:27,180 --> 00:30:30,580 Don't leave me out there like that, Mr. Glover. Okay, we'll let you proceed. 350 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:36,780 We'll make it happen. And I'm not going to be very long. I didn't actually do any preparation for this, 351 00:30:37,820 --> 00:30:42,160 but we're really excited the way that the project is coming along for those that don't know. 352 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:51,100 our new Aquatics and Recreation Center at McAllen Park across from Katherine Johnson. 353 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:58,380 Intermediate school is where it's going to be located. We're going to break ground in May. 354 00:31:01,180 --> 00:31:03,540 We're going to work on our groundbreaking, so there's something. 355 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,300 We need to talk about that a little bit, but we are going to break ground in May. 356 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:10,160 and it is an 18 month project. 357 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,400 So in December of 2025, 358 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,860 we will have a brand new aquatics and recreation center 359 00:31:16,860 --> 00:31:18,180 here in the city of DeSoto. 360 00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:21,860 And so, okay, so what's so impressive about it? 361 00:31:21,940 --> 00:31:22,960 Glad you asked that question. 362 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,400 It is really gonna be something that's different. 363 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,620 We're gonna have a couple of basketball courts 364 00:31:30,020 --> 00:31:32,380 that run one direction on a full length court 365 00:31:32,380 --> 00:31:33,980 that runs the opposite direction. 366 00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:36,040 There are gonna be some rental spaces 367 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,020 that are going to be there but most excitingly there's going to be a 368 00:31:39,020 --> 00:31:45,240 Natatorium and there is going to be actually a recreational Natatorium and 369 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:50,280 there's also going to be a competition Natatorium so it's really going to be 370 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:56,560 awesome. Our fitness area again it's going to be one of the best and in the 371 00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,580 fitness area we're going to have physical therapy services that will 372 00:32:00,580 --> 00:32:05,620 be in there and it is going to be a multi-generational facility so 373 00:32:05,620 --> 00:32:12,660 Everyone is going to be more than welcome. We have a teen area that's designated in it as well. The project overall project cost 374 00:32:12,660 --> 00:32:13,620 $53 million. 375 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:20,960 So it will be something that we're going to be extremely proud of and we can't wait to get it opens. 376 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:26,860 And so we would like for you all to help us spread the word to get people more and more excited about it. 377 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:32,280 And once it actually touches down, it'll be something that we can all be extremely proud of. 378 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:39,580 And that's it unless anyone has any questions once or twice. 379 00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:40,580 Thank you, Mr. Glover. 380 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:41,560 Okay. Thank you. 381 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:48,340 Are there any questions regarding our soon-to-come Natatorium? 382 00:32:48,580 --> 00:32:51,660 We're very excited about that particular project. 383 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:57,120 So thank you, Mr. Glover, for giving us a very high-level overview of what is to come. 384 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,000 We appreciate you. 385 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,140 So back to the announcements. 386 00:33:00,140 --> 00:33:07,480 I see council member Chisholm who represents place six. She also made her arrival. Thank you for being here. I think that's yeah 387 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:15,960 So I want to get back to our announcement about the 75th birthday gala which happens tomorrow night doors open at 6 30 388 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:20,340 And we will be kicking off roughly at about 7 p.m. It's going to be very exciting 389 00:33:20,340 --> 00:33:25,400 To just kind of see it is it is a bit of a homecoming type of an event 390 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,200 and the planning committee was giving information. 391 00:33:28,780 --> 00:33:31,020 We have many of the founding families 392 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,240 that will be there on tomorrow night 393 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:35,980 or have representation from those families 394 00:33:35,980 --> 00:33:37,580 rather than will be there on tomorrow night. 395 00:33:37,780 --> 00:33:40,360 So many of the names that you see on our parks 396 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,580 and on our streets, members of those families 397 00:33:42,580 --> 00:33:45,600 will be joining us tomorrow to celebrate DeSoto 398 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,720 throughout the years as we turn 75 years old. 399 00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:51,380 And so that's gonna be happening tomorrow night 400 00:33:51,380 --> 00:33:53,880 at the DeSoto Civic Center in the Blue Bonnet Room. 401 00:33:54,680 --> 00:34:03,740 The next thing we have on this coming Saturday, April 6th, is to keep DeSoto beautiful citywide trash pickup day happening from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 402 00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:09,000 and it's going to be in various locations. I believe it's not too late, Mr. Glover, am I correct? 403 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,720 It's not too late for them to sign up if they want to participate in their cleanup event. 404 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:22,260 You can go to DeSotoEventsWithanS.EventsBrite.com again DeSotoEventsWithanS.EventsBrite.com 405 00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:28,720 and again it's going to be in various locations throughout the city where you can help us to keep DeSoto beautiful this weekend. 406 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:38,180 Also on Saturday April 13th is the City of DeSoto Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 407 00:34:38,180 --> 00:34:45,160 And that's going to be happening at the Westmoreland pump station at 620 North Westmoreland Road, 408 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:46,800 again, right here in DeSoto, Texas. 409 00:34:47,240 --> 00:34:48,340 So prepare for that. 410 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,720 In some entertainment that we actually have coming up on that very same day, 411 00:34:54,180 --> 00:34:56,920 we have the Not My Family stage play. 412 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:58,640 We will have two shows that day. 413 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,040 One show will be happening at 4 p.m. 414 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,100 The next show will be happening at 7 30 p.m. 415 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,420 Again, on Saturday, April 13th at the Corner Theater. 416 00:35:07,420 --> 00:35:09,980 here at 211 East Pleasant Round Road. 417 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:11,300 I believe they can get tickets 418 00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:14,620 at disotoevents.eventbrite.com as well. 419 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:17,280 So you can go to that page to get information 420 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,600 and tickets and register for any of the events 421 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,900 that Disoto has going on thus far. 422 00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:25,500 Again, that's disotoevents.eventbrite.com. 423 00:35:26,420 --> 00:35:28,660 Also happening on April 20th, 424 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:33,340 we have the Autism Awareness Event from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 425 00:35:34,220 --> 00:35:36,000 And that's gonna be at Ernie Roberts Park 426 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:45,800 at a 515 East Pleasant Run Road and not lastly we have next we have happening 427 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:52,180 on April 24th we have the faith leaders quarterly breakfast from 8 30 a.m. to 10 428 00:35:52,180 --> 00:35:57,600 a.m. and that is going to be happening in the Blue Bonnet rooms as well on 429 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:05,000 Wednesday April 24th again that's from 8 30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and that that does 430 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:09,800 require registration as well. I believe that you can go and find the link to that 431 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:14,680 on the city's website. Just look for the faith leaders quarterly breakfast or you 432 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,600 can get an email if you're already on the registration list from previous 433 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:22,800 events to register for that event. The last announcement that I do have is 434 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:28,360 Von Miller Day which is happening on Saturday April 27th from 11 a.m. to 6 435 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:34,160 p.m. at Zyger Park which is at 405 Eagle Drive right here in DeSoto, Texas. 436 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,180 Council, am I leaving out any announcements? 437 00:36:39,870 --> 00:36:42,610 As well as, Tasha, do you have information on the election? 438 00:36:42,950 --> 00:36:44,790 I probably should have mentioned that first. 439 00:36:46,790 --> 00:36:47,270 Okay. 440 00:36:51,890 --> 00:36:54,650 Election, so we do have an election that is going on. 441 00:36:54,790 --> 00:36:55,770 What are the early voting dates? 442 00:36:56,250 --> 00:37:00,800 Tracy has those dates on the master calendar. 443 00:37:01,540 --> 00:37:03,500 It's like the first day of early voting. 444 00:37:04,740 --> 00:37:06,920 It says May 4th, but I think that's incorrect. 445 00:37:07,660 --> 00:37:08,900 That's the early voting. 446 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:11,220 I think it's on the 22nd. 447 00:37:11,220 --> 00:37:15,280 April 22nd through the 30th, yes, thank you. 448 00:37:15,780 --> 00:37:17,940 So early voting happens for, 449 00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,800 and we do have a city council election that is happening. 450 00:37:21,140 --> 00:37:23,460 So early voting begins on April 22nd 451 00:37:23,460 --> 00:37:27,240 and ends on April 30th, election day is May the 4th. 452 00:37:27,260 --> 00:37:31,200 So please visit DallasCountyVotes.org 453 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,800 to get more detailed information 454 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,800 on the elections that are happening 455 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,480 as well as make plans to vote early. 456 00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:46,080 At this time, I believe that is all the Announcements Council. Did I get everything? Yes. All right, staff, we covered everything. 457 00:37:47,180 --> 00:37:54,140 All right, so it looks like I'm going to be able to give you all a little time back. We had till 7.30. It's 7.07 p.m. 458 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:59,900 So at this time, I will declare our Mayor's 360 adjourn. Thank you all. Have a good night.