Aug 20, 2024 City Council

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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 20TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETINGS, LED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU'RE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION IS STSTRICTLYA MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL HAVE NO BEARING ON THE MATTERS WE WILL DECIDE HERE THIS EVENING, HAVING SAID ALL THAT, TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS FROM DISTRICT ONE, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS WE COME TOGETHER TODAY, LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE UNIQUE ROLE WE EACH PLAY IN THE LIFE OF THIS CITY. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT GARLAND, ITS PEOPLE, ITS FUTURE, AND THE VALUES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONG. LORD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY, TIRELESSLY TO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING SMOOTHLY FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PROTECT US DAILY TO OUR CITY STAFF WHO ENSURE THAT GARLAND THRIVES. WE ARE ALSO BLESSED WITH ENGAGED CITIZENS WHO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AND GIVE US DIRECTION. GRANT US THE WISDOM TO NAVIGATE CHALLENGES, THE COURAGE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, AND THE COMPASSION TO SERVE ALL OF GARLAND'S RESIDENTS WITH FAIRNESS AND RESPECT. HELP US TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE GREATER GOOD, WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A CITY THAT REFLECTS THE BEST OF WHO WE ARE. AND AS ALWAYS, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON OUR BELOVED DALLAS COWBOYS AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE SEASON AHEAD.

LET US NOW JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS The Mayor may present proclamations, recognize attendees or accomplishments, and make announcements regarding City events or other matters of interest to citizens including but not limited to listed items. There will be no Council discussion or votes on these matters. Garland Youth Council 2024-2025 Induction ]

THERE IS SOME GREAT MEMORABILIA IN THERE. AND MOMS FROM THIS BIG TO THE WHAT, 16 FOOT ONE THAT'S HANGING FROM THE COLUMN. SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY CHECK THAT OUT. AND SORT OF GOING ALONG WITH THAT THEME, IT IS, IT IS THE EVENING WHEN WE DO OUR YOUTH COUNCIL INDUCTIONS. WE DID THAT EARLIER OVER AT THE ATRIUM, AND SO I WOULD I WOULD TELL YOU, YOU KNO, THIS IS THIS IS MY LAST YEAR ON COUNCIL, AND I JUST REALIZED EARLIER WHEN THEY WERE ALL INTRODUCING THEMSELVES, THAT WHEN I CAME ONTO THE COUNCIL IN 2013, MY TWO APPOINTEES WERE JUNIORS THAT YEAR. I STILL KNOW ONE OF THEM. SHE LIVES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE IS NOW GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE AND IS FOUR YEARS INTO A TEACHING CAREER. SO THAT IS THAT. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF HOW OLD I AM. BUT WE ARE. WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THEM WITH US TONIGHT, THE YOUTH COUNCIL, THEY THEY'RE LIKE A LOT OF OUR ADVISORY BOARDS. THEY ADVISE US ON THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE YOUTH OF OUR CITY, OVER THE YEARS, THEY HAVE WORKED ON LOTS OF THINGS. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT OUR YOUTH COUNCIL ADVOCATED FOR WAS A SKATE PARK. THEY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. AND THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR ANIMAL SHELTERS AND JUST BUT THE SKATE PARK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THAT THEY TOOK ON. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE TIFFANY VINO UP. SHE IS OUR STAFF LIAISON FOR OUR YOUTH COUNCIL. THIS YEAR.ND I INVITE THE COUNCIL UP. YOU CAN JUST KIND OF MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND HERE, BRING IN THE CAMERA, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE WHEN I'M DONE.

SO. OKAY, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT MY JOB. MULTITASKING, YES. YES WELL, MAYOR LEMAY, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER REX, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE ONE OF THE STAFF LIAISONS FOR OUR 2425 GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. WE ARE KICKING OFF THIS YEAR. WE HAD A RETREAT ON AUGUST 3RD. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR INDUCTION CEREMONY TONIGHT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT AN AMAZING GROUP AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO DO. THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORKINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND

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I ATTEND GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AS A SENIOR, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. HI, MY NAME IS MILAN LEE. I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CINDY LEE. I CURRENTLY ATTEND SAXEY HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DYLAN HEDRICK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MUNA BARRASSO. I AM CURRENTLYLY A SENIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS OTT. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK UP. HI. MY NAME IS SASSY ZAHAJI. I'M A JUNIOR AT APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAM. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS SOPHIA SAL. AND I'M A FRESHMAN AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILWOMAN LUCHT. HI. MY NAME IS GIULIANA DEJESUS, AND I CURRENTLY ATTEND SAXEY HIGH SCHOOL AS A FRESHMAN, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS OTT. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMISHA OROZ. I'M FROM SAXY, I'M A JUNIOR AND I WAS APPOINTED BY JEFF BASS. THAT'S HOW YOU DO. HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS SHALOM UMUKORO AND I'M A 12TH GRADER AND CURRENTLY ATTEND GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS BAIRD. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS VALERIE BOY. I'M A SENIOR. I ATTEND NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY OUR LOVELY MAYOR SCOTT LEE. MY. HELLO. MY NAME IS HANNA NERI. I'M A JUNIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN MOORE. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANNA TANKERSLEY, AND I'M A JUNIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS TAMARA ZAMORA. I'M A JUNIOR IN GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS BEARD, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ARIANA SANCHEZ. I AM CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AT BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MISS CARISSA DUTTON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS COLE MCCLESKEY. I AM A FRESHMAN. I GO TO GREAT HEARTS ONLINE AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. I AM PRESTON BASS AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR SCOTT LAMB. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M STEVIE HOGUE, I'M A SENIOR AT INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY DISTRICT FIVE, THE DISTRICT I LIVE IN MYSELF, MISS LUX. WELL VERY GOOD. AND BELIEVE IT OR NO, I FORGET THEIR NAMES SOMETIMES TOO, SO. BUT THANK YOU ALL. I WISH YOU A GREAT YEAR ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY, ANOTHER GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. SO. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE SOME OF THEIR PARENTS THAT I'VE SEEN HERE FOR MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY'VE COME THROUGH THE COUNCIL. AND BEING A PARENT, I ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A FEW HOURS YOURSELF ON THIS. SO THANK YOU. AND LIKE I SAY, HAVE A GREAT YEAR.

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[ CONSENT AGENDA All items under this section are recommended for approval by a single motion of Council, without discussion. Council has had the opportunity to review each of these items at a previous Work Session, and approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager or his designee to execute each item. The Mayor will announce the consent agenda and provide an opportunity for members of the audience, as well as Council, to request that any item be removed and considered separately.]

ITEM TWO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BIDS. ITEM TWO A TYLER TECHNOLOGY COURT SOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES. ITEM TWO B WORKDAY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES. ITEM TWO C, G, P AND L GIRVIN SWITCH STATION CONTROL ENCLOSURE CHANGE ORDER. ITEM 2B3 BLOCKER TRUCKS FOR THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM TWO E GFL. OLINGER. UNIT TWO AND THREE WATER SAMPLE PANEL REPLACEMENT. ITEM THREE A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES. COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORWARD THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES. ITEM THREE A IS CASE Z 2343. HEMPHILL LLC BY FAULK AND FOSTER. ITEM THREE B CASE Z 2405 SPIERS, ENGINEERING AND DISTRICT SEVEN. ITEM THREE C IS CASE Z 24. DASH 19 TRIANGLE ENGINEERING AND DISTRICT ONE. ITEM THREE D IS CASE Z 24. DASH 25 ZONE DEV. ON BEHALF OF STONE HAWK CAPITAL IN DISTRICT THREE. AND THE LAST ITEM IS ITEM THREE.

CASE Z 24 DASH 12. SPIERS ENGINEERING IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY ITEM PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SEEING NONE, COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT. CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MADAM SECRETARY, PREPARE TO VOTE FOR US. PLEASE COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER OD. IS THERE A. THERE WE GO AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU COVER THE SPEAKER REGULATION, PLEASE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING. SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.

APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. VERY GOOD. AND IF ANYONE IS PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT, I'LL NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD. YOU CAN GET THEM OUT IN THE HALL OR OVER AT THE CITY SECRETARY'S DESK, AND WE'LL GET YOU QUEUED UP FOR THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON, FIRST UP TONIGHT IS ITEM

[a. Public Hearing on Proposed FY 2024/2025 Tax Rate The Texas Property Tax Code, Section 26.05 (d), provides that a governing body may not adopt a tax rate that exceeds the lower of the voter approval rate or the no-new-revenue tax rate until the governing body has held a public hearing on the proposed tax rate and has otherwise complied with Section 26.06 and Section 26.065 of the Texas Property Tax Code. At the Public Hearing, all interested persons shall be allowed to be heard for or against the 2024-25 proposed tax rate.]

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SO WITH THIS TAX RATE, THE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IS ABOUT $150, OR ABOUT 10% FOR A SENIOR. IT IS ALSO $150 OR ABOUT 14%. TONIGHT WILL BE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. SEPTEMBER 3RD, WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE REQUESTING ADOPTIONF BOTH THE TAX RATE AND THE BUDGET. VERY GOOD SIR. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITE? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024. AND THE TWO THE 20 2425 TAX RATE IS SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, B PUBLIC

[b. Public Hearing on the 2024-25 Proposed Budget Section 5, Article VIII, of the City Charter, requires that a Public Hearing be held on the Proposed Budget for the coming fiscal year. At the Public Hearing, all interested persons shall be allowed to be heard for or against any item contained in the Proposed Budget. ]

WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRANDON DE 731 BAXTER TRAIL IN ROCKWALL, TEXAS, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER REX, AS I SAID, MY NAME IS BRANDON DE. OCTOBER WILL BE 25 YEARS HELPING TO DELIVER EXCELLENT SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND AS A MEMBER OF THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. I ALSO PROUDLY SERVE ON OUR GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION BOARD, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS STATE ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS BOARD, AND I COME BEFORE YOU FIRST TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO TO GIVE US THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES. NEXT, I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. REX, AND HIS STAFF, FOR BRINGING FORTH A PLAN THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IN MY LIFETIME OR CAREER HERE IN GARLAND. AND THAT IS A PLAN TO GIVE OUR RETIREES SOME RELIEF BY INSTITUTING A COLA. A TMRS COLA, THESE MEN AND WOMEN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BUILT THE ROAD. WE TRAVEL ON NOW IN GARLAND. THE ONES THAT CAME BEFORE US, THEY ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT MAY FEEL AS THOUGH WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THEM, BUT WE HAVEN'T. AND THAT'S WHY WE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF THAT ARE THIS COLA WILL NOT DIRECTLY IMPACT ME RIGHT NOW. FIGHT FOR THEM IS TO COME UP HERE, TO REMEMBER THEM, TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY'VE DONE. AND NOW WITH THIS BUDGET THAT MR. REX HAS LAID OUT IN HIS STAFF, WE HAVE THAT

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AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED. THANK YOU SIR. CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. KELLY MILLER. HONORABLE MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER, MY NAME IS KELLY MILLER. I LIVE AT 282 BENNETT DRIVE IN SUNNYVALE, TEXAS. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 28 YEARS AND COUNTING. I'VE ALSO BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE COLA COMMITTEE FOR THE GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. I'D LIKE TO FIRST SAY AS PART OF THE COLA COMMITTEE, WHEN HOUSE BILL 2464 CAME, IT CAME TO LIGHT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D HAD HOPE IN QUITE SOME TIME. THE RETURN OF A COLA TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES. IT WAS A COLA COMMITTEE'S TASK TO EXPLORE WHAT WAS POSSIBLE. AS WE UNDERTOOK THAT TASK. WE WANTED TO CONTEND FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND RETIREES AND FUTURE RETIREES. WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF ALL CITY OF GARLAND EMPLOYEES AND THE EFFORTS THEY PUT FORTH IN SERVING THE TO COMPETE IN THE MARKETPLACEE FOR THE BEST EMPLOYEES AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE THAT SUSTAINABILITY WAS CREATED FOR A SAFE, VIBRANT AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE LONG AFTER US. THE FIRST TIME I CAME BEFORE ANY CITY COUNCIL WAS IN 2008. IN THE FALL, ONE OF THE TOPICS AT HAND AT THAT TIME WAS COLA. AT THAT TIME WE WERE LOSING IT.

IT'S BEEN A DELIGHT ON THIS OCCASION TO COME BEFORE YOU AND SAY THAT THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION, THE COLA COMMITTEE, HAS BEEN DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL, THE TRANSPARENCY OF CHALLENGES THAT CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF HAVE SHARED WITH US, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND EVEN THE LIMITATIONS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. TO MATT WATSON AND ALISON BALE, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE VALUE OF ALL THEY GAVE US IN INFORMATION AND OPENNESS ABOUT THIS WHOLE PRACTICE OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO ENDEAVOR TO DO TO THE COLA COMMITTEE MET, AND THERE WERE SEVEN OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS. WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT, ENDORSE AND ACTUALLY WORK FOR WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO HELP SEE THIS THROUGH WHATEVER THE CITY CAN CALL UPON US. WE WANT TO BE THERE TO ENDORSE IT AS WELL FOR THAT FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY. SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR RESTORING THAT HOPE AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FORWARD WITH ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND GIVE THEM THE MOST EXCELLENT SERVICE WE CAN. BUT AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO EXPERIENCE THIS OCCASION FOR WHAT'S OCCURRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. BRENDA JACKSON. GOOD EVENING AND MY NAME IS BRENDA JACKSON, AND I LIVE AT 5509 SADDLEBACK ROAD IN GARLAND, 7543. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE ANIMAL SERVICES REQUEST FOR $20,000. AND THERE ARE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SHELTER IN REGARDS TO THE GARLAND PLAUSIBILITIES TRAP NEUTER RETURN PROGRAM. I DEBATED LONG AND HARD ABOUT SPEAKING TO Y'ALL DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS IN 2018. I CAME AND SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL WHEN THE CITY PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE TNR PROGRAM, WAS SLASHED, AND Y'ALL HELPED OUT WITH THAT. AND IN MARCH OF 2022, THE TNR PROGRAM WAS IN FEAR OF LOSING A HOME IN WHICH TO OPERATE. THE NEW SHELTER SUPPOSEDLY LACKED THE SPACE TO HOST THE INTAKE AND RECUPERATION OF CATS SLOTTED FOR TNR SURGERIES. MYSELF AND SEVERAL COLONY MANAGERS SPOKE UP FOR THE GARLAND POSSIBILITIES TNR PROGRAM AND AS A RESULT, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS KEY IN HELPING GARLAND PLAUSIBILITIES BEING AWARDED SPACE. THE INSTALLATION OF A 14 BY 40 FOOT CONSTRUCTION TRAILER LOCATED BEHIND THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THERE HAVE BEEN EMAILS AND CORRESPONDENCE GALORE DISCUSSING THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 25TH AND APRIL 22ND OF THIS YEAR, WHEN GARLAND POSSIBILITIES MADE THE CALL TO PAUSE THE TNR PROGRAM. WHEN A

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MIRACULOUSLY, WHERE THERE WAS NO SPACE IN 2022, THERE IS NOW SPACE IN THE SHELTER TO RECUPERATE THESE CATS. SO WHO WILL MONITOR THE CATS HEALTH? BEAR IN MIND THAT MOST OF THE SURGICAL ISSUES WERE DISCOVERED AFTER RECUPERATION AND MONITORING WAS OVER, AND THESE CATS WERE RETURNED TO THEIR COLONY. SO NOW, AS I MOVE OUT OF THE TNR TRAILER, WHERE ELECTRICITY HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCONNECTED, I HOPE THAT THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER GETS ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR INCORRECT LIVE RELEASE RATE REPORTING, FALSIFICATION OF ANIMAL MEDICAL RECORDS, AND WHERE SUBPAR SURGERY INCISIONS ARE DISCOVERED AND CORRECTED BY THE MEDICAL STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND AGAIN, A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE 20 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET, IS SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THIRD, 2024. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ITEM FIVE HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON HOLD A PUBLIC

[a. Consider a request by Mojibola Shobande, proposing an Automobile Sales, New or Used Use in an existing building. The site is located at 2723 National Place in District 5. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of Mojibola Shobande, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for an Automobile Sales, New or Used Use and 2) a Plan for an Automobile Sales, New or Used Use. This property is located at 2723 National Place. (District 5) (File Z 24-13)]

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN RECOMMENDS INDUSTRY CENTERS IN THIS GENERAL AREA. INDUSTRY CENTERS PROVIDE A CLUSTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY THAT CUMULATIVELY EMPLOY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. OPERATIONS WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT TYPE MAY REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAY RESULT IN MORE SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACTS. OPERATIONS MAY INCLUDE SUCH ELEMENTS AS SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC, LOADING DOCKS AND VISIBLE OUTDOOR STORAGE.

OVERALL, THE ARCHITECTURE, CHARACTER, SCALE AND INTENSITY SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT TYPES. INDUSTRY CENTERS ARE GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS THAT END AT SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT AREAS. SITE DESIGN ADDRESSES, FUNCTION, AND VISUAL ESTHETICS THAT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE BUFFERING AT GATEWAY CORRIDORS BETWEEN ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE PHOTOS SHOW THE SUBJECT SITE LOOKING NORTH, LOOKING EAST FROM THE SITE DOWN NATIONAL PLACE. THE VIEW LOOKING WEST FROM NATIONAL PLACE AND ALSO LOOKING SOUTH FROM NATIONAL PLACE. THE REQUEST IS WITHIN A UNIT OF A FOUR UNIT BUILDING.

THE PARKING NUMBER ONE THROUGH FIVE SHOWS THE AVAILABLE PARKING FOR THE USE, AND IN THE REAR IT SHOWS A BAY DOOR WHERE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AUTOMOBILES TO ENTER INTO THE BUILDING. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS TO ALLOW THE AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED USE, WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THERE ARE NO SITE CHANGES PROPOSED FOR

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ANGELA MADAM SECRETARY. SECRETARY DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.

WE DO NOT. OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? SIR, I WOULD, I WILL OFFER YOU A CHANCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MAKE A PRESENTATION. IF YOU SO CHOOSE. FROM HERE. AND I WILL NEEDO GET A SPEAKER CARD FROM YOU BEFORE YOUEAVE. BUT YOU ARE THE APPLICANT, SO I WOULD OFFER YOU THE TIME TO. LIKE I SAY, EITHER MAKE A PRESENTATION OR ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, AND YOU' HAVE TEN MINUTES IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS MOHIBULLAH SHERBONDY. I LIVE AT 3418 SARAH DRIVE, ROWLETT, TEXAS. ACTUALLY, WE ARE NOT INTO AUTOMOBILE SALES LIKE I USED TO TELL THEM AT THE CITY OF GARLAND. WHAT WE DO IS THAT, BACK IN AFRICA, WE HAVE A VERY BIG AUTO. LOT BACK IN AFRICA. SO WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE ARE LIKE A MIDDLEMAN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BUY CARS BACK IN AFRICA. BUT LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO TRUST WITH THEIR FUNDS. SO THEY SEND US THE MONEY. WE HELP THEM TO BUY THE CAR WE KEEP IN THE STORAGE PRIOR TO THE TIME WE TAKE TO THE SHIPPING COMPANY TO SHIP IT TO THEM. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, GOING TO FOUR YEARS. SO THE REASON WHY WE NEED, THE DEALERSHIP LICENSE IS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE BUYING DIRECTLY FROM THE AUCTION, NOT BUYING FROM FACEBOOK FROM THIS, FROM THAT.

BECAUSE IF WE ARE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE DEALERSHIP LICENSE, IT WILL ENABLE US TO SAVE MONEY.

IT WILL ENABLE US TO MAKE CHOICES OF CARS WE NEED TO GET FOR THE PEOPLE WE NEEDED THE CAR FOR. SO, WE DON'T SELL CAR OUTSIDE, WE DON'T EVEN SELL CARS. WE ONLY NEED THE LICENSE TO ENABLE US TO BUY DIRECTLY FROM THE FROM THE AUCTION, NOT FROM FACEBOOK, NOT FROM INDIVIDUAL. SO THAT IS WHAT I'VE GOT TO SAY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU, MAY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR

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OR MAYBE YOU ARE, IT'S STILL AUTOMOBILE SALES. AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF AND THAT'S WHAT THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS STATED THAT THAT'S SOMETHING AT THIS POINT IS NOT A GOOD USE OF THE LAND FOR US. ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT? YEAH YOU ARE. IT'S STILL IT'S STILL CLASSIFIED AS AUTOMOBILE, BUT WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT TO OTHERS IS THAT WE DON'T DISPLAY CARS ON THE FLOOR, LIKE SELLING. SO WE ONLY STORE THE CAR IN THE STORAGE AND WHY WE NEED THE LICENSE? THE DEALERSHIP LICENSE TO ENABLE US TO BUY FROM, LIKE DIRECTLY FROM THE AUCTION, NOT FROM FACEBOOK, WHEREBY WE CAN MAKE OUR CHOICES. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. SIR, COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, OKAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD HELP, HE HAD ASKED WHAT WAS HOLDING HIM UP, SO I DID A QUICK GOOGLE, SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON GETTING A DEALERSHIP LICENSE ARE, GETTING A GENERAL DISTINCT DISTINGUISHING NUMBER. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL LOCATION FOR YOUR DEALERSHIP, AND YOU HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STAT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DEALER SURETY BOND. SO THAT'S WHERE HE'S SAYING THE SUP IS WHAT'S HOLDING HIM UP, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT TO GET TO PROVE YOUR PHYSICAL. ADDRESS. SO FOR WHATEVER THAT IS WORTH, I PERSONALLY DON'T I WOULDN'T WANT A CAR LOT THERE. I WOULDN'T, BECAUSE THAT'S WE'VE GOT 1800 OF THEM, BUT, FOR SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DOING THIS FOR 3 TO 4 YEARS, AND NOW IT'S A TECHNICALITY. IT IT IS A LITTLE MY OPINION IS SWAYED A LITTLE BIT. SO, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT INFORMATION HELPED YOU. THANKS. OKAY AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. YES, SIR. I'M CURIOUS WHY, WHY THIS SPACE AND NOT ONE WHERE AUTOMOBILE SALES ARE ALLOWED OUTRIGHT? ANYWAY BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS PROPERTY FOR GOING TO FOUR YEARS NOW, AND, THE LANDLORD, I MEAN, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS A VERY NICE PERSON TO ME. HE DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY ISSUES. SO I'VE TRIED TO LIKE, LOOK FOR OTHER PLACES, BUT, IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT. RIGHT NOW. IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT. RIGHT NOW TO GET, PLACE ELSEWHERE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO PUT IN FOR THE SUP SO THAT I CAN KEEP THE STORAGE, AS IT WERE. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'VE GOT A FEW MORE FOLKS QUEUED UP, COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU. MAYOR. SIR, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN TODAY AND EXPLAINING YOUR STORY. AND I AM I AM SYMPATHETIC TO YOUR

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YEAH. COPART MAYHEM. I DECIDE. AUCTIONS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT UP A SIGN THAT. BUT BUT YOU'RE BUT IF YOU WERE TO BE RESTRICTED TO WHERE YOU CANNOT PARK CARS OUTSIDE PERIOD AT ALL, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BOTHER YOU? NO. IT CANAN'T BOTHE ME BECAUSE I DON'T PARK CAR OUTSIDE. IT'S ONLY MY PERSONAL CAR. I HAVE A STAFF THERE. MY WIFE. SO THE ONLY CAR YOU CAN SEE ON MY LOT IS JUST THREE CAR. MY CAR, MY WIFE AND STAFF. OKAY AND, SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IS A WAREHOUSE. USE WAREHOUSE, STORAGE, STORAGE WAREHOUSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM. RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU DON'T GET THIS SOUP TODAY, ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THE BUILDING AND STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE AS IT STANDS, THE SOUP IS WHAT YOU NEED TO GO TO THE AUCTION TO BUY A VEHICLE. YOU CAN WITHOUT THE SOUP, YOU CAN STILL BUY AS YOU ARE, RIGHT? SO I CAN STILL BUY FROM THE WAY I'VE BEEN BUYING. RIGHT. BUT IT'S JUST THAT IT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SAVE MONEY AND TIME AND BE OPEN TO CHOICES OF CARS LIKE I SAID, WE BUY FROM FACEBOOK, WE BUY FROM HANDS, TWO HANDS, AND SOMETIMES WE USE THESE OTHER PEOPLE'S ACCOUNTS WHEREBY THEY CHARGE YOU $400.

THEY CHARGE YOU $300. BUT IF I COULD GET MINE OR IF WE COULD GET OURS, THEN IT'S GOING TO SAVE US SOME MONEY AND OPEN US TO SOME CHOICES OF CARS THAT PEOPLE BACK HOME ARE REQUESTING FOR, THAT'S ALL. SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE BUSINESS WOULD CONTINUE AS IS. YOU JUST WOULDN'T GO TO AN AUCTION TO BUY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AND ALSO I NEED TO GET A SPEAKER CARD FROM YOU BEFORE YOU GO. THANK YOU. COURTNEY, ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITE? SEEING NONE, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT. SO THERE'S A REASON THAT AUTO SALES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA, AND ESPECIALLY THIS AREA, 43% OF THE COMMERCIAL USE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, ON THE COMMUNITY RETAIL SIDE IS AUTO SALES. THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES DOWN GARLAND ROAD, DOWN SHILOH ROAD, DOWN KINGSLEY ROAD, THEY'RE THE OPTIONS ARE ABUNDANT. AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE APPLICANT IS HE'S LOOKING FOR A WAY TO A LICENSE AND NOT TO HE'S TRYING TO USE AN SUP TO GET A LICENSE. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS FOR. THIS IS FOR A ZONE. THIS IS A ZONING CASE. THIS IS ARE WE TO ALLOW AUTO SALES AS AN SUP IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA WHERE, AS STAFF STATED, LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE TO BE EMPLOYED. IT SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO AN ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT. TYPES OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN HAS WARNED US THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAN ABOUT ALLOWING AUTO AND STORAGE USES, AND IT ALSO SAYS TO BE SELECTIVE ABOUT

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[ CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Terms are usually staggered whereby at least half of the membership has previous experience. Members are appointed based on qualifications.]

WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY. MAYOR, I MOTION TO APPROVE MARGARET BICE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. WE. HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MARGARET BICE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. NEXT MOTION TO APPROVE RITA DATE TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR RITA DAY FOR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. KEEP GOING. MOTION TO APPROVE KRISTIN LUCIDO TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. I HAVE A I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR KRISTIN LUCIDO FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD. AND A SECOND BY COUNC MEMBER WILLIAMS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION TO APPROVE JASON AGUIRRE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR JASON AGUIRRE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. MORE ALL IN FAVOR? KEEP GOING. DO YOU. DO YOU WANT TO. YOU WANT ME TO WAIT FOR YOU TO SAY, OH, WHAT DID I SAY? THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. SORRY SORRY. I GOT LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE IN THE IN THE MIX THERE. I APOLOGIZE. MOTION TO APPROVE GAIL OWENS TO THE PROPERTY

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WE GOT JAMES VAN DYCK FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR JAMES VAN DIKE WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. JAMES DOBBINS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. I'M GOING TO LOOK THIS WAY THIS TIME. JAMES DOBBINS NOMINATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. MERRILL VALENCIA COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION BY MAYOR FOR NOT BY BUT FOR MERRILL VALENCIA FOR THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS BEING OF IRELAND, VERNON GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. I HAVE A I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR BEING A VERNON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON FOR THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS SARAH MONTOYA, LIBRARY BOARD. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR SARAH MONTOYA AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? NANCY JENSEN. PARKS AND REC. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR NANCY JENSEN. AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ALL IN FAVOR? SCOTT ROBERTS, PLANNINING COMMIION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR SCOTT ROBERTS PLANNING COMMISSION, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. ERIC SCHOLL, PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR ERIC SCHOLL PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. CAROL COOPER, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR CAROL COOPER, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS WILLIAM BILL PIECE, TAX INCREMENT. FINANCE NUMBER ONE, DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU.

I HAVE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR WILLIAM PEACE TAX INCREMENT, TIF ONE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? NEXT BILL SWISHER TIF TWO. SECOND. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR BILL SWISHER TIF TWO SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE. ALL IN FAVO? I THINK WE'VE GOT A DUPLICATE HERE. IT'S NOT A DUPLICATE. NOT A OH, SORRY. THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SAY UNANIMOUS ON THE LAST ONE. UNANIMOUS ON THE LAST ONE BEING A VERNON TIF THREE. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR BEING A VERNON FOR TIFHREE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. ROBERT SHEFFIELD UNITED. I'M SORRY. UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR ROBERT SHEFFEY UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BASE. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT HERMANN PUCKETT TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR HERMANN PUCKETT. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. MORE.

ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS MARIA BARINAGA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITADVISORY BOARD

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ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS. AMADOR CASTRO FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD. AMADOR CASTRO, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASE, ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS DOCTOR MARY BRUMBACH FOR TAX INCREMENT. FINANCE NUMBER ONE. DOWNTOWN I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR DOCTOR MARY BRUMBACH TIFF ONE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. HOLD ON. LET ME DO MY PART. SORRY UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. JOHN BALL FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCE TWO SOUTH BOARD. WE'LL LOOK THIS WAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR JOHN BALL. TAX TIF TWO. AND WIT A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS ROBERT DUCKWORTH TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER THREE BOARD ROBERT DUCKWORTH TIFF THREE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS. ALL IN FAVOR. UNANIMOUS HANG ON. I GOT TO TURN THE PAGE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. AND DWIGHT NICHOLS, UNITED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, DWIGHT NICHOLS, UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MAYOR DAVE. WE ACTUALLY VOTED TO DO THIS, YES, WE AGREED TO THIS. OKAY, OKAY. TIM CAMPBELL, BOND COMMITTEE NOMINATION. I HAVE TIM CAMPBELL FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO. WELL, I WASN'T SURERE. I SAW SEVERAL HANDS, MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. GO AHEAD. BRUCE. BISHOP. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE BRUCE BISHOP. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WITH A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR. PRO TEM LUCK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS CHRISTINA SEGOVIA, PIANO. OKAY, PIANO, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE CHRISTINA SEGOVIANO, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, WITHTH A SECON Y COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS KASHARA PERNELL. COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION I HAVE KASHARA PARNELL COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS I'M GETTING GOOD AT THIS. BLANCA SANCHEZ, GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION SECOND. BLANCA SANCHEZ GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK, ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS OKAY, GWENDOLYN

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ALL IN FAVOR. UNANIMOUS. SAL LIBERTO, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION. SAL ROBERT, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. DUTTON, ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS. KIM, THIEF. THE TIFF NUMBER ONE DOWNTOWN FORREST. JUPITER KIM HOFF. TIFF ONE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS. SHIBU SAMUEL, TIFF NUMBER TWO SOUTH BOARD OKAY, SHIBU SAMUEL TIFF TWO WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE ALL IN FAVOR.

UNANIMOUS. ARLENE MACIAS. TIFF THREE. SECOND. NUMBER THREE. THAT WAS A THIRD. IT WAS A THIRD. ARLENE MACIAS TIFF THREE WITH A WITH A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ALL IN FAVO? UNANIMOUS. JAMES HALL, JUNIOR, UNITED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION JAMES HALL, JUNIOR, UNITED UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS. UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE BRUCE AUSTIN FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. BRUCE AUSTIN, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. MORE. ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO MESS UP THIS NEXT ONE. JARED, HOW DO YOU ANYBODY HAVE A. HI. SORRY, I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT SOUNDING THINGS OUT, FOR COMMUNITY, MULTIRACIAL, CULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. SECOND. OKAY JAIR GARRIDO COMMUNITY, MULTICULTURA, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS GIFT RIGHT THERE, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ED MARQUARDT FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCE. NUMBER ONE, DOWNTOWN FORREST, JUPITER. TIFF I HAVE A NOMINATION. ED MARQUARDT. TIFF WON WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MOVING ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE SUSAN NYE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR SUSAN NYE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? WAY TO JUST SHOW UP WITH ONE, SIR. THANK YOU. MOVING ON. AND FINISHING THIS OUT, COUNCIL MEMBER OTT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, JOHN MCDONALD TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NOMINATION. JOHN MCDONALD, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE KIMBERLIN BANKS TO THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. KIMBERLIN BANKS, COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE SHARON SHARONDA GREEN TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. RHONDA GREEN, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS, ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS AND JOSEPH SCHROEDER TO THE TAX INCREMENT. FINANCE NUMBER ONE DOWNTOWN FORREST JUPITER BOARD.

JOSEPH SCHROEDER, TIFF NUMBER ONE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS AND HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THIS IS THE LAST ONE. OKAY, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WITH

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HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING? NO, SIR. WE DO NO.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE AT 806, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

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LET US NOW JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I TELL YOU, IT'S VERY DISTRACTING HAVING ALL THESE MOMS HANGING UP ON THE WINDOWS. I KEEP LOOKING OVER, THINKING THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE LOBBY. AND ACTUALLY THERE IS. AND I HOPE, I HOPE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THE MOMENTOUS EXHIBITION.

THERE IS SOME GREAT MEMORABILIA IN THERE. AND MOMS FROM THIS BIG TO THE WHAT, 16 FOOT ONE THAT'S HANGING FROM THE COLUMN. SO IF YOU HAVE A A CHANCE, CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY CHECK THAT OUT. AND SORT OF GOING ALONG WITH THAT THEME, IT IS, IT IS THE EVENING WHEN WE DO OUR YOUTH COUNCIL INDUCTIONS. WE DID THAT EARLIER OVER AT THE ATRIUM, AND SO I WOULD I WOULD TELL YOU, YOU KNO, THIS IS THIS IS MY LAST YEAR ON COUNCIL, AND I JUST REALIZED EARLIER WHEN THEY WERE ALL

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SO. OKAY, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT MY JOB. MULTITASKING, YES. YES WELL, MAYOR LEMAY, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER REX, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE ONE OF THE STAFF LIAISONS FOR OUR 2425 GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. WE ARE KICKING OFF THIS YEAR. WE HAD A RETREAT ON AUGUST 3RD. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR INDUCTION CEREMONY TONIGHT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT AN AMAZING GROUP AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO DO. THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORKINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND THEN, OF COURSE, IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AND ADVISE OUR, OUR COUNCIL. AND SO I'M GOING TO LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU HERE IN A SECOND. BUT I ALSO WANT TO CALL UP RHONDA AND JESSE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES FIRST. THESE ARE THE STAFF LIAISONS THAT I GET THE PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH THIS YEAR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RHONDA MCINTYRE AND I'M THE SUPERVISOR AT HOLLABAUGH RECREATION CENTER. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ONE OF THE FACILITATORS FOR THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS JESSE JOHNSON, SUPERVISED AUDUBON RECREATION CENTER AND LIKE RHONDA SAID, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO ASSISTING THE YOUTH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GRAB MY CAMERA AND I'M GOING TO GO STAND OVER HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO START ON THIS SIDE WITH NICOLE. IF YOU WILL COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE. SO HELLO, MY NAME IS NICOLE GREEN.

I ATTEND GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AS A SENIOR, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. HI, MY NAME IS MILAN LEE. I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CINDY LEE. I CURRENTLY ATTEND SAXEY HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DYLAN HEDRICK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MUNA BARRASSO. I AM CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS OTT. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK UP. HI. MY NAME IS SASSY ZAHAJI. I'M A JUNIOR AT SASSY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAM. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS SOPHIA SAL. AND I'M A FRESHMAN AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILWOMAN LUCHT. HI. MY NAME IS GIULIANA DEJESUS, AND I CURRENTLY ATTEND SAXEY HIGH SCHOOL AS A FRESHMAN, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS OTT. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMISHA OROZCO. I'M FROM SAXY, I'M A JUNIOR AND I WAS APPOINTED BY JEFF BASS. THAT'S HOW YOU DO. HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS SHALOM UMUKORO AND I'M A 12TH GRADER AND CURRENTLY ATTEND GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS BAIRD. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS VALERIE BOY. I'M A SENIOR. I ATTEND NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY OUR LOVELY MAYOR SCOTT LEE. MY. HELLO. MY NAME IS HANNA NERI. I'M A JUNIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN MOORE. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANNA TANKERSLEY, AND I'M A JUNIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS TAMARA ZAMORA. I'M A JUNIOR IN GARLAND

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AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE SOME OF THEIR PARENTS THAT I'VE SEEN HERE FOR MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY'VE COME THROUGH THE COUNCIL. AND BEING A PARENT, I ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A FEW HOURS YOURSELF ON THIS. SO THANK YOU. AND LIKE I SAY, HAVE A GREAT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GET UNDERWAY HERE. AND AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF, AND I H HAVE TO I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE A FORMER MAYOR HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, THE HONORABLE BOB DAY. THANK YOU, SIR. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. I WAS TELLING THE CITY MANAGER EARLIER, BOB WAS THE MAYOR WHEN I FIRST STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CITY, AND I DID SOMETHING TO HIM THAT PEOPLE STILL DO TO ME TODAY THAT I NEVER KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO. AND I'M SURE HE DIDN'T EITHER. AND THEY WALK UP TO YOU AND THEY GO, I'VE NEVER MET A MAYOR BEFORE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING, OR IF THEY'RE HAPPY THAT THEY'VE NEVER MET. AND IT'S A VERY AWKWARD THING. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, BOB, LET'S SEE HERE. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL. WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION. AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL, TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. I DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY REQUESTS, BUT LET ME READ THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEM ONE. APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 6TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.

ITEM TWO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BIDS. ITEM TWO A TYLER TECHNOLOGY COURT SOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES. ITEM TWO B WORKDAY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES. ITEM TWO C, G, P AND L GIRVIN SWITCH STATION CONTROL ENCLOSURE CHANGE ORDER. ITEM 2B3 BLOCKER TRUCKS FOR THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM TWO E GFL. OLINGER. UNIT TWO AND THREE WATER SAMPLE PANEL REPLACEMENT. ITEM THREE A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES. COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORWARD THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES. ITEM THREE A IS CASE Z 2343. HEMPHILL LLC BY FAULK AND FOSTER. ITEM THREE B CASE Z 2405 SPIERS, ENGINEERING AND DISTRICT SEVEN. ITEM THREE C IS CASE Z 24. DASH 19 TRIANGLE ENGINEERING AND DISTRICT ONE. ITEM THREE D IS CASE Z 24. DASH 25 ZONE DEV. ON BEHALF OF STONE HAWK CAPITAL IN DISTRICT THREE. AND THE LAST ITEM IS ITEM THREE.

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APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. VERY GOOD. AND IF ANYONE IS PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT, I'LL NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD. YOU CAN GET THEM OUT IN THE HALL OR OVER AT THE CITY SECRETARY'S DESK, AND WE'LL GET YOU QUEUED UP FOR THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON, FIRST UP TONIGHT IS ITEM UNDER ITEM FOUR. HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FY 2425 TAX RATE. MATT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, MR. REX, BEFORE THE KICKING OFF THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE JUST WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR TAX RATE. THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR APPROVAL SEPTEMBER THIRD. WITH OUR BUDGET. WE PUT OUT A NOTICE OUT TO, TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR TAX RATE, AND WE HAVE TO RECORD THREE TAX RATES WHEN WE DO THIS. THE FIRST IS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WHICH IS 0.614 $0.02 PER $100 OF VALUATION. WHAT THIS RATE IS, IS THE RATE THAT WOULD BRING IN THE EXACT SAME REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAX FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO AS PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE AND THIS YEAR, WE SAW ABOUT AN 11.2% INCREASE IN OUR TAX BASE. THE TAX RATE WILL DROP TO SHOW THAT NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. SO THE FIRST THE FIRST TAX RATE PRESENTED IN THIS NOTICE IS SHOWING WHAT THAT TAX RATE WOULD BE IF WE DID NOT BRING IN ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO FUND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THE SECOND TAX RATE IS THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE. AND WHAT THIS TAX RATE IS, IS THE TAX RATE THAT WE ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO GO UP TO WITHOUT REQUIRING A PUBLIC ELECTION. OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE, YOU'LL NOTICE, IS THE EXACT SAME AS THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE. AND IN FACT, IT IS THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT YEA.

SO WITH THIS TAX RATE, THE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IS ABOUT $150, OR ABOUT 10% FOR A SENIOR. IT IS ALSO $150 OR ABOUT 14%. TONIGHT WILL BE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. SEPTEMBER 3RD, WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE REQUESTING ADOPTION OF BOTH THE TAX RATE AND THE BUDGET. VERY GOOD SIR. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITE? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024. AND THE TWO THE 20 2425 TAX RATE IS SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, B PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 20 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITE? MAYOR, MAY I HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? VERY GOOD. QUEUE THEM UP. BRANDON DE.

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AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED. THANK YOU SIR. CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. KELLY MILLER. HONORABLE MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER, MY NAME IS KELLY MILLER. I LIVE AT 282 BENNETT DRIVE IN SUNNYVALE, TEXAS. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 28 YEARS AND COUNTING. I'VE ALSO BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE COLA COMMITTEE FOR THE GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. I'D LIKE TO FIRST SAY AS PART OF THE COLA COMMITTEE, WHEN HOUSE BILL 2464 CAME, IT CAME TO LIGHT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D HAD HOPE IN QUITE SOME TIME. THE RETURN OF A COLA TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES. IT WAS A COLA COMMITTEE'S TASK TO EXPLORE WHAT WAS POSSIBLE. AS WE UNDERTOOK THAT TASK. WE WANTED TO CONTEND FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND RETIREES AND FUTURE RETIREES. WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF ALL CITY OF GARLAND EMPLOYEES AND THE EFFORTS THEY PUT FORTH IN SERVING THE CITIZENS. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR THE BEST EMPLOYEES AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE THAT SUSTAINABILITY WAS CREATED FOR A SAFE, VIBRANT AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE LONG AFTER US. THE FIRST TIME I CAME BEFORE ANY CITY COUNCIL WAS IN 2008. IN THE FALL, ONE OF THE TOPICS AT HAND AT THAT TIME WAS COLA. AT THAT TIME WE WERE LOSING IT. IT'S BEEN A DELIGHT ON THIS OCCASION TO COME BEFORE YOU AND SAY THAT THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION, THE COLA COMMITTEE, HAS BEEN DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL, THE TRANSPARENCY OF CHALLENGES THAT CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF HAVE SHARED WITH US, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND EVEN THE LIMITATIONS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. TO MATT WATSON AND ALISON BALE, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE VALUE OF ALL THEY GAVE US IN INFORMATION AND OPENNESS ABOUT THIS WHOLE PRACTICE OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO ENDEAVOR TO DO TO THE COLA COMMITTEE MET, AND THERE WERE SEVEN OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS. WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT, ENDORSE AND ACTUALLY WORK FOR WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO HELP SEE THIS THROUGH WHATEVER THE CITY CAN CALL UPON US. WE WANT TO BE THERE TO ENDORSE IT AS WELL FOR THAT FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY. SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR RESTORING THAT HOPE AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FORWARD WITH ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND GIVE THEM THE MOST EXCELLENT

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AND IN MARCH OF 2022, THE TNR PROGRAM WAS IN FEAR OF LOSING A HOME IN WHICH TO OPERATE. THE NEW SHELTER SUPPOSEDLY LACKED THE SPACE TO HOST THE INTAKE AND RECUPERATION OF CATS SLOTTED FOR TNR SURGERIES. MYSELF AND SEVERAL COLONY MANAGERS SPOKE UP FOR THE GARLAND POSSIBILITIES TNR PROGRAM AND AS A RESULT, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS KEY IN HELPING GARLAND PLAUSIBILITIES BEING AWARDED SPACE. THE INSTALLATION OF A 14 BY 40 FOOT CONSTRUCTION TRAILER LOCATED BEHIND THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THERE HAVE BEEN EMAILS AND CORRESPONDENCE GALORE DISCUSSING THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 25TH AND APRIL 22ND OF THIS YEAR, WHEN GARLAND POSSIBILITIES MADE THE CALL TO PAUSE THE TNR PROGRAM. WHEN A SURGICAL PROGRAM EXPERIENCES NEGATIVE NEGATIVE COMPLICATIONS BEYOND THE OCCASIONAL 3 OR 4 PROBLEMS OUT OF A THOUSAND SURGERIES, THERE'S A PROBLEM.

OVERALL, A TOTAL OF 11 SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS WITH TWO DEATHS OCCURRED IN ONE MONTH. WHEN A CITIZEN HAS TO EXPERIENCE THE HORROR OF RELEASING A CAT, WATCHING HER INTESTINES FALL OUT AND DRAG THE GROUND. ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. WHILE WAITING FOR PROMISED MEETINGS WITH THE CITY.

LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THE LAST PROGRAM FOR WHICH GARLAND POSSIBILITIES WAS RESPONSIBLE WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY BY THE VERY GROUP THAT CREATED THE PROBLEMS. SO WE'RE $20,000 COULD HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED FOR USING OUTSIDE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK GROUPS. THERE IS NOW A COMPLETE ABSORPTION OF THE TNR PROGRAM BY THE SHELTER. MIRACULOUSLY, WHERE THERE WAS NO SPACE IN 2022, THERE IS NOW SPACE IN THE SHELTER TO RECUPERATE THESE CATS. SO WHO WILL MONITOR THE CATS HEALTH? BEAR IN MIND THAT MOST OF THE SURGICAL ISSUES WERE DISCOVERED AFTER RECUPERATION AND MONITORING WAS OVER, AND THESE CATS WERE RETURNED TO THEIR COLONY. SO NOW, AS I MOVE OUT OF THE TNR TRAILER, WHERE ELECTRICICITY HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCONNECTED, I HOPE THAT THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER GETS ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AND ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR INCORRECT LIVE RELEASE RATE REPORTING, FALSIFICATION OF ANIMAL MEDICAL RECORDS, AND WHERE SUBPAR SURGERY INCISIONS ARE DISCOVERED AND CORRECTED BY THE MEDICAL STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MA'AM. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND AGAIN, A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE 20 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET, IS SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THIRD, 2024. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ITEM FIVE HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASE. ITEM FIVE A CONSIDER A REQUEST BY MOJUBAOLU SHERBONDY PROPOSING AN AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED. USE IN AN EXISTING BUILDING. THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT723 NATIONAL PLACE IN DISTRICT FIVE. ANGELA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, OUR CASE IS Z 2413. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE SALES, NEW OR USED IN AN EXISTING BUILDING FOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR. THE LOCATION IS 2723 NATIONAL PLACE. THE ACREAGE IS 54 ACRES AND IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THE MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT SITE IN THE CITY AND THE

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WE MAILED 83 NOTIFICATIONS AND RECEIVED TWO WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AGAINST. WE ALSO RECEIVED TWO OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA AGAINST, FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR RESPONSES RECEIVE.

VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING TO MISS ANGELA. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION SLIDE, PLEASE? YES, SIR. OKAY AND THAT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DENIAL.

WOULD YOU GO OVER STAFF'S RATIONALE FOR THAT AGAIN, PLEASE? SURE. WE REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND IN KEEPING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES THAT THERE MAY BE ALTERNATE USES THAT ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY TO DIVERSIFY ITS LAND USE. WE FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ITEM THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR DENIAL TO ALLOW FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY, AS RECOMMENDED BY THAT PLAN AND WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE RATIONALE IS SIMILAR TO THAT GIVEN BY PNC. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU. ANGELA MADAM SECRETARY. SECRETARY DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. WE DO NOT. OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? SIR, I WOULD, I WILL OFFER YOU A CHANCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MAKE A PRESENTATION. IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

FROM HERE. AND I WILL NEED TO GET A SPEAKER CARD FROM YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE. BUT YOU ARE THE APPLICANT, SO I WOULD OFFER YOU THE TIME TO. LIKE I SAY, EITHER MAKE A PRESENTATION OR ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, AND YOU'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME

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IT'S JUST THE LEGALITIES OF BEING ABLE TO BUY FROM THE AUCTION. EXACTLY. OKAY. OKAY THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM, MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LET ME GET AN UNDERSTANDING. SO YOU'RE SAYING WHAT? OWNERSHIP OF A BUILDING. DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MANNER BY WHICH YOU GET THE LICENSE? WHAT IS IT THAT'S HOLDING YOU UP FROM GETTING THE LICENSE? THAT YOU NEED? OKAY, WHAT IS WHAT IS HOLDING ME BACK NOW? IS THE SUP CERTIFICATE OKAY? YEAH SUP CERTIFICATE. SO FOR TO GET THE LICENSE, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN SUP THAT SAYS WHAT? THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, TO USE THE SPACE FOR AUTOMOBILE IN GENERAL. BUT I'VE EXPLAINED TO THEM AT THE CITY OF GARLAND THAT THE W WAY WE DO OUR BUSINESS IS DIFFERENT TO THE WAY OTHERS DOES THEIR BUSINESSES. OTHER DEALERS DISPLAY CARS ON THE FLOOR. WE DON'T SELL CARS LIKE THEM. WE DON'T EVEN SELL CARS ON SITE. WE HAVE A STORAGE BACK THERE THAT COULD TAKE LIKE FOUR CARS. WE PUT THOSE CARS IN STORAGE PRIOR TO THE TIME WE SHIP IT TO AFRICA. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, THOUGH, I. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU DON'T DO BUSINESS THE WAY THAT OTHER BUSINESSES DO BUSINESS. WE DON'T SELL. BUT WHAT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE HEARING, THOUGH, IS. OR MAYBE YOU ARE, IT'S STILL AUTOMOBILE SALES. AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF AND THAT'S WHAT THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS STATED THAT THAT'S SOMETHING AT THIS POINT IS NOT A GOOD USE OF THE LAND FOR US. ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT? YEAH YOU ARE. IT'S STILL IT'S STILL CLASSIFIED AS AUTOMOBILE, BUT WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT TO OTHERS IS THAT WE DON'T DISPLAY CARS ON THE FLOOR, LIKE SELLING. SO WE ONLY STORE THE CAR IN THE STORAGE AND WHY WE NEED THE LICENSE? THE DEALERSHIP LICENSE TO ENABLE US TO BUY FROM, LIKE DIRECTLY FROM THE AUCTION, NOT FROM FACEBOOK, WHEREBY WE CAN MAKE OUR CHOICES. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

SIR, COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, OKAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD HELP, HE HAD ASKED WHAT WAS HOLDING HIM UP, SO I DID A QUICK GOOGLE, SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON GETTING A DEALERSHIP LICENSE ARE, GETTING A GENERAL DISTINCT DISTINGUISHING NUMBER. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL LOCATION FOR YOUR DEALERSHIP, AND YOU HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE, AND

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THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER ART, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING DOWN, YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS SPACE NOW, CORRECT? OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AT THIS MOMENT? WHAT TYPE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY DO YOU HAVE? IS IT FOR? IS IT STORAGE OR IS IT OKAY AN OFFICE USE OKAY. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT USE THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW STORING CARS. BUT NOT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A DEALER LICENSE. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS A DEALER LICENSE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, TO BE ABLE TO BUY IT FROM FROM THE FROM PLACES LIKE COPART AND PLACES LIKE THAT. YEAH. COPART MAYHEM. I DECIDE. AUCTIONS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT UP A SIGN THAT. BUT BUT YOU'RE BUT IF YOU WERE TO BE RESTRICTED TO WHERE YOU CANNOT PARK CARS OUTSIDE PERIOD AT ALL, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BOTHER YOU? NO. IT CAN'T BOTHER ME BECAUSE I DON'T PARK CAR OUTSIDE. IT'S ONLY MY PERSONAL CAR. I HAVE A STAFF THERE. MY WIFE. SO THE ONLY CAR YOU CAN SEE ON MY LOT IS JUST THREE CAR.

MY CAR, MY WIFE AND STAFF. OKAY AND, SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IS A WAREHOUSE. USE WAREHOUSE, STORAGE, STORAGE WAREHOUSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM. RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU DON'T GET THIS SOUP TODAY, ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THE BUILDING AND STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE AS IT STANDS, THE SOUP IS WHAT YOU NEED TO GO TO THE AUCTION TO BUY A VEHICLE. YOU CAN WITHOUT THE SOUP, YOU CAN STILL BUY AS YOU ARE, RIGHT? SO I CAN STILL BUY FROM THE WAY I'VE BEEN BUYING. RIGHT. BUT IT'S JUST THAT IT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SAVE MONEY AND TIME AND BE OPEN TO CHOICES OF CARS LIKE I SAID, WE BUY FROM FACEBOOK, WE BUY FROM HANDS, TWO HANDS, AND SOMETIMES WE USE THESE OTHER PEOPLE'S ACCOUNTS WHEREBY THEY CHARGE YOU $400. THEY CHARGE YOU $300. BUT IF I COULD GET MINE OR IF WE COULD GET OURS, THEN IT'S GOING TO SAVE US SOME MONEY AND OPEN US TO SOME CHOICES OF CARS THAT PEOPLE BACK HOME ARE REQUESTING FOR, THAT'S ALL. SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE BUSINESS WOULD

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AND, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU DISPLAY THE VOTE, PLEASE. SORRY THE MOTION TO DENY PREVAILS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS DUTTON AND OTT IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. ANGELA THANK YOU SIR. THAT WAS OUR ONLY ZONING CASE FOR THE EVENING, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, YOU WERE YOU WEREN'T WITH US LAST NIGHT, SO YOU DIDN'T HEAR HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS. SO I WANT TO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AND KIND OF AS A REMINDER TO ALL OF US AND, AND TO ALL OF OUR ESTEEMED GUESTS, AS YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, THE COUNCIL CHANGED ITS POLICY.

WHERE WE VOTE, WE NOMINATE, AND SECOND, EACH APPOINTEE INDIVIDUALLY AND VOTE, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT IDEA UNTIL THERE WERE 58 OF THEM. BUT I WILL SAY THIS. I WILL RESPECT THE POLICY. AND SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP. SO WE ARE GOING TO VOT.

VOTE BY A SHOW OF HANDS, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO PROGRAM 58 NAMES IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND DISPLAY THOSE VOTES. SO I ASK FOR ALL OF YOUR PATIENCE ON THIS, AND, WE WILL START WITH ITEM SIX. THIS IS A CITYWIDE REAPPOINTMENT. AND I WOULD SAY, I WOULD ASK FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS, APPOINTMENT, SIR, JUST TO GET US STARTED. OKAY CITYWIDE APPOINTMENT. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT TONY TORRES BE APPOINTED TO THE

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YOU'RE UP. AND SO I'LL ASK YOU. WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY. MAYOR, I MOTION TO APPROVE MARGARET BICE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. WE. HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MARGARET BICE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. NEXT MOTION TO APPROVE RITA DATE TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR RITA DAY FOR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. KEEP GOING. MOTION TO APPROVE KRISTIN LUCIDO TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. I HAVE A I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR KRISTIN LUCIDO FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION TO APPROVE JASON AGUIRRE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR JASON AGUIRRE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. MORE ALL IN FAVOR? KEEP GOING. DO YOU. DO YOU WANT TO. YOU WANT ME TO WAIT FOR YOU TO SAY, OH, WHAT DID I SAY? THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. SORRY SORRY. I GOT LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE IN THE IN THE MIX THERE. I APOLOGIZE. MOTION TO APPROVE GAIL OWENS TO THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD. THE NOMINATION FOR GAIL OWENS TO THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASE. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS MOTION TO APPROVE GAIL BOLTON TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION. SECOND, I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR GAIL BELDEN FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS UNANIMOUS MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIE HODSON TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER ONE, DOWNTOWN FOREST JUPITER BOARD. OKAY, I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR CARRIE HODSON FOR THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER ONE TIFF AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRIC.

ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS MOTION TO APPROVE. MAY WISH TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER THREE.

BOARD I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR MAY. WISH KHANUM AND A SECOND FOR THE TAX INCREMENT NUMBER THREE BOARD AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. YOU'RE UP SIR. MAYOR AM I ON? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WE GOT JAMES VAN DYCK FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR JAMES VAN DIKE WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS.

JAMES DOBBINS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. I'M GOING TO LOOK THIS WAY THIS TIME. JAMES DOBBINS NOMINATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. MERRILL VALENCIA COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION BY MAYOR FOR NOT BY BUT FOR MERRILL VALENCIA FOR THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS BEING OF IRELAND, VERNON GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. I HAVE A I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR BEING A VERNON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON FOR THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS SARAH MONTOYA, LIBRARY BOARD. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR SARAH MONTOYA AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? NANCY JENSEN. PARKS ANDD REC. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR NANCY JENSEN. AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ALL IN FAVOR? SCOTT ROBERTS, PLANNING COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR SCOTT ROBERTS PLANNING COMMISSION, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. ERIC SCHOLL, PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD. I HAVE

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SECOND. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR BILL SWISHER TIF TWO SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE. ALL IN FAVO? I THINK WE'VE GOT A DUPLICATE HERE. IT'S NOT A DUPLICATE. NOT A OH, SORRY. THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SAY UNANIMOUS ON THE LAST ONE. UNANIMOUS ON THE LAST ONE BEING A VERNON TIF THREE. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR BEING A VERNON FOR TIF THREE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. ROBERT SHEFFIELD UNITED. I'M SORRY. UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR ROBERT SHEFFEY UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER BASE. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT HERMANN PUCKETT TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR HERMANN PUCKETT. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. MORE. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS MARIA BARINAGA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD NOMINATION FOR MARINA BARINAGA ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS ISAAC ABU FOR COMMUNITY. MULTICULTURAL. EXCUSE ME. COMMUNITY. MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR ISAAC ABU COMMUNITY MULTIPLE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? KEEP GOING. OH, EXCUSE ME. UNANIMOUS. SORRY, I KEEP I KEEP FORGETTING MY PART IN THIS. I KEEP FORGETTING MY PART IN ALL THIS. YES. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. SORRY GO AHEAD. ALICIA FULLER GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR FELICIA FULLER GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSIO, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS MICHAEL DEEGAN, LIBRARY BOARD. MICHAEL DEEGAN, LIBRARY BOARD. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS TAMARA AQUINO FOR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. TAMARA AQUINO, PARKS AND REC. AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS JULIUS JENKINS, PLANNING COMMISSION. I HAVE JULIUS JENKINS PLANNING COMMISSION WITH A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS JUSTIN CARAWAY, PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD JUSTIN CARAWAY PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE. ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS. AMADOR CASTRO FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD. AMADOR CASTRO, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASE, ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS DOCTOR MARY BRUMBACH FOR TAX INCREMENT. FINANCE NUMBER ONE. DOWNTOWN I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR DOCTOR MARY BRUMBACH TIFF ONE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. HOLD ON. LET ME DO MY PART. SORRY UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. JOHN BALL FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCE TWO SOUTH BOARD. WE'LL LOOK THIS WAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR JOHN BALL. TAX TIF TWO. AND WITH A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS ROBERT DUCKWORTH TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER THREE BOARD ROBERT DUCKWORTH TIFF THREE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS. ALL IN FAVOR. UNANIMOUS HANG ON.

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JUPITER KIM HOFF. TIFF ONE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS. SHIBU SAMUEL, TIFF NUMBER TWO SOUTH BOARD OKAY, SHIBU SAMUEL TIFF TWO WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE ALL IN FAVOR. UNANIMOUS. ARLENE MACIAS. TIFF THREE. SECOND. NUMBER THREE.

THAT WAS A THIRD. IT WAS A THIRD. ARLENE MACIAS TIFF THREE WITH A WITH A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ALL IN FAVO? UNANIMOUS. JAMES HALL, JUNIOR, UNITED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION JAMES HALL, JUNIOR, UNITED UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS. UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE BRUCE AUSTIN FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. BRUCE AUSTIN, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. MORE.

ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO MESS UP THIS NEXT ONE. JARED, HOW DO YOU ANYBODY HAVE A. HI. SORRY, I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT SOUNDING THINGS OUT, FOR COMMUNITY, MULTIRACIAL, CULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. SECOND. OKAY JAIR GARRIDO COMMUNITY, MULTICULTURA, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS GIFT RIGHT THERE, I WOULD LIKE

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AND FINISHING THIS OUT, COUNCIL MEMBER OTT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, JOHN MCDONALD TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NOMINATION. JOHN MCDONALD, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE KIMBERLIN BANKS TO THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. KIMBERLIN BANKS, COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE SHARON SHARONDA GREEN TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. RHONDA GREEN, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS, ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS AND JOSEPH SCHROEDER TO THE TAX INCREMENT. FINANCE NUMBER ONE DOWNTOWN FORREST JUPITER BOARD. JOSEPH SCHROEDER, TIFF NUMBER ONE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS AND HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THIS IS THE LAST ONE.

OKAY, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WITH GUSTO. A LITTLE SOMETHING INTO IT ALL RIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT JENNIFER HARMON TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCE. NUMBER TWO SOUTH BOARD.

I HAVE JENNIFER ALMOND TIFF TWO WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. AND THAT WAS THE LAST NOMINATION AND COUNCIL I WILL SAY THIS. THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT I PERSONALLY GO THROUGH THIS LIST, BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME APPOINTMENTS COME UP IN THIS QUANTITY, I WILL BE BACK TO BEING A PEACEFUL, PRIVATE CITIZEN. I WOULD SUGGEST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN IT'S TIME TO REVIEW THE COUNCIL POLICIES AGAIN, THAT MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF YES, IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT IDEA AT THE TIME, BUT I THANK YOU ALL AND I'M SURE TO OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE, BOTH AT HOME AND HERE, I'M SURE THAT WAS INCREDIBLY MONOTONOUS. BUT WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, CITIZEN COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING? NO, SIR. WE DO NO. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE

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