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- The board approved the consent agenda, which included the minutes of the July 10, 2025 regular board meeting and the financial statements for June and July 2025. A motion and second were made; the chair called the question and \"Aye\" carried the motion.

- The board voted to table the nominations and election of corporate officers (vice president) and move the matter to the September board meeting. The motion to move the item to September was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.

The votes were taken by voice; the record in the transcript shows the motions, seconds and the chair’s call of the votes but does not include a roll-call tally with member names.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","DeSoto - Economic Development","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved the consent agenda (minutes and June/July financials) and voted to table the nominations and election of corporate officers to the September meeting.","taxTitle","DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas","taxId",4572,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6587528,"'Healthy DeSoto' plan moved to council retreat for deeper review",585,4262180,4847390,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5587772-d49f87c0b894f6621c38c09200c0a72d&start=4262&end=4847","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5587772-d49f87c0b894f6621c38c09200c0a72d/thumbnail_4262180.jpg","/articles/6587528/DeSoto/Dallas-County/Texas/Healthy-DeSoto-plan-moved-to-council-retreat-for-deeper-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6587528-90f04b474314acf18543572a0157faa8/orig.mp4?Expires=1770402647&Signature=RH09PbjWYLyLQUG0qLQuUP6DIt~PO~u-ErEsLZD0b3attd6KPT0-FJDn4w7dwEYJI1mwz~fHduYK2750BpFZoCN-mcT4H0YY3~kUhbUtVcEcwtZ3sD6bR9qkOlB99WWF3KVyB7PISSqNCJ6TqQqpoGUsUe3sY3JBcdSFmaFZBaphGRlIt2GylaA-nMN-fLQR5Cd6~c1E52tb8wNOcbBSWNwMlGM45TJPvqho5GaQEyD9cFRXRyRH4jj7GOLZP5NpEAwlU6cj7ZSx9dZfd64ESBrmqrtlaXBJ8h6pfqb-DmuszNQ6h0UQIyd5~MMSgwCrFu9yKyPPlAY3W3gVHg4m7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Board and staff discussed the Healthy DeSoto initiative, a multi-stakeholder study intended to define long-term goals and real-estate implications for health, sports medicine and related enterprise districts.

Staff described the project as a way to establish what it would take to attract a community hospital, sports/orthopedics center and research campus linked to local workforce development. ‘‘This effort is meant to identify what it might take, the people who needed to be involved, the real estate that needs to be involved,’’ a staff presenter said.

The board agreed the issue requires a longer, less formal forum and moved discussion to the council’s retreat so council members and staff can review the planned scope and ask the 15 questions staff identified from prior briefings. Staff said they will bring back a refined scope of work and a professional services contract for the board to consider after the retreat.

Board members asked staff to ensure the retreat materials respond to earlier questions raised by council and to show how proposed health-related investments would translate into job creation and real estate projects.","The board advanced the Healthy DeSoto initiative to the city council retreat for more in-depth discussion. Staff presented scope, partners and next steps; the board asked for answers to previously raised questions before final decisions.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6587533,"DeSoto development staff unveils project dashboard and RFP plan; zoning flagged as the chief barrier",3585,2457000,6042180,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5587772-d49f87c0b894f6621c38c09200c0a72d&start=2457&end=6042","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5587772-d49f87c0b894f6621c38c09200c0a72d/thumbnail_2457000.jpg","/articles/6587533/DeSoto/Dallas-County/Texas/DeSoto-development-staff-unveils-project-dashboard-and-RFP-plan-zoning-flagged-as-the-chief-barrier","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6587533-f1c05fc2be5d10928105216ebc66a4b5/orig.mp4?Expires=1770402647&Signature=fq4TBVxNzOL64stNbrOsRDAWZ9ixW2QD7VrJ9q0Ld-J1QCsx2YdPJkCAf908sgHbSyZ1wAFklh0fuqv-l6~sLnEuMHv4zW5Zedan~Y70RCH6BkJNSBvUcVcgxFRFoH8VmYZQeo5F0xGMXPF7tNDfI7EAoUuIfCrKy2g1ooMthdubnMUJ3Ze7y4GIj9WKIho056sO~HGkThGGUQvCOFHaCYpORUQaMxgTNhnBp2Fd1B9eC16C5i3BHsiDGTtLhpGnwBb-LUREd-hIpOKNvR8JSYaum5DOp7b-rmBo-7HbQK3Q28RxXa5vc01cYUGpHHnvniWrhcbubStCD4LhZ2MZBA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Matt Carlson, director of economic development for the corporation and city, presented a new project-tracking dashboard the department says will centralize opportunity lists, project status and follow-up tasks.

“...this dashboard that you’re looking at now is something I’ve been working on so that we can display our activity externally and show you all,” Carlson said during the presentation. The dashboard lists developable corridors and nodes, stamps projects by status (concept, planning, entitlement, construction) and is intended to surface stuck projects earlier.

Carlson and staff described a goal to release a targeted RFP/RFQ for the Hampton Road/BeltLine corner parcels later this year, with responses expected by the first quarter of next year. The plan calls for limited distribution to developers with relevant track records and for the city to define “what’s in and what’s out” (preferred uses, densities and incentives) before release.

Board members and staff repeatedly discussed zoning as a gating issue. One staff member recounted an industry comment: “Does it have zoning? And if the answer is no, it doesn’t ever become a project.” The board and staff said zoning and entitlement delays cause developers to shift to other, more-ready jurisdictions; they identified that as the single largest barrier to converting inquiries into capital projects.

Staff also described business-retention and expansion workflows, a cadence for regular targeted site visits to major employers, and draft processes for using Chapter 380 agreements and other instruments for projects that require public support. Carlson said the department is coordinating with the city manager and council on a communications plan and will return with RFP language and council briefings before distribution.

Board members asked staff to include explicit barrier flags in the dashboard (for example, “zoning required,” “infrastructure needed,” or “flood plain/drainage issue”) and to add stage-duration measures (how long projects remain in each phase) so the board can see where delays accumulate.","Economic development staff demonstrated a new project-tracking dashboard and said a limited RFP for Hampton Road/BeltLine parcels will go out later this year. Board members repeatedly identified lack of zoning and entitlement delays as the principal obstacle to converting interest into built projects.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_46":104,"_48":105,"_50":106,"_52":107,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":108,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":109,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6587539,"Interim finance director: DeSoto sales-tax receipts lag; board seeks industry breakdown",2257,82001,2339130,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5587772-d49f87c0b894f6621c38c09200c0a72d&start=82&end=2339","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5587772-d49f87c0b894f6621c38c09200c0a72d/thumbnail_82001.jpg","/articles/6587539/DeSoto/Dallas-County/Texas/Interim-finance-director-DeSoto-sales-tax-receipts-lag-board-seeks-industry-breakdown","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6587539-6262030ffdb7b2c6b75ccc433bb56a12/orig.mp4?Expires=1770402647&Signature=ieadvYT3UxDJUP4xKVZ15M042dvo3PyppfSXPDdrof73n8GZKF-VGt3CCr1jBXo60Zf2L0PzDUuCdBhe9L-1ON8lEGdAl1MJL9wbwsuWInaYt39ShV-0JRaSXAttRl~R0bQNZOEaFNKKyeNU1boVn5W4le4r2roxUzvy6fvYxct952giJgzf6Rq4Lpfrk8nsEDV6l15feZWx9MFldl8l9FWis858Ec59WK81E3i2Z1By3zxg1z943EzTlT5wzBS-uTJ8ZL-xGjTND6iw9m5TU25Alx60b8dPCVqgvSyqXMFxACAsPgsMo2div~fq7iqd-HzTFmph7G-MtCdQYZ-6ew__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Interim Finance Director Nikita Sutton told the DeSoto Development Corporation board that the city’s sales-tax receipts are trailing last year’s pace and that staff will provide more detailed, quarterly breakdowns on request.

Sutton said the fiscal-year sales-tax budget is $2,700,000. “As of the June, we have received 1,600,000.0 of that. So that puts us at 60% on our, sales tax, which is tracking somewhat behind last year, which we were at 67% this time last year,” she said. The July report showed collections of about $1,900,000 and sales tax at roughly 70% of the budgeted amount compared with about 75% the prior year.

The board pressed staff to break out collections by industry sector — for example, food services versus general merchandise — to identify what is driving the decline. A board member asked for the breakdown on a quarterly schedule; Sutton said the city’s new software can produce that output and staff will provide it on a quarterly basis. Sutton also said the level of aggregation the Comptroller requires limits the usefulness of some public reports, but staff can produce internal, more detailed trend monitoring for selected large taxpayers.

Sutton noted one-time, large industrial purchases can produce sharp spikes: “Well, it’s because it was a $20,000,000 investment,” she said, pointing to earlier spikes tied to industrial capital purchases. The board discussed the longer-term effect of changes in development patterns and housing choices on where residents spend money, and several members urged focusing attraction work where the community can realistically capture new retail and industrial investment.

On non-sales revenue, Sutton said interest income is performing well. “Interest revenue is at a 101% of budget,” she said, noting last year’s high rates were an anomaly.

Board members asked staff to add year-over-year and month-to-month trend columns and a trend line graphic to future reports so the board could more clearly evaluate whether the city is stabilizing or continuing to fall behind peers.

The presentation closed with staff saying they will provide the requested quarterly industry breakdowns and a month-over-month trend comparison at upcoming meetings.","Interim Finance Director Nikita Sutton told the DeSoto Development Corporation board that sales-tax collections are tracking behind last year and requested more detailed, quarterly breakdowns by industry. Officials discussed impacts on the FY25–26 budget and noted interest revenue strength.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: consent agenda approved; nominations election tabled to September

'Healthy DeSoto' plan moved to council retreat for deeper review

DeSoto development staff unveils project dashboard and RFP plan; zoning flagged as the chief barrier

Interim finance director: DeSoto sales-tax receipts lag; board seeks industry breakdown