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[Call to Order]

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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MAY.

THIRD, 2022 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS THE CUSTOMER TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO OUR MEETINGS, UH, LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE.

SHOULD YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE? UH, IF YOU DO NOT, UH, THAT IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING.

AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS FROM DISTRICT ONE, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING, UH, COUNCILMAN ROBERT VERUS FAMILY HAS SUFFERED A TRAGEDY RECENTLY.

UH, PLEASE KEEP HIS FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS.

AS HE HAS LOST HIS GRANDSON TO A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

CADEN, ROBERT VERA LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST EVERY DAY AND BROUGHT A SMILE AND LAUGHTER TO ALL WHO MET HIM.

HE WAS AN HONOR ROLL AND STRAIGHT A STUDENT RECENTLY PLACING SECOND IN STATE IN DIVING FOR HIS FIVE 80 SCHOOL.

AS A FRESHMEN, KAYDEN WILL ETERNALLY BE 14 YEARS OLD, BUT MAY HE BE IN OUR PRAYERS FOREVER? IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN IN AND BOW YOUR HEADS.

THANK YOU LORD, FOR BLESSING US AND ALLOWING US TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY.

IN THIS STATE, IN THIS CITY, WE ARE TRULY BLESSED TO BE HERE WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD AND WHERE OUR OPINIONS MATTER.

WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL PACKED WITH SERVANT LEADERS.

WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH HIGH CALIBER CITY STAFF WHO TRULY HAVE THE FUTURE OF GARLAND IN THEIR FOREMOST THOUGHTS.

I THANK YOU LORD, FOR THESE BLESSINGS THAT YOU BESTOW ON US DAILY AND PRAY THAT WE DO NOT TAKE YOUR BOUNTY FOR GRANTED.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE AMERICAN NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH JUSTICE.

[Mayoral Proclamations, Recognitions, and Announcements]

THAT WAS GOING ON HERE TONIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, I HAD TO ACTUALLY BRING MY LIST TO MAKE SURE I GOT THEM ALL IN.

WELL, IT IS A LITTLE CLOSER.

HOW ARE YOU? IT IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.

UM, AND WE DESIGNATE THAT AS OUR PET OF THE MONTH MEETING.

AND AMY BRINGS US SOMEONE FROM OUR SHELTER WHO WAS WITH US TONIGHT.

WELL, I HAVE MANY SHE'S A SIX MONTH OLD PUPPY LOOKING FOR HER FOREVER HOME IN, LET ME TELL YOU, SHE DEFINITELY GOT STAGE FRIGHT.

THIS THAT'S WHEN WE WALKED IN OUTSIDE, SHE WAS PLAYING IN AND RUN IN.

AND THEN SHE CAME IN.

SHE WAS LIKE, PEOPLE I'M JUST GOING TO BE A BIG BABY IN HER ARMS. SO SHE CAME TO US AS A STRAY AND SHE IS HERE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU SHOULD ADOPT AND NOT SHOP.

AND THAT THERE'S MANY MORE VERY FRIENDS, JUST LIKE HER AT OUR SHELTER, LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOMES.

AND THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT WE SPONSOR OPTIONS.

WHETHER YOU'RE A CITY OF GARLAND EMPLOYEE, YOU'RE A FIREFIGHTER, A VETERAN, A POLICE OFFICER, A GIS D TEACHER.

UH, IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, IF YOU'RE A CITY SENIOR CITIZEN, THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT WILL HELP YOU FIND YOUR FOREVER HOME.

SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STOP BY WHAT IF YOU'RE A BOY SCOUT? I THINK YOU CAN MAKE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE BOY SCOUTS.

WE GOT A FEW HERE.

I THINK SO.

JUST GOTTA COME ON OUT A METER.

THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT.

MINI HERE.

STAGEFRIGHT IS OVER.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, SHE IS.

SHE IS HANGING ON.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP.

WE HAVE OUR GUERLAIN YOUTH COUNCIL.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE OUR GRADUATING SENIORS.

ELISA.

YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD? YES.

ALL OF YOU CAN COME FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO DO A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WILL BE GRADUATING THIS YEAR AND LEAVING OUR AMAZING PROGRAM AND, UH, LEAVING A LEGACY, UH, THESE YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT ARE UP HERE TRULY PUT A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR INTO OUR PROGRAM.

UM, MY NAME FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL IS A PROGRAM

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THAT IS A CITY SPONSORED AND THAT TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT CITY FUNCTIONS.

AND WE GO OUT, WE MEET TWICE A MONTH.

WE DO A SERVICE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WHILE WE TALK WITH DEPARTMENTS AND LOOK FOR WAYS ON HOW WE CAN PARTNER, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE PROGRAM AND FOR MAKING THIS AN AMAZING YEAR.

UM, I'LL START HERE TO MY RIGHT WITH, WITH MS. LEE UP THERE AGAIN, MR. JONATHAN SIMON, MS. SERENE HAROUN AND MS. VICTORIA PENNICK.

AND I WILL SAY, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD 18 YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE OTHER GRADUATING SENIORS WERE UNABLE TO COME THIS EVENING, BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

WE ARE LOSING HALF OF OUR MEMBERS FOR THE THIS YEAR.

AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND MR. JULIAN BROWN GRIFFIN, MR. , MS. HEATHER MOODY, MS. MARYANNE OD BOY AND MR. CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, AS WAS STATED YESTERDAY AT THE WORK SESSION TO MAYBE SEEING SOME OF THESE LEADERS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE HERE, UM, THERE'S A GREAT FUTURE IN THEIR HANDS.

UM, THEY'RE GREAT LEADERS.

THEY'RE THEY HAVE A SERVANT HEART AND THEY LOVE THEIR GARLAND COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES.

UH, YOU KNOW, THIS GROUP, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE LOSING HALF OF OUR YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, SO THAT, WHAT THAT REALLY, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS WE HAVE NINE OPENINGS, UH, AND WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS AS WE SPEAK.

SO, UH, BUT THIS GROUP HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF YEARS, OBVIOUSLY WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS WHERE THE YOUTH COUNCIL COULDN'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF ANYTHING.

UM, BUT THIS YEAR THEY CAME BACK FULL ON, UH, THEY HAD LOTS OF SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES THAT THEY DID, UH, ALL YEAR LONG.

SO THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS, COME BACK AND SEE US.

AND YES, SOMEDAY, I HOPE TO SEE ONE OF YOUR NAMES UP HERE ON THIS BOARD.

SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES RECOGNITION, MR. BRADFORD.

IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET TO GET A, GET AN AWARD.

I'M GLAD YOU CAN JOIN ME.

WELL, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK.

UH, WE ARE, UH, WE ARE OBSERVING THAT THIS WEEK, UH, AMERICANS ARE SERVED EVERY SINGLE DAY BY PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THE FEDERAL STATE COUNTY AND CITY LEVEL.

THESE UNSUNG HEROES DO THE WORK THAT KEEPS OUR NATION AND COMMUNITIES WORKING IN THE FACE OF UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES.

DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, LIKE MANY OTHER PUBLIC SERVANTS, OUR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES HAVE RISEN TO THE MOMENT, UH, BRINGING STRENGTH, HEALING, AND HOPE THAT EXTENDS TO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES AND VISITORS HERE IN GARLAND.

UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND IS MUCH MORE THAN A JOB.

UH, PUBLIC SERVANTS, UH, TAKE AN UNSPOKEN OATH, UH, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE ASK, WE ASK A LOT OF THEM, MANY PUBLIC SERVANTS, INCLUDING MILITARY PERSONNEL, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, MARSHALL'S HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHERS RISK THEIR LIVES EACH DAY IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WITHOUT THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS AT EVERY LEVEL CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.

WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE, UH, THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY.

THIS HAS BEEN THE CELEBRATES SINCE 1985 PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IS A TIME SET ASIDE TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR NATION AT FEDERAL STATE COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVELS.

UH, PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK CONNECTS AND EDUCATE CITIZENS NATIONWIDE TO THE WORK THAT OUR GOVERNMENT, UH, CELEBRATES AND CELEBRATES THE DEDICATION AND EFFORTS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR, EMPLOYEES WHO HELP AND HELP INSPIRE NEW GENERATION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS.

UH, AND SO, WHEREAS ALL CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS AT ALL LEVELS.

UH, I SCOTLAND MAY MAYOR THE CITY OF GARLAND ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, MAY 1ST THROUGH SEVEN, 2022.

AND THIS IS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON OUR EMPLOYEES WITH US? WELL, ON BEHALF

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OF THE CITY OF GARLANDS, 2200 EMPLOYEES, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK.

UM, IT, UH, IT TRULY HAS BEEN, UH, SHALL WE SAY A CHALLENGING AND EXCITING COUPLE OF YEARS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE AT GARLAND AND FOR THE WAY THEY HAVE STEPPED UP AND, AND MET THOSE CHALLENGES.

THE, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE IS REALLY MORE OF A CALLING THAN IT IS A CAREER.

AND I THINK THAT EXEMPLIFIES OUR 2200 EMPLOYEES, UH, VERY, VERY WELL.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

WE JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE A FEW OF OUR EMPLOYEES HERE WITH US NOW, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? I DON'T, I DON'T MESS WITH YOU A LOT WHEN YOU'RE HERE, BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

WELL, RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT, UH, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO AS A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER COUNSELING.

MORRIS, WOULD YOU JOIN ME PLEASE? AND WE HAVE A GROUP HERE.

COME ON AROUND, FILL IN.

YEAH, WE'LL DO A LINEUP HERE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL LOVE YOU.

WELL, WE ARE HERE, UH, FOR OUR 2022 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER RECOGNITION.

UH, THE CITY OF GARLANDS VALUES WERE FOUNDED AND BUILT UPON A STEADFAST AND ABIDING BELIEF IN GOD AS REFLECTED BY THE EXISTENCE OF VIBRANT CHURCHES.

SOME OF WHOM HAVE EXISTED FOR OVER 150 YEARS IN OUR CITY, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY.

UH, THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS UNITED IN PRAYER TO HUMBLY ASK GOD FOR STRENGTH AND PROVISION.

DURING TIMES OF DIFFICULTY, UH, PRAYER HAS SUSTAINED THE CITY, UH, THROUGHOUT MANY YEARS, PROVIDING PEACE AND GUIDANCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS CAUSED BY TORNADOES FLOODS, UH, COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND OTHER DISASTERS, UH, PRESENTLY THE IMPACTS OF THE UNPRECEDENTED CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAVE LESSENED, BUT CONTINUE TO CREATE CHALLENGING TIMES OF UNREST AND STRESS.

WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPACT OF THIS, UH, INTERNATIONAL PANDEMIC ON OUR LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLY CHAIN, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, STUDENTS, NONPROFITS, AND FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

IT SEEMS FITTING THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO RALLY TOGETHER TO UNITED PRAYER FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE NATION AND OUR LEADERS, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN HIM.

SO, WHEREAS CITIZENS OF GARLAND ARE REQUESTED TO PAUSE FOR ONE MINUTE, BEGINNING AT 12 NOON ON THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2022 TO PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR QUIETLY REFLECT ON THE WELLBEING OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS AND STRENGTH OF OUR INSTITUTIONS.

SO NOW THEREFORE I, SCOTLAND MAY MAYOR THE CITY OF GARLAND LOW WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2022 GARLAND NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.

AND I WILL PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

AND IF YOU COULD SHARE SOME WORDS WITH US, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEP.

MY NAME IS KIRBY RICHMOND ON THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR LAVONNE DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN, UH, JUST SO HONORED TO BE A PART OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN OUR ORGANIZERS, MRS. DOROTHY BROOKS IN, UH, WE WERE SO THANKFUL FOR DOROTHY AND ALL THAT SHE DOES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN, UH, WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME AND BE A PART OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN OUR FAMILY, MOVED HERE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO TO TAKE THIS POSITION AT LAVON DRIVE.

AND IN THOSE SEVEN YEARS, IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH.

AND AS THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY MENTIONED TO THINK IN JUST SEVEN YEARS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE TORNADOES, SOME SEVERE HEALTH STORMS, FLOODING AND IN COVID.

AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, THE, THE FAMOUS SNOWMAGEDDON.

AND, UH, SO WE'VE ALL ENDURED THAT.

AND, UH, WE EXPERIENCED THAT.

AND SO I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW AMAZING IT WAS.

IT'S TRUE.

ALL OF THAT, THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND STEPPED UP TO HELP ONE ANOTHER AND, UH, WHETHER IT WAS THE TORNADOES OR WHATEVER, IT MAY BE.

PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER.

AND I ABOUT THE FACT THAT HOW STRANGERS FOR MANY CULTURES JUST LOOK AROUND THE ROOM HERE, EVEN AMONGST OUR VOLUNTEERS HERE, HOW MANY CULTURES ARE REPRESENTED

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HERE FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD, HOW THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER THROUGH AND OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? AND IN HONOR OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, IT'S ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT WE CAN DO THAT AND PRAYER.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GET TOGETHER.

THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER AND AS CHRIST FOLLOWERS ACROSS OUR CITY, THE SET ASIDE PREFERENCES AND OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MAY BE THE SET ASIDE, SOME PARTY LINES AND CONVICTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, BUT TO TRULY UNITE IN PRAYER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO ON THURSDAY, WE'LL MEET TOGETHER.

I LIVE ON DRY BAPTIST CHURCH ON LAVON DRIVE, CLOSE TO BUCKINGHAM.

THERE WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US.

WE WILL MEET AT 11 O'CLOCK AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE THERE.

OUR THEME THIS YEAR, AS THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY MENTIONED IS FROM COLOSSIANS CHAPTER TWO, VERSES SIX AND SEVEN, AND OUR THEME IS ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN CHRIST.

AND SO WE'RE INVITING EACH OF YOU TO JOIN US IN PERSON, AS WE BOMBARD GOD'S THRONE AND ASKING HIM FOR HIS BLESSING AND HIS WISDOM, WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU AS CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS AND, UH, ON OUR NATIONAL LEVEL AND OUR STATE LEVEL, BUT DEFINITELY EVEN ON OUR CITY LEVEL.

AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THEM.

AND, UH, JUST PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COME PRAY WITH US AND HOPE WE WILL SEE YOU THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST THIS EVENING, UH, WE HAVE AN EAGLE SCOUT RECOGNITION TO DO SO I WILL ASK OUR EAGLE SCOUT TO STEP FORWARD.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO JONATHAN RINGO, TEMPLE FREEBORN EAGLE SCOUT.

ALL RIGHT.

ON MARCH 31ST, 2022, JONATHAN RINGO TEMPLE FREE BORN ACHIEVED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT AND HAS EARNED AND HAS EARNED THE ON MY HONOR AWARD IN HIS FAITH, BOTH AS CUB SCOUT AND AS A BOY SCOUT, THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

AND ITS ATTAINMENT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

JONATHAN BEGAN HIS SCOUTING CAREER AS A CUB SCOUT WITH PAC 10 44 IN JUNE OF 2014.

HE EARNED HIS ARROW OF LIGHT IN DECEMBER OF 2016 AND CROSSED OVER TO BOY SCOUT TROOP 100, WHO ARE ALL HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

UH, LET'S SEE, TRIPLE 100 IN JANUARY OF 2017, HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF TROOP 10 44 FROM MAY, 2017 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2019.

HE IS A MEMBER OF SEA SCOUT SHIP, 49 50 AND VENTURING CREW ONE.

AND WHILE IN SCOUTS, HE HELD THE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, PATROL LEADER, TROOP GUIDE, ASSISTANT SENIOR PATROL LEADER, SENIOR PATROL LEADER, AND IS CURRENTLY JUNIOR ASSISTANT SCOUT MASTER JONATHON'S EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT CULMINATING IN 164 HOURS, UH, WAS TO DEVELOP AND LEAD THE INSTALLATION OF 15 EMERGENCY TRAIL MARKERS ALONG THE TRAILS OF SPRING CREEK PRESERVE THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY LOCATION INFORMATION TO FIRST RESPONDERS FOR ANY HIKERS IN NEED OF CARE.

JONATHAN IS A FRESHMEN AT RAIL AT HIGH SCHOOL AND IS IN THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM.

HE IS A FOURTH FOURTH GENERATION EAGLE SCOUT, CONTINUING A FAMILY TRADITION.

THIS STARTED IN 1939 WITH HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER AND HE HAS EARNED 47 MERIT BADGES RESULTING IN FIVE EAGLE POEMS. THIS PRESTIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT MAKES JONATHAN A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A LEADER TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS PEERS.

AND SO NOW THEREFORE I SCOTLAND MANNY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY GRANT THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO JONATHAN RINGO, TEMPLE FREE WARREN ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF YOUR EAGLE SCOUT.

CONGRATULATIONS, NOW WE TALKED BEFORE THE MEETING AND I SAID, I WOULD OPEN UP THE MIC FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SPEAK TO ALL OF GARLAND AND ALL OF YOUR, YOUR FELLOW SCOUTS.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T MY FIRST TIME HERE AT THIS MICROPHONE.

I'VE SERVED IN FLAGS AND TO OPEN THE MEETINGS, UH, LED WITH PRAYER AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT SCOUTING HAS DONE FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND MY PEERS.

I HIGHLY

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ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY IS WILLING TO AND HAS ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORT TO JOIN SCOUTING SO THEY CAN HELP THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, UH, BE RAISED AND LEARN TO LEAD SOCIETY IN A WAY THAT CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF US.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

APPARENTLY NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S A LACK, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LACK OF ENTHUSIASM ON THAT, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASS EXODUS AT THE MOMENT.

I'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL RIGHT.

THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNSEL WITHOUT DISCUSSION COUNSEL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

EXCUSE ME, AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM.

I WILL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

UH, COUNSEL, JUST A QUICK NOTE, UH, WE WILL BE PULLING ITEM SEVEN, UM, AND WE WILL HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT ITEM.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THE FIRST ITEM, UH, FIRST IS CONSIDER, UH, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 19TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS ITEM TWO, A G P AND L ELM GROVE SUBSTATION EXPANSION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ITEM TO B TMPA ENCORE, INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT ITEM TWO C G P, AND L SUBSTATION INSTRUMENT, TRANSFORMERS AND SURGER RESTERS ITEM TWO D G P AND L NAMING SUBSTATION REBUILD CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ITEM TWO E G P AND L UNDERGROUND MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION ITEM TWO F G P, AND L COLLEGE AND BRAND ROAD SUBSTATION TERMINAL UPGRADES ITEM TWO G TMPA DANSBY TO STEEP, TO STEEP HOLLOW, 1 38 KB TRANSMISSION LINE REBUILD ENGINEERING SERVICES, ITEM TWO H GOLF CARTS ITEM TWO, I SHILOH ROAD KINGSLEY TO MILLER ENGINEERING SERVICES.

AND THEN ONTO ITEM THREE, PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES.

COUNCIL APPROVES THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES FOR CONSIDERATION ITEM THREE, A ZONING FILE NUMBER Z 21 DASH 50 KIMBERLY HORN IN DISTRICT ONE, ITEM THREE B'S ZONING FILE NUMBER Z 21 DASH 54 RANDALL REED'S PLANET FORWARD 6 35 IN DISTRICT ITEM THREE C ZONING FILE NUMBER Z 21 DASH 62 PROVIDENT REALTY ADVISORS IN DISTRICT ONE, ITEM THREE D ZONING FILE NUMBER Z 22 DASH 10 TO JUDE NEW WATCH ACCOU, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO ITEM FOUR, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

CLICK IT OR TICKET GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,264 AND 5 CENTS AND APPROVING AN EFFECTIVE DATE ITEM FIVE, CONSIDER A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REGARDING ZONING FILES, Z 21 DASH 62.

ITEM SIX, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2020 1 22 OPERATING BUDGET BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, PROVIDING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE ELECTRIC UTILITY FUND AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

UH, WE ARE AGAIN, PULLING ITEM SEVEN, UH, ITEM EIGHT, BOND REFUNDING WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE, REFUNDING BONDS AND COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES, ITEM NINE, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

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SERIES 2022 TO FUND A PORTION OF THE PROVED 2022 CIP AND LAST ITEM 10 CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, TAXABLE SERIES 2022.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? I SEE NONE.

KESSELMAN BASS.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MINUS ITEM SEVEN.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEM SEVEN AND A SECOND, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALBAN, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PREPARE TO VOTE FOR US PLEASE, AND COUNSEL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, WE

[7. Bond Refunding - General Obligation Commercial Paper & Certificates of Obligation ]

WILL GO BACK NOW TO ITEM SEVEN.

ITEM SEVEN IS BOND REFUNDING, GENERAL OBLIGATION, COMMERCIAL PAPER AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

MR. WATSON, CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF ON THIS PLEASE? YES, SIR.

BACK IN FEBRUARY 28TH, WE BROUGHT FORWARD A BOND REF REFUNDING FOR 50 MILLION OF OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES.

OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES ARE USED TO FUND OUR 2004 AND 2019 BOND PROGRAM.

WHEN WE DO THIS, WE ALSO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REFINANCE OUR EXISTING DEBT.

IN THIS CASE, IT WAS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION OF A CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2012, IN ORDER TO GET COST SAVINGS.

WE WERE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 66,000 OF SAVINGS WITH THIS BOND REFUNDING.

HOWEVER, AS MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE PROBABLY HEARD WITHIN THE INFLATIONARY CRISIS, THAT'S GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE, RAISING INTEREST RATES, INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP AND TODAY WHEN WE PRICED IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO REFINANCE THE SMALL PIECE.

SO I'M REQUESTING THAT WE JUST REFUND THE $50 MILLION OF SHORT-TERM COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES INTO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND DO NOT DO THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SIDE OF THEM? THANK YOU, MATT CUSTOMER BASS, THINKING ABOUT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOND REFUNDING FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION COMMERCIAL PAPER SERIES, UH, PAPER NOTES SERIES 2021 AND NOT REFUND THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2012.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A, UH, AN AMENDED MOTION, UH, BY COUNCILOR BASS, UH, IN A SECOND, UM, BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM WILLIAMS, EIGHT BROTHERS DISCUSSION, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PAIR THE BOAT FOR US, PLEASE, AND COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE BOAT AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

SECRETARY, CAN YOU COVER THE SPEAKER RULES FOR ME PLEASE? YES, SIR.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HAS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF.

THE CHAIR MAY CALL A 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 TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.

APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 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 DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS REGISTERED? I HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGISTERED FOR ITEM 11, A HUGE JAZZ.

OKAY.

[11.a Consider a Detail Plan request by ClayMoore Engineering to allow a multi-tenant retail/restaurant building, which will include a drive-through. This property is located at 5345 North President George Bush Turnpike in District 1.]

ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

UH, OUR FIRST ITEM A IS 11 EIGHT CONSIDER A DETAILED PLAN REQUEST BY CLAYMORE ENGINEERING TO ALLOW A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL RESTAURANT BUILDING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A DRIVE-THRU.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 53 45 NORTH PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE IN DISTRICT ONE GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR MULTI-TENANT RETAIL SLASH RESTAURANT BUILDING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A DRIVE-THROUGH.

THE LOCATION IS A 53 45 NORTH PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE.

MAY, ARE YOU SEEING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU? OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THE ACREAGE OF THE SITE IS 1.35 ACRES IN SIZE, AND THIS IS WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, 19 DASH 0 1 0 7.

EXCUSE ME.

THIS IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWN WHERE THE RED STAR NEAR NORTH GARLAND

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AVENUE AND GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY SHOWN HERE.

UM, THE UNDERLYING AERIAL FOOTAGES, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED, BUT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, UH, LOCATED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2019.

AND THIS OVERALL AREA WHERE THE BUILDING USED TO BE WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE DIFFERENT TRACKS AND REDEVELOPED ACCORDINGLY.

SO, UH, THERE IS A MURPHY EXPRESS, UM, ON THIS TRACK OVER HERE TO THE WEST.

AND OF COURSE RAISING CANES IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE HARD CORNER OF, UM, NORTH GARLAND AVENUE IN GEORGE BUSH.

AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AGAIN IS FOR A MULTI-TENANT TWO TENANT BUILDING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A, UH, A SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT AS WELL AS A COFFEE SHOP THAT WILL HAVE A DRIVE-THROUGH COMPONENT.

THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY CENTERS.

THIS PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THAT DESIGNATION AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWN ON THE TOP LEFT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE MURPHY EXPRESS OVER HERE, THE RAISING CANES, WHICH IS A UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE SITE AND LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS THE WALMART SITE.

AND THIS SHOWS THE, UM, UH, ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN OF THE PD 19 DASH ZERO SEVEN.

AGAIN, THIS WAS, UM, SET DIVIDED INTO THREE TRACKS.

ONCE THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING WAS, UM, PLANNED TO BE DEMOLISHED, UM, MURPHY EXPRESS WAS BUILT, APPROVED, AND BUILT RAISING CANES WAS APPROVED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND HERE'S A SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWN HERE AND THE, UH, USE BOTH RESTAURANT AND INCLUDING THE DRIVE-THROUGH ARE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? SO THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT INCLUDE AN SUP OR A DEVIATION OF ANY KIND.

HERE'S THE SITE PLAN.

IT MEETS ALL THE GDC STANDARDS, INCLUDING PARKING AND THE SITE CAN BE ACCESSED FROM BOTH, UH, THE GEORGE BUSH, UH, FRONTAGE ROAD, AS WELL AS, UH, THROUGH AN ACCESS EASEMENT OVER TO NORTH CARLIN AVENUE.

AND HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

IT MEETS ALL LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE BUILDING ELEVATION SHOWN HERE.

AGAIN, THERE'LL BE TWO TENANTS AND THE APPLICANT ALSO PROPOSES SOME OUTDOOR SEATING AREA THROUGH A PATIO OUT FRONT, AND THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS MEET THE BUILDING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF THE GDC.

SO THE PROPOSED, UM, COFFEE SHOP WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGH, AS WELL AS THE RESTAURANT AND RETAIL USES ARE ALLOWED PER PD, 19 DASH ZERO SEVEN.

UH, HOWEVER, A DETAILED PLAN IS REQUIRED THROUGH THE HEARING PROCESS PER THIS PD.

UH, BUT NO DEVIATIONS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT AND THE REQUEST MEETS ALL 10 HALL REQUIREMENTS.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE DETAILED PLAN AS PRESENTED AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE.

AND MAYOR, WE MAILED OUT 21 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE AND WE RECEIVED ONLY ONE RESPONSE AND THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? CUSTOMER BASS.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM UM, YES.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A QUESTION FOR PAUL.

THANK YOU, PAUL RIVERS.

UH, I RECEIVED SOME SET OF CITIZEN FEEDBACK ABOUT THE, UM, WHAT'S GOING TO INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION IN THIS AREA.

AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT OR NOT, COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT FOR US PLEASE? SURE.

UM, WE, WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE LOOKED AT THE SITE, WE LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC, THAT'S GOING TO BE GENERATED BY THIS.

UM, THERE'S NO DOUBT IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT, UM, BUT ALL WHAT THE TOLLWAY NEXT TO IT, AND A MAJOR ARTERIAL ON THE OTHER CORNER.

I MEAN, TH THIS IS A SITE THAT WAS BUILT FOR A LOT OF TRAFFIC, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY, ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT THIS IS BEING GENERATED.

OKAY, AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

I JUST I'D, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A CITIZEN ASK ABOUT THAT.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ADDRESSED.

SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THAT THINKING MAYOR.

UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, THE APPLICANT HERE WITH THE SUCCEEDING? HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO SPEAK OR FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD? I DID NOT, BUT, OKAY.

I'LL ASK YOU TO DO THAT AFTERWARDS.

YES, SIR.

UM, IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION, OR YOU CAN JUST SIMPLY ANSWER QUESTIONS UP TO YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

CLAY CHRISTIE, CLAYMORE ENGINEERING, 1903 CENTRAL DRIVE, BEDFORD, TEXAS.

UM, I HAD A 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION THAT WAS NINE MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS LONG, BUT STAFF DID SUCH A GOOD PRESENTATION ON IT.

UM, I FIGURED I'LL JUST GET THE HIGH POINTS FOR US HERE.

UM, WE WORKED WITH STAFF, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE KIND OF HAD A COUPLE ITERATIONS OF WHAT WE HAD.

UM, I'VE GOT OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM RIGHT HERE BEHIND US THAT HAS TWO TENANTS THAT ARE COMING IN, UM, THAT, THAT ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORTH YOU GUYS HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, UM, THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED, WE HAVE, UH, JUST SHORT OF 3000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

UM, WITH ADEQUATE PARKING, AS STAFF HAD MENTIONED, WE DO MEAN THE REGULATIONS

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THAT WERE SET FORTH WITH THE PD.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE, WE'VE TRIED TO WORK TO GET THAT ITERATION TO, TO BRING THE BEST PROJECT THAT WE CAN.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS, I'D BE VERY HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER VERY GOOD.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER BEST? YES.

UM, ARE YOU AT LIBERTY TO TELL US WHO THE, UH, PROSPECTIVE TENANTS ARE GOING TO BE? YES, SIR.

MICHIGAN.

SO WE, THEY HAVE GIVEN US, SO WE HAVE MOD PIZZA, UM, WOULD BE THE SIT DOWN RESTAURANT THAT WE HAVE AND THEN WHITE RHINO COFFEE IS WHO WE HAVE RIGHT THERE.

AND THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF RE YOU KNOW, REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, BUT BOTH HAVE GIVEN US PERMISSION TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS THE NAMES TODAY.

UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? Q IS CLEAR, SIR.

GO AHEAD.

I THINK YOU MAY, UM, SORRY.

I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE RIGHT PAGER.

ALRIGHT.

UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DETAILED PLAN REQUEST, CLAYMORE ENGINEERING.

RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS SECOND BY COUNCIL LADY MORRIS, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PRAY THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE, AND DISPLAY THE VOTE.

THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

YES.

IF YOU COULD FILL OUT THE CARD FOR ME, UH, THE NEXT

[11.b Consider amendments to the Garland Development Code relating to cellular towers and multi-family covered parking.]

ITEM IS ITEM 11, B CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATING TO CELLULAR TOWERS AND MULTIFAMILY CUPBOARD PARKING.

MR. GAREN.

YES.

MAYOR PULL UP BRIEF PRESENTATION HERE.

SO I'M THE MAYOR PRO TEM HENDRICK DID A GREAT JOB OF REPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK ON YOUR WORK SESSION ON APRIL 4TH.

SO, UM, A LOT OF WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT AS KIND OF A REPETITION OF THAT, BUT I'LL JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH IT HERE.

UH, THERE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS PROPOSED, UH, HERE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE, UM, RELATED PRIMARILY TO CELLULAR TOWERS AS WELL AS ONE, UM, CLEANUP AND THE GDC RELATED TO MULTI-FAMILY PARKING, BUT I'LL JUST, UM, JUMP RIGHT INTO THE, UH, RED LINES HERE.

OF COURSE THE CHANGES ARE INDICATED IN RED HERE.

SO I'LL JUST KIND OF START FROM THE TOP.

UH, AS A REMINDER, AS THE COMMITTEE REPORTED, UM, CELLULAR TOWERS, AS WELL AS, AS BRIEF BACKUP AND REMINDER, UM, THE COMMITTEE, UH, WANTED TO OBSERVE OUR CURRENT GDC REGULATIONS RELATED TO CELLULAR CELLULAR TOWERS TO SEE HOW THEY MATCH UP WITH OTHER CITIES.

UH, WE ALSO BROUGHT AN EXPERT WHO HAPPENED TO BE AN APPLICANT FOR A COUPLE OF CELL TOWERS WHO CAME THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

SO, UH, HIS INPUT WAS VERY VALUABLE AND, UM, ULTIMATELY THIS WAS, UM, UH, REALLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE, UH, ENDED UP WITH RECOMMENDATION WISE.

SO THAT INCLUDES, UM, ALLOWING, UH, CELL TOWERS BY SUP ONLY IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

CURRENTLY, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED AT ALL WITH A COUPLE OF, UM, VERY SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS, BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY TO REVIEW IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, UH, BY SUP IF A FREESTANDING CELLULAR TOWER IS PROPOSED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AS OPPOSED TO EITHER BANNING IT ALTOGETHER OR REQUIRING AN ENTIRE, UM, UH, PLANT DEVELOPMENT PD.

UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS NON RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, FREESTANDING TOWERS NOT ALLOWED, UM, UH, OR IT'S ALLOWED UP TO THE BUILDING HEIGHT WITHIN THAT ZONING DISTRICT, UH, WHICH IS FAIRLY RESTRICTIVE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, A COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING HAS A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 35 FEET.

SO ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN SUP CURRENTLY, UH, THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED ALLOWING, UM, COMMERCIAL CELL TOWERS BY RIGHT UP TO 85 FEET IN HEIGHT IN COMMERCIAL ZONES.

AND ANYTHING ABOVE 85 FEET WOULD TRIGGER AN SUP REVIEW.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT, UH, WAS INTERESTING, REVIEWED IT WITH MR. ENGLAND, AND WE FIGURED IT NEEDED A LITTLE CLEANUP JUST TO MAKE THE INTENT SUPER CLEAR.

UM, BUT THIS, UH, SENTENCE HERE, UH, THAT CURRENTLY READS A SITE WITH A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AND CURRENTLY ACTIVE COMMERCIAL, EXCUSE ME, ACTIVE SUP SHALL NOT REQUIRE A NEW SUP AND LESS THE HEIGHT OR FOOTPRINT OF THE ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED.

IT SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT A, AN EXISTING SUP THOSE ISSUED, UM, IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR A CELL TOWER DOES NOT NEED TO COME BACK FOR RENEWAL AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT ADDING HEIGHT OR EXPANDING THE BASE STRUCTURE.

UM, A LITTLE CLEANUP WAS NEEDED JUST TO MAKE CLEAR ON WHAT THAT MEANT BY ACTIVE SUP REALLY THE ACTIVE USE, UM, AND IN OUR OPINION, BUT WE, WE SHARED IT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEY, UH, CONCURRED WITH, UH, KIND OF CLEANING UP THAT LANGUAGE AND, AND GOING FORWARD WITH THE INTENT OF NOT REQUIRING SUP RENEWALS IN COMMERCIAL ZONES PROVIDED THAT A TOWER DOES NOT, UH, CHANGE IN HIGHER

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FOOTPRINT.

UH, SO IN EFFECT THAT ESSENTIALLY MAKES THE SUP TIME PERIOD, UH, INDEFINITE, UH, FOR THOSE, THOSE, UM, PARTICULAR TOWERS, AGAIN FOR COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS.

SO THAT WAS IT FOR CELL TOWERS.

UM, AS FAR AS MULTIFAMILY COVERED PARKING, THIS WAS A CLEANUP THAT, UH, STAFF HAD NOTICED AND BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION.

UM, THE, THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT AND, AND THE PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE REQUIRING IS A 50% OF MULTI-FAMILY PARKING HAS TO BE COVERED VIA CARPORTS OR GARAGES, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

UH, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE GDC THAT INDICATED THAT EACH UNIT MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE COVERED SPACE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT REQUIREMENT, UM, BACK A FEW G GDC AMENDMENTS BACK STAFF, UH, HAD PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE THAT, AND RATHER IS SOMEHOW GOT DOUBLED AND DUPLICATED INTO, UH, AN ADDITIONAL SECTION.

SO IT WAS A MISTAKE WE MEANT TO, UM, ELIMINATE THAT.

SO THAT, THAT IS WHAT, UM, IS PROPOSED THIS EVENING AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED AS WELL.

UH, WE DID, UH, PRESENT THIS TO THE PLAN COMMISSION, UH, DURING THEIR APRIL 11TH MEETING, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE CHANGES, UM, AS PRESENTED, THEY HAD SOME PRE-MEETING DISCUSSION AND SOME, UH, QUESTIONS AND, AND, UH, CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE COMMISSION DID ASK THAT STAFF INCLUDE THAT IN THE REPORT.

SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THOSE WERE PRE-MEETING DISCUSSIONS AND WERE NOT PART OF THEIR FORMAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION.

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS, UM, APPROVAL AND TO PASS ALONG TO THE COUNCIL.

SO WITH THAT MAYOR ALL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

VERY GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, EVENING, WE'LL JUST, JUST A QUESTION BACK TO THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS, UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, UM, BUT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION, UM, REMOVAL OF ABANDONED, UH, TOWERS THAT, THAT LAND, ANY PLACE, A DISCUSSION.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? I KNOW IT'S NOT A PART OF THIS, THE OFFICIAL PROPOSED CHANGES HERE, BUT YES, SIR.

AND I, UM, IT DIDN'T LAND IN ANY PARTICULAR PLACE AS FAR AS A FORMAL CHANGE.

UM, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING, UM, THOUGHT, I THINK THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF IN THE FUTURE, THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND, UM, CELL TOWERS BECOME SOMETHING ELSE OR, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO DO WE START SEEING ABANDONMENTS OF THESE, THAT, THAT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE, UH, TO DATE? UH, CERTAINLY TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT, UM, IT WAS KIND OF A, WHAT IF SCENARIO? SO, BECAUSE WE HAD, WE DO HAVE SOME SIMILAR LANGUAGE FOR ABANDONED USES AND, UH, STRUCTURES AND THE LIKE, AND THE GDC.

SO, UM, I DID SHARE IT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAD ANY PARTICULAR THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER, BUT, UM, I DID KIND OF PASS THAT ALONG TO MR. ENGLAND'S OFFICE, UM, AS WELL.

SO LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.

I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY, MY, UM, SCREEN CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

THEY'VE THEY'VE NOW REDUCED ME TO TWO BUTTONS.

SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT DOWN TO ONE MUTE.

EXACTLY.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES OF IT THAT, UM, UH, WITH THE ABANDONED TOWERS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE IS, UM, FEDERAL LAW WAS CHANGED IN 2012, BUT THE SPECTRUM ACT AND THAT LAW BASICALLY SAID FOR EXISTING TOWERS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SITES, UM, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT REGULATION THAT WE CAN DO AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT CHANGING THEIR FOOTPRINT OR THEIR HEIGHT, THEN WE CAN'T DO A LOT.

IN FACT, IT SAYS, UM, IT GIVES THEM A CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO, FOR WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE.

AND WE CAN ONLY ASK QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CRITERIA IN FEDERAL LAW.

AND SO IT'S NOT CLEAR UNDER FEDERAL LAW, WHETHER WE COULD REQUIRE THEM TO TAKE DOWN A ABANDONED CELL TOWER OR NOT.

UM, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT WITH THE SPECTRUM ACT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MRS. ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU MIRROR.

VERY GOOD.

HI, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I SEE NONE.

THANK YOU WILL.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE THE KEY WAS CLEAR.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALBAN.

THANK ME.

I MOVED THE, WE APPROVED A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALBAN AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HENDRICK TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOREST POLICE AND DISPLAY THE BOOK, THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

[12. Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.]

UH, NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 12, CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UM, I HAVE ONE FOR THE EVENING AND THE SAME EVENING, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM HEDRICK.

IF YOU COULD READ THAT FOR ME.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, TOM, HALF OF THE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MITCH CARTER, THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, NOMINATIONS, NOT REQUIRING A SECOND.

UH, EVERYONE

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HAS HEARD THE NOMINATION.

MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PAIR THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE, AND COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE BOAT AND THE APPOINTMENT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, NEXT WE ARE AT ITEM 13, CITIZEN COMMENTS.

UM, DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE REGISTERED SPEAK, BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE PERSONS WISHING TO WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT 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.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I DIDN'T SEEING NONE AT 7 45.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.