* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:18] AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE EIGHT, 2021 REGULAR MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE CONTINUING FOR JUST A SHORT TIME LONGER TO, UH, TO MEET VIRTUALLY, UH, IN THE LINKS, UH, TO REGISTER ARE IN THE, UH, POSTED IN OUR AGENDAS. UH, AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL GO OVER THE SPEAKER, UH, GUIDELINES WHEN WE GET TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UH, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS THE CUSTOMER TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE INVOCATION IN RECITAL OF LEGIBLE AGENTS. UH, PRIOR TO, UH, OUR MEETINGS, UH, LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS FROM DISTRICT FOUR, SIR. THANKS THIS MAYOR. UH, LET US PRAY IF YOU, IF YOU WISH TO FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF A NEW DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR ASSEMBLING FOR THE GOD. WE ASKED YOU FOR A WISDOM AS WE SEEK TO CONDUCT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, I'LL BE WITH US IN OUR DELIBERATIONS, AND WE PRAY THAT OUR OUTCOME AND OUR CONTINUED SERVICE BE FOR YOUR GLORY IN YOUR SON'S NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. NOW, WOULD YOU JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RACE? I 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. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, WITH IT BEING, UH, OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH, WE ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WHO BRINGS A SPECIAL GUEST. UH, SO IT IS TIME FOR, UH, OUR PET OF THE MONTH. AND THERE IS AMY WHO IS VIRTUALLY WITH US THIS EVENING. SO VIRTUALLY THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SWEET LITTLE CLOVER AND CLOVER IS A SIX WEEK OLD KITTEN LOOKING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME. AS WE ALL KNOW IT IS KITTEN SEASON. SO WE SEE LOTS OF, LOTS OF LITTLE SMALL CATS LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOME. AND I SAY FOREVER HOME WITH THAT F YOU ARE FOREVER. UH, BUT CLEVER WANTS TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT'S, AGAIN, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE'RE VERY FULL. WE HAVE LOTS OF ANIMALS LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOMES. UH, WE ARE DOING AN, AN, AN OPTION SPECIAL $20 FOR DOGS, $10 FOR CATS LIKE CLOVER AND JUST LOVE TO CUDDLE. AND, UH, THAT INCLUDES THEIR MICROCHIP, ALL THEIR VACCINES, AND THEN GETTING SPAYED AND NEUTERED. SO IT'S QUITE THE DEAL. YEAH. TELL ME ABOUT, WELL, THAT'S GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND CLOVER. THANK YOU FOR, UH, SPEAKING WITH US THIS EVENING, GRACE, YOU WITH MY PRESENCE. WELL, THANK YOU, AMY. THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT [Consent Agenda] WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET, UH, GET ON WITH OUR AGENDA. UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION. UH, COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS THAT ARE PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, AUTHORIZES CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM. I'LL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. AND AS WE DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT, UH, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS IS PULLING ITEM TWO IN, UH, SO, UH, LET ME GO OVER, UH, LET ME GO THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEM ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 18TH, 2021 REGULAR MEETING ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS ITEM TWO, A PATRICIA DRIVE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT ITEM TWO B G P AND L UNDERGROUND LINE LOCATING SERVICES ITEM TWO C ARTICULATING TELESCOPIC AERIAL DEVICE ITEM TWO D G P AND L, NAMING TO APOLLO ONE 38, KB TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE, REPLACEMENTS ITEM TWO E G P AND L ELM GROVE SUBSTATION, EXTENSION RECONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES ITEM TWO F WINDSURF BAY TICKET BOOTH WITH RESTROOM ITEM TWO G TMPA BEN DAVIS, FLOOD MITIGATION ENGINEERING SERVICES ITEM TWO H G P AND L KING MOUNTAIN SWITCH STATION QUEEN B BEST, UH, TERMINAL STEEL STRUCTURES. [00:05:01] UH, ITEM TWO, I, EXCUSE ME, UH, CONCESSION AND RESTROOM BUILDINGS AT VARIOUS PARK SITES, ITEM TWO J PLAYGROUND PROGRAM EQUIPMENT, COMPANION ITEM TWO K PLAY PLAYGROUND PROGRAM EQUIPMENT LEE PARK AND PLAY ITEM TWO L LUMINAIRES AND STREET LIGHT POLES FOR WAREHOUSE IMMATURE INVENTORY ITEM TWO M PROPERTY INSURANCE COVERAGE. AND WE WILL COME BACK TO, UH, ITEM TWO END. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, CONSIDER APPROVING THE CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN AS PRESENTED ITEM FOUR, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF GARLAND AND OWNED BY TAXING AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF GARLAND AS THE RESULT OF A TECH SALE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE ITEM FIVE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO THE, OF CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF GARLAND AND OWNED BY TAXING AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF GARLAND AS A RESULT OF A TAX SALE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY. ADAM SIX, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF RALLIED FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT SERVICES, ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2021 SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES UPSET BONDS, LEVYING AND CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT UPSET BONDS PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE SALE PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF SET BONDS, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND AN ESCROW AGREEMENT AND THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND LAST, UH, ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2021 PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES BY OBLIGATION AND THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY. AND THE LIMITED PLEDGE OF THE NET REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE OPERATION OF THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE PAYMENT SECURITY SALE AND DELIVERY OF SET CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND OFFICIAL STATEMENT PERTAINING THERE TOO. AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. TELL YA, THIS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH, WITHOUT ITEM TWO IN, UH, IS THERE, EXCUSE ME, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, ANY OF THE REMAINING ITEMS POLLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? OKAY. I SEE NONE, UH, COUNSEL WITH WILLIAM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON ITEM ITEM TWO AND MR. HESSER. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE YES. OKAY. YEAH. UM, UH, MAYOR MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM TWO AND, UH, BEING POOR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR BASS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITHOUT ITEM TWO IN, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, COUNCIL, PLEASE. AND THAT WOULD BE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL [2N. Major Medians and Thoroughfare Maintenance] GO BACK TO ITEM TWO IN A MAJOR MEDIUMS AND THOROUGHFARE MAINTENANCE AND YES, I BELIEVE MR. HESTER IS, HAS JOINED US. UH, CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THIS, I GUESS OUR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR MR. HESSER MAYOR, MR. HESTER AND I HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS, SO HE WILL, HE WILL SHARE WITH COUNCIL THE ESSENCE OF OUR DISCUSSION. THANKS SIR. YES, SIR. THE, THE, THE ESSENCE OF THE CONCERN WAS, WAS AS THIS CONTRACT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR, UH, FUTURE RENEWALS, UM, THAT THIS CONTRACTOR IN QUESTION, AS WELL AS ANY CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE CITY, ON BEHALF OF, OF US MOWING AND MAINTAINING MEETINGS, AND WRITEAWAYS, UH, IS MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION, UH, WITH THE ORDINANCE RELATED TO STORM WATER, TO MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF WAYS AND THE MEDIUMS WITHOUT BLOWING ANY DEBRIS AND GRASS LEAVES TRASH, [00:10:01] SO FORTH OUT INTO THE STREET. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLARIFIED THAT THAT ORDINANCE IS REFLECTED IN THEIR CONTRACT FOR PERFORMANCE, UM, AND CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ACCORDINGLY AS WE CONSIDER, UH, PAYMENT OF CURRENT ENFORCE CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS FUTURE FUTURE TERMS FOR, UH, RENEWAL CONSIDERATIONS. VERY GOOD, SIR. UH, GUZMAN WILLIAMS IS THAT YES, MAYOR, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF OUR DISCUSSION. THANKS. MA'AM OKAY. UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. HESTER WHILE WE'VE GOT HIM ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE LIKE SIR WERE WILLIAMS. OKAY. YES, MAYOR. UM, I MOVE, UH, FOR THIS ITEM TO, AND THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS TO APPROVE ITEM TWO IN AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON TO APPROVE ITEM TWO IN, UH, AS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL, IF YOU COULD PLEASE VOTE AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST OR ON AN AGENDA ITEM, UH, HOPEFULLY HAS BEEN ABLE TO REGISTER WITH US AND IS LOGGED INTO OUR SYSTEM. UH, AND AS WE, UH, AS WE GET TO THE ITEMS THAT YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, WE WILL BRING YOU IN, UH, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS I WILL, UH, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S AN APPLICANT, UH, WE'LL MOVE THEM INTO, UH, THE PANELISTS AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS. UH, APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN 10 MINUTES, MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS. I, ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES AND IF NECESSARY, UH, APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN TIME, UH, FOR REBUTTAL, UH, FROM, FROM COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. AND [9. Consider by minute action the appointment of a City of Garland representative to the North Texas Municipal Water District Board.] OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NINE, CONSIDER BY MINUTE ACTION. THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY OF GARLAND REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD. UH, WE DID HAVE ONE, UH, ONE PERSON, UH, DON GORDON HAS, UH, HAS APPLIED FOR REAPPOINTMENT. THAT WAS THE ONLY APPLICATION THAT WE RECEIVED. AND MR. GORDON HAS ACTUALLY JOINED US THIS EVENING HERE IN CITY HALL. UM, SO, UH, CUSTOMER ROBIN, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AS I THINK I DID TWO YEARS AGO, I WOULD BE PLEASED TO NOMINATE DON GORDON FOR THE POSITION AT THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. VERY GOOD. AND WE HAVE A, UH, NOMINATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBIN AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, VERA TO APPOINT MR. GORDON TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD, OR TO REAPPOINT HIM, I SHOULD SAY, UH, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS. MR. GORDON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE YOUR BEST CHOICE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. [10. Reconsideration Request of a Previously Denied Zoning Application (File No. Z 20-32, District 6)] UH, THAT, EXCUSE ME, NOW THAT WE'LL MOVE ASIDE TO ITEM 10 RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS OF A PREVIOUSLY DENIED ZONING APPLICATION. THIS IS FILE NUMBER Z 20 DASH 32 IN DISTRICT SIX. AND MR. GAREN, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR US. UH, YES, SIR. UH, NO POWER POINT, JUST VERBAL ONLY JUST TO MENTION A FEW THINGS, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, AS YOU MAY RECALL, CASE DIZZY, UH, 20 DASH 32 WAS IN EFFECT DENIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY, 2021. UH, THE CASE INVOLVES ZONING AND SUP REQUESTS FOR A CYCLING SALVAGE YARD, UH, LOCATED AT FIVE 21, FIVE 23 AND FIVE 25 SHEPHERD LANE. THE APPLICANT IS ASKING THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE PREVIOUSLY DENIED CASE PER THE GDC. A LETTER FROM THE APPLICANT IS INCLUDED IN THE COUNCIL'S PACKET, A, UH, THREE FOURTHS VOTE OF THE PRESENT AND VOTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS EVENING IS REQUIRED, UH, FOR APPROVAL, UH, PER THE GDC. UM, IF APPROVED THE APPLICANT MAY SUBMIT A NEW ZONING APPLICATION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DENIAL, UH, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, STAFF, UH, HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR APPLICATION AS THE ONE, THE GDC TREATS RECYCLING COLLECTION CENTERS, UH, WHICH IS WHAT BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S LETTER, THIS, UM, UH, NEW PROPOSED USE WOULD APPEAR TO BE, [00:15:01] UM, IT TREATS RECYCLING COLLECTION CENTERS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THAT OF RECYCLING SALVAGE YARDS, UM, WHICH WAS THE APPLICANT'S PREVIOUS REQUESTED USE. UM, SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES ARE THAT THE GDC REQUIRES, UH, BOTH TYPES OF RECYCLING CENTERS TO HAVE, UH, AN ONSITE VEHICULAR CIRCULATION PLAN, UH, THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO CONDUCT OUR OPERATIONS. AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE SAME ONSITE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, JUST TO LIST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THERE, THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK FURTHER ON THEIR REQUESTS. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL, MAYOR AND MR. ENGLAND IS ALSO HERE TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND, UM, AT THIS TIME, MAYOR I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU. THANKS, SIR. UM, AND COUNSEL, JUST, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR HERE, UH, THE ONLY ISSUE BEFORE US TONIGHT IS WHETHER TO RECONSIDER A ZONING APPLICATION RELATED TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, AS ALLOWED BY THE GDC. UH, THE COUNCIL IS ALLOWED TO CONSIDER NEW ZONING APPLICATION. IF THE COUNCIL FINDS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE LAND, UH, FOR THE APPLICATION TO PROCEED, UH, IT WILL REQUIRE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ALSO, UH, A MEMBER CAN ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THAT REQUEST. UH, THE DENIAL WILL ONLY REQUIRE, UH, OUR SIMPLE MAJORITY, UH, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UH, FOR THIS AS, AS WE HAD BEFORE WITH THIS CASE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE 20% RULE, UH, FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD, I WILL NEED, UH, IT WILL NEED THE SEVEN VOTES. SO, UH, NO, WE HAVE THE APPLICANTS WITH US THIS EVENING. UM, WHAT I'LL NEED TO DO IS I'LL, I'LL NEED YOU TO GIVE US, UH, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU SOME TIME, UH, WHAT, WHAT I WANT TO, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IS WE ARE NOT GOING TO REHEAR THE PREVIOUS ZONING CASE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT. UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, AS FAR AS THE COUNSEL AND THE APPLICANT, UH, THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ISSUES, UH, WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HERE TO REHEAR THE PREVIOUS CASE. SO WHO IS SPEAKING FOR THE APPLICANTS AND I WILL GIVE, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PETER CAVENAUGH. MY ADDRESS IS 1620 HANDLEY DRIVE DALLAS. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN AT A HEARING WHERE I HAVE FOUR PEOPLE OR THREE PEOPLE RIGHT UP AGAINST ME WHEN I'M MAKING MY PRESENTATION. I'M USUALLY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A, OF A BIG ROOM SPEAKING TO YOU OR OTHERS AND YOUR NORMAL, UH, HORSESHOE, UH, LAYOUT. AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A FEW WEEKS WHEN WE GET BACK TO HAVING, UH, OPEN MEETINGS AGAIN. UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS PETER CAVENAUGH. UH, JUDY WANG IS THE PERSON WHO OWNS THIS, UH, BUSINESS THAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS OR TO REVOLT. THIS IS JUDY SITTING AT MY RIGHT, UH, AND, UH, UH, JUDY STARTED THIS BUSINESS 10 YEARS AGO. IN FACT, HER BACKGROUND WAS IN THE METAL RECYCLING BUSINESS. SHE WAS ACTUALLY A BROKER THAT IS, SHE SOLD METALS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO START OUR OWN BUSINESS. AND SHE INDEED DID THAT. AND SHE WENT TO THE CITY OF GARLAND, UH, PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, UH, GOT HER SUP OPERATED THE BUSINESS AND, UH, UNBEKNOWNST TO HER, UH, THE APPEARANCE OF HER BUSINESS, UH, CERTAINLY WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO TONIGHT IS TO RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE FROM JANUARY THE 12TH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHANGE IN SITUATION OUT THERE THAT THE PILES OF JUNK HAVE GONE. ALL THE PROPOSED BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE THAT WAY. THAT IS HER NEW PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE COMING, THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU. WE'LL ALL BE IN INSIDE BUILDINGS THAT WILL NOT BE 18 WHEELERS ANYMORE. 18 WHEELERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED BECAUSE THE BIG COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS THAT SHE HAS TODAY WILL BE MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. AND ACTUALLY TO ANOTHER COMPANY, IT'S A COMPANY IN WEST DALLAS, UH, CHRIS GANDHI, WHO OWNS THAT COMPANY AND OPERATES THAT BUSINESS OVER NEAR LUKE 12, NOT REAL FAR FROM WHERE I ACTUALLY LIVE. UH, AND HE'S HERE IN THE ROOM WITH US TOO. THEY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OPERATION, BUT BASICALLY ALL JUDY WANTS TO DO IS CONTINUE THE BUSINESS THAT SHE OPENED 10 YEARS AGO ON [00:20:01] HER OWN. SHE HAS ABOUT 10 EMPLOYEES. SHE THINKS ABOUT HALF OF THOSE EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. UH, AND, UH, WHAT WE WERE GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE WERE GOING TO ASK YOU IF WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY. AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE WILL, UH, SHE WILL ASK FOR A VERY SHORT TERM, SUP MAYBE THREE YEARS OR SO, UH, SO THAT SHE CAN SHOW YOU HOW HER BUSINESS, FRANKLY, I GUESS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPERATED BEFORE THAT WAY. WE'LL HAVE NEW FENCES ALL THE WAY AROUND WITH A NEW, NEW FRONT FACADE OF THE BUILDING, NEW FRONT GATES. IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE, I'M SURE SOME, OR ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN BY IT REALLY DIDN'T LOOK VERY GOOD. UH, AND SHE WANTS TO CORRECT THAT AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE HER SMALL BUSINESS THAT SHE STARTED AGAIN ON HER OWN 10 AGO IN GARLAND AND WISHES TO CONTINUE. SHE WILL HAVE A MUCH CLEANER OPERATION. ALL THE ACTIVITY WILL BE INSIDE. THERE'S A VERY LARGE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT PICKS UP GIANT PILES OF METAL THAT WILL BE GONE. UH, IT'LL JUST BE, UH, MORE, IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR IF YOU WILL, TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE UP AND DOWN THAT STREET. UH, THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE HER BUSINESS AND WISHES TO COME AND WORK WITH YOU AND HER NEIGHBORS OF COURSE, TO, UH, PROVIDE A CLEANER BETTER, UH, OBVIOUSLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN A COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY. UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL WE'VE GOT TO SAY, BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO CONTINUE HER BUSINESS. AND YOU WOULD DO THAT BY CERTAINLY AGREEING THAT THE BUSINESS THAT YOU DENIED LAST JANUARY NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND CLEANED UP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GIVE HER A CHANCE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE HER BUSINESS THAT SHE'S HAD THERE, UH, FOR 10 YEARS. AND, UH, SHE'S HERE. SHE'S IN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. UH, CHRIS GANDHI IS SITTING HERE TO MY LEFT, UH, THAT HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS BUSINESS IN WEST DALLAS AND HOW THAT THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, THE BIG TRUCKS BRINGING LARGE AMOUNTS OF METAL WILL NEVER COME CLOSE TO THIS PROPERTY WHILE JUDY MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THOSE, THEY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO HIS BUSINESS IN WEST DALLAS. SHE WILL ONLY CATER TO FOLKS LIKE YOU AND ME LIKE ON SATURDAY MORNING WHEN WE TAKE OUR, UH, OUR, UH, USED, UH, UH, COKE CANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SMALL OPERATORS, GUYS, AND TRUCKS, UH, PICKUP TRUCKS THAT BRING METAL, THEY WILL COME TO OUR BUSINESS, WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE BUILDINGS AND SHE JUST WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND CONTINUE THE BUSINESS THAT SHE'S BEEN OPERATING FOR 10 YEARS. THEY GOT STOPPED. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHE'S EXCITED TO, UH, BE IN GARLAND, WANTS TO STAY THERE. AND, UH, THAT'S OUR HUMBLE REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANKS, SIR. AND I WANT TO ADD BY, UM, THE POWER OF METAL, HOW WE CAN NO LONGER HAVE THAT REMOVED EYES BECAUSE WE ARE, UM, IN THE NEW PROPOSAL, IF WE MAKE THAT, UM, MY PLAYING IS TO ADD A COMPACTOR WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE, I MEAN OUT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, GROUP GROOVE FROM 10 YEARS AGO. SO WE WANT TO AUTOMATE OUR BUSINESS, UM, IN THIS PROCESS GROWTH PROCESS WHERE THAT'S, WHY WE ADD IN A COMPACTOR WHERE THERE WILL BE NO, UM, LOOSE BATTLE THAT'S ON THE GROUND. AND EVERYTHING WAS AS BEING A COMPACTOR IN THE CLOSING CONTAINER AND SHIP OUT LIKE THAT. AND IT WILL BE A STRAIGHT TRUCK THAT, UM, YOU WILL NOT BE THE 18 WITH HER, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BUSINESS THAT'S USING THE SAME TYPE OF TRUCKS, UM, IN THEIR BUSINESS AS WELL, UM, THAT YOU WILL NOT NEED TO USE THE STREET RIGHT AWAY TO MANEUVER THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COME STRAIGHT TO THE BACK OF THE SITE AND NAMED STRAIGHT OUT THAT WAY, UM, CARRY THE CONTAINER. SO, AND WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE SCALE, UM, TO A SMALLER SCALE TO ALSO ACCOMMODATE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO PRAY MORE SPACE AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. MA'AM COUNCILOR ROBYN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FEW QUESTIONS ON THIS. UM, I NOTICED THAT IN THE MATERIALS AND IN YOUR STATEMENTS, YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL DO. UM, WHAT ARE YOU WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, THE PILE IS BEING CLEANED UP AND THAT, UM, WHERE WE HAD GRADED THE, WHERE THE PARKING SPACE WERE ALREADY CLEANED OUT, WE ARE READY TO, UH, DO A POWER WASH AND STRIPE THE PARKING SPACE AND THE FAINT OF FAME SCENE, UH, SCALES. WE ALL GOT THE, UM, QUOTATION AND I ALREADY APPLIED FOR SBA LOAN FOR ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING THE BUILDING THE SKILL. AND SO THAT'S REALLY, UM, [00:25:02] THE LOAN IS IN PROCESS. SO ALL THAT. UM, SO, AND THEN WE ALREADY HAVE PETER THAT, UH, WORKED WITH US ON THE SIDE PLAN THAT, UM, DESIGN THE WHOLE OPERATION TO BE ENDURED. OKAY. ARE YOU CURRENTLY OPERATING THERE OR ARE YOU CURRENTLY OPERATING? UH, I MEAN, SINCE WE DENIED THIS OR HAVE YOU BEEN IN OPERATION? YES. AND YES, WE ARE STILL OPERATING WHY WE ARE FIGURING OUT HOW TO IMPROVE AND MAKE, UM, TO COMPLIANT WITH, UM, THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT WE ARE. OKAY. AND DO YOU KNOW, WHEN DID YOUR SUP EXPIRE DO YOU KNOW? BY LAST YEAR? OKAY, SO YOU'VE, SO SINCE THEN YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING ON SHEPHERD DRIVE WITH AVNET SUP YEAH. OKAY. UM, THE, THE GDC REQUIRES A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY. UM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THAT, TO THE CONDITION SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY? YES. THE, UH, UH, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, REPLACE THE FENCING AROUND THE SOLID ON ALL SIDES. UH, SOME OF THE FENCES OF, I THINK IT'S SOLID NOW, IT DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS IT COULD. UH, BUT, UH, THAT'S THE, THE MAIN THING. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD APPEARANCE AS WELL, WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT OURS WOULD BE AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER WHEN WE'RE DONE. UH, AND, UH, UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THE PLACE UP SET SIMPLE, I GUESS THE ISSUE THAT I'M HAVING HERE IS THAT WHEN HEAR CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY, I THINK NOT OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, UH, SUMMER AGREES. UM, I THINK NOT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT WHAT HAS GONE ON AROUND THE PROPERTY. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, SOME PROPERTY NEXT, YOU HAD THE ZONING CHANGE. AND SO NOW IT'S A SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT CHANGES, THE TENOR OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, OR THERE HAVE BEEN MAJOR RENOVATIONS IN THE AREA OR SOME OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. AND SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE AND I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOMETHING THAT IS THAT. AND IT, AND THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF PULL OUT FROM YOUR LETTER IS THAT Y'ALL HAD CAME TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NUISANCE THAT THE USE WAS PROVIDED. AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT'S REALLY A CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY, AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE UNDERSTOOD THE NEWS THAT THE NUISANCE, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT WITHOUT A PERMIT FOR SEVEN MONTHS UNTIL WE COME BACK. SO I'M TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING WITHIN THE GDC OR THAT COMPORTS WITH THE GDC. THAT'S A, SOME OTHER CHANGE IN THE AREA, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE WILLING TO COMPLY OR, OR, OR WHATNOT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S A CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY? ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT CHANGES IN PROPERTIES AROUND US? NOT JUST OUR PROPERTY? WELL, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS NOT A, IT DID, THE GDC PROVISION SPECIFICALLY SAYS SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THE CONDITION SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY. UM, IT'S SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO JUMP IN ON THAT. I, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO PLAY ATTORNEY, EVEN THOUGH I AM ONE, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO PLAY ATTORNEY FROM THE, FROM THE DIOCESE HERE. UM, MY CONCERN IS, IS THE WAY I READ THE GDC. IT, IT REQUIRES, UH, A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN WHAT'S GOING ON KIND OF IN THE LAND FROM THE LAND USE PERSPECTIVE IN THE AREA AND NOT JUST, OH GOSH, I REALIZED EVERYBODY HATES WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, MR. ENGLAND, CAN YOU JUMP IN ON THAT COUNCILMAN ROBYN AND, UH, MR. MAYOR? UM, YES, THE GDC DOES REQUIRE THAT THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN CONDITION SURROUNDING THE LAND. UM, AND SO SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT MIGHT BE HAVE THERE BEEN OFFSITE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UM, ARE CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY THAT MIGHT, UM, UH, UH, LESSEN THE IMPACTS OF A USE THAT MAY NOT BE PROPER AT THE LOCATION. HAVE THERE BEEN, UM, UH, HAVE THE APPLICANT PURCHASE ADDITIONAL TRACKS NEIGHBORING THIS PROPERTY TO MAKE THAT PARTICULAR USE, UM, TO GIVE IT MORE SPACE, HAVE THERE, HAS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEEN AMENDED, HAS ANY RECENT ZONING CHANGES SINCE THE LAST, HAS THERE BEEN ZONING CHANGES IN THE AREA TO MAKE THIS USE MORE COMPATIBLE? SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, EXAMPLES LIKE THAT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE LAND. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ENGLAND. UM, IT JUST, UH, I'M NOT GETTING THE SENSE THAT THERE HAVE [00:30:01] BEEN THOSE KINDS OF CHANGES. MR. GUERIN, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY CHANGES OF THAT NATURE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THAT AREA? NO, SIR. NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MA'AM YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. UM, I WILL SAY, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UM, I HAD SUPPORTED, UH, THIS APPLICANT, UH, BUT CONSIDERING THAT, UH, AFTER THE DENIAL, THE APPLICANT CONTINUED, UH, TO BE IN BUSINESS. UM, AND I WAS BY THE LOCATION OVER THE WEEKEND. I COULD CLEARLY SEE ONE OF THE LARGE PILES STILL REMAINS. I COULD CLEARLY SEE IT FROM THE STREET. UM, I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS APPLICANT. SO, UH, AT THAT, AT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN BUREAU, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL DENIED THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A RECONSIDERATION BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS NOT ESTABLISHED THAT THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE LANE. THANKS, SIR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REVERA AND A SECOND, UH, BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. UH, LET'S SEE HERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. OKAY. YES. THANKS. THANKS MAYOR. I'VE JUST GOT A QUESTION FOR MR. GARRETT. UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THIS PROVISION OF THE GDC AT ANY POINT, UM, AS ME MAYOR, MAYOR, EXCUSE ME, WE ALREADY MADE A MOTION AND WE HAD A SECOND. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS. OKAY. I MADE A MOTION. GOOD DENIED. AND I HAD A SECOND FROM MS. MOORE'S. SO WHY ARE WE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING? WE, WE NORMALLY HAVE TIME FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. TESTING THE MOTION. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME GO BACK TO MY QUESTION. UM, MR. AARON, WHAT'S THIS PROVISION THAT'S BEEN CITED, UH, AT ANY POINT, UH, SHARED WITH OR DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT. AND IF SO, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIVE SOME, SOME FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT? UM, I BELIEVE WHEN MR. KEVIN ALL REACHED OUT AND POINTED INTO THIS, UM, UH, SECTION HAS LETTER SEEMS TO BE FAMILIAR WITH KIND OF HOW RECONSIDERATIONS WORK. UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE REQUEST, HE SEEMED TO BE AT LEAST ON BASE IN TERMS OF HOW, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE THIS, THEN A NEW APPLICATION WOULD COME IN. UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS PROBABLY THE EXTENT OF THE CONVERSATION, UM, WHEN MR. BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING FOR VISION, THE IMPACT ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT OF MY QUESTION? UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE GOT INTO THAT IN DETAIL ORDER HERE. THEY CANNOT ASK STAFF QUESTIONS. OKAY. ON THIS DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. UM, WE ARE IN DISCUSSION COUNCIL. WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO STAFF, SO I WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT TO THE POINT. OKAY. IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S A PLEASURE WHERE I SIT AT YOUR TRAINING, I'LL ACCEPT THAT. AND THEY'D HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION I'LL YIELD. OKAY. BUT MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I DON'T WANT TO HIT HIM IN THE WRONG DIRECTION FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT. SO WOULD YOU CLARIFY THIS FACE AS FAR AS HIS POINT OF ORDER? YES. OKAY. YES. IT WAS POINT OF ORDER. UM, THE DISCUSSION IS MEANT TO BE BETWEEN COUNSEL, BUT, UM, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S A POLICY DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BRING IN STAFF AND THAT DISCUSSION. WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S MY, WELL, THAT'S MY DECISION THAT MY QUESTION WAS, I THINK APPROPRIATE CAN BE ANSWERED NOT BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT BY STAFF. SO I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. OKAY. NO, BECAUSE WE HIT, WE HIT, WE'RE HEADED TOWARD FOR A VOTE AND I'M ASKING FOR INFORMATION AND THAT INFORMATION IS FROM STAFF, RIGHT? TRADITIONALLY, TRADITIONALLY, THE POINT OF ORDER, MR. [00:35:01] BARRETT, CORNER WATER, UM, UH, TRADITIONALLY THAT IS A CORRECT POINT OF ORDER, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS A POLICY MATTER. THAT IS NOT A LEGAL MANNER. AND SO, UM, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO MAKE THEM WORK OUT BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BRING STAFF INTO THIS DISCUSSION PERIOD. AND SYSTEM MATTER SINCE, SINCE THE POINT OF COURSE HAS TO DO WITH, WITH THE PROVISIONAL GDC POINT AND, AND THE RECOGNIZED EXPERT ON THIS IS STAFF. SO MY QUESTION STILL IS DIRECTED TO STAFF, AND I THINK, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME COSMIN WILLIAMS. WE TELL THEM ALL THE TIME FOR STAFF QUESTIONS. RIGHT. SO, SO MAIL WITH THAT, WITH IT. I'LL THAT'S, UH, UH, THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD. SOME STAFF DID RESPOND. OKAY. OKAY. RIGHT. SO, YEAH, BUT, BUT I THINK WHAT I DO FEEL THAT, THAT I WAS IN ORDER TO ASK THAT QUESTION PROCEDURE. SO THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK YOU'RE MUTED. I THINK I'M NOT, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY AUDIO FROM YOU, SIR. UH, IT SHOWS THE LINE IS OPEN ON THIS END, SIR. SO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. MAYBE TRY TO UNMUTE YOURSELF ONE MORE TIME. COUNCILMAN. SEE IF THAT NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. UH, I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S ONE. ALL RIGHT. UH, COUNSEL, UH, YOU'VE HEARD THE, UH, THE MOTION TO DENY, UH, BY COUNCILMAN VIERA AND SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTEAN MORRIS. AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO DENY COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION TO DENY CARRIES, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WILLIAMS AND HENDRICK IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR. CUSTOMER HENDRICK. YOUR, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST LEFTOVER FROM PREVIOUS, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. [Items 11A & 11B] ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11, UH, HOLD PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ITEMS 11. THE NEXT ITEM, UH, HAS TWO PARTS. UH, SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION, WE WILL TAKE THOSE TWO TOGETHER. ITEM 11, A CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION REQUESTS BY SPIRES ENGINEERING TO EXTEND THE SUP TIME PERIOD FOR AN EXISTING STORE AND GAS STATION. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 26 OH TWO LAVONNE DRIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. AND PART 11 B IS ALSO TO CONSIDER THE SITE PLAN REQUEST, UH, FOR THE SAME APPLICANT AT THE SAME PROPERTY. MR. GARRON. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FROM AN APPLICANT REPRESENTING AN EXISTING CONVENIENT STORE AND GAS STATION RACETRACK, UH, PROPOSING TO EXTEND, UM, THE TIME PERIOD OF AN EXISTING SUP THE LOCATION IS AT 26 OH TWO LAVON DRIVE ASIDE. IT WAS JUST OVER ONE ACRE AND IT IS ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL WITH AN EXISTING SUP. THIS IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT SITE IN GARLAND. AND HERE'S THE MORE SPECIFIC SUBJECT SITE. AGAIN, IT'S A RACETRACK EXISTING, UH, OUTLINED HERE IN TEAL AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAVON AND KRIST. UM, THE APPLICANT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, REQUEST TO EXTEND THE, UM, TIME PERIOD OF THE SUP THE CURRENT SUP WAS ISSUED IN 1996 FOR 30 YEARS. SO IT EXPIRES IN 2026, UM, DUE TO SOME REINVESTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUSINESS. THE APPLICANT WISHES TO EXTEND THE SUP, UH, FURTHER OUT AS IT DOES EXPIRE IN, UH, FIVE YEARS. UM, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS [00:40:01] INCLUDE INTERIOR STORE UPGRADES AND NEW PRODUCT OFFERINGS, UH, FACILITY MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS, AND REFRESHING OF THE BUILDING EXTERIOR, INCLUDING CLEANING, REPAIRING, AND REPAINTING OF THE EXTERIOR. UH, NO BUILDING EXPANSIONS OR SITE EXPANSIONS ARE PROPOSED AT THIS TIME. THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN IDENTIFIES THE SITE AS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS PROVIDE A MIX OF RETAIL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACES AND SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY SCALED TO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UM, THIS TYPE OF CENTER IS PREDOMINANTLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY. NON-RESIDENTIAL THIS, UH, EXISTING USE AS SUPPORTIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, DESIGNATION HERE'S SOME PHOTOS. THE ONE ON THE LEFT OF COURSE, IS THE EXISTING RACETRACK SUBJECT SITE ON THE RIGHT AS A WALGREENS, JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE LEFT, UH, IS A, UH, CARWASH USE JUST SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. AND ON THE RIGHT IS AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP, UH, TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS LAVON DRIVE AND THE, UH, RAILROAD TRACKS. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST THE EXISTING SITE IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN, NO EXPANSIONS OR, OR SITE CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED. UM, THE COLOR JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE EXISTING, UH, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, THE EXISTING GAS STATION, OR EXCUSE ME, A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT SHOULD SAY IS LOCATED HERE. UM, AND THEN EXISTING CANOPY IS LOCATED HERE. THEY CANNOT BE EXTENDS FROM THE MAIN PORTION OVER TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE BUILDING. UH, SAME WITH LANDSCAPING. THIS, UH, COLORED RENDERING JUST SHOWS THE, UM, EXISTING, UH, PLANTINGS AND, AND, UH, UH, LANDSCAPED AREAS, BUT THERE ARE NO CHANGES AND THIS REQUEST DOES NOT TRIGGER ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ELEVATIONS. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS, A NEW TIME PERIOD OF THE SUP FOR 25 YEARS. UM, THAT IS, UH, IN LINE WITH THE COUNCIL'S RECENTLY ADOPTED SEP TIME PERIOD GUIDE. UM, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS AN SUP EXTENSION ONLY NO GDC DEVIATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS, AGAIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUP TIME PERIOD POLICY GUIDE AND THE PLAN OF WA AS WELL, OF COURSE, AND THE APPLICANT CONCURS WITH THAT, A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF THAT TIME PERIOD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THE APPLICANT CONCURS WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, STAFF MAILED OUT 149 NOTIFICATION LETTERS, AND WE RECEIVED TWO IN FAVOR WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND WITH THAT MAYOR, I'LL STOP SHARING. BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS SIDE OF, I SEE NONE. I KNOW WE DO HAVE THE, UH, THE APPLICANT QUEUING UP. UH, SO I BELIEVE THAT IS, UH, BRAD WILLIAMS. UM, MR. WILLIAMS, I'VE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END. UH, IF YOU COULD, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE PRESENTATION, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR BRAD WILLIAMS, 27 28 NORTH HARWOOD STREET IN DALLAS. I WILL NOT NEED THE FULL 10 MINUTES. I'M GOING TO THANK MR. GEREN FOR HIS PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY THOROUGH AND DOES A GOOD JOB OF LETTING THE COUNCIL KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS, WHICH AS, AS YOU SAID, VERY SIMPLY, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE A REINVESTMENT INTO THE PROPERTY AND WITH THE PENDING EXPIRATION OF THE EXISTING SUP WE THOUGHT NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO COME TO THE COUNCIL AND ASKED TO RE UP ON THAT STP. SO WE CAN BE COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE A PLACE TO CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS FOR A WELL INTO THE FUTURE. SO THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE REQUEST. UM, THE ONLY ISSUE WITH P AND Z AS MR. HERON TOLD YOU WAS A QUESTION OF THE TIME LIMIT OF THE SUP. UH, BUT WE, UH, I MEAN, THERE ARE REQUESTS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNCIL POLICY GUIDANCE AND WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. SO WE ARE, UH, HAPPY WITH 25 YEARS, WHICH WAS THE P AND Z RECOMMENDATION. UM, WE HAVE WRITTEN SUPPORT WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, NO KNOWN OPPOSITION. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF P AND Z AND APPROVE THE REQUEST. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, UH, WE ARE HERE. I HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM RACETRACK AS WELL AS THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE LINE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUING TO DO BUSINESS IN GARLAND. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. AND [00:45:01] I SEE, UH, OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM, UH, IN THE Q A, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, CUSTOMER SMITH, JUST REAL QUICK. UM, MR. WILLIAMS. SO JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I FREQUENT THE BUSINESS. UH, MANAGEMENT HAS TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THE PROPERTY OVER THE YEARS, APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S PRESENCE IN GARLAND. AND, UH, AND I HOPE WE, UH, ARE ABLE TO REPROVE YOUR, UH, SUP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANKS SIR. I ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT ON THE SIDE OF THEM? I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. I BELIEVE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. THERE YOU GO. SORRY. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNMUTE MYSELF THERE. I LOST MY ENTIRE SCREEN FOR A MOMENT. UH, YES, THIS, THIS ISN'T DISTRICT ONE. UM, YOU KNOW, L I'LL SECOND. WHAT, UH, WHAT ROBERT SAID. I MEAN, THEY, THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB OF TAKING CARE OF IT. I MEAN, EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY THE LANDSCAPING LOOKS NICE, THE PROPERTY'S CLEAN. I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT THE PLACE. I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE GAS STATION GOES, IT'S A REALLY NICE LOOKING GAS STATION. OKAY, SIR. UH, I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR AN EMOTION, FOR A MOTION, NOT AN EMOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND THAT, UH, YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE WOULD INCLUDE ITEMS 11, EIGHT, AND 11 B, INCLUDING BOTH ITEMS. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS AND A SECOND, UH, FROM MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, NICKERSON TO APPROVE ITEMS 11 A AND B AS PRESENTED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE COUNSEL PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, UH, THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 12, CITIZEN COMMENTS, UH, PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES, NOT ON THE AGENDA. MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM, NOT POSTED ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. IS THERE ANYONE, UH, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL SEEING NONE? UH, IT'S SEVEN 47. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.