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SOLICITATION NUMBER: RFQ-2024-020

DUE DATE: August 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM

BID TITLE: PUBLIC ART MURAL

The City of DeSoto, Texas is accepting sealed qualifications for Public Art Mural

The City of DeSoto, Texas is accepting sealed qualifications for Public Art Mural

Sealed qualifications will be received and time stamped at the Action Center located at 211 E. Pleasant Run Road, DeSoto, TX 75115 until 12:00 P.M. on August 30, 2024. Any qualifications received after 12:00 P.M. on August 30, 2024, regardless of the mode of delivery, shall be returned unopened.

Solicitation and other qualification documents can be downloaded from www.publicpurchase.com or requested from the Purchasing Division via email Procurement@desototexas.gov. The City is not responsible for any vendor’s cost associated with the preparation of qualifications documents.

The City of DeSoto reserves the right to reject any or all qualifications, in whole or part, to waive any informality in any qualification or accept qualifications which, in its discretion, is in the best interest of the City of DeSoto.

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CITY OF DESOTO
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Z-1527-24

The City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing to consider Zoning Case Z-1527-24 to consider a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for the expansion of existing electrical substation. The property in question is located at 1220 E Pleasant Run Rd., DeSoto, Texas. The applicant is Rob Myers of Kimley-Horn and the owner is Seth Sampson. The public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission will be conducted on Tuesday August 27, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. If the SUP request is denied and appealed, the public hearing before the City Council will be conducted on Tuesday October 1, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

Caso Z-1527-24
La Comisión de Planificación y Zonificación de la Ciudad de DeSoto llevará a cabo una Audiencia Pública para considerar el Caso de Zonificación Z-1527-24 para considerar un Permiso de Uso Específico (SUP) para la expansión de la subestación eléctrica existente. La propiedad en cuestión está ubicada en 1220 E Pleasant Run Rd., DeSoto, Texas. El solicitante es Rob Myers de Kimley-Horn y el propietario es Seth Sampson. La audiencia pública ante la Comisión de Planificación y Zonificación se llevará a cabo el martes 27 de agosto de 2024 a las 6:00 p.m. De ser denegada y apelada la solicitud de SUP, la audiencia pública ante el Ayuntamiento se llevará a cabo el martes 1 de octubre de 2024 a las 18:00 horas.

For meeting information please go to the City website (http://www.desototexas.gov/1515/Agendas-and-Minutes) to view the agenda. If you have any questions regarding this case, contact the Planning and Zoning Department at (972) 230-9622.The building in which the above meeting will be conducted is wheelchair accessible; spaces for the mobility impaired are available. Any request for sign interpretative services must be made forty-eight hours prior to the time of the meeting.

Arrangements for sign interpretative services may be made by calling the City Secretary at 972/230-9646 or by calling TDD-1-800-RELAYTX (1-800-735-2989).

To be a valid written protest the protest or petition in opposition must be filed with the Planning Department before 4:00 P.M of the working day immediately preceding the date in which Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council will hear this case.

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DESOTO –DeSoto is home to 2,850 US Military Veterans.

DeSoto City Council opened its meeting Tuesday night with the honor of being designated a Purple Heart City. The Military Order of the Purple Heart designated the city with the status this week. The Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members and is awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving.

Eric Newton, Senior Vice Commander for the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter #1513 serving Dallas/Fort Worth and Mid-Cities, said about the designation, “It shows just how committed DeSoto is to their Purple Heart veterans, and veterans as a whole, and we encourage other cities to step forward like DeSoto and show their support for the heroes that make their communities safer and better!”

Chapter #1513 represents more than 520 Purple Heart Recipients, with Newton receiving his Purple Heart after he was wounded by mortar fire in Vietnam. He later volunteered for service in Iraq.

Lisa Holmes-Lunkwicz of the Combat Wounded Service Organization (CWSO), who is the surviving spouse of US Army infantry soldier Jon Lunkwicz who received a Purple Heart in Vietnam, was also in attendance.

The DeSoto Police Department was also busy Tuesday night with National Night Out.

This year, the NNO event was held at the Shops and Restaurants of DeSoto Market Place from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

The event featured attractions, including a water slide, bounce house, face painting, games, and the chance to explore the offerings of 11 local restaurants located at DeSoto Market Place.

There were activities for all in attendance to continue to foster community spirit and strengthen police-community partnerships.

During the council meeting, DeSoto Mayor Rachel Proctor also mentioned that five HOAs, including Silver Creek Meadows, Thorntree Estates, Meadowbrook, High Meadows, Candle Meadows, and Briarwood Estates, were holding events.

Citizen comments included Shanita Cleveland stressing she is not a resident of DeSoto “as media had said” she lives in South Dallas. She recognized the positivity regarding the Purple Heart City designation. She also said in brief during her comment cities are supposed to have justice, and fairness. She said she was asking “are we voting for people who truly love to serve the people?”

Bernadine Harrison followed Cleveland and recognized her positive comments.

Harrison then added, “Mayor Proctor, you said at the last meeting here, you did it five times, and it is almost like washing our face in dish

DeSoto, TX – Wildwood Development will cut the ribbon opening the new DeSoto Professional Park on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 11 am. This 80-acre business and professional park is located at 2401 Bolton Boone Drive in DeSoto, TX 75115.

For more than six decades, Wildwood has been creating a better future by continuing to plan attractive, environmentally sensitive projects that will provide homes for the families of tomorrow.

They have also been a force in fostering economic development in DeSoto and the Best Southwest since the 1980’s. They developed DeSoto’s Eagle Industrial Park and are now cutting the ribbon on the city’s newest Professional Park.

“The DeSoto Professional Park is positioned to be the hub of DeSoto’s emerging Life Sciences Innovation Core.” said Matt Carlson, City of DeSoto Economic Development Director. “Just 15 miles from the center of DFW’s Life Science epicenter at Pegasus Park, the Life Sciences Innovation Core at DeSoto Professional Park is an integral part of the regional ecosystem,” said Carlson.

”Leveraging the rich talent pool of healthcare professionals in Southern Dallas, this development project will create an unprecedented number of jobs in our community”, according to Carlson. “And this campus style development with its parks and trails to connect surrounding neighborhoods and a walkable, highly-amenitized exurban environment, supported by research and education partners, will create dozens of new and exciting spaces in DeSoto.”

‘The new DeSoto Professional Park offers a scenic location with a rural feel where natural trees and water features have been preserved. “As our namesake suggests, Wildwood strives to minimize the impact our developments have on the environment,” said Tom Gaubert, Chairman of the Wildwood Foundation.

Wildwood also seeks to preserve DeSoto’s history and honor residents who have made an impact on the community. The main thoroughfare running through the DeSoto Professional Park, Janice Orr Blvd., has been named for the wife of former DeSoto Mayor and Dallas County Commissioner Roy Orr. To honor that legacy, DeSoto Mayor Rachel L. Proctor will officially dedicate Janice Orr Blvd. during the event.

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CITY OF DESOTO
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Z-1528-24
The City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing to consider Zoning Case Z-1528-24 to consider a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a Business School (Beauty School). The property in question is located at 1700 N. Hampton Road, Suite 105, DeSoto, Texas. The applicant is Ashley Yeldell-Passins and the owner is Grand Fortune Estates, LLC. The public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission will be conducted on Tuesday August 13, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. If the SUP request is recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission; if denied and appealed, the public hearing before the City Council will be conducted on Tuesday August 20, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

Caso Z-1528-24
La Comisión de Planificación y Zonificación de la Ciudad de DeSoto llevará a cabo una Audiencia Pública para considerar el Caso de Zonificación Z-1528-24 para considerar un Permiso de Uso Específico (SUP) para una Escuela de Negocios (Escuela de Belleza). La propiedad en cuestión está ubicada en 1700 N. Hampton Road, Suite 105, DeSoto, Texas. El solicitante es Ashley Yeldell-Passins y el propietario es Grand Fortune Estates, LLC. La audiencia pública ante la Comisión de Planificación y Zonificación se llevará a cabo el martes 13 de agosto de 2024 a las 6:00 p.m. Si la solicitud de cambio de zonificación es recomendada para aprobación por la Comisión de Planificación y Zonificación; de ser denegada y apelada, la audiencia pública ante el Ayuntamiento se llevará a cabo el martes 20 de agosto de 2024 a las 6:00 p.m.

For meeting information please go to the City website (http://www.desototexas.gov/1515/Agendas-and-Minutes) to view the agenda. If you have any questions regarding this case, contact the Planning and Zoning Department at (972) 230-9622.The building in which the above meeting will be conducted is wheelchair accessible; spaces for the mobility impaired are available. Any request for sign interpretative services must be made forty-eight hours prior to the time of the meeting.

Arrangements for sign interpretative services may be made by calling the City Secretary at 972/230-9646 or by calling TDD-1-800-RELAYTX (1-800-735-2989).

To be a valid written protest the protest or petition in opposition must be filed with the Planning Department before 4:00 P.M of the working day immediately preceding the date in which Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council will hear this case.

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